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Celeste

  • Death Year: 1860*
  • Origin:  Oak Alley
  • Gender and Designation:  Female; Black
  • Skills & Duties: Unknown
  • Date of Birth: 1848*
  • Baptism Date and Sponsors: February 25, 1849; Sponsors: Pierre (slave) & Susanne (slave)
  • Relationships: Mother: Bertheline
  • Notes: Age 12 (R5.239); Age 12 (R5.073); Age 12 (R5.074); Age 12 (R8.097)

References

Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
Item No. 6; Page No. 92; Entry No. 29
Lists Bertheline as Celeste’s mother
R5.239
Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession Settlement, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima v46 act 173
R5.073
Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 107
R5.074
Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 108
R8.097 
Sale, St. James Clerk of Court, Conveyance record, vol. 36 act 1
Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
Item no. 6; Page no. 118; Entry no. 19
Bertheline is listed as Justine’s mother; Estimated that Celeste and Justine are siblings
 
* Denotes estimated date based on available records. 

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