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MS. He lived in the Bayou Philip Community all his life. He married Nora Necaise, and they had the following children:
a.	Camilia Amelia ?Meal? Asher - born July 10, 1916
b.	Norris Stephen Asher - born January 29, 1919
c.	Walter Russell Asher - bom August 29, 1921
d.	Mercedes Deloris ?Deas? Asher - born March 12, 1924
e.	Doris Mary Asher - bom July 4, 1926
f.	Lois G. Asher - born May 12, 1929
g.	Joycelee Genevieve ?Joyce? Asher - born April 6, 1932
h.	Roy Joseph ?Jim? Asher - born September 6, 1935
8.	Irene Isabelle Asher - born on February 9, 1899 and died on June	16,	1965 as
listed on her headstone in the Bayou La Croix Cemetery.	She	lived	in	the
Bayou Philip Community all her life. She was well loved by her family in life as well as death. Irene had several common-law husbands but all her children carried the Asher name. She had the following children:
a.	John C. ?J.C.? Asher - bom July 12, 1924
b.	Andrew W. ?Andy? Asher - bom October 5, 1927
c.	Louis M. ?Junior? Asher - born February 18, 1930
d.	Leander Stanley Asher - born April 22, 1933
e.	Jean Victoria Asher - bom January 11, 1936
f.	Annette Asher - bom March 29, 1938, as listed on her headstone in the Bayou La Croix Cemetery. She was adopted by Louis ?Sonny? and Betsy Cuevas, and they changed her name to Marianne Cuevas.
g.	Morris Joseph Asher - born January 22, 1943
Before Victoria Zengerling married John M. Asher in 1887, she had a child out of wedlock. This child was baptized at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church on May 12, 1876. The record says ?Mary Magdelene Favre? was born on ?March
3,	1876, illegitimate daughter of William Favre and Victoria Zingerling.? Older family members said the father was William ?Billy? Favre, a half-Indian, oxen team driver, that worked on the Zengerling farm. The child was turned over to the Nuns at St. Joseph Academy in Bay St. Louis, MS. Nobody knew what became of this child - possibly she was adopted or became a Nun?
B.	John Stephen Zengerling - bom on November 15, 1858 in Bayou La Croix, MS and died in Ansley, MS on November 6, 1934. His headstone in the Rotten Bayou Cemetery near Diamondhead has these dates, and his baptismal record in Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, MS also matches. On January 20, 1887, he married Elector Moran. It should be noted that some members of this family started using the ?Zingarling? and ?Zingerling? spellings of the name. They thought the ?Zengarling? version was wrong - surprise, all these spellings were wrong! They had the following children:
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