 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  