Person:Caroline Vining (1)

Caroline Annie Vining
d.Bef 17 Dec 1855 , St. Mary, LA
m. 2 Jan 1845
Facts and Events
Name Caroline Annie Vining
Alt Name DUCRAY Anne Caroline
Gender Female
Birth? 1824 , St. Mary, LA
Marriage 2 Jan 1845 Franklin, St. Mary, LAto Henry Maurice Rentrop
Census[1] 1850 Bayou Chene, St. Martin, LA
Death? Bef 17 Dec 1855 , St. Mary, LA
Probate[2] 17 Dec 1855 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA

PARENTS: Were they married? On her marriage record, only the mother's name is given, as Mary VINING.

!MARRIAGE-DEATH: On Descendancy Chart sent over e-mail by RIVERRAT79@aol.com in May 1996 by Margaret RENTROP MOORE. Annie Caroline VINING, born 1824 in St. Mary, LA, married as 2nd [?] wife of Henry Maurice RENTROP on 2 Jan 1845 in Franklin Courthouse, LA. She died in 1855 in St. Mary Parish.

!CENSUS: 1850 U.S. Census, Bayou Chene, St. Martin Parish, LA; 1850; p. 189A, line 27; National Archives, San Bruno CA, Microfilm M432, Roll 240; photocopy in possession of Karen Theriot READER. Caroline RANTROPE, age 26, living with Henry A. RANTROPE age 27, and Mary age 1. Also in household is William MESGRAVE[?] age 10.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILD-PROBATE: Terrebonne Genealogical Society, BOOK OF CHARTS; 1600-1850; vol. 3, Society; Chart No. 51; Salt Lake City Family History Libray, US/CAN 976.341 D2b v.3. Caroline VINING, born around 1824, daughter of William & Mary HARTMAN. She married on 2 Jan 1845 to Henry M. RENTROP, son of Frederick W. & M. Marguerite LIQUEUR; daughter born 1849. Caroline's succession record is dated Dec 1855 in St. Martin Parish, LA.

!PROBATE: Mary Elizabeth Sanders, RECORDS OF ATTAKAPAS DISTRICT, LOUISIANA; 1808-1860; vol. III, Author, 1974; p. 140; own copy; covers records of St. Martin Parish, LA. Caroline VINING, wife of Henry M. RENTHROPE, estate #1505 dated 17 Dec 1855, at St. Martin Parish Courthouse, St. Martinville, LA.

References
  1. U.S. federal census (online).

    Dwelling #741/ Family #757:

  2. Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk number 101. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001).

    VINING, Caroline m. H. M. RANTROP Succ. dated 17 Dec. 1855 (SM Ct. Hse.: Succ. #1506)