Thomassee Family

Joseph Willman Thomassee
1881 - 1953
Married Marie Louise Hebert
Had 7 children: Loula, Willie "Te Negre", Cecilia "Tiah", Henry "Hank", Frank, Lillian "Grande" and Sophie
The rich history and kindred ties of a Louisiana Family
We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us." How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who I am, and why I do the things I do.
Your tombstone stands among the rest
Neglected and alone
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished marble stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh and blood and bone
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so
I wonder how you lived and loved
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot
And come to visit you.
-Walter Butler Palmer
Married Marie Louise Hebert
Had 7 children: Loula, Willie "Te Negre", Cecilia "Tiah", Henry "Hank", Frank, Lillian "Grande" and Sophie
Married Rose Trahan
Had 12 children: Robert, Mercedes, Florence, Hilda, James "Jim", Lloyd, Percy, Julian, Chester "Pee Wee", Claude, Bernice and Jules
Married Anna Louviere
Had 6 children: Louis, Claude, Lula, Joyce, Nolan and Donald
Married Loretta Hollier
Had 3 children: Lula, Lena and Sybil
Hubert Clebert Hollier married Celestine Melancon and fathered twelve children.
We Hope You Enjoy Them
Lucien proudly fought for the Confederate cause when his home state was invaded by the Union Army.
P.O. Box 1041
Youngsville, LA 70592
This family history is the result of over twenty-five years of research and information collecting, yet it remains a work in progress. Much of the data in this family tree do not contain references to source materials and we are constantly working at updating our site to add this information. We welcome contributions from others, specifically additional photographs for our collection in order to put faces with names and stories which aid in documenting and aiding the stories of those no longer here to speak for themselves.