born est1825 · Louisiana (enslaved) · OPEN - alive and farming in St. Landry Parish in Nov-Dec 1872 (sheriff's sale, Parish Court No. 1085); death date unknown · line: HANDY_DIRECT
Existence: maybe (HIGH)
| Link | Person | How sure | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| child of | Mintey Handy 1778 | maybe (HANDY direct line (compiled)) | |
| child of | Magdelaine (enslaved, b.~1790 St Landry) 1790 | maybe (LOW) | [withheld: living person or internal research note] |
| enslaved by | Joseph Celestin Doucet 1809 | maybe (role text) | |
| parent of | James H. Handy 1840 | maybe (HYPOTHESIS) | age-candidate son, not proven | mirror of relationship #612 added 2026-09-02 (tidy): the graph stored only one direction, so the two walk forms disagreed |
| parent of | Joseph Aurelien Handy 1850 | maybe (HYPOTHESIS) | |
| parent of | Elizabeth Handy 1852 | found (CONFIRMED) | |
| parent of | Gilbert Handy Jr. 1855 | maybe (from a compiled tree) (COMPILED) | |
| parent of | Aurelien Handy 1860 | found (CONFIRMED) | |
| parent of | Julia Handy (b.1869) 1869 | maybe (QUESTIONABLE) | |
| spouse of | Divine Minique 1826 | unlabelled () |
| About | What the record says | How sure | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth year census variant | 1825 | maybe (HIGH) | source held by the researcher |
| 1825 | maybe (HIGH (1870 census, age 45)) | Gilbert Handy Sr. 1870 Census | |
| birth place | Louisiana (enslaved) | maybe (HIGH) | source held by the researcher |
| death year | 1870 | maybe (HIGH) | source held by the researcher |
| death place | St. Landry Parish LA (unrecorded) | maybe (HIGH) | source held by the researcher |
| documented by | M87K-SMJ | maybe (HIGH) | Gilbert Handy Sr. 1870 Census |
| QKJH-BCJR | maybe (HIGH) | 1866 Freedmen's Marriage - Gilbert + Divine | |
| key sources | 1870 Census (M87K-SMJ), 1866 Freedmen's Marriage (QKJH-BCJR), Doucet Slave Schedule evidence | maybe (HIGH) | source held by the researcher |
| marriage | Divine Minique — 1866-09-27 St. Landry [ANCHOR — Gilbert Sr. (already in tree)] | found (CONFIRMED (parish marriage)) | Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1787-1958 (St. Landry Handy cluster) |
| birth year resolution | 1825 confirmed by 1870 census (age 45); the JSON "~1801 (age 55 in 1856 sale)" is contradicted by the census and is likely a different record/error. | maybe (HIGH) | Gilbert Handy Sr. 1870 Census |
| census 1870 | Head, age 45, Ward 5 St. Landry HH289; household: Divine 44, Elizabeth 18, Aurelien 10, Julia 1, + Arthur Webb 35 (Virginia) | maybe (HIGH) | Gilbert Handy Sr. 1870 Census |
| confidence basis | HIGH (1870 census age 45) | maybe (HIGH) | |
| open dispute | Birth year DISPUTED: 1801 (conveyance #1167 "55 yrs in 1856", canonical) vs 1825 (1870 census age 45). Resolved-by-supersede so v_contradictions=0 masks it. Plausibility of 1869 child Julia favors the later reading or grandchild interpretation. | maybe (HIGH) | source held by the researcher |
| birth year | 1825 | maybe (HIGH (1870 census age 45 — primary record of the man; 1801 de-canonized)) | |
| race | mulatto | found (CONFIRMED) | |
| alive 1872 | Living, property-holding farmer in St. Landry Parish: judgment debtor in Anthony Webb vs. Gilbert Handy, Parish Court No. 1085; sheriff's sale advertised for 7 Dec 1872 (Opelousas Journal, 23 Nov 1872) | found (RECORD) | Opelousas Journal, 23 Nov 1872 - sheriff's sale, Anthony Webb vs. Gilbert Handy, Parish Co |
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