QUICK-LINK SITE INDEX

Andres de La Valette (b: 1730) Patriarch Page. This is where to start your trek with the New Orleans Vallettes.  Includes a Louisiana/France background sketch of various historical Valettes; coats of arms; surname origins; etc. Or quickly move on to any of the pages listed below.  All pages are cross-linked.

Outline Tree: Vallettes of New Orleans, 1730 to 2003; with links to branch trees, a source tree back to the 12th century, and some of what is found below.

Antoine Vallette: brief historical sketch and links to family trees of 1st wife (Fenouilleau) and 2nd wife (Tassin); plus an historical document.

Plaquemines Parish 1810 Census.

The Capstan: reproduction of ship's newspaper (USS Lavallette DD315) relating brief family history of Rear Admiral Eli A. F. Lavallette.

Brief tree of Charles Jean Marie Felix Marquis de La Valette.

Brief tree of Antoine Marie Chamans de La Vallette.

A family tree of the Daubards (Dobard) showing inter-relation of Antoine's wives to each other and the Vallettes, plus relationship to a large number of early Plaquemines Parish families.

A portrait of Admiral Eli Lavallette, and a brief history of his military service, plus links to related info.

Portraits of Francois & Maria "Carmelite" (Rodriguez) Vallette,  with link to a photo of their antebellum home in Algiers (across the river from New Orleans), Louisiana and a link to a partial Rodriguez family tree.

A Provisional Source Tree of early Valettes going back to the 12th century, plus some notes, an historical sketch, and two portraits. Use this tree to try and connect to "your" French-Valette roots.  It's an ongoing project that changes regularly.  If you have Valette data on an individual or a branch that you can directly connect to this tree,  please contact us via our Guest Book. We would also appreciate you notifying us of any glaring errors.

Historical sketch about Octave Francois Vallette.  Included are links to sketches on the Hands family, et cetera. This is cousin Adrian's fine work.  Also includes Octave's Civil War record.

1860 View of Algiers (New Orleans) , LA; 1837 view of Vallette Ship Yard; and brief history sketch of the Vallette shipbuilding  and warehouse enterprises.

Some family entries from the records of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (plus historical notes and comments), mostly to show how they have varied over the years starting in 1718. Their recent publication also shows how much some of the early records have deteriorated, requiring interpolation by Archdioceses transcribers.

Family military roster.

A Vallette 9-11 Tragedy

The Lavalettes & Laviolets of Buchanan County, Missouri.
A prime example of surname variations and "dit name" use.

Who Were The Huguenots, and Where and Why?

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