Desiree

OPEN MEMORIAL WEEKEND:

The Historic Site & Exhibits will be open daily from 8:30am-5pm.

Please note that we stop selling tickets at 4pm and expect a higher volume of visitors so we recommend you purchase your admissions in advance. Please pay close attention to the details as you make your reservation and on your confirmation regarding arriving 30 minutes prior to the selected time. Late arrivals are not guaranteed access to the "Big House" exhibit if that is the ticket you purchase. We look forward to your visit.

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Date of birth:

1834* (estimated)

Gender and Designation:

Female

Skills or Duties:

Field Hand/Laborer

Relationships:

Children: Justine, Nathalie, Alia, Marie Augustine, and Rema

Notes:

Age 2 (R5.194); Age 14 (R8.198); Age 25 (R5.239); Age 25 (R5.073); Age 25 (R5.074); Age 6 (R5.216); Age 6 (R5.217); Age 6 (R5.218); Age 25 (R8.097)

References:

R5.194
- Louise Patin Succession Settlement, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Theodore Seghers, v 18 act 521
R8.198
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
- Value: $600
R5.239
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession Settlement, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 173
- Lists Justine (b. 1855*) and Nathalie as Désirée's children
R5.073
- Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 107
- Lists Justine and Nathalie as Desirée's children
R5.074
- Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 108
- Lists Justine and Nathalie as Desirée's children
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 Justine as Desirée's child

Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Item no. 7; Page no. 224; Entry no. 62
- Lists Désirée as Alia's mother;
Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Item no. 7; Page no. 142; Entry no. 4
- Lists Désirée as Marie Augustin mother
Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Item no. 7; Page no. 217; Entry no. 19
- Lists Désirée as Rema's mother