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in New Orleans. This church was located near the corner of Rampart and Iberville Streets. The Little Italian Church? is now called St. Mary?s Catholic Church, located at 1116 Chartres Street. In the mid and late 1800?s, it was a predominately Italian congregation. The closest thing to the Rampart and Iberville intersection is ?St. Anthony?s Chapel,? now called ?Our Lady of Guadalupe? located at 411 North Rampart. It too had a predominantly Italian congregation in the mid and late 1800?s. Both of these Churches have their records stored at St. Louis Cathedral. Pauline said she made her First Communion and Confirmation at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans before she moved to Biloxi.
Pauline also told us that she went by the ?Rhodes? name most often when young. This was because her mother used this name after her father died, and Pauline?s half-brother and half-sisters were Rhodes. She said she used this name on her early school records. Pauline started school at the Howard School in Biloxi. The Biloxi, Harrison County ?Book of Educatible Children? in Ward 4 for the year 1889- 1890 school year lists Mrs. S. M. Rhodes, parent for Joseph Rhodes age 16, Agnes Rhodes age 14, and ?Pauline Rhodes, age 7.? From the third to the eighth grade, she attended McDonogh #18 public school on Rampart Street in New Orleans.
Pauline was first married by a Methodist Minister in Bay St. Louis on November 19, 1904. This record can be found at the Main Street Methodist Church in Bay St. Louis and is on file at the Hancock County Courthouse. On May 19, 1911, Pauline had her marriage ?blessed? by a Catholic Priest at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St Louis.
The family lived in Bay St. Louis until WWI started. They then moved to Pascagoula, MS so George could work in the shipyards. They stayed there for about one year, and then they came back to Bay St. Louis shortly before her daughter Adelaide?s birth in 1919. After her return to Bay St. Louis, Pauline remained there until her death on February 8, 1977. She is buried in Cedar Rest cemetery in Bay St. Louis with a headstone. The stone cutter made an error when he cut ?Apr. 26, 1883? for her birth dale He would not fix it, but family members know it is wrong.
Pauline had brown eyes, light brown hair, and was 5?2?, and weighed 104 pounds in her prime. We have several photos of her, including one when she was a young girl. There is so much to say about ?Grandma Poline? as we called her, it would be a book onto itself. She was in her 90?s and still had a very good memory when we interviewed her on several occasions. She can be described as a spunky old lady that did her own house keeping and cooking. For more information about her husband, children, and descendents, see our ?Carl Heitzmann of Gengenbach, Germany? Family History.
This paper was initially typed in January 1975. Since then, we have collected additional information on this family that is now being included in this second rendition. You may have noticed that we have not given complete citations for every piece of information, especially census records. The reason simply being, it would have taken much longer to complete this history. There is enough information here that any ?rookie? genealogist can find the specific source if they make even a half-hearted effort.
If anyone thinks this report is ?perfect,? they will be disappointed. This type of research is much too complex. Much of the above information was supplied by close family members and was often done from ?memory.? Because of this there are possibly some mistakes, especially with those born around 1900 and later. This is not to mention
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