~ Lottinger ~

Frederick Lottinger was my great grandfather. He was the son of Philip Lottinger (Lutinger/Luttinger) and Magdalena Held of Bavaria. According to Louisiana census records through 1900, Frederick Lottinger was born ca. 1840 - 1842 "at sea." (Names are spelled as they were found in the records.)

On the U.S. Federal Census Schedule of Free Inhabitants in the County of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana, dated August 16, 1850, Dwelling No. 164, Family No. 164 was enumerated as follows:

A subsequent search through the National Archives Microfilm, Passenger Lists, New Orleans, November 2, 1841 - August 31, 1843, Microcopy No. 259, Roll 22 revealed on Page 226 the passenger list of the packet ship, Tippicanoe, which set sail from Havre de Grace, France to New Orleans. Listed among the steerage passengers were:

The Daily Picayune, Sunday morning, June 4, 1843, listed  the packet, Tippicanoe, under the command of D. Gray, docked at the Port of New Orleans, having arrived from Havre on May 1, 1843.

On the 31st day of December, 1846, Philip Lottinger, Ship Joiner, residing on Toulouse Street No. 11, in the first Municipality appeared before the Recorder of Births and Deaths in and for the Parish and City of Orleans, P.M. Crozat, and declared the birth at sea on April 19th 1843, at four o'clock P.M., of a male child named Tipicanoe Lottinger, issue of the legitimate marriage of Deponent with Wife, Magdelene Held, both of Germany.

On the same day, Philip Lottinger declared the birth of a daughter, born at his residence in New Orleans on March 14, 1846 at three o'clock P.M., the issue of the legitimate marriage of Deponent with Miss Magdalene Held, both natives of Germany. The child was named Magdalena Lottinger.

Both of the above records of birth were signed by P. Lottinger, and copies were obtained from microfilm of the Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths for the City of New Orleans, which is in the State of Louisiana Archives in Baton Rouge. While the son, Tippicanoe (later, Frederick) appears in records through 1900, the daughter, Magdalena, apparently died prior to the 1850 census.

At some time after the above recordation of births, but before the recordation of the 1850 Federal census, Philip Lottinger and his family moved to St. Tammany Parish. According to the inventory in the succession papers of his widow, Madeline Held, he owned property in the city of Mandeville. The property was described as follows: A certain lot of ground situated in the town of Mandeville, Parish of St. Tammany in this State, designated by the Number Fifteen of Square Number Two on a plan by S. Bringier on the fourteenth day of January 1834 and deposited in the office of Lucun Hermann, Esq. Notary Public in the City of New Orleans, said lot measuring in French Measure sixty-six feet front on Gerard Street by one hundred and ninety feet in depth together with the buildings and improvements thereon consisting of a small frame dwelling house and outhouses to the said property valued at the sum of three hundred dollars. (St. Tammany Courthouse, C-2, No. 287, pg. 255, Feb. 24, 1852)

According to the inventory in the succession of Madeline Lottinger, cited above, an order for inventory was recorded on November 27, 1851. Since no date of death is currently available, it can be assumed that she died on or shortly before the 1851 date. She was a widow at the time of her death. In addition to the above property in Mandeville, she owned the following: a lot of old clothing, wearing apparel, valued at $20; a lot of household and kitchen furniture valued at $25; a lot of old carpenter's tools, valued at $10; one cow, $10; twenty chickens, $5; an amount of cash, $60; the total (with the lot and house) being $430. (St. Tammany Courthouse, C-2, No. 287, pg. 255, Feb. 24, 1852)

On February 23, 1852, a Family Meeting was held to "deliberate and give their views as to the interest of Tippicanoe Lottinger, minor child of Mrs. Madeline Lottinger, both of this parish, the latter now deceased, to advise and recommend the appointment of a discreet and proper person to act as tutor for said minor to take charge of his person and property and also for the appointment of a competent person to act as the under tutor for said minor". In the absence of blood relatives the following persons appeared at the meeting: Ethan Cotton, J.W. Thompson, Dick Fleichman, Jacob Bennidict and Philip Kellar. After deliberation, Buxton Layton was appointed Tutor, and Louis Coquillon Under Tutor for the minor child. (St. Tammany Courthouse, Family Meeting, No. 300, C-2, pg. 275, Feb. 23, 1852)

At some time between the age of 8, when his parents died,  and the age of 18, when he appears on the 1860 census of Terrebonne Parish as a day laborer in Montegut, Tippicanoe Lottinger changed his name to Frederick Lottinger.  Members of the household included: Alen Dardeau, 38, farmer, 2M Real Estate, 2M Pers. Property, b. France (Alexandre Dardeau); Mary Casset, d/o Francois Casset & Angele Artigue, age 25, wife b. France; Clodise Dardeau, male, age 2, b. France; Arthur Dardeau, male, age 1, b. France; Frederick Lottinger, male, age 18, day laborer, born ???; Alexanonna Landeau, female, age 40, born France. (Ref. Annotated Census of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana 1860 (June 4, 1860), Terrebonne Genealogical Society, 1983)

Frederick Lottinger served the Confederate States of America as a Corporal in Company H of the 26th Louisiana Infantry in the Battle of Vicksburg, where he was badly wounded in the shoulder (Winchester Hall, The Story of the 26th Louisiana Infantry). At Vicksburg, on July 13, 1863, he signed a parole under oath that he would not take up arms again against the United States. On July 16, 1863, his name appeared on a list of prisoners in the hospital of General Smith's Division, C.S.A., who were captured when Vicksburg capitulated to the Union forces on July 4, 1863. (Microfilm of Confederate Records of Louisiana Soldiers, New Orleans Public Library)

The marriage of Frederick Lottinger to Mary (May) Dugas was recorded at the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse on May 14, 1864. (Houma Courthouse, V6, #157) Their marriage was recorded at St. Francis de Sales Church in Houma on May 30, 1864. (Vol. 3, p. 190) In one of the marriage records, Frederick stated that his parents were Frederick Lottinger and Marguerite Joanes. I am convinced that Frederick possibly did not know the correct names of his parents, since he was orphaned at such a young age. All other records found indicate that his parents were Philip Lottinger (Lutinger/Luttinger) and Magdalena Held.

On January 15, 1867, Frederick Lottinger, "a resident of the Parish of Terrebonne" sold to Joseph Solle, resident of St. Tammany Parish, the property in Mandeville that he had inherited upon the death of his father and mother. The property was further described in the act of sale: a certain lot of ground lying and being situate in the Town of Mandeville, Parish of St. Tammany in the State designated on a plan thereof as Lot Number Fifteen in Square Number Two, having a front of sixty feet front on Gerard Street by a front and depth of one hundred and ninety feet on Claiborne Street, forming the corner of said streets, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon. The property was sold to Solle for $250. (St. Tammany Parish Courthouse Conveyances, F-2, pg. 604, No. 1304)

The family appeared on the 1870 Census of Terrebonne Parish, 8th Ward, Lockport (sic) (should be Montegut): Frederic Atloteya, male, 27, white, field laborer, 100 Real Estate, 200 Personal Property, b. La.; Mary Atloteya, female, 25, white, keeping house, b. La.; Victor Atloteya, male, 5, b. La.; Frank Atloteya, male, 3, b. La.; Eloise Atloteya, female, 3, b. La.; Census Atloteya, female, 2 mos., b. La. This census was taken largely by officials of the Reconstruction  government in power in Terrebonne Parish at the time, and the names and information therein are not always accurate - whether deliberate, or by misunderstanding of the information given by the residents. (Microfilm copy of U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Jefferson Parish Library)

Frederick Lottinger and his family were listed on the 1880 and 1900 censuses of Terrebonne Parish. (The 1990 census was destroyed in a fire.) The 1900 census listed his birth date as November 1840, an inaccuracy. Frederick owned a general merchandise store at Dulac, below Houma. He apparently died between 1900 and 1910, as he was not listed on the 1910 census. (Microfilm copy of U.S. Federal Censuses, 1880, 1900 and 1910, Jefferson Parish Library)

Mrs. Frederick Lottinger (May Dugas) was buried 28 September 1901 at age 56 yrs (St. Francis de Sales Church, Vol. 2, p. 33). Her Succession listed the following children: Victor; Frank; Aliska m. Gilbert Lehman; Lee; Ellis; Emma; Lawrence. (Houma Courthouse, Succession #970: Petition putting heirs in possession, 16 Oct. 1901)

On the headstone of the Ellis Lottinger tomb in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery in Houma, LA, there is an inscription that reads Frederick Lottinger "CSA", but no dates.

Unsuccessful attempts were made to research the origins of Philip Lutinger (Lottinger) and Magdelena Held  in Germany through personal research in the microfilm at the Family History Center in Salt Lake City in Summer 1998, and again by Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. in Salt Lake City in 1999. It is quite evident, from the Louisiana records, that Frederick Lottinger did not know the exact place in Germany that his parents were from. He was only a child of eight years when he was orphaned. I am fairly confident that the family name was originally Lüttinger, since that name is still seen in parts of the Rhineland, and would have a close pronunciation to "Lottinger." I corresponded with one family member who cited Bingam-am-Rhein as the city of origin. There was no mention of the family there for the dates 1800 - 1843. In a search in the records of Blamont,  Meurthe-et-Moselle, an area of Lorraine, Lottingers were found in the records in 1700's, but they appear to be French. Moreover, Philip Lutinger was recorded as being from Bavaria on the ship list of the Tippicanoe.  As of this date, the search continues and is currently concentrated in the vicinity of Ludwigshausen-am-Rhein, where there are Lüttinger's living today.

My descent from Philip Lutinger of Germany is as follows:

1. Philip Lütinger & Magdalena Held
2. Frederick (Tippicanoe) Lottinger & Mary (May) Dugas
3. Lee Philip Lottinger & Marguerite Roger
4. Lee Peter Lottinger & Berthilde Marie Falgout
5. Barbara Ann Lottinger




Background music, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827, Germany)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb, Op.73 'Emperor,' Adagio un poco mosso

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