ANNETTE LILY RICHARD
BIRTH: 1886 01 29 St Mary Parish, LA
FATHER: Traismond Richard
MOTHER: Virginia Landry or Broussard
SIBLINGS: Junius Joseph Richard
Joseph Richard
MARRIAGE: 1904 Patterson, LA
SPOUSE: Hercules Joseph Chauvin
CHILDREN: Earl Charles Chauvin b.1907 d.1907
Irene M Chauvin
b.1909 m.Lastie Villien
d.1978 Abbeville LA
Marietta Cecile Chauvin
b.1914 m.1935 Howard Hepburn
d.1976 Memphis TN
VOCATION: Homemaker
MILITARY: none
RELIGION: Roman Catholic
DEATH: 1942 04 21 Jeanerette, LA
INTERRED: Thibodaux LA
The photo at right is cropped from a portrait of Annette and husband Hercules
probably taken in 1904 at the time of their marriage. She would have been 18.
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US Census 1900 - Louisiana - St Mary Parish
Ward 5 - Enum Dist 85 - Sheet 20 - Dwelling No 412 no street name - 13 June 1900
NAME Rel Race-Sex-Born Age Marital Birthplace Occupation
Status S F M
RICHARD Trasimond* Head W M Apr 1856 44 M 16 yrs LA LA LA Drayman & Farmer
Virginia Wife W F Sep 1861 38 M 16 yrs LA LA LA Seamstress
Junius Son W M Dec 1884 15 S LA LA LA at school
Annette Dau W F Jan 1886 14 S LA LA LA at school
DAIGLE Pamella Aunt W F May 1835 65 Wid LA LA LA [no entry]
[* Indexed as Tresina - transcriber error]
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Author notes:
This is the only census in which Annette Richard appears under her maiden name. She was born
in 1886. The US census 1890 was mostly destroyed by fire. When the 1910 census was taken she
had become Mrs. Dr. H. J. Chauvin.
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Marriage Certificate from Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Patterson, Louisiana.
The top of the form reads "State of Louisiana--Parish of St Landry" but the town
of Patterson is in St Mary Parish. Perhaps the priest happened to have only the
St Landry form and used it, else there was some period in which St Mary Parish
was named St Landry. Seems unlikely. Perhaps future research will sort this out.
St Joseph Catholic Church, Patterson, Louisiana in St Mary Parish, where Annette and
husband Hercules Chauvin were married. [photo by author 2007 05 22]
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1934 Annette & Daughter Marietta
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ABOVE: Birthday telegram to Annette from son-in-law Dr. Lastie Villien, daughter
Irene [Chauvin] Villien and six year old grandson Lastie Jr. It is dated January 28, the day
before her birthday. No year is shown. Quite possibly this was at the time in 1942 of her last
birthday. She was hospitalized in New Orleans then. She died in April of that year.
LEFT: Annette and daughter Marietta Chauvin, or Hepburn, walking somewhere in a city or
town ... most likely New Orleans about 1934 before Marietta married Howard Hepburn. Annette has
a sad look about her reminiscent of a new widow. Her husband Hercules died in 1933.
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Author notes: documents courtesy of Julie' Miller.
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Louisiana Statewide Death Index,
1900-1949 Recordinfo
Name: Annette Lily Chauvin
Death Date: 21 Apr 1942
Estimated Birth Year: 1886
Age: 56 Years
Gender: Female
Race: White or Mexican
Parish: Iberia
Certificate Number: 11637
Volume: 50
Author notes:
On Annette's death certificate, her mother's maiden name is stated as Virginia Broussard.
The information was supplied by either her daughter Marietta, who signed as Mrs.H.E.Hepburn,
or her son-in-law Lastie Villien, the attending physician. Annette's mother was
Virginia Landry, not Broussard. Either Marietta or Lastie didn't know the facts or one
of them was too distraught to get it right the day after Annette died. Both scenarios
seem unlikely.
Or, perhaps Virginia Landry who is on gravestone as wife of T. Richard, was a second wife
also named Virginia and Virginia Broussard was a prior wife and mother of Annette.
More research needed.
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Author notes:
Several newspaper clippings from 1942 are in posession of cousin Julie Miller who
kindly scanned these and sent them to me. They may be presumed to have been published
in Jeanerette, Louisiana and possibly Thibodaux, Louisiana.]
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In the left column you see a photo of St John Evangelist Church in
Jeanerette, Louisiana, where Annette's requiem mass was celebrated by her nephew Father
Wayne Richard, son of brother Junius. At the right edge of the church photo is a house
which is across Church Street from the church. The closeup photo below if of that house.
It belonged to Dr. and Mrs. Villien, Annette's son-in-law and daughter. Annette lived
her final years in that house and the one time I ever saw my grandmother was during a
visit to that house. Both the church and the house, photographed 2007 05 22 by author,
appear very much as they did 65 years before.
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