Relics: Genealogy, family stories, history & other curiosities.

Leonie Madeleine Schuler was born in France in 1840.  She immigrated in March of 1845 to America with Catherine, her mother and her younger brother, Henri, known in the US as Harry. (Harry is my great great grandfather.)     The family reunited with their husband/father, Louis Schuler and settled with many other French/Germans in the fourth ward of New Orleans.  Louis and Catherine went on to have seven more children.  By 1880, Leonie is the only family member remaining in Louisiana. She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in the tomb pictured above.   Also in this tomb is Frank/Francois Goulemus, Leonie's husband and six other people, Kleins, Karchers, Vitranos, all names I do not recognize.  Why do I not know these people? You wouldn't be buried with friends or casual acquaintances, members of what in genealogy circles we would refer to as the F.A.N. club, would you? My thinking is that these six other people must be relatives or closely connec...

My next big research project will be to learn more about Milton Morgan and his wife Martha Hall.  They were life long residents of Monroe, in Orange County, NY. Born in 1847, Milton survived the Battle of New Orleans, where he was captured and taken prisoner of war.   He was released and spent the rest of his life as a miner in the iron mines of Orange County. 150 years ago today, on July 4, 1868 at the First Presbyterian Church in Goshen,NY Milton married Martha Hall. They are the parents of Josephine Rose my great great grandmother. Happy 4th of July.