Celeste (Jones) McCall (1792 - 1825)

Born 22 Oct 1792 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana, United States

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Died 5 Feb 1825 at age 32 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Early Life

Lize Celeste (Jones) McCall was born, daughter of Evan Jones (1739 - 1813) and Marie Marguerite Ponponne (Verret) Jones (1749 - 1821).^[1]

Lize was the daughter of Evan Jones, originally of Philadelphia. He was sent to New Orleans as the American Consul to the Spanish government there. He remained to settle in New Orleans.

Her sister was Mary (Jones) Marigny (1787 - 1808).

Family

Lize married Henry McCall (1788 - 1859). Their children were:

1. Richard McCall (1818 - 1869)
2. Edward McCall (1819 - )
3. Henry McCall (1821 - )
4. Evan Jones McCall (1823 - 1877).

Death

Celeste was mentioned on a memorial in Saint Louis Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States with a death date of 2 May 1815.^[2]A different death date of 5 February 1825 is on Orleans Parish Cemetery Records. ^[3]

Research Notes

Several records state that Henry McAll married two daughters of Evan Jones, i.e., Lize and Celeste. There is no record of a Lize born to Marie Verret and Evan Jones. Celeste 'Lise' is the name of the Family Search profile. Celeste's sisters Mathilde died at age 30 buried as Mathilde Jones. No records so far linked to Maria (1786), Isabel (1793) or Maria (1796). It is likely that Celeste and Lize are one and the same person, with confusion coming from two separate Find-A-Grave sites.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
   FamilySearch Record: V2WJ-PZ6 (accessed 24 April 2023)
   Celeste Jones baptism on 19 Apr 1796 (born 22 Oct 1792 daughter of Evan Jones & Maria Verret, in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana, United States.
2. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #71219967 (accessed 24 April 2023)
   Memorial page for Celeste Jones McCall (unknown-2 May 1815), citing Saint Louis Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA (plot: Alley 9 Right); Maintained by Diona Dickerson (contributor 46857758).
3. ↑ Death: "Louisiana, Orleans Parish, State Museum Historical Center, Cemetery Records, 1805-1944"
   citing Record number: 0;
   FamilySearch Record: 6ZL6-96YY (accessed 24 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKK-Z9XQ-8 Image number 02371
   Lise Jones death 5 Feb 1825, spouse of Henry McCall, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

• McCall-Tidwell and allied families
• Yale's Confederates: A Biographical Dictionary, by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, p. 138