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Benjamin Louis "Uncle Benny" BARBARIN, Sr^[1]
1897 - 1974

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• Suffix	Sr
  Nickname	Uncle Benny
  Birth	30 Dec 1897	Slidell, Saint Tammany, Louisiana, USA   [2, 3]
  	Per World War I draft registration card.
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1899	, , Louisiana, USA   [1]
  Color-Race	15 Apr 1910	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [4]
  	W[hite]
  Residence	15 Apr 1910	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [4]
  	2106 Saint Peter Street
  	The household comprised Emile Barbarin (56, head), his daughter Eda Hains (22), her husband Ulysse Hains (23), and Emile's children Benjamin (10), Oscar (7), and Elise (15). They were renting the house. [Note: Emile is erroneously listed as married; his wife died in 1906.]
  Physical Description	12 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	medium height and build, with black eyes and hair
  Color-Race	12 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	Negro
  Military Registration	12 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	World War I draft
  	Although he was married on 11 Sep, 1918, the day before he registered for the draft, he listed his sister Eda Barbarin Hains as his nearest relative.
  Occupation	12 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	chauffer [sic] for Crescent Straw Pottery Co.
  Residence	12 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	1801 Carondolet Walk
  Residence	1920	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [5]
  	1801 Carondolet Walk
  	He and his wife, Juanita, were living in an apartment. Juanita's mother was the landlady.
  Color-Race	5 Jan 1920	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [5]
  	Black
  Occupation	5 Jan 1920	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [5]
  	restorer of building (unclear)
  Occupation	15 Apr 1930	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [1, 6]
  	truck driver for a lumber company
  	Lloyd Bennett recalls that Uncle Benny drove for W. W. Carré Lumber Company, which was at 393 Canal Street.
  Residence	15 Apr 1930	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [1]
  	629 Rocheblave
  Died	12 Dec 1974	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [3]
  	Obituary, (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, 16 Dec 1974, page 20: BARBARIN -- Benjamin Louis Barbarin Sr., on Thursday December 12, 1974, at 2:57 o'clock p.m., beloved husband by first marriage of Wanita B. Barbarin and by second marriage of Mrs. Eva Barbarin; son of the late Emile Barbarin and Estelle Cousin; father of Pinell and Lawrence Barbarin, Mrs. Estelle Lumas, Benjamin L. Barbarin Jr., Roland Barbarin, Mrs. Juanita Galbreth, Miss Gloria Barbarin and Mrs. Emily Jones; step-father of Ernest J. Milton Jr.; brother of the late Walter [and] Oscar Barbarin, Mrs. Ada Hains and Mrs. Elise Segue; also suvived by 16 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, a host of other relatives and friends; a native of Slidell, Louisiana and a resident of New Orleans for 74 years. Relatives and friends of the family, also pastors, officers and members of Laharpe United Methodist Church, St. James Methodist Church and St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, South Central Bell Telephone Company, faculty and students of Warren Easton High School, are invited to attend the funeral services from Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home (downtown) 1610 Lapeyrouse Street on Monday December 16, 1974 at 9:30 o'clock a.m., Reverend Andrew J. Douglas, officiating. Interment in St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery. Wake services on Sunday night, December 15, 1974 at 8:00 o'clock p.m. at the parlor. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, Inc. in charge. ###5
  Buried	16 Dec 1974	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [3]
  	Address: General Offices 3421 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans, LA 70119 USA 504-482-5065
  Person ID	I1627	Dobard-Tenette-Fauria
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Emile BARBARIN, Jr.,   b. Jan 1861, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. Aft 1910
  Mother	Estella COUSIN,   b. 1865, Lacombe, St. Tammany, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 29 Jul 1906, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  Married	10 Jun 1885	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F464	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Juanita BONSEIGNEUR,   b. Abt 1901, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	11 Sep 1918	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [1, 7]
  Residence	1920	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [8]
  	1820 Carondolet Walk
  	They were living in an apartment. Juanita's mother, Emily Bonseigneur, was the landlady.
  Children	1. Estelle R. BARBARIN,   b. Abt 1920, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Benjamin L. BARBARIN, Jr,   b. Abt 1922, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Roland J. BARBARIN,   b. Abt 1924, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Juanita P. BARBARIN,   b. Abt 1926, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2005
  Family ID	F555	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mrs. Eva [BARBARIN],   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F3347	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 30 Dec 1897 - Slidell, Saint Tammany, Louisiana, USA Alt. Birth - Abt 1899 - , , Louisiana, USA Color-Race - W[hite] - 15 Apr 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 2106 Saint Peter Street - 15 Apr 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Married - 11 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Physical Description - medium height and build, with black eyes and hair - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Color-Race - Negro - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Military Registration - World War I draft - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Occupation - chauffer [sic] for Crescent Straw Pottery Co. - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1801 Carondolet Walk - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1801 Carondolet Walk - 1920 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1820 Carondolet Walk - 1920 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Color-Race - Black - 5 Jan 1920 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Occupation - restorer of building (unclear) - 5 Jan 1920 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Occupation - truck driver for a lumber company - 15 Apr 1930 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 629 Rocheblave - 15 Apr 1930 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Died - 12 Dec 1974 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Buried - Address: General Offices 3421 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans, LA 70119 USA 504-482-5065 - 16 Dec 1974 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S144] Census-US federal-1930, United States Bureau of the Census, Louisiana, Orleans, New Orleans, WD-5; Roll 803; Page [26A]; ED 72; Image 545.0 (Reliability: 1). [S102] World War I 1917-1918 Draft Registration Cards (ancestry.com), Selective Service System, (Ancestry.com [database online] Provo, UT: 2002. National Archives and Administration. Washington, D.C.), Roll 1684917 (Reliability: 1). [S100] Obituary, BARBARIN, Benjamin Louis Sr. (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, 16 Dec 1974, page 20. (Reliability: 1). [S27] Census-US federal-1910 (ancestry), National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com [database and images on line]), New Orleans Ward 5, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T624_521; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0079; FHL microfilm: 1374534. Family of Emel Barbary [Emile Barbarin], lines 27-32 (Reliability: 2). [S28] Census-US federal-1920, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.), Louisiana, Orleans, New Orleans; Roll T625_620, Page 3A, ED 82, Image 0838 (Reliability: 1). [S12] Bennett, Lloyd Walter Jr, Recollections (Reliability: 1). [S5] New Orleans Marriage Records Index 1831-1964, (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964 [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.), BARBARIN-BONSEIGNEUR - Vol 41, Page 563 (Comment: C Spouse 1) (Reliability: 1). [S28] Census-US federal-1920, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.), Louisiana, Orleans, New Orleans; Roll T625_620, Page 3B, ED 82, Image 0838 (Reliability: 1).