Marie Edna Delage

Brief Life History of Marie Edna

When Marie Edna Delage was born on 10 September 1891, in Pointe Coupee, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, United States, her father, J. Ovide Delage, was 53 and her mother, Philomene Natalie Gosserand, was 33. She married Octave J Folse in 1911. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years and New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 January 1983, at the age of 91, and was buried in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Octave J Folse
1887–1963
Marie Edna Delage
1891–1983
Marriage: 1911
Mary Sybil Folse
1914–1998
Octave Joseph Folse
1918–1959
Dorothy Theresa Folse
1918–2004
Iris Folse
1921–1990
Rosemary Folse
1922–2008
John Folse
1924–
Garland Joseph Folse
1928–2019
Richard Gale Folse
1930–2009

Sources (19)

  • Althea Folse, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Edna Delage Folse, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Edna Delage, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Andre, Marcel, Thierry, Adrien, Emile, Gilles, Henri, Laurent, Michel, Olivier, Phillippe.

French (mainly Charente and Limousin): from the dialect word age ‘hedge’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by or in a domain enclosed by hedges, or a habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called L'Age from this word. Compare Deloge .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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