Victorine

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Victorine

Date of birth: 
11/1845* (estimated)
Baptism Date and Sponsors: 
April 4, 1847; Sponsors: Joseph (slave) and no godmother
Place of Origin: 
Oak Alley (Creole)
Gender and Designation: 
Female (negro)
Skills or Duties: 
Relationships: 
Mother: Mathilde; Siblings: Adam, Thomassin, and Hélène
Notes: 
Age 12 (R5.075); Age 12 (R5.240); Age 12 (R5.100); 19 months (R8.198); Age 12 (R5.073); Age 12 (R5.074); Age 12 (R5.100)
References: 
  • R8.198
    • Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
    • Value: $700 (includes her mother)
    • Lists Mathilde as Victorine's mother
  • 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, v46 act 132
    • Value: $900
  • R5.240
    • Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 174
    • Purchase price: $1,040
    • Vendee: Wonderlin Doll; Vendor: Estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman
  • R5.100
    • Bill of Sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v46 act 169
    • Purchase price: $1,040
    • Vendee: Wonderlin Doll; Vendor: Henri Jacques Roman and Marie Octavie Roman Buchanan
    • Lists Victorine as being a domestic
  • Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
    • St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
    • Item no. 6; Page no. 60; Entry no. 10
    • Lists Mathilde as Victorine's mother
  • 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
  • R5.239
    • Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession Settlement, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 173
    • Lists Adam (bn. 1856) and Thomassin as the children of Mathilde; Estimated that Victorine, Adam, and Thomassin are siblings
  • R8.079
    • Release for Sale, St. James Clerk of Court, Conveyance record, v 18 act 350
    • Lists Hélène as the child of Mathilde; Estimated that Victorine and Hélène are siblings

 

* Denotes estimated date based on available records.


 

 

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