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Estelle Augustine Morlas

Estelle Augustine Morlas

Female 1895 - 1976  (80 years)

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  • Name Estelle Augustine Morlas  [1
    Birth 12 Oct 1895  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Jan 1976  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 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.)
    Person ID I976  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2022 

    Father John Dominic Morlas,   b. 25 Aug 1865, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1923, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Lucine Roquevert,   b. 28 Jan 1869, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1946, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1888  St. Stephen's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Photos
    Morlas Family Reunion, New Orleans, 1987
    Morlas Family Reunion, New Orleans, 1987
    Over 120 family members were present for this reunion, most of them descended from John Dominic Morlas and Lucine Roquevert of New Orleans
    Albums
    Morlas Siblings & Cousins Reunions
    Morlas Siblings & Cousins Reunions (9)
    Held in New Orleans starting in 1927
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family August Gerard Trapani,   b. 6 Oct 1894, Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1967, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 13 Sep 1919  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. August "Gus" Gerard Trapani, Jr.,   b. 11 Sep 1920, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 2013, Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. Juliette Geraldine Trapani,   b. 9 Nov 1922, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1964, Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     3. Paul Trapani,   b. 22 Feb 1923, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1989, Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     4. John "Johnny" Joseph Trapani,   b. 28 Mar 1925, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1985, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     5. Patricia Lou Trapani,   b. 12 Oct 1927, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 2008, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F715  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Oct 1895 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Sep 1919 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Jan 1976 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Morlas, Lucine and daughters
    Morlas, Lucine and daughters
    This formal portrait of Mms. Morlas and her daughters was taken around 1918 in New Orleans. Her husband and her four sons were not pictured.

    Back Row (l to r): Eugenia, Juliet, Leontine, Clothilde

    Front Row (l to r): Estelle, Josephine, Eleanor, Mme. Lucine Roquevert Morlas, Vivian, Lucille
    _Morlas, Stella
    _Morlas, Stella
    Wife of August Trapani
    B. 1895 New Orleans D. 1976 New Orleans
    Morlas Sister Reunion, likely 1951
    Morlas Sister Reunion, likely 1951
    TOP ROW - (Left to Right) Josephine Morlas McGuire, Stella Morlas Trapani, Stella O'Brien (cousin), Eleanor Morlas Rohli, BOTTOM ROW - Vivian Morlas Schoenfeld, Leontine Morlas Zahn holding her grandson Edward, and Eugenia Morlas Bishop
    Morlas Siblings
    Morlas Siblings
    Children of John Morlas and Lucine Roquevert

    Back Row: Leon Morlas, Juliet Morlas, Paul Morlas, Jennie (Morlas) Bishop, John Morlas, Leontine (Morlas) Zahn, Eleanor (Morlas) Rohli, Louis Morlas.

    Front Stella (Morlas) Trapani, Vivian (Morlas) Schoenfeld, Josephine (Morlas) McGuire, and Lucille (Morlas) Quinn.

    Only their sister Clothilde (Morlas) Bordes was missing. Since Clothilde had died in 1938, the photo was presumably taken after this date. It could very well have been taken at their 1951 reunion.





    Headstones
    Morlas Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans
    Morlas Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans
    This mausoleum was erected in the Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans at the death of John Dominic Morlas in 1923.

    It also became the final resting place of his wife, Lucine Roquevert, and their children: John Louis & wife Antoinette (Trapani) Morlas, Clothilde & husband Leon Bordes, Estelle & husband August Trapani, Louis & wife Lenora (Christoffer) Morlas, Leopold "Paul" & wife Olie (Roberts) Morlas, Vivian & husband Eugene Schoenfeld; as well as the resting place of several of John Dominic's grandsons; John Louis (I) Morlas Jr., Bertrand C. Morlas, John Louis (II) Morlas Jr., Sylvan "Brother" Bordes and Eugene "Jim" Schoenfeld, Jr.

    More so than any city this side of Paris, New Orleans is renowned for its historically significant and ornate necropolises. One of the parish's most unique "Cities of the Dead" is the eerily beautiful and diverse Metairie Cemetery. Built over the old Metairie Race Course, the cemetery was founded by Charles T. Howard. According to legend, when Howard was not allowed to join the country club that owned the track, he vowed it would become a cemetery. Many other famous Louisianans are interred here, in structures ranging from Gothic crypts to Romanesque mausoleums to Egyptian pyramids

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