Michael Facchinello

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The Daily Iberian, 27 April 1933, p. 1, obituary “Frank G. Decuir” — read from the two public photographs of the printed page on Find a Grave memorial 229969170; the newspaper’s title, date and page come from the Find a Grave contributor’s photo caption, not from a masthead visible in the photographs

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The source

Citation ID
cite:daily-iberian-frank-decuir-obituary-1933
Evidence tier
2 · official transcript
Proves?
Yes, for what it states directly
Record type
obituary
Repository
The Daily Iberian (New Iberia, Louisiana); photographs of the page contributed to Find a Grave
Public URL
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229969170/frank-george-decuir/photo
Accessed
2026-10-08
Access
public source
Claims citing it
12

Excerpt

He was united in marriage with Miss Louise Landry, April 16, 1903, and to this union were born three daughters—Mrs. Verne Thibodeaux, Mrs. Tynes Mixon and Mrs. Arthur Rouse. The wife and mother passed into life eternal, Nov. 22, 1927.

Verbatim excerpt from the source, as recorded in the citation.

What this record proves

Accepted claims citing this source at confirmed or supported: a record of this tier can prove what it states directly.

12 claims this source proves or supports
ClaimPersonStatesStatusTierReview
claim:frank-george-decuir:name:1Frank George DeCuirFrank George DeCuirsupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:frank-george-decuir:living-status:1Frank George DeCuirdeceasedconfirmed2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:louise-landry:name:1Louise LandryLouise Landryconfirmed2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:louise-landry:living-status:1Louise Landrydeceasedconfirmed2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:frank-george-decuir:birth:1Frank George DeCuirbirth · September 15, 1880supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:frank-george-decuir:death:1Frank George DeCuirdeath · April 24, 1933supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:frank-george-decuir:marriage:1Frank George DeCuirmarriage · April 16, 1903supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:louise-landry:death:1Louise Landrydeath · November 22, 1927confirmed2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:tynes-mixon-sr:spouse-of:1Tynes Emery Mixon Sr.spouse-of Eugenie DeCuir Mixonconfirmed1 · original recordaccepted
claim:frank-george-decuir:spouse-of:1Frank George DeCuirspouse-of Louise Landryconfirmed2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:frank-george-decuir:parent-of:1Frank George DeCuirparent-of Eugenie DeCuir Mixonsupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:louise-landry:parent-of:1Louise Landryparent-of Eugenie DeCuir Mixonsupported2 · official transcriptaccepted

What it does not prove

Claims citing this source at reconstructed, conditional or needs-verification, or demoted on review (downgraded): the source is a lead or partial corroboration for these, not proof.

Every claim citing this source is accepted as confirmed, supported or family-confirmed.

Open questions touching these claims

  • Eugenie DeCuir Mixon's parentage is now named by a tier-2 source, but only through a married style: her father's obituary of 27 April 1933 names his and Louise Landry's three daughters, one of them “Mrs. Tynes Mixon”. What remains is Eugenie's own birth or baptismal entry naming both parents, that identification at certificate grade, and the Landry bridge: through which Landry is Nanette Landry a cousin of Michael's mother?

    Status
    open
    Next action
    Louisiana Secretary of State vital-records index (births more than 100 years old) for Decuir, Eugenie, 1908, and the Saint Peter's, New Iberia baptismal register (Diocese of Lafayette archives): either should name both parents and would take the parentage claims from supported to a direct statement. Then the Iberia Parish Clerk of Court's marriage licence of April 1903, which names both parties' parents, and the death index entries for Decuir, Louise, 1927 and Decuir, Frank, 1933 — the latter also settles the 1880-against-1879 birth-date conflict. For the Landry bridge: Louise Landry's memorial names her parents as Albert Landry (1850–1905) and Eugenie Comeaux Landry and her brothers Leon Joseph (1883–1959), Edmond Norbet (1886–1949) and Paul Tillhou (1888–1958), so a John Albert “Al” Landry would sit among those brothers' children; trace that deceased generation in the 1910 and 1920 census before treating Nanette as a cousin through the Landrys. No search is run for either living Landry.
    Subjects

    Related claims

    • claim:frank-george-decuir:parent-of:1 — Frank George DeCuir: parent-of Eugenie DeCuir Mixon supported
    • claim:louise-landry:parent-of:1 — Louise Landry: parent-of Eugenie DeCuir Mixon supported
    • claim:frank-george-decuir:spouse-of:1 — Frank George DeCuir: spouse-of Louise Landry confirmed
    • claim:frank-george-decuir:birth:1 — Frank George DeCuir: birth · September 15, 1880 supported
    • claim:frank-george-decuir:death:1 — Frank George DeCuir: death · April 24, 1933 supported
    • claim:frank-george-decuir:marriage:1 — Frank George DeCuir: marriage · April 16, 1903 supported
    • claim:louise-landry:birth:1 — Louise Landry: birth · 1885 reconstructed
    • claim:louise-landry:death:1 — Louise Landry: death · November 22, 1927 confirmed
    • claim:louise-landry:associated-with:1 — Louise Landry: associated-with John Albert “Al” Landry (lead) needs-verification
    • claim:john-al-landry:parent-of:1 — John Albert “Al” Landry: parent-of Nanette Landry needs-verification
    • claim:eugenie-decuir-mixon:birth:1 — Eugenie DeCuir Mixon: birth · December 23, 1908 supported

  • When and where did Tynes Emery Mixon Sr. and Eugenie DeCuir marry? Their first child was born in New Orleans in March 1931 and no opened source dates the marriage. The one compiled lead found is the Mixsonian compilation's “About 1930, he m. Eugenie Elois DeCuier”, which cites a 1930 New Orleans census entry for Tynes: a tier-3 lead for this question, not an event.

    Status
    open
    Next action
    Iberia Parish and Orleans Parish marriage indexes for 1928–1931 (Clerk of Court; FamilySearch Louisiana parish marriages, sign-in), then the 1930 Orleans Parish census schedule. Their own obituaries would help as well: The Daily Iberian of 16–18 March 1981 and 15–17 January 1984, on Iberia Parish Library microfilm, should give the death places, the burials and probably Tynes's parents and birthplace. The couple itself is already proved by the 1950 schedule and their children's obituaries, so a negative search changes nothing.
    Subjects

    Related claims

Conflicts touching these claims

  • Frank George DeCuir's birth is dated 15 September 1880 by his own obituary in The Daily Iberian of 27 April 1933 (tier 2, read from the public photographs of the page) and 20 September 1879 by his Find a Grave memorial's unsourced field (tier 3). The accepted claim carries September 15, 1880 at `supported`; the 1879 reading is held unaccepted (deferred, not refuted). The Louisiana birth index entry, or the Saint Peter's baptismal register, decides it.

    Resolution
    open
    Alternate readings
    deferred — the competing reading is a claim whose review is deferred, so it is not published until it is reviewed; the published side keeps its own status.

    Claims in conflict

    • claim:frank-george-decuir:birth:1 — Frank George DeCuir: birth · September 15, 1880 supported

Evidence tier and review status

This source is tier 2 · official transcript — proves? Yes, for what it states directly. A claim’s tier is the best tier among all its sources, so a claim listed here may sit at a stronger tier than this source when it also cites a stronger record.

Citing claims by tier, status and review state
Claim tierStatusReviewClaims
1 · original recordconfirmedaccepted1
2 · official transcriptconfirmedaccepted5
2 · official transcriptsupportedaccepted6

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