Christopher Trapani

Christopher married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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TRAPANI

August Gerard "Gus" Trapani, Jr., a native of New Orleans and a resident of the Covington area for the past 72 years, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at the age of 92. Quintessential husband, father, friend, historian, humorist, storyteller, character, and all around force to be reckoned with. He is sorely missed but will always be remembered with much love. He is survived by his four daughters Joan T. Ibos (Emile); Theresa T. Jolissaint (Mark); Melissa T. Porretto (Lloyd); and Angela T. Luksch (Chris); one son, Tim Trapani; son-in-law Ki Hummel and daughter-in-law Margaret Berlin Trapani Soniat; 25 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.

Predeceased by sons Charles "Chuck" Trapani, Sr. and Christopher Trapani; daughter Judy T. Hummel, and two brothers and two sisters. For 68 years he was the beloved husband of the late Pearl Eleanor Johnson Trapani. He is the son of the late Estelle Morlas Trapani and August Trapani, Sr.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the memorial mass at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 20370 Smith Rd., Covington, LA 70435 on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM. Visitation, AT THE CHURCH, from 10:00 AM until service time. A reception will follow the services in the church hall. The family offers a special thanks to St. Tammany Parish Hospital and Concerned Care Home Health for their benevolent care and especially to the loving staff of Village in the Oaks where he flourished and thoroughly enjoyed his life for the last three years. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to www.FoodForThePoor.org or to St. Jude Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105 (www.stjude.org). E.J. Fielding Funeral Home Inc., 2260 W. 21st. Ave., Covington, LA 70433 entrusted with the arrangements.

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August married Pearl Eleanor Johnson on 2 Feb 1941 in Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Pearl was born on 24 Jun 1923 in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; died on 30 Apr 2009 in Louisiana; was buried in Bogue Falaya Cemetery, Folsom, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The son of Paulino TRAPANI and Antoinette ASTA.

August married Estelle Augustine Morlas on 13 Sep 1919 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Estelle (daughter of John Dominic Morlas and Lucine Roquevert) was born on 12 Oct 1895 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; died on 6 Jan 1976 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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TRAPANI-Estelle Augustine Morlas Trapani, of Covington and New Orleans, La., on Tuesday, January 6, 1976 at 4:15 o'clock p.m., wife of the last August G. Trapani; mother of Mrs. Salvador (Patricia) Gaglio of New Orleans, La., August G. Trapani, Jr of Covington, La., John Trapani of Harahan, La., Paul Trapani of Chalmette, La, and the late Juliet Samson; sister of Leon Morlas, Sister Cyril of the Holy Name Convent, Mrs. C. D. Bishop, Mrs. K. D. McGuire, Mrs. A. J. Rohli, and Mrs. Eugene Schoenfelt (sic), age 81 years, a native of New Orleans, La. and a resident of Covington, La. for the past 3 years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral. A Requiem Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel of Schoen Funeral Home, Inc., 1414 South Tyler Street, Covington, La., on Wednesday, January 7, 1976 at 2:00 clock p.m., Father Andrew Becnel, officiating. Interment in Metairie Cemetery. Friends may call from 12:00 noon until 2:00 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, Metairie Cemetery arrival time at 3:30 o'clock p.m.

(Courtesy of Keith D. McGuire, Jr.)

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The New Orleans death index instead shows he was born ca 1865, with Bennie Zahn showing Jan 1868. The 1910 census suggest ca 1864.

(Research):Census Records:

1900 Census
Lousiana, Orleans Parish, Fourth Precinct, New Orleans, War
d 10
Josephine Street
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
SD 1 ED 98 Sheet 9B
Trapan, Poleno Hd W M Oct 1861 38 M8 Italy Italy Italy 1887 13 Na Shoemaker
Trapan, Antonena Wf W F Mar 1871 29 M8 4/4 Italy Italy Italy 1887 13
Trapan, Annie Dtr W F Feb 1893 6 S La Italy Italy
Trapan, August Son W M Oct 1895 4 S La Italy Italy
Trapan, Tony Son W M Aug 1897 2 S La Italy Italy
Trapan, Antonena Dtr W F Feb 1900 2/12 S La Italy Italy
Baggess, Carlos Nephew W M Oct 1883 16 S Italy Italy Italy 1888 12 Shoemaker
Baggess, Tony Nephew W M Aug 1890 S La Italy Italy

1910 Census
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Part 11 Ward Part 4 Precinct, City of New Orleans, Ward 11
Enumerated 19 and 20 April 1910
SD 1 ED 178 Sheet 4B
917 Third Street
76-77
Trapan, Paulino Hd M W 46 M17 Italy Italy Italy Italian Shoemaker Own Shop
Trapan, Antonetta Wf F W 40 M1 17 4/4 La Italy Italy Italian
Trapan, Annie Dtr F W 16 S La Italy La
Trapan, August Son M W 14 S La Italy La
Trapan, Anthony Son M W 12 S La Italy La
Trapan, Antoinette Dtr F W 10 S La Italy La
Asta, Lena Niece F W 18 S La La La Shoemaker Home

Poleno married Antoinette Asta. Antoinette was born in Mar 1871 in Italy; died after 1932 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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New Orleans, Louisiana Death records index, 1804-1949 show both:

Antoineete Saladino Trapani DOB ca 1870 DOD ca 14 Dec 1934
Antoinette Asta Trapani DOB ca 1880 DOD 11 Jul 1932

Are these perhaps for the same person, with some confustion on the dates, our are these for two different individuals?

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Married:
Said to have married in Washington Parish, Louisiana.

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Owner of La Bella Creole Dairy. Bennie Zahn wrote, in the January 9, 2000 issue of THE TIMES-PICAYUNE (Living, Section E, page 7), that "The property was originally acquired in the late 1800s by John Morlas who made the purchase with silver dollar coins collected from wealthy customers on his milk route. The family legend is, that whenever he was given a silver dollar in payment for milk and cream, he tossed it onto the top of the armoire in his bedroom. When this property which adjoined the Tulane (University) tract was put on the market, he gathered all of the silver coins, counted them and found that he had $8,000, enough to buy the property. After his death in 1923, his wife, Lucine Roquevert Morlas, sold part of the tract, about 3,800 feet long with a depth varying from 100 to 140 feet, for $100,000 for the then proposed St. Vincent Infant Asylum. Within a year, the property was resold for $165,000 to men who had successful experience in local developement and who started immediately to beautify the ground. Today the property is called Versailles Boulevard and extends from Claiborne Avenue to Fontainebleau Drive."

John married Lucine Roquevert on 28 May 1888 in St. Stephen's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Lucine (daughter of Jean Louis Roquevert and Blazine Pene) was born on 28 Jan 1869 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; died on 16 Feb 1946 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):An mtDNA sample supplied a direct female descendant of Lucine (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.