Melanie (Fontenot) Ledoux (1862 - 1940)

Born 11 Oct 1862 in Ville Platte, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hebrard Joseph Lafleur — married 22 Oct 1878 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

Wife of Ursin Ledoux — married 1884 in St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

Died 1 Feb 1940 at age 77 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Melanie Fontenot was born in 1862, daughter of Theodate Gabriel Fontenot and Hortense Reed. She passed away in 1940.

Sources

• "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWGF-F7J : 14 January 2020), Melanie Fontenot, 1862.

• "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJH-BNTS : 8 November 2020), Mr Hebrard J B Lafleur and Miss Melanie Fontenot, 22 Oct 1878; citing St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 870,696.

• Louisiana Parish Marriages

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRQ-K6R : accessed 18 November 2020), Melanie Ledoux in household of Ursin Ledoux, Opelousas town, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 15B, family 301, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,580.

• "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJC-MCKL : 8 November 2020), Mr Ursin Ledoux and Mrs Melanie Fontenot, 20 Oct 1915; citing St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 870,703.

• Louisiana Parish Marriages

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVWS-7Y8 : accessed 18 November 2020), Melanie Ledoux in household of Ursin Ledoux, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 89, sheet 3A, line 37, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 630; FHL microfilm 1,820,630.

• "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39B-CL8 : 2 April 2020), Ursin Ledoux in entry for Ursin Ledoux, 01 Feb 1940; citing Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, certificate number 3246, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,358,775.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185037499 : accessed 18 November 2020), memorial page for Melanie Fontenot Ledoux (unknown–1 Feb 1940), Find a Grave Memorial no. 185037499, citing Saint Landry Church Cemetery, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by mary k creamer (contributor 47100380) .