Jean Louis Roquevert

1845 - 1890  (45 years)

• Name	Jean Louis Roquevert  [1]
  Birth	1 Jan 1845	Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Mar 1890	Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi   [1]
  Notes	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).
  Person ID	I190	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	Dominique Roquevert,   b. 19 Oct 1808, Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France d. 6 May 1882, Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Jeanne Laye,   b. 2 Mar 1811, Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France d. 12 Dec 1883, Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1834	Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France   [1]
  	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.
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blazine Pene,   b. 1 Feb 1843, Oueilloux, Hautes-Pyr?n?es, France d. 14 Jan 1916, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1866	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Children	1. Anna Roquevert,   b. 14 Jun 1867, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 1 Jun 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 52 years)   2. Lucine Roquevert,   b. 28 Jan 1869, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 16 Feb 1946, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 77 years)   3. Catherine "Katie" Roquevert,   b. 5 May 1870, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 24 Nov 1940, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 70 years)   4. Josephine Mary Roquevert,   b. 6 Dec 1871, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. Abt 1879, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 7 years)   5. Louis Roquevert,   b. 23 Oct 1873, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 22 Sep 1893, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 19 years)   6. Marie Eugenie Roquevert,   b. 18 Jan 1875, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. Oct 1950, Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi (Age 75 years)   7. August Roquevert,   b. 30 Sep 1876, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 3 Jan 1923, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 46 years)   8. Leopold "Paul" Roquevert,   b. 18 Jun 1878, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 28 Feb 1936, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 57 years)   9. Joseph Roquevert,   b. Abt 1880, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. Abt 1881, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 1 years)   10. Clothilde Louise Anna Roquevert,   b. 7 Apr 1881, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 13 Mar 1913, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 31 years)   11. Louise Lucie Maxime "Maxine" Roquevert,   b. 27 Nov 1882, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 7 Nov 1948, Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana (Age 65 years)   12. Camillle Francis Roquevert,   b. 24 Aug 1884, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 25 Jun 1971, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 86 years)   13. Blaise "Beno" Augustin Roquevert,   b. 21 Apr 1887, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 27 Sep 1909, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Jan 1845 - Cazeneuve-Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyr?n?es, France Marriage - Abt 1866 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Death - 10 Mar 1890 - Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		_Roquevert, Louis ca 1879 Husband of Blazine Pene B. 1845 France D. 1890 New Orleans He was the only one in his family to leave France. He owned and operated a Dairy in New Orleans.
  		Roquevert, Louis Family Picture circa 1879 The family of Louis Roquevert and Blazine Pene Back Row (L to R): Blazine (Pene) Roquevert, Anna Roquevert, Jean Louis Roquevert, Sr., Lucine Roquevert, Catherine Roquevert Front Row (L to R): Louis Roquevert, Jr., Eugenie Roquevert and August Roquevert

  
  

  Histories

  Ancestral Region in France The Gascony region, in the southwest of France, was home to the Pene, Morlas and Roquevert families before they emigrated to New Orleans around 1860.

  
  

• Sources

  [S479] Zahn, Bennie Jay--The Families Pene Roquevert Morlas (Privately Published; New Orleans, LA 1992) , updates and corrections issued periodically.