Pierre Luma Simon (1891 - 1964)

Born 18 Aug 1891 in Acadia, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Edorise (Trahan) Simon — married 4 Dec 1909 in Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Died 24 Jul 1964 at age 72 in Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Pierre Numa Simon lived in Louisiana.

Pierre Luma Simon, who later called himself Pierre Numa Simon, was born in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, on August 18, 1891, to Norbert Simon and Edmonia Judson.^[1][2] He grew up in Acadia Parish in a large family. He had 13 siblings as well as various uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews living in the house at times.^[3]

Around 1910 he married Marie Edolise Trahan in Acadia Parish.^[4]

Children:

1. Alfe Simon (1911)^[5][6]
2. Clavenia Simon (1913)^[5][6]
3. Helen Simon (1915)^[5][6]
4. Lillian Simon Breaux (1917)^[5][6]
5. Eumia Simon Duffy (1919)^[5][6]
6. Elisabeth Simon (1921)^[6]
7. Oneill Simon (1923)^[6]
8. Ida Simon (1928) ^[6]

In 1910 the newlywed couple lived in Crowley.^[7] Sometime after 1910 Pierre's preferred middle name became Numa, perhaps a somewhat more common name than Luma.

In 1917 his WWI draft registration card describes him as 5'8" tall, of medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair. The blue eyes were at least in part from his Judson grandfather, believed to have been of Scandiavian descent.^[8] He lived seven miles south of Crowley with his wife and four children. He was an independent tenant rice farmer. He signed the card "Pierre Numa Simon," and his date of birth was 18 August 1891. ^[9]By 1920 they had five children.^[5] And by 1930, still in the same location, they had eight children.^[6]

By 1940 all but the two youngest children were on their own, and Numa and Edolise lived out their years in Acadia, with married daughters Eumia Simon Duffy and Lillian Simon Breaux close by.^[10]

In 1942 he was described on his WWII draft card as 5'6" and 220 lbs. His hair was black, his complexion ruddy, and his eyes blue. He was still self-employed, and his address was Route 1, Crowley. He named himself as the person who would always know his address, signed the card "Pierre Numa Simon," and his date of birth was 18 August 1891.

Pierre Luma "Numa" Simon died July 24, 1964^[11] and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Crowley.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1910," Rev. Donald J. Hebert, CD #101 (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Pub. Div., 2001).
2. ↑ Hebert's text: "SIMON, Pierre Luma (Narbonne & Edmonia JUDSON) b. 18 Aug. 1891 (Rayne Ch.: v. 4, p. 105)" cites St. Joseph Catholic Church (P.O. Box 199; Rayne, LA) records, vol. 4, p. 105.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSP2-2MF : accessed 22 March 2016), Pierre L Simon in household of Norbare Simon, Ward 6 (excl. Crowley town), Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,556.
4. ↑ "Acadia Parish Marriage License Index 1887 - 1999, Inclusive (Male Applicant [S] Sequence)," url: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/acadia/vitals/marriages/groms.txt Submitted for the LA GenWeb Archives by A. P. "Red" Quebodeaux, in behalf of the Pointe de l'Eglise Historical and Genealogical Society,via Acadia Parish Clerk of Court-- Robert Barousse and his staff, Dec. 2000.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVQ3-P9V : accessed 22 March 2016), Numa Simon, Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 6B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,603.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMTJ-P4F : accessed 22 March 2016), Numa Simon, 1930.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTD-DZW : accessed 4 December 2018), Luma Simon, Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 6A, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 507; FHL microfilm 1,374,520.
8. ↑ Indicated by the writer's otherwise unaccounted-for Scandinavian DNA.
9. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZL-1H1 : 13 March 2018), Pierre Numa Simon, 1917-1918; citing Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,653,577.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VYRQ-VJC : accessed 22 March 2016), Pierre N Simon, Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-28, sheet 15A, family 278, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1378.
11. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V966-PYZ : 20 May 2014), Pierre Simon, Jul 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVQ-DQ54 : accessed 22 March 2016), Pierre Luma Simon, 1964; Burial, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Woodlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 6551368, Find A Grave: Memorial #6551368, www.findagrave.com.

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