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Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813 [1] – November 17, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholic religious sister from New Orleans.She founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1836 and served as their first Mother Superior.
In the late 1960s Sykes moved back to New Orleans, where he played at clubs, including the Court of Two Sisters. [1] When he recorded in the 1960s, it was for labels such as Delmark , Bluesville , Storyville and Folkways , which were documenting the quickly passing blues history. [ 6 ]
There were also two nuns from Ploërmel and one from Hennebont in Brittany. [1] Marie-Madeleine Hachard described their travel and their arrival at New Orleans in letters sent to her father who stayed in Rouen, and were published in 1728 by Antoine le Prévost from the same city. [2] The trip lasted for five months, instead of three. [3]
Mel Leavitt (né Mahlon Tirre Leavitt) was a local historian and broadcast journalist that served the New Orleans, Louisiana, market from 1949 until near the time of his death in 1997 at age 70. His 35-year broadcast career was primarily at WDSU-TV, a New Orleans television station.
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Back in New Orleans, Verrett performed with Papa Celestin from 1945 to 1951, [9] including at the Paddock Lounge [18] and the Court of Two Sisters. [7] In 1947, bassist Billy Diamond assembled a band he called "The Solid Senders" with himself on bass, Harrison Verrett on guitar, Frank Parker on drums, and twenty-year-old Fats Domino on piano.
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The Sisters of the Holy Family is a congregation of pontifical right. The motherhouse is in New Orleans, and as of 2015 its members numbered 96 sisters. The order is headquartered a block away from the school. Their mission statement says: “We exemplify and share the spirituality and charism of Henriette Delille with the people of God.