Joseph A Moran, II

Joseph MORAN II BIRTH: 6 NOV 1778 in Mobile, Alabama, BAPTISM: 20 NOV 1785, New Orleans, La. DEATH: BEFORE OCT 1843 Joseph married Marguerite PANQUINETTE on 7 Oct 1806 in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Marguerite was born about 1782 in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Family Records Show : From Montreal Canada came three brothers of the Maurin (now Moran) Family

1. ***Joseph Moran Homesteaded on Back Bay of Biloxi, North side of the bay. 2. ***Pierre Moran Homesteaded back of Pass Christian on the Wolfe River. 3. ***Jean Baptiste Moran Homesteaded on Cat Island in Biloxi.

Joseph Moran married an Indian Princess named "Noatima or Notima", the daughter of "Apahaha" an Indian Chief of the Choctaw Tribe. Noatima's treasures and jewelry are in the possession of the United States government. As all valuables where taken away from the Indians and were never returned to them. Attorney William T. Weir of Philadelphia, Miss. said they were still in the possession of the US government, labeled as her property. Noatima loved to travel a lot and she had 300 slaves to guide her on her trips. She died in 1846. Hear say she died in New Orleans, Louisiana, of the "Yellow Plague", and they brought her body back at night on a schooner and buried her that same night to keep the plague from spreading. She was buried on the Moran grounds, before the Moran Cemetery was fenced off by one of their sons. Joseph Moran was the one to give the Cemetery property. The Moran Cemetery is now on Santa Cruz Avenue in Biloxi, Mississippi. Joseph Moran and Noatima had the following children:

SIXTH GENERATION

1.(M) Joseph Moran III n.1805 d. 1880 m. Virginia Fayard 2.(F) Celina Moran m. Pierre Harvey 3.(F) Clair Marie Moran m. Celeste Ladner 4.(F) Virginia Moran n. 4 Sept 1820 d. 17 Jan 1891 m. James S. Young 5.(M) Francois Moran n. 1815 d. 1887 m. Catherine Fournier

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