The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Delahunt

♀Angeline W. Delahunt

Born 1878, Bordelonville, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States. Died 1956, Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States.

Angeline W. Delahunt (5 March 1878 – 19 April 1956) was a Louisiana woman, one of twin daughters, who married the Alexandria merchant Jean Baptiste Novo and lived at Alexandria, Rapides Parish, for more than thirty years. She was a daughter of Augustin Delahunt (1845–1915) and his first wife, Mary Christoffel (1850–1924), and so a half-sister of Jeffrey Delahorne (1899–1929), the father of Floyd Amatus Delahorne (1922–2014).

Early life

As a twin, she shares her sister Angela’s recorded birth of 5 March 1878 at Bordelonville, Avoyelles Parish; the day and place come from Angela’s record. The census of 1880, whose enumerator wrote only initials for the household, lists two daughters aged two, both “A.”, among the children of Augustin and Mary Delahunt.

Marriage and family

She married Jean Baptiste Novo in Avoyelles Parish; the family record gives 20 July 1897, while the parish register index gives 4 June 1898. Their son Fred was born in 1899, followed by Joseph in 1903 and Maybelle in 1904. In 1920 the family lived in the first ward of Alexandria, where John B. Novo, Louisiana-born of Italian parents, kept a general merchandise store.

A census index gives her as a widow by 1930, recorded as head of her household at Alexandria, with her son Lee and her married daughter, Mrs. Sherrill, living with her; the census of 1940 finds the same household, in the same house as in 1935. The index gives her as still a widow at Alexandria in 1950. Her twin had married and settled at Marshall, Texas, and the census entry of 1940 at Alexandria is Angeline’s, not Angela’s.

Death

Angelina Delehunt Novo, as a death index names her, died at Alexandria on 19 April 1956, at the age of seventy-eight. The index names her parents as “G. C. Delehunt” and Mary Christifel.

Notes

The two dates for her marriage, eleven months apart, come from the family record and the index of the parish register, not from the register entry itself. The son recorded as Lee in 1930 and 1940 is very probably Joseph, recorded in 1920 as Joseph L.

Family time line

○ Angeline W. Delahunt 1878–1956
Jean Bte Novo abt 1873–
Married 20 Jul 1897, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States, Avoyelles, Louisiana
○ Fred L. Novo 1899–1969
○ Joseph L. Novo 1903–1944
○ Maybelle L. Novo abt 1904–

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth 5 Mar 1878 Bordelonville, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
Single; in the household as Daughter
 1880 Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
Married; in the household as Wife
 1920 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
As 'Angelo Novo', 52, widowed, head; children Marybian Sherrill, Lee J Novo
 1930 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States from a compiled source
Living at
1940 census: same house in 1935
 1935 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
As 'Angelina Novo', 62, widowed, head; son Lee Novo 35, daughter Maylian Sherril 32
 1940 Ward 1, Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
As 'Angelina D Novo', widowed
 1950 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States from a compiled source
Death
As 'Angelina Delehunt Novo', 78; parents G C Delehunt and Mary Christifel
 19 Apr 1956 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States from a compiled source
Birth
Twin sister of Angela Willie
 not yet documented
18781956 1890190019101920193019401950

Sources

  • 1880 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at, name
  • 1920 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at, name
  • 1930 and 1950 U.S. census, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La. - Angelina Novo — Living at, about this person
  • 1940 United States Federal Census — Living at
  • Louisiana, Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960 - Angelina Delehunt Novo, 1956 — Death, about this person
  • Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925 — name, Marriage (Jean Bte Novo)

Borders as they stood about 1878 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Augustin Delahunt 1845–1915 ⚔⚭
    1. Samuel Dillahunt 1815–1860
      1. John Dillahunty bef 1780–bef 1830 ⛓
        1. John Dillahunty Jr. 1750–1797 ⚭⛓
          1. John Dillahunty Sr 1728–1816 ✝
            1. Daniel De La Haunte –bef 1748
            2. Mary O'Hara
          2. Hannah Rachel Neal 1732–1816
            1. Francis Wingfield Neal Jr abt 1680–1745
              1. Francis Neal –1716
              2. Ann (surname unknown)
            2. Ann (surname unknown)
        2. Baber/Baker 1751–1791
      2. Elizabeth Martin 1785–bef 1844 ▦
    2. Delphine Marcotte 1824–1900 ⚭
      1. Augustin Marcotte 1796–1839 ⚔
        1. Jean Baptiste Marcotte 1738–bef 1808
          1. Jean Baptiste Marcotte abt 1700–1777
            1. Jacques Marcotte 1673–1737
              1. Jacques Marcot abt 1644–bef 1717 ⚓
              2. Elisabeth Salée abt 1651–1722 ⚓⚜
            2. Louise Baudet abt 1679–1760
              1. Jean Baudet abt 1650–1714
              2. Marie Grandin abt 1651–1715 ⚜⚓
          2. Marie Marguerite Hardy dit Chatillon 1701–1754
            1. Pierre Hardy 1672–1728
              1. Jean Hardy 1640–1715 ⚓
              2. Marie Poiré –1715 ⚓⚜
            2. Charlotte Lefebvre 1679–1755
              1. Simon Lefebvre abt 1643–
              2. Marie Charlotte de Poitiers abt 1641– ⚭
        2. Marguerite Tregle 1754–bef 1816
          1. Simon Tregle
            1. Andre Dreger abt 1687–
              1. Jean Träger –bef 1720
              2. Anne Marie Ulrich
            2. Catherine Kalender
          2. Marguerite Foltz ▦
            1. Jacques Foltz 1697–1746
              1. Johann Adam Foltz abt 1667–
              2. Anna Elisabeth (surname unknown) abt 1678–
            2. Anne Catherine Benich –1748
              1. Joseph Benich
              2. Magdelaine Seiler
      2. Celeste Aimee Joffrion –aft 1850
        1. Joseph Joffrion 1770–
          1. Joseph Joffrion 1708–aft 1791 ⚭
            1. Jean Joffrion 1671–1740
              1. Pierre Joffrion abt 1638–1704
              2. Marie Briau 1649–1699 ⚜⚓
            2. Catherine Milot dit Laval bef 1665–1708 ⚭
              1. Jacques Milot dit Laval abt 1632–1699
              2. Jeanne Hebert 1647–bef 1687
          2. Marie Jeanne Rabalais 1733–bef 1772 ⚭
            1. Jean Baptiste Rabalais –1759 ⛓
              1. Jean Baptiste Rabalais
              2. Marie Magdelaine (surname unknown)
            2. Marguerite Belanger –1761 ⚭⛓
              1. Jacques Belanger
              2. Catherine Garboise
        2. Magdelaine Bizet 1769– ⚭
          1. Francois Bizette –1780 ⚔
            1. Paul Bizet
            2. Marie Françoise (surname unknown)
          2. Marie Claude Louis –1779
            1. Étienne Louis
            2. Marie Jeanne Delleblet
  2. Mary Christoffel 1850–1924
    1. George Christoffel Sr 1818–1901
    2. Angelia Kamis 1828–1883

Descendants

  1. Fred L. Novo 1899–1969
  2. Joseph L. Novo 1903–1944
  3. Maybelle L. Novo abt 1904–