Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
Dr. Jeffrey Scott Vitter
1955 -
Person ID: I1785
1920 - 2005 (84 years)
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Name Jeffrey Scott Vitter [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] Title Dr. Relationship 
with this person Name Jeff Vitter, Jeffrey Vitter, Jeffrey S. Vitter Born 13 Nov 1955 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
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Gender Male Notes - Living, brown hair, brown eyes, 6'0" tall, 190 pounds.
Jeff's godparents are brother Al and sister Tootie (Martha). Jeff attended St. Matthias School on Broad St. in New Orleans through 4th grade, Christian Brothers School in City Park through 8th grade, De La Salle High School, the University of Notre Dame, and Stanford University for graduate school. Jeff's best friend at St. Matthias was Stephen Vodanovich; other friends included Paul Porter, Eugene Schaff, Wayne Rivera, and Oliver Delery. Oliver and Jeff went together to Christian Brothers and De La Salle and were best friends, ultimately serving in later years on the Board of Trustees of De La Salle. Jeff's roommates at Notre Dame included Phil Majeski, Dave Young, Mike Squillace, and Barry Goggins. While at Stanford, he stayed in Old Palo Alto as a boarder at the Ken Lush residence at 433 Kingsley Avenue (where his housemates included fellow Notre Dame alumnus Edwin M. Young, who worked on psychic phenomena in the Electrical Engineering Department) and at the home of Dave and Bunny Petersen on Middlefield Road near Embardadero. Sharon and Jeff met near the end of his graduate school days, while she was a pharmacist at the Stanford Children's Hospital.
Jeff and Sharon's friends in Providence included Paris Kanellakis and Maria-Teresa (Maté) Otoya (parents of Alexandra and Stefanos), Matt and Karen Clark (parents of Lara, Tim, and Shannon), Roy and Laura Brady (parents of Owen), Robert and Amy Korn (parents of Miriam), and Hyatt and Cathy Knapp (son of Gardner and Anna). Paris and Maté died tragically with their children aboard an American Airlines flight bound for Cali, Colombia on December 20, 1995. Jeff and Sharon and kids went to Providence for the memorial services in January 1996 and stayed with the Bradys. The kids didn't attend the Brown memorial service at night.
Jeff got to travel a lot during his career. He and his family spent two sabbatical years in France: one in 1986–1987 in Paris and the other in 1998–1999 in Valbonne near Antibes and Nice on the Côte d'Azur. They also had extended stays for six months at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California in 1986 and for six weeks at the University of Aarhus in Denmark in 1998. He worked with several international collaborators, including Wen-Chin Chen, Philippe Flajolet, Claude Puech, Mariette Yvinec, Roberto Grossi, Lars Arge, Jans Vahrenhold, Claire Mathieu, Hongwei Huo, Wing-Kai Hon, Rakesh Barve, and Phillip Gibbons. U.S. collaborators included Franco Preparata, Roberto Tamassia, Mike Goodrich, Pankaj Agarwal, Rahul Shah, Paul Howard, Dzung Hoang, Darren Vengroff, P. Krishnan, Sai Subramanian, Ken Curewitz, Mark Nodine, Jyh-Han Lin, Liddy Shriver, John Stasko, Lipyeow Lim, Tavi Procopiuc, Paul Natsev, Min Wang, T. M. Murali, and Yossi Matias.
Siblings 1. Dr. Albert Leopold Vitter, III (ID:I8) 2. Martha Louise Vitter (ID:I9) 3. Donna Vitter (ID:I10) 4. John Mark Vitter, MD (ID:I11) 5. U. S. Senator David Bruce Vitter (ID:I12) DNA Tests 1 DNA Test 
Parents
Father Albert Leopold Vitter, Jr. (ID:I15155), b. 23 Dec 1915, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 17 Oct 2003, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 87 years) Mother Audrey Malvina St. Raymond (ID:I16565), b. 20 Dec 1920, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 8 Oct 2005, Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA (Age 84 years) Married 19 Jun 1943 St. Matthias Catholic Church, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [7, 31] 
Reference Number 1474 Family
Wife Sharon Louise Weaver (ID:I2), b. 24 Mar 1955, Gardner, Johnson, Kansas, USA Married 14 Aug 1982 First Presbyterian Church, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA 
Reference Number 11354 Children 1. Dr. Jillian St. Raymond Vitter (ID:I3) 2. Dr., Capt. Jeffrey Scott Vitter, Jr. (ID:I4) 3. Audrey Louise Vitter (ID:I5) Other Personal Events
Education Between 1960 and 1965 St. Matthias Parochial School, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Education Between 1965 and 1969 Christian Brothers School, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Valedictorian Education Between 1969 and 1973 De La Salle High School, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Salutatorian, played freshman baseball, debate team, school magazine 
1973 Jeffrey Scott Vitter Education May 1977 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, St Joseph, Indiana, USA [18] B.S., Mathematics (with highest honors) 
Education Oct 1980 Stanford University, Stanford, Santa Clara, California, USA [17] Ph.D., Computer Science Education 1986 Brown University, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Master's, Honoris Causa Education Oct 2002 Duke University, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA M.B.A. Award 1969 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Jeff was named MVP on his Carrollton Boosters baseball team, which won the city championship 
Jeff Carrollton Boosters 1969 Champs Award 1971 New Orleans Country Club, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [19] Won first place in the Junior Men's Golf Championship (match play) against William Farrell Award Between 1977 and 2019 [20] Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Phi Kappa Phi, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, CEO Award of Mississippi, SIGMOD Test of Time Award, ACM Recognition of Service Award (twice), Fulbright Scholar, National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, IBM Faculty Development Award Description 6 feet, 1 inch, brown hair, brown eyes Event Between May and Jul 1981 Europe: England, Ireland, France, Italy, Switzerland [21] summer trip to Europe by Jeff and David Vitter Event Between Aug and Sep 1987 Europe: France and Spain [9, 13] trip by Jeff, Sharon, & Jillian Vitter and Donna Vitter to Southwest France, Uzan farm, and Bilbao, Salamanca, Madrid, and Barcelona, Spain Event May 1981 Europe: England and France [21, 22] trip by A.L. & Audrey St. Raymond Vitter Jr. to visit Al Vitter III on sabbatical in England and Donna Vitter in France Event Dec 2000 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [5, 9, 12] This event was Jeff's big genealogy breakthrough when he learned where the Vitter ancestors came from in France Event 3 Jun 2006 New Orleans Country Club, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [6] Reburial of Audrey St. Raymond Vitter and other family reunion events that weekend, including the engagement reception for Jill Zimmermann and Chris Rider, held at the New Orleans Country Club Occupation Between 1980 and 1993 Brown University, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA [17] Asst. Prof., Assoc. Prof., and Professor of Computer Science Occupation Between 1986 and 1987 INRIA (French National Computer Science Laboratory), Rocquencourt, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Directeur Scientifique Occupation Between 1993 and 2002 Duke University, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA [17] Gilbert, Edward, and Louis Lehrman Professor of Computer Science and Chair of the Department of Computer Science 
Occupation Between 1998 and 1999 INRIA (French National Computer Science Laboratory), Sophia-Antipolis, Valbonne, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Professeur invité Occupation 1998 University of Aarhus, Arhus, Denmark Visiting professor Occupation Between 2002 and 2008 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA [17, 23, 24] Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science and Professor of Computer Science 
Occupation Between 2008 and 2009 Texas A&M University, College Station, Brazos, Texas, USA [17] Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics 
Occupation Between Jul 2010 and Dec 2015 The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA [17] Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor 
Occupation Between Jan 2016 and Jan 2019 The University of Mississippi, University, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA [25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] Chancellor 
Occupation Aft 2016 The University of Mississippi 38677, University, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA [17, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Science; Emeritus Distinguished Professor starting July 2020 Reference Number 1813 Religion Catholic Residence Between Feb and May 2019 22 Savannah Ridge Lane 70001, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA Residence Between 1955 and 1957 4120 General Pershing Street 70125, near Broad Street, Broadmoor, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence Between 1957 and 1980 4100 Vincennes Place 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Residence 1977 Notre Dame, St Joseph, Indiana, USA [1] Residence Between 1977 and 1979 433 Kingsley Avenue, Palo Alto, San Mateo, California, USA Graduate student boarder at the home of Ken & Dorothy Lush and family Residence Between 1981 and 1988 12 Benefit Street 02904, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Residence Between 1986 and 1987 14, rue Domat, 75005 (near rue St. Jacques and Blvd. St Germain), Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France Residence Between Feb 1988 and Apr 1993 215 Elmgrove Avenue 02906, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Residence Between Apr 1993 and Nov 1995 South Point Apartments 27707, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA Residence Between 1995 and 2003 3730 Foxwood Place 27705, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA Residence Between 1996 and 1997 Durham, North Carolina, USA [16] Residence Between 1998 and 1999 Villa Marly, Valbonne, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France [9, 13] 
Residence 1998 Arhus, Denmark Residence Between 2004 and 2008 3930 Glen Eagle's Place 47906, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA 
Residence Between 2008 and 2010 College Station, Brazos, Texas, USA 1423 Andover Court, College Station, TX 77845-8393 Residence Between Jul 2010 and Dec 2015 Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA 2003 Palmer Court, Lawrence, KS 66047 Residence Between Jan 2016 and Feb 2019 The University of Mississippi, Carrier House, 100 Carrier Lane 38677, University, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA Residence Between 2019 and 2020 Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA Residence Aft 2019 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA -
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Residence - Between 1955 and 1957 - 4120 General Pershing Street 70125, near Broad Street, Broadmoor, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Born - 13 Nov 1955 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Residence - Between 1957 and 1980 - 4100 Vincennes Place 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Education - Between 1965 and 1969 - Christian Brothers School, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Award - 1969 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Residence - 1977 - Notre Dame, St Joseph, Indiana, USA 
Residence - Between 1977 and 1979 - 433 Kingsley Avenue, Palo Alto, San Mateo, California, USA 
Occupation - Between 1980 and 1993 - Brown University, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 
Education - Oct 1980 - Stanford University, Stanford, Santa Clara, California, USA 
Residence - Between 1981 and 1988 - 12 Benefit Street 02904, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 
Event - May 1981 - Europe: England and France Education - 1986 - Brown University, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 
Residence - Between 1986 and 1987 - 14, rue Domat, 75005 (near rue St. Jacques and Blvd. St Germain), Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France 
Residence - Between Feb 1988 and Apr 1993 - 215 Elmgrove Avenue 02906, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 
Residence - Between Apr 1993 and Nov 1995 - South Point Apartments 27707, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - Between 1995 and 2003 - 3730 Foxwood Place 27705, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - Between 1996 and 1997 - Durham, North Carolina, USA 
Occupation - Between 1998 and 1999 - INRIA (French National Computer Science Laboratory), Sophia-Antipolis, Valbonne, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 
Residence - Between 1998 and 1999 - Villa Marly, Valbonne, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 
Residence - 1998 - Arhus, Denmark Event - Dec 2000 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Event - Between May and Jul 1981 - Europe: England, Ireland, France, Italy, Switzerland 
Event - Between Aug and Sep 1987 - Europe: France and Spain 
Residence - Between 2004 and 2008 - 3930 Glen Eagle's Place 47906, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA 
Residence - Between 2008 and 2010 - College Station, Brazos, Texas, USA 
Residence - Between Jul 2010 and Dec 2015 - Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA 
Residence - Between Feb and May 2019 - 22 Savannah Ridge Lane 70001, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA 
Residence - Between 2019 and 2020 - Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA Residence - Aft 2019 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth -
Photos 
2012-07-07 - Weaver Callahan Wedding Reception
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(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Jeff, Jillian, Scott, and Audrey Vitter in December 1998 visit to Jean Ferran's former farm Larneilh, with then-owner Christian Marquehosse
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(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Christian and Maryse Marquehosse host Jeff, Sharon, Jillian, Scott, and Audrey Vitter in their home in Cescau, France, December 1998
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Princess Audrey Vitter at Washington Mardi Gras, February 2010 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Vitter Kids With Sculpture by Jeff Vitter
Audrey, Scott, and Jillian Vitter posing in front of sculpture by Jeff Vitter in background (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)1989 Weaver Christmas at Elm Grove Baptist Church
Our first Christmas without Daddy. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)1985 Kohlenberg Family Reunion
Front Row: Kenny Slyter holding Tilisha Rose Slyter, Sharon Vitter holding Jillian Vitter, Jessie Weaver, Roxane Weaver holding Ian Weaver. 2nd Row: Mable Kohlenberg (Orval), Magel (Ernest) Kohlenberg, Vera (Dean) Kohlenberg, Lois Matney, Leta Mae Kohlenberg, Lori Matney 3rd Row: Orval Kohlenberg, Wanona Hornbuckle, Ernest Kohlenberg, Virginia Weaver, Helen Slyter, Kathy Steele, Dean Kohlenberg, Louise Weaver, Don Weaver, Robert Weaver, Steve Steele 4th Row: Orville Matney, Roger Slyter, William Kohlenberg, Jeff Vitter, Jerry Weaver, Joey Young, John Weaver, Greg Matney (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Jillian WMG Princess
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(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)1982-08-13 -- Vitter Weaver Rehearsal Dinner Document 2000-05 -- Note and keepsakes from Dede St. Raymond Zimmermann Document
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"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: University of Notre Dame; Year: 1977Weaver- Vitter Wedding Miami County Republic Document Headstones Peret Feugas Tomb Uzan 1998 Headstone
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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!).Academic Genealogy
Jeff Vitter has another kind of family tree: the academic generations created by a teacher who teaches a student how to learn, who in turn becomes a teacher and passes on that knowledge to another student, etc. The cycle continues, as it has since the days of Socrates, his student Plato, and Plato's student Aristotle.
Albert Artigues Jr. & All That Jazz
For the middle part of the 20th century, Albert Artigues Jr. and his cornet were mainstays in the New Orleans jazz scene at night, while he worked at the family business during the days.Après le Aha! moment (et avant aussi!)
As highlighted in the history "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.How the Vitters Got to Clerval
19 years after Jeff Vitter's Aha! moment, Jean-Pierre Vitter resolves the mystery of where in Europe the Vitter family came from originally and how they got to France in the late 1700s.Martin Samuel Weaver: Kansas Homesteader
Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's paternal great grandfather Martin Weaver, from a family of 18 children, forged the way from Holmes County, Ohio to Miami County, Kansas and established today's Weaver Homestead in suburban Kansas City.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.Relativity Research
The underlying theme of our website is research on relativity — our relatives pulsate outward in our time-space continuum in a series of gravitational waves spanning many generations and relationships! This page gives an overview of several family histories, beginning with Jeff Vitter's Aha! moment, which ultimately led to creation of this website.The Aha! Moment That Led to This Website
When Jeff Vitter was growing up in New Orleans, his parents A. L. Vitter Jr. and Audrey (née St. Raymond) Vitter would always tell the family about their trips to France as young children to meet relatives, but they didn't know many particulars beyond their grandparents, especially on my dad's paternal side. Jeff's Aha! moment came when he combined technologies — new and old — to discover how, when, and where the Vitters came to the USA from Europe.Remembering Those Back in Uzan
In the 1800s, the Ferran, St. Raymond, and Cougot families lived around a small village in southwestern France called Uzan (pronounced "u-ZHANG" in the local patois). After emigrating to the U. S. A., they sponsored a monument to those from Uzan who gave their lives during World War I. It stands there still today in front of the city hall.Vitter Holiday Cards Through the Years
'Tis the Season to be jolly! Welcome to a tradition starting in 1945 spanning several generations of annual Christmas greeting cards, augmented from time to time with cards for other occasions.What Might Have Altered the Start of World War II
French foreign minister (Jean) Louis Barthou, the "grand old man of European diplomacy," played an important role in Europe in garnering opposition to the rising Adolph Hitler … until he got shot.Videos 
Jeff Vitter Speaks Out on Being a Southerner, Duties of a Dean, and More
This Vitter-Weaver website is built upon a relational database. When you go to the page of someone in our family tree, the page is dynamically created for you on the spot by querying the database to get the most uptodate info about that person. In this 2008 interview of your co-host Jeff Vitter, Jeff talks about his work in the field of databases, being a dean, and growing up in the Deep South. The interview was conducted by ACM SIGMOD, the world's leading database professional organization.Collection of video interviews and articles involving Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter as 17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi
Conducted 2005–2009Purdue Oral History Archives interview of Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter
This interview was conducted by Ms. Katherine Markee on July 29, 2008 as part of the Purdue Oral History Archives when Jeff Vitter was the Frederick L. Hovde Dean of the College of Science at Purdue University.
It gives insights on the importance of education and the productive interplay of academics and administration.When Jeff & Audrey Vitter Lost Jillian & Scott in the Woods
Some fun interviews with Jillian, Scott, & Audrey Vitter when their dad Jeff was being inaugurated as 17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, including a vivid description of their 2004 Father's Day hike in the woods when Jeff & Audrey lost Jillian & Scott. Fortunately all turned out well!Investiture of Jeffrey Vitter as 17th Chancellor
The University of Mississippi, November 10, 2016. The time for the main parts of the event are noted in the caption to the video, including the times of all the various speakers.
Videos of First Lady Sharon Vitter
Sharon Weaver Vitter began as a hospital pharmacist at Stanford University Children's Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, and gradually transitioned into more academic roles during husband Jeff's career. She played an especially important role as First Lady at the University of Mississippi during 2016–2019. In these video clips, Sharon has some fun with campus activities and shows why people are naturally drawn to her.Articles 
Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter Steering Ole Miss to Greater Economic and Academic Gains
A lot has happened in the almost three years since Dr. Jeffrey Vitter took the helm as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi. Ole Miss is the Flagship University of the state, considered the best-known college in the state with the largest enrollment, just over 23,258. With an annual budget of $2.5 billion, it is also an economic powerhouse.Dr. Jeffrey Vitter Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award Thursday Night Cookin': Mimi's Recipes for a Happy Home
Judge Wendy Vitter put together a wonderful cook book in honor of Mimi's 78th birthday in 1998, entitled Thursday Night Cookin': Mimi's Recipes for a Happy Home. The cook book consists of the family's favorite recipes of Mimi's, along with several bons mots, family trivia, and memories. The name for the cook book came from the family's tradition of having Thursday night dinner at Mimi & Pere's.
When the Vitter kids were younger, a similar tradition existed at Mimi's parents' home at 3539 Napoleon, where Mémère and Pépère would host everyone to Wednesday night dinner, often roast chicken. Jeff liked to make little chicken sandwiches with the chicken, biscuits, and gravy.Le sang qui coule dans nos veines (The Blood That Runs in Our Veins)
Jean-Pierre solved the mystery from 17 years earlier in his report, A tous les Vitter du monde (To All the Vitters in the World), about how the Vitter family got to France. He reveals that Hérard Vitter was actually born as "Erhardus Wider" and came to Clerval, France from Bietingen (near Gottmadingen), Germany, which is on the Swiss border, three miles north of the Rhine River and five miles northeast of the northern Swiss village of Schaffhouse.A tous les Vitter du monde (To All the Vitters in the World)
A comprehensive and entertaining account of the Vitter generations. The story starts with their ancestor Hérard Vitter, who moved from "l'Autriche antérieure" to the town of Clerval in the Doubs region of France in the late 1700s. Hérard's father in the old country was Mathieu Vitter, and Hérard's son Pierre is the one described above who emigrated from France to New Orleans in 1843. Jean-Pierre chronicled many of Hérard's descendants as well as some family legends.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 Jeff Vitter.
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Source Citations
- [S649] U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: University of Notre Dame; Year: 1977.
- [S1426] Thursday Night Cookin': Mimi's Recipes for a Happy Home, Edited by Wendy Baldwin Vitter, (Name: Self-published; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: December 1998;), Wendy Baldwin Vitter put together this wonderful cook book in honor of Mimi's 78th birthday in 1998. It consists of the family's favorite recipes of Mimi's, along with several bons mots, family trivia, and memories. The name for the cook book came from the family's tradition of having Thursday night dinner at Mimi & Pere's. When the Vitter kids were younger, a similar tradition existed at Mimi's parents' home at 3539 Napoleon, where Mémère and Pépère would host everyone to Wednesday night dinner, often roast chicken. Jeff liked to make little chicken sandwiches with the chicken, biscuits, and gravy.
https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/ThursdayNightCooking.pdf - [S1252] A tous les Vitter du monde, Jean-Pierre Vitter, (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 - [S1382] Le sang qui coule dans nos veines (The Blood That Runs in Our Veins), Jean-Pierre Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: France; Date: 2019;), Jean-Pierre Vitter.
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/JeanPierreVitterBook2.pdf - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), The Aha! Moment That Led to This Website.
When Jeff Vitter was growing up in New Orleans, his parents A. L. Vitter Jr. and Audrey (née St. Raymond) Vitter would always tell the family about their trips to France as young children to meet relatives, but they didn't know many particulars beyond their grandparents, especially on my dad's paternal side. Jeff's Aha! moment came when he combined technologies — new and old — to discover how, when, and where the Vitters came to the USA from Europe.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/relativityresearch.php - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), 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.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/vitterreunion2006.php - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), 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!).
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/ALandAudreyVitter.php - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Albert Artigues & All That Jazz.
For the middle part of the 20th century, Albert Artigues Jr. and his cornet were mainstays in the New Orleans jazz scene at night, while he worked at the family business during the days.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/AlbertArtigues.php - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Après le Aha! moment (et avant aussi!).
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] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Martin Samuel Weaver: Kansas Homesteader.
Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's paternal great grandfather Martin Weaver, from a family of 18 children, forged the way from Holmes County, Ohio to Miami County, Kansas and established today's Weaver Homestead in suburban Kansas City.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MartinSamuelWeaver.php - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (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] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Relativity Research.
The underlying theme of our website is research on relativity — our relatives pulsate outward in our time-space continuum in a series of gravitational waves spanning many generations and relationships! This page gives an overview of several family histories, beginning with Jeff Vitter's Aha! moment, which ultimately led to creation of this website.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/relativityresearch.php - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Remembering Those Back in Uzan.
In the 1800s, the Ferran, St. Raymond, and Cougot families lived around a small village in southwestern France called Uzan (pronounced "u-ZHANG" in the local patois). After emigrating to the U. S. A., they sponsored a monument to those from Uzan who gave their lives during World War I. It stands there still today in front of the city hall.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/UzanWWI.php - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Vitter Holiday Cards Through the Years.
'Tis the Season to be jolly! Welcome to a tradition starting in 1945 spanning several generations of annual Christmas greeting cards, augmented from time to time with cards for other occasions.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/holidaycards.php - [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), What Might Have Altered the Start of World War II.
French foreign minister (Jean) Louis Barthou, the "grand old man of European diplomacy," played an important role in Europe in garnering opposition to the rising Adolph Hitler … until he got shot.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/LouisBarthou.php - [S624] U.S., Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), City: Durham; State: North Carolina; Year(s): 1996-1997.
- [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Academic Genealogy.
Jeff Vitter has another kind of family tree: the academic generations created by a teacher who teaches a student how to learn, who in turn becomes a teacher and passes on that knowledge to another student, etc. The cycle continues, as it has since the days of Socrates, his student Plato, and Plato's student Aristotle.
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/academicgenealogy.php - [S1038] Notes of University of Notre Dame, Letter from Alumni Hall to Jeff Vitter, June 26, 1973.
Alumni Hall Orientation 1973 Document - [S1390] New Orleans Country Club weekly newsletter, (Name: New Orleans Country Club; Location: New Orleans;), March 1, 2010.
NOCC History – The year – 1971
President Albert Claverie addressed a recurring problem: rising operational costs. Again, for the third continuous year, we had a basic wage increase in minimum wages. The Club’s indebtedness stood at $611,000 which was $25,000 less than at the end of 1970. He explained how substantial savings were obtained: By reducing the number of employees and maintaining a constant watch on expenditures, we were able to affect economies in operations without affecting the service and general maintenance of the Club. This year we have set up our own Security Guard Program and have eliminated outside contracts at a great savings to the Club.
Evelyn Monsted returned to the winner’s circle in 1971, when she won the Women’s Golf Club Championship for the 12th time. The Men’s Champion was Monte Bee, who defeated Joe Edwards in the final, 2 and 1.
Among the junior players, Club Championships were won by Tim Verlander (10-11), John St. Raymond (12-14) and Jeff Vitter (15-17). In another junior event, Alan Arnold defeated Paul Maxwell for first honors.
Dr. Bruce Edrington won the Men’s singles title in tennis. He scored a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Peter Michel, who had upset the defending champion, William Holton in the semi-finals. Dr. Edrington reached the finals by defeating Joe Turner, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Jane Desbon won the Women’s Club Championship in tennis.
The NOCC swim team had a remarkable record of eight victories in eight dual meets and won the Greater New Orleans Country Club Class A League. At the swim team awards banquet, Most Valuable awards went to Laura Lane and Eric Johnson. - [S1000] Newspaper, Magazine, or Media Outlet, Dr. Jeffrey Vitter Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who, Cision PR Newswire, 15 October 2019.
https://www.vitter.org/familytree/media/VitterMarquisAward.php - [S959] Notes of A. L. Vitter Jr, Tuesday 26 May 1981.
1981 Europe Trip Document
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) - [S958] Notes of Audrey St. Raymond Vitter, Monday–Tuesday, 18–19 May 1981, notes of trip to Southwest France by A.L. Vitter Jr. & Audrey St. Raymond Vitter.
The Larneilh house was sold by Jean Ferran (represented by Jean Péré) and Marie Ferran (presumably Jean's sister not his wife) on 2 April, 1905 to Pierre Marquehosse, including 4 hectares of land for 8,290 francs. The total sale including additional land was for 22,500 francs. The owner during the visits to the farm by A.L & Audrey St. Raymond Vitter Jr. in 1981 and Jeff & Sharon Weaver Vitter and Donna Vitter in 1986 was Pierre's son Amédé Marquehosse, who had three sons and three daughters and who lived at 64370 Arthez de Béarn, Uzan, France.
The notes also give a high-level description of various birth and marriage certificates copied from the Anères archives.1981 notes from Mimi on trip to France Document
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) - [S1420] Purdue Oral History Archives, (Name: Purdue University; Location: West Lafayette, Indiana, USA;), Purdue Oral History Archives video interview of Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter, conducted by Ms. Katherine Markee, July 29, 2008.
At the time, Dr. Vitter was the Frederick L. Hovde Dean of the College of Science at Purdue University. The interview is available below via the link both as a video and as a transcript
https://vitter.org/familytree/media/VitterPurdueInterview2008.php - [S1421] ACM SIGACT Record, (Name: Association for Computing Machinery; Location: New York, New York, USA;), Jeff Vitter Speaks Out on Being a Southerner, Duties of a Dean, and More. Video interview of then-Dean Jeffrey S. Vitter at Purdue University conducted March 2008 by Dr. Marianne Winslett as part of ACM SIGMOD Record’s series of interviews with distinguished members of the database community.
The transcript is also available for reading in ACM SIGMOD Record, 42(2), June 2013, 35–45, VitterSIGMODinterview2008.php
https://vitter.org/familytree/media/VitterSIGMODinterview2008.php - [S1419] Delta Business Journal, (Name: Delta Business Journal; Location: Cleveland, Mississippi, USA; Date: Since 1998;), Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter Steering Ole Miss to Greater Economic and Academic Gains, cover story in Delta Business Journal, November 2018.
Also available at https://deltabusinessjournal.com/tag/chancellor-jeffrey-vitter/
https://www.vitter.org/familytree/media/VitterDeltaBusinessJournal2018.php - [S1422] The University of Mississippi, (Name: The University of Mississippi; Location: University, Mississippi; Date: Current;), Investiture of Jeffrey Vitter as 17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, The University of Mississippi, November 10, 2016.
https://www.vitter.org/familytree/media/VitterInvestiture2016.php - [S1422] The University of Mississippi, (Name: The University of Mississippi; Location: University, Mississippi; Date: Current;), Academic web page of Prof. Jeffrey S. Vitter.
Includes information on Prof. Vitter's research, online publication library, curriculum vitæ, and communications
https://csci.cs.olemiss.edu/vitter - [S1422] The University of Mississippi, (Name: The University of Mississippi; Location: University, Mississippi; Date: Current;), Video, audio, and written interviews with Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter.
https://csci.cs.olemiss.edu/faculty/vitter/articles-and-interviews/ - [S1422] The University of Mississippi, (Name: The University of Mississippi; Location: University, Mississippi; Date: Current;), Video interviews with First Lady Sharon Vitter.
Sharon Weaver Vitter began as a hospital pharmacist at Stanford University Children's Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, and gradually transitioned into more academic roles during husband Jeff's career. She played an especially important role as First Lady at the University of Mississippi during 2016–2019. In these video clips, Sharon has some fun with campus activities and shows why people are naturally drawn to her.
https://vitter.org/familytree/media/SharonVitterUMvideos.php - [S1422] The University of Mississippi, (Name: The University of Mississippi; Location: University, Mississippi; Date: Current;), When Jeff & Audrey Vitter Lost Jillian & Scott in the Woods.
Some fun interviews with Jillian, Scott, & Audrey Vitter when their dad Jeff was being inaugurated as 17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, including a vivid description of their 2004 Mother's Day hike in the woods when Jeff & Audrey lost Jillian & Scott. Fortunately all turned out well!
https://vitter.org/familytree/media/VitterKidsUMvideos.php - [S1000] Newspaper, Magazine, or Media Outlet.
1943Audrey St. Raymond and Albert Vitter Wedding Announcement, newspaper from 1943 Document
Audrey St. Raymond and Albert Vitter wedding announcement from, 27 Jun 1943.
- [S649] U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: University of Notre Dame; Year: 1977.