Alexander Pierre Tureaud (1899 - 1972)

Born 26 Feb 1899 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Husband of Lucille Albertine (DeJoie) Tureaud — married 1931 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died 22 Jan 1972 at age 72 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

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Alexander Pierre "A. P." Tureaud, Sr. was an African-American attorney who headed the legal team for the New Orleans chapter of the NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement. He helped initiate the lawsuits which eventually forced the Orleans Parish School System to desegregate.^[1]

Alexander Pierre Tureaud, son of Louis Tureaud and Eugenie Dejan, was born in New Orleans in 1899.^[2]

In 1931, he married Lucille Albertine Dejoie.^[3]

He passed away in 1972.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Tureaud
2. ↑ Birth: "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Birth Records Index, 1790-1915"
   New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899
   Ancestry Record 6587 #272935
   Alexander Tureaud born on 26 Feb 1899, child of Louis Tureaud & Eugenie Dejan, in Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
3. ↑ Marriage: "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964"
   State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA
   Ancestry Record 6500 #380990
   Alexander Pierre Tureaud marriage to Lucille Albertine Dejoie in Dec 1931 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5SL-9MJ : 10 January 2021), Alexander Tureaud, Jan 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
   The Times; Publication Date: 23 Jan 1972; Publication Place: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/214680665/?article=3e323376-95fb-463a-a79a-50efec24e66e&focus=0.6487344,0.038356233,0.9963403,0.12998869&xid=3355
   Ancestry Record 61843 #540367898
   Name: AL exander Pierre Tureaud Sr.; Gender: Male; Death Age: 72; Birth Date: abt 1900; Residence Place: New Orleans; Death Date: Abt 1972; Obituary Date: 23 Jan 1972; Obituary Place: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; Newspaper Title: The Times.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS5K-NMQ : accessed 24 November 2021), Alexander Tureaud in household of Edward Tureaud, 2nd Precinct New Orleans city Ward 7, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63, sheet 20B, family 466, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,572.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYN-VCJ : accessed 24 November 2021), Alexander Tureaud in household of Louis Tureaud, New Orleans Ward 7, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 5A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 521; FHL microfilm 1,374,534.