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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!). |
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Exploring Clerval in 2022
Jeff Vitter had been wanting to visit Clerval in the Doubs department of France near northern Switzerland ever since his Aha! Moment 23 years ago described above. He and Sharon Vitter finally got the chance 22 years later during a Fall 2022 trip to France full of wonderful family history visits, photos, and videos. |
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| Exploring Mimi's Ancestors near the Pyrénées of Southwest France
Unlike Jeff's dad's side, where we knew very little of his lineage, Jeff's mom had a fair amount of knowledge about her ancestors, who came from around Uzan (pronounced "u-ZHANG" in the local patois) and Anères in extreme southwest France near the Pyrénées mountains. She and her mom, grandmother, aunt, and siblings visited southwest France when… |
| 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… |
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| Collection of video interviews and articles involving Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter as 17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi
Conducted 2015–2019 |
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| Purdue 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. |
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| 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! |
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| 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.
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| 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… |
| Articles
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 | Dr. Jeffrey Vitter Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
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| 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… |
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| 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,… |
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| 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… |
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| 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. |
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| J. Scott Vitter Jr.'s favorite riddle as a child
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| 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. |
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| Ancestors of Sharon Louise (née Weaver) Vitter
Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter is co-host of this website vitter.org, and this chart traces her ancestors, generation by generation. |
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| 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,… |
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| 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. |
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| Descendants of Pierre Feugas (late 1600s–mid-1700s) and Marie Claverie
Pierre Feugas is a 6th great grandfather of Jeffrey S. Vitter, co-host of this website vitter.org. Pierre married Marie Claverie from La Bastide-de-Sérou, Ariège, France, and they resided in Hagetaubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Their 3rd great grandson Jean Ferran dit Larneilh immigrated from Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France to New… |
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| Descendants of Claude Courtot (born 1624) and Claudine Vincent (born 1627)
Claude Courtot and Claudine Vincent are 9th great grandparents of Jeff Vitter, co-host of this website vitter.org. Claude was born in Aillevans and Claudine was born in nearby Montjustin-et-Velotte in the Haute-Saône department of Franche-Comté, France. |
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| Descendants of Bernard Artigues and Bernarde Perissé (last half of 1600s) of Salies-du-Salat, Haute-Garonne, France
Bernard Artigues (last half of 1600s) is a 7th great grandfather of Jeffrey S. Vitter, co-host of this website vitter org. Bernard married Bernarde Perissé from Mane, Haute-Garonne, France in 1687 in Salies-du-Salat, Haute-Garonne, France. Their 4th great grandson Ferréol Artigues (1852–1914) immigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana from… |
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| 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. |
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| Descendants of Jean Ferran dit Jutat (mid-1700s) and Jeanne Dourron
Jean Ferran is a 5th great grandfather of Jeffrey S. Vitter, co-host of this website vitter.org. Jean married Jeanne Dourron and likely lived in Lignacq, Serres-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Their great great grandson Jean Ferran dit Larneilh immigrated to New Orleans from Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France by 1893 and became a… |
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| 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. |
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| 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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| Descendants of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor (748–814 AD)
Co-host Jeff Vitter of the website vitter.org is a 39th great grandson of Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne de Herstal. You can read a history of Charlemagne on the main webpage vitter.org/familytree. |
Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
1956 - 2021 (64 years)
1920 - 2005 (84 years)
d. 17 Oct 2003, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
