DIRECTIONS:  From “Five Points”, the intersection of Central Avenue, Gorenflo Road, and Race Track Road in the city of D’Iberville, Mississippi go south .095 miles on Central Avenue to the intersection of Bay Shore Drive.  Turn right (west) onto Bay Shore Drive and go west for .44 miles until Santa Cruz Street.  Turn right (north) and proceed .19 miles to the Moran Cemetery on Santa Cruz Street.  The Moran Cemetery is on the left (west) side of this street.  The smaller Santa Cruz Cemetery is directly across the road from the Moran Cemetery.

HISTORY:
      The Moran Family of the Mississippi Coast originated at St. Pierre-du-Sud, Quebec, Canada, where the named was spelled Morin.  Here Joseph Morin (1747-ca 1806), was born of Denis Morin (1694-1768) and Marie-Madeleine Boulet (1693-1765).  He settled at Cat Island and married Louise Ladner, the daughter of Nicolas Ladner and Marie Anne Pacquet, in 1778.  All of their children were born and reared at Cat Island.
Their son, Joseph Moran II (1778-1842+), married Marguerite Panguinet (1788-18??) in 1806.  They lived at Old Chimneys (Long Beach) until about 1820, when they moved to North Biloxi near what later became the Kendall Brickyard on Back Bay.
On November 11, 1832, Joseph Morin II purchased a tract of land in Section 22, T7S-R9W from Dominique Ladner described as:  two acres on the Bay of Biloxi running north forty acres with D. Ladner on the east and west. (Harrison County Deed Book 17, p. 307).
The Moran family cemetery is situated on Santa Cruz Street in the southeastern part of the original Joseph Moran II purchase from Ladner.
Joseph Moran II acquired more land at Back Bay in 1836, when he patented Lot No. 4 of Section 17, T7S- R9W from the U.S. Government.  He sold this tract to seafarer, Pierre (Hervai) Harvey (1810-1893), his son-in-law, in 1842 (Harrison County Deed Book 1, p. 197).
      The children of Joseph Moran II and Marguerite Panguinet were: Joseph Moran III (b. 1809) married Virginia Fayard, Celeste Zelina Moran (1811-1883) married Pierre (Hervai) Harvey (1810-1893), Claire Marguerite Moran (b. 1813) married Augustin Ladner, Francois Moran (1815-1887) married Catherine Fournier, Victoire Moran (b. 1817), Marie Moran (ca 1815-ca 1854) married Andre Fournier III (1809-1878), and Virginia Moran (1820-1891) married James Smith Young (1818-1897). Many coast families can trace their ancestry to the children of Joseph Morin II and Marguerite Panquinette.( Mississippi Coast History & Genealogical Society, Vol. No. 8, November 1972 and Valinete, 2001, p. 522)
 

The information contained in section ONE of this Register is the Actual information as inscribed on the Head Stones or Tombs that currently exist in this cemetery as surveyed by Mike Seymour this year of 2002. * (No Marker) info obtained from other sources by Mike Seymour.

B.

Agnes Boney                April 17, 1893 to May 26, 1949

Gladys Rose Boney          Dec. 22, 1895 to Nov. 28, 1967

Joseph Boney               Jan 13, 1860 to Sept. 19, 1941

Rosa Boney                 Mar. 19, 1864 to Jan. 11, 1936

Larry D. Boney             May 9, 1941 to Dec. 16, 1999

Fritz Boney                Nov. 7, 1895 to May 21, 1972

C.

George McL Couevas         June 10, 1894 to Sept. 25, 1952
“Mississippi – Sgt 114 Ammo TN 39 Div WWII”

D.

Elmerita A. Diaz           Aug. 6, 1917 to May 3, 2000

Oliver F. Diaz             Jan. 9, 1916 to June 9, 1958

Virgie L. Dunning          Feb. 10, 1906 to Mar. 24, 1942

F.

Walter A. Fayard           Feb. 6, 1884 to April 20, 1934

Percy Edward Fournier      Aug 17, 1906 to Aug 8, 1968

Valda Brasher Fournier     April 25, 1909 --

G.

H. Mercedes Guffey         Dec. 11, 1910 to Apr. 4, 1998
 
 

H.

Albert Holloway            June 10, 1881 to June 27, 1915

L.

Rosa N. Lamey              1880 to 1908
 

M.

Adolph Moran               Mar. 31, 1875 to Dec. 15, 1934

Joseph Moran               Feb. 14, 1841 to June 28, 1914 (“Age 73 years 4 mo. 14 days”)

Lillie B. Moran            June 9, 1894 to Dec. 15, 1980

Harry M. Moran             March 14, 1889 to July 29, 1968
“Pvt Med Det 114 Ammo TN – WWI”

Joseph J. Moran            March 16, 1871 to Dec. 17, 1954 - “At Rest”

Peter J. Moran             Aug. 17, 1898 to Sept. 6, 1954 - “At Rest”

Edith Colson Moran         Sept 22, 1911 to Dec. 2, 1967 - “At Rest”

William Billy C. Moran     Oct. 6, 1937 to May 30, 1995

Alonzo J. Moran            Sept. 15, 1904 to July 3, 1963

Jeannette Entriken Moran   Aug. 1, 1911 to May 30, 1984

“Rudy” James R. Moran      Feb. 12, 1951 to Oct. 6, 1984

Jadly Ann Moran            Dec. 17, 1933 to Feb. 4, 1998

*Joseph Edward Moran       (No Marker) Oct. 13, 1869 to Jun. 14, 1953

*Alina (Seymour) Moran     (No Marker) Aug 12, 1870 to Nov. 24, 1945
 

S.

Bert Albert Santa Cruz     1899-1974

Vera Holloway Santa Cruz   1908 to 1959

Edward Seymour             Apr. 16, 1850 to May 24, 1944

Cecilia Boney Seymour      Feb. 20, 1855 to Aug. 26, 1908 –
“Beloved wife of Edward Seymour

Richard E. Seymour         April 12, 1876 to May 20, 1960 (son of Edward)

S.E. Seymour                (not on tombstone: Sherrod Elic Seymour)
    Died
Dec. 12, 1939

Minnie Seymour Pickard
    Died
Jan. 17, 1957

*James Edgar Seymour       (No Marker) Nov. 26, 1880 – March 10, 1953

Edmond Seymour             Aug. 15, 1848 to April 29, 1925

Virginia Young Seymour     Jan. 6, 1852 to April 19, 1905 – “Wife of Edmond Seymour”

John L. Seymour            Nov. 4, 1881 to Feb. 11, 1967

Millie A. Seymour          April 3, 1894 to July 17, 1982

Carrol H. Smith            Oct. 31, 1915 to June 18, 1991 “Cpl. U.S. Army Air Corp – WWII”

Carroll Joseph Smith       Aug. 18, 1945 to May 27, 1950
“A Little Time On Earth He Spent Till God For Him His Angel Sent”

* Edmond George Seymour    (No Marker) Feb. 27, 1876 to Dec. 4, 1949

Emma V. Seymour            1882 to 1966 - “and Infant Children” (Wife of George Edmond Seymour)
 
 

Y.

James S. Young             March 31, 1818 to July 1, 1897 – “Born New Jersey”

Virgina Young              Sept 4, 1820 to Apr 29, 1925 – “Born in Biloxi”
 
 

Information in this register contains Internments in the Moran Cemetery that was furnished by Ray Bellande from a survey that he completed some time back. There were several wooden grave markers with names painted on them at that time.  Due to weather, rain and heat the paint deteriorated to the point where names were no longer legible and were probably removed and discarded. It should be noted that Ray Bellande’s Register Listing did contained all those listed in section one above as well as those listed below. A few differences in either names or dates between the two will be noted by ** beside the names. Differences are a result of information derived from other sources, i. e. obituaries, burial notices, funeral records and etc.
 

B

Adolph J. Boney            9-19-1884 to 2-22-1957
** Fritz J. Boney          11-7-1895 to 5-21-1972
** Gladys Rose Boney       12-22-1875 to 11-28-1967
Richard L. Boney           5-1828 to 2-17-1909
Bordeaux, France
Richard Samuel “Sam” Boney 4-10-1869 to 12-19-1940
Victoria Moran Boney       3-31-1835 to 12-15-1885
Isom Brasher               1-11-1861 to 8-25-1954
Rosalie Moran Brasher      5-13-1873 to 8-23-1954
Ozias John Brasher         6-17-1897 to 9-19-1965
Mississippi PFC US ARMY WW II

C
Same as section one above

D

Same as section one above

F
** Valda Brasher Fournier   4-25-1909 to 7-18-1990

G

** Helen Mercedes Holloway Guffey  12-11-1910 to 4-4-1998
 
 

H

Casimir Harvey              1845 to 1904
Emma Harvey                 1889 to 1968
Rosina Harvey               1852 to 08-27-1937
Warren Harvey               11-13-1904 to 7-12-1905

** Albert E. Holloway       6-10-1881 to 6-27-1915
Josephine Newman Holloway   12-31-1877 to 1-22-1959

J

Louis Chester Jordy         1-15-1920 to 9-16-1969

L
A. Ladnier
F. Ladnier

M

** Harrison Moran           3-14-1889 to 7-29-1968
**Mississippi Pvt. Med. Det 114, Ammo. Tn. WW I
** Jadly Ann Moran          12-17-1934 to 2-4-1998 (corr year of birth)(1933 to 1934)
 

N

August W. Newman            2-27-1839 to 3-28-1899
Born in Gottenborg, Sweden

Delphine Moran Quave Newman 12-25-1839 to 1-24-1891
Ellena “Lena” Newman        1-30-1874 to 12-3-1900

P
** Minnie Ida Moran Seymour Pickard 12-18-1878 to 1-17-1957
        (Baptised as Minni Ida Moran)
R
Joseph Roussau
Joseph E. Roussau           2-18-1841 to 1-1-1904
Theresa Rousseau            1845 to 9-19-1910

S

** Bert Albert Santa Cruz   1899 to 1-27-1974
Vera Holloway Santa Cruz    5-5-1908 to 1-22-1959

 **Emma V. Seymour, wife of Edmond George Seymour   1882 to 1966
(and infant children) (SSDI files 26 Aug 1882 to 15 Mar 1966)

** Sherrod Elic Seymour     2-13-1876 to 12-11-1939
                            (Internment 12-12-1939)
 

Y

** James Smith Young        3-31-1818 to 7-1-1897
Born in New Jersey

** Virginia Moran Young     9-4-1820 to 1-7-1891
Born in Biloxi
 

 Return to Register Sectiion Two

Nap L. Cassibry II, The Ladner Odyssey, Special Issue No. 6, (Mississippi Coast Nap L. Cassibry II, (Mississippi Coast History and Genealogical Society: Biloxi, Mississippi-January 1988).

Lois S. Valiente and Felino J. Valiente, Early Gulf Coast Settlers Semedel, Saucier, Johnson, Ladner and Related Families, (Valiente: New Orleans, Louisiana-2001)

Mississippi Coast History & Genealogical Society, “Some Moran Records”, Volume No. 7, August 1972.

Mississippi Coast History & Genealogical Society, “Some Moran Records”, Volume No. 8, November 1972.

Mississippi Coast History & Genealogical Society, “Moran Cemetery-North Biloxi”, Volume No. 12, Nos. 3 and 4, February 1977.

SURVEY OF HEADSTONES AND TOMBS REGISTER SECTION ONE BY:
MIKE SEYMOUR, Rt. 1, Box 231-A, Porterville, Ms. 39352

LOCATION and HISTORY AND SURVEY SECTION TWO BY: RAY L. BELLANDE, P. O. Box 617, Ocean Springs, Ms. 39566-0617

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