Ursin

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Ursin

Date of birth: 
1850* (estimated)
Baptism Date and Sponsors: 
Unknown
Place of Origin: 
Oak Alley (Creole)
Gender and Designation: 
Male (negro)
Skills or Duties: 
Notes: 
Age 10 (R5.075); Age 10 (R5.073); Age 10 (R5.074); Age 10 (R5.082)
References: 
  • R5.075
    • Inventory of Jacques Telesphore Roman's New Orleans home (Owned by Henri Roman and Octavie Roman Buchanan), New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 132
    • Value: $800
  • R5.240
    • Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 174
    • Purchase price: $1,225
    • Vendor: The estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: Ignatius Szymanski 
  • 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
  • R5.082
    • Bill of Sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 176
    • Listed as a domestic
    • Purchase price: $1,225
    • Vendor: The estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: Ignatius Szymanski 
  • R17.006.24
    • Letter from Celina Roman to her son, Henri Jacques Roman, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, ArRC 179
    • Celina states that Ursin has runaway from Szymanski

 

* Denotes estimated date based on available records. 


 

 

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