Lionel Batiste (1931 - 2012)

Born 11 Feb 1931 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Theresa Julia Jones — married Mar 1954 in Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died 8 Jul 2012 at age 81 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Lionel Batiste is Notable.

Lionel "Uncle Lionel" Batiste was a jazz and blues musician and singer from New Orleans.^[1][2]

Lionel Batiste was born in 1932. He was the son of Walter Batiste and Alma Trepagnier

Lionel married Therese Julia Jones on 17 Mar 1954 ^[3] They became the parents to 9 children, 7 living in 2023.

He died in 2012^[4][5] and is buried in Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2 in New Orleans.^[6]

Census

1940 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; 1404 ST Phillip St, Walter Batiste (porter in a bakery) and Irma (Alma) (no occupation) lived with their youngest children; Alma (waitress in a private hospital), Ferdinand (porter), Miriam, Norman and Lionel. ^[7]

1950 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Walter (store porter in a bakery) and Alma T lived with their children Norman M and Lionel M., and daughter Miriam B Reed and her son Walter Jr. ^[8]

Research Notes

Lionel was the bass drummer, vocalist and assistant leader of the Treme Brass Band; known for his kazoo playing and singing.

He was a revered and unique man. In deference to his outsized character, he was not laid out in a casket in his funeral. "In a send-off as unique as the man himself, Mr. Batiste wasn’t lying in his cypress casket. Instead, his body was propped against a faux street lamp, standing, decked out in his signature man-about-town finery. He wore a cream sport coat, beige slacks, tasseled loafers, ornate necktie and matching pocket square, bowler hat and sunglasses. His bass drum and his Treme Brass Band uniform were positioned nearby.

His hands rested atop his omnipresent cane. The gold watch spanning his left palm was his trademark, representing his desire to always have “time on my hands.”

His head was cocked slightly to the left. He appeared ready to step from behind the velvet rope and saunter off to Frenchmen Street, where he reveled in dancing and drinking beer." ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Batiste
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batiste_family
3. ↑ "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF4R-SJV : 10 March 2018), Lionel Paul Batiste and Theresa Julia Jones, 17 Mar 1954; citing Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 4,265,841.
4. ↑ Death: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"
   Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
   Ancestry Record 3693 #92657289 (accessed 20 June 2022)
   Lionel P Batiste death 8 Jul 2012.
5. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104070389/obituary-for-lionel-batiste-aged-81
6. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
   Ancestry Record 60525 #58574140 (accessed 19 June 2022)
   Lionel Paul Batiste burial (died on 8 Jul 2012) in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.
7. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: m-t0627-01421; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 36-108
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #126334293
   Leonel Batiste (8), single son, in household of Walter Batiste (50) in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Born in Louisiana. FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYPF-8LS
8. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: 5280; Sheet Number: 12; Enumeration District: 36-206
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #76959364
   Lionel M Batiste (16), single son, in household of Walter Batiste (56) in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Born in Louisiana. Family Search: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X2G-R7V3.
9. ↑ Keith Spera, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Jul 20, 2012 https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/uncle-lionel-batiste-gets-sendoff-as-unique-as-the-man-himself/article_78f7b478-e4e6-5490-ac61-1cd8da6cdc76.html