Leontine GODCHAUX b. Abt 1857 , , Louisiana, USA d. 2 Feb 1925 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Leontine GODCHAUX^[1]

Abt 1857 - 1925

Birth	Abt 1857	, , Louisiana, USA [2]
Gender	Female
Also known as	Leontine DUGAS [2]
Also known as	Leontine LYONS [1, 3]
Alt. Birth	<1862>	, , Louisiana, USA [4]
	Estimated from 1910 census.
Alt. Birth	<1872> [5]
	Estimated per death record for Leontine Lyons Dugas, C, d. 2 Feb 1925, at age 53 years.
Color-Race	23 Jun 1880	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [2, 4]
	Mulatto
Occupation	23 Jun 1880	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [2]
	keeping house
Color-Race	Jun 1900	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [6]
	W[hite]
Residence	Jun 1900	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [6]
	1803 Bienville Avenue
Color-Race	23 Apr 1910	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [4]
	W[hite]
Residence	23 Apr 1910	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [4]
	915 Liberty Street
Residence	9 Jan 1920	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [7]
	1313 Saint Philip Street
	Twenty-year-old "Ester Wysham" is living with her, enumerated as a roomer.
Color-Race	2 Feb 1925	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [5]
	C[olored]
Died	2 Feb 1925	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3]
	Cause: Int. nephritis, Chr. myocarditis, general artheriosclerosis
Notes	19 Nov 2007: A member of the household per the 1880 census is Emma Antione, age 14, who is reported to be a sister-in-law of Auguste Dugas. It is unclear if this is Leontine's sister. On the marriage certificates of her children Augustine and José Octavio, her maiden name appears to be something like Léon. The handwriting is unclear. Leontine continues to be a woman of mystery. According to research done in the Catholic Archdiocese at Baton Rouge, Leontine appears with the maiden names of Lion or Lyon and Godchaux. In New Orleans, there was for well over a hundred years, a department store called «i»Godchaux's«/i». It was founded by Leon Godchaux, a Jew from Herbeville, France. He began his business as a traveling salesman up and down the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Donaldsonville. He sold all the things the "country folks" would need, since they couldn't get to the city. He stopped to sell goods and supplies and restock his wagon at his temporary store at Convent. One theory is that Leon is the father of Leontine (note the name similarity: Leon and Leon-tine). Many people of color used their father's first names as last names. In this case, Leontine used both. Most likely it seems, Leon had Leontine during one of his many trips through Saint James Parish. [8] (Medical):The 1900 census reports that she has borne nine children, all of whom are living. The 1910 census does not report the total number of children she has borne, but does report that one child is living. [4, 6]
Person ID	I1773	Dobard-Tenette-Fauria
Last Modified	13 Nov 2016

Father	Moses LYONS ?, d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Mrs. Sarah BOURGEOIS, b. Mar 1831, , , Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F996	Group Sheet

Family 1 Auguste DUGAS, b. Abt 1851, , , Louisiana, USA , d. 4 Nov 1886, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA

Married <1876> Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA

Children

>	1. Marie Augustine GODCHAUX, b. 12 Oct 1875, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	2. Joseph Octave "Octavio" DUGAS, b. 16 Nov 1877, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. 27 Aug 1951, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
>	3. Marie Laure "Laura" DUGAS, b. 5 Jan 1880, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Blanche DUGAS, b. 5 Jan 1880, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Hermione DUGAS, b. 14 Feb 1882, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Marie Louise Adolphine DUGAS, b. 14 Feb 1884, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	7. Ellie Joseph DUGAS, b. 3 Mar 1886, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Marie Josephine DUGAS, b. 19 Mar 1889, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Leontine "Estha" DUGAS, b. Sep 1899, Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 3 Apr 2011

Family ID F607 Group Sheet

Family 2	George WEYSHAM, b. 1859, , , Louisiana, USA , d. 12 Jan 1926, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Married	1890 ? [6]
	The 1900 census indicates they have been married for ten years. But the youngest children (Sam, age 3; Ellie, age 2, and Leontine, age 8 months ) were all baptised with the DUGAS surname. Something is amiss here. The 1910 census indicates they have been married for 20 years. If something's amiss, at least it's consistent! [6]
Last Modified	11 Jun 2008
Family ID	F1052	Group Sheet

Event Map

Event

	Birth - Abt 1857 - , , Louisiana, USA
	Alt. Birth - <1862> - , , Louisiana, USA
	Color-Race - Mulatto - 23 Jun 1880 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Occupation - keeping house - 23 Jun 1880 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Color-Race - W[hite] - Jun 1900 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Residence - 1803 Bienville Avenue - Jun 1900 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Color-Race - W[hite] - 23 Apr 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Residence - 915 Liberty Street - 23 Apr 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Residence - 1313 Saint Philip Street - 9 Jan 1920 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Color-Race - C[olored] - 2 Feb 1925 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Died - Cause: Int. nephritis, Chr. myocarditis, general artheriosclerosis - 2 Feb 1925 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	Married - <1876> - Convent, Saint James, Louisiana, USA

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Sources

[S211] Correspondence: Danner, Paula, Information gleaned from correspondence with Louisiana Catholic Archdiocese. (Reliability: 0).
[S43] Census-US federal-1880, Ancestry.com, (1999.), Louisiana, Saint James, Ward 2; Roll T9_468; Family History Film 1254468; Page 504B; ED 155; Image 0275 (Reliability: 2).
[S223] Death Certificate, DUGAS, Leontine Lyons; 2 Feb 1925; Vol 189, Page 1999 (Reliability: 1).
Summary of text from certificate as read by Paula Yahr to Kathie Bennett in phone conversation 22 Jan 2008:

Name: Leontine Lyons Dugas
53 years old [age should be closer to 68?]
Colored
Widow of George Dugas [was married to Auguste Dugas and then George Weysham]
Daughter of Moses Lyons, native of Louisiana
Death for Leontine Lyons Dugas is indexed at ancestry.com, New Orleans Deaths 1804-1949, page 1999, volume 189. Copy of original certificate in the possession of Paula Yahr. Information read over the phone to Kathie Bennett 22 Jan 2008.
[S27] Census-US federal-1910 (ancestry), National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com [database and images on line]), Year: 1910; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 5, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T624_521; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 75; Image: 224. (Reliability: 1).
[S45] New Orleans Death Records Index 1804-1949, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.), DUGAS, Leontine Lyons; Vol 189, Page 1999. (Reliability: 1).
[S25] Census-US federal-1900, (Ancestry.com. 1900 U.S. Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. T623, 1854 rolls.), Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 4, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T623 571; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 37. (Reliability: 3).
[S28] Census-US federal-1920, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.), Louisiana, Orleans, New Orleans, Ward 6; Roll T625_620; Page 10B; ED 98; Image 363. (Reliability: 3).
[S211] Correspondence: Danner, Paula, Email to Katherine Bennett 11 June 2008, citing a report and conjecture from a researcher who consulted records at the Diocese of Baton Rouge.. (Reliability: 0).

Leontine GODCHAUX[1] Abt 1857 - 1925

Leontine GODCHAUX^[1]
Abt 1857 - 1925