Date of birth:
1834* (estimated)
Baptism Date and Sponsors:
Unknown
Place of Origin:
Louisiana (Creole)
Gender and Designation:
Female (Negro)
Skills or Duties:
Relationships:
Mother: Celeste (Not owned by JTR); Siblings: Pierre and Antoine; Children: Celeste, Alexandre, Benedict, and Cesarine
Notes:
Age 2 (R5.194); Age 29 (R5.239); Age 18 (R8.198); Age 29 (R5.073); Age 29 (R5.074); Age 8 (R5.216); Age 8 (R5.217); Age 8 (R5.218); Age 29 (R8.097)
References:
- R8.198
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
- Value: $600
- Lists as a Field hand
- R5.239
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession Settlement, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 173
- Lists Alexandre and Benedict as Celestine's children
- R5.194
- Louise Patin Succession, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Theodore Seghers, v18 act 521
- R5.195
- Mortgage, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v18 act 163
- Lists Celeste as Celestine's mother
- Lists Pierre and Antoine as her brothers
- R5.073
- Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 107
- States "three" children but only two children are actually listed: Alexandre and Benedict
- R5.074
- Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 108
- States "three" children but only two children are actually listed: Alexandre and Benedict
- R5.216
- Mortgage, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Adolphe Mazareau, v 18 act 207
- R5.217
- Mortgage, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Adolphe Mazareau, v18 act 459
- R5.218
- Mortgage, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Adolphe Mazareau, v 19 act 653
- R8.097
- Sale, St. James Clerk of Court, Conveyance record, vol. 36 act 1
- Lists Alexandre and Benedict as the children of Celestine
- *Celestine is listed as having three children but only two are actually listed.
- R17.006.30
- Letter from Marie Bouligny Villere to Thérèse Bouligny Roman, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC 179 Roman Family Collection
- Dated: September 12, 1868
- Marie wrote that "Grandmother [Roman]" sent Celestine back to Marie on her [Roman] behalf.
- R17.006.32
- Letter from Marie Bouligny Villere to Thérèse Bouligny Roman, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC179 Roman Family Collection
- Dated: March 29, 1870
- Marie wrote that Celestine was an attendant to Thérèse children
- R17.005.1
- Jacques Etienne Roman's Succession, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC 600 Kuntz Collection
- Lists Celeste (Not owned by JTR) as Celestine's mother;
- Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Item No. 7; Page No. 156; Entry No. 96
- Celestine is listed as the mother of Celeste (b.7/1855)
- Slave baptism record, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Item No. 6; Page No. 104; Entry No. 7
- Celestine is listed as the mother of Cesarine
* Denotes estimated date based on available records.
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