Raphael

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Raphael

Date of birth: 
1842* (estimated)
Baptism Date and Sponsors: 
Unknown
Place of Origin: 
Oak Alley (creole)
Gender and Designation: 
Male (mulatto)
Skills or Duties: 
Relationships: 
Mother: Meana (Mulatto); Siblings: Charles, Rosalie, Elizabeth, and Geneveive
Notes: 
Age 7 (R8.198); Age 18 (R5.075); Age 18 (R5.081); Age 18 (R5.073); Age 18 (R5.074)
References: 
  • R8.198
    • Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
    • Value: $1500 (includes mother and all four siblings)
    • Lists Meana as Raphael's mother
    • Lists Rosalie, Elizabeth, Charles, and Genevieve as Raphael'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 Archive, Felix Grima, v46 act 132
    • Value: $1,600
  • R5.078
    • Release of Mortgage, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v46 act 165
    • Listed as a domestic
    • Listed as being mulatto
  • R5.081
    • Bill of Sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v46 act 175
    • Purchase price: $1,700
    • Lists Raphael as mulatto
    • Lists Raphael as a domestic
  • R5.240
    • Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 174
    • Value: $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
    • Lists Raphael as mulatto
  • 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
    • Lists Raphael as mulatto
  • R17.006.11
    • Account transactions for Widow J.T. Roman with Roman & Kernion, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC 179 Roman Family Papers
    • Reads, "Passage of Henri, Deterville, and Raphael" (dated: January 25, 1849)

 

* Denotes estimated date based on available records. 

 


 

 

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