Auguste Valentin Vitter (I1096)
1866 - 1909 (42 years)-
Name Auguste Valentin Vitter [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] Relationship with Albert Leopold Vitter Birth 20 Aug 1866 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13] Gender Male Name August, Gus, or Gig Occupation Abt 1900 Bridge tender Reference Number 1102 Residence 2435 Bienville Street, near Rocheblave Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [2, 14] Residence 1870 Ward 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [15] Residence Post Office: New Orleans Residence 1880 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son Residence 1900 Ward 7, Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [4] Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head Death 19 Aug 1909 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1, 2, 8, 12, 16] - died accidentally by drowning
Burial Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [8] - plot 2 Thistle Cedar Aloe; Funeral service at home of his brother-in-law Hayden Wren, 715 Philip Street, New Orleans, 20 Aug 1909, 4pm
Siblings 13 brothers and 3 sisters 1. Alexander William Vitter, b. 14 Sep 1850, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 3 Mar 1931 (Age 80 years)
▻Missouri Hicks, b. Abt 1855 , m. 4 May 1874, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA2. Hypolite Yves Vitter, b. 12 Jan 1852, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 25 Dec 1905, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 53 years)
▻Augusta Margaret Booth, b. Feb 1862, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 9 Jan 1938, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 75 years), m. 19 Feb 1879, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA3. Gustave Vitter, b. 2 Oct 1853, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 29 Aug 1916, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 62 years)
▻Victorine Morère, b. Apr 1856, Louisiana, USA d. 17 Dec 1941, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 85 years), m. 8 Feb 1876, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA4. Alfred Nicolas Vitter, b. 22 Jan 1855, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 10 Aug 1898, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 43 years)
▻Marie H. Hofeline, b. 4 Oct 1858, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 20 Sep 1925, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 66 years), m. 22 Jan 1878, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA5. Arthur Vitter, b. 25 Mar 1856, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 8 Jul 1896, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 40 years)
▻Hanna Linden, b. 12 Dec 1860, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 25 May 1930, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 69 years), m. 18 May 1878, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA6. Victor Vitter, b. 11 Aug 1858, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 12 Oct 1867, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 9 years) 7. Eugène Vitter, b. Abt 1861, Louisiana, USA d. DECEASED 8. Neuville Beauregard Vitter, b. 25 Apr 1863 d. 1 Oct 1867, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 4 years) 9. Louisa Vitter, b. Abt 1864, Louisiana, USA d. DECEASED 10. Lelia Hortense Vitter, b. 8 Nov 1864, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 22 Sep 1897, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA (Age 32 years)
▻Stephen Douglas Tinney, b. 26 Aug 1860, Boutte, St Charles, Louisiana, USA d. 9 Jan 1937, St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana, USA (Age 76 years), m. 10 Feb 1887, St Mary, Louisiana, USA11. Auguste Valentin Vitter (current person), b. 20 Aug 1866, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 19 Aug 1909, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 42 years)
▻Eugénie Bonaparte Tinney, b. 7 Sep 1870, St Charles, Louisiana, USA d. 10 Aug 1922, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 51 years), m. 21 Dec 1889, St Mary, Louisiana, USA12. Octave R. Vitter, b. 1 Jan 1868, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 15 May 1911, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 43 years)
▻Elizabeth Gavin, b. Jul 1879, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 29 Sep 1961, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 82 years), m. 28 Aug 1901, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA13. Victor Vitter, b. Between 1869 and 1870 d. DECEASED 14. Pierre Vitter, b. 19 Apr 1871, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 18 Feb 1874, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 2 years) 15. Paul Vitter, b. Abt 1873, Louisiana, USA d. DECEASED 16. Charles Vitter, b. Between 1876 and 1877, Louisiana, USA d. DECEASED
▻Eugenia Parks, b. 7 Sep 1870, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA d. DECEASED17. Violate Valentine Vitter, b. Sep 1877, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 29 Jan 1966, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 88 years)
▻Charles Riquelmy, b. Abt 1875 d. 10 Feb 1899, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 24 years), m. 1 Sep 1896, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
▻Hayden Wilson Wren, b. 9 Jun 1874, Louisiana, USA d. 13 Mar 1941, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 66 years), m. 16 May 1903, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USANotes - Patty Whitney Gravois looked up in the the records of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, that August Vitter married Jeanne Eugenia Tinney on 12/21/1889. It is assumed that August Vitter is the same as Auguste Valentin Vitter, son of Auguste Vitter and brother of Alfred N. Vitter. The marriage license should be checked to see whom is listed as the parents of the groom.
One slightly confusing thing is that the 1900 Louisiana Census lists August Vitter and wife Eugenia Vitter and family. However, the birthdate of August is listed as 8/1876, age 23. I'm supposing that it was a mistake and his actual birthday was 8/1866, which would make him the more reasonable age 33 (considering that he had an 8-year-old son).
The funeral of August Vitter, according to the Daily Picayune, 8/20/1909, was at his brother-in-law Hayden Wren's house, 715 Philip St. According to granddaughter Monta Vitter McLean, Auguste died by accidental drowning after jumping into the well to cool off. Her father August Charles Jr. (who was supposed to be Auguste's favorite) was a young boy of 13 at the time. The story is that he wasn't allowed to go to the funeral, so he ran after the hearse.
After Auguste's death, Eugénie Vitter remarried (to Murray Briggs) and moved to Fairview, Pennsylvania.[VitterFamily04jun16.FTW]
Person ID I1096 Vitter-Weaver Genealogy | Jeff Vitter's Relative Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
Father Joseph Auguste Vitter, b. 16 Mar 1828, Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France d. 9 Jun 1896, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 68 years) Mother Marie Victoire Hentzelin, b. Abt 1833, Switzerland d. 2 Sep 1906, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 73 years) Marriage 28 Mar 1849 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [9, 12, 17, 18] Marriage License N.O. Public Library VEE 678 [19] Married 28 Mar 1849 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [20] Reference Number 4936 Notes - The information about the children of Auguste and Marie Victoire came from the 1880 census and the birth records of the City of New Orleans. The census records of 1880 apparently contain several typos. Some children are listed with the wrong age. For example, Arthur is listed as 5, but his N.O. birth record gives the date 3/25/1856, making him 23 or 24. Victor is listed as 10, but his N.O. birth record gives the date 8/11/1858, making him 11 or 12. There are no N.O. birth records for Charles (age 3), Violate (age 4), and Louisa (age 16, born in Switzerland according to census), and Eugène (age 19). Inclusion of those five children "fills the gap" in the impressive record of births by Marie Victoire, so it is conceivable that they are her children. It's also possible that she took a trip back to Switzerland, where Louisa was apparently born.
Marie Victoire's maiden name is listed as Hentzelin on her marriage license, but her name is listed in a variety of ways on the birth records of her children: Angelin, Angeline, Ondelslein, Henzerling, Henzenlen. (These names were listed in the index of births. So far I (Jeff Vitter) haven't checked the actual birth records. JSV 7/2000)
Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Marriage 28 Mar 1849 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Reference Number 49025 Notes - The information about the children of Auguste and Marie Victoire came from the 1880 census and the birth records of the City of New Orleans. The census records of 1880 apparently contain several typos. Some children are listed with the wrong age. For example, Arthur is listed as 5, but his N.O. birth record gives the date 3/25/1856, making him 23 or 24. Victor is listed as 10, but his N.O. birth record gives the date 8/11/1858, making him 11 or 12. There are no N.O. birth records for Charles (age 3), Violate (age 4), and Louisa (age 16, born in Switzerland according to census), and Eugène (age 19). Inclusion of those five children "fills the gap" in the impressive record of births by Marie Victoire, so it is conceivable that they are her children. It's also possible that she took a trip back to Switzerland, where Louisa was apparently born.
Marie Victoire's maiden name is listed as Hentzelin on her marriage license, but her name is listed in a variety of ways on the birth records of her children: Angelin, Angeline, Ondelslein, Henzerling, Henzenlen. (These names were listed in the index of births. So far I (Jeff Vitter) haven't checked the actual birth records. JSV 7/2000)
Family ID F462 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eugénie Bonaparte Tinney, b. 7 Sep 1870, St Charles, Louisiana, USA d. 10 Aug 1922, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 51 years) Marriage 21 Dec 1889 St Mary, Louisiana, USA [2, 4, 10, 12, 21] - Witnesses at wedding: Victorine Vitter, Eve Dantin
Reference Number 5395 Children 1. Raymond Percy Vitter, b. 2 Apr 1892, Broussard, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA d. Jul 1968, Clermont, Lake, Florida, USA (Age 76 years) 2. Arthur C. Vitter, b. 9 Mar 1894, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. DECEASED 3. August Charles Vitter, Jr., b. 30 May 1896, Police Jury Ward 4, St Charles, Louisiana, USA d. 14 Aug 1971, Clermont, Lake, Florida, USA (Age 75 years) 4. Lelia Octavia Vitter, b. 6 Oct 1898, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA d. 25 Jan 1960, St. Vincent Hospital, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years) 5. Violet Vitter, b. 22 Dec 1901, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 4 May 1919, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 17 years) 6. Eugenia Vitter, b. 20 Oct 1904, Louisiana, USA d. 16 Mar 1989, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years) 7. Marie Louise Vitter, b. 17 Jan 1908, St Charles, Louisiana, USA d. 12 Dec 1994, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years) 8. Earl Vitter d. DECEASED Family ID F463 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
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Documents Mortuary_Notice__Times-Picayune_published_as_The_Daily_Picayune.___August_20_1909__p6 Document Orleans Birth Index Document At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
Histories 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…
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Sources - [S287] Family Database TinneyFamilyMeredithTinney.FTW.
Date of Import: Jun 16, 2004 - [S287] Family Database TinneyFamilyMeredithTinney.FTW.
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1880 United States Federal Census - [S1239] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 7, Orleans, Louisiana; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1240573.
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- [S1251] Find A Grave, Auguste Valentin Vitter.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90039011/august-vitter - [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 - [S2036] Georgiana Nicholson Ely and Jeffrey Vitter added annotations, Family Database of John M. Beelman and Descendants, Desendancy chart of John M. Beelman.
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. - [S599] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 002551-005400.
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 Document - [S2040] Georgiana Nicholson Ely, Family Database of John Frederick Pieper, (Name: Self; Location: Erie, Pennsylvania, USA;), Ancestry chart of John Frederick Pieper.
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- [S1010] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 3, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: M593_520; Page: 510A; Family History Library Film: 552019.
1870 United States Federal Census - [S966] Louisiana Biography & Obituary Index, (Location: New Orleans Public Library;), Vitter, August.
Vitter, August
Death date: 1909-08-19
Age: 42 years
Sex: M
Obituary citation(s):
Daily Picayune, 1909-08-20, Pg. 6 col. 4
Daily Picayune, 1909-08-22, Pg. 6 col. 6 - [S307] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (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] Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, (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 - [S893] Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Marriage Records, Auguste Vitter and Marie Victoire Hentzelin.
Marriage Vitter Hentzelin Document - [S1924] Geneanet (Reliability: 3).
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