Brief Life History of Alexandre Charles
When Alexandre Charles Delahoussaye was born on 25 February 1860, in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, his father, Charles Alexandre Gustave Delahoussaye, was 39 and his mother, Eugenie Richard, was 29. He married Mary Lucinda Lewis on 18 August 1881, in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Ward Two, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States in 1910. He died on 15 March 1921, in Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Branch, Acadia, Louisiana, United States.
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Sources (13)
- C A Delahoufsais, "United States Census, 1900"
- Alexandre Charles Delahoussaye, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
- Charles Delahoussaye, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union
Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Jean-Paul, Amedee, Anatole, Andre, Autrey, Desire, Ignace, Minos, Monique, Octa.
French: topographic name for someone who lived by a holly bush or grove, from de la houx ‘from the holly’, or a habitational name, with fused preposition de ‘from’, denoting someone from a place called La Houssaye, named with houx ‘holly’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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