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William Franklin Goldthwaite

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William Franklin Goldthwaite

Birth
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Death
3 Feb 1893 (aged 72)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 29.961671, Longitude: -90.0743507
Plot
Sq. 1, St. Paul's Aisle, Alley No. 2-L, near corner of St. Louis and N. Robertson streets
Memorial ID
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Son of William Goldthwaite and Abigail Wade, natives of Augusta, Maine.

1205. William Franklin Goldthwaite (William7, Timothy6, Jacob5, Benjamin4, John3, Samuel2, Thomas1), of New Orleans, La., born in Augusta, Me., March 24, 1820, married, Apr. 13, 1846, Felicie Lartigue of New Orleans, a lady of French descent, born Apr. 13, 1828, daughter of Eugene and Sophie (Dufilho) Lartigue. He graduated with honor at Waterville College, Me., when nineteen years of age, and was for a number of years instructor in colleges and schools in the South, being teacher of Literature in the Eufala (Ala.) College in 1841, and afterwards in the Loundesboro and Montgomery academies. In 1843-44 he was Professor of English, Greek, and Latin in Bellanger's Academy in New Orleans, and in 1844-46 in Jefferson College, St. James' Parish. Later, he was for some years a shipping merchant in New Orleans, and finally established a bookstore there, on Canal street, continuing in that business the remainder of his life. He was an alderman of the city at one time. At the time of his death, Feb. 3, 1893, he had been a resident of New Orleans for fifty years.

[Source: Charlotte Goldthwaite, Goldthwaite Genealogy (Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford Press, 1899), 311; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/goldthwaitegenea00gold: 1 October 2015).]

Mr. Wm. F. Goldthwaite, one of the oldest-it not the oldest-booksellers of this city, died last night at his residence, No. 226 [sic - likely misprint] Bayou road, from old age having nearly attained four score years.
Mr. Goldthwaite was horn at West Gardiner, Maine, and in 1844 hold the professorship of Latin and Greek in Jefferson College, St. James parish. In 1846 he became a shipping agent, for the United States government in this city, and in 1850 embarked in the bookselling business, which he pursued with considerable success up to the time of his demise.
Mr. Goldthwaite leaves a wife, two daughters, and one son to mourn his loss.

[Source: GenealogyBank.com (Naples, Florida, USA, NewsBank, inc.), www.genealogybank.com, "Wm. F. Goldthwaite," obituary, The Daily Item (New Orleans, Louisiana), 4 February 1893, p. 4, col. 2 (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1228C1F96EAE924B%40GB3NEWS-122DAD3A29634A88%402412499-122D2362A63FC750%403-122D2362A63FC750%40 : accessed 22 March 2020).]
Son of William Goldthwaite and Abigail Wade, natives of Augusta, Maine.

1205. William Franklin Goldthwaite (William7, Timothy6, Jacob5, Benjamin4, John3, Samuel2, Thomas1), of New Orleans, La., born in Augusta, Me., March 24, 1820, married, Apr. 13, 1846, Felicie Lartigue of New Orleans, a lady of French descent, born Apr. 13, 1828, daughter of Eugene and Sophie (Dufilho) Lartigue. He graduated with honor at Waterville College, Me., when nineteen years of age, and was for a number of years instructor in colleges and schools in the South, being teacher of Literature in the Eufala (Ala.) College in 1841, and afterwards in the Loundesboro and Montgomery academies. In 1843-44 he was Professor of English, Greek, and Latin in Bellanger's Academy in New Orleans, and in 1844-46 in Jefferson College, St. James' Parish. Later, he was for some years a shipping merchant in New Orleans, and finally established a bookstore there, on Canal street, continuing in that business the remainder of his life. He was an alderman of the city at one time. At the time of his death, Feb. 3, 1893, he had been a resident of New Orleans for fifty years.

[Source: Charlotte Goldthwaite, Goldthwaite Genealogy (Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford Press, 1899), 311; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/goldthwaitegenea00gold: 1 October 2015).]

Mr. Wm. F. Goldthwaite, one of the oldest-it not the oldest-booksellers of this city, died last night at his residence, No. 226 [sic - likely misprint] Bayou road, from old age having nearly attained four score years.
Mr. Goldthwaite was horn at West Gardiner, Maine, and in 1844 hold the professorship of Latin and Greek in Jefferson College, St. James parish. In 1846 he became a shipping agent, for the United States government in this city, and in 1850 embarked in the bookselling business, which he pursued with considerable success up to the time of his demise.
Mr. Goldthwaite leaves a wife, two daughters, and one son to mourn his loss.

[Source: GenealogyBank.com (Naples, Florida, USA, NewsBank, inc.), www.genealogybank.com, "Wm. F. Goldthwaite," obituary, The Daily Item (New Orleans, Louisiana), 4 February 1893, p. 4, col. 2 (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1228C1F96EAE924B%40GB3NEWS-122DAD3A29634A88%402412499-122D2362A63FC750%403-122D2362A63FC750%40 : accessed 22 March 2020).]

Inscription

Vve. DUFILHO
VVE W.F. GOLDTHWAITE
née FELICIE LARTIGUE 8 Mars 1914
C.G. DELGADO y ARANGO, 1er Juin 1921
DELPHINE L. GOLDTHWAITE 28 Mai 1925
Mme F.E. GOLDTHWAITE Sept 17 1927

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[EUGÈNE?] LARTIGUE
né le 29 Juin 180[1?] décédé le [Dec?] 18[33?]
DELPHINE LARTIGUE
né le 11 Sept. 182[?] décédée [illegible]
EDMOND DUFILHO
ne le [8] Juillet 1816 décédé le 28 Oct. [illegible]

ANTOINE NUMA DUFILHO
[9?] [?] 1850 décédée [illegible]

SOPHIE DUFILHO
[illegible line]
W.F. GOLDTHWAITE
[illegible] Augusta, Maine
décédé le. [?] Feb. 189[.]
JOSE DELGADO y ARANGO
nee Seville Espagne Décédé le 24 Juin 1910



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