Theresa Ursula Babin (1883 - 1973)

Born 7 May 1883 in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA

Ancestors

Daughter of Francois Lemaire Babin and Anne Victorine Navarre

Wife of Jacob John Gallier Jr. — married 21 Nov 1906 in Jefferson County, TX

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1973 at age 89 in Menlo Park, CA

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Biography

Family

Husband: Jacob John Gallier, Jr.(1870-1944)

Child: Lloyd Phillip Gallier (1907-1993)

Child: Mary "Eloise" Gallier (1909-2001)

Child: Joseph Louis Gallier (1911-1981)

Child: William "Lee" Gallier

Child: Susan Agnes Gallier

Theresa was born May 7, 1883 in Houma, LA to Francois Lemaire "Omer" Babin and Anne Victorine Navarre and baptized on June 11, 1883 at Sacred Heart Church in Montegut, LA.^[1][2] She was the youngest of nine children born to this couple; however Omer had children with previous wives.

At the time of the 1900 US Census, Omer, Victorine, and Teresa are living with the eldest of Omer & Victorine's children, August in Beaumont, TX. Also in the household is August's wife, Lucy, Lucy's father and four sisters, and 25 boarders. ^[3]

On November 21, 1906 Theresa was wed to Jacob John Gallier, Jr.in Beaumont, TX.^[4][5] By the summer of 1917 they had five children... 3 boys and 2 girls and by 1920 owned their home free & clear.^[6]

According to stories told by Susan Agnes Gallier, Jacob was abusive. Susan and her husband Leroy Friebel went and took Theresa from the home. While there Leroy took a handgun that Jacob kept under a floorboard. This caused quite a fissure in the family with Susan, Lloyd, and Eloise on Theresa's side and Joseph on Jacob's side (William was not around at this time). ^[7][8]

When Jacob Jr died in 1944 his will showed the division. He left everything to Joseph except for $5 each to Theresa, Lloyd, Eloise and Susan.^[9] Theresa went to court and ended up receiving a couple thousand dollars. They had never divorced.^[8]

"Theresa's Team" moved to San Francisco and then further down the suburbs. Everyone lived together at one point in Burlingame, but eventually Eloise got a small apartment and Lloyd and Theresa moved to a small house in San Mateo, CA.^[7] Eventually Theresa was too old to live with Lloyd and she went to live in a nursing home, Hillhaven Convalescent Hospital in Menlo Park, CA. She passed away from a myocardial infarction, arteriosclerosis, and congestive heart failure at the age of 89 on January 31, 1973 and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, CA. ^[10][11]

DNA Confirmations

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match between the Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for Donna Storz and the Family Tree DNA mtDNA test of her maternal line cousin Candice Burton. See Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project Kits B5389 and 373189 confirming their direct maternal lines back to their MRCA Barbe Bajolet
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match between this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for Donna (Friebel) Storz and this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test of her maternal line cousin Mary-Lucille (Andrus) Sims.
• Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Donna Friebel Storz and her second cousin, CPAB. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great-grandparents, Francois Lemaire Babin and Anne Victorine Navarre. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 322 cM over 18 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Donna Friebel Storz, FTDNA kit # B5389, and her maternal line cousin UNK (a direct matrilineal descendant of Euphemie Degeyter), FTDNA kit #790364, have an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Barbe Bajolet, the 8x great grandmother of Donna Friebel Storz and 10th great grandmother of UNK. See this diagram from the Mothers of Acadia DNA Project for more information.

Sources

1. ↑ Diocese of Houma Thibodaux Records and Abstracts, Birth-Baptism Abstract for Therese Ursule Babin, born 7 May 1883 and baptized 11 June 1883; original in personal collection of Donna Storz.

   Baptism Abstract for Therese Ursules Babin

2. ↑ South Louisiana Records: Lafourche~Terrebonne Volume 7 (1881-1885) by Rev. Donald J. Hebert; Claitor's Publishing: Baton Rouge, LA, 2008. p.25.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PS-RN8 : accessed 22 July 2017), Teresa Babin in household of A Babin, Justice Precinct 1 Beaumont city (north half), Jefferson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 1A, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,650.
4. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXG6-T2D : accessed 27 Jul 2013), J.J. Gallier and Theresa Babin, 1906.
5. ↑ Marriage Certificate for J.J. Gallier and Theresa Babin, married 21 November 1906. Original in personal collection of Donna Storz.

   Certified Marriage Record for J.J. Gallier & Theresa Babin

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHT8-FCJ : accessed 22 July 2017), Tenisa Gallier in household of Jacob J Gallier Jr., Beaumont Ward 3, Jefferson, Texas, United States; citing ED 115, sheet 1A, line 28, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1823; FHL microfilm 1,821,823.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Family stories as told to Donna Storz or known from experience.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "The Story of Susan Friebel’s Life: Early Years with Leroy" by her sister, Eloise Gallier. Written at the request and in the possession of Donna Storz.
9. ↑ Family papers found in the home of Leroy Friebel and Susan Gallier after their death.

   Copy of Last Will & Testament of Jacob Gallier

10. ↑ Death Certificate # 4100-illegible-392 from San Mateo County, CA for Theresa Gallier. Copy in the possession of Donna Storz.
11. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial # 110718127 for Theresa Babin Gallier, accessed 21 July 2017.

• See also:

  "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C9K5-22M : accessed 22 July 2017), Theresa H Gallier in household of Jacob J Gallier Jr., Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 6A, line 30, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2362; FHL microfilm 2,342,096.

  "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW2S-7ST : accessed 22 July 2017), Theresa Gallier in household of J J Gallier, Ward 3, Beaumont, Justice Precinct 1, Jefferson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123-50, sheet 8B, line 61, family 175, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4077.