ESTELMA ARABIE-LEJEUNE was born in December 1859 in Louisiana to Placide Arabie & Pelagie Thompson-Arabie.

Estelma married Dupre Ulysse Lejeune on 1 October 1878 at Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, and they had EIGHT children of record:

Felix Lejeune (1880 - 1937),
Elada Lejeune-Granger (1883 - ?),
Arnold "Bosch" Lejeune (1886 - 1938),
Anoria "Ora" Lejeune (1889 - ?),
Lorena Lejeune-Bellard (1893 - 1962),
Eulysse Lejeune (1895 - 1915),
Ned Lejeune (1898 - 1938), and
Joseph Lejeune (1902 - ?).

Estelma passed away on 24 August 1932 in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, and she was laid to rest at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 Old, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

REFERENCES:

1. 19 June 1900 Ward 3, Acadia Parish, Louisiana Census, (ED: 4, Stamped 87, Sheet 20B, Family #332, Line 98), Husband's Household, Dupre Legene.

2. 15 May 1910 Ward 3, Acadia Parish, Louisiana Census, (ED: 4, Stamped 118, Sheet 27A, Family #413, Line 6), Husband's Household, Dupre U. Lejeune.

3. 26 February 1920 Ward 3, Acadia Parish, Louisiana Census, (ED: 6, Stamped 150, Sheet 26A, Line 21), Head of Household, Widow: Mrs Dupre "Legene."

4. 9 April 1930 Ward 3, Acadia Parish, Louisiana Census, (ED: 1-9, Stamped 151, Sheet 7A, Family #125, Line 35), Head of Household, Widow: Mrs Dupre Lejeune.

5. Hébert, Rev Donald, (1978), Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records 1877 - 1878, V 13, P 322.

Transcribed from Opelousas Court House, Marriage #10582.
Groom: Dupre Lejeune.
Bride: Estelima Arabie.
Married: 20 September 1878.

Transcribed from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, V 4, P 50.

Groom: Dupre Lejeune.
Bride: Estellima Arabie.
Married: 1 October 1878.
Bride's Father: Joseph Lejeune.
Bride's Mother: Philonise Hall.

6. Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956, Certificate #8377:
Estelima Arabie Lejeune.
Age: 72.
Birth Estimate: 1860.
Place: Louisiana.
Died: 24 August 1932.
Place: Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
Father: Placid Arabie.
Mother: Pelagie Thompson.
Spouse: Dupre Lejeune.