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How many Roots Chat members have an ancestor who was from or traveled to Louisiana?
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None of mine (as far as I can tell, but who knows - all those "brickwalls" may be in Louisiana, I've tried just about everywhere else!)
Welcome to Rootschat, LAgenealogy! Hope you find what you're looking for! ;D
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No ancestors in Louisiana but lots of relatives there.
My grandmother's sister was an Army nurse in WWI and while in France a doctor from Louisiana offered her a job after the War so she moved there, married, had a family and died aged 96.
Even bigger connection on my grandfather's side- 3 of his great uncles went to U.S. and lived in New Orleans. One died shortly after arrival, another went west after the death of his wife and the eldest of them did very well. He and his descendants were very prominent in politics and business in the city so they are fairly easy to trace.
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My Grindley family emigrated to the US in 1852, settling in Ohio, and after the Civil War in which he served, one of them, George, married and settled in New Orleans, raising a family there until moving to Washington DC in 1890.
I think he has quite a few descendents there now, from his daughter Louisa Maria, who married a Richard McGinity in about 1892.
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Foreman/Sanders
My mother's side of the family is Foreman and Sanders. Grandpa John Winfred/Wilford Foreman, and Mary Ozier Sanders. Both stated to have Indian blood. Grandmother Ozier might be full-blooded Cherokee. Have a picture of her mother, with no name. We can't find Grandma's birth or death certificate. It is very strange. The copy of Birth certificate we do have, is worn out, and we are unable to read it. Place of birth is Louisiana, but the town unreadable.
We seem to have more on the Foreman side, than the Sanders. Starts with Mary Ozier Sanders...ends there. Still researching her death. My Grandparents, to my understanding never got legally married to each other. Grandpa Foreman supposely died in Houma, La. and was married to his second wife, Marie...till his death. They had eight kids. With my Grandma Ozier, there was only two kids. My Uncle John W. Foreman (oldest) and my mother Linda Marie Foreman (youngest). Both born in 1941, ten months apart. Both families are from Louisiana, from what we know at this time. Still doing research, and basically at a halt on Grandma's family. Only know about one kid from my Grandfather's second marriage. According to my cousin, her name is Deanna...and she was the only of the eight kids, my cousin ever communicated with.
If anyone knows of this family, please get in touch...we are totally lost at this point. Grandma Mary Ozier Sanders lived in St. Martinville, La. at the time of her death, in a small house with two rooms...and bath. There was one bedroom, a bigger room that combined the living area and the kitchen, dining area. There was a two story house, next to the small house, from what I can remember, the Carport was in the back of that house, and I could swear there was a balcony that they had on top, coming from the upstairs area. If anyone knows this family, please, get in touch. Grandpa John Foreman and Marie (second wife) lived at one time in St. Martinville, La in the 70's. Thank you!
The mystery continues....
Sincerely,
T.E. Webb