 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  