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Marie Celeste

  • Death Year: 1860*
  • Origin:  Oak Alley
  • Gender and Designation: Female; Mixed Race
  • Skills & Duties: Unknown
  • Date of Birth: 1847
  • Baptism Date and Sponsors: January 9, 1848; No sponsors listed
  • Relationships: Mother: Rose; Sibling: Nicholas
  • Notes: N/A

References

Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana 
Item no. 6; Page no. 74; Entry no. 42 
Lists Rose as the mother of Marie Celeste
R8.198
Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
Lists Rose as Celeste’s mother; Presumes that ‘Marie Celeste’ and ‘Celeste’ are the same person
Lists Nicholas as Celeste’s sibling
Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
Item no. 6; Page no. 41; Entry no. 60
Lists Rose as Nicholas’s mother; Presumes that Marie Celeste and Nicholas are siblings
 
* Denotes estimated date based on available records. 
 

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