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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>THE EARLY TALTAVULL FAMILY</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>of&nbsp;The&nbsp;</strong></span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Mississippi</strong></span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The family name Taltavull has been spelled many ways in the Federal Census and the Roman Catholic Church records of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Among them are: Tantabouille, Tartavle, Tartavull, Tataole, Taltabull, Tartarie, Taltavel, Taltavaul, Taltaral, Taltevae, Sartain, Taltavout, Taltavully, Tartavole, Tartabou, and Taltuval.&nbsp; Today, the name is generally spelled Taltavull in this region.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In the 1850 Federal Census of Harrison County, Mississippi, there were two Spanish immigrants, Nicholas Tataole and Bernard Tartarie, living at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, which is now called D&#39;Iberville.&nbsp; They were ship carpenters employed in the small shipbuilding industry located where Bill Holland&#39;s wooden boat yard is today on the east side of the old&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;bridge.&nbsp; These men were probably brothers, Nicholas Taltavull and Bernard Taltavull, who immigrated here from the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">island</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Menorca</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in the Balearic group off the southern coast of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Spain</span></span></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mediterranean Sea</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; It is known with a high degree of certitude that the Catchot brothers, Jose Catchot (1823-1900), Antonio Catchot (1828-1885), and Arnaud Catchot (1836-1912), of Ocean Springs arrived on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;coast from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Menorca</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;about the same time.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The genealogy of the Catchot family extracted from the Catholic Church records of the Archives of the Diocese of Menorca at Ciudadela, Menorca by archivist, Father Fernando Marti, for Ray L. Bellande in September 1991, indicate that Antonio Catchot Morla, the half-brother of Jose Catchot Neto, who was the father of the Catchot brothers of Ocean Springs, married Magdalena Taltavull Guivernau in 1819.&nbsp; Her parents were Jose Taltavull and Apolonia Guivernau.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The appearance of the names Taltavull and Catchot on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;coast at about the same time in the mid-19th Century also indicates that some familial relationship between these two families may exist.&nbsp; An argument against this postulation is that at Roman Catholic marriages and baptisms, neither family is a witness or sponsor for the other, except when Elisa Catchot witnessed the 1868 marriage of Mary A. Taltavull and Antony Manent in Ocean Springs.&nbsp; This fact may or may not indicate a familial relationship.(Lepre, Vol. I, 1991, p. 333)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>NICHOLAS TALTAVULL (1830-1900+)</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Nicholas Taltavull was born in January 1830, probably at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Menorca</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in the Spanish Balearic Islands.&nbsp; He immigrated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">United States</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in 1848.&nbsp; Nicholas Taltavull married Adelaide Carco (1829-1904) on December 20, 1849.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Carco Jr. and Gertrude Fournier.&nbsp; Their children were: Marie T. Balius (1850-1911), Margaret T. Seymour (1852-1880+), Francis Taltavull (1853-1920), Josephine T. Fayard (1856-1923+), Elizabeth Taltavull (1857-1926), Cecele Taltavull (1860-1874+), Rosa Taltavull (b. 1861), Peter Taltavull (1864-1884+), Clara Taltavull (1868-1874+), Nicholas Taltavull (1869-1931), and Pauline Taltavull (b. 1873).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In November 1867, Nicholas Taltavull bought a 5.2-acre tract in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;from John and Mary Colley for $200.&nbsp; The land had 120 feet on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;and was bounded on the west by&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">along which it ran south for 1900 feet.&nbsp; Most of this tract was sold off by the turn of the century.(Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 10, p. 333)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">As early as April 1878, Nicholas Taltavull was associated with Rafael Sancho in the bakery business at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; They advertised in May 1878, in&nbsp;<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star</em>&nbsp;as follows:</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong><em>&nbsp;Sancho &amp; Taltavull</em></strong></span></span></p>
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	<st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong><em>Biloxi</em></strong></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, Miss.,</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong><em>Confectionery &amp; Bakery</em></strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong><em>There is now attached to this establishment</em></strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong><em>An elegant soda water and ice cream saloon</em></strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong><em>The Public is respectfully invited to give us a call.&nbsp; All orders for Balls, Parties, Soirees, etc. attended to on short notice, and at moderate prices.</em></strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, May 31, 1878, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In October 1902, C. Taltavull filed a law suit, Cause No. 1494, in the Harrison County Chancery Court against her husband because he had sold their homestead, which was described as a lot with 120 feet on Back Bay Avenue and 250 feet on Reynoir Street, to Bernard Marigny of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mandeville</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Louisiana</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">for $800.&nbsp; The suit alleges that Mrs. Taltavull did not sign the deed, Mr. Taltavull was not supporting her finacially, and that the property was valued between $3,000 and $5,000.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The judge awarded Adelle C. Taltavull $250 in back alimony, $50 for attorney fees, and a monthly alimony of $20.&nbsp; Mrs. Nicholas Taltavull died at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Long Beach</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on September 14, 1914.&nbsp; Her corporal remains were interred in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">County</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Chancery</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Court Cause No. 1494, &quot;Adelle Taltavull v. Nicholas Taltavull&quot;, October 1902.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Nap L. Cassibry II,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Ladner Odyssey</strong></span>, (</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Miss.</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Historical &amp; Genealogical Society:&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi-1987, p. 587.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Former Biloxi Lady Died at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Long Beach</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&rdquo; (</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Adelaide</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Taltavull Obit), October 2, 1914, p. 2, c. 2.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Democrat-Star, &ldquo;Sancho &amp; Taltavull&rdquo;, May 31, 1878.</span></span></p>
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	<st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">US</span></span></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;CENSUS (1880)-</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison County</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>THE CHILDREN of NICHOLAS TALTAVULL and&nbsp;</strong></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>ADELAIDE</strong></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;<b>CARCO</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><b>1.&nbsp; MARIE TALTAVULL</b>&nbsp;(1850-1911) married Ramon T. Balius (1845-1912) on August 16, 1869.&nbsp; He was the son of Ramon Balius and Cecile Fayard.&nbsp; Balius served with Company E, 3rd Mississippi Infantry from September 1863 until February 1865.&nbsp; Their children were: Mrs. R. Pickett, Mrs. C.C. Holliman, Mrs. Seymour Desporte, Ernest Balius, Herman Balius, and John Balius.&nbsp; The family resided on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Thomas Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong size="0">REFERENCE:</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Nap L. Cassibry,&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Ladner Odyssey</span></b>, (Miss. Coast Historical &amp; Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), p. 672.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><b>2.&nbsp; MARGARET TALTAVULL</b>&nbsp;(1852-1880+) married Edmond Seymour (1848-1925) on May 19, 1874.&nbsp; They parented two children: Regina Seymour (1874-1880+) and Selina Seymour (1879-1880+).&nbsp; Margaret worked as a seamstress in 1880.&nbsp; They probably divorced as he married Virginia Young on May 18, 1875.&nbsp; Edmond Seymour and Virginia Young had a large family at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Edmond Seymour was a butcher in 1910.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><b>REFERENCES:</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Nap Cassibry II,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>The Ladner Odyssey</b></span>, (Mississippi Coast Historical &amp; Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), p. 805.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><b><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Taltavaul%2C Frank.jpg" style="width: 192px; height: 250px;" /></b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><b>FRANK TALTAVAUL (1853-1920)</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><b>3.&nbsp; FRANCIS TALTAVULL</b>&nbsp;(1853-1920) married on June 5, 1900, Anna Stiglets (1867-1941), the daughter of ship carpenter, Vincent Stiglets (1805-1893) and Felicite Ladner (1824-1896), of Stonewall,</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, Missisippi.&nbsp; Francis Taltavull died at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Lorraine</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, on November 25, 1920.&nbsp; He and Anna are interred in the&nbsp;</span></span><st2:sn><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">St.</span></span></st2:sn><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st2:middlename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">James</span></span></st2:middlename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st2:sn><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st2:sn><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Handsboro</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCE:</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><i>The Daily Herald</i>, &quot;Frank Taltavull Was A Respected Citizen&quot;, November 29, 1920, p. 3, c. 2.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">4.&nbsp; <strong>ELIZABETH TALTAVULL</strong> (1857-1926) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">. She never married and was a resident of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;where she died on December 4, 1926.&nbsp; She was survived by a brother, Nick Taltavull, and sisters, Mrs. F. Fayard and Mrs. A. Menuier.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">EFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Elizabeth Taltavull Obit&quot;, December 6, 1926, p. 2, c. 3.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Bradford O&#39;Keefe Burial Book 15, &quot;Elizabeth Taltavull&quot;, p. 27.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">5. <strong>CECILE TALTAVULL</strong> (1860-1874+) was baptized on March 27, 1874, at the Nativity of the BVM at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Vol. 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">6. <strong>ROSA TALTAVULL</strong> (b. 1861) was born January 7, 1861? &nbsp;She was baptized at the Nativity of the BVM at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on May 25, 1861.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCE:</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 334.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">7.&nbsp; <strong>PETER TALTAVULL</strong> (1868-1884) was born on February 15, 1864.&nbsp; He bought a lot on the east side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on April 19, 1884, from Mary Bellande (1840-1894).&nbsp; The tract was 220 feet long and 120 feet deep.&nbsp; Nicholas Taltavull owned the lot to the north and P. Harvey was to&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">the south.(Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 20, p. 101)</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">No further information.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Vol. 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">8.&nbsp; <strong>JOSEPHINE TALTAVULL</strong> (1856-1923+) married Celestine Fayard Jr. (1859-1923), son of Celestine Fayard and Euphemie Ladner on September 18, 1883.&nbsp; They resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">850 Fayard Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; They had six children: John Fayard (1881-1901+) married Angelina Hill on December 25, 1901; Therese Fayard; Frederick Fayard married Pinky Smith on October 6, 1907, then Clara Roland on April 12, 1925; Sydney Joseph Fayard married Mamie Reed on May 11, 1912, then Alice McGill on June 27, 1921; George Fayard (1892-1968); Jefferson Fayard married Louvine Gericevich on October 8, 1922.&nbsp; Celestine Fayard Jr. expired on July 18, 1923.&nbsp; Buried at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, (Diocese of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991, p. 333.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Nap Cassibry, The Ladner Odyssey, (Miss. Coast Historical &amp; Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), p. 365.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Resident Dead&quot;, July 18, 1923, p. 3.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Personal Communication:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Tracy B. McDonald-November 1996.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">9.&nbsp; <strong>CLARA TALTAVULL</strong> (1868-1889+) was born on May 1, 1868. She was baptized on February 21, 1882 at the Nativity of the BVM in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; She married Phillip Wagner on March 15, 1889.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">REFERENCE:</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 334.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">10.&nbsp; <strong>NICHOLAS TALTAVULL</strong> (1869-1931) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on February 7, 1869.&nbsp; He resided at</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">947 Main Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;and appears to have remained a bachelor.&nbsp; Nick worked at factories and restaurants and was well known, especially in the Back Bay section of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; He expired on March 6, 1931, and was survived by Mrs. C. Meunier (</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">), Mrs. Fayard (</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Long Beach</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">), and a brother, Tom Taltavull (may be Peter?) (</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">).</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Nick Taltavull Dies&quot;, March 6, 1931, p. 3.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">11.&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>PAULINE N. TALTAVULL</strong> was born February 15, 1873 and baptized on June 12, 1873&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">at the Nativity of the BVM in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCE:</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>
<p class="rtecenter" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">BERNARD TALTAVULL</span></strong></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Bernard Taltavull (1829-1870+) married Marie Louise Moran (1834-died before 1873), the daughter of Joseph Moran III and Virginia Fayard, on April 12, 1850.&nbsp; Children: Mary T. Rousseau (b. 1853) and Francis Taltavull (1851-1930).&nbsp; Family lore says that he brought the family to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cuba</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;during the Civil War. He was a ship carpenter at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in 1850.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Nap L. Cassibry II, The Ladner Odyssey, (Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), p. 142, and p. 667.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Personal Communication:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Jane T. Smith-November 1996.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>THE CHILDREN of BERNARD TALTAVULL and MARIE LOUISE MORAN</strong></span></span><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</strong></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>MARY LOUISE TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;was born on October 1, 1853.&nbsp; She married Daniel Rousseau (b. 1842) on July 31, 1873.&nbsp; He was the son of Joseph Rousseau and Arthemise Ladner.&nbsp; Their&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">children were:&nbsp; Frederick Daniel Rousseau (b. 1875) who married Laura Ryan in December 1895, Joseph Bernard Rousseau (b. 1876), and Charles Francis Rousseau (b. 1878).</span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Nap L. Cassibry II, The Ladner Odyssey, (Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), pp. 666-667, and p. 847.</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume III, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1995), p. 349.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>FRANCIS A. TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(1851-1930) married Mary Margaret Bertheaud (1860-1904) on March 19, 1879.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Benjamin Bertheaud (d. pre 1866) and Anna Marie&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Abbley (1842-1917).&nbsp; The Bertheauds were married by Justice of the Peace, Berry Wells (1812-1876), on October 23, 1858, in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Their other children were Rosalie Bertheaud (b.1862), and Mary Victorine Bertheaud (b. 1865).&nbsp; After the death of Benjamin Bertheaud, Anna Marie married Joseph Santa Cruz (1809-1886) on July 10, 1866.&nbsp; Anecdotal history relates that there were eight children born to this union, but only four sons survived: Fritz Santa Cruz (1870-1952), Rudolph Santa Cruz (1872-1932), Adolph Santa Cruz (1881-1972), and Randolph Santa Cruz (1882-1971).&nbsp; Joseph Santa Cruz was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Palma</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">island</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Majorca</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In 1880, Francis and Margaret Taltavull were residing at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;(now D&#39;Iberville) next to her mother, Mrs. Joseph Santa Cruz.&nbsp; Both men are ship carpenters.&nbsp; The children of Francis A. Taltavull and Marie Marguerite Bertheaud were: Mary &ldquo;Maggie&rdquo; T. Moran (1880-1948), wife of W.E. Moran; William Bernard Taltavull (1882-1948), Francis A. Taltavull (1883-1950), Alphonsine Taltavull (1885-1885?), and Margaret T. Venus (1888-1966), wife of Joseph Venus.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Frank Taltavull learned the Spanish language and the art of shipbuilding from his father, Bernard, on the shores of&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; His father took him to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cuba</span></span></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;during the Civil War and he later worked for the Brooklyn Boat Works at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New York City</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;where he learned large shipbuilding methods.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In March 1880, Frank Taltavull bought a tract of land in a State tax sale for $3.20.&nbsp; It was formerly owned by William Sylvester.&nbsp; The land was located on the north&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">shore</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;and had one arpent (192 feet) on the water and was one mile deep.&nbsp; Pierre Quave was to the east and Joseph Moran to the west.&nbsp; There is a high degree of certitude that Taltavull located a shipyard here.&nbsp; This is corroborated by The Biloxi Herald of March 19, 1892.&nbsp; The journal announced that the new schooner, Emma R. Clemens, owned by John Moran was launched from Frank Taltavull&#39;s shipyard.&nbsp; Home belles who attended the ceremony were: Laura Quave, Coline Harvey, Virginia and Theresa Moran, Edna Studebaker,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Lena</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;and Josephine Newman, and Melissa and&nbsp; Viola Seymour.(Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 17, p. 370)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Frank Taltavull advertised his business in The Biloxi Herald of October 5, 1893 as follows:</span></span></p>
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	<st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>BACK BAY</strong></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;<strong>SHIP YARD</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>F. Taltavull practical Ship Carpenter and Boat Builder</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vessels built, hauled out and repaired on short notice and at reasonable prices.&nbsp; The yard is supplied with all the modern appliances necessary to do first class work, and vessels also hauled out by steam.</strong></em>(p. 4, c. 3)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The October 1893 Hurricane washed away Taltavull&#39;s shipyard on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Probably as a result of losing his business and to locate closer to the seafood canneries on the south&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">shore</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, Frank Taltavull moved to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in 1894, and resided on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; By 1895, he was operating a shipyard on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Mr. Taltavull was known for constructing fast sailboats, schooners, steam launches, and tugs.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In May 1894, the new, 18-foot catboat, Rosina, built by Mr. Taltavull was for sale by Wallace Montross of the Montross Hotel.&nbsp; Asking price $65.(The Biloxi Herald, May 26, 1894, p. 8)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Two Frank Taltavull built vessels, the schooner, A. Gerdes and Brother, and the steam tug, Julius Elbert, became involved on May 29, 1901.&nbsp; Captain Antoine V. Bellande (1829-1918) was in command of the schooner in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi Sound</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;en route to Ocean Springs.&nbsp; The seven-man crew was below preparing for bed with a green sailor at the helm.&nbsp; The weather roughened and his inexperienced allowed the vessel to capsize.&nbsp; Captain Bellande and his crew were found by the Julius Elbert clinging to their stricken ship.&nbsp; They were rescued and having lost all their possession to the sea.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, May 29, 1901)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In 1905, the Taltavull &amp; Rerecich Shipyard is in operation at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">402 East Back Bay Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; It was sold by Bernard Taltavull to George Melvin in August 1908.&nbsp; Casimero Rerecish (1858-1918) was an 1896 Austrian (probably Croatian) immigrant.(HARCO, Ms. Chattel Bk. 10, p. 216.)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Frank Taltavull was beset with eye disease in his old age.&nbsp; Described as &ldquo;paralysis of the eye&rdquo;, he visited an eye specialist at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in March 1928 with some relief.(The Daily Herald, March 26, 1928, p. 2)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Mrs. Taltavull died on July 12, 1904.&nbsp; Mr. Frank Taltavull passed on January 6, 1930.&nbsp; Remains of both are interred at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Charles Dyer, Along The Gulf, &quot;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&quot;, (reprinted by the Women of Trinity Episcopal Church:&nbsp; Pass Christian, Mississippi-1971).</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Brother Jerome Lepre, The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Santa Cruz</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Family, (Lepre: New Orleans, Louisiana-1990), pp. 49-52 and p. 59.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">City</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Directory, Volume 1-1905, (The Biloxi Daily Herald Printery:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1905), p. 49 and p. 138.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Biloxi Cemetery Records Book E, &quot;Francis Taltavull Sr.&quot;, (microfilm:&nbsp; Biloxi Public Library), p. 214.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">The Biloxi Herald, &quot;Launching of the new schooner, Emma R. Clemens&quot;, March 19, 1892, p. 4.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Herald, &quot;Terrific Gale&quot;, October 5, 1893, p. 1.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Herald, &ldquo;Local Happenings&rdquo;, May 26, 1894.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Daily Herald, May 29, 1901.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &quot;Moran-Taltavull&quot;, January 26, 1905, p. 5.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &ldquo;Venus-Taltavull&rdquo;, November 26, 1908, p. 1.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Casimero Reresich Obit&quot;, February 8, 1918, p. 3.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &ldquo;Returns From&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&rdquo;, March 26, 1928.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Personal Communication:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Rusty Barnes-November 1996.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Jane Taltavull Smith-November 1996.</span></span></p>
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	&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2A.&nbsp; <strong>MARY AGNES TALTAVULL</strong> (1880-1966) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on October 14, 1880.&nbsp; She married William Ernest Moran (1880-1930) on January 25, 1905, at the residence of&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">her parents.&nbsp; His parents were Ernest Moran and Catherine Kornman.&nbsp; The Moran-Taltavull nuptials were a small quite ceremony performed by Judge Z.T. Champlin (1847-1924). &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Only relations and intimate friends were in attendance.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Captain William Ernest Moran, called Naneece, and his family resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">1002 Lameuse Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; He made his livelihood as a carpenter and the captain of the pleasure boat, Iona Louise, which he had operated since 1905.&nbsp; Captain Moran took tourist primarily for the Midwest to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Ship</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Island</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;and up the</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Tchoutacabouffa</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">River</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;for $1.00 per day.&nbsp; He was well known at the Biloxi Yacht Club.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Moran children were: Voyle Moran (1905-1997), Margaret M. Bullard (1907-1995), Naomi M. Porter (b. ?-1992), Nita M. Saucier (1912-1996+), and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Iona</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;L. Moran (1918-1996+).&nbsp; Iona L. Moran resides in the old family home on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Lameuse Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;today.&nbsp; She was a telephone operator for&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Southern Bell</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">for many years.&nbsp; Margaret lived at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Pensacola</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;where she is buried.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Captain Moran died on June 27, 1930.&nbsp; Mrs. Moran expired on October 14, 1966.&nbsp; Both are interred at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">City</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Records Book 19, &quot;Captain Wm.Ernest Moran&quot;, p. 56.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Records Book 50, &quot;Mary Agnes Moran&quot;, p. 62.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Daily Herald, January 26, 1905, p. 5, c. 4.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Captain Moran Dies After Short Illness&quot;, June 28, 1930, p. 1, c. 3.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Mrs. Mary A. Moran&quot;, October 19, 1966, p. 2, c. 3.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald,&nbsp; &quot;Voyle Moran&quot;, September 28, 1997, p.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Personal Communication:</span></span></p>
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	<st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Iona</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;L. Moran-November 1996</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Tessie M. Tootle-November 1996</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2B.&nbsp; <strong>WILLIAM BERNARD TALTAVULL</strong> (1882-1948) was born February 6, 1882 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Lorraine</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison County</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; He married Elsie Lyle Maxwell (1886-1962) on August 6, 1910.&nbsp; She was the daughter of John Lyle Maxwell (1845-1889) and Mary Scott (1864-1938).&nbsp; Mr. Maxwell was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Canton</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Illinois</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; He married Mary Scott, the daughter of Alexander C. Scott (1848-1878) and Jane Sheppard (1842-1905), on January 31, 1884 in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Scotts were English.&nbsp; Mrs. Scott was born Jane Sheppard in 1842, at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">South Shields</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,</span></span><st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">England</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; South Shields is located in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">county</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Tyne</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;and Wear on the North Sea at the mouth of the</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Tyne</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">River</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, ten miles east of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Newcastle upon Tyne</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; She married Alexander C. Scott in the Anglican Church at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">South Shields</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in 1862.&nbsp; They immigrated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">United States</span></span></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in 1871, arriving at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; The Scotts came to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;circa 1872.&nbsp; Mr. Scott died as a result of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1878.&nbsp; Mrs. Scott expired on January 4, 1905 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Her surviving children were: Mrs. Fred Dorhauer, Mrs. Mary Scott Maxwell, Alexander C. Scott Jr. and Edna F. Scott.&nbsp; In addition, Jane Sheppard Scott left two sisters at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">South Shields</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">England</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">:&nbsp; Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Forest.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">From the union of William Bernard Taltavull and Elsie L. Maxwell, two daughters were born: Jane T. Smith (b. 1911) and Mary Edna T. Gillis (1919-1996).</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Ship carpenter</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">William Bernard Taltavull was known as Bernard.&nbsp; He was educated in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;school system.&nbsp; Bernard learned the shipbuilding business from his father, Frank Taltavull.&nbsp; In August 1901, young Taltavull while using the circular saw at his father&rsquo;s shipyard severely cut his thumb and forefinger.&nbsp; Dr. Bolton (1859-1923) was called to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;boatyard to attend to Bernard&rsquo;s hand.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Bolton</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp; opined that his lacerated hand would recover from the accident.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, August 7, 1901, p. 8)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">During the September 1906 Hurricane, Bernard Taltavull&rsquo;s shipyard on Back Bay suffered $400 damage.(The Daily Herald,, September 28, 1906, p. 2)</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Seafood</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In 1912, Bernard Taltavull announced that he would open an oyster business on the beach at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; By 1917, Bernard had become active in the seafood packing industry at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Taltavull operated the Bay View Packing Company (formerly Henry Diaz Fish and Oyster Packers) until May 1924, when he bought the Biloxi Canning Company, which was located at the head of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">across the street from his Bayview Packing Company.&nbsp; The vendor was the Maritime Food Products Company, an&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Illinois</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;corporation, and the price $10,000.&nbsp; Dr. Charles Albert Babendreer (1867-1938) who resided at Ocean Springs was the president of Maritime Food Products.&nbsp; Taltavull merged the two canning operations.( (The Daily Herald, October 15, 1912, p. 8 and Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 142, p. 129)</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Biloxi Canning Company</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In February 1925, the Biloxi Canning Company was chartered.&nbsp; The incorporators were:&nbsp; Elsie Taltavull, Bernard Taltavull, and W.J. Wadlington.&nbsp; In 1934, the factory had forty boats of which two-thirds were utilized for oystering and the remainder to catch shrimp.&nbsp; At the height of the packing season, the Biloxi Canning Company employed 200 boatmen and 300 factory workers.&nbsp; Some employees were furnished free housing and water.&nbsp; This custom was phased out in the late 1930s. (</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, Ms. Charters of Corps. Book 36, p. 133)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In 1934, the Taltavull family resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">525 East Howard Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Mr. Taltavull&#39;s hobby was racing the champion schooner of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, the <strong><em>Mary Margaret</em></strong>.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In May 1943, Bernard Taltavull sold the Biloxi Canning Company to Roy Rosalis (1909-1984) and Virgilio dos&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Santos</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;for $60,000.&nbsp; Taltavull conveyed the factory, buildings, warehouses, machine shops, grinding mills, wharfs, and houses located on the property.&nbsp; It also included all the machinery fixtures, and personal property used by the Biloxi Canning and Packing Company and the Bay View Crushing Company.(Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 255, pp. 112-115)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In addition, the act of sale included the following power boats and schooners: Bride, H.E. Gumbel, Geraldine F., Zenia, Winnie Davis, Galle-Kelly, Golden Hope, Kanuga, Anais, Ida T., Lucky Lindy, Coca Cola Girl, Hulda Velma, Gertrude B., Ferda, Dauntless, I. Heidenheim, Anna Eve, Oxalis, Silver Pearl, Knox, and Teddy F.</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Bernard Taltavull Shrimp and Oyster Company</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In September 1944, Mr. Taltavull commenced a modern packing operation on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;known as the B. Taltavull Shrimp and Oyster Company.&nbsp; It was located on the waterfront just east&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Lameuse Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on property that he bought from Mrs. Lillie Cruso for $3500.&nbsp; Clell Dildy was the manager.&nbsp; Mr. Taltavull had seventeen boats and employed a maximum of 150 people, which included pickers, weighers, inspectors, and handlers.&nbsp; Production capacity was thirty barrels per hour.&nbsp; A conveyor belt carried the shrimp directly from the vessels to the plant.&nbsp; Additional land was added to the Taltavull operation in December 1945, when a tract east of the factory was acquired from A.T. Cvitanovich for $1400.(</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, Ms. Land Deed Book 259, p. 270 and Book 281, p. 101)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">After WW II, the health of Bernard Taltavull began to fail.&nbsp; At this time, the management of the factory was assumed by his daughter, Jane T. Smith, and son-in-law, W.W. &quot;Buddy&quot; Gillis.&nbsp; The September 1947 Hurricane brought five feet of water into the Taltavull factory.&nbsp; Ironically, three of Taltavull boats, Bobby C., Jeanne, and Mary Ann Gillis were blown westward onto the roadway of the Biloxi Canning Company, formerly owned by Bernard Taltavull.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mr. Taltavull expired on January 22, 1948.&nbsp; His wife passed on March 20, 1962.&nbsp; Both are buried at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Bernard Taltavull factory was sold to Precision Drawn Steel of Camden County, New Jersey on August 21, 1968, by Jane T. Smith and Edna May T. Gillis for $116,000.(Harrison County, Ms. Deed of Trust Book 530, p. 331)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2B1.&nbsp; <strong>Jane Margaret Taltavull </strong>(1911-2003) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on August 16, 1911, and was named for her great grandmother, Jane Sheppard Scott.&nbsp; She received her education in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;and matriculated to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Newcomb&nbsp;</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">College</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;where she graduated in 1932.&nbsp; In 1934, Miss Taltavull was employed as the secretary for the Biloxi Canning Company.&nbsp; Jane married Robert A. Smith, a native of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Oakland</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Tennessee</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, on April 12, 1942 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; They divorced with no children.&nbsp; Upon the death of her father in January 1948, she assumed the management of the B. Taltavull Shrimp and Oyster Company on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Jane retired in 1968.&nbsp; She traveled extensively and took an exclusive &quot;around the world flight&quot; stopping at twenty countries in the 1980s.&nbsp; Mrs. Smith resided in the Seashore Personal Care, a Methodist retirement community, at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">1450 West Beach Boulevard</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, until she relocated to a similar situation at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Gulfport</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in 2000. &nbsp;Jane died on August 20, 2003.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2B2. <strong>Mary Edna Taltavull</strong>&nbsp;(1919-1996) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on March 31, 1919.&nbsp; Circa 1940, she married William Warren &quot;Buddy&quot; Gillis (1920-2008).&nbsp; He was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on September 19, 1919.&nbsp; A young Buddy Gillis matriculated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">University</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;where he studied chemical engineering.&nbsp; With this education, he was employed by Monsanto and worked at the nuclear research facility at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Oak Ridge</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Tennessee</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;during WW II.&nbsp; It was here that &quot;Fat Boy&quot;, the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare, was constructed.&nbsp; When Bernard Taltavull became ill circa 1946, Buddy Gillis left Monsanto and joined Jane T. Smith at the B. Taltavull Shrimp and Oyster Company.&nbsp; He remained here until the sale in of the factory in 1968.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Gillis children were:&nbsp; Mary Ann McDougall (c. 1942), Pam Gillis Snyder (b. May 21, 1947), and Jane P. Gillis (1947-1947).&nbsp; Jane, named for her aunt, Jane T. Smith, expired a week after her birth on May 21, 1947.&nbsp; Mary Edna T. Gillis died February 7, 1996.&nbsp; Buried at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Book 32C, &quot;Bernard Taltavull&quot;, p. 492.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Webster&#39;s New Geographical Dictionary, &quot;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">South Shields</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&quot;, (Merriam-Webster Inc.:&nbsp; Springfield, Massachusetts-1988), p. 1143.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Golden Jubilee Number, The Daily Herald, (1884-1934)- Fiftieth Anniversary Souvenir, &quot;Biloxi Canning Company&quot;, (The Daily Herald:&nbsp; Gulfport, Mississippi-1934), p. 82.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &ldquo;City News&rdquo;, August 7, 1901.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &quot;Mrs. Jane Sheppard Scott&quot;, January 4, 1905, p. 5.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald,, &quot;Aftermath of Great Storm&quot;, September 28, 1906, p. 2.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &ldquo;Bernard Taltavul (sic) To Engage In Oyster Business&rdquo;, October 15, 1912.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Taltavull Plant Starts Operations&quot;, September 15, 1944, p. 7.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;One Life Lost, Heavy Damage Done at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&quot;, September 20, 1947, p. 1 and p. 2.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The Sun Herald, &quot;William &#39;Buddy&#39; Gillis&quot;, October 19, 2008.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Personal Communication:&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Jane T. Smith-November 1996</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2C.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>FRANCIS ALPHONSE TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(1883-1950) was born on July 19, 1883 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; He married Ida May Brander (1897-1953) on August 18, 1909, at the home of her parents in</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; She was born on April 9, 1897 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Houston</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Texas</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, the daughter of John C. Brander (1840-1913) and Emma Sandow (1863-1925).&nbsp; Mr. Brander was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Nova Scotia</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;while his wife, Emma, was a native of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New York</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; The Branders came to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in 1885.&nbsp; They relocated to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">in 1906.&nbsp; Mr. Brander was a master boat builder and constructed sailing vessels for canneries at both cities.&nbsp; He was the proprietor of the Brander Shipyard on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; His son, Francis A. Brander (1885-1965), the husband of Margaret Fayard (1895-1981), later was in business with his father as J.C. Brander &amp; Son.&nbsp; F.A. Brander born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Galveston</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Texas</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">It was appropriate that Francis A. Taltavull marry the daughter of a ship carpenter as that was the profession linked with the Taltavull family since Bernard Taltavull arrived at Back Bay (D&#39;Iberville), probably from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Menorca</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, in the 1840s.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In the 1920s, Frank was the proprietor of a grocery store at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">101 East Bayview Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; The family resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">942 Main Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; His father, Frank Sr., lived with them.&nbsp; By 1940, Frank was building boats and he and Ida May had relocated to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">510 Bohn Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Francis A. Talatvull passed on January 6, 1950.&nbsp; Mrs. Taltavull died on February 15, 1953.&nbsp; Both buried at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &quot;Pretty Home Wedding&quot;, August 19, 1909, p. 1, c. 4.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Brander Funeral This Afternoon&quot;, June 16, 1913, p. 8, c. 4.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Death Claims Mrs. Brander&quot;, March 18, 1925, p. 1, c. 8.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2D.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>ALPHONSINE TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(1885-1885?)-was born on February 16, 1885 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; She appears to have died as a child.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCE:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Brother Jerome Lepre,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Catholic Church Records Diocese of&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, Volume 1-(1843-1900), (Catholic Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 332.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;">
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2E.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>MARGARET PAMELA TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(1887-1948) was born on August 20, 1887 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; She married Joseph Venus (1883-1948), the son of German immigrant, Charles Venus, and Elodie Landry of St. James Parish,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; Joseph Venus was born at Convent,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;on September 1, 1883.&nbsp; The young couple were married on November 25, 1908, at the Church of the Nativity of the BVM.&nbsp; Father Finley officiated with Willie Collins and Miss Victoria Venus standing for the couple.&nbsp; They spent a short honeymoon at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Venus had two sons born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; They were: Joe Venus Jr. (1909-1965) born December 27, 1909 and Bernard Venus born on July 8, 1911.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Joe and Margaret Taltavull moved to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;circa 1918 and resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">2206 Second Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; She expired there on January 19, 1948, and was interred in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.&nbsp; He passed on November 5, 1948 also at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">. &nbsp;Corporal remains of both were interred in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">.</span></span></p>
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Book 32C, &quot;Margaret T. Venus&quot;, p. 498.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Book&nbsp; 32C, &quot;Joseph Venus&quot;, p. 41.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Brother Jerome Lepre,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Catholic Church Records Diocese of&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, Volume 1-(1843-1900), (Catholic Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Venus-Taltavull&quot;, November 26, 1908, p. 1, c. 6.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Joe Venus, Jr. Birth&quot;, December 27, 1909, p. 8. c. 3.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The Daily Herald, &quot;Venus Male Birth&quot;, July 8, 1911, p. 8, c. 1.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>JAMES TALTAVULL</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">James Taltavull (ca 1832-1881+) lived at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; He was probably a brother or cousin of Nicholas and Bernard Taltavull.&nbsp; He was married to Anna Vaguevizas.&nbsp; Their children were: Mary T. Manent (b. circa 1850-1868+) and Antonia Taltavull (1862-?).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">There are several land transactions at Ocean Springs in July 1881, concerning this family.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In July 1881, James Taltaral (sic) et al bought land from Antoine Ryan.(JXCO Land Deed Bk. 5, pp. 209-210)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In July 1881, James and Anna Taltavull sold a tract of land in Section 37, T7S-R8W to Francisco Coyle (1813-1891), a Spanish immigrant.&nbsp; Francisco Coyle was married to Magdalene Ougatte Pons (1813-1904).&nbsp; She immigrated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">US</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;in 1866.&nbsp; In 1874, their daughter, Laura Coyle (1857-1931), married Charles Ernest Schmidt (1851-1886), the grandfather of Dr. Frank O. Schmidt, Charles Ernest &ldquo;Uncle Ernie&rdquo; Schmidt (1904-1988), and Harry J. Schmidt (1905-1997).&nbsp; C. Ernest Schmidt was a mechanical engineer who invented the hydrolevel and other technical devices.&nbsp; He also wrote the only comprehensive history of Ocean Springs, Ocean Springs French Beachhead, which he published in 1972.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 5, pp. 207-209)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mr. Coyle owned a restaurant at Ocean Springs in 1857.(The New Orleans Daily Crescent, June 2, 1857, p. 1)</span></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>A.&nbsp; MARY A. TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(c. 1850-1868+) married Anthony Manent, son of Vincent Manent and Mary Prats, at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church at Ocean Springs on May 2, 1868.&nbsp; No further information.(Lepre, Vol. I, 1991, pp. 332-333)</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>B. ANTONIA TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;born October 6, 1862.&nbsp; No further information.&nbsp; Interestingly, there is an Antonia Tartabou, daughter of Antonio Tartabou and Pamela Cajechas, who married Albert Tournier at the Church of the Annunciation in Kiln, Mississippi on September 20, 1892.(Lepre, Vol. II, 1991, p. 248)</span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">One Antonio Tartavole married to Pamela Calagias/Callagas has two children, Estelle Tartavole (b. 1877) and Michael Stephen Tartavole (b. 1884), baptized at Our Lady of the Gulf in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.(Lepre, Vol. III, 1991, p. 349)</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume I, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 332 and p. 333.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume II, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1995), p. 248.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Jerome Jerome, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume III, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1995), p. 349.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">New Orleans Daily Crescent</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">, June 2, 1857.</span></span></p>
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