Richard (alias Zadig) Lambert served in the Free Men of Color Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Captain Berlin Rouzier's Company from December 19, 1814 - March 20, 1815.
A noted musician and music educator, one of his most notable students was Edmond Dédé .
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, State of Louisiana, recorded date of death is March 25, 1862, however, this is incorrect.
Per Haïti, état civil, 1794-2012", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FR4-KY7V : Sat Nov 18 04:38:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Richard Lambert, 20 Mar 1861, and the 1881 testimony of his wife: "That she left home with her said husband and family for Port au Prince, Santo Domingo on the 8th of December 1860, before the war of the Rebellion had commenced; that they reached their destination on the 5th of January, and that her said husband died a little over two month thereafter, to wit on the 19th day of March 1861." That after she and her family returned to New Orleans in July 1863, in 1864 she went to the Board of Health to report her husband's death, and either made a mistake giving the date from memory or the clerk made a mistake in taking down the date.
First married to Jeanne Aimee Ferrand (abt 1801 - 1831) in 1826, to that union, two sons:
Per
Lester Sullivan, "Composers of Color of Nineteen-Century New Orleans: The History Behind the Music," in Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color, edited by Sybil Kein, (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2000), page 82; Charles Lucien "Lambert (born 1827) died in Rio (de Janeiro, Brazil) in 1896."
and Richard, linked below.
Second married to Coralie Susanne Ory, to that union, ten children were born, eight of which are linked below.
Sidney Lambert (born 1837) died in the 17e arrondissement de Paris (Paris), France on November 25, 1915, the son of Richard Lambert and Susanne Ory.
Source: Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1555-1929. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021
Lambert half-brothers, Charles Lucien and Sidney, studied music with their father and both became noted musicians and composers.
As Charles Richard Lambert had been in Port-au-Prince when he passed. It is most likely he was buried in or around Port-au-Prince as his body was not returned to New Orleans.
© 2023 Kathleen Clemence
Richard (alias Zadig) Lambert served in the Free Men of Color Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Captain Berlin Rouzier's Company from December 19, 1814 - March 20, 1815.
A noted musician and music educator, one of his most notable students was Edmond Dédé .
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, State of Louisiana, recorded date of death is March 25, 1862, however, this is incorrect.
Per Haïti, état civil, 1794-2012", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FR4-KY7V : Sat Nov 18 04:38:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Richard Lambert, 20 Mar 1861, and the 1881 testimony of his wife: "That she left home with her said husband and family for Port au Prince, Santo Domingo on the 8th of December 1860, before the war of the Rebellion had commenced; that they reached their destination on the 5th of January, and that her said husband died a little over two month thereafter, to wit on the 19th day of March 1861." That after she and her family returned to New Orleans in July 1863, in 1864 she went to the Board of Health to report her husband's death, and either made a mistake giving the date from memory or the clerk made a mistake in taking down the date.
First married to Jeanne Aimee Ferrand (abt 1801 - 1831) in 1826, to that union, two sons:
Per
Lester Sullivan, "Composers of Color of Nineteen-Century New Orleans: The History Behind the Music," in Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color, edited by Sybil Kein, (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2000), page 82; Charles Lucien "Lambert (born 1827) died in Rio (de Janeiro, Brazil) in 1896."
and Richard, linked below.
Second married to Coralie Susanne Ory, to that union, ten children were born, eight of which are linked below.
Sidney Lambert (born 1837) died in the 17e arrondissement de Paris (Paris), France on November 25, 1915, the son of Richard Lambert and Susanne Ory.
Source: Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1555-1929. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021
Lambert half-brothers, Charles Lucien and Sidney, studied music with their father and both became noted musicians and composers.
As Charles Richard Lambert had been in Port-au-Prince when he passed. It is most likely he was buried in or around Port-au-Prince as his body was not returned to New Orleans.
© 2023 Kathleen Clemence
Family Members
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Richard Lambert
1829–1860
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Catherine Elmire Lambert
1835–1838
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Elmire Lambert Escobedo
1839–1930
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Marie Leda Lambert Ducoing
1840–1887
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Louise Elisa Lambert Turla
1842–1933
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Emma Louise Lambert
1846–1916
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John Emile Lambert
1852–1929
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Emilie Mary "Emily" Lambert Brown
1856–1936
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John Alcide Lambert
1859–1934
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