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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">&nbsp;Joseph Edgar Combel </span></strong>(1853-1938)</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif;">[courtesy of Donna Maria Wagner Wallace, Scotia, New York]</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>COMBEL FAMILY</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Joseph Edgar Combel</strong> (1853-1938), a native of Shieldsboro [Bay St. Louis], Mississippi, was the progenitor of the Combel family that resided at Biloxi, Mississippi in the early 20<sup>th</sup> Century.&nbsp; Joseph E. Combel was the son of <strong>Edgard Antoine Pierre Combel</strong> (1831-pre-1877) and <strong>Lucie Angelique Paganetto Combel </strong>(1833-1857) both natives of Louisiana. &nbsp;After the demise of Lucie Paganetto Combel, Edgard A.P. Combel married <strong>Marie Alice Robin</strong> (1837-1886), a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. &nbsp;He sired about ten Combel children with these wives.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">On January 23, 1877 in Hancock County, Mississippi, Joseph E. Combel married &nbsp;<strong>Mary Elizabeth Garnier</strong> (1857-1921).&nbsp; Their children were: <strong>Mary Angelina Combel</strong> (1878-pre-1956?) m.&nbsp; Winton L. Springer (1876-1920+) of Clinton, Illinois; <strong>Theodore Combel</strong> (1880-1963) m. Clara Belle Word (1883-1968) of Oxford, Mississippi; <strong>Amelia Mary Combel </strong>(1882-1965) m. Reuben Harris Givens (1877-1948) ; <strong>Maria Georgiann</strong> <strong>Combel&nbsp;</strong>(1884-1958) m. Walter C. Wagner (1882-1953); <strong>Ralph J. Combel</strong> (1888-1956) m. Flavilla Reynolds (1891-1966) and Marie Heinrich (1904-1970); <strong>Isabel Jeanne Combel</strong> (1890-1983) m.&nbsp; Virgil B. Carlyle (1876-1952); <strong>Margaret I. Combel</strong> (1891-1990) m. Robert E. Slay (1890-1975); <strong>Earl Joseph M. Combel</strong> (1894-1894); and <strong>Inez</strong> Combel (1897-1991) m. &nbsp;Shirley Louis Guilbeau (1897-1980).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Biloxi-1902</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In early April 1902,<em>The Bay St. Louis Echo </em>related to its citizens that Joseph Combel had planned to relocate his hardware business to Biloxi.&nbsp; Mr. Combel reasoned that Biloxi had a stronger potential for commercial growth than his natal city.&nbsp; At Biloxi, Joseph Combel rented the Hagan Building on the SW/C of West Howard Avenue and Magnolia Street.&nbsp; He planned to open for business on May 1<sup>st</sup><em>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, April 8, 1902, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">A man of his word, Joseph Combel opened Combels&rsquo;s Hardware Store on May 1, 1902.&nbsp; His family had not yet relocated from Bay St. Louis to join him<em>.(The Biloxi daily Herald, May 2, 1902, p. 8)&nbsp; </em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">By late August 1902, Mr. Combel was advertising in the local Biloxi journal as follows:</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>JOSEPH COMBEL</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Hardware, stoves, paints &amp; oils, turpentine, varnishes, crockery, glassware, harness and window glass</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">[The Biloxi Daily Herald, August 30, 1902, p. 7]</span></span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Clower family II [children].JPG" style="width: 270px; height: 400px;" /></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Joseph E. Combel Family</span></strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[L-R: Theo J. Combel (1880-1963); Joseph E. Combel (1853-1938); Amelia C. Givens (1882-1965); Angelina C. Springer (1878-1934+); Elizabeth Garnier Combel (1857-1921); and Maria C. Wagner (1884-1958).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif;">[courtesy of Donna Maria Wagner Wallace, Scotia, New York]</span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Amelia Combel marries at NOLA-1902</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">At New Orleans, on April 30, 1902, Miss Amelia Combel married Reuben Harris Givens (1877-1948), a native of Kentucky, at NOLA.&nbsp; Mr. Givens began working at the Joseph Combel hardware store in Biloxi circa 1905.&nbsp; In October 1910, he secured a position as house salesman with the Southern Hardware Company in Mobile, Alabama. <em>(</em>NOLA MRB 23, p. 932 and <em>The Daily Herald, October 11, 1910, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">By 1920, the Reuben H. Givens family was settled at 1006 Anthony Street in Mobile.&nbsp; Reuben was employed as sales manager with the McGowin-Lyons Hardware &amp; Supply Company situated on St. Louis and Water Street.&nbsp; At this time, he and Amelia Combel Givens were the parents of five children: Ethel Belle Givens (1905-1982); Grace Givens; Reuben H. Givens Jr. (1907-1984); Joseph Combel Givens (1908-1986); and George Miller Givens (1917-1988). (1920 Mobile Co., Alabama Federal Census T625-35, p. 7A, ED 111)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Reuben H. Givens expired at Mobile, Alabama on September 23, 1948.&nbsp; Amelia Combel Givens died at Mobile on November 28, 1968.&nbsp; Their corporal remains were interred in the Pine Crest Cemetery at Mobile, Alabama.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><em>The Biloxi Herald</em> advertiser-1903</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In October 1903, <em>The Biloxi Daily Herald</em> made a note that Joseph Combel was one of its advertisers.&nbsp; It described his business as follows: [Combel&rsquo;s] carries the most complete line of hardware, stoves, and fishing tackle in South Mississippi.&nbsp; It is the agent for the great Wilson stove and also carries a full stock of house furnishings<em>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, October 17, 1903, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Theodore J. Combel marries at Oxford?, Mississippi-1903</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">There is a high degree of certitude that Theodore [Theo] J. Combel (1880-1963) married Clara Belle Word (1883-1968), called Belle, the daughter of Lucious N. Word (1860-1900+) and Mattie Tarver at Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi in 1903. &nbsp;Mr. Word was the assistant postmaster at Oxford in 1900.(1900 Lafayette Co., Mississippi Federal Census T623-814, p. 3B, ED 44)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In 1900, Theo worked as a salesman in his father&rsquo;s hardware store at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.&nbsp; After the Combel family relocated to Biloxi in 1902, he joined the L&amp;N Railroad and worked in its machine shop at Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp; By November 1905, Theo Combel was commuting on weekends to visit his wife at Biloxi.&nbsp; By 1910, Theo and Belle W. Combel were domiciled on Canal Street in Mobile, Alabama with Claire Combel (1905-1989), their first child.&nbsp; He made his livelihood as a railroad fireman.(1900 Hancock Co., Mississippi Federal Census&nbsp; T623- and 1910 Mobile Co., Alabama Federal Census T624-27, p. 1B, ED 92 and The Biloxi Daily Herald, November 20, 1905, p. 4)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">As presently known by the author, the Theo J. Combel family consisted of two children: Clare Combel (1905-1989) m.&nbsp; Mr. Niolon and Lt. Colonel Theo J. Combel II (1911-2005) m. Frances Ottone (1915-2004).&nbsp; Theo J. Combel expired at Mobile, Alabama on April 2, 1963, while Belle Word Combel died there on November 28, 1968.&nbsp; The corporal remains of all known members of this family were interred in the Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Maria G. Combel marries at Biloxi-1905</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">On January 18, 1905, Maria G. Combel (1884-1958) married <strong>Walter Charles Wagner</strong> (1882-1953), the son of Charles Azby Wagner (1856-1930+), an 1873 Austrian immigrant, and Louisa Vanderstraeten (1860- 1896), the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Vanderstraeten and Marie-Emelie Hugonin of New Orleans.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Wagner-Combel nuptials occurred at Biloxi, Mississippi in the Church of the N.B.V.M. and the newlyweds left for their new home in New Orleans<em>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 18, 1905, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In the Crescent City, Walter C. Wagner grew up at 619 Custom House Street in the Vieux Carre where his father was a saloon proprietor.&nbsp; In January 1900, Charles A. Wagner remarried Bertha Rathoff (1877-1945) who was only five years older than Walter C. Wagner.&nbsp; She gave birth to three sons: Clarence A. Wagner (1903-1972); Louis F. Wagner (1905-1972+); and William J. Wagner (1908-1930+).(1900 and 1930&nbsp; Orleans Parish,&nbsp; Louisiana Federal Census T623_571, p. 6B, ED 34 and R 803, p. 23B, ED 66)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>National Brewery-1911</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In 1910, the Walter C. Wagner family was domiciled at 432 Reynoir Street at Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; At this time, he made his livelihood as a sales clerk in the Joseph E. Combel hardware store.&nbsp; In March 1911, Charles A. Wagner, Walter&rsquo;s father, became a driving force in the organization and incorporation of the National Brewery, a new beer brewing company, at New Orleans.&nbsp; The brewery, a $400,000, steel, brick and stone structure was designed by Keenan &amp; Weiss, architects, and erected at 2600 Gravier Street by John Henry, general contractor.&nbsp; The company utilized local labor and the construction was financed with local capital.&nbsp; The National Brewery plant was completed in late May 1912 and viewed by about 10,000 friends of the corporate officers: Charles A. Wagner, president; Albert Werner, vice-president; A.C. Daubert, secretary; and H.C. Osborne, treasurer.&nbsp; The National Brewery had the capacity to produce 60,000 barrels of beer annually<em>.&nbsp; </em>After the demise of Charles A. Wagner in the early 1930s, the National Brewery was sold to the Falstaff Brewing Corporation of St. Louis in December 1936. <em>(The Daily Picayune, March 26, 1911, p. 9, July 9, 1911, p. 5, and May 31, 1912 and The Times-Picayune, December 15, 1936, p. 16)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">By 1920, Maria G. Wagner and Walter C. Wagner and children had returned to New Orleans.&nbsp; They were domiciled at 423 Clark Street and Joseph E. Combel and Angelina C. Springer, Maria&rsquo;s father and sister, were living with them.&nbsp; Walter C. Wagner was employed with the National Brewery at this time.(1920 Orleans Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T625-619, p. 8B, ED 57)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The children of Walter C. Wagner and Maria Combel were: Charles Azby Wagner (1905-1962) m. Mary Rafferty; Marie Louise Wagner (1907-2002) m. Leo Louis Bouchey Leach (1905-1965); Walter Charles Wagner II (1913-1969) m. Betty Primett; Joseph Earl Wagner (1915-1970) m. Odette Hymel (1917-1993); and Isabel Wagner (1923-2008) m. Harry H. Boylan Jr. (1920-2011+).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Walter C. Wagner expired at NOLA on October 19, 1953.&nbsp; Maria Combel Wagner died November 12, 1958 also in the Crescent City.&nbsp; Their corporal remains were placed in the Hope Mausoleum at New Orleans, Louisiana<em>.(The Times-Picayune, October 20, 1953, p. 2 and November 13, 1958, p. 2)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Summer heat</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In late May 1905, many of Biloxi&rsquo;s merchants cognizant of the coming summer heat and humidity agreed to close their establishments at 6:30 p.m. on weekdays in order to give their clerks a break.&nbsp; Joseph E. Combel with S. Joseph, Mary Arguelles, E.S. Balthrope, Charles Redding, Edward Glennan, E.M. McCrary, L. Lopez &amp; Company, T.P. Dulion &amp; Company, Wachenfeld &amp; Company, Gorenflo, David Levy, L.M. Coleman, J.P. Hagan, Moseley &amp; Devitt, Sam Picard, Maurice M. Levy, John R. Young, and Cahn &amp; Singer were among those to make this pact<em>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, May 18, 1905, p. 5)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Angelina M. Combel marries in Chicago-1906</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Angelina &lsquo;Gena&rsquo; M. Combel</strong> (1878-pre 1956) married Winton L. Springer (1876-1920+), a native of Wisconsin, at Chicago, Illinois on November 30, 1906.&nbsp; Mr. Springer is believed to have lived in Clinton, Illinois before moving to Chicago where he was the proprietor of a print shop.&nbsp; In 1900, W.L. Springer was domiciled in Rock County, Wisconsin with his widowed mother and sister.&nbsp; He made his living selling sheet music at this time<em>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, December 3, 1906, p. 4</em> and 1900 Rock Co., 1900 Rock Co., Wisconsin Federal Census T623-1814, p. 5B, ED 168)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In 1910, Winton L. Springer was living alone in Chicago and operating a printery.&nbsp; By 1920, he had relocated to Hillsdale, New Jersey and had married circa 1914, Wanda Springer (1889-1920+), a 1907 Swedish immigrant.&nbsp; They had two children: Ralph Springer (b. 1915) and Wanda Springer (b. 1917).(1910 Cook Co., Illinois Federal Census T624-263, p. 16A, ED 901 and 1920 Bergen Co., New Jersey Federal Census T625-1017, p. 4B, ED 52)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">There is a high degree of certitude that Angelina M. Combel either divorced or abandoned Winton L. Springer or vice versa shortly after their nuptials.&nbsp; She lived the remainder of her life in Louisiana much of it with her father.&nbsp; It appears that she may died between 1938 and 1956.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Ralph J. Combel weds in New Orleans-1909</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Ralph J. Combel</strong> (1888-1956), sometimes called Raoul, married Flavilla Reynolds (1891-1966), the daughter of Marshall Albert &nbsp;Reynolds (1846-1906), a native of Bowling County, Ohio, and Magdalena Seibert (1862-1946), at NOLA on June 7, 1909.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">(NOLA MRB, 31, p. 233)</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Like his father, Joseph E. Combel, Ralph J. Combel made his livelihood as salesman.&nbsp;&nbsp; He traveled often in his vocation selling hardware and paints.&nbsp; Ralph and Flavilla settled in New Orleans at 3126 Palmyra Street.&nbsp; They were the parents of Norma Combel (1909-1991) m. Frank Fairley (d. January 26, 1968) and Fay Combel (1911-1989) married Morris C. Gottesman (1891-1972). (1920 Orleans Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T625-619, p. 12A, ED 55)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Morris C. Gottesman was a Romanian Jew and came to New York in 1914.&nbsp; In the early 1930s, he settled at NOLA and became a partner in Higgins Industries and later was associated with the Levitan Furniture Company.&nbsp; Mr. Gottesman died on September 16, 1972 at NOLA.&nbsp; His corporal remains were interred in the Chevra Thilim Cemetery in the Crescent City<em>.</em>&nbsp; Fay Combel Gottesman died at NOLA in July 1989.<em>(The Times-Picayune, September 16, 1972, p. 20)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Ralph J. Combel and Flavilla Reynolds divorced and he married Marie Heinrich-Travelbee (1904-1970), the daughter of Robert Heinrich and Helen Schmidt.&nbsp;Marie Heinrich Combel died at NOLA on May 10, 1970.&nbsp; Her corporal remains were interred at the Greenwood Cemetery in NOLA.(The Times-Picayune May 16, 1970, p. 16)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Ralph J. Combel passed on at NOLA April 27, 1956.&nbsp; His remains were interred in the Greenwood Cemetery.&nbsp; Flavilla Reynolds Combel expired at NOLA on March 4, 1966.&nbsp; Her corporal remains were interred in the Cypress Grove Cemetery.(The Times-Picayune April 28, 1956, p. 2 and March 8, 1966, Sec. I, p. 2)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Isabel J. Combel-1910 graduation and marriage in 1914</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Isabel Jeanne Combel</strong> (1890-1983) attended the Sacred Heart School at Biloxi.&nbsp; She was the only graduating senior of the 1909-1910 class.&nbsp; On April 15, 1914, in the Church of the N.B.V.M. at Biloxi, Isabel married Virgil Benson Carlisle (1876-1952), a Mississippian, but at the time, a traveling salesman, based at St. Louis, Missouri.<em>(The Daily Herald, June 9, 1910, p. 8, April 13, 1914, p. 2 and </em>Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 25, p. 589)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">By 1917, the Carlisles had relocated to Lafayette, Louisiana where Virgil sold lightening rods for the St. Louis Lightening Rod Company.&nbsp; By 1930, he had become the proprietor of a furniture store and he and Isabel were domiciled at 110 Monroe Street.&nbsp; They never had children.(1930 Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Federal Census R797, p. 4B, ED 10)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Later Virgil and Isabel C. Carlisle moved to New Orleans and lived at 907 Jackson Avenue. &nbsp;Isabel Combel Carlisle died at NOLA on February 11, 1983.&nbsp; She was preceded in death by Virgil B. Carlisle, her spouse, who passed in the Crescent City on May 1, 1952.&nbsp; Their corporal remains rest for eternity in the Greenwood Cemetery at New Orleans, Louisiana<em>.(The Time-Picayune, May 2, 1952, p. 2 and February 13, 1983, Section I, p. 16)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Marguerite Combel marries in 1910</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Marguerite Combel </strong>(1891-1991) was a student at Sacred Heart until the day before she wedded Robert E. Slay (1890-1975), a native of Bon Secour, Baldwin County, Alabama on September 17, 1910.&nbsp; Their civil ceremony preceded their Catholic nuptials both held at the home of Peter Yurgensen.&nbsp; Mr. Slay was an employee of the Yurgensen Bakery at Biloxi<em>.(The Daily Herald, September 19, 1910, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Robert E. Slay and Marguerite Combel Slay resided in Biloxi at 204 East Howard Avenue.&nbsp; Here in Biloxi, Mississippi seven children were born: Elizabeth T. Slay (1911-1917) m. Coney Murello (1898-1984); Robert E. Slay II (1913-1996); Joseph Lawrence Slay (1915-1998) m. Barbara Boyd (1922-2003); Elodie Slay (b. 1918) m. Charles L. Tabor (1917-1991) and Mr. McCready; Rita June Slay (1920-1991) m. &nbsp;Mr. Holden; Marjorie Slay (b. 1923) m. Mr. Ernst; and Shirley Slay (1925-2007) m. Lloyd Triay (1921-2004).&nbsp; Mr. Slay made his livelihood at Biloxi as a merchant tailor.(1920 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal Census T625-876, p. 39B, ED 39)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Circa 1927, the Robert E. Slay family left Biloxi and relocated to Fort Pierce, Florida.&nbsp; In St. Lucie County, Florida, Mr. Slay was the proprietor of a successful dry cleaning establishment.&nbsp; Two children were born in Florida: Lanette Slay (b. 1928) married Mr. Egers and Dorothy Evelyn Slay (1931-1999) married Mr. Mauck and Mr. Swartz.(1930 St. Lucie Co., Florida Federal Census, R332, p. 5A, ED 6)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Marguerite Combel Slay died in late May 1990 at Fort Pierce, Florida.&nbsp; Robert E. Slay had preceded her in death passing in October 1975.(The Palm Beach Post, May 31, 1990, p. 3B)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Elizabeth Garnier Combel passes</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mrs. Joseph E. Combel met her demise on May 9, 1921 at Lafayette, Louisiana.&nbsp; She had been a guest of Inez Combel, her daughter<em>.&nbsp; </em>The corporal remains ofElizabeth Garnier Combel were taken from 3120 Palmyra Street in the Crescent City, the residence of Ralph J. Combel, to the Greenwood Cemetery for internment.<em>(The Daily Herald, May 10, 1921, p. 4 and The Times-Picayune</em>, <em>May 10, 1921, p.</em> 2<em>)</em></span></span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Combel Store-interior-August 2011-D. Wagner.JPG" style="width: 300px; height: 211px;" /></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Interior Combel Store</strong></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif;">[courtesy of Donna Maria Wagner Wallace, Scotia, New York]</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>U.S. Joachim takes over Combels&rsquo;-1918</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;In March 1918, Joseph E. Combel sold his business to <strong>Uriah S. Joachim</strong> (1888-1977), Leon F. Janin Jr. (1912-1957) and W.O. Clark who incorporated as the Combel Hardware Company at Biloxi at this time.&nbsp; By 1918, Mr. Joachim had been promoted manager of the L. Lopez &amp; Company operation in Biloxi.&nbsp; He resigned and joined the Combel Hardware Company as manager.&nbsp; David J. Venus replaced U.S. Joachim as the manager of the Lopez store on West Howard Avenue.&nbsp; The Combel Hardward Company evolved by 1948, into Joachim&rsquo;s wholly owned Combel&rsquo;s Merchandise Mart.&nbsp; In addition to his hardware interests, U.S. Joachim was president of First Federal Savings and Loan and the Avelez Hotel.&nbsp; He was also a member of the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, Elks Club, and Church of the Nativity of the B.V.M.&nbsp; Mr. Joachim expired in late January 1977.&nbsp; Stella Gillen Joachim, his wife of over fifty years, preceded him in death expiring on September 12, 1963.&nbsp; They rest eternally in the Southern Memorial Park cemetery in Biloxi.</span><em style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">(The Daily Herald, March 25, 1918, p. 3, April 22, 1918, p. 5, The Jackson County Times, March 20, 1918, p. 7 and The Daily Herald, January 31, 1977, p.&nbsp; A-2)</em></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Move to NOLA and Mobile</strong></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Joseph E. Combel moved to New Orleans after the sale of his Biloxi business to the Uriah S. Joachim group.&nbsp; In 1920, he and Angelina Combel Springer, his daughter, were domiciled with the Walter C. Wagner family at 423 Clark Street.&nbsp; By January 1922, Joseph had relocated to Mobile, Alabama where Theo J. Combel, his son, lived.(1920 Orleans Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T625-619, p. 8B, ED 57)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Inez Combel marries in 1922</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">On January 16, 1922, <strong>Inez Combel</strong> (1897-1991) married Shirley Louis Guilbeau at St. John&rsquo;s Cathedral in Lafayette, Louisiana<em>.&nbsp; </em>Maria C. Wagner, her sister, sang Ave Maria at the wedding.<em>(The Daily Herald, January 10, 1922, p. 3 and The Times-Picayune, January 23, 1922, p. 11)</em></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inez Combel Guilbeau died at Houston, Texas in October 1991.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Attempted robbery-1928 NOLA</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">In early December 1928, Herman O. Baker (d. 1928), described as a society burglar, entered Combel&rsquo;s Variety Store at 3126 Tulane Avenue and Lopez Street.&nbsp; The Combel store was kept by Joseph E. Combel (1853-1938) and Angelina Combel Springer, his daughter.&nbsp; While resisting Baker&rsquo;s attempt to rob his market, Mr. Combel was struck in the head with the burglar&rsquo;s pistol and then shot in his left hand as he wrestled with the perpetrator. &nbsp;&nbsp;James Reilly, a NOLA fireman, retrieved the pistol and shot and mortally wounded H.O. Baker.&nbsp; Joseph E. Combel was taken to the hospital for his injuries<em>.(The Times-Picayune, December 11, 1928, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Combel Joseph E. and friend.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 201px;" /></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">&nbsp;Joseph Edgar Combel&nbsp;</span></strong>(1853-1938) and brother??</span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace, &quot;lucida console&quot;, &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(241, 237, 224);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif;">[courtesy of Donna Maria Wagner Wallace, Scotia, New York]</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Joseph E. Combel passes</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Joseph E. Combel died on November 24, 1938 at Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp; In 1930, he and Angelina C. Springer, his daughter, were living at in the Crescent City and operating a hardware store.(1930 Orleans Parish, Louisiana Federal Census R 801, p. 16A, ED 29)</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>REFERENCES:</strong></span></p>
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	<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Jerome Lepre, <strong><u>Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi</u></strong>, Volume III, (Catholic Dioceses of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1995).</span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><em>Journals</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 Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;City News&rdquo;</strong>, April 8, 1902.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;City News&rdquo;</strong>, May 2, 1902.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Joseph Combel&rdquo;</strong>, August 30, 1902.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Among Herald advertisers&rdquo;</strong>, October 17, 1903.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;City News&rdquo;</strong>, January 18, 190.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Merchants will close&rdquo;</strong>, January 18, 1905.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Personal&rdquo;</strong>, November 20, 1905.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;City News&rdquo;</strong>, December 3, 1906.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;City News&rdquo;</strong>, May 25, 1909.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Sacred Heart school exercises last night&rdquo;</strong>, June 16, 1910.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Slay-Combel&rdquo;</strong>, September 19, 1910.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Biloxi News Paragraphs of Interest&rdquo;</strong>, October 11, 1910.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Nephew of Biloxian meets tragic death&rdquo;</strong>, June 9, 1911.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Charged with rape; hiding in woods&rdquo;</strong>, July 20, 1911.</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;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Wedding Announcement&rdquo;</strong>, April 13, 1914.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Hardware&rdquo;</strong>, May 31, 1916.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;New Hardware Corporation&rdquo;</strong>, March 25, 1918.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;D.J. Venus in charge of Lopez store&rdquo;</strong>, March 25, 1918.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;The Charter of Incorporation of Combel Hardware Company&rdquo;</strong>, April 22, 1918.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Here from New Orleans&rdquo;</strong>, March 2, 1921.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Mrs. Combel dies at Lafayette&rdquo;</strong>, May 10, 1921.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Miss Combel to wed&rdquo;</strong>, January 10, 1922.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Making improvements to building&rdquo;</strong>, November 22, 1922.</span></span></p>
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	<em style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">&ldquo;New building [</strong><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Combel&#39;s Merchandise Mart]</strong><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;"> to be erected in Downtown Biloxi&rdquo;</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">, April 5, 1952.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;U.S. Joachim&rdquo;</strong>, January 31, 1977.</span></span></p>
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	<em style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">The Huntsville Times, </em><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">&ldquo;Frances Combel&rdquo;</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14px;">, June, 2004.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Huntsville Times, </em><strong>&ldquo;Theo J. Combel Jr.&rdquo;</strong>, April 2, 2005.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Jackson County Times, </em><strong>&ldquo;Local News Items&rdquo;</strong>, March 20, 1918.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><em>Florida Journals</em></strong></span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Fort Pierce News, </em><strong>&ldquo;Joseph Larry Slay-beloved football coach, administrator dies at 82&rdquo;</strong>, October 9, 1998.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Fort Pierce News, </em><strong>&ldquo;Evelyn Slay Mauck Swartz&rdquo;</strong>, October 22, 1999.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Miami Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Coney Murello&rdquo;</strong>, December 16, 1984.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Palm Beach Post</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Marguerite I. Combel Slay&rdquo;</strong>, May 31 1990.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Palm Beach Post</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Charles L. Tabor&rdquo;</strong>, June 27, 1991.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><em>NOLA Journals</em></strong></span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The New Orleans States, </em><strong>&ldquo;Society&rdquo;</strong>, January 23, 1922.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Palm Beach Post, </em><strong>&ldquo;Marguerite I. Combel Slay</strong>, May 31, 1990.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;Walter-Combel&rdquo;</strong>, January 22, 1905.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;Died&rdquo;</strong>, February 19, 1906.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;Another brewery organized here&rdquo;</strong>, March 26, 1911.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;New Brewery Building&rdquo;</strong>, July 9, 1911.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Daily Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;National Brewery&rdquo;</strong>, May 31, 1912.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Died&rdquo;</strong>, May 10, 1921.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Society&rdquo;</strong>, January 23, 1922.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;Bandit shot dead with own pistol; thugs on rampage&rdquo;</strong>, December 11, 1928.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;The crew of pre-prohibition days return to jobs at National Brewery plant&rdquo;</strong>, August 13, 1933.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;National Brewing Plant purchased by Falstaff firm&rdquo;</strong>, December 15, 1937.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, November 25, 1938.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, September 3, 1945.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, October 31, 1946.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, May 2, 1952.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, October 20, 1953.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, April 28, 1956.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, November 12, 1958.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;</strong>[Charles A.]<strong>Wagner rites planned today&rdquo;</strong>, September 26, 1962.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, September 27, 1962.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;</strong>[Leo B.] <strong>Leach funeral will be today&rdquo;</strong>, March 11, 1965.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, March 8, 1966.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, January 29, 1968.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, May 16, 1970.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, October 18, 1970.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune, </em><strong>&ldquo;Gottesman dies after illness&rdquo;</strong>, September 16, 1972.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Deaths&rdquo;</strong>, February 13, 1983.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>&ldquo;Triay&rdquo;</strong>, March 14, 2007.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>COMBEL FAMILY RECORDS</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Bay St. Louis, Mississippi </strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Joseph E. Combel Family Birth Records</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">[names per Catholic Church records]</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;">Mary Angelica Combel born March 16, 1878.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Theophyle Joseph Combel born May 4, 1880.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mary Emilia Combel born March 16, 1882.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mary Georgine Combel born January 19, 1884.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Joseph Raoul Combel born August 11, 1888.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mary Isabella Jane Combel born July 3, 1890.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mary Margaret Ida Combel born December 21, 1891.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Earl Joseph Michel Combel born June 26, 1894 and died November 13, 1894.</span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Mary Ines Combel born June 23, 1897.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Chicago, Illinois Marriages</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Angelina Combel </strong>married <strong>W.L. Springer </strong>at Chicago on November 30, 1906.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, December 3, 1906)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Hancock County, Mississippi Marriages</strong></span></span></p>
<p>
	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Mary Elizabeth Garnier </strong>married<strong>Joseph Edgard Combel </strong>on January 24, 1877.(Our Lady of the Gulf&nbsp; Catholic Church-Book 1, p. 118)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Harrison County, Mississippi Marriages</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Maria Combel</strong>married <strong>Walter Charles Wagner</strong> of NOLA at Biloxi, Mississippi on January 18, 1905.(MRB 16, p. 274)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Isabel Jeanne Combel married Vernon B. Carlisle on April 15, 1914 at Biloxi, Mississippi.(MRB 25, p. 589)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>NOLA Marriages</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Charles A. Wagner </strong>married<strong>Louisa Vanderstraeten </strong>on June 23, 1881.(NOLA MRB 8, p. 714)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Charles A. Wagner </strong>married<strong>Bertha Rathoff </strong>on January 11, 1900.(NOLA MRB 21, p. 968)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Amelia Mary Combel</strong>married <strong>Reuben Harris Givens</strong> on April 30, 1902.(NOLA MRB 23, p. 932)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Raoul J. Combel</strong>married <strong>Flavilla Reynolds</strong> on June 7, 1909.(NOLA MRB 31, p. 233)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Marriages</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Inez Combel</strong>married <strong>Shirley L. Guilbeau</strong> at Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana on January 23,&nbsp;&nbsp; 1922.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Lucie Angelique Paganetto Combel </strong>(1833-1857) died June 9, 1857.&nbsp; Buried Cedar Rest Cemetery-Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Marie Alice Robin Combel </strong>(1837-1886) died on March 25, 1886.(OLG Book 2, p. 7)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Dr. Henry I. Combel </strong>(1876-1904) died March 24, 1904.&nbsp; Buried Cedar Rest Cemetery-Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Elizabeth Garnier Combel</strong>(18-1921) died May 9, 1921 at Lafayette, Louisiana.&nbsp; Buried Greenwood Cemetery NOLA.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Joseph E. Combel </strong>(1853-1938) died November 24, 1938 at Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp; Buried Greenwood Cemetery NOLA.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Virgil B. Carlisle </strong>(1876-1952) died May 1, 1952 at NOLA.&nbsp; Interred Greenwood Cemetery NOLA.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Walter Charles Wagner </strong>(18-1953) died October 20, 1953 at NOLA.&nbsp; Interred Hope Mausoleum NOLA.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Ralph Joseph Combel </strong>(1888-1956)died April 27, 1956 at NOLA.&nbsp; Interred Greenwood Cemetery NOLA.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Maria Combel Wagner </strong>(1884-1958) died November 12, 1958.&nbsp; Interred Hope Mausoleum NOLA.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Theodore J. Combel </strong>(1880-1963) died April 2, 1963 at Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp; Interred Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Flavilla Reynolds Combel </strong>(1891-1966),daughter of Marshall A. Reynolds and Magdalena Seibert, died March 4, 1966 at NOLA.&nbsp; Interred Cypress Grove Cemetery NOLA.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Belle Word Combel </strong>(1883-1968) died on November 28, 1968 at Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp; Interred Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Isabel Combel Carlisle</strong>(1890-1983) died February 11, 1983 at NOLA.&nbsp; Interred Greenwood Cemetery NOLA.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Marguerite Ida Combel Slay </strong>(1891-1990) died in May 1990 at Fort Pierce, Florida.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>Inez Combel Guilbeau</strong>(1897-1991) died in October 1991 at Houston, Texas.</span></span></p>
