Marie Magdeleine Uranie Wells, daughter of Noel Wells and Seraphine Stayer, was born 22 Jan 1810 and baptized on 15 Apr 1810 at the St. John the Baptist Church in Edgard, Louisiana.[1]
Marriage, Children
Marie Magdeleine‘s sister, Marie Eliza Wells was married to Felix Octave Tassin. Eliza died on 11 Jan 1831,[2] and on 8 Feb 1833, he and Marie Magdeleine were married at the St. John the Baptist Church in Edgard, Louisiana.[3] Their children (listed on Felix’s profile with a link to a source that is behind a paywall) are:
↑ Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Vol. 10. 1810-1812; Editor: Charles E. Nolan; Associate Editor: Dorenda Dupont; Translator: J. Edgar Bruns; Publication: Archives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1995; copy in possession of Shae Simpson: Text p. :
VELLS, Magdeleine (Noel and Seraphine SCHTAILLE), b. Apr. 15, 1810, bn. Jan. 22, [1810], s. Eugene VEBRE and Dorotee BECNEL, all of this parish (SJBED, B3, 122)
↑ Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Vol. 19. 1830-1831; Editor: Charles E. Nolan; Associate Editor: Dorenda Dupont; Translator: J. Edgar Bruns; Publication: Archives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, 2002; copy in possession of Shae Simpson: Text p. 381:
WELLS, Eliza (Noel, dec., and Seraphine STAYRE), sp. Octave TASSIN, 18 yr., i. Jan. 12, 1831, d. Jan. 11, 1831, at her husband's home (SJBED, F3, 58)
↑ For marriage to Felix, see Felix’s profile for a link to source that is behind a paywall.
↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 6. 1840-1847; Author: Catholic Church; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; copy in possession of Shae Simpson: Text p. 604:
TASSIN, Marie Lezima (Felix Octave TASSIN and Marie Magdelaine Uranie WELLS) bn. 23 March 1845 bt. 30 Jan. 1846 spo. Vasseur Webre and Marie Celina Rome (SMI-6, 163)
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DNA Connections
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