Ancestry of
Cokie Roberts

Author and TV Journalist

Elizabeth Duffel

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Cokie Roberts — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 59 
  • Father:
  • Edward Duffel 
  • Mother:
  • Marie Celeste Landry   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Oct 1814 
  • Birth Location:
  • Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Oct 1867 
  • Death Location:
  • West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Adolphe Seghers
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Jun 1832 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Ascension Parish, Louisiana 
  • Children:
  
  

  Edward Dominique Seghers

  Amelia Seghers

  J. Virginia Seghers (Ahnentafel No:29 )

• Additional marriages for Elizabeth Duffel

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  • Spouse:
  • John C. Elder

• Sources for Elizabeth Duffel

  • ¹ Federal Census, LA, Ascension Parish, 1850, Image 76 of 84.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/07/2020).
  • ³ Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1728-1850, Marriage record for Adolphe Seghers and Elizabeth Duffel.
  • ⁴ Louisiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984, Probate file for spouse Adolphe Seghers.
  • ⁵ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #67700, Membership application for Paul D'Otrenge Seghers.

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