Albert Leopold Vitter, Sr. (I13)
1878 - 1961 (82 years)-
Name Albert Leopold Vitter [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] Suffix Sr. Relationship with Albert Leopold Vitter Birth 15 Sep 1878 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16] Baptism New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Godmother Odile Maurin
Gender Male Description Dark brown hair, brown eyes Name Baba Occupation 1900 Life Insurance Co. of Virginia, 940 Royal Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Cashier Occupation Abt 1930 Bookkeeper, banker, and mortgage financier Occupation Between 1945 and 1961 709 Whitney Bldg, 228 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [17, 18] President of Asset Realization Company and Chairman of the Board of American General Savings & Loan Association Reference Number 13 Residence 1900 2517 N. Rampart Street, Ward 8, Precinct 4, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [7] Residence 1910 1126 Baronne Street, Ward 1, Precinct 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [6] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son Residence Between 1915 and 1923 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [5, 11] Residence Between 1923 and 1925 3800 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [11] Residence Between 1925 and 1961 3600 Napoleon Avenue (newly constructed house) 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3, 4, 11, 15, 17, 18] Death 7 Apr 1961 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1, 10, 11] Burial Apr 1961 Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1] - section 5, Artigues-Vitter tomb,
Siblings 6 brothers and 1 sister 1. Albert Leopold Vitter, Sr. (current person), b. 15 Sep 1878, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 7 Apr 1961, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 82 years)
▻Marie Berthe Artigues, b. 4 Jul 1886, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 4 Sep 1960, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 74 years), m. 11 Dec 1912, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (with pointy gold dome), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA2. Joseph N. Vitter, b. 7 Jul 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 16 Aug 1899, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 19 years) 3. Anna Albertine Vitter, b. 7 Oct 1882, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 25 Mar 1958, Jackson, East Feliciana, Louisiana, USA (Age 75 years)
▻Wilmer Lewis Todd, Jr., b. 27 Nov 1879, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 7 Mar 1965 (Age 85 years), m. 9 Oct 19054. Sidney Alexander Vitter, b. Jan 1885, Louisiana, USA d. 31 Mar 1950 (Age ~ 65 years)
▻Louise Elizabeth Inch, b. Abt 1889, Louisiana, USA d. Aug 1940, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 51 years), m. 25 Jun 1913, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
▻Florence H. Heron, b. 4 Oct 1888 d. Feb 1991 (Age 102 years), m. UNKNOWN5. Charles Alfred Vitter, b. May 1887, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 9 Nov 1932, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 45 years) 6. Harry Albert Vitter, b. 23 Dec 1888, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 27 Dec 1967, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA (Age 79 years)
▻Jeannette Lizette Moore, b. 8 Feb 1892 d. 21 Oct 1979, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA (Age 87 years), m. 14 Aug 19127. Alfred A. Vitter, b. 13 Jun 1894, Louisiana, USA d. 21 May 1916 (Age 21 years) 8. John Dewey Vitter, b. 21 Mar 1898, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 27 Jun 1967, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Age 69 years)
▻Hazel Alberta Sawley, b. 8 Apr 1905, Parsons, Labette, Kansas, USA d. 11 Jun 1983, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA (Age 78 years), m. 16 Sep 1926, Los Angeles, California, USANotes - Albert Vitter Sr. and his future wife Marie Artigues grew up just a few blocks apart on Baronne Street.
See notes for wife Marie Berthe Artigues.
Person ID I13 Vitter-Weaver Genealogy | Jeff Vitter's Ancestor Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
Father Alfred Nicolas Vitter, b. 22 Jan 1855, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 10 Aug 1898, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 43 years) Mother Marie H. Hofeline, b. 4 Oct 1858, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 20 Sep 1925, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 66 years) Marriage 22 Jan 1878 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [19] Marriage License N.O. Public Library VED 678, p.360 Reference Number 1502 Notes - There was confusion between Alfred's name and his father's and brother's name (Auguste) on his marriage license. Just below the middle of the marriage license, it states, "Whereas, the above bounden Auguste Nicolas Vitter has applied to John L. Laresche, Third Justice of the Peace for the Parish of Orleans, and has obtained from him a License to Marry Miss Marie Hofeline." "Auguste" is a typo, which should read "Alfred".
Alfred's character witnesses on the marriage license were Auguste Arthur Bohné (an in-law) and Albert D. Hofeline (brother-in-law). Witnesses included Auguste Vitter, Hypolite Vitter, and Albert D. Hofeline.
Family ID F13 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marie Berthe Artigues, b. 4 Jul 1886, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 4 Sep 1960, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 74 years) Marriage 11 Dec 1912 St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (with pointy gold dome), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [2, 15, 20, 21] Reference Number 1487 Children 1. Berthe Vitter, b. 17 Jan 1914, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 1914 2. Albert Leopold Vitter, Jr., b. 23 Dec 1915, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 17 Oct 2003, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 87 years) Family ID F5 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
Documents 1900 United States Federal Census Orleans Birth Index Document 1910 United States Federal Census 1920 United States Federal Census 1930 United States Federal Census 1940 United States Federal Census Marriage Vitter-Artigues, 11 Dec 1912 Document At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
Headstones Artigues Vitter tomb Headstone Ferreol Artigues-Berthe Vitter tomb Headstone
Histories A. L. & Audrey Vitter: Role Models Extraordinaires
Jeff Vitter's parents A. L. Jr. & Audrey (née St. Raymond) Vitter (grandparent names Père and Mimi) led accomplished lives of extraordinary service and caring for others — a legacy for generations to follow (including many Domers and a killer cookbook!).Avant et après le « Aha! moment »
Before Jeff Vitter's Aha! moment described above, Jeff and his dad did not know much at all about where the Vitter line came from. Much correspondence behind the scenes — both electronic as well as old-fashioned hardcopy letters — led up to and beyond the big discovery. This history gives an inside look at the correspondences that genealogists…Artigues Family Notes and Open Questions
A. L. Vitter Jr. had Artigues connections on both sides of his family: his mother (Marie) Berthe (née Artigues) Vitter was the daughter of immigrant Ferréol Jean Marie Artigues, and his 1st cousin 2x removed Marie Louise Cathalongne (daughter of 1843 Clerval immigrant Marie Louise Vitter) married immigrant Jean Ferréol "John" Artigues. …Our Loyal Guardians Rex & Queenie
Rex and Queenie — half-ton cast-iron Newfoundland dogs — have stood guard over Vitter-Artigues homes in New Orleans for about 110 years and have a fascinating (and still mysterious) genealogy of their own.Photos from Mimi's Homecoming Weekend, June 2006
We couldn't bury Audrey "Mimi" (née St. Raymond) Vitter in New Orleans at the time of her death because of the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. When her body was brought back home for reburial eight months later, it was a time for several family events and to celebrate her life.Three Vitters of the French Resistance
World War II saw France divided and conquered by Hitler's Third Reich, and Louis, Roger, and Pierre Vitter went underground to fight as part of the Resistance.
Genealogy Charts Ancestors of Jeffrey S. Vitter
Jeff Vitter is co-host of this website vitter.org, and this chart traces his ancestors, generation by generation.Descendants of Simon Wider (1667–1737) and Ursula Wick (born circa 1670) and Anna Maria Schietknecht (born 1678)
Simon Wider (1667–1737) is a 7th great grandfather of Jeffrey S. Vitter, co-host of this website vitter.org. Simon lived in Bietingen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (near the eastern border of Schaffhouse, Switzerland). His great grandson Hérard Vitter (1772–1848, born Erhardus Wider) immigrated roughly 150 miles west to Clerval,…Notes of Jean Jacques Artigues and Blanche Artigues Johnson
Email and FAX by Bert F. Artigues to Jeff Vitter, 19–20 April 2004. Typed notes by Jean Jacques Artigues with handwritten notations by Blanche Artigues Johnson. Later annotations on contents by vitter.org website co-host Jeff Vitter.Descendants of Hugues Lambelin (1573–1677) and Marguerite Bernard (1618–1684)
Hugues Lambelin and Marguerite Bernard are vitter.org website co-host Jeff Vitter's 9th great grandparents from the Haute-Saône region of eastern France. Hugues was born in Adelans-et-le-Val-de-Bithaine, and Marguerite was born in Montjustin and died in Luxeuil-les-Bains.Descendants of Thiébaud Oval (1692–1772) and Anne Lambelin (1710–1788)
Thiébaud Oval and Anne Lambelin are vitter.org website co-host Jeff Vitter's 6th great grandparents from the Haute-Saône department of Franche-Comté, France. Anne was born in Aillevans, and they both died in nearby Borey.Descendants of Simonin Family patriarch (born circa 1490)
This Simonin (Symonin, Simonyn, Symonnin) ancestor is the double 12th great grandfather of Jeff Vitter, co-host of this website vitter.org. He and descendants lived in the vicinity of Vaudrivillers, Randevillers, and Belvoir in the Doubs department of Franche-Comté, France. With the help of fellow genealogists Stéphane Perrey and sisters…
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Sources - [S1251] Find A Grave.
Record for Albert Leopold Vitter Sr
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80331940Artigues Vitter tomb Headstone Ferreol Artigues-Berthe Vitter tomb Headstone - [S1533] Ancestry.com, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Louisiana Vital Records; Volume: 34; Page: 970.
Record for Albert Leopold Vitter
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6500&h=192962&indiv=try - [S1240] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0214; FHL microfilm: 2340545.
1930 United States Federal Census - [S1151] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: m-t0627-01432; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 36-375.
1940 United States Federal Census - [S1036] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T625_618; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 9.
1920 United States Federal Census - [S1054] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 2, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T624_519; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1374532.
1910 United States Federal Census - [S1239] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 8, Orleans, Louisiana; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0078; FHL microfilm: 1240573.
1900 United States Federal Census - [S1252] Jean-Pierre Vitter, A tous les Vitter du monde, (Name: Self; Location: France; Date: October 2002;), Jeff Vitter and the Vitter line in America, pages 3, 13, 16–19.
This manuscript is a comprehensive and very entertaining account of the Vitter generations written by Jean-Pierre Vitter (Jeff Vitter's 4th cousin, 1x removed) in October 2002. It's easily translated, e.g., using Google Translate. The story starts with Jeff's 4th great grandfather Hérard Vitter, who moved from "l'Autriche Antérieure" to the town of Clerval in the Doubs region of France in the 1700s. Hérard's father in the old country was Mathieu Vitter, and his son Pierre is the one who emigrated from France to New Orleans in 1843. The big mystery that remained was exactly where Hérard Vitter came from originally. (See JPV's follow-on work, Le sang qui coule dans nos veines, for answers.)
https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/JeanPierreVitterBook.pdf - [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Après et avant le Aha! moment.
As highlighted in "The Aha! Moment That Led to This Website," Jeff Vitter made a big breakthrough in December 2000 when he discovered when, where, and how his Vitter ancestors came from Europe to the USA. Much correspondence behind the scenes led up to and beyond that discovery. This history gives an inside look at the correspondences that genealogists engage in and how what we understand grows (we hope!) with time.
https://www.vitter.org/familytree/histories/jeffemail2001.php - [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Artigues Family Notes and Open Questions.
A. L. Vitter Jr. had Artigues connections on both sides of his family: his mother (Marie) Berthe (née Artigues) Vitter was the daughter of immigrant Ferréol Jean Marie Artigues, and his 1st cousin 2x removed Marie Louise Cathalongne (daughter of 1843 Clerval immigrant Marie Louise Vitter) married immigrant Jean Ferréol "John" Artigues. Ferréol and John were 1st cousins. This history includes records about the Artigues, including several who we think are related to us but we haven't yet shown.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/artigues.php - [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Our Loyal Guardians Rex & Queenie.
Rex and Queenie have stood guard over Vitter-Artigues homes in New Orleans since about 1910 and have a fascinating (and still mysterious) genealogy of their own.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/RexandQueenie.php - [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Three Vitters of the French Resistance.
World War II saw France divided and conquered by Hitler's Third Reich, and Louis, Roger, and Pierre Vitter went underground to fight as part of the Resistance.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/VitterFrenchResistance.php - [S1555] Ancestry.com, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Birth Records Index, 1790-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899.
- [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Descendants of Simon Wider (1667–1737) and Ursula Wick (born circa 1670) and Anna Maria Schietknecht (born 1678).
Simon Wider (1667–1737) is a 7th great grandfather of Jeffrey S. Vitter, co-host of this website vitter.org. Simon lived in Bietingen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (near the eastern border of Schaffhouse, Switzerland). His great grandson Hérard Vitter (1772–1848, born Erhardus Wider) immigrated roughly 150 miles west to Clerval, France from Bietingen in 1799. Hérard's son Pierre Vitter (1803–1846) immigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana via Le Havre, France with his family in 1843.
https://vitter.org/familytree/register.php?personID=I40609&tree=vittertree1&generations=50&tngmore=1 - [S1878] 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New Orleans, Orleans.
1950 United States Federal Census - [S215] Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Birth Index, N.O. Public Library Vol. 74, p. 778.
Name: Albert L. Vitter
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1878
Birth Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Father: Alfred Vitter
Mother: Marie Hofeline
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6587/?name=_vitter&name_x=s_1Orleans Birth Index Document - [S1022] Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), 1945.
- [S1022] Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), 1956.
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. - [S893] Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Marriage Records, Alfred Vitter and Marie Hofeline.
Marriage Hofeline Vitter Document - [S1000] Newspaper, Magazine, or Media Outlet, Marriage Vitter-Artigues, 11 Dec 1912 22 Dec 1912.
https://newscomse.newspapers.com/clip/45615553/marriage-vitter-artigues-11-dec-1912/?xid=637Marriage Vitter-Artigues, 11 Dec 1912 Document - [S210] Jean Jacques Artigues and Blanche Artigues Johnson, Notes of Jean Jacques Artigues and Blanche Artigues Johnson, (Name: Self;), Email and FAX by Bert F. Artigues to Jeff Vitter, 19–20 April 2004. Typed notes by Jean Jacques Artigues with handwritten notations by Blanche Artigues Johnson. Later annotations on contents by Jeff Vitter.
https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/Jean%20Jacques%20Artigues%20Notes.pdf
- [S1251] Find A Grave.