4. | William Robert Buddendorff was born on 13 Dec 1820 in Stettin, Prussia, Germany (son of Johann* Gottbran Buddendorff and Anna Dorothea* Elisabeth Strohr Schroht); died on 20 Feb 1874 in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Notes:
American Civil war:
William Buddendorff, resident of New Orleans, Louisiana; personal description shown as brown eyes, dark hair and dark complexion; 5 feet, 4 inches in height; listed as a sailor in the Confederate States Navy; served aboard the CSS Baltic; deserted from the Confederate Navy on December 17, 1863; sent to New Orleans and released, March 16, 1864, by order of Union General Banks
From Lover Line, Mississippi
William R. BuddendorfOne of the earliest deeds of trust recorded in Lot 4, Section 24, T7S-R9W was between two New Orleanians, William R. Buddendorf (1821-1874) and John Arrowsmith (1808-1882). In December 1869, William R. Buddendorf mortgaged to John Arrowsmith Lot 4, consisting of one hundred sixty acres, less ten acres in the SE/C of Lot 4 for $6000. Mr. Buddendorff had a residence and pier as exhibited in legal descriptions of the property. In October 1870, Elizida E.F. Buddendorf, the spouse of W.R. Buddendorf, as a party to the mortgage released her right of dower under the laws of the State of Mississippi.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 1, pp. 353-355) William R. Buddendoff was a native of Stettin, Prussia. He arrived at New Orleans in 1827. Circa 1844, Mr. Buddendorf had married Ezilda E.F. Benetaud (1823-1917), a native of France or Louisiana. They were the parents of twelve children: William Buddendorf (1845-1870+), Robert Buddendorf (1847-1870+), George Buddendorf (1849-1870+), Mary Buddendorf (1851-1870+), John Buddendorf (1854-1870+), Louise Buddendorf (1857-1870+), Anna Buddendorf (1858-1870+), Bertha Buddendorf (1858-1870+), Anselm Buddendorf (1862-1870+), Ezilda Buddendorf, Emma Buddendorf (1864-1870+), and Cecelia Buddendorf (1865-pre 1876). All the Buddendorf children were born in Louisiana with the exception of Emma was born in Mississippi, probably at the Buddendorf residence on the Fort Point Peninsula.W.R. Buddendorf made his livelihood as a shipbroker. His three eldest sons, William, Robert, and George Buddendorf, were clerks in the family enterprise. Mr. Buddendorf had a net worth of $9000 in 1870. His real estate was valued at $8000.At the time of his demise in 1874, William R. Buddendorf resided at 381 Annunciation Street, near Josephine.(The Daily Picayune, February 20, 1874)
William married Ezilda Francoise Benitaud Rosalie (Zilda*) Buisson in 1844 in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Ezilda was born in 1823; died in Nov 1917 in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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