Dominique François Victor Burthe
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Dominique François Victor Burthe | |
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the Jefferson Parish district | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 10, 1811 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. |
| Died | May 20, 1868 (aged 57) New York City, New York, USA |
| Resting place | Saint Louis Cemetery #1 |
| Spouse | Antoinette Estelle Millaudon |
Dominique François "Victor" Burthe (1811–1868),[1] was born in Jefferson, Louisiana, to Dominique François Burthe, a native of Metz, France, and Louise Delord-Sarpy (1789–1848), whose father Sylvester Delord-Sarpy's plantation became Tivoli Circle. His father had purchased the plantation that became known as Burtheville from Bernard de Marigny by an act passed before Felix de Armas, Notary Public, on 3 June 1831 at the price of $38,000.[2][3] He married Antoinette Estelle Millaudon, daughter of Benjamin Laurent Millaudon. He was a judge in Jefferson Parish and later served as a Senator in the Louisiana State Senate from Jefferson Parish. As a judge he ruled on the Joseph Tom v. The Slave Ernest at the Carrollton Courthouse.[4][5] He was president of The Boston Club from 1866 to 1868.