Mattie Marie Bythewood (1910)

Born 2 Nov 1910 in Voth, Texas (now part of Beaumont)

Ancestors

Wife of Russell Howard Van Norman — married 11 Jun 1935 in New Orleans, LA

Descendants

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 2 NOV 1910

Place: Voth, Texas (now part of Beaumont)

Source: #S18

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 7 NOV 2002

Prior to import, this record was last changed 7 NOV 2002.

Graduation

Graduation:

Date: 24 MAY 1928

Place: Morgan City High School, Morgan City, LA

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1910/18

Place: Voth, TX

Source: #S18

Residence:

Date: CA 1918

Place: moved Voth, TX > Morgan City, LA

Source: #S18

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Clarence St. in Lake Charles, LA

Source: #S18

Education

Education: attended & Graduated w/ BS degree from USL

Date: 1928/ MAY 1931

Source: #S18

Occupation

Occupation: Teacher at Lagrange High in Lake Charles

Source: #S18

Note

Note: Notes by Mattie Marie Bythewood

I was born on November 2, 1910 in Voth, TX (now part of Beaumont). I was named Mattie Marie Bythewood. Mattie was for my grandmother Bythewood, Marie for my Mother's older sister.

I was told I resembled my gather. My brothers nad sisters' names were Vernah, Grace, Robert, Willis and Altie Lee (Beebe).

My family lived in Voth until I was 8 yrs old. Then we moved to Morgan City, LA. I went to school Voth, Morgan City, University of Southwest Louisiana in Lafayette, La 1928-31. As a student I liked Botany and Home Economics. My ambition was to become a Home Economics teacher.

At home I was expected to always make desserts and candy for the family and to trim the Christmas Tree.

My parents were very strict about where I went adn with whom. Everyone had to go to bed by 9:00 PM/

Source: #S18

Marriage

Husband: Russell Howard Van Norman

Wife: Mattie Marie Bythewood

Child: Anna Marie Van Norman

Child: Russell Howard Van Norman

Child: Ted Craig Van Norman

Marriage:

Date: 11 JUN 1935

Place: New Orleans, LA

Source: #S18

Note: At 8:00 PM in the Baptist Church on St. Charles Ave.

Marriage Engagement:

Date: 1934

Place: Thanksgiving

Source: #S18

Note: by Mattie Marie Bythewood

"He just gave me a diamond ring and said, "Will you wait until I finish Law School?""

Husband: Benjamin Robert Bythewood

Wife: Zela Ivey

Child: Vernah Alvada Bythewood

Child: Mattie Marie Bythewood

Child: Grace Douglas Bythewood

Child: Robert O'Neal Bythewood

Child: Altie Lee Bythewood

Child: Benjamin Willis Bythewood

Marriage:

Date: 10 SEP 1903

Place: Kerens, Navarro, Co., TX

Source: #S16

Source: #S18

Source: #S15

Note: by Rev. R.S. Lowe

Marriage:

Date: 16 SEP 1903

Place: Marriage Recorded and filed

Source: #S18

Marriage:

Date: 17 MAY 1904

Place: Recorded

Source: #S18

Sources

Source S15

Author: Mattie Marie Bythewood Van Norman

Title: Bythewood Family Bible

Abbreviation: Family Bible - Bythewood

Text: Copied from Bythewood Family Bible in early 70's

Italicized: Y

Source S16

Title: ca 1927 Daniel Hingston Bythewood Descendants

Abbreviation: PN2-Mattie Marie Bythewood Van Norman

Text: 2 pp. collected by Mattie Marie Bythewood Van Norman.

Italicized: Y

Source S18

Author: Mattie Marie Bytehwood Van Norman

Title: Personal Notes

Abbreviation: PN-Mattie Marie Bythewood Van Norman

Italicized: Y

Note

Note: Marie Bythewood Van Norman

Marie Bythewood Van Norman, 97, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in Baton Rouge. She was born Nov. 2, 1910, in Voth, Texas, and moved to Morgan City as a child. She attended SLI in Lafayette and moved to Lake Charles in 1934. Marie taught home economics at LaGrange High and Westlake High School. Marie was an accomplished wife, mother and grandmother skilled in all aspects of home and hearth. She was an avid seamstress, loved needlepoint and specialized in making intricate decorations for the holidays. Marie loved to cook and bake and to set a beautiful table. She was always happiest when perfecting her warm home for her family to enjoy. Survivors include a daughter, Anna Marie Van Norman, of Baton Rouge; two sons, Russell Howard Van Norman Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Hardy Van Norman, of River Ridge, and Ted Craig Van Norman and his wife, Zee Ferchaud Van Norman, of New Orleans; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Marie was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Howard Van Norman Sr., a Lake Charles attorney who served his country in World War II and earned a Bronze Star. The Van Norman family would like to express its gratitude to all of Marie's caregivers who eased her through the final stages of her life. Your care and compassion are deeply appreciated. Service at Hixson Funeral Home, 3001 Ryan St., in Lake Charles, on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m., with the interment following in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, also in Lake Charles. Visitation will be held from noon until service time Saturday.