Dominique François Victor Burthe
Dominique François Victor Burthe | |
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the Jefferson Parish district | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 10, 1811 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. |
| Died | May 20, 1868 (aged 57) New York City, New York, USA |
| Resting place | Saint Louis Cemetery #1 |
| Spouse | Antoinette Estelle Millaudon |
Dominique François "Victor" Burthe (1811–1868),[1] was born in Jefferson, Louisiana, to Dominique François Burthe, a native of Metz, France, and Louise Delord-Sarpy (1789–1848), whose father Sylvester Delord-Sarpy's plantation became Tivoli Circle. His father had purchased the plantation that became known as Burtheville from Bernard de Marigny by an act passed before Felix de Armas, Notary Public, on 3 June 1831 at the price of $38,000.[2][3] He married Antoinette Estelle Millaudon, daughter of Benjamin Laurent Millaudon. He was a judge in Jefferson Parish and later served as a Senator in the Louisiana State Senate from Jefferson Parish. As a judge he ruled on the Joseph Tom v. The Slave Ernest at the Carrollton Courthouse.[4][5] He was president of The Boston Club from 1866 to 1868.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Times-Picayune 22 May 1868, page Page 4". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ Meloncy C Soniat, 'The faubourgs forming the section of the upper city of New Orleans', The Louisiana Historical Quarterly Volume 20, January–October 1937, pp 192–211
- ^ Douglas, Lake (2011). Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 250–251, n. 25. ISBN 978-0-8071-3837-3.
Using "Tivoli" as a place name first appeared in New Orleans in 1807, when the engineer Barthélémy Lafon drew subdivision plans for the Delord-Sarpy Plantation property above Canal Street in the Faubourgs Ste. Mary and Annunciation. He created the Place du Tivoli, encircled first by the Tivoli Canal and then by a paved street; this traffic circle was renamed in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the 1870s. Another use of Tivoli occurs with a plantation and garden on nearby Bayou St. John from 1808 through 1824, discussed above. Some may conflate these into one location, an understandable conclusion since early notices of Tivoli Plantation mention garden features and the Carondelet Canal is an extension of Bayou St. John.
- ^ Mary Ann Wegmann, Dying Declaration of a Ten-Year-Old Carrollton Girl: Stop 2 of 9 in the Carrollton Courthouse tour, New Orleans Historical (Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, History Department, University of New Orleans & Communication Department, Tulane University.
- ^ "Judge Victor Burthe death notice". The Times-Picayune. 1868-05-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-01-26.