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Thomas Spell 1837–1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1837

Birth Location: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA

Death Date: 1861

Death Location: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA

Father: Joseph Spell

Mother: Melissa Hoffpauir

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Thomas Spell was born in 1837 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA, the child of Joseph G Spell And Melissa Ann Mamma Sue Hoffpauir. Thomas Spell passed away in 1861 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Thomas Spell was born in 1837 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA, the child of Joseph G Spell And Melissa Ann Mamma Sue Hoffpauir.
  • Thomas Spell passed away in 1861 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA.

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Thomas Spell's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Spell
1837–1861
Birth Place: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
Parents
Joseph G Spell
1807–1877
Opelousas, St Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
Melissa (Ann "Mamma Sue") Hoffpauir
1812–1909
Opelousas, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana
Grandparents
Benager (Spell) Sr
1775–1850
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, United States of America
Dorethea Foreman
1786–1860
Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States
Thomas (Henry) Hoffpauir
1788–1863
Opelousas, St Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
Julia (Ann) Forman
1787–1864
Opelousas, St Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
Great-Grandparents
Sterling Spell
1749–1784
Susannah Benton
1760–1843
Marie Perillard
1744–1828
Thomas Hoffpauir
1735–1827
Edward FOREMAN
1749–1818
Nancy Perry
1771–1820
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Spell
1735–1784
Elizabeth Benbo
1735–1784
Joseph Benton
1749–1800
Lucretia Cove
1738–1848
Abraham Hoffpauir
1700–1793
Wagnor Walters
1705–1765
Edward Foreman
1720–1805
Rebecca RAVCOE
1725–1752
John Perry\Pearre
1746–1824
Penelope Perry\Pearre
1755–1777

Thomas Spell's Timeline

2 Records

1837
1837
Birth of Thomas Spell in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
1861
1861
Age 24
Death of Thomas Spell in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1837
    Event Place: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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