Birth Certificate of: Schwab, Catherine 03-03-1839 Submitted by: Glen Carreras February 2004 Source: La State Archives Volume 5 Page 221 ************************************************* Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http:/www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Be it remembered that on this day to wit: the third of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and (thirty is struck out) forty and the sixty fourth of the Independance of the United States of America, before me Vincent Ramos duly commissioned and sword RECORDER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS in and for the Parish and City of Orleans, personally appeared Mr. Francis Schwab a native of Albersweiler mear the city of Landau Rhinbavaria in Germany, age thirty years blacksmith by trade and at present time Coffeehouse Keeper at the Corner of Victory and Enghien streets in the third municipality, who by these presents doth declare that on the third of March eighteen hundred and thirty nine in the morning between six and seven o'clock at the corner of Old Levee and Madison streets in the first municipality was born a female child named Catherine Schwab from Mrs Catharine Barthel a native of Wasslenheim near Pfelzburg Department de Bas Rhin, Kingdom of France aged about 18 years and since two years the legitimate wife of the Dissonent. The paternal grandparents of the said child being Mr Peter Schwab a native of the said Albersweiler & Mrs Mariane Hochberg a native of Arzheim near the said Landau and his maternal grandparents Bartholomacus (Orthold??) Barthel and Mrs Anna Marcia Drussel (or Drassel) both of the said Wasslenheim. Thus done at New Orleans in the presence of the aforesaid Mr Francois Schwab as also in that of Messrs. Theodore Hammer and Randolph Prosmgoffer(??) both of this city, witnesses by me requested so to be, who have hereunto set their hands together with me after due reading hereof, the day month and year first above written. signed Randolph Prosmgoffer, ? T. Hammer, Trury Scheweirley, Vincent Ramos, Recorder