Alphabet File page 194
Kelly, Miss Mollie, of N. O. was at the Bay Sunday. (SCE 03/18/1893)
Kelly, Mr. Stanislaus, of Franklin, La., is here on a visit to relatives, the guest of his aunt, Mrs. C. Fayard. (SCE 04/01/1893)
Kemery, Robt. Lee r 200 Carroll Ave. (Ph 55)
Kendall, Miss Julia, accompanied by Mr. Jno. W. Fairfax, have returned to the Crescent City. (SCE 10/14/1893)
Kennedy, Mrs. and daughter, Miss Annie, of New Orleans are the guests of Miss Corinne Cowand. (SCE 8/6/1892)
Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs., who have delightfully spent the summer at the Bay occupying the pretty cottage owned by the Misses Wagner, returned to New Orleans Friday and go to see the fair. (SCE 09/16/1893)
Kennedy, Mrs. A. - Larer, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin - At the church of Our Lady of the Gulf, last Sunday, the baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Larar was christened. The sponsors were Mr. Willie Bourgeois and Mrs. A. Kennedy. (SCE 10/15/1892)
Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Chas O. were among the passengers aboard the "SARAH" for New Orleans Sunday morning. (SCE 10/14/1893)
Kennedy, Mr. E. of New Orleans, visited his mother and sister on Sunday. (SCE 8/13/1892)
Kennedy, Mr. Ed., and Mr. Tom McCarthy, of New Orleans, were the guests of Mr. A. S. Cowand last Sunday. (SCE 617-1893)
Kennedy, Mrs. Edward, after a pleasant visit to Misses Corinne and May Cowand, returned to her home in New Orleans last Sunday. (SCE, 6-17-1893)
Kennedy, G. S. Jr. r 406 Jeff Davis Ave., Waveland (Ph 55)
Kennedy, Kenneth C. r 406 Jeff Davis Ave., Waveland (Ph 55)
Kennedy, Miss M. who has been spending the summer at the Orange Grove Cottage, returned to her home in New Orleans on Sunday. (SCE 9/03/1892)
Kenney, L. E. r 1010 N. Bch. (Ph 55)
Kenney's Antiques 123 Ulman (Ph 55)
Kennon, Laura - LeDuc, Very Rev. Father, - On Monday evening at 4 o'clock, Oct. 10, at the church of our Lady of the Gulf, Very Rev. Father Henry Ledne (LeDuc), officiating, were married Mr. George Swan and Miss Laura Kennon. The bride was becomingly attired in a gray cashmier. The bridesmaid was Miss Ulalie Gordia who was attired in a gray nuns veiling; Mr. Raphael Gordia was groomsman. We give to them our very best wishes. (SCE/10/15/1892)
Kenny, Mrs. J., accompanied by her daughter, Miss Annie, and Miss Annie Covle, of Mobile, Ala., arrived at the Bay Thursday to spend some time with Mrs. M. L. Daly, of the Bijou Cottage. The ladies are delighted with the Bay. (SCE 8/5/1893)
Kenny, Wm. P. r Dunbar (Ph 55)
Kent, Mrs, Stanley - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gilbert and daughter, Mrs. Stanley Kent, and her son, Steve of New Orleans visited over the weekend with Mr. 's sister, Mrs. Sarah Favre. They were enroute for a vacation in Florida and will stop over for a week's stay with Mrs. Favre on their return trip. (Hancock County Eagle 8/7/1958)
Kent, Steve - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gilbert and daughter, Mrs. Stanley Kent, and her son, Steve of New Orleans visited over the weekend with Mr. Gilbert's sister, Mrs. Sarah Favre. They were enroute for a vacation in Florida and will stop over for a week's stay with Mrs. Favre on their return trip. (Hancock County Eagle 8/7/1958)
"Kentwood" - Bell, Mr. and Mrs. R. B., arrived from Chicago this week to spend the winter at their lovely winter home, "Kentwood". We warmly welcome them to our midst. (SCE 11/19/1892)
Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. M. G., and children, of Chicago, Ill., are the guests of Judge and Mrs. Calvin deWolf at their lovely "Kentwood" home. The time consumed by Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg in reaching the Bay from Chicago is remarkably short, being 32 1/2 hours. (SCE 12/31/1892)
Bell, Mr. R. B., has arrived with Mrs. Bell from their Chicago home to their pretty "Kentwood" villa. These estimable people are numbered with the welcome winter visitors to the Bay. (SCE 11-11-1893)
deWolf, Judge, has carpenters busily engaged at the "Kentwood" villa, building various improvements and additions. When completed, Judge deWolf will arrive for the winter. (SCE 11-11-1893)
Kerchoff- brothers came in on Tuesday evening from Pass Christian with their naptha launch "BIJOU". (SCE 8/13/1892)
Kergosien, Miss and Mauffray, Mr. Joseph arrived here from Kiln on Saturday evening and attended the Eclipse ball. (SCE 02/18/1893)
Kergozein, Mr. and Mrs., of Kiln, were welcome visitors to the Bay on Saturday. (SCE 03/04/1893)
THE KERGOSIEN FAMILY SALUTES BAY ST. LOUIS
From sawdust to mercantile to public service and to land--and more in between. It all began when a young Frenchman from Brittany arrived in America in the mid 1850s to seek his fortune. Adolphe Kergosien was the first, and only Kergosien in America, and even until today all Kergosiens in America are his direct descendants. Shortly after his arrival he met his future wife, Elodie Mauffray, who was the eldest child of and Josephine Mauffray. Casmir had immigrated earlier from the town of Treguir in Brittany. Adolphe and Elodie married in 1859 and produced 11 children - 4 boys and 7 girls - of which five lived to adulthood. Of the two surviving male off springs - George and Alphonse - George had two daughters and Alphonse was left to reinvigorate the Kergosien family mane in America.
Adolphe, through raised by foster parents in Brittany, was well educated for that period and had very graceful penmanship. His initial venture in America was to establish a lumber mill at the junction of Rotten Bayou and Bayou LaTerre in Fenton. The mill venture was successful, creating a multi-acre sawdust pile which was finally sold in the 1980s as fuel for an electric generating plant. soon after the mill began production, he obtained a ships captains license and bought a boat with which to haul his lumber to New Orleans. He also established in general mercantile sore in order to have a return load for his boar and to supply needed items to the mill workers and other residents of Fenton.
Adolphe, who died in September, 1912 lived long enough to see six of his chidden mature and marry. Two of the girls married Curet brothers, and the other two to Baker and Martin. He also lived long enough to see his youngest son, Alphonse, enter into the careers of his lifetime after his marriage to Lavinia Cuevas, the great-granddaughter of Juan Cuevas. In 1902 Alphonse received his license as a Doctor of Medicine from the state of Mississippi, having apprenticed under Dr. Farenthold. Soon thereafter, Alphonse enrolled a full time student at the University of Louisville Collage of Medicine. Graduating in 1909 with a M.D. degree. Alphonse practiced Medicine in Kiln and surrounding areas. When failing health began to make horseback and horse & buggy sick calls almost impossible, he gave up his medical practice and entered politics. He ran for, and was elected, Clerk of Courts of Hancock County and moved to Bay St. Louis in 1912. He enlarged the house he bought on Carroll Ave. in which he and Lavinia raised 7 children. Literally, every Kergosien in America today lived - directly or through their ancestors - in the Kergosien home on Carroll. Alphonse, a few years after moving to Bay St. Louis, bought the Powers Drug Company on the beach, directly across from Hancock Bank. He renamed it Beach Drug Store - which was a Downtown gathering place for young and old. Virtually all of their children worked at some time or other in the store. Shortly after the purchase Clara Kergosien, a school teacher, became manager of the store and was soon joined by her brother Laurent, who had attended pharmacy school at Loyola. Laurent also established himself as a successful real estate broker - the firm L.L. Kergosien- is now operated by his son Ames. Horace, who served as a deputy clerk of courts had also engaged in real estate prior to and after his elected political career. In 1939 he was elected sheriff and tax collector- which was a combined office then. After having served his 4 year term in office (Mississippi law prohibited sheriffs and governors from succeeding themselves). He returned to his real estate brokerage. Like Adolphe and Alphonse, Horace left a large legacy of off spring - 7 children, 21 grandchildren and vast multitudes of grate grandchildren. Horaces eldest son, Gregory Gains (Pamps) is currently the oldest living male Kergosien in America.