Joseph Lasalle was born Abt. 1787 in Hambourg, Germany, and died Aft. 1838.
Mother of his children Amada Adele Giraudeau was born 30 October 1795 in New Orleans, LA (baptism: 28 April 1797 St. Louis Cath.), and died 1 February 1833 in their house on Conde St., New Orleans, LA.
Their children were:
1- Elizabeth Lasalle b: 7 September 1827 in house on St. Philip, New Orleans, LA
Notes for Elizabeth Lasalle:
Lasalle, Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Lasalle, native of Hambourg, 46 years old, merchant, residing in this city, and Adele Giraudeau, native of this place, 35 years old); born at 8 P.M. on September 7, 1827 in a house situated in this city on St. Philip Street between Royal and Bourbon Streets; recorded on April 9, 1833 in Volume 4, page 23. [Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., Civil Registration of Orleans Parish Births, Marriages and Deaths 1790-1833, p. 492]
2- Josephine Lasalle b: 27 December 1828 in house on St. Philip, New Orleans, LA
Notes for Josephine Lasalle:
Lasalle, Josephine (daughter of Joseph Lasalle, native of Hambourg, 46 years old, merchant, residing in this city on Royal Street between St. Ann and Dumaine, and Adele Giraudeau, native of this city, 38 years old); born at 1:30 P.M. on December 27, 1828 in a house situated on St. Philip Street between Royal and Bourbon Streets in New Orleans; recorded on April 19, 1833 in Volume 4, page 24. [Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., Civil Registration of Orleans Parish Births, Marriages and Deaths 1790-1833, p. 492]
3- J. Emerite F. Lasalle b: 1 October 1830 in house on corner Conde & Dumaine, New Orleans, LA; d: 30 August 1877 in New Orleans, LA; burial: 31 August 1877 New Orleans, St. Louis Cem. #1/2
+Joseph Jean Francois Derbes b: Abt. 1821 in Toulon, Var, France; m: Abt. 1849 in Louisiana; d: 2 March 1874 in New Orleans, LA
Notes for J. Emerite F. Lasalle:
Lasalle, Emerite (daughter of Joseph Lasalle, native of Hambourg, 46 years old, merchant, residing in this place on Royal Street between St. Ann and Dumaine Streets, and Adele Giraudeau, native of this city, 35 years old); born at 11 P.M. on October 1, 1830 in a house situated at the corner of Conde and Dumaine Streets; recorded on April 17, 1833 in Volume 4, page 25. [Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., Civil Registration of Orleans Parish Births, Marriages and Deaths 1790-1833, p. 492] – copy of birth certificate confirms same
4- Catherine Lasalle b: 31 July 1832 in house on corner Conde & Dumaine, New Orleans, LA; d: 7 July 1833 in house on Burgundy, New Orleans, LA
Notes for Catherine Lasalle:
Lasalle, Catherine (daughter of Joseph Lasalle, native of Hambourg, 46 years old, merchant, residing in New Orleans on Royal Street between St. Ann and Dumaine Streets, and Adele Giraudeau, native of New Orleans, 35 years old); born at 5 A.M. on July 31, 1832 in a house situated at the corner of Dumaine and Conde Streets; recorded on June 3, 1833 in Volume 4, page 34. [Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., Civil Registration of Orleans Parish Births, Marriages and Deaths 1790-1833, p. 491/2]
Notes for Joseph Lasalle:
- Joseph Lasalle may have been a soldier who participated in the War of 1812. There was a Sergeant Lassale who was part of the 2nd Battalion (D’Aquin’s) of the Louisiana Militia.
- 1830 New Orleans census (p. 242) - Joseph Lasalle males 1 (40-50), 4 female slaves (24-35), 1 male <10 free person of color, 3 females <10 free persons of color, 1 female (24-36) free person of color
[Joseph Lasalle 43, Amada Adele Giraudeau 35, 4 slaves belonging to Adele (named in will), Adele's son Gabriel Giraudeau c7, Adele & Joseph's 3 daughters (Elizabeth 3, Josephine 2, Emerite infant)]
- 1832 city directory: Joseph Lasalle, dry goods store, c. Conde & Main
- 1834 city directory: Joseph Lasalle, dry goods, 237 Royal d. 179 St. Peter
- From The Early Jews of New Orleans (Bertran Wallace Korn): From April 1829 to May 1830 he (Simon Cohen) was Sergeant Major of the Artillery Battalion. In October 1830, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant, another Jew, Joseph Lasalle replaced him in his former post (p. 156). Another Jew who was active in the Louisiana Militia was Joseph Lasalle, who served as Acting Adjutant of the 2nd Regiment in 1829, and was elected Sergeant Major, then Lieutenant of the Tirailleurs in 1830-31. Lasalle was also interested in politics. In 1828-30, he served as clerk of the 4th ward elections; in 1833 he was a judge at the polls. His name was placed in nomination for the office of enrolling clerk of state legislature in 1833, but he received only 3 votes. Lasalle ran what he called a "cheap store", where he sold dry goods, liquor, glassware and china, jewelry, firecrackers and other odds and ends, first on St. Philip street, then at the corner of Conde and Dumaine, finally at 237 Royal. He went bankrupt in 1834, at which time he was in debt to Manis Jacobs for $1,628.00. His creditors finally accepted settlements in 1837, but it is uncertain whether he was still in New Orleans at that time. Lasalle faded from view as silently as he had appeared in 1827. Lasalle was probably not a Frenchman, despite his name, but rather a German who, like others, adopted the name under French influence during the Napoleonic period. (pp. 177-8) Members of the First Jewish congregation established in New Orleans list J. Lasalle. (p. 198) In addition to accepting responsibility for funeral arrangements, the congregation also seems to have undertaken to fulfill the role of surviving family for Jews who died in financial straits or who had no immediate family. Joseph Lasalle and Manis Jacobs seem to have performed a congregational duty when they witnessed the will of Sarah Jessurun Cohn who had been married only 2 days previously to Salomon Cohn: she died a week after her wedding. (p. 238)
Notes for Amada Adele Giraudeau:
- “GIRAUDOT [@GIRAUDEAU, JIRAUDOT] Amada Adela (Luis Bruno and adelaida LE MELLE) b.Apr 28,1797, bn. October 30,1795, s. Francisco Longuet and Amada Douezal (SLC, B13.366)” [Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans: Vol. 6 (1796-1799)]
- “Giraudean, Adele (native of New Orleans); 35 years old; died at 1 P.M. on February 1, 1833 in a house situated on Conde Street between St. Ann and Main Streets; the deponent was Joseph Lasalle, native of Hambourg, 46 years old, a merchant, residing in New Orleans; recorded on April 9, 1833 in Volume 4, page 41.” [Civil Registration of Orleans Parish Births, Marriages and Deaths 1790-1833, p. 374, Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.]
- Inventory taken at her death
- Her succession also lists a son not attributed to Joseph Lasalle, Gabriel Giraudeau (father unknown).
Parents of Joseph Lasalle – unknown
Parents of Amada Adele Giraudeau
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