Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 39, Number 2 - Kentucky Historical ...

The Fey School and the Felix Pousardien Family, continued ________
St. Andrew’s Parish School in Roanoke, Va., for some
30 years. She is buried in Nazareth, Ky. 8
6. Lizzie, born in November 1868, according to
her marriage records, was baptized as “Melissa” on 1
November 1874. Her sponsors were Henry Stoltz
and Cecilia Jacquier (Jackey) 9 She married Frank J.
Plengemeier on 4 February 1890 in Jefferson
County. Frank was born on 21 December 1867 in
Germany and died on 12 September 1946. He is
buried in Calvary Cemetery. 10 (Some members of
the Plengemeier family are also buried at St.
Andrews.)
7. Secilia (b. about 1861) married Joseph Stinson
on 22 July 1884 in Jefferson County. Witnesses were
Lovell R. Stinson and Louisa Pousardien. She was
listed in the 1880 census as 19 and living with Mary
Botto, 65.
8. Margaret (b. about 1856) married Joseph
Kohler on 26 June 1883 in Jefferson County. Witnesses
were John Kohler and Charlotte Pousardien. 11
9. Charlotte
Pousardian and Heidt/Hite Families
Felix Pousardian, a son of Frank Pousardian and
Louise Jackey, was baptized on 19 October 1876 at
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church. His sponsor was Rosa
Heidt.
When he was orphaned at age 10, Felix was taken
into the household of Anthony Heidt. He is even
identified as “Felix Hite” in the 1880 census, living
with Anthony Hite, 55, (b. France), and his wife
Rosa, 48, (b. Baden). Felix was also listed with
Anthony Heidt in St. Andrews Catholic Church
records from 1881.
Anthony Heidt was a son of and Heinrich Heidt
(b. 1795) and Maria A. ____ (b. 1799, d. 3 October
1868). 12 For some reason, he was not listed in his
father’s will, dated 8 October 1878. 13
It was Heidt who sold Felix Pousardian farmland
along Arnoldtown Road, just across the road from
Fey School.
Felix Pousardian married Anna Marie Emmerich
(b. 18 August 1860, d. 25 December 1952), a
daughter of John Emmerich, on 7 January 1892 in
Jefferson County. Witnesses were John and Mannie
Pope. Felix and Anna Marie are both buried in St.
Andrews Catholic Church Cemetery. 14
Felix and Anna Marie had five children:
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1. Lena Belle (b. about 1900, d. 14 June 1959),
who married Charles L. Callahan (b. 11 August
1895, d. 12 April 1946), a son of Thomas Callahan
and Ella Finn. He was an electrician. He was buried
at St. Andrews cemetery. 15
2. Virginia May, who married ____
Musselman. 16
3. Florence Augusta, who married James Lang/
Long. 17
4. Louise Marie (1897-1946), who married Earl
D. Fella (b. 1893, d. 10 September 1955). 18
5. Felix Joseph (b. 16 April 1901) married Dora
Florence Wurster (b. 29 August 1904) on 8 October
1924. She attended Mill Creek School in nearby
Shively and Louisville Girls High School, from
which she graduated on 14 June 1922. She worked
many years for L&N Railroad. The couple and their
children moved to Palmyra, Ind., where they spent
much of their lives.
Felix Joseph and Dora had three children, Felix
Joseph Jr.(he attended both Kerrick and Mill Creek
Elementary Schools), Dorothy Ann, and Stephen
Frederick. 19
The Jackey family
The Jackey family is well known in southwestern
Jefferson County. Members, with the surname
Jacquier, emigrated from France. Through research I
have found a John Jackey Sr. (b. 10 June 1827,
France, d. 3 December 1912, Jefferson County), a
farmer who lived in the Shively area of Jefferson
County. He is buried in St. Andrews Catholic Church
Felix Pousardien
and Dora Florence
Wurster were
married on 8
October 1924.