Oneziphore Michel Bonin (1840 - 1923)

Born 31 Dec 1840 in New Iberia, Iberia, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Roach) Bonin — married 6 Jan 1865 in Houston, Harris County, Texas

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1923 at age 82 in Spring, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

Oneziphore was born in Iberia Parish, Louisiana in 1840 to Coralie Marie Hayes and Paul Norval Bonin.

BONIN, Michel (Paul & Marie Coralie HAYES) b. 31 Dec. 1840 (NI Ch.: v. 1, p.21)^[1]

^[2] As a child in 1852, he and his family moved to Texas with a group of about 50 French families. This is described on the historic cemetery marker at Bonin Family Cemetery near Spring, TX.

He married Mary Jane Roach in 1865 ^[3] and they raised their family in Harris County, TX. ^[4]

'Deet', as he was called, was part of the Confederate States Army from May 1862 for Texas during the Civil War, until he was discharged in May 1865. ^[5] After Mary Jane died, he remarried in 1899, to Eugenia Hancock. ^{[6] [7]} He passed away in 1923. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Household of Norval Bonin, Family 589; Petite Ance, St Martin, Louisiana; Roll: M432_240; Page: 178B; Image: 363.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. O Bonin and Mary Jane Roach, 6 Jun 1865; Harris County, Texas, United States. Original data: Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLY-R45 : 17 October 2014), Household of O Bonin, Texas, United States; citing p. 70, family 543, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,088.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Texas, Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975. Vol. 1–646 & 1–283. Austin, Texas: Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows. Richmond, Virginia: Library of VirginiaConfederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History. O Bonin; Spring, Harris County, TX; (#15393) Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA15391; Roll #: 138; Roll Description: Pension File Nos 15391 to 15420, Application Years 1908 to 1909.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Year Range: 1898-1900; O Bonin and Eugenia Hancock, 24 Dec 1899; Harris County, Texas; Document No.6151.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Household of Deet Bonin, Family 200, Justice Precinct 7, Harris, Texas; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1241642; Sheet 283A.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 July 2018), memorial page for Oneziphore Michel “Deet” Bonin (31 Dec 1840–1923), Find A Grave Memorial no. 25072184, citing Bonin Cemetery, Klein, Harris County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Cissy Currie (contributor 46827179).

• 1880 United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com, database with images, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6742/4244729-00347/7647135 : accessed 9 Apr 2019). Year: 1880; Census Place: Harris, Texas; Roll: 1309; Page: 236B-237A; Enumeration District: 080, Family 353, Lines 46-50 & 1-6. Household of V. Bunnell (Bonin) age 40, born Louisiana, Line 46, page 236B; wife Mary Bunnell (Bonin) age 36, born Louisiana, Line 47, page 236B. Citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Research Notes:

1. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~louviere/p109.htm#i3872