ODELE ADELINA "ADELE" ORDENEAUX
•Sex: F
•Birth: 6 MAY 1834 in Napoleonville, La. (Thib. ch. v. 3, #381)
•Death: 18 NOV 1920 in Terrebonne Parish, LA 2
•Burial: Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA; St. Francis Cemetery #1

Father: ETIENNE ORDENEAUX b: 1799 in France
Mother: MARIE AIMEE BLANCHARD b: 28 APR 1805 in Plattenville, Assumption Parish, LA

Marriage 1 JEAN CARO b: 4 JUN 1828 in Plounez, Brittany, France
•Married: 26 JAN 1852 in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA, church

•Event: Witnesses 26 JAN 1852 in Jean Harris, Bon Luvy, Caliste Seneca

•Note:
1860 census of Terrebonne Parish, LA
John Carraux was age 32 working as a farmer. His wife adele was 26. They owned 300. in personal possessions, no real estate. Neither of them could read or write. John said he was born in France and the rest of his family was born in Louisiana. Living in this home with them was: Cyprien, age 7, male, student; Joseph, age 6, male; Alvina, 4, female; Adela, age 1, female. They were family 9.

1880 census of Terrebonne Parish, La.; Ward 3 Outside City of Houma; dwelling #387
John, age 52, worked as a furrier and his wife, Adele, kept house. John was not the head of house. They lived in the home of Edwin C. Belanger and his family. John and Adele's children living with them were: Joseph, son of 27, single, laborer; Oliver, (Olivia?) son of 24, single, at school; Adele, dau. of 22, single, at home; Aime, dau. of 20, single, at school; John, son of 18, single, laborer; Marie, dau. of 15, at school; Lou, dau. of 10, at school; Lee, son of 7, at school; Louisa, dau. of 6, at school; Eugene, son of 4; Jennie, dau. of 1. Census shows that John and both of his parents were born in France. Adele and her parents were born in Louisiana.

Head of house, Edwin C. Belanger was 38 and working as a clerk and his wife, Marie Eudora, 34, kept house. Their chidren were: Mary F., dau. of 12, at school; Edwin, son of 10, at school; Carrie Amelia, dau. of 7 at school; Antoinette, dau. of 5; and George S., son of 9 months.

Also in this residence was Taylor Porche, a widow of 25, working as a laborer. His children living there also were: Tom, a son of 3 and Mary, a dau. of 1.

Note: Joseph Carreau is age 27 in this census. He had married in 1877. Where is his wife Zulma? Did she die? Census states that he is single.

Children
1. Cyprien CARO b: 18 JUN 1851 in Houma, La.(St. Francis Cath. Chr.)
2. Joseph CARO b: 25 JAN 1853 in Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
3. Henri Desire CARO b: 21 MAR 1855 in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA
4. Olivia CARO b: 9 DEC 1856 in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA
5. Elfrida Adela CARO b: 18 AUG 1858 in Houma, LA
6. AIMEE OCTAVIA CARO b: 6 JUL 1860 in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA
7. John Mirebel CARO b: 16 APR 1862 in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA
8. Flavia Marie CARO b: 1 MAY 1868 in Houma, La.
9. Etienne Arthur CARO b: 24 JAN 1869 in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA
10. Emma Louise CARO b: 9 APR 1871 in Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, LA
11. Hudson Lee CARO b: 1873
12. Eugene Edgar CARO b: 11 FEB 1877 in Terrebonne Parish, LA, probably
13. Anna Eugenie "Jenny" CARO b: 31 OCT 1878 in Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, LA