 caillavet family caillavet family ray fri 4232010 1005  mayor raymond caillavet raymond caillavet 18381898 called medeaux was born at biloxi in 1838 he was the eldest son of francois caillavet 18151883 a carpenter and euranie fayard 18181895 raymond caillavet was the grandson of louis arbeau caillavet 17931860 a native of the opelousas post louisiana and marguerite fayard 17871863 of biloxi louis a caillavet was baptized on march 31 1793 with louis carriere and marie despaux standing as his godparents la caillavet s father symphroen caillavet 17461806 was born at bordeaux france his mother was marie rose carriere 1766c 1855 a native of new orleans the caillavet family at biloxi was well respected louis a caillavet the progenitor of the family here had arrived in 1809 from opelousas louisiana his mother rose carriere and brother adolph caillavet c 18031842 joined him at biloxi later la caillavet 17931860 married marguerite fayard 17871863 circa 1811 she was the daughter of jean baptist fayard jr 17521816 and angelique ladner 17531830 these families are among the oldest at biloxi la caillavet was fluent in the french and english languages and acted as an agentinterpreter and representative to wealthy creole families from new orleans as well as his neighbors in land and legal matters he was often called as a witness in probate chancery court matters and his depositions in several court cases reveal something about his life from nap cassibry s excellent two volume series  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  the following has been extracted concerning la caillavet 1 was in biloxi in 1809 and no later than 1812 2 sometimes he was the only one in biloxi who could write 3 served as an interpreter and notary in legal matters 4 he was blind by 1848 la caillavet acquired much land on the mississippi coast in february 1837 he received a us government land patent on 7185 acres at jackson county mississippi described as lot 1 of section 32 t7sr8w it comprised the ne 4 and se 4 of the ne 4 of that section this land is located on the beach front at east ocean springs west of halstead road louis a caillavet was elected treasurer of the harrison county board of police board of supervisors for the term 18411843 jxco ms land deed bk 96 pp 325326 as a young man raymond caillavet took the call of the confederate cause and joined company e biloxi rifles 3rd mississippi infantry csa he served as a private the biloxi rifles were mustered into state service on may 21 1861 at jackson and confederate service at shieldsboro bay st louis on october 5 1861 they were originally expected to be sent to virginia but governor pettus thought they would be better utilized as a home guard protecting the mississippi coast from union excursions young caillavet must have left the coast during the civil war for new orleans here he met and married celina joucheray 18411903 circa 1864 their first two children were born at new orleans they returned to biloxi for birth of their third child in 1869  celina joucheray young caillavet must have left the coast during the civil war for new orleans here he met and married  celina joucheray  18411903 circa 1864 celina joucheray was born at new orleans on november 24 1841 her father was  pierre joucheray  18091842 and mother  louise denis   ca 1812ca 1849 pierre joucheray was born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire on march 16 1809 while louise denis was a native of sable department of sarthe the joucherays were married at paris france circa 1836  joucheray celina be it remembered that on the day to wit the fourteenth of november of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and the sixty seventh of the independence of the united states before me alfred e farstall duly commissioned and sworn recorder of births and deaths in and for the parish and city personally appeared mrs louise denis widow of the late mr pierre joucheray a native of sable department of the sarth in france about thirty years of age and residing on royale street no 358 in the first municipality of new orleans who in the presence of undersigned witnesses doth declare that she bore a female child celina joucheray the legitimate child of the late mr pierre joucheray born at chare sur argoz canton conde born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire in france on the sixteenth of march eighteen hundred and nine and since about six years ago married at paris in france in illegible department the child was born on the twenty fourth of november eighteen and forty one at half past eleven o clock am in a house on louise street between marigny and mandeville streets in the first municipality of this city  louisiana department of archives baton rouge louisiana birth records volume 7 p 189    joucheray pierre be it remembered that on the day to wit the fourteenth of november of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and the sixty seventh of the independence of the united states before me alfred e farstall duly commissioned and sworn recorder of births and deaths in and for the parish and city personally appeared mrs louise denis widow of the late mr pierre joucheray a native of sable department of the sarthe in france about thirty years of age and residing on royale street no 358 in the first municipality of new orleans who in the presence of undersigned witnesses doth declare that her lawful husband mr pierre joucheray born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire in france on the sixteenth of march eighteen hundred and nine and since about six years ago married at paris in france departed this life on the twenty first of may last past at ten o clock pm by falling accidentally into the blind river parish of st tammany in the state of louisiana  louisiana department of archives baton rouge louisiana   death records volume 9 p 383   after pierre joucheray s death in may 1841 madame joucheray and celina disappear until the orleans parish federal census of 1850 at this time celina is living in the household of marcelin effort 18281850 a louisiana born pilot in the first ward of new orleans it appears that her mother remarried or died before 1850  coming home raymond caillavet and celina s first two children were born at new orleans they had returned to biloxi for birth of their third child in 1869 on february 26 1869 raymond caillavet bought a lot fronting on north street at biloxi from his father it was described in the land deed records as having a front of eightyfive feet on north street and being twohundred feet deep it was bounded on the north by north street east by mrs lefaure south by lands of cook and west by a street or road cuevas street 2 he paid 200 for the land here raymond caillavet reared his family and made his livelihood as a carpenter in june 1869 young raymond caillavet for 100 acquired another lot from his father it had a width of sixtyfive feet and was onehundred twenty five feet in depth the lot was bounded on the north by john latour caillavet east by charles t couave cuevas south by a street and west by an alley 3 caillavet conveyed this property to phillip lestrade 18321912 on january 5 1876 as partial repayment for a debt owed lestrade in a partnership that they had once participated 4  public service raymond caillavet also had a career in public service in harrison county and as a city official at biloxi he served as justice of the peace district 1 18731875 corner and ranger 18751877 mayor of biloxi 18771882 corner and ranger 18891891 and city councilman 18941895 in the january 1879 mayoral election caillavet defeated jr harkness receiving 151 of the 200 votes cast in october 1883 while serving as street commissioner of biloxi raymond caillavet was lauded in  the pascagoula democratstar  for his expertise in opening the beach road from porter avenue to a point near the biloxi city cemetery to connect with the shoreline thoroughfare from mississippi city mr caillavet removed trees and stumps but when completed the road had the appearance of a   long avenue shaded on both sides   it was said of commissioner caillavet that   the city fathers could not have appointed a more efficient man for commissioner that the present incumbent    the pascagoula democratstar october 5 1883 p 3   raymond caillavet was elected as secretary of the city of biloxi in january 1885 he defeated thomas d bachino 147 votes to 72 votes  the pascagoula democratstar january 9 1885 p 2   mr caillavet lost to john walker in the biloxi mayoral election of 1888  the biloxi herald march 1888    construction raymond caillavet built a large storage house for the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company  the biloxi herald february 18 1888 p 8   on february 26 1869 raymond caillavet bought a lot fronting on north street at biloxi from his father it was described in the land deed records as having a front of eightyfive feet on north street and being twohundred feet deep it was bounded on the north by north street east by mrs lefaure south by lands of cook and west by a street or road cuevas street he paid 200 for the land here raymond caillavet reared his family and made his livelihood as a carpenter in june 1869 young raymond caillavet for 100 acquired another lot from his father it had a width of sixtyfive feet and was onehundred twenty five feet in depth the lot was bounded on the north by john latour caillavet east by charles t couave cuevas south by a street and west by an alley 3 caillavet conveyed this property to phillip lestrade 18321912 on january 5 1876 as partial repayment for a debt owed lestrade in a partnership that they had once partcipated 4 raymond caillavet also had a career in public service in harrison county and as a city official at biloxi he served as justice of the peace district 1 18731875 corner and ranger 18751877 mayor of biloxi 18771882 corner and ranger 18891891 and city councilman 18941895 in the january 1879 mayoral election caillavet defeated jr harkness receiving 151 of the 200 votes cast raymond and celina j caillavet reared their family at new orleans and biloxi their children were marie blanche caillavet 18651940 john caillavet b circa 1867pre 1870 aristide bertrand caillavet 18681898 emma rose c murray c 18691955 alice c bellande 18721955 edward caillavet 18741923 clarissa rita caillavet 18771885 william caillavet 18791940 lillian c holley 18831967 and louise c morgan 18811965 raymond caillavet expired on february 16 1898 mrs caillavet died on march 15 1903 both are buried at the old biloxi cemetery  children marie blanche caillavet  18651940 born december 12 1865 at new orleans she moved from biloxi to new orleans circa 1915 where she resided at 830 governor nicholls in the vieux carre blanche never married she kept house for her sister emma before she married william p murray miss caillavet died april 19 1940 at new orleans mrs calvin strayham and alice bellande her sister were with her when she died blanche caillavet s remains were interred at the biloxi cemetery  john caillave tborn circa march 1867 at new orleans probably died before 1880 this may be the same person as aristide caillavet no further information  aristide bertrand caillavet  18681898 born february 10 1868 at new orleans aristide caillavet married ellen gannon on june 17 1890 at biloxi bvm she was the daughter of patrick gannon and anna pennel their children were celina b 1890 arthur aristide 18931893 mary winnie mon 18951977 edward aristide 18981963 aristide caillavet died on january 19 1898 he was buried at the biloxi cemetery  emma rose caillavet murray  18691955born 1869 at biloxi emma caillavet married william p murray 18681895 on may 19 1891 at new orleans their children were edgar murray 18911922 m comelle giglia and robert murray 18931986 m antonia mary lascola emma c murray s corporal remains are buried at st vincent de paul cemetery no 1 in new orleans  alice louise caillavet bellande  18721955 born october 7 1872 at biloxi she married peter bellande 18711933 on august 19 1894 at bvm peter bellande made his livelihood as a bartender and a policeman they resided at 837 lameuse street children roy p bellande 18951964 m thelma giaruso faye b davidson 18981974 m harold davidon aristide c bellande 19011976 m mildred lott elliott a bellande 19041977 m ernestine balius ruth b ragusin 19061993 m albert j ragusin marcel j bellande 19091982 m kate fickes alton l bellande 19121970 m hazel m bonnette 19122002 alice c bellande died on july 10 1955 buried at biloxi cemetery  edward caillavet  18741923 born december 1874 at biloxi edward caillavet relocated to new orleans circa 1896 he was familiarly known as nig caillavet edward caillavet died november 15 1923 at jackson louisiana after a long illness  clarissa rita caillavet  18771885 born april 22 1877 died april 10 1885 no further information  william fernand caillavet  18791940 born january 14 1879 at biloxi he married eulalie rita louge 18871941 on march 19 1910 wf grits caillavet made his livelihood as a carpenter the family resided at 701 west howard avenue at the time of his demise on february 27 1940 rita louge caillavet was the daughter of michael j louge and mary fayard of biloxi she was born on july 17 1887 at biloxi and died there on june 21 1941 their children were william 19111912 irma lucille 19121994 and an unnamed son 19141914 lucille caillavet their only surviving child never married and lived on thomas street most of her life she was close to arnice sanders wagner of mobile the daughter of her aunt mrs tj eugenie louge cox all members of this family are buried at the old biloxi cemetery  louise clemence caillavet morgan  18811965 born february 3 1881 at biloxi as a young woman she worked as a salesgirl in the julius cahn establishment louise married alvah clark morgan 18811979 who she met while he worked in biloxi as the cashier at the l n freight depot their nuptial vows were taken on august 28 1911 at new orleans al morgan was born at trilla near matoon in south central illinois after leaving biloxi in 1911 the morgans resided at memphis forth worth and wichita falls texas before settling at denver colorado in 1917 mr morgan worked for the colorado fuel iron company until 1931 their only child trilla morgan reilly 19132004 was born at fort worth texas on april 25 1913 she was named for trilla illinois the birthplace of her father louise c morgan died november 6 1965 at denver colorado  mary liliana caillavet holley  18831967 born july 19 1883 at biloxi she was known as lillian lillian caillavet married anson holley 18821967 at biloxi on january 29 1907 they resided at 139 magnolia street the holley children were anson holley jr 19081975 lillian h maumus 19101981 lionel holley 19101993 pat h daley 19131986 and raymond holley 19201940 anson holley built biloxi schooners for us lel desporte and the cb foster packing company  references   1 harrison county land deed book 10 p 614 2 book 11 p 522523 3 book 15 p 2425 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1986 p 48 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississppi1986 p 24 p 50 and pp 118119  the ladner odyssey  mississippi historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1988 gladys de villier  the opelousas post  polyanthos inc cottonport louisiana1972 p 25 grady howell  to live and die in dixie  chickasaw bayou press jackson mississippi1991 pp 3033 and p 566 jerome lepre  the caillavet family  mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1984 p 30 p 66 and p 76 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  diocese of biloxi mississippi biloxi mississippi1991 pp 4548 harrison county mississippi register of commissions pp 22 26 28 37 and 51 harrison county chancery court cause no p2781b estate of irma louise caillavet august 26 1994  journals the biloxi herald    william murrayemma caillavet   may 19 1891 p 4 see also july 18 1891 p 4 the biloxi herald    uranie cailavet   december 28 1895 p 8 c 2 the biloxi herald     aristide b caillavet   january 22 1898 p 8 c 1 the biloxi herald    captain raymond caillavet   february 19 1898 p 5 c 4 the biloxi herald    zeline caillavet   march 16 1903 p 6 c 2 the daily herald    holleycaillavet   january 29 1907 the daily herald    lougecaillavet   march 21 1910 p 8 c 2 the daily herald    moran  sic  caillavet   august 30 1911 p 8 the daily herald    edward caillavet dead   november 16 1923 p 3 c 3 the daily herald    blanche caillavet dies   april 20 1940 p 7 c 2 the daily herald    mrs wm caillavet dies   june 23 1941 the pascagoula democratstar    elections at biloxi   january 10 1879 p 3 c 2 the sun herald    lionel j holley sr   february 23 1993 p 2 us censusharrison county mississippi 1850 1860 1870 1880 and 1900  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