Louis married Myrtle Unknown about 1942. Myrtle was born on 8 Mar 1921 in USA; died in 0May 1986 in Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH:
Given: Louis J. Surname: Mestier Jr. Father: Louis J. Mother: Josephine Judlin Sex: M Color: W Birth Date: 03 Sep 1883 Volume: 80 Page: 570

BIOGRAPHY: http://www.oceanspringsarchives.com/people.htm
LOUIS JEAN-BAPTISTE MESTIER (1883-1954)-Born at New Orleans in September 3, 1883, the son of Louis Mestier (1858-1909+) and Josephine E. Judlin (1862-1914). Married Thelma Regan (1894-1988). Although handicapped from a childhood bout with polio, he attended Tulane University and graduated from the engineering school as a sugar chemist in 1906. He made his livelihood in the sugar industry in the West Indies, primarily at St. Kitts and Barbados. Louis J.B. Mestier was responsible for his brothers, James E. "Edmund" Mestier and Archie Mestier, and cousin, Eugene W. Illing Jr. (1895-1978), to find work as sugar chemists, also in the West Indies.
Mr. Mestier bought a home at 420 Martin Avenue in May 1925, from Judge O.D. Davidson (1872-1938). He retired from the sugar industry in 1932. In retirement he raised pecans. Mr. Mestier was a fixture at the Westbrook?s Barbershop on Washington Avenue. He was there every morning and would return in the afternoon after his lunch. He was also a longtime member of the local school board. Louis J.B. Mestier expired at Biloxi, Mississippi on September 2, 1954. His remains were interred at the Southern Memorial Park Cemetery in Biloxi.

Louis married Thelma Regan on 11 Oct 1915 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Thelma was born on 20 Jun 1894 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 7 May 1988 in Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Southern Memorial Park, Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name: Louis John Baptist Mestier Spouse: Thelma Regan Age: 31 Age: 21 Gender: M Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1915 Volume: 38 Page: 33

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Name: Louis J. Mestier Age: 54 yrs Death Date: 02 Nov 1909 Color: W Page: 1044 Volume: 147

Louis married Josephine E. Judlin on 10 Jan 1882 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Josephine was born in 1862 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 10 Jan 1914 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 12 Jan 1914 in Greenwood Mausoleum and Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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DEATH:
Name: Josephine Judlin Mestier Age: 81 yrs Death Date: 10 Jan 1914 Color: W Page: 580 Volume: 159

BIOGRAPHY: It interesting to note that Mr. Anderson?s brother and business partner, Julius Anderson, once owned the Josephine Mestier. This was another Martinolich schooner constructed at Handsboro, in 1893. Two New Orleans lumber merchants, J. Louis Mestier and his brother-in-law, Peter Judlin (1864-1917), contracted for this and an earlier vessel, the Mabel E. Judlin. Josephine Judlin Mestier (1862-1914), was the daughter of two European émigrés, J.B. Judlin (1831-1880+) from France, and Alice E. Vatter (1842-1880+) of Germany. The Judlin family resided at New Orleans, where Mr. Judlin was a grocer. (Fenerty et al, 1991, p. 261)
Josephine?s sister, Emma Judlin (1869-1958), married Eugene W. Illing (1870-1947) of Ocean Springs. Mr. Illing was a successful innkeeper and pecan grower, before entering the motion picture business circa 1904. His Illing Theatre was a landmark on Washington Avenue for many decades. (The Ocean Springs Record, October 5, 1995, p. 20)

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Name: Louis J. Mestier Spouse: Josephine Judlin Age: 27 Age: 20 Gender: M Marriage Date: 10 Jan 1882 Volume: 9 Page: 107

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Louis Mestier later served as witness to the 1858 marriage of Simon Neufeld to Maria Anna Eva Zech.
Name: Louis Mestier Age: 52 yrs Death Date: 16 Nov 1878 Color: W Page: 979 Volume: 73

Louis married Anna Maria Neufeld on 8 Feb 1848 in Holy Trinity Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Anna (daughter of Franz Andreas Neufeld and Maria Anna Wien) was born on 29 Sep 1821 in Erlenbach bei Dahn, Pfalz, Bayern; was christened on 29 Sep 1821 in Erlenbach bei Dahn, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 4 Feb 1870 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anna Maria Neufeld was an early Neufeld immigrant to America. She arrived in America in c.18__, and by the time of her wedding New Orleans (1848), she was in New Orleans. Her brother Simon followed her to America, settling in New Orleans where she had been residing.

CENSUS:
1860:
Name: Mary Mestier Age in 1860: 34 Birthplace: Bavaria Home in 1860: New Orleans Ward 6, Orleans, Louisiana Gender: Female Post Office: New Orleans Roll: M653_419 Page: 0 Year: 1860 Head of Household: L Mestier

DEATH:
Name: Anna Mary Neufeld Mestier Age: 47 yrs Death Date: 04 Feb 1870 Page: 852 Volume: 46