Francesca Akhtar Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Does anyone know anything about him? I believe he was an oilman who was connected to Clay Shaw and Lloyd Cobb but can't seem to find out much more about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Does anyone know anything about him? I believe he was an oilman who was connected to Clay Shaw and Lloyd Cobb but can't seem to find out much more about him. Francesca, I don't have much on Roussell but I can tell you that he began his career as a streetcar conductor. He eventually progressed to being a New Orleans banker. In 1966, he became the franchise owner of the National Football Team in New Orleans. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesca Akhtar Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Hi James, thanks for the info, didn't have it. I am interested I him because I've read that he was connected to Shaw and Lloyd Cobb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas H. Purvis Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Hi James, thanks for the info, didn't have it. I am interested I him because I've read that he was connected to Shaw and Lloyd Cobb. Francesca; I spent considerable time & effort in accumulating the "Roussel" connection response. Only to lose it. However, being as somewhat "hard headed" as I am, I seldom completely give up. So, you will have to judge the merit of the provided information. Tom. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: EMPIRE LAND CORPORATION Registered Agent (Appointed 5/31/1974): LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 President: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LOUISIANA ROYALTIES, INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 7/15/1960): F.D.V. DE LA BARRE, 1501 AMERICAN BANK BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Secretary/Treasurer: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 1500 AMER. BANK BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: RED RIVER MINERALS CORPORATION Mailing Address: 1806 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1806 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 12/15/1958 Registered Agent (Appointed 12/30/1960): F. D. V. DE LA BARRE, 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: THREE B OIL CORPORATION Mailing Address: C/O G. WRAY GILL, 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 02/05/1959 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/05/1959): G. WRAY GILL, 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LOUISIANA MINERAL SUPPLY, INCORPORATED Registered Agent (Appointed 5/15/1981): HENRY JOSEPH ROUSSEL, JR., 535 MAGNOLIA WOOD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 President: HENRY J. ROUSSEL, JR., 535 MAGNOLIA WOOD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/roussel.htm STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish of Baton Rouge, ss: I, Henry J. Roussel, Jr., 2172 Elissalde Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, being first duly sworn, depose and say: That while in the United States Marine Corps I served for approximately three or four months with Lee Harvey Oswald in MACS-9 in Santa Ana, California. On one occasion I arranged a date for Oswald with my aunt, Rosaleen Quinn, an airline stewardess who, because she was interested in working for the American Embassy in Russia, had taken a leave from her job in order to study Russian. I arranged the date because I knew of Oswald's study of the Russian language. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools Order Record? LOUIS J ROUSSEL 28 Jul 1906 20 Oct 2001 (V) 70002 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 437-14-1061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viewing 1-13 of 13 Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools Order Record? JOHN C OSWALD 11 Aug 1898 15 Oct 2000 (V) 70006 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-09-6452 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com NORMAN OSWALD 10 Sep 1908 Feb 1970 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-10-2134 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com WILLIAM OSWALD 11 Apr 1907 May 1973 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-20-3829 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com LAURA M OSWALD 30 Jul 1900 05 May 1988 70006 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-72-5830 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com FRITZ OSWALD 15 Apr 1905 Apr 1982 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 434-01-3726 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com BETTY H OSWALD 21 Nov 1937 31 May 2006 (V) 70072 (Marrero, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 434-48-7771 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com ROBERT OSWALD 24 Aug 1874 Nov 1967 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 436-10-6126 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARY OSWALD 07 May 1909 Nov 1975 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 436-94-5462 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com ROBERT OSWALD 16 Jan 1915 Mar 1971 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 438-01-0613 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com LOWELL OSWALD 11 Nov 1916 Sep 1984 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 438-01-9687 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com HAZEL OSWALD 11 Oct 1890 Oct 1977 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 438-20-7688 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARGARET OSWALD 17 Jul 1929 22 Apr 1994 70002 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 439-82-3687 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARGUERITE OSWALD 20 Feb 1905 Feb 1984 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 439-88-4013 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com Viewing 1-13 of 13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOW! Hopefully, this will "well" mark the path which you should follow. Hope that helps some. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas H. Purvis Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Hi James, thanks for the info, didn't have it. I am interested I him because I've read that he was connected to Shaw and Lloyd Cobb. Francesca; I spent considerable time & effort in accumulating the "Roussel" connection response. Only to lose it. However, being as somewhat "hard headed" as I am, I seldom completely give up. So, you will have to judge the merit of the provided information. Tom. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: EMPIRE LAND CORPORATION Registered Agent (Appointed 5/31/1974): LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 President: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LOUISIANA ROYALTIES, INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 7/15/1960): F.D.V. DE LA BARRE, 1501 AMERICAN BANK BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Secretary/Treasurer: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 1500 AMER. BANK BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: RED RIVER MINERALS CORPORATION Mailing Address: 1806 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1806 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 12/15/1958 Registered Agent (Appointed 12/30/1960): F. D. V. DE LA BARRE, 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: THREE B OIL CORPORATION Mailing Address: C/O G. WRAY GILL, 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 02/05/1959 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/05/1959): G. WRAY GILL, 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LOUISIANA MINERAL SUPPLY, INCORPORATED Registered Agent (Appointed 5/15/1981): HENRY JOSEPH ROUSSEL, JR., 535 MAGNOLIA WOOD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 President: HENRY J. ROUSSEL, JR., 535 MAGNOLIA WOOD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/roussel.htm STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish of Baton Rouge, ss: I, Henry J. Roussel, Jr., 2172 Elissalde Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, being first duly sworn, depose and say: That while in the United States Marine Corps I served for approximately three or four months with Lee Harvey Oswald in MACS-9 in Santa Ana, California. On one occasion I arranged a date for Oswald with my aunt, Rosaleen Quinn, an airline stewardess who, because she was interested in working for the American Embassy in Russia, had taken a leave from her job in order to study Russian. I arranged the date because I knew of Oswald's study of the Russian language. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools Order Record? LOUIS J ROUSSEL 28 Jul 1906 20 Oct 2001 (V) 70002 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 437-14-1061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viewing 1-13 of 13 Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools Order Record? JOHN C OSWALD 11 Aug 1898 15 Oct 2000 (V) 70006 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-09-6452 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com NORMAN OSWALD 10 Sep 1908 Feb 1970 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-10-2134 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com WILLIAM OSWALD 11 Apr 1907 May 1973 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-20-3829 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com LAURA M OSWALD 30 Jul 1900 05 May 1988 70006 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-72-5830 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com FRITZ OSWALD 15 Apr 1905 Apr 1982 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 434-01-3726 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com BETTY H OSWALD 21 Nov 1937 31 May 2006 (V) 70072 (Marrero, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 434-48-7771 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com ROBERT OSWALD 24 Aug 1874 Nov 1967 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 436-10-6126 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARY OSWALD 07 May 1909 Nov 1975 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 436-94-5462 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com ROBERT OSWALD 16 Jan 1915 Mar 1971 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 438-01-0613 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com LOWELL OSWALD 11 Nov 1916 Sep 1984 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 438-01-9687 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com HAZEL OSWALD 11 Oct 1890 Oct 1977 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 438-20-7688 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARGARET OSWALD 17 Jul 1929 22 Apr 1994 70002 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 439-82-3687 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARGUERITE OSWALD 20 Feb 1905 Feb 1984 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 439-88-4013 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com Viewing 1-13 of 13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOW! Hopefully, this will "well" mark the path which you should follow. Hope that helps some. Tom http://www.wargs.com/other/oswald.html Grandfather of Lee Harvey Oswald: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Claverie, streetcar conductor, b. New Orleans, La., ... [ca. 1870], d. ... 19 July 1930 [Louisiana Death Records Index 1804-1949] m. New Orleans, La., 8 July 1897 [Louisiana Marriage Records Index 1831-1925] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great-Grandfather of Lee Harvey Oswald: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Oswald, b. ... , Miss., ... Feb. 1848, d. ... 14 July 1923 [Louisiana Death Records Index 1804-1949] m. ... [prob. Louisiana ca. 1880] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Oswald was one of the first Electrical Engineers in South Louisiana. He is partially responsible for "Lighting" the Cotton Exposition of 1884, as well as thereafter going to work for Edison Electric which converted the horse drawn trolly car system of New Orleans, LA to the electric trolly system. Which of course now required "Street Car Conductors". http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2...07-12/blake.php Hey Blake, Here's one I'll bet you can't find any info about. A German electrician was an associate of Thomas Edison and electrified the 1884 Cotton Exposition in New Orleans. His name was William Oswald. That was quite a feat he performed at the Exposition. Can you tell us anything about him? What was the company he worked for? Where did he live? Thomas Edison we all know. William Oswald, the German immigrant electrician, played some role in helping to bring electricity to New Orleans. What about him? Jeff Dear Jeff, This is a bet you lose. William Oswald, as you say, was a German immigrant born in 1860. He was one of the first electrical engineers in New Orleans. In August 1884, Mr. Maurice Hart and his associates organized the Louisiana Light and Power Co. and obtained the contract for lighting the main building at the Cotton Centennial Exhibition. William Oswald was superintendent of this project. In August 1886, the City Council granted the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New Orleans permission to erect boilers at 1004-1008 Baronne St. Heading the board of directors was Thomas Alva Edison. Oswald resigned from his position with the Louisiana company and joined the Edison company. And it was this company that installed the first interior lighting. The first building to be lighted was Leon Lamothe's saloon. Located on the first block of St. Charles Street, the saloon had a wire run to it that was connected to a small dynamo that was, in turn, connected to an engine at the St. Charles Hotel. For most of his life, William Oswald resided in Covington, and this is where he died at age 83 on March 6, 1943. But we know who ultimately won the battle for lighting the streets, buildings, and houses of New Orleans. The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. was the first to supply incandescent lighting, and William Oswald was a major player ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Covington" residence of William Oswald (Great-Grandfather to LHO) was, due to anti-german sentiment, burned during WWI. http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/WWI.htm William Oswald, a German and associate of Thomas Edison, whose Covington estate was destroyed during World War I by anti-German citizens, and Oswald’s role in electrifying the 1885 Cotton Esposition; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In fact, the Covington, LA home grounds of William Oswald were once considered as placement on the Register of Historic Places in Louisiana, due to the contributions and accomplishments of William Oswald. http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Regio...isiana-1-2.html REGIONAL HISTORY--LOUISIANA--NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY--NOMINATIONS FORMS William Oswald Home (Little Hill), Covington ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francesca, I don't have much on Roussell but I can tell you that he began his career as a streetcar conductor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do believe that Mr. Richards has provided you with some "common ground". 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Thomas H. Purvis Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Hi James, thanks for the info, didn't have it. I am interested I him because I've read that he was connected to Shaw and Lloyd Cobb. Francesca; I spent considerable time & effort in accumulating the "Roussel" connection response. Only to lose it. However, being as somewhat "hard headed" as I am, I seldom completely give up. So, you will have to judge the merit of the provided information. Tom. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: EMPIRE LAND CORPORATION Registered Agent (Appointed 5/31/1974): LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 President: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LOUISIANA ROYALTIES, INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 7/15/1960): F.D.V. DE LA BARRE, 1501 AMERICAN BANK BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Secretary/Treasurer: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 1500 AMER. BANK BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: RED RIVER MINERALS CORPORATION Mailing Address: 1806 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1806 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 12/15/1958 Registered Agent (Appointed 12/30/1960): F. D. V. DE LA BARRE, 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: THREE B OIL CORPORATION Mailing Address: C/O G. WRAY GILL, 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 02/05/1959 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/05/1959): G. WRAY GILL, 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LOUISIANA MINERAL SUPPLY, INCORPORATED Registered Agent (Appointed 5/15/1981): HENRY JOSEPH ROUSSEL, JR., 535 MAGNOLIA WOOD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 President: HENRY J. ROUSSEL, JR., 535 MAGNOLIA WOOD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/roussel.htm STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish of Baton Rouge, ss: I, Henry J. Roussel, Jr., 2172 Elissalde Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, being first duly sworn, depose and say: That while in the United States Marine Corps I served for approximately three or four months with Lee Harvey Oswald in MACS-9 in Santa Ana, California. On one occasion I arranged a date for Oswald with my aunt, Rosaleen Quinn, an airline stewardess who, because she was interested in working for the American Embassy in Russia, had taken a leave from her job in order to study Russian. I arranged the date because I knew of Oswald's study of the Russian language. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools Order Record? LOUIS J ROUSSEL 28 Jul 1906 20 Oct 2001 (V) 70002 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 437-14-1061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viewing 1-13 of 13 Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools Order Record? JOHN C OSWALD 11 Aug 1898 15 Oct 2000 (V) 70006 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-09-6452 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com NORMAN OSWALD 10 Sep 1908 Feb 1970 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-10-2134 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com WILLIAM OSWALD 11 Apr 1907 May 1973 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-20-3829 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com LAURA M OSWALD 30 Jul 1900 05 May 1988 70006 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-72-5830 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com FRITZ OSWALD 15 Apr 1905 Apr 1982 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 434-01-3726 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com BETTY H OSWALD 21 Nov 1937 31 May 2006 (V) 70072 (Marrero, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 434-48-7771 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com ROBERT OSWALD 24 Aug 1874 Nov 1967 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 436-10-6126 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARY OSWALD 07 May 1909 Nov 1975 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 436-94-5462 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com ROBERT OSWALD 16 Jan 1915 Mar 1971 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 438-01-0613 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com LOWELL OSWALD 11 Nov 1916 Sep 1984 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 438-01-9687 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com HAZEL OSWALD 11 Oct 1890 Oct 1977 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 438-20-7688 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARGARET OSWALD 17 Jul 1929 22 Apr 1994 70002 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 439-82-3687 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARGUERITE OSWALD 20 Feb 1905 Feb 1984 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 439-88-4013 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com Viewing 1-13 of 13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOW! Hopefully, this will "well" mark the path which you should follow. Hope that helps some. Tom http://www.wargs.com/other/oswald.html Grandfather of Lee Harvey Oswald: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Claverie, streetcar conductor, b. New Orleans, La., ... [ca. 1870], d. ... 19 July 1930 [Louisiana Death Records Index 1804-1949] m. New Orleans, La., 8 July 1897 [Louisiana Marriage Records Index 1831-1925] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great-Grandfather of Lee Harvey Oswald: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Oswald, b. ... , Miss., ... Feb. 1848, d. ... 14 July 1923 [Louisiana Death Records Index 1804-1949] m. ... [prob. Louisiana ca. 1880] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Oswald was one of the first Electrical Engineers in South Louisiana. He is partially responsible for "Lighting" the Cotton Exposition of 1884, as well as thereafter going to work for Edison Electric which converted the horse drawn trolly car system of New Orleans, LA to the electric trolly system. Which of course now required "Street Car Conductors". http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2...07-12/blake.php Hey Blake, Here's one I'll bet you can't find any info about. A German electrician was an associate of Thomas Edison and electrified the 1884 Cotton Exposition in New Orleans. His name was William Oswald. That was quite a feat he performed at the Exposition. Can you tell us anything about him? What was the company he worked for? Where did he live? Thomas Edison we all know. William Oswald, the German immigrant electrician, played some role in helping to bring electricity to New Orleans. What about him? Jeff Dear Jeff, This is a bet you lose. William Oswald, as you say, was a German immigrant born in 1860. He was one of the first electrical engineers in New Orleans. In August 1884, Mr. Maurice Hart and his associates organized the Louisiana Light and Power Co. and obtained the contract for lighting the main building at the Cotton Centennial Exhibition. William Oswald was superintendent of this project. In August 1886, the City Council granted the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New Orleans permission to erect boilers at 1004-1008 Baronne St. Heading the board of directors was Thomas Alva Edison. Oswald resigned from his position with the Louisiana company and joined the Edison company. And it was this company that installed the first interior lighting. The first building to be lighted was Leon Lamothe's saloon. Located on the first block of St. Charles Street, the saloon had a wire run to it that was connected to a small dynamo that was, in turn, connected to an engine at the St. Charles Hotel. For most of his life, William Oswald resided in Covington, and this is where he died at age 83 on March 6, 1943. But we know who ultimately won the battle for lighting the streets, buildings, and houses of New Orleans. The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. was the first to supply incandescent lighting, and William Oswald was a major player ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Covington" residence of William Oswald (Great-Grandfather to LHO) was, due to anti-german sentiment, burned during WWI. http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/WWI.htm William Oswald, a German and associate of Thomas Edison, whose Covington estate was destroyed during World War I by anti-German citizens, and Oswald’s role in electrifying the 1885 Cotton Esposition; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In fact, the Covington, LA home grounds of William Oswald were once considered as placement on the Register of Historic Places in Louisiana, due to the contributions and accomplishments of William Oswald. http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Regio...isiana-1-2.html REGIONAL HISTORY--LOUISIANA--NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY--NOMINATIONS FORMS William Oswald Home (Little Hill), Covington ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francesca, I don't have much on Roussell but I can tell you that he began his career as a streetcar conductor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do believe that Mr. Richards has provided you with some "common ground". One, perhaps final, comment. Then one can become lost in the maze if they so desire. Under the assumption that everyone knows who "Clem Sehrt" is: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/whitmeysehrt.htm When the HSCA investigated Marguerite Oswald's links to associates of Carlos Marcello, Clem Sehrt's name came to their attention through Aaron Kohn of the New Orleans Crime Commission. (5) First, one of Sehrt's law partners had served as an attorney for Carlos Marcello. Second, Sehrt had been closely associated with a banking official named Louis Rousell for many years, particularly in the 1950's, who, in turn, had been closely linked to Carlos Marcello. Kohn informed the Committee that both Sehrt and Rousell had been "...long involved in a number of highly questionable undertakings, both business and political." (Sehrt was elected president of the National American Bank in 1963, having served on the board of directors since 1958, and previously had been general counsel to the state banking department and the Orleans Levee Board during the 1950's, in addition to practicing law for thirty years.) (6) It is conceivable that Sehrt and Andrews knew each other professionally and/or personally, and that Sehrt attempted to pass on a request for Oswald's representation to him. Given the fact that Sehrt's law office was in the Pere Marquette Building, it is also possible that he could be linked to G. Wray Gill, David Ferrie and even Eugene Hale Brading (a.k.a Jim Braden), although not necessarily to the assassination itself. If there is ever another investigation of the JFK assassination, the curious connections of Clem Sehrt should certainly command more attention than was the case in 1964 and 1978. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SALT DOME SULPHUR CORPORATION Mailing Address: 1507 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1507 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 10/31/1956 Registered Agent (Appointed 10/31/1956): CLEM H. SEHRT, 5870 CANAL BV, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Note: Clem's father was one of the founders of the New Orleans Athletic Club/New Orleans Gymnastics Club, which is of course part of the association of Clem (Jr.) and John Pic, to Marguerite Oswald. Somewhere, I have an old photo of the early founders of the New Orleans Athletic Club founders, and Clem's father is among those in the photo. In event I can locate it, it will be provided, as it has many "interesting" names along with Clem's father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas H. Purvis Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 (edited) Hi James, thanks for the info, didn't have it. I am interested I him because I've read that he was connected to Shaw and Lloyd Cobb. Francesca; I spent considerable time & effort in accumulating the "Roussel" connection response. Only to lose it. However, being as somewhat "hard headed" as I am, I seldom completely give up. So, you will have to judge the merit of the provided information. Tom. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: EMPIRE LAND CORPORATION Registered Agent (Appointed 5/31/1974): LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 President: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LOUISIANA ROYALTIES, INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 7/15/1960): F.D.V. DE LA BARRE, 1501 AMERICAN BANK BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Secretary/Treasurer: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 1500 AMER. BANK BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: RED RIVER MINERALS CORPORATION Mailing Address: 1806 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1806 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 12/15/1958 Registered Agent (Appointed 12/30/1960): F. D. V. DE LA BARRE, 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: THREE B OIL CORPORATION Mailing Address: C/O G. WRAY GILL, 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 02/05/1959 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/05/1959): G. WRAY GILL, 1707 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LOUISIANA MINERAL SUPPLY, INCORPORATED Registered Agent (Appointed 5/15/1981): HENRY JOSEPH ROUSSEL, JR., 535 MAGNOLIA WOOD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 President: HENRY J. ROUSSEL, JR., 535 MAGNOLIA WOOD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 ________________________________________________________________________________ _________ One Can ignore the above. It should have been: LIVONIA GASOLINE CORPORATION Registered Agent (Appointed 6/29/1964): EDWARD J. BOYLE SR, 712 AMERICAN BK BD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 6/29/1964): JOHN J. SEHRT JR., 1539 JACKSON AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ________________________________________________________________________________ _________ That often happens when one has cerebral/rectal inversion! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/roussel.htm STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish of Baton Rouge, ss: I, Henry J. Roussel, Jr., 2172 Elissalde Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, being first duly sworn, depose and say: That while in the United States Marine Corps I served for approximately three or four months with Lee Harvey Oswald in MACS-9 in Santa Ana, California. On one occasion I arranged a date for Oswald with my aunt, Rosaleen Quinn, an airline stewardess who, because she was interested in working for the American Embassy in Russia, had taken a leave from her job in order to study Russian. I arranged the date because I knew of Oswald's study of the Russian language. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools Order Record? LOUIS J ROUSSEL 28 Jul 1906 20 Oct 2001 (V) 70002 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 437-14-1061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viewing 1-13 of 13 Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued Tools Order Record? JOHN C OSWALD 11 Aug 1898 15 Oct 2000 (V) 70006 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-09-6452 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com NORMAN OSWALD 10 Sep 1908 Feb 1970 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-10-2134 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com WILLIAM OSWALD 11 Apr 1907 May 1973 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-20-3829 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com LAURA M OSWALD 30 Jul 1900 05 May 1988 70006 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 433-72-5830 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com FRITZ OSWALD 15 Apr 1905 Apr 1982 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 434-01-3726 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com BETTY H OSWALD 21 Nov 1937 31 May 2006 (V) 70072 (Marrero, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 434-48-7771 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com ROBERT OSWALD 24 Aug 1874 Nov 1967 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 436-10-6126 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARY OSWALD 07 May 1909 Nov 1975 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 436-94-5462 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com ROBERT OSWALD 16 Jan 1915 Mar 1971 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 438-01-0613 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com LOWELL OSWALD 11 Nov 1916 Sep 1984 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 438-01-9687 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com HAZEL OSWALD 11 Oct 1890 Oct 1977 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) 438-20-7688 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARGARET OSWALD 17 Jul 1929 22 Apr 1994 70002 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 439-82-3687 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com MARGUERITE OSWALD 20 Feb 1905 Feb 1984 70005 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 439-88-4013 Louisiana SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Search Ancestry.com Viewing 1-13 of 13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOW! Hopefully, this will "well" mark the path which you should follow. Hope that helps some. Tom http://www.wargs.com/other/oswald.html Grandfather of Lee Harvey Oswald: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Claverie, streetcar conductor, b. New Orleans, La., ... [ca. 1870], d. ... 19 July 1930 [Louisiana Death Records Index 1804-1949] m. New Orleans, La., 8 July 1897 [Louisiana Marriage Records Index 1831-1925] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great-Grandfather of Lee Harvey Oswald: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Oswald, b. ... , Miss., ... Feb. 1848, d. ... 14 July 1923 [Louisiana Death Records Index 1804-1949] m. ... [prob. Louisiana ca. 1880] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Oswald was one of the first Electrical Engineers in South Louisiana. He is partially responsible for "Lighting" the Cotton Exposition of 1884, as well as thereafter going to work for Edison Electric which converted the horse drawn trolly car system of New Orleans, LA to the electric trolly system. Which of course now required "Street Car Conductors". http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2...07-12/blake.php Hey Blake, Here's one I'll bet you can't find any info about. A German electrician was an associate of Thomas Edison and electrified the 1884 Cotton Exposition in New Orleans. His name was William Oswald. That was quite a feat he performed at the Exposition. Can you tell us anything about him? What was the company he worked for? Where did he live? Thomas Edison we all know. William Oswald, the German immigrant electrician, played some role in helping to bring electricity to New Orleans. What about him? Jeff Dear Jeff, This is a bet you lose. William Oswald, as you say, was a German immigrant born in 1860. He was one of the first electrical engineers in New Orleans. In August 1884, Mr. Maurice Hart and his associates organized the Louisiana Light and Power Co. and obtained the contract for lighting the main building at the Cotton Centennial Exhibition. William Oswald was superintendent of this project. In August 1886, the City Council granted the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New Orleans permission to erect boilers at 1004-1008 Baronne St. Heading the board of directors was Thomas Alva Edison. Oswald resigned from his position with the Louisiana company and joined the Edison company. And it was this company that installed the first interior lighting. The first building to be lighted was Leon Lamothe's saloon. Located on the first block of St. Charles Street, the saloon had a wire run to it that was connected to a small dynamo that was, in turn, connected to an engine at the St. Charles Hotel. For most of his life, William Oswald resided in Covington, and this is where he died at age 83 on March 6, 1943. But we know who ultimately won the battle for lighting the streets, buildings, and houses of New Orleans. The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. was the first to supply incandescent lighting, and William Oswald was a major player ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Covington" residence of William Oswald (Great-Grandfather to LHO) was, due to anti-german sentiment, burned during WWI. http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/WWI.htm William Oswald, a German and associate of Thomas Edison, whose Covington estate was destroyed during World War I by anti-German citizens, and Oswald’s role in electrifying the 1885 Cotton Esposition; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In fact, the Covington, LA home grounds of William Oswald were once considered as placement on the Register of Historic Places in Louisiana, due to the contributions and accomplishments of William Oswald. http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Regio...isiana-1-2.html REGIONAL HISTORY--LOUISIANA--NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY--NOMINATIONS FORMS William Oswald Home (Little Hill), Covington ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francesca, I don't have much on Roussell but I can tell you that he began his career as a streetcar conductor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do believe that Mr. Richards has provided you with some "common ground". One, perhaps final, comment. Then one can become lost in the maze if they so desire. Under the assumption that everyone knows who "Clem Sehrt" is: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/whitmeysehrt.htm When the HSCA investigated Marguerite Oswald's links to associates of Carlos Marcello, Clem Sehrt's name came to their attention through Aaron Kohn of the New Orleans Crime Commission. (5) First, one of Sehrt's law partners had served as an attorney for Carlos Marcello. Second, Sehrt had been closely associated with a banking official named Louis Rousell for many years, particularly in the 1950's, who, in turn, had been closely linked to Carlos Marcello. Kohn informed the Committee that both Sehrt and Rousell had been "...long involved in a number of highly questionable undertakings, both business and political." (Sehrt was elected president of the National American Bank in 1963, having served on the board of directors since 1958, and previously had been general counsel to the state banking department and the Orleans Levee Board during the 1950's, in addition to practicing law for thirty years.) (6) It is conceivable that Sehrt and Andrews knew each other professionally and/or personally, and that Sehrt attempted to pass on a request for Oswald's representation to him. Given the fact that Sehrt's law office was in the Pere Marquette Building, it is also possible that he could be linked to G. Wray Gill, David Ferrie and even Eugene Hale Brading (a.k.a Jim Braden), although not necessarily to the assassination itself. If there is ever another investigation of the JFK assassination, the curious connections of Clem Sehrt should certainly command more attention than was the case in 1964 and 1978. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SALT DOME SULPHUR CORPORATION Mailing Address: 1507 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 1507 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 10/31/1956 Registered Agent (Appointed 10/31/1956): CLEM H. SEHRT, 5870 CANAL BV, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Note: Clem's father was one of the founders of the New Orleans Athletic Club/New Orleans Gymnastics Club, which is of course part of the association of Clem (Jr.) and John Pic, to Marguerite Oswald. Somewhere, I have an old photo of the early founders of the New Orleans Athletic Club founders, and Clem's father is among those in the photo. In event I can locate it, it will be provided, as it has many "interesting" names along with Clem's father. Lost yet??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: AMERICAN ST. CHARLES COMPANY, INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 2/02/1965): EDWARD J. BOYLE SR., 7356 CAMEO ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70124 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/02/1965): CLEM H. SEHRT, 5870 CANAL BLVD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70124 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: MULLENAX SHEET METAL CO. OF LOUISIANA, INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 1/27/1965): EDWARD J BOYLE SR, 4356 CAMEO ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 1/27/1965): VIRGIL M WHEELER JR, 7100 MARSHAL FOCH, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since Mr. Shinley apparantly has been following along on some of this: http://www.jfk-online.com/jpsgbcruspub.html The charge was filed by oilman Louis J. Roussel, who claimed he was defamed by a garbled account of an SEC action against a firm selling stock in Roussel's Universal Drilling Company. Roussel's partner was Louisiana State Supreme Court Supreme Justice, John B. Fournet. The state was represented by special attorneys Clem Sehrt and Edward Boyle, who actually represented Roussel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: UNIVERSAL DRILLING CO., INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 6/02/1986): LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 Director: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 President: LOUIS J. ROUSSEL, 3115 SIXTH STREET, METAIRIE, LA 70002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited August 4, 2006 by Thomas H. Purvis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 (edited) The "Covington" residence of William Oswald (Great-Grandfather to LHO) was, due to anti-german sentiment, burned during WWI. (Thomas Purvis) Tom, Regarding William Oswald, I believe he had a nephew also named William Oswald. BTW, do you know anything about a Julius J. Oswald who worked at the Standard Coffee Co. in New Orleans? James Edited August 5, 2006 by James Richards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 (edited) I'm not sure anyone is interested in this but it might be worth noting here that Clem Sehrt and Louis Roussell were board members of the Traders and General Insurance Co. of Dallas. Board Chairman was Leo Corrigan. I would have posted this image of Louis Roussell earlier but I was having some problems with my photo files. FWIW. James Edited August 5, 2006 by James Richards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesca Akhtar Posted August 5, 2006 Author Share Posted August 5, 2006 Thanks James and Thomas for all the info and photo! That's great, thomas you certainly dug up quite a bit on this man. Haven't had much time to look it all through in detail as am busy packing to go away in a couple of days but one thing caught my eye. The mention of a 'Henry Roussell who served with Oswald?! Weird, is he any relation to Louis? Now that would be more than a mere coincidence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Thanks James and Thomas for all the info and photo! That's great, thomas you certainly dug up quite a bit on this man. Haven't had much time to look it all through in detail as am busy packing to go away in a couple of days but one thing caught my eye. The mention of a 'Henry Roussell who served with Oswald?! Weird, is he any relation to Louis? Now that would be more than a mere coincidence! David S Leventhal IRS agent 212 N St Paul RI 8-5611 ext. 2466 Business Address 8th fl Corrigan Towers Leventhal last saw Ruby when he and his wife visited the Carousel Club around 1961, His WC testimony mentions re the above number "he never talked to Jack Ruby 'on this extension" he should have went into politics, he would have done well. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...bsPageId=171723 J.C. Price Terminal Annex Bdlg Gen. Services RI 8-5611, Ext 3105 Residence 2602 Astor, Dallas, Age 62, WH 1-1940. [J.C. Price, I saw a man run from the fence and go behind the Book Depository-- 30 minutes later gave this information to the Sheriff] WC CE 2003, p 222; Decker Exhibit 5323, p 492; Lane, Rush to Judgement p 24-25, also see interview in Rush to Judgement Film Mark Lane & Emile de Antonio.] Leo Corrigan Real Estate 211 N. Ervay Bdlg. 17th Fl RI7-0391 Corrigan Properties Inc. Warren Commission CE 2400 records that Mary Lewandowski, was Secretary to Leo F. Corrigan recieved a check from Jack Ruby for $500.00 on the Thursday before the assassination [11-21-63; for rent according to her statement] Corrigan's son-in-law Edwin B. Jordan owned the Stoneleigh Hotel, Tower Terrace and Maple Terrace; apparently Andre Jitcoff and George DeMohrenschildt both resided for a time at Maple Terrace according to Paul Raigorodsky's WC Testimony; if I understand correctly. Also see http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7087 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas H. Purvis Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 The "Covington" residence of William Oswald (Great-Grandfather to LHO) was, due to anti-german sentiment, burned during WWI. (Thomas Purvis)Tom, Regarding William Oswald, I believe he had a nephew also named William Oswald. BTW, do you know anything about a Julius J. Oswald who worked at the Standard Coffee Co. in New Orleans? James Actually, there were many "William Oswald's" Mostly cousins, etc. William Oswald, father of Robert E. Lee Oswald (Sr.) and grandfather to LHO, also had a son named William who also lived in New Orleans as well. In addition, there was Thomas Oswald, and Harvey Oswald, as well as Robert and William. Therefore, there were four sons to continue generation of the Oswald name. The son of William worked at Reilly Coffee Company (aka Standard Coffee aka Luzianne Coffee). This is the reference which LHO gave on his employment application. (Hazel Oswald, widow of William Oswald, and whom LHO visited) Little is known of the "Julius" Oswald, as well as the other female Oswald who worked at Reilly. Someone was supposed to have checked into this long ago, but has never gotten back to me in regards to whom Julius was descended from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas H. Purvis Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Thanks James and Thomas for all the info and photo! That's great, thomas you certainly dug up quite a bit on this man. Haven't had much time to look it all through in detail as am busy packing to go away in a couple of days but one thing caught my eye. The mention of a 'Henry Roussell who served with Oswald?! Weird, is he any relation to Louis? Now that would be more than a mere coincidence! That was merely "forwards"! One must also work backwards if they wish to make all of the connections. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VALESCERE FOUNDATION Mailing Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Secretary/Treasurer: F.D.V. DE LA BARRE, 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 President: ALTON OCHSNER, JR., M.D., 1407 STATE ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOSPITIUM FOUNDATION Mailing Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 07/05/1967 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/05/1967): ALTON OCHSNER, JR., 1407 STATE ST. Registered Agent (Appointed 7/05/1967): F. D. V. DE LA BARRE, 710 PERE MARQUETTE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE POLITICAL LEAGUE Mailing Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 02/04/1963 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/04/1963): HUBERT J. BADEAUX, 8241 HICKORY ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/04/1963): F. D. V. DE LA BARRE, 4122 PITT ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ASSOCIATION File Date: 12/22/1960 Registered Agent (Appointed 12/22/1960): HUBERT BADEAUX, 8241 HICKORY ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 Registered Agent (Appointed 12/22/1960): FELIX H. LAPEYRE, 2207 STATE ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: DOLLY SHOE CO., INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 1/24/1955): CHARLES ROSEN II, 1801 HIBERNIA BK BD., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 1/24/1955): FELIX H. LAPEYRE, 1801 HIBERNIA BK BD., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is assumed that one knows some of the locations where Marguerite Claverie Oswald and LHO were employed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: GREEN WAVE CLUB Mailing Address: 308 CAMP ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 Domicile Address: 308 CAMP ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/27/1966): CHARLES DUNBAR, HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/27/1966): CHARLES ROSEN, II., 22K BARONNE ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Name: PHELPS, DUNBAR, MARKS, CLAVERIE & SIMS Type of Business: GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES Classes: 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 First Used: 10/01/1955 First Used in LA: 10/01/1955 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIGILANCE INCORPORATED Mailing Address: 100 W 10TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE 19801 Domicile Address: 100 W 10TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE 19801 Principal Office: 100 W 10TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE 19801 Qualified: 03/16/1951 Registered Agent (Appointed 3/16/1951): CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 3/16/1951): SUMTER D. MARKS, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 3/16/1951): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: FOR AMERICA Mailing Address: 208 S LASALLE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60604 Domicile Address: 208 S LASALLE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60604 Principal Office: 208 S LASALLE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60604 Principal Bus. Est. in Louisiana: Qualified: 07/14/1954 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR., 321 ST. CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): SUMTER D. MARKS, JR., 321 ST CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 321 ST. CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: CENTRAL AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO. OF TEXAS Domicile Address: 9760 LEMMON AVE., DALLAS, TX 77001 Qualified: 09/02/1949 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/02/1949): ESMOND PHELPS, NO STREET ADDRESS, NEW ORLEANS, LA Registered Agent (Appointed 9/20/1949): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, NO STREET ADDRESS, NEW ORLEANS, LA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who knows????? Perhaps those automatic sprinkler's are in fact "bugged". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: THE DIXIE PARKING CORPORATION Mailing Address: C/O ESMOND PHELPS, 321 ST. CHARLES ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA Domicile Address: 321 ST. CHARLES ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70150 File Date: 05/07/1937 Registered Agent (Appointed 0/00/0000): ESMOND PHELPS, 321 ST. CHARLES ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, it is assumed that serious researchers know the various places where LHO either applied for, or else gained employment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: FOR AMERICA Qualified: 07/14/1954 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR., 321 ST. CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): SUMTER D. MARKS, JR., 321 ST CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 321 ST. CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEOMARINE SERVICE INTERNATIONAL INC. Mailing Address: 5900 LEMMON AV, DALLAS, TX 75209 Domicile Address: BOROUGH, FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822 Principal Office: 5900 LEMMON AV, DALLAS, TX 75209 Principal Bus. Est. in Louisiana: Registered Agent (Appointed 4/06/1954): CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 4/06/1954): SUMTER D. MARKS, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 4/06/1954): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which ultimately leads directly back to : http://www.mssu.edu/seg-vm/1950.html ... Headquarters for GSI's offshore exploration division, Geomarine Service International, moved from Dallas to New Orleans .. http://www.utdallas.edu/student/catalog/undergrad04/ Prior to World War II, Eugene McDermott, Cecil Green and J. Erik Jonsson, the founders of Geophysical Services, Inc., were in the business of searching for natural resources. The war changed the focus of the company from searching for natural resources to creating instruments that aided in finding enemy planes and submarines. GSI spawned Texas Instruments and in 1958, TI employee Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit that launched a new era for the company, for North Texas and for the world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.answers.com/topic/texas-instruments Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX, www.ti.com) A leading semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1930 as Geophysical Service, an independent contractor specializing in petroleum exploration using sound waves (reflection seismograph method). In 1938, it spun off Geophysical Services, Inc. a Delaware subsidiary to do explorations for others. The parent company was later renamed Coronado Corporation, which ultimately dissolved in 1945. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.mssu.edu/seg-vm/bio_erik_jonsson.html Jonsson's business leadership and civic service record singled him out as the one citizen who could see Dallas through its worst crisis in the aftermath of President John Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. Jonsson, head of the Citizens Council that year, was the official host for the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart where Kennedy was headed and never arrived. He dealt with the immediate situation - involving 2,600 guests in various levels of distress - as only one with a lifetime of experience in handling emergencies could. He wasn't so sure, however, he was up to helping solve the ensuing one, two months later, upon Mayor Earle Cabell's resignation 15 months ahead of term. Finding an interim mayor on short notice was difficult enough, but one who could pull up a people mired in emotional sociopolitical issues and manage a city then billed the world over as a den of violence and hate? That, the Citizens Council agreed, left but one suitable candidate. He, however, "wouldn't have run for notary public" at that time. Furthermore, becoming Mr. Mayor (as he is often addressed 15 years after the fact) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: CORONADO CORPORATION Mailing Address: 510 PERE MARQUETTE B, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 510 PERE MARQUETTE B, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 07/18/1958 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It would appear that we may be going around in circles!!!!!!!!! Perhaps another direction! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SPECIALTY BARGES, INC. File Date: 09/19/1957 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/19/1957): JOHN W. SIMS, 420 HIBERNIA BK BD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/19/1957): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 420 HIBERNIA BK BD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: MARINE EQUIPMENT INC. File Date: 09/05/1952 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/05/1952): JOHN W SIMS, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70150 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/05/1952): EDWARD D FINLEY JR, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70150 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/05/1952): W. B. SPENCER, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: TULANE ALUMNI "T" CLUB File Date: 05/19/1949 Registered Agent (Appointed 5/19/1949): EDWARD D. FINLEY, JR., UNITED FRUIT BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA Registered Agent (Appointed 5/19/1949): JOSEPH MCCLOSKEY, HIBERNIA BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA President: CHARLES L. DUFOUR, NO ADDRESS LISTED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/2_12_64_pm.htm Mrs. OSWALD I then went to work at age 17, not quite 17, for one of the biggest corporation lawyers in New Orleans, La. The name then was DuFour, Rosen, Wolff, and Kammer. Mr. DuFour died while I was there and Mr. Kammer, I believe, is still living but they were corporation attorneys for that firm plus 4 or 5 other attorneys that handled divorce cases and similar cases and I was receptionist in the outer office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: JUNIOR MUSICIANS OF AMERICA, INC. Principal Office: LOS ANGELES, CA Principal Bus. Est. in Louisiana: Qualified: 06/12/1937 Registered Agent (Appointed 6/12/1937): WALKER B. SPENCER, 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 6/12/1937): ESMOND PHELPS, 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 6/12/1937): CHAS. E. DUNBAR, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas H. Purvis Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Thanks James and Thomas for all the info and photo! That's great, thomas you certainly dug up quite a bit on this man. Haven't had much time to look it all through in detail as am busy packing to go away in a couple of days but one thing caught my eye. The mention of a 'Henry Roussell who served with Oswald?! Weird, is he any relation to Louis? Now that would be more than a mere coincidence! That was merely "forwards"! One must also work backwards if they wish to make all of the connections. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VALESCERE FOUNDATION Mailing Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Secretary/Treasurer: F.D.V. DE LA BARRE, 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 President: ALTON OCHSNER, JR., M.D., 1407 STATE ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOSPITIUM FOUNDATION Mailing Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 07/05/1967 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/05/1967): ALTON OCHSNER, JR., 1407 STATE ST. Registered Agent (Appointed 7/05/1967): F. D. V. DE LA BARRE, 710 PERE MARQUETTE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE POLITICAL LEAGUE Mailing Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 710 PERE MARQUETTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 02/04/1963 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/04/1963): HUBERT J. BADEAUX, 8241 HICKORY ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 Registered Agent (Appointed 2/04/1963): F. D. V. DE LA BARRE, 4122 PITT ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ASSOCIATION File Date: 12/22/1960 Registered Agent (Appointed 12/22/1960): HUBERT BADEAUX, 8241 HICKORY ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 Registered Agent (Appointed 12/22/1960): FELIX H. LAPEYRE, 2207 STATE ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: DOLLY SHOE CO., INC. Registered Agent (Appointed 1/24/1955): CHARLES ROSEN II, 1801 HIBERNIA BK BD., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 1/24/1955): FELIX H. LAPEYRE, 1801 HIBERNIA BK BD., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is assumed that one knows some of the locations where Marguerite Claverie Oswald and LHO were employed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: GREEN WAVE CLUB Mailing Address: 308 CAMP ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 Domicile Address: 308 CAMP ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/27/1966): CHARLES DUNBAR, HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/27/1966): CHARLES ROSEN, II., 22K BARONNE ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Name: PHELPS, DUNBAR, MARKS, CLAVERIE & SIMS Type of Business: GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES Classes: 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 First Used: 10/01/1955 First Used in LA: 10/01/1955 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIGILANCE INCORPORATED Mailing Address: 100 W 10TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE 19801 Domicile Address: 100 W 10TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE 19801 Principal Office: 100 W 10TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE 19801 Qualified: 03/16/1951 Registered Agent (Appointed 3/16/1951): CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 3/16/1951): SUMTER D. MARKS, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 3/16/1951): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: FOR AMERICA Mailing Address: 208 S LASALLE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60604 Domicile Address: 208 S LASALLE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60604 Principal Office: 208 S LASALLE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60604 Principal Bus. Est. in Louisiana: Qualified: 07/14/1954 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR., 321 ST. CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): SUMTER D. MARKS, JR., 321 ST CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 321 ST. CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: CENTRAL AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO. OF TEXAS Domicile Address: 9760 LEMMON AVE., DALLAS, TX 77001 Qualified: 09/02/1949 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/02/1949): ESMOND PHELPS, NO STREET ADDRESS, NEW ORLEANS, LA Registered Agent (Appointed 9/20/1949): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, NO STREET ADDRESS, NEW ORLEANS, LA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who knows????? Perhaps those automatic sprinkler's are in fact "bugged". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: THE DIXIE PARKING CORPORATION Mailing Address: C/O ESMOND PHELPS, 321 ST. CHARLES ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA Domicile Address: 321 ST. CHARLES ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA 70150 File Date: 05/07/1937 Registered Agent (Appointed 0/00/0000): ESMOND PHELPS, 321 ST. CHARLES ST., NEW ORLEANS, LA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, it is assumed that serious researchers know the various places where LHO either applied for, or else gained employment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: FOR AMERICA Qualified: 07/14/1954 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR., 321 ST. CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): SUMTER D. MARKS, JR., 321 ST CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Registered Agent (Appointed 7/14/1954): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 321 ST. CHARLES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEOMARINE SERVICE INTERNATIONAL INC. Mailing Address: 5900 LEMMON AV, DALLAS, TX 75209 Domicile Address: BOROUGH, FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822 Principal Office: 5900 LEMMON AV, DALLAS, TX 75209 Principal Bus. Est. in Louisiana: Registered Agent (Appointed 4/06/1954): CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 4/06/1954): SUMTER D. MARKS, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 4/06/1954): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which ultimately leads directly back to : http://www.mssu.edu/seg-vm/1950.html ... Headquarters for GSI's offshore exploration division, Geomarine Service International, moved from Dallas to New Orleans .. http://www.utdallas.edu/student/catalog/undergrad04/ Prior to World War II, Eugene McDermott, Cecil Green and J. Erik Jonsson, the founders of Geophysical Services, Inc., were in the business of searching for natural resources. The war changed the focus of the company from searching for natural resources to creating instruments that aided in finding enemy planes and submarines. GSI spawned Texas Instruments and in 1958, TI employee Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit that launched a new era for the company, for North Texas and for the world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.answers.com/topic/texas-instruments Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX, www.ti.com) A leading semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1930 as Geophysical Service, an independent contractor specializing in petroleum exploration using sound waves (reflection seismograph method). In 1938, it spun off Geophysical Services, Inc. a Delaware subsidiary to do explorations for others. The parent company was later renamed Coronado Corporation, which ultimately dissolved in 1945. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.mssu.edu/seg-vm/bio_erik_jonsson.html Jonsson's business leadership and civic service record singled him out as the one citizen who could see Dallas through its worst crisis in the aftermath of President John Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. Jonsson, head of the Citizens Council that year, was the official host for the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart where Kennedy was headed and never arrived. He dealt with the immediate situation - involving 2,600 guests in various levels of distress - as only one with a lifetime of experience in handling emergencies could. He wasn't so sure, however, he was up to helping solve the ensuing one, two months later, upon Mayor Earle Cabell's resignation 15 months ahead of term. Finding an interim mayor on short notice was difficult enough, but one who could pull up a people mired in emotional sociopolitical issues and manage a city then billed the world over as a den of violence and hate? That, the Citizens Council agreed, left but one suitable candidate. He, however, "wouldn't have run for notary public" at that time. Furthermore, becoming Mr. Mayor (as he is often addressed 15 years after the fact) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: CORONADO CORPORATION Mailing Address: 510 PERE MARQUETTE B, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Domicile Address: 510 PERE MARQUETTE B, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 File Date: 07/18/1958 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It would appear that we may be going around in circles!!!!!!!!! Perhaps another direction! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SPECIALTY BARGES, INC. File Date: 09/19/1957 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/19/1957): JOHN W. SIMS, 420 HIBERNIA BK BD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/19/1957): LOUIS B. CLAVERIE, 420 HIBERNIA BK BD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: MARINE EQUIPMENT INC. File Date: 09/05/1952 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/05/1952): JOHN W SIMS, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70150 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/05/1952): EDWARD D FINLEY JR, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70150 Registered Agent (Appointed 9/05/1952): W. B. SPENCER, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: TULANE ALUMNI "T" CLUB File Date: 05/19/1949 Registered Agent (Appointed 5/19/1949): EDWARD D. FINLEY, JR., UNITED FRUIT BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA Registered Agent (Appointed 5/19/1949): JOSEPH MCCLOSKEY, HIBERNIA BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA President: CHARLES L. DUFOUR, NO ADDRESS LISTED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/2_12_64_pm.htm Mrs. OSWALD I then went to work at age 17, not quite 17, for one of the biggest corporation lawyers in New Orleans, La. The name then was DuFour, Rosen, Wolff, and Kammer. Mr. DuFour died while I was there and Mr. Kammer, I believe, is still living but they were corporation attorneys for that firm plus 4 or 5 other attorneys that handled divorce cases and similar cases and I was receptionist in the outer office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: JUNIOR MUSICIANS OF AMERICA, INC. Principal Office: LOS ANGELES, CA Principal Bus. Est. in Louisiana: Qualified: 06/12/1937 Registered Agent (Appointed 6/12/1937): WALKER B. SPENCER, 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 6/12/1937): ESMOND PHELPS, 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 Registered Agent (Appointed 6/12/1937): CHAS. E. DUNBAR, JR., 1300 HIBERNIA BLDG, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 The "Covington" residence of William Oswald (Great-Grandfather to LHO) was, due to anti-german sentiment, burned during WWI. (Thomas Purvis) Tom, Regarding William Oswald, I believe he had a nephew also named William Oswald. BTW, do you know anything about a Julius J. Oswald who worked at the Standard Coffee Co. in New Orleans? James Actually, there were many "William Oswald's" Mostly cousins, etc. William Oswald, father of Robert E. Lee Oswald (Sr.) and grandfather to LHO, also had a son named William who also lived in New Orleans as well. In addition, there was Thomas Oswald, and Harvey Oswald, as well as Robert and William. Therefore, there were four sons to continue generation of the Oswald name. The son of William worked at Reilly Coffee Company (aka Standard Coffee aka Luzianne Coffee). This is the reference which LHO gave on his employment application. (Hazel Oswald, widow of William Oswald, and whom LHO visited) Little is known of the "Julius" Oswald, as well as the other female Oswald who worked at Reilly. Someone was supposed to have checked into this long ago, but has never gotten back to me in regards to whom Julius was descended from. Thanks, Tom. I did some checking and the William Oswald in question was William S. Oswald. His uncle was also William S. Oswald and both were from Metairie in New Orleans. The younger William said that his uncle had received a visit from Lee Harvey during the summer of 1963. As to Julius J. Oswald, he was supposedly to have met with Jim Garrison but I have no idea what transpired there. FWIW. BTW, do you know who this is below? He is either William Oswald or he is related to Donald Norton somehow. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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