Jean Pierre Cazelar, Jr.'s Baptismal Record
This file appears in: The Cazelars: Wealth Preservation in a Racially Mixed Family
This is Jean Pierre Cazelar and Charlotte Wiltz's youngest child and only son's baptismal record. He was named after his father, and born in 1800. This is a significant baptismal record, because it is the first instance of a white father in New Orleans included within the record as the father of a free child of color. The record states that the baby, Jean Pierre Cazelar, is "the natural son of Don Pedro Cazelar and Carlota Wiltz."
This file appears in: The Cazelars: Wealth Preservation in a Racially Mixed Family
The Cazelars: Wealth Preservation in a Racially Mixed Family
Jean Pierre Cazelar, a white man of French descent, was the wealthy patriarch of a prominent multi-racial family in 19th-century New Orleans. Though Cazelar intended his children to inherit his entire estate, including real estate, possessions, and…