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Marie Jeannne Castel m. Apr 29, 1766 ?New Orleans, Spanish LA b. 1742? New Orleans, New France d. Jul 5, 1815 Rapides Parish LA |
Cecile b. 1766? New Orleans British West Florida d. 1802? Rapides Parish, La. Terr. |
Louis (Jr.) b. 1770? ?New Orleans British West Florida |
Marie Jeanne b. 1772? ?New Orleans British West Florida d. Aug 7, 1808 Rapides Parish, La. Terr. |
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Michael b. 1773 ?New Orleans British West Florida d. 1840? Catahoula Parish LA |
Marie Rosalie "Rosie" b. Feb 28, 1779 ?Rapides, Spanish Louisiana d. Feb 13, 1882 Rapides Parish LA |
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About 1766, daughter Cecile was born in New Orleans when it was a part of the
British West Florida Province in 1766. |
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New Orleans was part of British West Florida from 1763 until 1783, but Spain
captured its capitol, Pensacola, in 1781. |
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About 1794, son Michael married Marie Magdeleine Roger (1781-1850) in Rapides
Parish in Spanish Louisiana. He was buried in Rapides Parish LA
[familysearch.org, website]. |
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Daughter Marie Jeanne married Jacob Paul (1775?-1830) and
had son Michael (1800-1870) who in 1821 married Mary Anne Holloway (1804-1872),
daughter of James Holloway. About 1787,
Jacob Paul's sister Mary Paul married James T. White,
son of James "Tiago" White, brother of
Elizabeth White. |
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In the 1820 Census for Rapides Parish, on the line 36 of
page 133,
near the Lacroix families and Gabriel Loving,
the household of "Jacob Paul" had: 1 male aged under 10, 2 males aged 26-45 (Jacob & brother?), a female aged under 10, and a female aged 16-26. Jacob's wife Marie LaPrairie had died. |
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Grandson Michael Paul (1800-1870) and his wife Mary Anne Holloway (1804-1872)
were buried in St. Peter (Elmer Catholic) Cemetery in Rapides Parish LA. Her
grave marker
spelled her family name as "Holliway".
Photo of his grave
marker. |
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About 1805, daughter Marie "Rosie" married Joseph Poiret Chevalier (1776-1882)
in Louisiana and lived to be 102 years old [familysearch.org, website]. |
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Rapides Parish was formed in 1807 by the Territory of Orleans government.
(see present day map
for location). |
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At present, Holloway is a community in Rapides Parish LA. It's center is located
at the intersection of Hickory Grove Road, State Route 1207 and Route 28, about
14 miles NE of the parish seat of Alexandria, and 50 miles W of Natchez MS.
Holloway Methodist Cemetery is located just off of Hickory Grove Road at the end
of Slay Cemetery Road (see
present day map for location). There is also a Hickory Grove Cemetery also
known as Holloway Baptist Cemetery. |
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SOURCES: Aymond, Greg, Holloway Family of Holloway Prairie, website, Dec 1999. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1820, S-K Publ., 2003, pp. 133, 134. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1830, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 91. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1840, S-K Publ., 2003, "John Holloway, 1851", File H-3, on p. 208 of "The MS Cains", website. Unknown author, "...to John ..." [illegible], correspondence detailing discovery of baptismal records of Stillee children in Cathedral Archives, no date but possibly mid 1900's. Veach, Damon, "Louisiana Ancestors", article in Sunday Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge LA, Feb 21, 1982. White, Gifford, "James White and John White", Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2 by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC,1997, p. 111. White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, 1982. |
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