George E RICKERT

Notes:

Christened:
Rev Father Hogan

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; ED 88, pg 7A
• Residence: 1902, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Residence: 15 Jan 1904, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA
• Residence: 16 Mar 1905, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
• Residence: 18 May 1907, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
• Residence: 11 Jul 1909, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA
• Census: 23 Apr 1910, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA; ED 74, pg 10A-B
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Kingsville, Kleberg, Texas, USA; draft
• Residence: Aft Oct 1918, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Canal St
• Census: 1930, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; ED 55, pg 6A
• Occupation: 1937, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; machinist, for W.K.M. Co.
• death certificate: 17 Oct 1937, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; Albert H Rickert of Houston

Notes:

Birth:
on St. Emanuel Street

Census:
with his mom.

Census:
Precinct 1, Ward 2, 1963 Pecos Street
Head George Rickard M 31 Alabama m. 7 yrs.
Wife Helena Rickard F 24 Louisiana 4/3 children
Dau Irene Rickard F 4 Texas
Dau Florence Rickard F 3 Texas
Son Greenville Rickard M 10/12 Texas
He worked for the railroad as a carpenter.

Military:
George Charles Rickert of Kingsville, age 39, born 27 Jun 1879 is a car repairer for Gulf Coast Lines in Kingsville and his nearest relative is Louise Rickert. He was of medium height and build with brown eyes and hair.

Residence:
Canal and Avenue L are parallel and only a few blocks from each other in the Second Ward.

Census:
Precint 1, 5101 Avenue L (or F?)
George C Richerd Head M 50 Alabama
Emily L Richerd Wife F 35 Texas
He's a helper in a food shop, she was married first at age 21.

George married Helena Pearl MELLEN on 22 Apr 1903 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. Helena (daughter of William Henry MELLEN and Marie Elisee MOUTON) was born on 12 Nov 1886 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; died on 31 Oct 1910 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA; was buried on 2 Nov 1910 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Helena (Hel-ee-na) died at Hotel Dieux of typhoid fever when Grenville was a baby. George's letter says she was born in New Orleans.

Buried:
Funeral held at St Patrick's Church in Galveston.

Other Events:

• Church: German Catholic Church
• Occupation: 1875; machinist
• Census: 10 Jun 1880, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; ED 131, pg 7 (234B)

Notes:

(Research):George's letter also indicates that there was a fifth boy, an eighth child in this family.

Death Index
Rickert Ellen 2 yrs W 06/07/1887 91 355 [born 1885]

Birth:
on St. Emanuel Street

Census:
Ward 6, 82 Franklin Street
Edward RICKERT Self M Male W 27 AL Merchant AL AL
Emma RICKERT Wife M Female W 23 AL Keeping House AL AL
Emma RICKERT Dau S Female W 3 AL AL AL
James RICKERT Son S Male W 2 AL AL AL
George RICKERT Son S Male W 1 AL AL AL

Edward married Emma Catharine RICHARDSON on 22 Jun 1875 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA. Emma (daughter of Joseph M RICHARDSON and Elizabeth FLYNN) was born on 3 Dec 1856 in , , Alabama, USA; died on 27 May 1939 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried on 29 May 1939 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Religion: 1857; Methodist
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; ED 88, pg 7A
• Church: Abt 1908; German Catholic Church
• Census: 24 Apr 1910, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; ED 69, pg 13B
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; ED 92, pg 11B

Notes:

(Medical):Fractured left hip - she fell

Census:
5th Ward
Rickert, Emma head Dec 1856 43 W AL AL AL 8/6
Edward J son Sep 1876 23 S AL AL AL
James H son Apr 1878 22 S AL AL AL
George C son Jun 1879 20 S AL AL AL
Laura E dau Jul 1882 17 S AL AL AL
Irene I dau Mar 1885 15 S AL AL AL
Albert H son Apr 1893 7 S AL AL AL

Census:

Gibson, John T head M 31 M Ireland Ireland Ireland blacksmith
Laura E wife F 28 M 4 yrs 2/2
Catham dau F 2 S
John E son M 1/12
Rickert, Emma C m-i-l F 58 W 35 yrs 8/6
Edward b-i-l M 33 S clerk, City
James H b-i-l M 32 S carpenter
Albert H b-i-l M 17 S car checker

Census:
Lyons Ave
Browne, Irine I head F 36 W grocery store merchant
Emma J dau F 11 S
John T son M 9 S
Irine I dau F 7 S
Joe E son M 5 S
Katherine dau F 4 6/12
Rickert, Emma C mother F 62 W

Other Events:

• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Port Bolivar, Galveston, Texas, USA; ED 146, pg 2A
• Census: 1910, Port Bolivar, Galveston, Texas, USA; ED 58, pg 2B
• Census: 1920, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; ED 47, pg 13A
• death certificate: 2 Jun 1925, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; Mrs E J Fivel

Notes:

gina,
william henry mellen was the son of grenville mellen, who was in turn a son of william pepperrell mellen, who came south from dover, nh as don correctly states. grenville, born mar 6 1843, married very young (he was very tall for his age), had two children, volunteered in the confederate army, and was killed at the battle of seven pines in 1862. grenville had two sons, so william henry had a brother named grenville. i believe this brother grenville is the grenville who lived on the mississippi gulf coast. [Martin Wehling]

(Research):1870 New Orleans, Orlean, Louisiana
pg 7, (124B) f/d #66/76
Saml Turner M 48 Virginia
Blanch Turner F 24 Louisiana
William H Turner M 10 Mississippi
Grenville Turner M 8 Mississippi
Louisa White F 21 Louisiana

Census:
Precinct 8
Mellen, Wm H head W M Sep 1859 40 M 17 MS MS MS RR laborer Rents
Lizzie wife W F Sep 1849 30 M 17 LA LA LA 13/5
Pearl dau W F Nov 1886 13 S LA MS LA
Granville son W M Oct 1888 11 S LA MS LA
Evadney dau W F Dec 1893 6 S TX MS LA
Leona dau W F Mar 1895 5 S TX MS LA
Lizzie dau W F Sep 1897 2 S TX MS LA

Census:

W H Mellen Head M 51 Mississippi m 27 yrs
Elizabeth Mellen Wife F 42 Louisiana 8/8 children
Evadne Mellen Dau F 17 Texas
Leona Mellen Dau F 15 Texas
Myrl Mellen Dau F 7 Texas
Elizabeth Mellen Dau F 12 Texas
Roy Mellen Son M 6 Texas
Vernon Mellen Son M 2 Texas
Grenville Mellen Son M 1 Texas
(Grenville Rickert)
William was a conductor for the steam railroad.

Census:
Ward 7
William Mellen Head M 61 Mississippi
Elizabeth Mellen Wife F 53 Louisiana
Leona Mellen Dau F 23 Texas
Myrl Mellen Son M 17 Texas
Roy J Mellen Son M 14 Texas
Vernon P Mellen Son M 10 Texas
Irene Rickert G-dau F 14 Texas
Florence L Rickert G-dau F 12 Texas
Grenville Rickert G-son M 10 Texas
William is an electrical engineer, Myrl is a clerk with the railroad and Nonie is a stenographer with the railroad.
All three of Helena's children are with their grandparents for this enumeration.

death certificate:
Lizzie lived at 1509 - 21st Street, Galveston.

William married Marie Elisee MOUTON on 8 Feb 1883 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Jean Jacques MOUTON and Marie Emilite BERAUD) was born on 22 Jan 1867 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 17 Nov 1921 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 18 Nov 1921 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Lizzie Mouton

Other Events:

• Religion: 1813; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1825; sailor
• Residence: 1834, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA
• Naturalization: 7 Nov 1840, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; Deutch
• Census: 15 Jun 1860, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; pg 37, hh #305
• Census: 1870, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; pg 39-40, hh #267
• Census: 1880, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; ED 136, pg 21 (296C)
• Occupation: 1890; clerk
• Occupation: Between 1891 and 1892, , , Alabama, USA; timber inspector

Notes:

City Directory for Mobile Alabama shows Henry and John living at 356 St Emanuel, Mobile, AL from 1890-1892.
George's letter says Henri had five brothers and a sister. He became a Catholic upon his marriage to Rosina and a Methodist after her death. He built their home on St. Emanuel Street where they had five boys, no daughters. Only one of the boys married, E. W.

Rickart, Henry, Pvt. Corpl. Co., A, 22nd and 23rd La. Inf. En. Camp Lewis, Dec. 5, 1861. Rolls from Dec. 31, 1861, to Dec., 1862, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured and Paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. List dated Enterprise, Miss., Oct. 13, 1863, Present in camp. List not dated, Forwd. Oct. 19, 1863, for exchange. Rolls from Oct., 1863, to Dec., 1863, Present.
Also borne on Rolls of Co. A, 22nd (Cons.) La. Inf. as Rickert, Henry, Corpl. Rolls from Jan., 1864 to April, 1864, Present. Roll May and June, 1864. Absent, sick in Hospl., Mobile, May 22, 1864. Rolls from July, 1864, to Oct., 1864, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Spanish Fort, Ala., April 8, 1865. Recd. Ship Island, Miss., April 10, 1865. Paroled Camp Townsend, May 6, 1865.

(Research):Mobile County, AL Marriages
2080 JOHNSON, MONTIOUS LEE RICKERT, MARY C 08/10/1904 38-449

Check the Alabama State Census 1866.

Census:
Ward 5
Henry Rickert 41 M Clerk 3000 3000 Hamburg
Rosina Rickert 40 F Ireland
James H Rickert 14 M Alabama
Edward W Rickert 8 M "
John N Rickert 5 M "
Mary J Cunningham 40 F Ireland

Census:
Ward 5
Henry Rickerts M 57 Germany
Rossina Rickerts F 50 Ireland
James Rickert M 24 Alabama
Edward W Rickert M 19 Alabama
John N Rickert M 16 Alabama
Henry is a clerk in a mill, James is a clerk in a store, Edward is an apprentice in a machine shop and Edward attends school. Henry is born in Hamburg.

Census:
5th Ward
Henry RICKERT Self M Male W 67 HAMBURG Clerk HAMBURG HAMBURG
Rosina RICKERT Wife M Female W 57 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE
James RICKERT Son S Male W 31 AL Book Keeper HAMB IRE
John RICKERT Son S Male W 23 AL Blacksmith HAMB IRE

Henri married Rosina MCGONIGAL on 3 Jun 1844 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA. Rosina was born in 1817 in , Cork, Munster, Ireland; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Rosina O'Hair

Notes:

Another source says her surname was McGillicuddy and George says O'Hair.

(Research):is Mary J Cunningham her sister?

Notes:

Married:
George's letter says that Henri and Rosina were married in 1841. I found a marriage record in Mobile for Henry and Rosanna McGonigal on June 3, 1844 and believe this to be our ancestors. I can't imagine why they had no children for so long unless the babies died.

Other Events:

• Census: 30 Jun 1860, , Lowndes, Mississippi, USA; pg 56-57 (663B-664A), d/f #391/405
• Military: Abt 1862; Civil War, CSA
• Census: 11 Aug 1870, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; pg 128, fam #892
• Residence: Between 1890 and 1892, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; 406 N Jackson

Notes:

I found a photo that says "My dearest father, Joseph Richardson." I have no proof that this James C is the father of our Joseph.

There is a death record for a Joseph M Richardson who died 5 Aug 1875 in Mobile and buried in Magnolia Cemetery.

Census:
Columbus PO
J C Richardson M 58 South Carolina
Elizabeth Richardson F 57 South Carolina
William Richardson M 19 Georgia
Mary Richardson F 17 Georgia
Martha Richardson F 14 Georgia
Laura Richardson F 5 Mississippi
Emma Richardson F 3 Alabama
George Richardson M 2 Alabama
F M Gayler M 22 Georgia
J M Richardson M 25 Georgia
J M is a carpenter. The three youngest children are his. There is no stamped number on this page and the handwritten numbers on nearby pages are misnumbered.

Census:
Ward 8
Joseph Richardson M 38 Georgia
Sarah Richardson F 24 Alabama
Laura Richardson F 16 Mississippi
Emma Richardson F 13 Alabama
George Richardson M 12 Alabama
Cora Richardson F 4/12 Alabama
Joseph is a carpenter.

Joseph married Elizabeth FLYNN on 10 Jan 1854 in , Mobile, Alabama, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Catherine ???) was born about 1835 in Ballylanders, Limerick, Munster, Ireland; died before 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to George's letter, both of Catherine's parents were American born.

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; fam #104
• Military: 5 May 1861, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; Co. G, 12th Mississippi Infantry

Notes:

"William Pepperrell Mellen (1806-1864) and his wife Sarah Carpenter Lewis (1812-1870) had 9 children: Martha Eleanor (1832-1856), William Francis (1836-1889), Sarah Lewis (b. 1837), Albert (1840 - 1878), Grenville (1843-1862), Mary Peyton (1845-1904), Thomas Lewis (1849-1908), John Prentiss (b.1852), and Frederic (b.1855)
"Grenville married Victorine Angerona Jones Taylor July 19, 1858, in Greenburg, Louisiana. They had the two sons (William Henry, 1859, and Grenville (Jr.), 1861) before Grenville (Sr.) volunteered.
"by the Mellen House in Mobile i assume you mean the Mellen House in Natchez; i have never been there so i don't know what kind of records they have. my information is from Thomas Lewis Mellen's notes (he was one of my great-grandfathers)
"Who is Fred K?
"Sarah Carpenter Lewis' parents were Archibald Lewis (b. 1773 in Sheffield, MA) and Eleanor Thornton Sappington (b. about 1778 in Hagerstown, MD but raised in Nashville, TN; her father was Mark Brown Sappington." (Martin Wehling]
"Grenville (son of William Peperrell and father of our William Henry) actually had 2 marriages the same day, one to Victorine Anger Jones and one to Lucinda Jones Taylor, both on July 17, 1858." [Chestine Box]

Census:

MELLEN, Wm. P. head 53 NH lawyer $10,000/40,000
Sarah C. wife 47 MS
Sarah L. dau 22 MS
Grenville son 17 MS student of medicine
Victoria dau 18 LA [daughter-in-law]
Mary P. dau 14 MS
Thomas L. son 11 MS
John P. son 7 MS
Fred K. son 5 MS
Wm H. son 10/12 MS [grandson]

Military:

Sgt., Co. G, 12th Mississippi Infantry. When: May 5, 1861; Where: Natchez, Adams Co., MS. Period 1 year. Company Muster Rolls: Feb. 1862 present. Died June 1, 1862 in Richmond, VA. from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines May 31, 1862. His widow Victoria Angerona Mellen filed claims in Adams Co., MS. She received $202.36. He married Victoria Angerona Taylor July 19, 1858 in Louisiana. They had two children William Henry Mellen b: 1859, d: 1925; Grenville Mellen b: 1862, d: 1883. His occupation Student studying Medicine in Harvard Mass. in 1861 when the war broke out.

Died:
Personally appeared before me Charles F. Merrick Esq a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Victoria A. Mellen and William P. Mellen and make oath that the said Victoria is the widow of the late Grenville Mellen, a Sergeant in the original, and a private in the latter organization of the Natchez Fencibles, known and designated as Company B and afterward as G in the 12th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of "Seven Pines" near Richmond, on the 31 May (1862) last.
/s/ V. A. Mellen
W P Mellen, Witness
Sworn to and Suscribed
before me this 8th day of
Sept AD1862
CJMerrick
Justice of the Peace

The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond. [Wikipedia]

Grenville married Victorine Angerona TAYLOR on 19 Jul 1858 in Greensburg, St. Helena, Louisiana, USA. Victorine was born on 6 Mar 1843 in , , Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 16 Jun 1860, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; fam #104

Notes:

She was the adopted daughter of Thomas L Jones of Natchez. I don't know if her birth name is Taylor or if she was married previously; if she was, she must have been very young. I believe her names lies somewhere between the two names in the marriage records. She was probably just plain Lucinda Taylor who dreamed of having a glamourous name such as Victorine Angorone; she was a teenager, after all, and orphaned.

One must assume that, after Grenville's untimely death, Vicky took her sons back to Louisiana where William Henry later met Lizzie. She probably remarried and chose to use her husband's name for the boys. William doesn't resurface until 1900 in Galveston County, Texas, married and with children.

Census:
Victoria is listed as the 18 year old daughter of William Pepperell Mellen. She's actually a daughter-in-law.

Notes:

Married:
I, Victoria A. Mellen, of the City of Natchez, Adams County, in the State of Mississippi Do hereby appoint Albert G. Brown of the Confederate Senate my attorney in fact and depute him for me and in my stead to Receive and receipt for all moneys coming To me as [amass] of [this] or payments or otherwise. As the widow of Grenville Mellen Late of Company B, or G. (Natchez Fencibles) Of the 12th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers Witness my hand and seal at Natchez this 8th day of Sept AD1862.
V. A. Mellen

Other Events:

• Name: John Mouton
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; ED 23, pg 2 (431B)
• Census: 8 Jun 1900, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; ED 43, pg 12A

Notes:

PROPERTY OWNERS TOWN OF RAYNE: 1890, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Mouton, Geo C. Dr.
Mouton, J. J.
Mouton, Jean

Juror List 1893, Acadia Parish
Mouton, Jean - page 1

The 1900 Census gives his birthdate as Aug 1841.

Census:
Vermilionville, Madison Road?
Jean Jacques Mouton Self M M W 36 LA Farmer LA LA
Emilie Mouton Wife M F W 33 LA Keeping H. LA LA
Joseph B. Mouton Son S M W 14 LA At School LA LA
Marie E. Mouton Dau S F W 13 LA At Home LA LA
Marie C. Mouton Dau S F W 10 LA At Home LA LA
Leonis Mouton Dau S F W 8 LA At Home LA LA
Florence Mouton Dau S F W 7 LA LA LA
Ivani Mouton Dau S F W 5 LA LA LA
Leopold Mouton Son S M W 2 LA LA LA

Census:
Lafayette Township
Mouton, Beraud head W M Jan 1866 34 M 12 LA LA LA RR brakeman Rents
Edia wife W F Dec 1866 33 M 12 LA LA LA 5/3
Labbe son W F Sep 1888 11 S LA LA LA
Emily dau W F May 1895 5 S LA LA LA
George son W M May 1893 2 S LA LA LA
John fath W M Aug 1841 58 M 35 LA LA LA 8/8

Jean married Marie Emilite BERAUD on 4 Aug 1864 in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Joseph BERAUD and Felicienne DEJEAN) was born on 21 Jan 1846 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; died after 1889 in , , Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Emilie Beraud