Mary Elizabeth {aka "Eliphe"} Patterson was born Oct. 4, 1866 in Texas.{{Tombstone date in error--as her mother Sarah's death ~1866}}. Her parents were Drury Payten {"Paten"} Patterson b. c1844 TN and Sally Sansom {Sarah A. G. Sansom} b.1846 Tyler Co., TX. (these parents were married 1865 in Gonzales Co., TX). Her father, Payten, was killed within the Gonzales area 1872, in connection with the Taylor/Sutton Feud, some say by Mannen Clements, a cousin to John Wesley Hardin. Clements was arrested, 1877 but won acquittal in 1878. {Payten had allegedly befriended Hardin} Her mother, Sally, died about 1866. Mary Elizabeth and her sister, Sarah, were raised by their maternal grandparents, Thomas Lackey Samson(1818-1905) and Mary Renegar Sansom (1818-1892), long time residents of the same Gonzales area.
Payten had married second to Celia Ann "Annie" Sutton and Celia befriended Elizabeth and her sister Sarah even after Payten's demise.
{see Celia's FAG memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104313415 }
{FAG contributor and descendant Robbie Grace #47547441 has additional family history}
Mary Elizabeth Patterson married Joseph Aladin Nunez in Gonzales, Texas, ca1884. and was barely age 18 at this marriage. Joe Nuinez/Nunez was is dire need of a mother for his seven children. Joe had been on the run from Louisiana authorities from about 1873 sometimes altered the spelling of his name from Nunez to Nuinez.
Gonzales County records reflect that in 1887/88 Mary Elizabeth inherited property. She and Aladin Nuinez sold this property following her estate settlement from her family. Some say this was perhaps the first recording of Aladin using an "i" in spelling Nuinez which has remained that way, even today, for the Texas side of the family. The reason for Aladin to changes his family name spelling can only be speculated about – hiding from law, Americanize a Spanish name, etc.
About this time Aladin's brother advised him it was safe for him to return to Louisiana and they apparently returned in 1888. Family tradition indicates it took then three months by wagon to make the move. THey relocated to Cameron Parish in Louisiana.
The 1900 census of Cameronm LA, enumerates Aladin and Mary Eliz. with: 8 children - 3 born TX, 5 LA
vii. Rudolph c1884 TX <
viii.Vilemar b.1885TX{VelmaEmma–m.TX Miller}
ix. Asa b. c1886 TX {John Asa}d1963)
X. Jessie b. 1889 LA (died 1944 Cameron, LA)
xi. Jefferson b. c1881 LA (died 1988)
xii. Belle b. c1883 LA (died 1924){m. Miller}
xiii.Ofa b.c1896 LA(James Ofa} (died 1944 LA)
xiv. Wesley b. c1898 LA {John Wesley}
~~ births after 1900~~~
xv. Agnes Elder b.1902 LA(died1960){m.Kelly}
xvi. MaryElla b. c1903LA (d.1957){m. Bonsall}
xvii. Ova (Red) b c1905 LA
~~
Joseph Aladin Nunez,Sr - was born July 11, 1839 in Louisiana records - while census records also note 1835 & 1837. He died Oct. 10, 1908 in Cameron Parish, near Creole, Louisiana. His obituary, although skimpy can be found at Lake Charles general library - he is buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Creole, LA. in an unmarked grave. A son John Asa Nunez is buried atop of him in the same tomb according to family tradition.
Mary L. Nunez is head of house in the 1910 census of Cameron LA. It finds her with eight of her children still at home – Jessie 21 thru Ova 5. It also notes Mary had 10 children with 10 still living. Quite a burden for a 43 year old widow to carry on alone. Subsequently she married again to Alexander B O'Brien and was living with him in 1940 census Cameron, Louisiana & son Ofa.
Mary Elizabeth Nunez O'Brian died 8 Aug 1948 and is buried in St. Eugene Church Cemetery of Cameron, Louisiana.
A number of her children are also buried at both Sacred Heart Cemetery and St Eugene Church Cemetery near Creole LA.
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Payten had married second to Celia Ann "Annie" Sutton and Celia befriended Elizabeth and her sister Sarah even after Payten's demise.
{see Celia's FAG memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104313415 }
{FAG contributor and descendant Robbie Grace #47547441 has additional family history}
Mary Elizabeth Patterson married Joseph Aladin Nunez in Gonzales, Texas, ca1884. and was barely age 18 at this marriage. Joe Nuinez/Nunez was is dire need of a mother for his seven children. Joe had been on the run from Louisiana authorities from about 1873 sometimes altered the spelling of his name from Nunez to Nuinez.
Gonzales County records reflect that in 1887/88 Mary Elizabeth inherited property. She and Aladin Nuinez sold this property following her estate settlement from her family. Some say this was perhaps the first recording of Aladin using an "i" in spelling Nuinez which has remained that way, even today, for the Texas side of the family. The reason for Aladin to changes his family name spelling can only be speculated about – hiding from law, Americanize a Spanish name, etc.
About this time Aladin's brother advised him it was safe for him to return to Louisiana and they apparently returned in 1888. Family tradition indicates it took then three months by wagon to make the move. THey relocated to Cameron Parish in Louisiana.
The 1900 census of Cameronm LA, enumerates Aladin and Mary Eliz. with: 8 children - 3 born TX, 5 LA
vii. Rudolph c1884 TX <
viii.Vilemar b.1885TX{VelmaEmma–m.TX Miller}
ix. Asa b. c1886 TX {John Asa}d1963)
X. Jessie b. 1889 LA (died 1944 Cameron, LA)
xi. Jefferson b. c1881 LA (died 1988)
xii. Belle b. c1883 LA (died 1924){m. Miller}
xiii.Ofa b.c1896 LA(James Ofa} (died 1944 LA)
xiv. Wesley b. c1898 LA {John Wesley}
~~ births after 1900~~~
xv. Agnes Elder b.1902 LA(died1960){m.Kelly}
xvi. MaryElla b. c1903LA (d.1957){m. Bonsall}
xvii. Ova (Red) b c1905 LA
~~
Joseph Aladin Nunez,Sr - was born July 11, 1839 in Louisiana records - while census records also note 1835 & 1837. He died Oct. 10, 1908 in Cameron Parish, near Creole, Louisiana. His obituary, although skimpy can be found at Lake Charles general library - he is buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Creole, LA. in an unmarked grave. A son John Asa Nunez is buried atop of him in the same tomb according to family tradition.
Mary L. Nunez is head of house in the 1910 census of Cameron LA. It finds her with eight of her children still at home – Jessie 21 thru Ova 5. It also notes Mary had 10 children with 10 still living. Quite a burden for a 43 year old widow to carry on alone. Subsequently she married again to Alexander B O'Brien and was living with him in 1940 census Cameron, Louisiana & son Ofa.
Mary Elizabeth Nunez O'Brian died 8 Aug 1948 and is buried in St. Eugene Church Cemetery of Cameron, Louisiana.
A number of her children are also buried at both Sacred Heart Cemetery and St Eugene Church Cemetery near Creole LA.
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Mary Elizabeth {aka "Eliphe"} Patterson was born Oct. 4, 1866 in Texas.{{Tombstone date in error--as her mother Sarah's death ~1866}}. Her parents were Drury Payten {"Paten"} Patterson b. c1844 TN and Sally Sansom {Sarah A. G. Sansom} b.1846 Tyler Co., TX. (these parents were married 1865 in Gonzales Co., TX). Her father, Payten, was killed within the Gonzales area 1872, in connection with the Taylor/Sutton Feud, some say by Mannen Clements, a cousin to John Wesley Hardin. Clements was arrested, 1877 but won acquittal in 1878. {Payten had allegedly befriended Hardin} Her mother, Sally, died about 1866. Mary Elizabeth and her sister, Sarah, were raised by their maternal grandparents, Thomas Lackey Samson(1818-1905) and Mary Renegar Sansom (1818-1892), long time residents of the same Gonzales area.
Payten had married second to Celia Ann "Annie" Sutton and Celia befriended Elizabeth and her sister Sarah even after Payten's demise.
{see Celia's FAG memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104313415 }
{FAG contributor and descendant Robbie Grace #47547441 has additional family history}
Mary Elizabeth Patterson married Joseph Aladin Nunez in Gonzales, Texas, ca1884. and was barely age 18 at this marriage. Joe Nuinez/Nunez was is dire need of a mother for his seven children. Joe had been on the run from Louisiana authorities from about 1873 sometimes altered the spelling of his name from Nunez to Nuinez.
Gonzales County records reflect that in 1887/88 Mary Elizabeth inherited property. She and Aladin Nuinez sold this property following her estate settlement from her family. Some say this was perhaps the first recording of Aladin using an "i" in spelling Nuinez which has remained that way, even today, for the Texas side of the family. The reason for Aladin to changes his family name spelling can only be speculated about – hiding from law, Americanize a Spanish name, etc.
About this time Aladin's brother advised him it was safe for him to return to Louisiana and they apparently returned in 1888. Family tradition indicates it took then three months by wagon to make the move. THey relocated to Cameron Parish in Louisiana.
The 1900 census of Cameronm LA, enumerates Aladin and Mary Eliz. with: 8 children - 3 born TX, 5 LA
vii. Rudolph c1884 TX <
viii.Vilemar b.1885TX{VelmaEmma–m.TX Miller}
ix. Asa b. c1886 TX {John Asa}d1963)
X. Jessie b. 1889 LA (died 1944 Cameron, LA)
xi. Jefferson b. c1881 LA (died 1988)
xii. Belle b. c1883 LA (died 1924){m. Miller}
xiii.Ofa b.c1896 LA(James Ofa} (died 1944 LA)
xiv. Wesley b. c1898 LA {John Wesley}
~~ births after 1900~~~
xv. Agnes Elder b.1902 LA(died1960){m.Kelly}
xvi. MaryElla b. c1903LA (d.1957){m. Bonsall}
xvii. Ova (Red) b c1905 LA
~~
Joseph Aladin Nunez,Sr - was born July 11, 1839 in Louisiana records - while census records also note 1835 & 1837. He died Oct. 10, 1908 in Cameron Parish, near Creole, Louisiana. His obituary, although skimpy can be found at Lake Charles general library - he is buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Creole, LA. in an unmarked grave. A son John Asa Nunez is buried atop of him in the same tomb according to family tradition.
Mary L. Nunez is head of house in the 1910 census of Cameron LA. It finds her with eight of her children still at home – Jessie 21 thru Ova 5. It also notes Mary had 10 children with 10 still living. Quite a burden for a 43 year old widow to carry on alone. Subsequently she married again to Alexander B O'Brien and was living with him in 1940 census Cameron, Louisiana & son Ofa.
Mary Elizabeth Nunez O'Brian died 8 Aug 1948 and is buried in St. Eugene Church Cemetery of Cameron, Louisiana.
A number of her children are also buried at both Sacred Heart Cemetery and St Eugene Church Cemetery near Creole LA.
~~~~
Payten had married second to Celia Ann "Annie" Sutton and Celia befriended Elizabeth and her sister Sarah even after Payten's demise.
{see Celia's FAG memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104313415 }
{FAG contributor and descendant Robbie Grace #47547441 has additional family history}
Mary Elizabeth Patterson married Joseph Aladin Nunez in Gonzales, Texas, ca1884. and was barely age 18 at this marriage. Joe Nuinez/Nunez was is dire need of a mother for his seven children. Joe had been on the run from Louisiana authorities from about 1873 sometimes altered the spelling of his name from Nunez to Nuinez.
Gonzales County records reflect that in 1887/88 Mary Elizabeth inherited property. She and Aladin Nuinez sold this property following her estate settlement from her family. Some say this was perhaps the first recording of Aladin using an "i" in spelling Nuinez which has remained that way, even today, for the Texas side of the family. The reason for Aladin to changes his family name spelling can only be speculated about – hiding from law, Americanize a Spanish name, etc.
About this time Aladin's brother advised him it was safe for him to return to Louisiana and they apparently returned in 1888. Family tradition indicates it took then three months by wagon to make the move. THey relocated to Cameron Parish in Louisiana.
The 1900 census of Cameronm LA, enumerates Aladin and Mary Eliz. with: 8 children - 3 born TX, 5 LA
vii. Rudolph c1884 TX <
viii.Vilemar b.1885TX{VelmaEmma–m.TX Miller}
ix. Asa b. c1886 TX {John Asa}d1963)
X. Jessie b. 1889 LA (died 1944 Cameron, LA)
xi. Jefferson b. c1881 LA (died 1988)
xii. Belle b. c1883 LA (died 1924){m. Miller}
xiii.Ofa b.c1896 LA(James Ofa} (died 1944 LA)
xiv. Wesley b. c1898 LA {John Wesley}
~~ births after 1900~~~
xv. Agnes Elder b.1902 LA(died1960){m.Kelly}
xvi. MaryElla b. c1903LA (d.1957){m. Bonsall}
xvii. Ova (Red) b c1905 LA
~~
Joseph Aladin Nunez,Sr - was born July 11, 1839 in Louisiana records - while census records also note 1835 & 1837. He died Oct. 10, 1908 in Cameron Parish, near Creole, Louisiana. His obituary, although skimpy can be found at Lake Charles general library - he is buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Creole, LA. in an unmarked grave. A son John Asa Nunez is buried atop of him in the same tomb according to family tradition.
Mary L. Nunez is head of house in the 1910 census of Cameron LA. It finds her with eight of her children still at home – Jessie 21 thru Ova 5. It also notes Mary had 10 children with 10 still living. Quite a burden for a 43 year old widow to carry on alone. Subsequently she married again to Alexander B O'Brien and was living with him in 1940 census Cameron, Louisiana & son Ofa.
Mary Elizabeth Nunez O'Brian died 8 Aug 1948 and is buried in St. Eugene Church Cemetery of Cameron, Louisiana.
A number of her children are also buried at both Sacred Heart Cemetery and St Eugene Church Cemetery near Creole LA.
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