BIRTH NAME: John Roman Solares
BIRTH: 1878 08 07 New Orleans
FATHER: Ramon Solares
MOTHER: Juana Vinet
SIBLINGS: Ramon Pedro Solares [Jr] 'Raymond'
Joseph Maria Solares 'Pep'
Esperanza Magdalena Solares 'Nina'
Seraphin Francisco Solares 'Frank'
Modesto Arcadio Solares 'Dutch'
Maria Marguerite Solares 'Maggie' 'Margaret'
George Alice Solares *
Clemence Solares 'Clem' *
*[Mother = Georgina Marie Houidobre]
MARRIAGE: 1901 06 12
SPOUSE: Marguerite Mary Mandot "Margaret"
CHILDREN: Irma
VOCATION: unknown - lived a short time
MILITARY: none
RELIGION: Roman Catholic
DEATH: 1905 03 08 - died at age 26
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John at age 23 in 1901
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[The photo of John at right probably was made in 1901 when
John married Marguerite Mandot. His attire is that of a groom in his day and people
rarely had studio photo portraits made except for major life events like a marriage.]
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1878 - New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899
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Given: John Roman
Surname: Solares
Father: Raymond [Ramon Solares, not Jr]
Mother: Johanna Benent [likely heard as Joanna Binet which is Juana Vinet]
Sex: M
Birth Date: 07 Aug 1878
Volume: 72 Page: 297
Be it remembered, That on this day to-wit: the Tenth of August
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Eight and the One Hundredth
and Third of the independence of the United States of America, before me, S. CHOPPIN, M.D.
President Board of Health and Ex-Officio Recorder of Births, Marriages and Deaths,in and for the
Parish and City of New Orleans, personally appeared:
Roman Solares,[1] a native of Spain
residing at No. 115 Union Street in this city who hereby declares that
on the Seventh instant (7" August 1878) at his aforesaid residence,
in this city was born a male child, named
John Roman Solares (white)
Lawful issue of Raymond Solares[2] a native of Spain
aged 30 years, occupation Cigar Maker and Johanna
Benent[3] a native of Spain, aged 28 years
Thus done at New orleans, in the presence of the aforesaid R. Solares
as also in that of Messrs. S. C. Hepburn[4] & P.H.Lanauze, both of this City,
witnesses, by me requested so to be, who have hereunto set their hands, together with me, after due
reading hereof, the day,month and year first above written.
[sig] P.Henry Lanauze
[sig] Saml C Hepburn [sig stamp] Sam Choppin, M.D.
[sig] Roman Solares President Board of Health and Ex-Officio Recorder
Author notes:
[1] The deponent's name is clearly ROMAN Solares while the
[2]father's name is Raymond, both born in Spain. Either the Recorder spelled Ramon's
name incorrectly or Ramon's brother Romain, who died the following month in September, was sent
to record the birth of John Roman.
[3] Mother's maiden name is given as Johanna Benent;
in other cases as Juana & Joanna; Binet, Vinet, Vinent. All same person.
[4] Witness is Saml C. Hepburn, deputy recorder, whose son Robert Hepburn
will marry Marguerite, the not yet born daughter of Ramon Solares. ]
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1901 - New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index
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Name: Marguerite Mary Mandot
Age: 21
Spouse: John Roman Solares
Age: 22
Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1901
Volume: 23 Page: 108
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1905 - New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949
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Name: John Solares
Age: 26 yrs
Death Date: 8 Mar 1905
Color: W
Page: 946 Volume: 134
Death Certificate - John [Roman] Solares
Be it remembered that on this day to-wit; the Tenth of March
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Five and the
One Hundred and 29 of the independence of the United States of America,
before me, Quitman Kohnke, M.D., Chairman Board of Health and
Ex-Officio Recorder of Births, Deaths and Marriages
in and for the Parish of Orleans, personally appeared
P. J. Schoen an undertaker, native of City
residing at no 527 Elysian Fields Ave who hereby declares that
John Solares (white)
a native of Louisiana, aged 26 years
departed this life on the eighth (8 March 1905) at Corner
St Claude & Touro Sts in this city
Cause of Death Suicide by Laudanum [5]
Certificate of Dr. S F Murta? [illegible]
Deceased was married - a grocer
Thus done at New Orleans, in the presence of the aforesaid P. J. Schoen
as also in that of P. H. Lanauze & C W Irwin both of this City,
witnesses, by me requested so to be, who have hereunto set their hands, together with me,
after reading hereof this day,
month and year first above written.
[sig] P H Lanauze [sig stamp] Quitman Kohnke M.D.
[sig] P J Schoen [sig] C W Irwin Chairman Board of Health and Ex-Officio Recorder
Author notes: [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanum
Laudanum is an opium tincture, sometimes sweetened with sugar and also called wine of
opium. In the 19th century, laudanum was used in many patent medicines to
"relieve pain... to produce sleep... to allay irritation... to check excessive
secretions... to support the system... [and] as a sudorific".
The limited pharmacopoeia of the day meant that opium derivatives were among
the most efficacious of available treatments, and so laudanum was widely prescribed
for ailments from colds to meningitis to cardiac diseases, in both adults and children."
[We, from a position more than 100 years after the fact, have no way of knowing if
great uncle John deliberately or accidentally ingested a fatal dose of laudanum.]
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