Date of birth:
1841* (estimated)
Baptism Date and Sponsors:
Unknown
Place of Origin:
Oak Alley (creole)
Gender and Designation:
Female (negro)
Relationships:
Mother: Chloe; Daugher: Marie Chloe; Siblings: Maurice, Henriette, and Madeline
Notes:
Age 7 (R8.198)
References:
- R8.198
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
- Value: $1,300 (includes mom and three siblings)
- Lists Chloe as Thisbe's mother;
- Lists Maurice, Henriette, and Madeleine as Thisbe's siblings
- Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- Baptized at domicile Henry Roman, St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Item no. 7; Page no. 240; Entry no. 40
- Lists Thisbe as Marie Chloe's mother
- R5.075
- Inventory of Jacques Telesphore Roman's New Olreans home (owned by Henry Roman and Marie Octavie Roman Buchanan); New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 132
- Value: $1,200 (includes a six week old baby but no name is listed)
- R5.240
- Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 174
- Purchase price: $1,650
- Vendor: Estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: Alexis Ferry
- R17.006.24
- Letter from Celina Roman to her son Henri Jacques Roman, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC 179 Roman Family Papers
- The post script states that Paul Ducatel (Celina's brother-in-law) saw Thisbe talking to Thérèse Bouligny Roman (Henri's wife). Celina states that she will have Thisbe put in jail if she can.
* Denotes estimated date based on available records.
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