Alma (Batiste) Neal (1915 - 1981)

Born 1915 in Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 1981 at about age 66 in Louisiana, United States

Biography

Alma (Batiste) Neal is a part of US Black heritage.

Alma was born in 1915. She was the daughter of Walter Batiste and Alma Trepagnier.

Alma married Charles Neal on 12 June 1952 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana ^[1]

Sadly, Charles, the son of Charles Neal and Florence Thompson, died less than a month later on 3 July 1952. ^[2]

She passed away in 1981.

Census

1920 Orleans, Louisiana; 936 St Claude Street; Living in the household of Mary Trepagnier (a washwoman), was Walter Batiste, (stable man), and his wife Alma, (washwoman), also their children Walter, Alma and Elvige (Corrine). Additional member were niece Oliva Francois (washwoman), daughter Mercedes (washwoman) and her husband Joseph Stevenson (fruit peddler).

1930 New Orleans (Districts 1-250), Orleans, Louisiana; Walter (porter in a bakery shop) and Alma (washwoman) lived on 1215 St. Phillip Street with children Alma, Corrine, Ferdinand, Henry, Arthur and Norman. ^[3]

1940 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; 1404 ST Phillip St, Walter (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. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF4L-R4R : 10 March 2018), Charles Neal and Alma Baptiste, 12 Jun 1952; citing Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 4,237,664.
2. ↑ "Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZQ6Z-WJ6Z : 22 April 2020), Alma Neal in entry for Charlie Neal, 1952
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M1-LMB : accessed 13 June 2023), Walter Battiste, New Orleans (Districts 1-250), Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 9A, line 49, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 804; FHL microfilm 2,340,539.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:VYPF-8LS : Fri Jun 09 21:48:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter Batiste and Irma Batiste, 1940.