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Photos from Murfy and Me

  My Granddaughter, Mary McLean Lindsey, born March 24, 1999 my Grandson, Jack Clayton Lindsey, born July 3, 2002 and my Granddaughter, Georgia Gatlin ("G.G.") Lindsey, born February 3, 2006.  Parents are Scott and Suzanne Lobrano Lindsey.

    This photo, taken in August, 2005, depicts Jack and Mary McLean with their Cousins, Olivia and Marianna Faust,  cheerleaders for the Centreville Tigers football team.

 My Granddaughters,  Brittany Evans Lobrano, born June 18, 1999 , Sadie Simon Lobrano, born October 4, 2003 and Elizabeth Posey Lobrano, born March 8, 2007. Parents are "Trip" and Christine Lobrano.

This is a picture, taken in October, 2007, of my son, "Trip", and another Ole Miss man, Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith.  Murfy wants to know if "Trip" was standing in a hole!    The next photo, taken in May, 2008, is of "Trip" and Fox Sports television sportscaster, Joe Buck.

Below is a picture of my Mother, Edna Thomas Lobrano, born December 2, 1911, and  four of my grandchildren (her great-grandchildren) which was taken in the early summer of 2004.

"BACKWARD, turn backward, O Time, in your flight . . ." 

Centreville Fishing:

    Murfy did some fishing in the Spring of 2004 with his buddy, Dylan Culberson and my mother, Edna Thomas Lobrano (92 1/2 years young at the time). Shown below are some of their results:

    In June, 2005, Dylan caught this attention getter with an ultra-light reel loaded with 6 pound test line: 

Dylan and Eli Manning

This one was taken at Ole Miss when Eli Manning was an All-American (long before he was the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player).

Dylan's Deer

On the first weekend of the 2004 Mississippi Youth Deer Season, Dylan , (9 years of age at the time), bagged his first deer.  Prior to seeing a buck, he  let 16 separate does pass within gun range, (over a time span of three separate hunts), because he wanted his first deer to be a buck. The picture shows Dylan, (with the initiation blood still on his face), holding his 30-30 rifle which was a gift to him from Britt and Charlie Hinton.  As Dylan has gotten bigger, so have the deer; e.g.:

    Murfy points out that his presence in these pictures unequivocally proves that he supervised the hunts.

For Posterity:

JACINTO LOBRANO, Born Abt. 1783, Died Nov. 12, 1880

The picture which appears above is the result of many years of search for a likeness of Jacinto, which included a plea for help on this page.  Jacinto descendent, Dickson Hadleigh-West, of Baton Rouge, LA, saw the plea for help and came to our assistance by supplying this copy.  We are extremely grateful!

On the left is a retype of the obituary of Jacinto Lobrano [my great-great grandfather] from the New Orleans Daily Picayune, dated November 13,1880. This document was copied from the document on exhibit at the Confederate Museum on Camp Street in New Orleans. [As shown in the footnotes, the typographical and spelling errors are in the original newspaper article- They aren't Murfy's!] The document, along with Jacinto Lobrano's sword, is on display in the "Butler the Beast" exhibit in the museum.  Below and to the right is a copy of Jacinto's obituary in The Ouachita Telegraph.  [ Again, the errors aren't ours!] On the left is a copy of a Certificate of Marriage documenting Jacinto's November 25, 1835 marriage to Marie Adeline Roman (a minor) at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Click on any of the documents to see a full size version and/or to print the document.

 Notes of interest and explanation: The "Index to Parish Court Slave Emancipation Petitions, 1814-1843, Orleans Parish, Louisiana" shows that Jacinto Lobrano filed a Petition to Emancipate a slave named "Francoise" in 1835 [item number 50F of the records]. The opening paragraph of the web page that reports this information states, "Because of the difficulty of deciphering 19th-century handwriting, the spelling of names is sometimes a 'best guess.' Researchers should check variant spellings before assuming that a name is not included in the index."  Sure enough, Jacinto Lobrano is indexed as  "Lobrano, Joacinto." 

The observant reader will also notice that the marriage certificate lists Jacinto's name as "Hyacinthe", which is the French variant of the Italian, "Jacinto".  Jacinto spoke French fluently and quite often passed for a Frenchman.

The serious researcher who checks sources will find that the Orleans Parish Birth Index records (referred to in the descendant page) record Jacinto as "Jacynthe". The English words "hyacinth" and "jacinth" are synonyms.  

The Orleans Parish Birth Index records  also refer to Jacinto's wife as "Adeline Romain" instead of "Marie Adeline Roman", which is the name on the marriage certificate.

One of Jacinto's grandchildren that you will see on the descendant page is listed as "Jesanto" in the Orleans Parish Birth Index records.

All of this would seem to support the 'best guess'  solution to 19th century spelling, handwriting and record keeping!

Certificate of Authenticity of Lobrano Family Crest.

     Phillip Lobrano and his wife, Elvira Posey Reily Lobrano

        Cousin Patty Wade Lobrano Nowell, of Hopewell, Virginia, has supplied me with copies of these photos of my great-grandfather and great-grandmother, Phillip and Elvira Lobrano.  Patty is the granddaughter of "Uncle Rob" (Robert Morgan Lobrano), who moved from Centreville, MS to Mangham, LA as a young man and raised his family and spent out his days there. The back of Phillip's photo contains handwriting that says "C. P. Lobrano b. 14 June 1848". The photographer's name is on the front; it is "W.W. Washburn, 113 Canal Street, N.O."

Phillip and Elvira were married in Wilkinson County, Mississippi on August 8, 1872. Elvira was, at the time of the marriage, 18 years of age, having been born on December 31, 1854. She died on December 12, 1879, which was 19 days before her 25th birthday.

Wesley and Sarah Pacquinette Reily

After Elvira died, Phillip brought their children from New Orleans to Centreville, MS to be raised by Elvira's parents, Wesley and Sarah Pacquinette Reily. 

Cousin Emily Jo Gammage Denmark sent us these pictures of great-grandfather Wesley Reily and great-grandmother, Sarah Pacquinette Reily, parents of Elvira Posey Reily Lobrano.  You may recall that Sarah was Wesley's second wife.  His first wife, Amanda F. Pacquinette, was Sarah's older sister.  Wesley and Amanda were married on December 21, 1837, a time when Sarah was only 5 years old!  Wesley and Amanda had 5 children prior to her death.

 Wesley and Sarah were married on July 21, 1852 and had 7 children. The photographs depict Wesley and Sarah at different stages of their respective lives, as Wesley was considerably older than Sarah.

                                                                                Born 1814, Died 1873                          Born 1832, Died 1924

Additionally, cousin Barbara Branum sent us this picture of Wesley, taken later in his life:

The pictures below were sent in by Nancy Henderson.  They depict Sarah in other stages of her life:

Below is a photograph of "Grandma Reily", as Sarah was called, and the Lobrano children.  The photograph was taken around 1882. From left to right:  Robert (called "Rob"), Mary, Phillip (called "Phil"), Adelaide (called "Addie"), my grandfather, Emile, and "Grandma Reily".

All of the Lobrano children, with the exception of "Uncle Rob" (Robert Morgan Lobrano), remained in Centreville throughout their respective lifetimes and each of them is buried there. As previously noted, Robert Morgan Lobrano lived in Mangham, LA and is buried there.  Cousin Patty Wade Lobrano Nowell has also furnished a photo of him.

I dug up a copy of the Lobrano boys from my files that depicts them as young men.  My grandfather, Emile, is shown on the upper left and Robert (Rob) is on the upper right.  One of the boys on the lower part of the photo is Phillip (Phil) and I don't know who the other young man is, although I believe he is one of the Reily cousins.  If anyone knows who the other person is,  please advise.

     I SINCERELY APPRECIATE the time, talent and effort expended by DeWitt Lobrano in reconstituting this old photograph.  Some of you will recall that the original version was in a very bad state of repair, showing crease marks and other forms of deterioration.

Reily descendant, Nancy Henderson, sent me copies of the two Lobrano girls of my grandfather's generation.  On the left is Adelaide ("Addie") and on the right is Mary.  Mary was the last person to be buried in the Reily cemetery in Centreville.     

This picture (taken around 1912), was also furnished by Cousin Emily Jo Gammage Denmark. It shows 4 of the 7 children of my grandfather and grandmother, Emile and Edna Richardson Lobrano.  From left to right, Edna, Louise, Jack and my father, Edward P. ("Britt") Lobrano.

Cousin Ann Wilkinson Shoemake sent me the photos below that are copies from an album which belonged to my Grandfather's sister, "Addie". From left to right, my Grandfather, Emile Lobrano, my Grandfather's brother, Phil and my twin uncles, Marion and Emile Lobrano, who both became M.D. s.  (One of them practiced in Monroe, LA [Marion] and the other practiced in Baton Rouge [Emile].)

From the Album of Dickson Hadleigh-West

In addition to furnishing the copy of the picture of Jacinto which appears above, Dickson has given us pictures of his ancestors, Dominic Lobrano, Sr., (son of Jacinto) and Dominick Lobrano, Jr.  On the left, below, is Dominick, Sr. and the other two pictures depict Dominick, Jr. and his wife, Mary Francis Stubbs.

From Alec Lobrano

Alec is an internationally known journalist and food and travel writer. At the time of this update (April 1, 2008), he has been the European correspondent for Gourmet Magazine for the past eight years. He was the original editor of the Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide to Paris. He is the winner of several James Beard awards for food writing and lives in Paris. 

He is the great-grandson of Jacinto's son, Dominic Lobrano, Sr., (see photo above). He is the grandson of Gustave Stubbs Lobrano who moved from New Orleans to New York City in the 1920s and went on to become an acclaimed editor at the New Yorker magazine. Photos of Alec and the cover of his book, Hungry For Paris, (pub. by Random House- avail. date, April 15, 2008) appear below:

The press release for Hungry For Paris (replete with reviews and Author Tour dates and places ) has been added to the "Chalkboard" page of this site.

Thomas Lobrano's First African Safari (Republic of South Africa, 2003)

In June of 2003, Thomas, (accompanied by his wife, Mary Jean) went on a Safari to the Republic of South Africa.  The images below reflect the results:

Thomas wrote about this adventure and his work was published in the November/December 2005 edition of Safari, The Journal of Big Game Hunting- Official Publication of Safari Club International.  (www.SafariClub.org ) The article is entitled, A Tale Of Kudus, and begins at page 40 of that edition.

Thomas Lobrano's Second Safari (2005)

Thomas made his second trip to Africa in June, 2005.  His memoirs were again  published in the November/December 2006 edition of Safari, The Journal of Big Game Hunting- Official Publication of Safari Club International.  (www.SafariClub.org ) The article is entitled, Road Trip To Adventure, and begins at page 134 of that edition. After viewing these pictures, Murfy opined that he sure hopes Thomas knows how to cook exotic meat!

Thomas Lobrano's Third Safari (Zimbabwe 2007)

In the spring of 2007, Thomas again went to Africa to risk winding up in a cooking pot as supper for some pigmies with bones in their noses.  Murfy says that the best he can determine, Thomas  killed somebody's prize bull , a bunch of of deformed goats and a mule wearing prison stripes!

He and the "prize bull" made the cover of Cabela's Outdoor Adventures Newsletter. (See it on the "Chalkboard" page- they are at the lower left corner)

Thomas Lobrano's 2001 Russian Bear Hunt

In May of 2001, Thomas went to Russia in quest of a Kamchatka Brown Bear.  Although productive, his hunt proved to be perilous and painful, requiring prodigious effort to simply survive the severe weather, treacherous terrain and paltry accommodations for shelter. Thomas wrote an article describing this ordeal which was published in the January/February 2005 edition of Safari, The Journal of Big Game Hunting- Official Publication of Safari Club International.  (www.SafariClub.org ) The article is entitled, Kamchatka Brown Bear, and begins at page 46 of that edition.

Murfy, of course, had his own observations.  He claims to pity both people who have been sent to Siberia  and those mentally challenged enough to go there on their own.  Pictures, along with some of Murfy's musings, follow:

This lodge was what the hunting ad probably showed in order to help induce temporary insanity resulting in the decision to go over there.  This is where Thomas really slept for 5 days after he got there. It almost caused permanent insanity. Is that a Claymore Mine peeking out of the snow in the left front of that thing?  Next is a picture of a tasty meal being prepared with the local state of the art kitchen appliances. Murfy deduced that the two pots shown in the right front of the photo double as cooking utensils and bathroom fixtures.   Murfy opined that the sled behind the snowmobile is more often than not probably used to bring out dead hunters instead of dead bears.   Is Thomas on this bear's back trying to wake him up from his Winter Hibernation?   Murfy emphasized that this is where he would have been - down on his knees praying that they would let him come home.     Murfy feels that they probably made Thomas say the Siberian Pledge of Allegiance and pay homage to this thing before they would let him out of there.   Finally, Murfy said he assumed that Thomas must really hate bears to go to all that trouble to get one; stated another way; apparently, Thomas can't bear a bear!

Thomas Lobrano's 1999 Bear Hunt

These pictures show the results of the bear hunt that Thomas made in Newfoundland.  The bear shown was taken on June 14, 1999 and weighed 353 lbs.  Murfy insisted that I clarify that Thomas is the one in the camouflage! 

Thomas and Emile Lobrano's 2006 Wingshoot in Argentina

In  May, 2006, Thomas and his son, Emile, went on a Wingshoot in Argentina.  Here are some pictures from the trip:

Thomas Lobrano's2006 Alberta Goose Hunt

Thomas went goose hunting in Alberta, Canada in 2006. Here are some pictures:       

Thomas Lobrano's 2007 Goose Hunt 

In 2007, Thomas went back to Alberta on another goose hunt.  Here is evidence of the results:  

Turkey Hunting In Centreville

Thomas bagged this nice Gobbler on April 12, 2008 during the Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Season in Mississippi. In the second picture Thomas's Golden Retriever, "Bud", is shown beaming his approval.  Murfy told Bud that he prefers Wild Turkey in a bottle! 

Emile Lobrano

Emile is the son of Dr. Thomas E. Lobrano.  He graduated from Ole Miss on December 8, 2007, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Services degree. He is presently living and working in Oxford, MS.

From the Album of Tara and Kevin Hayes

Emileigh Katherine Hayes, born September 20, 1999 and  Charles Kevin Hayes, born March 26, 2002, are the children of   Tara Leigh Lobrano Hayes, and her husband, Kevin. The Hayes live in Baton Rouge, LA where Kevin practices law; he was elected President of the Baton Rouge Bar Association for 2008.  Tara is the daughter of Dr. Thomas E. Lobrano of Centreville, MS.

The image on the left is the cover of the Bar Association Magazine; next the family is shown at an LSU football game in Tiger Stadium; then we see a picture of  the children.  In the photo to the right, we see Tara's brother, Emile,  with Tara, Kevin and his dad., Thomas.  The scenery in the background, to those of us who attended there, is easily recognizable as the Ole Miss Grove. This being the fact, one might wonder what Thomas is doing standing there in an LSU jacket?  When one clicks on the image to enlarge it, however, a look to his eyes provides the answer!

 From Dr George E. "Butch" and Maureen Lobrano's Family

Reily Lobrano, son of Blair and Felicia, was born on September 8, 2004.  Grandma Maureen advises that he has bright red hair and eyebrows, with blue eyes.  Blair and Felicia lived in Jackson, MS where Blair , (Butch and Maureen's middle son) practiced law.  They now live in the St. Louis, Missouri area. The pictures below depict Reily at 4 months of age:

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Reily's dad, Blair, had an impressive career in U. S. Olympic sanctioned weightlifting competition. He was a four-time member of the Junior World Team and five-time National Junior Champion who set numerous Junior American records. He was the first American to beat a weightlifter from the former Soviet Union in twenty-five years.

In New Orleans, LA, on July 22, 2000,  Blair  achieved his all-time personal best performance with a clean and jerk of 200 kilos ( 440 3/4 lbs) and then announced his retirement from the sport.  This is a picture of Blair in competition:

George Emile Lobrano, Jr.  is "Butch" and Maureen's oldest son.  He and his wife, Kristi, have sent us the pictures below, which feature their son, George Evan Lobrano, born June 5, 2006:

George, Kristi and Evan live in Shreveport, LA.

As far as we can tell Chase Lobrano won   the   "Big Buck" contest in Centreville in the 2000-2001 deer season.  Click on a photo and take a look!   Chase is the youngest son of Dr. George E. "Butch" and Maureen Lobrano. At the time of this update [April 1, 2008] he is a 3rd year medical student at the LSU Medical School.

Charlie and Lynda Hinton's Grandchildren:

Shown from left to right are [1] Anna and Sadie Lombardo holding their baby sister, Isabella Grace, born December 20, 2005.  The girls are the daughters of Charlie and Lynda's daughter, Kelli, and her husband, Joe Lombardo.; [2] Taylor, the daughter of Charlie and Lynda's son, Britt, and his wife, Lori; [3] Charlie holding Britt and Lori's other daughter, Shelby.  

From Emily Jo Gammage Denmark

Cousin Emily Jo Gammage Denmark is now a grandmother!  Sophie Nicole Denmark was born on June 28, 2007.  She is the daughter of Emily Jo's son, Brian Denmark, and his wife, Annabelle. At the time of this update [April 2, 2008], the family is in England on Brian's job and plans to be there from 6-11 months before returning to the U. S.

 REILY RELATIONS

"COUSIN MARION"

Marion Wesley Reily was the first cousin of my Grandfather, Emile Lobrano.  They had been raised together and maintained a close relationship throughout their lifetimes. "Cousin Marion", (as he was always called by my family), frequently visited with my Grandparents and sometimes stayed for several days. He was a well-known lawyer who practiced in Meridian, Mississippi. When my father's brother, Jack Lobrano, passed the bar examination, he went to Meridian and practiced law with "Cousin Marion".  Generally regarded as an outstanding orator, "Cousin Marion" staged an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign at one point in his career.  He was, subsequently, elected president of the Mississippi State Bar Association  for the year  1937. The picture on the left below is a copy of a photo used during his gubernatorial campaign; the image in the middle is an excerpt from a newspaper article announcing him as a featured speaker, (compliments of Barbara Branum and Anne Wilkinson Shoemake); the far right picture below shows him making a speech in the later stages of his life, shortly before his death in the 1940's.

FROM BARBARA BRANUM'S ALBUM

One of our Reily cousins, Barbara Branum, (La Luz, New Mexico) has sent us some Reily memorabilia.  From left to right, (1) A copy of the October 2, 1764 Land Grant from King George the Third to Robert "Reyley" [sic] for 100 acres of land in South Carolina  (2) Copy of a photograph of Barbara's grandfather, William Morgan Reily (1867-1931) (3) Another photo of William Morgan and his family, [from top left,] Willie Gertrude Reily ,AKA Jack Reily Harris, Albert Morgan, Kathryn Mary, Gracie Herndon [from front left,] Jeanne Elizabeth, William Morgan and his wife, Nelly Bly Gray Reily (4) Photograph of Reily cousins (from left), Sue Reily Easterly, Mary Libby Reily Blouin and Patricia Mahoney Hardouin, standing in front of the home of Sue and Mary Libby's grandfather,  which is located in the Gurley, Louisiana area, and (6) Two more Reily descendant cousins, Robert William Allen, Sr. and Barbara Branum.

From Nancy Henderson

Reily relation Nancy Henderson sent us the images which are incorporated below. The first photo on the left is a Reily Family group featuring  Barrow Riscoe Reily, Herndon Reily, Annie Reily, Hazel Barrow, Mary Doherty Reily, Miss Nettie Hayes (Tutor), Wesley Reily, Bessie Reily, Lillian Reily and Isabel Barrow. The next picture is of Ike and Wesley Reily, Jr. [sons of Wesley Reily]  and the picture on the right is of some Reily descendent children and their mother (Mary Reily Wilkinson, Annie Reily Reily, Dolly Reily Mahoney, Almena Winn Owens and Albert Reily).

From Wain Reily's Album

Reily cousin, Orville Wainwright Reily, III ("Wain"),   furnished a copy of the photo of, and editorial on, William Boatner Reily, Sr. , which appeared in the July, 1941 issue of  "The New Orleans Christian Advocate" , a publication of the Methodist Church for many years. Wain lives in Columbus, Mississippi.  To the right of the editorial is a picture of Wain's great-great Grandfather, Samuel Warburton Reily, Sr., (1828-1883), and , to the right of him, is his mother-in-law, Sarah Ann Jelks Boatner.  She, of course, is one of Wain's great-great-great Grandmothers. The photo to the far right is a copy of a portrait of Albert George Reily.

Charlie Helps Rudolph

As you know, ". . .all of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him [Rudolph] names . . .".  Due to his extreme respect for and loyalty to Rudolph, Charlie tried to alleviate the situation. These photos, taken during the 2001 Mississippi Deer Hunting Season, show the result.  The picture on the left depicts Charlie and his co-crusader, his son Britt. Murfy says it looks like there will be less laughing and name calling hereinafter!

A Family Grouping

This photo shows a group of the family at Thomas and Mary Jean's home in Centreville, MS.  The picture was taken in the fall of 1997.

1999 FAMILY REUNION

Click on it and see whom you can recognize.  [Notice your webmaster, Murfy, out front, working hard and telling everyone where to stand.]

 Maybe this next picture should be entitled "Ole folks back  home", or, alternatively,  "The Family Elders"!

Four Generations on each end!

The Hosts and their family:

The Tush Hog BBQ Team and Trophies

About the Webmaster:

The webmaster, Murfy, shown contemplating things to come on the website.  At the time of this update [April 1, 2008] Murfy is thirteen years old (born March, 1995) and mostly deaf.  He is, however, still very much in charge of the creatures in his domain. For instance, check out  his explanation to Lilly about how he feels when she disturbs his nap. 

Murfy's dog, Willie, [born Jan. 1994, died June 6, 2006] shown in a moment of repose, contemplating Einstein's theory of relativity.

Murfy's new dog, Lilly, demonstrating that "proper ladies" should only cross their legs at the ankles and saying her prayers.

The dogs' publicity photos from their last movie, Batdog and Zero.  

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