On this date the 12th of September in 1881 our maternal great grandmother, Azelia Sidonia White, was born in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana to parents John White and Azaline Deville.*
John Louis M. LaPrarie and Azelia Sidonia White married around 1899 and had 6 children including our maternal grandfather John Alvis LaPrarie. About 3 years after John Louis M.‘s death she married Odious E. DeLoach on May 16, 1921. Odious was a widower with 2 sons from his first wife Ruby Hester Powell.**
*Source: OT Belgard Genealogy
**Source: Find A Grave
***Source: WikiTree
Here is how we are related:
Our parents –Nelda Grace LaPrarie was married to Floyd Dee Adams
Nelda’s parents – ^John Alvis LaPrarie was married to Lucy Dee Wright
John A.’s parents – ^^Azelia Sidonia “Donie” White was married to John Louis M. LaPrarie
(^) stands for each
generation between
our parents and Donie.