Edia Marie Legnon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1879 - 1964  (85 years)

• Name	Edia Marie Legnon
  Nickname	also spelled Idea
  Born	9 May 1879	Charenton, St. Mary, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Dec 1964	Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	St. Mary Magdalene Church Cemetery, Abbeville, Louisiana, USA
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  Person ID	P2570645988	Our Family Tree | Edea Pitre's Ancestors
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Alexis Legnon,   b. May 1852, St. Mary, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 1905  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Aronsia Amelie Moore,   b. 8 May 1856, Charenton, St. Mary, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 1894  (Age 37 years)
  Married	28 Apr 1874	Charenton, St. Mary, Louisiana, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francois A Marceaux,   b. 03 Dec 1876, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 31 Jan 1939, Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	1894
  Children	1. Calice Valentine Marceaux,   b. 14 Feb 1898, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 23 Dec 1978, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA  (Age 80 years)   2. Aroncia Marceaux,   b. 05 Jun 1900, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 21 May 1986, Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA  (Age 85 years)   3. Marie Legnon Marceaux,   b. 05 Jun 1900, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 05 Jun 1900, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA  (Age 0 years) + 4. Myra Marceaux,   b. 11 Jan 1902, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 05 Nov 1994, Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA  (Age 92 years)   5. Aurore Marie Marceaux,   b. 12 Sep 1904, Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 26 Jun 2000, Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA  (Age 95 years) + 6. Lillian Norman Marceaux,   b. 09 Apr 1907, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 02 Jul 1938, Jefferson, Texas, USA  (Age 31 years)   7. Euphemie Marceaux,   b. 25 Aug 1909, Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 27 Aug 1996, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA  (Age 87 years) + 8. Adele Marceaux,   b. 14 May 1912, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 30 May 1958, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 46 years) + 9. Marie Olive Marceaux,   b. 10 Nov 1917, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 11 Aug 1989, Golden Meadow, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 9 May 1879 - Charenton, St. Mary, Louisiana, USA Died - 15 Dec 1964 - Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, USA Buried - - St. Mary Magdalene Church Cemetery, Abbeville, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Edia Legnon Marceaux
  		Edia Legnon Marceaux
  		Marceaux Family in the 1920s Frank seated, Edia in black, Olive leaning towards her father on the left, Ida far left.
  		Edia Marceaux with Family Edia Legnon Marceaux surrounded by family, including daughter Olive (bottom left) and granddaughter Olive "Nookie" Pitre (in white, standing to Edia's right), who is pregnant with Edea Pitre.
  		Marceaux Family Edia, Frank, and baby Olive are in front center
  		Marceaux Women Seated: Olive Marceaux Sonnier with baby Olive Sonnier, Peggy Hopkins Eagan, Edia Legnon Marceaux, and Adele Marceaux Pappas. Calice Marceaux is standing in back.
  		Edia Legnon Marceaux beside Adele Marceaux Pappas' Casket

  
  

  Documents		Legnon Family on the 1880 Census
  		Edia and Marie [Olive] Marceaux on the 1930 Census Edia and Frank had divorced, but Edia is listed as a widow.
  		Marceaux Family on the 1910 Census The name spellings are butchered! Listed are Frank A., Dea? (Edia), Alice (Calice - son), Arroncia (Arronsia - daughter), Amecia (?), Oreror (Aurore), Ledia? (Lillian), Euphemie.
  		Marceaux Family on the 1920 Census With very interesting spellings, they are: Edea (35), Myra (17), Ora (15), Lillian (13), Famie (9), Adele (7), and Olive (3).
  		Marceaux Family on the 1900 Census

  
  

  Histories

  Maternal DNA: Haplogroup H

  
  

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  [S2645867662] 1880 United States Federal Census, 181C. Idea LEGNON Birth Year <1877> Birthplace LA Age 3 Marital Status S Race W Head of Household Darius LEGNON Relation GDau Father's Birthplace LA Mother's Birthplace LA [2nd Ward, St. Mary, Louisiana] [S2645887989] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 3, Lafayette, Louisiana; Roll: 797; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 1020.0. Name: Idea Marceau Home in 1930: Police Jury Ward 3, Lafayette, Louisiana Age: 47 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883 Birthplace: Louisiana Relation to Head of House: Head [S2645870054] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 6, Vermilion, Louisiana; Roll: T624_533; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 141; Image: 928. Name: Dea? Marceaux Age in 1910: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883 Birthplace: Louisiana Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: Louisiana Mother's Birth Place: Louisiana Spouse's Name: Frank A Home in 1910: Police Jury Ward 6, Vermilion, Louisiana [S2645867104] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920;Census Place: Police Jury Ward 9, Vermilion, Louisiana; Roll: T625_634; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 988. Name: Edel Marceaux Home in 1920: Police Jury Ward 9, Vermilion, Louisiana Age: 35 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885 Birthplace: Louisiana Relation to Head of House: Head [S2645869972] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Spring Hill, Vermillion, Louisiana; Roll: T623 585; Page: 22A. Name: Idia Marceaux Home in 1900: Spring Hill, Vermillion, Louisiana Age: 20 Birth Date: May 1880 Birthplace: Louisiana Race: White Ethnicity: American Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Father's Birthplace: Louisiana Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana Mother: number of living children: 2 Mother: How many children: 2 Spouse's Name: Frank Marriage Year: 1894 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 6 Residence : Police Jury Ward 6 Spring Hill, Vermilion, Louisiana [S2655423159] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1461; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 57-8. Name: [Mrs.] Frank Marceaux Age: 62 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Race: White Birthplace: Louisiana Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Mother Home in 1940: Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana Street: Bailey Avenue [S2655423109] Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925, Hunting Forebears, comp., (Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004). Name: Aronsia Moor Spouse: Alexis Legnon Marriage Date: 28 Apr 1874 Marriage Place: St. Mary