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1810 - 1866 (55 years)
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| Name |
Octavius Undecimus Trezevant |
| Born |
01 Mar 1810 |
Scotland [1] |
| Christened |
Mar 1830 |
London, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1866 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Person ID |
I5776 |
Stewart |
| Last Modified |
20 Oct 2014 |
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| Notes |
- Octavius Undecimxts Trezevant (Peter,4 Theodore,3 Theodore,2 Daniel 1), was born in Scotland, March 1, 1810; baptized in London, March, 1830, by Rev. Mr. Hutchins, of Christ Church, Paddington; died in 1866. His peculiar name was due to rather grim humor on the part of his father, who gave him the name Octavius Undecimus because he was the eighth son and eleventh child. He became a physician, and moved to America, living in
MCapt. George Cross and James Ball, godfathers; Mrs. Thomas Hort, godmother. New Orleans where he practiced his profession. Although born in Great Britain, he was a staunch American. He married a Spanish lady of distinguished ancestry, who was born at Montevideo, Buenos Ayres. She was an orphan. In 1894, she inherited quite a handsome estate from her relatives in Spain. Her name was Maria Dorothea Josepha Stanilaus Dolores Eugenia D'Argaine y Belgrano.
Dr. Octavius Trezevant was killed in the streets of New Orleans the year after the Confederate war, while attempting to protect a white woman from a brutal assault by a negro soldier. Issue:
94 I. Octavia Trezevant. (See Appendix 23.)
95 II. Rosario Trezevant. (See Appendix 24.)
96 III. Peter Trezevant.
97 IV. Albayda Trezevant, married. No issue.
98 V. John Trezevant.
99 VI. Willoughby Trezevant.
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- [S145] The Trezevant Family in the United States, John Timothée Trezevant, (State Company, 1914), pp 30-31.
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