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Zoë <I>Cessac</I> Sagrera

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Zoë Cessac Sagrera

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15 Jun 1960 (aged 66)
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Esther, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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CESSAC, Mary Zoë, pioneer. Born, January 8, 1894; daughter of Charles Cessac and Amanda Smith. Reared at Chênière au Tigre and Belle Isle in Vermilion Parish, La., on the Gulf Coast. More often engaged in the chores of her brothers in connection with cattle ranching than with the chores of her sisters around the house. Married Raphael Semmes Sagrera , August 28, 1912. Children: Alice Amanda, Raphael Charles, Anthony Semmes, Mary Zoë, Mary Olga, and Lloyd George. With her husband, a farmer, rancher, and trapper, lived a pioneer's life at Chênière au Tigre. Assisted those in need whenever called upon: in addition to her duties as a wife and mother, often aided others as nurse, advisor, consoler. Rode herd whenever there was a lack of men to do so. During World War II, nursed and fed daily twenty to thirty Coast Guardsmen patrolling the Louisiana coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Sabine Pass. A Roman Catholic. Died, Bastrop, La., June 15, 1960; interred St. James Cemetery, Esther, La. A.S.H. Sources: Zoë Cessac Sagrera family letters; Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 33 vols. (1974-1984).
CESSAC, Mary Zoë, pioneer. Born, January 8, 1894; daughter of Charles Cessac and Amanda Smith. Reared at Chênière au Tigre and Belle Isle in Vermilion Parish, La., on the Gulf Coast. More often engaged in the chores of her brothers in connection with cattle ranching than with the chores of her sisters around the house. Married Raphael Semmes Sagrera , August 28, 1912. Children: Alice Amanda, Raphael Charles, Anthony Semmes, Mary Zoë, Mary Olga, and Lloyd George. With her husband, a farmer, rancher, and trapper, lived a pioneer's life at Chênière au Tigre. Assisted those in need whenever called upon: in addition to her duties as a wife and mother, often aided others as nurse, advisor, consoler. Rode herd whenever there was a lack of men to do so. During World War II, nursed and fed daily twenty to thirty Coast Guardsmen patrolling the Louisiana coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Sabine Pass. A Roman Catholic. Died, Bastrop, La., June 15, 1960; interred St. James Cemetery, Esther, La. A.S.H. Sources: Zoë Cessac Sagrera family letters; Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 33 vols. (1974-1984).

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Considered doctor/nurse on island during typhoid fever epdemic

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