The Saucier Family - Page 28
Joseph Evariste Saucier, first born child and son of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme was born on August 10, 1852 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi. Since his parents were double cousins, Joseph on his father’s side was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. He was a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Joseph’s grandparents on his mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, his great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Joseph passed away after a short illness on February 13, 1931 at his daughter's home in Bay St. Louis. On October 26, 1884, at age thirty-two, he married twenty-four year old Adele Esther Nicaise at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. She was the daughter of Edmond Necaise and Adele DeGuevre of Shieldsboro, another old family of the area. Adele was born on January 23, 1860 at Shieldsboro and died at Bay St. Louis on December 19, 1926. Eight children were born to Joseph and Adele, George Edmund, Placide Valerian, Albert Turner, Alcine Emile, Forrest Evariste, Camille Delphine, Florence Marie and Louisa Marguerite Saucier. More information on Joseph Evariste is found in an earlier section under his father Evariste Valerian Saucier.
Charles Saucier was the second born and second son born at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Charles was born on September 13, 1856 and died at Bay St. Louis on October 22, 1946 at age ninety. Since his parents were double cousins, Charles on his father’s side was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. He was a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Charles’ grandparents on his mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, his great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is known for Charles at this time.
Claudius Eugene Saucier was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi on September 13, 1856 and died at Bay St. Louis on May 12, 1916 at age fifty-nine. He was the third child and third son born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Since his parents were double cousins, Claudius on his father’s side was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. He was also the great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Claudius’ grandparents on his mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, his great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. Claudius never married and remained with his sisters who cared for him during his long illness at the home of his stepfather Charles Breath, that the family shared in Bay St. Louis.
William Emile Saucier was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi on October 14, 1860, and died at Bay St. Louis on October 22, 1945, at age eighty-five. He was the fourth child and fourth son of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Since his parents were double cousins, William on his father’s side was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. He was a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. William’s grandparents on his mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, his great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. In 1913 at Bay St. Louis, fifty-three year old William married forty-two year old Marie Angeline Necaise, the daughter of Edmond Nicaise and Adel Guery, both residents of Shieldsboro. Marie was born at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) on June 12, 1871 and died at Bay St. Louis on May 30, 1953 at age eighty-one. William and Marie had no known descendants.
Lydia Emilia Saucier was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi on April 6, 1865 and died at New Orleans on February 24, 1954, at age eighty-eight. She was the fifth child and first daughter born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Since her parents were double cousins, Lydia on her father’s side was the granddaughter of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great granddaughter of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. She was a great great-granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Lydia’s grandparents on her mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, her great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. Twenty-nine year old Lydia married thirty year old James Thomas Egan at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on December 27, 1894. James was born on May 25, 1865 in Tennessee and died on February 5, 1912 in Texas at age forty-six. He was the son of Marcus Rufus Egan of Lebanon, Tennessee and Martha Olivia Hudson of Kentucky, residents of Tennessee. Lydia and James had three children, Madeline Olivia, Thelma Victoria, and Edwige Louise Egan.
Elizabeth Josephine Edwige Saucier was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi on March 23, 1868, and died at Bay St. Louis on October 9, 1919, at age fifty-one. She was the sixth born child and second daughter born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Since her parents were double cousins, Elizabeth on her father’s side was the granddaughter of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, and a great granddaughter of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. She was a great great-granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Elizabeth’s grandparents on her mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, her great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is available for Elizabeth.
Charles Alfred Breath, born on January 1, 1874 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi was the seventh child of Madeleine Josephine Toulme, but, he was the first child and son born to Madeleine Josephine Toulme and her second husband John Anthony Breath. Charles died at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on October 31, 1941 at the age of sixty-seven. On his mothers side, Charles Breath was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Toulme and Victoria Uranie Saucier, great grandson of Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise. A great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and the third great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Charles, age twenty-four, married thirty-year-old Henrietta Agatha Leonhard on December 25, 1898, at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. Henrietta was the widow of William Boardman of Bay St. Louis. She had three children, Josephine, Ernestine and Louis Boardman when she married Charles. She was born on March 7, 1868, at New Orleans and died at Bay St. Louis on November 16, 1939, at age seventy-one. Henrietta was the daughter of Louis Leonhard and Josephine Schuler, both of Germany and longtime residents of New Orleans. Charles and Henrietta had two children Rita Antoinette, and Charles Albert Breath.
Uranie Victoria Breath was born on June 22, 1876 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis). Mississippi and died on February 15, 1960, in New Orleans at the age of eighty-three. She was the seventh child of Madeleine Josephine Toulme, but she was the second child and first daughter born to Madeleine Josephine Toulme and her second husband John Anthony Breath. On her mother's side, Uranie Victoria Breath was the granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Toulme and Victoria Uranie Saucier, great granddaughter of Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise. A great great-granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and the third great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Uranie Victoria was married twice, first on April 5, 1895, at Bay St. Louis to William Joseph Gallup, and divorcing him in circa 1897. William Joseph Gallop was born on September 5, 1868, in Natchez, Mississippi and died in April 1943 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi at age seventy-five. In 1899 she married her second husband Emile Joseph Calongne at Bay St. Louis. Emile was born in Louisiana on February 11, 1879, and died in 1926 at New Orleans. Uranie and her second husband Emile Calongne had one daughter, Magdeleine Elize Calongne.
Delphine Claudia Toulme was born on March 14, 1838, in Shieldsboro, Mississippi and died in New Orleans on December 17, 1897, at age fifty-nine. She was the last-born child of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Delphine also was a granddaughter of Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On November 11, 1855, seventeen-year-old Delphine Claudia Toulme married twenty-six-year-old Joseph Eugene Garaudy at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church at Shieldsboro, Mississippi. He was born on June 26, 1829, at Bouches du Rhône, France and died on December 30, 1868, at New Orleans at age thirty-nine. Joseph Eugene Garaudy was the son of Joseph Antoine Garaudy and Marie Anne Barbet of Bouches du Rhône, France. Delphine and Joseph had five children, all born at Shieldsboro, Mississippi, Eugene Victor, Amedee Jean, Joseph Eugene, Alcide Evariste and Sophie Garaudy. In 1874, thirty-six-year-old Delphine married her second husband, twenty-eight-year-old Arthur Bertin Devillenevue, a doctor, at New Orleans. Arthur was born at New Orleans on June 17, 1846, and died there on April 30, 1907, at age sixty. The funeral for Delphine Toulme Garaudy was held at the Crescent Hotel, which was also the home of many members of the Toulme family.
Eugene Victor Marius Garaudy was born on July 13, 1857, at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. He was the first child and son born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. He was the grandson of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Eugene also was a great grandson Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Eugene died on June 13, 1891, at New Orleans at the age of thirty-three years. Eugene at age twenty-five married Nathalie Gueringer, age twenty-five, on February 3, 1883, at New Orleans. Nathalie was born in New Orleans on December 9, 1852, and died on November 30, 1920, at New Orleans at age sixty-seven. She was the daughter of Ferdinand Gueringer and Marie Louise Fernandez, both residents of New Orleans. Eugene and Nathalie had four sons, Paul Victor, Edward Eugene, Sidney Henry and Walter Claudius Gueringer.
Amedee Jean Garaudy was born on July 17, 1859, at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. He was the second child and second son born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. Amedee died on April 20, 1897, at New Orleans, age thirty-seven years. He was the grandson of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Amedee Jean also was a great grandson Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. No additional information is available for Amedee.
Joseph Eugene Garaudy was born on October 6, 1861 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. He was the third child and third son born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. Joseph Eugene’s death date is not known. He was the grandson of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Joseph also was a great grandson Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. No additional information is known for Joseph Eugene.
Alcide Evariste Garaudy was born on October 6, 1861 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. He was the fourth child and fourth son born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. Alcide Evariste died on June 24, 1927 at New Orleans at age sixty-five. He was the grandson of of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Alcide Evariste also was a great grandson Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Alcide married Lucinda Celeste Hart in New Orleans on August 15, 1893, he was thirty-one years old and Lucinda was twenty years old when they were married. Lucinda was the daughter of William Hart and Laura Rils of New Orleans. Alcide and Lucinda had two daughters, Claudia Laura, and Sophie Selma Garaudy.
Sophie Garaudy was born on in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. She was the fifth child and daughter born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. Sophie died on April 2, 1948, age eighty-four, at New Orleans. Sophie was the granddaughter of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Sophie also was a great granddaughter Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Sophie married James Louis Lemarie on December 17, 1887, at New Orleans, she was twenty-three years old, and James was twenty-six. James was born on May 6, 1861, at New Orleans and died on November 26, 1935, at New Orleans. James was the son of Louis Emile Lemarie and Maria Delia Blanchard of New Orleans. Sophie and James had four children, James Louis, Stanley Munford, Maurice Blanchard, and Hilda Marie Lemarie.
Lucille Saucier was the sixth child and fifth daughter born to Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise. She was born December 29, 1795 in Alabama and died in around 1849 at about the age of fifty-four. Lucille was also a granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She married Bertrand Lassabe, who was born in about 1790, son of Bonaventure Lassabe of Sauveterre-de-Bearn, France and Marie Carriere of Louisiana. Bertrand’s brother Remy had married his wife Lucille’s sister Basalice Saucier who was the widow of Jean Cassibry, making their children first cousins. Bertrand and Lucille had four known children, Justin, Victor, Alexandre and Antoine Lassabe. Their descendants still live in the Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi areas today.
Justin Alexander Lassabe was the first born son and child of Bertrand Lasabbe and Lucille Saucier. He was born in March of 1822 in Mississippi and died on October 24, 1933 at the age of One Hundred-eleven years old in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Justin, on his mothers side was a grandson of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise Justin and was also a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On his fathers side, Justin was the grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. On July 8, 1848, Justin at age twenty-six married his first cousin, eighteen-year-old Zoe Marguerite Lassabe. Zoe was born in Alabama in 1830 and died on October 22, 1883, age fifty-three, and is buried in Pass Christian. Zoe was a granddaughter of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise and she was also a great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. Both Zoe and Justin shared the same grandparents and same family lineage back to Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary as their mothers, Basalice and Lucille Saucier were sisters as well as both their fathers, Bertrand and Alexander Remy being brothers. Justin and Zoe had ten children during their marriage, Justin Alexander, Helena Agusta, Edward Agustin, Emma Elise, Ellen, Louis Baptiste, William Yancey, Remy Bedford Forest, Charles Clarence, and Hugh Montgomery Lassabe.
Victor Lassabe was the second born son and child of Bertrand Lasabbe and Lucille Saucier. He was born in 1828 in Mississippi and died in 1878 at age fifty. Victor, on his mother’s side was a grandson of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise, also a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix, and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On his father’s side Victor was the grandson of grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. At the age of twenty-four, he married his eighteen-year-old first cousin, Clementine Saucier, on January 2, 1852, at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. Clementine was born in 1834 and died in 1880 at the age of forty-six. Clementine was the daughter of Jacques Saucier and his wife Adelia Saucier, whom themselves were cousins. Victor and Clementine had seven children, Victorie, Clementine, John Victor, Lucille Clotilde, Adelaide Delphine, Lassabe, and Marie Lillian Lassabe.
Alexandre Lassabe was the third child and first daughter born to Bertrand Lasabbe and Lucille Saucier. She was born in 1829 and died in 1854 at age twenty-five. On her mother’s side Alexandre was a granddaughter of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise, a great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On her father’s side Victor was the grandson of grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. No additional information is available for Alexandre.
Antoine Pierre Lassabe was the fourth child and third son born to Bertrand Lasabbe and Lucille Saucier. Antione on his mother’s side was a grandson of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise. Antoine was also a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On his father’s side Victor was the grandson of grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. On his father’s side Victor was the grandson of grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. No additional information is known for Antoine.
Basalice Saucier, the seventh child and the sixth daughter, was born to Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise on May 30, 1798, in Bay St. Louis. Basalice died on October 30, 1870, at age seventy-two in Mobile County, Alabama. Basalice was also a granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She was married at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans on February 11, 1817, to Jean Cassibry, a native of Syrma, Greece, and the son of Ionye Cassibry and Ana Fella. Jean was born in 1795 in Greece and died in New Orleans on November 9, 1833, at age thirty-eight. Jean, a sea merchant, was captured and held prisoner in the West Indies by the Spanish Government from 1823 until his release in early 1833; believing him to be dead, Basalice, after Jean was officially declared dead, married a second time to Remi Lassabe, who was born in 1784 and died on November 22, 1849, at age sixty-five in Alabama. Remi Lassabe was the brother of Bertrand Lassabe who was married to Basalice's older sister Lucille. Basalice had two children with first husband Jean Cassibry, George Peat born in 1818 and Jean Cassibry born on July 28, 1820, and nine children from her second marriage in about 1825 to Remi: Aimee, Victorie, Zoe, John Remy, Mary, Joseph, Ann, Adelaide and Elizabeth Lassabe. Her son Jean Cassibry was lost at sea and presumably drowned in his early twenties. He had followed in his father’s footsteps as a sea merchant. Basalice’s son George helped to construct the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Church building in Mobile and lived to be 104. You can imagine the shock for Basalice when husband Jean Cassibry was released by the Spanish after being held ten years as a prisoner and returned home. Jean had been released by the Spanish due to his health and returned home ill and in poor health and died soon after returning home. Jean Cassibry would have been equally shocked after returning home to find his wife had remarried and that he had been legally declared as dead. This would have been a very emotional time for Jean, Basalice and Remi. The two Cassibry children were baptized at New Orleans’ Saint Louis Cathedral and the Lassabe children at Mobile’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The Lassabe family resided in Mobile.
George Peat Cassibry was the first-born son of Basalice Saucier and her first husband Jean Cassibry. He was born on June 19, 1818, at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi and died at the age of ninety-eight years old on January 21, 1916, at Grand Bay, Alabama. Some accounts give his age at death as 104 years of age, which is questionable. George was a grandson of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. George married Ursula Bosarge on June 16, 1842, in Alabama, she was born on October 14, 1821, in Bayou La Batre, Alabama and died on January 4, 1900, at Grand Bay, Alabama at age seventy-eight. She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Bosarge of Mississippi and Maria Ladnier of Grand Bay, Alabama. George and Ursula had nine children, Cora Lee, Mary Clementine, John, Oscar Theodore, George Peat, Jr., Edward Justin, Peter, Georgina, and Emma Cassibry.
Local Gulf Coast historian and writer Nap L. Cassibry II wrote this story of George Cassibry Sr.:
“George Cassibry Sr. was a sea-faring man and the owner and master of his own schooner, the “LAFAYETTE”. Within a few years after his marriage to Ursule Bosarge and with several children then at home, his health failed and he was advised by his doctor and did give up the sea after several years of illness. The illness left the family in dire financial condition.
He sold his schooner, his home, paid his debts and with only a few scant possessions left Bayou LaBatre, Alabama and moved into the interior of Mobile County near Grand Bay, Alabama. There he settled on land, built a log cabin (living in a tent until it was completed) and continued to live there until his death- the property is still owned by family descendants.
After regaining his health, the War Between the States erupted and he, in 1862, enlisted at Bayou LaBatre and served with Company A, a local guard Company. Later he was transferred to Mobile, where he re-enlisted in a regular Company and served at Mobile until he was captured there by the Union troops while guarding the Armory at Mobile, Alabama."
The local newspaper The Biloxi Daily Herald on January 22, 1916, wrote this account of George’s death:
Gulfport, January 22. --
George Cassibry, Sr.. who died at his home in Grand Bay, Alabama, yesterday at the age of 104 years was perhaps the oldest resident of that state. His health was robust up to a year ago, being able to till his farm with his own hands. During the last twelve months he began to decline and was forced to give up all work. He was born in Bay St. Louis, when that town was only a small settlement called Shieldsboro, surrounded by a pine forest which covered the south portion of the state.
For 75 years he had lived where his death occurred. Surviving Mr. Cassibry are four children, Oscar Theodore and Peter Cassibry of Orange Grove, Mary Deakle of Grand Bay, and George Cassibry, Jr. of this city and grand-daughter Florence Inez Cassibry, who left here today to attend his funeral, was a granddaughter.
The local newspaper article reproduced above, listed his age at death as 104 years. But according to the data for his birth listed on the Census of Confederate Soldiers residing in Alabama in 1907, it shows his birth as June 19, 1818, which would make him ninety-eight years of age at his death and not 104. Other records give his birth date as June 19. 1814. The 104-year death age for George Peat Cassibry was also given by his surviving grandchildren as his age at death.
Charles Saucier was the second born and second son born at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Charles was born on September 13, 1856 and died at Bay St. Louis on October 22, 1946 at age ninety. Since his parents were double cousins, Charles on his father’s side was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. He was a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Charles’ grandparents on his mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, his great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is known for Charles at this time.
Claudius Eugene Saucier was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi on September 13, 1856 and died at Bay St. Louis on May 12, 1916 at age fifty-nine. He was the third child and third son born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Since his parents were double cousins, Claudius on his father’s side was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. He was also the great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Claudius’ grandparents on his mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, his great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. Claudius never married and remained with his sisters who cared for him during his long illness at the home of his stepfather Charles Breath, that the family shared in Bay St. Louis.
William Emile Saucier was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi on October 14, 1860, and died at Bay St. Louis on October 22, 1945, at age eighty-five. He was the fourth child and fourth son of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Since his parents were double cousins, William on his father’s side was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. He was a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. William’s grandparents on his mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, his great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. In 1913 at Bay St. Louis, fifty-three year old William married forty-two year old Marie Angeline Necaise, the daughter of Edmond Nicaise and Adel Guery, both residents of Shieldsboro. Marie was born at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) on June 12, 1871 and died at Bay St. Louis on May 30, 1953 at age eighty-one. William and Marie had no known descendants.
Lydia Emilia Saucier was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi on April 6, 1865 and died at New Orleans on February 24, 1954, at age eighty-eight. She was the fifth child and first daughter born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Since her parents were double cousins, Lydia on her father’s side was the granddaughter of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great granddaughter of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. She was a great great-granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Lydia’s grandparents on her mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, her great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. Twenty-nine year old Lydia married thirty year old James Thomas Egan at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on December 27, 1894. James was born on May 25, 1865 in Tennessee and died on February 5, 1912 in Texas at age forty-six. He was the son of Marcus Rufus Egan of Lebanon, Tennessee and Martha Olivia Hudson of Kentucky, residents of Tennessee. Lydia and James had three children, Madeline Olivia, Thelma Victoria, and Edwige Louise Egan.
Elizabeth Josephine Edwige Saucier was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi on March 23, 1868, and died at Bay St. Louis on October 9, 1919, at age fifty-one. She was the sixth born child and second daughter born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme of Shieldsboro. Since her parents were double cousins, Elizabeth on her father’s side was the granddaughter of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, and a great granddaughter of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve. She was a great great-granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Elizabeth’s grandparents on her mother’s side were Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise, her great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her great great-grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is available for Elizabeth.
Charles Alfred Breath, born on January 1, 1874 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi was the seventh child of Madeleine Josephine Toulme, but, he was the first child and son born to Madeleine Josephine Toulme and her second husband John Anthony Breath. Charles died at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on October 31, 1941 at the age of sixty-seven. On his mothers side, Charles Breath was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Toulme and Victoria Uranie Saucier, great grandson of Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise. A great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and the third great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Charles, age twenty-four, married thirty-year-old Henrietta Agatha Leonhard on December 25, 1898, at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. Henrietta was the widow of William Boardman of Bay St. Louis. She had three children, Josephine, Ernestine and Louis Boardman when she married Charles. She was born on March 7, 1868, at New Orleans and died at Bay St. Louis on November 16, 1939, at age seventy-one. Henrietta was the daughter of Louis Leonhard and Josephine Schuler, both of Germany and longtime residents of New Orleans. Charles and Henrietta had two children Rita Antoinette, and Charles Albert Breath.
Uranie Victoria Breath was born on June 22, 1876 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis). Mississippi and died on February 15, 1960, in New Orleans at the age of eighty-three. She was the seventh child of Madeleine Josephine Toulme, but she was the second child and first daughter born to Madeleine Josephine Toulme and her second husband John Anthony Breath. On her mother's side, Uranie Victoria Breath was the granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Toulme and Victoria Uranie Saucier, great granddaughter of Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise. A great great-granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and the third great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Uranie Victoria was married twice, first on April 5, 1895, at Bay St. Louis to William Joseph Gallup, and divorcing him in circa 1897. William Joseph Gallop was born on September 5, 1868, in Natchez, Mississippi and died in April 1943 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi at age seventy-five. In 1899 she married her second husband Emile Joseph Calongne at Bay St. Louis. Emile was born in Louisiana on February 11, 1879, and died in 1926 at New Orleans. Uranie and her second husband Emile Calongne had one daughter, Magdeleine Elize Calongne.
Delphine Claudia Toulme was born on March 14, 1838, in Shieldsboro, Mississippi and died in New Orleans on December 17, 1897, at age fifty-nine. She was the last-born child of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Delphine also was a granddaughter of Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On November 11, 1855, seventeen-year-old Delphine Claudia Toulme married twenty-six-year-old Joseph Eugene Garaudy at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church at Shieldsboro, Mississippi. He was born on June 26, 1829, at Bouches du Rhône, France and died on December 30, 1868, at New Orleans at age thirty-nine. Joseph Eugene Garaudy was the son of Joseph Antoine Garaudy and Marie Anne Barbet of Bouches du Rhône, France. Delphine and Joseph had five children, all born at Shieldsboro, Mississippi, Eugene Victor, Amedee Jean, Joseph Eugene, Alcide Evariste and Sophie Garaudy. In 1874, thirty-six-year-old Delphine married her second husband, twenty-eight-year-old Arthur Bertin Devillenevue, a doctor, at New Orleans. Arthur was born at New Orleans on June 17, 1846, and died there on April 30, 1907, at age sixty. The funeral for Delphine Toulme Garaudy was held at the Crescent Hotel, which was also the home of many members of the Toulme family.
Eugene Victor Marius Garaudy was born on July 13, 1857, at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. He was the first child and son born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. He was the grandson of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Eugene also was a great grandson Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Eugene died on June 13, 1891, at New Orleans at the age of thirty-three years. Eugene at age twenty-five married Nathalie Gueringer, age twenty-five, on February 3, 1883, at New Orleans. Nathalie was born in New Orleans on December 9, 1852, and died on November 30, 1920, at New Orleans at age sixty-seven. She was the daughter of Ferdinand Gueringer and Marie Louise Fernandez, both residents of New Orleans. Eugene and Nathalie had four sons, Paul Victor, Edward Eugene, Sidney Henry and Walter Claudius Gueringer.
Amedee Jean Garaudy was born on July 17, 1859, at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. He was the second child and second son born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. Amedee died on April 20, 1897, at New Orleans, age thirty-seven years. He was the grandson of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Amedee Jean also was a great grandson Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. No additional information is available for Amedee.
Joseph Eugene Garaudy was born on October 6, 1861 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. He was the third child and third son born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. Joseph Eugene’s death date is not known. He was the grandson of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Joseph also was a great grandson Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. No additional information is known for Joseph Eugene.
Alcide Evariste Garaudy was born on October 6, 1861 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. He was the fourth child and fourth son born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. Alcide Evariste died on June 24, 1927 at New Orleans at age sixty-five. He was the grandson of of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Alcide Evariste also was a great grandson Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Alcide married Lucinda Celeste Hart in New Orleans on August 15, 1893, he was thirty-one years old and Lucinda was twenty years old when they were married. Lucinda was the daughter of William Hart and Laura Rils of New Orleans. Alcide and Lucinda had two daughters, Claudia Laura, and Sophie Selma Garaudy.
Sophie Garaudy was born on in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. She was the fifth child and daughter born to Delphine Claudia Toulme and her husband Joseph Eugene Garaudy. Sophie died on April 2, 1948, age eighty-four, at New Orleans. Sophie was the granddaughter of Victoria Uranie Saucier and John Baptiste Toulme of Shieldsboro. Sophie also was a great granddaughter Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great great-granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a third great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Sophie married James Louis Lemarie on December 17, 1887, at New Orleans, she was twenty-three years old, and James was twenty-six. James was born on May 6, 1861, at New Orleans and died on November 26, 1935, at New Orleans. James was the son of Louis Emile Lemarie and Maria Delia Blanchard of New Orleans. Sophie and James had four children, James Louis, Stanley Munford, Maurice Blanchard, and Hilda Marie Lemarie.
Lucille Saucier was the sixth child and fifth daughter born to Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise. She was born December 29, 1795 in Alabama and died in around 1849 at about the age of fifty-four. Lucille was also a granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She married Bertrand Lassabe, who was born in about 1790, son of Bonaventure Lassabe of Sauveterre-de-Bearn, France and Marie Carriere of Louisiana. Bertrand’s brother Remy had married his wife Lucille’s sister Basalice Saucier who was the widow of Jean Cassibry, making their children first cousins. Bertrand and Lucille had four known children, Justin, Victor, Alexandre and Antoine Lassabe. Their descendants still live in the Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi areas today.
Justin Alexander Lassabe was the first born son and child of Bertrand Lasabbe and Lucille Saucier. He was born in March of 1822 in Mississippi and died on October 24, 1933 at the age of One Hundred-eleven years old in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Justin, on his mothers side was a grandson of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise Justin and was also a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On his fathers side, Justin was the grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. On July 8, 1848, Justin at age twenty-six married his first cousin, eighteen-year-old Zoe Marguerite Lassabe. Zoe was born in Alabama in 1830 and died on October 22, 1883, age fifty-three, and is buried in Pass Christian. Zoe was a granddaughter of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise and she was also a great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. Both Zoe and Justin shared the same grandparents and same family lineage back to Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary as their mothers, Basalice and Lucille Saucier were sisters as well as both their fathers, Bertrand and Alexander Remy being brothers. Justin and Zoe had ten children during their marriage, Justin Alexander, Helena Agusta, Edward Agustin, Emma Elise, Ellen, Louis Baptiste, William Yancey, Remy Bedford Forest, Charles Clarence, and Hugh Montgomery Lassabe.
Victor Lassabe was the second born son and child of Bertrand Lasabbe and Lucille Saucier. He was born in 1828 in Mississippi and died in 1878 at age fifty. Victor, on his mother’s side was a grandson of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise, also a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix, and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On his father’s side Victor was the grandson of grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. At the age of twenty-four, he married his eighteen-year-old first cousin, Clementine Saucier, on January 2, 1852, at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi. Clementine was born in 1834 and died in 1880 at the age of forty-six. Clementine was the daughter of Jacques Saucier and his wife Adelia Saucier, whom themselves were cousins. Victor and Clementine had seven children, Victorie, Clementine, John Victor, Lucille Clotilde, Adelaide Delphine, Lassabe, and Marie Lillian Lassabe.
Alexandre Lassabe was the third child and first daughter born to Bertrand Lasabbe and Lucille Saucier. She was born in 1829 and died in 1854 at age twenty-five. On her mother’s side Alexandre was a granddaughter of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise, a great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On her father’s side Victor was the grandson of grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. No additional information is available for Alexandre.
Antoine Pierre Lassabe was the fourth child and third son born to Bertrand Lasabbe and Lucille Saucier. Antione on his mother’s side was a grandson of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise. Antoine was also a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. On his father’s side Victor was the grandson of grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. On his father’s side Victor was the grandson of grandson of Bonaventure Lassabe and Marie Carriere. No additional information is known for Antoine.
Basalice Saucier, the seventh child and the sixth daughter, was born to Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise on May 30, 1798, in Bay St. Louis. Basalice died on October 30, 1870, at age seventy-two in Mobile County, Alabama. Basalice was also a granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She was married at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans on February 11, 1817, to Jean Cassibry, a native of Syrma, Greece, and the son of Ionye Cassibry and Ana Fella. Jean was born in 1795 in Greece and died in New Orleans on November 9, 1833, at age thirty-eight. Jean, a sea merchant, was captured and held prisoner in the West Indies by the Spanish Government from 1823 until his release in early 1833; believing him to be dead, Basalice, after Jean was officially declared dead, married a second time to Remi Lassabe, who was born in 1784 and died on November 22, 1849, at age sixty-five in Alabama. Remi Lassabe was the brother of Bertrand Lassabe who was married to Basalice's older sister Lucille. Basalice had two children with first husband Jean Cassibry, George Peat born in 1818 and Jean Cassibry born on July 28, 1820, and nine children from her second marriage in about 1825 to Remi: Aimee, Victorie, Zoe, John Remy, Mary, Joseph, Ann, Adelaide and Elizabeth Lassabe. Her son Jean Cassibry was lost at sea and presumably drowned in his early twenties. He had followed in his father’s footsteps as a sea merchant. Basalice’s son George helped to construct the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Church building in Mobile and lived to be 104. You can imagine the shock for Basalice when husband Jean Cassibry was released by the Spanish after being held ten years as a prisoner and returned home. Jean had been released by the Spanish due to his health and returned home ill and in poor health and died soon after returning home. Jean Cassibry would have been equally shocked after returning home to find his wife had remarried and that he had been legally declared as dead. This would have been a very emotional time for Jean, Basalice and Remi. The two Cassibry children were baptized at New Orleans’ Saint Louis Cathedral and the Lassabe children at Mobile’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The Lassabe family resided in Mobile.
George Peat Cassibry was the first-born son of Basalice Saucier and her first husband Jean Cassibry. He was born on June 19, 1818, at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Mississippi and died at the age of ninety-eight years old on January 21, 1916, at Grand Bay, Alabama. Some accounts give his age at death as 104 years of age, which is questionable. George was a grandson of Philippe Saucier and Marie Louise Nicaise of Pass Christian, a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. George married Ursula Bosarge on June 16, 1842, in Alabama, she was born on October 14, 1821, in Bayou La Batre, Alabama and died on January 4, 1900, at Grand Bay, Alabama at age seventy-eight. She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Bosarge of Mississippi and Maria Ladnier of Grand Bay, Alabama. George and Ursula had nine children, Cora Lee, Mary Clementine, John, Oscar Theodore, George Peat, Jr., Edward Justin, Peter, Georgina, and Emma Cassibry.
Local Gulf Coast historian and writer Nap L. Cassibry II wrote this story of George Cassibry Sr.:
“George Cassibry Sr. was a sea-faring man and the owner and master of his own schooner, the “LAFAYETTE”. Within a few years after his marriage to Ursule Bosarge and with several children then at home, his health failed and he was advised by his doctor and did give up the sea after several years of illness. The illness left the family in dire financial condition.
He sold his schooner, his home, paid his debts and with only a few scant possessions left Bayou LaBatre, Alabama and moved into the interior of Mobile County near Grand Bay, Alabama. There he settled on land, built a log cabin (living in a tent until it was completed) and continued to live there until his death- the property is still owned by family descendants.
After regaining his health, the War Between the States erupted and he, in 1862, enlisted at Bayou LaBatre and served with Company A, a local guard Company. Later he was transferred to Mobile, where he re-enlisted in a regular Company and served at Mobile until he was captured there by the Union troops while guarding the Armory at Mobile, Alabama."
The local newspaper The Biloxi Daily Herald on January 22, 1916, wrote this account of George’s death:
Gulfport, January 22. --
George Cassibry, Sr.. who died at his home in Grand Bay, Alabama, yesterday at the age of 104 years was perhaps the oldest resident of that state. His health was robust up to a year ago, being able to till his farm with his own hands. During the last twelve months he began to decline and was forced to give up all work. He was born in Bay St. Louis, when that town was only a small settlement called Shieldsboro, surrounded by a pine forest which covered the south portion of the state.
For 75 years he had lived where his death occurred. Surviving Mr. Cassibry are four children, Oscar Theodore and Peter Cassibry of Orange Grove, Mary Deakle of Grand Bay, and George Cassibry, Jr. of this city and grand-daughter Florence Inez Cassibry, who left here today to attend his funeral, was a granddaughter.
The local newspaper article reproduced above, listed his age at death as 104 years. But according to the data for his birth listed on the Census of Confederate Soldiers residing in Alabama in 1907, it shows his birth as June 19, 1818, which would make him ninety-eight years of age at his death and not 104. Other records give his birth date as June 19. 1814. The 104-year death age for George Peat Cassibry was also given by his surviving grandchildren as his age at death.