Madeline

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Madeline

Date of birth: 
4/1846* (estimated)
Baptism Date and Sponsors: 
Unknown
Place of Origin: 
Oak Alley (Creole)
Gender and Designation: 
Female (Negro)
Skills or Duties: 
Relationships: 
Mother: Cloe; Siblings: Maurice, Thisbe, and Henriette
Notes: 
Age 2 (R8.198); Age 12 (R5.075); Age 12 (R5.081); Age 12 (R5.073); Age 12 (R5.074)
References: 
  • R8.198
    • Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
    • Value: $1,300 (Listed with mother and three siblings)
    • Lists Cloé as Madeline's mother
    • Lists Thisbe, Henriette, and Maurice as Madeline's siblings
  • R5.075
    • Inventory of Jacques Telesphore Roman's New Orleans home (owned by Henri Roman and Marie Octavie Roman Buchanan), New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 132
    • Value: $1,000
  • R5.240
    • Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v46 act 174
    • Purchase price: $14,750 (includes a total of 14 people)
    • Vendor: Estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: Henri Jacques Roman
  • R5.073
    • Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 107
    • Listed as being located at the Roman's home in New Orleans
  • R5.074
    • Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 108
    • Listed as being located at the Roman's home in New Orleans

 

* Denotes estimated date based on available records. 


 

 

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