Victor Francois Morlas

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He married Eugenie Josephine DE JEAN, and was the owner of Calhoun Dairy. They had three children.

Family/Spouse: Eugenie De Jean. Eugenie was born on 30 Aug 1902; died on 25 Jun 1994 in Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bennie Zahn writes that witnesses to the registration of his birth were Pierre GORDAY, age 68, farmer and Jean SEISAN, age 69, blacksmith. Bertrand sailed from Bordeaux aboard the windjammer "Jupiter" when he was 13 years old, the journey taking over two months.

Bertrand's home and dairy were at 2220 Calhoun Street at the turn of the century, according to Simone Morlas of Marrero. "The home and business were shared by Bertrand Morlas Sr (born in France) and his nephew, John Dominic Morlas (born in New Orleans), and their families. Among them, the uncle and nephew and their spouses had 19 children. "A few years later, the uncle/nephew unit when into seperate businesses operating from the 3200 block of Calhoun called 'The Calhoun Dairy' and from the 6300 block of South Claiborne called 'La Creole Belle'. During the 1920s, there was an exodus of the large dairy farms from within the city limits," said Morlas, who added that both dairies moved to Jefferson Parish. (The New Orleans Times-Picayune, Sunday, January 9, 2000).

Bertrand married Anna Roquevert on 14 Jun 1884 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Anna (daughter of Jean Louis Roquevert and Blazine Pene) was born on 14 Jun 1867 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; died on 1 Jun 1920 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bennie Zahn writes that she was a good cook, and her favorite dish was lamb and white beans. She had a pet Banty Rooster. Anna also had a lovely singing voice, and a daughter commented that she and Bertrand used to sing "La Marseillaise" together.

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Married:
Bennie Zahn notes that they were married by Rev. F.C. ANDRIEU at St. Stephen's Church. WItnesses were August DUPRAT and Lucine ROQUEVERT. At the time of his marriage, Bertrand had a dairy on Henry Clay Avenue at Long Street, now Freret.

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Bennie Zahn writes that witnesses to the registration of his birth were Francois MORLAS, farmer, and Louise DARAN, his wife, both adults living in Laas.

Francois married Catherine Bernes on 2 Oct 1833 in Laas, Gers, France. Catherine (daughter of Jean Bernes and Therese Domerc) was born on 25 Mar 1812 in Laas, Gers, France; died on 4 Jan 1889 in Laas, Gers, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Witnesses at their wedding were Jean FOURNOT, 32, Jean DARRIEUX, farmer, age 21, Jean DELOM, 21, and Jean MORLAS, 29, a shoemaker and cousin to Francois.

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He was known as Louis, and he was the only one of his family to emigrate to the United States. Bennie Zahn writes that he returned to France for a visit with his parents in 1878 at which time the birth of his eighth child was imminent. On 10 June 1878 he wrote to his wife, Blazine Pene, citing the great joy he felt embracing his family; both of his parents still living. While the sights of France filled him with admiration and while he rejoiced at being in his homeland and with his family once again, his thoughts were of his wife and children, and the joy he anticipated upon his reunion with them. His handwriting was neat and precise and his throughts were beautifully and sentimentally expressed, all of which tends to indicate that he was a well-schooled person.

He died of stomach cancer when he was 45 year old; the youngest of his 13 children being just three years old. He spent the last months of his life at his summer home in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where it was hoped that his condition would improve.

On his Find A Grave memorial page, he is shown as being born in Deyme, France, not in Cazeneuve-Montaut. He is also shown as buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs. No photo of a tombstone is posted, however. (# 77856016).

Jean married Blazine Pene about 1866 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Blazine (daughter of Pierre Pene and Marie Cecile Lacassagne) was born on 1 Feb 1843 in Oueilloux, Hautes-Pyr?n?es, France; died on 14 Jan 1916 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Blazine sailed from Bordeaux in September 1866 aboard the windjammer "Jupiter" and arrived in New Orleans 5 December 1866. The passenger list of 109 names listed her occupation as a "seamstress." She married Louis Roquevert and together they owned and operated a dairy on Peters Avenue at Long Street (now Jefferson Avenue at Freret). They had a summer home in Ocean Springs, Mississippi where Louis died in 1890. Nine of their 13 children lived to adulthood; 7 resided in or near New Orleans. (Bennie Jay Zahn).

In early 1901, George D. Bland (1853-1915), who managed the Beach Hotel at Ocean Springs...purchased the Louis Roquevert (1845-1890) place, an approximately eighteen-acre tract on Old Fort Bayou from New Orleanian, Blazine Penne Roquefort Barthe (1843-1916), the widow of Louis Roquevert. This was the former site of Bradford's Landing.(Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 24, pp. 77-79) Here George D. Bland, established a truck farm and poultry business. The Roquevert place was located today in the vicinity of Bayou Cove and Ray Street east of Vermont in Section 19, T7S-R8W.

http://www.oceanspringsarchives.com/people.htm

(Research):An mtDNA sample supplied a direct female descendant of Blazine (a child of Pat McGuire, the daughter of Josephine Morlas), was analyzed by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. Their analysis showed the following Haplogroup assignment, along with the following differences from the Cambridge Reference Sequence.

HVR1 Haplogroup
K
HVR1 differences
from ?u?CRS?/u?
16224C
16519C

The mitochondrial super-haplogroup U encompasses haplogroups U1-U7 and haplogroup K. Haplogroup K is found through Europe, and contains multiple closely related lineages indicating a recent population expansion. The origin of haplogroup K dates to approximately 16,000 years ago, and it has been suggested that individuals with this haplogroup took part in the pre-Neolithic expansion following the Last Glacial Maximum. William Hurst, on his Haplogroup K Website, writes that "Katrine," the founding mother of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup K, was one of the "Seven Daughters of Eve" as listed in the 2001 book of that title by Bryan Sykes. A lot of happened since 2001, but the book is still valuable.

Katrine lived about 16,000 years ago. Perhaps the oldest known K descendant was Oetzi the Iceman whose frozen body was discovered in the Alps in 1991. Estimated at 5000 years old, the Iceman proved to have the basic mutations for a K: 16224C and 16320C. Every K is a cousin of Oetzi.

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Bennie Zahn notes that his godparents were Dominique LAENS and Jeanne LISLE. The family attended church at L'Eglise de Saint Jean de Laas. He is buried in Au Capule.

Dominique married Anne Matharan on 25 Feb 1804 in Laas, Gers, France. Anne (daughter of Jean Matharan and Marie Cabdecomme) was born before 7 Sep 1785 in Laas, Gers, France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Dominique's brother-in-law, Jean Baptiste Sorbet (the husband of Marieanne Morlas), was the witness at the marriage of Dominique and Anne.

Jean married Therese Domerc. Therese was born before 1792 in Laas, Gers, France; died before 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dominique married Jeanne Laye on 23 Apr 1834 in Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France. Jeanne was born on 2 Mar 1811 in Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France; died on 12 Dec 1883 in Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter of Jean LAYE.

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Married:
Bennie Zahn writes that the list of their children was gleaned from three sources, those names contained in legal property documents, those furnished through church records in France, and through the research of John and Brenda Holliman conducted in France. When Dominique died, there was an exchange of correspondence and legal documents between French lawyers and Lucine Roquevert Morlas. These documents indicate that all of the sons were deceased as of 1916, leaving one nephew in France and the children of Louis Roquevert in New Orleans as heirs. After many years of careful consideration and a personal visit to meet the relatives in France, Lucine as spokesperson for the family deeded the property interest to the nephew in France. It is not known if either of the two presumed daughters of Dominque had children, though records indicate that at least one had married.

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Pierre's parents had only one son and one daughter.

Bennie Zahn writes that based on information from Adrian Lagleize (1905-1998), Pierre Pene (his great-great grandfather) "came from" a village called Montgaillard, which is nearby to Angos. Mr. Lagleize shawy that they found graves in a cemetery in Montgaillard marked with the Pene name. Bennie added that Pierre and his wife Marie Cecile were both teachers, and the six of their sons who lived to adulthood were school teachers.

Pierre married Marie Cecile Lacassagne on 4 Nov 1830 in Hautes-Pyr?n?es, France. Marie (daughter of Michelle Lacassagne) was born on 28 Aug 1809 in Oueilloux, Hautes-Pyr?n?es, France; died on 30 Apr 1869 in Oueilloux, Hautes-Pyr?n?es, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]