 streets and roads streets and roads ray sun 5292011 1639 time line   1842 the road from pt caddy to henderson pt on the bay of st louis was declared a public road  charles bellman was appointed overseer of this road from pt caddy to the west line of the 1 st police beat district minutes harrison county board of police march 14 1842 p 18  1846  water street  was first shown on a plat drawn by rene lameuse 17881883 a native of haiti and biloxi resident and first seen in a land deed in a land split between hc kaufman and h fritze on a 99foot parcel on pass christian road howard avenue that ran to water street they acquired the lot from arne bernard and spouse and danjean pierre in may 1846 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 189 and p 192  1883 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    1888 the beach road was laid out circa 1879 and circa 1884 it was opened from mississippi city to one mile east of beauvoir  much of this throughfare was shelled and paid for by private citizens all required bridges were built by the county the 2 miles between biloxi and beauvoir has not been built the biloxi herald august 11 1888 p 8  1894 in january  thomas h gleason  18571935  arnaud m dulion   18591909 and michael j louge  18471921 of the biloxi city council were appointed to meet with property owners on biloxi s front beach to request that they transfer 40 feet of land to the city to build a road from lameuse street to porter avenue  the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1  1899 in january mayor ht howard commenting on the conditions of biloxi s streets recommended the following the finance committee should with the assistance of the committee on sidewalks and streets formulate a plan by which bonds might be issued to improve our make shift sidewalks and dilapidated streets the marshal should be plainly instructed to educate the citizens that the streets are not dunghills on which to throw their offal trash and garbage the citizens should be taught to improve their streets by widening them the reckless piling of oyster shells along our streets should be stopped for surely every street the biloxi daily herald january 5 1899 p 8  in june  the following biloxi landowners sold to the city of biloxi for street purposes a tract described as jh keller caroline johnson van b mass c dennies dora m sterne alex lebatard sarah kuhn mrs george w dunbar august dorries la valle louise harriet crawford a gambel mrs jt maybury and e lebatard harrison co mississippi land deed bk 41 p 402  1903 the biloxi city council adopted a resolution that called for the numbering of biloxi s eastwest streets with lameuse street as the base line  nothing was offered for the northsouth streets mayor elmer ordered that ed suter paint the house numbers and and labels for the streets the biloxi daily herald april 17 1903 p 6  1905 monsieurs kennedy and benachi granted the city of biloxi a deed to benachi avenue which ran from howard avenue to west beach street the grantors reserved  the riparian rights on the front and also stipulated thatnone of the magnificent trees with which the avenue is lined on both sides shalll be injured or destroyed  the biloxi herald august 5 1901 p 2  1906   morrison avenue  a new street cut through from the beach toward the railroad and some distance west of the cemetery the article was reporting a fire that burned three newly built cottages on morrison the biloxi daily herald june 27 1906    1912 mrs wc seale owner of the old parkhurst place  was to present a petition signed by over 150 citizens to the city council asking that the west bay road a shell street be extended to her home  the present shell road terminarted about 12 mile from the seale domicile mrs seale offered to give the city a 50foot rightofway all around her property to the naval reserve in exchage for the shell road the daily herald february 13 1912 p 8  1914 in june 1914   he latimer son contractor with a crew of eight men and mule teams were building  glennan avenue  from pass christian road to the proposed cemetery in naval reserve park   the daily herald june 2 1914    1922 all biloxi resident males between 18 and 55 years of age   not exempt by law were notified that they  were required to work on the streets avenues and alleys of biloxi for a period of six tenhour days each year  in lieu of this service one could pay the city clerk 3 no later than march 5th after that date an additional 1 was added to the fee the daily herald march 4 1922 p 4 in the summer time  commissioner hunt was concerned about the dust on the beach road and west howard avenue advesrely affecting automobiles and homes  he had oil trucks spray oil on the shell on the beach road between porter avenue and oak street and on west howard from porter avenue to the naval reserve park the daily herald june 21 1922 p 3  west howard avenue  from fayard street to lameuse street  is badly in need of repair particularly between the tracks of the gulfport mississippi coast transit company  this condition is daid to be caused by the hauling of heavy freight cars over the tracks many complaints are being made by this condition  there is also a hole on the asphalt paved part of caillavet street which should be repaired by the county  automobiles turning into the main street is this main street from back bay state that they are given an unpleasant jolt at this point the daily herald september 23 1922 p 4  1923 on february 26 1923 the citizens of biloxi voted to pass a 550000 bond issue for streets  playgrounds schools libraries parks or community building   350000 of this money was to be allocated to pave nine miles of the principal thoroughfares in biloxi with bitulithic asphalt brick or some other hard surfaced material the daily herald january 31 1923 p 1  two carloads of a1 brick arrived at biloxi last week and were unloaded on west beach  after the waterworks are reconfigured and storm drain work is finished  the front beach roadway from point cadet to porter avenue will be started  the daily herald july 31 1923 p 3 in late august 1923 the morgan paving company was contracted to pave a section of the west beach road from heartsease park to beauvoir morgan subcontracted the work to local contractors ahern and guiterrez but continued to supervise the project funds for the work was provided by the federal government and the state highway commission the scheme called for a roadway with a sixinch concrete base covered with a thick asphalt layer  the daily herald august 27 1923 p 3  1924 in 1924 the southern paving and construction company began laying brick and asphalt on biloxi streets   the daily herald april 4 1924 p 3 and june 9 1924 p 3    1926 under the advisement of the biloxi lions club the city of biloxi obtained its first traffic light  it was made operational at howard avenue and lameuse street on november 12 1926  the light was made by the essco manufacturing company and installed under the supervision of al mangin for city commissioner john swanzy who directed biloxi public works the second traffic light went on in late december 1926  at caillavet street and division the daily herald october 21 1926 p 1 october 29 1926 p 2november 13 1926 p 2 and december 23 1926  1927 work is in progress paving parts about one mile of fountain street bay view avenue walker street bellman street roy and nixon street in connection with the back bay housing project  the work is being done within a wpa program supervised by john swanzy city commissioner the daily herald april 23 1927 p 2 the city commissioners heard objections to white way and curb and gutter improvements in biloxi  there was only one objection to the  white way similar to that on beach boulevard which will be laid on howard avenue from nixon street to fayard street lameuse street from beach boulevard to howard avenue and reynoir street from howard avenue to the l n rr  concrete curb and guttters will be placed on bass street from washington to howard avenue and on thelma street from seal avenue to iroquois the daily herald april 23 1927 p 1  1930 nixon street from water street to the beach which s the entrance way to the biloxi hospital  has been improved a tar and gravel composition has been placed ober the road providing a smooth finish the daily herald august 25 1930 p 2  1935 the state highway department requested a preliminary survey to widen the beach road from reynoir street to oak street from 18 feet to 30 feet the work was expected to take three weeks to reconnoiter the route of about 7200 feet the daily herald april 10 1935 p 1  1940 by midapril 1940  4300 feet of concrete had been poured on the biloxi section of the wpa and mississippi highway department sponsored new  double beach drive project with 2100 feet of roadway left to complete the daily herald april 16 1940 p 1  1948 the new section of the beach double driveway near biloxi will be completed in about two weeks  there remains about two weeks work of sodding along the side and parkways the new link is 2 and 12 miles long with two lanes or 4 12 miles in its entirety the daily herald may 26 1948 p 1  1954 in august the clark brothers of jackson mississippi james clark project manager were awarded the 863535 contract to build four 12foot lanes and 2 auxiliary lanes 10 12 feet wide sidewalks and a 13foot neutral ground between the biloxi lighthouse and myrtle street on point cadet many large trees were destroyed to construct this section of us highway no 90 the daily herald august 11 1954 p 1 and november 10 1954 p 1  1955 john d smith  state highway commissioner with mayor laz quave and other local dignitaries including kay freeman biloxi s miss hospitality and catherine ann baricev shrimp queen were present on december 9th on east beach drive and bellman street when the last 28 miles of the 20 million fiveyear fourlane 26 mile construction of us highway 90 was dedicated  more than 2 million was spent for the last 28 miles of the highway through biloxi s historic district the timespicayune december 10 1955 p 1  references  the biloxi herald   paving of biloxi streets means more tourist travel    january 6 1894 the biloxi herald   city council    january 5 1899 the biloxi daily herald   another big fire last night    june 27 1906 the daily herald   want bb   back bay  shell road extended   february 13 1912 the daily herald   paved road needs repair    february 23 1922 the daily herald   city council    january 31 1923 the daily herald   bricks arrive for street work   july 31 1923 the daily herald   begin work of paving  april 24 1924 the daily herald   brick laying began today   june 9 1924 the daily herald   howard avenue open to lameuse   june 13 1924 the daily herald   biloxi paving progresses   april 23 1927 the daily herald   biloxi white way is now assured   april 23 1927 the daily herald   4300 feet paving laid at biloxi    april 16 1940 the daily herald   paving streets    february 22 1941 the daily herald   to complete beach drive in two weeks   may 26 1948 p 1 the daily herald   clark brothers get biloxi road work for 863535   august 11 1954 the daily herald   new multilane drive at biloxi is progressing   november 10 1954 the daily herald   biloxi city council changes street name rose street to rosetti   may 9 1972 the timespicayune   biloxi highway section opened   december 10 1955  biloxi street names   ahern street  anglada alley in october 1907 miss minnie boykin christian missionary from ellisville mississippi was working with the poor people of biloxi under the aegis of the women s home missionary of the methodist conference she established a clinic on oak street near howard avenue and a sunday school at 1015 anglado alley near the biloxi canning company on back bay the biloxi daily herald september 28 1907 p1 and febraury 13 1908 p 1 references the biloxi daily herald miss minnie boykins work september 28 1907 p 1  atkinson road john william atkinson 18561941 came to biloxi circa 1907 recognizing the similarity of the soil and plant life with that of the fruit growing areas of florida he decided to attempt citrus culture on lands on back bay north of beauvoir  family jw atkinson was the son of william h atkinson 18271921 and mona holland brotherrl atkinson 181941 of madison wisconsin sarah atkinson his sister married nathan v boddie 18501929 allie daniel of la eugenia stokes of canton jw married miss pearl anna harmanson 18761970 on august 24 1904 in harrison county mississippi she was the daughter of dr and mrs ad harmanson of florala mississippi mrb 16 p 66 they were the parents of mona atkinson 19051991 m george wallace pearl l atkinson 19071983 m louis gutierrez 19091978 john atkinson 19091984 thomas harmanson atkinson 19101974 and woodrow joseph atkinson 19162002 m edna lucille harpole  references  the daily herald      the daily herald     191 the daily herald   back bay north of beauvoir   august 5 1910 the daily herald   back bay   november 25 1911 the daily herald   interesting story about back bay written for manufacturers record   january 7 1914  the daily herald   father of jw atkinson dies   june 23 1921 the daily herald   john w atkinson dies in biloxi   june 4 1941  beach street in early days of biloxi s history was called front street lameuse street became the dividing line between west beach and east beach road bed composed of a mixture of oyster shells and sand  paving in late august 1923 the morgan paving company was contracted to pave a section of the west beach road from heartsease park to beauvoir morgan subcontracted the work to local contractors ahern and guiterrez but continued to supervise the project funds for the work was provided by the federal government and the state highway commission the scheme called for a roadway with a sixinch concrete base covered with a thick asphalt the daily herald august 27 1923 p 3  us highway no 90   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   west beach in bad consition   august 20 1923 the daily herald   begin work upon roadway   august 27 1923 the daily herald   clark brothers open new part of biloxi highway unit next week   june 9 1955 p 16  bellman street   bellman street and charles fn bellman bellman street was originally called ryan s road after jacques ryan who acquired land in the jeanbaptiste carco land claim in 1812 it was a sixfoot wide footpath on the western perimeter of the dorsette richard land claim ryan s road was cut in 1843 and went north to the pass christian and point cadet road now east howard avenue cassibry vol ii p 131 p 142 and p 143 charles fn bellman 18061868 was born at kiel germany on may 30 1806 as carl friedrich nicolai bellmann the son of carl gottilieb bellmann 17721859 and friederica christina krause 17751860 the daughter of otto wilhelm krause of kiel his birth was recorded in the lutheran church on june 7 1806 at schleswigfriedrichberg carl g bellmann was a musician and composer from muskau in saxony now in eastern germany he was the composer of   the song of schlewigholstein   carl g bellmann and miss krause were married on december 9 1800 in schleswigfriedrichberg in addition to charles fn bellman their other children were carl adolph eduard bellmann born november 10 1801 friederika henriette adolphine bellmann born may 25 1803 and carl friedrich fedor bellmann born december 29 1811 and died may 29 1874 in kiel germany research of felicia bellman tucker march 14 2002 charles fn bellman 18061868 was a pioneer settler of biloxi mississippi he arrived at biloxi in 1835 and circa 1836 married pauline ryan 18151899 the daughter of jacques ryan d 1849 and elizabeth laforce lafauce 17 1850 at biloxi charles bellman made his livelihood as a boarding house proprietor druggist and doctor bellman avenue which strikes northsouth from east beach boulevard to howard avenue in biloxi is named for charles fn bellman  bellman children charles fn bellman and pauline ryan bellman brought nine children into the 19 th century world  theodora bellman  18381901 married louis l toon ryan  adolphine bellman  18381893 married moses seymour 18381893  charles w   bellman   18411885 married louisa wilhemena egan 18511881  edwardine bellman  18431921 married benjamin f noel 18411910  harro bellman  18471920 married euphrosine frazine ryan 18521904  bertha bellman  18511932 married ernest m beaugez 18621903  ada regina lida bellman  18541870  ralph charles bellman  18551899 and  pauline josephine bellman  18571933 married george w mccary 18481925  charles bellman first overseer of the biloxi and pass christian road appointed april 1842 minutes bd of police p 24  references  harrison county mississippi minutes of the board of police the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      benachi avenue benachi avenue is a northsouth striking street situated in biloxi mississippi east of the iconic biloxi lighthouse its name came from the nicholas marino benachi family of new orleans  nicolas marino benachi  18121886 was born on the greek island of khios khios is located in the aegean sea off the west coast of turkey it is believed to have been the birthplace of homer khios is known for its school of epic poets the homeridae and it sculptors it became a greek possession in 1912 today with the adjacent islands of cyclades dodecanese lesbos and samos khios forms the greek department called aegean islands webster s new geographical dictionary1988 p 261  ownership nicholas m benachi 18121886 greek immigrant and cotton broker at nola died intestate on february 8 1886 at new orleans he left the following lands at biloxi with an estimated value of 15000 bounded south by the front bay or gulf of mexico east by property now owned by john cleary north by section line and west by the estate of jacques fayard having a front on said front bay or gulf of mexico of three hundred and twenty two feetsix inches running back due north between parallel lines to said section line a distance of 40 arpents more or less also one lot bounded south by lands of henry miller west by property now owned by dr maloney north by the property of charles fayard east by above described lot measuring north and south eight hundred feet east and west   harrison county chancery court cause no 676 august 1894  trees   benachi house relocated   request for street in early march 1904 a deed to a portion of benachi street was presented to the biloxi city council for action at this time it was read and referred back to all interested parties with the caveat that all streets donated to the city must be in passable condition   the biloxi daily herald march 2 1904 p 6  deed on august 8 1905 anthony n benachi 18581916 and william patrick kennedy 18731951 conveyed a tract of land to the city of biloxi it was described as fortyfive feet wide front on west beach boulevard on the south and running north to howard avenue a distance of 1253 feet on the east line and 1262 feet on the west line the consideration to the grantees was one dollar and that ten feet off the east and west lines be used for sidewalks the city of biloxi agreed that no tree or trees could be cut injured or disfigured by the grantee or assigns on said avenue harrison co mississippi land deed bk 69 p 414 at the biloxi city council meeting held on august 12 1905 the deed to the benachikennedy land donation for benachi avenue was read and accepted a petition from the denizens of benachi avenue was also read to the city council and asked them to shell and light the thoroughfare and that a water main be laid  the biloxi daily herald august 12 1905 p 1  an benachi anthony nicolas benachi 18581916 was called tony he was born april 10 1858 at new orleans tony benachi made his livelihood in the crescent city as a cotton broker and at greenville in the mississippi delta  the biloxi herald february 16 1916 p 2   in 1900 he appears to be residing in the benachi house on the beachfront at biloxi and employed as a cotton classer 1900 federal censusharrison county mississippi an benachi seems to have been a bon vivant and yachting at biloxi was a favorite pastime benachi owned the royal flush  a sixteenfoot catboat which competed annually in the biloxi regatta the swift craft also sailed in match races for sizeable prize money  the ocean springs record april 2 1998 and the biloxi daily herald   august 7 1900 p 8   an benachi expired at biloxi mississippi on february 16 1916 while residing at 422 elmer street his remains were interred in the benachi plot in the biloxi cemetery  the biloxi herald   february 16 1916 p 2  built the biloxi city council approved the improvement of benachi avenue from howard avenue to west beach boulevard in december 1905 when it was ordered  graded and shelled   a local reporter wrote   this is good news to those living on that beautiful avenue of oaks when completed it will form one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in the south or anywhere else   the biloxi daily herald december 6 1905 p 1    references  the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   city council   march 2 1904 the biloxi daily herald   city council holds meeting   august 12 1905 the biloxi daily herald   back to his seaside home   september 20 1905 the biloxi daily herald   benachi avenue to be shelled   december 6 1905 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs of interest   june 27 1910 the daily herald    benachi avenue club   february 4 1926 p 2 the daily herald   know your coast the house that changed its address    december 20 1956  bilmarsan in july 1948 united homes of montgomery alabama planned to erect 25 homes on the newly constructed bilmarsan drive the moderately priced homes ranging in value from 7000 to 8000 will be two and three bedroom of frame construction asbestos siding and utilize many features of modern building methods the subdivision is 250 feet by 640 feet and the lots are 60 feet by 105 feet and 70 feet by 105 feet united homes is operated by tw koster president margaret s koster vicepresident and ruth k harrell sec treasurer the harrell construction company of montogemery will build the homes with ten structures planned to be commenced by late july the daily herald july 21 1948 p 1  references  the daily herald   united home  sic  to erect 25 houses in west biloxi   july 21 1948 p 1  bradford   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      caillavet raymond caillavet 18381898 called medeaux was born at biloxi in 1838 he was the eldest son of francois caillavet 18151883 a carpenter and euranie fayard 18181895 raymond caillavet was the grandson of louis arbeau caillavet 17931860 a native of the opelousas post louisiana and marguerite fayard 17871863 of biloxi louis a caillavet was baptized on march 31 1793 with louis carriere and marie despaux standing as his godparents la caillavet s father symphroen caillavet 17461806 was born at bordeaux france his mother was marie rose carriere 1766c 1855 a native of new orleans the caillavet family at biloxi was well respected louis a caillavet the progenitor of the family here had arrived in 1809 from opelousas louisiana his mother rose carriere and brother adolph caillavet c 18031842 joined him at biloxi later la caillavet 17931860 married marguerite fayard 17871863 circa 1811 she was the daughter of jean baptist fayard jr 17521816 and angelique ladner 17531830 these families are among the oldest at biloxi la caillavet was fluent in the french and english languages and acted as an agentinterpreter and representative to wealthy creole families from new orleans as well as his neighbors in land and legal matters he was often called as a witness in probate chancery court matters and his depositions in several court cases reveal something about his life from nap cassibry s excellent two volume series  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  the following has been extracted concerning la caillavet 1 was in biloxi in 1809 and no later than 1812 2 sometimes he was the only one in biloxi who could write 3 served as an interpreter and notary in legal matters 4 he was blind by 1848 la caillavet acquired much land on the mississippi coast in february 1837 he received a us government land patent on 7185 acres at jackson county mississippi described as lot 1 of section 32 t7sr8w it comprised the ne 4 and se 4 of the ne 4 of that section this land is located on the beach front at east ocean springs west of halstead road louis a caillavet was elected treasurer of the harrison county board of police board of supervisors for the term 18411843 jxco ms land deed bk 96 pp 325326  cemetery now irish hill    references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      claiborne in february 1903 august dorries conveyed for 600 a large corner lot with a front of 180feet on east howard avenue and 200feet in depth to nancy marshall claiborne an unamed street was left open on the east side of the claiborne tract by dorries and kuhn earlier land owners in this area  references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      crawford street the crawford family of new orleans acquired land at biloxi mississippi in february 1871 when mary crawford and theodosa jane crawford 18281896 acquired a tract of land on biloxi s east beach from mathilda pradat the widow of christobal toledano mrs pradat sold a parcel from the western part of a lot known as the green oaks hotel lot the crawford tract costs them 3900 and had a 180foot front on east beach and ran north to the back bay of biloxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 11 p 531  charles c crawford charles campbell crawford 18371915 was born at baltimore maryland in october 1873 he married louise bievvenu 18531903 lived on royal street in new orleans children josephine m crawford 18781952  biloxi crawford home at 953 east beach  josephine m crawford josephine marien crawford 18781952 became a fine artist in january 1934 she won the blanche benjamin prize of 250 for her portrait of a woman the painting sold almost immediately as it hung in the arts and crafts club on royal street the daily herald january 16 1934 p 7  usobiloxi in july 1943 miss josephine m crawford mrs hunt henderson mrs jp d heur and louise h crawford donated about onehundred books to the women s club at the biloxi uso the daily herald july 30 1943 p 2  references  louise c hoffman  an artist s vision josephine crawford  the historic new orleans collection new orleans louisiana2009  journals the daily herald   cc crawford taken by death   may 29 1915 the daily herald      the daily herald   wins art prize   january 16 1934 the daily herald   100 books form crawford library   july 30 1943 the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the timespicayune   funeral conducted for miss crawford   june 22 1943 the timespicayune      the timespicayune      croesus probably named for john crusius 18061866 of new orleans he was from hanover germany and made his livelihood in the crescent city as the owner of a gambling house owned property at biloxi  references    davis   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      de buys road   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      delauney now ge ohr    references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      division street laid out by general ferguson from reynoir street to holly street the daily herald february 17 1914 p 1  1914 controversy  the city let a contract to bond paving company for 398891 to four lane division street from seal avenue to the east the daily herald december 10 1964 p 1  references    the daily herald   division street controversy is still unsettled   february 17 1914 the daily herald   sign contract for division street work   december 10 1964 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      dorries street dorries street is located in east biloxi it starts on east howard avenue and runs north to division street it was named for august dorries 19411909 in april 1904 august dorries conveyed to the city of biloxi a strip of land 40feet wide harrison co mississippi land deed bk 11 p 531  references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      dukate   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      elder   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   native biloxian dead  james w elder     may 3 1926 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      elmer elmer street was named for jacob elmer howard to beach from howard avenue south to beach boulevard was initially known as grand jack alley or perella street before it became known as elmer street in the late 1890s elmer street in this area was changed to dukate street circa  references    michael leverne esters  19511983  esters boulevard esters boulevard was named for michael leverne esters 19511983 michael was born on may 25 1951 to rehofus esters 19232014 and barbara carter esters he graduated from notre dame high school at biloxi mississippi and attended mississippi gulf coast junior college and clark college in atlanta georgia in april 1977 michael married gail rose tyler they were the parents of imari esters a son the daily herald march 25 1983 p 2 and harrison co mississippi 2nd jd mrb 14 p 525 michael l esters was employed by the city of biloxi and was the first black councilman elected to the biloxi city government michael was elected to represent the people of ward ii in 1981 he was killed in an automobile accident on march 24 1983 michael and his family were domiciled at 641 fayard street they worshiped at our mother of sorrows catholic church on division street the daily herald march 24 1983 p 1 and march 25 1983 p 2 michael was chairman of the black civil rights organization at biloxi esters boulevard was named by the biloxi city council in to honor michael l esters it runs eastward from bohn street to and was formerly called railroad street mr rehofus rea esters sr went home to his heavenly father mon 92214 in ocean springs ms at the age of 91 years rehofus was born in biloxi ms to othella nelson burrell and halsey staples he and his brothers were raised by nelse esters he attended our mother of sorrows catholic school and graduated from jackson state college he served his country during  wwii  in the  us navy  and retired from kafb as a supervisory training instructor in electronics for the 3395th technical training group in 1980 rehofus was preceded in death by his son michael l esters father halsey staples mother othella burrell and brothers alphonza esters sr and frederick esters sr he is survived by sons rehofus yolanda esters jr dr john mariela esters gail tyleresters steven pamela esters and kelvin llatetra esters daughter lavaleria cookie alphonse white sisters hestra polk sandra bynum joan staples and miriam myree 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren services will be noon tues 93014 at victory international christian center 8401 ocean springs rd in ocean springs visitation will be 2 hours prior to service time burial will follow at biloxi national cemetery read more here  http wwwlegacycom obituaries sunherald obituaryaspx n rehofuseste  references  the daily herald   michael esters   march 24 1983 the daily herald   michael esters   march 25 1983 the daily herald   local civil rights officer critizes arrest of james black    the sun herald    rehofus esters   september 28 2014  father ryan   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      forrest avenue   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      glennan avenue in the spring of 1914 he latimer and his work crew of eight men and mule teams began to cut a road into the naval reserve park from pass christian road called glennan avenue the new road went north from pass christian road for 14 mile and turned west for 14 mile to the site of the new cemetery there were still virgin pine and gum trees in this area of biloxi the daily herald june 2 1914 p 1  references  the daily herald glennan avenue now gives access to the cemetery june 2 1914  holley street   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      hopkins boulevard   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      howard avenue this major eastwest artery through biloxi was original known at the pass christianpoint cadet road or pass road in 1896 in january 1899 cw blake street commissioner was supervising excellent work on howard avenue since the roadway was narrow it was difficult to create the necessary pitch to properly drain the road as the street at the gutters was higher than the center the street car track would have to be raised or the gutters lowered several inches to create a slope that would adequately drain the roadway the biloxi daily herald january 20 1899 p 8  references  the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   january 20 1899 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   brick laying began today   june 9 1924 p 3 the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      hoxie   the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      irish hill  irish hill mentioned in newspaper in september 1903 frank and herbert schaffer living here  the biloxi herald september 4 1903 p 6    the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 4 1903 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      julia avenue in may 1909 the city of biloxi led by mayor tj rosell 18611923 passed city ordinance no 421 which quitclaimed a strip of land forty feet wide east to west and one thousand one hundred and seventytwo feet long north to south to erena lopez brady this strip of land ran north between west beach boulevard and cemetery street and known as julia avenue it had been dedicated for a street to be named for julia dulion lopez mrs brady s mother   harrison co mississippi land deed bk 91 p 316 and  the daily herald may 10 1909 p 4  keller avenue   john h keller john henry keller 18301908 was born in germany or switzerland married elizabeth gresser also german she expired at nola on april 18 1882 their children were married martha washington silk 18531913 at new orleans in november 1888  presbyterian church lot on july 261892 the great new orleans philanthropist  john henry keller  18301908 himself not a presbyterian donated lot 1 50 feet by 150 feet block 6 of keller s tract to the  biloxi presbyterian church   the church was located on east howard avenue east of the old biloxi public high school  wl covel   18361926 was contracted to erect the small and modest building of the newly organized congregation the deacons and elders of the biloxi presbyterian church among them bemis o bailey 18981969 an ocean springs native  sold their property to the city of biloxi in late december 1940  for 3659 harrison co ms land deed bk 28 p 205 and the biloxi herald july 2 1892 p 1 and july 16 1892 p 4  the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald   a noble gift   july 2 1892 the biloxi herald   a new church   july 16 1892 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      kuhn   the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      lameuse street lameuse street is a northsouth striking thoroughfare located in central biloxi between main street and ge ohr formerly delauney street it s name come from rene lameuse 17881883 a native of haiti lameuse had settled at new orleans as early as 1827 since louise appoline lameuse 18271892 his daughter was born here at this time his spouse angelique lameuse died at biloxi in 1829 she is buried in the old biloxi cemetery circa 1845 louise a lameuse married urbain laroussini 18151899 a native of france and merchant and resident of the crescent city they reared a large family at new orleans on villere street rene lameuse acquired a one arpent tract of land at biloxi in july 1831 from lansent gazone it ran north from the beach to bayou auguste present day bradford street and was bounded by joseph ladner to the east and the lands of jean delauney now lameuse street to the west cassibry vol ii 1986 p 8  urbain laroussini v heirs of john b carco in a deposition from urbin sic laroissini sic v heirs of john b carcos filed by urban laroussini in august 1849 in the district vice chancery court at mississippi city jean delauney in february 1850 related that  lameuse took possession about ten to fourteen years ago and built a brick house upon it and about two or three years afterwards the improvements in 1844 was a brick house kitchen and framed house where briscoe lives on the front and a house and kitchen where madame seaman now lives on back bay  cassibry vol ii 1986 p32 louis a caillavet in january 1850 was deposed in the same litigation and related  i know the road now called lameuse there was no road there in 1815 or 1818 the road was first established after lameuse went onto possession there was no road there previous to 1836  cassibry vol ii 1986 p23 larned davis of pass christian another deposer in laroussini v heirs of jb carco related the following in february 1850  i came to biloxi in june 1835 and stayed there only eight months i do not lameuse was there in 1835 the land was all uncultivated and there were no improvements on the land in the summer of 1838 lameuse told me that he had built a road and that it was his road and offered to sell me some lots on the east side of the road in 1838 there was a small shop where groceries were sold and some other improvements but cannot say what they were and to what extent the land was improved  cassibry vol ii 1986 p23  biloxi while a resident of biloxi rene lameuse was active in social and political affairs he was elected the first to the first board of police of harrison county mississippi which met on july 6 1841 mr lameuse s tenure was short lived on this board as he resigned during the september 1841 rene lameuse protested that the board of police of harrison county was not legal because the law authorizing the board required that the first meeting be held in biloxi lameuse resigned from the board and was fined 10 minutes of the board of police bk 1 september 13 1841 p 6 in 1850 rene lameuse was a resident of biloxi domiciled on front street he became an american citizen in 1856 while living at biloxi mr lameuse returned to new orleans and lived out the remainder of his life with urbain laroussini his soninlaw and family he expired in the crescent city on april 30 1883 at the age of ninetyfive years 1850 harrison co mississippi federal census m432372 p 95  shady grove in june 1850 john coates was operating the shady grove resort at biloxi it was described as large lawn and great number of shade trees surrounding the house make this one of the most desirable for families along the seacoast attached to this house are large and commodious bathing houses rates 125 per day 7 per week and 30 per month  the daily picayune june 8 1850 p 8  1875 the shady grove hotel has undergone an entire renovation and refurbishing under the guidance of urbain rambaut 18321889 the proprietor mr rambaut was born in france and settled at new orleans where he owned a coffee house and barroom on decatur street rambaut pledges to outdo his service of prior years to his patrons back bay furnishes the finest fish for his table and professor knapp drives a fine buggy to deliver visitors from their arrival as well as giving driving tours of biloxi he knows the denizens well and imparts valuable information of the area for the curiosity and knowledge of his passengers  the star of pascagoula june 26 1875 p 1 and  1870 and 1880 orleans parish louisiana federal census m593522 p 382 6 th ward and t9461 p 3 ed 33  peter lienhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al in may 1874 chancellor wg henderson of the chancery court of harrison county mississippi opined and adjudicated in the partition suit of chancery court cause no 143 peter liendhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al this litigation involved the partition of the lameuse property also called the shady grove hotel at biloxi this tract was described in this law suit as   containing by estimation forty arpents of land more or less bounded and described as follows beginning at the beach at the pass of biloxi thence north to the back bay of biloxi thence southeast along the shore of said bay so as to include one arpent thence south to the said pass of biloxi thence to the place of beginning bounded south by the pass of biloxi or gulf of mexico north by the back bay of biloxi west by lameuse street east by wetzell heirs having a few small lots sold off  biloxi cemetery bk a p 21 richard lameuse biloxi cemetery bk a p 234 circa 1845 louise a lameuse married urbain laroussini 18151899 a native of france and merchant and resident of the crescent city they reared a large family at new orleans on villere street biloxi in 1850 rene lameuse is a resident of biloxi domiciled on front street he became an american citizen in 1856 while living at biloxi mr lameuse returned to new orleans and lived out the remainder of his life with urbain laroussini 18151899 his soninlaw and family no further information 1850 harrison co mississippi federal census m432372 p 95  1894 the  city council appointed ald ermen gleason dulion and louge  to meet with land owners on front beach between  lameuse street and porter avenue to secure 40 feet of land to build a road  the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1  1902 ordinance the biloxi city council passed an ordinance to sell privledges for using streets for the construction of wharves the foot of lameuse street was the most valuable as its asking bid had a minimum rent of 50 per year for a six year lease biloxi s other streets were nonbid and had a fixed rental rate of 10 per year for six years the city prohibited oyster shops for being built on any of these piers bathhouses and warehouses were allowed  the biloxi daily herald may 8 1902 p 8   1922 speeders residents of lameuse street complained that automobiles were being driven at speeds above that set by the city ordinance on their thoroughfare twenty children reside on lameuse street between the l n railorad and division street and their safety is at risk due to cars traveling at speeds between twentyfive and fifty miles per hour the police claim that efforts have been made to catch speeders the daily herald september 23 1922 p 4  references  nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986 p 82 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986  the biloxi daily herald   new ordinance passed   may 8 1902 the daily herald   complains of fast driving   september 23 1922 the daily herald   howard avenue open to lameuse   june 13 1924 the daily picayune   shady grove biloxi   june 8 1850 the star of pascagoula   our watering places   june 26 1875  main street   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      morrison avenue   morrison avenue  a new street cut through from the beach toward the railroad and some distance west of the cemetery the article was reporting a fire that burned three newly built cottages on morrison the biloxi daily herald june 27 1906    references  the biloxi daily herald    the biloxi daily herald   another big fire last night   june 27 1906 the daily herald    the daily herald   nixon street references  the daily herald   district woman takes poison september 14 1914 the daily herald   defendants acquitted july 23 1915 the daily herald   red light part of biloxi raided by deputy walker august 5 1915 the daily herald   arrests ordered by committee on police of biloxi february 19 1916 the daily herald    porter avenue john c porter had acquired a onehalf acre lot on the gulf at biloxi mississippi from john fayard before 1848 on christmas day 1848 he sold this tract to rebecca flanagan and francis henrietta thompson the daughter of george and margaret thompson now margaret t brown with his natural love and affection the lot was surveyed by elihu carver harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 4 p 205 in may 1850 john c porter conveyed for 250 a tract of land north of pass christian road to john h powell harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 5 p 296 references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    querens avenue frederick c querens references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    railroad street  references  the daily herald   begin work of paving april 4 1924 p 3 the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    reynoir street  references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    rodenburg named for john henry rodenberg 18101862 a german immigrant merchant who settled at new orleans he acquired 4 lots of land about 3 miles west of the village of in biloxi in may1852 for 560 from maunsel and heloise white of plaquemines parish louisiana each lot meausre 1 arpent on the mexican gulf and ran north for about 16 arpentsthe rodenberg tract contained about 60 acres also 768 feet on the gulf and ran north for about 3100 feet harrison co mississippi deed bk 6 p 353 references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    rose street  became rosetti street in may 1972  rose street was changed to rosetti street by the biloxi city council in may 1972 to honor biloxi police chief louis a rosetti residents of rose street petitoned the city for the change mayor daniel guice related that the name change was not only in recognition of the late police chief but of the whole rosetti family who had served biloxi for many years guice stated also that  we all enjoyed a close relationship with chief rosetti he was a person with a heart of gold not only would he enforce the law but would give help whenever and wherever needed especially to lowincome groups i hope this action will show younger persons that by living the good life and serving the community as chief rosetti did they will not be forgotten   the daily herald may 9 1972 p 4    references  the daily herald biloxi council changes street name to rosetti may 9 1972  seal avenue  references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald   improving seal avenue january 10 1925 the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald   judge sekul john marshall sekul 19111984 was born at biloxi mississippi on january 31 1911 to steve m sekul 18801966 and elena trebotich 18841970 both croatian immigrants from bobovisca on the island of brac in the aegean sea off the dalmatian coast their children were alena sekul 19092002 m peter cerinich 18951930 john m sekul 19111984 m elizabeth marjorie lamas 19171984 jacobena sekul 19132003 m percy j wetzel 19071980 and andrew gillich vincentia vitsie sekul 19152002 m alonzo gabrich 18941948 josephine sekul 19181986 m william schaaf and clare b sekul 19222011 m warren h hornsby education john m sekul matriculated to springhill college at mobile and graduated from loyola university law school at new orleans he took the mississippi bar exam in 1935 and in april 1935 spoke to the biloxi lions club on the biloxi seafood industry a subject that he was intimately acquainted having been reared on east third street on point cadet  the daily herald april 2 1935 p 5   clare b sekul john s sister also became a lawyer and his law partner in late may 1945 shortly after she graduated from the university of mississippi law school at this time she became the 41 st woman to be admitted to the mississippi state bar clare had attended the harrisonstonejackson junior college at perkinston before entering the prelaw program at ole miss  the daily herald may 28 1945 p 7 and may 30 1945 p 7   family on october 30 1938 john m sekul married elizabeth marjorie lamas 19171984 the daughter of rudolph lamas 18751939 a biloxi seafood merchant and mary catherine coleman 18771944 john and marjorie were the parents of judy sekul m seymour and steve m buzzy sekul harrison co mississippi mrb 49 p 244 demise judge sekul died in the biloxi regional medical center on january 9 1984 his corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi marjorie lamas sekul expired in references  the daily herald   john sekul speaker before lions club april 2 1935 the daily herald   miss clare sekul receives law degree may 28 1945 the daily herald   miss clare sekul and john sekul may 30 1945 the daily herald   mrs elena t sekul december 3 1970 the daily herald   attorney and former city judge sekul dies in medical center at age of 72 january 10 1984 the sun herald   alena sekul cerenich july 7 2002 suter place references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    white avenue judge walter a white 18541942 was born december 1 1854 near steen s creek rankin county mississippi to thomas s white and salina smith married harriett enochs 18601880 the daughter of captain iv enochs and harriet byrd their children  cora white  1878 m gabriel h mcmorrough 18761974  lula white  18811931 m reverend william o sadler 18751949  laura white  188319 and  nell white  1886 m allan j watson after the demise of his spouse judge wa white married her sister cora enochs 18641934 in october 1890 their children walter enochs white 18911940 m besse still 18901980 harry knoxwhite 18981899 john t white 1901 m pauline white house hotel  references  twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  george w wilkes sons biloxi1902 journals the daily herald    the daily herald   have record attendance of guests september 2 1924 the daily herald   mrs white dites at home september 7 1934 the daily herald    the daily herald   board oks widening white avenue august 8 1980 p b1 the sun herald   save the white house hotel december 26 2011 p a11  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune   3372 views  