Alphabet File page 227
Shortly after they had purchased the home from the Lorch family in 1938 a lady stopped one day who introduced herself to Mrs. Gex as the sister of the wife of Governor Parker of Louisiana and immediately gave proof that she knew more about the house than its new owners.
She pointed out the double French lock on one of the outside shutters and asked to be allowed to see her grandmother's room where, she informed Mrs. Gex, was a pane of glass in the window with the date October 6, 1872 scratched on it by a diamond engagement ring. Sure enough, the date was still there just as she said it would be, and is still there today carefully treasured by Mrs. Gex.
The grandmother of the lady who called, and whose room contained the date on the window had been Miss Virginia Carroll who married Thomas Lee Airey in 1860. She was one of several Carroll sisters and undoubtedly the date on the window was significant to one of her sisters because she had been married 12 years when it was scratched. It was her daughter, Cecile Airey, and sister to the lady caller, who in 1888 married John M. Parker who was running mate with Theodore Roosevelt on the Bull Moose Tickert in 1916 and Governor of Louisiana from 1920 to 1924.
And so, a simple scratch on a window pane in a home in Bay St. Louis 87 years ago, can state a genealogical chain of stories concerning prominent coast families of the last century that can keep this column and its readers busy from now on. (A framed copy of this newspaper article was brought by the Hancock County Historical Society on Aug 22, 1994 by Mrs. Pat Gex Dickerson where it was copied for the computer records by Charles Gray, HCHS President. It was most likely from the Sun Herald but no name appears, only the date, January 26, 1959).
Lorenzen, Catherine Loretta, 46, Metairie Cem 01 Jun 1963 (CEC)
Lorenzen, Julian Hall 1515 Dunbar (Ph 50, 55)
Losch, John J. r De Montluzin (PH 48 thru 50)
Lot, David, 17 year old Negro man (of Handsboro) who was killed by gunshot during a racial altercation aboard the steamer "CREOLE" on July 17, 1870. See entry under Marine File: "CREOLE".
Lott, Amos, 40 miles up Pearle River - (From a list of names who claims land under "Requite's" given since the year 1803 and mostly about the year of 1810 as viz assessment. VF Tax Rolls)
Lott, Herman r 107 Wood, Waveland (Ph 55)
Lott, Jack, r Kiln (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)
Lott, Mr. Jesse, cane crop turned out splendidly, judging from the quantity of molasses made by him this season in Pearlington. (SCE 12-9-1893)
Rohmer, Mr. Francis, and Mr. Albert Brown, two popular beaux of Bay St. Louis, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lott last week. (SCE 12-9-1893)
Lott, Mr. Jesse, and Mr. Wm. Welsh left Pearlington for a week's trip on the river. (SCE 12/16/1893)
Lott, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jessee, and Mrs. Capt. Miller and children were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Russ in Pearlington on Sunday last. (SCE 1-13-1894)
Lott, Mr. J. and W. Welsh captured and killed a large deer on West Pearl river last week. Old residents say it was the largest deer killed in these parts and the young men are very proud of their success. (SCE 1-13-1894) REX.
Lott, Leona, Russ, Mrs. Archie, Mr. Rod Wichard, and little Hattie Favre are among those on the sick list of Pearlington. (SCE 11-25-1893)
Lott, Miss Leona, of Pearlington, spent the holidays with the Misses Edwards. (SCE 12/23/1893)
Lott, Mr. and Mrs., of Pearlington, were the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Whitfield, at Gainesville during the past week. (SCE 1-13-1894)
Russ, Miss Daisy, and Misses R. and E. Koch, of Logtown, and Misses M. Krask and C. Parker, of Pearlington, were the guests of Mrs. Lott during the holiday. (SCE 1-13-1894)
Lott, Solomon, WHT POL 5, FPC 0, SLV 5. (Hancock County, Mississippi Tax Rolls 1820, VF Tax Rolls)
Lott, Stephen, 40 miles up Pearle River - (From a list of names who claims land under "Requite's" given since the year 1803 and mostly about the year of 1810 as viz assesment. VF Tax Rolls)
Lotts, Billy - Brown, Messrs. Albert and Rohmer, Francis, attended a ball at Billy Lotts, near Pearlington, the other night. (SCE 9/30/1893)
Louis IX - Crusader King Louis IX In Whose Honor Bay St Louis
Was Named
This statue of Louis IX, the Crusader King of France, who was canonized a Saint by Pope Boniface VIII twenty seven years after his death now occupies a place of honor in Holly Bluff Gardens on the outskirts of the city and near the bay that carries his name. Originally this statue stood in the province of Rigny, France, at the grave of Jean Batiste Louis Morel, an ancestor of one of the owners of Holly Bluff Gardens -but was fittingly brought to this country several years ago, and now in its beautiful Holly Bluff Garden setting reminds our Coast visitors and even our Coast residents that, although Louis XIV was on the throne when d`Iberville established on the Mississippi Gulf Coast the first permanent white settlement in what is now the entire Mississippi Valley, it was Louis IX after whom Bay St Louis, both the water and community were named. Because it was on August 25,1699, The feast of St. Louis, a memorable church day commemorating the death of Louis IX on his second crusade at Tunis, North Africa, in 1270, that
Bienville, brother of d`Iberville, landed on the bluff of the bay and officially, named it Bay St. Louis in honor of this King of France who was made a saint. (The source of this article was not recorded by the typist - CHG)
Louis and Bob Carr's Hotel #47 J.A. Cuevas (VF MJS VIII 00350)
Louisiana Wharf
Bachelors Hall kept by J. H. Krebs in front of the Louisiana Wharf, Bay Saint Louis with best accommodations. (N. O. Times, Wed Aug 22, 1866 p 9 c 5 advmt. "Hotels" -VF MJS II 00357)
Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Passenger Ofc.: Freight Ofc.- Railroad Av. Waveland (48 thru 50, 55)
Louisville & Nashville R.R. Time Table.
Going South:
No. 1. due 3:03 p.m., daily
No. 3. " 6:02 a.m., daily
No. 5. " 5:17 a.m., daily
No. 7. " 6:58 a.m., daily ex. Sun
Going North:
No. 2. due 9:12 p.m., daily
No 4. " 12:38 a.m., daily
No. 6. " 9:45 a.m., daily
No. 8. " 5:41 p.m., daily ex. Sun
Chas, Marshal, Sup. B. W. Pearson, Local Agt. (SCE 8/6/1892)
L & N Railroad. On account of the regatta at the Pass, the L.& N. runs a dollar excursion from New Orleans
today. (SCE 8/6/1892)
Louisville Apartments - see Key House.