When Louise Ortego was born on 28 October 1873, in Eunice, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, her father, Edmond Joseph Ortego, was 43 and her mother, Zoe Ortego, was 38. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Leon Hebert Jr. She lived in Acadia, Louisiana, United States in 1920 and Ward Four, Acadia, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 December 1965, in Louisiana, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Nezpique, Acadia, Louisiana, United States.
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Spanish: probably a nickname from the masculine form of Ortega 2.
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