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Gabriel Sam

Gabriel Sam

Male Abt 1827 - 1913  (86 years)

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  • Name Gabriel Sam 
    Birth Abt 1827  Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Magassi ? Pagassi? 
    Familysearch ID LX7M-QCG 
    Death 29 Mar 1913 
    Burial Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 1 brother and 2 sisters 
       1.Male Gabriel Sam,   b. Abt 1827, Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1913  (Age 86 years)
         ▻ Onesia "Miss Cot" Ramar,  m. Abt 1855
       2.Female Agnesia Sam   d. Yes, date unknown
       3.Female Eliza Sam   d. Yes, date unknown
     
    Person ID i1472  Amling
    Last Modified 3 May 2024 

    Father Alexander Sam,   b. Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 12 Jan 1867 
    Mother Marie _____,   b. Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gabriel Sam,   b. Abt 1827, Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1913 (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1855 
    Children 
     1. Theophile Sam,   b. Abt 1856   d. 1918 (Age 62 years)
     2. Oscar Sam,   b. Abt Oct 1857   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Ambroise "Temet" Sam,   b. Abt 1858   d. 1 Dec 1935 (Age 77 years)
     4. Ordalise Sam,   b. Abt 1861   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Oscalie Sam,   b. Abt 1864   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Augustine Alicia Marie Sam,   b. Abt 1867   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Marie Sam,   b. Abt 1869   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Celestine "Te Chere" Sam,   b. Abt 1870   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Eve Sam,   b. Abt 1874   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Celena Sam,   b. Abt 1876   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Louise Sam,   b. Dec 1878   d. 1968 (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Gabriel Sam Census for 1880    		Gabriel Sam Census for 1880

  • Notes 
    • (Research):There are some different opinions about the name of Gabriel Sam.

      A: The death certificat shows the name Gabriel Sam with a birthdate as about 1927 (86 years old at his death in 1913). The Census of 1870 and 1880 shows him as Gabriel Sam, both with the more or less same children. Later censuses also shows him as Gabriel Sam. We can't find no birth certificate for him.

      B: Some pointed us to two entries in Father Heberts Books Volume 33 of Southwest Louisiana Records.
      1) Page 110:
      "ALEXANDER, Gabriel m. 1866 Onesime ROMARD (GC Ch.: v,35, p,2)"

      2) Page 112:
      "ALEXANDRE, Gabriel freed from Mrs. Ned ROW m. 13 Jan 1866 Onezia ROMARD, freed from Marcellite Guilbeau This is an example of slaves taking a different surname from their former masters. (GC Ch.: v.4, p.43)"

      If this would be true, then Gabriel's last name should have been orginial ROW and not SAM, and his new name would have been Alexandre. And why would he had changed then his name from ALEXANDRE (in 1866) to SAM in 1870 (showing in the census)?