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	<span style="font-size:14px;">Joseph Bellande was born in France, probably Marseille, in October 1813.&nbsp; He arrived in this country in 1835, according to his statement on the census of 1900.&nbsp; He is believed to have come first to New Orleans.&nbsp; It is not known when or why he arrived in Ocean Springs, Mississippi where he lived out the rest of his life.&nbsp; He married Rosaline LaFauce, daughter of Jacques LaFauce and Marie Eveline LaFontaine on May 26, 1842.</span></p>