Ancestry of
Cokie Roberts

Author and TV Journalist

Juan de Cuevas

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Cokie Roberts — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 44 
  • Father:
  • Pedro Martin Lopez de Cuevas 
  • Mother:
  • Isabel Bautista   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Mar 1762 
  • Birth Location:
  • Seville, Andelucia, Spain 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Sep 1849 
  • Death Location:
  • Cat Island, Harrison County, Mississippi 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Biloxi City Cemetery, Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Marie Helene Ladner
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1795 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Juan Jose Cuevas

  Helene Cuevas

  Francois Cuevas

  Bridget Cuevas

  Celeste Cuevas

  Marie Cuevas

  Pierre Quave

  Charles Ferdinand Cuevas

  Euphrasine Cuevas

  Raymond J. Cuevas (Ahnentafel No:22 )

  Pauline Cuevas

  • Notes: 

  • aka Hero of Cat Island

    Juan de Cuevas's given name is also seen as Jean, and his surname as Coueve, Quave, Quaive and Quaivie.

    Juan de Cuevas became known as the Hero of Cat Island for his alleged resistance to help pilot the British invasion of New Orleans during the War of 1812, and the capture of pirates in 1821. Historian Paul E. Puebla has written that the former claim is simply a myth and provides evidence to disprove it.

• Sources for Juan de Cuevas

  • ¹ Congressional Record: Containing the Proceedings and Debates of the Fifty Eighth Congress, Third Session, Vol. 39, Washington: Government Printing Office (1905), 3316.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/23/2017).
  • ³ Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society, 1981, Vol. 17, pp. 94-95.
  • ⁴ Cuevas, John, Cat Island: The History of a Mississippi Gulf Coast Barrier Island, Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (2011), 33, 90-96, 139.
  • ⁵ Delph, Oleah M., "Cuevas - Mauffray Families", n. p.: Typed Manuscript (1977), (accessed 09/06/2021).
  • ⁶ General Land Office, Washington, D.C., Plat of Cat Island, MS: Claim of Juan de Cuevas, (accessed 09/06/2021).
  • ⁷ Hancock County Historical Society, Reminiscence of James A. Cuevas, grandson of Jean Cuevas of Cat Island, in 1922, (accessed 09/06/2021).
  • ⁸ Puebla, Paul E., "Would the Real Juan de Cuevas Please Stand", (accessed 09/06/2021).
  • ⁹ Thompson, Ray M., The Hero of Cat Island (contains errors), (accessed 09/06/2021).

Cokie Roberts photo by NARA