Alfred Grima Johnson family papers, 1805-2001 (bulk 1850-1950).

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Alfred Grima Johnson family papers, 1805-2001 (bulk 1850-1950).

The Alfred Grima Johnson Family Papers consist of records assembled by Alfred Grima Johnson pertaining to his ancestors in the Grima, Montegut, Pitot, Pugh, and Foley families of France, Malta, and South Louisiana from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The records include correspondence, financial and legal documents, photographs, and other items accumulated specifically for genealogical study. These include family trees, historical reports and publications, and transactional records detailing family births, marriages, deaths, and business interests.

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Grima family.

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Montegut family.

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Foley, John.

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Grima, Felix, 1798-1887

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Johnson, Alfred Grima, 1919-2008.

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Alfred Grima Johnson was born June 5, 1919 in New York City to Bradish Gaillard Johnson III and Emma Marie Grima Johnson, both of whom descended from prominent New Orleans families. Johnson attended Harvard and after graduation served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, earning several decorations from the American, British, and French governments. After the war Johnson completed a law degree from Louisiana State University. In 1948 he joined the Central Intelligence Agency,...

Foley family.

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Pugh, Thomas, 1796-1852

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Thomas Pugh was born on July 4, 1796, in Bertie County, N.C. Along with his half-brothers Whitmell Hill and Augustin, he moved to Louisiana in 1818 and settled on Bayou Lafourche, near Napoleonville, La., in 1820. He married Eliza Catherine Foley in 1825 and the couple had sixteen children, nine of whom lived to adulthood. Pugh worked as a sugar cane planter and built Madewood Plantation. He died on October 31, 1852. From the description of Thomas Pugh and family papers, 1832-1946 (b...

Pitot family.

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Pugh family.

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Grima, Emma Pugh.

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