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(1, 'und', 'node_search', ' five centuries on the mississippi sound a chronology of biloxi mississippi five centuries on the mississippi sound a chronology of biloxi mississippi osarep mon 3222010 1102 learn more about the past of biloxi and ocean springs mississippi through the historical and archival research of ray l bellande at biloxihistoricalsocietyorg and oceanspringsarchivesnet  ray offers his 20 years of research experience to help you learn more about the past of the gulf coast area and perhaps your family contact us to start on the path to discovery with our historical research services join the biloxi historical society today by showing your interest through our contact form   about biloxi join ray l bellande already in the process of uncovering the history and genealogy of biloxi mississippi a wonderful and diverse community on the gulf of mexico named for the local sioux indian people the ocean springs and biloxi areas has been inhabited by europeans since being founded by iberville and his french canadian soldiers of fortune and their french cohorts with the establishment of fort maurepas in april 1699 the fascinating history of biloxi is an unparalled adventure spaning five centuries  archival research unearth the history of the biloxi area through a number of archival and historical research methods libraries are great storehouses of information of all sorts about the past city directories from the past can help you find out where your grandparents lived for example if you need to find an obituary ray scours local newspapers going back for more than a century there is a copious amount of information about all of the towns that existed in the past in the biloxi area waiting to be found whenever you like  court records ray searches the records of the courthouses and archives of jackson harrison and hancock county mississippi to find out about the past with ray s help you can learn specific information about the area and your family s place in history through this archival research he finds valuable facts hiding in land records marriage records probates wills and divorce records local cemetery searches and tombstone images can also be made  contact ray online or call 2282576350 for a fee schedule of historical and archival research services in the mississippi gulf coast area  ray l bellande ca2005 1628 views  ', 0),
(3, 'und', 'node_search', ' family histories family histories osarep mon 3222010 1118 the antoine victoire bellande family summary the gustave bonnette family summary the raymond caillavet family summary families of biloxi mississippi summary 2 views  ', 0),
(4, 'und', 'node_search', ' town figures town figures osarep mon 3222010 1121 2 views  ', 0),
(5, 'und', 'node_search', ' bellande family bellande family osarep mon 3222010 1209 the bellande family from marseille to mississippi the family of antoine v bellande  18291918    forward historical research and writing are fun since moving to ocean springs in may 1990 i have enjoyed visiting the libraries and courthouses reading old newspapers and conversing with others interested in the local history of coastal mississippi in the process of assimilating new knowledge i have made discoveries about our family bellande i would like to thank louis ebellande jr of chicago for his valuable assistance with our midwest family mary blair kleyn of laguna hills california sent me timely information about our west coast family locally regina hines jk lemon and murella powell have been of great assistance and support in making from marseille to mississippi a better document i personally again thank all of you who responded with letters and calls after receiving your first addition please enjoy this your family history its the only one you ve got i always appreciate comments and criticism thank you again for your support and patience  the authors heidi balje good was born in germany in 1947 she is married to paul good whose great grandmother was zoe willamine bellande b 1863 zoe was the youngest daughter of joseph h bellande b 1813 in marseille and roseline lafauce b 1821 probably at vieux biloxy ocean springs paul and heidi good reside in the sultanate of oman were paul is employed with the petroleum development of oman a joint venture between shell oil and the omani government their children are sebastian b 1975 adriane b 1979 marian b 1982 and elisabeth b 1983 heidi received her doctorate in biology from ucla  ray l bellande  b 1943 is a biloxi native he is the great grandson of antoine v bellande presently bellande resides at ocean springs home of his ancestors where he has written since 1993 a weekly history column for  the ocean springs record  titled sous les chenes and images under the oaks he has published several books  the bellande cemetery a history and register  1990  from marseille to mississippi a bellande family history  1991  ocean springs hotels and tourist homes  1994 and  ocean springs the way we were  19001950 1996 18291918 born at marseille france and marie harvey 18401894 of back bay now d iberville bellande attended biloxi parochial and public schools he matriculated at new mexico tech in 1961 and graduated with a bs degree in petroleum geology from mississippi state university in 1965 bellande was employed by humble oil exxon tenneco and others before becoming an independent geologist and oil operator at lafayette louisiana in 1980 his oil exploration activities brought him to many petroleum provinces as he has resided or worked in louisiana california alaska texas indonesia malaysia singapore mississippi and alabama 1971 ray bellande and now in 2009 1042 views  ', 0),
(8, 'en', 'node_search', ' marsaille france marsaille france osarep tue 3232010 1533 this story commences in marseille france marseille with a population approaching one million people is the second largest city in france and the nation s chief port it was founded by greek mariners about 600 bc and called massalia massilia there is some archaeological evidence to suggest that phoenicians settled here even earlier marseille has always been france s gateway to the east since ancient times both the goods and culture of africa the middle east and asia have entered france at the marseille docks the economy of marseille is based on trade and manufacturing the city s port handles about a third of the traffic of all french seaports industries in the area process chemicals food and petroleum from many parts of the world the city s chief manufactured products include bricks candles engines medicine soap and tiles until the intensified police action of the early 1970s it was a center for the manufacture and shipping of drugs especially heroin remember the french connection with popeye doyle gene hackman marseille has many beautiful churches the hilltop church notredame de la garde the patron saint of the city s fishing fleet has a large image of the virgin mary on its tall steeple see photo this holy image can be seen far out at sea   dr andre bellande and sonia tchiftbachian bellande  madame rene e bellande  and clement bellande  of marseille   1973 image of marseille daughterinlaw and son of andre and bonnieux france    and rene e bellande 2008 image in september 1972 i was returning from an assignment with esso exploration malaysia and decided to visit the cote d azur and marseille i drove a rental car from nice to marseille an easy day drive my arrival in the large port city took place late in the afternoon a search of the local telephone directory for the name bellande surprised me as their were only a few listed one was an andre bellande le medcin medical doctor rather than telephone dr bellande i chose to take a taxi to his domicile the following morning this was a mistake as he was not there his duties that day took him into the country side making house calls i did meet his delightfully charming wife rene e and her children they were all quite surprised to meet this american cousin although i remained in marseille for only one day i was able to establish good relations for future communications one very interesting fact i did learn that day was a plausible explanation for the origin of the family name bellande jean bellande the uncle of andre related that the name was derived from two french words bel beautiful and lande an evergreen tree which is prevalent in the area around the city of bordeaux in southwest france the department or state in which bordeaux is situated is called landes for the trees heidi balje good in her detailed research of the simmonsbellande families located a frederick bellande residing in st lambert quebec canada messieur bellande was told by his family that the bellandes were jewish originating from a little town called uppsala in sweden and that they went afterward to live in bordeaux a copy of this letter is included in the appendix of this document as it is a valuable reference for clues to the relationship of the bellande families of haiti canada the united states and the french cities of marseille and bordeaux we know that our common ancestor antoine victor bellande was born september 11 1829 in marseille his parents were jean antoine joseph marie bellande 17901874 and marceline vezian of marseille ca 1880ca pre1834 his father and grandfather were naval workers probably caulkers in a local shipyard antoine left his native france as a deck hand on a vessel at the age of twentytwo years and arrived in new orleans in 1851 shortly he joined his brother in ocean springs mississippi i use brother because at this time there was a joseph h bellande also a french immigrant residing there heidi b good whose husband paul is related to joseph h bellande has done an excellent job of researching joseph and his family i will present shortly in this text her story of joseph for your general information and interest it should answer some of the questions about the other bellande family of the gulf coast region who you may recognize as a relative the true relationship between antoine and joseph bellande is not yet known we believe joseph was born in france in october 1813 church records in marseille indicate that antoine s father jean antoine joseph bellande had three wives marguerite grafassy marceline vezian and marie francoise gorge his first child with marguerite grafassy was called jacques joseph nestor 1815 or 1819 from the information currently available i conclude that joseph h bellande and antoine were half brothers joseph may have been a bastard son of jean antoine joseph whose birth was not recorded the strongest evidence for a relationship is the fact that they were both listed as heirs in the succession of jean antoine joseph bellande dated december 18 1877 in marseille as they were residing in the united states at this time and failed to appoint an attorney to represent them in marseille their inheritance was lost it appears from the legal instrument that their father left a house at no 19 st barnabe boulevard in marseille let us now enjoy the life of joseph h bellande as told by heidi b good 127 views  ', 0),
(9, 'en', 'node_search', ' joseph h bellande 18131907  joseph h bellande 18131907 osarep tue 3232010 1555 joseph bellande was born in france probably marseille in october 1813 he arrived in this country in 1835 according to his statement on the census of 1900 he is believed to have come first to new orleans it is not known when or why he arrived in ocean springs mississippi where he lived out the rest of his life he married rosaline lafauce  daughter of jacques lafauce and marie eveline lafontaine on may 26 1842 in 1846 as husband of one of the heirs of the widow lafontaine property he received title to approximately 20 acres of land in the heart of present day ocean springs his tract was about 260 feet wide and 3300 feet in length running from the front beach on the bay of biloxi to county road now government street in claim section 37 township 7srange 8 west the present day city hall public library police station a portion of little children s park bellande avenue dewey avenue and the bellande cemetery are located on the bellande tract in 1859 he warranted a deed to bishop william h elder measuring 192 x 100 feet for the site of st alphonsus catholic church on porter avenue for 100 from 1883 to 1892 he sold much of his land some to his children some to local residents gregoir weider and george and es davis and some to albert g tedo of new orleans as far as can be determined none of the original holdings belong to any family members now he made his livelihood as a fisherman and sailor and later was a captain of a trading schooner  the three brothers  according to census records during the storm of august 1901  the three brothers  beat itself to pieces and sank at schmidt s wharf on the front beach the day of august 14th he was the father of eleven children they are cherie marcellus  b 3 march 1843  odile delphine  b 2 july 1844  honnorais noah   b 29 november 1846  joseph  b 13 december 1848  clement  b 31 december 1850  antoine  b 24 november 1852  rosalie azalie   b 22 october 1854  john nestor  b 29 august 1856  laura evelina  b 15 january 1859  adolphe  b 8 january 1861 and zoe wilhemina  b 6 june 1863 not much is yet known about the personal life of joseph bellande his family bible in french was recently discovered in the home of one of his descendants as well as some legal documents and personal papers in the form of a journal all of these were handwritten in french the legal documents would seem to indicate he was related to a later french immigrant seaman named bellande antoine bellande the captain who arrived in this country in 1851 it appears they were brothers or half brothers sons of jean joseph marie antoine bellande of marseille a caulker in the shipbuilding business an aspect about joseph s personal life that makes him a particularly intriguing figure was handed down through the family lore of one of his descendants but has not yet been substantiated geneva eliska the eldest daughter of joseph s youngest child zoe knew her grandfather to be a former priest excommunicated on the event of his marriage to rosaline lafauce she recalled that he had gotten into some political difficulties with the church and upon the advice of his friends who feared for his life he fled france his writing would indicate that joseph remained a deeply religious man his journals consisting of many prayers for the hours of the day the stations of the cross and the like one can only speculate on the inner torment of this man who despite his excommunication raised his family in the catholic church was denied admission to the funeral mass on the occasion of the death of his wife rosalie of asthma in january of 1893 he sat sobbing outside st alphonsus church on that tuesday afternoon this was witnessed by his eleven year old granddaughter geneva eliska he lived in his house on lafontaine avenue for another 13 years outliving seven of his children he provided a home for his daughter azalie reus and her two children after she was deserted by her husband on june 16 1907 he was on his deathbed father peter de gruyter the belgian pastor of st alphonsus who was apparently disliked by the entire congregation came to joseph presumably to administer the last rites and hear his confession according to church records the dying man cursed the priest out of his house joseph is buried in the bellande cemetery his grave marked by a cedar cross now gone the history of joseph and rosaline s children can be deduced from census records wills and other legal documents church records newspaper obituaries notes found in the family bibles and remembrances of descendants that have thus far been located a document from the jackson county chancery court cause no 4636 dated 14 august 1926 a case involving a land dispute between all the surviving heirs of joseph gives a good lead on the fates and whereabouts of his children it is not clear why this land on lafontaine avenue at ocean springs was contested but the end result was that it was sold at auction to josephine friar for 1200 the profits were divided up proportionately among the heirs each one receiving an amount somewhere between 25 and 130 the legal action will be referred to again in relation to each of the children 116 views  ', 0),
(10, 'en', 'node_search', ' joseph and rosalie s children joseph and rosalie s children osarep tue 3232010 1556 1  marcellus bellande  18441905 joseph s firstborn child joined the confederate army at the age of 19 according to the book  louisiana confederate soldiers and confederate commands  compiled in 1920 by andrew b booth he was a private with company d 4th louisiana infantry he enlisted on october 22 1863 in mobile alabama when his youngest sister zoe was just a few months old nine months later he was captured near atlanta georgia on august 5 1864 he was sent to military prison in camp chase ohio and remained there for nine months being paroled may 2 1865 he was exchanged for a union prisoner and moved to new orleans he married rosina ludwig 18391925 a german immigrant and the widow of jeanmarie begue in october 1885 and resided at 822 ninth street new orleans they had no children marcellus bellande expired at new orleans on june 2 1905 his wife rosina lived until 1925 nola marriage record v 11 p 484 and nola death records index v 135 p 541 2  delphine bellande  married a relative ten years her senior john ryan son of jerome ryan and euphrasia lafontaine on april 12 1871 at st alphonsus church in ocean springs her sister rose azalie was one of the witnesses john was a house carpenter and the family lived in the house next to joseph s john died sometime between 1881 and 1900 they had four children anna 1872 joseph 1875 george 1877 and arthur 1881 after her husband s death she continued to live in ocean springs with her sons george and arthur both fisherman by 1910 she had moved to biloxi and was living with her widowed daughterinlaw alice a dressmaker who had married her oldest son joseph and her son george she must have died before 1926 as only her three surviving children anna george and arthur are mentioned in the 1926 land dispute anna married arnold boy catchot 18691939 in 1895 and reared a large family they resided in new orleans 19181928 where boy worked for the l n railroad the catchot family returned to ocean springs where anna died on october 30 1930 george also lived in new orleans it is not yet known whether he had a family arthur lived in biloxi and married angelina from italy and had a least two children juanita 1907 and geneva 1909  honore bellande honore bellande  18451871 was the son of joseph h bellande 18131907 a native of marseille france and  rosaline lafauce  18211893 or laforce the daughter of  jacques lafauce  and  marie eveline lafontaine  of ocean springs her grandparents were the widow lafontaine  catherine bourgeois  1768ca 1845 and  louis auguste lafontaine 17621824   the founders of modern day ocean springs honore bellande married  francine   ryan  daughter of alfred ryan and dora staffin of biloxi on december 1 1869 their son  adolph bellande  was born august 26 1870 his aunt laura ryan bellande was one of the sponsors at his baptism honore died a year later on september 19 1871 his widow francine married  harro bellman  18491920 the son of  charles n bellman  18061860 and  pauline ryan  18151899 the daughter of jacques ryan d 1849 and elizabeth laforce on august 10 1876 they had a daughter named sue adolph bellande bought property from his grandfather joseph bellande on bellande avenue in 1892 for some time he lived in biloxi and married  beulah ellis richards  18721952 on february 22 1906 in her home at ocean springs judge ew illing performed at the ceremony beulah ellis was a native of fontainbleau a small community east of ocean springs and had married reuben l richards 18641928 of ocean springs on december 26 1889 they were divorced in the chancery court at jackson county in 1905 according to cause no 1368 they had a son frank e richards reuben l richards married miss lena spradley in 1919 they had a son lloyd richards richards worked many years for mrs purrington as caretaker of her beach front estate adolph bellande and beulah ellis had a son named  adam eugene bellande  19071977 commonly called gene adolph did not remain with beulah very long he died on january 14 1916 and is buried in the bellande cemetery in ocean springs he was a member of the woodmens of the world satsuma 703 his son gene went on to become a renowned fisherman had many postcards of himself made as a young man he was known ubiquitously as the flounder king he and his mother beulah were the defendants in the 1926 land dispute and all the other bellande heirs were the complainants gene was married to mary josephine walker 19131977 of gulfport they had six children some of whom still reside in the biloxiocean springs area gene bellande died july 27 1977 and is buried in the evergreen cemetery in ocean springs his children are ellen louise b grant  19311996  lee jeanette blanchard  19322003  william eugene billy bellande  19352002  martha elizabeth b lashbrook  19362004  billy ray bellande  19382009 and betty fay denning  19382005  ellen louise bellande ellen louise bellande grant 19311996 was born on march 13 1931 at biloxi ellen married ebenezer morgan grant 19261985 on april 28 1950 in harrison county mississippi she expired on january 21 1996 they were both interred in the evergreen cemetery at gulfport mississippi harco ms mrb 81 p 615  lee jeanette bellande lee jeanette bellande blanchard 19322003 was born at biloxi mississippi on december 31 1932 in harrison county mississippi she married leroy f blanchard 19211954 on june 7 1950 he was the son of lee j blanchard 18911960 and amelia robicheaux 18971983 jeanette made her livelihood as a nurse she was the mother of leroy f blanchard jr 19512008 m barbara faircloth david l blanchard sr 19541994 and kevin parker mrs blanchard was a member of the full gospel tabernacle church she died at biloxi on january 8 2003 jeanette b blanchard s corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald january 10 2003 p a5    william e bellande william eugene billy bellande 19352002 was born at biloxi on january 31 1935 he made his livelihood on the sea he was the captain of the shrimp boat  jeffrey mac  and  blue chip  an offshore supply boat billy was the former commander of vfw post 2434 a member of the french club and american legion in april 1959 billy bellande married  eva voncile freeman  19381989 the daughter of william l freeman and eva jewel furby of grand bay alabama she was the mother of william eugene bubba bellande ii b 1963 m mary ann hughes and rhonda jean bellande duffy they divorced in july 1981 eva expired at jackson mississippi on december 4 1989 her corporal remains were interred in the adam e bellande family plot at the evergreen cemetery at ocean springs harco ms chancery court cause no 9659 and  the daily herald december 6 1989   billy bellande married  louise ross west  b 1950 in december 1982 she was the daughter of louis r ross and aldora esma arcement they divorced in november 1998 harco ms 2 nd judicial district mrb 25 p 354 and harco ms chancery court cause no 980927 in october 2001 prior to his demise several cancer benefits were held for billy at biloxi and d iberville  the bay press october 12 2001 p 6   billy bellande passed on at biloxi on january 22 2002 he was of the lutheran faith his corporal remain were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald january 23 2002 p a5    lane f lashbrook 19352012 and martha e bellande 19362004   from the sun herald  may 30 2012 p a4  martha e bellande martha elizabeth bellande 19362004 was born april 16 1936 at biloxi she married lane f lashbrook 19352012 and they were the parents of three sons randell lashbrook lane joseph lashbrook and timothy lashbrook martha e bellande expred on july 11 2004 at ocean springs mississippi lane f lashbrook died on may 27 2012 their corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi the sun herald july 13 2004 p a6 and may 30 2012 p a4  betty faye bellande betty faye bellande 19382005 was born at biloxi on march 27 1938 she expired at danville alabama on july 20 2005 on august 4 1956 betty faye had married  hasbur little red wendell   denning  19302007 the son of hasbur j hasbur denning and jennifer wedgeworth of perkinston mississippi harco ms mrb 106 p 154 betty faye and hasbur w denning were the parents of joseph h denning mary denning rogers and sandra denning kleas betty faye denning expired at danville alabama on july 19 2005 she was a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints her corporal remains were interred in the east lawrence memorial gardens cemetery  the sun herald    july 22 2005 p a8  hasbur w denning expired on october 16 2007 at his home in danville alabama he was born dec 8 1930 in biloxi miss to the late hasbur joseph denning and jeniever wedgeworth denning he was a member of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints he retired from the us air force as a master sergeant after 23 years with service in cambodia vietnam and north korea he was preceded in death by his wife betty faye bellande denning his parents and two brothers david denning and everett big red denning a military graveside service for hasbur w little red denning was friday oct 19 at east lawrence memorial gardens with bishop royce alsup officiating and hartselle heritage funeral home directing  the hartselle inquirer october 16 2007    billy ray bellande sr billy ray bellande sr 19382009 was born at biloxi on march 27 1938 he married ida sue ashworth watford bell 19361997 a native of royston georgia she was the daughter of patrick ashworth and ila ashworth bennett sue bellande was the mother of billy ray bellande jr b 1964 m stephanie a munoz b 1969 annette bellande teresa gayle watford jones bettye sue watford scarbrough janice park roy alvin watford and william dennis watford 19592000 billy ray bellande died on july 8 2009 at mobile alabama he was a us navy veteran of the korean war and had worked as a biloxi shrimper and boat captain billy ray bellande was a member of the vfw and fleurdelis society his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald july 10 2009 p a4   4  joseph bellande jr  the fate of this son is unclear a note was found among his father s papers saying joseph died october 28 1851 no mention of his death is found in the family bible 5  clement bellande  18501918 maintained residences in both new orleans and ocean springs he lived near his father on washington avenue when he was in ocean springs he made his living as a bartender clem bellande was an excellent sailor and well known in racing circles along the mississippi gulf coast at the 1901 biloxi regatta he won the third class fleet 1619 foot boats in his catboat the  davis brothers  bellande defeated the regional famous royal flush owned by orey young of ocean springs orey young once said  the royal flush if loaded with the prize money she has won would certainly sink   the defeat of the  royal flush  by bellande precipitated a match race on a triangular course set in biloxi bay off ocean springs the merchants of ocean springs offered a cash prize of 700 and the afternoon of the race was declared a general holiday in that town the  royal flush  won by two minutes and one second over the davis brothers and josephine according to walter f fountain another match race resulted in which the  davis brothers  beat the royal flush by 12 seconds clem bellande married twice first to lydia miller 18441902 they had a ward living with them in the 1900 census elevenyear old olpha m jackson  the daily herald  of july 20 1916 reported the marriage of offie mae bellande the daughter of captain and mrs bellande a wellknown family of ocean springs and edgar martin an efficient employee of the ln dantzler lumber company being now stationed at indianola mississippi in 1885 joseph sold clement some land on porter avenue much later when widower clement married a second time to lucille vinot of new orleans he apparently spent most of his time there living at 823 royal street there he was a grocery wagon driver they had no children he died may 19 1918 and is buried in ocean springs his wife remained in new orleans and died in 1949 she received a settlement from the 1926 land settlement 6  antoine bellande  18521881 lived in new orleans on 224 magazine street nothing further is known about him no heir of his is mentioned in the 1926 land settlement his death is recorded in the family bible as may 4 1881 7  roseale azalie   bellande   18541923 had the misfortune of marrying as man who deserted her on january 29 1880 at her father s house she married michael reus she had three children joseph michael reus febapril 1881 bruno reus 188219 and marcellus reus 18841905 while she was pregnant with the last one she went to her father s house for her confinement at her husband s request during her absence michael sold their house and possessions and left azalie filed for divorce on grounds of desertion and it was granted in august of 1890 she lived at her parent s house until the time of her father s death in 1907 she inherited the house but later moved to mobile alabama and lived there with her son bruno reuss and his family her son marcellus mike was described by  the pascagoula democratstar  as a wild lad on november 11 1897 when he was severely injured about the head and body at ocean springs when he fell off an l n freight train mike was attempting to steal a ride to new orleans he married and had a son named robert reuss b 1904 his wildness was corroborated in 1905 as marcellus died gunned down in a street fight at ocean springs on friday october 13 his very young widow lillian a child bride decided she was unable to raise their son alone so robert grew up with his cousins the children of bruno she apparently did not remarry for she received a settlement in the 1926 land dispute and was referred to as mrs lillian reus of ocean springs bruno worked for the l n railroad on the new orleans to mobile run he had six children who live in the mobile area some still in the original house bruno bought and have possession of the family bible and other old documents their names are azalie reus kossow annie carmelite reuss euphemia reuss carmelite reuss celestine reus sawyer and charlie reuss in the 1926 land settlement bruno reuss lillian reus and robert reuss received their share 8  jean nestor john bellande  18521895 was apparently a wanderer his profession is unknown as is his marital status his addresses were recorded in the family bible without dates as prudhomme city in st landry parish louisiana this place no longer appears on current maps but was shown on a map from 1880 and 518 12 carcroft between st andrew and st mary street in new orleans he also lived in or visited houston texas where his youngest sister zoe and her family lived why either of them went there is unknown in any case john died there on april 5 1895 of consumption he was buried in ocean springs he had been a member of the knights of pythias no descendants were mentioned in the 1926 land settlement 9  laura eveline bellande  lived in new orleans in 145 washington avenue there she probably met and married adam bultman and had at least three children by the time of the 1926 land settlement she had died and her heirs were given as adam bultman viola bultman and mrs annie bultman kinchman all of 917 7th street in new orleans and adam bultman jr also of new orleans address unknown 10  adolph bellande  18611897 lived in new orleans on constance street first at number 36 then at number 1126 according to the obituary published in  the daily states  of november 28 1897 he had lived there for 20 years he was first employed by messrs a baldwin and co and then with the j p coats thread company he was a member of the catholic church and the young men s mutual benefit society the obituary which includes a line drawing of adolph with a very large mustache states among other things last sunday night death claimed another victim which takes from new orleans a valued citizen from a prominent firm a trusted employee from a wife a loving husband and from his children a fond father adolph bellandehas succumbed to those immutable laws which none may gainsay his illness was of short duration for the end came quickly and was a sad blow to his wife and friends who were not prepared for the result as mr bellande possessed a strong constitution he began sinking rapidly and half an hour past midnight on sunday grim death had claimed its own his widow amelia peters 18581917 had just grieved the loss of their ten year old son adolph jr 18871897 four months before and sometime during this year their last child albert was born their first child louisa eveline 18851888 had only lived for three and one half years two children did grow into adulthood 1 eugene henry 18901952 and 2 albert j 18971951 both of them received a settlement in the 1926 land dispute both of them married and raised families in the new orleans area and were involved with police work 1 eugene married antoinette cuccia 19121966 and had two children louise e singer and joseph albert he apparently worked for the sheriff s office as did son joseph who died in 1965 2 albert married agnes duffy 18991967 and had two children albert jr and adolph morton he apparently worked for the state registration department albert jr married and had at least two children and was a policeman he currently lives in picayune mississippi adolph 19221967 married geraldine durin and had two children belinda ann and catherine ann of new orleans like his great grandfather joseph his work involved the sea he was probably employed with the delta steamship company 11  zoe bellande  18631897 married a fisherman maurice adolphus simmons 18621916 son of joseph b simmons 18241886 and and harriet h badon 18421920 on december 8 1881 the simmons family moved to ocean springs circa 1872 probably from covington louisiana mr simmons was a carpenter while harriet helped support the family working as a seamstress zoe and maurice simmons lived in ocean springs for a while at least until 1886 when they bought property from joseph bellande near porter and bellande avenue their first child geneva eliska was born december 2 1882 she was followed by harriet rosalie on march 31 1884 and george curtis on february 18 1886 sometime later maurice loaded his possessions wife and young children into a cart drawn by a mule and headed west they settled in houston texas on 1815 south street which is now obliterated by interstate 45 north of the downtown area while he was an accomplished carpenter he made his living as a fisherman in galveston bay and even had a house on a small island there it was known as simmons island in his honor located across from seabrook both the island and house no longer exist having sunk sometime after 1915 the victim of a hurricane wife zoe had five more children in houston elwood raymond b september 23 1890 stella edith date unknown stillborn claude elmer b 14 august 1893 farrely allen b 11 june 1895 and clara zoe b and d october 1897 zoe died of blood poisoning several days later on the 27th of october she is buried in the hollywood cemetery in houston four of her children received a settlement from the 1926 land dispute 1 geneva eliska 2 elwood 3 claude and 4 farrely all residing in the houston areas 1  geneva eliska  18821977 married allen thomas south 18691948 a railroad worker and nurseryman from missouri they remained in houston and had three children 1  warren wren  19041950 who worked at the warwick hotel and married mary jennings hessen no children 2  allen thomas jr  19071948 a telegraph operator who married emma elizabeth brenner 1910 and had two children john russell 1938 an insurance adjuster and douglas 1941 an electrician russell married fern yvonne whitehead and they have three children susan carol 1961 married to keith white 1958 with daughter ashlie kay 1987 jerry lynn 1963 married to joel allen lee 1964 and john russell jr douglas married maebeth prichard in 1960 and their two children are troy douglas 1962 and christina beth 1968 they are still in the greater houston area 3  ora clotile  1913 married samuel floyd good a shell oil co refinery engineer and had two children paul allen 1947 a research engineer for shell and carolyn elaine 1949 an archaeologist for the army corps of engineers ora clotile was a school teacher and taught high school biology for many years paul married biologist heidi balje in 1972 and they have four children sebastian 1975 adriane 1979 marian 1982 and elisabeth 1983 they all live in the greater houston area 2 harriet rosalie 1884 married john lewis garney and had five sons develle woodson maurice 1904 an oilfield salesman john palmer 1913 claude elwood 1915 an electrician and patrick warren 1918 3 elwood raymond son 1890 married thelma alice anderson in 1911 they had two girls cecilian 1916 and margaret 1919 margaret married charles merle royal and has one son terry lance 1939 4 claude elmer married bess marie hillowens in 1917 and they also had two children jr 1918 and ruth marie 1923 5 farrely allen married annie lydia laue in 1928 and had a son named william maurice born in 1932 276 views  ', 0),
(11, 'en', 'node_search', ' antoine v bellande antoine v bellande osarep tue 3232010 1606 let us now return to the life of antoine v bellande it is generally believed he settled in ocean springs about 1851 in new orleans he purchased a baltimore built schooner  john randolph  and took it to pascagoula where he embarked in the lumber business transporting south mississippi timber to galveston texas for export during the early years of the civil war captain bellande ran the union blockade for the confederacy making many trips to cuba for cargoes of food tobacco paper gin and munitions it was a lucrative business he once had 20000 worth of cuban tobacco stored in biloxi it was stolen from him but he later caught the guilty party it has been reported that bellande completed his last voyage with southern contraband just three days before farragut captured new orleans in april 1862 eliminating it as a blockade running port his schooner was commandeered and he found himself transporting brick from new orleans to ship island for the completion of fort massachusetts work on the island fort had commenced in 1856 by the united states and was interrupted by a hurricane in 1860 a confederate force seized the outpost in january 1861 union forces recaptured ship island in september 1861   lr antoine v bellande  18291918  mary catchot bellande  18601931  eva camba chance  18801914  john m dunn 18531932   and elizabeth catchot camba dunn  18541927  courtesy of walter f camba jr  19121999 126 views  ', 0),
(12, 'en', 'node_search', ' the civil war the civil war osarep tue 3232010 1619 in 1864 the confederacy attempted to draft him but antoine bellande didn t approve of the idea he was residing in ocean springs at the time the conscript officer was invited to have a drink with him at the ocean springs hotel before they set out to join the confederate army he managed to get the officer drunk and slipped away he offered his services to admiral farragut as a ship pilot he had become acquainted with the great admiral at pascagoula where farragut would visit his sister mrs gurley although serving as a union pilot in early 1864 antoine bellande at the age of thirtyfive years officially entered the union navy as an acting ensign and pilot on december 16 1864 he served primarily on the us steamer  cowslip  the  cowslip  was a sidewheel steamer built in 1863 at newburgh new york as  meteor  the steamer was 123 feet long and had a 7 draft it was armed with a 20 pound rifled cannon and two 24pound smoothbore cannon assigned to the west gulf blockading squadron cowslip arrived at new orleans in february 1864 she carried officers and men as well as delivering mail stores guns and munitions for her squadron cowslip also delivered provisions for refugees the vessel was so versatile that it was used as a tow convoy steamer rescue and salvage boat and also served as a picket and patrol vessel  mobile bay it was at the battle of mobile bay in august 1864 that captain bellande experienced an exciting chapter in his long life he was assigned by admiral david farragut to pilot the union barkentine rigged screw sloop  monongahela  the  monongahela  was built at the philadelphia navy yard in 1862 she had seen action at port hudson louisiana march may 1863 donaldsonville louisiana july 1863 and participated in a number of texas coastal actions before returning to blockade duty off mobile in the summer of 1864 antoine joined the  uss monongahela  off mobile in july 1864 during the fierce battle of august 5 1864 he watched helplessly as the monongahela valiantly rammed the wellarmored confederate ram  tennessee  a brief description of the monongahela s activity in the battle is given by shelby foote 19162005 in   the civil war a narrative red river to appomattox  page 504  farragut s main reliance was on his wooden sloops particularly the  monongahela  and the lackawanna which were equipped with iron prows for ramming their orders were to run the ram  tennessee  down while the others pitched in to do her whatever damage they could manage with their guns accordingly when the  tennessee came within range about 920 making hard for the flagship  hartford   monongahela  moved ahead at full speed and struck her amidships a heavy blow that had no effect at all on the rebel vessel but cost the sloop her iron beak torn off along her cutwater  according to pilot bellande the  monongahela  got the worst of the encounter with the  tennessee  the sides of the rebel ram were protected by heavy armor and chains when they pulled free after ramming the tennessee the deck of his vessel was raked by a withering broadside which removed the head of their water boy from his shoulders he also saw the executive officer of the  monongahela  fall with both legs shattered a shell which dropped into the engine room luckily failed to explode buchanan the confederate commander of the  tennessee  must be lauded generously for his bravery and skill in facing seventeen union ships three of them possessing armor heavier than that of his vessel mounting 157 guns almost all of them larger than those of the  tennessee  after the battle was won antoine piloted the  cowslip  on the following morning transporting the victorious union officers to receive the formal surrender of fort morgan he concluded his memorable duties at mobile bay with the dragging of the harbor to remove any torpedoes or mines captain bellande s share of the prize money was 800 for his one day work during the battle he was discharged from the union navy on february 19 1866 for his excellent service he was given a 450 bonus the daily herald april 13 1914 p 1 in a recently discovered business ledger of the pierre quave store which operated at back bay north biloxi from 18571862 antoine bellande s name appears in an account held in 1857 his future fatherinlaw pierre harvey had accounts at the same store 1033 views  ', 0),
(13, 'en', 'node_search', ' the inlaws pierre hervai harvey celina moran the inlaws pierre hervai harvey celina moran osarep tue 3232010 1628 pierre harvey 18101893 was born in france about 1810 he is the patriarch of the harvey family of the mississippi gulf coast it is not known precisely when pierre harvey came to the united states or from which french city or department that he immigrated it is very likely that he arrived in the back bay north biloxi community in the 1830s here the young french seaman met and married celina morin 18111883 on february 20 1840 the name morin is now spelled moran the marriage of pierre harvey and celina moran was recorded in the book of marriages volume 8 18401842 folio 103 of the archives of the st louis cathedral at new orleans pierre harvey s first tracks in the harrison county court house were made in 1842 when he purchased 46 acres of land in irregular section 17 t7sr9w from joseph morin ii moran on march 2 1846 monsieur harvey made the following statement in the circuit court of harrison county  this day being a day of the term of said court the second day of march ad 1846 personally came and appeared in open court pier sic who being duly sworn and solemnly acclaim that it was his bonafied intention to become a citizen of the united states of america and to renounce forever all allegiance to any foreign state prince or sovereignty whatsoever and particularly to louis phillip king of the french he has heretofore been a subject  minutes of the harco ms circuit courtbook 1 p 116 pierre harvey became a citizen of the united states of america on march 6 1848 this act took place at the harrison county circuit court at mississippi city and was recorded in the minutes of the harco ms circuit courtbook 1 page 183 pierre and celina harvey and celina lived on the back bay of biloxi near her father joseph moran ii here he made his livelihood as a seaman and fisherman harvey probably toiled in the coastal schooner trade naval stores salt lumber and charcoal were produced locally and shipped to new orleans and mobile the traders returned with food staples tools and cloth 115 views  ', 0),
(14, 'en', 'node_search', ' moran family moran family osarep tue 3232010 1724 the morin moran family of the mississippi coast originated at st pierredusud quebec canada here joseph morin was born of denis morin and madeleine boulet he settle at cat island and married louise ladner the daughter of nicolas ladner and marie anne pacquet in 1778 all of their children were born and reared at cat island joseph morin ii and his family lived at old chimneys long beach until about 1820 when they moved to north biloxi near what would become the 1850s kendall brickyard on back bay it is here that the moran children were reared they were joseph moran iii 1809 celina 18111883 claire marguerite francois 18151887 victoire 1817 marie 1818 virginia 18201891 and sarah ann pierre harvey and celina had settled on the 46 acres in section 17 t7sr9w he had bought from his fatherinlaw joseph moran ii in 1842 he sold 37 acres to jl lastinger reserving 9 acres which was probably the harvey homestead as one can see from the topographic map of the area it was well named as it was called harvey hill the union of pierre and celina harvey produced five francoamerican children marie harvey 18401894 pierre harvey jr 18411878 casimir harvey 18451904 margaret harvey 18471886 and phillip harvey 18511918 marie harvey 18401894 married a french immigrant seaman antoine v bellande 18291918 at biloxi on july 9 1866 pierre harvey died on september 30 1893 celina moran harvey preceded him in death she expired on september 21 1883 their remains were probably interred in the moran cemetery at d iberville mississippi while living at back bay antoine bellande had become acquainted with pierre harvey probably their french language and culture as well as their common bond as seamen brought them together regardless antoine married marie harvey the eldest daughter of pierre and zeline in july 1866 the ceremony took place at the church of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary in biloxi the reverend henri georget recorded the following concerning their nuptials in book 2 page 109 act 838  on july 9 1866 with no impediments i interrogated antoine bellande sailor son of joseph bellande and celina vesianne his lawful wife born in france dept des bouches du rhone residing at back bay and marie hervy daughter of pierre hervy and celina morin his lawful wife born and living at back bay their consent being expressed i oined them in matrimony by words in presence of known witnesses silvestre fayard and rosa husley  during the precivil war period while living across the bay on his 3736 acres in section 17 t7sr9w purchased from jl lastinger et ux in october 1870 i can only speculate that antoine bellande provided for his young family by running his schooner on the mississippi sound he may have taken contracts to unload larger vessels and carry coastwise freight participation in the hunt for buried treasure left on these shores by jean lafitte and other sea rovers is a possibility in 1879 four oldest children joseph age 11 anthony age 10 peter age 8 and ida age 5 were attending the big ridge school leon dieschbourg was the teacher the bellande children had an excellent attendance record 665 views  ', 0);
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(15, 'en', 'node_search', ' move to biloxi move to biloxi osarep tue 3232010 1728 the morin moran family of the mississippi coast originated at st pierredusud quebec canada here joseph morin was born of denis morin and madeleine boulet he settle at cat island and married louise ladner the daughter of nicolas ladner and marie anne pacquet in 1778 all of their children were born and reared at cat island joseph morin ii and his family lived at old chimneys long beach until about 1820 when they moved to north biloxi near what would become the 1850s kendall brickyard on back bay it is here that the moran children were reared they were joseph moran iii 1809 celina 18111883 claire marguerite francois 18151887 victoire 1817 marie 1818 virginia 18201891 and sarah ann pierre harvey and celina had settled on the 46 acres in section 17 t7sr9w he had bought from his fatherinlaw joseph moran ii in 1842 he sold 37 acres to jl lastinger reserving 9 acres which was probably the harvey homestead as one can see from the topographic map of the area it was well named as it was called harvey hill the union of pierre and celina harvey produced five francoamerican children marie harvey 18401894 pierre harvey jr 18411878 casimir harvey 18451904 margaret harvey 18471886 and phillip harvey 18511918 marie harvey 18401894 married a french immigrant seaman antoine v bellande 18291918 at biloxi on july 9 1866 pierre harvey died on september 30 1893 celina moran harvey preceded him in death she expired on september 21 1883 their remains were probably interred in the moran cemetery at d iberville mississippi while living at back bay antoine bellande had become acquainted with pierre harvey probably their french language and culture as well as their common bond as seamen brought them together regardless antoine married marie harvey the eldest daughter of pierre and zeline in july 1866 the ceremony took place at the church of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary in biloxi the reverend henri georget recorded the following concerning their nuptials in book 2 page 109 act 838  on july 9 1866 with no impediments i interrogated antoine bellande sailor son of joseph bellande and celina vesianne his lawful wife born in france dept des bouches du rhone residing at back bay and marie hervy daughter of pierre hervy and celina morin his lawful wife born and living at back bay their consent being expressed i oined them in matrimony by words in presence of known witnesses silvestre fayard and rosa husley  during the precivil war period while living across the bay on his 3736 acres in section 17 t7sr9w purchased from jl lastinger et ux in october 1870 i can only speculate that antoine bellande provided for his young family by running his schooner on the mississippi sound he may have taken contracts to unload larger vessels and carry coastwise freight participation in the hunt for buried treasure left on these shores by jean lafitte and other sea rovers is a possibility in 1879 four oldest children joseph age 11 anthony age 10 peter age 8 and ida age 5 were attending the big ridge school leon dieschbourg was the teacher the bellande children had an excellent attendance record 131 views  ', 0),
(16, 'en', 'node_search', ' ship island incidents ship island incidents osarep tue 3232010 1731 on the 1 st of april 1884 the ship island pilot commissioners met at biloxi to settle controversies concerning the actions of their pilots antoine v bellande was a party to these hearings in the first incident captain harry c james 18481923 spotted the british vessel  superior  and immediately went to meet her in his schooner in his sail to the incoming ship his skiff became adrift james put about to recover the small boat captain bellande s boat was astern of hc james and when he observed that james had turned back to recover his skiff he proceeded towards the british vessel south of ship island bellande reached the  superior  first but according to her captain did not hail the vessel pilot bellande also failed to secure a line to board her meanwhile captain james came along side hailed the english captain as required and inquired as to whether he needed a pilot when an affirmative came fourth captain hc james boarded the vessel took command and brought her into safe anchorage north of ship island the ship island pilot commissioners ruled for antoine v bellande implying that the omission to hail was not truly relevant  the pascagoula democratstar april 18 1884 p 1  the other contested action involved antoine v bellande and pilot fritz abbley 18461905 who was his brotherinlaw the spouse of margaret harvey 18471886 the rule in question was that which granted the pilot who brought a ship into port the option of taking her out to sea the outbound vessel was required to fly the departure flag twentyfour hours before weighing anchor as notification to the pilot of its intent to sail if the pilot did not board the departing ship during the notification period he lost his right to pilot the vessel its leaving port was then open to any other certified ship island bar pilot in this particular episode captain abbley failed his appointment to board a departing vessel which he had berthed earlier pilot bellande took the ship safely across the ship island bar fritz abbley protested that the time had not expired for him to be in charge of the departure the pilot commissioners recused themselves stating that they had no jurisdiction in this matter experts in attendance at this hearing were critical of both decisions  the pascagoula democratstar april 18 1884 p 1  the biloxi herald of november 16 1889 related the following about antoine v bellande   our party could not think of returning from biloxi eithout first visiting ship island which has connected with it much of interest especially to those whowere in the service of uncle sam from 1862 to 1865 it was here general ben butler had his 80000 troops while the party were all busy fishing for red fish off the old dilapidated wharf the writer wandered out upon the island and accidentally ran across an old sea pilot by the name of bellante sic who was walking up and down the shore looking for seashells we did not wait for any formal introduction but at once oprnrf the conversation with him and found he was a uspilot during the war   101 views  ', 0),
(17, 'en', 'node_search', ' the depot saloon the depot saloon osarep tue 3232010 1738 lr  auguste f bellande 18761953 peter bellande 18711933 joseph bellande 18681961   behind bar   antoine bellande jr 18691924   behind bar    marie bellande seems to have been a woman of commerce in 1889 she leased the reynoir street corner to joseph charles delamare 18561931 for one year and 300 on january 9 1892  the biloxi herald  announced that   the old bellande building near the depot has been torn down and the foundation is being laid for a twostory edifice  by midfebruary 1892 the local journal related that captain bellande s new building will improve the appearance of biloxi  the biloxi herald february 13 1892 p 4  in early april 1892 joseph bellande their eldest son opened a beer saloon in the new building on opening day april 6 th he served an elegant cold lunch and free cold beer to the public  the biloxi herald april 9 1892 p 4  from the plats on pages and which were traced from insurance maps prepared by the sanbornperris map company of new york you can determine how the physical configuration of the bellande tract changed during the period 18931904 59 views  ', 0),
(18, 'en', 'node_search', ' the death of marie h bellande and forced heirship the death of marie h bellande and forced heirship osarep tue 3232010 1740 the untimely death of marie harvey bellande at the age of 54 years on march 17 1894 was the catalyst for the migration of the family from the reynoir street homestead she was buried at the old biloxi cemetery in the bellande family plot her only daughter maria ida called ida had according to family lore eloped with a st louis railroad man named edward emile gossow according to ruth bellande ragusin captain bellande did not approve of gossow and was opposed to their marriage on december 7 1893 after the death of madame bellande antoine refused to share his wife s estate with the gussows the defiant act was countered by a law suit harrison county chancery court cause no 710ida b gossow vs antoine bellande et al on february 8 1895 the court rendered a decree i could not find the actual court record but could deduce from the available documents that the court forced the sale of the marie bellande estate this estate was composed primarily of the land on reynoir street on april 1 1895 es hewes a special commissioner sold the land for 5954 the proceeds were divided as follows antoine v bellande 213773 ida b gossow the complaintant 63773 the bellande sons 63773 apiece ford ford the attorneys 500 and 12757 went for taxes from april 1895 to september 1899 many land conveyances between the bellande men bellande men and william p kennedy and other grantees concerning the reynoir street property were recorded in the harrison county courthouse the net result of these transactions was that the bellande interest in the property was transferred eventually to william p kennedy 18731951 and annie chiapella d 1937 by the beginning of the 20th century kennedy built a hotel on his property at the corner of reynoir and west railroad across the street from the l n depot about 1901 in addition to the hotel the building had offices a bar and a restaurant i remember the building as a teenager as sue s pharmacy was located there it is a disaster that this historic area of biloxi was lost to urban renewal the l n depot the lovely oak filled park south of the depot and the old hotel district the chiapella s also built a hotel along reynoir have vanished these wonderful sites have been replaced by parking lots and ugly contemporary buildings the kennedy hotel was removed in the early 1960s  a new bride for the captain on october 21 1896 captain antoine bellande married mary anne catchot of ocean springs at saint alphonsus roman catholic church in that city mary anne catchot 18601931 was the daughter of antonio catchot 18281885 and elizabeth hoffen 18381916 antonio was a spaniard emigrating from menorca in the balearic islands catchot arrived at ocean springs about 1850 he was a pioneer in the oyster industry and may have started the first oyster house on the coast an oyster shop was a small building about 20 feet square situated on pilings and utilized as a place to open and sell oysters it might be considered a precursor to a seafood factory the catchot oyster shop was located at the foot of jackson avenue in the vicinity of the present day ocean springs seafood of the earl fayard family antonio catchot had married elizabeth hoffen about 1854 she was born in bremen germany and had come to the united states about 1853 their children were elizabeth catchot camba dunn 18541927 joseph s catchot 18581919 called joe tony mary catchot bellande 18601931 and antonio catchot jr 18681952 who was known as toy mary catchot s sister elizabeth married francis henry camba 18531885 of new orleans at jackson county mississippi on september 22 1877 he may have been the son of frank camba pre1869 and rosalia oser she remarried cornelius s cole at nola in january 1869 fh camba and elizabeth catchot had a son walter frank camba 18781960 born at ocean springs the cambas lived at new orleans where frank made his livelihood as a paying teller in a local bank in may 1880 he ran off with mary anne catchot abandoning elizabeth and her baby  the pascagoula democratstar may 21 1880 p 3  mary anne catchot had a child born out of wedlock with frank h camba named eva louise catchot 18801914 eva l catchot married issac clayton chance of rome georgia at ocean springs in march 1911 in october of that year a daughter mary etheline chance was born the chances later lived at ashville north carolina eva c chance died at her home located at no 68 church street in ashville on november 4 1914 her remains were sent to ocean springs for burial in the evergreen cemetery on fort bayou  the ocean springs news november 14 1914 p 2  after frank h camba died in the insane asylum at jackson louisiana in december 1885 elizabeth catchot camba married john m dunn 18531932 a native of bay st louis at the st alphonsus roman catholic church in ocean springs in october 1887 walter f camba grew up in new orleans were he worked for the illinois central railroad for fortysix years retiring in august 1940 he had married grace hunt at fort philip louisiana on april 22 1903 miss eva catchot was a bridesmaid in his wedding he later married mary ellen glavin 18801957 of new orleans the cambas had at least three children mercedes c schmid 19091987 walter frank cambe jr 19121999 and mrs paul schriber most of the cambas are entombed in the metairie cemetery glavinsection 26 john m dunn died july 29 1932 and is buried with his wife elizabeth who predeceased him on june 13 1927 in the evergreen cemetery at ocean springs mary catchot bellande sold a lot at present day 525 rayburn avenue in ocean springs to walter f camba as recorded in book 76 pp 431432 of the record of deeds of jackson county mississippi on june 11 1924 it is believed that he used the cottage here as it as a retreat from new orleans guy f walker ii resides here today in 1900 antoine bellande and mary were residents of ocean springs a son edward antoine bellande had been born in 1897 at the time of edward s birth captain bellande was 67 years of age and his wife 37 years old living with them on jackson avenue were mary s daughter olivia catchot walter f camba her brother joseph catchot and her mother elizabeth hoffen catchot 1900 jackson co ms federal census  the pascagoula democratstar  announced on september 24 1897 that captain a bellande was appointed the official fumigator for ocean springs the town was besieged by a yellow fever epidemic at this time and bellande s duties were to disinfect and fumigate places where yellow fever deaths had occurred on may 29 1901  the biloxi daily herald  reported that captain bellande almost lost his life in the mississippi sound he was in command of the schooner  a gerdes and brother  in route to ocean springs the sevenman crew was below preparing for bed the weather was rough and a green sailor was in charge of the watch his inexperience in boathandling allowed the  a gerdes and brother  to capsize bellande and the crew were found clinging to their stricken vessel by the steamer  julius elbert  they were rescued having lost all of their possession to the sea their derelict schooner had been built by frank taltavull 18511930   the biloxi daily herald may 29 1901 p 1  89 views  ', 0),
(19, 'en', 'node_search', ' the veronica mutiny and trial the veronica mutiny and trial osarep tue 3232010 1753 in august 1902 while at ship island a very special event occurred in the life of antoine bellande it concerned a ship mutiny ernest desporte jr told me this tale when i was a teenager ernest desporte jr 18881977 was a native of biloxi and lifelong resident he had a remarkable memory and enjoyed telling stories of biloxi s early history he also was a writer of local history and genealogy sometimes using the nom de plume old timer when i met mr desporte about 1960 he was an elderly septuagenarian gentleman and of keen wit his father ernest desporte sr 18531931 had been a bar pilot and harbor master at ship island at the turn of the twentieth century captains bellande and desporte served together as fellow pilots guiding blue water barks brigs schooners and steamers across the ship island bar to safe anchorage at ship island harbor after 1902 they would sail these large vessels seeking mississippi longleaf pine for the world export market into the new harbor at gulfport the result of my meeting with ernest desporte was new knowledge about the life of antoine bellande the most intriguing information was the reference to a mutiny desporte wrote the following for me  when gulfport became a port about 1898 captain bellande was one of the pilots piloting vessels through the gulfport channel into the harbor at gulfport on one occasion he piloted a vessel from gulfport harbor to the open gulf of mexico this vessel was bound for england but the crew mutinied on the high seas the crew was captured and tried in england as captain bellande was the last man to see the captain and crew he was a witness in the trial of the crew in the royal court of england without a date for the alleged mutiny i was never able to corroborate the tale of captain desporte in the fall of 1989 i was in the history and genealogy section of the biloxi public library waiting to talk to murella powell archivist and historian she was on the telephone and i heard her speak to someone of the mutiny at ship island immediately i thought of the account of desporte when she became available i related my story and she shared her very interesting knowledge of the subject she had been contacted by a canadian novelist bruce wishart who was writing a book about an episode in maritime history known as the veronica mutiny since the event commenced at ship island he needed background data on the mississippi gulf coast to write his novel murella was doing basic research for him especially concerning ship island i contacted bruce wishart at his residence in brandon manitoba from him i learned the details of the mutiny and with my knowledge of captain bellande incorporated these facts into my rendering of the story with this background knowledge i now present the reader the veronica mutiny at a time when most men his age had long retired or passed on captain antoine bellande and inspector duckworth of scotland yard england were boarding an l n train on april 15 1903 at biloxi their destination was liverpool england via new york where they would board the steamer irenia the catalyst for this adventure had been the threemasted barque veronica out of st john new brunswick the veronica had sailed into gulf waters south of ship island in august of 1902 captain bellande had come to mississippi from marseille france in 1851 at the age of twentytwo years his family in france had been caulkers in a local shipyard and the ways of the sea were natural to this young french immigrant he had learned well the waters of the gulf of mexico while navigating his trading schooner the  john randolph  to cuba for sugar and tobacco occasionally he would transport longleaf pine to galveston and new orleans his maritime lore was so widely acclaimed that during the civil war admiral david farragut utilized his services for the union navy his civil war records indicate he was an acting ensign and pilot one of only two in the entire navy antoine bellande served the union well he was the pilot aboard the  uss monongahela  at the battle of mobile bay in august 1864 when it valiantly rammed the  css tennessee  after the war bellande settled at back bay d iberville and began a family with marie harvey 18401894 they moved to 254 reynoir street about 1882 the year he became a ship island bar pilot  veronica trial at liverpool assizes liverpool england may 12 1903  lr  inspector duckworth moses thomas antoine v bellande and sgt ford  as captain bellande rode the pilot boat out to meet the incoming  veronica  south of the ship island bar that late summer day in 1902 i can only speculate on his state of mind in 1894 his wife had died at biloxi he married an ocean springs lady mary catchot 18601931 in 1896 she was the daughter of antonio catchot 18261885 a spanish immigrant from the balearic island of menorca and elizabeth hoffen 18381916 a german immigrant from bremen antoine and mary catchot bellande resided on jackson avenue in ocean springs across from the st alphonsus church where a son edward antoine 18971976 was born in 1897 to the newly weds he was sixtyseven years of age and she thirtyseven at the time of edward s delivery when captain bellande boarded the  veronica  he met captain alexander shaw the master of the 1167 ton vessel which was loaded during september with mississippi lumber for montevideo uruguay the heavily laden vessel waited for a high tide and was towed across the ship island bar on october 11 1902 into the waters of the gulf of mexico while at sea the four german crewmen of the veronica became upset with their anglosaxon shipmates while off the northeast coast of brazil they murdered captain shaw and the crew and set the ship afire in december 1902 the mutineers landed on the small island of tuotoia which forms a part of the bar at the mouth of the rio parnaiba in northeastern brazil they were rescued by the ss brunswick in midjanuary 1903 the german seamen made a fatal mistake by bringing the ship s cook moses thomas a negro with them on the way to england thomas related the tale of horror aboard the veronica to captain browne after the brunswick reached liverpool in late january three of the alleged murderers were incarcerated until the trial which commenced on may 12 1903 at the liverpool assizes the fourth seaman a youth was given mercy since antoine bellande was the last person to see the crew of the veronica alive at ship island he was called to testify at the trial in liverpool before his departure for england with inspector duckworth who had been sent to biloxi by scotland yard to investigate the local scene an article of interest was printed in  the biloxi daily herald  on april 15 1903  the sailor boys are very anxious concerning the visit of pilot antoine bellande to liverpool for they say he has never served time in the french army and if the frog eaters in the old world hear of his being in europe they fear in some manner they will get possession of him and force him to mark time and carry a gun to the great loss of the sailor craft of these waters it is said that john brasellman of dejean mitchell s and john lyons boarding officer at ship island will also be induced to go to england on the same errand the sworn testimony of captain antoine bellande taken from  the trial of gustav rau otto monsson and willem smith the veronica trial  by professor gw keeton and john cameron went as follows  antoine bellande sworn examined by mr fe smith i am a port pilot at ship island and biloxi and i live at ocean springs four miles from biloxi i believe the veronica arrived at ship island in ballast last august captain alick shaw was in command she lay in quarantine for something like 15 days i was on board during the quarantine and was put in quarantine five days myself i do not exactly remember either the first or second mates names i knew the men well but not their names tell me whether either or any or none of these men in the dock were on board then  the middle one monsson was on board when i was in quarantine i don t know the others i noticed nothing in particular going on on board the vessel when i was there captain shaw could not hear very well he was a little deaf do you remember going on board the  veronica  to take her out  yes that was in october at that time her crew consisted of twelve all toldthere was captain shaw the first mate and the second mate i cannot remember the names of the other members of the crew as there were so many vessels going about there was a man named moses thomashe was the cook will you look at that paper and tell us whether you saw any of those signatures made  yes monsson i saw thomas the cook signing the captain of the tugboat was with me and captain shaw on what sort of terms seemed the officers to be with the crew  they seemed to be all very well all satisfied i never heard anything crossexamined by mr maxwell for rau your only duty on board was to take the ship out to sea  yes you had nothing to do with the crew yourself  no only when i wanted to get underway  out of all those names you only saw thomas the cook sign  he signed yes  crossexamined by mr aggs for smith you brought the  veronica  in when she came in ballast  yes do you remember this man monsson on board  yes do you remember anybody else do you remember rau being on board  yes when she came in who were chief officer and second officer  mr shaw was the captain the first mate was a young man what i want to know is was the same first mate and second mate that went out in her as came in with her when she came in with ballast  yes you cannot tell me the name of the first mate but you say he was a young man what was his heighttall or short  he was a young man with a moustache about the same height as merather short i think can you tell me anything about the course the veronica would take in order to get to monte video leaving ship islandwould she go due east  about ese how far east would she go before she turned down south  she would have to go to the strait of florida would she have to go farther east after she went through the strait  she would go through the strait and keep east can you tell whereabouts that part of the ocean called the doldrums is  no can you tell whether vessels get into a part of the ocean where there are contrary winds and calms sometimes  it happens at sea that there are calms and so on is there a part of the ocean in which they are more frequent than other parts  i do not know  what is the time of a voyage from ship island to monte video  between 60 and 70 days  did you not say when you gave your evidence before that the length of the voyage for a sailing ship is from 43 to 80 days  from monte video yes it is longer from ship island to monte video you would agree that it would not as a rule take more than 70 days  from 60 to 70 days although with a fair wind it might be shorter you spoke also as to the provisions which were taken on board this boat do you know anything about that  not very well they took provisions but i cannot say how much can you tell me would a captain as a rule take about 60 or 70 days provisions with him for this voyage  generally it is a rule to take double the provisions to come back with would he not be able to get fresh provisions at monte video  he would get meat and flour but would buy nothing else because it is too dear reexamined by mr fe smith did you notice while you were on board the vessel what the name of the firm was that was supplying the provisions for the  veronica   yes the dejean mitchell company they are a good firm have you made the voyage from ship island to monte video if i gave you this chart chart shown to witness could you mark out the course in pencil a sailing vessel would take to go from ship island to monte video  no i could not do it  the veronica trial ended on may 14th 1903 guilty was the verdict rendered by the jury against all three defendants two were hanged at walton gaol outside of liverpool while the third was given penal servitude for life captain bellande returned to america from liverpool england aboard the  campania  and landed at new york city on may 23 1903 at biloxi he continued his service in the ship island and gulfport pilots association 72 views  ', 0),
(20, 'en', 'node_search', ' 1906 dilemma 1906 dilemma osarep tue 3232010 1755 in december 1906 antoine bellande and jh stilphin 18421920 were dropped from the lists of bar pilots by the board captain bellande was omitted because he lived in jackson county stilphen was dismissed from the active bar pilots roll because he had lost his foot captain bellande was reinstated by the pilot commissioner s board when he moved into harrison county it is not presently known where captain and mrs bellande relocated to indeed if they did moved at all a compelling reason for their dismissal was the fact that the pilot commissioner s had reduced the income of their twelve active bar pilots by lowering their fees from 4 per foot on foreign flag vessels to 350 and to 3 per foot on american ships from their previous 4 per foot fee with a reduction in the pilot staff to ten the income of these men would be equivalent to their former wages as they would have more work  the biloxi herald january 31 1907 p 1  on march 11 1911 antoine bellande was elected president of the pilots association an article in the  the pascagoula stardemocrat  of march 18 1911 stated  at a meeting of the ship island and gulfport pilots association held yesterday at ship island aboard the pilot boat  edward d barret  reorganization was effected and rules adopted for the ensuing four years captain a bellande was elected president ma scarbrough secretary and treasurer fd moran manager captain bellande of ocean springs who was named president is 72 sic years of age and has been a pilot in gulf coast waters for the past 25 or 30 years he is one of the best known nautical men on the coast his health is splendid he reads and writes without glasses and is active for his 82 sic years as any young man of 30 he served as a pilot during the civil war under admiral farragut captain bellande is very popular among his brother pilots and the honor of the presidency bestowed on him is richly deserved an example of antoine bellande s writing is given in this letter of december 21 1908 faye bellande davidson had saved it through the years at her church street home in biloxi and gave it to me following hurricane camille in 1969 according to the 1910 federal census of jackson county antoine bellande and his family were residing on washington avenue in ocean springs since elizabeth hoffen catchot antoine s motherinlaw had been living with them since 1900 i assume they may have been living in her house as she was a widow the only land transactions that i could locate in the jackson county courthouse show that mrs antoine bellande bought a lot from ol bailey on february 15 1909 she purchased lot 5 of block 34 of the n culmsieg map 18531854 for 800 the lot had a front of 100 feet on jackson avenue and was 260 feet deep on april 19 1911 she bought lot 6 in block 34 from michael and pat farley for 1000 it was contiguous and south of lot 5 also with 100 feet on jackson the current address of these properties should be at or near 506 and 510 jackson avenue opposite the lands of the st alphonsus catholic church charles e schmidt george arndt and other older residents of ocean springs have told me that the bellande residence was at present day 509 jackson avenue where a commercial building is now located the heath family resided here later and george arndt tore the house down in the 1930s for scrap after captain bellande s death mary bellande may have moved across the street next to the church at the time of his retirement in september 1915 captain bellande was the captain of pilots for gulfport harbor and of 86 years his last years in ocean springs were spent peacefully as he enjoyed working on his home and garden captain bellande must have been surprised in october 1917 when robert a jones of washington dc representing the us department of horticulture stopped at ocean springs on his way to colorado as the jackson county times of october 17 1917 reported mr young was the son of captain young who served with antoine bellande during the civil war young s elderly father wanted him to meet captain bellande death came to antoine bellande in the guise of cancer he died on a monday morning june 10 1918 at 1000 o clock at his home on jackson avenue mary catchot bellande passed away on may 22 1931 at los angeles california she and antoine lay at rest in the catchot plot of the evergreen cemetery on fort bayou at ocean springs let us now take a glimpse of the lives of the children of antoine and mary harvey bellande as you may recall they were joseph a b 1868 antoine jr b 1869 pierre b 1871 ida b 1874 and auguste b 1876 47 views  ', 0),
(21, 'en', 'node_search', ' joseph arbeau bellande 18681961  joseph arbeau bellande 18681961 osarep tue 3232010 1759  arbo bellande  18681961  joseph arbeau bellande was born march 16 1868 in north biloxi he was known as joe and later arbo joseph ran a schooner on the mississippi sound before becoming a saloon operator he also dealt in cypress shingles in late july 1892 he received a shipment of 100000 1 st and 2 nd class shingles which he was vending at bargain prices  the biloxi herald july 30 1892 p 4  an advertisement in  the biloxi herald  of april 1891 stated that joseph bellande was the proprietor of the l n exchange at the depot on april 6 1892 joseph bellande opened a beer saloon in biloxi the announcement was made in  the biloxi herald  of april 9 1892 his business was called the depot saloon and it was situated opposite the l n depot in a twostory building erected in january 1892 by captain av bellande  the biloxi herald january 9 1894 p 4  in about 1895 a book was published by the l n railroad called  along the gulf  it features an article on joseph bellande i quote from the book  another prominent saloon man in biloxi is mr joseph a bellande whose place of business is situated at the corner of reynoir street and railroad avenue just across the street from the railroad station of the louisville and nashville mr bellande carries a fine stock of barrel and case goods and does a first class business the year round this is partly owing to the fact that he keeps good goods and partly to the fact that he has a large airy well ventilated and well furnished bar room and that he caters only to the better class of customers mr bellande s place by the way is the only one in town which is illuminated with arch lights there has been a saloon on this corner for many years but the present large building has only been erected for three years previous to mr bellande s time the name of the place was the first and last chance he however has changed it to the railroad saloon mr bellande who built the present edifice owing to the high license ran only a beer saloon for the first year he was there since then he has had a first class saloon finding that much more profitable than the simple handling of beer previous to embarking in his present business mr bellande was engaged in running a schooner on the sound taking contracts to unload larger vessels and also in the freight carrying trade   baseball  see the biloxi blues june 18 1892 p 4 it appears that joe bellande sponsored a baseball team as  the biloxi herald  of november 5 1892 p 4 related that  the ball game last sunday between a team from new orleans and the bellande s was another easy thing for the local players they winning the game by a score of 13 to 7 this is the third straight game the biloxi team has won from the visitors   marriage and divorce on july 11 1888 arbo married rosa armentine  emma  ramos  18751910 in new orleans she was a biloxi native born of immigrant spanish parents don armond ramos 18331913 and virginia ramos 18351899 they were both born in madrid spain and resided at 315 bohn street in biloxi arbo and rosa had a child mary alice rose bellande 18881967 who was born december 4 1888 at biloxi as the result of harrison county court case no 463 joseph a bellande vs rosa bellande heard on february 11 1891 the marriage ended in divorce the following information was taken from the minutes of the harrison county chancery court ad 1891 p 273  this cause coming to be heard on bill proof of publication and testimony taken in open court and the court being satisfied that the charge of adultery in said bill is sustained by the proof it is ordered by the court that the bonds of matrimony heretofore subsisting between complaintant and defendant be and they are hereby dissolved at to complaintant but not as to defendant  in august 1892 rosa bellande sued arbo in the harrison county chancery court the suit was quiet messy in that it involved arbo s claim of adultery against rosa and the alleged pressure from her family to have him marry her she in the defense of her honor alleged arbo had induced a witness to swear falsely against her also rosa never received her summons to appear in the first divorce case harrison county mississippi cause no 463 as it was sent to the residence of marcellus bellande at no 92 ninth street in new orleans coincidentally his wife s name was rosa bellande also in a deposition filed on june 30 1892 marcellus bellande stated   i opened the letter and found it did not concern her rosa his wife it being about a divorce suit i mailed it to my father joseph bellande at ocean springs mississippi i don t know what became of it   regardless it was decreed by the harrison county chancery court on august 5 1892 that the decree entered on february 11 1891 be reversed and the bonds of matrimony existing between rosa bellande and ja bellande be dissolved and both parties freed from the obligations of marriage rosa bellande was awarded custody of the child mary alice rose bellande rosa ramos bellande married thomas p costello 18701910 who was also known as tom mcginty on may 8 1900 in 1910 they and alice bellande were residing with armand ramos on main street mr costello worked as a street laborer while mr ramos was a house painter  mary rose alice bellande mary rose alice bellande was born on december 3 or december 4 1888 to joseph a bellande and rosa a ramos and previously mentioned she was known as alice bellande she made her livelihood as a secretary miss bellande expired on august 20 1967 at the st joseph rest home in the crescent city her listed survivors were two cousins marie lloyd watkins 18941980 the daughter of dr charles lloyd and antoninette ramos and the wife of norvell edwin watkins 18951961 of hattiesburg mississippi and marion ruth watkins 19261971 alice bellande s corporal remains were interred in the oaklawn cemetery at hattiesburg mississippi the moore funeral home at hattiesburg handled the funeral services which were held at the sacred heart roman catholic church in hattiesburg  the hattiesburg american august 21 1967 p 14  115 views  ', 0),
(22, 'en', 'node_search', ' the depot saloon and general merchandising the depot saloon and general merchandising osarep tue 3232010 1807 with his matrimonial predicament in the past arbeau bellande continued in his social life and successful saloon business near the depot several articles appeared in  the biloxi herald  of 1892 1893 and 1894 concerning his affairs  the old bellande building near the depot has been torn down and the foundation is being laid for a new twostory edifice   at the second grand king and queen ball at the magnolia hotel joseph bellande and miss emma johnson were participants their reign ended with the dance his brother antoine jr was chosen to serve at the next ball with his guest miss ollie caldwell   february 4 1893 p 10    messrs jos a bellande and alex redon ed gburklin and several others gave an elegant spread to a number of their friends last saturday night at the depot saloon the supper was a most tempting one and was prepared by a strictly firstclass cook and served in the best style the gentlemen were loud in expressing their opinion of the viands and will long remember the pleasant evening spent with their hospitable hosts    april 21 1894 p 8   our clever young friend joe bellande proprietor of the depot saloon this morning presented us with a package of the grand republic cigars and we unhesitantly pronounce them equal if not superior to any fivecent cigar ever sold in biloxi this brand of cigars can be obtained in biloxi only at the depot saloon    may 19 1894 p 8   by a card in the columns of the herald it will be noticed that jos bellande proprietor of the depot saloon calls attention to the fact that he deals in foreign and domestic   wines liquors and fine cigars he is also agent for the celebrated maple hollow whiskey a very fine brand joe always suits his customers as well as transients   may 26 1894 p 8  on august 22 1894 joseph bellande married marie alexandrine barthes  18761961 of biloxi in the nativity church with reverend father blanc officiating she was the daughter of french immigrant francis a barthes 18331898 and margaret alexandrine binet 18391877 the daughter of fredrick alexandre binet and augustine zephirine guilby who resided on main street in biloxi the ceremony was well attended as they were well known and admired in their native biloxi alex redon served joseph a bellande as his best man while brother august f bellande escorted ophelia barthes the bride s sister others in the wedding party were felix borries 18601937 and olaf thompson 18741944 ushers and a reynoir who escorted the bride the newly weds honeymooned in new orleans  the biloxi herald september 1 1894 p 8   this union produced two sons  joseph emmett bellande  18951974 and louis earle bellande  18971989 who were born at biloxi    depot saloon in the spring of 1895 joseph arbo bellande made an application to the city of biloxi to petition for a liquor license his request was to sell and retail in quantities less than one gallon the following vinous malt spirituous or intoxicating liquors at the depot saloon situated on reynoir street on the south side of the l n railroad track arbo s petition was signed by a large contingent of biloxi s registered voters he advertised his business as  depot salon biloxi miss jos a bellande proprietor dealer in imported and domestic wines liquors cigars etc of the very finest quality ice cold beer on draught at all hours agent for the celebrated maple hollow whiskey  the biloxi herald april 13 1895 p 5   by midmay 1895 joseph bellande had added a large arc light in his barroom he also was painting things green in and around his place that made it appear   as fresh as a daisy kissed by the   morning dew   the biloxi herald may 11 1895 p 8  general merchandiser in the waning years of 1897 joseph a bellande and his fatherinlaw fa barthes commenced a general merchandise store in biloxi on howard avenue and east of main street the business was called fa barthes company  the biloxi herald january 8 1898 p 8  after the death of mr barthes in april 1898 marie barthes bellande announced in  the biloxi herald  that she and marie a binet deveaux 18461917 her aunt would continue the mercantile business of her father  the biloxi herald june 4 1898 p 8  mrs deveaux resided at 228 main street she was survived by two sisters and a brother ca binet 18431923 she had married op white of wisconsin in december 1904  the daily herald april 24 1917 p 3 and the biloxi daily herald december 22 1904 p 5   the young family of joseph a bellande probably moved to new orleans in late 1898 or early 1899 as this was the time period the bellande s were dismantling their reynoir street properties the federal census of 1900 has them residing at 728 julia street in new orleans in january 1902 joseph a bellande was the contracting agent for the morgan line sunset route   the biloxi daily herald january 8 1902 p 8   at new orleans joseph was employed as a baggage master and mail clerk with the l n railroad the following article appeared in  the biloxi herald  of october 27 1902  joseph bellande of new orleans who for some time has been running extra baggage on the l n railroad is in biloxi for a few days the guest of his brotherinlaw mr jesse smith within a few days mr bellande will receive his appointment for a permanent run   jesse smith 18601934 married ophelia emily barthes on february 2 1897 in june 1911 joseph bellande came to biloxi to assist es clemens and frederick lund in installing a telegraph station in dukate s theater on howard avenue he returned to new orleans after the installation  the daily herald july 1 1911 p 8   joseph bellande made a career with the l n railroad after retirement he enjoyed himself by dressing well entertaining lovely ladies and dining out he liked good whiskey and the company of women traits which carried over from his youth in biloxi his wife marie barthes who was called steve left new orleans about 1915 after she divorced him steve moved to chicago where son earle was in the navy in later life she settled at homestead florida where she died in 1961 ironically the same year as arbo joseph arbo bellande died on january 17 1961 at the age of ninetythree years he had resided at 4701 marigny in gentilly with his daughterinlaw odie since 1939 his body was sent to biloxi for burial in the bellande family plot in the old biloxi cemetery on january 20th at 3 pm 87 views  ', 0);
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(23, 'en', 'node_search', ' family family osarep tue 3232010 1818 joseph a bellande and family circa 1940 at nola   lr odie wooten bellande b 1895 signe olsen bellande 19101999 l earle bellande 18971989 j arbo bellande 18681961 and j emmet bellande 18951974    joseph emmett bellande  18951974   joseph emmett bellande 18951974 called emmett was born at biloxi mississippi on june 24 1895 he was reared at 1430 melpomene street when his father was employed as a baggage master for the l n railroad by 1917 emmett had married oda odie wooten 18961979 who was born in rural leake county mississippi to robert f wooten 18641910 a farmer and mary hollis wooten 18641910 at this time emmett bellande was employed at detroit michigan as an auto mechanic with the liberty motor car company returning to the crescent city emmett was a very successful insurance agent before the great depression and like many of that decade lost his fortune doing those economically trying times in 1930 emmett and his small family were domiciled it 1619 industry street in new orleans and he was employed in the insurance industry by 1940 the family had relocated to 4701 marigny at this time emmett was employed by the wpa as an administrator his salary was 2100 per annum in the late 1940s emmett became employed by the city of new orleans as administrator of all cemeteries under the aegis of the city in september 1950 odie w bellande filed for a separation in the civil district court of orleans parish louisiana after their divorce emmett married mildred burgdorf 19081990 who was active in local politics odie married john u liles joseph emmett bellande died of thyroid cancer on september 24 1974 his corporal remains were interred in garden of memories cemetery at metairie louisiana odie lived until february 21 1979 her internment was in st bernard memorial gardens at chalmette louisiana references the timespicayune civil district court september 21 1950 the timespicayune joeseph emmett bellande september 25 1974 p 18 the timespicayune odie wooten bellande liles february 22 1979 p 22 the timespicayune joseph emmett jr bellande september 4 2011  joseph emmett bellande junior   joseph emmett bellande jr  19272011 called emmett retired in the 1980s at with his lovely wife ella marian b 1928 in arabi louisiana he enjoyed a successful career as the proprietor of bellande sons an electrical contractor and as a gunsmith when he owned the gun shop in february 1956 emmett made an impressive debut as a trap shooter the timespicayune febraury 21 1956 p 27 after hurricane katrina destroyed their arabi home emmett and marion relocated to ponchatoula louisiana emmett enjoyed his children grandchildren hunting trap shooting history and sailing in his old age he and marion had seven wonderful children and an evergrowing number of grandchildren their children are bonnie lynn bellande b 1947 m mr englande b 1947 joseph e bellande iii b 1949 m linda konnecker peggy jane bellande b 1951 m mr laborde kenneth james bellande b 1953 m miss russell susan carol bellande b 1955 m donald gerard vallee diane bellande b 1958 m mr davis and nancy jean bellande b 1964 m vincent nat liberto jr liberto and mr ciuzio bellande sons electric was opened in 1946 by joseph emmett bellande ii in a small building in the heart of new orleans as his family grew emmett relocated his home and business to st bernard parish this is where it has remained for more than 50 years even after being rebuilt following the complete devastation caused by hurricane betsy emmett being a father of two boys joseph j bellande iii and kenneth bellande worked hard to ensure that his sons had a legacy to carry on emmett provided quality work and prompt service to the new orleans metropolitan area for more than 35 years before passing the company on to his sons upon emmett s retirement in the late 1970s joseph jay bellande iii and kenneth bellande began to take the lead the two sons continued running the business with the same motto as their father quality work with prompt service once kenneth decided to join the coast guard continuing the legacy was left to j as j was raising a son of his own joseph jason bellande iv knowing that this might one day all be his to pass on the business continued to thrive in 2005 after being completely wiped out by yet another hurricane that we all know as katrina jay fought to return to the st bernard area he knew that completely losing his home and business would be a difficult task but after much prayer and hard work bellande sons electric returned now the time has come for the business to be passed on to the next generation jason the thirdgeneration owner of bellande sons electric is steadfast in his dedication to maintaining the same high standards of quality on which the company was originally founded with a lifetime of electrical experience and many years of onthejob training before he was old enough to drive jason is very excited to carry on his family legacy joseph emmett bellande jr expired at moss point mississippi on august 27 2011 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi national cemetery at biloxi mississippi the timespicayune september 4 2011  joseph e bellande iii   joseph jay emmett bellande iii was born 1949 at new orleans louisiana in 1970 he married linda konnecker b 195 the daughter of louis c konnecker 19272006 and helene fusellier 19271980 they have two children tina bellande b 1973 and joseph jason emmett bellande iv b 1977 the bellande family moved to st bernard parish in 1960 after earning his degree in economics from the university of new orleans jay operated bellande sons electric inc as an electrical contractor for over fortyfour years an avid outdoorsman fisherman and hunter jay bellande has experienced first hand every hurricane and tropical storm that has hit the new orleans area since 1957 he is a lifetime member of the nra and an advocate of personal responsibility selfdefense training and survival planning in 2015 jay bellande wrote rooftop terror  amazoncom describing in vivid and emotional detail his families terrifying katrina experience of late august 2005 in late august 2005 authorities in st bernard parish louisiana read the warning signs and instructed residents to leave ahead of the approaching storm known as hurricane katrina and most people did as they were told but for a few stalwarts including joseph e bellande iii and his wife linda fleeing with their lives wasn t the obvious choice with a sophisticated disaster preparedness plan and plenty of experience with hurricanes and tropical storms joseph and linda decided to shelter in place at their st bernard parish home just outside of new orleans this decision proves nearly fatal however and leaves the bellandes weathering hurricane katrina while tethered to the roof of the house just fighting to survive it is the early morning hours of august 30 th when joseph realizes that no one is coming to rescue them so along with their son the bellande family decides to try to save themselves by climbing into a boat and taking their chances against the great storm  true hurricane katrina story  tells the harrowing tale of the bellande family s fight to survive against the odds during one of the nation s deadliest natural disasters lr  linda carden bellande  19421999  louis e bellande jr  b 1942  signe olsen bellande  19101999  louis e bellande   189719890  and  signe marie bellande   b 1939  louis earle bellande 18971989  joseph a bellande s second son louis earle 18971989 was called earle earle bellande although born at biloxi on the mississippi coast lived most of his adult life in chicago illinois it is generally believed that he came north as the result of a hitch in the us navy circa 1924 earle married a woman named katharine eischen 18891933 who was born on january 5 1899 to anton eischen and margaret harre in luxembourg katharine expired from stomach cancer at chicago on june 25 1933 her corporal remains were interred at st henry s cemetery at the tome of katharine s demise the bellandes were domiciled at 1726 thome avenue at chicago 1930 cook co illinois federal census r496 p 30b ed 1956 and cook co illinois death certificate no 17097  earle bellande  earle bellande was gregarious and personable these traits suited him well as a salesman in the chicago meat packing industry in 1937 he married signe v olsen 19101999 a nurse of recent scandinavian ancestry she was born on august 23 1910 at stambaugh michigan and expired at batavia illinois on february 28 1999 they lived at 1528 elmdale at chicago three children were born of this union signe marie bellande b 1939 called bunny l signe bellande a male who died march 8 1941 and louis earle bellande junior b 1942   the naperville sun march 3 1999   earle and signe bellande often traveled south to visit relatives and friends in march 1938 they came to biloxi and joined with his uncle jesse smith 18601934 and aunt ophelia barthes smith for a 2000 mile round trip down the east florida coast to miami marie alexandrine barthes 18761961 earle s mother owned an orange grove near miami the party retuned to biloxi via the west florida coast road and visited jacksonville daytona beach palm beach miami beach and st petersburg jesse smith noted that there were 100000 visitors in the miami area but they were beginning to return to their northern homes on a daily basis  the daily herald march 31 1938 p 6    signe marie bellande   b 1939 signe marie bellande married frederick fritz specht at chicago illinois on september 10 1960 they resided in chicago were fritz was selfemployed as an attorney and later relocated to lawrenceville georgia their children are suzanne marie specht danielson b 1961 lisa marie specht clark b 1964 and matthew specht b 1967  linda carden bellande  19421999  louis earle bellande jr   19422017 louis earle bellande jr was born at chicago on december 18 1942 he married linda lee carden 19421999 a native of tennessee they exchanged wedding vows in chicago on december 28 1963 from this holy union two children were born peter bellande b 1976 and rachel bellande b 1979 louis had a successful law practice in chicago and linda was a very successful realtor in the west chicago suburbs they reside at wheaton illinois linda c bellande expired on september 7 2007  the chicago tribune september 8 2007   louis married bonnie bartolai gioffredi after linda s demise he expired on december 22 2017 louis was survived by spouse bonnie b gioffredi bellande his two children sister signe bellande specht and step children kelli cameron and jessica edward spizzirri visitation wednesday december 27th 2017 from 900 amtill time of service at 1000 am at the orchard evangelical free church barrington illinois private interment wheaton cemetery earle bellande died on may 25 1989 at the grand age of 92 years just one week after he and signe had attended the wedding of his grandson matthew specht in carbondale illinois after retiring from the hectic world of sales he and signe enjoyed many trips to the west coast of florida new orleans and his bir thplace biloxi signe bellande expired on february 28 1999 at chicago she remained very active performing charitable works visiting old friends and enjoying her growing families and grandchildren 183 views  ', 0),
(24, 'en', 'node_search', ' antoine victor bellande jr 18691924  antoine victor bellande jr 18691924 osarep tue 3232010 1829 antoine v bellande jr  18691924 was known as  newt  in later years he signed official documents using newton rather than victor as his middle name newt was born at back bay on harvey hill the 10th day of october 1869 newt bellande was a bon vivant he appears to have led a carefree bachelor life his chosen occupation was bartender he probably learned this trade from his older brother arbo at the depot saloon lr unknown  antoine v bellande jr 18691924   a few anecdotes about newt bellande have been passed down through the years but most pertain to his life in new york while researching other subjects in  the biloxi herald  i found numerous articles in the time period 18921901 concerning his life from the journalistic works of this era i will give you a picture of newt s life as portrayed by them in january 1892 newt bellande and ao bourdon went hunting north of biloxi bay they shot quail rabbits and other small game  the biloxi herald january 30 1892 p 1   in december 1892 newt bellande left biloxi for new orleans where he took a position with george hodgins  the biloxi herald december 10 1892 p 4   in august 1897 newt bellande acquired one of the finest bred pointers in mississippi from george j williams of mccomb  the biloxi herald august 14 1897 p 8   in september 1898 newt left the charm saloon on the beach where he was the barkeeper to the same position at the depot saloon  the biloxi herald september 10 1898 p 8   in january 1899 newt bellande bagged a fine lot of birds yesterday newt is one of the best wing shots on the coast and always brings a good showing from a hunt the biloxi daily herald january 6 1899 p 8 n october 1899 he was working at the pelican bar located at the corner of pass christian now howard avenue and croesus street the proprietor of the pelican was m perez the following article appeared in  the biloxi daily herald  on october 6 1899    newt bellande one of the best mixologist in this section of the country has taken charge of the pelican bar and will be pleased to serve his friends with the choicest liquid refreshment  an innuendo about the character of newt bellande appeared in  the biloxi daily herald  of february 27 1900    newt bellande the genial and handsome manager of the pelican is enjoying carnival sights in new orleans today and seeing the elephants generally  newt must have been a gregarious and sporting fellow one of his friends was ao bourdon jr who was in the retail liquor business they would hunt quail and travel to new orleans on occasions newt bellande was enamored with hunting dogs on one occasion he acquired a catch dog which was described as being a most valuable animal and he delighted in relating to friends and acquaintances of the canine s acute intelligence  the biloxi daily herald october 30 1900 p 8   although he remained single he must have enjoyed children as the following excerpt from  the biloxi daily herald  would indicate    newt bellande says he is particularly happy this week the circus is coming and he is going to take two or three small boys there to give them an opportunity to see the sights and he wants to see them enjoy themselves he doesn t care for circuses himself  the biloxi daily herald october 31 1900 p 8   newt bellande left the pelican bar as the local journal reported  our handsome young friend mr newt bellande who has for some time been managing the business of oj brule in this city is now taking a wellearned vacation at the expiration of which we understand he will go into business for himself at the corner of delauney street and howard avenue what ever he enters into he will make a success of and his friends will all wish him a full measure of it  the biloxi daily herald june 10 1900 p 8   the june 1900 federal census for harrison county mississippi indicates that newt bellande a bar tender was living at no 20 front street now beach blvd with og baulie 18361900 sic oj brule a norwegian native 1900 harrison county mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1b ed 30  opera saloon newt bellande went into business with a man biloxi merchant sam levy 18641900 in august 1900 they opened a bar called the opera saloon   in the new and handsome building at the corner of howard avenue and delauney street  now ge ohr boulevard it was advertised as stocked with the   finest and purest imported and domestic wines liquors cigars etc   his partner sam levy was a traveling salesman who resided at 222 magnolia street the opera saloon was in spaced leased from lopez dukate  the biloxi daily herald november 7 1900 p 4 and  harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 1359february 1901    as demonstrated by the following reports from the march 27 1901  the biloxi daily herald  newt must have been a pioneer in the marketing field    we are indebted to our genial friend newt bellande of the firm of levy bellande proprietors of the opera saloon for one of the handsome glass penholders with case that are being distributed amongst the patrons of that establishment it is a very neat and clever advertising scheme yet something worth having    messrs levy bellande have just added a most pleasing attraction to their opera saloon in the shape of a magnificent electric piano which plays many selections including some of the very latest and most popular airs of the day as well as others of a classical character it is a late invention and under the manipulations of newt bellande we will predict in advance that it is going to be a drawing card newt knows all about it or if he doesn t he will make you believe so anyhow go and hear it play on july 13 1901 the following petition appeared in  the biloxi herald     we sam levy and antoine bellande jr white male persons over the age of 21 years and residents of said city do hereby apply to your honorable body mayor and aldermen of biloxi to grant us a license in our names to sell and retail in less quantities than one gallon vinous malt spirituous alcoholic and intoxicating liquors in the property known as the opera saloon  the license was granted august 21 1901 and was probably renewed annually unfortunately the business relationship between newt and sam levy soured mr levy filed litigation in 1901 in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi alleging that newt bellande was failing to perform on his contractual obligations to him their agreement called for newt bellande to make a monthly salary of 50 and receive 2 of the gross revenues of levy s saloon business the first year s gross sales were 17000 but had fallen to about 1000 per month mr levy accuse newt bellande of hunting too much and not managing the saloon business he also claim that mr bellande did not have an accurate accounting system and that he spurned all offers from levy to withdraw from the enterprise in early february 1902 sam levy withdrew his action against newt bellande at his own expense in june 1905 william baltar owned the opera saloon harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 1359february 1901  new orleans it appears that as the direct result of his falling out of favor with sam levy newt bellande left biloxi for the crescent city in the fall of 1902 he was the night mixologist at the crescent saloon dispensing fire water over the thanksgiving holiday in 1902 newt bellande visited at biloxi with john reynoir 18741931   the biloxi daily news november 12 1902 p 6 and november 17 1902 p 6    new york city on february 3 1903 the city news of  the biloxi daily herald  stated that newt bellande had departed the mississippi coast for new york city newt joined a fellow biloxian and long time friend ao bourdin jr 18681959 mr bourdin was the proprietor of the charm saloon at biloxi and also operated a small bar at 1225 broadway in the big apple newt bellande was going to be bourdin s bar tender in new york aj bourdin 18731912 was managing his brother s biloxi establishment during his tenure at new york city  the biloxi daily herald february 3 1903 p 6   in the spring of 1908 ulysses desporte 18611927 a leading biloxi seafood dealer while on the east coast seeking new markets met newt bellande in new york city and reported that he was managing a fine cafe and doing well  the biloxi daily herald june 4 1908 p 1   in may 1911 newt bellande received attention for his mixology skills in the big apple he was the bartender at louis martin s hotel and began serving southern drinks newt introduced new yorkers to such regional favorites as the new orleans fizz sazerac cocktail ojean cocktail new orleans sour and the mint julep   locally newt bellande was remembered as     a favorite mixologist here for many years one of the best natural chaps in the world and has a lot of friends and acquaintances here who are glad to hear of his success   the daily herald may 23 1911 p 1    1920 cuba  1920 us passport image in november 1920 newt bellande applied for a us passport to travel to cuba his address was 636 west 138 street in nyc surprisingly his height was listed as 5 feet 10 inches newt made it to havana cuba and returned to the united states in 1921 landing at jacksonville florida  anecdotal newt bellande family lore relates that newt may have run a concession at a horse race track in new york city or saratoga springs david bellande of kirkland washington remembers a letter from newt to his grandmother florence requesting money for some of his ventures he told her that he owned an interest in madison square garden ruth bellande ragusin remembers that upon his death in 1924 his body was sent to biloxi by rail newt s brothers had to pay for his burial in the biloxi cemetery   regardless of the anecdotal stories antoine v bellande expired at manhattan on may 19 1924 his corporal remains were brought to biloxi on the l n railroad train no 37 by mr and mrs hf richardson george wagatha remembers that newt bellande was so large that a special coffin was built to accommodate his body mass it is believed that he neither married nor had any progeny at the l n depot newt s corporal remains were met by members of the biloxi elks lodge and relatives and escorted to the ben o keefe funeral parlor funeral services for newt bellande were held on may 22 1924 at the church of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary by reverend keenan his corporal remains were entered in the bellande plot in the old biloxi cemetery he had been ill in new york for about six months and failed to respond to medical treatment victor ougatte came from mobile to attend the funeral  the daily herald may 22 1924 p 2   pallbearers for antoine v bellande s funeral were adolph abbley of pass christian louis staehling hugh latimer george purcell john b reynoir and jr meunier a large contingent from the elks club were in attendance to honor the memory of their fallen brother the richardsons expected to return to their home in new york on may 24 1924  the daily herald may 23 1924 p 3  104 views  ', 0),
(25, 'en', 'node_search', ' bubby bellande  bubby bellande osarep tue 3232010 1831 bubby bellande a negro appeared before justice of the peace zt champlin under a charge of assault upon a negress and was fined 250 and costs bellande related that he gave the woman a whipping because she cursed him  the daily herald   october 18 1910 p 8   one for future research  64 views  ', 0),
(26, 'en', 'node_search', ' pierre bellande 18711933  pierre bellande 18711933 osarep tue 3232010 1842 peter bellande   pierre bellande  18711933 was known as peter he was born on april 4 1871 at north biloxi peter married alice caillavet 18721955 a biloxi girl who was born april 7 1872 her parents were raymond j caillavet 18381898 a carpenter and celina joucheray 18411903 of new orleans  baseball and fishing in the spring of 1892  the biloxi herald  announced that the tp dulion baseball club had organized and that peter bellande was their first baseman peter must have passed his athletic ability to his sons as several were excellent athletes  the biloxi herald   april 9 1892 p 4 by midjune 1892 a new baseball club was organized called the   biloxi blues   as the officers of the club wkm dukate 18521916 lazaro lopez 18501903 and theodore p dulion were among the most affluent biloxians of this era the choice of peter bellande and his brother august to the squad is most impressive three of their cousins emile harvey b 1870 louis harvey 18741913 and francis harvey 18741913 were also selected to play for manager ed suter 18661943 older brother joseph a bellande 18681961 was elected an honorary member of the team  the biloxi herald june 18 1892 p 4   another avocation of peter which was certainly in the family genes and passed to his sons was fishing this   believe it or not   fish tale was printed in the  the biloxi herald  of may 26 1894   fishing in the ponds on the l n railroad near the bridge has proven successful lately peter bellande and joseph clark caught nearly 600 green trout   bass   in 3 hours the other day   peter bellande domicile circa 1890 detail lr alice c bellande holding faye roy p bellande 837 lameuse streetsurvived hurricane katrina of august 2006  below in january 1994   marriage and family peter bellande and alice caillavet exchanged wedding vows in biloxi on august 19 1894 they settled at 837 lameuse street in biloxi on land that antoine bellande had purchased in 1880 and conveyed to marie harvey bellande in december 1885 all of their children were born in this house which is extant and occupied by an hebert family today  alice caillavet bellande  18721955 peter was a bartender and later a policeman as a member of the biloxi police force he served as a patrolman sanitary inspector night clerk and desk sergeant in january 1917 officer bellande s hours were changed from 9 am to 9 pm to 12 noon to 12 midnight by richard m randolph chief of police his bicycle was also stolen from howard avenue  the daily herald january 21 1917 p 1   contraband alcohol continued to be smuggled and sold in harrison county and the popp s ferry area appears to be a preferred destination for these illicit activities in march 1917 police chief richard m randolph and officer peter bellande 18711933 seized a wagon loaded with eight casks of cook s beer and a gallon of wine and arrested frances barthes 18881942 it was presumed by local law enforcement officials that a schooner had transported the liquor to biloxi from new orleans and that it was being transported to popp s ferry for retail sale judge fw elmer jr fined mr barthes 100 and court cost  the daily herald march 13 1917 p 3   mayor edward glennan 18541933 started his final year as mayor of biloxi with turmoil in the police department in january 1918 when it was time to reappoint patrolmen walter h skeet hunt 18871961 1 st ward alderman opposed that frank j zudie hightower 18901976  peter bellande  18711933 and john w mabry 18731940 continue with the force the board of aldermen appointed joseph mattina 18891969 a barber willie ryan 18761958 biloxi yacht club keeper and martin green jr 18751951 a boat dealer to replace the three men none of the city council s new policemen had any law enforcement experience and they had to be trained by chief randolph chief randolph further stated that he was greatly surprised and  was unwilling to part with officer bellande  he declares that officer  peter bellande has always proven himself a  very efficient police officer  officer bellande also has a large number of friends in the city administration as well as among citizens who are nor connected with the city  the daily herald january 3 1918 p   1 when john j kennedy replaced edward glennan in january 1919 as biloxi s new mayor he attempted to have peter bellande hired back on the biloxi police force he was opposed by commissioners walter h hunt and marshall l michel and officer bellande was not rehired at this time  the daily herald january 8 1919 p 1   by 1926 peter bellande was desk sergeant for the biloxi force in november 1926 he two two weeks vacationand expected to log in some fishing time at this time  the daily herald  related that   mr bellande is a fisherman of skill and repute and there is no greater recreative sport for the tired office man that a hook and line bait and the pleasures of anticipation the police office may expect a new man when he returns   the daily herald january 21 1917 p 1 and november 19 1926 p 2   once peter bellande decided to enter politics and ran for the office of constable but lost his family felt the loss was the result of peter s honesty this uprightness was noted in  the daily herald  of december 24 1917 on page one titled   officer bellande has no favorites   peter bellande arrested his oldest son roy bellande for riding his bicycle without a light officer bellande also arrested arbeau caillavet 18811946 his wife s first cousin for possessing liquor at caillavet s white kitchen on lameuse street mr caillavet was fined 100 by judge zt champlin in the fall of 1916 for transporting the contraband liquor in a suitcase one of peter s grandsons mickey j bellande b 1944 was elected a city councilman in biloxi in july 1989 and july 1993 representing ward 7  the daily herald november 2 1916 p 3   peter and alice reared a family of seven children on lameuse street they were roy p bellande 18951964 louise faith faye b davidson 18981974 aristide c bellande 19011976 elliott a bellande 19041977 ruth b ragusin 19061993 marcel j bellande 19091982 and alton l bellande 19121970 in the spring of 1933 peter bellande suffered a heart attack and died 7 months later on december 8 1933 alice caillavet bellande lived into very old age and passed on july 10 1955 at mobile alabama the day she was buried a violent thunderstorm struck biloxi and our neighbor on lameuse street mrs tom williams slipped on her porch and broke her leg 166 views  ', 0),
(27, 'en', 'node_search', ' the inlaws raymond and celine caillavet the inlaws raymond and celine caillavet osarep tue 3232010 1855 raymond caillavet and celina joucheray 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  17901860 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 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 ii 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 read or 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 1 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  the civil war  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 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  butcher in september 1876 raymond caillavet advertised his meat business in  the biloxi mirror  he was situated at present day main street and howard avenue r caillavet butcher stall no 1 market house biloxi mississippi vessels hotels and families supplied with beef pork veal mutton etc  at new orleans prices the biloxi mirror september 9 1876 p 3   public service mayor raymond caillavet 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 cailavet 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    louise caillavet  18811965 m alvah c morgan 18811979  the caillavet family raymond and celina caillavet reared their family at new orleans and biloxi the federal census of 1900 indicated that celina j caillavet had birthed nine children before 1900 and that seven were alive at this time the names of their known children are  blanche caillavet  18651940  john caillavet  b circa 1867pre 1870  aristide caillavet  18681898  emma rose caillavet 18691955  m william j murray 18681895  alice caillavet   18721955 m peter bellande 18711933  edward caillavet   18741923  clarissa rita caillavet  18771885  william   caillavet  18791940 m rita louge 18871941  lillian caillavet  18831967 m anson holley  18821967 and  louise cailllavet  18811965 m alvah clank morgan 18811979 raymond caillavet expired at biloxi mississippi on february 16 1898 mrs caillavet died on march 15 1903 the corporal remains of both were interred in the old biloxi cemetery  the biloxi daily herald march 16 1903 p 6   91 views  ', 0);
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(28, 'en', 'node_search', ' children children osarep tue 3232010 1924 roy peter bellande  18951964 the eldest child of peter and alice caillavet bellande was a son  roy peter bellande  roy was born at 837 lameuse street on september 25 1895 it is passed on by the family that he left school in the fifth grade to help his family survive the hardships of that time during ww i roy served in the us army as a lieutenant at camp pike arkansas which had been established in 1917 as a training facility for the army he was discharged in december 1919  the daily herald december 6 1918 p 3   in biloxi he worked for a lumber company but later moved to new orleans in the crescent city he lived with his two aunts emma and blanche caillavet who lived in the french quarter on governor nicholls street roy worked initially in a cigar factory but later became a salesmanager for new south cigar company a tobacco and cigar wholesaler  thelma giarrusso on june 12 1924 roy p bellande married thelma giaruso  19042002 an attractive lady of italian and german ancestry she was born at new orleans on march 28 1904 the daughter of italian immigrant the daughter of 1874 italian immigrant james i giarruso 18691959 and anna blumstein 18711914 her grandfather blumstein was born in alsacelorraine thelma s brothers dr alfred peter giarrusso clarence b   giarrusso and joseph i giarrusso were active in politics law enforcement and sports for decades in new orleans thelma s mother died in february 1914 and her father married mary giarrusso 18891960 in july 1916 james i giarrusso made his livelihood as a beer salesman when the family lived on barracks street in faubourg treme on the edge of the vieux carre later the family relocated to 1713 ursuline street and he worked as a clerk for many years in the comptroller s office of the nola city finance department thelma and roy lived in new orleans approximately ten years before coming to biloxi to seek their fortune thelma was a former member and queen of the le danseurs carnival club and a life time member of the notre dame sacred heart booster club she was a member of nativity bvm where she was also a member of the altar society mrs bellande was preceded in death by husband roy p bellande three sisters mrs lucille g faucheux 19011982 miss rosa giarrusso 19001905 and miss rosalie giarrusso 19061988 and five brothers rudolph giarrusso 18971977 james i giarrusso jr 18981959 lester giarrusso 19071963 dr alfred peter giarrusso 19131997 and maurice giarrusso 19161935 she was survived by three brothers harold hap j giarrusso 19022002 clarence b giarrusso 19212007 and joseph i giarrusso sr 19232005   the timespicayune august 4 2002 p 5   thelma g bellande remained in their home at 449 porter avenue in biloxi until her demise on august 2 2002 they had no children thelma g bellande was ninetyeight years at the time of her passing she lived a full life until her late nineties when her health began to fail thelma drove her motorcar until her ninetysixth year her corporal remains were interred in southern memorial park mausoleum with those of her spouse from the daily herald january 30 1964 p 2 nd the sun herald august 4 2002 p a7 and the timespicayunem august 4 2002 p 5    thelma giaruso bellande 19042002 and roy p bellande 18951964 and roy aristede buster and faye bellandecirca 1903  second photo water damaged by hurricane camille1969  bellande beverage company circa 1937 and january 1994 831 lameuse street  the building survived hurricane katrina of august 29 2005 young ladies are probably children of harold and faye bellande davidson  bellande beverage company in 1936 after beer and wine had become legal to sell again in mississippi roy p bellande became associated with the spearman beer company of pensacola florida his territory was the state of mississippi and his business was situated at the corner of reynoir and howard avenue in july 1937 roy was promoted by spearman to field representative and his theatre of operations now included louisiana and alabama shortly after his promotion he and thelma left biloxi for a six week tour of alabama the daily herald july 22 1937 p 7 the spearman business was located later south of the family home at 831 lameuse street as of march 2018 this tin building is extant the structure was built in the fall of 1936 by william f caillavet 18791940 his uncle the company moved to its permanent location on bohn street in the late 1940s after bellande beverage company was chartered in the state of mississippi on july 15 1938 with 5000 capital and 50 shares of common stock younger brother marcel j bellande joined the organization in 1936 as manager after a brief career in professional baseball  the daily herald october 30 1936 p 5 and august 19 1938 p 3 and harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 65 p 346 in 1942 the bellande beverage company was selling chevy ale and hudepohl beer product brewed by the hudepohl brewing company of cincinnati ohio in time national brands such as falstaff schlitz and pabst were integrated into the business roy and mickey as marcel was called together with their loyal wives built a very successful organization which operated from bay st louis to moss point and north almost to wiggins in stone county their territory encompassed about 1300 square miles  the pascagoula chroniclestar may 15 1942 and june 5 1942    bohn street in october 1945 the bellande beverage began acquiring land on the east side of bohn street south of the l n railroad rightofway and west howard avenue at this time the company paid 3500 to the first national bank of biloxi for a lot with 150 feet on bohn street and running 100 feet east a contiguous parcel was bought from the same bank in january 28 1946 for 1500 its dimensions were 150 feet north and south and 76 feet east and west both bellande beverage company tracts were bounded on the north by the rightofway of the l n railroad which later would run a spur to the bellande warehouse for boxcar deliveries of beer harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 279 p 302 and bk 282 p 136 by 1957 the bellande beverage company had grown to twentyeight employees and ten trucks in addition to their biloxi facility on bohn street just south of the l n railroad beer distribution warehouses were situated in bay st louis and pascagoula mrs mona hunt was secretary of the organization  the ocean springs news may 30 1957 p 8   the bellande beverage company was sold on may 1 1979 to the afton beverage company of chattanooga tennessee afton marketed pepsicola and sevenup at chattanooga  the daily herald may 10 1979 and  harrison co mississippi chancery court 2nd jd land deed bk 92 p 515 i was fortunate to work many summers while in college for uncle roy and remember him as an individual who was quiet spoken honest and possessed a subtle wit he had great instincts in business and believed in the cif method of doing business ie cash in fist if you could obtain credit from him you knew you were honest roy bellande enjoyed his friends at sicurro s lounge on division street the elks club and american legion although he liked to fish for perch and green trout he had skin cancer and was limited to the extent of his outdoor activities in later life  organizations during wwi roy p bellande served in the us army as an infantryman he did not go to europe to fight among his memberships and offices held were chairman of the board of trustees of the american legion lyman c bradford post a trustee of the biloxi elks vice president of the biloxi fishing and hunting association mississippi malt beverage association national beer wholesalers west end volunteer fire company revelers carnival club and the chamber of commerce of biloxi gulfport pascagoula and ocean springs  the daily herald january 30 1964 p 2    mardi gras daymarch 5 1957  in september 1953 he was parade marshall in the annual fireman s day parade for the west end fire company roy was also king d iberville of the biloxi mardi gras in 1957 with carolyn bolton as his queen ixolib the daily herald march 5 1957 p 1 roy peter bellande died peacefully in his sleep on january 30 1964 probably of heart failure his widow thelma remained in their home at 449 porter avenue in biloxi until her demise on august 2 2002 they had no children thelma g bellande was ninetyeight years at the time of her passing she lived a full life until her late nineties when her health began to fail thelma drove her motorcar until her ninetysixth year her corporal remains were interred in southern memorial park mausoleum with those of her spouse  the daily herald january 30 1964 p 2 and the sun herald august 4 2002 p a7    louise faith bellande  18981974 faye bellande was born february 15 1898 on lameuse street in biloxi she worked for the telephone company where she met harold james davidson 18941982 harold j davidson was born at biloxi on december 28 1894 the son of william davidson and margaret ledden 18631925 mrs davidson was a native of new orleans and the daughter of jeremiah ledden and margaret o brien she had come to biloxi circa 1885 the william davidson family resided at 514 bohn street when she expired on april 4 1925 mrs davidson was survived by four children alethia e davidson 18901965 married alfred g brunet 18901948 william sydney davidson 18931941 married viola genevieve comfort 19081999 harold davidson 18941982 m louise faye bellande 18981974 and calvin arnold skinny davidson 19011971 married audrey virginia harrison 19122003 a daughter olga davidson smith 18991920 had expired on january 20 1920  the daily herald april 6 1925 p 3   lr  faye bellande davidson 18981974 trilla davidson harold davidson 18941982 fern davidson image circa 1945    road racing as a young man harold davidson was an outstanding long distance runner an article in  the daily herald  of september 28 1916 stated  harold davidson a local boy and well known amateur long distance runner is training for a five mile race the annual event of the young men s gymnastic club of new orleans to take place in that city on thanksgiving day mr davidson has won two medals for his running and this time he is going in the race to try and lower the record for the south in the fivemile distance he captured a gold medal for coming in first in the race held by that club on thanksgiving day last and on march 4 of this year he received a silver medal for coming in a close second in a similar race mr davidson stated that the present record is 28 18 for the five miles a number of excellent runners will take part in the race to be held this year and the biloxian expects to give them a hard run for their money in the race run on last thanksgiving day he lead sixteen other entries and received a big ovation these events prove interesting to sportsmen in the crescent city and are witnessed by large crowds of spectators  davidson also did well at new orleans in the midnovember 1916 road race he placed a close second to southern champion willie davis a teammate on the young men s gymnastics club davis covered the five mile course in twentysix minutes and fifteen seconds besting harold by ten seconds twentyfour other runners followed them across the finish line davidson planned to run in the thanksgiving day race also scheduled for new orleans  the daily herald november 20 1916 p 3   in january 1917 harold davidson was training for a twomile race to be held at mobile on mardi gras day he was to represent the young men s gymnastic club of new orleans professional road racers were expected in the mobile event  the daily herald january 22 1917 p 3   harold j davidson left biloxi on february 25 1918 for basic training in the us army at camp pike arkansas north of little rock it appears that most of his military service during ww i was in new jersey harold was probably discharged from the us army in the spring of 1918 in july 1918 he was elected vice president of the biloxi athletic club replacing his brother arnold davidson  the daily herald february 20 1918 and july 14 1920 p 3   in august 1919 harold davidson received an invitation from the southern amateur athletic union to attend to attend the knights of columbus track and field meet at camp dix new jersey which was held on september 6 th 1919 he was a member of the thirteenman team from new orleans coached by claude simons harold did not fair well in the new jersey event as his conditioning at the time was not at the level that he wanted he did get to visit the us general hospital no 3 at rahway new jersey where he was the chief electrician during ww i while serving in the us army quartermaster corps harold had won a 25 mile race while serving here  the daily herald august 28 1919 p 1 september 18 1919 p 3 and january 1 1960 p 20    marriage faye bellande and harold j davidson married on july 18 1927 at the sacred heart catholic church in north biloxi this union produced three daughters mildred davidson 19281940 fern cecilia davidson b 1933 and trilla davidson b 1935 harco ms mrb 39 p 391  davidson girls  lr fern cdavidson mildred l davidson and trilla davidsoncirca 1939  mildred louise davidson   19281940 mildred louise davidson 19281940 was born on july 29 1928 she attended school at st john s a parochial facility near her home unfortunately mildred was robbed of a full life as she died in her adolescents from pneumonia on february 25 1940 her funeral was attended by her classmates and the sisters of mercy at st john s catholic church  the daily herald february 27 1940 p 3    fern cecelia davidson    19332018 fern davisdon dubaz o neal resides in d iberville mississippi she was widowed in february 1996 when her second husband felder blake o neal 19311996 expired he was from mchenry stone county mississippi and retired from the baptist ministry brother o neal had been pastor of the tuxechena baptist church at perkinston mississippi  the sun herald february 25 1996 p b2   fern divorced from george b dubaz 19311992 george b dubaz was born march 15 1931 in biloxi he was the son of luke dubaz 18931985 and inez gable 19021994 the dubaz family of croatian heritage were pioneers in the biloxi seafood industry their children were george b dubaz jr b 1951 stephen j dubaz b 1954 brian j dubaz b 1957 robert c dubaz b 1959 and gary a dubaz b 1961 after divorcing fern george b dubaz called bunny married christine mitchell 19372002 a native of attapulgus georgia and widow of jerry britt he expired at biloxi on may 5 1992 buried biloxi national cemetery christine died at gulfport on january 21 2002  the sun herald may 6 1992 p and the sun herald january 24 2002 p a5    fern s obituary fern dubaz o neal  age 84 of d iberville mississippi passed away tuesday may 15 2018 in biloxi fern was born in biloxi on november 22 1933 to harold j and fay bellande davidson she grew up attending st john catholic church st john school and sacred heart high school fern married george burnett dubaz in 1949 and raised five sons she remained an active parishioner at st john until moving to d iberville in 1986 fern joined sacred heart catholic church where she was a member of the bereavement committee and active with the rosary group she was also a charter member of the l bonheur social club fern retired from the biloxi veterans administration as a nursing assistant she was married to felder o nea l until his death she was preceded in death by her parents both husbands her sister mildred davidson her daughterinlaw janice dubaz and her niece sharon guthrie fern s survivors include her sons  george gb dubaz jr   stephen j dubaz   brian joseph dubaz and his wife rose marie  robert c dubaz and his wife betty sue and gary a dubaz and his wife lee ann her sister  trilla davidson hanson and her children terri gerri and richard her grandchildren anthony angela dubaz stephanie kevin davidson sarah jason fisher adam camille dubaz jared dubaz briana dubaz elizabeth dubaz victoria joshua conway and lloyd moon iii her greatgrandchildren izabella luke nicholas jordan and gary her daughterinlaw theresa dubaz and numerous extended family members and friends a mass of christian burial will be held at nativity bvm cathedral on friday may 18 2018 at 100 pm friends may visit from 1130 am until mass time entombment will follow at biloxi city cemetery the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements the sun herald may 17 2018  trilla martha davidson  b 1935  trilla martha davidson guthrie ramirez hansen lives in larkspur california she was born at biloxi in 1935 she was named for trilla illinois the birthplace of alvah clark morgan who married louise caillavet the sister of trilla s grandmother alice caillavet bellande like her sister fern she is a widow and has two fine husbands ray ramirez a retired city engineer and phil hansen 19452009 a retired tax attorney ray ramirez expired in 1995 and phil hansen on august 5 2009 while recovering from surgery at oakland california trilla is divorced from richard guthrie of san francisco he is the father of her children teresa gaye b 1957 sharon b 1959 geraldine b 1961 and richard guthrie jr b 1962 faye b davidson had a bout with cancer in her early fifties and it eventually took her life on april 2 1974 i will always remember the kindness and concern she had towards me and my family we spent many days at 714 church street playing in the yard visiting grandma alice c bellande and listening to the armchair philosophy of uncle harold davidson harold worked his entire career in the electrical field commencing in 1915 with the mississippi coast traction company the predecessor of the mississippi power company while with the traction company harold belonged to the amalgamated association of street railway and electrical workers of america he left the traction company and joined the cumberland telephone and telegraph company in january 1918 harold retired from the mississippi power company on december 31 1959 after a twentythree year career primarily as a trouble shooter he had joined united brotherhood of electrical workers union local 1211 when it had been organized in 1940   the daily herald december 24 1917 p 1 january 14 1918 p 4 december 5 1960 p 9 and january 1 1960 p 20   after a long retirement from the mississippi power company harold davidson passed on in september 1982 his and faye s corporal remains were interred in the old biloxi cemetery  aristede c bellande   19011976 aristede clarence bellande was born september 12 1901 he left biloxi about 1917 moving to new orleans were he died on august 30 1976 aristede was known as buster and was probably named for his uncle aristide caillavet b 1867 he began work as an apprentice machinist but later went into the hotel business buster bellande began his fortune in the hotel field as a bell captain in 1920 at the old st charles hotel when james pat o shaughnessy was the manager in 1933 he joined the staff of the roosevelt hotel as room clerk buster was made assistant manager of the roosevelt in 1937 and promoted to executive assistant manager in 1941 in 1948 he was named resident manager and then manager in 1956 his professional associations were hotel greeters of america new orleans hotel association new orleans hotel greeters and the chamber of commerce  aristede buster bellande  lr image made circa 1930 from lams hotel greeters of america p 22 2nd image made 1938  roosevelt hotel  lobby family lore relates that buster bellande when manager of this fine hostelry commenced the yule tradition of decorating the hotel s lobby it continues currently2019 buster bellande married mildred lott 19041980 of german ancestry in new orleans in 1926 mildred was the daughter of john lott 18601942 and theresa hornung 18611936 she was the youngest of eight children and reared on laurel street near annunciation in the crescent city mildred s father worked faithfully for over thirty years with the new orleans fire department mildred s mother expired at new orleans on november 19 1936 buster s mother alice c bellande attended mrs lott s funeral 1910 orleans parish louisiana federal census t624524 p 4b ed 207 and  the daily herald november 20 1936 p 2   mildred and buster bellande had a daughter joyce mary bellande b 1928 joyce mary resides in river ridge a new orleans suburb and is divorced from al sherlock their children are thomas sherlock b 1947 jerome sherlock b 1951 susan b 1955 peggy b 1956 and holly b 1961 buster retired from the roosevelt hotel in 1965 when it was sold to the fairmont chain of hotels after a lengthy bout with cancer he died in the southern baptist hospital in new orleans in august 1976 aristide bellande loved biloxi and always enjoyed an annual visit to relax visit and fish with his coast family he is buried in bellande family plot at the old biloxi cemetery mildred lott bellande expired march 1980 and her corporal remains were interred in new orleans  elliott a bellande   19041977  elliott anthony bellande  19041977 called pete was born august 7 1904 he was a merchant mariner out of new orleans until 1927 in may 1925 he and fred haise left biloxi for new orleans to contract with a ship as crewman for an atlantic crossing the young biloxi seamen had just returned from a voyage to europe and were experienced able bodied seamen the daily herald may 1 1925 p 3  ernestine balius  19072005 on august 18 1927 elliott bellande married ernestine balius 19072005 in the nativity church at biloxi ernestine was born at biloxi on april 23 1907 the daughter of ernest balius 18731927 and pauline julia lamrock balius 18771934 ernestine came from a large family of eight brothers and three sisters ernest balius jr 18971969 edward balius albert george balius 18991953 henry balius 19021977 floyd a balius 19041994 juliet b broughton 19091996 freddie balius 19121993 paul balius 19141994 louis balius lillie mae b noble 19201992 and melba balius 19241941 elliott was known as peter bellande jr and pete bellande he worked as an auto mechanic for ford the wpa during the great depression and the harrison county board of supervisors from 194046 he was with international harvester at flint michigan ernestine was employed by southern bell for thirtyfive years retired in 1972 as night chief operator pete and ernestine were the parents of two daughters margaret v schneider 19281992 and alice j dubaz 19312013 the sun herald may 19 2005 p a10 and january 22 2013 p a4 pete bellande was a good man he is fondly remembered by the fishermen and boaters he served well from 19531970 when he was harbor master at the biloxi small craft harbor he was retired at the time of his death from congestive heart failure resulting from cardiovascular problems on january 12 1977     lr frederick edward eddie schneider  19232008   joseph schneider  b 1960  and margaret bellande schneider  19281992 image made july 1965     margaret v bellande  19281992 margaret virginia bellande called mog was born at biloxi mississippi on november 22 1928 on october 23 1948 she married fredereick eddie edward schneider 19232008 the son of mr and mrs merrill schneider at st john s catholic church in biloxi mississippi eddie made his career in the us navy in july 1951 eddie left norfolk virginia for foreign duty and margaret returned to biloxi to live with her family on lameuse street harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 78 p 147 and the daily herald july 14 1951 p 2 the schneiders adopted a son joseph e schneider b1960 margaret v schneider was a licensed practical nurse and had retired from the biloxi veterans administration she died at a mobile alabama hospital on august 7 1992 from leukemia her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery in the perpetual care section eddie schneider retired as a chief petty officer and lived at milton florida he died on november 10 2008 the sun herald august 8 1992      alice j bellande  19312013 and her spouse  john b dubaz  19292006 courtesy of fern davidson dubaz o nealdecember 2011    alice j bellande 19312013 alice julia bellande was born at biloxi mississippi on october 22 1931 she married john b jb dubaz 19292006 the son of john dubaz jr 18901944 and cecile andre dubaz 18991986 at st john s catholic church in biloxi on september 20 1953 jb dubaz made his livelihood as a diesel mechanic in the civil service at kafb he was a us navy veteran and founding member of our lady of fatima catholic church at biloxi and long time volunteer they had no children harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 95 263 and the sun herald april 1 2006 p a10  alice made her livelihood as a librarian at the kafb library at biloxi she was a founding member of our lady of fatima catholic church and a member of their knights of columbus auxiliary alice expired at biloxi mississipp on january 21 2013 her corporal remains were interred in southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi  the sun herald april 1 2006 p a10   ruth cecelia bellande   19061993 ruth cecelia bellande was born on september 25 1906 she married albert j ragusin 19041991 at the old st john s catholic church on bayview avenue and main street in early november 1939 father jp mcglade officiated in the presence of their attendants mildred izard and philip capuana  the daily herald november 6 1939 p 8   the ragusins lived for many years at 607 santini street in biloxi where albert had a plumbing business as a youth he had left school to sell newspapers to help support his family albert s father antonio s ragusin 18661911 a croatian immigrant died in june 1911 at biloxi from blood poisoning resulting from a sting ray wound in 1916 albert ragusin was residing with his family at 756 reynoir street he and his older brother tony ragusin 19021997 were newsboys at the time albert wrote an article about biloxi that was published in december issue of  the lone scout  a magazine for boys with a national circulation of about 150000 readers  the daily herald january 5 1917 p 2    albert j ragusin 19041991 and ruth bellande ragusin 19061993   circa 1950 at 607 santini albert j ragusin learned to plumb at the biloxi plumbing heating company owned by henry l schwan and charles coquet sr he commenced work for 750 per week as a journeyman plumber he worked on the edgewater hotel ragusin then went to kansas city for advanced training he passed the kansas city plumbing examination board returning to biloxi albert and fred demourelle sr commenced their own business demourelle ragusin prior to the stock market crash of october 1929 mr ragusin went to chicago and flint michigan at flint he worked on a large construction project in july 1941 he joined the civil service at kafb as the chief foreman plumber for a salary of 2600 per year his first job was to supervise the laying of water lines to the tents ragusin retired from the civil service circa 1973 at this time he held the title of superintendent of pavements and grounds in the civil engineering department of the military base  the daily herald may 24 1929 p 9 november 6 1939 p 8 and june 12 1971 p c3  in his retirement years albert j ragusin was active in yard work wood turning and senior citizens activities he was chosen to the mississippi joint state legislative commission and served at least two terms this commission represented the legislative interest of about 5000 members of aarp and the national retired teachers association in jackson harrison hancock stone pear river george and greene counties of south mississippi  the ocean springs record november 11 1976 p 3  in 1956 the ragusins built a lovely domicile at 104 st charles street on the north shore of back bay the bay front home was legated to fern davidson dubaz o neal after the demise of ruth bellande ragusin in 1993 the raguaino neal place was heavily damaged by hurricane katrina in late august 2005 and demolished in the fall of 2005 in their younger days they traveled extensively throughout north america by automobile they enjoyed many visits to the riley family in denver colorado in recent years the couple has made trips to europe albert fulfilled a life long ambition by visiting the dalmatian coast of croatia the birthplace of his parents in 1989 the ragusins celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their residence with a family reunion party although ruth and albert were childless they have been very supportive of their close relatives through the years albert j ragusin died october 1 1991 ruth bellande ragusin passed on september 28 1993 both are interred at the old biloxi cemetery on the beach front  marcel joseph bellande   19091982  marcel joseph bellande was born september 24 1909 mickey as marcel was called succeeded in athletics and business at biloxi high school in the late 1920s he excelled in football basketball track and baseball in middecember 1932 mickey graduated from spring hill college at mobile with a degree in commerce at spring hill he had an outstanding football and baseball career mickey signed to play football at spring hill with earl mattina burnett mabry and granville stag foster all players from the 1926 biloxi state championship squad this football team was crowned state gridiron champions having tied the undefeated sunflower county agricultural high school from moorehead at greenville mississippi on december 6 1926 by a score of 77 the game went five quarters although the indians were outweighed 24pounds per man  the daily herald december 7 1926 and december 7 1929 p 2   in june 1931 mickey bellande signed a professional baseball contract with the cleveland indian organization his professional baseball sojourn primarily as a shortstop included stints in the three i middleatlantic and new yorkpennsylvania leagues marcel bellande s greater success and fame in athletics would come in the golf world he set a mark in mississippi golf annals which may never be duplicated by being the only man to win all three mississippi amateur golf titles ie state open state amateur and state seniors mickey captured seven state senior crowns between 19641974 five national four ball senior titles of the seven years he competed at pinehurst north carolina and claimed numerous club championships along the mississippi gulf coast and new orleans he was awarded numerous honors in the sporting world among these honors are induction into the sports hall of fame of spring hill college in 1974 induction into the mississippi sports hall of fame in 1975 and also the gulf coast chapter of the national football foundation and hall of fame in 1979 mickey bellande was named man of the year in 1963 by the biloxi jaycees  the sun herald march 5 1982 and the daily times news january 31 1964 p 1   lr  marcel mickey bellande 19091982 and kate fickes bellande 19112006 circa 1944   marriage on december 7 1932 in the rectory of the st john s catholic church at biloxi mickey married his high school sweetheart katherine kate ruth ann fickes 19112006 the eldest daughter of roscoe ross logan fickes 18861979 and emma christine hinricks 18881971 both illinois natives like her father kate was born at matoon illinois while mrs fickes hailed from tuscola illinois the fickes family had come to mississippi in late november 1926 the result of mr fickes transfer with the southwestern gas and electric company united gas companyentexcenter point and settled at 1603 west howard avenue ross began his career in the natural gas industry in 1912 with the central illinois public service kate attended biloxi high school while sisters margaret fickes and dorothy fickes were at the lopez school the fickes family left biloxi in june 1929 for fayetteville arkansas but returned in september 1930 kate fickes was a 1927 graduate of biloxi high school and attended mscw and the university of arkansas the young couple started life in the bills apartments on reynoir street mickey planned to resume his professional baseball career in march 1933 by reporting to spring training with the new orleans pelicans of the southern league  the daily herald november 30 1926 p 2 december 8 1932 p 2 and december 31 1979 p a2    military mickey j bellande enlisted in the us army air corps on october 24 1942 at camp shelby mississippi he served in england during ww ii  daughter a daughter  kay ruth bellande  was born at biloxi on august 5 1946 kay married james jim ray foster jr b 1946 at the nativity of the blessed virgin mary roman catholic church at biloxi on december 21 1974 he is the son of dr j ray foster 19172002 and jane allen strickland kay and jim lived in michigan and florida were jim made his livelihood in hospital administration they are the parents of twin sons brad foster b 1980 and j brian foster b 1980 the fosters returned to biloxi in 2003 margaret fickes foster 19192009 jim s stepmother and kay s aunt passed on march 31 2009 at biloxi  the sun herald april 2 2009 p a4   lr  dr j brian foster and brad foster in may 2005 j brian foster a university of florida alumnus received his medical degree from the emory university school of medicine at atlanta georgia he planned to pursue a residency in ophthalmology at the wake forest university school of medicine at winstonsalem north carolina  the sun herald may 29 2006 p a11    residences in december 1937 mickey and kaye moved into a new house on the southwest corner of hopkins and division street at biloxi it was a fiveroom bungalow situated on a lot 60 feet by 100 feet the division street property was purchased from the metropolitan life insurance company through local realtors perkins fayard  the daily herald december 4 1937 p 6   in august 1959 mickey and kate bellande acquired for 9000 cash the vacation home of urban b koen and patricia koen at 226 kensington drive east of kafb on the back bay at biloxi the koens were residents of new orleans their residence was situated on a 35 acre parcel designated as lot 11square 1 of the oak park subdivision harco ms land deed bk 453 p 35  livelihood in 1938 mickey bellande joined his brother roy in the beer distributing business in biloxi he retired upon its sale in 1979 mickey was always in top physical condition as he led an active athletic life style he was capable of hooking a large game fish or shooting sub par golf at the occasion of his untimely death from brain cancer on march 5 1982 his corporal remains were interred at the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi kate bellande expired at biloxi on october 6 2006 her corporal remains rest eternally next to marcel s at the southern memorial park cemetery  the sun herald march 5 1982 and october 9 2006 p a4    alton l bellande  alton louis bellande  19121970 was born january 22 1912 he was a salesman for his entire business career it was while traveling in louisiana for the william wrigley company chewing gum manufacturer that he met hazel mary bonnette  19122002 in a shreveport drugstore she was born at charenton st mary parish louisiana on october 2 1912 her parents were filbert bonnette 18901967 of plaucheville avoyelles parish louisiana and marie mathilde champagne 18881971 a native of youngsville lafayette parish louisiana they were married at st john birchmans catholic church at shreveport caddo parish louisiana on october 19 1941 before alton enlisted in the united states coast guard in august 1942 the newly weds lived at lafayette louisiana until january 1942 when they relocated to biloxi where he continued to represent the wrigley company most of alton s active duty military time was spent in algiers louisiana loading ammunition and supply ships during world war ii until his honorable discharge in august 1945 the daily herald october 22 1941 p 6 and january 27 1942 p 3  alton l bellande 19121970 and hazel mary bonnette bellande 19122002   alton and hazel had five children  ray louis bellande  b 1943  mickey john bellande  b 1944  betty ann bellande  b 1946  bruce james bellande  b 1947 and roy anthony bellande  b 1949 ray is divorced from elizabeth betty wynne of lafayette louisiana and has no children  mickey resides in biloxi and is divorced from sonia carol wilkes hodges b 1947 a native of hattiesburg mississippi they have a son m j bellande jr b 1980 on september 28 2002 sonia married james alred sheffield b 1931 a retired physician in august 1969  betty married judge larry wilson of of winona mississippi they had no children betty resides in biloxi with her husband william bill toland and they are childless  bruce is domiciled in oxford mississippi after a succesful career as a medical educator he and spouse have two children mary elizabeth betsy bellande b 1982 m austin blake smith on march 7 2009 at little rock arkansas and christopher bruce bellande b 1985 his wife mary elizabeth bryant b 1949 is a native of oxford mississippi  roy is divorced from daisy dianne davis b 1953 who is now married to kenneth riley wells b 1940 roy married to nancy elizabeth arthur in harrison county mississippi on 1 november 1997 they lived in st martin jackson county mississippi and silva missouri until hurricane katrina destroyed their home in st matin they acquired a home and aceage in george county mississippi south of the lucedale community after katrina and sold the missouri property his children are alton jason bellande 19742019 and hazel marie bellande b 1978 divorced from richard v savage and mr parker hazel marie has corbin zane bellande b 1997 a son with rinichiro larry burdick the son of mr burdick and tomiko ohi burdick 19372010 of gulfport mississippi in 1945 after world war ii alton joined the fuller brush company as a doortodoor salesman in january 1947 he was promoted to field manager and was responsbile for ten local fuller brush salesmen on the mississippi coat to mobile alabama and in part of louisiana  the daily herlad october 2 1945 p 5 and janaury 24 1947 p 8  he is described in an article titled fuller brush man in the may 8 1948 issue of  the saturday evening post  as   a thirtysixyearold mississippian with a persistent foot a ready smile and a way with the ladies the foot a figurative door opener leads bellande into approximately 100 biloxi homes each week the smile artfully guileless establishes a mood of neighborly confidence between al and his housewife prospect while he opens his sample case bellande s way with the ladies is a compound of his own brand of smalltown deepsouth chatter and a simple commercial formula known to some 7150 fuller brush dealers the country over as the big five    the daily herald may 5 1948 p 8  in march 1949 alton became a dealer for penetreat a new paint  the daily herald march 15 1949 p 5  about 1952 he joined his brothers roy p bellande and mickey j bellande as the advertising manager of the bellande beverage company alton was an outdoorsman of the first magnitude he thoroughly enjoyed golf hunting and fishing during the dove season his home at 1051 lameuse street now 415 lameuse street was the head quarters for his many hunting companions in may 1954 al played some outstanding golf in losing in the finals of the inaugural sunkist country club championship giles h peresich won 3 and 2 in the 36hole twoday event bellande shot a 76 and a 73 while peresich had scores of 7374 alton was selected to be the marshal for the back bay fire company in the september 1957 firemen s day parade  the daily herald may 18 1954 p 14 and august 20 1957 p 10   alton l bellande died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on may 8 1970 at the age of 58 years hazel expired at biloxi mississippi on october 31 2002 while a resident of the assisted living of the methodist retirement home on west beach 371 views  ', 0);
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(29, 'en', 'node_search', ' family news family news osarep tue 3232010 2011  christopher b bellande and proud parents at the vanderbilt university commencement exercises on may 9 2008   christopher bruce bellande christopher b bellande son of bruce j bellande and mary betsy bryant formerly of vestavia hills alabama and now carmel indiana was awarded the founder s medal for the school of engineering he graduated with a triple major a bachelor of science in computer science a bachelor of arts in mathematics and a bachelor of arts in spanish bellande is an academic achievement honor scholar and a member of the phi beta kappa honor society the tau beta pi engineering honor society and the sigma delta pi spanish honor society bellande served as president of the vanderbilt math club for four years and organized the first vanderbilt high school mathematics competition he used his skills as a teaching assistant for the math department and volunteered as a language mentor to hispanic immigrants new to nashville bellande also cochaired the student government association s athletics affairs committee and was a tour guide for the office of admissions christopher completed the master s program in computer science at vanderbilt in december 2008 and became employed as a software engineer with blackbaud inc on daniel island in burkeley county south carolina christopher b bellande married laura cohen robbins on may 2 2015 at charleston south carolina  henry robert bellande henry robert bellande  first child of christoper and laura robbins bellande was born 23 novemeber 2019 at washington d c   austin blake smith and betsy bellande smith  mary elizabeth betsy bellande married austin blake smith  an accountant in little rock arkansas on march 7 2009 she is a clothing designer with dilliards incorporated at little rock arkansas and resides at maumelle arkansas betsy gave birth to austin bryant smith at little rock on june 22 2011 he was 20 inches long and weighed 8 pounds and 4 ounces bruce j bellande grandfather said of young austin  he has that bellande nose        austin bryant smith  b june 22 2011 and dylan james smith  b june 19 2014 with grandmother mary betsy bryant bellande  betsy bellande smith and austin blake smith had their second son  dylan james smith  born at little rock arkansas on june 19 2014   austin and dylan smith in july 2016   roy a bellande continues erecting his home and workshop at silva wayne county missouri roy and nancy arthur bellande sold their missouri aceage and home and relocated to lucedale george county mississippi in november 2010  roy a bellande missouri house image by ray l bellande july 2009  alton jason bellande roy and diane lost their eldest child alton jason bellande 19742019 who expired on june 29 2019 for many years he was called jason but in recent times he elected to use his first name alton since i remember him from childhood as jason i will use that nomenclature jason was born on november 11 1974 at biloxi mississippi the bellandes were domiciled in d iberville at the time jason was a rough and tumble child who seem to have no corporal fear i could see him as a future line penetrating running back daring opposing defenses to stop him as i recall jason graduated from d iberville high school in 1992 and worked the remainder of his life in menial tasks busboy waiter landscaper he was enamored with marijuana which precluded him finding a more financially rewarding occupation jason was affable gregarious and intelligent he had many friends who loved him dearly jason had a child elina bellande the daughter of   maria ida bellande 18741948   maria ida bellande was born february 26 1874 at north biloxi she was known as ida at the wedding of her cousin marie erma harvey to victor ougatte of new orleans on april 20 1892 in biloxi she was described by the biloxi herald  reporter as   one of biloxi s favorite belles who was also exquisitely robed as became the first bridesmaid of so charming a bride   young ida bellande appears to have been quite a social person in the spring of 1893 she was honored at the home of captain e castanera in pascagoula with a dance party her mother attended her to this function  the pascagoula democratstar april 2 1893   ida bellande married edward emile gossow  18691897 of st louis on december 5 1893 in the roman catholic church of the nativity bvm at biloxi father blanc was their priest mr gossow was a wellknown druggist from st louis missouri and the newly weds left after the wedding ceremony by train for st louis ida was residing in st louis when her mother marie harvey bellande died in 1894 as previously discussed the gossows initiated forced heirship litigation against her father captain antoine v bellande and her brothers for her share of her mother s estate harco ms mrb 10 p 145 lepre 1991 p 21 and  the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8   edward e gossow 18691897 expired at st peter s missouri on october 22 1897 at the age of 28 years and 2 months the biloxi herald october 30 1897 p 1 in october 1898 ida b gossow departed her native biloxi for new orleans she aspired to be a nurse and planned to enter the touro infirmary to achieve this vocation  the biloxi daily herald october 4 1898 p 8   it appears that ida b gassow returned to biloxi by the summer of 1899 as she was the proprietor of the bay view cottage a hostelry on the beach road at biloxi the bay view cottage was a twostory edifice on the northeast corner of delauney street now ge ohr and beach boulevard  the biloxi daily herald july 22 1899 p 5    bay view hotel on the beach biloxi miss  mrs ida b gassow prop  regular or transient guests furnished with first class accommodations at moderate rates open summer and winter  the biloxi daily herald july 22 1899 p 5   at new orleans she met native new orleanian  clarence a galle sr  18791931 the son of louis joseph galle b 1845 and martha m mueller although they are kin the galle family of new orleans and ocean springs pronounce their name as guyull not the gallay as that of the biloxi clan larry galle july 26 2001 on october 10 1901 ida bellande gossow married clarence galle sr in the crescent city in november 1912 the galles who had once lived in biloxi were relocating from new orleans to montgomery alabama where dorothy was born in 1913 in his later life the mr galle had worked for the veterans bureau and resided at alexandria louisiana  the biloxi daily herald october 11 1901 p 8 and the daily herald november 25 1912 p 8 and may 4 1931 p 2   ida and clarence a galle were the parents of clarence a galle ii 19041944 lillian galle 19051948 m lyle smedley 19071988 a native of traverse city michigan evelyn galle 19081948 loretta galle 19121948 m arthur mauret and dorothy galle 19131991 m carlo lucia 19121930 in 1920 the family was domiciled on st roch street in the crescent city 1920 orleans parish louisiana t 625621 p 2b ed 134 according to ivy lizana fowler 19212000 ida bellande galle would come to biloxi to visit ivy s grandmother maggie mccabe at 427 lameuse street ivy describes ida as   about five feet five inches tall weighed about 180 pounds and love to eat especially sweets   her father louie lizana put some grasshoppers in a brown bag and told ida it was candy when she opened the bag the hoppers jumped out and shook her up a bit ivy l fowler november 1996 ida bellande galle s obituary in  the times picayune  of august 26 1948 read as follows    at the residence 2351 north roman st on tuesday august 24 1948 at 345 o clock am ida mary bellande wife of clarence a galle sr beloved mother of mrs arthur mauret mrs lyle smedley mrs cario sic lucia and the late clarence galle jr and evelyn galle sister of august and joseph bellande and the late anthony newt and peter bellande also survived by nine grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren a native of biloxi mississippi and resident of this city for the past 50 years funeral took place at lumanopannofallo funeral home wednesday august 25 services at our lady of the stars and the sea church roch and prieuir streets burial in the st roch cemetery   auguste frank bellande 18761953   auguste frank bellande was born january 3 1876 on harvey hill in north biloxi he was known as gus man and judge bellande he is known to have left biloxi for st louis missouri in 1895 it would appear that man went to st louis as his sister ida b gossow was a resident there at this time he returned to biloxi for a visit in late july 1897  the biloxi herald july 31 1897 p 8   in the us census of 1900 auguste f bellande is listed as a boarder with his brother joseph at 714 julia street in new orleans at new orleans auguste worked for the l n railroad as a switchman and in the baggage department it is known that he lost two fingers on one hand as the result of a timber handling accident or other event while with the railroad while a resident of new orleans he may have worked as a policeman for a brief period of time the biloxi daily herald september 26 1901 p 8  stella hernandez in new orleans auguste f bellande married estella stella amelia hernandez  18791928 on september 18 1900 she was the born at nola on april 16 1879 the daughter of louis hernandez 18511907 and philippina schilling hernandez 18521923 philippina schilling had immigrated to the united states in 1852 from the rhine province of germany louis hernandez was a nola native and made his livelihood as a retail grocery on the corner of south rampart and felicity in the crescent city and for a short time in gulfport mississippi he and phillippina were the parents of nine children of which seven survived into the 20th century lula hernandez 18781900 stella hernandez 18791928 m august f bellande 18761953 blanche hernandez 18841900 m joseph russo winoma veronice hernandez 18881942 m william h gillen louis j hernandez 18901938 m corrine reggio lydia philippina hernandez 18911941 m george m elder 18911947 and may ernestine hernandez 18941969 m henry e duffel 1900 orleans parish louisiana federal census 1920 harrison co mississippi federal census t625 and the daily picayune january 24 1907 p 15 phillippina s hernandez owned a home on copp street at biloxi mississippi she died at nola on february 211923 louis hernandez her spouse expired at nola in january 1907 their corporal remains were interred in the greenwood cemetery at new orleans the daily picayune january 24 1907 p 15 the timespicayune february 22 1923 p 2 and the daily herald february 23 1923 p 3 estella hernandez bellande was the mother of august frank bellande jr 19021952 louis bellande 19041977 and harold bellande 19051983 family lore relates that estella hernandez bellande became ill with the flu or some other malady and had to be kept in a sanitarium she expired on january 18 1928 at nola and her corporal remians were interred in the greenwood cemetery the timespicayune january 20 1928 p 2  politician auguste bellande and his young family returned to the mississippi coast settling in the gulfport area in 1906 here he worked for the gulf ship island railroad as engine foreman until about 1916 gus bellande was a politician and is known to have sought the office of constable in beat 2 harrison county mississippi as early as august 1911 after this loss he announced that he would seek the office of police chief for gulport and again in 1915 he served as a justice of the peace in beat 2 for a number of years prior to 1923 and through this position acquired the title judge bellande  the daily herald august 23 1911 p 8 september 20 1911 p5     1915 campaign gus bellande announced his candidacy for constable of beat 2 in february 1915 he was defeated in this race by dh king  the gulfport advocate february 27 1915 and the daily herald april 22 1919 p 2    1919 election in the spring of 1919 august f bellande began his campaign for the office of justice of the peace for harrison county mississippi he placed second in the democratic primary held on august 5 1919 polling 356 votes to sp moorman s 412 mr moorman was the winner in the second primary held on august 26 1919  the daily herald april 22 1919 p 2 and august 28 1919 p 4    1926 campaign in 1926 major gr kemp expired in his beat no 2 justice of the peace office judge bellande made a run for this position basing his candidacy on his prior four years experience as the local jp  the daily herald september 1 1926 p 1    1928 campaign  in january 1928 he ran a political announcement in  the daily herald   which gave some insight into his character  in announcing his candidacy again for the place mr bellande stated that he felt that the knowledge and experience of his former term qualified him the record he made while holding the justiceship speaks for itself said mr bellande and is open for the public inspection if he is chosen by the electorate of the district to again sit as their justice of the peace he will endeavor to see no one persecuted but believed in the prosecution of all who were charged with the violation of the law friend and enemy would be treated alike in his court and he would know no favoritism he declared   january 27 1928 on december 30 1914 auguste f bellande married mary ellen christovich wagatha 18751946 of mississippi city at st john s catholic church in gulfport harco ms mrb 27 p 224 she was the daughter of antonio christovich 1835circa 1879 a slavic immigrant from dubrovnik croatia her mother was mary ann nicholson b 1833 mary ellen christovich was the widow of george o wagatha 18781902 whom she had married in harrison county mississippi on november 22 1899 they had a son george adam wagatha 19001991 george resided in metairie louisiana and was in good health and spirits when i visited him in 1989 he remained close to his stepson dr dan lehon of new orleans in the 1927 coast cities directory auguste f bellande was listed as a realtor residing at 1911 19th avenue in gulfport with wife mary ellen residents of this address also were his sons august jr a salesman for swift co harold a salesman for his father and louis a sailor he later founded the city paper company 1935 and was involved in the grocery and motor oil businesses as well auguste f bellande attempted a political comeback in 1943 when he ran for justice of the peace in district no 2 in a political announcement the following was related  while he was justice of the peace a number of years ago he was instrumental in cleaning out the slot machines closing gambling houses suppressing prostitution and getting working girls shorter hours at that time they worked 16 to 18 hours per day succeeded in getting it reduced to 60 hours per week of 7 days   he has previously conducted a clean square administration with a square deal to all parties without regard to who they are and he has guaranteed that no shake down will be permitted so far as he is able to prevent by anybody  the daily herald july 31 1943 p 8   obviously the voters of harrison county beat no 2 were displease with judge bellande s prior term in office as in the tenman race for jp in 1943 he ran eighth he garnered only 328 votes of the 7873 ballots cast or does his rejection by the electorate give credence that it is difficult for an honest man to succeed in politics   the daily herald august 5 1943 p 1   the life of auguste frank bellande ended instantly as the result of an automobile accident on us highway 90 at texas street in mississippi city on november 18 1953 judge bellande was east bound on us 90 when his twodoor austin sedan turned north into the path of a 1953 oldsmobile driven by paul skrmetti of biloxi mrs skremetti suffered a fractured knee  the daily herald november 18 1953 p 1   auguste f bellande is interred next to his wife mary ellen christovich who passed on september 28 1946 they rest peacefully for eternity in the st james cemetery at handsboro mississippi  the daily herald november 18 1953    august frank bellande jr august f bellande jr 19021952 was born at new orleans on july 23 1902 he may have worked for wells fargo and possibly was drafted for world war i august was known as little gus and later as gus he attended perkinston junior college and worked for a time as a meat salesman for swift company gus joined his father at the city paper company and eventually bought the company they were engaged in wholesaling paper products from about 1935 to 1948 when the business was sold gus owned and operated a tavern for a short time on the corner of pass road and court house street in handsboro now gulfport at gulfport on july 14 1926 gus bellande married  ellen laney  18961973 from birmingham alabama at the home of mr and mrs george wagatha in mississippi city ellen was born november 23 1896 the daughter of dr marcus w laney and mollie blair ellen laney received her nursing training at king daughter s hospital in shreveport louisiana she was employed as a nurse supervisor at the veterans hospital in gulfport when she met and married gus bellande the bellande s resided at 1910 19th avenue in gulfport near his father from this marriage two children  william laney bellande  19292002 and  mary blair   bellande  b 1932 were born the daily herald july 15 1926 p 6 and harco ms circuit court mrb 38 p 284 august f bellande jr and ellen laney bellande divorced at gulfport in november 1947 ellen moved to birmingham alabama she died there on february 21 1973 harco ms chancery court cause no 25415  betty travis bellande in 1950 august f bellande jr married  mrs betty  travis nobles pare 19201973 mrs pare was the daughter of john e travis 18941985 and pearl baucum 18921973 of hattiesburg mississippi harco ms circuit court mrb 83 p 491 after the demise of gus bellande betty married louis weekly in december 1952 harco ms circuit court mrb 92 p 88 at the time of her demise in july 1973 betty travis was married to robert c suber 19031977 she had two daughters frances nobles recore curet anderson 19372002 and janie taylor mrs suber s corporal remains were interred in the glendale cemetery at hattiesburg mississippi  the daily herald july 15 1973 p a2    william l bellande 19292002    william laney bellande  19292002 called billye was born october 2 1929 at gulfport mississipi he graduated from the high school division of perkinston junior college and joined the navy upon leaving the military he went to perkinston junior college where he was a classmate of joseph e bellande ii of arabi louisiana billye graduated from the university of alabama at tuscaloosa with a biology degree and later the university of alabama dental school in birmingham 1954 billye was in private practice at the norwood clinic for 45 years he served his community and profession as president of the following organizations birmingham junior chamber of commerce mountain brook exchange club birmingham district dental society birmingham society for advanced dentistry alabama implant study group alabama academy of general dentists and international association for orthodontics his most prestigious honor was to be elected regent of the american college of dentists he was also a flight instructor and member of the quiet birdmen of america  wl bellande image made december 1967 william l bellande expired at birmingham alabama on august 18 2002 he was survived by his wife  ethelyn jones bellande  his four children  lynne bellande  b 1959 m steve autry  leigh anne bellande  b 1961 m frank ambrose  william laney bud bellande ii  b 1964 m marna bellande and sharon blair bellande  b 1977 as well as seven grandchildren anne elizabeth autry stephen craig autry catherine grace autry allison laney ambrose elisa blair ambrose burton luke bellande and william jones bellande and his sister mary blair bellande the birmingham news august 19 2002 p 3b  mary blair bellande    image made 1951  mary blair bellande  b 1932 also graduated from the high school division of perkinston junior college she them matriculated to bob jones university at greenville south carolina mary blair has graduate credits at the university of alabama cal state fullerton and pepperdine university at malibu where she was awarded the certificate to teach on the secondary level in california as a teacher she has worked with students in the fields of speech drama and english her summertime travels abroad have allowed her to teach also in japan venezuela and guatemala 198788 where she worked in a missionary school in 1960 mary blair met and married hank kleyn in the state of washington a daughter rebecca blair was born in 1963 the kleyns transferred to southern california with the insurance industry hank kleyn died of a heart attack in 1977 since her early retirement from teaching mary blair enjoys world traveling holy land and kenya in 1990 and watching her grandson breman david buchan develop rebecca blair her daughter is married to david buchan a native of scotland who practices dentistry in san clemente california rebecca graduated cum laude from pepperdine and worked as a media planner and account executive until the birth of breman on march 27 1990 she is now a homemaker and is active in church and social activities in the community  louis bellande   louis bellande  19041977 was born january 23 1904 in new orleans it is believed he enlisted in the navy after ww i circa 1920 when he was only about 16 years old he later became a marine and was sent to china to guard mail shipments to that country his marine unit served in nicaragua in the late 1920s and it is believed he fought against rebels led by general sandino the present day sandinista party of nicaragua derives its name from this early central american patriot louis returned to new orleans and married florence flossie bourg  19131992 from bourg louisiana at new orleans on november 5 1929 they honeymooned at biloxi staying at the alvarez hotel their first child thomas louis was born in new orleans in 1931 at this time louis worked as a police officer owned a restaurant and drove a taxi from 19341944 he and flossie moved often as he was employed in the steel construction business daughter stella was born at lake charles louisiana in 1935 the bellandes also resided in baton rouge and joliet illinois before settling in richland washington in 1944 at richland ralph a son was born in 1945 louis was employed at the hanford nuclear reservation as a construction superintendent after retirement he moved to yakima washington where he died in january 1977 of a heart attack his wife florence bellande passed at yakima in may 1992  thomas louis bellande  19311995    thomas louis bellande  19311995 was born march 25 1931 he went to central washington university in ellensburg to study psychology but got involved in the office supply business he sold the business in 1982 and resided in seattle with his wife elizabeth ann where in semiretirement they managed an apartment complex their children are david thomas bellande b 1959 stephan paul b 1960 michael william b 1961 catherine ann b 1962 susan elizabeth b 1964 and jean marie b 1965 thomas l bellande died at morriston florida on february 1 1995  estelle bellande  b 1935   image made may 9 1943 at st raymond s catholic churchjoliet illinois  estelle bellande  called stella resides in stanwood washington with her husband  george browning  they were married about 1952 and have three children vicky browning b 1953 george browning b 1958 and lynda browning b 1961  ralph harold bellande  b 1945  ralph h bellande is a real estate developer whose business operates on a national scale he specializes in developing senior living centers ralph and his wife katherine reside in gig harbor with their children amber b 1976 tyler b 1978 and brooke b 1980 relocated to prospect kentucky in 199 amber bellande residing at lexington kentucky in 2001 teaching pe at the woodford county middle school versailles kentucky she is also the coach of the volleyball team  harold louis bellande harold louis bellande  19051983 was born in new orleans on december 23 1905 in 1920 he was living in biloxi mississippi on copp street with his widowed grandmother philippina hernandez 18521923 an 1852 germany immigrant harold was a delivery boy in a grocery store at the time later he worked for his father auguste f bellande as a real estate salesman harold lived in new orleans most of his life and was an engineer in the merchant marine service he was married to may breckenridge until her death in april 1962 harold bellande died in gulfport at 405 texas avenue on april 15 1983 he is buried in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi at the time of his death harold l bellande was married to phyllis frances smith markopoulos  19151985 who died at gulfport mississippi on december 1 1985 she was born at new orleans on september 28 1915 to frederick smith and frances ann hearty circa 1948 phyllis married william peter markopoulos 18981955 a 1945 greek immigrant to nola she and william had a son william p markopoulos jr who was born circa 1952 the corporal remains of phyllis frances smith are also interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi adjacent to those of harold l bellande her estate was probated as harco ms chancery court cause no p1162 the timespicayune december 3 1985 harold l bellande had no children with either wife  edward antoine bellande  18971976   edward antoine bellande was born on jackson avenue in ocean springs mississippi on december 19 1897 he was the sole child of captain antoine victor bellande 18291918 and mary catchot 18601931 captain bellande was 68 years of age at the time of edward s birth at the time he was very active as a bar pilot at ship island and biloxi  the pascagoula democratstar  announced his nativity as   on december 19 th a fine bouncing baby boy arrived at the home of mr and mrs a bellande   the pascagoula democratstar january 7 1898 p 3   edward was known to all as eddie he was a sickly child and in a letter dated december 21 1908 his father wrote   he eddie is always sick he cannot go to school like any other boy   eddie suffered from asthma in his youth by age forty eddie had grown to a height of fivefeet six inches and weighed close to one hundred and eight pounds he began balding as a young man and was totally bald by middle age as a lad he developed a strong interest in the new field of aviation ruth bellande ragusin and emmett bellande jr have both commented on the many model airplanes that eddie built and exhibited in the bellande home on jackson avenue in ocean springs in 1915 after completing his high school education at ocean springs eddie went to buffalo new york and spent three months at the curtiss exhibition company where he began the course in aviation it was owned by glenn h curtiss 18781930 the famous aircraft manufacturer who built the popular jn4 or jenny young bellande then went to the atlantic coast aeroplane station at newport news virginia he was the youngest member of the graduating class and received his license no 639 from the aero club of america which was affiliated with the french federation aeronatique internationale when he was eighteen years old  the jackson county times september 21 1918   eddie bellande returned to ocean springs in late december of 1916 his picture appeared on the front page of the new orleans times picayune  of december 2 1916  biloxi visit in early july 1917 eddie bellande took the l n from ocean springs for a day visit at biloxi he was interviewed or went by the office of  the daily herald  as they related that    mr bellande has been flying for eight months and qualified for a commission at 19 years he says that he could be flying for the government service but his age prevents him he is anxious to go across to europe mr bellande has an altitude of 2000 feet and has traveled at the rate of 125 miles an hour he use a curtis sic military machine during his flights   the daily herald july 7 1917 p 5    flight instructor in september 1917 he left ocean springs and went to georgia school of technology at atlanta where he was an instructor in motors and planes at the government ground aviation school later during the first world war he served in the united states marine corps as a naval reserves aviator from august 18 1918 until february 24 1919 his initial assignment was at the naval training center in charleston south carolina later he was a naval flight instructor at the pensacola naval air station it is known that he attended his father s funeral in ocean springs in june 1918 and was awaiting orders to report for flying duty in regards world war i  the jackson county times august 24 1918 and september 21 1918   after the great war in may 1920 eddie bellande was employed with curtiss aircraft at buffalo new york in the motor department on weekends he flew passengers over niagara falls robert e morris 19021970 of ocean springs joined the company in june 1920  the jackson county times may 29 1920 p 5  in october 1920 eddie relocated to cleveland ohio where he worked for the logan aviation company  the jackson county times october 2 1920 p 3   in may 1921 eddie bellande as a member of the aero club performed aerials stunts at the 1921 opening of the aviation season at curtiss field in buffalo new york he was accompanied in the air by em ronne and roland rohlfs  the jackson county times may 28 1921 p 3   lr  unknown edward a bellande 18971978 charles lindbergh 19021974 unknown   photo from ea bellande  southern california  in early june 1921 bellande returned to ocean springs from buffalo to visit with his mother he departed ocean springs in early july 1921 for southern california where he expected to be employed by one of the large movie companies as an aviator he flew as a test pilot for lockheed in 1926 piloting the first lockheed vega he checked out wiley post in the famed winnie mae and copiloted charles lindberg on the first twa transcontinental run in 1929 his career in aviation nearly equaled the history of the industry as it is known today he was a navy pilot world war i barnstormer skywriter crop duster movie stunt artist and an airline pilot while working in the fledgling hollywood movie industry he flew for movie moguls jack l warner and darryl f zanuck old family photographs show eddie with al jolson and rin tin tin the movie dog lr  rin tin tin and edward a bellande 18971978 on movie setlos angeles circa 1925  photo from ea bellande  rin tin tin rin tin tin  often billed as rintintin in the  1920s  and  1930s  was the name given to several  german shepherds  of  film  and  television  the first of the line c  september 5   1918   august 10   1932  was a shellshocked pup found by  american   serviceman  lee duncan in a bombedout dog kennel in  lorraine   france  less than two months before the end of  world war i  named for a puppet called rintintin that french children gave to the american soldiers for good luck at war s end duncan took the dog back to his home in  los angeles   california  nicknamed rinty by his owner the dog was taught tricks and could leap more than 13 feet he was seen performing at a dog show by film producer  darryl f zanuck  who paid lee duncan to film him duncan became convinced that rin tin tin could become the next  strongheart  the dog s big break came when he stepped in for a recalcitrant  wolf  in the man from hell s river  1922  rin tin tin would be cast as a wolf or wolfhybrid many times in his career despite looking little to nothing like one his first starring role  1923  s where the north begins was a huge success often credited with saving  warner brothers  from bankruptcy it was followed by shadows of the north 1923  clash of the wolves   1925  a dog of the regiment  1927  tiger rose  1929  and the lightning warrior  1931  the dog also had his own radio show in  1930  called the wonder dog on which he did his own sound effects true to his french birthright to the sounds of  classical music  being played the dog dined each day on a choice cut of  tenderloin   steak  specially prepared by a private chef following rin tin tin s death in 1932 in  los angeles   california  in the arms of actress  jean harlow  according to hollywood legend his owner arranged to have the dog returned to his country of birth for burial in the cimetiere des chiens  the renowned  pet cemetery  in the  parisian  suburb of  asnieressurseine   mothers visit as early as may 1930 mrs bellande was living with eddie in los angeles she came home in may 1930 to visit with mrs aj catchot  the daily herald may 31 1930 p 5  mary catchot bellande 18601931 expired at california on may 26 1931 her remains were interred in the evergreen cemetery at ocean springs mississippi  the daily herald may 28 1931 p 2    air mail medal of honor among his many honors as a pilot is the congressional air mail medal of honor presented to him by president franklin delano roosevelt in 1935 it was awarded to eddie bellande for an act of heroism following his only crash at bakersfield california he safely landed a transcontinental and western air trimotor aircraft which was in flames and helped all of his passengers to reach safety before the plane was totally destroyed by the fire see  the los angeles times   as one of the pioneers of the aerospace industry eddie bellande was one of the original organizers and board members of the northrop aircraft company he served as vicepresident and director of the houston company and hw houston company eddie helped organize maddux air lines which later evolved into twa at the time of his retirement from twa in january 1943 he was the number 2 pilot in seniority eddie had logged more than 23000 flying hours and flew 3100000 miles without injury to passengers or mail cargo he joined the garrett corporation in 1943 as an assistant to the president was elected to the board in 1948 and named chairman of the board in july 1963 his first challenge as leader of garrett was to fight a takeover attempt by curtisswright which was seeking to buy 47 of garrett s stock during his tenure at garrett the pressurization of production aircraft developed the b29 superfortress and after world war ii the corporation turned its talents to highflying civilian transports and spacecraft in december 1965 he retired but served as a consultant with garrett edward bellande belonged to approximately 30 civic and fraternal organizations including humanistic groups as well as aerospaceoriented ones in the field of aviation they include international club of washington sky club new york wings club new york aviation hall of fame dayton national defense transportation association ox5 club quiet birdmen early birds of aviation and honorary fellow of the society of experimental test pilots he served as general chairman of the hope chest campaign in 1964 was a member of the president s council of loyola university in los angeles and was on the board of the bates foundation in support of harvey mudd college mary bellande went to los angeles in january 1925 and considered living there with eddie  pacific fleet photos 1924 in september 1924 eddie flew from roger s airport at los angeles in strong headwinds and heavy fog to crissy field in san francisco his plane had been chartered by cornelius vanderbilt jr proprietor of  the illustrated daily herald  to fly gus thornrose his staff photographer to photograph the us navy s pacific fleet as it was arriving in san francisco  the jackson county times september 20 1924 p 1    aviation record in 1925 eddie bellande flew more than 50000 miles in 797 hours which was considered a record for its time most of his flight were to bring breaking news events to california newspapers readers bellande flew images of the santa barbara temblor to los angeles and san francisco soon after the natural disaster he took aerial photographs of the large tia juana mexico conflagration from his aircraft early in the morning as the fire raced through the resort border community  the daily herald january 20 1926 p 1    mae west and the 1935 kansas city article in 1935 a newspaper article appeared in a kansas city journal titled   a mistake when he moved next door to mae west  because of its human interest and biographical nature as pertaining to eddie bellande i will submit it as copied from  the jackson county times  of march 2 1935 virginia t lee reprinted it in her column appropriately named the column   it s the little personal touch that counts commented the man as he accepted a loan from a friend so if such things count for anything permit the application of a personal touch or tow of the chunky form of eddie bellande who has been flying airplanes since 1915 part of whose airline flying now is carried on a kansas city and who in his more than 10000 hours of aviating ha made one great mistake  bellande s mistake was when he moved into a hollywood apartment house and found he was living next to mae west this is why it was a mistake    a 10000hour man his own individuality which once was adequate not to say copious now has been lost because today he is referred to not as one of air transport s few 10000hour men but invariably and simply as the guy who lives next door to mae west no matter how long and honorable his flying record and it is plenty of each it all is submerged beneath the sea of whatever it is that causes him to be referred to thus     oh yes eddie bellande i ve heard of him he s the guy who lives next door to mae west  only a few days ago at the kansas city airport a stranger stopped the veteran airline pilot as he was leaving the restaurant excuse me the stranger apologized will you let me have your autograph   what for   well i understand you re the pilot who lives next door   aw nerts was bellande s interrupting comment as he walked away  now if you ask him about that incident he probably would deny it he s that retiring many persons are like that regardless of whom they live next door to for instance there was the fellow who lived next door to poverty he never admitted he had so much as a dime     this story was corroborated by marion illing moran 19011993 of ocean springs who remembered eddie bellande as a young man in ocean springs they were good friends at school and she visited him in los angeles circa 1937 she told me that at that time eddie lived on the second floor of an apartment house a few doors down from mae west the great movie star  marion illing moran october 1991    marriage marjorie edith lamont  19112001 whose stage and screen name was molly lamont  the daily illinois state journal march 26 1937 p 4 on march 30 1937 eddie married  molly lamont  19112001 at santa barbara california  the daily herald march 30 1937 p 3   eddie and molly bellande resided at 361 fordyce road in the affluent los angeles suburb of bel air he could boast of having joan fontaine the actress as his neighbor eddie was a bachelor for more than half of his life bellande was a senior pilot flying for transcontinentalwestern at the time   molly lamont the movie actress took her first airplane ride with newlywed hubby eddie bellande senior transcontinentalwestern airline pilot eddie was making his regular flight and molly took the ride rather than be parted from him soon after their wedding photo shows eddie making his bride comfortable   the times picayune april 3 1937    1939 flights and flyers  documentary blackhawk films 30m three newsreel shorts about jimmy walker corrigan  costa bellande  earhart hughes the mollisons post gatty rickenbacker et al  1940 testimony of eugene gerow twa pilot as a 1940 graduate of twa s first officer school eugene gerow 19072000 flew right seat with eddie in dc3 aircraft and claimed to be bellande s last copilot at twa the following excerpt from gerow s memoir  the umpteenth voyage a san joaquin valley farm boy s struggle to become an air line pilot  provides an interesting personal look at eddie bellande the man and insight into what it was like flying with him as the story opens circa 1941 gene is a young copilot relaxing in the lobby of the hilton hotel in albuquerque nm a twa crewchange stop after dick colburn twa instructor at kansas city left i sat alone in the lobby and pondered my dilemma i certainly wanted to check out as captain but i certainly didn t want to face that exacting involvement with as little actual flying time as i had accumulated at the controls of the dc3 under the random flight crew paring principle which the company now followed just then i observed a senior burbank captain approaching the captain was quite solemn as he stopped in front of me and looked me right in the eye i began to wonder if i had done something to offend him but he started talking rather jokingly i thought about what a poor crop of copilots they were sending out for replacements these days he went on to say that he thought i might  do  and asked do you want to fly regularly with me i was so astounded i stammered y y yes uh sir abruptly he started to turn away saying okay then tell corron i said you are to be paired with me from now on the captain who told me to have myself scheduled with him was eddie bellande he was one of the old ones to borrow a phrase from the navajo but  old  as applied here meant in experience not chronological age he was also one of the great ones i remembered him even then years before we used to fly across to rosamond dry lake and watch him and other famous pilots of that era testing new airplane designs we saw him fly the first lockheed twin there his name was a household word in flying communities up our way i had already learned what his reputation was among copilots on twa he had left a trail of welltrained copilots with whom he had been paired buddy hagins grant nichols and others before me were forever grateful for what he had done for them and they had said so burbank dispatch followed eddie bellande s directive to have me fly with him but it wasn t all peaches and cream eddie apparently had something on his mind to which i will refer later and during this early period of our flying together he just sat there in the left seat trip after trip and flew the airplane both ways it wasn t much different from the random scheduling i had been experiencing previously i was becoming quite discouraged and decided one day as we were shuttled over to the twa hangar at lockheed air terminal to taxi our airplane to the airline passenger ramp that i was determined to say something about it if he sat in the left seat again without offering me some stick time he did sit down in the left seat but suddenly jumped up laughing and told me to sit there after i had taxied the dc3 across the field he asked me why i hadn t protested my nonpilotage status and i explained to him just how close we had come to my telling him off about it eddie laughed uproariously at my illconcealed discomfort but what he then told me rang true naturally he wanted me to fly his airplane his way and thought the easiest way to put this across was to fly a few trips by way of demonstration rather than talking about it this gave him more time to think and as i said previously more about that later what a switch for many weeks i flew the airplane from the left seat day and night fair weather or foul after it became apparent that my handling of the dc3 had improved eddie handed me the logsheet clipboard one day and said here you can do it all now i had never experienced so much flying joy in my whole life but then as weeks passed and my glow began to subside i noticed that eddie was awfully quiet just sitting there and staring out of the right front cockpit window for hours on end saying little or nothing during this time interval i began to really worry now because i had come to think a great deal of him and i would have been horrorstricken to find that i had offended him somehow one day i abruptly asked eddie what was wrong he came out of it with a smile and said can you keep a secret if you can i ll tell you something that is very important to my future but i don t want anyone on the airline to know about it right now i promised and then he asked you know who jack northrop is i nodded and he went on to say that jack had been in some financial straits in his airplane design business and thought he might have to give it up eddie added jack is probably my best friend and i told myself that i couldn t just let him go down the drain eddie related how he went to night clubs where many big time people hung out and by staying cold sober himself but buying expensive drinks for these people and talking to them as they waxed  affluent  under the mellowing influence of a good drink he had accumulated a promising list of potential backers for jack northrop s brilliant undertakings the only problem for him was that these people wanted him to take over and run the company he had organized it may be too good to pass up said eddie it was a fascinating story as eddie had detailed it to me and subsequent events proved that every word he had spoken was true it was some time before eddie finally made up his mind to make the change he loved to fly so very much but in the meantime his last twa copilot was having a ball flying the dc3 from the left seat eddie bellande was quite busy during his last days on twa trying to make sure before he announced his voluntary retirement that his contemplated move wasn t going to be a bad one as i had previously stated he had schooled me thoroughly on his idea of how a flight should be conducted and then turned the whole thing over to me one of my nonstandard copilot duties became a trip into the terminal building at intermediate stops to pick up the new weather the captain was supposed to sign for the weather sheet and i had learned how to render what i thought was a fair imitation of eddie s signature quite often people who were involved financially in an airline and airplane industry dealings would ride along on the jumpseat with us and at stoppingpoints along the route eddie would stay on board to discuss important items with these individuals my most vivid memory of this phase was of leaving eddie and lamott cohu in the cockpit after a night landing at winslow where i went in to get the weather cohu was destined to be a president of twa and was quite interested in all facets of the airline operation when i came back up to the cockpit i advised eddie that we had been recleared with a second alternate for abq handing him the new release form cohu asked doesn t a new release have to be signed for by the captain eddie laughed and said it s been signed by the captain alright the financial wizard took the release from him and looked at the signature remarking by gosh it looks more like eddie s signature than if he had signed it himself years later when twa captain bill harrison and i signed in at the garrett corporation executive suite at los angeles international airport to visit eddie we had to write down the name of the person we wanted to see and i wrote the name of the chairman of the board ea bellande the secretary gasped when she looked at the handwritten name and said you must have known him quite well it looks exactly like his signature and very few people seem to have known that his middle initial is a they always write down  eddie  note eugene gerow 19072000 retired in 1972 as a senior twa captain with 32 years service and 27000 hours flying time if he ever flew into davismonthan during his long aviation career he failed to sign the register however early in his professional career he flew copilot with at least one other dm signer walter l si seiler chief pilot of wilmingtoncatalina airline ltd gene was a younger brother of russell t gerow whose photograph and document collection may be accessed  here  another anecdote from this book can be found at pilot  al gilhousen   1942retirement from twa capt edward a bcllandc veteran twa pilot who is well known in albuquerque and is credited by the airline with having flown 3100000 miles without injury to passengers or mail cargo retired tuesday in los angeles the associated press reported for more years than twa employees here could recall captain bellande who was taught to fly by glenn curtis in 1915 has been piloting passengers and mail over the western division as albuquerque is a crewchange point capt bellande frequently stopped overnight here in command of a stratoliner since twa put the big fourmotored boeings into service the veteran pilot s last flight through here was several weeks ago he then left on a vacation at the end of which he retired captain bellande will become vicepresident of a company manufacturing p h o t o g r a p h i c equipment for the u s army aircorps the associated press said he served as a navy instructor at pensacola fla during the first world war  the albuquerque journal    january 28 1942 p 10    biloxi visit during mardi gras of 1950 eddie and molly bellande came to biloxi from los angeles and visited with esther catchot chamblee who resided at 438 delauney street he was with air research aviation at the time they flew to biloxi  the daily herald february 20 1950 p 8    molly lamont marjorie edith lamont known by her stage name molly lamont  19112001 was born at boksburg natal south africa on may 22 1911 in 1930 she was a dance teacher in natal and won the outspan film candidate competition the prize was a holiday in england and a screen test with the elstree studios it launched her into an international movie career in which she made more than fifty films  the sunday times june 21 1998   they and the character that she played follow   the wife s family   1931 sally   what a night  nora livingstone 1931   uneasy virtue   1931 ada   shadows   1931 jill dexter   the house opposite   1931 doris   strictly business   1932 maureen   the strangler  frances marsden 1932   old soldiers never die   1932 ada   lucky girl   1932 lady moira 1932   lord camber s ladies   1932 actress   the last coupon   1932 betty carter   josser on the river   1932 julia kaye   his wife s mother   1932 cynthia   brothr alfred   1932 stella   paris plane   1933   letting in the sunshine   1933 lady anne   leave it to me   1933 eve halliday   norah o neale   1934 nurse otway   white ensign   1934 consul s daughter   the third clue   1934 helen arnold   no escape   1934 helen arnold  murder at monte carlo   1934 margaret becker   another face aka two faces   1935 mary mccall   rolling home   1935 ann  oh what a night   1935 pat   jalna   1935 pheasant   handle with care   1935 patricia   alibi inn   1935 mary talbot   muss em up   1936 nancy harding   mary of scotland   1936 mary livingstone   the jungle princess   1936 ava   a woman rebels   1936 young girl   doctor s diary   1937 mrs fielding   fury and the woman   1937 june mccrae   the awful truth   1937 barbara vance   somewhere i ll find you   1942 nurse winifred   the moon and sixpence   1942 mrs amy strickland   a gentle gangster   1943 ann hallit   thumbs up   1943 welfare supervisor   follow the boys aka three cheers for the boys   1944 miss hartford secretary   white cliffs of dover   1944 helen   mr skeffington   1944 miss morris a secretary   the suspect   1944 edith simmons   minstrel man   1944 caroline mother   devil bat s daughter   1946 ellen   so goes my love   1946 cousin garnet   the dark corner   1946 lucy wilding   scared to death   1947 laura van ee   christmas eve aka sinners holiday   1947 harriett   ivy   1947 bella crail   south sea sinner aka east of java   1949 kay williams and   the first legion   1951 mrs gilmartin many of these films can be seen on television and vhs tape eddie and molly had no children the bellande s enjoyed many visits to ocean springs and the mississippi gulf coast to visit eddie s mother who lived until 1931 she sold her residence on jackson avenue to frederick c gay in december 1924 and moved in with her relatives at biloxi mrs bellande expected to relocate to los angeles to reside with eddie bellande mary catchot bellande expired in california on may 22 1931 her corporal remains were interred in the catchot family area of the evergreen cemetery on old fort bayou at ocean springs  the jackson county times december 11 1924 p 5 and may 28 1931 p 2   eddie bellande died in the century city hospital on november 17 1976 at the age of 78 years he had a remarkable life and contributed greatly in the development of american aviation and aerospace technology it is notable that the lives of edward and captain antoine bellande his father spanned 147 years of time of which much was filled with adventure and discovery molly lamont expired at los angeles on july 7 2001  more eddie bellande  from general aviation news december 4 2009 edward bellande pioneering pilot posted by  dennis parks  november 24 2009 bellande in 1916  air speed record to los angeles broken was a headline in the oakland california tribune on jan 28 1932 the story reported that a new coastal speed record for trimotored planes was made on the oaklandlos angeles airway when a transcontinental and western airplane made the 360mile hop in 1 hour and 52 minutes the craft a ford trimotor piloted by eddie bellande and erwin lewis left the bay airdrome in alameda at 10 am and arrived at the grand central air terminal in glendale at 1152 am nine passengers were carried on the recordsetting flight that was just one of the many highlights of edward a eddie bellande s career in aviation which spanned nearly 60 years his career was as diversified and active as the industry itself during those years he participated with other contemporary pilots like charles lindbergh in some of the benchmark flights and activities of this dynamic era he flew as a test pilot for lockheed piloting the first lockheed vega he checked out wiley post in the famed winnie mae and copiloted charles lindbergh on the first twa transcontinental run in 1929 in addition he either organized or directed some of the aviation industry s largest business organizations bellande was born dec 19 1897 in ocean springs miss in 1915 after completing high school he went to buffalo ny where he spent three months taking flying lessons at the curtiss company he was the youngest member of the graduating class when he received his license no 639 from the aero club of america he then went to the atlantic coast aeroplane station at newport news va during world war i he was at the georgia school of technology at atlanta where he was an instructor in motors and planes at the government ground aviation school he also served in the united states marine corps as a naval reserves aviator from aug 18 1918 until feb 24 1919 ending his service as a flight instructor at the pensacola naval air station early in 1921 he left for southern california to work for one of the large movie companies as an aviator while working in hollywood he flew for movie studios headed by jack l warner and darryl f zanuck besides being a movie stunt pilot he kept busy as a flight instructor and barnstormer shortly after arriving in los angeles he flew for demille s mercury aviation co at its wilshire boulevard airport from 1922 to 1927 he was a freelance pilot flying for motion pictures skywriting crop dusting and barnstorming  eddie bellande in the cockpit of an avion with  its designer jack northrop on the left during 19271929 he was in great demand as test pilot by airplane manufacturers he made the test flights on most of the lockheed airplanes including the first vega and the golden eagle he also did all test flights on northrop s first flying wing later bellande would join northrop as a sales pilot and corporate director  tat pilots fred richardson and edward a bellande  courtesy of derek hugheyhorizon air seattle washingtonjuly 2011 during this same time he joined maddux airlines flying ford trimotors he continued flying for the fledgling airline through the mergers of maddux and transcontinental air transport  tat and the later transcontinental and western air merger which would eventually become trans world airlines or twa by midyear 1929 tat commenced a 48hour combination rail and air service across the united states between new york and los angeles the first westtoeast flight was made july 8 1929 aboard the ford trimotor city of los angeles piloted by lindbergh and bellande the first eastbound leg was from glendale calif to clovis n m the next day bellande and lindbergh picked up passengers for the last leg of the transcontinental trip to los angeles among the passengers on this trip was amelia earhart who had been hired by tat to help market the service  preparing for the first eastbound tat airmail coasttocoast service is pilot charles lindbergh  second from right  and copilot eddie belland e on lindbergh s right the advent of this service so captured the public imagination that six weeks before the service commenced tat reported receiving more than 1000 applications for tickets for the first trip one of the most remarkable events in bellande s career was the result of an inflight fire on feb 10 1933 on a night flight in a twa ford trimotor from san francisco to los angeles via fresno and bakersfield the airplane caught fire about 10 miles out from bakersfield apparently the floor heater which operated from an exhaust stack on the nose engine caught fire bellande managed to make it to the airport land and safely evacuate the passengers the fuselage of the plane was completely burned through a close call used by some to tout the benefits of allmetal construction because of his heroic actions during the emergency bellande was one of seven mail pilots who earned the air mail flyers medal of honor from president roosevelt bellande flew for twa another 10 years at the time of his retirement in january 1943 he was the number 2 pilot in seniority he had logged more than 23000 hours and flew an impressive 31 million miles without injury to passengers or mail cargo he joined the garrett corp in 1943 as an assistant to the president he was elected to the board of directors in 1948 and named chairman of the board in july 1963 the early days of aviation in california were rich in flying excitement against a background of aircraft and airline development edward bellande was an integral part of many of these developments  dennis parks is curator emeritus of seattle s museum of flight he can be reached at dennis generalaviationnewscom   318 views  ', 0);
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(31, 'en', 'node_search', ' antoine victoire bellande references antoine victoire bellande references osarep tue 3232010 2104  references   charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  chancery court cases harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 1359   sam levy v antoine bellande jr  february 1901 magazines hotel greeters of america louisianamississippi chapter no 32   movies flights and flyers  documentary blackhawk films 30m three newsreel shorts about jimmy walker corrigan  costa bellande  earhart hughes the mollisons post gatty rickenbacker et al  journals the albuquerque journal   pilot retires flew 3 million miles without a mishap  january 28 1942 p 10 the bay press   cancer benefit dance to honor billy bellande   october 12 2001 p 6 the biloxi herald   city paragraphs  february 18 1888 the biloxi herald   city paragraphs  march 1888  the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 9 1892 the biloxi herald   back bay   january 30 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   december 9 1893 the biloxi herald   bellandebarthes   september 1 1894 the biloxi herald   petition for liquor license   april 13 1895 the biloxi herald   latest city news   july 31 1897 the biloxi herald   latest city news   august 14 1897 the biloxi herald    latest city news   january 8 1898 the biloxi herald   public notice   june 4 1898 the biloxi herald   local happenings   february 13 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings  april 9 1892 the biloxi herald   biloxi blues   june 18 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   december 10 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   may 11 1895 the biloxi herald   local and personal   october 30 1897 the biloxi herald   city news   august 16 1898 the biloxi herald   city news   september 10 1898 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   october 4 1898 the biloxi daily herald   bay view cottage   advertisement     july 22 1899 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 10 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 30 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 31 1900 the biloxi daily herald   opera saloon   november 7 1900 the biloxi daily herald   thrilling accident   may 29 1901 the biloxi daily herald   petition for liquor license   july 20 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   seeptember 26 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 11 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news  january 8 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news  november 12 1902 the biloxi daily herald   personal   november 17 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news  march 16 1903 the biloxi mirror   r caillavet   september 9 1876 the chicago tribune   linda bellande   september 8 2007 the daily herald   pilots have been reinstated   january 31 1907 the daily herald   u desporte returned from east   june 4 1908 the daily herald   southern drinks for new york   may 23 1911 the daily herald   lund will have charge of wireless station   july 1 1911 the daily herald   biloxi society and personal items   november 25 1912 the daily herald   policeman on vacation   january 13 1914 the daily herald   old comrades brought in touch bellande hears from old  civil war  friend   april 23 1914 the daily herald   garbage gathered   july 18 1914 the daily herald   100 fine given liquor dealers   july 17 1916 the daily herald   biloxi runner   harold davidson  to compete in race   september 28 1916 the daily herald   fine of 100 for liquor holdings   november 2 1916 the daily herald   davidson wins loving cup   november 20 1916 the daily herald   biloxi newsboy   albert ragusin   magazine writer   january 5 1917 the daily herald   bellande s   peter  hours undergo a change   january 21 1917 the daily herald   harold davidson will run in mobile   january 22 1917 the daily herald   steals police   pete bellande  bicycle   january 22 1917 the daily herald   wagon load beer taken in charge    march 13 1917 the daily herald   mrs deveaux dies   april 24 1917 the daily herald   aviator bellande visits biloxi   july 7 1917 the daily herald   restraining order is granted to prevent service interference   december 24 1917 the daily herald   too much friction cause of cops downfall asserts mayor glennan  january 3 1918 the daily herald   notice to public   january 14 1918 the daily herald   fifty men entrain   harold j davidson  for camp pike sunday feb 25   february 20 1918 the daily herald   returns home   harold j davidson march 2 1918 the daily herald   biloxi boy   roy p bellande  to come home   december 6 1918 the daily herald   mayor and commissioners meet and transact important business   january 8 1919 the daily herald     harold j davidson  returns after visit   january 30 1919 the daily herald   gus bellande for justice of peace   april 22 1919 the daily herald   harold davidson in track meet   august 28 1919 the daily herald   harold davidson returns   september 18 1919 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   july 14 1920 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   july 14 1920 the daily herald   mrs  phillipina  hernandez died wednesday   february 23 1923 the daily herald   anthony belland sic buried today  may 22 1924 the daily herald   pallbearers for bellande funeral   may 23 1924 the daily herald   death of mrs davidson   april 6 1925  the daily herald   to sail across   may 1 1925 the daily herald   gaddy coach biloxi high   june 20 1925 the daily herald   coast aviator makes record   january 20 1926 the daily herald   august bellande to make race for justice of peace  september 1 1926 the daily herald   biloxi police desk sargeant   sic  on vacation  november 19 1926 the daily herald   new plumbing business   february 11 1927 the daily herald   judge bellande is candidate for justice of peace   january 27 1928 the daily herald   high schoolers play hard but lose to finny tribe   april 9 1928 the daily herald   albert ragusin leaves   may 24 1929 the daily herald   ocean springs news   may 31 1930 the daily herald   fickes family return   september 1 1930 the daily herald   clarence galle sr dies   may 4 1931 the daily herald   mrs bellande buried   may 28 1931 the daily herald   bellande leaves for tryout with cleveland club   june 1 1931 the daily herald   covering the coast   june 26 1931 the daily herald   bellandefickes   december 8 1932 the daily herald   biloxi boy in lineup   march 15 1933 the daily herald   atlanta looks like team to beat in southern loop   march 18 1933 he daily herald   bellande sold to minneapolis club   february 4 1935 the daily herald   attend lott funeral  november 20 1936 the daily herald   bellandelamont   march 30 1937 the daily herald     roy  bellande promoted   july 22 1937 the daily herald   bellandes in new home   december 4 1937 the daily herald   make 2000mile trip   march 31 1938 the daily herald   charter of incorporation of bellande beverage company inc   august 19 1938 the daily herald   ragusinbellande  november 6 1939 the daily herald   mildred davidson funeral   february 21 1940 the daily herald   bellande winner of biloxi golf tourney   january 13 1941 the daily herald   bellande sets new amateur mark at biloxi golf club   january 27 1941 the daily herald   bellande pace setter in stag golf tournament   march 10 1941 the daily herald   vote for a bellande   july 31 1943 the daily herald   election results   august 5 1943 the daily herald   bellande subject of post article   may 5 1948 the daily herald   bellande visit   february 20 1950 the daily herald   bellande rites set  april 30 1952  the daily herald  judge a bellande fatally injured in traffic crash   november 1953 the daily herald   giles peresich new champion of sunkist golf club   may 18 1954 the daily herald     mickey  bellande is medalist for 3rd annual sunkist club championship golf event   august 7 1956 p 15 the daily herald   alton bellande names back bay fire marshal  september 20 1957 the daily herald   one time marathon runner ends career as electric serviceman   january 1 1960 the daily herald   union members  united brothers of electrical workers local 1211  celebrate 20th successful year   december 5 1960 the daily herald   know your state  the pilot who was farragut s pilot in the battle of mobile bay  june 8 1961 p 4  the daily herald   roy bellande head beverage firm expires   january 30 1964 the daily herald   ragusin holds civilian record   june 12 1971 the daily herald   betty travis   july 15 1973 the daily herald   bellande beverage company sold to tennessee firm   may 10 1979 the daily herald   rl fickes dead at 93   december 31 1979 the daily herald   four biloxians were valuable cogs in spring hill machine   december 7 1929 the daily picayune   louis hernandez popular grocer succumbs suddenly to heart failure   january 24 1907 the daily review   hayward california   twa founder dead at 78   november 18 1976 p 36 the daily times news   ocean springs     man of the year  marcel  bellande   january 31 1964 the gulfport advocate   gus bellande   february 27 1915 the hartselle inquirer   alabama     hasbur w denning    october 16 2007 the hattiesburg american   services today for miss alice bellande   august 21 1967 the jackson county times   local news items   august 24 1918 the jackson county times   edward bellande instructing aviators   september 21 1918 the jackson county times   local news items   may 29 1920 the jackson county times   local news items  june 12 1920 the jackson county times   local news items   october 2 1920 the jackson county times   aviator bellande does stunts   may 28 1921 the jackson county times   edward a bellande daring aviator   september 20 1924 the jackson county times   vanderbilt plane scoops world on sf fleet photos   september 20 1924 the jackson county times   local and personal   december 11 1924 the jackson county times   the column   march 2 1935 the jackson county times the los angeles times   burning plane pilots given high praise    the naperville sun   signe v bellande   march 3 1999 the ocean springs news   bellande beverage co is largest firm of its kind on the coast operates fleet of ten trucks   may 30 1957 the ocean springs record   ocean springs flyer   eddie bellande  now firms consultant   july 4 1968 p 1 the ocean springs record   ragusin renamed to legislative commission   november 11 1976 the pascagoula chroniclestar   bellande beverage company   advertisement may 15 1942 the pascagoula chroniclestar   bellande beverage company   advertisement june 5 1942 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs   may 21 1880 the pascagoula democratstar the pascagoula democratstar   biloxi gleanings   october 5 1883 the pascagoula democratstar   marine matters   april 18 1884 the pascagoula democratstar   biloxi city elections   january 9 1885 the pascagoula democratstar the pascagoula democratstar   ocean springs locals   january 7 1898 the sun herald   prominent biloxian bellande dead at 72   march 5 1982 the sun herald   george b bunny dubaz   may 6 1992 the sun herald   felder b o neal   february 25 1996 the sun herald   ida sue bellande   march 2 1997 the sun herald   william e bellande sr   january 23 2002 the sun herald   christine dubaz   january 24 2002 the sun herald   thelma bellande   august 4 2002 the sun herald   jeanette blanchard   january 10 2003 the sun herald   martha b lashbrook   july 13 2004 p a6 the sun herald   betty faye bellande denning   july 22 2005 the sun herald   ernestine balius bellande   may 19 2005 the sun herald   mr john jb dubaz   april 1 2006 the sun herald   family bologna made life sweet for dubaz   april 4 2006 p a4 the sun herald   foster gets medical degree   may 29 2006 p a11 the sun herald   mrs katherine kate bellande   october 9 2006 p a4 the sun herald   miss mary elizabeth bellande weds mr austin blake smith   march 8 2009 p f1 the sun herald   margaret fickes foster   april 2 2009 p a4 the sun herald   billy ray bellande sr   july 10 2009 p a4 the sun herald   tomiko ohi burdick   february 1 2010 p a6 the sun herald   lane f lashbrook   may 30 2012 p a4 the sun herald   mrs alice bellande dubaz   januar 22 2013 p a4 the sunday times   queens after the reign    june 21 1998  the timespicayune      phillipna  hernandez   february 22 1923  the timespicayune      stella  hernandezbellande   january 20 1928  the timespicayune   bellande on alstar 9   november 15 1934 the timespicayune   molly lamont   april 3 1937 the timespicayune      buster  bellande   august 31 1976 p 12 the timespicayune    bellande rites set august 31   august 31 1976 p 12 the timespicayune     phyllis  bellande   december 3 1985  the timespicayune   joseph e bellande jr   september 4 2011 39 views  ', 0),
(32, 'en', 'node_search', ' time line time line osarep tue 3232010 2131  biloxi mississippi history 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st century chronology of bilox i    commencing with the year 1682 and continuing to present day i have subjectively gleaned salient dates and facts relating to our local chronology from journals and other authoritative sources  3951 views  ', 0),
(34, 'en', 'node_search', ' alves family alves family osarep wed 3242010 1158 peter alves peter alves 18631939 was born in louisiana on december 11 1863 the son of peter alves and elizabeth supass he married angelina trasierra 18761957 the daughter of manuel trasierra and emily numberg 18481924 at new orleans on june 22 1891 angelina was born at new orleans and her parents were from mexico and texas respectively their children were  august george alves  18931959  charles alves  18961971  jennie alves tillman  18981980  bertha alves gerosa churchill thomas  19011980  joseph alves  19031953  alma alves olier  19071987 and  wilhemina alves west  19102005 the peter alves family arrived at biloxi circa 1910 probably from new orleans in 1920 peter alves was sick and not working angelina was an oyster shucker in a canning plant they lived on myrtle street at point cadet in a domicile adjacent to the joseph a toche 18721960 family     august g alves august george alves 18931959 was born december 23 1893 he married lola daniels 18981940 children august g alves ii 19151979 lola claire alves 19181919 joyce alves nocora and rita alves oliver he died on march 15 1959 while she expired on november 11 1940 buried biloxi city cemetery  august g alves ii august g ducky alves ii 19151979 married phala louise vierling 19211978 their children august g alves iii kay a braun desilvey and kevin alves in 1958 august g alves is making his livelihood as a ship captain and living at 120 west end homes in biloxi  august g alves iii august george alves iii 19382018 expired on 5 november 2018   kay c alves   kay a claire alves  b 1939 married robert e braun b 1942 the son of russell braun and louise ruiz at pascagoula in april 1963 he was a water ski instructor and bartender jxco ms mrb 103 p 204  kevin vincent alves  b 1948 the son of august g alves ii 19151979 and phala louise vierling 19211978 grew up at 27 holcomb boulevard joined usaf and while a serviceman he married lynn belle speed b 1950 the daughter of alfred luke speed 191997 and irene martin 19132015 at ocean springs in august 1968 jxco ms circuit court mrb 111 p 157 appointed police chief in 1983 and served in this capacity until 1989 elected mayor of ocean springs in 1989 and 1993 kevin vincent alves married lynn belle speed b 1950 the daughter of alfred speed and irene martin in august 1968 children kevin v alves ii b 1975 and shannon lyn alves b 1972 married mark andrew williams b 1969 the son of albert l williams 19272000 and norma williams of ocean springs on november 27 2004 in biloxi jxco ms mrb 111 p 157 and the ocean springs record october 28 2004 p a6    joyce alves nocora    rita alves oliver rita married william oliver they had a daughter chi chi joyce oliver 19401940 who expired as an infant on may 23 1940 buried biloxi city cemetery     charles p alves charles peter alves 18961971 was born at new orleans on november 17 1896 he married adele marie primeaux 19031975 a native of erath louisiana she was the daughter of dupre primeaux and octavia duplantis they resided at 302 rose street in biloxi where he worked as a fisherman they had a son henry g alves 19201992 and four daughters irene alves 19241924 vivian a cellucci donna a flores june a palumbo gloria a landry and mary a williamson charles alves expired in july 1971 his remains were interred at the biloxi city cemetery the daily herald august 1 1971 p 2  henry g alves  19201992 henry g alves called bubba was born at biloxi on november 22 1920 he made his livelihood as a marine salesman henry never married during ww ii he served in the us navy henry g alves expired at gulfport mississippi on november 12 1992 his remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald november 14 1992 p a2      jennie alves  jennie honey alves  8981980  was born on november 22 1898 at new orleans she married john william tillman member of the sacred heart catholic church in north biloxi her family was lionel pete tillman frank tillman norma t rhodes rita t mcmillan june t cannette shirley t mallette and joyce t merritt she expired on january 26 1980 buried biloxi cemetery  the daily herald january 28 1980 p a2    bertha alves bertha alves 19011980 married a mr gerosa on december 21 1921 she married henry t churchill 1897 or 19001931 the son of henry frank churchill and mary collins henry was born at redmonville mississippi he expired at breton island louisiana on may 15 1931 while at crewman on the willomena a biloxi fishing boat owned by marco skrmetta 18891959 henry was buried in the alves family plot in the biloxi city cemetery he was survived by a son henry churchill  the daily herald may 16 1931 p 2    joseph alves joseph joe alves 19031953 was born at new orleans he married mable marie tauzin 19072004 a native of new iberia louisiana and the daughter of emile tauzin and angela borrell harco ms mrb 36 p 35 joseph alves passed on october 19 1953 and was buried in the biloxi cemetery they were the parents of raphael ray p alves 19261988 edmonia mona alves sorci daniel joseph alves and helen alves wadja sometime before 1918 young joe alves was injured while working for the sea food company on point cadet in biloxi mississippi while unloading an oyster schooner at the factory alves fell through a hole in the wharf and suffered bodily harm for which litigation was brought against the sea food company in february 1918 the mississippi supreme court upheld the lower courts decision in favor of alves against the defendant  the daily herald february 26 1918 p 1   mable t alves worked at the dejean packing company in 1958 while residing at 260 miramar avenue in biloxi she expired at ocean springs on may 27 2004 buried in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald may 29 2004 p a8    raphael p alves  raphael ray and ralph p alves 19261988 called ralph was born at biloxi on october 25 1926 he married willine wright they were the parents of joyce alves von heeder of sealy texas in 1958 he was a fisherman employed with the moore seafood company and residing with his mother at the time of his demise on august 30 1988 in houston texas raphael p alves was a maintenance technician for a food equipment company his corporal remains were sent to the biloxi city cemetery for burial  the daily herald september 2 1988 p a4    edmonia mona alves edmonia mona alves married john b sorci the son of mr and mrs salvdore sorci of san jose california on july 1 1950 at st michael s roman catholic church in biloxi mississippi at the time of her mother s death in 2004 she was residing at san jose california no children  the daily herald june 29 1950 p 8    daniel joseph alves  daniel joseph buddy alves married june mildred kelty in biloxi in january 1949 they were residents of houston texas in august 1988 children john ray and gail alves buddy expired before may 2004  the daily herald january 17 1949 p 2    helen alves  helen alves married wadja children anthony john eugene jeanne w dykraff    alma alves alma alves 19071987 was born july 8 1907 she married voorhis louis olier they had a son voorhis l olier ii 19281948 who died on april 25 1948 alma expired in september 1987      wilhemina alves wilhemina alves 19102005 was born april 8 1910 she was married to houston west 19081997 he expired september 12 1997 they were the parents of phyllis w spataro ralph west and hollis west mrs west expired at biloxi mississippi on september 30 2005 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald october 4 2005 p a6    references   the daily herald new damage suits are filed february 17 1917 the daily herald court takes adjourment may 12 1918 the daily herald damage suits in circuit court november 27 1917 the daily herald peter alves given verdict for 2500 november 28 1917 the daily herald motions granted for new trials december 17 1917 the daily herald sad occurrence in early morning october 11 1919 the daily herald biloxi youth wins his suit february 26 1918 the daily herald churchillgerosa december 21 1921 the daily herald fisherman dies suddenly may 16 1931 the daily herald alveskelty january 17 1949 the daily herald miss mona alves june 29 1950 the daily herald charles pete alves august 1 1971 the daily herald raphael p alves september 2 1988 the daily herald mrs jennie a tillman january 28 1980 the daily herald henry g bubba alves november 14 1992 the ocean springs news jennie alves tillman january 1980 the ocean springs record williams and alves honored by vfw may 6 1976 p 14 the ocean springs record alves named ocean springs chief of police february 10 1983 the ocean springs record new chief assumes duties february 17 1983 the ocean springs record first family june 22 1989 the ocean springs record alveswilliams october 28 2004 p a6 the sun herald mabel marie tauzin may 29 2004 the sun herald mrs wilhemina west october 4 2005 p a6 the sun herald alfred luke speed november 22 1997 the sun herald irene martin speed november 28 2013 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(36, 'en', 'node_search', ' seafood seafood osarep wed 3242010 1219 henry brasher s  wonder   on starboard tack passing the byc 1905   what others have said   articles germane to biloxi s seafood industry    biloxi knowest thou the land where the oyster and mullet  are finer than any yet found in our clime  where they melt on the palate and slide down the gullet  with a joy and rapture that s almost sublime  taylorabout biloxion the gulf coast david holt walle company ltd new orleans1905  mississippi boundaries and its seafood industry on the coast  by raymond fournier 18761949 when mississippi became one of the states 1817 and louisiana was well established after being purchased from france the people of louisiana made a survey of the state and tried to extend teir boundary line into mississippi up near jackson to the pearl river line but this was protested and brought to court the people of that part of the state of mississippi could see what they were about to lose there were great forests of pine timbers farm lands and they would have been deprived of great evenue the lumber mechants and state officials fought the case in both supreme courts of the two states and lost it they carried it to the us supeme court in the dancing rabbit treaty in 1830 at which time mississippi was sold to the governement for part of oklahoma and thirty million dollars the indians claimed the mississippi river as the boundary line thus it was proved that this land reallly belonged to mississippi and was taken back by the state the next line was attempted about 18 or 20 miles south of mccomb it was to run east from the mississippi river to the pearl river this took a big slice off the southern end of mississippi anyway had the people of south mississippi known what was in store for them the value of those marshlands and what the seafood and trapping industry would come to be they never would have let it go but who cared about just marshland they really didn t seem to be worth anything at least not any thing to fight about this was free country you could go anywhere you wanted anytime you wanted there was fishing hunting no game wardens no licenses no nonresident laws nobody to bother you and so no one took any interest in it the resources of this part of the state were invisible but the upper part was visible as anyone could see what was there and this is the reason people potested so hard against it so louisiana exteneded her line to pearl river and followed it south to the mouth of the river and nothing more was said for a long time until many years later a dispute arose again about the boundary line  biloxi we all know that biloxi is one of the oldest cities in the us but was for a long time asleep or like something undernourished and remained that way for many years with its fine harbor and eveything to offe an opppotunity for bisiness but nothing yet in sight there were a few residents along fron beach no drive other than sandbed roads for horse and wagons a few houses scattered here and there all the way out to back bay howard avenue was only a sandbed road which at that time was called pass christian road running from oak street at point cadet to porter avenue then crossing where the the l n railroad is today and running west all the way to pass christian for which it was named and was the only means of traveling along the coast there were very few residents along the coast a few in mississippi city and long beach and on up to pass christian the few families who lived around biloxi made their living planting gardens some catching oysters and fish and selling the few they could some raising cattle herding and driving them as far as mobile crossing the pascagoula river and others on ferryboats and selling them for beef sometime later the sawmills began to start sawing timber and they picked out places along the different rivers where there was navigation and created a market for lumber ship island was then used fro for an anchoring ground for shipsthe mills would load the lumber on smaller vessels which would convey it to the ships the butchers then had a market for their meat which was mostly raised across the north side of back bay they would butcher their meat bring it across the bay in rowboats load it in wagons haul it to front beach of biloxi and there to ship island in boats that were used for freighting provisions and othe things to the ships thatcreated some circulation of money and the fishermenbegan to get a little business so there a couple of little oyster shops built and people from thecountry would cross the bay in rowboats which were then used for ferrys to buy from these shops they woiuld have a little money along to buy groceies too the stores would get their supplies by water either from new orleans or mobile there was no railroad as yet and after a few years of this slow but sure going the railroad came along the l n from mobile to new orleans this was a little before or after the year 1870  early shippers with transportation an opportunity for shipping seafood out of biloxi arose sawmills being established all over the backwoods and the raising of cotton and other products built up a lot of towns increased the population and opened a market for seafood by shipping via new orleans and mobile the oyster dealers would dispose of their goods and oyster shops began to sparing up william gorenflo started a business near the campgrounds methodist seashore on front beach as did a man by the name of domingo and also jimmy maycox sic these three shops were between the campgrounds and the lighthouse farther east in fron beach of the harbor was philmore desporte fw elmer sr established an oyster shop at the foot of main street main street is the oldest street in biloxi and runs all the way from front beach of biloxi to back bay john t maberry sic started his business at the foot of oak street and started shipping oysters and the business began to extend farther up the state and into alabama and tennessee and louisiana  laz lopez just about this time laz lopez came to biloxi and stayed around doing odd jobs here and there laz lopez was a very brilliant man not altogether in education but in business sense thus he went into the oyster business starting on a small scakle and becoming one of the largest shippers he built up his business as he went along sometimes having to wait for his returns from his shipments in order to pay off his fishemen the fleet of boats was now large enough to go out into the marshes where the oysters were better and more plentiful and would get paid on their return he acquired a good business and quiet a few shells had accmulated these shells were put to good use and used to surface the streets and a road was built from point cadet to porter avenue the shells were also used on the front beach to surface it the shells were hauled in wagons and dump carts and spread on the road and left for horses and wagons to smash as there were no crushers  biloxi canning company business being good william gorenflo mr wkm dukate carl f theobald who was an old biloxi resident got to gether and built the biloxi cannning company the same plant at the foot of reynoir street out on back bay as now stands this plant was built was built not only for the oyster business but these men had in mind the packing of steamed oysters but how were they to get at it they knew nothing of the handling and processing they became acquainted with a mr patton charles patton of baltimore maryland the state of maryland is the mother state of the oyster packing industry and mr patton was an experienced man in the business he was planning to go to california to pack fruits and vegetables they had him stop over in biloxi for a while to show them how to pack oysters and so started their business and were successful though only on a small scale there was no can manufacturing in this part of the country and cans had to be gotten out west or in the northeast where can were then made the boats would bring plenty enough oysters in but the process of packing was very slow because everything including the sealing of the cans had to be done by hand using soldering irons much the same as plumbers and tin smith s are now the solder was made in triangular bars about 12 inch thick and about 18inches long rosin was used for soldering fluid later on the halfway round iron was adopted it could spin around the cap and this helped some and made a little more progress after getting pretty well started mr patton decided to continue his journey west and told his employers he was ready to leave they decided to call a meeting mr gorenflo dukate lopez and patton were present and the subject was mr patton s departure some of them were willing to let him go but mr dukate said that mr patton was needed as they still had more to learn of course mr dukate has another idea they agreed then to get him to stay awhile longer but he insisted on going mr dukate was anxious to see him stay and made him an offer which the rest agreed to and was that if he would stay his salary would be increased and he would be given a fifth interest in the business mr patton accepted  shrimp  prior to that time some shrimp had been handled by picking the heads off boiling them and putting them in 2 3 and 5 gallon cans in preservaline  each packer using his own formula john t mayberry being a chemist made his own formula and it was the best of all a good many of the others tried to buy the recipe but he would not sell to anyone after mayberry died his wife gradually drifted out of the business and gave the recipe to ulysses lul desporte who succeeded his brother philmore who has been in the oyster business he made use of the formula until it was outlawed by the health department presevalene didn t seem tpo appeal much to the members of the biloxi canning company though  canning shrimp sometime after mr patton agreed to stay with the company mr dukate came upon a new idea he consulted mr patton and asked that if he didn t thnk since oysters could be canned and processed that shimp could be as well mr patton agreed and and began to experiment but it wasn t as easy as oysters they had quite a job they boiled shrimp in a vat by putting them in sacks tying the sackes boiling a few minutes having them peeled put in cams and processed after a few days the cans were opened but the shrimp didn t look too well they tried again and again using different tie in boiling and processing without success something was wrong each time the shrimp would always have a dark stain they were about to give it up and that called for another meeting mr patton was asked what he thjought about it should they give up mr patton said no as he had another idea his idea was that the cans should be lined they tried it using white cotton cloth and had bags made filled wiht shrimp and put them in cans sealed and processed them after a few days the cans were opened and there was no stain this was the start of the shrimp packing industry every woman in the neighborhood who had a sewing machine had a job sewing bags for them and kept it up for a few years until better methods were discovered mr patton should be credited for his knowledge that started others in the packing business and so from time to time the methods improved and the capacity became greater and greater and as the industry became larger they began to expand  the dunbars  the dunbars has sic been operating a factory in new olreans and decided to come to biloxi and establish a factory they merged with mr lopez took some of the machiney fom their plant in new oleans brought it to biloxi and the lopez dunbars sons company established a factory just east of the foot of oak street lopez dunbars sons was established in 1884 sic the dunbars were residents of louisiana after they got started the barataria canning compnay established a factory at the east end of point cadet and started packing oysters and shrimp they handled raw oysters as well as steamed oysters all imitating the old biloxi canning company  the hitchcock company by that time biloxi began to wake up and along about the year 1890 a company from baltimore came to biloxi to establish a factory the hitchcock company just east of the lopez dunbar sons company and situated between this company and the two others this one had just gotten started when the lopez company bought them out made improvements on it and used it for their main plant by this time there had been considerable improvements made in the handling of shrimp as the shrimp had to be bought in from the marshes which was quite a distance the boats had to carry ice to preserve the shrimp it was discovered that if these iced shrimp were picked before they were boiled they would pick easier boil firmer and there was much less bulk the sealing of cans was much easier and faster the caps of the cans were now solder hemmed the capping irons were made perfectly round to fit the the cap also the regular soldering fluid came into use and just a small brush was needed to dip and pass over the caps drops the iron in place and the can would be sealed all around at one time of course there were seveal men sealing at the time and after buying out the new plant the lopez dunbars sons company would steam the oysters have them shucked have the shrimp peeled and transfer both to the otherplant across a little bridge built with tracks on which a small car was rolled the l n railroad company ran a track from the crossing at oak street to the warehouse where they could be easily loaded in the meantime after the purchase of the hitchcock plant the lopez company paid the barataria company for a fiveyear shutdown this meant that they would not handle oysters othe than that what could be gotten from the grounds leased fom the otts who owned from the east end of point cadet to the l n bridge and which was a bedding ground under this contract they were allowed to handle shrimp thus the lopez dunbars sons company monopolized the packing of steamed oysters their business became so large they had to import labor  the bohemians now there were numbers of polish people and others who woked in vegetable factories in the north during summer months and were idle in the winter these people were offered a job which they accepted a train was chartered which brought them to biloxi now in order for the company lopez dunbars sons company to get back the cost of their transportation little brass checks about onehalf inch wide and 1inch long were made these checks were worth 7 12 cents each these imported people had a separate place in the factory fom the native people to weigh the oysters they shucked and the checks they would get were punched and worth only 6 cents this made them pay 1 12 cents on each cup of oysters for their transportation these checks were good only at their own places of business until that was outlawed and employees had to be paid in cash from then on the difference was made up in the weight  parchment liners while the barataria factory was closed on the oyster business they kept on packing shrimp the general manager s name was isidore heidenheim and the foreman was george edwards from baltimore he had three sons and a daughter  harry edwards  eddie edwards george edwards jr and jennie edwards who married the elder louis johnson of biloxi old harry edwards died and his elder son harry took his place as foreman he began to experiment a little more on shrimp there was a kind of paper manufactured in philadelphia pennsylvania called parchment which was ater and stain proof he used a sample of it and cut it to fit the cnas with a circle for the tops and bottoms and packed shrimp with this parchment liners it proved to be a lot better and much easier than the cloth line and all other packers adopted it and gave the size they wanted to the firm in philadelphia and from then on they were shipped to biloxi by millions in packages of 500 ech cased up in 50 and 100 thousand lots and were used until just a few years ago when the enameled tin cans came into use now the cans don t need lining  packing wet shrimp harry edwards also packed the first wet packed shrimp all the shrimp packed in the first few years were dry and the market was out west and until yet the market is better  65 years of mississippi seafood history  published in the daily herald on july 3 1933 p 16 fish oysters shrimp crabsthese seafoods have played a large part in biloxi s history not only being important as foods in the days  befo de wah   but they have played a large part in the town s business and economic history for more than 65 years in the early days when new orleans and delta families began to establish summer homes here there were men who made a living for their families by catching and selling seafoods some few coast residents are living who can remember the time when fish were kept in heavy net wire boxes at the ends of the fish wharves the fish box was drawn out of the water by windlass and the purchaser indicated this fish or that as the one desiredand the windlass lowered the box back into the water it is said that most of the fish wharves were run by spaniards years later when ice was manufactured here the present of iced fish came into use the only ice previous to the establishment of the plant here in 1884 came from mobile oysters were first shipped out by schooner in bushel sacks of course unopened and went to nearby points with the coming of the railroad in 1870 they were shipped by rail still in bushel sacks to montgomery vicksburg memphis etc  filmore desporte  18561891 is credited by his family with being the first man to ship raw oysters out of biloxi sending them to yazoo city but others claim that a spaniard by the name of fresquitte   peter a pons and antonio catchot of ocean springs were shipping oysters to new orleans and mobile by rail as early as 1872     was the first shipper of raw oysters having sent them to his brother in vicksburg in the early days oysters were eaten all the year round with the summer trade the best as the summer colonists enjoyed them as a change of diet and meat was not easily procured now there is a tradition that oysters should be eaten only in the months in which an r is foundthough of course they are eaten the year round by many  not true in the 1860s people were using the r rule see the daily picayune about oysters september 8 1867 p 8  the late william gorenflo sr  is generally credited with being the pioneer in the shrimp and oyster industry and is authority for the statement that the finest oysters in this vicinity are to be found in back bay on  ballast bank   where it is believed from articles recovered from the water at that point that the d iberville boats in order to get up the bay to safe harbor threw overboard guns boxes and belongings this reef was about to be exhausted and mr gorenflo proposed that several thousand barrels of shell be planted there which was done with successful outcome the preservation of this bank was carried on in varying ways for many years for a long time oystermen were compelled by city ordinance to open all oysters caught there on the bank returning the shells to the water this however was changed a few years back in the interest of sanitation among the first shippers of raw seafoods were the senior mr gorenflo  l lopez sr   fw elmer sr  and his fatherinlaw  james maycock  all now deceased the first shipping plant was at the foot of main street and front beach later the plant was moved to reynoir and the beach for one season they were in front of the drysdale property  now known as beach hotel then they moved back to the foot of reynoir street where they leased their ground from the city for two years next the two rival companies merged and were joined by wkm dukate who had come here as a western union operator and the plant was moved to the north end of reynoir street and called the biloxi canning company  the beginning of the industry in its present type is placed at about 1874  hj meaut  perhaps the last surviving biloxian of those stirring days was mayor in 1875 and he was the first man to use shells for the building of roads he had them used to fill in the ruts in the long road which led out reynoir street to the bay and placed clay in the center of the road where the horses walked this led to the system of shell roads and streets for which biloxi was famous for years before the automobile forced the building of hard surfaced roads by the late seventies the oyster industry was well launched oysters were steamed before being opened and canned in their own liquor with a process not so different from that use now  packing shrimp the effort to pack shrimp was fraught with many weary hours of experimentation with heavy loss of funds and many heart breaking experiences before there was any measure of success the present sanitary wholesome can of shrimp is the result of years of continuous research and experimentation in the early days the factories boiled the shrimp in the hulls placed them in large muslin bags and a cart delivered them to the homes were the entire family assisted in hullingthe carts returning for the flesh for canning and the hulls from which fertilizer was made this was slow and expensive the some bright mind suggested picking tables under the large trees near the plant and later the tables were established on the long gallery which ran around the factory and this led to the present type tables in buildings around which pickers stand the problem was keeping shrimp from turning black in the cans the senior mr dunbar another family name long prominent in canning companies was a shoe salesman in massachusetts when the war between the states opened and sent his wife and family to france to her people there the boys learned to make syrups and cordials and upon their return to the states such a business was established in new orleans mr dunbar wished to can shrimp and many times made money with his syrups and cordials only to lose it in is efforts with shrimp his wife sugggested a muslin bag inside the can this was tried found good and the idea patented biloxi packers were using corn shucks cut to line the cans the shucks were hard to obtain in quanity and were cut by hand and the packers were eagerly looking for a safer quicker method seeing the late tp dulion open a cheese box in the old lopez grocery the elder gorenflo thought he had found a way veneer wood was secured from cincinatti the idea patented dies bought for cutting the tops and sides for the lining and about a 100 cases canned opened a few weeks later they were black as ink they then built a huge tank turned pipes for live stream into this and with a great quantity of soda this veneer was boiled and reboiled until the wood was white and the water clear and the pack was considered succesful about this time the dunbar patent expired and they could use the muslin bag next a parchment paper lining came into use but this was expensive as it had to be bought abroad a few years later an american parchment could be bought and this was used until about six years ago when some research department government or canning company found a laquer for cans which resisted the fruit juice effects and this could be used for shrimp two types of laquer have beeen used but the fruit juice type came into use about four years ago and is the best thing yet tried however the canning of shrimp is not easy and through the last few months scientists of a can company research department and from the government have been at work here trying to remove the last uncertainties from the process it seems the best way to test shrimp for spoilage is by odor as a bad odor will show up long before the meat is dangerous for consumption factory whistles blow from 4 am on and the shuckers hasten to their posts as work must be well started before the canning crew can get underway one factory here was credited with canning 1500 barrels in one day this spring working from 4 am to 730 pm which is a phenomenal pack since 1900 there have been a few women who have taken important parts in the executive end of the packing or raw shipping business the first of these  mrs sophie kuhn desporte  went into mr desporte s plant at the foot of lameuse street shortly before their marriage they worked together he handling the buying of the raw seafood product and the workmen and she handling the office and selling except she also kept an eagle eye on everything that went on in the plant her hours were often from 4 am till long passed dark but mr and mrs desporte had a successful plant she continued in the work until 1925 when mr desporte s health broke the plant was leased for some years but is now completly closed  mrs joseph edward wentzell was the next local woman to enter the executive end of the seafood business and with her husband and his brother has run a raw shipping for some twenty years or more the late mrs i heidenheim who was miss  anna eve riego  18741931 of new orleans before her marriage went into the office of the old barataria company in 1913 when this company was reorganized in 1917 she was given an executive position and upon her husband s death soon after she became general manager in which capacity she served until her death a few years ago mrs mary skrmetti anticich was the next woman to enter the executive end taking over the management of the biloxi trading and packing company in 1919 when she was quite young mrs anticich was born in isle brac dalmatia province now jugoslavia coming here with her parentswhen she was about two years old she is credited with being a good business woman at the age of ten as she had served as interference between her father and uncles and the bankers and businessmen since she was so little she was placed on a table in their midst mrs anticich now operates the anticich packing company and some allied interests fortunes in this industry have neve been stable one company will go broke in a certain locality only to have another company take the same location and wax richthis has happpened often in biloxi and oftener than in other industries it is common for a foreign born boatman to who came here to work for some company to learn the business gradually save money and buy a boat or work one out for a factory and with his sons finally go into the canning business with some member of the family in each department many of them get rich others suffer the usual ups and downs financially but a packer long familiar with the industry here states that in her belief the industry in the next several years will be in the hands of and governed by these families and groups of foreign born or decent owners who work right along in the factory  remember by ernest desporte antonio pons   biloxi s retail fish business between main and reynoir streets flourished a unique retail fish business each fish dealer had a small building on the south side of the wharf from which he operated  as fish could not be sold unless alive  they had live fish boxes that could be raised and lowered into the water to an advisable depth the boxes in which the live fish were kept were made so that water flowed through them giving the fish fresh moving water the fish dealer owned skiff trammel nets and a large fish car  the car was a contraption in which the catch was put the fisherman would take two skiffs a set of trammel nets and row over to deer island or along the coast looking for enough fish to set their nets accompanying them was a man with the fish car in which to put the fish when the car was sufficiently filled the car attendant would swim it to the dealer as he had no other means of propelling it the fish was transferred to the dealer s fish box when a customer came the fish box was raised from the water for the prospective buyer s inspection and the choosing of his fish swimming in the water the fish chosen was scooped up and strung on a piece of palmetto for the buyer names of men in this business were  magrots   matlaya   antonio   tony pons   18441911 and louis solari  18681932  the flounder torch by ernest desporte  the evolution of the torch used to flounder  withfirst we used a wine basket suspended from a shaft about five feet long on the butt of the shaft was part of a wooden hoop which was held against the body  the fuel was pine knots  one man carried a sack of pine knots and the other the torch whne you passed under a wharf and somebody dropped a little bag of sand on your torch it hit the water and you usually did also the next type of torch which came into use which was a big improvement was one in which you burned cotton balls  you would make a half dozen cotton balls and soak them in kerosene oil one party would carry the torch while his partner would a carry a twelve quart bucket in which was the cotton balls soaking in oil this was also a good one to sandbag usually when a small sand bag was dropped on the shaft your torch hit the water and you were in complete darkness the next improvement in the torch was the use of an asbestos ball suspended from a pipe attached to a tank filled with kerosene oil that dripped on the asbestos ball  that was the last type of torch used the coming of the reflector gas or electric light eliminated the fun of sand bagging  a story of mississippi s seafood industry the mississippi croatian story overcoming adversity by kat bergeron sun herald south mississippi s news leader  reprinted with permission from the april 27 2014 issue   the croatians of the mississippi coast love to tell the story of nikola skrmetta who immigrated from the dalmatian coast in the late 1890s biloxi was growing strong seafood legs in need of workers to harvest and can oysters and shrimp with a legendary strength of 10 men he went to work in the laborintensive industry this one man is credited with starting an early 20th century immigrant title wave of other slavonians coming to work on the gulf coast the story goes that nicholas nick skrmetta his americanized name jumped ship in new orleans and soon found himself in biloxi as he stood at a trolley stop he struck up a conversation with laz lopez owner of a factory and fleet of schooners the story further explains he could not speak english and lopez could not speak croatian so they communicated in a mixed european language that included italian that day lopez offered skrmetta a job lopez was so impressed with his energy and hard work that he asked are there any more like you there were hundreds of them their offspring number in the thousands now skrmetta convinced family and friends that america was the land of opportunity at that time their homeland was under the thumb of the austrianhungarian empire life was tough for nonroyals and many young men were being conscripted into the army known for its cruel treatment of soldiers the  daily herald  in may 1905 declared in a headline many slavs coming are driven to america by untoward conditions wars and conquerors had historically pockmarked the peace and prosperity of their central european homeland in 1903 in response to skrmetta s convincing the first contingent of austrians as they were then called arrived by way of ellis island this group of five from the village of bobovisce included steve m sekul and peter m skrmetta they were as hard working as the first skrmetta and factory and schooner owners wanted even more like them austrians obliged that first group sent for wives and children and more men to work a move repeated again and again  freedom in america eventually whole extended families settled in biloxi forming a closeknit community on the peninsula known as point cadet when skrmetta died in 1918 the herald  reported he will be greatly missed by biloxians and especially those of his people who relied on him for advice in their affairs women and older children worked in canneries as did some of the men although many worked on the boats and docks at first they lived on biloxi s version of cannery row in small camp housing but they saved and eventually built their own fisherman cottages some bought their own schooners this early 20th century wave of immigrants has been variously called austrians yugoslavians and croatians depending on what stage of history their homeland was in about 250 families came in that wave and they tended to have lots of children in america it wasn t an easy life but they could live free and that was most important said anthony sic fofo gilich president of the centuryold slavonian benevolent association of st nichole headquartered in biloxi coming to the united states was a big opportunity the first croatians were ambitious and some became factory and boat owners even factory owners themselves or their children did education was important and that lead to croatian doctors lawyers pharmacists and business leaders they had arrived with little money no safety net and no assurance of success they taught us leadership and not to be afraid of anything gilich at 66 is a computer program developer and grandson to one of the 1903 dalmatian arrivals gilich s first job was catching cans off the conveyer belts of sea coast packing company owned by his grandfather and located where the golden nugget casino now sits he estimates that less than five percent of the descendants now work in the seafood industry  coast waves of slavs french polish these early 20th century immigrants supplied much of the brawn for the coast s seafood industry the region s economic engine but the croatians were actually the second wave of immigrants to make mississippi seafood buzz in 1890 the first socalled bohemians arrived by trainloads to work for factories to fill a local labor shortage these seasonal workers mostly of polish background came from baltimore already a few croatians had settled in the gulf region to work with oysters during the postcivil war central european migration explained a november 1893  herald  they are austrians or descendants of austrian parentage a hardy economical and industrious class worthy and good men but the wave of slavonian immigrants spurred by the skrmettalopez acquaintance didn t begin until 1903 that was followed in 1914 by the first acadians or louisiana cajuns then in the late 1970s by the vietnamese few of the bohemians seasonal by nature stayed permanently so their place in seafood history is an early dot and the vietnamese are still writing their chapter a century later the french and slavonians have proven their staying power like a lot of immigrants they went from being workers and laborers to being prominent citizens politicians lawyers business owners and doctors playing important community roles said murella hebert powell biloxi s historian emeritus in the beginning they were the backbone of the seafood industry it s remarkable that the acadians and the slavonians who at first couldn t talk to each other because of language barriers were soon marrying each other yet each of these groups have managed to hold on to their own identities the french still have their fleur de lis society and the croatians have their slavonian benevolent association they became a melting pot but they retained that individuality as a people the yugoslavs were making gumbo and the cajuns making pusaratas pusaratas are a type of european fruit doughnut ball still popular on the coast and gumbo is a seafood stew brought from louisiana  tradition tradition  croatian traditions remain strong although like many americanized cultures they are fading the nativelanguage songs often accompanied by an accordion are now more of a rarity than commonplace at the slavonian lodge their south slavic language too is rarely heard on the coast i didn t grow up speaking the language said capt pete skrmetta 88yearold patriarch of the family that runs the ship island ferry and son of the 1903 skrmetta immigrant of the same name that was the only language my father spoke when he was young but he married my mother from bay st louis and she didn t speak it but he d continue to use the language when speaking with the croatians who worked with him catching oysters and shrimp some of the kids in school like john misko and peter barhanovich was raised up with the language and they spoke it we were all raised up with the cajuns and the polish people we all went to school together and were friends the cajun people liked to  fais do do  have a good time the croatians were very serious people we worked hard saved money and invested where we came from only the strong survived religion also played an important role as evidenced by st michael catholic church on point cadet known as the fishermen s church it began as a mission in 1907 for the immigrants living in camp houses and working long hours each time factory whistles blew to announce fresh seafood arrivals the modern version of the church with its seashell dome is noted for its christian symbols of the sea a generation ago st stephens day was a huge slavonian observance with the making of a special wine called prucke from european raisins one tradition that continues is the spring blessing of the fleet an ancient european tradition open to fishermen of all cultural backgrounds to assure a bountiful and safe harvest many of the seafood festival kings and queens have come from this croatian community  a cultural center still abuzz the biloxi lodge remains the center point for this immigrant community now two three and four generations as americans parties balls weddings even funerals are held there and stone plaques list all deceased members they first formed in 1913 as the austrianslavonian benevolent association to fill the social needs as well as subscriptions to pay sick and disabled seafood workers tragedy struck early when in 1916 the treasurer also a founder killed himself after admitting to misappropriating funds for personal use accustomed to adversity they moved forward in 1921 in response to yugoslavia now holding sway in their homeland biloxi croatians got a new charter as the slavonian benevolent association st nicola the lodge they maintained became the center of their lives but was visited by others who gladly shared their traditions and entertainments especially their dances and music in 1956 the lodge installed an air conditioner at the behest of member yankee barhanovich a promoter who planned a set of concerts that included elvis presley the current lodge now called the croatian american cultural center replaces the one on myrtle street built in 1938 inundated in 1969 by hurricane camille and destroyed in 2005 by hurricane katrina they say that building back better than before is proof they d learned the lesson of overcoming adversity it is an impressive 4 million building reflective of the croatian community s prosperity but especially of the importance that descendants put on their roots  oh so many iches  mississippi s americancroatians continue to visit the homeland where some still have ties many have links to dalmatia an historical region of croatia on the eastern coast of the adriatic sea among the many islands of this region is brac from which hailed recognizable coast names mavar pitalo sekul skrmetta radish marinovich kuljis to name a few the local joke was if the names ended in viches and iches you could safely bet they had slavonian roots among others lucky enough to leave their wartorn homeland for mississippi shores brought the names of stanovich rosetti barhanovich mladinich marinovich simonich trebotich peresich cvitanovich covacevich fillipich radich polovich popovich gruich gabrich cerinich misco hire ragusin and halat to name a few more they never forgot where they came from nor did those they left behind in september 1937 the  southern slavonian herald  an englishlanguage newspaper that published in belgrade featured a biloxi water scene and this explanation that was repeated in the  daily herald  newspaper that published in belgrade featured a biloxi water scene and this explanation that was repeated in the  daily herald  not dalmatia s romantic riviera but the mississippi gulf coast at biloxi where for more than 50 years dalmatian fisherfolk have had this colony and where hundreds of jugoslavs are today engaged in the fishing and canning industry   kat bergeron a veteran feature writer specializing in gulf coast history and sense of place is retired from the sun herald    biloxi seafood chronology   pre1900   1860 state of mississippi passed an oyster law on february 10 1860   1865 jackson county mississippi had the 1860 oyster law amended to remove impediments to the oyster trade in jackson county  these amenments were  article 9  an act to prevent the destruction of oysters is repealed  section 2  be it further encated that said act of the 10th of february 1860 shall not be construed as to take away or in anywise impair the common rights of citizens of this state to the free use of the natural oyster beds which may exist in its waters  section 3  be it further enacted that it shall not be lawful under the provisions of this act for any person to take oysters or clams situated upon land which is the property of another person without the consent of the owner  section 4  be it further enacted that this act taked effect from and after its passage approved november 24 1865 the laws of mississippi chapter ccxlvii p 453  1867 new orleans has always been a large oyster consuming city the general opinion in 1867 was that the best oysters called barataria  were harvested from the coast of louisiana on both sides of the mississippi river raw oysters from pass christian biloxi and other mississippi coastal communites were also being shipped to the crescent city for consumption  fourteen barrels of harvested oysters was considered an average days work people at this time were adhering to the  no r rule   ie oysters were generally not eaten in months of the years that had no r making the oyster gathering and eating season september thru april  the daily picayune september 8 1867 p 8  1872 peter a pons company dealer in oysters will ship on line of new orleans mobile texas railroad the handsborodemocrat october 5 1872  1876  the handsboro democrat july 1 1876 in july 1876  george washington dunbar  18161878 and george hacker dunbar  18441917 his son went to washington dc and obtained a patent in the processing and canning of shrimp george h dunbar is credited with improving the packaging of shrimp as to retain its freshness color and delicate flavor the us patent office granted the dunbar patent without hesitation after its chemical inspectors examined the dunbar product the daily picayune july 16 1876 p 11  deer island oyster and fish company  oysters and fish in any amounts oysters supplied open in cans buckets or in shell or by the sack or car load the biloxi mirror september 9 1876 p 3  1877 emile laudner  nee ladner 18401890 proprietor of the deer island oyster and fish company bought a lot on the beach front at biloxi between ac nixon and hp buckley from burissa bradford holley  18081881 in january 1877 emile laudner became a two term mayor of biloxi 18831884 and 18871888 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 15 p 401  1880 louisiana was the first of mississippi s coastal neighbors to pass legislation preventing the removal of oysters from its waters  in 1880 and again in july 1882 their legislature ruled in house bill no 308 that no person who is not a citizen or resident of the state of louisiana shall be permitted or allowed to plant oyster beds at or in or to take oysters by fishery from any place above enumerated within the limits of or under the jurisdiction of the state of louisiana the daily capitolianadvocate baton rouge july 3 1882 p 3 the  1881 the harrison county board of supervisors appointed william f gorenflo james maycock and jd mayer to draft an ordinance regulating the catching and cultivation of oysters in harrison county mississippi the pascagoulademocrat star may 20 1881 p 3  the lopez elmer and company  this company was organized in 1881 with a capital stock of 8000 by lazaro lopez 18501903 f william elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 william gorenflo 18441932 and james maycock 18261892  the pascagoula democratstar reported on december 30 1881 that the company was placing its canning machines in the factory the proprietors had over one hundred local white men and boys on the payroll they were employed as follows fortyfour openers fortyfive men manning fifteen boats twenty or more canners and wharf men the pascagoula democratstar december 30 1881 p 3  1883 biloxi canning company the initial efforts of the lopez elmer and company were crude but ready markets were available and the organization was profitable the lopez elmer and company was dissolved in 1884 and the biloxi canning company a corporation organized under the laws of the state of mississippi was chartered on march 23 1883 the land on which the lopez elmer and company plant was built in 1881 was purchased from joseph diaz jr 18451923 and adele santa cruz diaz 18461915 on june 29 1881 for 100 harco ms land deed bk18 p 20 the lot had a front of 82 feet on back bay and ran south 196 feet reynoir street was the western boundary diaz had purchased a tract here in 1873 from john bradford it was 82 feet x 950 feet and cost 200 harco ms land deed bk 13 pp 553554 in december 1886 cf theobald fw elmer and charles patten 18391922 of the biloxi canning company bought a lot east of reynoir with 45 feet fronting on the back bay of biloxi from nicholas taltavull for 60 it was 200 feet deep and ran to the back bay road harco ms land deed bk 21 p 549  1885 the biloxi canning company signed a contract with the victor manuafacturing company of dayton ohio for a 5ton ice machine  four cold storage rooms 12 feet by 12 feet were planned the biloxi herald september 21 1895 p 8 and march 28 1896 p 8  the barataria canning company was chartered to operate in the state of mississippi on april 4 1885 the incorporators were simon gumble 18321909 isidore heidenheim 18521918 william h lengsfield 18511925 isidore hechinger 18571927 and harry edwards 18601929 harrison county mississippi chancery court chattel deed book 20 p 462  general joseph r davis  18251896 representing the biloxi canning company filed an injunction to restrain jackson county mississippi officials from enforcing an ordinance recently passed relating to the catching of shrimp  the daily picayune august 31 1885 p 3  1886 the yellow fever quarantine at biloxi shut down the seafood industry here  the biloxi canning company closed its doors on 22 october and released its approximately 70 employees these laborers were entirely dependent upon the factory for their subsistence the pascagoula democratstar october 22 1886 p 2  1887 the  biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company  was founded in early 1887 it was a stock company headed by john walker 18341907 president theodore p dulion 18611907 treasurer wkm dukate 18531916 secretary and general manager and re lee elder 18651931 chief engineer john wein 18511931 was the assistant engineer dyer 1895  1888 the  biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company is now prepared to take ice orders  from all along the coast the biloxi herald march 31 1888 p 8  the oyster law  see the biloxi herald april 28 1888 p 1  edward c joullian  18631931 acquired the knights of labor factory on back bay from rowena lm nixon 18401917 and moved his family from scranton pascagoula mississippi this week and is now here permanently mr joullian will engage in the shipping of shrimp and raw oysters  the tract was conveyed to joullian for 400 it had a front on back bay of 61 ¾ feet and ran south to bayou auguste the biloxi herald july 28 1888 p 8 and harrison co mississippi land deed bk 24 p 84   the biloxi herald august 11 1888 p 1    the gulf coast shippers and packers association will meet at elmer s hal l on august 13th the biloxi herald august 11 1888 p 8  william gorenflo company packers of canned goods and shippers of raw oysters prompt shipments and low prices guaranteed located at 209 east back bay in 1922  lopez dunbar s sons company packers of oysters shrimp figs vegetables etc and shippers of raw oysters send for price list  phil desporte shipper of raw oysters in bulk opened or in sealed cans front street foot lameuse price list on application  fw elmer shipper raw oysters orders promptly attended to front street near main  ec joullain packing company canned goods and raw oysters located at 251 east back bay in 1905  phil mccabe shipper of raw oyster manufacturer of oyster cans dealer in groceries hardware pass christian and lameuse streets  jt maybury shipper of raw oysters and canned shrimp and dealer in groceries maybury 18411894 also from baltimore buried at mobile also mercantile interest  1889 the by charles w slagle peter f winebrenner and david e winebrenner all of baltimore maryland their plant was situated on point cadet east of oak street it was acquired in august 1891 by the lopez dunbar sons company for 25000 the management of lopez dunbar son consisted of of lazaro lopez frank dunbar wkm dukate foucher dunbar and george h dunbar harrison co mississippi land book 24 pp 6972 and book 27 p 49  fw elmer  announced in midnovember that he w as no longer affiliated with the biloxi canning company  he is  now in business shipping raw oysters  on his own account the biloxi herald november 16 1889 p 4  lopez dunbar s sons company has made large additions to their shucking sheds to improve working conditions white and black workers are needed  the biloxi herald november 16 1889 p 4  1890 biloxi canneries in february 1890  the biloxi herald announced that there were six large factories and many raw oyster dealers operating at biloxi the journal listed the following canning factoriesoyster shippers on february 22 1890 p 3  biloxi canning company packers of canned goods and shippers of raw oysters wa gordon president cf theobald secretary  barataria canning company i heidenheim secretary packers of hermetically sealed oysters shrimp figs and vegetables  william gorenflo company packers of canned goods and shippers of raw oysters prompt shipments and low prices guaranteed  lopez dunbar s sons company packers of oysters shrimp figs vegetables etcand shippers of raw oysters send for price list  phil desporte shipper of raw oysters in bulk opened or in sealed cans front street foot lameuse price list on application  fw elmer shipper raw oysters orders promptly attended to front street near main  ec joullain packing company canned goods and raw oysters back bay  phil mccabe shipper of raw oyster manufacturer of oyster cans dealer in groceries hardware pass christian and lameuse streets  jt maybury shipper of raw oysters and canned shrimp and dealer in groceries maybury  bohemians another salient facet of the coast s seafood history was the bohemians with the exponential growth of oyster canning especially at biloxi between the late 1880s and until the first world war the local labor force was insufficient to meet the seasonal demand of its factories among the first migrant workers enlisted to ameliorate this situation were people of eastern european origin primarily from poland they preceded by about a decade the major influx of austrians seafood workers at biloxi from the dalmatian coast of present day croatia  kopszywa family the kopszywa family led a peripatetic existence very characteristic of bohemians at this time before finally at biloxi mississippi as an example of a bohemian s family life the author has compiled a biographical sketch of this family s journey from polish immigrants to productive americans seafood workers edward eugene kopszywa 18871962 was born in sedziskow poland he arrived in maryland on september 8 1904 sailing from bremen germany circa 1907 he married mary misiora 18891939 also polish born who came to baltimore circa 1901 from zagorzyce poland mr kopszywa became an american citizen at baltimore on june 17 1917 declaration of intention no 823august 1 1913 at baltimore maryland petition for naturalization no 2716 at baltimore marylandmarch 1917 and the daily herald november 20 1939 p 3 by 1909 the edward e kopszywa family was domiciled at pass christian mississippi with their first three children joseph a kopszywa 19091959 m waltie frank e kopszywa 19101983 m carrie breal 19111997 and walter a kopszywa 19121987 m madeline alfreda everett joseph was born in mississippi while his siblings were natives of baltimore harrison co mississippi 1920 federal census r t625877 p 23a ed 52 the family returned to baltimore where henry kopszywa 19141973 m roumania everett and edward e kopszywa jr 19161987 m madeline prims 19172003 were born in 1917 edward kopszywa was employed as a brass caster by wh hines at pasadena maryland before may 1919 the family had returned to the mississippi coast as mr kopszywa was master of the i heidenheim a biloxi fishing schooner by 1920 at pass christian both edward and mary m kopszywa were employed with other bohemians at the dunbardukate cannery managed by rudolph v abbley formerly of biloxi ww i draft registration cardbaltimore maryland the daily herald may 13 1919 p 1 and harrison co mississippi 1920 federal census r t625877 p 23a ed 52 when mary kopszywa died on oak street in november 1939 edward kopszywa was at sea on the  jane  a freight schooner she had been a member of the seafood worker s association in may 1940 at bay st louis captain kopszywa married inez anna holley 19201999 a native of pass christian mississippi the daily herald november 20 1939 p 3 and june 10 1940 p 5 the other kopszywa children born on the mississippi coast and were reared on crawford and oak street in biloxi stanley j kopszywa 19201969 m lola brousssard 19262004 and mary fields richelle leona kopszywa 19221992 married jack gazzo 19211952 and anna kopszywa 19262010 married joseph a smolcich 19222010 it appears that the sea coast packing company the first and only cannery at biloxi that was owned and operated by baltimorians  was the first to import what the biloxi people called the bohemians  these people resided at baltimore maryland  which at this time was a major seafood canning center the term bohemian was derived from bohemia  a former kingdom and province of the hapsburg empire which is now a part of western czechoslovakia  they spoke a slavic dialect closely related to slovak polish serbocroatian and russian  in general a bohemian at biloxi could represent immigrants primarily from northern and eastern europe on occasions they were blatantly referred to as bohunks in january 1890  sixty bohemians arrived at biloxi by train to work for sea coast packing and they were quartered at the hotel de bohemia  surely a sarcastic euphemism for factoryowned labor camp many locals came to observe these strangers from baltimore and decided that they had neither tusks nor tails  this group departed biloxi in may 1890 for baltimore the biloxi herald january 11 1890 p 4 and may 17 1890 p 4 by november 1890 the second contingent of bohemians were employed at sea coast packing when 30 of their group became disenchanted with the management of the oyster packing house and went on strike  ec joullian manager of the booth packaging company at morgan city louisiana came to biloxi and hired some of the dissidents for his louisiana operations the barataria canning company at biloxi also hired some of the striking bohemians the remainder of the bohemians continued at sea coast thus defusing a potential economic catastrophe for all  the biloxi daily herald november 22 1890 p 4 the sea coast packing labor incident of 1890 was probably the first recorded attempt at a seafood strike on the coast it certainly would not be the last as the industry has had many work stoppages during its long history the founding of the oystermen s protective association at biloxi in the summer of 1903 organized about 400 seafood workers which gave them leverage to negotiate with the powerful factory proprietors the biloxi daily herald august 17 1903 p 6 in early may 1901 a special train was assembled at biloxi composed of about five coaches and a baggage car to accommodate bohemian workers from the baltimore area who were returning home from their fall and winter work at the lopez and dukate cannery and from factories in pass christian the oyster canning season had just ended on the mississippi coast and these migrant workers were returning to work the summer at canneries on the east coast they were expected to return in the fall for the next oyster season this scenario would be repeated for several decades on the mississippi coast as these seasonal workers from maryland labored in the seafood industry from bay st louis to pascagoula the biloxi daily herald may 5 1901 p 8  1904 barber bill in february 1904 evon m barber 18581921 of biloxi and representing harrison county attempted to introduce legislation in the state house of representatives via the fisheries committee to deny the right of anyone not a mississippi resident to fish on public oyster reefs this law directly targeted the bohemian migrant worker from baltimore mr barber an attorney also represented the oystermen s protective association  that part of the barber bill to prohibit out of state laborers in particular those seasonal migrants from baltimore called bohemians to work in the mississippi seafood industry was killed by the fisheries committee of the house of representatives after members visited the coast to inspect the industry the clarion ledger a jackson journal related that the oyster committee has returned to jackson from the gulf coast just like all other committees sent down that way dofull of oysters and other good things to eat and possibly a little something to wash them down   the biloxi daily herald february 24 1904 p 5   in late february 1904  the biloxi daily herald  published an opinion from the editor of  the pass christian beacon  concerning the proposed disenfranchisement of the bohemian labor force from baltimore sent to work seasonally on the coast his salient point was as follows   if the legislature can pass such class legislation it can go further and say that none but resident citizens of mississippi will be permitted to shuck oysters or that none but homeraised negroes will hereafter be permitted to pick cotton or cut turpentine boxes  in pine trees  the greatest drawback now to the oyster industry is the scarcity of labor and if this difficulty is increased by legislation the evil effects will be felt in every community where the industry is followed the members of the committee from the legislature that visited the coast last week noted the fact that more labor was needed at all the canneries    barataria canning company the initial incorporators in april 1885 of the barataria canning company were primarily jewish businessmen from new orleans louisiana their large factory was situated on the biloxi channel near the end of point cadet by 1891 barataria was importing bohemian families from baltimore to supplement their local work force  bohemians at biloxi  now there were numbers of polish people and others who worked in vegetable factories in the north during summer months and were idle in the winter these people were offered a job which they accepted a train was chartered which brought them to biloxi now in order for the company lopez dunbars sons company to get back the cost of their transportation little brass checks about onehalf inch wide and 1inch long were made these checks were worth 7 12 cents each these imported people had a separate place in the factory fom the native people to weigh the oysters they shucked and the checks they would get were punched and worth only 6 cents this made them pay 1 12 cents on each cup of oysters for their transportation these checks were good only at their own places of business until that was outlawed and employees had to be paid in cash from then on the difference was made up in the weight unpublished essay by raymond fournier 18761949  mississippi boundaries and its seafood industry on the coast    polish priest the reverend father buikski of baltimore came to biloxi during the 1904 lenten season to hold special services in polish for the bohemian factory workers at biloxi the majority of these people were roman catholics and did not speak english  the biloxi daily herald february 24 1904 p 5    bohemian school the barataria mission school also known as the sabbath or mission school was a charitable educational facility to educate children in the cannery camps on point cadet it was overseen by margaret isabelle belle gordon 18621925 and margaret maggie bowman gordon mass 18341907 her mother and both were presbyterians and native to new orleans the site for the school was provided by the barataria canning company a primarily jewish owned cannery the facility also taught night classes in reading writing and arithmetic twice each week in december 1903 the building needed a new roof electric lights and one volunteer to assist miss gordon mrs mass died at 1128 east bayview avenue her home in july 1907 and belle gordon died at biloxi in may 1925 the biloxi daily herald december 3 1903 p 6 and july 18 1907 p 1 the barataria mission school was severely damaged by the hurricane of 27 september 1906 the replacement cost was estimated at 450 and the people of point cadet and the school staff worked diligently to raise money for the new building a onestory woodframed structure which was designed by hugh h roof 18781969 an architect from warren county ohio who had just opened his biloxi practice the structure had dimensions of 25 feet by 40 feet mccrary s cash store held a benefit sale in late november 1906 to aid the school and the remainder of the funds were collected from generous donors and an easter egg hunt and grab bag event held in the yard of mr matthews ew mccrary s generosity must have been addictive as his confectionery store at howard avenue and reynoir street went into bankruptcy in late august 1909 the biloxi daily herald september 27 1906 november 24 1906 p 8 february 8 1907 p 1 march 7 1907 p 1 march 21 1907 p 1 and march 26 1907 p 1 and august 26 1909 p 4  seafood camps this vintage 1960s image of an east biloxi seafood camp was situated on point cadet although the importation of seafood workers from baltimore declined by 1920 camps like this existed at biloxi until the late 20th century i particularly remember the former southern shell neighborhood of shanties established for many of its workers on back bay this venue is now the beautiful oaklined parking lot of the boomtown casino south of east bayview avenue opposite the gaming edifice menard s grocery store the fishermen s hangout bruce s barbershop and mama lou s were other iconic structures in this area with several packing houses and small shipyards for those interested in the migrant cultures that influenced the seafood industry at biloxi the author highly recommends c paige gutierrez s  the cultural legacy of biloxi s seafood industry  ca 1984 paige lucidly relates how the bohemian croatian acadian french and later vietnamese cultures were integrated into late 19th and 20th century biloxi this amalgamation created a blue collar working class of people who were honest primarily roman catholic who reared large families and educated their children that prospered and became biloxi s doctors lawyers and successful entrepreneurs kat bergeron and walter fountain both biloxi journalist have also written of her seafood industry and cultural relationships that defined it  1891 on june 1 1892  lopez dunbar s sons company acquired the seacoast oyster packing company  seacoast was described as the largest and most complete establishment of its kind in the south  the biloxi herald june 20 1891 p 4 the barataria canning company completed their new plant on point cadet in july  it was 37500 feet in area 750 long and 50 feet wide which included living quarters for fifty families the facilit had a shrimp house boiler house and coal shed labor quarters shucking house and packing room the factory at this time had about 600 employees with 400 working directly in the cannery and 200 on the water the plant hoist had the capacity to lift 2000 barrels of oysters each day the company board consisted of herman rudolph gogreve 18271899 president isidore heidenheim vicepresident and secretary h bentz treasurer august heidenheim and h aron h edwards jr was plant superintendent the biloxi herald july 11 1891 p 4 the  engine room of the barataria canning company burned  in early september 1891 damage was estimated at 1000 and the plant was disabled for a few days  the biloxi herald september 12 1891 p 4   the bartaria canning company and lopez dunbar s sons company ceased to pack oysters until they could get a price competitive with the canneries on the eastern seaboard the pascagoula democratstar december 18 1891 p 2  1892 pat kennedy  18451913 established p kennedy company in november 1892 to engage in the business of shipping raw oysters  the biloxi herald november 12 1892 p 1  1894  the biloxi herald january 20 1894 p 8 in may 1894 the hygeia ice works  built for 35000 and owned by the de la vergne manufacturing machine company of new york  was operating at biloxi west of the railroad depot the plant had the capacity to make 15 tons of ice each day with charles mccormack was their local representative the biloxi herald may 19 1894 p 8  1895 the price war between the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company and hygeia ice works ended when the companies joined forces and formed the biloxi delivery company with john mccormack as manager the price of ice was set at 9 per ton and soon reduced to 7 per ton 50 cents per 100 pounds retailed as customers complained the biloxi herald july 20 1895 p 8  fayard dodart have perfected a method of preserving stock oysters in a healthy environment they have built a pen connected th their wharf on front beach which allows a continuous flow of salt water over the captured mollusks the biloxi herald august 24 1895 p 8  1896 william gorenflo  18441932 of biloxi sold the town of ocean springs 10000 barrels of oyster shells to pave the streets of ocean springs jerry o keefe  18601911 bid 185 to do the work  the pascagoula democraticstar november 27 1896 p 3 and the biloxi herald november 28 1896 p 8    1899 the jackson county board of supervisors granted adolph ryan william seymour hh manuel louis g manuel and albert tiblier the private right to plant oysters in the back bay of biloxi the pascagoula democratstar february 17 1899 p 2  herman r gogreve  18271899  president of the barataria canning company died at nola on 19 march 1899 he was a native of bramsche germany and the husband of caroline r schilling d 1903 mr gogreve was a prominent businessman in the crescent city and in addition to his seafood enterprise he had interests in wholesale grocery sales banking insurance and mining gogreve was a founder of the german protestant orphan asylum and a member of the audubon park commission the gogreves resided on broadway the daily picayune march 20 1899 p 8 in november 1899  lopez dukate advertised for fifty boats to fish on the oyster banks and pay oystermen 40 cents per barrel of oyster they would pay for f ifty boats to transport oysters from the reef to the factory wharf for 40 to 50 cents per barrel the factory also sought one hundred oyster shuckers  at this time lopez dukate employed about 350 laborers in their oyster shucking operations wage for children and women ranged from 75 cents to 150 per day  the biloxi daily herald november 10 1899 p 8 and november 19 1899 p 8    19001910   1900   captain james s wentzell  18571936 of the lillie w  brought in 505 terrapins and 83 barrels of oysters each member of the crew sharing 8570 for the 20 day trip the biloxi daily herald january 28 1900 p 8 on february 9th  governor andrew h longino  18541942 appointed harry t howard  18561930 and walter a white  18541942 of biloxi  eaton jackson bowers  18651939 and august keller  18551907 of bay st louis and james ira ford  18621915 of scranton pascagoula to the boundary commission  the boundary commission was tasked with meeting with a similarly appointed body from louisiana to attempt to determine a mutually acceptable marine boundary between the two states and mark it with buoys the daily picayune february 10 1901 p 12  at neptune louisiana  near the mouth of the mississippi river  lopez dukate contracted with oe thompson to erect a  new factory building  100 feet by 100 feet and a twostory 12room dwelling by late february mr thompson was completing his work in july 1900 the new company was incorporated in plaquemines parish louisiana as the neptune canning company limited with laz lopez wkm dukate henry lienhard and dr hm folkes as primary stockholders  the biloxi daily herald february 25 1900 p 8 and the daily picayune july 17 1900 p 6  tax assessments deer island fish company lopez dukate located at 1108 east beach in 1905 26000 tax assessment  barataria canning company  10400 tax assessment  ec joullian packing company  12000 tax assessment includes home of ec joullian  biloxi canning company  8500 tax assessment  william gorenflo and company  5000 tax assessment see tax assessments the biloxi daily herald october 30 1900 p 8  1901  the joint boundary commissions met at new orleans on 26 march 1901  here it was learned that those members of the louisiana oyster commission had been named to serve also as commissioners of it boundary commission harry t howard of biloxi was elected chairman and john dymond jr 18661932 of new orleans secretary for joint commission meetings secretary dymond of the louisiana boundary commission immediately made it clear that there was no boundary dispute with mississippi he confidently contended that the boundary had been established by the treaty with france for the 1803 louisiana purchase as the deepwater channel of the pearl river flowing from its mouth out through the pass between grand island and cat island into the gulf of mexico an engineer for the louisiana commission added that the boundary described by dymond had been surveyed and marked with buoys by the us coast survey chairman howard corroborated this statement by relating that he had observed red and white buoys defining the channel the biloxi daily herald march 27 1901 p 1  bohemians1901 in early may 1901 a special train was assembled at biloxi composed of about five coaches and a baggage car to accommodate bohemian workers from the baltimore area who were returning home from their fall and winter work at the lopez and dukate cannery and from factories in pass christian the oyster canning season had just ended on the mississippi coast and these migrant workers were returning to work the summer at canneries on the east coast they were expected to return in the fall for the next oyster season the biloxi daily herald may 5 1901 p 8  1902   bowers oysters bill1902 the mississippi oyster commission was organized in 1902 when the state legislature passed the bower s oyster bill of state representative eaton jackson bowers  18651939 of bay st louis the oyster commission was funded from the state treasury by an annual 12000 appropriation and from revenues and taxes on certain items credited to the oyster fund an integral part of the mission statement of the mississippi oyster commission was to conserve and to replenish the state s oyster reefs  by the spring of 1904 chief oyster inspector  robert marion mosely  18651910 was reporting that 23000 barrel of shells had been planted in biloxi s back bay and 35000 barrels planted between deer island and ocean springs bay st louiswaveland reefs received 20000 barrels of oyster shells and 1000 was spent on planting live oysters off the shore of pascagoula recycled oyster shells were sold at the rate of 6 cents per barrel the bower s bill became effective on 1 june 1902 it also  prohibited use of steam or other dredges from harvesting oysters in mississippi state waters only sail or hand powered watercraft could be used effective june 1 1902 passed house 94 votes for and 5 votes against and senate 37 votes for and 4 votes against incipient oyster commissioners were  james buck b chinn  18571912 biloxi  john duncan minor  18631920 ocean springs  ferdinand l patenotte  18671919 pass christian  oscar t cassibry  18501933 gulfport and fj ladner  bay st louis the biloxi daily herald february 6 1902 p 1 april 20 1903 p 6 march 25 1904 p 5 and june 22 1904 p 1 introduced into the mississippi legislature by representative eaton jackson bowers 18651939 of bay st louis to prohibited use of steam or other dredges from harvesting oysters in mississippi state waters only sail or hand powered watercraft could be used effective june 1 1902 passed house 94 votes for and 5 votes against and senate 37 votes for and four votes against the biloxi daily herald february 6 1902 p 1  lopez dukate cannery in july 1902  lopez dukate contracted with ola sic thompson 18741944 to build a large oyster cannery house store warehouse and bohemian camp at the blind rigolets in southeast louisiana the biloxi daily herald july 16 1902 p8 in september 1902 gw dunbar s sons were planning to erect a cannery at english lookout in st tammany parish louisiana charles sanger was the contractor the dunbars planned to move canning equipment from their bay st louis plant to the new location where they would pack only bivalves harvested in louisiana the bay st louis factory would process only oysters taken from mississippi waters the biloxi daily herald september 22 1902 p 1  state oyster commission september 1902the  mississippi state oyster commission  was organized on september 1st robert m mosley 18651910 former biloxi marshal was the first chief oyster inspector until his demise on november 21 1910 a joint session of the louisiana and mississippi oyster commissions met in the office of attorney john dymond jr at new orleans on september 9 1902  no agreement was reached as to the disputed territory along the boundary line between the two states an understanding between the two parties was agreed upon until the settlement of the suit pending in the us supreme court concerning the mississippilouisiana boundary line was determined  this agreement created became known as the neutral ground and it defined a common fishing ground for the fishermen of both mississippi and louisiana as follows beginning at a point in the center of the mouth of the pearl river thence in a southeasterly direction to malheureux point thence in an easterly direction following the shoreline to grass pass sic thence along the shoreline of grand pass thence easterly to the southern most point of sundown island thence northeasterly to the center of the deep water channel called cat island channel thence following said deep water channel westerly passing between grassy island and the st joseph lighthouse to the point of beginning the daily picayune september 10 1902 p 6  1903   suit for damages captain ne skinner  master of the emma harvey  has filed suit in federal court  probably chancery court  seeking 250 and court cost against george terry president fo the oystermen s protective association matt cox allen everett john poulton gus fountain and eddie wentzell for alleged intimidation of the crew of the emma harvey  a shrimp boat working in the louisiana marsh and manned by captain skinner and crew marion stafford bud chatham john spinley and john lawson the crew of the  emma harvey was unloading shrimp onto the wade hampton  an ice boat sent to brush island by the barataria canning company of biloxi the biloxi daily herald september 28 1902 p 6 and harrison co mississippi chancery court case no 1662november 1903  ne skinner v george terry et al   harrison co mississippi chancery court cause no 1662 in september 1903 captain ne skinner captain and master of the  emma harvey  was  unloading shrimp  into the  wade hampton  an iceboat sent to brush island  by the barataria canning company  george terry matt cox allen everett john poulton eddie wentzel and gus fountain  threatened the emma harvey s crew for selling seafood to the barataria canning company  george terry was president of the osytermen s protective association an organization founded to protect and promote the interests of the laboring class case dismissed april 1907  1904   oyster legislation  in february 1904  evon m barber  18581921 of biloxi and representing harrison county attempted to introduce legislation in the state house of representatives via the fisheries committee to deny the right of anyone not a mississippi resident to fish on public oyster reefs  this law directly targeted the bohemian migrant worker from baltimore  mr barber an attorney also represented the oystermen s protective association the biloxi daily herald february 20 1904 p 4 february 29 1904 p 2 and march 4 1904 p 2  shrimp prices shrimp prices from the louisiana marsh soared from  250 per barrel to up to  500 per barrel when  dunbar s factory raised the price  lopez dukate followed suit when word reached the marsh that the  price was reduced over one hundred boats left for biloxi  the fleet resembling a large sailing regatta  biloxi  fishermen from the marsh related that they could not pay food bills and make a living when shrimp are scare as  they were this season and the price was only 250 per barrel or less the biloxi daily herald october 3 1904 p 1  oyster shipment 900 barrels of unculled alabama oysters were shipped to a cannery at mississippi city for processing this was the first alabama oyster received the biloxi daily herald october 20 1904 p 5  oyster tax revenues the state expected to received over 22000 in tax revenues from local canners in the 19041905 season there was an oyster boat license fee and each barrel of raw oysters was taxed 2 and 12 cent the biloxi daily herald october 22 1904 p 5  oyster opener wages an oyster opener was paid 7 12 cents per 100 oysters opened a skilled laborer could earn between 5 and 6 per day an exceptional worker could open as many as 8000 oysters dailythe biloxi daily herald december 27 1904 p 5  philip mccabe  18371904 native of new orleans and  first chief engineer of the biloxi volunteer fire company expired in middecember  in their youth ed glennan and charles redding both worked for mr mccabe at nola when he had a stove business on camp street in nola mccabe also was the  first tin can manufacturer on the coast making fruit oyster and vegetable cans  the pascagoula democratstar october 28 1881 p 3 and the biloxi daily herald december 16 1904 p 5  1905 new ec jouillian factory planned to operate a factory on the mississippi river violet  near the mouth of the lake borgne canal  known as borgnemouth factory to handle 1000 barrels of oysters per day and situated on the west or upper side of the canal oysters will be transported through the canal and from the mississippi river from the oyster districts of two parishes the daily picayune january 24 1905 p 5 and the biloxi daily herald january 31 1905 p 5  oyster conviction madison cox 18771914 charles palmer 18481922 and albert desporte aboard  north american were caught and fined 150 in st bernard parish louisiana for unlawfully catching oysters in louisiana state waters in violation of la act 521904 the biloxi daily herald february 10 1905 p 6 and february 11 1905 p 4  barataria canning company installed a switch to connect the end of the biloxi electric railway power co track with its canning plant shell crusher and elevator to allow loading shells and canned goods directly and save drayage expenses the biloxi daily herald february 24 1905 p 5  oyster leader  according to published figures gathered by the census bureau of the department of commerce and labor recently published in the fishing gazette new york  biloxi in 1905 led the nation in the value of its canned oysters worth 1502 497 the other leading states at this time were south carolina 568239  louisiana 506325 and georgia 256750 biloxi s oyster industry sold 1340942 worth of canned oysters in 1904 and only 569000 in 1900  the biloxi daily herald april 23 1907 p 1    lopez dukate contracted with tj rosell manufacturing company to erect a catholic church  costing 1500 at the rigolets for their cannery workers the biloxi daily herald november 20 1905 p 1  1906 oyster legislation evon m barber 18581920 state representative from harrison county and attorney for the oystermen s association  introduced a bill in the house to amend the bower s bill of 1900 the biloxi daily herald january 5 1906 p 4 in october 1905  attorney generals from louisiana and mississippi argued the boundary line case at the us supreme court in washington dc  on march 5 1906 chief justice fuller 18331910 of the court ruled in favor of louisiana on the water boundary dispute known as louisiana v mississippi us 58  1906 the 300 square miles of territory in dispute including oyster grounds valued at a minimum of 5 million dollars slipped from the hands of eager cannery magnates in biloxi and other mississippi coast cities the biloxi daily herald march 6 1906 p 1 and the daily picayune march 6 1906 p 4 the consumers fish and oyster company was chartered by wh bouslog nj beane edward glennan joseph rush and ja broadus the biloxi daily herald august 25 1906 p 2 the kennedylopez oyster and fish company acquired at auction for 2000 the assets of the treasure bay oyster company in new orleans they planned using the facility in their raw oyster business as the plant at the rigolets the biloxi daily herald september 15 1906 p4 in october 1906 boundary representatives from louisiana and mississippi convened in jackson mississippi to plan the marking procedure for the state boundary designated by the us supreme court  it was established that 36 buoys would be utilized with one placed every mile the estimated cost was 8000 and governor james k vardaman 18611930 of mississippi related that his state had no money for the project the biloxi daily herald october 13 1906 p 4  1907 1907 captain john s mavar  18801960 aboard electricity  a schooner owned by lopez dukate   was caught poaching oysters in st bernard parish  louisiana in midapril he pleaded guilty and his crew of simon mavar simon mavar jr and john matozich was released bond was set at 300 and the authorities in st bernard parish wanted the schooner forfeited as part of the penalty for having six barrels of louisiana oysters the new orleans item april 14 1907 p 2 april 16 1907 p 12 and may 7 1907 p 1  lopez dukate acquired a location near the company canal at westwego louisiana for the erection of a shrimp cannery a large number of local people will be employed the new orleans item may 6 1907 p 1  lopez dukate sent captain fred eaton aboard  tom  a large power boat to morgan city louisiana in late june 1907 to open a canning factory the biloxi daily herald june 29 1907 p 5  1907 a violent storm in late september hit the louisiana marsh with winds from the northeast of up to 80 mph and inflicted damage on some of the biloxi fishing fleet operating here the dauntless  owned by  louis gorenflo and captained by james ryan went aground in the marshland with the dorenza of henry diaz and under the commande of james lamey and the william coates owned and sailed by tony rosetti  boats either cutting or losing masts were the elbert d of lopez dukate and jolly traveller owned by willie bullock and under contract to the barataria canning company barataria s other boats in the marsh  henry m   nels johnson  and indian girl  were slighly damaged lopez dukate had its wilda l  run aground on martin island while their ola d  and noreta l  were relatively unscathed by the tempest the biloxi daily herald september 30 1907 p 1     by august 1907 the louisiana oyster commission had determined that the state boundary with mississippi would need 28 spar buoys to delineate it in late september the louisiana oyster commission had placed in service the new orleans  an armed patrol boat formerly the yacht of dr ralph a tudery 18711950 which they had acquired for 7500 the new orleans had a 55 hp engine and could cruise at 10 mph while guarding the oyster beds in lake borgne the daily picayune august 22 1907 p 5  1908   shrimp biloxi fishermen could expect to be paid 350 per barrel of shrimp the biloxi daily herald march 31 1908 p 1  oysters salvador taranto 188119 was vending famous deer island oysters at his business at 701 west howard avenue in october 1908 the oysters sold for 10 cents a dozen on ice with all condiments provided taranto also sold the fienst fruits and vegetables the biloxi daily herald october 3 1908 p 8  dunbars lopez and dukate company was organized at nola on september 8 1908 in december 1908 the new organization had to face the louisiana commissioner to defend charges that they were paying more for oysters in mississippi than in louisiana the company had canneries at dunbar louisiana and at the rigolets name changed to dunbardukate co inc in september 1915 the daily herald december 8 1908 p 1 and october 14 1915 p 2  new oyster law louisiana s legislature passed an onerous statue that dictated that oysters had to be shipped in barrels and not in sacks about 3000 oystermen went on strike to protest the law the biloxi daily herald july 27 1908 p 1  19101920   1910 kennedylopez closed its plant at the rigolets and opened a factory on the biloxi beach front at delauney street they planned to operate their boats in the louisiana marsh and bring opened oysters to biloxi for processing the daily herald july 11 1910 p 8  gasoline boat burnsthe harry cage a sixtyfoot gasoline freighter owned by dunbar lopez dukate  burned ten miles southeast of chandeleur island in early september 1910 the ocean springs news september 10 1910 p 1  ulysse desporte  18611927 who began his career in the packing industry circa 1894 sold his shrimp and oyster factory in october 1910 to the kennedylopez company and f or 10500 reacquired it in november 1910 for 15500  laz lopez made an offer to desporte in december 1910 for his plant site and boats for 25000   the ocean springs news october 15 1910 p 1 and the daily herald november 14 1910 p 8 and december 6 1910 p 8  the barataria canning company  stated that they had  no desire to get into litigation with the alabama oyster commission over their purchase of oysters from alabama water bottoms  the daily herald november 15 1910 p 1 in december  the kennedylopez company was sued by two parties  fw elmer who resided on front street north of the plant which was just west of lameuse street and a group represented by jh miller edward glennan mrs l holley harry t howard et al the plantiffs argued that the oyster factory created an oderous and unhealty situation for their hotel guests and the neighborhood the daily herald december 18 1910 p 1 and p 4  laz lopez resigned as manager of dunbar lopez dukate effective january 1 1911 he was replaced by william f gorenflo a founder and icon of the biloxi canning seafood industry mr lopez acquired the ulysse desporte cannery on the front beach just west of lameuse street the daily herald december 29 1910 p 8  1911 in july the lopezgreiner packing company was organized in st bernard parish louisiana company officers were lazaro lopez pres julius lopez v pres charles f greiner sec and treasurer arnaud lopez martin nunez and hugh b rushboard of directors the plant was situated on the martin nunez tract on delacroix island in plaquemines parish louisiana the new orleans item july 7 1911 p 6 in august the lopezdesporte packing company was organized in st bernard parish louisiana company officers were arnaud lopez pres ulysses desporte v pres hugh b rush sec and treasurer julius m lopez lazaro lopez and charles f greinerboard of directors the daily herald august 7 1911 p 1  imperial packing company  the imperial packing company was commenced by jeff d mulholland 18611930 when he purchased a site in north biloxi with 200feet on the back bay of biloxi from his motherinlaw rosina hosli harvey 18521937 imperial opened in august 1911 with a work force of 100120 laborers and with lots of shrimp to pick by hand the daily herald august 28 1911 p 4 raw oyster shippers at biloxi  lopez dukate   wentzell brothers   kennedylopez company   henry diaz company  and the biloxi fish oyster company  gorenflo were under duress by the l n railroad the l n railroad who rented cars to the express company the carrier of perishable items  had restricted the loading time at their stops to 5 minutes  this caused most large oyster shipments to not be completely loaded onto the express cars creatinga hugh fianacial loss for biloxi s local oyster shippers the commercial club contacted the raillroad commission to halt this destructive practice to the local oyster trade the daily herald december 22 1911 p 1  1912 the firm of ott brothers mccaleb  raw oyster shippers on point cadet had a successful season the firm ships directly to hotels and restaurants in large american cities the daily herald march 7 1912 p 8  kennedylopez oyster fish cois operating its oyster business at the rigolets louisiana and its shrimp canning at biloxi  they have shipped as many as 350000 oysters in one day 50 shuckers and emply about 75100 people two large gas dredge boats are kept busy and they also have 45 schooners and 1015 independent vessels cathcing oystersthey will make a specialty of headless and canne shrimp this season william p kennedy is president and john j kennedy a brother is an officer george w grayson is general manager a former representative of the l n railroad the daily herald march 12 1912 p 8  bourdon and castenara packing company named ulysses desporte as manager in april the daily herald april 5 1912 p 8  kennedylopez opened a large plant at nola on the old basin canal in the former new orleans light power company structure  the company planned to supply texas and points west in addition freight rate expenses were cheaper and the 3 cent tax per barrel paid to export louisiana oysters to mississippi were eliminated as well as the 2 cent tax charged in mississippi  walter hodgins  manager with william p kennedy overall supervisor of operations the daily herald october 29 1912 p 1  biloxi raw oyster shippers  sent by railroad express about  930 cases  about 800000 oysters of raw oysters to louisiana texas alabama and tennessee a case is estimated to contain about 800 oysters the oysters were all harvested from louisiana reefs the daily herald october 29 1912 p 1 the chancery court of harrison co mississippi ordered that the dunbars lopez and dukate  company be dissolved and pay a 10000 fine for antitrust violations any member of the limited copartnership could buy or operate any of the packing plants or sell them to an independent corporation the ruling resulted from cause no 3202 wirt adams state revenue agent st of mississippi  v wkm dukate et al  filed in 1910 went to mississippi supreme court in may 1912 who ruled against the packers the daily herald may 7 1912 p 1 november 7 1912 p 1 and  p 8  kennedylopez oyster fish company plant at the rigolets was destroyed by fire on christmas day 1912  they did not operate in 1912 the daily herald december 26 1912 p 4  1913   seafood company of biloxi founded by he gumbel and isidore heidenheim the fosterfountain company was chartered in st bernard parish  louisiana in late june 1913 with the following officers  martin fountain jr  18821963 president  louis v trochessett  18761933 vicepresident and charles b foster  18771931 sec treasurer the board of directors was composed of  martin fountain sr  18561938 martin fountain jr louis v trochessett charles b foster and william h foster 1876    located at 278 east back bay in 1922  the timespicayune june 28 1913 p 13    dunbars lopez dukate began canning oysters at its westwego plant  a track is being constructed to facilitate the handling of cars of bivalves since the oyster season begins after the shrimp season seafood workers can expect to continuous work modern equipment is being installed the timespicayune december 18 1913 p 5  1914 devitt clark incorporated on june 10 1914 at new orleans harrison county mississippi charter book pp the officers of devitt clark were thomas kirkland devitt 18821946 president charles c redding 18571926 vice president and patrick henry clark 18701927 secretarytreasurer charles w mackie jr was a stockholder and on the board of directors of the firm  biloxi packers cut the price of oysters at the reef from 40 per barrel to 30 per barrel the rugge brothers from appalachicola florida were at biloxi offering jobs to biloxi fishermen the daily herald january 6 1914 p 1  henry diaz  18721944 leading fish and oyster dealer  is moving his plant from reynoir street to a position on reynoir and back bay on the shell pile  the new and modern plant will be housed in a building near mr diaz s store the daily herald june 4 1914 p 2 elizabeth watson social worker  reported for new york and eastern journals that working conditions in biloxi s seafood industry were poor allegations denied by wkm dukate  the daily herald june 29 1914 p 1  imperial packing company  canners of oysters and figs in north biloxi at a meeting in early august listed its officers as wr carter pres laz quave vice pres sec treas th gleason board of directors isom brasher boy harvey jh johnson ws mcintyre matt moran laz quave peter quave hp rushing and adolph santa cruz the daily herald august 7 1914 p 5  1915 in the late summer  the seafood undustry at biloxi was idled for about a month by a strike of the international longshoremen s association the seafood company sent out the most boats to catch shrimp after the strike in late july  arthur goula a nonunion seaman  shot and wounded john simmons  a union member and employee of fosterfountain the daily herald september 1 1915 p 1 september 3 1915 p 1 and september 23 1915 p 1  dunbars lopez and dukate company in october 1915 the dunbars lopez and dukate company changed its name to the dunbardukate company  newly elected officers of the company were george h dunbar 18441917 president wkm dukate 18521916 vicepresident elbert l dukate 18811943 secretary and james v dunbar treasurer at this time the company was heavily engaged in repairing their plant boats and other properties related to their seafood operation which had been lost or damaged in the recent hurricane by november 1 1915 operations at the packing plant were anticipated to commence on the oyster catch the daily herald october 14 1915 p 2 the  js  sic  wentzell sr   18791927  wholesale fish and oyster dealer  of the wentzel brothers  acquired about 2000 feet of land fronting on the north side of deer island from the deer island improvement company  the deal was closed by george w grayson and  included lots oyster beds and riparian rights  the wentzell tract ran from the baseball park westward mr wentzell planned to erect a bungalow on the property the daily herald october 20 1915 p 1  1916   george terry son  raw oyster shippers have acquired a tract on point cadet and plan to erect a large shrimp and oyster cannery  it will be equipped with modern machjinery and ready for the spring shrimp season the timespicayune january 31 1916 p 13 in august  cb foster former manager for fountainfoster took a lease on the former gorenflo plant and camp on back bay and main street which had shut down about four years past the fountain brothers and louis v trochesett would continue their packing operations also on back bay mr foster had modern canning equipment installed and awaited the coming shrimp season  biloxi had about 11 seafood cannning operations at this time the daily herald august 5 1916 p 2  charles b foster and company founded by charles b foster 18771931 wh henry foster and ej ford charter applied for in august 1916 for biloxi mississippi and violet st bernard parish louisiana harrison co mississippi chattel bk 18 p 379  cb foster and company located at 224 east back bay in 1922  in september 1935 the peoples bank of biloxi sold the property to southern shell fish company  a subsidiary of the wesson oil company the sale included the factory eight boats shipyard labor camp which was composed of fortynine homes a store and warehouse chester august delacruz 18891964 was secretary of the cb foster packing company from 1916 to 1931 and president until 1933 when he took over the reins of the biloxi oyster exchange in 1935 he became local manager of the southern shell fish company on back bay chester louis delacruz 19111996 his son succeeded his as manager until his retirement in 1976 harrison co mississippi chancery court charter bk 16 p 284 and the jackson county times september 14 1935 p 1 and the sun herald july 8 1996 p c2 and see also harrison co ms chancery court cause no 14013 biloxi oyster shell grit co v cb foster packing co  william km dukate  18521916 native of fredericksburg indiana and biloxi seafood magnate and entrepreneur expired at his biloxi home on march 29th the daily herald march 29 1916 p 1  fisherman s packing company chartered by the fisherman s cooperative union in june 1916 by william estopinal of gulfport and albert anderson peter paker john jeluisich armond lepre jack rosetti octave trochesett and nick skrmetti of biloxi and walter switzer of handsboro the daily herald may 9 1916 p 1 and harrison co mississippi chattel bk 16 p 197  1917 quave seafood construction commenced in june 1917 by peter quave 18631936 who had managed the imperial packing company workers were working feverously to had the cannery in operation for the shrimp season which opened in august although not a large plant the quave factory was anticipated to have a beneficial affect on the local economy the daily herald june 7 1917 p 3  george hacker dunbar  18441917  inventor of an 1876 shrimp packing process that allowed the product to retain its freshness color and flavor expired at new orleans on october 18th the new orleans item october 19 1917 p 11  1918 in midjanuary  a gale in the mississippi sound resulted in the deaths of two colored seamen who drowned from the farewell  owned by the seafood company   captain edward parker  also colored and master of the fishing vessel was rescued the j osephine lopez and algonquin working for dunbardukate were driven ashore on cat island with 800 barrels of oysters on board the daily herald january 16 1918 p 1  captain ernest desporte sr  18531931 proposed that a bounty be offered to oystermen to destroy the conch the conch population on local oyster reefs had reached proportions that endangered the very existence of the local oyster industry  the daily herald february 8 1918 p 3  devittclark packing company took a 25000 mortgage from charles redding  and listed their fishing boats as follows schooners  joe lawrence   ocean queen   henry clark  and  lilly rose  barge  black box  motor boats sunny boy zuzudora hunter cuba and cracker jack trawlers no 1 thru no 5 skiffsfifteen and nine large seines the daily herald april 23 1918 p 5  loren keel and henry gorenflo purchased the biloxi fish oyster company  it was formerly operated by louis gorenflo the daily herald december 3 1918 p 3  1919 the mississippi fish and oysters dealer s association was founded at biloxi in august 1919 to promote the fish and oyster business at biloxi and other coast cities and to secure the highest market value for the seafood of its membership george terry president ww dywer vicepresident and ernest desporte jr sec treasurer the timespicayune august 1 1919 p 12  the daily herald announced on september 23 1919 that in the past six months the following canneries were initiated at biloxi  lopez canning company   desporte brothers canning company   imperial canning company   fisherman s packing company   southern fish shrimp company   biloxi fisheries inc  and  elmer spottswood canning company located at back bay and the foot of lee street in 1922 it burned in late january 1928 when leased to the ocean springs packing company of louis a lundy and joseph zaehringer the ocean springs packing company lost more than 1700 cases of fresh canned shrimp the daily herald september 23 1919 p3 and the jackson county times february 4 1928 p 1  biloxi fisheries inc   desporte brothers founded by theodore j desporte and ernest desporte jr located at 335 east back bay  elmer spottswood canning company located at back bay and the foot of lee street in 1922 burned in late january 1928 when leased to the ocean springs packing company of louis a lundy and joseph zaehringer the ocean springs packing company lost more than 1700 cases of fresh canned shrimp the jackson county times february 4 1928 p 1  lopez canning company   southern fish shrimp company   gulf city packing companylocated at 1326 east beach   latimer packing companylocated at 113 east back bay   rs russ packing companylocated at 127 east back bay   19201930   1920 dudley read moving picture operator for two of the leading talking movie corporations of america was in biloxi making moving pictures of the oysters industry  the daily herald april 22 1920 p 1  the biloxi packing trading company was incorporated on september 20 1920 at new orleans louisiana wh anticich was president and grego anticich 18861954 secretary other principals were mary skrmetta anticich jake rosetti john mavar john skrmetta vincent rosetti mike kulivan 18751944 frank bosarge and vlocho milion mob 1246 p 286 and the daily herald september 19 1920 p 4  cb foster has machinery on site to erect an oyster shell grinding plant  the ground shells will be used in the manutacturing of fertilzer and additional products the timespicayune october 10 1920 p 14 major biloxi canners for the first time decided not to seek bohemians from baltimore to work during the oyster season the railroads had increased the fare to the coast from 12 to 48 per person which was also applicable to children over the age of 12 years younger children were charged half fare in order to ameliorate the situation additional laborers would be sought in the local community in addition  workers of french ancestry from south louisiana would be sought as some had already proven themselves in coast canneries the daily herald october 8 1920 p 1  lh manuel biloxi contractor will start a canning plant for latimer clark at bayou labatre alabama shrimp will initially be packed the timespicayune october 10 1920 p 14  1921   captain lindenberg aboard madeline returned to biloxi with 20000 pounds of red snapper caught on the campeche bank off the coast of mexic o the vessel was fishing for biloxi fisheries inc and the catch was to be shipped to eastern markets the daily herald january 1 1921 p 3  the biloxi fish oyster company  a partnership formed by henry gorenflo  18481923 and loren m keel  was dissolved on july 14 1921 the daily herald september 21 1921 p 3  the southern canners association was formed at biloxi on october 17 1921 when cannery operators from the south atlantic and gulf states united  dr lh jastremski was named permanent president and ernest desporte jr of biloxi treasurer vicepresidents were edward e elmer mississippi charles greiner louisiana charles clark florida fe sheppard georgia and samuel morrow south atlantic states the southern canners association succeeded the gulf canners association which was created circa 1914 the daily herald october 18 1921 p 1  eugene a peresich  18951960 agent for the american rail express co related that in the 19201921 oyster harvesting season that 42971 boxes of raw oysters were shipped from biloxi  each box contained 1000 oysters the daily herald october 28 1921 p 3  1922 thomas mccabe  experienced packer went to galveston texas to erect a seafood plant for julius h nill  18971983 a nola native and spouse of beryl e wilkes  18961954 youngest daughter of gw wilkes  founder of the daily herald  the daily herald february 13 1922 p 3 an 800  house inhabited by employees of the biloxi fisherman s packing company on point cadet was destroyed by fire on february 23rd   the structure was located in an alley just back of dave ahern s grocery store other cottages in the area caught fire but were saved by firemen from the east end mississippi hook and ladder and the volunteer fire companies of biloxi the daily herald february 23 1922 p 3  government officials visit biloxi to aid in dredging channel  biloxi factory men represented at this meeting were hart chinnfosterfountain ernest desporte jr desporte brothers fe elmerelmer packing ph clarkbiloxi fishermen s packing bert gun seafood company wp kennedykennedy packing and jv haganraw ousters shippers the daily herald march 17 1922 p 1  dejean packing company incorporators charles dejean 18791961 frank g bosarge and elmer williams 18991985 located at 1306 east beach in 1922  martin fountain jr was packing shrimp at the cannery that he had earlier acquired from the cooperative union which had been idled for eighteen months mr fountain made improvements before commencing operations the daily herald june 3 1922 p 3  the dejean packing company on biloxi s east beach situated between dunbardukate and the seafood packing company  was entirely destroyed by fire on 21 august  the building owned by mrs jt maybury was valued at 1000 the packing company lost fresh and canned shrimp and machinery valued at 5000 there was no insurance in addition three moored schooners were damaged by the flames the place was known as the old greiner packing company  the daily herald august 22 1922 p 1  1923 francis delmas moran  18531935 and alfred p fred moran  18971967 his son founded the moran packing company in late august the facility was situated on back bay between lameuse street and main street the morans has installed modern machinery and had the capacity to process 100 barrels of shrimp daily the daily herald august 27 1923 p 3 the desilvey seafood company was in operation vending fresh seafood at biloxi the daily herald october 13 1923 p 3 in late december  av ragusin  19021997 of the biloxi chamber of commerce was having advertisements run in the baltimore newspapers seeking additional workers from that area to alleviate biloxi s over twenty seafood canneries that had labor shortages the daily herald december 8 1923 p 1  1926 louisiana legislature attempted to pass legislation to prohibit   any person firm association or corporation not a resident or domiciled in louisiana to catch take can pack shuck deal in or transport oysters or shrimp from louisiana waters   mayor john kennedy of biloxi went to baton rouge to lobby against this bill sponsored by senator jules fisher of jefferson parish and allen j ellender representative from terrebonne parish mayor o keefe of new orleans also opposed this legislation and it was believed that legislators from new orleans would oppose the bill the jackson county times may 29 1926 p 3  hard fight ahead on louisiana sea food legislation  the biloxi herald june 6 1926 p 1 the gulf coast seafood company was chartered in harrison county mississippi in june by hc serodino vk parmelee and lemuel h doty the daily herald june 12 1926 p 7  cannery crisis safely averted packers believe  the biloxi herald june 13 1926 p 1  coast oyster plants meeting us and state health regulations  from the daily herald december 21 1926 p 12  bay st louis reel star fish and oyster company   biloxi gulf city packing company radio fish and oyster company desporte fish and oyster company dejean packing company jv hagan company ott oyster company johnson fish and oyster company wentzell brothers company standard fish and oyster company cc company o volpin company wb skinner company atlas fish and oyster company dubaz brothers company terry packing company peerless fish and oyster company deer island fish and oyster company southern oyster company and elmer packing company   gulfport pelican fish and oyster company point cadet fish and oyster company john showers oyster company and biloxi fish and oyster company   ocean springs george d maxwell kuppersmith oyster company and john r seymour company   pascagoula ch delmas oyster company and jh pelman company   pass christian edgar bohn oyster company george j ronovich pass christian seafood company french oyster company and star fish and oyster company   mavar fish oyster company founded in 1926 by john sam mavar 18801960 native of dalmatia and john s mavar ii 19071973 son of john s mavar and olivia skrmetta 18881955 john s mavar ii married antonia gentillich 19091991 at biloxi january 6 1907 children joan mavar butirich 19322003 m marko butirich and maria mavar siblings of john s mavar ii margaret rita mavar 19102002 m joseph lawrence jr 19021975 sam mavar 19121993 m lucy a mavar 19162004 mary antonia mavar m pascal f taliancich 19021976 nicholas mavar 19142003 m irma summerlin 19192001 and victor mavar john s mavar came to biloxi from in 1900 and became engaged in the fishing industry he became a schooner captain and from his saving opened a grocery store which was operated by his spouse while he continued to fish mr mavar became a seafood packer circa 1926 and by his retirement in 1950 the mavar packing company was a prominent cannery on the mississippi gulf coast john s mavar ii sam mavar nick mavar and victor mavar continued to manage their seafood business until the daily herald august 15 1960 p 2  1927   local oystermen reported that the freshwater overflow from the mississippi river was killing oysters in nigger lake in louisiana and hope that louisiana officials would extend the oyster season beyond may 1st to outofstate fishermen the daily herald april 8 1927 p 2  mayor john j kennedy  now in nola  has requested biloxi s packers mobilize their boats and hold them in readiness for any emergency in the flooded mississippi delta the daily herald april 1927 p 1 on 26 april  hart chinn biloxi canner sent a telegram to the governor of louisiana accepting with regret that he was going to have the mississippi river levee at poydras louisiana destroyed to save the city of new orleans from flooding  the fresh water overflow would severely damage or destroy oyster reefs in both states  the following biloxi canners signed the telegram  anticich packing company william cruso deer island fish and oyster company dejean packing company desporte packing company elmer packing company gussie fountain packing company martin fountain packing company cb foster packing company fosterfountain kennedy packing company and terry packing company the daily herald april 27 1927 p 1 the louisiana shrimp conservation act went into effect on august 16 1927  the law was passed by the louisiana state legislature and prevented nonresidents from catching saltwater shrimp and sending them to canning or packing factories outside the state of louisiana an injuction was to be filed in the us district court to prevent louisiana from enforcing this law the daily herald august 16 1927 p 1 the point cadet fish oyster company joined the biloxi chamber of commerce  the daily herald september 10 1927 p 2 the quave canning company in north biloxi went into receivership harrison co miss chancery courtpeter parker v peter quave and was sold on december 19 1927 the sale included th eentire factory and equipment and three motor trawlers  radio  i rma q and radiant    1928 the elmer packing company on back bay was destroyed by fire on january 31st it was leased to louis a lundy of ocean springs at the time of the large conflagration the daily herald january 31 1928 p 2 the new  nonparie l was built by the frentz brothers shipyard on back bay it was nearing completion in february 1928 the daily herald january 31 1928 p 2 in july  the biloxi shrimp and oyster transport company was organized at biloxi by r hart chinn president cm davis vp and ernest desporte jr sectreasurer directors were el dukate and ms anticich the purpose of this company was to  employ vessels at a regulated scale for the fishing of oysters and shrimp in mississippi and louisiana waters and to buy sell and transport seafood in connection therewith  the organization comprised almost all of the shrimp and oyster packers at biloxi the daily herald july 12 1928 p 2  1929   howejohnson canning company  a subsidiary of the johnson canning company  owned by donald   howe and louis h johnson jr  began packing crabmeat in glass and can containers the plant had 150 employees and processed about 1500 dozen crabs daily the johnson canning company in the off seafood season was processing 10tons of beans daily with about 150 employees mr johnson encouraged the growth of local beans by supplying seeds and fertilizer at no cost to farmers in harrison and jackson county mississippi at the acme of the bean harvesting season in early june the  plant anticpated canning 20tons of beans daily with about 300 employees the daily herald may 17 1929 p 1  ott oyster company incorporators mrs peter j ott edwin r ott and gertrude ott brockman of nola june 1929 over eighty biloxi fishermen formed a cooperative and acquired the biloxi fishermen company  formerly known as the clarke factory  the group is headed by steve m sekul pres tony filipich v pres paul m skrmetti manager and sec jake rossetti treas and asst mgr some advocated that the new company be called the american packing company  the daily herald october 7 1929 p 1      mississippi coast packing company incorporators jake rosetti 18841959 paul m skrmetti frank j barhonovich peter pavlov nikola pitalo and bob dujmov 18921971 october 1929  kuluz brothersincorporated in november 1929 incorporatorstony m kuluz 18911956 vincent kuluz 18981987 and matthew kuluz  1929 biloxi chamber of commerce members  from the daily herald december 6 1929 p 13  19301940 labor relations problems plagued biloxi factories during the depression years   1930 george thomas terry  18581930 native of dauphine island alabama and resident of biloxi for 30 years died on april 6th he was associated with the terry and sons packing company  mr terry was survivied by five sons lyman bradford terry 18801932 g dowan terry  1821936  raymond terry chester terry and henry terry and ruby terry allen his daughter the daily herald april 7 1930 p 2  dr dj williams harrison county health officer will be in biloxi to make examinations of all oyster openers free of charge in order that they might be within the regulations of the state health board while engaged in opening oysters for shipment outside of biloxi  dr williams will be at the plant of the bayview oyster company and wentzell brothers  on thursday the daily herald october 14 1930 p 2  1931 286186 cases of oysters packed at biloxi the daily herald march 25 1931 p 1  edward carey joullian  18631931 biloxi packer and spouse of  ophelia lillian foster  18651924 died on june 4th  charles b foster  18771931 husband of  mary caillavet  18771951 and biloxi seafood pioneer and entrepreneur expired on june 7th on august 7th  chester a delacruz bernard taltavull and carroll williams jr chartered the boatmen s cooperative association  they were in business to buy and sell petroleum products and operate storage tanks for petroleum products harrison co mississippi chattel bk 50 p 549 and the daily herald august 12 1931 p 8 on 1 august  louis braun of braun canning company took a 5 year lease from dunbardukate of their point cadet shrimp and ouster canning plant for 350 per month the lease was cancelled in september 1935 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 191 pp 6570 and bk 206 p 518 the seafood company put the public on notice that it was not responsible for the debts of the captains crews or anyone associated with the following boats anna eve he gumbel i heidenheim kanuga lagoda l goldman miracle pearl and perfection all schooners and the julia a gas screw the daily herald december 12 1931 p 2  1932 dunbardukate company reorganized in nola jules g fisher la state senator named president the company has had plants at myrtle grove golden meadow and shell beach in louisiana pass christian and biloxi mississippi and bayou labatre alabama the daily herald january 9 1932 p2  deer island fish and oyster company marko skrmetti  president suit on trial the daily herald march 20 1932 p 1 the  cc canning company   william cruso owner  who has been handling fresh water turtles has recently received such large orders that he sent a boat to horn island for sea and green turtles  captain eugene ryan aboard the  radio   caught ten sea turtles in his trawl that weighed 350 pounds each  when processed at cruso s factory  1250 pounds of pure turtle meat was recovered  cruso believes that he can develop a large trade in turtle meat and plans to send a boat out at regular intervals today he is shipping a carload of shrimp to new york  anthony ragusin photographed the turtle catch the daily herald june 23 1932 p 1 the sea coast packing company was founded by hard working croatian fishermen in july when they acquired the martin fountain packing company from the 1st national bank of biloxi  peter pavlov  18821951 was president and treasurer  alexander pitalo  vice pres and steve m sekul  18811970 operations manager the plant had been idle for a year and expected to employ 200 people when it was fully operating the daily herald july 30 1932 p 1  joe ragusin was shot by victor big boy ellis   18971957 a colored fisherman ragusin and several white men attempted to detain ellis and his colored crew from leaving the cb foster factory on back bay to shrimp until biloxi packers had agreed to meet the price schedule demanded by biloxi s fishermen ellis was charged with attempted murder while ragusin and armand lepre were charged with trespassing the daily herald august 1932 p 1 and august 24 1932 p 1  star fish oyster company formerly the terry packing company  acquired by ernest mladinich  18751953 in 1932 and name changed the daily herald july 30 1932 p 1 in late august about 700800 of the striking biloxi fishermen community met on lameuse street and elected the following officers to represent them  niels k nelson 19001965 pres matre pitalo 18981981 vicepres roy hepler 18941980 sec treas and willie williams amos ross 18851965 frank crawford m newman tony filipich r creel 18891979 charles palmer paul a songe 18871940 and frank dismukes as their committee men the daily herald august 30 1932 p 1 by early september  the 1500 biloxi fishermen and factory owners were still disputing over the price per barrel of shrimp the factorymen balked at the demand by local shrimpers to be paid 4 and 5 perbarrel plus the cost of ice to preserve the crustaceans a relief fund for the fishemen was created by red cross and mayor kennedy contributed 100 to their aid since nearly the entire fleet was not employed  bill cruso of cc canning had met the fishermens price and had boats catching shrimp until his bond was cancelled leaving the sixteen plus factories and workers in a stalemate until an amicable agreement could be concluded  father hillebrand of st michael s parish asked the feuding parties to come to a truce for the sake of biloxi s economy and thier families the daily jera d september 7 1932 p 1  1500 biloxi fishermen entered their 7th week of striking against local packers over a 1 per barrel increase in the price of shrimp  tony cvitanovich  18881964 a packer and officer of the sanitary fish and oyster co asked for a federal injunction against the fishermen who had threatened him with violent acts the daily herald september 21 1932 p 8 the  gulf coast shrimpers and oystermens association received its state charter on october 10th  the  purpose  of this organization was to   work together for the improvement and betterment of ourselves and our community and to have a legally contitutional and authorized medium by and through we may take better take up and discuss with those for who we work the matter of securing better prices for our catches and better working conditions for ourselves and coworkers  the  founding members  were  niels  k nelson 19001965 matre pitalo 18981981 roy w hepler 18941980 martin newman and frank dismukes  joseph ragusin a striking fisherman was wounded in the arm when attempting to stop four black fisherman from leaving to break the strike harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 52 p 507 from the daily herald october 5 1932 p 8 in late november  john s mavar  18801960 and john s mavar jr  19071973 scuffled with workers of the fishermen s association over disagreements in seafood prices related to the recent seafood strike the fishermen pushed the mavars from a pier into the water to releave their frustrations with the canners the strikers had asked 450 per 210 pounds of shrimp per barrel and alleged that the canners were paying them 350 per 250 pounds of shrimp per barrel the timespicayune november 26 1932 p 18  1933 louisiana passed its port of entry law  the law meant that mississippi fishermen could go to louisina waters to work because their boats could not carry enough ice to load and unload in the marshes and their cargoes would spoil the daily herald march 20 1933 p 2 and march 22 1933 p 1 a local representative suggested that a loan from the rfc could fund the extension of local oyster reef  the daily herald june 9 1933 p 1 the national shell fisheries association and oyster growers and dealers association of north america adopted the nra  national recovery administration  code that required oyster factory workers to be paid  14 per week and work no more than 48 hours  the daily herald august 5 1933 in september  grego anticich   mary skrmetta anticich and mijo anticich incorporated the anticich canning and packing company at biloxi the company evolved from the  the biloxi packing trading company  which had been incorporated on september 20 1920 at new orleans from the deed records of harrison county mississippi it appears that the anticich family took control of the biloxi trading packing company between august 1924 and august 1925 and began operating as the anticich canning and packing company  harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 53 p 571      superior seafood company managed by na abraham in the fall of 1933 employed seventy people during the raw oyster season the daily herald october 14 1933 p 2 the citizens committee endorsed the plan of mayor r hart chinn to assure that ample protection be afforded to all fishermen who return to work the following factories signed the agreement biloxi canning companybernard taltavull cc canning compnaywilliam cruso mavar fish and oyster companyjohn mavar sr deer island fish and oyster companymarko skrmetti sanitary fish and oyster companytony cvitanovich dejean packing companyelmer williams kuluz brotherstony kuluz anticich packing companygrego anticich sea coast packing companysteve s sekul mississippi coast packing companyjake rosetti and star fish and oyster companyernest mladinich the daily herald september 291933 p 1 the biloxi fishermen s union ordered that a large quantity of shrimp caught in local waters be destroyed  the shrimp were too small and unacceptable to the canneries the fishermen gave away as many shrimp as they could and dumped the rest no relief is seen in the continuing feud between factorymen and fishermen  as the cannery owners refuse to cave to the demands of the fishermen  the daily herald november 18 1933 p 2 in late 1933  marco skrmetti or skrmetta  plan to moved his packing operations to bayou labatre alabama to to avoid conflict with the seafood worker s union but the biloxi union leaders organized the fishermen there and claim to have approximately 115 members  jake rosetti will probably operate the deer island fish and oyster company  at biloxi the daily herald november 6 1933 p 1 and july 27 1934 p 1  the dixie fisheries inc of ernest mladinich 18751953  was chartered in louisiana in november  with a capitalization of 5000 the statestimes baton rouge 900260 in new capitalization of corporations decemebr 2 1933 p 13 the  biloxi oyster exchange was incorporated  on december 5 1933 by hh cole pacagoula bernard taltavull charles dejean john mavar sr louis braun marko skrmetti jake rosetti tm kuluz sm sekul julian mcphillips ernest mladnich jr lo johnson jr and cm davis the purpoe of the organization was to own operate and control the sale of a part or all of the oysters taken from waters in misslabama the daily herald january 8 1934 p 6  1934 the  civil works administration  cwa was established by president franklin d roosevelt in november 1933 as part of the new deal during the great depression it created temporary jobs for americans until it was disbanded in late march 1934 the cwa had a presence on the mississippi gulf coast by purchasing oyster shells from seafood factories and planting them to replenish and increase production on local reefs a list of potential bidders for this project was provided by biloxi mayor r hart chinn admininistrator of the oyster planting program the list which was posted in the uspo at jackson biloxi pass christian and pascagoula invited selected canners to bid on oyster shell sales to cwa and deliver them to pascagoula and pass christian follows  biloxibiloxi canniing and packing company   cb foster packing company  braun packing company   gulf foods inc   dorgan  mcphillips canning company   desporte packing company   johnson canning company   mississippi coast packing company   sea coast packing company   kuluz brothers   dejean packing company   mavar fish  oyster company   george h higgins   moore sales company  and edward braun  pascagoula mexican gulf packing company george h higgins edward braun pelham fish oyster compnay  pass christian  dunbardukate company george h higgins edward braun gulf foods inc and braun canning company  gulfport  wallace fountain the daily herald february 17 1934 p 2 the gulf coast canneries of biloxi operated by louis johnson jr remains closed after a boycott from the fishermen s union after he rejected a 200 barrel load of spoiled oysters delivered by the  jennie johnson  to his factory johnson had received no oysters since this action the braun factory is also closed  mr braun expects to move to louisiana and johnson is antcipating a trip to the bayou state to insect several sites to relocate his cannery the closing of these two factories has left 450 seafood workers unemployed  johnson and braun s plants packed about 60 of the shrimp at biloxi this season last year marco skrmetti moved the deer island fish oyster company to bayou la batre alabama the daily herald april 27 1934 p 1 the  ice plant of the dunbardukate at pass christian mississippi began to make ice in june  the plant has not operated in several years but the last two winters  r hart chinn and louis e braun of biloxi had leased  the factory dunbardukate had been in operation for many years at pass christian and when the factory was fully engaged employed about 400 workers the daily herald june 19 1934 p 1 in 1934  dunbardukate built a new shrimp cannery at pass christian and did extensive repairs to its oyster cannery there elbert l dukate 18811943 vicepresident of the company and rr abbley cannery manager dunbardukate planned to operate here on a fulltime basis the daily herald july 16 1934 p 1 in july 1934  meetings were held at bay st louis for opponents and proponents of seafood factories on the beach front of bay st louis mayor gy blaize spoke in favor of the industry locating here the daily herald july 18 1934 p 1 when the 1934 shrimp season began at biloxi on august 15th there were about 500 boats and 5000 seafood workers toiling for the following canneries  biloxi canning company   braun canning company   gulfco seafoods company   dejean packing company   dorganmcphillips packing company   mavar   mississippi coast   sea coast packing company   anticich packing company   mladinich packing company   johnson canning company   cc company   dubaz brothers  and kuluz brothers  the daily herald july 27 1934 p 1 on july 26th the seacoast packing company opened its remodeled packing room designed to meet the requirements of the pure food and drugs administration and the recommendations of the national cannery association  steve pavlov president alex pitalo vice president and steve sekul secretarytreasurer the daily herald july 27 1934 p 1  dixie fisheries incorporated owned by ernest mladinich sr 18751953 ernest mladinich jr 19061990 and jake mladinich sr 19021967 are making extensive improvements to their east beach plant to comply with the new health inspection requirements  the work will be completed before the opening of the shrimp season the daily herald august 2 1934 p 2  biloxi s 1st oyster festival was held on labor day september 3rd  the event was sponsored by the biloxi elks lodge and held on the grounds of the riviera hotel at lameuse and beach boulevard   miss   violet magas  representing anticich canning company was the winner 2nd place elizabeth misko  dejean packing compan 3rd place josephine tremontana  sea coast packing company other contestants for oyster queen and their sponsors were  yvonne blanchard   dorganmcphillips  amy kennedy  biloxi canning company  floris kulivan  mavar shrimp oyster company  evelyn melerine  cruso canning company and  eva talianicich  kuluz brothers  leon red strong won the oyster opening contest  by shucking 119 oysters in 15 minutes the  point cadet tugofwar team defeated back bay  the daily herald september 3 1934 and biloxid iberville press august 26 1976 the seacoast packing company received government permit no 1 which certified that their products met the requirements of the fda they shipped the first carload of government inspected shrimp to chicago on 13 september   the daily herald sptember 14 1934  1935 there was an extreme paucity of crabs on the coast which required that they be brought in from st bernard parish louisiana this phenonmena was explained by the fact that an abundance of fresh water was reacing the sound from flooded rivers and streams from their drainage basins it was related that   this is said to be the first time in history that waters of the mississippi sound have failed to supply the demand for crabs to the point the dealers in crabmeat found it necessary to obtain their supply from louisiana   the daily herald april 5 1935 p 1  mississippi seafood commission members inspecting the oyster grounds off pass christian reported that the reefs were in excellent condition even though a large volume of fresh water had entered the sound from the inundated pearl river  chief inspector louis staehling said that there are about 25 square miles of reef in mississippi now fecund with about 200 square miles conducive for the cultivation of oysters  culling was the only hindrance to the development of mississippi s oyster industry  staehling said that the culling statues would be strictly enforced next year and the cooperation of the fishermen and factorymen is essential the law required that not more than 5 percent of the oyster catch steamed  shall be under three inches   commission members on the tour aboard the alathea vardaman were  eh bacot pascagoula president  louis hahn biloxi  vinson smith sr  pass christian  sc spencer ocean springs  dr dh ward bay st louis  dr mr mosley biloxi secretary and louis staehlingbiloxi chief inspector the daily herald april 10 1935 p 1 in august   biloxi packing plants remained idle and shrimpers were also on strike at bayou labatre alabama  they were asking 8 per barrel for shrimp but factory owners only offered 650 per barrel the deer island packing company a nonunion shop owned by biloxian marco skrmetta was under duress by pickets  harold bosarge frado tillman and ira calloway were wounded by shot gun fire  ten white men and 5 negroes were arrested the daily herald august 14 1935 p 1  miss frances pavlov was chosen queen of the 1st annual oyster festival at the elks frolic  on beach boulevard on september 2nd sponsors for the event were  dejean packing company   sea coast packing company   mavar packing company   kuluz brothers packing company  cc company and wm bill cruso  braun canning company   sanitary fish oyster company   wentzell brothers   gallotte  sic  brothers  and s outhern shell packing company  the daily herald august 14 1935 p 1 and september 3 1935 p 2 in september 1935 the peoples bank of biloxi sold the cb foster and company tract located at 224 east back bay  to the  southern shell fish company  a subsidiary of the wesson oil company the sale included the factory eight boats shipyard labor camp which was composed of fortynine homes a store and warehouse chester august delacruz 18891964 was secretary of the cb foster packing company from 1916 to 1931 and president until 1933 when he took over the reins of the biloxi oyster exchange in 1935 he became local manager of the southern shell fish company on back bay chester louis delacruz 19111996 his son succeeded his as manager until his retirement in 1976 harrison co mississippi chancery court charter bk 16 p 284 and the jackson county times september 14 1935 p 1 and the sun herald july 8 1996 p c2 and see also harrison co ms chancery court cause no 14013 biloxi oyster shell grit co v cb foster packing co on september 1st  gulf coast fishermen began working under a temporary agreement with factory owners in an attempt to get 750 for a barrel of shrimp the agreement continued until october 15th when the seafood industry shut down with biloxi s 2000 boatmen and more than 500 trawlers idled number of packing plants closed were as follows bayou la batre alabama2 biloxi10 ocean springs1 pascagoula2 pass christian2 and bay st louis2 the strike was settled on november 4th with the fishermen getting their 50 cent increase per barrel of shrimp the daily herald october 17 1935 p 1 october 18 1935 p 1 november 4 1935 p 1  1936 seacoast packing company bought the martin fountain packing company from the 1st national bank of biloxi   factory owners and fishermen agreed on the price for shrimp between 5 and 6 per barrel depending on size factory owners also paid 150 per barrel for freight and furnished ice a 50 increase per barrel would commence after october 1st the daily herald april 8 1936 p 1  union officials recommended that the gulf coast shrimpers and oystermens association join the american federation of labor  unionist estimated that the independent labor group had about 4250 members with about 2000 more working in seafood factoies the daily herald cotber 31 1936 p 1 in late november 1936 biloxi canneries received between 1500 and 1800 barrels of shrimp to process the daily herald december 1 1936 p 5  biloxi seafood packing company founded by paul halat 19091977 spouse of margaret skrmetta and devoy colbet 19201992 four boats austrian girl penguin and sold to kuljis family joyce halat franklin january 2008 from the daily herald december 10 1936 p 8  1937 15 2399 barrels of oysters were taken from public reefs in mississippi in 1937  the daily herald january 3 1940 p 1  1938 217722 barrels of oysters were taken from public reefs in mississippi in 1938  the daily herald january 3 1940 p 1  1939 in june  southern seafoods was incorporated  at biloxi by dominick cvitanovich   anthony t cvitanovich   mary trojanovich cvitanovich  and philomena sercovich cvitanovich  the daily herald june 29 1939 p 6 the dejean packing cokpany was placed in receivership by decree of chancellor dm russell on a petition filed by the peoples bank of biloxi  elmer williams and glenn l swetman were named recivers the daily herald september 9 1939 p 2 in late september  biloxi s factory proprietors faced with a surprise demand of a 1 increase per barrel of shrimp  rejected the local union proposal which would have created losses at the new price of 8 per barrel about 500 fishing vessels were involved in the strike two raw seafood dealers roy rosalis and tony cvitanovich accepted the union offer a seafood dealer at bay st louis also agreed with the new price by 23 september the majority of biloxi s large seafood factories anticich cruso canning southern shell roy rosalis john berneski southern fisheries and dorganmcphillips had accepted the new 8 per 200 pound barrel union tender they were joined by marine sea food products bay st louis and kierney of slidell the daily herald september 21 1939 p 1 september 22 1939 p 1 and september 23 1939 p 1 in november a truck from louisiana transporting 8000 pounds of iced roe mullet to bayou labatre alabama was intercepted at pass christian by what was interpreted to be union sympathiesers from biloxi the loyal cadre emptied the truck leaving the fish on the roadside the daily herald november 14 1939 p 1  19401950   1940 gulf sea foods was incorporated in january by frank johnson  19031963  helen potter illing johnson  19001954 and edwin a bubier  18981950 resident of nola and native of maine and stepfather of helen p johnson harrison county mississippi chancery court chattel bk 69 p 411 the hattie k  owned by dewey krohn  sank in front of his home at cedar lake  in late january after the bow was ripped open by ice which was deemed thick enough to skate upon january 1940 was marked by extreme cold weather with much of the month recording days below freezing the daily herald january 31 1940 p 1 elmer williams and glenn swetman  receivers of the dejean packing company in liquidation  were authorized by chancellor dm russell to borrow 40000 from the people s bank to liquidate and pledge certain maunfactured products as security for the loan the daily herald january 30 1940 p 1  peter negovetich  18691940 expired on february 15th he was a trawl and net maker and is credited with inventing a system for removing the long seine from the water without going overboard  the daily herald february 16 1940 p 3 elmer williams and glenn swetman  receivers of the dejean packing company in liquidation  were authorized by chancellor dm russell  to borrow 15000  to continue the operations of the business the daily herald march 30 1940 p 1 the braun canning company and shell crushing plant has been closed and the property leased to the westergard boat works the company moved to another location on back bay the daily herald may 4 1943 p 2 the 19391940 mississippi oyster harvest was 755312 barrels t hat were taken from mississippi and louisiana reefs mississippi reefs received 75772 barrels of spent shells which cost 8 cents per barrel to plant the daily herld may 7 1940 p 1        laz quave  king raw stock ii and  maizie mouton  queen pearl  ruled the annual oyster festival  held in midmay  at the slavonian lodge  the daily herald may 13 1940 p 3     the daily herald june 14 1940 p 1 and p 6  captain steve rodolfich 116 maple street was honored with a silver loving cup for his contributions to the oyster industry by dunbardukate and the louisiana conservation department for delivering the best oysters to violet louisiana for the 1940 oyster season and for the discovery of oyster reefs in lake borgne  the daily herald june 28 1940 p 8    on 1 august  hazel kornman nixon sold a lot on east howard avenue to the gulf coast shrimper s oystermen s association for 1425 the parcel had a frontage of 40 feet on howard and was 200 feet deep the joe ewing president of the association sold this tract back to mrs nixon in march 1941 for 1600 harrison county ms land deed bk 234 p 89 and bk 237 p 456  in august biloxi s fishermen struck local canneries for an increase in shrimp  prices from 7 per barrel to 8 per barrel  louisiana canners were paying 650 per barrel and local factory owners said that they could not compete with paying fisherman thier demandsof higher prices estimating biloxi losing 200000 per week the daily herald august 31 1940 p 1 and september 13 1940 p 1  william cruso  18921975  opened his modern new plant in september cost 14000 to upgrade and employs 400 people the daily herald september 28 1940 p 2  weems brothers seafood company founded in 1941 on oak street and back bay by joseph eugene weems  19122005 and charles weems children of eugene weems and kathryn weems the sun herald may 3 2005 p a6 on december 10th max n tobias for 18000 sold to the  gulf coast shrimpers oystermens association the burns hotel   formerly the kennedy   hotel    building for their  meeting and social affairs  john ewing was president of the local union  which had 2000 paying biloxi members 150 in pass christian 100 in bay st louis and 75 at ocean springs  harrison co mississippi land deed bk 236 p 97 and the daily herald march 4 1941 p 10  1941 the southern seafood exchange was organized at biloxi on 3 january  temporary officers named were john mavar jr  chaiman and wc weir  secretary the governing board was represented by  bernard taltavull   elmer williams   tony cvitanovich  and roy rosalis  the organization was formed to promote the seafood industry to the fullest extent of its members and to make biloxi the seafood center of the gulf coast firms represented at the meeting were biloxi canning packing company gulco seafood company southern seafoods incorporated southern shell fish company union fisheries gulf fish oyster company mavar shrimp oyster company ltd dejean packing company quality seafoods wentzell brothes dubaz brothers kuluz brothers packing company seacoast packing company and the cc company the daily herald january 4 1941 p 1     the  ew illing jr s gulf city canning company  formerly the  ocean springs packing company  closed it had been  leased to louis g moore  19001978  of biloxi who owned a fleet of fishing vessels and had spent time and money to get the plant in operation  mr moore  had difficulty getting shuckers to work in the factory  it had been closed for several years until moore s effort to revitalize it he had brought  600 barrels of oysters to the plant but could get only 2024 workers to come to work in a two day span   the local  seafood workers had union affiliations and didn t care to work at moore s plant  he had even secured an agreement with the oshs to use its siren to notify workers that they were needed at the factory  the jackson county times february 1 1941 p 1 and the daily herald february 3 1941 p 4   on august 14th  william c cruso   18921975  representing the biloxi packers and factory owners agreed to pay the members of the seafood workers union 1 12 cents per pound to pick shrimp and to pay fishermen 7 per barrel of shrimp  the shrimp season had opened on august 10th the daily herald august 14 1941 p 7 and august 15 1941 p 3  humphreys canning company  located on the west pier at gulfport  resumed operations on september 29th  the factory had been closed fro two weeks pending the results of a tropical storm in the gulf  at its peak operating period the cannery employs between 100 and 200 workers the daily herald september 20 1941 p 3  1943 the following biloxi packers atended the opa meeting at new orleans to discuss ceiling seafood prices   ao soares and v santos of the biloxi canning compnay  roy rosalis of union fisheries  je wentzell wentzell brothers  steve m sekul seacoast packing company  mary anticich anticich packing company  rh sewell dejean packing company  claude coulter kuluz brothers  john mavar jr  mavar shrimp and oyster company  john ewing and jack williams of the gulf coast shrimpers and oystermen s association the daily herald may 27 1943 p 2  william c cruso  18921975 was building ten small fourroom homes for the employees of his factory the daily herald september 16 1943 p 8 in october the gulfport canning company was granted a state charter  principals of the organization were  john evanovich   190819891323 east beach biloxi frank webster gulfport and dm graham jr gulfport the business was situated on the city dock the daily herald october 23 1943 p 7  1944 the victory packing company on point cadet has been reorganized and is now owned and operated by james williams  who was a partner in the business with louis thornton joseph leckich and john ewing  former president of the gulf coast shrimpers and oystermen s association mr leckich has sold his interest in the firm to thornton and ewing mr ewing will be president of the new company thornto vicepres and williams sec treas mr ewing and williams will operate the plant and mr thornton will be on a freight boat working for the company last year james williams and joe leckich acquired the plant which had been the old dixie fisheries   initially they processed raw oysters and now they plan to handle frozen shrimp canned and raw oysters and during the summer crabs presently victory has about thirty employees at the factory and are operating two freight boats thier new equipment consisits of conveyors picking tables and various machinery the daily herald september 20 1944 p 7  theodore joseph desporte  18851944 a founder of the desporte packing company  expired at biloxi on octber 30 1944 the daily herald ocotber 30 1944 p 1  1945 in march 1945 the corps of engineers opened the bonnet carre spillway allowing overflow waters of the mississippi river to destroy oysters in coastal louisiana and mississippi  federal authorities related that the dreaded oyster drill would be destroyed by the fresh water as well the oyster industry opposed the opening of the spillway the timespicayune march 27 1945 p 2 and the statestime april 23 1945 p 6a  1946 the state of louisiana placed new restrictions on vessels shrimping in their state waters as follows  waters lying east of a line extending south from the mouth of the east pearl river and bounded on the south by the north shore of bayou la loutre and point chicot and east of a line described as running from point chicot in a southwesterly direction to battledore reef as shown on us coast and geodetic survey no 1272 thence the description continues and is lenghty see original article louisiana was acquiring two planes and four more big boats to patrol the area the daily herald august 9 1946 p 1  ralph duncan   19111987 biloxi seafood processor and distributor  made the first air shipment of seafood from biloxi  four thousand pounds of frozen fresh shrimp aboard a chicago and southern airlines dc3  was air freighted to detroit michigan in midaugust duncan expected the flight about seven hours the daily herald august 13 1946 p 1 and august 15 1946 p 1  1947 in may 1947  william c cruso  18921975 of biloxi was a witness in congressinal hearings where representative william m colmer  d of mississippi had filed legislation seeking 3 million dollars in reimbursements from the federal government for damages to mississippi oysters beds when in march 1945 the corps of engineers opened the bonnet carre spillway allowing overflow waters of the mississippi river to change the salinity of the water in the oyster producing area of south louisiana and coastal mississippi killing oysters valued at over 10 million dollars the advocate may 11 1946 p 2a and the timespicayune may 7 1947 p 22  southern seafoods owned by andrew cvitanovich   19272014 president and at tony cvitanovich   18861964 secretarytreasurer  leased their seafood plant on back bay to joseph p leckich  19041950    and robert a fayard  19151987 on september 8 1947 the small plant was situated north of bayview avenue and west of the southern shell fish company factory the lot was small and had been leased to the cvitanovichs by the city of biloxi and described as being the width of main street which it was very near harrison co mississippi land deed bk  james b engle  aquatic biologist responsible for oyster surveys of chesapeake bay came to biloxi in late october to make a survey of the oyster reefs of mississippi to determine the extent of damage to the shellfish populations from the recent september hurricane he was to make recommendations to rehabilitate the damaged reefs the oyster dredge  uranus  was avaiable for the oyster survey meco filipich chief oyster inspector will accompany mr engle during his field work the daily herald october 14 1947 p 1  1948 the state senate passed a bill to appropriate 500000 to replant oyster reefs ruined by the recent hurricane the daily herald february 27 1948 p 1  roy rosalis  19091984 planned to start a  50000 fish sales companythe union fisheries sales inc  it would be headquartered on bay view avenue at the home of the union fisheries william lasero boston was to be its sales manager the daily herald july 9 1948 p 7 in 1948  mississippi was second in the usa in the packing of oysters and shrimp mississippi packed 85673 cases of oysters valued at 1157400 and 76917 cases of shrimp valued at 1095000 the daily herald august 8 1949 p 8  1949 clell a dildy  18951991 of the mississippi seafood commission urged the planting of larger oyster reefs of the biloxi coastline the daily herald january 14 1949 p 5  19501960   1951  the clara foutain     owned by carey galle and warren galle  owned by cecil galle both sank in the chandeleur islands in middecember victims of a strong northwesterer the water pump on the clara fountain  which was manned by carey galle   and cecil galle   broke and the warren galle  with moze hebert and nickie hebert aboard went to her aid when both vessels got caught in a winter storm and sank in shallow water the fishermen were rescued by the nike  a uscg cutter the daily herald december 17 1951 p 1  1952 in february the coast fisheries division of quaker oats completed negotiations for a lease at the port of pascagoula for a pilot plant to make catfood from trash fish and menhadden quaker planned to hire 25 people for its incipient operation at pascagoula which was its first on the mexican gulf the company markets its catfood as puss n boots   quaker s other catfood operations are at lubec maine and wilmington california cereal mix for the processed catfood will be sent from quaker s feed mill situated at memphis by late july  the pilot catfood plant was operating successfully and company management decided to increase production from 700 cases per day to 2000 cases per day  80 of the pascagoula port warehouse was leased for the immediate expansion and the company anticipated buying 50000 of scrap fish from local fishermen and the plant payroll would rise to 750000 annually  the daily herald february 8 1952 p 1 april 25 1952 section ii p 1 and july 21 1952 p 1  braun canning company fire  the daily herald september 25 1952 p 1 with photo  a derelict canning factory at main street and back bay formerly the braun canning company was destroyed by fire on 24 september the building 150 feet by 65 feet was owned by madames ea braun and lomax burdine the daily herald september 25 1952 p 1 with photo    gulf coast research laboratory biologist relates that coast oyster beds were drought stricken  the daily herald december 23 1952 p 1  1953 the oyster reefs in the mississippi sound were planned to be reseeded as the industry had suffered castastrophic damage resulting from a prolonged drought  high salinity water in the sound is conducive for the growth of the oyster s enemies the conch a microscopic fingus  dermocystidium  and the boring clam  biloxi s canneries had to import a large quantity of louisiana oysters to continue operating  the daily herald march 2 1953 p 1  1954 in late october 1954  judge dan m russell accepted the petition of ralph harold nick mavar and glenn l swetman  19011994 to sell in a private sale the real estate and property of the anticich canning and packing company to john mavar jr   sam mavar and victor mavar  the selling price was 70000 and included the copyright brandsamerican beauty and silver spray and the following vessels adriatic europa lillian lillian b louise mary baltic pacific on time and veronia the sale of the anticich canning and packing company to the mavars was effected on november 5 1954 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 387 p 483 and bk 388 p 346  1955 mayor francis hursey  of pass chrisitan planned to meet with  governor hugh white and the seafood commission to express his dissatisfaction with power dredging on public oyster reefs  the daily herald january 12 1955 p 1  federal judge sidney c mize set retrial of usa v gulf coast shrimpers and oysterman s association for late january in february 1954 the litigation case ended in mistrial as the federal governement attempted to prove that the local association had attempted to fix prices on seafood  thereby violating the sherman antitrust act the daily herald january 12 1955 p 1  captain larney b summerlin  18971955  drowned off biloxi  on january 11th when the  katherine w  carrying about 400 barrels of oyster capsized in the biloxi channel  maynard hall  b 1929 his soninlaw escaped the capsized vessel captain summerlin  worked for the weems brothers cannery  on oak street and back bay the daily herald january 12 1955 p 1      members of biloxi s chamber of commerce  from the daily herald november 23 1955 p 20  weems seafood company on east bay view avenue installed the first oyster shucking machine in a biloxi seafood plant in late december  the machine cost about 5000 and had the capacity to shuck between 300400 barrels of oysters each day irby brothers of gulfport and the saucier brothers of biloxi manufactured some parts of the weems oyster shucker the daily herald december 24 1955 p 10 and december 28 1955 p 1  1958   wholesale dealers in mississippi fishery products  biloxi canning company biloxi freezer company biloxi seafoods cc canning company ray canaan seafoods crystal ice freezer dejean packing company dubaz brothers r fournier son gollott canaan seafoods gollott kinsey seafoods cf gollott son em gollott seafoods ld seafoods seafoods gulf central seafoods kuluz brothers leckich fayard seafoods william lasero agency mavar shrimp oyster company moore seafoods sea coast packing compnay shemper s seafoods southern shell company inc star sales agency suarez seafood market taltavull seafood company union fisheries sales weems brothers seafood company and west seafoods the daily herald february 25 1959 p s12 the fishermen and allied workers union went on strike against dejean packing company  the disagreement was over trash fish the daily herald may 3 1958 p 12 on december 8th the  gulf coast shrimpers oystermens association sold the former kenne dy hotel  building on reynoir and railroad streets to steve anthony braun and edward r buster braun for 42000 george williams was president of the organization with jb ferrill howard galle and albert fountain jr ans board members harrison co mississippi land deed bk 443 p 212  1959 noel e balius  19051994 proprietor of balius sons blacksmith and welding at 1309 east howard avenue celebrated his 40th year in business on august 17 1959  during his forty years as a blacksmith mr balius says he has always worked with floyd a balius  19041994 and frank mondoffie  they began making dredges when they were about 13 years of age the balius shop just sold 24 pairs of oyster dredges that will be used in louisiana and texas the daily herald august 3 1959 p 23  henry joseph agregaard  18921959  retired seafood dealer whose shop was on central beach boulevard expired at biloxi on 2 december 1959  the daily herald december 7 1959 p 2  19601970   1960 the louisiana wildlife and fish commission released greendyed shrimp into all areas of its waters a reward of 50 cents was offered to anyone returning a green shrimp to fred grace at their office in biloxi the daily herald june 17 1960 p 12 in midjune the mississippi marine conservation commission began planting 80000 barrels of oysters on mississippi s reefs the daily herald june 17 1960 p 21  william demoran  mississippi marine conservation commission biologist was optimistic about the coming oyster harvest but he predicted that it would not exceed that of last year s exceptional oyster season  the daily herald october 29 1960 p 2  1961   1962 mavar packing company plans to build new wharf the daily herald june 16 1962 p 7  victory packing company  owned by james e williams  19061979 and louis w thornton and situated just east of dejean s packing company was sold to james west in late july harrison co mississippi land deed bk 499 p 483  1963 chester delacruz charles weems mike sekul william cruso and the mavar shrimp oyster company spoke about oystering in the good ole days at biloxi  the daily herald january 8 1963 p 2 four boats  pauline t  and lil cruso of the cruso canning company  vixen  owned by bill jenkins and the peter sekul of the sea coast packing company sank within two hours while dredging oysters on the telegraph reef off pass christian sank a large pump owned by clay baudry of biloxi was used to salvage the vessels within a few days william cruso believed that the boats were pushed over their own dredges by the swift current punturing holes in the bottom of the vessels the daily herald april 25 1963 p 2 the daily herald november 23 1963 p 28note these companies are members of the biloxi chamber of commerce  1964 sea food factories and ancillary industries operating on east beach boulevard were  mavar shrimp oyster company 11141142 e beach blvd  dejean packing company 13021304 e beach blvd  moore seafood company 1326 e beach blvd  moore seafood company warehouse 1328 e beach blvd  dejean packing company shipyard 1332 e beach blvd  west seafood 1400 e beach blvd  dubaz brothers 1432 e beach blvd  kuljis oil dock 1501 e beach blvd and sea coast packing company 1506 e beach blvd 1964 biloxi city directorymullinkille1964 pp 156157  1969  the mississippi marine conservation commission declared that the 1960 ordinance which said that boats shrimping north of the mississippi island chain  barrier islands must not use more than a 50foot trawl and a trytrawl of 12 feet  maximum length with trawl boards no more than 18 inches  will remian in effect and that no double rigs would be permitted by shrimpers in this area  the daily herald april 19 1969 p 19  john s mavar   19071973 manager of one of the coasts largest canning plants  estimated that the loss of the seafood and related industries ice makers boat builders trawl makers and machine shops resulting from hurricane camille would reach  75 million  eight or nine factories were destroyed and 30004000 industry workers with an annual income of 1000000 could expect their paychecks reduced until december and the seafood industry would not recover until june 1970 the timespicayune september 12 1969 p 38  19701980     1973 the dubaz brothers seafood company  a biloxi business for 54 years  was sold to ed hanson  a biloxian in the winter of 1973 the crab processing plant located at the corner of maple strret and howard avenue was sold in late november 1972 the three dubaz brothers luke george and rudolph plan to retire after being in the seafood business since around 1918 john dubaz their other brother and company founder is deceased the dubaz brothers processed shrimp oysters and crabs until hurricane camille destroyed the plant on east beach boulevard in august 1969 the company relocated and only processed crabs at the new location the daily herald january 8 1973  1975 william c cruso  18921975 biloxi canner native of nola and resident of biloxi since 1904 died on may 30 1975 he was preceded in death by his spouse  lillie toche  18961968 who died on november 30 1968 the daily herald november 30 1968 p 2 and june 1 1975 p a2  mexico threat to shrimpers  the timespicayune november 12 1975 p 6  1978 louis g moore  19001978 biloxi seafood operator expired on july 26th moore seafood company was located at 1326 east beach boulevard on point cadet  1979 james e williams  19061979  retired chief inspector of the marine conservation corps  died at biloxi mississippi on october 7 1979 the daily herald october 8 1979 p a3  when biloxi was seafood capital of the world  written by david a sheffield and darnell l nicovich and edited by julia cook guice was published by the city of biloxi mississippi  19801990   1982 offshore marine enterprises inc planned to relocate its eightboat fleet from st petersburg to biloxi s back bay the company planned to seek deepwater fin fish grouper and red snapper on long lines  the sun herald march 28 1982 p a1     in late may interested and  enthusiastic biloxians met at the east end fire station to consider organizing a biloxi seafood museum among those present were jerry bodin mayor gerald henry blessey anthony v ragusin houston gollott larry dubaz margaret sherry and tommy gollott  the biloxi press june 2 1982 p 1 the  newly chartered biloxi seafood museum incorporated elected officers  in early december at the biloxi community center  jerry bodin  was elected president  duane diaz  vicepresident  walter fountain  secretary and  chevis swetman   treasurer board members elected were carroll kovacevich charles weems billy gollott thomas schultz jr steve marinovich gerald cochran mike chance joe moran della mccaughn cheroe arceneaux rosa martin and charles bassettthe biloxi press december 8 1982 p 1  1989 a 200year old citizenship law posed a problem for the approximate 5000 vietnamese fishermen on the coast  if they were still aliens the law gave the federal government the right to seize a fishing boat if the captain was not a us citizen or if no one on the vessel could speak the english language  the sun herald october 18 1989 p a1  19902000   20002010   20102020   2011 a surge of fresh water was pushing shrimp and killing oysters in the western mississippi sound due to an influx of fresh water via the bonnet carre spillway into lake pontchartrain exceptionally high spring flooding on the mississippi river system forced engineers to open both the bonnet carre and morganza spillways control structures up river from nola low water salinities were recorded as far east as horn island the sun herald june 10 2011 p a1  freshwater from the opening of the bonnet carre spillway to relieve pressure on the mississippi river levees above nola pushed large amounts of fresh water into the western mississippi sound from lake ponchartrain   the oyster reefs off pass christian were particularly in jeopardy   the sun herald june 21 2011 p a1  noaa blames shrimpers are to blame for almost 1000 sea turtle deaths since the bp oil spill has unleashed a fury of comments in two languages  the sun herald july 14 2011 p a2    red snapper over fished in the gulf of mexico according to noaa s annual report  the sun herald july 15 2011 p a2  vietnamese shrimpers are no happier than others about noaa allegations that they are not using turtle excluder devices teds properly and endangering and destroying the turtle population in the gulf of mexico most of the dead turtles are young kemp ridley turtles that are considered an endangered species  the sun herald july 27 2011 p a2      oysters dry uphope that texas could make up for oyster losses in louisiana and mississippi in 2011 were derailed by the extended drought in the lone star state which caused excessively high water salinities which is conducive for predators and diseasesboth deliterious to the oyster population  the sun herald augut 1 2011 p a9      not a good year for gulf coast shrimp industry  the sun herald august 6 2011 p a4  noaa fisheries has decided not to impose emergency measures on the shrimping industry because their data shows that an unusually high number of sea turtles were found dead in april a month before the shrimp season began  the sun herald august 12 2011 p a1  shrimpers turtles both should thrive  in our gulf watersan editorial the sun herald august 18 2011 p c2      vietnamese community scattered after katrina  the sun herald august 25 2011 p a1  oyster season shuts down after 5 days  the sun herald october 28 2011 p a1  steve crockett of grand bay alabama grows topshelf high quality boutique oysters  the sun herald december 5 2011 p a5  2013 shrimp processors seek help to slow imports  the sun herald january 16 2013 p a1  paul delcambre sr  19262013 native of choate vermilion parish louisiana and biloxi resident since 1946 expired at biloxi on june 6th delcambre was owner of del s seaway shrimp oyster company and seaway freezing company  he was president of the local american shrimp processors and canners association and a member of the mississippi restaurant association the sun herald june 11 2013 p a7  2014  6689 views  ', 0);
