Aimee Toledano and the Oldest Cathedral in the US

Aimee Toledano, a wealthy Creole woman, was christened at the oldest cathedral in the United States—St Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Aimee was Creole by virtue of her Spanish and likely French heritage. She was 1/4 Spanish and 1/8 German. Many of her other ancestors were probably French, although they were born in Louisiana.

Aimee’s husband was a physician with considerable landholdings. Her parents amassed a fortune of $126,000 (about $3.5 million in 2016 dollars).

The cathedral was largely rebuilt in the mid-19^th century; it looked somewhat different at the time Aimee was christened. The current structure, which is over 150 years old, is a New Orleans icon.

According to information on familysearch.org/tree, Aimee Toledano is the 3rd-great grandmother of C. Muntz. C Muntz – M Lambert – Roger Lambert – Edmee Dufilho – Marie Debaillon – Aimee Toledano

References:

All websites accessed 16 September 2016.

Information about Aimee’s husband: http://www.holliergenealogy.info/getperson.php?personID=I733&tree=Hollier-Dufilho

Information about Aimee’s parents: http://www.holliergenealogy.info/getperson.php?personID=I846&tree=Hollier-Dufilho

Inflation calculator: http://www.in2013dollars.com/1859-dollars-in-2016?amount=126000

Aimee’s christening date, links to her forebears: http://www.holliergenealogy.info/getperson.php?personID=I734&tree=Hollier-Dufilho

Oldest cathedral: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cathedral_(New_Orleans)

Picture: “Jackson Square and Cathedral St. Louis, New Orleans, La (NYPL b12647398-62106),” Wikimedia Commons, accessed 16 September 2016, “This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original.” Print from 1898. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jackson_Square_and_Cathedral_St._Louis,_New_Orleans,_La_(NYPL_b12647398-62106).tiff

Picture of the Cathedral in 1794. https://www.loc.gov/rr/european/imlu/images/lux6.jpg

Picture of the Cathedral in 1838. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StLouisCathedralNOLA1838.jpg