Louise (Dupont) Gillard (1880 - 1939)

Born 13 May 1880 in Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Apr 1939 at age 58 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

Louise (Dupont) Gillard has French origins.

Louise Dupont was born in 1880 in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States, daughter of Lovince Zepherin Isidore Dupont (1852 - 1938) and Marie Madeline (Hains) Dupont (1859 - 1933).^[1]

Her known siblings were:

1. Euphrosine Dupont (1877 - 1938)
2. Wallace Dupont (c.1882)
3. Elery Dupont (1884)
4. Adolphe J Dupont (1885 - 1967)
5. Annie Dupont (1889)
6. Therese Dupont (~1894 - )

She was counted on the census in 1880 in St.Mary Parish, Louisiana with her parents and older sister.^[2] By 1900, the family had moved to Rayne, Acadia Parish. Her older sister was married by then, but there were five younger children with her at their parents home.^[3]

She married Lloyd Joseph Gillard in 1901, and they moved to Houston.

Known children of the marriage:

1. Lawrence Gillard (1903–1967)^[4]
2. Gaston Gillard (1906–)
3. Herbert Gillard (1909–2001)

She died in Houston, Texas in 1939,^[5] and was buried at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 in Rayne, Louisiana.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSRK-BKN2 : 14 January 2020), Louise Dupont, 1880.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXN-KB2 : 14 August 2017), Euprhoisine Dupont in entry for Lovincy Dupont, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 163, sheet 161D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0471; FHL microfilm 1,254,471.

   Lovincy Dupont Self Male 28 Louisiana, United States

   Mary Dupont Wife Female 22 Louisiana, United States

   Euprhoisine Dupont Daughter Female 3 Louisiana, United States

   Louise Dupont Daughter Female 0 Louisiana, USA

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSP2-S9G : accessed 28 February 2022), Louise Dupont in household of Lovan* Dupont, Ward 1 (all south of S.P.r.r.) Rayne town, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 18B, family 337, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,556.

   Lovan* Dupont Head Male 47 Louisiana

   Mary Dupont Wife Female 41 Louisiana

   Louise Dupont Daughter Female 20 Louisiana

   Wallace Dupont Son Male 19 Louisiana

   Elery Dupont Daughter Female 16 Louisiana

   Adolph Dupont Son Male 15 Louisiana

   Annie Dupont Daughter Female 11 Louisiana

   Theresa Dupont Daughter Female 6 Louisiana

4. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36H-TXK : 20 February 2021), Louise Dupont in entry for Lawrence Gillard, 08 Jul 1967; citing certificate number 48750, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,675.
5. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M8-8XT : 20 February 2021), Louise Dupont Gillard, 07 Apr 1939; citing certificate number 18550, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,015.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6270682/louise-gillard : accessed 28 February 2022), memorial page for Louise Dupont Gillard (13 May 1880–7 Apr 1939), Find A Grave: Memorial #6270682, citing Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Joel Manuel (contributor 46494625).