12 July 2007

Victor Cieutat (1862-1914) and Josephine Spitzfaden (1868-1931)

Victor Cieutat was born in Louisiana in November of 1862 to Jean M. Cieutat and Jeanne Marie Cazeaux. He grew up in St. Bernard Parish and worked as a Bar Keeper.
Josephine Spitzfaden was born on March 5, 1868, in New Orleans, LA, to Henry Spitzfaden and Marie Petrie. She also grew up in New Orleans, but in Orleans Parish.
Victor and Josephine were married on November 10, 1887, in New Orleans. The couple remained in St. Bernard Parish and had 10 children: Jeanne Vivianne (1888), Peter Rene (1890), John Frank (1891), Gertrude J. (1892), Roland Ernest (1893), Virona Marie (1894), Frederic Noel (1896), Leon Joseph (1897), Victor Sylvan (1900), and Juanita C. (1905).
Victor died on May 19, 1914, at the age of 51. Josephine passed away on May 26, 1931, in St. Bernard Parish, at the age of 63.