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Caldania? who died on November 12, 1935, in New Orleans. He was born in 1893. This is possibly the correct one, but we can not be sure. This boy lived in New Orleans, LA for a while then moved to various places around the country. Relatives have since lost contact with him, and it is believed that he had no children.
11.	Louisa J. Rhodes-born in September 1871 as found in the 1900 census of Biloxi, MS with her husband who was born in January 1869. She was born in 1871 in Louisiana according to the 1880 census of Mandeville and was a twin sister to Sophia. Her death certificate indicates that she died in New Orleans, LA on July 28, 1920. The certificate said that she was 49 years old at death, or born in 1871. It also states that she was a native of Louisiana, the daughter of John Rhodes, and wife of Emile Conrad. Her body was sent to Bay St. Louis, and she is buried in Cedar Rest Cemetery next to her mother in an unmarked grave according to Pauline Heitzmann. She married Emile Conrad on July 18, 1889, according to the record in Harrison County, MS and lived in New Orleans most of her life. They had no children of their own, but adopted one girl called Margaret who married and had a family in Harahan, LA. Margaret visited the Heitzmann?s in Bay St. Louis around 1970, but no one can remember her married name.
III.	Joseph William Rhodes - bom on February 20, 1873, as found on his funeral record. He was bom in Louisiana in 1873 according to the 1880 census of Mandeville, LA. One of his granddaughters, Mrs. Julia Cook Guice of Biloxi, MS sent us information that Joseph died in Bay St. Louis on May 13, 1951. She also told us that Joseph W. Rhodes married Sarah Julia Balius in Biloxi on February 20, 1893, and is buried in Biloxi Cemetery. Joseph lived most of his life in Biloxi, MS, but moved to Violet, LA for a short while and finally to Bay St. Louis until his death. According to Mrs. Guice, Joseph and Sarah Rhodes had the following 12 children:
A.	Joseph Arthur Rhodes - bom May 24, 1893, in Biloxi as found on his Social Security record and Draft registration. He lived in Violet, LA and died there on February 5, 1980. He married Philomena ?Philo? Serpas and had:
1.	Bernadette Rhodes - born in 1914, married Marshall ?Lester? Peart, and lived in Pearl River, LA. They had Marshall Joseph and Marsha.
2.	Joseph Bernard ?J.B.? Rhodes - bom December 9, 1920, and married first to Lorena Galatas Nunez. He second married Geneva Magee and lived in Braithwaite, LA. By Magee he had: Joseph, James, and Julie Marie.
3.	Warren Bartholomew Rhodes - born August 24, 1923. He married Estelle Janet ?Jean? Davis and lived near New Orleans, LA. They had three children: Michael W., Jack, and one that died as an infant. They also have one adopted daughter called Charlotte Ann.
4.	Alice Rhodes - bom in 1925 and was married two or three times. Her first husband was Elton Steen, and she lived in Houston, Texas. By Steen she had: Elton and Deborah.
B.	Olivia Rhodes - born in March 1896 per 1900 Biloxi census. She burned to death on January 16, 1902, in Biloxi.
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