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Wilkie SALVANT, Sr.[1, 2]
Male 1900 - 1957


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  • Suffix  Sr. 
    Birth  9 Mar 1900  [3] 
    Gender  Male 
    Also known as  [husb of Martha Dobard] SALVANT  [4] 
    Physical Description  12 Sep 1918  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    short and slender, with brown eyes and black hair 
    Color-Race  12 Sep 1918  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Negro 
    Military Registration  12 Sep 1918  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    World War I draft 
    • He listed his mother, Lizzie Salvant, 1031 Teche Street, New Orleans, La., as his nearest relative.
    Occupation  12 Sep 1918  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    laborer working for George Fuller Co. at Poland at Dauphine Street 
    Residence  12 Sep 1918  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    103 Teche St 
    Died  5 Nov 1957  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Obituary, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, 7 Nov 1957, page 6:
      «b»SALVANT--«/b»On Tuesday, November 5, 1957, at 4:30 o'clock p.m., WILKIE SALVANT, beloved husband of Mrs. Lelia Sylva-Salvant; father of Alfred M. and Louis T. Salvant; grandfather of Debra Marie Salvant; son of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor and Butler Salvant; brother of Mrs. Dorothy T. Dobard and Charles E. Salvant of Chicago, Ill.; also survived by a host of other relatives.
      Relatives and friends of the family, also employees of Algiers Public Service, Godchaux and Goldrings Clothing Store, are respectfully invited to attend the wake on Thursday, November 7, 1957, at Murray Henderson funeral home, 1209 Teche street, Algiers, La., and funeral on Friday, November 8, 1957, at 3 o'clock p.m. Religious services at the parlor. Rev. Philip Pittman officiating.
      Interment in McDonoghville cemetery.
      Murray Henderson funeral home in charge. ###
    Buried  7 Nov 1957  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    520 Hancock Street
    Gretna, LA
    USA 
    Person ID  I791  Dobard-Tenette-Fauria
    Last Modified  28 Oct 2016 

    Father  Butler SALVANT, Sr.,   d. 10 Oct 1956, Violet, St. Bernard, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth "Lizzie" TAYLOR,   d. 10 Oct 1956, Violet, St. Bernard, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F3128  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Telicia Martha "Martha" DOBARD,   b. 1903-1905, , , Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1986, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Buddy SALVANT,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Tony SALVANT,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >3. Wilkie "Boy Blue" SALVANT,   b. 21 Mar 1923,   d. 7 Nov 1974, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  2 Oct 2004 
    Family ID  F249  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Last Modified  26 Jun 2016 
    Family ID  F3844  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsPhysical Description - short and slender, with brown eyes and black hair - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsColor-Race - Negro - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Registration - World War I draft - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - laborer working for George Fuller Co. at Poland at Dauphine Street - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 103 Teche St - 12 Sep 1918 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Nov 1957 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Address:
    520 Hancock Street
    Gretna, LA
    USA - 7 Nov 1957 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S41] Dobard Estate Information: Lobrano & Lobrano, William Allen Schafer, (Letter dated September 27, 2004, requesting contact information of heirs entitled to a portion of the estates of Marie Dobard, Cezere aka "Cesare" Dobard, and A.W. aka "Willie" Dobard. Includes genealogical information compiled by Lobrano & Lobrano. Their file #3383.) (Reliability: 3).
      Lobrano & Lobrano report Martha's married name as SAVANT.

    2. [S100] Obituary, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, 10 Nov 1974, page 18; Wilkie (Boy Blue) Salvant (Reliability: 2).

    3. [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.), Wilkey Salvant; Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Orleans; Roll: 1684927; Draft Board: 13 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S144] Census-US federal-1930, United States Bureau of the Census, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Police Jury Ward 7, Jesuit Bend, ED 38-6, SD 11, Sheet 5A (Reliability: 1).
      A Wilkie SALVANT, age 7, is listed as a grandson in the household of Willie Dobard in Jesuit Bend in the 1930 census, thus suggesting an alternate spelling of Martha's husband's surname.

    5. [S100] Obituary, Salvant, Wilkie, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, 7 Nov 1957, page 6. Accessed 26 Jun 2016 via genealogybank.com (Reliability: 3).


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