After Glapions death in 1855, the family experienced a financial crisis owing to his unwise business speculations. In addition to being a Voudou priestess, Marie Laveau was a lifelong Roman Catholic. The Haitian Revolution began with a Vodou ceremony at Bois-Caiman. Unfortunately, not all visitors are respectful, and there have been countless acts of vandalism to her tomb. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Many attribute Laveaus homeownership to her Vodou abilities. Most researchers say that Marie and Jacque did not have any children, however, Baptismal records from St. Louis Cathedral show entries for two daughters. Death: Immediate Family: Daughter of Louis Christophe Dominic Dumesnil de Glapion and Marie Catherine Laveau, Voodoo Priestess. [1], Laveaus actual acquisition of the house is a less thrilling tale. It is widely believed that fifteen children came from this marriage, but there is only documentation of seven. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Oops, we were unable to send the email. New Orleans Voudou (Voodoo) is the only Afro-Catholic religion to emerge in North America. Her father, who never married her mother but signed documents declaring to be Maries father, stood at her wedding and signed the marriage contract on her behalf on July 27, 1819. [7] Long, A New Orleans Vodou Priestess, 36. Carolyn Morrow Long writes in her book, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau, I can only conjecture that the second Marie Laveau, successor to the Queen of Voudous, must have been some other woman who, although unidentified and undocumented in the archival record, lived in the famous cottage on St. Ann during the later decades of the nineteenth century. Marie II, another mystery that surrounds the enigmatic life of Marie Laveau. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Verify and try again. Her story begins with her great-grandmother, Marguerite, who had no surname because she was enslaved. . Please try again later. Marie Philomene Glapion married Emile Alexandre Legendre and had 6 children. Try again later. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Marie-Philomene Glapion Back to Glapion surname View Complete Profile view all Immediate Family Marie Catherine Laveau, Voodoo P. mother Louis Christophe Dominic Dumesni. Search above to list available cemeteries. She was the daughter of Christophe Glapion and Marie Laveau. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Felicites records state that she was seven years old at the time of her baptism, which would mean that she was born in 1817, two years before Marie and Jacques marriage. It is not known which of these daughters went on to become Marie II. The core value of New Orleans Voodoo is protection. Friquet Pierre. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. You will find everyone dressed in white and following the lead of local Voodoo Priestess, Sallie Ann Glassman, doing their best to make Marie proud. 11 JUN 1897 - LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louis Christophe Dominic Duminy de Glapion. Marie Laveau, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess, in Louisiana Women, edited by Janet Allured. Laveau raised her own family here. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. We have set your language to Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Marie Glapion (147114745)? Glapion was white and American anti-miscegenation laws deemed interracial marriages illegal. The cottage on St. Ann Street (numbered 179 St. Ann from 1823-1861 and 152 St. Ann after 1861) was built for Catherine Henry, Marie Laveaus grandmother, sometime after she purchased the lot in 1798. These annual events, derived from the European pre-Christian celebration of the summer solstice, consisted of bonfires, drumming, singing, dancing, ritual bathing, and a communal feast. Try again later. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers. Try again. Marguerite also had a brief relationship with Charles Laveaux, a successful mulatto businessman. Marie II is the Laveau that reportedly was the hairdresser to New Orleans affluent white women, and she used their secrets to concoct money making schemes disguised as supernatural powers, and always kept her eye on the prize. Marie Laveau was a trailblazer for all women, her strong convictions and loyal confidentiality have kept her a mysterious legend for centuries. [ 8] Laveau's only two children to survive into adulthood were daughters. Marie Philomene Glapion Born 6 Mar 1836 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Ancestors Daughter of Christophe DuMeny Glapion and Marie Catherine (Laveau) Glapion Sister of Marie Helose Euchariste (Glapion) Crocker and Arcange Edouard Glapion [spouse (s) unknown] [children unknown] Died 11 Jun 1897 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA All results for Marie Philomene Glapion. Marie Laveau was born in New Orleans on September 10, 1801, the first of her maternal line to be born free. She was baptized, married, attended Mass, and had her children baptized at St. Louis Cathedral. Glapion was white and American anti-miscegenation laws deemed interracial marriages illegal. According to legend, one of Laveaus two surviving daughters became her successor, popularly known as Marie II. Her elder daughter, Marie Helose Euchariste Glapion, died in 1862 and therefore could not have been Marie II. Laveaus other daughter, Marie Philomne Glapion, was her mothers caregiver during her old age and continued to live with her adult children in the cottage on St. Ann Street until her own death in 1897. The one common thread in most of the stories about Marie II is that she was a bit more wicked than her mother. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. The Creole cottage on St. Ann would continue to be the home of Marie Laveau, Christophe Glapion, and their family until the end of the 19th century. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. GREAT NEWS! Catherine, Maries grandmother passed away in 1831. Even today, tourists and locals visit her tomb to leave offerings and ask for her assistance. This name which has died out in France long ago is found mainly in LA. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Louis Christophe Dominic Duminy de Glapion Birth 1789 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Death 26 June 1855 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Mother Jeanne Sophie Lalande Ferriere Father Christobal Denis Christophe deGlapion Quick access Family tree 651 New search Louis Christophe Dominic Duminy de Glapion family tree In around 1826, Marie found love again with Louis Christophe Dumensnil de Glapion. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. In preparation for the trial, Laveau spent weeks praying to Vodou loa (spirits) and Catholic saints in St. Louis Cathedral. He was a white man of noble French descent. The story of how Marie Laveau obtained her house is an example of how myth often supersedes fact. She gave consultations and held weekly ceremonies at her home on St. Ann Street, and is credited with leading the St. Johns Eve celebrations on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. If you would like to view one of these trees in its entirety, you can contact the owner of the tree to request permission to see the tree. One can only assume she knew it would be impossible to replace a love so big. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can only be viewed by Ancestry members to whom they have granted permission to see their tree. You can use your imagination and the images that have been planted in our minds by modern cinema, to picture what exactly went on during these ceremonies. Resend Activation Email. Roche-Belaire, or some other white man, fathered Catherines mulatto children. One-Year subscription (4 issues) : $20.00, Two-Year subscription (8 issues) : $35.00, 64 Parishes 2023. The Congo Square celebrations were weekly; however, there was one night a year that was sacred to the Creoles who practiced Voodoo, St. Johns Eve. She has inspired movies. Probably the most exciting theory is that she was a student of the famous Dr. John. It is believed that Marie Laveau was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Privacy Policy. She was a proud woman who carried herself confidently and was by all definitions, an entrepreneur. A mystic cult, Voodooism, of African origin, was brought to this city from Santo Domingo and flourished in the 19th century. All Rights Reserved. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. [6] People interviewed by the WPA Federal Writers Project mentioned altars with statues of saints, animal parts, and effigies in Laveaus cottage. The mans son was proclaimed innocent and Marie gained the house on St. Ann. ion, Celestin Albert Glapion, Pauline Glapion, Felicitie Paris, Unknown Glapion, Marie Angelie Paris, Marie Joseph Paris, Marie Helose E June 1862 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States. This browser does not support getting your location. [8] Laveau's only two children to survive into adulthood were daughters. Please enter your email and password to sign in. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. By 1826 she had entered a domestic partnership with a white man of noble French descent, Louis Christophe Dominic Duminy de Glapion, which lasted until Glapion died in 1855. Was she daughter Marie Philomne or Marie Heloise? This Greek revival tomb is reputed burial place of the notorious "Voodoo Queen". By the mid-1800s Congo Square had become more than a market, it was a community center for New Orleans people of color. During the late eighteenth century, Marguerite and her daughter, Catherine, were held in slavery by the white Creole Henry Roche dit (known as) Belaire, a master shoemaker. Christophe Glapion died in June of 1855, after being Marie Laveaus common-law husband and devoted father to their children for almost thirty years. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Born in New Orleans in 1801, Marie was a Creole beauty who treated victims of warfare and epidemic. Image of Marie Glapion, Jacques Paris, Christophe Glapion, Marie Helose Crocker, Marie Philomene Glapion, Arcange Glapion, Charles Laveau, Maria Laveau, Marguerite Henry, Charles Trudeau, Marie Laveau, from 2004 taken in New Orleans, Louisiana. They would spend their free time cultivating gardens, fishing, and other things that would give them goods to sell and trade. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. On June 15, 1881, while in her bed at her St. Ann Street cottage, surrounded by family and community members, including her only surviving child Marie Philomene, Marie Laveau passed away. 0 cemeteries found in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Only Eloise and Philomene survived to adulthood. Froger Catherine 1754/. Sorry! She is buried in her Mother's Crypt " Marie Laveau " and she is known to have had 7 children, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147114745/marie-philome-glapion. Ghost City Tours has been New Orleans' #1 Tour Company since 2014. A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each persons profile. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. Marie Laveau: Voodoo Queen or Good Samaritan? Hollywood tells us it was a lot of naked dancing and orgies around bonfires. Tour guides often tell the tale of the shady switch that Marie Laveau and her daughter concocted. The New Orleans Spanish Judicial Archives has a 1773 documented case in which several slaves were tried for conspiring to kill their master and the slave overseer by means of gris-gris. Do not sell or share my personal information. Her wedding gift from her father was property that he owned on Love Street (now North Rampart). Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. She passed away on 29 Dec 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri. On June 15, 1881, Marie Laveau died peacefully in her cottage on St. Ann Street just a few months shy of her 80th birthday. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Login to find your connection. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Catherines daughter, Marguerite Henry, was manumitted by Henry Roche-Belaire in 1790. Marie Philomene Glapion lived in Louisiana. On August 4, 1819, Marie Laveau married Jacques Paris, a free quadroon carpenter from Saint Domingue (now Haiti). Her father gave her a vacant lot on what is now North Rampart Street at the time of her marriage to Jacques Paris. [2] Carolyn Morrow Long, A New Orleans Vodou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2006), 62-63. [8], August Darbonne and Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor, The Home: Marie Laveaus House,, This work is licensed by The Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at the University of New Orleans under a. , Felicitie Paris, Marie Angelie Paris, Christophe Dumnil Gauche De Glapion, Jean Batiste De Glapion, Francois Maurice Christophe De Gla Louis Christophe Denis Dusmenil (Duminy) De Glapion, Marie (Laveaux) Laveau. Of these, only Marie Helose Euchariste Glapion (born in 1827) and Marie Philomne Glapion (born in 1836) survived to adulthood. The Laveau-Glapion family lived in the original French section of the city, now known as the Vieux Carr or French Quarter, in a cottage on St. Ann Street between Rampart and Burgundy. Marie Fidelia Alexandre Legendre - Westenberg married Julius L. Westenberg and had 3 children. Sister of Celestin Albert Glapion; Marie-Philomene Glapion; Franois-Auguste Glapion; Arcange Glapion and Marie-Louise "Caroline" Glapion Marie LaVeau. Pauline Glapion 1811 - Unknown. Fritel Anne, avec Jacques Bohain. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. An article in The New Orleans Times Picayune, April 1886, adoringly remembered Marie Laveau, as gifted with beauty and intelligence, she ruled her own race, and made captive of many of the other. A Creole woman with her own set of rules and strong beliefs who was surrounded by the political and religious influence of wealthy white men. [3] Martha Ward, Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2004), 45. based on information from your browser. Feb 2 1827 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, Jean Christophe Duminy Glapion, Marie Laveau. Edit your search or learn more, Year start date must be less than year end date. Marie Philomene is 29 degrees from Pope Saint John Paul II Wojtyla, 21 degrees from Pope Urban VIII Barberini, 19 degrees from Pope Alexander VI Borgia, 43 degrees from Pope Pius VII Chiaramonti, 31 degrees from Pope John XI di Roma, 30 degrees from Pope Victor II Dollnstein-Hirschberg, 28 degrees from Pope St Leo IX Egisheim, 18 degrees from Pope Leo X Medici, 27 degrees from Blessed Pope Innocent XI Odescalchi, 25 degrees from Pope Benedict XIII Orsini, 22 degrees from Pope Pius II Piccolomini and 23 degrees from Fiona McMichael on our single family tree. Marie Catherine Laveau was the child of a mulatto man and a multiracial woman, Marie Laveau was a free woman of color of African, Native American, and French descent. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. The youngest became Laveau"s successor, the also-famed Marie LaVeau ll. French: unexplained. Famille Vve Parisnee LaveauCi GiiMarie Philome Glapiondecedee le 11 Juin 1897agee de Soixaine deux ans.Elle fut bonne mere, bonne ami etregrettee par tous ceux qui l'ont connuePassants priez pour elle. The elder named Marie Eucharist Eloise Laveau (18271862); the second daughter was named Marie Philomene Glapion (18361897). She did buy two enslaved women, whom she later sold. Catherines father was Jean Belaire, possibly a slave of Henry Roche-Belaire. The one rumor that has proven itself to be true was that secrets were safe Marie Laveau. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. An arrant fraud, no doubt, but money poured into her lap down to the last day of her evil life. Mr. Kendall was not a fan of Ms. Laveau; perhaps he was one of many that thought Voodoo was part of the dark arts, which is unfortunate. At times, Glapion claimed he was a mulatre, or of mixed race. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. We encourage you to research and examine these records to determine their accuracy. Marie Laveaus tomb is the most visited tomb in all of New Orleans Cemeteries. Her elder daughter, Marie Helose Euchariste Glapion, died in 1862 and therefore could not have been "Marie II." Laveau's other daughter, Marie Philomne Glapion, was her mother's caregiver during her old age and continued to live with her adult children in the cottage on St. Ann Street until her own death in 1897. She served as godmother for her nephew and her granddaughter, and paid for the education of a seven-year-old orphan boy at the Catholic Institution for Indigent Orphans. Christophe Dominick Duminy de Glapion, also known as Louis Christope Dominick Duminy de Glapion,[1] (Date of birth unknown - c.1855)[1]) was the plaage husband of the famed Louisiana Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau. Gods always behave like the people who make them. Reprint, Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 1983 [a sensationalistic view of Marie Laveau and Voudou]. Laveau's only two daughters to survive into adulthood were Marie Euchariste Eloise Laveau and Marie Philomene Glapion. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers.These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. The couple lived together in the Faubourg Marigny and had four surviving children: Fidelia, Alexandre, Nomie, and Blair Legendre. But these secret, uncivilized practices generated pure fear in the white community. It was through this profession that Laveau was exposed to her future clients, who were often seeking counsel. Gris-gris in New Orleans is a bag of herbs or magical substances that is carried or delivered with the intention of taking control over another, protection, or for good luck. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Sister of Celestin Albert Glapion; Marie-Philomene Glapion; Franois-Auguste Glapion; Arcange Glapion and Marie-Louise "Caroline" Glapion. Unfortunately, the only recorded truth to any of those stories is that she indeed live and die in her St. Ann cottage, which was demolished in 1907. Birthdate: estimated between 1806 and 1854. Jacques Paris died or disappeared around 1824, and Marie was thereafter known as the Widow Paris. You can always change this later in your Account settings. For better results, use a suggestion from the list. Marie-Philomene Glapion half sister Franois-Auguste Glapion half brother Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140515831/arcange-glapion Arcange Glapion half brother Marie-Heloise Euchariste Glapion half sister Marie-Louise "Caroline" Glapion half sister view all Felicite Paris's Timeline A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y Z The slave owners were convinced that the practice would insight slave rebellions. Marie and Christophe's youngest daughter, Philomne Glapion, had entered a domestic partnership with a white man, Emile Alexandre Legendre, at about the time her father died. Marie Philomene Glapion was born in New Orleans in 1836. A system error has occurred. Tourists continue to visit and some draw X marks in accordance with a decades-old tradition that if people wanted Laveau to grant them a wish, they had to draw an X on the tomb, turn around three times, knock on the tomb, yell out their wish, and if it was granted, come back, circle their X, and leave Laveau an offering. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Marie Philome Glapion I found on Findagrave.com. Only Marie Heloise and Marie Philomene lived to adulthood, both of whom .