Joseph Albert Vitter (I1921)

1911 - 1995  (84 years)

Joseph Albert Vitter

1911 - 1995  (84 years)

Birth	25 Jan 1911	Louisiana, USA
Died	19 Feb 1995	Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Buried	Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, USA
Father	Frank Albert Vitter,   b. 21 May 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Vivian Lucille Druilhet,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Family	Bessie Mary Chancellor,   b. 17 Feb 1907, Sacul, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Married	10 Apr 1944	Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA

Bessie Mary Chancellor

1907 - 1977  (70 years)

Birth	17 Feb 1907	Sacul, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Died	23 Apr 1977	Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Buried	Abt 23 Apr 1977	Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, USA
Father	Dr. John Asa Whitstone Chancellor,   b. 11 Jan 1877, Sacul, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mattie Exer Wade,   b. 1 Apr 1882, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	24 Dec 1896	Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Family 1	Joseph Albert Vitter,   b. 25 Jan 1911, Louisiana, USA
Married	10 Apr 1944	Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
Family 2	William Myrton Rightmer
Married	1927	Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Divorced	Bef 1940
Children	1. Geraldine Rightmer,   b. 6 Oct 1927, Texas, USA

Druilhet Anthony Vitter

1915 - 1963  (48 years)

Birth	4 Jan 1915
Died	12 Aug 1963	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Father	Frank Albert Vitter,   b. 21 May 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Vivian Lucille Druilhet,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Family 1	Agnes Causey,   b. Between 1918 and 1919, Louisiana, USA
Married	Oct 1941	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Divorced	Bef 1950
Children	1. Senator James Drue Vitter,   b. 21 Jul 1942, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Family 2	Virginia M. Zimmerman,   b. 1915, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Married	Abt 1950	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Agnes Causey

1919 - 1970  (~ 52 years)

Birth	Between 1918 and 1919	Louisiana, USA
Died	2 Jan 1970
Buried	St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Family	Druilhet Anthony Vitter,   b. 4 Jan 1915
Married	Oct 1941	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Divorced	Bef 1950
Children	1. Senator James Drue Vitter,   b. 21 Jul 1942, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Virginia M. Zimmerman

1915 - 1980  (65 years)

Birth	1915	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died	1980	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Family	Druilhet Anthony Vitter,   b. 4 Jan 1915
Married	Abt 1950	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Tyrus Raymond Vitter

1917 - 1979  (62 years)

Birth	23 Jan 1917
Died	6 Jun 1979
Buried	St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3, section 6, lot 9, St. Luke Avenue, SW corner, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Father	Frank Albert Vitter,   b. 21 May 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Vivian Lucille Druilhet,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Family	Henrietta Mahoney,   b. 14 Jul 1918
Married	UNKNOWN
Children	1. Living   2. Ann Ray Vitter,   b. 7 Mar 1949   3. Tyrus Raymond Vitter, Jr.,   b. 27 Jul 1950   4. Living

Henrietta Mahoney

1918 - 1993  (75 years)

Birth	14 Jul 1918
Died	14 Dec 1993
Family	Tyrus Raymond Vitter,   b. 23 Jan 1917
Married	UNKNOWN
Children	1. Living   2. Ann Ray Vitter,   b. 7 Mar 1949   3. Tyrus Raymond Vitter, Jr.,   b. 27 Jul 1950   4. Living

Bernice Vitter

1918 - 1977  (58 years)

Birth	23 Dec 1918
Died	Sep 1977
Father	Frank Albert Vitter,   b. 21 May 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Vivian Lucille Druilhet,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Family	August Moskau,   b. 30 May 1914, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Married	UNKNOWN
Children	1. Living   2. Living

August Moskau

1914 - 1988  (74 years)

Birth	30 May 1914	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died	Jun 1988	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Buried	Jun 1988	St. Patrick Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Family	Bernice Vitter,   b. 23 Dec 1918
Married	UNKNOWN
Children	1. Living   2. Living

Patricia Vivian Vitter

1922 - 1965  (43 years)

Birth	18 Mar 1922	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died	21 Jul 1965
Buried	Abt 21 Jul 1965	St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3, section 6, lot 9, St. Luke Avenue, SW corner, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Father	Frank Albert Vitter,   b. 21 May 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Vivian Lucille Druilhet,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Family	Charles Austin
Married	UNKNOWN
Children	1. Living   2. Living

Charles Austin

- DECEASED

Died	DECEASED
Family	Patricia Vivian Vitter,   b. 18 Mar 1922, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Married	UNKNOWN
Children	1. Living   2. Living

Frank Albert Vitter

1890 - 1968  (78 years)

Birth	21 May 1890	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died	31 Dec 1968	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Buried	St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3, section 6, lot 9, St. Luke Avenue, SW corner, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Father	Hypolite Yves Vitter,   b. 12 Jan 1852, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Augusta Margaret Booth,   b. Feb 1862, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	19 Feb 1879	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Family	Vivian Lucille Druilhet,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Louisiana, USA
Children	1. Joseph Albert Vitter,   b. 25 Jan 1911, Louisiana, USA   2. Druilhet Anthony Vitter,   b. 4 Jan 1915   3. Tyrus Raymond Vitter,   b. 23 Jan 1917   4. Bernice Vitter,   b. 23 Dec 1918   5. Patricia Vivian Vitter,   b. 18 Mar 1922, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Vivian Lucille Druilhet

1891 - 1981  (89 years)

Birth	21 Jul 1891	Louisiana, USA
Christened	St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Jeanerette, Iberia, Louisiana, USA
Died	28 Mar 1981
Buried	Abt 28 Mar 1981	St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3, section 6, lot 9, St. Luke Avenue, SW corner, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Father	Narcisse Druilhet,   b. Oct 1861, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Elodie Marie Poche,   b. Mar 1869, Louisiana, USA
Relationship	natural
Family	Frank Albert Vitter,   b. 21 May 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Children	1. Joseph Albert Vitter,   b. 25 Jan 1911, Louisiana, USA   2. Druilhet Anthony Vitter,   b. 4 Jan 1915   3. Tyrus Raymond Vitter,   b. 23 Jan 1917   4. Bernice Vitter,   b. 23 Dec 1918   5. Patricia Vivian Vitter,   b. 18 Mar 1922, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Bessie Mary Chancellor

1907 - 1977  (70 years)

Birth	17 Feb 1907	Sacul, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Died	23 Apr 1977	Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Buried	Abt 23 Apr 1977	Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, USA
Father	Dr. John Asa Whitstone Chancellor,   b. 11 Jan 1877, Sacul, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mattie Exer Wade,   b. 1 Apr 1882, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	24 Dec 1896	Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Family 1	Joseph Albert Vitter,   b. 25 Jan 1911, Louisiana, USA
Married	10 Apr 1944	Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
Family 2	William Myrton Rightmer
Married	1927	Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Divorced	Bef 1940
Children	1. Geraldine Rightmer,   b. 6 Oct 1927, Texas, USA

• Name	Joseph Albert Vitter  [1, 2]
  		JoJo Vitter
  Relationship	with Albert Leopold Vitter
  Birth	25 Jan 1911	Louisiana, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Award	1973	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	Elected to the New Orleans Diamond Club Hall of Fame. In the program for the induction ceremony for the honorees, prominent New Orleans baseball historian Arthur Schott (grandfather of Mary Schott Vitter) wrote about Vitter, “He played all four infield positions and all three outfield positions and was probably the finest utility man ever to leave New Orleans.”
  Name	Joe, JoJo
  Occupation	Between 1934 and 1949  [2]
  	Baseball player, played for the Chicago Cubs in 1936
  Reference Number	1961
  Residence	Denver, Colorado, USA
  Death	19 Feb 1995	Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA   [1]
  Burial	Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, USA   [1]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  	1. Joseph Albert Vitter (current person),   b. 25 Jan 1911, Louisiana, USA d. 19 Feb 1995, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA  (Age 84 years) ▻Bessie Mary Chancellor,   b. 17 Feb 1907, Sacul, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA d. 23 Apr 1977, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA  (Age 70 years),  m. 10 Apr 1944, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA     2. Druilhet Anthony Vitter,   b. 4 Jan 1915   d. 12 Aug 1963, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 48 years) ▻Agnes Causey,   b. Between 1918 and 1919, Louisiana, USA d. 2 Jan 1970  (Age ~ 52 years),  m. Oct 1941, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,  div. Bef 1950   ▻Virginia M. Zimmerman,   b. 1915, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 1980, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 65 years),  m. Abt 1950, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA     3. Tyrus Raymond Vitter,   b. 23 Jan 1917   d. 6 Jun 1979  (Age 62 years) ▻Henrietta Mahoney,   b. 14 Jul 1918   d. 14 Dec 1993  (Age 75 years),  m. UNKNOWN     4. Bernice Vitter,   b. 23 Dec 1918   d. Sep 1977  (Age 58 years) ▻August Moskau,   b. 30 May 1914, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. Jun 1988, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 74 years),  m. UNKNOWN     5. Patricia Vivian Vitter,   b. 18 Mar 1922, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 21 Jul 1965  (Age 43 years) ▻Charles Austin   d. DECEASED  ,  m. UNKNOWN
  Notes	Frank “Top” Vitter and his son JoJo Vitter were professional baseball players. JoJo played with the Chicago Cubs in 1936. Frank’s brother-in-law (husband of sister Loretta Vitter) Joseph “Oyster Joe” Martina was a major league pitcher for the 1924 World Champion Washington Senators.
  Person ID	I1921	Vitter-Weaver Genealogy | Jeff Vitter's Relative
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Frank Albert Vitter,   b. 21 May 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 31 Dec 1968, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Vivian Lucille Druilhet,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Louisiana, USA d. 28 Mar 1981 (Age 89 years)
  Reference Number	14280  [3]
  Family ID	F582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bessie Mary Chancellor,   b. 17 Feb 1907, Sacul, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA d. 23 Apr 1977, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1944	Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA   [1, 4]
  		Joe and Mary Vitter
  Family ID	F56948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Jan 1911 - Louisiana, USA Marriage - 10 Apr 1944 - Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA Award - Elected to the New Orleans Diamond Club Hall of Fame. In the program for the induction ceremony for the honorees, prominent New Orleans baseball historian Arthur Schott (grandfather of Mary Schott Vitter) wrote about Vitter, “He played all four infield positions and all three outfield positions and was probably the finest utility man ever to leave New Orleans.” - 1973 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - - Denver, Colorado, USA Death - 19 Feb 1995 - Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Burial - - Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S1251] Find A Grave, Joseph Albert "JoJo" Vitter. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203115421/joseph-albert-vitter [S2268] Crescent City Sports, (Location: Kenner, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA;), Robert Cuicdhi, “Great-grandson of former New Orleanian Joe Vitter aims to chronicle his pro baseball career,” 7 December 2023. Ian O’Dougherty knew his great-grandfather Joe Vitter had been a professional baseball player, originally from New Orleans. But he didn’t know much about the details of his career that spanned the 1930s and 1940s. The discovery of a family scrapbook by his mother, containing artifacts of his great-grandfather’s baseball career, triggered his quest to learn more about him. O’Dougherty is currently a video producer working with the Vegas Golden Knights. He previously worked with the major-league Colorado Rockies for ten years, where one of his projects was to produce a documentary of baseball in Colorado. His hope is to find enough information and photographs about Vitter’s career so that he can eventually produce a film, likely a series of short episodes, that feature his great-grandfather. Vitter was born in 1911 in New Orleans. One of the uncertainties about Vitter’s career is the high school he attended and whether he played baseball as a high schooler. O’Dougherty says Vitter’s brother attended St. Aloysius, so if his great-grandfather attended high school, it would likely have been there. The first mentions of Vitter in the local New Orleans sports pages were about his playing for numerous semi-pro teams in the area. It appears some of his teams played in what were likely the early days of the Sugar Cane League in Southeast Louisiana, while his teams’ travels also took them into Mississippi. O’Dougherty discovered Vitter’s-father, uncles, and brothers were baseball players with brief appearances in the minors, while legendary New Orleans player “Oyster Joe” Martina was his uncle by marriage. This fact contributed to his desire to learn even more about the family’s baseball history. He found newspaper evidence that the Vitter family members, including his great-grandfather at one point, played for a local team called the Greenleafs. At a time when numerous local players started out playing in the Evangeline League in South Louisiana or with the hometown New Orleans Pelicans, O’Dougherty says it’s not clear how Vitter ended up signing his first professional contract. Baseball-Reference.com, one of the definitive sources of pro baseball player information, shows Vitter playing his first professional season at age 23 for Pine Bluff in the Class C Dixie League in 1934. In February 1936, The Sporting News noted Vitter as one of the hopefuls seeking a major-league job. He must have made an impression with his play for Pine Bluff, because the Chicago Cubs acquired rights to him. They sent him to Catalina Island for the Cubs’ spring training camp in 1936 when he joined the major-leaguers, including Charlie Grimm, Billy Herman, and others. However, on a Cubs barnstorming trip to the east coast, he was cut and sent to Portsmouth, Virginia, in the Class B Piedmont League. He spent the 1937 season with several teams in the Pacific Coast League, then considered one of the highest leagues of Organized Baseball. With the San Francisco Seals, he was a teammate of 20-year-old Dominic DiMaggio, who later became one of three DiMaggio brothers, including Joe and Vince, in the majors. O’Dougherty found a box score of a game in which Vitter played against Ted Williams, then playing for San Diego. In 1938 Vitter was shipped to Shreveport in the Texas League, where he spent five seasons. He was a teammate of New Orleans native Joe Valenti that year. In Nico Van Thyn’s book “That’s the old ballgame, Shreveport,” Vitter was noted as one of Shreveport’s most popular players during his stay. The book stated Vitter made the league’s All-Star team in 1938, 1940, and 1941. The Brooklyn Dodgers farm system acquired him in 1943, and he played for their St. Paul affiliate for five seasons. One of his teammates in St. Paul was another New Orleans native, John “Fats” Dantonio. World War II was in full swing, but Vitter was rejected for military service in 1944 by his draft board. At a time when the major leagues had a shortage of players due to military service, it seems Vitter might have gotten a shot in the big leagues. Perhaps his age, then in the early to mid-30’s, likely worked against him. He finished his career in the lower levels of the minors. He also served as manager for his teams in 1948 and 1949, after which he retired from baseball at age 38. Vitter was elected to the New Orleans Diamond Club Hall of Fame in 1973. In the program for the induction ceremony for the honorees, prominent New Orleans baseball historian Arthur Schott wrote about Vitter, “He played all four infield positions and all three outfield positions and was probably the finest utility man ever to leave New Orleans.” O’Dougherty’s initial research has surfaced that his great-grandfather’s career crossed paths with several prominent baseball names from the New Orleans area in the 1930s and 1940s–Dantonio, Valenti, Martina, and the Gilbert family. He’s hoping to connect with their relatives and others who can potentially help him fill in some of the missing details of his great-grandfather’s career. He’s especially interested in any original photos involving Vitter. O’Dougherty was 17 years old when Vitter died in 1995. Of course, he now wishes he had spent more time talking to his great-grandfather about his sixteen years in pro baseball. For example, O’Dougherty would love to know how his great-grandfather came to be photographed in Denver in 1953 with major-leaguers Eddie Lopat, Lou Kretlow, Jackie Jensen, Billy Martin, Dave Philley, and Mel Parnell. Crescent City Sports readers who have knowledge of Joe Vitter’s years in New Orleans or his baseball career can contact Ian O’Dougherty via email at ianomusic@gmail.com. https://crescentcitysports.com/great-grandson-of-former-new-orleanian-joe-vitter-aims-to-chronicle-his-pro-baseball-career/ Joe Vitter [S1269] FamilySearch Family Tree, (Name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;), "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJC-CRR5 : 13 March 2018), Frank Alvin Vitter and Vivian Lucille Douilhet, 27 Dec 1910; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 912,102. Frank Alvin Vitter, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJC-CRR5 Frank Vitter Marriage Document [S1251] Find A Grave, Bessie Mary Chancellor Vitter. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203115320/bessie-mary-vitter