Corrections About my Paternal Grandfather Nolan Scott's family and Death Certificate Information

 

 I was trying to look for any information about my 2nd Great Grandparents William and Maria Scott.  I found an African American couple William and Maria Daigle living in Lafourche Parish in the 1910 Census which showed that Maria gave birth to three children that were still living at the time but not in the household. I am wondering if this was the same couple as my 2nd Great Grandparents recorded as William and Maria Dagar (mis-transcribed as Kagen) in 1900 Census and whose children were recorded as being Pinkey, Matthews, and Ivory.  The 1900 Census shows that 2nd Great Grandma Maria was a mother of four children with three of them living. My 1 year old paternal grandfather Nolan was shown to have the last name Scott in 1910 Census living with his single mother Carrie Johnson in the household headed by his maternal grandmother Rosanna (Hester) Johnson who was the widow of Harvey Johnson, but I found none of his relatives with the last name Scott in the 1910 Census.  

I couldn't find William and Maria Daigle in the 1900 Census nor the 1920 Census and later Censuses. I couldn't find Great Grandpa Ivory nor his brother Matthews in 1910 Census, but I found their sister Pinkey and that she was married to Nazary Johnson who was Great Grandma Carrie's oldest brother. They were recorded as being married for 4 years. Aunt Pinkey was recorded as being mother of a child that no longer lived.  According to the 1920 Census, Pinkey  (mis-transcribed as Pensley) Johnson was a widow living with her brother Matthews Scott, her sister-in-law Nellie Scott, her nephews Robert Scott and Freddie Scott, and her widow mother Maria Scott. The 1920 Census is the only Census that shows Uncle Matthews and 2nd Great Grandma Maria recorded as having the last name Scott.  I found no Census records of  2nd Great Grandpa William having the last name Scott. Marriah/Marrian Scott with the relationship of mother was listed on Great Grandpa Ivory's 1918 and 1919 Army Transportation Records.  Freddie Scott's 1940 World War 2 Draft Registration card has Ivy Scott listed as the one to always know his address with the relationship of Uncle. 

Because of the William Daigle found with his wife Maria in the 1910 Census that seems to be the same William Daigle who was shown living with his parents William and Marianne Daigle in Assumption Parish, Louisiana at the time of the 1870 Census, I am now uncertain about Hannah (Hawkins) Daigre's son William Daigre being Great Grandpa Ivory's father.  I found no records of Hannah's son after 1880 though. I disconnected Hannah and her relatives from 2nd Great Grandpa William in my ancestry.com family tree. I have told all to the descendant of William Daigre's brother Paul Alfred Daigre.  Even though I may not be related to him,  I am glad that I was able to give him information that showed that his ancestor Paul Daigre was Paul Alfred Daigre and who his family were.

I became uncertain about David Matthews and Matilda Brown's daughter Maria Matthews was Great Grandpa Ivory's mother.  Having a son with the first name Matthews doesn't necessarily mean that the mother's maiden name was Matthews. I found other men with the first name Matthews having no mother with the maiden name Matthews. Some are even named after their maternal grandfathers that have the first name Matthew.  I disconnected David and Matilda and their relatives from 2nd Great Grandma Maria in my ancestry.com family tree.  Afterwards, I found out that Patrick Lilly and Margaret Caldwell were her parents. 2nd Great Grandma Maria's sister Elizabeth aka Betty was recorded as being mulatto in 1910 Census, and so they had some European American ancestry. 1880 Census Records show that my paternal grandmother Mary Alice Gaines' Gaines family and Riley family were neighbors of Grandpa Nolan's Lilly family.  I already knew that Grandma Mary's father Lawrence Gaines was born in Napoleonville, Assumption Parish and that his parents Willis and Jennette (Riley) Gaines and maternal grandparents Edward and Daurtyand Riley lived there. I can't find my Riley and Gaines families in 1870 Census, and so I am wondering if there were name changes which often occurred in families that were freed after slavery.  The families shared first names in common.  Great Grandpa Lawrence had siblings named Pinkie, Alberta, and Clarence. One of Clarence's sons was named Ivory. Grandpa Nolan had paternal half siblings named Alberta and Clarence. 

 I wonder how my paternal grandparents met. They were born and raised in different parishes in Southern Louisiana.  Grandma Mary was born in St Mary Parish like her mother Priscilla Cross and maternal grandmother Mary Johnson were. Great Grandma Priscilla's father James Cross was born in Lafourche Parish like his maternal half siblings, his father, and his paternal aunts and uncles were.  His mother Laura Ann was an African American slave born in Virginia and was the wife of  Bonnie Barrow (originally Chas Boney and mistakenly recorded as being white in 1870 Census) who was a slave born in Louisiana, and some of their children were older than 2nd Great Grandpa James. Less than two weeks ago, I recently connected with a granddaughter of 2nd Great Grandpa James' younger maternal half brother Charles Valentine Barrow, and she told me that the Barrow family was mixed African, European, and Choctaw. She also told me that 3rd Great Grandma Laura migrated to Sherrida Indian Reservation.  2nd Great Grandpa James' father James P. Cross was a European American son of English American Benjamin Cross who was born in Gates County, North Carolina and 3/4 Acadian Anastasia Bourgeois who was born in Assumption Parish. My 4th Great Grandfather Benjamin owned the Orange Grove Plantation in Lafourche Parish, and he died in 1849.  According to 1850 Slave Schedule, my 4th Great Grandmother Anastasia had 39 slaves.  Anastasia died in 1855, and the Orange Grove Plantation was sold off instead of being passed down to any of Benjamin and Anastasia's children.  2nd Great Grandpa James' paternal aunt Priscilla was married to Charles M. Gillis who owned a sugar plantation in Lafourche Parish. According to 1860 Slave Schedule, he had 100 slaves.   

The only known French ancestry that my father had was the Acadian ancestry from his 3rd Great Grandmother Anastasia. Her father Michel Jerome Bourgeois Jr. was born in St. James Parish, Louisiana to expelled Acadians Michel Jerome Bourgeois Sr. and Anne Landry. Her maternal grandmother Marie Desiree Stebens was born in an Acadian refugee camp in Chantenay, France and was the daughter of Marie Babin who was born in an Acadian prison camp in Southampton, England to Acadians Simon Babin and Anastasie Terriot. Marie Desiree Stebens' father Louis William Stebens was not an Acadian. He was son of Stanislas Stebens and Anne Scalsen. I am sure that all of my paternal 3rd great grandparents were African American slaves in Louisiana except for my 3rd Great Grandfather James, and some of them were born in other southern states. I am very curious about the European American Ordogne family who had some Acadian ancestry. They were so close to my African American Scott family since at least 1920 that Harry Ordogne was listed on Great Grandpa Ivory's 1942 World War 2 Draft Registration Record as the person that would always know his address when he wasn't living with his wife Dicey and their children at the time of registration. I wonder if my Scott family were related to the Ordogne family. Great Grandpa Ivory and Dicey seemed to have been separated. He wasn't shown living with Dicey and their children in the 1940 Census, and I didn't find him in the 1940 Census. He was shown living with Dicey and their children in the 1950 Census.  

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1910 Census

Police Jury Ward 2, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

William Daigle age 44 black born in Louisiana with father born in District of Columbia and mother born in Louisiana

Maria Daigle age 40 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

If this couple were Great Grandpa Ivory's parents, then his paternal grandfather was an African American slave born in District of Columbia and his other three grandparents were African American slaves born in Louisiana.   

William Daigle's father wasn't a descendant of a Acadian Daigle/Daigre families nor any other Acadian family.  His last name was highly likely to be just the last name of his Acadian owner.   My Y DNA haplogroup E-BY101982 is completely different from Acadian Daigre/Daigle family progenitor Olivier Daigre's Y DNA haplogroup R-BY107022, and so my male line is different from that of the Acadian Daigle/Daigre men. 

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I found that there was a William Daigle whose age fits with 2nd Great Grandpa William was living in Lafourche Parish.  The whole family was listed as being born in Louisiana. His father has the same first name as him. Both his parents have both their parents' birthplace as Louisiana. 

This William's parents are a bit older than the other William's parents in 1870 Census, 

1880 Census

Ward 1, Assumption Parish, Louisiana

William Daigle age 51 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Mary Daigle age 49 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

William H Daigle age 16 black born in Louisiana

Rachel Daigle age 13 black born in Louisiana

I searched the family in 1870 Census,  but I couldn't find them in Lafourche Parish. 

This family was living in Assumption Parish which is the parish that Great Grandpa Ivory has for his birthplace on his World War 1 and 2 Draft Registration Cards, but I have come to the conclusion that he was actually born in Lafourche Parish. 

The head of household William Daigle has District of Columbia as his birthplace like William Daigle has for his father in 1910 Census.  He was mistakenly recorded as being white.

1870 Census

Ward 9, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

William Daigle age 45 white born in District of Columbia 

Marianne Daigle age 31 black born in Louisiana

Joseph Daigle age 15 black born in Louisiana

Frank Daigle age 13 black born in Louisiana

John W. Daigle age 10 black born in Louisiana

William Daigle age 4 black born in Louisiana

Richard Daigle age 1 black born in Louisiana

William is the last one listed on page 12 

Marianne is the first one listed on page 13

Matthew Scott June 28, 1920 death certificate

birthplace listed is Lafourche Parish

father listed as William Scott with Assumption Parish as birthplace

mother's name is unknown with Brown Town, Assumption Parish as birthplace

Hudson Williams was informant, and he was husband of  Great Grandma Carrie's oldest sister Maria  

buried in Morning Star cemetery

The death certificate shows that he's single and never married, but 1920 Census shows that Matthew had a wife named Nellie and sons Robert and Freddie. His sister Pinkey Johnson was head of household.  Their mother Maria Scott was living with them as widow. 

There are no records of Great Grandpa Ivory's brother Matthew after 1920.

1920 Census shows that Matthew had a wife named Nellie and sons Robert and Freddie. His sister Pinkey Johnson was head of household.  Their mother Maria Scott was living with them as a widow. 

The transcription recorders separate Pinkey from her family and have Matthew as head of household 

1920 Census

Police Jury Ward 5, Lafourche Parish Louisiana

Pinkey Johnson head age 33 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Matthew Scott head age 31 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Nellie Scott wife age 38 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Robert Scott son age 14 black born in Louisiana 

Freddie Scott son age 11 black born in Louisiana

Maria Scott mother age 52 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Nolan Scott  Jan 31, 1944 death certificate

birthplace is New Orleans 

father is listed as Ivey Scott with birthplace Louisiana

mother is listed as Carrie Johnson with birthplace Louisiana

buried in Thibodaux, Louisiana

informant is Carrie Johnson

This was definitely Grandpa Nolan

His World War 2 Draft Registration Card 

His World War 2 Draft Registration Card has him deceased January 31, 1944 which is same date on death certificate

Carrie Johnson is the person listed as the person to know his address with the relationship mother 

 1910 shows 1 yr old Nolan Scott living with his single mother Carrie Johnson who is in household headed by Rosanna Johnson

Carrie Johnson March 10, 1948 death certificate

birthplace is listed as Lafourche Parish 

father is Harvey Johnson with Louisiana as birthplace

mother is Rosana Johnson with Louisiana as birthplace.

Thomas Johnson is informant

buried in Thibodaux, Louisiana

This was definitely Great Grandma Carrie.

1900 Census with 5 year old Great Grandma Carrie in household with parents Harvey and Rosanna Johnson

Nazary Johnson and Thomas Johnson are listed as some of her siblings. 

1900 Census

Police Jury Ward 5, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Harvey Johnson head age 39 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Rosana Johnson wife age 37 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Virginia Johnson daughter age 18 black born in Louisiana

Nazry Johnson son age 16 black born in Louisiana

Sarah Johnson daughter age 14 black born in Louisiana

Relia Johnson daughter age 13 black born in Louisiana

Major Johnson son age 11 black born in Louisiana

Ervin Johnson son age 9 black born in Louisiana

Thomas Johnson age 7 black born in Louisiana

Carrie Johnson age 5 black born in Louisiana

Nazareth Johnson Dec 17, 1958 death certificate

birthplace was Thibodaux

parents were Harvey Johnson and Rosana Johnson with Thibodaux as birthplace for both

wife was Agnes Johnson who was informant

This was definitely Great Grandma Carrie's brother. 

Great Grandpa Ivory's sister Pinkey wasn't a widow.  They actually got divorced.  

Nazareth married Agnes and had a family with her.

1910 Census showing Great Grandma Carrie's brother Nazary married to Great Grandpa Ivory's sister Pinkey

Police Jury Ward 5, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Nazary Johnson head age 25 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Pinkey Johnson wife age 23 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

1940 Census shows Nazary married to Agnes with children

Pinky Scott Johnson  August 20, 1930 death certificate

birthplace listed as Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

mother listed as Maria Lilly with Assumption Parish, Louisiana as birthplace 

information about father is unknown

Rueben Goode was informant

buried in Morning Star cemetery 

 

Maria Scott November 15, 1922 death certificate

husband was William Scott

birthplace listed as Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

father was recorded as Pat Lilly with Assumption Parish as birthplace

mother was recorded as Margaret Lilly with Assumption Parish as birthplace

Hudson Williams was informant

buried in Morning Star cemetery 

January 11, 1888 Marriage record of Maria Lilly and William Scott.

I am puzzled to see that Maria Lilly and my 2nd Great Grandma Maria are one and the same. 

The 1900 Census shows that my 2nd Great Grandparents and their children Pinkey, Matthews, and Ivory were recorded as having the last name Dagar which was mis-transcribed as Kagen. They were living in Lafourche Parish. The 1900 Census record is how I discovered the first name of Great Grandpa Ivory's father and that he had older siblings Pinkey and Matthew. 

The 1920 Census shows that Pinkey Johnson as a widow head of household in Lafourche Parish with her brother Matthews, his wife Nellie and their sons Robert and Freddie, and their widowed mother Maria all having the last name Scott. 

The 1910 Census shows a couple William and Maria Daigle in Lafourche Parish and that they had 3 living children that are not living with them. 

William Daigle is recorded as being born in Louisiana with father born in District of Columbia and mother born in Louisiana.  Maria Daigle is recorded as being born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana.  

I am not sure what was 2nd Great Grandpa William's birth last name. 

January 8, 1896 Marriage record shows that Reuben Good was married to Ollie Lilly which I suspected was Maria Lilly's sister.

Ollie Lily March 16 1932 death certificate

husband listed as Reuben Goode who was informant

father listed as Pat Lily with birthplace unknown

mother listed as Margaret Caldwell with Assumption Parish as birthplace

buried in Morning Star cemetery

Ollie and Maria were sisters

Pinkey Johnson recorded as niece to head of household Rubbin Good

This confirms my suspicions that Hollie/Ollie (Lilly) Goode and Maria (Lilly) Scott were sisters before I got Maria and Ollie's death certificates. 

1930 Census

Police Jury Ward 5, Assumption Parish

Rubbin Goode head age 49 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Hollie Goode wife age 41 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Helen Goode daughter age 8 black born in Louisiana

Pinky Johnson niece age 35 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Florence Edwards granddaughter age 15 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Robert Goode son age 10 black born in Louisiana

Lilly household in 1870 Census

Ward 5, Assumption Parish, Louisiana

Dwelling Number 95, Family Number 96

I found a Maria Lilly age 1

Patrick Lilly age 24 black born in Louisiana

Margaret Lilly age 19 black born in Louisiana

Elizabeth Lilly age 3 black born in Louisiana

Nelly Lewis age 68 black born in North Carolina

The Caldwell family was recorded right before the Lilly family.

They were next door neighbors.

Caulwell household in 1870

Ward 5, Assumption Parish, Louisiana

Dwelling Number 94, Family Number 95

Bob Caulwell  age 57 black born in North Carolina

Sarah Caulwell age 30 black born in Tennessee

Ella Caulwell age 14 black born in Louisiana

Bob Caulwell age 12 black born in Louisiana

Owen Caulwell age 10 black born in Louisiana

Lincoln Caulwell age 7 black born in Louisiana

Nellie Lewis was living in the Caulfield household and recorded as being Robert Caldwell's mother-in-law.

1880  Census

Ward 3, Assumption Parish

Robert Colwell head  age 60 black born in North Carolina with both parents born in North Carolina

Sarah Colwell wife  age 40 black born in Tennessee with both parents born in North Carolina

Robert Colwell son  age 21 black born in Louisiana

Owen Colwell son age 19 black born in Louisiana

Lincoln Colwell son age 16 black born in Louisiana

Nelley Lewis mother-in-law age 80 black born in North Carolina 

Lilly household in 1880 Census

Assumption Parish, Louisiana

dwelling number 21

Patrick Lilly head age 28 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Margurite Lilly wife age 25 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Lisabeth Lilly daughter age 14 black born in Louisiana

Maryand Lilly daughter age 12 black born in Louisiana

Naly Lilly daughter age 10 black born in Louisiana

Charlot Lilly daughter age 7 black born in Louisiana

Saavan Lilly daughter age 4 black born in Louisiana

Riley and Gaines households in 1880 Census

Assumption Parish, Louisiana

dwelling number 21 (same as the Lilly household)

Edward Ryly head age 57 black born in South Carolina 

Daurtyand Ryly wife age 47 black born in Kentucky

Efen Ryly son age 19 black born in Louisiana

Jamy Ryly son age 11 black born in Louisiana

Willis Gain head age 23 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Jinnett Gain age 22 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Johny Hemill age 4 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Alice Hemill age 4 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Betty Milton July 25,1916 death certificate

birthplace listed as Assumption Parish

father listed as Pat Lilly with birthplace unknown

mother listed as Marguerite Lilly with birthplace unknown

her husband Henry Milton was informant

buried at Morning Star Baptist Cemetery 

Betty was Maria and Ollie's sister

1920 Census

Police Jury Ward 2, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Henry Melton head age 50 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Beddie Melton age 40 mulatto born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Hubbet Roton age 11 black born in Louisiana with both parents born in Louisiana

Therese Hester December 2, 1930 death certificate

birthplace listed as Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

father listed as Peter Palmer with birthplace unknown

mother listed Jeanne with maiden name and birthplace unknown

Therese was my 2nd Great Grandma Rosanna's mother

Social security record has Therese's maiden name as Poiner.