Hincks family papers, 1811-1894 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Hincks family papers, 1811-1894

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 147

Primary Creator: Hincks family.

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic, then chronologically, as follows: correspondence, bills and receipts, genealogical notes, other papers, prayer cards and other printed items, envelopes, and photographs. The collection consists of three boxes.

Date Acquired: 04/19/1964

Subjects: De la Vergne family -- Genealogy., Destrehan, Noel., Hincks, John W., Hincks, Joseph Anatole., Hincks, Leda., Hincks family -- Genealogy., Hincks family., Olivier, Eliza Miskell., Olivier family -- Genealogy., Peychaud, Anatole., Peychaud family -- Genealogy.

Forms of Material: Correspondence.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, genealogical notes, prayer cards, envelopes, and photograph, all of which relate to the Hincks family and other closely-connected families. There is the personal and business correspondence of John W. Hincks, his wife Lise Lambert, and their children, Leda Hincks and Joseph Anatole Hincks, who corresponded while he was serving in the Confederate Army. Also included is a group of papers related to David Olivier and his daughter, Eliza Miskell Olivier, who is also the mother of John and David Hincks. After the death of Joseph Hincks, Eliza Miskell Olivier married Noel Destrehan and Anatole Peychaud. Correspondence and papers pertaining to the Peychaud-Olivier succession suit are included in the collection.

Biographical Note

John W. Hincks was married to Lise Lambert and they had two children, Leda Hincks, who married Charles Edward Schmidt, and Joseph Anatole Hincks, who served in the Confederate Army. Eliza Miskell Olivier, daughter of David Olivier, married Joseph A. Hincks, Noel, Destrehan, and Anatole Peychaud. She had two sons, John and David Hincks, by her marriage to Joseph Hincks. The daughter of Leda Hincks and Charles Edward Schmidt, Louise Schmidt, married Hugh de la Vergne and later Henry J. Landry de Frenuese.

Subject/Index Terms

De la Vergne family -- Genealogy.
Destrehan, Noel.
Hincks, John W.
Hincks, Joseph Anatole.
Hincks, Leda.
Hincks family -- Genealogy.
Hincks family.
Olivier, Eliza Miskell.
Olivier family -- Genealogy.
Peychaud, Anatole.
Peychaud family -- Genealogy.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: The de la Vergne family.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Hincks family papers, Manuscripts Collection 147, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1973.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 773215945

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Correspondence, 1811-1859],
[Box 2: Correspondence, 1860-1894 and undated],
[Box 3: Bills and receipts, genealogical notes, other papers, prayer cards and other printed items, envelopes, photographs, 1836-1893 and undated],
[All]

Box 2: Correspondence, 1860-1894 and undated

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