Per grandson Eldon Branda, Mary was an only child. Her parents were Irish immigrants who settled in New Orleans. A Mary Clancy appears on the 1880 Census with her parents only blocks away from where her future husband and (birth) family were living. She and Peter had about 11 children of which 1 girl & 5 boys survived to adulthood. Her youngest 2 sons remained with her, i married only briefly and the other never marrying.
1890 Orleans Parish Birth Index, rootsweb.com: Larsen Lelia, birth 17 Apr 1890 [Does NOT appear on 1900 Census with family] Louisiana, "Birth Index (by parish and year)," US GenWeb, LA, Orleans Parish, 1891: Larsen, Arthur Sidney Cerious. [Born 7 Aug 1891; died 17 Aug 1908] Marie Louise Fillol Larsen, (New Orleans, Louisiana) to Florence Olivia Larsen Branda, letter, ; privately held by Diane Branda Robertson [Birth of Alvin Felix referenced] Louisiana, "Birth Index (by parish and year)," US GenWeb, LA, Orleans Parish, 1896: Larsen, Edmond Peter Joseph. "Orleans Parish Birth Records Index," database, Louisiana Secretary of State Archives, Vital Records Index, Larsen, Florence. Louisiana, "Birth Index (by parish and year)," US GenWeb, Orleans Parish, 1900: Larsen, Thomas Francis Xavier. Louisiana, "Birth Index (by parish and year)," US GenWeb, Larsen, Lawrence J Louis. "Orleans Parish Birth Records Index," database, Louisiana Secretary of State Archives, Vital Records Index, Larsen, Clemence Bertrand. Larsen, Mary Isabella, Algiers, Orleans Parish, Louisiana death certificate (23 Apr 1951). "Mrs C Branda's Mother Is Buried," undated clipping, 25 April 1951, from unidentified newspaper; Florence Larsen Branda Papers, Clipping in daughter's personal papers; privately held 1968 by Florence Olivia Larsen Branda, [address for private use], Port Arthur, Texas.
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