Person:Joseph Gonzales (4)

Joseph Michael Gonzales
m. 28 Jul 1834
  1. Joseph Michael Gonzales1835 - 1897
  2. John Alfred Gonzales1837 - 1915
  3. Marie Josephine Gonzales1839 -
  4. Marie Delphine Gonzales1841 - Aft 1910
  5. Marie Adeline Gonzales1844 -
m. 29 Jan 1855
  1. Rosalie Olive Gonzales1856 -
  2. Pamelia GonzalesAbt 1857 -
  3. Elizabeth GonzalesAbt 1858 -
  4. Manuela GonzalesAbt 1861 -
  5. Joseph Stonewall Gonzales1862 - 1940
  6. Alexander GonzalesAbt 1864 -
  7. Robert E. Lee Gonzales1867 - 1934
  8. Alfred Ogden GonzalesAbt 1868 - 1932
  9. Eugenie Cora Gonzales1871 - 1955
  10. Heisen S. GonzalesAbt 1873 -
m. Abt 1887
Facts and Events
Name[3][4] Joseph Michael Gonzales
Alt Name Big Joe Gonzales
Gender Male
Birth[3][4][5] 28 May 1835 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Baptism[3] 11 Jan 1836 St. Gabriel Church, St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Marriage 29 Jan 1855 Ascension Church, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana(his 1st wife)
to Rosalie Adorea Marchand
Census[6] 1860 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Occupation[5] 1866 Gonzales, Ascension Parish, LouisianaChief of police.
Census[7] 1870 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Census[8] 1880 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Occupation[5] 1886 Gonzales, Ascension Parish, LouisianaTown sheriff.
Marriage Abt 1887 Louisiana(his 2nd wife; not in Baton Rouge diocesan records)
to Marie Louise Lambert
Death[5][4][1] 21 Dec 1897 Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Burial[4] Cornerview Cemetery, Gonzales, Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1860 census:[6]

Gonzales, Joseph 25 yrs Farmer (real estate = $350; personal estate = $650) b. Louisiana
      Adaria 25 yrs b. Louisiana
      Olive 4 yrs b. Louisiana
      Pamelia 3 yrs b. Louisiana
      Elizabeth 2 yrs b. Louisiana
Hamilton,, Virginia 16 yrs b. Louisiana
Fairbanks, Thomas 35 yrs Laborer b. Louisiana
Bourgeois, Victorina 42 yrs Laborer [sic] b. Louisiana

Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1870 census:[7]

Gonzales, Joseph 35 yrs Farmer (real estate = $900; personal estate = [blank]) b. Louisiana
      Adora 35 yrs Keeping house b. Louisiana
      Olive 14 yrs At home b. Louisiana
      Pamelia 12 yrs At home b. Louisiana
      Elizabeth 11 yrs At home b. Louisiana
      Manuela 9 yrs At home b. Louisiana
      Joseph 8 yrs At home b. Louisiana
      Alexander 6 yrs At home b. Louisiana
      Robert 4 yrs At home b. Louisiana
      Ogden 1 yr At home b. Louisiana
Guedry, Jules 8 yrs At home b. Louisiana

Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 1880 census:[8]

Gonzales, Joseph 45 yrs Farmer b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
      Adorea 45 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
      Joseph S. 17 yrs Son At school b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
      Alexander 15 yrs Son At school b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
      Robert L. 13 yrs Son At school b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
      Alfred O. 10 yrs Son At school b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
      Eugenie 9 yrs Dau b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)
      Heisen S. 7 yrs Son b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana)

Guedry, John A. 18 yrs Nephew At school b. Louisiana (parents, :b. Louisiana)

References
  1. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    Vol. 21, p. 278, STH-5,75, 23 DEC 1897.

    GONZALES, Joseph Gonzales, age 62 yrs, cause of death: paralysis bur. 23 Dec 1897 (STH-5,75)

  2.   ASC-15, 9, in Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    Vol. 8, p. 256, 29 Jan 1855.

    GONZALES sometimes GONZALEZ, Joseph (Joseph Gonzales and Delphine GAUTREAUX) m. 29 Jan. 1855 Rosalia Adonea MARCHAND (Simon Marchand and Marie SAVOIE) wit. J. B. Hebert; Hercule Gautrau; Dorcini Landry (ASC-15, 9)

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    Vol. 5 (1830-1839), p. 268.

    Joseph Michel, son of Joseph Gonzales & Delphina Gautreau. Born 28 May 1835. Baptized 11 Jan 1836. Sponsors: Michel Gonzales (uncle) & Adelina Gautreau (aunt). Citing SGA-6, 181.

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Find A Grave.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Ascension, Louisiana, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 32, dwelling/family 213/213.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Ascension Parish, Louisiana. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 133A, dwelling/family 254/254.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Ascension Parish, Louisiana. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 96, p. 149A, dwelling/family 230/273.
  9.   [1], in Civil War Family History website.

    Captain Joseph M. Gonzales
    Company A, Ogden's New River Rangers

    He was born in St. Amant on May 28, 1835.

    Joseph Gonzales enlisted in the Confederate Army on June 10, 1862 at Clinton, Louisiana.

    He was Captain of the New River Rangers. 2nd Lt. John Alfred Gonzales, his brother, was also a member of the unit.

    The New River Rangers were attached to numerous Confederate military organizations, and their company, battalion, and regimental designations changed with reassignments. The unit's designations and associations included: 1st Louisiana Regiment, later known as the 9th Battalion Partisan Rangers, Co. B of Cage's Battalion, erroneously known as the 10th Louisiana Cavalry, Co. D of the 14th Confederate Cavalry, and finally Company A of Ogden's Louisiana Regiment. The unit never lost the title of New River Rangers.

    The New River Rangers engaged Federal forces in dozens of skirmishes. They fought at Denham Springs, Louisiana and Benton's Ferry, Louisiana. They harassed the rear outpost of General Nathan P. Bank's Union Army as they laid siege to Port Hudson. Fred Ogden took command of the New River Rangers in March of 1864. On June 3, 1864, they encountered a Federal force six times their own strength commanded by Benjamin Grierson, and they forced them back to Baton Rouge.

    They fought around Jackson, Mississippi from July 5, 1864 until July 7, 1864. Again on August 14, 1864, they encountered another Federal force at Jackson, and they made them withdraw.

    One account detailed how 75 selected rangers ambushed over 2,000 Federal troops and drove them back to Baton Rouge.

    While the New River Rangers were attached to the 14th Confederate Cavalry as Co. D under Generals S. D. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest at Pontotoc, the 14th was cited for gallantry. General Lee wrote of the battle that "I have been on many battlefields during the four years, but I have never seen greater gallantry or tenacity of purpose than was shown by the troop of the brigades of Rucker, Marby (the 14th), Bell and Crossland, and the batteries of Rice." He said, "I will always esteem it an honor to have personally commanded such heroes."

    Joseph "Big Joe" Gonzales was surrendered by General Richard Taylor at Meridian, Mississippi, and he was paroled on May 12, 1865 at Gainesville, Alabama.

    Captain Gonzales died on December 21, 1897.