Document showing the signature of Marie Laveau.
This file appears in: The Home: Marie Laveau’s House
Since she could not write, Marie signed with the mark “X” as seen in the upper right corner. Her titled of the Widow Paris also is shown, and the document is also signed by her father, Charles Laveau.
This file appears in: The Home: Marie Laveau’s House
The Home: Marie Laveau’s House
Marie Laveau’s home once stood on the site of present-day 1020 and 1022 St. Ann Street. Marguerite Darcantel, Laveau’s mother, and Catherine Henry, Laveau’s grandmother, raised Marie Laveau at the property. Marie Laveau went on to raise her own…