Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
John Sidney Vitter
1881 - Abt 1933 (51 years)Person ID: I1376
1892 - 1992 (99 years)
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Name John Sidney Vitter [1, 2] Relationship 
with Jeffrey Scott Vitter Name Jack and John Roland Born 12 Aug 1881 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
[1, 3] Gender Male Died Abt 1933 Lake Providence, East Carroll, Louisiana, USA Notes - Deionese is listed in the 1920 and 1930 Censuses as adopted daughter of George W. Heintel and his wife Florence. Florence was Deionese's 1st cousin 1x removed.
I got a family tree from Family Tree Maker's World Family Tree that lists the Shinn family. Teresa could possibly be the same as Deionese, who wasn't listed as a daughter, but I added her.
From Preston Grundmeyer (son of Deionese Vitter):
Jack, who also went by John Roland, lost his wife shortly after the birth of Merrill (Buzzy). He then deposited the kids with various relatives (Deionese to her cousin Florence Walter Heindel, Merrill to his grandmother Augusta Booth Vitter, Stanley (Cot, as in Cottontop) to his great aunt Vicorine Dupuis Hebert in New Iberia, LA, and Roland (Peck) to his aunt Eugenie (Jennie) Shinn Brechtel in New Orleans ).
Jack did marry again in later years. There was talk that he fathered a son by a lady who lived in Patterson, LA, just down the road from Morgan City. Perhaps this was his new wife. As the child got older, he looked just like Jack, even with red hair. Preston's mother (Deionese) must have believed it to be true, because she didn't like to talk about it much when she reflected on how her father treated her. The woman who had the child had other children too, but she was nice and wrote letters to Deionese keeping her informed until Jack's death, which was when he was about 55. There was a John S. Vitter, listed in the N.O.LA Death Records Index as dying at age 53 on 2/23/1933, which could have been him.
Jack played baseball for a living in the minors and was an umpire in the minors. Jeff found dozens of sports stores in the Atlanta Constitution in1914 listing a Vitter as umpire in the box scores.
Red hair.
Siblings 1. Harry William Vitter (ID:I1377), b. 14 Dec 1883, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 25 Feb 1936, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 52 years)2. Paul Oliver Vitter (ID:I1378), b. 24 Jan 1888, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 12 Feb 1959 (Age 71 years)3. Frank Albert Vitter (ID:I1379), b. 21 May 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 31 Dec 1968, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 78 years)4. Loretta May Vitter (ID:I1380), b. 22 May 1892, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 21 Apr 1992, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 99 years)5. James Hyppolite Vitter (ID:I1381), b. 27 Jun 1894, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 23 May 1927, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 32 years)6. Mary Berenaise Vitter (ID:I1382), b. Jun 1896, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. Apr 1983, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 86 years)7. Deionese Therese Vitter (ID:I3334), b. Jun 1896, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 18 May 1897, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 0 years)8. Hilda Marguerite Vitter (ID:I1383), b. Apr 1900, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 27 Jun 1900, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 0 years)Parents
Father Hypolite Yves Vitter (ID:I1091), b. 12 Jan 1852, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 25 Dec 1905, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 53 years) Mother Augusta Margaret Booth (ID:I1117), b. Feb 1862, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 9 Jan 1938, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 75 years) Married 19 Feb 1879 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1] Marriage License 13 Feb 1879 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [4] N.O. Public Library VED 678, p. 66 Reference Number 5202 Family
Wife Eulalie Teresa Shinn (ID:I3313), b. 11 Nov 1880, Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana, USA , d. Abt 1909, Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana, USA (Age 28 years) Married Abt 1900 [5] Reference Number 20079 Children 1. Roland John Vitter (ID:I2078), b. 31 Aug 1904, d. 29 Oct 1965 (Age 61 years) 2. Deionese Teresa Vitter (ID:I3376), b. 16 Jun 1906, Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana, USA , d. May 1992 (Age 85 years)3. Stanley Charles Vitter (ID:I3375), b. 18 Nov 1908, Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana, USA , d. 30 Oct 1992 (Age 83 years) [natural,private]4. Merrill Augustus Vitter (ID:I2081), b. 16 Dec 1909, Morgan City, St Mary, Louisiana, USA , d. 16 Dec 1963, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 54 years) [natural,private]Other Personal Events
Occupation Minor league baseball player and umpire Reference Number 1384 Residence 1900 4510 St. Louis Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - Deionese is listed in the 1920 and 1930 Censuses as adopted daughter of George W. Heintel and his wife Florence. Florence was Deionese's 1st cousin 1x removed.
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Event Map
Born - 12 Aug 1881 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Residence - 1900 - 4510 St. Louis Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Died - Abt 1933 - Lake Providence, East Carroll, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth -
Documents 
Orleans Birth Index Document
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Source Citations
- [S1239] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 4, Orleans, Louisiana; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1240571.
1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 4, Orleans, Louisiana; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1240571 - [S454] New Orleans, Louisiana, Birth Records Index, 1790-1915, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), NAME: John Sidney Vitter.
NAME: John Sidney Vitter
BIRTH DATE: 12 Aug 1881
BIRTH PLACE: Orleans, Louisiana, USA
FATHER: Hypolite P Vitter
MOTHER: Augusta Booth
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=ftO41&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&dbid=6587&gsln=vitter&gsfn_x=NN&gsln_x=1&new=1&rank=1&uidh=tx4&redir=false&msT=1&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=8&h=227851&recoff=&ml_rpos=9&queryId=2987d6d5f9df4a619378e62056a71e49 - [S215] Orleans Parish Birth Index, Name: John Sidney Vitter.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=ftO30&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&dbid=6587&gsln=vitter&gsfn_x=NN&gsln_x=1&new=1&rank=1&uidh=tx4&redir=false&msT=1&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=9&h=141453&recoff=&ml_rpos=10&queryId=2987d6d5f9df4a619378e62056a71e49Orleans Birth Index Document - [S893] New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriages, Hypolite Vitter and Augusta Booth.
Marriage Vitter Booth Document - [S252] Family Database Shinn.FTW.
Date of Import: Mar 16, 2004
- [S1239] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 4, Orleans, Louisiana; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 1240571.