Individual Notes

Note for: Nellie Devaux St.Philippe, 30 SEP 1836 - Deceased Index

Individual Note: Date of birth was obtained from (www.famille-louisdevaux.com). According to (www.famille-louisdevaux.com) , Nellie did not marry.

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Note for: Mary Stephen, - Deceased Index

Individual Note: Mary was from Choiseul and died of TB when Margaret-Ann was 9 months old, although Margaret-Ann lived with the Alcées from when she was 3 or 4 months old. Mary had at least two brothers, Norris and Julian.

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Note for: Jude Lawrencin, - Deceased Index

Individual Note: Apparently Jude was an old french white man.

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Note for: Charles Alcée, ABT 1811 - 21 JUN 1890 Index

Individual Note: Witnesses at the Charles' wedding were John Grant (proprietor of Castries), Charles-Marie Devaux St.Philippe (living at Dennery at the time), Philippe James Ducourdray (living in Soufriere) and Jean
Constantin (living in Castries). Charles is listed as a tailor on both his marriage and death certificates. He died of Diarrhoea, aged 79. His complexion is given as coloured on his death certificate.

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Note for: Victoire , - Deceased Index

Individual Note: She is deceased at the time of Charles' marriage in 1844.

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Note for: Marie-Reine , - Deceased Index

Individual Note: She is deceased at the time of Francoise's wedding

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Note for: Therese Marie Morteau, 6 JUL 1880 - Deceased Index

Baptism:
     Date:   2 AUG 1880
     Place:   Soufriere, St.Lucia; Quality: 0

Individual Note:   Birth and Baptism certificate (Soufriere, Folio 39, #221) was provided by Fr Guiste. Tessa is twin to Marguerite Marie, and had no children.

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Note for: Lucinde Morteau, - Deceased Index

Individual Note: Lucinde was unmarried. However Francis Clauzel recalls that Lucinde was engaged to Frank Augier. However she became pregnant by Julius Auguste and the engagement was called off. Francis also recalls that Lucinde was brought up by her sister Zenaide also known as Mrs Leontie Cadet (following the death of her first husband, Norbal Louis). Lucinde Morteau was later married to Jude Lawrencin. In the will of FH Alcée of 1924, he refers to her as Mrs Lucinde Laurencin.

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Note for: Justin Mathieu Morteau, BEF 1858 - BEF NOV 1895 Index

Alias: /Annius/

Individual Note: Justin Mathieu died after Charles Emery Morteau and left no legitimate children.

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Note for: Norbal W Eustache Louis, - BEF NOV 1895 Index

Individual Note: Deed of sale of Ravine Duval to FH Alcée (vol 52, Number 20739) gives Zenaide Felicie as the widow of Narbal Eustache Louis. The surnames in this family are assigned from the forename of the father. So Louis Regis Mark had a son Norbal Louis and he in turn had a son Joseph Norbal. Note that in a deed dated 1895, the name is spelt Narbal.

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Note for: Lydia St.Cyr, - Deceased Index

Individual Note: Lived on Brazil Street opposite Nurse Charles

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Note for: Joan Pollard, - 2001 Index

Individual Note: According to Francis Clauzel, Joan looked like her father.

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Note for: Albert Cyril Alexander Raye, 12 DEC 1919 - ABT 25 NOV 2004 Index

Individual Note: Bert moved to St.Lucia around 1954. When I talked with him in 2001, one of his notable phrases during story telling was, "so said, so done". He died in November 2004 in his home on the Lanse Road in Castries. He was sat watching the television. Unfortunately he was dead for several days before he was found as Emily was in England with their daughter Heather, for treatment. Emily and Heather were concerned when they could not reach Bert by phone and called Bill Parker to check up on him. It was then that Bert was found dead.

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Note for: Jack Kingshott, - Deceased Index

Individual Note: Worked as an engineer on the Cable Ships, including the Lady Nelson,
which was a Cable & Wireless ship.