Victorine Angerona TAYLOR b. 6 Mar 1843 , , Louisiana, USA d. Deceased: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1843 - Deceased

Name	Victorine Angerona TAYLOR [1]
Born	6 Mar 1843	, , Louisiana, USA [2]
Gender	Female
Census	16 Jun 1860	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
fam #104
Victoria is listed as the 18 year old daughter of William Pepperell Mellen. She's actually a daughter-in-law.
Died	Deceased
Person ID	I6345	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	19 Dec 2020

Family 2 Grenville MELLEN, b. 6 Mar 1843, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA , d. 1 Jun 1862, Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA (Age 19 years)

Married 19 Jul 1858 Greensburg, St. Helena, Louisiana, USA [3]

I, Victoria A. Mellen, of the City of Natchez, Adams County, in the State of Mississippi Do hereby appoint Albert G. Brown of the Confederate Senate my attorney in fact and depute him for me and in my stead to Receive and receipt for all moneys coming To me as [amass] of [this] or payments or otherwise. As the widow of Grenville Mellen Late of Company B, or G. (Natchez Fencibles) Of the 12th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers Witness my hand and seal at Natchez this 8th day of Sept AD1862.
V. A. Mellen

Children

	1. William Henry MELLEN, b. 8 Sep 1859, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA , d. 2 Jun 1925, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)
	2. Grenville MELLEN, Jr, b. 13 Dec 1862, d. 1882, , St. Mary, Louisiana, USA (Age 19 years)

Last Modified 18 Aug 2016

Family ID F866 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Mellen, Lizzie Mouton OR Mellen, Victoria Jones
We are unsure which grandmother she is.

Notes

She was the adopted daughter of Thomas L Jones of Natchez. I don't know if her birth name is Taylor or if she was married previously; if she was, she must have been very young. I believe her names lies somewhere between the two names in the marriage records. She was probably just plain Lucinda Taylor who dreamed of having a glamourous name such as Victorine Angorone; she was a teenager, after all, and orphaned.

One must assume that, after Grenville's untimely death, Vicky took her sons back to Louisiana where William Henry later met Lizzie. She probably remarried and chose to use her husband's name for the boys. William doesn't resurface until 1900 in Galveston County, Texas, married and with children.

[S589] Wehling, Martin, (Genforum post), Victorine Angerona Jones.
[S33] 1860 Adams, MS, family #104.
age 18, Louisiana
[S536] St Helena Parish Marriage Index 1809-1933, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sthelena/vitals/marriages/index/m-indx.txt), M.
Grenville Mellen to Victorine Angerona Jones, 17 Jul 1858