Gilbert Joseph Prudhomme (1905 - 1959)

Born 14 Nov 1905 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Vivian Celestine Bourdier — married 9 Oct 1927 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Feb 1959 at age 53 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Glbert Joseph Prudhomme was born in 1905, son of William Prudhomme and Ella Hamilton. He died in 1959.

On Friday, Feb. 13, 1959, at 9:48 o'clock p.m., GILBERT JOSEPH (JOE) PRUDHOMME, beloved husband of Vivian Bourdier, father of Mrs. Marie G. Dolese, Mrs. Dona Agnelly, Mrs. Patricia Miller, Mrs. Shirley Holt, Mrs. Mary Lee Roberts and Lois Prudhomme, son of Ella Hamilton and the late William L. Prudhomme, brother of Mrs. Effie Powers, Mrs. Aline Saucier, Mrs. Pinkie Granier, Mrs. Sadie Nicholson, Mrs. Bonnie Amy, Mrs. Louise Burleigh, Mrs. Marjorie Seigel, Mrs. Ines Burleigh, Mrs. Willie Mae Thomas. Also survived by 10 grandchildren. Age 53 years. A native of Opelousas, La. and a resident of New Orleans for 17 years.

Relatives and friends of the family, also employes of Atlantic and Gulf Stevedores, members of Ocean Ledge No. 144 F. and A. M., are invited to attend the funeral services on Sunday, Feb. 15, 1959, at 3 o'clock p.m. at the home of Jacob Schoen and Son, Inc., 527 Elysian Fields Ave. The remains will be forwarded Monday morning, Feb. 16, 1959 by the Lafonde funeral home, Opelousas, La., for interment in Myrtle Grove cemetery, Opelousas, La.

Published in Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Sunday, February 15, 1959

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYV-5D2 : accessed 19 February 2018), Gilbert Prudhonme in household of W L Prudhonme, New Orleans Ward 9, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 153, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 522; FHL microfilm 1,374,535.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVWS-WNG : accessed 23 January 2018), Gilbert J Prudhomme in household of William Prudhomme, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 88, sheet 22A, line 26, family 496, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 630; FHL microfilm 1,820,630.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT9-MD4 : accessed 23 January 2018), Gilbert J Prudhomme, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 2B, line 91, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 819; FHL microfilm 2,340,554.

• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VY5X-WS5 : accessed 31 Jul 2013), Gilbert Prudhomme, 1940.

• United States Census, 1950

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3CY-JZZ : 20 May 2014), Gilbert Prudhomme, Feb 1959; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for Gilbert Joseph “Joe” Prudhomme (14 Nov 1905–13 Feb 1959), Find A Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #94718519, citing Myrtle Grove Cemetery, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603) .