Elizabeth (called Winnie) was the eldest of the nine children of William Yarborough (1821-1885) and his first wife Mary Ann Fornea (1828-1900). Her birthplace is not definitively known - it may have been in or near Columbia, Marion Co., MS, where the family resided at the time of the 1850 census.
On 4 September 1863, Winnie, age 17, married Edmund (Edward) Victor Ladner (1842-1905), whom she had met, in the late winter (February) of 1863 as a CSA soldier convalescing, with three fellow soldiers, at her father's house. William Yarborough had contracted to provide such services, as well as to provision troops (see image of William's signed voucher for payment for this service). Because the war was ongoing, they had first a civil ceremony and later were married in Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church ( in 1872). The couple had 11 children between 1864 and 1889 and all of them lived to become adults. As a bride and young mother during the war years and the period of Reconstruction, Winnie had a difficult early period in her marriage but the later years were happier, as revealed in this memory by a Ladner descendant (Michelle Ladner, in an email to Judy Schaaf, 29 June 2013):
"My grandfather was fortunate enough to actually know Victor's younger brother whom he called Mr. Jules or Nunc (Uncle) Jules depending. He said they called him Mr. out of respect for his age, to his face. He had many stories from personal experience of Jules. The stories from his father about Victor were just family life stories. He talked about his fishing with them, learning the carpentry trade and such. He said that they all lived right close to one another right there on the beach in Waveland. My grandfather said that his great grandfather's house was where Nunc Victor lived. There was a family cemetery right by house house when my grandfather was growing up. (Which I believe to be the Victor Ladner cemetery.) He told of his father telling stories about his Uncles and family burying their silver and valuables there on the property. He said that a lot of it is still there, that his father used to go around with a iron rod poking the ground looking for it. His father talked about how he loved his Nunc Victor and Winnie and how they helped raise him when his father died. He said the house was an old time house, with a dirt chimney way off the ground on a bluff over looking the beach, it had cypress shingles. It was destroyed by the 1916 hurricane. He talked of Aunt Winnie and the women cooking all the bread in one day and how they used to keep the area so clean by the houses by sweeping it and that it was just packed dirt but they swept it. He talked of how his father and Nunc Victor were in the war. He also told how his Uncle and father would love to tell the kids tales of pirates, and Lafitte."
The family lived in Hancock Co., MS. In 1870, Victor was a "stock raiser" and the couple had their first four children, daughters Amanda, Victoria, Honorine, and Georgiana. By 1880, they were farming and had added Sam, Daniel, Elizabeth and Carlos to their family. Three more children would arrive before Winnie's untimely death by consumption in 1895: Martha, Randolph, and Forest. Winnie's funeral was a grand affair and a somber family reunion (see the image of the assembled family).
On 4 September 1863, Winnie, age 17, married Edmund (Edward) Victor Ladner (1842-1905), whom she had met, in the late winter (February) of 1863 as a CSA soldier convalescing, with three fellow soldiers, at her father's house. William Yarborough had contracted to provide such services, as well as to provision troops (see image of William's signed voucher for payment for this service). Because the war was ongoing, they had first a civil ceremony and later were married in Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church ( in 1872). The couple had 11 children between 1864 and 1889 and all of them lived to become adults. As a bride and young mother during the war years and the period of Reconstruction, Winnie had a difficult early period in her marriage but the later years were happier, as revealed in this memory by a Ladner descendant (Michelle Ladner, in an email to Judy Schaaf, 29 June 2013):
"My grandfather was fortunate enough to actually know Victor's younger brother whom he called Mr. Jules or Nunc (Uncle) Jules depending. He said they called him Mr. out of respect for his age, to his face. He had many stories from personal experience of Jules. The stories from his father about Victor were just family life stories. He talked about his fishing with them, learning the carpentry trade and such. He said that they all lived right close to one another right there on the beach in Waveland. My grandfather said that his great grandfather's house was where Nunc Victor lived. There was a family cemetery right by house house when my grandfather was growing up. (Which I believe to be the Victor Ladner cemetery.) He told of his father telling stories about his Uncles and family burying their silver and valuables there on the property. He said that a lot of it is still there, that his father used to go around with a iron rod poking the ground looking for it. His father talked about how he loved his Nunc Victor and Winnie and how they helped raise him when his father died. He said the house was an old time house, with a dirt chimney way off the ground on a bluff over looking the beach, it had cypress shingles. It was destroyed by the 1916 hurricane. He talked of Aunt Winnie and the women cooking all the bread in one day and how they used to keep the area so clean by the houses by sweeping it and that it was just packed dirt but they swept it. He talked of how his father and Nunc Victor were in the war. He also told how his Uncle and father would love to tell the kids tales of pirates, and Lafitte."
The family lived in Hancock Co., MS. In 1870, Victor was a "stock raiser" and the couple had their first four children, daughters Amanda, Victoria, Honorine, and Georgiana. By 1880, they were farming and had added Sam, Daniel, Elizabeth and Carlos to their family. Three more children would arrive before Winnie's untimely death by consumption in 1895: Martha, Randolph, and Forest. Winnie's funeral was a grand affair and a somber family reunion (see the image of the assembled family).
Elizabeth (called Winnie) was the eldest of the nine children of William Yarborough (1821-1885) and his first wife Mary Ann Fornea (1828-1900). Her birthplace is not definitively known - it may have been in or near Columbia, Marion Co., MS, where the family resided at the time of the 1850 census.
On 4 September 1863, Winnie, age 17, married Edmund (Edward) Victor Ladner (1842-1905), whom she had met, in the late winter (February) of 1863 as a CSA soldier convalescing, with three fellow soldiers, at her father's house. William Yarborough had contracted to provide such services, as well as to provision troops (see image of William's signed voucher for payment for this service). Because the war was ongoing, they had first a civil ceremony and later were married in Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church ( in 1872). The couple had 11 children between 1864 and 1889 and all of them lived to become adults. As a bride and young mother during the war years and the period of Reconstruction, Winnie had a difficult early period in her marriage but the later years were happier, as revealed in this memory by a Ladner descendant (Michelle Ladner, in an email to Judy Schaaf, 29 June 2013):
"My grandfather was fortunate enough to actually know Victor's younger brother whom he called Mr. Jules or Nunc (Uncle) Jules depending. He said they called him Mr. out of respect for his age, to his face. He had many stories from personal experience of Jules. The stories from his father about Victor were just family life stories. He talked about his fishing with them, learning the carpentry trade and such. He said that they all lived right close to one another right there on the beach in Waveland. My grandfather said that his great grandfather's house was where Nunc Victor lived. There was a family cemetery right by house house when my grandfather was growing up. (Which I believe to be the Victor Ladner cemetery.) He told of his father telling stories about his Uncles and family burying their silver and valuables there on the property. He said that a lot of it is still there, that his father used to go around with a iron rod poking the ground looking for it. His father talked about how he loved his Nunc Victor and Winnie and how they helped raise him when his father died. He said the house was an old time house, with a dirt chimney way off the ground on a bluff over looking the beach, it had cypress shingles. It was destroyed by the 1916 hurricane. He talked of Aunt Winnie and the women cooking all the bread in one day and how they used to keep the area so clean by the houses by sweeping it and that it was just packed dirt but they swept it. He talked of how his father and Nunc Victor were in the war. He also told how his Uncle and father would love to tell the kids tales of pirates, and Lafitte."
The family lived in Hancock Co., MS. In 1870, Victor was a "stock raiser" and the couple had their first four children, daughters Amanda, Victoria, Honorine, and Georgiana. By 1880, they were farming and had added Sam, Daniel, Elizabeth and Carlos to their family. Three more children would arrive before Winnie's untimely death by consumption in 1895: Martha, Randolph, and Forest. Winnie's funeral was a grand affair and a somber family reunion (see the image of the assembled family).
On 4 September 1863, Winnie, age 17, married Edmund (Edward) Victor Ladner (1842-1905), whom she had met, in the late winter (February) of 1863 as a CSA soldier convalescing, with three fellow soldiers, at her father's house. William Yarborough had contracted to provide such services, as well as to provision troops (see image of William's signed voucher for payment for this service). Because the war was ongoing, they had first a civil ceremony and later were married in Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church ( in 1872). The couple had 11 children between 1864 and 1889 and all of them lived to become adults. As a bride and young mother during the war years and the period of Reconstruction, Winnie had a difficult early period in her marriage but the later years were happier, as revealed in this memory by a Ladner descendant (Michelle Ladner, in an email to Judy Schaaf, 29 June 2013):
"My grandfather was fortunate enough to actually know Victor's younger brother whom he called Mr. Jules or Nunc (Uncle) Jules depending. He said they called him Mr. out of respect for his age, to his face. He had many stories from personal experience of Jules. The stories from his father about Victor were just family life stories. He talked about his fishing with them, learning the carpentry trade and such. He said that they all lived right close to one another right there on the beach in Waveland. My grandfather said that his great grandfather's house was where Nunc Victor lived. There was a family cemetery right by house house when my grandfather was growing up. (Which I believe to be the Victor Ladner cemetery.) He told of his father telling stories about his Uncles and family burying their silver and valuables there on the property. He said that a lot of it is still there, that his father used to go around with a iron rod poking the ground looking for it. His father talked about how he loved his Nunc Victor and Winnie and how they helped raise him when his father died. He said the house was an old time house, with a dirt chimney way off the ground on a bluff over looking the beach, it had cypress shingles. It was destroyed by the 1916 hurricane. He talked of Aunt Winnie and the women cooking all the bread in one day and how they used to keep the area so clean by the houses by sweeping it and that it was just packed dirt but they swept it. He talked of how his father and Nunc Victor were in the war. He also told how his Uncle and father would love to tell the kids tales of pirates, and Lafitte."
The family lived in Hancock Co., MS. In 1870, Victor was a "stock raiser" and the couple had their first four children, daughters Amanda, Victoria, Honorine, and Georgiana. By 1880, they were farming and had added Sam, Daniel, Elizabeth and Carlos to their family. Three more children would arrive before Winnie's untimely death by consumption in 1895: Martha, Randolph, and Forest. Winnie's funeral was a grand affair and a somber family reunion (see the image of the assembled family).
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