 bakeler family bakeler family ray sun 4112010 2144 eugene bakeler 18551923    bakeler eugene bakeler 18551923 was born in strasbourg alsace france on february 26 1855 the son of eugene bakeler and anastasia munch he arrived in america in 1859 probably at new orleans circa 1877 eugene married laura hasling probably at new orleans from this union two children were born in the crescent city joseph bakeler 18791895 and arthur francis bakeler 18841939 it is not known if eugene bakeler s marriage to laura hasling ended in divorce or her demise but on october 24 1888 he married marie adoraline chevalley 18651940 in new orleans she was the daughter of emile r chevally and julia modere 18411915 also of new orleans they had one child albert l bakeler 18891973 eugene bakeler and spouse adopted marshall l michel 18861954 her nephew and son of jules t michel and dora chevally 18681890  children arthur f bakeler  18841939 married ione ina murphy 18991971 children marie bakeler 19232010 arthur f bakeler ii 19252011 m marie emilie mayer 19252010 mildred bakeler b 1927 and alfred smith bakeler 19281978  albert l bakeler  18991973 married teresa c sumrall 18981980 they resided at 601 claiborne street in biloxi mississippi where they reared verne bakeler a daughter and their only child  verne bakeler married harold flash j lamas 19272001 the son of harold c lamas 19041986 and myrtle a balius 19081992 verne bakeler and harold j lamas were the parents of three children catherine lamas m mr wiltz thomas j lamas and james a lamas harold j lamas expired at biloxi mississippi on april 29 2001 the sun herald may 5 2001 p a5  bakeler s restaurant at biloxi eugene bakeler was initially engaged in the restaurant business opposite the l n depot in june 1894 mr bakeler exhibited a large red snapper frozen in a 300pound block of ice by the hygeia ice works the piscean sculpture made an attractive exhibit  the biloxi herald june 30 1894 p 8  by 1900 bakeler had established a general news tobacco and cigar business on reynoir street eugene bakeler had commenced his business career as a check boy in the store of dh holmes and rose to the position of salesman at the age of eighteen mr bakeler came to biloxi in the late 1880s from nola he served as alderman under exmayor ladnier s laudner administration and made a good reputation as such he always had a fascination for the news business buys direct from the publishers and has the finest establishment of its kind on the gulf coast after the destructive fire of november 1900 eugene bakeler was the first doing business in the burnt district which speaks well for his pluck and enterprise he was not selfish but attributed his business success largely to his estimable wife mr bakeler was a strong advocate in the election for the gulf ship island railroad and believed in the future prosperity and greatness of biloxi mr bakeler was a member of the knights of honor he expired at biloxi on april 25 1923 maria chevally bakeler died on january 6 1940     the biloxi news company 433 reynoir street e bakeler ma bakeler newspapers magazines periodicals tobacco cigars and smokers articles   biloxi news company the home next door is the bakeler residence at 431 reynoir eugene bakeler and marie a bakeler were the parents of albert l bakeler 18891973 he worked in the shop as a clerk  note from sherry morrish  smorrish913 gmailcom  on may 14 2014 my mother was mildred agnes bakeler or inez thomise bakeler official birth certificatebiloxi ms april 24 1926jan 6 2007 since the arthur bakeler family broke up in 1930 their boys arthur and alfred were sent to an orphanage where life was harsh mildred lived with several relatives in a short amount of time and finally lived with the albert bakeler and teresa summreal family with sole cousin verne and albert s mother adoraline marie chevalley michel 1940 there was also an older brother to arthur named joseph 1899 born to eugene s first wife laura hasling 1866 arthur jr and alfred set up household when arthur aged out of the orphanage 1938 and brought his younger brother with him although mildred does not show up on the 1930 census in a subsequent census dated 1930 she does appear as a resident of the albert bakeler household mildred graduated from the local catholic girls school in biloxi in 1944 she worked briefly in civil service at the military base but left soon after to new orleans l hotel dieu where she enrolled in the nurses corps supporting the war effort she left upon graduation for san diego ca 1948 to work in a hospital she was estranged from most of the arthur bakeler family for the rest of her life she did maintain family relationships with albert and teresa bakeler her uncle and aunt and especially floyd and verne lamas there are 3 bakeler adult children from verne and floyd  references    biloxi   city  directory  biloxi mississippi volume 1 1905 the biloxi daily herald printery biloxi1905 p 40   harrison county mississippi circuit court   state v eugene bakeler   october 1909 journals the  baton rouge advocate    marie emilie mayer bakeler   april 15 2010 the  baton rouge advocate    arthur f bakeler sr   january 15 2011  the  biloxi  herald   city news   june 30 1894 p 8  the  biloxi  herald   the death of joseph bakeler   march 30 1895 p 8  the biloxi daily herald    barber has brainstorm says bakeler   october 29 1909  the daily herald    bakeler is a candidate   april 21 1916 p 5  the daily herald   eugene bakeler ill   october 24 1921 p 3 the daily herald   albert l bakeler   august 16 1973 p 2 the daily herald   mrs teresa sumrall bakeler   december 26 1980 p a 2 the times picayune     arthur f bakeler  held under the white slave laws   february 22 1917 the times picayune   deaths   ina bakeler     november 1971 the times picayune   deaths   alfred s bakeler     october 5 1978 183 views  