 bellman family bellman family ray mon 4122010 948 prologue  in the october 2001 felicia bellman tucker of pensacola and nancy bellman mcmillan of mobile granddaughters of joseph ralph bellman 18701952 a native of ocean springs and elizabeth missouri new bellman 18761949 crossed the atlantic in search of their bellmann  roots they spent two weeks in the northern germany cities of plon kiel schleswig and hamburg here the sisters met with german genealogists and historians who led them to their long desired dream of finding the parents and birthplace of charles fn bellman 18061868 progenitor of their bellman family in america and a pioneer settler of biloxi their very successful journey and results are to be lauded and appreciated by all who seek knowledge of our romantic but oftenelusive past the original spelling of the family name in germany which is now spelled bellman in america  felicia bellman tucker  the following is a brief description of the journey to germany by felicia b tucker and nancy b mcmillan felicia b tucker wrote it for this article  we arrived in  hamburg  and were met by my genealogical advisor kayuwe gottorf and his wife we were driven to plon where we stayed in a quaint hotel on a lake plon is the town where kayuwe gottorf lives and he was going to be the one to help us get around  germany  while we were there the next morning he and his wife picked us up at the hotel and we drove to  schleswig  where we were greeted by mr thorsten dahl the spokesman for the mayor mr thorsten dahl was elected mayor a few days after we left also dr antje wendt the doctor of history for schleswig told us all about our bellmann ancestors how they came to be in schleswig to bring musical culture to that part of  germany by playing at the theatre for the opera dr wendt took us on a tour of the old part of  schleswig  which was originally a fishing village we walked down the narrow cobblestone street to the st johannas kloster where carl gottlieb bellmann charles fn bellman s father played the organ and wrote the anthem the song of schlewigholstein with the help of a lawyer m f chimnitz they arranged for a gentleman from the great church there to play on the same organ that carl gottlieb bellmann had played the anthem that he wrote the organ had been refurbished a few years before we went there there is a statue to carl gottlieb bellmann and mr chimnitz in the park where they have a music festival every year the song they wrote was written to prompt the citizens to rebel against denmark so this part of the country could return again to germany we saw the house where carl gottlieb bellmann and his wife lived and the house where charles fn bellman our direct ancestor was born we traveled to kiel via train to do some sight seeing and were shown around by a student that i had become acquainted with through my genealogical research kiel is where charles fn bellman s brother and sister taught music and had been proprietors of a music store i could go on and on about our fascinating journey but i won t i also have some really good photographs of the organ statue etc it was a very eventful trip and so special the german people went out of their way to tell us everything they could about our bellmann family they did not know that their famous musician carl gottlieb bellmann had any descendants as his other children never had any offspring   in addition to the knowledge that felicia bellman tucker and nancy bellman mcmillan have provided for bellman family genealogists the author would be severely remiss for not lauding the exhaustive research and publications of nap l cassibry ii 19182002 cassibry s magnus opus  the ladner odyssey    1988 and  early land settlers and land grants at biloxi  1986 are pregnant with detailed historical and genealogical data of the mississippi gulf coast the latter work was particularly utilized in this essay  charles fn bellman  the progenitor of the bellman family of biloxi and ocean springs was charles fn bellman 18061868 an immigrant from schleswigholstein germany the name was spelled bellmann in germany at least two other ocean springs families pabst and von rosambeau had their origins in this northern province of germany whose borders were often disputed with neighboring denmark  charles fn bellman 18061868  courtesy of felicia bellman tucker charles fn bellman was born at kiel germany on may 30 1806 as carl friedrich nicolai bellmann the son of carl gottilieb bellmann 17721859 and friederica christina krause 17751860 the daughter of otto wilhelm krause of kiel his birth was recorded in the lutheran church on june 7 1806 at schleswigfriedrichberg carl g bellmann was a musician and composer from muskau in saxony now in eastern germany he was the composer of the song of schlewig olstein carl g bellmann and miss krause were married on december 9 1800 in schleswigfriedrichberg in addition to charles fn bellman their other children were carl adolph eduard bellmann born november 10 1801 friederika henriette adolphine bellmann born may 25 1803 and carl friedrich fedor bellmann born december 29 1811 and died may 29 1874 in kiel germany research of felicia bellman tucker march 14 2002 charles fn bellman 18061868 was a pioneer settler of biloxi mississippi he arrived at biloxi in 1835 and circa 1836 married pauline ryan 18151899 the daughter of jacques ryan d 1849 and elizabeth laforce lafauce at biloxi charles bellman made his livelihood as a boarding house proprietor druggist and doctor bellman avenue which strikes northsouth from east beach boulevard to howard avenue in biloxi is named for charles fn bellman  bellman children charles fn bellman and pauline ryan bellman brought nine children into the 19th century world theodora bellman 18381901 married louis l toon ryan adolphine bellman 18381893 married moses seymour 18381893 charles w bellman 18411885 married louisa wilhemena egan 18511881 edwardine bellman 18431921 married benjamin f noel 18411910 harro bellman 18471920 married euphrosine frazine ryan 18521904 bertha bellman 18511932 married ernest m beaugez 18621903 ada regina lida bellman 18541870 ralph charles bellman 18551899 and pauline josephine bellman 18571933 married george w mccary 18481925 jacques ryan s biloxi settlement charles fn bellman s fatherinlaw jacques ryan had settled at biloxi in the early 19th century and in july 1822 he acquired a large tract of land on the pass of biloxi from jeanbaptiste carco d 1823 the son of nicolas carco ii and catherine ladner carco had been awarded a land grant of ten arpents or approximately 160 acres on the biloxi peninsula from the king of spain in 1790 the carco land donation at biloxi preceded that of the ladners fayards and dorsette richard the american state papers 1994 p 38 in present day terms the carco land donation was bounded on the west by lameuse street and on the east by a line which ran north 90 feet of bellman avenue the back bay of biloxi was the northern boundary of the jeanbaptiste carco land claim cassibry ii 1986 p 1 and p 124 the jacques ryan tract on the biloxi channel opposite deer island consisted of about fortyacres it had a front on the biloxi channel of 2 and ¼ arpents or about 432 feet and ran north 3040 arpents or about 5760 feet to 7680 feet to the bay of biloxi peter dubuys was on the east and john nixon claimed the western perimeter of the jacques ryan land at biloxi harco ms land deed bk 1 pp 342343 the charles fn bellman family also resided on the shore of biloxi channel on a small plot of land which jacques ryan had provided for them the bellman piece of land measured 100 feet in width by 120 feet in depth from detailed maps drawn and dated by charles fn bellman and utilized in litigation in the harrison county mississippi chancery court it can be seen that many buildings occupied this small tract among these structures were the bellman home 1837 kitchen 1837 necrojars 1837 chicken house 1838 horse stable 1838 boarding house 1841 and ten pin alley 1843 cassibry ii 1986 pp 129131 failure in 1846 charles fn bellman s business failed he was sued in 1848 for unpaid merchandise received from curtius company a new orleans firm owned by george lewis curtius and fw frendenthal this litigation went against bellman and as a result he lost his land on the biloxi channel to these men to pay his debts cassibry ii 1986 p 126  schooner pauline in 1853 cfn bellman and the heirs of jacques ryan counter sued fw frendenthal and the estate of gl curtius to have his land title at biloxi returned and to be paid for the destruction and loss of his schooner pauline disclosure in this litigation revealed that charles fn bellman had leased this vessel to hanson alsbury for the shipment of slaves from biloxi to the balize on the gulf outlet of the mississippi river instead of depositing the slaves at the balize the pauline continued to the port of galveston republic of texas here the pauline was taken into local custody and sold because she did not have registry to trade in a foreign port cassibry ii 1986 p 127 it is interesting to note that hanson alsbury ca 18051851 was a resident of ocean springs where he made his livelihood as a solicitor and land speculator on february 2 1837 he was issued a federal land patent on lot 4 of section 30 t7sr8w lot 4 runs from the bay of biloxi north 1320 feet and comprises approximately thirtyfour acres it includes the entire biloxi bay front from weeks bayou northwest to the mouth of the ocean springs inner harbor there is some probability that hanson alsbury built the andersonashley structure on the present day shearwater pottery tract jxco ms land deed bk 63 pp 3536 in addition hanson alsbury possessed lots 2 3 and 5 of the widow lafontaine claim section 37 t7sr8w he also owned large tracts of land at present day biloxi section 20 t7sr9w and d iberville in the early 1840s at back bay now d iberville alsbury operated a large brickyard with colin mcrae this operation would later become the property of william g kendall 18121872 the kentucky born lawyer and us postmaster of new orleans who bought land at ocean springs east of alsbury in 1846 the kendall property is now owned primarily by the descendants of the dickeywhitescharr family and the estate of ge arndt jr  judicial reversal  in 1853 it was adjudicated in litigation titled charles bellman et al v fw frendenthal executor of the estate of george lewis curtius et al in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi that charles fn bellman s biloxi tract did not have proper title as jacques ryan his fatherinlaw had issued no warranty deed to him bellman s efforts to recover his investment in the schooner pauline was dismissed a personal judgment was assessed against mr bellman in favor of the defendants for past due accounts owed to the firm of curtius company a new orleans business owned by george lewis curtius and fw frendenthal this judgment applied only to bellman and not the land and improvements as they were deemed the property of the heirs of jacques ryan cassibry ii 1986 pp 126136 apothecary as mentioned charles fn bellman was a druggist he advertised in  the ocean springs gazette  of march 24 1855 as follows  c bellman co apothecaries druggists   recommend to the public their choice assortment of drugs medicines lancets syringes watch crystals perfumeries and a chemical preparation called c bellman healing rock for the cure of all sores wounds and scratches on horses and mules doctor s receipts will as usual be made up with all possible precision neatness and dispatch medical advice can always be obtained at the east end of the plank walk biloxi miss    divorce the sacred union between charles fn bellman and pauline ryan ended in a civil divorce on may 29 1860 in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi pauline ryan bellman had sought a divorce from charles fn bellman because of his alleged extreme cruelty some of her testimony in this case revealed the following charles bellman and i were married by a catholic priest in biloxi circa 1836 the following children born of the marriage are alive theodora a daughter born in 1837 adolphine a daughter born in 1839 charles a son born in 1840 edwardine a daughter born n 1842 harro a son born in 1849 bertha a daughter born in 1850 lida a daughter born in 1851 ralph a son born in1853 and pauline a daughter born in 1858 in 1846 charles bellman was running a boarding house and drug store but in that year of 1846 he went broke the boarding house was torn down in 1846 and he continues at this time to run the drug store from our residence on a very small scale cassibry ii 1986 pp 137138 in the depositions of daughters theodora bellman and adolphine bellman the following was related  theodora  i am the oldest child and daughter of charles and pauline bellman and i teach school during the winter months some of the controversy here being adjudicated has to do with the treatment of me by my father i am now going with and considering marriage with mr gauthier a widower with four children my sister adolphine is considering marriage with a mr roose of new orleans my father on every occasion discouraged and was most insulting to every man that came to our home to call on the daughters  cassibry 1986 pp 138139  adolphine   my father has forbidden me to go to parties and balls with emile ladner called noon gatto because emile has been in a scrape with irish jane also known as red headed jan e cassibry 1986 p 137 in his defense of cruelty charges against his spouse charles fn bellman stated the following  his wife for the most part communicates in the french language which he does not speak or understand she also impeded his efforts to teach his children i came to biloxi in 1835 and pauline and i were married in biloxi in 1837 we have nine children i once ran a boarding house and mercantile establishment but lost them in two long and costly lawsuits i deny that i ever failed in business i now run a small apothecary and drug store and i have been a medical practitioner i have insisted that our children be educated by the best people available in biloxi at the time i myself have instructed them purchased books paper and all the supplies necessary to continue their education i instructed them every night and all are literate and well educated as compared with the people and times here    ocean springs prior to 1870 pauline ryan bellman had left biloxi and relocated to ocean springs in the 1870 federal census of jackson county mississippi she was a housewife and head of household harro bellman bertha bellman ada bellman and pauline bellman were domiciled with her two of mrs pauline bellman s married children theodora bellman ryan 18381901 the wife of sailor louis l toon ryan 18371909 and charles w bellman 18411885 a laborer and the spouse of almina bellman 18511881 a native of hanover germany resided on each side of her bellmanschmidt cottage the bellman chmidt cottage is situated at present day 505 jackson avenue and now in the possession of patrick mitchell it apparently once belonged to pauline ryan bellman and the original land deed was destroyed in the last conflagration march 1875 of the jackson county courthouse at pascagoula ce uncle ernie schmidt 19041988 in his ocean springs french beachhead 1972 states that it is known that the widow bellman took in a few pupils at the old house still standing at the northwest corner of jackson and cleveland one of her pupils laura coyle remembered years later that mrs bellman excused the class so they could go to the railroad to see the first official train go through that happened on october 29 1870 p 67 laura coyle 18571931 was the daughter of franco coyle 18131891 and magalene ougatte pons 18131904 in 1874 she married charles ernest schmidt 18511886 commonly called handsome charlie a native of new orleans and of german ancestry laura c schmidt was the grandmother of local historian ce uncle ernie schmidt  theodora bellman ryan theodora bellman 18371901 was born february 8 1837 at biloxi the eldest child of charles fn bellman and pauline ryan on december 24 1874 she married louis l toon ryan 18371909 a local sailor and fisherman and the son of jerome ryan 17931870 and marie euphrosine lafontaine 1802ca 1846 at the st alphonsus catholic church in ocean springs lepre 1991 p 286 the children of louis l toon ryan and theodora bellman were theodora genett ryan b 1870 married frank thomas cora ryan 18731934 married robert j woodcock 18821919 mabel pauline ryan 18741874 lilly ida ryan b 1877 married anthony boyes and louis ralph boy ryan 18801960 married eva peterson 18871964 as previously mentioned theodora taught school at biloxi during the winter months before she married toon ryan her corporal remains and those of her husband lie in rest in the bellande cemetery in ocean springs no further information krohn 1995 p 1 p 4 and p 13  adolphine bellman seymour  adolphine bellman 18391920 was born at biloxi on august 15 1839 she married moses seymour 18381893 the son of jeanbaptiste seymour 18111887 and marie fournier 18171890 who were the progenitors of the large seymour family at ocean springs adolphine and moses were the parents of edwin mclan seymour b 1864 isabella seymour 18661928 married richard white 18491891 norman a seymour 18681920 robert f seymour 18701939 ernest adolph seymour 18751877 and mamie seymour 18831920 married frank bourgh busch lepre 2001 pp 8182 jean aptiste seymour tract moses seymour was the first sibling of the family to acquire land in the jb seymour tract at ocean springs from his parents the jb seymour tract was established on september 15 1849 when jeanbaptiste seymour purchased a 13acre parcel of land at ocean springs from dr andrew b dodd 18061850 a kentucky born physician the jb seymour tract ran from government street to lafontaine avenue and was only 150 feet wide except on its southern termination near present day lafontaine avenue where it widened to 165 feet its western perimeter began 200 feet east of dewey avenue the jeanbaptise seymour tract was originally a part of andre fournier s three arpent tract on the bay of biloxi and bayou bauzage inner harbor in claim section 37 t7sr8w the widow lafontaine claim jb seymour paid dr dodd 1154 per acre for this land jxco ms land deed bk 10 pp 286287 in september 1877 jeanbaptiste and marie fournier seymour for 25 conveyed to moses and his wife adolphine bellman 18381920 a 300foot deep lot on the south side of porter avenue near present day minor lane it appears that the homestead of jean aptiste seymour and marie fournier was also located on this tract in july 1890 when delmas seymour sold a house for 35 to his brother moses the deed concerning this structure read a certain house built by me in ocean springs for the use of my mother during her life on the said moses seymour lot south of his residence on porter avenue moses demise from his obituary it relates that moses seymour was a resident of scranton pascagoula at the time of his passing in early january 1893 he expired suddenly probably from a heart attack at the l n depot in new orleans as he waited for a train to return home moses was a wellknown and financial successful butcher his body was sent to ocean springs for burial in the bellande cemetery adolphine lived until january 1920 her corporal remains also lie in ocean springs on dewey avenue the pascagoula democratstar january 13 1893 p 3  pascagoula seymours  since moses and adolphine bellman seymour lived in the scranton community it was only natural for their children to do the same in november 1891 in the roman catholic church at ocean springs their daughter isabella seymour married richard l white 18711928 a native of ocean springs and the son of englishman richard white 18491891 and selena sherman hill white 1854 919 lepre 1991 p 360 in 1900 richard l white made his living as a butcher he and isabella s white were residing at scranton with his son louis r white b 1892 from a prior nuptial upon his death in late february 1928 mr white was survived by five children three brothersjohn white frank white and harry hill 18661915 three sistersmrs ralph green mrs walter weber and mrs lotta w catchot 18741954 the spouse of francis frank catchot 18711943 the son of arnaud catchot 18341910 and adele ryan b 1844 the jackson county times march 3 1928 p 3 at pascagoula norman a seymour married and later divorced condalaura flechas 18721935 the daughter of captain joseph flechas 18241883 and condalaura villar 18421908 like his father moses he made his livelihood as a butcher their family was composed of hilda seymour buffett 18971989 mildred seymour pelham 18991961 lois seymour tew 19011965 hulbert seymour 19031971 norman seymour 19051971 blanche seymour spavin b 1908 and bernard seymour b 1910 lepre 2001 pp 8182 robert f seymour also appears to have settled at pascagoula in 1900 he made his livelihood as a stevedore on the east pascagoula waterfront with laura tousell 1869 909 a louisiana lady of french parentage he had five children edward m seymour b 1896 martin van buren seymour 18971897 eugenie b seymour b 1898 leo r seymour 19021934 and clifton seymour b 1903 members of both these seymour families are buried in the greenwood cemetery at pascagoula lepre 2001 p 82  charles whiteall bellman charles w bellman  18411885 as previously mentioned made the short relocation from biloxi to ocean springs with his family mother and siblings even after the july 1860 federal census of harrison county mississippi the family of charles fn bellman were residing on the shore of the biloxi channel near present day bellman street here at ocean springs near the end of its steamboat days the bellmans settled on jackson avenue near cleveland charles w bellman made his livelihood as a laborer and carpenter cook 1982 p 27 circa 1866 cw bellman had married almina eagan 1851 881 a native of hanover germany their children were  louise eva arguelles  18671958 the wife of joseph p arguelles 18661944  joseph ralph bellman  18701952 married elizabeth m new 18761949  philip m bellman  18721927 married alice v seymour 18801957 and michael charles bellman  18741956 married nellie george clausen 1892 976 research of felicia b tucker and nancy b mcmillan        louise eva bellman   louise e bellman  18671958 called lou was born at biloxi on december 29 1867 in early february 1891 at st alphonsus catholic church she married joseph peter arguelles  18661944 the son of francisco arguelles 18171880 a native of spain and bridget mcnerney 18571917 an irish immigrant their children were albert joseph arguelles 18921943 warren arguelles 18931973 frank arguelles 18941943 george henry arguelles 18961934 ethel arguelles 18971938 florence arguelles 18991979 lillian m arguelles 19022000 bernardine w arguelles 1904 989 donald arguelles 19071969 cecile arguelles 19081994 married george pavlov 19101963 and louise arguelles 19101983 lou bellman arguelles expired on february 11 1958 the biloxi herald february 7 1891 p 1  joseph ralph bellman  joseph r bellman  18701952 was born at ocean springs on february 24 1870 at mobile on february 121901 he married elizabeth missouri new 18761949 a native of cottage hill alabama and the daughter of john samuel new and louisa thompson their children were joseph henry bellman 19011902 carrie edna bellman russell lewis 19031957 married thad russell and william lewis charles john bellman 19071982 married evelyn florence culbreth and cecile louise bellman 19131970 married bernard turner joseph r bellman passed on february 5 1952 while elizabeth new bellman followed him in death on december 17 1949 their corporal remains are at rest in the pinecrest cemetery at mobile lepre 1991 p 20 and research of felicia b tucker and nancy b mcmillan  philip bellman family   philip marcellus bellman philip m bellman 18721927 was born at ocean springs on june 23 1872 he married alice v seymour 18801957 the daughter of narcisse seymour 18491931 and caroline v krohn 18471895 their children were bertridge b brou 19001992 married edward brou 18961949 phyllis b burke 19021970 married edward burke inez b mcclain 19062004 married arthur r mcclain 19001974 carrie b dellinger emerson 19091964 married earl j dellinger 19011951 and milton emerson bernice b cascio 19121971 married charles cascio 19091968 philip a bellman 19151964 edward joseph eddie bellman 19202009 married mabel beatrice patty kennedy courson 19242015 and robert e bellman 19272014 married thelma rita degeorge lepre 2001 pp 102103  philip m bellman 18721927  courtesy of robert e bob bellman eagle point oyster company philip bellman made his livelihood at ocean springs as a butcher prior to his employment with his fatherinlaw s organization narcisse seymour sons pioneer oyster packers and shippers in late 1915 he became associated with anton p tony kotzum 18711916 the son of joseph kotzum 18421915 and josephine kotzum 18451920 and the proprietor of the eagle point oyster company in november 1915 tony kotzum had entered into a fiveyear lease agreement with clara tillman seymour 18891952 the widow of hugh c seymour 18761913 on the oyster beds and grounds and house located at marsh point this was the property that hugh seymour had purchased from fa dolph schrieber 18711944 in 1904 mr schrieber and his brother joseph l dode schrieber 18731951 had built the black diamond a house over the water at marsh point dolph schrieber lived here intermittently to protect his oysters from poachers anton p kotzum agreed to pay the widow seymour 250 per year and carefully cultivate and attend the oyster beds and grounds so manage the beds that they will be in good physical condition at the expiration of this lease as they are at present and to return all shells removed from the grounds properly spread or their equivalent in steam shells   the progress july 9 1904 p 4  and jxco ms chancery court cause no 3616october 1917 the eagle point oyster company advertised their product as   our oysters are unsurpassed for flavor and excellence being grown from original stock on grounds long noted for their superior qualities    the ocean springs news november 24 1915 p 12   tony kotzum died in september 1916 he was also a fine musician and directed the ocean springs concert band an outgrowth of the ocean springs brass band led by tj ames 18761927 kotzum once crusaded for more benches in marshall park as he felt that the spectacle of a hundred or more ladies standing during his concert was a poor advertisement of civic pride in september 1916 frank kuppersmith c 18501920 came to ocean springs from mobile alabama and took a lease on the eagle point oyster company building on front beach  the jackson county times september 23 1916    ocean springs fish oyster company  in march 1916 philip bellman created the ocean springs fish oyster company his packinghouse was situated on the front beach between jackson and washington avenue on the former site of the hugh charles seymour 18761913 oyster shop mr bellman was noted for his affable humor and relaxed attitude   the ocean springs news march 23 1916 p 6  and margaret seymour norman june 1995 philip m bellman s inventory for his seafood business included a oneton ford truck the leo d a motor vessel fifteen skiffs the clara seymour oyster lease oyster shop and wharf privileges and oyster leases from the ramsay estate and bouslog jxco ms chancery court cause 4648february 1925 mr bellman advertised his new business in  the ocean springs news  of march 30 1916 as follows  ocean springs fish oyster company philip bellman manager located on beach between washington and jackson avenues small or large orders promptly delivered anywhere in town east beach and eagle point oysters a specialty we solicit a share of your patronage we also take out boating parties for prompt servicering phone 55 in middecember 1916 two of bellman s fishermen alphonse cox and emile beaugez 19011967 took his vessel kentucky in search of shrimp outside of dog key the motor quit and they rigged a crude sail to get home the resourceful seamen reached belle fontaine beach and walked ten miles back to ocean spring having been without food for nearly two days   the daily herald december 19 1916 p 1    sale in august 1923 philip m bellman sold a twothirds interest in the ocean springs fish and oyster company to cl martin and sj debleau who planned to continue the business at the same site and under the same lease terms from mrs hugh c seymour bellman vended his business to martin and debleau for 600 the jackson county times september 15 1923 p 5 by early1925 philip m bellman was in serious litigation with martin and debleau he alleged that they still owed him 385 from the sale of his interest to them in the ocean springs fish oyster company in their response martin and debleau declared that bellman owed them 2800 the ocean springs fish oyster company lease with mrs hc seymour had expired and that they were required to pay her 120 to retain their oyster beds and utilize the oyster shop bellman had represented the number of merchantable oysters on the seymour lease as 5000 barrels when in reality there were less than 1000 barrels of oysters and the oneton ford truck was their property and not that of philip m bellman the litigation between bellman and martindebleau was adjudicated in december 1926 in favor of bellman the defendants were ordered to pay him 310 and placed a lien in favor of bellman on the truck motor boat and fifteen skiffs owned by the ocean springs fish oyster company jxco ms jxco ms chancery court cause 4648february 1925    biloxi  the philip m bellman family moved to biloxi in 1923 and resided at 612 reynoir street phillip bellman made his livelihood as a carpenter until he passed away on march 3 1927 at biloxi   the daily herald march 4 1927 p 2   bertridge bellman brou bertridge bert e bellman 19001992 was the only child of philip m bellman and alice v seymour 18801957 to settle in ocean springs at ocean springs in june 1920 she married a new orleans man edward crawford brou 1896 949 the son of joseph e buck brou 18691934 and ellenora knox bert and ec brou were the parents of four children edward j brou 19212004 margaret m brou 19222015 philip e brou 19231958 and claire e brou b 1928 jxco ms mrb 13 p 366 buck brou had two sisters marie adele brou 18751937 and marie odette brou bryan 18791957 the wife of frank bryan 18791936 who owned property at ocean springs on jackson avenue in may 1910 mrs odette b bryan and her husband built a fine queen anne cottage at present day 406 jackson avenue joseph a weider 18771960 was the building contractor in december 1917 odette b bryan acquired from the von rosambeau family 410 jackson avenue the residence north of her home she moved here and reared two sons thad bryan 19071994 and frank h bryan jr 19141999 the ocean springs news may 14 191 and jxco ms land deed bk 45 pp 252253 in may 1910 adle brou acquired lot 7block 3 of the ocean springs hotel tract which is situated on the west side of jackson avenue from fj lundy 18631912 here miss brou erected a cottage in may 1937 she sold it to her edward c brou her brother the brou cottage was destroyed by hurricane camille in august 1969 today the descendants of joseph e brou continue to be prominent landowners on jackson avenue the ocean springs news may 28 1910 jxco ms land deed bk 35 p 620 and bk 70 pp 130131 at ocean springs edward c brou 18961949 made his livelihood as a brakeman and conductor for the l n railroad in 1946 shortly after ww ii he and brotherinlaw edward eddie bellman 19202009 with son edward j brou founded a sporting goods store at biloxi called belbru today known as the belbru marine mart the biloxi based business is operated by edward j brou and his son e joseph brou jr edward c brou passed on december 20 1949 at his jackson avenue residence is corporal remains were interred in the evergreen cemetery on old fort bayou   the daily herald december 20 1949 p 1    belbru sporting goods belbru sporting goods  the  partnership of eddie bellman  19202009 and  edward j brou  19212004 opened on november 1 1946 at 112 east howard avenue the business in addition to  vending a complete line of athletic goods was the local distributor for the devil boats manufactured by the kennedymoran enterprises  at the former westergard boat yard on back bay and lee street the daily herald november 1 1946 p 7  brou children  bert b brou in addition to rearing her children was involved in scouting and swimming while all of her children were excellent competitive amateur swimmers edward j brou and margaret m brou went on to win regional swimming championships in september 1936 edward j brou set a record at the southern aau swim meet in new orleans when he swam the mile in 25 minutes and 59 seconds young brou placed second in the twomile event at baton rouge in august 1939 margaret m brou was the southern aau junior relay champion the jackson county times september 5 1936 p 1 and august 12 1939 p in recent years claire e brou a retired navyair force veteran has distinguished herself in the national veterans wheelchair games in 1997 she won five gold medals in san diego at the veterans games for her skill in air rifle shooting bowling swimming table tennis and motorized wheel chair rallying   the sun herald july 18 1997 p d1   mrs brou s other son philip e brou 19231958 distinguished himself as a carrier based naval aviator in the south pacific theater during ww ii he was an engineering graduate of tulane university and was employed in the air conditioning business at new orleans while on naval reserve duty lt commander philip e brou was killed when his helicopter crashed near new orleans in the fall of 1958   the ocean springs news october 2 1958 p 4 and the ocean springs record march 19 1987 p 5    spanish american war  like his father charles w bellman 1841 885 philip m bellman volunteered for military duty the elder bellman in 1861 had enlisted as a private in company e the biloxi rifles of the third mississippi infantry csa during the 1898 spanish american war phillip m bellman was also enrolled as a private by captain dumont at scranton on april 27 1898 he was a bugler and appointed company musician on july 5 1898 bugler bellman was mustered out at columbia tennessee on december 20 1898 by captain wb homer 6th artillery spanishamerican war service record extracts 18981899 no 204  demise  philip m bellman passed on at biloxi on march 3 1927 his corporal remains were interred in the bellande cemetery at ocean springs mrs alice seymour bellman lived until january 26 1957 her remains also rest on dewey avenue in ocean springs besides those of her husband michael charles bellman michael charles bellman was born june 3 1874 at ocean springs he was called charles in february 1896 cm bellman found employment with the cottageby he sea a hostel situated in pascagoula  the pascagoula democratstar february 17 1896 p 3   during the spanish american war m charles bellman served with company b of the miss volunteers 2nd infantry regiment he was enrolled for military service by captain woods at ocean springs on june 4 1898 bellman was mustered in by lt lockwood at jackson mississippi on june 7 1898 private bellman was mustered out of the volunteer army on december 20 1898 at columbia tennessee by captain wb homer spanishamerican war service record extracts 18981899 p 204 after the spanish american war m charles bellman moved to mobile where he made his livelihood as a conductor for the gulf mobile ohio railroad m charles bellman married nellie george clausen 18921976 the daughter of charles henry clausen and nellie morris their children were george m bellman 19141999 erna b mcknight b 1916 and charles h bellman b 1924 mr bellman expired at mobile on september 26 1956 nellie clausen bellman died on july 30 1976 both were interred in the catholic cemetery at mobile alabama   the daily herald september 26 1956 p 2  and research of felicia bellman tucker pensacola florida and nancy bellman mcmillan mobile alabama      edwardine bellman noel edwardine bellman 18431921 was born at biloxi on november 17 1843 circa 1863 she married benjamin j noel 18411918 a native of alabama probably mobile his parents were from new york and alabama respectively by 1910 edwardine b noel had birthed eleven children in mobile county alabama nine were extant of her progeny only the following are known presently to this writer edmund c noel 18681936 benjamin j noel jr 18701942 eugene noel 18751910 walter c noel 18821943 and blanche noel havens 18851937 in 1910 benjamin noel was making his livelihood as a truck farmer and residing in ward 9 of the city of mobile 1910 federal censusmobile co ala t624r27 pt 2 p 260a nancy bellman mcmillan of mobile relates that there is a small noel family cemetery on cottage hill road in mobile she says that the noel family lived at cottage hill which at one time was a village on the west side of mobile nancy b mcmillan email may 26 2003    benjamin f noel jr  circa 1897 benjamin f noel jr 18701942 a native of coden alabama married marie ryan 18791956 the daughter of calvin ryan and odile miller b 1853 in 1910 they were residing in precinct 13 wheelerville mobile county alabama with their five children edwina noel 18971985 married william mathieu ester noel 19021992 married mose h beaugez 18911973 herman e noel 19031967 married sara mary sadie mae esfeller 19061990 winson paul noel 19061946 married audrey v webb 19141991 percy b noel 19081977 married ruby williams 1915 993 the daughter of william eugene nub williams 18901966 and lorena devereaux 18961978 and calvin c noel 19151938 another noel child had expired prior to 1910 ben f noel jr died on april 21 1942 mrs noel passed on january 14 1956 their corporal remains were interred in the bellande cemetery on dewey avenue with children calvin charles noel and winson p noel the jackson county times april 25 1942 p 1 and 1910 federal censusmobile co ala t624r26 pt 2 p 83b some of the male children of benjamin f noel jr 18701942 and marie ryan noel 18791956 who resided in the ocean springs area are as follows  herman e noel herman  edward noel 19031967 married sara mary esfeller 19061990 they were the parents of dorothy dot n ross b 1926 married john baptist ross b 1927 bette n ortega 19291988 married ben m ortega 19271990 mildred n cvitanovich 19321990 married sam cvitanovich june n butler 19361996 married james walter curley butler b 1934 and joseph h noel b 1949 married sandra a miller  winson p noel  winson paul noel 19061946 made his livelihood on the water as a fisherman in october 1928 he married audrey v webb 19141991 the daughter of walter and josephine webb they were the parents of maude betty n lemon dennison desilvey 19301977 the noels divorced and in june 1934 audrey married claude engbarth 18931967 jxco ms mrb 18 p 420 and bk 22 p 331 betty noel engbarth married kirk s lemon 19241944 at new orleans in october 1944 he was killed in a motorcycle accident in louisiana on october 19 1944 mrs lemon later wedded james dennison they had a son freddie dennison betty divorced dennison and married ralph h desilvey 19251983 of biloxi they had two children ralph e desilvey 19471970 and audrey l desilvey 19541977 they were domiciled at 715 forest hills drive in ocean springs in late january 1946 winson noel was accidentally shot by gloria m mathieu his niece the shooting took place in ocean springs the jackson county times january 26 1946 p 1  percy b noel  percy bernard noel 19081977 was born at cottage hill mobile county alabama he resided at 609 ward avenue and made his livelihood as a painter and shrimper percy married ruby williams 19151993 the daughter of william eugene nub williams 18901966 and lorena devereaux 18961978 they were the parents of vallee n atkinson and charles noel   the daily herald march 17 1977    calvin c noel calvin charles noel 19151938 drowned off the shore of east beach in early december 1938 he and wesley ryan had gone to tong for oysters near eagle point they were quite successful but a rogue storm developed and the subsequent wave action caused their overloaded skiff to sink rapidly noel tried to swim to shore but failed to survive ryan was rescued from the cold water by dr william richards an east beach resident  the daily herald december 9 1938 p 1        harro anthony bellman harro a bellman  18471920 was born at biloxi on june 16 1847 during the war of the rebellion 18611865 harro enlisted in the army of the confederate states of america serving in company i of the 1st louisiana infantry in august 1876 he married euphrazine frazine ryan bellande 18521904 the daughter of jerome alfred ryan and dora stephens frazine was the widow of honore bellande 18451871 the son of joseph h bellande and rosaline lafauce laforce before bellande s early demise she had one son adolph bellande 18701916 harro and frazine bellman were the parents of pauline josephine bellman 18761899 married ta jackson and joseph p scheib 19521899 jerome frederick bellman 1883pre 1900 edwardine m bellman 18861900 noah arthur bellman 18891941 married williamina catchot 18981990 the daughter of arnold boy catchot 18691939 and anna laura ryan 18721930 and irene anna bellman 18931960 harro a bellman made his livelihood as a gardener he worked for the ocean springs hotel before it was destroyed in a large conflagration in late may 1905 in his retirement harro moved to mobile to live with his daughter he died there on november 16 1920 harro bellman s corporal remains were sent from mobile to the home of mrs edmond mon in ocean springs for waking internment was in the bellande cemetery   the jackson county times november 20 1920    harro a bellman 18471920 and family courtesy of h randy randazzo  it is interesting to note that the six sons of noah a bellman and williamina catchot bellman remained in the ocean springs area and had large families they were ralph f bellman 19181999 noah a bellman jr 19201999 charles arnold bellman 19272000 james a bellman joseph harro bellman 19312000 and thomas j bellman 19352007  ada regina bellman ward ada r lida bellman 18531892 was born at biloxi mississippi on july 28 1853 she married edward eddie ward and was a resident of slidell louisiana lida expired in louisiana in march 1892 her corporal remains were sent to ocean springs for internment probably in the bellande cemetery no further information   the pascagoula democratstar march 25 189 2 p 2    ralph charles bellman  ralph charles bellman 18551899 was born at biloxi mississippi on june 9 1855 he expired at ocean springs on october 16 1899 in 1870 he was a resident of ocean springs living with william bang b 1848 1870 federal census jxco ms ralph c bellman s funeral was held in the episcopal church with the reverend e thompson of biloxi in attendance he was eulogized in  the pascagoula democratstar  shortly after his demise as follows   for many years a resident of ocean springs he was numbered among the best citizens and was honored and respected by all who knew him he was the loving tender son of his mother caring for her in her old age cheering and sustaining her until stricken with this fatal illness   the pascagoula democratstar october 20 1899 p   3  no further information     pauline josephine bellman mccary pauline josephine bellman 18571933 was born at biloxi mississippi on november 4 1857 she married george wythe mccary 18451925 their children were george charles theodore mccary 18791963 lelia may m helmer 1882 970 and pearl m brown 18881912 george and pauline bellman mccary s corporal remains are at rest in the magnolia cemetery at mobile research of felicia b tucker and nancy b mcmillan    bertha bellman beaugez  bertha bellman 18591932 was born in biloxi on august 19 1859 and moved to ocean springs circa 1862 she married ernest m beaugez 18621903 the son of stanislaus beaugez 18131889 and louise ladner 18201897 on february 24 1883 in the st alphonsus catholic church they were the parents of three children beaugez ernest edward beaugez 18831907 and ralph m beaugez 18891900 mr beaugez was the proprietor of a small grocery store on government street he expired in january 1903 while bertha b beaugez passed on december 20 1932 both were interred in the bellande cemetery in ocean springs   the pascagoula democratstar february 2 1900 the daily herald december 21 1932 p 2 and lepre 1991 pp 1718   in february 1904 ernest e beaugez 18831907 married ellen t crivellari of mobile at the time he was an employee of the progress the local journal mr beaugez commenced working here in 1899 he was described by his employer as an honest industrious and reliable young man in every respect   the progress february 20 1904    by 1904 the health of albert e lee 18741936 the owner and editor of  the progress  began to fail and he sold his newspaper to his printer ernest e beaugez mr lee left ocean springs for new orleans and was there when a conflagration destroyed the printing plant of mr beaugez on march 4 1905 returning here after the fire in order to review his business interests ae lee was met by enthusiastic supporters who were desirous of him to commence a new publishing venture at ocean springs thusly  the ocean springs news  was born on march 15 1906 from a two hundred dollar loan to ae lee for the initial payment on a small printing plant the ocean springs news was a success from the initial issue the biloxi herald march 31 1906 p 8 young ernest e beaugez died untimely at ocean springs in august 1907 his corporal remains were interred in the bellande cemetery no further information   the daily herald august 22 1907 p 1    references   books the american state papers volume iii 18151824 public lands  reprint southern historical press greenville south carolina1994 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii special issue no 5 mississippi coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1986 darlene jones krohn  the descendants of jerome ryan  krohn latimer mississippi1995 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 jerome lepre  gulf coast genealogythe seymour famil y lepre 2001new orleans louisiana ce schmidt  ocean springs french beachhead  lewis printing company pascagoula mississippi1972 tim wallis  rossallen families   wallis biloxi mississippi1992   chancery court cases  harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 20 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 30 pauline bellman v charles bellman august 1858 jackson county mississippi chancery court cause no 3616 hfrussell administrator of the estate of ap kotzum v mrs hcseymour et al october 1917 jackson county mississippi chancery court cause no 3936 estate of ap kotzum november 1917 jackson county mississippi chancery court cause no 4648 philip m bellman v cp martin and sj deblaeau operating the ocean springs fish oyster company february 1925  journals the biloxi herald ocean springs february 7 1891 the biloxi herald city paragraphs march 31 1906 the daily herald city news august 22 1907 the daily herald ocean springs men return to homes december 19 1916 the daily herald phillip bellman dies march 4 1927 the daily herald mrs beaugez dies december 21 1932 the daily herald ocean springs man drowns as boat sinks december 9 1938 the daily herald open belbru sporting good store november 1 1946 the daily herald mrs marie noel january 16 1956 the daily herald herman e noel september 15 1967 the daily herald percy bernard noel march 17 1977 the daily herald charles bellman september 26 1956 the jackson county times local news items september 23 1916 the jackson county times local news interest november 20 1920 the jackson county times local and personal september 15 1923 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