The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Christoffel

♀Mary Christoffel

Born 1850, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. Died 1924, Marshall, Harrison, Texas, United States.

Also recorded as Mary Delehunt.

9 of 11 events rest on a record we have read; the rest come from compiled sources or are still to be documented.

Parents

George Christoffel Sr 1818–1901 and Angelia Kamis 1828–1883 their family

Spouses and children

Life, as the records tell it

EventWhenWhereHow we know
Birth
NOTE (2026-08-11): This profile's Birth/Death/Burial facts formerly carried an incorrectly attached Find a Grave Index citation for "Marie Virginia Cottrell" (b. 8 Nov 1859, d. 3 Mar 1937, buried Cecilia, St. Martin Parish, LA) - a source-attachment artifa
 8 Feb 1850 Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
Date is the 1850 U.S. Census official enumeration reference date (1 June 1850); the document itself records only the year.
 1 Jun 1850 Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
Occupation: Keeping House
 1870 Subdivision 5, Marksville, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
Occupation: Housekeeper; in the household as Wife
 1880 Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
Occupation: Farmer; Widowed; in the household as Head
 1900 Police Jury Ward 8, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
Widowed; in the household as Mother-in-law
 1910 Marshall Ward 2, Harrison, Texas, United States on record
Living at
920 Elliott St. Widow's pension applications No. 15801 (sworn 28 Jul 1916) and No. 15754 (5 Apr 1917); aged 64 and 63 by her own statements; signs by mark; 'born and reared in Louisiana' (Pressburg, 2 Aug 1916).
 28 Jul 1916 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States on record
Living at
Widowed; in the household as Mother
 1920 Marshall, Harrison, Texas, United States on record
Death 17 Jun 1924 Marshall, Harrison, Texas, United States from a compiled source
Mary Delahunt's Obituary
Also clipped separately as "Mary Christoffal Obituary" at https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/203634982/ (same article, The Times, Shreveport, 19 Jun 1924, p.14, headed "MRS. MARY DELAHUNT"). Duplicate clipping consolidated 2026-08-13.
 19 Jun 1924 Shreveport, Louisiana, United States on record
Burial . Marshall, Harrison, Texas, United States from a compiled source

on record means we have read the original document. from a compiled source means an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so. not yet documented means it is in the family's record but no source is attached yet.

Sources

  • U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current — Birth, Death, Burial
  • 1870 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at
  • 1900 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at
  • 1920 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at
  • 1880 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at
  • 1910 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at
  • 1850 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at
  • Louisiana. Military Records 1898-1950 (Louisiana State Archives) - Confederate Soldiers' Home correspondence on Augustine Delahunt, 1916 — Living at
  • Newspapers.com - The Times - 19 Jun 1924 - Page 14 — Mary Delahunt's Obituary

Ancestors in time

Time runs down the page, oldest at the top. Each dot is a person at the year they were born (hollow where the year is estimated); curves run from a person up to their parents, pink for a woman, blue for a man. Hover for names and years; click a dot for that person's page or their own charts; drag to move, scroll to zoom, double-click to reset.

Line of descent

  1. George Christoffel Sr 1818–1901
  2. Angelia Kamis 1828–1883

Descendants in time

Mary Christoffel at the top; each descendant a dot at their birth year, joined to the parent they came through. A descendant who may still be living is shown only as "Living", at an estimated birth year, with no page of their own.

Descendants

  1. Louisiana Marie Delahunt 1867–1905
    1. Lennie J. Gillory 1888–
    2. Arthur Jules Gillory Sr 1892–1961
    3. David Oliver Gillory Sr 1893–1974
  2. Sam Delahunt 1873–1959
  3. Angela Willie Delahunt 1878–1944
  4. Angeline W. Delahunt 1878–
    1. Fred L. Novo 1899–
    2. Joseph L. Novo 1903–
    3. Maybelle L. Novo 1904–
  5. Terry L. Delahunt 1880–1931
    1. Henry Delahunt 1906–
    2. Terry L. Delahunt Jr 1913–1926
  6. Cora Augusta Delahunt 1883–1975
    1. Walter Lester Roe 1909–1986
    2. Janelle Roe 1911–2002
    3. children who may still be living
  7. Walter James Delahunt 1886–1960
    1. James Lee Delahunt 1908–1987
    2. Charles A. Delahunt 1911–1970
    3. Elsie Delahunt 1911–1949
    4. Walter J. Delahunt Jr 1913–1913
  8. Delahunt 1871–