Laura Alice Barron was
born on May 17, 1878 in Rapides Parrish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Riley Eugene Barron and Alice Laurette Nugent.
Laura
married James Peyton LaCroix on December 16, 1898 in Catahoula Parrish,
Louisiana. She was 20 years old and he
was 27 years. James was born on
September 3, 1871 in Rapides Parrish, Louisiana, the son of Isaac LaCroix and
Theodosia Ann Vance.
James
and Laura had at least seven children:
Randolph
Barron LaCroix born 1901
Alton
Charles LaCroix born 1903
Velma
LaCroix born
1904
Patty
Alma LaCroix born
1907
Lulu
LaCroix born
1909
Peyton
LaCroix born
1912
One child, born and died between 1900
and 1910
After
their marriage, the couple settled in a rented home in Catahoula Parrish,
Louisiana, where James worked as a fireman.
By
1910, James and Laura had relocated to a farm in Grant Parrish, Louisiana. Laura was listed as the mother of six
children, with five still living.
In
1920, the family was living on Cemetery Street in Pineville, Rapides Parrish,
Louisiana.
Sometime
between 1920 and 1930, James, Laura, and their son, Alton, moved to Brawley,
Imperial County, California. While
there, James was employed as a gardener for a school.
Laura
was listed as next of kin for her brother, Henry Cornelius Barron, on his draft
record for WWII in 1942. At that time,
she and James were living on Route 1 in Pineville, Rapides Parrish, Louisiana.
James
Peyton LaCroix died on July 14, 1944 in Rapides Parrish, Louisiana. He was buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
in Green Gables, Rapides Parrish, Louisiana.
He was 72 years old at his death.
Laura
Alice Barron LaCroix died on June 4, 1961 in Louisiana. She was buried alongside her husband in the
Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Green Gables.
Also laid to rest in that cemetery are her mother, Alice Laurette Nugent
Barron, and her grandmother, Amanda Antionette Sims Boggess.
Notes
for Laura Alice Barron
Birth & Death: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:
Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
Residence in 1880: Year: 1880; Census Place:
Rigolette, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: 466; Family History Film: 1254466; Page:
690B; Enumeration District: 041; Image: 0384.
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
Marriage: Hunting For Bears, comp..
Louisiana, Marriages, 1718-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Compiled
from a variety of sources including original marriage records located in Family
History Library microfilm, microfiche, or books. Original marriage records are
available from the Clerk of the Court where the marriage license was issued.
Residence in 1900: Year: 1900; Census Place:
Police Jury Ward 4, Catahoula, Louisiana; Roll: 561; Page: 20B; Enumeration
District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1240561. Ancestry.com.
1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Residence in 1910: Year: 1910; Census Place:
Police Jury Ward 6, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T624_515; Page: 15A; Enumeration
District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1374528. Ancestry.com.
1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Residence in 1920: Year: 1910; Census Place:
Police Jury Ward 6, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T624_515; Page: 15A; Enumeration
District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1374528. Ancestry.com.
1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Residence in 1930: Year: 1920; Census Place:
Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: T625_627; Page: 19B; Enumeration District:
74; Image: 472. Ancestry.com. 1920
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Notes
for James Peyton LaCroix
Birth & Death: Ancestry.com. Louisiana,
Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. State
of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and
History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Residence in 1880: Year: 1880; Census Place:
Rigolette, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: 466; Family History Film: 1254466; Page:
691D; Enumeration District: 041; Image: 0386.
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
