Rosetta

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Rosetta

Date of birth: 
1762* (estimated)
Date of death: 
9/13/1840
Baptism Date and Sponsors: 
Unknown
Place of Origin: 
Louisiana (creole)
Gender and Designation: 
Female (mulatto)
Skills or Duties: 
Notes: 
Age 45 (R17.005.1)
References: 
  • R17.005.1
    • Jacques Etienne Roman Succession, Tulane University, Howard- Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC 600 Kuntz Collection
    • Value: $1,500
    • Labeled as a domestic, cook, seamstress, and laundress
    • Listed as sold
  • Death record, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge**
    • St. Michael Catholic Church, Convent, Louisiana
    • Died: September 13, 1840
    • Item no. 8; Page no. 20; Entry no. XXX
    • Death record is contained within baptism records in the Oak Alley database.

 

* Denotes estimated date based on available records. 

 


 

 

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