Several sources3002,3003,3004 give the birthyear of Marie Ellen Schexnaider as 1884; however, HEB-0013005 gives her birthdate as 1 Nov 1883 and cites the original church birth record3006 containing the same 1 Nov 1883 date. The original birth record is more timely than the gravestone inscription used by the other sources.


Some family genealogies list the birth year of Marie Ellen Schexnaider as 1884 rather than 188313,14.

Marie Ellen Schexnaider
Marie Ellea Schexnaider
Leah Schexnaider
Leah S. Clostio
Leah Schexnayder
Lea Schexnayder
Lea Shixneider

Numa Clostio was a very strong man in his younger days. Once a friend bet him that he could not lift a one-year old calf off the ground. Numa Clotiaux made the bet. Then he took a new born calf and lifted him three times of the ground. He repeated this everyday until the calf was a year old. At this time he proved to his friend that he could lift a one-year old calf off the ground. He won the bet. This story was told to me by my father Summerall Martin Guidry - Numa Clotiaux’s grandson3012.

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According to the Vermilion Parish, LA Census of 1900, Numa Clostio was a hired person in the family of Joseph Scion and Marie-Olita Lemaire3013,3014.

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Numa evidently won many bets that he could lift a blacksmith anvil with one hand. According to his grandson Earl Clostio, Numa had straps that he would put around the anvil and put his arm through the straps and lift the anvil.3015

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According to Earl Clostio, during his father’s younger days Numa Clostio worked as a blacksmith. He also did sideline jobs as an electrician and plumber. Numa taught his sons Leslie, Earl and Lloyd how to do this work and Earl used to do some of Numa’s sideline jobs with him. Earl also used to drive Numa whenever he could because Numa did not like to drive and did not learn to drive a car until late in life. Clinton Thomas Clostio met his great-grandfather Numa Clostio when Clinton was a young boy and Numa left him a watch that Mathurin had found in a wagon wheel track. As of September, 2003, Clinton Clostio still has the watch as a family heirloom.3016

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Numa Joseph Clostio
Numa Clotiaux
Numa Clotioux
Numa J. Clostio
Numa Clostio
Numa Clothio
Numa Clotio