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BILOXI FAMILIES
EUGENE BAKELER
Eugene Bakeler (1854-1923) was born in Strasbourg,
Alsace, February 26, 1855, the son of Eugene Bakeler and Anastasia
Munch. He and married Marie Adoraline Chevalley (1865-1940),
of New Orleans, and the daughter of Emile Robert Chevally and Julia
Modere. They had four children: Arthur, Albert Bakeler
(1889-1973), Robert and
Marshall. Mr. Bakeler is a member of the Knights of Honor. He is
engaged in a general news, tobacco and cigar business. He commenced
his business career as a check boy in the store of D.H. Holmes, and
rose to the position of salesman at the age of eighteen. He has
been a resident of Biloxi seventeen years, during which time he
served as alderman under ex-Mayor Ladnier's administration and made
a good reputation as such. He always had a fascination for the news
business, buys direct from the publishers and has the finest
establishment of its kind on the Gulf coast. After the destructive
fire he was the first doing business in the burnt district which
speaks well for his pluck and enterprise. He is not selfish, but
attributes his business success largely to his estimable wife. He
was a string advocate in the election for the Gulf & Ship Island
railroad, and believes in the future prosperity and greatness of
Biloxi.
Bakeler’s Restaurant
The Bakeler Restaurant was situated opposite the L&N
Depot. In June 1894, Mr. Bakeler exhibited a large red snapper
frozen in a 300-pound block of ice by the Hygeia Ice Works. The
Piscean sculpture made an attractive exhibit.(The Biloxi Herald,
June 30, 1894, p. 8)
REFERENCES:
The Biloxi Herald, “Local Happenings”, June 30, 1894.
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THE NICOLAS MARINO BENACHI FAMILY
of
New
Orleans, Louisiana and Biloxi, Mississippi
Nicolas Marino Benachi (1812-1886) was born on
the Greek Island of Khios. Khios is located in the Aegean Sea off
the west coast of Turkey. It is believed to have been the
birthplace of Homer. Khios is known for its school of epic poets,
the Homeridae, and it sculptors. It became a Greek possession in
1912. Today with the adjacent islands of Cyclades, Dodecanese,
Lesbos, and Samos, Khios forms the Greek department called Aegean
Islands.(Webster’s New Geographical Dictionary-1988, p. 261)

NICHOLAS MARINO BENACHI
(1812-1886)
[image made March 1998 by Ray L. Bellande. Courtesy of James
G. Derbes, NOLA]
N.M. Benachi immigrated to the United States. His brother, Emmanuel
Benachi, became Mayor of Athens. Anthony Benachi, a son of
Emmanuel, donated his Athens home for the prominent Benachi Museum.
Nicolas M. Benachi settled at New Orleans, Louisiana. Here he made
his livelihood in the New Orleans cotton trade with the Greek firm,
the Ralli Brothers. They were international cotton brokers with
offices in London, Cairo, Athens, and India.(Derbes, et al-1998, p.
4)
Another branch of the Benachi family in partnership with the Choremi
clan operated in the cotton business at Alexandria, Egyptfrom the
mid-1800s until dispossessed by Nasser (1918-1970).(Choremi, July
1998)
Nicolas
M. Benachi married Catharina Grund (d. 1853). They were the
parents of four children: Michel Benachi (1841-1853),
Marie B. Botassi (ca. 1842-1894+), Marino Benachi
(1853-1853), and Pandia N. Benachi (c. 1857-1886+). The
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1853, took the lives of Catharina G.
Benachi and two of her children, Michel Benachi and Marino Benachi,
while they vacationed in August, at Biloxi, Mississipi. In late
September 1856, an inventory of the estate of Mrs. Benachi was filed
in the 2nd District Court at New Orleans. The results of
this survey showed that the Benachi Estate was valued as follows:
Movable objects (primarily furniture)-$331; Two slaves-$1800; and
Immovable property (real estate)-$16,550; and Mr. Benachi’s interest
in Ralli & Company-$12,293. The credit of the community against
N.M. Benachi was $6740, leaving him a net worth of $37,713.(2nd
District Court of New Orleans, September 1856)
The following is a summary of what is currently known of the lives
of the first family of N.M. Benachi:
Michel Benachi (1841-1853)-died at the age of twelve during
the 1853 Yellow Fever Epidemic.(The New Orleans Picayune,
September 4, 1853, p. 2, c. 6)
Marie Benachi Botassi (ca.1842-1894+)-married
Demetrius Nicholas Botassi in December 1862.(Murray, p. 108)
A son, Demetrius Botassi was born at New Orleans on November
15, 1865. She appears to have spent most of her life as a resident of Paris,
France. Mr. Botassi was living in New York City in 1886.(Inventory
of the Succession of N.M. Benachi-1886) No further information.
Marino Benachi (1853-1853)-died at the age of five months
during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1853.(The New Orleans
Picayune, September 4, 1853, p. 2, c. 6)
Pandia N. Benachi (c. 1857-1886+)-married
Sarah Ann Stohr in January 1877.(Murray, p. 108) Pandia N.
Benachi was a resident of Jacksonville, Florida in 1886.(Inventory
of the Succession of N.M. Benachi-1886) No further information.
After the demise of his wife, Catharina Grund, N.M.
Benachi married a minor, Anne Marie Bidault (1837-1897), on
November 13, 1856. She was a native of Bordeaux and the daughter
of Antoine Bidault (1800-1875) of New Orleans and Desire Marie
Gilbert (1810-1870+), who was in France in 1856. The couple had a
marriage contract drawn up. It consisted of three clauses: 1) no
community gains and separate properties between the two parties. 2)
husband to contribute to the expense of the marriage. 3) donation of
$10,000 to Mrs. Anne B. Benachi from the Succession of N.M.
Benachi. The agreement was notarized by Abel Dreyfous, Notary
Public for the Parish of Orleans, prior to their wedding in November
1856.(HARCO Chancery Court Cause No. 676, Mrs. A. Benachi v. Marie
Batassi, et al, August Term 1894).
The children of this union were: George N. Benachi
(1857-1858), Anthony N. Benachi (1858-1916), Helene
Benachi Frangopulo (1860-1886), Irene B. Bidault
(1862-1942), Belisarie N. Benachi (1864-1923), and Diomede
N. Benach (1866-1930). A summary of the lives of the second
family of N.M. Benachi follows:
George N. Benachi (1856-1858) was born
on August 31, 1857 at New Orleans. He died at New Orleans on October 13, 1858.(The
Daily Delta, October 14, 1858, p. 2, c. 5.)
Anthony Nicolas Benachi (1858-1916)-was called Tony. He was
born April 10, 1858, at New Orleans. Tony Benachi made his
livelihood in the Crescent City as a cotton broker and at Greenville
in the Mississippi Delta.(The Biloxi Herald, February 16, 1916, p.
2, c. 7)
In 1900, he appears to be residing in the Benachi House on the
beachfront at Biloxi and employed as a cotton classer.(1900 Federal
Census-Harrison County, Mississippi)
A.N. Benachi seems to have been a bon vivant, and yachting at Biloxi
was a favorite pastime. Benachi owned the Royal Flush,
a sixteen-foot catboat, which competed annually in the Biloxi
Regatta. The swift craft also sailed in match races for sizeable
prize money.(Ocean Springs Record, April 2, 1998) He organized the
West End Yacht Club at Biloxi in August 1900. Tony Benachi served
as first commodore while brother, Zio, was vice-commodore.(The
Biloxi Daily Herald, August 7, 1900, p. 8, c. 3).
A.N. Benachi expired at Biloxi , on February 16, 1916, while
residing at 422 Elmer Street. His remains were interred in the
Benachi plot in the Biloxi Cemetery.(The Biloxi Herald,
February 16, 1916, p. 2, c. 7)
Helene Benachi Frangopulo (1860-1886)-was born at
New Orleans circa December 1860. She married Nicholas S.
Frangopulo in April 1883.(Murray, p. 108) They were childless.
Helene B. Frangopulo expired in the Benachi home at 425 Bayou Road
on February 19, 1886.(The Times Picayune, February 20,
1886, p. 4, c. 5). No further information.
Irene Benachi Bidault (1862-1942)-was
born at New Orleans on September 28, 1862. She married Louis
A. Bidault of New Orleans, at Mississippi City in July 1903.
Justice J.J. Herbert officiated.(The Biloxi Daily Herald,
July 17, 1903, p. 6, c. 2) She may have been previously married
to William S. Douglas in June 1886.(Murray, p. 108). No further
information.
Besari or Belisaire or Belizarius N. Benachi
(1864-1923)-was called Zio. He was born on October 26, 1864 at New Orleans. Zio
married Sallie Doyle (d. 1952) at New Orleans in November
1899. She was a Mobile native and resident of Biloxi.(The Biloxi
Daily Herald, November 7, 1899, p. 8, c. 2) Three children were
born from this union: Edward Anthony Benachi (1904-1921),
Thomas W. Benachi (1902-1982) of Chicago and Berwyn, Illinois,
and Helene Anna Benachi Waldo (1911-1980) of Huntington, West
Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina.
The spouses of Thomas Benachi and Helene Benachi Waldo were Lise
Benachi (1907-1987) and Kenneth C. Waldo (1897-1986) respectively.
Thomas and Lise Benachi expired at Berwyn, Illinois, a western
suburb of Chicago, while Mr. and Mrs. Waldo passed at Wilmington,
North Carolina.(Family Tree Maker (CD ROM-Social Security Death
Index, United States, 1937-1996, Volume 1 and Volume 2)
In 1904, Zio Benachi was a bookkeeper for the New Orleans Acid &
Fertilizer Company, which was located at 204 Carondelet. The family
resided at 376 Millaundon. (Soards (1904), p. 115)
At the time of his demise in 1923, Zio was associated with the
Planters Fertilizer & Chemical Company of New Orleans. Mr. Benachi
resided at 7901 South Claiborne with his wife, Sallie Doyle, and
their two children.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, February 14,
1923, p. 6, c. 3)
Sallie Doyle Benachi passed on September 5, 1952, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Kenneth C. Waldo, in Huntington, West Virginia. She
had three grandchildren.(The Times Picayune, September 13,
1952, p. 2, c. 6.)
Diomedes N. Benachi (1866-1930)-may have been
called Eugene. (Federal Census 1880-Orleans Parish, Louisiana). In
1904, he made his livelihood as a drayman with his residence located
at 924 Philip Street.(Soards (1904), p. 115.) D.N. Benachi passed
on January 27, 1930. His remains were interred at the St. Louis No.
3 Cemetery on Esplanade Avenue in the Crescent City.(The Times
Picayune, January 28, 1930, p. 2, c. 7). No further
information.
The Benachi-Torre
House

2257 Bayou Road, New Orleans, Louisiana.
[photograph taken by Ray L.
Bellande in March 1998]
The outstanding center-hall, Classic-style house built in 1859 for
Nicholas Benachi and his second wife, Anna Marie Bidault, for
$18,000. This was the site of an earlier Bayou Road residence
designed for Joseph Zeringue in 1806 by Barthelemy Lafon. The
earlier building housed the Bellanger boarding school from 1832 to
1838.
BENACHI-TORRE HOUSE
Benachi purchased it with grounds measuring 135 feet front by
three arpents depth in 1852 for $11,134. He lived in the earlier
maison de maitre with his first wife and children for a short time,
but Mme. Benachi died and two of the children died in the yellow
fever epidemic in 1853 at their summer home in Biloxi. When Benachi
remarried, he demolished the early house, building this one for his
new wife. The Benachi family kept its residence until 1886, when
Peter Torre purchased it. The house and grounds remained in the
Torre family, although the three-arpent depth of the lot has been
cut by the extension of Laharpe Street. The house and detached,
two-story service building are enclosed on the spacious
grounds by a high cast-iron fence having a Gothic style gate. The
ensemble is one of the city’s major landmarks. Although the floor
plan reflects the traditional American, center-hall plan, the single
windows on either side of the entrance and second level door are
unusual for New Orleans. Paired box columns supporting the double
galleries are another variation from the norm. Adding
sophistication to the façade are the pilasters at the corner of the
flushboard front. The $18,000 building price in 1859 is high and is
reflected in the excellent quality of interior millwork and plaster
decoration. The complex was donated to the Louisiana Landmarks
Society in 1978 by heirs of Peter Torre.
(Christovich,
et al, 1980, p. 146)
The Benachi-Torre House is now owned by James G. Derbes.
Mr. Derbes, a New Orleans attorney, acquired this historic home in
July 1982, from the board of Trustees of the Lousiana Landmarks
Society for $227,000.(Derbes, et al, 1998, p. 4) Councilor Derbes
resides in the Benachi-Torre House and lets rooms to bed and
breakfast patrons. He also owns and rents the Esplanade Villa at
2216 Esplanade Avenue. Mr. Derbes refers to his properties as the
Cotton Brokers’ Houses as both edifices were once possessed by
prominent cotton traders of the 19th Century.
N.M. Benachi was Consul of Greece at New Orleans, a speculator in
real estate and slaves, a hunter, horseman, and founder of the Greek
Orthodox Church in the Western hemisphere.(Derbes et al-1998, p. 4)
In July 1964, a Trisagion, a traditional Greek Othodox memorial
service, was held at the tomb of N.M. Benachi in the St. Louis
Cemetery on Esplanade Avenue, in recognition of his founding the
Greek Orthodox community in the Western Hemisphere in 1864. The
ceremony was integrated into the 13th international
conference of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America hosted at the Jung
Hotel.(The Times Picayune, July 31, 1964, Section 3, p. 3,
c.2)
In 1870, Mr. Benachi made his livelihood as a wholesale merchant at
New Orleans. He resides with his wife and five children in the
Seventh Ward. His mother-in-law, Marie Gilbert, resided with the
family as well as two domestics, William Stewart (1853-1870+) and
Hubert Darley (1819-1870+), a black female. Benachi’s net worth was
$34,000 of which real estate accounted for $25,000. (Louisiana
Federal Census 1870)
By 1880, Benachi was the Greek consul at New Orleans.
His sons, Antoine and Belisaire Benachi, were clerks in a store at
this time. Three domestic servants were in the Benachi household:
Louis Chapon (b. 1845) from France and Louisiana natives, Augustine
Johnson (b. 1858) and Anne Millet (b. 1859).(Louisiana Federal
Census 1880)
In addition to his land possessions in Louisiana, N.M.
Benachi began acquiring land on the seashore at Biloxi, Mississippi
in March 1851. At this time, he bought from J.W. Lavillebeuvre for
$6500, a tract in the Louis Fayard Claim No. 143 (Section 26,
T7S-R9W) which had 232 ½ feet on the beach front and ran north to
the Back Bay of Biloxi. Jacques Fayard was to the west and A.
Blondeau to the east.(1.) This particular tract of land was traded
within the Benachi-Bidault family several times between 1867 and
1876. Pandia N. Benachi sold the parcel to the Pelican Hook &
Ladder Company No. 4 in February 1876. Leon Bertoli was president
of the fire company at this time.(2) The Biloxi beach front parcel
came back to N.M. Benachi in January 1879, when Leon Bertoli of the
Pelican Hook & Ladder Company No. 4 quitclaimed it to him.(3)
N.M. Benachi had many land conveyances in the Biloxi area.
Unfortunately, they are metes and bounds descriptions and can be
located for the most part only in a general sense.
Present day Benach Avenue at Biloxi was originally the path for
ingress-egress from the N.M. Benachi beachfront home to Pass
Christian Road (now Howard Avenue). In the 19th Century,
there was no road from the Biloxi Lighthouse eastward towards the
village of Biloxi for some distance. (Holland-June 1998) It
wasn’t until November 1909, that the City of Biloxi began acquiring
a seventy-five foot strip for street and bulkhead purposes from the
landowners in this area. The name of the throughway was to be West
Beach Street or Front Street.(4)
It is believed that the magnificent live oaks that line this
thoroughfare today are the result of Mr. Benachi’s foresight. In
December 1905, The Biloxi Daily Herald reported:
Benachi Avenue, from Howard Avenue to the beach, was ordered
graded and shelled. This is good new to those living on that
beautiful “Avenue of Oaks”. When completed it will form one of the
most beautiful thoroughfares in the South or anywhere else.(The
Biloxi Daily Herald, December 6, 1905, p. 1, c. 2)
The N.M. Benachi house on the beachfront at Biloxi was moved
sometimes in the 19th Century to a position west of
present day Benachi Avenue and east of the Biloxi Lighthouse. It
was relocated to the west to allow the Benachi driveway-road, which
became Benachi Avenue to reach the beachfront. W.P. Kennedy
acquired the Benachi home. It was demolished several years after
Hurricane Camille of August 1969.(Herron Kennedy, June 1998)
Information on the Benachi House in local journals is rare. It was
reported that the Benachi edifice at Biloxi, was entered by thieves
on the night of March 29, 1885. Joseph Cody, one of the keepers of
the Benachi place, was severely cut on the arm by one of the
perpetrators. The villains fled without being identified.(The
Daily Picayune, April 1, 1885, p. 1, c. 5)

N.M. Benachi family tomb St. Louis No. 3 Esplanade Avenue, NOLA
[image by Ray L. Bellande December 1997]
N.M. Benachi died intestate on February 8, 1886, at New Orleans. He
left the following lands at Biloxi with an estimated value of
$15,000.
Bounded South by the front bay or Gulf of Mexico.
East by property now owned by John Cleary. North by Section line
and West by the estate of Jacques Fayard having a front on said
front bay or Gulf of Mexico of three hundred and twenty two feet-six
inches running back due North between parallel lines to said section
line a distance of 40 arpents more or less. Also one lot bounded
South by lands of Henry Miller. West by property now owned by Dr.
Maloney. North by the property of Charles Fayard. East by above
described lot measuring North and South eight hundred feet, East and
West.(Harrison County Chancery Court Cause No. 676,
August 1894)
From the transcription of the Inventory of the
Succession of Nicholas M. Benachi-February 1886, provided by James
G. Derbes of New Orleans, the appraised value of the N.M. Benachi
Estate was as follows:
Value of movable effects-$471.00
Value of shares of stock-$450.00
Value of silverware-$42.50
Value of claims-$200.00
Value of real estate-$11,715.00
Cash-$521.05
Total-$13,399.55
In August 1894, Mrs. Benachi petitioned the Chancery Court of
Harrison County, Mississippi for a forced heirship sale of these
lands. She told of her marriage contract with N.M. Benachi and the
clause where she was entitled to $10,000 from his estate.(HARCO
Chancery Court Cause No. 676, Anna Benachi v, Marie Botassi, et al,
August Term 1894)

N.M. BENACH
HOUSE at BILOXI
[photograph taken by
Ray L. Bellande of a pencil drawing of the N.M. Benachi House at
Biloxi by Kathy Kennedy. Courtesy of Herron Kennedy 119 Benachi
Avenue, Biloxi, Mississippi]
In August 1895, Special Commissioner, F.G. Hewes, conveyed to Anna
Benachi the lands at Biloxi in the estate of her late husband for
$8000.(5)
Several months before her demise in November 1897, Mrs.
N.M. Benachi with her son, Diomedes N. Benachi, as attorney-in-fact,
platted a subdivision titled, “Benachi Addition to the
City of Biloxi”. This strip of land is 275 feet in width and
extends about 1700 feet north of Howard Avenue.(2nd
Judicial District Harrison County Chancery Court, Copy Book 1, p.
9) Present boundaries of the Benachi Addition are: north by
Division Street, east by Graham, south by Howard Avenue, and west by
Benachi Avenue. The heirs of Mrs. Anna Benachi sold the last parcel
of land here in May 1905.(6)
After Mrs. Benachi’s death, Zio, Dio, and Irene Benachi
in May 1903, sold their ¾ interest in what was known at Biloxi, as
“the Benachi property” to Patrick Kennedy for $8,250. Tony
Benachi retained his ¼ interest in the beachfront tract and became a
business partner of Mr. Kennedy.(7)
The
Benachi house was relocated in July 1903 from its original site to
the lot west of the new street [Benachi Avenue] across from which it
now stands.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, June 4, 1903, p. 6)
Entrepreneur, Patrick Kennedy (1845-1913), was
born May 1845, in Gaulestown, Kilkenny County, Eire. He immigrated
to the United States in 1866. Circa 1871, Pat Kennedy married,
probably at New Orleans, the Irish immigrant widow of Bernard
McKenna, Margaret M’Kenna (1845-1905). She was the
mother of eleven children, five of whom were alive at the
commencement of the 20th Century.(Federal Census
1900-Harrison County, Mississippi) Mrs. Kennedy had a brother,
Thomas P. McKenna (d. 1920), who resided at Long Beach,
New Jersey.(The Daily Herald, July 26, 1920, p. 3, c. 1)
The family of Pat and Margaret Kennedy were: William P. Kennedy
(1873-1951), and John J. Kennedy (1875-1949). Her M’Kenna
children were: Mary M. Hodgins, (d. 1895), Sarah
M’Kenna (1861-1903), Katherine M. Coyle (1864-1952), and
Margaret M. Baltar (1870-1945).
The Patrick Kennedy family arrived at Biloxi from New Orleans on a
permanent basis, in the early 1890s. They had established summer
residency here in 1884. At New Orleans, Mr. Kennedy was initially
engaged in the cooperage business. He later operated a retail soda
water operation.(The Biloxi Herald, March 10, 1913, p. 1)
One of Pat Kennedy’s first business ventures on the Mississippi Gulf
Coast was to ship raw oysters. He operated as P. Kennedy &
Company.(Biloxi Herald, November 12, 1892) The renown, turn of the
Century, Kennedy Hotel was erected by this family on the southeast
corner of Reynoir Street and Railroad, just east of the L&N Depot.
The land on which the Kennedy Hotel was built was acquired by W.P.
Kennedy from the Estate of Marie Harvey Bellande (1840-1894) as a
result of a forced heirship sale, Harrison County, Mississippi
Chancery Court Cause No. 710, “ Ida Bellande Gossow v. Antoine V.
Bellande, et al”.
The Kennedy Hotel occupied the site of the 1882 homestead of Captain
Antoine V. Bellande (1829-1918), a French immigrant bar pilot, and
his family. The Depot Saloon, which was operated by Captain
Bellande’s son, Joseph A. Bellande (1868-1961), was also on the
hotel parcel.(Bellande-1991, p. 31 and p. 42)
Two of Pat Kennedy’s sons, William P. Kennedy and John
J. Kennedy, made important contributions to the economic and history
of Biloxi. William P. Kennedy was originally in the drug business
as Kennedy & Folkes. He later became engaged in the seafood
business and is credited with bringing the first trawler to Biloxi.(The
Daily Herald, December 24, 1951, p. 6, c. 3)
John J. Kennedy served the people of Biloxi as Mayor for
fourteen years. He managed the Kennedy Hotel for many years after
his father passed. At the time of his demise, J.J. Kennedy was the
US comptroller of customs at New Orleans.(The Daily Herald,
September 13, 1949, p. 1, c. 6 and p. 4, c. 4)
The Benachi property at Biloxi was defined as having a 322-foot
front on the Gulf and running north to Howard Avenue with John
Cleary to the east and Mrs. Henry Miller to the west.(8) A good
approximation of “the Benachi property” in current view would
place Benachi Avenue at the center of the parcel, with strips of
land 140 feet wide on each side, running north to Howard Avenue.
During the years of the next decade, Patrick Kennedy (1845-1913) and
A.N. Benachi sold lots from “the Benachi property”. The four
beachfront tracts, two on each side of Benachi Avenue, were conveyed
between 1904 and 1912.
In February 1904, William P. Kennedy (1873-1951) acquired the tract
west of Benachi Avenue upon which the N.M. Benachi home was
apparently situated.(9) William W. Baltar purchased the lot just
east of William P. Kennedy in August 1904, from his step
father-in-law, Pat Kennedy, and A.N. Benachi for $2100.(10)
In late 1905, William Winslow Baltar (1870-1928) had a two-story
home constructed on his lot by J.E. Greene, one of the largest
contractors in South Mississippi. The Baltar home cost $2600.(The
Biloxi Daily Herald, December 20, 1905, p. 1, c. 4)
The two beachfront lots on the east side of Benachi Avenue were
acquired by Martha J. Johnson of Chicago in 1905, and Sarah Kennedy
in 1912.(11,12) The “Fabacher House”, now owned by Walter
Blessey IV, at present day 948 West Beach, was erected for Rinaldo
Everitt on the beachfront lot that he acquired from Martha Johnson
in December 1905.(13) The Everitt-Blessey (commonly known as the
“Fabacher House”) was probably erected in early 1906.(The
Biloxi Daily Herald, December 20, 1905, p. 1, c. 4)
REFERENCES:
Chancery Court
Land Records
1 Harrison County, Mississippi Land Deed Book 5, pp. 515-516.
2. Harrison County, Mississippi Land Deed Book 15, p. 14.
3. ------------------------------------------------- Book 16, pp.
305-306.
4.
------------------------------------------------- Book 40, p. 205.
5. ------------------------------------------------- Book 33, p.
75.
6. ------------------------------------------------- Book 66, p.
419.
7. ------------------------------------------------- Book 55, p.
583.
8. ------------------------------------------------- Book 55, p.
583.
9. ------------------------------------------------- Book 61, p.
37.
10.
------------------------------------------------- Book 90, p. 558.
11.
----------------------------------------- ------- Book 69, p. 51
12.
------------------------------------------ ------ Book 105, p. 445.
13.
----------------------------------------- ------- Book 70, p. 574.
Books and Essays
Ray L. Bellande, From
Marseille To Mississippi,
(Bellande: Ocean Springs, Mississippi-1991).
Mary Louise Christovich and Roulhac Toledano, New Orleans
Architecture, Faubourg Treme and the Bayou Road,
Volume IV, (Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, Louisiana-1980).
James G. Derbes and William D. Reeves, “Benachi House and
Esplanade Villa”, (2257 Bayou Road and 2216 Esplanade
Avenue),(unpublished essay-1998).
Nicholas R. Murray, Hunting For Bears, Orleans Parish,
Louisiana Marriages, 1830-1900, (Murray: Hammond, Louisiana).
Bradford O’Keefe Burial Book No. 6, “Anthony Nerlas (sic)
Benachi”, (Biloxi Public Library Archives), p. 33.
Soards New Orleans City Directory (1904), (Soards
Directory Company Ltd.: New Orleans-1904).
Webster’s New Geographical Dictionary, (Merriam- Webster
Inc.: Springfield, Massachusetts-1988), p. 261.
The New Orleans WPA Guide: The Federal Writers Project Guide to
1930s New Orleans, (Pantheon Book: New York-1983).
CD ROM
Family Tree Maker (CD ROM), “Thomas Benachi”, “Lise Benachi”,
“Helene B. Waldo”, and “Kenneth Waldo”, Social Security
Death Index: United States, 1937-1996, Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Court Cases
2nd
District Court of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, “The
Inventory of Catherine Grund Benachi”, September 25,
1856.(Recorded in Volume 6, Act 141)
Transcription of “Inventory of the Succession of Nicholas M.
Benachi”, February 24, 1886. (from James G. Derbes)
Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 676, Mrs.
A. Benachi v. Marie Botassi, et al, August Term 1894.
Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 8286,
Estate of B.N. Benachi, May 1922. (see also HARCO Will Book 5,
p. 259)
Federal Census
Louisiana Federal Census 1870-Orleans Parish, “Nichol Benachi”,
7th Ward, p. 446.
Louisiana Federal Census1880-Orleans Parish, “N.M. Benachi”,
7th Ward, Roll No. 462, p. 652.
Journals
The
Biloxi Herald, “Local Happenings”, November 12, 1892.
The
Biloxi Herald, “Mrs. Anna Benachi”, November 13, 1897.
The
Biloxi Daily Herald, “Doyle-Benachi”, November 7, 1899.
The
Biloxi Daily Herald, “West End Yacht Club”, August 7, 1900.
The
Biloxi Daily Herald, March 11, 1903.
The
Biloxi Daily Herald, “City News”, June 4, 1903.
The
Biloxi Daily Herald, “Benachi-Bidault”, July 17, 1903.
The
Biloxi Daily Herald,” “Benachi Avenue To Be Shelled”,
December 6, 1905.
The
Biloxi Daily Herald, “Big Building Improvement”, December 20,
1905.
The
Biloxi Daily Herald, “City News”, December 20, 1905.
The
Biloxi Herald, “Patrick Kennedy, Pioneer Citizen of Biloxi,
Passes Away”, March 10, 1913.
The
Daily Delta, October 14, 1858.
The
Biloxi Herald, “Tony Benachi Is Claimed By Death”, February
16, 1916.
The
Daily Herald, “Thomas P. McKenna”, July 26, 1920.
The
Daily Herald, “Zio Benachi Dead”, February 14, 1923.
The
Daily Herald, “John J. Kennedy, Ex-Biloxi Mayor, Dies at
Residence”, September 13, 1949.
The
Daily Herald, “W.P. Kennedy Sr. Is Buried Sunday With Catholic
Services”, December 24, 1951.
The
Daily Picayune, “Biloxi”, April 1, 1885.
The
Daily Picayune, “N.M. Benachi Dead”, February 9, 1886.
The
New Orleans Picayune, “Marino Benachi”, September 4, 1853.
The
New Orleans Picayune, “Michel Benachi”, September 4, 1853.
The
Ocean Springs Record, “Sous Les Chenes”, April 2, 1998.
The
New Orleans Picayune, “Mrs. N.M. Benachi”, September 4, 1853.
The
Times Picayune, “Mrs. Nicholas Frangopulo”, February 20,
1886.
The
Times Picayune, “D.N. Benachi”, January 28, 1930.
The
Times Picayune, “Mrs. Louis Bidault”, May 18, 1942.
The
Times Picayune, “Greek Service Honors Leader”, July 31, 1964.
PERSONAL
COMMUNICATION
Baltar Holland-home interview at Biloxi, Mississippi on June 8,
1998.
Herron Kennedy-telephone interview June 11, 1998
James G. Derbes-home interview at New Orleans, Louisiana on June
23, 1998
Alec M. Choremi-letter of July 21, 1998, from Locust Valley, New
York 11560.
Photographs
Image 1-Nicholas M. Benachi-photograph taken by Ray L.
Bellande in the Benachi-Torre House at 2257 Bayou Road, New Orleans,
Louisiana in March 1998. Courtesy of James G. Derbes.
Image 2-Benachi-Torre House-photograph taken by Ray L.
Bellande in March 1998 of 2257 Bayou Road, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Image 3-N.M. Benachi House at Biloxi-photograph taken by
Ray L. Bellande of a pencil drawing of the N.M. Benachi House at
Biloxi by Kathy Kennedy. Courtesy of Herron Kennedy 119 Benachi
Avenue, Biloxi, Mississippi.
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THE
HOLLEY FAMILY
of
THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST
The Holley family came to the Mississippi coast from New York in the
late 1820s. It appears from Federal census data that there were
five brothers and a sister all born at
New
York: George Holley (1800-1883), Benjamin Holley (1802-1860+),
William Holley (1803-1850+), Charles Holley (1805-1857), Rebecca H.
Norberg (1809-1880+), and Nicholas Holley (1810-1860+). Their
mother, Rebecca Holley (1783-1860+), was born at New York. Their
father was a native of Rhode Island, and appears to have died before
1850.
Benjamin Holley (1802-1860+) married Burissa Bradford (1808-1881), a
native of Montville, New London County, Connecticut. She died on
October 1, 1881. Some of their children were: Lyman B. Holley
(1839-1894), Louis Holley (1841-1892), and Anson H. Holley
(1843-1895), Sarah H. Hahn (b. 1846), and Mary Holley (b. 1847).
1850 Census
George
Andrews 23 Carpenter New Hampshire
Caroline Andrews 22 Alabama
Nancy
Noals 7 Alabama
George
Holly 50 Carpenter New York
Rebecca Holly 67 New York
Rebecca Norburg 40 New York
William H. Norburg 21 Mass.
Benjamin Holly 40 Pilot New York
Burrisa Holly 42 Conn.
Lyman
Holly 10 Miss.
Lewis
Holly 9 Miss.
Anson
Holly 7 Miss.
Sarah
Holly 4 Miss.
Mary
Holly 3 Miss.
Charles Holley 43 Mariner New York
Urseline Holley 32 Miss.
Charles Holley 14 Miss.
Jane
Holley 12 Miss.
Dorothy Holley 10 Miss.
Rosanna Holley 6 Miss.
Alice
Holley 1 Miss.
Nicholas Holley 40 Ship carpenter New York
Mary
A. Holley 30 Miss.
Henry
Holley 9 Miss.
Emma
Holley 6 Miss.
Arthur
Holley 2 Miss.
William Holley 45 Mariner New York
Adele
Holley 38 Miss.
Nicholas Holley 17 Seaman Miss.
Margaret Holley 15 Miss.
Alfred
Holley 13 Miss.
Delphine Holley 11 Miss.
William Holley 10 Miss.
Rovina
Holley 6 Miss.
1860 Census
Biloxi
George
W. Andrew 89? Master Carpenter New Hampshire
Caroline Andrews 29 Miss.
Asa
Andrews 2 Miss.
John
Andrews 3/12 Miss.
Rebecca Holley 77 New York
Rebecca Norberg 51 New York
William H. Norberg 31 Justise of the Peace Miss.
Benjamin Holley 58 Justice of the Peace New York
Burissa Bradford 52 (wife) Conn.
Lyman
B. Holley 20 Clerk Miss.
Lewis
Holley 18 Clerk Miss.
Anson
Holley 16 Miss.
Sarah
Holley 14 Miss.
Mary
A. Holley 12 Miss.
George
Holley 60 Probate Judge New York
Jane
E. Holley England
Pass Christian
Nicholas Holley 27 Carpenter Miss.
A.
Holley (f) 27 Dressmaker Miss.
Jo
Holley (m) 4 Miss.
D.
Holley (f) 7/12 Miss.
Flint Creek
Nicholas Holley 50 Farmer New York
Mary
Ann Holley 41 Miss.
Henry
Holley 19 Miss.
Arthur
Holley 11 Miss.
Walter
Holley 8 Miss.
Martha
Holley 6 Miss.
Mary
Ann Holley 4 Miss.
John
Holley 1 Miss.
1870 Census
North Biloxi
Marian
Holley 45 Keeping House Miss.
Henry
Holley 25 Laborer Miss.
Emma
Holley 23
Walter
Holley 19
Martha
Holley 17
Arthur
Holley 13
Mary
Holley 11
John
Holley 9
George
Holley 75 Probate Judge Miss.
Sarah
Holley 68 Miss.
William Holley 30 Seaman Miss.
Eliza
Holley 26 Keeping House Miss.
Julia
Holley 3 Miss.
Biloxi
George
Andrews 47 Carpenter Mass.
Caroline Andrews 38 Keeping House Ala.
John
Andrews 9 Miss.
George
Andrews 5 Miss.
Dudley
Andrews 4 Miss.
Anson
Holley 26 Laborer Miss.
Adelia
Holley 24 Keeping house Ireland
(living with Maria Younghans, the lighthouse keeper)
Burissa Bradford Holley 62 Keeping House Conn.
Lyman
Holley 30 Carpenter Miss.
Louis
Holley 28 Miss.
Mary
Holley 22 Miss.
Mississippi City
Frederic Holley 35 Seaman Miss.
Sarah
Holley 28 Keeping House Miss.
Emma
Holley 11
John
Holley 4
Laura
Holley 2
Marcellim Holley 60 Keeping House Miss.
Cooley
Holey 35 Laborer
John
Holey 30
Snow
Holley 23
Henry
Holley 19
Nancy
Holley 17
Toby
Holley 12
Robert
Holley 10
Camille Holley 27 Keeping House Miss.
Jasper
Holley 12
Flora
Holley 10
Victoria Holley 3
Edward
Holley 1
compiled for Jean Andrews Cecil
January 20, 1998
by Ray
L. Bellande
PO BOX
617
Ocean
Springs
Mississippi 39566-0617
(288)
872-3880
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JACOB ELMER
Jacob Elmer (1812-1894) was a Swiss immigrant having been born at
Canton Glarus in Switzerland, the same area of the Hosli and Abbley
family origination. Mr. Elmer came to Biloxi in 1836 and circa
1837, he married Barbara Gettendorf (1823-1858), a native of
Winweiler, Rhein Kreis, Bavaria. In 1850, Jacob Elmer was a
merchant at Biloxi worth $15,000.(HARCO Census, p. 27). His
children with Barbara Gettendorf were: Helena Elmer (b. 1838), Anna
Elmer (b. 1839), Jacob Elmer (1843-1885), John P. Elmer (b. 1843),
Henry M. Elmer (1844-1868), Frederick William Elmer (1847-1926),
Augustus Elmer (b. 1848), Otho Elmer (1851-1926+), and Charles Elmer
(1852-1926+).
After the demise of his wife in 1858, Jacob Elmer married Louisa B.
Wetzel (1844-1894) in January 1863.(HARCO County Marriage Book 4).
She was the daughter of German immigrant, Jacob Wetzel (1802-1860+)
and ? . Her mother was dead before 1860. Their
children were: Coresta E. Bachino (1866-1900+), Effee Elmer Dulion
(b. 1866), Clarence Elmer (1868-1901), Percy L. Elmer (1873-1949),
Edward Ross Elmer
(1878-1934), and the twins, Albert Elmer (1881-1900+) and Arthur
Elmer (b. 1881).
Jacob Wetzel's siblings raised by Jacob Elmer were: Julia Wetzel (b.
1853), and Catherine Wetzel (b. 1855).
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The Israel S.N. Ritch Family of Biloxi
The Beginning
1850
The family of Israel S.N. Ritch (1817-1858+) arrived at Biloxi,
Mississippi in the late 1840s. Israel S.N. Ritch, a native of
Atlanta, Georgia, and his wife, Priscilla Pebukst (1816-1905), of
Norfolk, Virginia, settled here, probably coming from Alabama. They
acquired their first land in the village of Biloxi, almost an acre,
on Lameuse Street, in October 1848, from Arne Bernard, the
son-in-law of Robert Delauney. Mr. Ritch paid $280 for the tract.
For the next 124 years, a member of the Ritch family would reside on
the original family homestead at 211 Lameuse Street. (HARCO, Ms.
Land Deed Bk. 5, p. 118)
From Federal Census data, local journals, and funeral home records,
it can be ascertained with a high degree of certitude that Mrs.
Priscilla Ritch had been married previously, probably in North
Carolina, to Thomas E. James. At Biloxi, in 1850, Israel S.N. Ritch
made his livelihood as a carpenter, an occupation that he would
pursue until his demise. In addition to their baby, Joseph Ritch
(1849-1860+), there were three adolescents, all shown as Alabama
natives, but probably born in North Carolina: Mary F. James
(1838-1850+), Elizabeth C. James Miller Mohan (1838-1914), and
Thomas James (1842-1860+), residing in the Ritch household. The
family has real estate valued at $500. (Guice, 1972, p. 41)
The Property of
Priscilla Ritch
In March 1851, Priscilla Ritch made an affidavit to the
County Clerk declaring her separate property from her
husbands.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 5, pp. 491-492) She listed the
following real property:
1860
By 1860, it appears that Israel Ritch has passed on. The widow,
Priscilla Ritch, is head of the household and owns real estate
valued at $300. She has given birth to James Monroe Ritch
(1852-1919) at Biloxi, and Jacob M. Ritch (1858-1876), in Louisiana,
probably New Orleans. Others living with Mrs. Ritch are Joseph
Ritch (1849-1860+), Thomas (James) Ritch (1842-1860+), and Elizabeth
James Miller (1838-1914).(Guice, 1981, p. 10)
Elizabeth James Miller had married Joseph Miller in June 1859, at
Harrison County, Mississippi. (Guice, 1981 p. 10)
1870
In 1870, Priscilla Ritch is keeping house and owns real estate
valued at $400. Her sons, James Monroe Ritch and Jacob Ritch, are
living with her. Also in the under the Ritch roof is the Black
family of Kentucky born, Henry Lewis (1834-1870+), which includes:
Kitty Lewis (1856-1870+), Nancy Lewis (1867-1870+), and Elizabeth
Lewis (b. 1870).(Guice, 1981, p. 21)
1880
In 1880, Priscilla Ritch is living in Biloxi with her son, James
Monroe Ritch, who is a laborer.(Carvin, 1981, p. 42)
1900
P. Ritch 12/1816, Va. Va. Va. Seventeen children-two alive
Elizabeth C. Mohan March 1838, Alabama, Ga., Va. Seven children- 2
alive.
The Children of Israel Ritch and Priscilla Ritch
I. Joseph Ritch (1849-1860+)
Joseph Ritch was born at Biloxi, Mississippi. No further
information.
II. James Monroe Ritch (1852-1919)
James Monroe Ritch was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on June 22,
1852. There is a high probability that he had an illegitimate
child, James Rich (1879-1912) with Josephine Taltavull.
(Bradford-O’Keefe Bk. 3, p. 227)
James Monroe Ritch married Mary Ann Flanagan (1853-1934) at New
Orleans on December 24, 1884. She was born October 23, 1853, at New
Orleans, the daughter of two Irish immigrants, James Flanagan and ?
Walsh. The Ritch family moved to Biloxi after the wedding.(The
Daily Herald, June 25, 1934, p. 5 and Bradford-O’Keefe Bk. 21,
p. 248)
The children of James Monroe Ritch and Mary Ann Flanagan were: John
Martin Ritch (1886-1930), Thomas Enoch Joseph Ritch (1889-1947),
Mary Alma Ritch (1890-1964), and Priscilla Ritch (1893-1972).
James Monroe Ritch was a member of the Biloxi Elks
Lodge. Was buried in the Old Biloxi Cemetery under the auspices of
the Methodist Church.(The Daily Herald, August 7, 1919, p. 4 and
August 11, 1919, p. 4)
The Children of
James Monroe Ritch and Mary Ann Flanagan Ritch
1. John Martin Rich (1886-1930)
Born at Biloxi, Mississippi on June 24, 1886.
2. Thomas Enoch Joseph Rich (1889-1947)
Enoch Ritch was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on March 11,
1889. Graduated from Biloxi High School and earned a scholarship to
Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia. Ritch served
as a private in the U.S. Army with the 6th Division of
the 53rd Infantry in WWI. He relocated to Michigan after
WWI. He expired at Douglas, Michigan on August 14, 1947. Buried
Ritch family plot Old Biloxi Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, August
?, 1947, p. 6)
3. Mary Alma Ritch
(1890-1964)
Mary Alma Ritch was born September 29, 1890, at Biloxi,
Mississippi. Attended a summer normal at Chicago in August 1919.
Expired April 14, 1964.
The 1898 Back Bay (Main Street) School
GOOD LAND PLAT OF North Main Street of July 1893.(HARCO, Ms. Land
Deed Bk. 29, pp. 340-341)
Located on the west side of Main Street between Bradford Street and
Bayview Avenue. In August 1893, W.F. Gorenflo was adjudicated two
parcels of land on Main Street by the Chancery Court of Harrison
County, Mississippi. The future Back Bay school site was situated
on the tract, which was described as: 550 feet north-south on the
west side of Main Street and 76 feet east-west, bounded on the north
and west by the Estate of F. Moran, on the south by Gaspard Didier,
and on the west by Main Street. (HARCO, Ms. Minute Bk. 4, p. 529)
The land for the Back Bay school was donated by William F. Gorenflo
(1844-1932). The building was erected with funds provided by
William K.M. Dukate (1852-1916) and donated to the City on September
6, 1898. A school in this section of Biloxi was desperately needed
and sincerely appreciated by the Back Bay residents.(The Biloxi
Daily Herald, September 7, 1898, p. 4)
In early October 1898, Mrs. S. Booth was the first
teacher assigned to the Back Bay school. The new furniture for the
structure had not arrived and old seats were temporarily installed
in school.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, October 2, 1898, p. 8)
Attendance at the commencement of the school in October 1898, was
forty-seven students.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, October 5, 1898,
p. 8)
The City of Biloxi sold the Back Bay Ward school to Bishop R.O.
Gerow, Bishop of the Natchez Diocese, for $250 in August 1929. In
the deed the structure is described as “The Gorenflo School”. The
sale included all fixtures, attachments, pluming, lighting,
etc.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 182, pp. 510-511)
In September 1926, prior to the sale, the Roman Catholic
parish of St. John’s commenced utilizing the building for a
parochial school. It was staffed by the Sisters of Mercy from their
Reynoir Street convent. This marked the fourth Roman Catholic
school in Biloxi, as the Sacred heart School and Academy, Our Mother
of Sorrows, and St. Michael’s had opened previously. A fifth, St.
Theresa’s, was to be built shortly.(The Daily Herald, August 28,
1926, p. 2)
1910
Miss Alma Ritch began her teaching career in September
1910, at the Back Bay School. She was one of four new instructors
in the Biloxi School System. Her salary was $40 per month. Miss
Ritch taught first and second grade. At this time, Miss Winnie
Gorenflo was the Principal. Miss Ethel Dismukes, the other
instructor, taught art.(The Daily Herald, September 9, 1910, p.
4)
1915
In September 1915, faculty consisted of Miss Katie Henley,
principal, and Miss Alma Ritch, Ione Dulion, and Caroline Gilbert.(The
Daily Herald, September 3, 1915, p. 1)
1921
In September 1921, faculty consisted of Miss Alma Ritch,
principal, Miss Priscilla Ritch, Miss Grace Hightower, Miss Ione
Dulion, and Miss Veronica Lacaze.(The Daily Herald, September 12,
1921, p. 1)
The Gorenflo School
The approximate 6.5 acres that would become the site of
the 1924 Gorenflo School on Lameuse Street was once the John
Comstock Bradford (1855-1928) homestead. He acquired this parcel
from his mother, Burrisa Jane Elder Bradford (1830-1917), for $200,
in February 1898.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 37, p. 475)
In June 1923, J.C. Bradford conveyed his large Lameuse
Street tract to the Trustees of the Biloxi City Schools, W.F.
Gorenflo (1844-1932), W.J. Grant (1875-1932), Elbert L. Dukate,
Susan Snell Tonsmeire (1879-1953), and Lille Bourdon Devitt
(1884-1951), for $10,000.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 138, pp. 466-467)
Here in 1923-1924, a school building designed by
architect Carl E. Matthes (1896-1972) was erected. Called Back Bay
Elementary School. Its area of educational responsibility included:
All north of the L&N Railroad from Caillavet to Lee Street,
including the east side of Caillavet and the west side of Lee; north
of Division bounded by Caillavet and Seal.
The First School
Year
When classes commenced in early September 1924, the faculty
consisted of Miss Alma Ritch, principal and 1st grade;
Miss Evelyn McShane, 1st grade; Miss Pricilla Ritch, 2nd
and 3rd grades; Miss Lizette Mackie, 3rd and 4th
grades; Miss Irma L. Harvey (1898-1965), 4th and 5th
grades; Miss Veronica LaCaze, English, geography, spelling, 6th,
7th, and 8th grades; Miss Inez Rich,
arithmetic, history, writing, 6th , 7th, and 8th
grades.(The Daily Herald, September 9, 1924, p. 3)
1925
Faculty-Miss Alma Ritch, principal, 1st
grade; Evelyn McShane, 1st and 2nd grade;
Prisicilla Ritch, 2nd and 3rd grades; Lizette
Mackie, 3rd and 4th grades; Veronica LaCaze,
penmanship, spelling, physical education, and music for the 6th,
7th, and 8th grades; Mrs. H.H. Roof,
arithmetic, geography, hygiene, and civics for the 6th, 7th,
and 8th grades; Mary Will Dent, English and history for
the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.(The
Daily Herald, August 31, 1925, p. 3)
4. Priscilla Ritch
(1893-1972)
Priscilla Ritch was born April 9, 1893, at Biloxi,
Mississippi.
In
July 1912, she and Florence Holley attended the summer normal at
Wiggins, Mississippi.(The Daily Herald, July 16, 1912, p. 8)
Attended a summer normal at Chicago in 1919. Expired October 18,
1972
The Will
Miss Ritch wrote her will on August 6, 1971. It was
filed for probate on October 20, 1972 with Albert Mallard and W.J.
Wadlington as co-executors.
Land Sale
In February 1974, Albert Mallard sold the Biloxi
Development Commission-Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Biloxi,
the Ritch homestead at 211 and 213 Lameuse Street, for $41,000. The
lots had 60 feet on Lameuse Street and 170 feet westward.(HARCO, Ms.
Land Deed Bk. 46, pp. 266-267) Another lot in the same area was
vended by Mallard also to the Biloxi Development Commission.(HARCO,
Ms. Land Deed Bk. 46, p. 268)
III. Jacob M. Ritch (1858-1876)
Jacob M. Ritch died in 1876. Buried in the Old Biloxi
Cemetery. No further information.
REFERENCES:
Books
Earnest A. Carvin, The Harrison County, Mississippi 1880
Census, (Mississippi Coast History & Genealogical Society:
Biloxi, Mississippi-1981)
Julia C. Guice, et al, Harrison County, Mississippi Marriages
(1841-1899), (City of Biloxi, Mississippi-19??).
Julia C. Guice et al, The Harrison County, Mississippi 1850
Census, (Mississippi Coast History & Genealogical Society:
Biloxi, Mississippi-1972)
Julia C. Guice et al, The Harrison County, Mississippi 1870
Census, (Community Development Department of the City of
Biloxi, Mississippi: 1981)
Julia C. Guice et al, The Harrison County, Mississippi 1860
Census, (Community Development Department of the City of
Biloxi, Mississippi: 1982)
W.W.A. Smith, Biloxi City Directory, Volume I, 1905,
(The Biloxi Daily Herald Printry: Biloxi, Mississippi-1905)
Chancery Court
Records
The
Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 615, “W.F.
Gorenflo v. Gaspard Didier et al”, August 1893.
The
Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 1934, “The
Estate of Prisicilla Ritch”, 1905.
The Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Will Book 3,
“The Will of Priscilla Ritch”,
February 1905, p. 68.
The
Harrison County, Mississippi 2nd Judicial District
Chancery Court Cause No. 2753, “The Estate of Priscilla Ritch”,
October 1972.
Journals
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Biloxi’s Public School”,
September 7, 1898.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Teachers Assigned”, October 2,
1898.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Public Schools”, October 5,
1898.
The Daily Herald, “Biloxi Schools Open September 12”,
September 3, 1910.
The Daily Herald, “Biloxi Schools Will Open Monday”,
September 9, 1910.
The Daily Herald, “Local News Paragraph of Interest”,
July 16, 1912.
The Daily Herald, “James Ritch Dead”, December 23, 1912.
The Daily Herald, “Mrs. Mohan Drops Dead On Street”,
November 17, 1914.
The Daily Herald, “List of Teachers for City Schools of
Biloxi is Out”, September 3, 1915, p. 1.
The Daily Herald, “Antoine-Rich Marriage”, September 17,
1918.
The Daily Herald, “Biloxi Landmark Passes Away”, August
7, 1919.
The Daily Herald, “Ritch Buried”, August 11, 1919.
The Daily Herald, “Public School Assignments”, September
9, 1924.
The Daily Herald, “School Work Begins Again”, August 31,
1925.
The Daily Herald, “Biloxi Has New School”, August 28,
1926.
The Daily Herald, “Martin Ritch Buried”, August 15, 1930.
The Daily Herald, “Mrs. Mary Ann Ritch Dies”, June 25,
1934.
The Daily Herald, “Thomas E.J. Ritch Dies”, August ,
1947.
The Daily Herald, “Retired School Principal Is Taken By
Death”, April 14, 1964.
The Daily Herald, “Miss Priscilla Ritch”, October 19,
1972.
The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, “Local Paragraphs” (Mohan),
May 14, 1880.
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CROATIAN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
ANTICICH
Grego Anticich (1886-1954) was born in Dalmatia the
son of Mat Anticich and Christine Lulich. Married Mary Skrmetti
(1898-1947), daughter of Nick Skrmetti (1855-1918) and Margaret
Jakoich (1862-1947). Expired 2-9-1954. She died 3-28-1947.
Veronica Anticich Cangemi (1919-1998).
Seafood
Biloxi Packing and Trading Company Inc. was incorporated at New
Orleans in September 1920. W.H. Anticich, president and Grego
Anticich, secretary-treasurer.(MOB 1246, p. 286)
Anticich Canning Company incorporated in September
1933. Principals: Grego Anticich, Mijo Anticich (1885-1967), and
Mary Skrmetti Anticich (1898-1947).(Harrison County, Ms. Charter
Copy Book 6, p. 487)
AVANOVICH
BARHONIVICH
John Barhonovich (1856-1931) native of Yugoslavia
died on 1st Street in Biloxi on March 29, 1931. His
father was Frank Barhonovich and mother Antonia ? Children: Frank
J. Barhonovich (1885-1930) and Antonia B. Pierotich.(The Daily
Herald, January 30, 1931, p. 2)
BARICEV
BARICH
BARONICH
BONICICH
BUDINICH
John Joseph Budinich (1876-1957) married Catherine
Battaya (1884-1932), the daughter of John Battaya (1856-1917) and
Julia Knox (1858-1944). Children: George Rudolph Budinich
(1914-1957),
Ruth (1915-1987) and Francis J. (1911-1989) died at BSL
CERENICH
CONOVICH
Tony Conovich came to America in 1904. Lived at
Handsboro. Sought citizenship in 1918.(The Daily Herald, March
20, 1918, p. 3)
COPAITICH
Anthony Copaitich (d. 1902) drowned while oystering
on the Pass Christian reefs in late March 1902. He was a hand on
the Belle Casino, a schooner, capitained by Toney
Bunicich.(The Biloxi Herald, March 29, 1902, p. 8)
COSMICH
Mary Elizabeth Cosmich (1876-1946)
COVACEVICH (KOVACEVICH)
Captain Jack Covacevich (1834-10-22-1918) son of Franch
Covacevich and ? Dulcich.
Anthony Joseph Covacevich (1883-7-3-1943)
Mrs. J.D. Covacevich (1852-1913)
Frank married Ella Williams on June 3, 1896 (NBVM)
COVICH (KOVICH)
Jerry B. Covich (1894-1951) son of Mater Covich and Jeanette Yancin.
(died 6-28-1951)
CVITANOVICH
DUBAZ
John (Giovanni) Dubaz (1855-1931) was
born son of George Dubaz
and June 1855 and died February
15, 1931.
DUJMOV
Tony Dujmov married Stose Antonio ? (1897-1990)
FORETICH
Anthony Foretich (see The Daily Herald, April 29,
1940, p. 2)
GABRICH
GELUSICH
GERICEVICH
GIADROSICH
GILLICH
Rosa G. Gillich (1902-1980) was
born at Milna on the island of Brac, Croatia. Married Mike Gillich.
Four daughters: Lucille G. Barq married Ed Barq; Agnes Gillich;
Donna Mae Gillich; Mrs. Frances Duke; Andrew M. Gillich; and Mike
Gillich.(The Daily Herald, August 7, 1980, p. A-2)
GLAVAN
Marko George Glavin (1885-1957) was born March 25, 1885, in
Privlaka, a fishing village on the Dalmatian Coast about twelve
miles northwest of Zadar, Croatia. It was from Zadar that Marco G.
Glavan immigrated to America landing at New Orleans, Louisiana. On
January 20, 1915 he applied for naturalization papers at the U.S.
District Court in Biloxi. Mr. Glavan resided at 118 Jackson
Street.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1915, p. 2)
Marco G. Glavan married Ella Mazaro (1895-1954), the daughter of
Luka Mazaro and Anna Zec or Setz (1864-1945). Marco and Ella M.
Glavan settled at 199 Oak Street in Biloxi. Here they reared their
five children: Eurylda Glavin aka Sister Joseph Frances Glavan
(1915-2002); Sylvia Rita Glavan (1918-2004); Mary Ann Glavan Konish
(1921-1997) married John Konish; Herbert Glavan; and Marco G. Glavan
II (1923-1986).(The Daily Herald, March 12, 1954, p. 12)
Eurilda Glavan (1915-2002) entered the St. Joseph's Academy in NOLA
on March 19, 1937 as a novice in the Society of the Sister of St.
Joseph.(The Daily Herald, march 20, 1937, p. 2)
GOSPODINIVICH
Vincent Gospodinovich (1882-1964) was born December 14, 1882
at Vis, Dalmatia. He made his livelihood at Biloxi as a
fisherman. His wife, Jacobina Trebotich, was the daughter
of Mateo Trebotich (1853-1935) and Kate Sekul. Mateo was
born September 30, 1853 at Bobovisce, Brac, Dalmatia.
Mateo expired on September 6, 1935. Their corporal remains
were interred in the Biloxi City Cemetery. Jackie Tabb,
the granddaughter of Vincent Gospodinivich and Jacobina
Trebotich, went to Croatia in 1985 and visited the Trebotich
family home on the island of Brac.(Jackie Tabb, January 18,
2007)
GRUBISCH
Dominick (1884-1921)
GRUICH
GUBICICH
GULESICH
HALAT
Mike Halat (1879-1929) married Frances Grass
(1887-1969), a native of Brac, a Dalmatian island. Children: Paul,
Anastatia, Marguerite, Peter, Frances, Josephine, and Mike Jr.
JELUSICH
Anthony Jelusich married Albertha Conovich on
January 5, 1926.(The Daily Herald, January 5, 1926, p. 2)
KASOVICH
Gabriel Kasovich (1909-1979) married Doris M. Ferguson Kasovich
(1913 to 2-22-1999)
KERSANAC
John J. Kersanac (1884-1959) son of Joseph Kersanac
and Antonia Barhonovich.
KULUZ
The Kuluz family at Biloxi founded by Mateo Kuluz (1865-1936)
and Frances Dragicevich (1866-1938). Mateo Kuluz
immigrated to USA in 1891 and settled at Ostrica, Plaquemines
Parish, Louisiana. Frances Kuluz and Antonio Kuluz joined him
in 1896. Remainder of Kuluz children born in Plaquemines
Parish, Louisiana. Children: Antonio Kuluz (1891-1956) married
Annie Mazaro; Ellen Kuluz (b. 1898) married Talianicich; Nicholas
Kuluz(1896-1978); Vincent 'Visco' Kuluz (1898-1987) married Margaret Pavlov (1912-2008);
Dominick Kuluz (1903-1930+); Mary Kuluz (b. 1904)' Catherine Kuluz
(1908-1920+).(1920 Harrison County, Ms. Federal Census T625_876, p.
31B, ED 39)
MAGAS
Veronica Magas (1896-2005) was born at Molat, Croatia, the
daughter of George Magas Jr. (1872-1929) and Mikela Bistirlich Magas
(1878-1952), the daughter of Anthony Bistirlich and Antonio Crvicich.
Veronica had a sister, Violet Magas Omas (1910-1986), and a brother,
George Magas (1926-1926). Veronica was reared at Biloxi
and married Marko Matulich. For many years she resided in
Metairie, Louisiana. She expired at Ocean Springs, Mississippi
on July 17, 2005. Her corporal remains were interred at New
Orleans in the St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery.(The Ocean Springs
Record, July 21, 2005, p. A5)
MARICICH
Luka Maricich (1893-1963) was born May 3, 1893 on
the Island of Brac off the Croatian coast. Married Danica ?
Maricich (1894-1966). Two children: Anthony Marcich (1931-1984) and
Jerry P. Maricich (1932-1989). Lived at 424 Bohn Street. Expired
July 15, 1963. Danica died in December 1966.(Bradford-O’Keefe
Burial Bo. , p. and Bo. , p. .
MARTINOLICH
Matteo Martinolich (1861-1948) was born at Austria, the
son of Frank Martinolich (1826-1912) and Maria ? (1829-1896).
MATTESICH
MATULICH
MAVAR
John S. Mavar
(1880-1960) married Olivia Skrmetta (1888-1955), daughter of
Nicholas Skrmetta and Margaret Jaksic. Children: John S. Mavar
"" (1907-1973) m. Antonia Gentillich (1909-1991); Margaret
Rita Mavar (1910-2002) m. Joseph Lawrence Jr. (1902-1975); Sam Mavar
(1912-1993) m. Lucy A. Mavar (1916-2004); Mary Antonia Mavar m. Pascal F. Taliancich
(1902-1976); Nicholas Mavar (1914-2003) m. Irma Summerlin (1919-2001); and
Victor Mavar. Founded Mavar Fish and Oyster Company circa
1926.
MIHOJEVICH
Steve Mihojevich (1872-1947),
a 1903 Dalmatian immigrant and the son of Tony Mihojevich and Mary Doukstoni, married Frances Martinich
(1872-1956), also a native of Dalmatia. Her father was Matthew Martijich
and mother, Frances Trebotich. She came to Biloxi circa 1904.
Their children were: Antonio 'Tony' Mihojevich (1902-1982); Peter
Mihojevich (1907); Katrina Mihojevich (1908) m. Frank Kovacevich;
Joseph Mihojevich (1909-1991) m. Marguerite Fountain; and Frances
Mihojevich (1913) m. Mike Sekul. The
Steve Mihojevich family resided at 220 Myrtle Street on Point
Cadet. Mrs. Frances Mihojevich expired at Biloxi on July 9, 1956.
Steve died on April 12, 1947.(Bradford-O’Keefe Burial Book 38-A,
p. 111 and 1920 Harrison County, Mississippi Federal Census
T625_876, p. 30B, ED 39)
Angelina 'Angie' Russo (1907-2008), native of NOLA and the daughter
of Salvador Russo and Olivia Fallo married Tony Mihojevich
(1902-1982) on April 27, 1927 at Nativity BVM in Biloxi,
Mississippi. Children: Stephanie M. Pizzetta (1935-1987) and
Claudette M. Quigley. Employed at the Gulf Central Seafood
factory. Angie R. Mihojevich expired at her home on 220
Myrtle Street in Biloxi on January 23, 2008.
Burial Southern Memorial Park cemetery at Biloxi, Mississippi.(The
Sun Herald, January 24, 2008, p. A6)
MICKLETICH
Stanislaus
MISKO
George Misko (1878-1971) was born on the island of
Brac off the Dalmatian coast. He arrived at Biloxi in 1903 and
became a crewman on the Julia H., a schooner
owned by the Lopez-Dunbar and Company. During the off-season he
worked on the track gang of the local street carline.(The
Daily Herald, April 22, 1971, p. 2)
Children: Anthony Misko (1911-1993), Elizabeth M.
Gutirrez (1913-2001), John Misko, Albert Misko ( ), Peter Misko
(1923-1985).
Peter Misko Sr. (1881-1959) came to Biloxi before 1910 via Croatia, New
York, and Chicago. He landed at New York in 1905.
Married Katrina "Katie" Skrmetta (1884-1948), the daughter of Nicholas
Skrmetta (1855-1918) and Frances Trevizan. Children: Anthony
Misko (1909-1910), Nicholas A. Misko (1911-1994), Peter Misko II (b.
1914), Steve Misko (b. 1916), Joseph R. Misko (1916-1990), Lawrence Misko
(1918-1984),
Lucretia Misko Skrmetta (1920-2006), and Francis Misko (b. 1923).
Peter Misko Sr. made his livelihood as a fisherman. Family
lived on East Beach Street (1910) and later Pine Street (by
1930).(1910 and 1930 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal Census
T624_740, p. 27A, ED 33 and R1146, p. 248, ED 2)[for good
description of family and early life at Biloxi, see The Sun
Herald, August 27, 2006, p. F11)
MLADINICH
Andrew Mladinich (1877-1938), a native of
. Son of Jacob Mladinich and Dina Filipich. Son Andrew Mladinich
(1920-1955).
Andrew Mladinich came to America in 1902 and Biloxi in 1905.
Applied for naturalization in May 1922. Lived at 237 Cedar Street
at the time. Wife born in Louisiana.(The Daily Herald, June 2,
1922, p. 3)
Expired on April 12, 1938.
Ernest Mladinich (1875-1953), son of Jacob Mladinich and Dina
Filipich and a native of the village of Milna on the Island of Brac
in the Adriatic Sea just off the Damaltian coast of Croatia.
Spouse, Catherine Bonacich Mladinich (1874-1962), also a Croat, had
acquired their land on Point Cadet in December 1931.
Ernest Mladinich expired on January 20, 1953. He had
come to Biloxi from Croatia, then a part of the Austrian-Hungarian
Empire, in 1901. Mladinich was a veteran of the Austrian Navy. He
and wife, Katherine Bonacich, were the parents of two children:
Ernest Mladinich II and Dina M. Kuljis. (The Daily Herald,
January 20, 1953, p. 4)
MOZARRA
Lucas Mazaro
married
Annie Zelz.
Children: Helena Margarite (b. 1896)
NICOVICH
Joseph
Nicovich (1883- ) was born in Louisiana of a
Croatian father and Louisiana mother. Circa 1915, he married
Camilia Rosa Anglada (1892-1977), the daughter of William Anglada
(1869-1945) and Laura Bosarge (1875-1937). In 1918, Joseph
Nicovich worked as a machinist for the
Gulfport Packing Company and resided at 944 Division Street in
Biloxi. By 1920, the family had moved to Reynoir Street and
Joseph worked as a fisherman. Children: Marco W. 'Buck'
Nicovich (1916-2002); Emma Jeanette Nicovich (1919-2008); Althea
Nicovich Harbison Gleason (1921-1996) m. Ora Reynold Harbison
(1917-1988); Dorrell D. Nicovich (1925-1996) m. Jeffie Faye Ladner
(1930-2004); Dora E. Nicovich Auerbach (1925-1983) m. Herman L.
Auerbach; Annie Mae Nicovich (1926-1926); Rosie Nicovich m. Hayes
Gordin? and Mr.Robinson; Mildred Justine Nicovich Edwards m.
Billy J. Edwards; ; and Marguerite L. Nicovich Renaud (1928-1993) m.
Leo U. Retnaud .(1920 Harrison Co. Ms. Federal Census T625_876,
p. 17A, ED
and The Sun Herald, February 4, 2008, p. A4)
PERESICH
PIEROTICH
John Pierotich (1877-1942), son of Matthew Pierotich.
Expired March 9, 1942.
PITALO
Louis A. Pitalo (1891-1959), son of George
Pitalo and Anastasia Trebotich, married Ursula Sekul (1900-1975).
Children: George Pitalo (1923-1931); John A. 'Crash' Pitalo
(1925-2007) married Margie V. Kennedy; and Estelle Pitalo married
Robert Himmel.
POLOVICH
Vincent Polovich (1882-1952), son of Maitre Polovich and
Mary Krich, married Lucy Misko Polovich (1892-1975) sister of George
Misko (1878-1971). Children:
Matre Polovich (1917-1998); Vincent Joseph Polovich
(1926-2007) married Edith Polovich; Lucretia Polovich married James
Clements; Marie Polovich married ? Chiovari; Anthony V. Polovich married Peggy Migues.
RAGUSIN
RODOLFICH
Stephan Rodolfich (1887-1971)
and Johanna Molitva Skrmetta (1886-1980) were born at Brac, Croatia.
Six children: Steve Rodolfich (1919-1981), John Rodolfich, Nicholas
D. Rodolfich (1915-2005), Sophie Rodolfich, Mary R. Barich
(1908-1997), and Stephania R. Olier.
SAVIN
The Savin brothers
Another family of southern European origin to
settle at St. Martin before 1920, was the Savin brothers, Antonio
Savin, (1881-1920+), John Savin (1885-1920+), and Marion Savin
(1889-1920+). They were from the island of Molat off the Dalmatian
coast of Croatia. The Savin brothers immigrated to America between
the years 1911 and 1913. At St. Martin, Tony Savin had a truck
farm, John toiled as a garage mechanic, probably for James Ferguson
(1897-1920+), and Marion fished. The Savin place was north of St.
Martin Bayou between the lands of Van Eaton Seymour and Charles
Dundolph and also south of the Ocean Springs-Biloxi Road (now Le
Moyne). In April 1922, John Savin married Elizabeth Latimer. She
was the daughter of Judge J.A. Latimer (1859-1922) and Jane
Seymour. Judge Latimer may have been the first person to own an
automobile in the eastern St. Martin community.
SEKUL
Anton Sekul (1854-1940)
Steve Sekul
Roco Sam Sekul (1878-1947) born at Bobovisci, Dalmatia.
SICHNICK or SICHIRICH
Niko Sichnick married Annie Elmer on December 2, 1893.
He and Mrs. Gardner Sheehan, his daughter, expired at Buenos Aires,
Argentina on October 2nd and August 7th, 1934 respectively.(see The Daily Herald, October 3, 1934, p. 5)
SIMONICH
Victor Simonich (18-1916) was born in Fiume, now
Rijeka, Croatia on September 9, 1862. He immigrated to America
arriving at New Orleans in 1881. Victor came to Biloxi circa 1897,
where he became engaged as a fruit dealer and grocery merchant. On
September 9, 1891, he married Matilda Bonicich or Swansine
(1874-1948), the daughter of Tony Swansine and Maria Butinich.(The
Daily Herald, July 4, 1916, p. 3 and The Daily Herald, September 12,
1891, p. 1)
Victor Simonich and family resided at 407 Magnolia
Street. He and Matilda were the parents of: Louise (b. 1893), John
(b. 1895-1967), Albert (1897-1900), Joseph (1907-1965)
SIMNICH
SKRMETTA/SKREMETTI
(See Mississippi Gulf Coast Historical and Genealogical
Society, “A Genealogy of the Skrmetti/Skrmetta family”,
Vol. 31, No. 2-June 1995, Biloxi, Mississippi-1995, pp. 62-74)
SKRNICH
John
Skrnich Jr. (1918-2007) married Flora Gazzo (1924-2001).
Children: John Skrnich III (1941-1941); Mike Skrnich (b. 1943);
Danny Skrnich (b. 1945); and Debbie S. Watts. Biloxi fisherman
from 1934 until 1987. Captain of the 'Deborah'.(The Sun
Herald, February 9, 2007, p. A5)
SMOLCICH
Joseph Smolcich (1893-1967) married Frances Cvitanovich (1901-1979),
both born on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. Children: Matilda
Smolcich (b. 1920), Sam Smolcich (1934-2006)
STEPANOVICH
SWANZINE
Joseph Swanzine (1871-1922) married Mary Micheltich.
Children: Joseph (b. 1896), Victoria (b. 1898) and Mary Anne (b.
1900).
TALIANICH
Tony Talianich (1916-1931) was born at New Orleans.
Stepson of John Zorich. Three brothers: Grego Talianich; Mattio
Talianich; and Steve Zorich; two sister: Eva Talianich and Mary
Zorich.(The Daily Herald, January 30, 1931, p. 2)
TALIJANICH
Pascal F. Talijanich
(1902-1976) was born in Yugoslavia on May
16, 1902. His father was Baracha Talijanich and mother, Kate Lovic.
Married Antonio Mavar on April 25, 1937.(The Daily Herald,
April 26, 1937, p. 6)
Pascal died on May 8, 1976.
TREBOTICH
TROJANOVICH
In January 1978, George Trojanovich, a native of
Trsteno, Croatia, became engaged to Esther L. Cantrell of Ocean
Springs, Mississippi.(The Ocean Springs Record, February 2, 1978,
p. 13)
WESCOVICH
ZORICH
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The Biloxi Herald
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1907, p. 1.
The Daily Herald, “Naturalization Papers”, January 21,
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The Daily Herald, “Victor Simonich Kills Himself At Home
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