Victorine

OPEN MEMORIAL WEEKEND:

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

Please note that we stop selling tickets at 4pm and expect a higher volume of visitors so we recommend you purchase your admissions in advance. Please pay close attention to the details as you make your reservation and on your confirmation regarding arriving 30 minutes prior to the selected time. Late arrivals are not guaranteed access to the "Big House" exhibit if that is the ticket you purchase. We look forward to your visit.

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Date of birth:

11/1845* (estimated)

Baptism Date and Sponsors:

April 4, 1847; Sponsors: Joseph (slave) and no godmother

Place of Origin:

Oak Alley (Creole)

Gender and Designation:

Female (negro)

Skills or Duties:

Domestic

Relationships:

Mother: Mathilde; Siblings: Adam, Thomassin, and Hélène

Notes:

Age 12 (R5.075); Age 12 (R5.240); Age 12 (R5.100); 19 months (R8.198); Age 12 (R5.073); Age 12 (R5.074); Age 12 (R5.100)

References:

R8.198
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
- Value: $700 (includes her mother)
- Lists Mathilde as Victorine's mother
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, v46 act 132
- Value: $900
R5.240
- Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 174
- Purchase price: $1,040
- Vendee: Wonderlin Doll; Vendor: Estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman
R5.100
- Bill of Sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v46 act 169
- Purchase price: $1,040
- Vendee: Wonderlin Doll; Vendor: Henri Jacques Roman and Marie Octavie Roman Buchanan
- Lists Victorine as being a domestic
Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- St. James Catholic Church, St. James Parish, Louisiana
- Item no. 6; Page no. 60; Entry no. 10
- Lists Mathilde as Victorine's mother
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
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
R5.239
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession Settlement, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 173
- Lists Adam (bn. 1856) and Thomassin as the children of Mathilde; Estimated that Victorine, Adam, and Thomassin are siblings
R8.079
- Release for Sale, St. James Clerk of Court, Conveyance record, v 18 act 350
- Lists Hélène as the child of Mathilde; Estimated that Victorine and Hélène are siblings