Edna C. Parish: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1. Edna C. Parish was born in 1905 in Texas (daughter of Harry Bradford Parish and Nora Broussard); died after 1910 in of, Jasper Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

Harry Bradford Parish was born in 1871 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (son of George Parish and Cynthia Rawls); died on 31 Dec 1910 in Jasper Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 29 Apr 1910, Jasper Co (Precinct 4), Texas

Notes:

Census:
Parish, Harry B 40 1870 m1 Texas Tennessee Georgia River man, river logging
Norah J. wife 34 1876 m1 5 births, 4 living Texas Texas Texas
Ruthie daughter 15 1895 Texas
Sibbie daughter 10 1890 Texas
Jimmie daughter 7 1893 Texas
Edna C. daughter 5 1905 Texas

Died:
Name: Harry Bradford Parish
Death Date: 31 Dec 1910
Death County: Jasper
Certificate: 16961

Harry married Nora Broussard in 1894 in Jasper or Jefferson Co, Texas. Nora (daughter of Simeon P Broussard and Celia Wingate) was born on 28 Dec 1877 in Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 21 Aug 1968 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 22 Aug 1968 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nora Broussard was born on 28 Dec 1877 in Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas (daughter of Simeon P Broussard and Celia Wingate); died on 21 Aug 1968 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 22 Aug 1968 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 29 Apr 1910, Jasper Co (Precinct 4), Texas
Residence: 1968, 4195 Milam, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; D.C.

Notes:

Census:
Parish, Harry B 40 m1 Texas Tennessee Georgia River man, river logging
Norah J. wife 34 m1 5 births, 4 living Texas Texas Texas
Ruthie daughter 15 Texas
Sibbie daughter 10 Texas
Jimmie daughter 7 Texas
Edna C. daughter 5 Texas

Died:
D.C. Nora Broussard Riley, age 90, widowed, born Taylor Bayou, widowed, residence, 4195 Milam, Beaumont, lived in Beaumont 10 years.
father, Simeon Broussard; mother Cecila Wingate,
died in Schlesinger Nursing Home.
informant, Sibbie Ristoff-daughter

Children:

Ruthie Parish was born in 1895 in Texas; died after 1910 in of, Jasper Co, Texas.
Sibbie Parish was born in 1900 in Texas; died on 5 Nov 1982 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
Jimmie Parish was born in 1903 in Texas; died after 1910 in of, Jasper Co, Texas.
1. Edna C. Parish was born in 1905 in Texas; died after 1910 in of, Jasper Co, Texas.

Generation: 3

George Parish was born in 1838 in Tennessee; died after 1880 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

George married Cynthia Rawls about 1867 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Cynthia was born on 7 Aug 1847 in Thomas, Georgia; died after 1880 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cynthia Rawls was born on 7 Aug 1847 in Thomas, Georgia; died after 1880 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Children:

Lula Parish was born in 1868 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Thomas Parish was born in 1870 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. Harry Bradford Parish was born in 1871 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 31 Dec 1910 in Jasper Co, Texas.
Bessie Parish was born in 1878 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Simeon P Broussard was born on 28 Oct 1846 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (son of Sevenne (Sevan) Broussard and Belzire Hebert); died on 25 Jul 1920 in Hamshire, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 26 Jul 1920 in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1880, Taylor Bayou, Labelle, (District 41), Jefferson Co, Texas
Census: 19 Jun 1900, Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas
Residence: 1906, 116 Yankee Doodle, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Simeon, widow, 33, LA, parents, LA
William P, son, 14, TX
J.J., son, 12, TX
M.B., dau, 10, TX
Daniel, son 8, TX
T.E., dau, 6, TX
Nora, dau, 3, TX
Sevan, son, 7 mo, TX
children list mother as b in TX.

Census:
Simeon head Oct 1846 53 m 19yrs; LA LA LA
Lizzie wife Jul 1859 41 m (m 1881) TX AL TX births 8 living
Miledge son Aug 1885 15 TX
Gertrude dau Apr 1888 12 TX
Price son Apr 1890 10 TX
Isaac son Jul 1891 9 TX
Lucile dau Dec 1893 7 TX
Ellen dau 3 Feb 1897 TX
Brantley W.E. Boarder 24 single Aug 1876 TX LA AL

Residence:
Beaumont city directory 1906
Broussard, Claude S., h115 Yankee Doodle
Broussard, Lizzie J (Mrs. Simeon),
r 116 Yankee Doodle 5
Broussard, Simeon, farmer, r 2 blks w of
S. & E.T. Ry, 1 blk s of city limits, Potts add.

Died:
D.C. Simeon P. Broussard, age 73, farmer, widower, born in Louisiana, father S. Broussard, born in Louisiana, and mother, Belza Hebert, born in Louisiana
length of time in Hampshire, 40 years,
died of chronic nephritis
informant, D.A. Broussard, Beaumont.

Simeon married Celia Wingate about 1866 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Celia (daughter of William Wingate and Mrs Tabitha (..) Wingate) was born on 10 Mar 1846 in Texas; died on 08 Nov 1879 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Celia Wingate was born on 10 Mar 1846 in Texas (daughter of William Wingate and Mrs Tabitha (..) Wingate); died on 08 Nov 1879 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Children:

William Perry Broussard was born on 21 Nov 1865 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 16 Aug 1935 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 18 Aug 1935 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
John J. Broussard was born in 1868 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 2 Nov 1948 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Mary Belzire "Belle" Broussard was born on 13 Jan 1870 in Taylor Bayou Settlement, Labelle, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 16 Jan 1962 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 17 Jan 1962 in Landrum Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Daniel Broussard was born in 1872 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 05 Mar 1925 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 06 Mar 1925 in Fannett Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
T.E. Broussard was born in 1874 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1880.
3. Nora Broussard was born on 28 Dec 1877 in Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 21 Aug 1968 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 22 Aug 1968 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Sevenne (Sevan) Broussard was born on 12 Sep 1880 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 15 Aug 1950 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 17 Aug 1950 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Generation: 4

12.

Sevenne (Sevan) Broussard was born on 20 Aug 1825 in Louisiana (son of Edouard Theophile Broussard and Euphemie Belzire Broussard); died on 24 Dec 1876 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Notes:

Built Bondreaus Place in 1857-59. Buried in Broussard Cemetery.
Sevan was the ramrod of the Broussard brothers and their ranching activity. He first settled on Hillebrant Bayou at a place as BBlanchette's Cove. In March of 1846 he registered cattle SBC, in Jefferson County records.
In February of 1850 he bought 1340 acres of land in Southwest Jefferson county along Taylor Bayou and built a home with lumber brought from Lake Charles by schooner, sailing up Taylor's Bayou from Sabine Pass.
Sevan and the Broussards prospered and by the 1860 census he owned 1200 head of cattle, 30 sheep, 70 swine, 2 horses, 10 milk cows and 2 work oxen.

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State of Affairs
Some years later, after the deaths of Sevan on December 24, 1876 and Belzire in 1884, someone began production from explorations around the salt dome near the Broussard Cemetery in August 1924. The Fannett Oil field which produced undreamed of riches for someone other than Sevan and Belzire Broussards decendents, was centered around this salt dome on Sevans land. Even today, oil and gas production, gas compression and storage functions are being performed on Sevan and Belzire's land, somehow.

Sevenne married Belzire Hebert about 1843 in Louisiana. Belzire was born on 07 Nov 1827 in Louisiana; died on 07 Aug 1884 in Labelle, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Belzire Hebert was born on 07 Nov 1827 in Louisiana; died on 07 Aug 1884 in Labelle, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1880, Taylor Bayou, Labelle, (District 41), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
B Broussard, widow, female, 53, LA
D.L. son, 22, TX
Alexander, son, 18, TX
Albert, son, 15, TX
Edward, son, 12, TX
Irene, dau, 10, TX
father born in LA

Children:

6. Simeon P Broussard was born on 28 Oct 1846 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died on 25 Jul 1920 in Hamshire, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 26 Jul 1920 in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Euphemia Broussard was born on 15 Oct 1850 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 21 Jul 1928 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Desire Louis Broussard was born on 12 Jan 1857 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 21 Jul 1946 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 22 Jul 1946 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Alexander Broussard was born in 1861 in Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 10 Oct 1918 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Albert E. Broussard was born on 23 May 1865 in Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 27 Jan 1946 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Edward Broussard was born on 30 Dec 1867 in Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 16 Oct 1897 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Jay J. Broussard was born in Nov 1869 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1900 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Irene Broussard was born in 1870 in Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 26 Mar 1933 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
Tabitha Broussard was born on 06 Oct 1875 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 10 Jul 1961 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 12 Jul 1961 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

14. William Wingate was born about 1820; died after 1846.
William married Mrs Tabitha (..) Wingate about 1840. Tabitha was born about 1820; died after 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Mrs Tabitha (..) Wingate was born about 1820; died after 1846.

Children:

7. Celia Wingate was born on 10 Mar 1846 in Texas; died on 08 Nov 1879 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.