He left behind no children, no direct descendants, and for generations this picture sat in silence, tucked away and unknown. It wasn’t until I came across another cousin’s old photo album that his identity finally came to light. That’s when I learned he was Martel LEMELLE, born September 26, 1889 in Leonville, Louisiana, the son of Antoine and Adeline LEMELLE, both born free people of color. He died on December 4, 1919 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. A short life, but a meaningful one. And this

It is often mentioned in the Creole community that Prince Rogers Nelson, the legendary artist, commonly known as Prince was a Creole but that truth isn’t found in his ancestral ties. He does indeed has ties to Louisiana through both parents but his folks only moved to Louisiana at the turn of the 19th century and they lived in North Louisiana where it wasn’t a heavy influence of Latin Culture hence the names of Louisiana Cities on opposite sides of the Mason Dixon. Prince was born on 7 Jun 1958

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