Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Delphine LaLaurie across 2 places, from 1787 to 1842.
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Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (March 19, 1787 – December 7, 1849), more commonly known as Madame Blanque or, after her third marriage, as Madame LaLaurie, was a New Orleans socialite and serial killer who tortured and murdered enslaved people in her household.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Delphine LaLaurie was documented, and when
19 March 1787exact date
New Orleansattested“Marie Delphine Macarty was born in New Orleans, Spanish Louisiana, on March 19, 1787, as one of five children.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
15 August 1842exact date
New Orleansattested“While Delphine was living in exile in Paris with her mother and two sisters, Pauline and Laure, her son Paulin Blanque wrote on August 15, 1842, to his brother-in-law, Auguste DeLassus, stating that Delphine was serious about returning t…”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
15 August 1842exact date
Parisattested“While Delphine was living in exile in Paris with her mother and two sisters, Pauline and Laure, her son Paulin Blanque wrote on August 15, 1842, to his brother-in-law, Auguste DeLassus, stating that Delphine was serious about returning t…”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
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11 June 1800exact date
New Orleansmentioned“On June 11, 1800, at age 13, Delphine married Don Ramón de Lopez y Angulo, a Caballero de la Real de Carlos, a high-ranking Spanish royal officer, at the Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
11 June 1800exact date
St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleansmentioned“On June 11, 1800, at age 13, Delphine married Don Ramón de Lopez y Angulo, a Caballero de la Real de Carlos, a high-ranking Spanish royal officer, at the Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
1804year
Madridmentioned“In 1804, after the American acquisition of what was then again a French territory, Don Ramón had been appointed to the position of consul general for Spain in the Territory of Orleans and was called to appear at the royal court in Madrid.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
1830 to 1834period
Royal Streetmentioned“Funeral registers between 1830 and 1834 document the deaths of 12 enslaved people at the Royal Street mansion, although the causes of said deaths are not mentioned.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
10 April 1834exact date
Royal Streetmentioned“LaLaurie was present at the Royal Street house April 10, 1834, the day of the fire.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
11 April 1834exact date
New Orleansmentioned“As reported in the New Orleans Bee of April 11, 1834, bystanders responding to the fire attempted to enter the quarters of those enslaved to ensure that everyone had been evacuated.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
1836year
Royal Streetmentioned“By the time Martineau personally visited the Royal Street mansion in 1836, it was still unoccupied and badly damaged, with "gaping windows and empty walls".”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
1838year
Parismentioned“Martineau wrote in 1838 that she fled New Orleans during the mob violence that followed the fire, taking a coach to the waterfront and traveling, by schooner, to Mobile, Alabama, and then to Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
1838year
Mobile, Alabamamentioned“Martineau wrote in 1838 that she fled New Orleans during the mob violence that followed the fire, taking a coach to the waterfront and traveling, by schooner, to Mobile, Alabama, and then to Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Delphine LaLaurie
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