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Arthur ESTÉVES
Male Abt 1837 - 1908


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  • Birth  Abt 1837  Port-au-Prince, , Ouest, Haiti Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender  Male 
    Also known as  Arthur ESTEVE  [3] 
    Witness  19 Apr 1879  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    marriage of Michel Fauria and Cecile Cagnolatti 
    Witness  23 Jul 1881  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    at the marriage of Francis FAURIA and Antonia CAGNOLATTI 
    • He also witnessed the issuance of the marriage license 15 July 1881.
    Witness  8 Feb 1883  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    the birth of Victor Frederick FAURIA 
    Residence  8 Feb 1883  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    249 Dauphine Street 
    Witness  29 Aug 1883  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    the marriage of José "Pepe" FAURIA and Rose Marie Bésie 
    Occupation  1890  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    sailmaker with Michel Fauria & Co. with addresses at 8 North Peters (between Ursulines and Hospital) and 310 North Roman 
    • The type of business is not noted, but it is known to be a sail and awning manufacturer. A second entry in this directory lists both Michel Fauria and Arthur Esteves and gives locations at 8 North Peters and 13 Carondolet Walk. It identifies them as sailmakers.
    Witness  4 Feb 1899  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    to the marriage of Josephine Fauria to Celestin Baham 
    • He was apparently a business partner and friend of the Fauria family.
    Color-Race  28 Jan 1908  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Colored 
    Residence  28 Jan 1908  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    1537 North Romain Street 
    Died  28 Jan 1908  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Cause: Unclear; appears to be "meningitis following ascending myelitis" 
    • Death notice, New Orleans «i»Times-Picayune«/i», 2 Feb 1908 (pg 6, col 2):
      ESTEVES - On Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1908, at 4 o'clock a.m. ARTHUR ESTEVES, beloved husband of Alice Nelson, aged 71 years, a native of and a resident of this city for the past sixty years.
      Death certificate notes: Deceased was married, 60 years a sail maker. Birth place ____ Hayti «i»(sic)«/i».
    Buried 
    Notes 
    • "... Esteves (d. 1908), was a sail and awning maker, a trustee of the Couvent School and the president of the «i»Comite des Citoyens«/i» (Citizens Committee), a group of Creole early civil rights activists who challenged the state's Jim Crow laws."
      http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/fmc/fmc3.htm

      " 'One of the earliest "benefactresses of black education' was Marie Bernard Couvent, a black African woman who had been a slave in her youth. According to her will, which was probated in 1837, she gave a lot to 'be in perpetuity devoted to the maintenance of a free school for the colored orphans of the Faubourg Marigny.'
      "According to the Creole historian, R. L. Desdunes, the «b»Couvent school «/b»was the best attended school during the time of slavery. It also boasted an all-black faculty. However, Desdunes gives a further clue to the lack of data on the role of black women: He saw that there was 'a grave error on the part of her contemporaries to have neglected transmitting to us the precise details in the life story of this generous person.' "
      From Louisiana Black Women: An Ignored History «i»by Jan Doherty
      http://www.loyno.edu/history/journal/1985-6/doherty.htm«/i»

      Arthur Estéves was president of the Citizens' Committee. He had earlier been instrumental in saving the Couvent School (established to educate destitute African American children) from decline and served on its board of directors. Estéves' company, Fauria and Estéves, manufactured sails, awnings, flags and tarpaulins, and operated at several locations in New Orleans. Desdunes wrote that he was "a man on whom the people could count in every kind of venture."
      http://nutrias.org/~nopl/monthly/july2005/july0505.htm
    Person ID  I2165  Dobard-Tenette-Fauria
    Last Modified  9 Jan 2016 

    Father  Francis ESTÉVES,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother  Louise DUPART,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID  F940  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Marie Alice NELSON,   b. Abt 1862, , , Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1948, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  12 Feb 1890  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • The marriage was witnessed by Michal Fauria and J. J. Lavigne. [2]
    Last Modified  24 Nov 2007 
    Family ID  F724  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Mathilde QUEZERGUE,   b. 21 Sep 1840, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  9 Dec 1872  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Witnesses at the marriage were H. Quezergue, J. J. Lavigne, and V. J. Esteve.
      The license was issued 7 Dec 1872 and witnessed by J. J. Lavigne and W. J. Toledasco (Toledasso?) [3]
    Children 
     1. Hilaire Arthur ESTÉVES,   b. 17 Dec 1872, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Victor Joseph ESTÉVES,   b. 8 Dec 1874, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Marie Louise ESTÉVES,   b. 3 May 1879, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Berthilde Laure ESTÉVES,   b. 30 Jan 1884, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  24 Nov 2007 
    Family ID  F941  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1837 - Port-au-Prince, , Ouest, Haiti Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Dec 1872 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWitness - marriage of Michel Fauria and Cecile Cagnolatti - 19 Apr 1879 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWitness - at the marriage of Francis FAURIA and Antonia CAGNOLATTI - 23 Jul 1881 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWitness - the birth of Victor Frederick FAURIA - 8 Feb 1883 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 249 Dauphine Street - 8 Feb 1883 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWitness - the marriage of José "Pepe" FAURIA and Rose Marie Bésie - 29 Aug 1883 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - sailmaker with Michel Fauria & Co. with addresses at 8 North Peters (between Ursulines and Hospital) and 310 North Roman - 1890 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Feb 1890 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWitness - to the marriage of Josephine Fauria to Celestin Baham - 4 Feb 1899 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsColor-Race - Colored - 28 Jan 1908 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1537 North Romain Street - 28 Jan 1908 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Unclear; appears to be "meningitis following ascending myelitis" - 28 Jan 1908 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Esteves, Arthur -- a partner with Michel Fauria in Fauria and Esteves Sail Makers, New Orleans    		Esteves, Arthur -- a partner with Michel Fauria in Fauria and Esteves Sail Makers, New Orleans
    Taken from the book "We as Freeman: Plessy v. Ferguson" by Keith Medley.

    Documents
    Fauria & Estevez Sail Makers handbill from a newspaper advertisement.    		Fauria & Estevez Sail Makers handbill from a newspaper advertisement.
    Arthur Esteves (1837-1908) and Michel Fauria (1855-1919) were partners in New Orleans.

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] US-Louisiana State Marriage Certificates, FAURIA-CAGNOLATTI, 23 Jul 1881; Vol 18, Page 757 (Reliability: 1).

    2. [S227] Marriage Certificate, Esteves, Arthur and Marie Alice Nelson 12 Feb 1890 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S227] Marriage Certificate, Esteve, Arthur and Mathilde Quezergue 17 Dec 1872 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S227] Marriage Certificate, Fauria, Michel & Cecile Cagnolatti, Vol 7, page 385; 29 Apr 1879 (Reliability: 4).

    5. [S85] US-Louisiana Birth Certificate, FAURIA, Victor Frederick - 8 Feb 1883; Vol 79, Pg 920 (Reliability: 1).

    6. [S227] Marriage Certificate, FAURIA, Joseph & Marie Rose Bésie 29 Aug 1883 (Reliability: 4).

    7. [S17] New Orleans, Louisiana Directories 1890-1891 (ancestry.com), (Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana City Directory, 1890 [database online. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: New Orleans City Directory, 1890. New Orleans, LA: L. Soards, 1890. New Orleans City Directory 1891. New Orleans, LA: L. Soards, 1891.) (Reliability: 1).

    8. [S227] Marriage Certificate, Marriage of Celestin Baham and Josephine Fauria, 4 Feb 1899; New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.(Digital image) (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S45] New Orleans Death Records Index 1804-1949, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.), Esteves, Arthur - Vol 143, Page 17 (Reliability: 1).

    10. [S223] Death Certificate, Esteves, Arthur28 Jan 1908, New Orleans Index Vol 143 Page 17 (Reliability: 2).

    11. [S227] Marriage Certificate, Esteves, Arthur and Mathilde Quezergue 17 Dec 1872 (Reliability: 3).


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