Eugenie Joseph

"Grandpa Morel's daughter Eugénie Morel, known as "Mamal," married a man whose surname was Joseph. Mamal's first child, Grandma Rita, was born and baptized in 1883. Mamal had another child, born in 1893, who died in infancy, and a daughter, Emily, born in 1895 after the death of her husband. Great-aunt Emily, whom we called "Malie," was very light skinned, while my grandmother Rita Joseph was dark brown. Like the rest of her family, Grandma Rita spoke French or patois, with English as her second language. Mamal made sure she had a strict New Orleans Catholic upbringing." (Shirley Verrett's autobiography)

1. United States Census, 1880; Name: Eugenie Morel; Event Type: Census; Event Date: 1880; Event Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; Gender: Female; Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Race: Black; Race: B; Occupation: At Home; Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter; Relationship to Head of Household: Dau; Birth Year (Estimated): 1862; Birthplace: Louisiana, United States; Father's Birthplace: Louisiana, United States; Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana, United States; Sheet Letter: A; ; Sheet Number: 582; Person Number: 2; Volume: 1.
2. United States Census, 1900; Name: Eugenie Morel; Event Type: Census; Event Year: 1900; Event Place: 4th Precinct New Orleans city Ward 7, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; Gender: Female; Age: 38; Marital Status: Married; Race: Black; Race: B; Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter; Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter; Number of Living Children: 3; Years Married: 16; Birth Date: Oct 1862; Birthplace: Louisiana; Marriage Year (Estimated): 1884; Father's Birthplace: Louisiana; ; Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana; Mother of how many children: 3.

I Never Walked Alone; The Autobiography of an American Singer By Shirley Verrett Christopher Brooks, John Wiley & Sons