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Surnames: Close, Turnball, Oliver
Classification: Query
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My husband's grandfather just passed away. He was Paul Victor Close, son of Thomas Walter Close and Zuleda Turnball. Paul had brothers named Ed, Thomas, Robert, and Martin.....sisters Kate, Annie, Judy, and Jessie.
The only thing he knew was that his dad was from England.
Zuleda was the daughter of James Turnball and Kate Kernie Oliver.
Can anyone out there connect any of these names to some Close's in England? We are in Iowa....
Thanks- please e-mail me at deanandval(a)hotmail.com subject Paul Close so I know it isn't junk mail :) Thanks so much for any miracles you can give me!
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Surnames: CLOSE
Classification: Query
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There is some confusion about the INDEX to Death Notices from Louisiana Newspapers, and I am hoping to make myself easier to understand.
A "List" of those names in Death Notices in Louisiana Newspapers is available...however that "list" is not availaible online.
To view a list of people named in the Death Notices, one will need access to a copy of the following Publication:
The name of the Publication: "DEATH NOTICES FROM LOUISIANA NEWSPAPERS"
The Authors: Brenda Lagroue Mayers & Gloria L. Kerns
The catalog # of the Fiche: The St. Landry Parish death notices would be in Volume 6 and the reference/catalog number is "FHL US/CAN Fiche 6087223"
"DEATH NOTICES FROM LOUISIANA NEWSPAPERS" is available on Microfiche through local Latter Day Saints [LDS] Family History Centers.
With the above information one can go to an LDS Family History Center knowing exactly what to ask for. Some LDS Family History Centers have the microfiche on site, others will order it for you. The fee to order the microfiche is minimal (I think around $3.50). Don't quote me on that...You would need to check with them to ask about their fees. They, then, allow the microfiche to be viewed at their establishment.
"DEATH NOTICES FROM LOUISIANA NEWSPAPERS" will indicate the following:
1) The name of the deceased.
2) The name of the Newspaper.
3) The date of the issue.
4) The page and column number.
5) THE SOURCE: An indication of Library housing the newspapers in which the Death notice or article appears.
EXAMPLE:
Here are some listings of Death Notices of several names which are microfilmed and available from Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, LSU, Baton Rouge, La. Listed are Emilie Barre and Emelie Barre.
1 2 3 4 5
NAME - NEWSPAPER - ISSUE DATE -COLUMN -SOURCE
Gradenigo, A. H. - OPELOUSAS COURIER- 9/16/1876 - P1C4 - LSU 75-7
Gradenigo, Alfred - LA SUGAR BOWL -4/09/1874 - P2 C5- LSU 734-3
Gradenigo, Antoine - OPELOUSAS COURIER- 9/01/1855 -P2C6 -LSU 175-1
Gradenigo, Joseph -OPELOUSAS JOURNAL -1/09/1869 - P2C3 LSU 165-1
Gradenigo, Rachel -OPELOUSAS COURIER -7/03/1858 - P2C6 -LSU 175-3
Using the microfiche, one can, then, look up the list of people named in the death notices in Louisiana newspapers, find the name of the Newspaper and date the article appeared, find out which Library houses that newspaper, and order copies of specific death notices from the appropriate library.
The publication "DEATH NOTICES FROM LOUISIANA NEWSPAPERS" is not online.
What is online, on the LDS website, is more information about various volumes indicating which volumes cover which parishes, and the catalog/reference numbers of both volumes and the formats the volumes are stored as [Microfiche, film, etc.].
So as not to confuse you any further, I will provide that information here:
The Library has volumes 1-5 bound together.
Volume 1 through 5 also on microfilm. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Location or Reference Information for VOLUME 1 through 5: FHL US/CAN Film
1697312 Item 3
-- VOLUME 1. Indexes obituaries from Ascension, East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, and West Feliciana parishes, 1811- 1819
-- VOLUME 2. Indexes obituaries from Ascension, East Baton Rouge, and Pointe Coupee parishes, 1822-1914
-- VOLUME 3. Indexes obituaries from Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, and Washington parishes, 1833-1917
-- VOLUME 4. Indexes obituaries from East Baton Rouge, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, 1847-1893
-- VOLUME 5. Indexes obituaries from Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Lafourche, Orleans, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, and St. Mary parishes, 1824-1887
Volume 6 also on microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical
Society of Utah, 1991. 2 microfiches.
Location or Reference Information for VOLUME 6: FHL US/CAN Fiche 6087223
-- VOLUME 6. Indexes obituaries from Acadia, Iberia, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Mary parishes, 1836-1887.
One of the two other messages I posted Contain examples of Death Notices about CLOSE family members.
I hope this helps.
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Surnames: Close
Classification: Query
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Looking for realatives of Norman Wayne Close Born Winnipeg 1944 45 name changed to Willian Sydney Mills lived in Ericksdale mid to late 40s
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Surnames: CLOSE CLAUSE BARRE' GRADENIGO DEJEAN
Classification: Query
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Below are a listing of Death Notices in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Newspapers in 1800's concerning CLOSE family members. Many descendents of this CLOSE family now use the surname CLAUSE.
1)
Name of Deceased: JOHN CLOSE
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 11/11/1865
Page and Column Number: P2 C2
Source: LSU 175-4
Obituary gives age, place of birth, place of death, years in the parish, gives the year he fought under Jackson at New Orleans, and gives the rank he attained. [Nice Obituary]
2)
Name of Deceased: JOHN CLOSE
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 1/20/1872
Page and Column Number: P1 C6
Source: LSU 175-6
John CLOSE Estate and Plantation sale
Date of Sale: Wednesday, February 7th, 1872. The plantation was "situated on Bayou Teche, in this Parish [St. Landry], three miles from Barry's Landing [sic] [Barre's Landing]. It gives a description of the land, buildings and improvements, and names the owners of neighboring land. It also lists 1/2 interest in a cypress swamp located on Bayou Courtableau, four miles from Barry's Landing [sic][ John Close's plantation was known as "John Close's Plantation" ..this was stated in wife, Euphrosine Barre's estate sale announcement]. Administrator was Desire Godet (John
Close's son-in-law)
3)
Name of Deceased: CHARLES CLOSE
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER 1/20/1872
Issue of Newspaper: 1/20/1872
Page and Column Number: P1 C6
Source: LSU 175-6
Charles CLOSE Estate Sale lists 1/2 interest in a cypress swamp located on Bayou Courtableau, four miles from Barry's Landing [sic] (Administrator was named as Jean Meral, Charles Close's brother-in-law). [ELISABETH CLOSE and her husband, JEAN MERAL, were Joint Administrators]
4)
Name of Deceased: CHARLES CLOSE, dec'd. (Estate Sale) (ELIZABETH CLOSE &
JEAN MERAL - Joint Administrators)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 1/20/1877
Page and Column Number: P1 C5
Source: LSU 175-8
Date of Sale: February 20, 1877
Judicial Notice of Public Sale of Estate. Article describes two tracts of land on Bayou Courtableau, naming neighboring landowners. Elizabeth CLOSE, wife of Jean Meral, was a sister of Charles CLOSE.
5)
Name of Deceased: Estate of CHARLES CLOSE (Elizabeth CLOSE & JEAN MERAL, Joint Administrators)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 02/17/1877
Page and Column Number: P1 C5
Source: LSU 175-8
PUBLIC SALE: Estate of CHARLES CLOSE. Article gives size and location of properties, and gives the names of neighboring land owners.
6)
Name of Deceased: Estate of HONORE DEJEAN & wife, EUPHROSINE CLOSE, both deceased. [Killed by Tornado]
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 02/17/1877
Page and Column Number: P1 C5
Source: LSU 175-8
Notice of Tableau and Final Account of Administration. (JOSEPH U. ROY and his wife, FELICIANNE DEJEAN, Joint Administrators).
7)
Name of Deceased: ALEXANDRE CLOSE (Aged 26) [He was actually aged 28 when he died]
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 11/26/1853
Page and Column Number: P2 C3
Source: LSU 175-1
Death notice.
8)
Name of Deceased: ALEXANDRE CLOSE
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 12/31/1853
Page and Column Number: P2 C4
Source: LSU 175-1
Date of Estate Sale: Thursday 2nd February 1854, lists a new house, a Negro girl and her child, 80 Arpents of land, a flat boat and much more.
9)
Name of Deceased: ALEXANDRE CLOSE (Josephine STELLY, his wife, Administrator)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 1/31/1857
Page and Column Number: P2 C5
Source: LSU 175-2
Death Notice. Announcement of Final Tableau of Distribution of Estate
10)
Name of Deceased: PLACIDE CLOSE (John CLOSE & Charles CLOSE, Administrators).
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 12/25/1852
Page and Column Number: P2 C5
Source: LSU 175-1
Death Notice. Succession number is indicated.
11)
Name of Deceased: ZEPHIRIN CLOSE (aged about 40 years)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 04/28/1860
Page and Column Number: P2 C4
Source: LSU 175-3
Death Notice. Article gives place and date of death.
12)
Name of Deceased: J. P. [JEAN PIERRE/JOHN PIERRE] CLOSE (aged about 45 years)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 03/24/1860
Page and Column Number: P2 C5
Source: LSU 175-3
Death Notice.
13)
Name of Deceased: JEAN PIERRE CLOSE, dec'd
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 04/28/1860
Page and Column Number: P2 C4
Source: LSU 175-3
CHARLES CLOSE (his brother) applied to be appointed Administrator of the Estate.
14)
Name of Deceased: OCTAVE DEJEAN
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: December 26, 1863
Page and Column Number: P1 C1
Source: LSU175-4
This article is written in French, so I will do my best to Translate it here:
An unhappy business occurred Friday of last week, concerning PORT BARRE, in this parish. A difficulty having occurred between CHARLES CLOSE and OCTAVE DEJEAN, this last received a blow of a rifle at the right side, of which he died a few moments afterwards. Not knowing the details of this business, we abstain from any comment on this subject. [Charles CLOSE was a son of John CLOSE and Euphrosine BARRE').
15)
Name of Deceased: EUPHROSINE BARRE', dec'd (JOHN CLOSE, her husband, Administrator)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 01/22/1853
Page and Column Number: P2 C3
Source: LSU 175-1
Death Notice.
16)
Name of Deceased: Estate of EUPHROSINE BARRE (JOHN CLOSE, her husband, Administrator)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 01/22/1853
Page and Column Number: P2 C3
Source: LSU 175-1
17)
Name of Deceased: Estate of EUPHROZINE BARRE', dec'd. (JOHN CLOSE, her
husband, Administrator)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 10/16/1858
Page and Column Number: P2 C6
Source: LSU 175-1
FINAL TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION of funds of Estate. Article gives Succession number.
18)
PUBLIC SALE: Estate and Plantation of EUPHROSINE BARRE, Dec'd. (JOHN CLOSE, her husband, Administrator)
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 02/26/1853
Page and Column Number: P2 C5
Source: LSU 175-1
The Plantation known as JOHN CLOSE'S, and several large Tracts of land including, part of the VACHERIE Tract (OLD VACHERIE PLANTATION), buildings and improvements, slaves, steam saw-mill, Flat Boat "Teche", and may other items. The article describes the size and location of the properties and names land owners neighboring the plantation. [This article is about 20 inches long - takes most of the column].
19)
Name of Deceased: Mrs. widow JOSEPH GRADENIGO, born EMILIE BARRE'
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 10/08/1853
Page and Column Number: P2 C4
Source: LSU 175-1
Death Notice. Article gives age, date of death, place of death (Charles CLOSE, administrator)
20)
Name of Deceased: Estate of EMILIE BARRE', widow of JOSEPH GRADENIGO, deceased.
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 10/08/1853
Page and Column Number: P2 C4
Source: LSU 175-1
Death Notice to creditors. CHARLES CLOSE, Administrator (her nephew)
21)
Plantation Sale: Estate and Plantation of EMELIE BARRE', deceased widow of JOSEPH GRADENIGO
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 02/19/1856 or 02/09/1856
Page and Column Number: P2 C5
Source: LSU-175-2
Article announces the sale of the Estate of EMELIE BARRE', her Plantation on Bayou Teche, a tract of land on Bayou Courtableau, buildings & improvements, several slaves, cattle, horses, furniture and other items. Article describes the size and location of several properties, and gives the names of adjoining land owners. (Charles CLOSE, Administrator)
22)
Public Sale: Estate of CHARLES BARRE', deceased.
Name of Newspaper: OPELOUSAS COURIER
Issue of Newspaper: 09/16/1854
Page and Column Number: P2 C6
Source: LSU 175-1
Date of Sale: October 18th, 1854. 13 lots of land, several along the Bayou Courtableau, including a tract of land involved in a suit between Charles CLOSE and his brother, Alexandre CLOSE. (Includes Court Record number of Suit).
To obtain photocopies of the above newspaper articles, please contact:
"Special Collections"
Public Services
Hill Memorial Library
LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300
Fax: 225-578-9425
HINT:
When ordering photocopies from LSU, it is advantageous to provide LSU with:
Names of the Deceased
Names of Newspaper
Issues of Newspaper
Pages and Column Numbers
Source numbers.
The people at LSU were very polite and very nice to deal with and the photocopies I requested arrived in only a few days.
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An INDEX listing people named in DEATH NOTICES FROM LOUISIANA NEWSPAPERS is available through the LDS FAMILY HISTORY CENTERS.
Copies of these old newspaper articles are a wonderful source of primary information. These articles contain Obituaries, Plantation Sales, Estate Sales, Slave Sales, Death Notice to Creditors, News articles concerning shooting, suicides & duels and more.
This INDEX will give:
The name of the deceased.
The name of the Newspaper.
The date of the issue.
The page and column number.
The source: The Library housing the newspapers, microfilm, microfiche.
The catalog number of the index "DEATH NOTICES FROM LOUISIANA NEWSPAPERS" is below or on the LDS FHC website at:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?...
Title DEATH NOTICES FROM LOUISIANA NEWSPAPERS
Authors Mayers, Brenda Lagroue (Main Author)
Kerns, Gloria L. (Gloria Lambert) (Added Author)
Vol. 1-5 also on microfilm. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. FHL US/CAN Film 1697312 Item 3
Vol. 6 also on microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. 2 microfiches. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6087223
Contents:
--v. 1. Indexes obituaries from Ascension, East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, and West Felicina parishes, 1811- 1819
-- v. 2. Indexes obituaries from Ascension, East Baton Rouge, and Pointe Coupee parishes, 1822-1914
-- v. 3. Indexes obituaries from Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, and Washington parishes, 1833-1917
-- v. 4. Indexes obituaries from East Baton Rouge, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, 1847-1893
-- v. 5. Indexes obituaries from Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Lafourche, Orleans, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, and St. Mary parishes, 1824-1887
-- v. 6. Indexes obituaries from Acadia, Iberia, Rapides, ST. LANDRY PARISH, St. Mary parishes, 1836-1887.Library has volumes 1-5 bound together.
976.31 V4m FHL US/CAN Book
976.31 V4m v. 6 FHL US/CAN Book
To find a FAMILY HISTORY CENTER near you, go to:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp
If your relative is listed in the alphabetised INDEX as being in one of the old Opelousas newspapers now housed at LSU, you can use that information to obtain copies of the article from LSU's Hill Memorial Library at:
"Special Collections"
Public Services
Hill Memorial Library
LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300
Fax: 225-578-9425