Bertha TENETTE b. 21 Mar 1902 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 14 Apr 1985 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Bertha TENETTE

1902 - 1985

Residence	1902 [1]
	the home of Oliver and Jeanne Boissier after the death of her mother
Birth	21 Mar 1902	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [2]
Gender	Female
Also known as	Bertha TENNETTE [3]
Adopted	Bef 1910	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [4, 5]
	Oliver BOSSIER and his wife, Jeannine
	Octavia Tenette recalls that Jeannine was the sister of Emilie CHALIGNY TENETTE, who was Bertha's mother. This follows a practice of the time, when children were reared by extended family when a parent died or was unable to provide care. (Ed. note: Delphinia VENET (sp?) is reported in the Bossier household as Oliver's mother-in-law, which indicated that Jeannine's maiden name was NOT Chaligny.)
Residence	26 Apr 1910	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [6]
	the home of Oliver BOSSIER in the 1400 block of Dumaine Street
	She is reported in the 1910 census as his adopted daughter.
Education	Abt 1915-1918	Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA [7, 8]
	Tuskeegee Institute
	She vividly remembered Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver, both of whom were teachers at the school. She said that Carver was a small man, and she would see him on campus, looking at the plants.
Residence	Abt 1915-1918	Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA [7]
	with her brother Louis
Color-Race	20 Jan 1920	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [9]
	B[lack]
Occupation	20 Jan 1920	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [9]
	porteress in a grocery store
Residence	20 Jan 1920	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [10, 11, 12]
	1322 Saint Philip Street
	In the 1920 US federal census, the household comprised Edgar Dobard Sr (33, head), his wife Mary (29), daughter Gabrielle (8), son Edgar Jr (7), uncle Frank Dobard (31), aunt Sarah Dobard (33), and sister-in-law Bertha Tenette (17). The family was renting the house.
Residence	1935-17 Apr 1940	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [13]
	2818 Second Street
	The household comprised James Cook (39), his wife, Bertha M. (38), and his son, Vincent (18). They were renting the house for $14 per month.
Color-Race	17 Apr 1940	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [13]
	Neg[ro]
Occupation	17 Apr 1940	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [13]
	operator of power machinery in a wholesale clothing factory
	An accomplished seamstress, Bertha worked most of her life at Haspel's Sewing Factory, which tailored clothing for men and sewed for private individuals.
Residence	1945	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [14]
	3024 Second Street
Died	14 Apr 1985	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [7, 15]
Obituary	16 Apr 1985	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [15]
	Times-Picayune, page 19,
	It read: «i»Bertha Tenette Cook on Sunday, April 14, 1985 at 8 o'clock a.m. Beloved wife of James O. Cook. Step-mother of V. J. Cook, Sr. Daughter of the late Paul Arthur Tenette and Emelie Marie Chaligny Tenette. Also survived by many other relatives and devoted friends. (A parishioner of St. Monica Church.) Rleative and friend and neighbors of the deceased are invited to attend the funeral services from Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home, 1615 St. Philip St. on Wednesday, April 17, 1985 at 10 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Augustine Catholic Church, 1210 Gov. Nicholls St with Reverend Michael J. Fritzen, SVD, as celebrant at 11 a.m. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 Mausoleum. No wake. Visitation in the Chapel of the Roses of the Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home Wednesday morning from 8 a.m. to funeral time.«/i»
Occupation	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [7]
	seamstress
	She worked for Haspel's Sewing Factory, which tailored clothes for men. She was an accomplished seamstress who also sewed for private individuals.
Buried	17 Apr 1985	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [15]
	Address: General Offices 3421 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans, LA 70119 USA 504-482-5065
Notes	According to the Tenette Family History, Bertha's mother died when she was three months old and her father died while she was still quite young. She was reared by her godmother, Jeanne Vinet Bossier Bernard, a niece of her mother's. She spent her teen years in Tuskegee, Alabama, with her brother Louis, where she attended Tuskegee Institute High School. She vividly remembered Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver, both of whom were teachers at the Tuskegee Institute. [16]
Person ID	I44	Dobard-Tenette-Fauria
Last Modified	11 Oct 2016

Father	Paul TENETTE, Jr., b. Dec 1857, , , , France , d. Nov 1903, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	Biological
Mother	Emilie CHALIGNY, b. Sep 1861, , , Louisiana, USA , d. 25 Jul 1902, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	Biological
Married	12 Jun 1880	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Family ID	F12	Group Sheet

Father	Oliver BOSSIER, b. 1881, , , Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
Relationship	Adopted
Mother	Jeanne VINET, b. 1882, , , Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
Relationship	Adopted
Married	10 Jun 1905	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Family ID	F75	Group Sheet

Family 1	James O. COOK, b. 22 Sep 1900, , , Mississippi, USA , d. 17 Jan 1986, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Last Modified	13 Nov 2014
Family ID	F84	Group Sheet

Family 2	Clarence MILES, d. Yes, date unknown
Married	Mar 1932	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [17]
Divorced	Yes, date unknown
Last Modified	14 Jan 2013
Family ID	F391	Group Sheet

Event Map

Event

	Birth - 21 Mar 1902 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Adopted - Oliver BOSSIER and his wife, Jeannine - Bef 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Residence - the home of Oliver BOSSIER in the 1400 block of Dumaine Street - 26 Apr 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Education - Tuskeegee Institute - Abt 1915-1918 - Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA
	Residence - with her brother Louis - Abt 1915-1918 - Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA
	Color-Race - B[lack] - 20 Jan 1920 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Occupation - porteress in a grocery store - 20 Jan 1920 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Residence - 1322 Saint Philip Street - 20 Jan 1920 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Married - Mar 1932 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Residence - 2818 Second Street - 1935-17 Apr 1940 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Color-Race - Neg[ro] - 17 Apr 1940 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Occupation - operator of power machinery in a wholesale clothing factory - 17 Apr 1940 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Residence - 3024 Second Street - 1945 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Died - 14 Apr 1985 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Obituary - Times-Picayune, page 19, - 16 Apr 1985 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Occupation - seamstress - - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Buried - Address: General Offices 3421 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans, LA 70119 USA 504-482-5065 - 17 Apr 1985 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Sources

[S33] Interview: English, Octavia Tenette, (20 Sept 2004. Information shared during visit with Lloyd and Katherine Bennett, notes taken by Katherine Bennett.), Telephone conversation with Lloyd Bennett 20 Oct 2004. (Reliability: 1).
[S433] US-Louisiana-Orleans Parish Birth Records (Sec of State - on line), Louisiana Secretary of State, ((www.sos.louisiana.gov)), accessed 13 Jun 2011), TENETTE, Bertha; birth record vol 124, page 223. (Reliability: 3).
[S3] Genie: Bennett Legacy file (1984 reunion), Bennett, Katherine Tennery, (Interviews with Lloyd Bennett and internet data (Berryville, Virginia, Tennery, Katherine, 2003), Bennett notebook files) (Reliability: 3).
[S27] Census-US federal-1910 (ancestry), National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com [database and images on line]), Louisiana, 5-wd New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Series T624, Roll 521, Part 1, Page 114, Sheet 20-A (Reliability: 2).
[S33] Interview: English, Octavia Tenette, (20 Sept 2004. Information shared during visit with Lloyd and Katherine Bennett, notes taken by Katherine Bennett.), Telephone conversation with Lloyd Bennett on 20 October 2004. (Reliability: 1).
[S27] Census-US federal-1910 (ancestry), National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com [database and images on line]), Louisiana, 5-wd New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Series T624, Roll 521, Part 1, Page 114, Sheet 20-A (Reliability: 1).
[S99] Genie: Voici la Famille Tenette, Bennett, Lloyd W. Jr. and Octavia T. English, (New Orleans, Louisiana, August 1986. Created for a family reunion. No folio numbers.) (Reliability: 0).
[S16] Interview: Kaufman, Louise Dobard, Interview 30 Nov 2004 (Reliability: 1).
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[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).
[S524] Census-US federal-1940, (http://ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll 1430, Louisiana, New Orleans, enumeration district (ED) 36-312, p. 7B, household 176, Family of James Cook, accessed 4 Sep 2016 (Reliability: 2).
[S694] US City Directories, 1822-1995 (ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, Soards' New Orleans City Directory 1945: page 275, image 136;
[S100] Obituary, Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), 16 Apr 1985, page 19. Bertha Tenette Cook. Found at genealogybank.com (Reliability: 3).
[S99] Genie: Voici la Famille Tenette, Bennett, Lloyd W. Jr. and Octavia T. English, (New Orleans, Louisiana, August 1986. Created for a family reunion. No folio numbers.).
[S43] Census-US federal-1880, Ancestry.com, (1999.), Louisiana, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Family History Fil: 1254461; page 266C; ED34, SD 1, Sheet 35 (Reliability: 1).