Eleanor Wikoff Frith

Eleanor Wyckoff Frith
b. 9 Jan 1888
Bunkie, Avoyelles, Louisiana

m: 19 Apr 1909, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
d. 29 Dec 1939
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
burial: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans
Religion: Episcopal

The "Wyckoff" in Eleanor's name has been variously spelled with a "yc" or
a simple "i" in place of them. This comes from one branch's modernization
of the name, but it never gained wide usage.

Eleanor's Social Groups and Organizations:
Organizer of the Petit Salon
Pioneer Member of the Service Star Legion in New Orleans (1915-1939)
Colonial Dames
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Orleans Club
New Orleans Country Club
Colonel aide-de-camp by the State of Louisiana 1933
Vice President of the John Wyckoff line of the Wyckoff Family Association, 1938
1936 Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana.

Close friend of Louisiana Senator, Huey P. Long, and Gov. Henry I. Fuqua

Entry in "New Orleans Women 1939" p. 25-28.

When Eleanor died, her obituary appeared in the New York Times, as well as
The Times-Picayune and The Morning Tribune.

Eleanor had two brothers:
Alva Pearce Frith, born 24 Jan 1884, d. May 1964
and Edwin Hunter Frith, born 20 Dec 1889, d. 1944.

Eleanor's page on Find A Grave

1st Generation   2nd Generation   3rd Generation   4th Generation
             
            François Vileor Bienvenu
        Dr. Delphin Bienvenu |  
      |     Marie Doralise Dufouchard DeGruy
    Paul Emile Bienvenu |      
      |     Gustave Francois Guerin
  |     Marie Marthe Felicite Guerin |  
Thomas Frith Bienvenu |         Marie Ursule Odile de Jumonville de Villiers
m: Josephine Bell |          
  |         Thomas P. Frith I
        Thomas P. Frith II |  
      |     Sarah Ann Cullom
    Eleanor Wikoff Frith |      
      |     John Arthur Taylor
        Annie Stone Taylor |  
            Mary Eleanor Wikoff

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