"Johanna Wilhelmina Knudsen was married to Volkert Heinrish Bendixen Nov. 16, 1872 in Lake Charles, LA by District Judge H. J. Reid in the presence of the following witnesses: F.G. Mochling, Daniel Goos, and Frederick Beyer.
Judge Reid lived in a large house which was later known as Mason Villa in a block bounded by Hodges, Division, Moss and Mill Streets. Mr. and Mrs. Bendixen began housekeeping in Goosport facing Calcasieu (?) River next door to Mr. Bendixen's sister, Helena, known to us as Taunta (Faunta?)"
(from handwritten notes about her family history, written by Emma Louisa Bendixen between 1945-1976).