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OPEN MEMORIAL WEEKEND:

The Historic Site & Exhibits will be open daily from 8:30am-5pm.

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Date of birth:

1823* (estimated)

Baptism Date and Sponsors:

Unknown

Place of Origin:

America/ US

Gender and Designation:

Female (mulatto)

Skills or Duties:

Domestic

Relationships:

Child: Marie Louise

Notes:

Age 25 (R8.198); Age 36 (R5.075); Age 26 (R17.006.48); Age 36 (R5.240); Age 36 (R5.073); Age 36 (R5.074); Age 36 (R5.081); Age 40 (R5.225)

References:

R8.198
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
- Value: $900
R5.075
- Inventory of Jacques Telesphore Roman's New Orleans Home (owned by Henri Roman and Marie Octavie Roman Buchanan), New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46, act 132
- Value: $1,100
R17.006.48
- Bill of Sale, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC 179, Box 3 Folder 2
- Dated: December 21, 1846
- Purchase price: $700
- Vendor: Louis Henry Pilie; Vendee: Jacques Telesphore Roman (Represented by Charles Roman)
R5.240
- Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v46 act 174
- Purchase price: $14,750
- Vendor: Estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: Henri Jacques Roman
R5.081
- Bill of sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 175
- Purchase Price: $1,300
- Listed as being mulatto
- Listed as being a domestic
R5.073
- Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 107
- Listed as being located at the Roman's home in New Orleans
- Lists Mary as being mulatto
R5.074
- Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 108
- Listed as being located at the Roman's home in New Orleans
- Lists Mary as being mulatto
R5.225
- Bill of Sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Andre Ducatel, v 82 act 294
- Lists Mary as being mulatto
Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Item no. 6; Page no. 118; Entry no. 18
- Lists Mary (bn. 1823) as Marie Louise's (bn. 1849) mother