Charles
P.
Cole
Born in New Orleans, Orleans, Orleans Territory, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Azeline (Fruge) Cole
— married
14 May 1879 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
Father of
Albert Cole
Died about
at about age 60
in Louisiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2009
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Biography
Charles P. Cole was born October 10, 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. His parents were Benjamin L. Cole, b: Aug. 20, 1800 in NJ and his wife, Elizabeth O. Parker, b: ca. 1820 in Ohio.
On Feb 3, 1873 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Charles P. Cole married his 1st wife, Azema Gaspard, b: April 23, 1854 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA. They had a child:
- Albert Cole, b: 2 Nov. 1873 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA
Azema died just after little Albert Cole was born. The child also died. Charles P. Cole remarried to his 2nd wife, Azelina Fruge, b: April 4, 1860 in Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, on May 14, 1874, in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA.
Charles and Azelina (Fruge) Cole had the following children:
- Sedonia Cole, b: 3 June 1875 in Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA
- Albert Ortego Cole, b: 17 Sept. 1876 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
- Marie Marcelina Cole, b: ca. March 1878 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
On the 1880 US Census, Charles Cole is reported living as a farm laborer in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, with his wife Azelina Cole, 25 yrs., b: Louisiana; and 2 of their children: Albert Ortega Cole, age 3, and Marcelina Cole, 2 yrs. old.
Charles Cole and Azelina Fruge divorced between 1880 and 1884. On April 4, 1885, Charles remarried to his 3rd wife, Eliza Comeaux, b: ca. April 1845 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
In 1900, Charles Cole, 50 years old, was still living on a rented farm in St. Landry Parish, this time with a 4th wife "Henrietta" Cole, who was said to be 51 years old, and married less than a year. The couple had no children. [1]
Charles P. Cole does not appear on the 1910 or 1920 US Census reports, either in Louisiana or neighboring states. It's assumed that he passed away around 1910.
- Fact: Residence (1860) St Landry, Opelousas, Louisiana, United States
- Fact: Residence (1870) Ward Two, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6829-992?cc=1325221&wc=9B7H-2VL%3A1030552101%2C1033624001%2C1033650301 : 5 August 2014), Louisiana > St. Landry > ED 56 Police Jury Ward 3 (east part) > image 35 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 October 2019, 05:29), entry for Charles P Coles(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L2QW-P86); contributed by various users.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXX-J8P : 7 September 2017), Charles Cole, 1st Ward, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 132D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0469; FHL microfilm 1,254,469.
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Do you have any sources that show Azema Gaspard to be this Charles' wife? There were at least 2 different Charles Coles that I'm aware of in St. Landry Parish during that period, so I wondered if you know of anything that supports a specific Charles as her husband. How do you know that she and her child both died? I couldn't find a record of their deaths.
I can agree that Eliza Comeaux was his wife after Azelina Fruge. However regarding "Henrietta" as another wife, I believe she was married to a different Charles. I show "our" Charles on the 1900 census with Eliza, living next to his son Albert, so the Charles with Henrietta in the same census must be a different Charles.
Unfortunately the source link on this profile to "The Genealogical Research of Audrey Lee Crockett on RootsWeb" no longer works since Ancestry decided to dump that part of Rootsweb, so there's no way of knowing what information it had or where it might have come from. So if you know of any additional sources that aren't already posted on one of these two profiles please let me know! Please also feel free to go ahead and propose a merge for these two profiles. Thanks!