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OPEN MEMORIAL WEEKEND:

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

Date of birth: 
1850* (estimated)
Baptism Date and Sponsors: 
Unknown
Place of Origin: 
Oak Alley (Creole)
Gender and Designation: 
Female
Skills or Duties: 
Relationships: 
Mother: Flore*; Siblings: Azaire*, Vincent, Manette, Thomas, Marie, and Fine
Notes: 
Age 10 (R5.239); Age 10 (R5.073); Age 10 (R5.074); Age 10 (R8.097)
References: 
  • R5.239
    • Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession Settlement, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 173
    • Fine is listed under a woman named Flore. Due to her age being ten years old, it is estimated that Flore is her mother; Other children in this document of the same age are listed with mothers
    • If Flore is Fine's mother, it is estimated that Fine and Marie are siblings
  • R5.073
    • Transfer of Rights, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 107
  • R5.074
    • Transfer of Rights, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 108
  • R8.097
    • Sale, St. James Clerk of Court, Conveyance record, volume 36 act 1
  • Slave baptism record, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
    • St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
    •  Item no. 9, Page no. 39, Entry no. 23
    • Flore is listed as Marie's mother; Estimated that Fine and Marie are siblings
    • See Marie (bn. 1856*) for a special notation on this record
  • Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
    • St. Michael Catholic Church, Convent, La. 
    • Item No. 5; Page No. 181; Entry No. XXX
    • Lists Flore as Azire's mother; Estimated that Fine and Azaire are siblings
  • R8.198
    • Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
    • Lists Vincent, Manette, and Thomas as the children of Flore; Estimated that Fine, Vincent, Thomas, Manette, and Thomas are siblings

 


 

 

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