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Joseph Cleopha Strauss

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Joseph Cleopha Strauss

Birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
6 May 1938 (aged 76)
Carencro, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Joseph Cleopha (Clopha) Strauss was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Clopha's parents were Bernard Strauss of New Orleans and Josephine Choute of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA.

Clopha's father, Bernard was born in Alsace, France and arrived in New Orleans in 1857 from the Port of Le Havre, France. Bernard worked as a steamboat agent in New Orleans, La.

Clopha lived near the Vermillion River approximately eight miles from Carencro, LA and is buried with his wife, Noelie Collins Strauss in a white tomb enclosed in a iron fence on the side of North Wilderness Trail highway next to the Vermillion River ('couvée').

According to the Marine Review Jounal, Vol 47, January, 1917 in an article entitled, "The Mississippi Delta" written by H.H. Dunn, Bernard Strauss was one of the oldest river men on the Mississippi died at his New Orleans home in early November after an illness for four weeks. He had been a resident of New Orleans for 56 years. He was an agent for the Carter Packet Co., which operated a line of steamers on the river. Nearly a 100 representatives of steamboat lines, river captains and others connected to the shipping industry attended his funeral.
Joseph Cleopha (Clopha) Strauss was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Clopha's parents were Bernard Strauss of New Orleans and Josephine Choute of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA.

Clopha's father, Bernard was born in Alsace, France and arrived in New Orleans in 1857 from the Port of Le Havre, France. Bernard worked as a steamboat agent in New Orleans, La.

Clopha lived near the Vermillion River approximately eight miles from Carencro, LA and is buried with his wife, Noelie Collins Strauss in a white tomb enclosed in a iron fence on the side of North Wilderness Trail highway next to the Vermillion River ('couvée').

According to the Marine Review Jounal, Vol 47, January, 1917 in an article entitled, "The Mississippi Delta" written by H.H. Dunn, Bernard Strauss was one of the oldest river men on the Mississippi died at his New Orleans home in early November after an illness for four weeks. He had been a resident of New Orleans for 56 years. He was an agent for the Carter Packet Co., which operated a line of steamers on the river. Nearly a 100 representatives of steamboat lines, river captains and others connected to the shipping industry attended his funeral.

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