Gabriel Abshire (1913 - 2000)

Born 26 Mar 1913 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Died 9 Oct 2000 at age 87 in Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States

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Gabriel Abshire lived in Louisiana.

Gabriel Abshire is a descendant of an Acadian

Gabriel Abshire served in the United States Coast Guard in World War II
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Gabriel Abshire was born in Indian Bayou, Louisiana on March 26, 1913.^[1] His parents were Sylvestre Abshire & Estelle Veazey; he lived with them and his younger sisters in Vermilion Parish in 1920^[2] through at least 1930.^[3]

He married Lydia Piazza^[1] c.1940.

In 1940 they lived in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana with his three younger sisters.^[4]

On October 16, 1940 he was described as 5' 6" tall, weighing 150 lbs. with black hair and mustache, brown eyes and dark complexion. He was married and self-employed.^[1] He served in the US Coast Guard during WWII and was honorably discharged in 1945. ^{[citation needed]}

Gabriel Abshire was living in Lafayette, Louisiana in 2000.^[5] He died 9 October 2000^[6] and is buried at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery and Mausoleum, in Abbeville, Louisiana.^[7] His obituary was published in the Baton Rouge Advocate.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1940-1945", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2468-BB8 : 13 March 2018), Gabriel Abshire, 1940-1945.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVW8-1Y1 : accessed 7 July 2019), Gabriel Abshire in household of Sylvester Abshire, Police Jury Ward 5, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 109, sheet 24B, line 61, family 419, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 634; FHL microfilm 1,820,634.

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Sylvester Abshire Head Male 50 Louisiana

   Estelle Abshire Wife Female 34 Louisiana

   Gabriel Abshire Son Male 7 Louisiana

   Lillian Abshire Daughter Female 5 Louisiana

   Rigina Abshire Daughter Female 0 Louisiana

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTZ-JGH : accessed 7 July 2019), Gabriel Abshine in household of Silvester Abshine, Police Jury Ward 3, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 9A, line 36, family 151, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 823; FHL microfilm 2,340,558.

   Silvester Abshine Head Male 60 Louisiana

   Estelle V Abshine Wife Female 43 Louisiana

   Gabriel Abshine Son Male 17 Louisiana

   Lillian Abshine Daughter Female 15 Louisiana

   Regena Abshine Daughter Female 10 Louisiana

   Ruby Abshine Daughter Female 5 Louisiana

   Janet Abshine Daughter Female 0 Louisiana

4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5R-1ZK : 15 March 2018), Gabriel Abshire, Police Jury Ward 3, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57-12, sheet 2B, line 68, family 40, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1461.

   Gabriel Abshire 27

   Lydia P Abshire 27

   Regina M Abshire 20

   Ruby Abshire 15

   Jennette Abshire 10

5. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLC1-JDZ : 22 May 2014), Gabriel Abshire, Residence, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPJW-WJX : 19 May 2014), Gabriel Abshire, 09 Oct 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 July 2019), memorial page for Gabriel “Gabie” Abshire (26 Mar 1913–9 Oct 2000), Find A Grave: Memorial #160416314, citing St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery and Mausoleum, Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Christine "Chris" Tidwell (contributor 47659041) .
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKG2-TJCS : accessed 7 July 2019), Gabriel Abshire, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 11 Oct 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Advocate, The, born-digital text.