Joseph Sonnier (abt. 1868 - 1940)

Born about May 1868 in Toomey, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Dec 1940 at about age 72 in Toomey, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Joseph Sonnier is a descendant of an Acadian

Joseph Sonnier, a son of Savenia Sonnier and Marguerite Anunciad Sonnier, was born in May 1868 in Toomey, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

Their known children were:

1. Annie Sonnier (1898-1961)
2. Ida Sonnier (1900-1968)
3. Johnson Sonnier (1902-1981)

By 1900, in Calcasieu, Joseph was with his wife and children. ^[1] By 1910, in Calcasieu, Joseph was with his wife and children. ^[2] By 1920, still in Calcasieu, Joseph was with his wife and children. ^[3]

American Press December 9, 1940

JOSEPH SONNIER, 68, FARMER AT TOOMEY, SUCCOMBS TODAY

JOSEPH SONNIER, 68, died at 2:30 a.m. today at his home in Toomey. He was born in Vinton and had been a farmed in that community all his life.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Johnson Sonnier, Toomey; two daughters, Mrs. Pearl Kidd, Newcamy, Tex., and Mrs. Annie Jackson, Johnson’s Bayou; one sister, Mrs. Josephine Young, Vinton, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the family residence Tuesday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Mr. Guillory, pastor of the Baptist church, officiating. Burial will be in the Toomey cemetery with Hixson funeral home in charge.

Louisiana Death Record for Joseph Sonnier ^[4]

Find A Grave: Memorial #34759625 is for Joseph Sonnier.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPT-626 : accessed 12 July 2023), Joseph Sovier, Ward 5 Lower Sabine, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 1B, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,561.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTL-B9Z : accessed 12 July 2023), Joseph Sonier, Police Jury Ward 5, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 27B, family 517, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 511; FHL microfilm 1,374,524.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQZ-46V : Sun Jun 04 19:38:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Joe Sonier and Azima Sonier, 1920.
4. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS1X-NRB : 4 March 2021), Joseph Sonier, 09 Dec 1940; citing Vinton, Calcasieu, Louisiana, certificate number 16212, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,358,929.