Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
Queenie
Abt 1860 -
Person ID: I50400
Abt 1860 - -
Name Queenie [1] Relationship 
with Jeffrey Scott Vitter Born Abt 1860 [1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Family
Husband Rex (ID:I50399), b. Abt 1860 Married Abt 1910 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
[1, 5, 6, 8] Other Personal Events
Event 21 Mar 1987 4801 Avron Boulevard, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA [1, 5, 6] Rex was kidnapped by college students during the night of March 20–21 and left on the Metairie lawn of the Staub family Residence Between 1910 and 1923 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1, 7, 8] 
Residence Between 1923 and 1925 3800 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1, 8] 
Times Picayune article about Rex and Queenie 1976 April 04 Document Residence Between 1925 and 1961 3600 Napoleon Avenue (newly constructed house) 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1, 8] Times Picayune article about Rex and Queenie 1976 April 04 Document Residence Between 1961 and 2006 4100 Vincennes Place 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1, 5, 6, 8] 
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Event Map
Residence - Between 1910 and 1923 - 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Married - Abt 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Residence - Between 1923 and 1925 - 3800 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Residence - Between 1925 and 1961 - 3600 Napoleon Avenue (newly constructed house) 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Residence - Between 1961 and 2006 - 4100 Vincennes Place 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Event - 21 Mar 1987 - 4801 Avron Boulevard, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth -
Photos 
Rex and Queenie at Mark and Mary Vitter House
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Histories 
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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Source Citations
- [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 - [S1434] Journal & Courier, (Name: USA Today; Location: Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Date: Since 1920;), If this Iron Dog could bark, . . ., photo, Thursday, December 22, 1955.
LafayetteDog - [S1429] The New Complete Newfoundland, Martha Booth Chern, (Name: Howell Boook House; Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Date: Second edition 1975;), See photos in early chapters.
- [S1434] Journal & Courier, (Name: USA Today; Location: Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Date: Since 1920;), "The Biggest Dog in Town," February 13, 1946.
LafayetteDog - [S285] The Times Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate, (Name: Advance Publications; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1837;), Little Lost Dog Statue is Collared in Metarie, Times-Picayune, March 23, 1987.
Times-Picayune Rex kidnapping, March 23, 1987 Document - [S285] The Times Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate, (Name: Advance Publications; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1837;), Family Offers Reward for Return of Yard Dog, Times-Picayune, March 22, 1987.
Times-Picayune Rex Reward Notice, March 22, 1987 Document - [S1036] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T625_618; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 9.
1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T625_618; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 9 - [S285] The Times Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate, (Name: Advance Publications; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1837;), "Art by the Yard," The Times Picayune, 4 Apr 1976, page 249, Sunday Supplement.
https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A1223BCE5B718A166%40EANX-1307F0EF797DD92A%402442873-13015A3097963CC3%40248Times Picayune article about Rex and Queenie 1976 April 04 Document
- [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.
