 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  