Brief Life History of Louise Melite
When Louise Melite Reon was born on 12 July 1833, in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States, her father, Louis Paul Rion, was 33 and her mother, Marie Artemise Ryan, was 32. She married Levi John Ellender about 1855, in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Louisiana, United States in 1870 and Ward Four, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States for about 30 years. She died on 16 May 1915, in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States.
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- Melisse Elender in household of Levy Elender, "United States Census, 1870"
- Louise Melite Rion, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
- Milease Elender in entry for Ellen May Elender, "United States, Cemetery Abstracts"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Possibly an altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Joseph Lastie Elender
Joseph Lastie Elender was born in Calcasieu, Louisiana, in 1865 to Levi John and Louise Melite (Reon) Elender. He was the fourth child of nine. J Lastie and his wife Elizabeth Landry were the parent …
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