Cheniere Caminada Cemetery

Cheniere Caminada Cemetery on Louisiana Hwy 1 15.4 miles below the Leeville Bridge on the right side of the road. This is in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana This cemetery was recognized as an historic site by the town of Grand Isle on Aug. 8, 1978.

Mayor: Wayne Guidry, Chief of Police: Ernest M. LaFont, Aldermen: Thomas A Marullo, Joseph E. LaFont, III, Larry J. LaFont, Carl T. Santiny and Robert Collins

Camille CALLAIS b. July 18, 1888 d. Feb 8, 1942

Mortess C. CALLAIS b. Nov. 2, 1894 d. Feb. 11, 1940

Clarence J. FRAZIER, Sr. 11/3/08 - 1/18/52

Infant's grave

Ophille GUEDRY (no dates)

Mylatile DANOS ADAMS Jan. 2, 1906 May 14, 1982 (vase with "Mother")

Mrs. Josephine SANAMO BOUZIGARD (no dates)

Philozate COLLINS b. 1861 d. 1911

 Mitchell M FRAZIER 4/1/07 - 5/3/69 ???? decede 8 November 1902

There is a fence around the cemetery. Hidden in the marsh grass on the right side of cemetery as you face it, outside of the fence is a group of very old graves. They face the small bayou behind the cemetery.

Lea PITRE died Oct. 1st, 1893, age 20

Augustine MALCOMBE died Oct. 23rd, 1893, age 33 broken cross -

Louis COLLINS, decede ?? 21 ??, A'gen????, RIP broken cross -

Nicolas BUSKE, Le 18 Mars 1866

Mori Le 11 ?? 1888, Music, Singing, ???

Augustin PITRE d. 1886 age 67

Richard PITRE died 1880

Alexsina PITRE died Jan 1st 1892, age 31

Listed by Cathy Dantin Shannon and Audrey Dantin Boudreaux, Feb. 1985

Cemetery Listings for: CHENIERE HURRICANE CENTENNIAL CEMETERY 1893 - 1993 HWY 1, CHENIERE CAMINADA, JEFFERSON PARISH, LA.

Submitted: 13 June 2011 by Chris Tidwell and Cynthia Daigle
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Source: Much of the information contained in this cemetery file was researched, processed and formatted by Robert Looper (dec.), Brian Oster (dec.), Velton Guidry (dec.), Christine Tidwell, and Cynthia Daigle, all officers and/or members of La Societe des Cajuns Society for publication on Society web pages. At the present time the information on the Society web pages (2011) is only cached data and eventually will be terminated.

Sources of Information: Cemetery records, enumeration, surveys and newspaper obituaries of deceased, parents or siblings.South LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books)SouthWest LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books)Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records (reference books)Diocese of New Orleans, Catholic Church Records (reference books)South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society (reference books)Social Security Death Index (Internet-several sources)Louisiana (or other state) Death Records (Internet or other sources)U.S. Federal Census (Internet or other sources)Find a Grave (internet)They Came They Stayed by Laise Marie Ledet. (internet)

Notes: Parents and/or spouses names are included as they are named in the various sources. Occasionally a presumption was made regarding the maiden name of females. If her maiden name was not directly given in the obituary, it was presumed she had the same surname as her father or brother. Conflicts exist between record sources. If there are conflicts, all records will be noted. These listings are intended to be used as an aid to genealogical research and are not intended as genealogical fact. These listings are not complete.

Abbreviations
s/o = son of; d/o = daughter of; sp = spouse or spouse of; infant = less than 4 mo. old; child = 4 mo. through 14 years; *** or (blank) = information not available

Adams, Edith (Danos) 2 Oct 1909 - 2 Feb 1974; sp __Adams d/o Oscar Henry Danos & Leonelle Terrebonne
Adams, Mylatile (Danos) 2 Jan 1906 - 14 May 1982; sp __Adams d/o Oscar Henry Danos & Leonelle Terrebonne
Billeaud, Alex J. 14 Jan 1905 - 2 Nov 1942
Billeaud, Emile A. 10 Jan 1883 - 10 Mar 1940
Billeaud, Roosevelt 6 Apr 1884 - 1936
Bouziga, Melanie T. 1843 - 1902
Bouzigard, Josephine (Sanamo)No dates on TombNo dates on Tombsp __Bouzigard
Callais, Camille (on grave) aka Callais, Camille Henri Sr. 18 Jul 1888 - 8 Feb 1942; sp Immortes Josephine (Martha) Collins s/o Felix Paul Callais & Melvina Marie Dantin
Callais, Mortess C. (on grave) aka Immortes Josephine (Martha) (Collins) 2 Nov 1894 - 11 Feb 1940; sp Camille Henri Callais Sr. d/o Leon Jacques Collins & Phelide Marie (Felicie) Terrebonne
Colin, Jacques (on grave) married to Marie 4 Feb 1886; aka Leon Jacques Collins27 Dec 186211 Apr 1935sp Phelide Marie (Felicie) Terrebonne s/o Frederic Collins Sr. & Odile Sidalie Theriot
Colin, Marie Philide (on grave) married to Jacques 4 Feb 1886; aka Phelide Marie (Felicie) (Terrebonne)10 Apr 186810 Feb 1948sp Leon Jacques (Collins) Colin d/o Guillaume Rudolph Terrebonne Sr. & Adelaide Rosalie (Mindelitta) Boudreaux
Collins, AzoraNo dates on TombNo dates on Tombd/o Leon Jacques Collins & Phelide Marie (Felicie) Terrebonne
Frazier, Clarence J. Sr. 3 Nov 1903 - 13 Jan 1952; sp Alexizanna Billiot
Frazier, Mike J. 18 Aug - 10 Sept; ___9
Frazier, Mitchell M. 1 Apr 1907 - 3 Mar 1969; sp Julienne Dardar
Guedry, OphilleNo datesNo datesInfant