 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and the old hotel district the chiapella s also built a hotel along reynoir have vanished these wonderful sites have been replaced by parking lots and ugly contemporary buildings the kennedy hotel was removed in the early 1960s  a new bride for the captain on october 21 1896 captain antoine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  