Barbe married Chrisostome Holderith about 1837. Chrisostome (son of Jean Holderith and Ève-Rosine Schmitt) was born on 23 May 1810 in Munchhausen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1930: lived with daughter Amelia

New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949
Name: Caroline Holderith Wegmann Death Date: Jul 1940 Page: 1807 Volume: 214

Caroline married Georg Xavier Wegmann in 1875. Georg (son of Johannes Georg Wegmann and Elisabetha Fabacher) was born on 23 Nov 1848 in Busenberg, Pfalz, Bayern; was christened on 26 Nov 1848 in Busenberg, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 3 Feb 1908 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/bios/w-000014.txt
Wegmann, John X., president Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., New Orleans, was born in New Orleans, La., Jan. 24, 1878; son of George and Caroline (Holderith) Wegmann, both of whom were born in Europe, the father in Bavaria, German Empire, and the mother in Alsace, France. They came to America at about the same time, in the year 1871, located in the city of New Orleans, and were afterward married in that city, where the father conducted a business as a retail grocer. He died at the age of 60 years and is survived by his widow at this time. They reared six of 11 children born to them at their New Orleans home, all of these six being now residents of the city. John X. was the second child, and is the eldest of those now living. His boyhood days were passed in New Orleans, as has been his life thus far. He was educated at St. Mary's Assumption German school of the Redemptorist parish, and at the age of 14 years began work in his father's grocery store, where he remained until about 21, then securing employment in the office of the Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., as a clerk. After about 1 year spent in this capacity, he was elected secretary of the Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., and so remained until the year 1909, when, following the death of James Wilson, he was elected president of the company, his incumbency of that important position extending to the present time. Mr. Wegmann is a man of many interests and varied activities in the intricate life of the city of New Orleans. He is vice-president of the New Orleans public school board, chairman of the committee orican Medical Association, New York Medical Record, and New York Medical Journal. His most important writings are on Aneurisms of the Arch of the Aorta, Subclavian Aneurisms, Irreducible Dislocations of the Shoulder, Surgical Diseases and Injuries of the Neck, the Philosophic Anatomy of the Liver, A Plea for Reform in Medical and University Education, Wounds of the Large Surgical Veins, Hepatic Abscesses, Drilling of Holes Through the Skull, Diagnosis of Tumors, Reminiscences of Dr. Marion Sims and Dr. T. G. Richardson, Preservation of Anatomic Dissections, With Permanent Color of Muscles, Vessels and Organs; Sanitary Code of the Louisiana State Board of Health, and many other technical and important compositions. Dr. Souchon was the inventor of the Souchon Anesthetizer. He was at all times one of the busiest of men, but held a membstates. Monthly remittances from home soon ceased to make missions are delegated. In 1901 Mr. Wegmann was married to Miss Sophia J. Bonhage, daughter of August Bonhage of New Orleans. Mrs. Wegmann was born and reared in New Orleans, where her education was also completed. Seven sons have been

John X. Wegmann was Louisiana Knights of Columbus State Deputy 1919 - 1921


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1910:
Name: John X Wegmann Age in 1910: 32 Estimated birth year: abt 1878 Birthplace: Louisiana Home in 1910: 11-WD NEW ORLEANS, Orleans, Louisiana Race: White Gender: Male Series: T624 Roll: 523 Part: 2 Page: 109A Year: 1910

1920:
Name: John X Wegmann Age: 41 years Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Birthplace: Louisiana Race: White Home in 1920: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana Roll: T625_623 Page: 7B ED: 188 Image: 0068

1930: widowed
Name: John X Wegmann Age: 51 Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Birthplace: Louisiana Relation to head-of-house: Head Race: White Home in 1930: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: 809; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 185; Image: 223.0.

John married Sophia Josephine Bonhage on 18 Feb 1901 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Sophia (daughter of August Bonhage and Maria Caroline Stuve) was born on 14 Feb 1880 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 5 Nov 1928 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Robert Charles O'Brien on 22 Apr 1901 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Robert was born on 4 Nov 1878 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died in in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Elizabeth Augusta Bonhage on 6 May 1908 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of August Bonhage and Maria Caroline Stuve) was born on 18 Feb 1882 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 12 Apr 1972 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1930:
Name: Frank X Wegmann Age: 44 Estimated birth year: abt 1886 Birthplace: Louisiana Relation to head-of-house: Head Spouse's Name: Bernadine Wegmann Race: White Home in 1930: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: 809; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 182; Image: 88.0.

Frank married Bernadine Adele Lorenzen on 21 Apr 1908 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Bernadine was born on 27 Nov 1886 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 9 May 1956 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949
Name: Aloysius G. Wegman Age: 15 mos Death Date: 03 Jun 1891 Color: W Page: 733 Volume: 99

Alphonse married Hazel Marie Becker on 25 Nov 1913 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Hazel (daughter of Philip Becker and Amelia Summers) was born on 16 Sep 1894 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died in 1931 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amelia married George Charles Muhs on 19 Sep 1916 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. George was born on 22 Aug 1889 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died in 1931 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Irene Monroe about 1929. Irene was born in 1906 in Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

August married Clare Ursula Willem after 1930. Clare was born on 4 Feb 1906 in Maine, USA; died on 29 Sep 1999 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery # 3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Social Security Death Index
Name: John Wegmann SSN: 433-10-5865 Last Residence: 70001 Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States of America Born: 25 Aug 1904 Died: Mar 1976 State (Year) SSN issued: Louisiana (Before 1951 )

John married Mary Louise Hartel after 1930. Mary was born in 1906 in Louisiana, USA; died in in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/cemeteries/green/00000097.txt
Charles Henry Wegmann Sr 07/28/1906 - 06/21/1990

Charles married Clare Johnston about 1928 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Clare was born on 8 Oct 1909 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 27 Nov 1984 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Catherine Lyons on 16 Nov 1946. Catherine (daughter of Martin William Lyons and Josephine Agnes Reilly) was born on 11 Jul 1917 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA; died on 21 Mar 2004 in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 23 Mar 2004 in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Social Security Death Index
Name: Leo Wegmann SSN: 433-14-2436 Last Residence: 70124 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America Born: 8 Sep 1913 Last Benefit: 70124 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America Died: Sep 1977 State (Year) SSN issued: Louisiana (Before 1951 )

Family/Spouse: Ann Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Social Security Death Index
Name: Raymond A. Wegmann SSN: 438-68-2113 Born: 18 Jul 1915 Died: 9 Nov 1990 State (Year) SSN issued: Louisiana (1962 )

OBITUARY: Event: Obituary Note: 000090 Wegmann - Monsignor Raymond A. Wegmann, Pastor Emeritus Of St. Rita Parish, Died Friday At St. Rita's Rectory Of Cancer. He Was 75. Monsignor Wegmann Was Born In New Orleans And Had Lived In New Orleans For 42 Years. He Graduated From St. Aloysius High School In 1933 And Went On To St. Joseph Seminary College And Notre Dame Seminary. He Was Ordained In 1940 By Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel. After Serving As Assistant Pastor At Several New Orleans Parishes, He Went To Catholic University Of America In Washington, D.C., Where He Received His Licentiate In Canon Law In 1948. He Then Returned To New Orleans, Where He Was Named Vice Chancellor Of The Archdiocese While Also Serving As Assistant Pastor At St. James Major Church. In 1954, He Was Named A Papal Chamberlain With The Title Of Monsignor. He Served As Acting Financial Secretary Of The Archdiocese, During Which Time He Oversaw Construction Of The Archdiocesan Administration Building And The Early Stages Of The Four Archdiocesan High Schools - Shaw, Blenk, Rummel And Chapelle. He Served As A Judge In The Marriage Tribunal And Was Responsible For Organizing The Catholic Lawyers' Guild. He Was Also A Board Member Of The Archdiocesan Corporation, Chairman Of The Pension And Infirm Priests' Fund, Chairman Of The Fund Development Committee And A Member Of The Parish Boundaries Commission. In 1966, He Was Appointed Pastor Of St. Rita Parish And Became Director Of The Newly Established Archdiocesan Cemeteries Corporation. He Retired From His Position At St. Rita's In 1987 And Assumed The Title Of Pastor Emeritus. A Mass Will Be Said Tuesday At 2 P.M. At St. Rita's Church, 2729 Lowerline St. Burial Will Be In St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. Times Picayune 11-11-1990 1

Edward married Shirley H. Caire on 7 Apr 1945. Shirley (daughter of Dr. Arthur Anthony Caire and Louisa Fabacher) was born on 12 Jan 1922 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 16 Dec 2016 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; dentist

Francis married Joyce Marie Caire in Apr 1949 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Joyce (daughter of Dr. Arthur Anthony Caire and Louisa Fabacher) was born on 7 Mar 1926 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 13 Jun 1993 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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illiam Wegmann Sr., a New Orleans lawyer who was a member of the team that successfully defended businessman Clay Shaw during District Attorney Jim Garrison's sensational -- and, ultimately, futile -- investigation of John F. Kennedy's assassination, died Saturday at his Metairie home. He was 87.

Mr. Wegmann, a lifelong New Orleanian, was a defense attorney and a former assistant district attorney. He became involved in the Shaw case because his brother Edward, a specialist in civil matters, had been Shaw's longtime attorney.

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William Wegmann Sr.
When Shaw called Edward Wegmann in 1967 to tell him he had been arrested on conspiracy charges, Edward Wegmann turned to his brother because of Mr. Wegmann's experience with criminal law, said Lorraine Wegmann Bisso, one of his daughters.

F. Irvin Dymond, a New Orleans lawyer, led the defense team. After a sensational trial that attracted global attention, the jury deliberated only one hour before acquitting Shaw in 1969. No one else was ever charged.

Those two years were tough on Mr. Wegmann and his family, his children said.

"There was a certain amount of heightened interest in this particular case," said William Wegmann Jr., one of Mr. Wegmann's sons. "Dad had to work pretty hard to insulate us from public attention, and we worked hard at home to insulate him, to give him whatever privacy he could get."

At home, Bisso said, she and her siblings were told to be extra-careful when they answered the door or the telephone.

"We learned to be very circumspect," she said.

Even though reporters from around the planet were descending on New Orleans, Mr. Wegmann couldn't address their queries because there was a gag order forbidding anyone connected with the case to comment publicly.

Even if he had wanted to do so, he wouldn't have had much time, William Wegmann Jr. said, because he was taking care of his regular clients since he knew Shaw couldn't afford to pay his attorneys for the time they were putting in.

Defending Shaw "was a matter of professional responsibility and dedication to the profession," said the younger Wegmann, who also is a lawyer.

Given all these circumstances, as well as crank calls to the Wegmann house that became common, "it was a very stressful time," he said. "I did as much as I could to avoid the public eye and shield us from media attention. We tried to lead a natural life under the circumstances."

Mr. Wegmann, the youngest of 11 sons, graduated from Jesuit High School and enrolled at Loyola University. But he interrupted his college education to enlist in the Army after the United States entered World War II.

He was deployed to the Pacific Theater, where he was part of an amphibious tractor-tank battalion attached to the Marines. Mr. Wegmann was involved in campaigns on the Marianas and the islands of Tinian and Saipan.

When he returned to the United States, he went to Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as a second lieutenant.

Mr. Wegmann earned a law degree from Loyola in 1948 and went to work as an assistant district attorney under Herve Racivitch.

Mr. Wegmann and Racivitch went into private practice after leaving the prosecutor's office. With Guy Johnson and Warren Mouledoux, they founded the firm Racivitch, Johnson, Wegmann and Mouledoux.

Mr. Wegmann later was a founding member of Wegmann and Adams. His clients included Bohn Ford, J.J. Krebs and Sons and the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners.

He retired after Hurricane Katrina.

A part-time teacher at Loyola College of Law, Mr. Wegmann wrote "Banks and Banking in Louisiana," a 1951 treatise that traced the history of banking in Louisiana from the colonial period through 1950.

He was a founding member of the local chapter of the St. Thomas More Society, an organization for Catholic lawyers, and was a member of the Metairie Country Club and the Pickwick Club.

Survivors include his wife, Lolita del Pilar Martinez Wegmann; three sons, William Wegmann Jr., Stephen Wegmann and Paul Wegmann; four daughters, Gretchen Wegmann Smith of Houston and Lorraine Wegmann Bisso, Monica Wegmann Smith and Sophie Margaret Wegmann; a brother, Dr. Francis Wegmann; and six grandchildren.

A Mass will be said Friday at 2 p.m. at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Visitation will begin at noon.

Burial will be private.

William married Lolita Del Pilar Martinez on 12 Aug 1947 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lolita (daughter of Benigno Andres Martinez and Marie Catherine Koen) was born on 12 Jul 1924 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 16 Feb 2020 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henrietta married Henry Aloysius Ecuyer on 23 Jan 1932 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Henry was born on 27 Dec 1903 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 2 Nov 1994 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 5 Nov 1994 in Lake Lawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Harold A. Fath about 1932. Harold was born on 8 Jul 1908 in USA; died on 30 Nov 1991 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles N. Burgdorf. Charles was born in 1913 in Louisiana, USA; died on 3 Sep 1963 in Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clair married Milton J. L'Hoste about 1934. Milton was born on 8 Sep 1902 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 22 Mar 1991 in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 25 Mar 1991 in Greenwood Mausoleum and Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Josephine Chuter about 1945. Josephine was born in 1917 in USA; died on 13 Aug 2002 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Lake Lawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bernadine married Raymond Lambert Proctor [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alvin married Leonora Carbajal about 1944. Leonora (daughter of Nicholas Carbajal and Julia Allenbach) was born on 24 Jun 1921 in Louisiana, USA; died on 16 May 2008 in Louisiana, USA; was buried on 19 May 2008 in All Saints Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Margaret Rose Helmke about 1945. Margaret (daughter of Milton J. Helmke and Irma Smith) was born on 25 Oct 1924 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 23 Sep 2001 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in All Saints Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarence married Lillian Kerth [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adelaide married John V. Leland after 1930 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. John was born in 1908; died in in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Earl married Marion Louise Nix about 1940. Marion was born on 21 Nov 1915 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Jan 2004 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rita C. Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marceline M. Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ione C. Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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LAFAYETTE - Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille for Lee John Davis, 22, who died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006.The Rev. Millard G. Boyer will officiate the services. Jodi Bollich, organist and soloist, will sing for the services, "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Amazing Grace" and "I Shall See You Again In The Land Of The Light".Survivors include his mother, Elizabeth Beckworth Muhs; his fathers, John E. Davis and Robert C. "Bob" Muhs Jr.; step mother, Beverly Davis; brother, Ahren Muhs; his paternal grandmother, Barbara Davis; his grandfather, Mervin "Pop" Whittington; his aunts, Ruthetta Weston and husband, Jim; Cindy Brasseaux and husband, Patrick; Bonnie Trahan and husband, Bobby, Daniel Beckworth: Kathryn Beckworth and Mary Usher. Aunts Susan Davis; Judy Proctor; Debbie DeRouen, and Mike; his uncles, Bill Davis and wife, Robbin, and David Davis and wife, Janice; and his great aunt, Patricia Hendee; and friend for life, Becca Flores (B-Diddy). Beignet frying buddy, Steve Cascio.He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Beryl Whittington, Lee Beckworth and Richard Davis; and his uncle, Fred William Beckworth.Lee was a native and lifelong resident of Lafayette. He was attending the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a Sophmore in Economics. Lee was a Ragin Cajun/LSU Tiger enthusiast. Lee was an optimist and shared his love of life through his entertaining smile. Lee has donated his organs to allow others to give, live and love. The family would like to give special thanks to the Heart Hospital of Lafayette and to LOPA, for their kindness, compassion and support during Lee's time of need.Visitation will be held one hour prior to the memorial service.Visit the guestbook online at www.mourning.com Martin & Castille Funeral Home Inc. of Lafayette, (337) 234-2311, has been chosen to help with the arrangements.
Published on November 18, 2006.