from Doc C-61-1, FHGF, page 177:"On September 16, 1720, the "Profond", a ship
commanded by M. Guermeur, arrived at Ship Island, in Mississippi Sound, with
240 passengers bound, according to the Journalist, Bernard de La Harpe, for the
Law concession. According to the passenger list dated at La Rochellle, France,
on June 1, 1720, there were thirty-one workers among the passengers for the
Diron d'Artaguiette concession. Among these was the 18-year-old Joseph Castan.
Joseph very probably witnessed the miserable and pitiful situation at Biloxi
before being transportated up the Mississippi River to the concession site.
Joseph Castan, called Toulouse in the Louisiana records, was born on
February 12, 1702, according to documents dated 1781 in the St. Charles Parish
Courthouse. It was naturally assumed that Joseph had an affilation with the
city of toulouse in France. ...
Diron d'Artaguiette, Inspector General for the colony, possessed a
grant of land at Cannes Brulees (burnt cane), at the present day Kenner,
Louisiana. Cannes Brulees was so called because when the first French explorers
visited the area, they saw the Indians burning the cane brakes on the river
bank to clear their hunting grounds near that site. The census of November 24,
1721 listed those persons living at the the village of Cannes Brulees, which
included "Diron" and his wife, 6 children, and 20 French servants, as well as
20 Negro slaves and 2 Indian slaves. Three years later, on December 20, 1724,
another census listed only two white persons, M. Desjean, the director, and
Michel Lejeune, age 17 Years, living on the "Diron" concession at Cannes
Brulees.
Between the above two dates, a census on May 13, 1722 listed persons
living at another Diron concession, "Dironbourg, called Baton Rouge". On this
concession were listed 10 men, 5 women, 2 children, and 6 negro slaves. Joseph
Castan may have been at Dironbourg as early as 1722, as later census records
place him in that general vicinity.
According to the 1781 records in the St. Charles Parish Courthouse, a
marriage contract was excuted between Joseph Castan and Claudine Volmar on
February 5, 1724. This act is reflected on the census of the inhibitants of
Louisiana taken on January 1, 1726, which listed "Joseph Cartan" (an error in
translation), his wife, 2 children, 4 arpents of land cleared "at the 'Tunica
Village'". (An arpent is an old French measurement estimated at 192 feet.)
Along with the Castans were 16 other white men, 13 white women, 15 children,
and 5 engages, or domestics - 53 white persons in all. The European settlers at
the Tunica Village had cleared a total of 78 arpents of land. ...
Joseph Castan moved back and forth between New Orleans and the
upriver area, including the Indian villages, with frequency during his early
years in the colony. We do not know his background, or if he possessed a trade
when he came to the colony. It is apparent that he did not settle down to the
life of a farmer on a habitation in his early years, because he did not stay
in any one place long enough to cultivate land. Perhaps he yielded to the
impulse of his youth, and sought more adventurous activity. He may have been a
trader, or a hunter. The possibility also exists that he may have been an
Indian interpretor. It was the custom of the French to place boys and young men
at Indian villages so that they could learn the languages and ways of the
tribes.
One of the two children in Joseph's family at the Tunica village in
1726 was no doubt his daughter, Marie Jeanne Castan, our ancestor. The other
child may have been Etienne Castan, whose name appears in early records. "E.
Castan", age 42, was listed as a member of Marie Jeanne's household on the
German Coast census of June, 1766.
Joseph Castan left the Tunica Village, and by July 1, 1727 was
living downriver and across the river from his former location, in the area
between the present towns of White Castle and Edgard. The reference to the
location has to do with the village of Bayougoula Indians, who were near White
Castle, but who later, according to Vacherie historian, Eton J. Oubre, moved to
another village at Vacherie, known as "Shell Hill". In a document dated October
24, 1724, the surgeon, Sieur Dominique Douat de Sanson signed an agreement with
"Mr. Rene Louis de Verteuil, general administrator of the concession named
LeBuisson, former village of the Bayougoulas, in Louisiana, to serve in the
said concession during the term and time of three years, as surgeon and
apothecary..." (Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol 1, January, 1918, pg. 104).
Etienne DuBuisson's concession was located across the river from Bayou Manchac,
upriver from today's Donaldsonville. By 1724, the Bayougoula Indians had
evidently moved, as Dubuisson's land was referred to as being at the former
village of the Bayougoulas. Archaelogical evidence has identified "Shell
Hill" as having been occupied by the Bayougoulas in the eighteenth century.
"Joseph Castan dit Thoulouze, wife, 2 children" were listed in the census of
July 1, 1727 on the west bank of the Mississippi River, at the village of the
Bayougoula Indians, above the German Villages. The German villages were below
the present town of Edgard. Indications are that children born at that location
included Marie Antoinette, Francois, and Charlotte Castan.
Joseph's son, Francois Castan, according to his marriage contract,
was born at a Bayougoulas village in the parish of Pointe Coupee. Saint Francis
Catholic Church Parish of Pointe Coupee was established in 1728, and the
reference to the "parish of Pointe Coupee" meant the church parish. It is
probable that Francois was baptised by a missionary priest from that church.
In 1733, the Castan were living were living closer to New
Orleans, where it was recorded in the baptismal register of the St. Louis
Church that Charlotte Castan, a child previously baptised by her mother,
Claudine Volmar, was baptised by the Capuchin missionary, Father Phelippe.
.... The Castan family apparently continued to live at the German Coast,
where they had land "with buildings thereon", until Joseph's death, some time
before February 17, 1753, as determined from his widow's sale of property on
that date.
from New Orleans Genesis vol 7 1968 page 149, doc C-155-2:Census - Inhabitants
of the German Coast - 8 February 1749 lists Josephe Castan, at Mr. Volant's
see Archdiocese of N.O. Sacremental Records Vol 1, page 42
from Doc C-61-1, FHGF, page 183:"Shortly after Joseph died, Claudine Volmar was
living in New Orleans, having sold her German Coast land. She instituted a suit
against Jean Baptiste Garic for his non-payment of sums due her from the sale
of her plantation. ...
It was further learned from a document of November 30, 1755 in the St.
Charles Parish Courthouse that this tract of land was 11 arpents wide. This
document was a sale of land of 3 arpents each to Henry Beaufin and to Jean
Baptiste Nero by Jean Uval, in which Uval stated that he had already sold 5
arpents to Rivoire, and that he had purchased the land from Garic, and the
tract had formerly belonged to the deceased Toulouse. It is unclear from the
abstracts of the records by Conrad in St. Charles if this property was on the
east or west bank of the river, and perhaps a further study of the original
records in the St. Charles Parish Courthouse would provide more definitive
information on the exact location of the property owned by Joseph Castan at the
German Coast.
According to papers filed in Claudine Volmar's sucession, on March 8,
1757 she acknowledged receipt of sums due her daughter, Julienne, from the
estate of her deceased godfather, Michel Delaire. Claudine Volmar signed that
document "aux Allemands" - at the German Coast - indicating a possible return
to that area by 1757.
The census of September, 1763 did not list Claudine Volmar at the
German Coast, and she was not listed on the two censuses of April, 1766 and
June, 1766. "E. Castan, age 42" was listed in the household of his sister,
Marie Jeanne, on the June, 1766 census.
Claudine Volmar returned to the German Coast around this time, because
another document referred to in her sucession was an act of sale of a tract of
land of 3 arpents in width, dated January 8, 1766. the referenced document did
not specify names, but the land was evidently the 3-arpent tract described as
her farm in her sucession inventory, which was sold in 1781 to the Widow
Dominque Bourgeois. The farm sold to the Widow Bourgeois in 1781 was the same
enumerated in the census of the German Coast for the year 1770. According to
that census, the Widow Toulouse was living on the right bank of the river going
downstream, on a tract of land bounded above by the lands of David Imel
(Himel), and below by those of Dominique Bourgeois. There were two white
persons enumerated in the census, presumably the Widow Castan and her son,
Etienne. They owned one slave, and the farm produced 20 quarts of rice and 20
quarts of corn.
.... Claudine Volmar must have been about 78 years old when she died.
Her death marked the end of an era for the Falgoust family of the German Coast,
for with the passing of their last immigrant ancestor, their ties with Eurpoe
were severed.
The existing records give no clue to Claudine Volmar's origins. the
name, Volmar, does not appear in published early records of the Louisiana
colony. the mention of a small English casket in her sucession inventory
permits the flight of one's imagination, fired by a natural tendency towards
romanticism, to reach the conclusion that Claudine Volmar may have been one of
the celebrated "Casquette Girls". Legend has them chaperoned by the Ursuline
nuns, and appearing in New Orleans in 1727. The fact is that these young girls,
many from orphanages and convents in France, were chaperoned by Sisters Marie,
Gertrude, and St. Louis, and they arrived in the colony much earlier, between
1718 and 1720. These women were sent from France as future wives for the
soldiers and workers in the colony, and most of them married at Biloxi in the
early 1720's.
The records indicate that Claudine had a strong Catholic background,
and that she was educated. She baptized at least two of her children, and owned
a Bible and other books. Her bed boasted two neddlepoint covers, which she may
have made herself, and which might also indicate that she had a genteel
upbringing. Her sucession inventory also included a "black valise". Was
Claudine a midwife, one of those very necessary ladies who enjoyed preferential
and respected treatment in the colony? was she the catalyst - the means by
which her oldest daughter met the young French surgeon-major?
It is certain that Claudine came to the colony during the mass
immigrations which took place between the years 1718 and 1722. One of the
nameless hundreds who did not appear on ship lists and early census records,
Claudine Volmar, nevertheless, was one of those stout-hearted pioneer women who
helped bring civilization to the Louisiana wilderness.from Doc G-83-4, ACRC, page 96:"No 498 8-26-82 TUTORSHIP. Owing to the death of
Claudine Volmar, Widow Castan, and the petition of Marie-Antoinette Castan,
Widow Drosse, daughter of Volmar, Bellile names Antoine Duvernay to be tutor of
minor Marie-Antoinette Castan. Duvernay accepts the tutorship in the presence
of Henry Beaufin and Louis Falgoust." "No 499 ?-?-82 PARTITION OF THE SUCESSION
OF THE LATE CLAUDINE VOLMAR, WIDOW CASTAN. The partition is among Claudine
Volmar's heirs, namely: Marie-Jeanne Castan, Widow Drosse (represented by
Antoine Duvernay, see No. 498); and the children of the late Jullienne Castan,
wife of Antoine Lanclos. The succession amounts to 620 piastres. To this sum
must be added 100 piastres, the value of the animals belonging to Jeanne Castan
before her marriage with Louis-Marcel Falgoust. The animals had been promised
in her marriage contract. Also to be added are 80 piastres for the value of
the animals that Cahrlotte Castan carried into her marriage with Jean-Baptiste
Phelypeaux. Also to be added are 220 piastres for the value of the animals that
Marie-Antoinette Castan carried into her marriage with Jean-Abraham Drosse. The
succession thus totals 1000 piastres. The dowries will be deducted from the 250
piastres that each heir is to receive. Widow Falgoust, possessing the power of
attorney from Antoine Lanclos, receives the 250 piastres belonging to the
children of Jullienne Castan. Joseph Macaux stands bond for Widow Falgoust. The
instrument is signed by Joseph Macaux, Charlotte Castan and Louis Falgoust.
................Receipt, July 1, 1781. Henry Beaufin acknowedges receipt of 1 piastre from
Joseph Macaux for announcing the public sale of the effects of the late Widow
Castan. (This statement refers to Widow Castan dit Toulouse)"
.................
Receipt, June 1, 1781. St.-Germain acknowledges receipt from Joseph Macaux of
1 piastres for having written the inventory of the effects of the late Widow
Castan.Receipt, June 9, 1781. Father Barnabe acknowledges receipt of 15 piastres
from Joseph Macaux to pay for the funeral of Widow Castan."from ACRC, Doc G-83-5, page 80:"No. 408 6-9-81 PUBLIC SALE OF THE BELONGINGS OF
THE LATE MADAME TOULOUSE CASTAN Bellile proceeds with the public sale of the
effects of Claudine Volmar, Widow Castan or Toulouse, in the presence of
Jacques Masicot and Pierre-Rene de Saint-Germain, and in the presence of Joseph
Macou (Macaux), husband of Jeanne Castan; and in the presence of Charlotte
Castan, daughter of the decedent. Buyers and their bondsmen were: Joseph
Macaux, Dame Phelepeaux.... A farm 3 arpents wide by the customary depth,
bounded above by the property of David Imel (Himel) and below by that of Widow
Dominique Bourgeois, located about 27.5 miles above New Orleans on the right
bank of the river ascending, sold to Widow Dominique Bourgeois. Jospeh
Bourgeois stands bond"
see Doc G-81-2, New Orleans Genesis, Vol 1, page 70
from the same source as rin 158:"Juan Baptista (luis & Genoveva Philipo) bt 3
May 1788, bn 6 Apr 1788, spo Juan Tuson & Dorotea Lamate (Saint James Parish-3,
15)"
from "South La Records" "Gregoire, Pierre 26 yrs old (d. Louis & d. Genevieve
Philippeaux) inventory of Louis Gregoire dated 8 June 1816 (Thib Ct Hse Succ
1816)"
from BRCC, vol 3, page 378:"Gregoire, Pierre, age 29 yrs. (Louis, decd. and
Genevieve Philippe) bur. 30 Dec. 1819 (ASC-4, 150)"
from the same source as rin 158
from "Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records"
"Maria Clemencia (Pedro Josef & Helena LeBlanc) bt 9 Mar 17 94, bn 18 Sept 1
793, spo Pedro Bourgeois & Nanette Michel (Saint James-3, 72)"
"Marie, Minor Dau. (Joseph, decd. and Helene LeBlanc) m 9 Oct 1815 Jean
Gregoire, Major son (Louis and Genevieve philipeaux) wit: Louis Gregoire,
father of groom; Pierre Bourgois; Ambroise Haydel (SMI-2, 18)"
Andrew Novel Hues Stout GREGOIRE
from BRCC, vol 4, page 248:"Andreas Novel Hues Stout (Jan and Marie
Bourgeois) bn 20 Sept 1829 bt 4 Nov 1829 spo. Andreas Violton and Francase
Gregoux (SMI-3, 165)"
see Doc G-147-8 for info on tombstone
from the same source as rin 158
from "Diochese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records":
"Edmond, major son (Jean Gregoire and Clemence Bourgeois) m 18 July 1845
Celestine Richard, minor daughter (Louis Richard and Magdeleine Arceneaux) wit:
Louis Richard; Sylvain Braud; Thoedore Huguet; Tomassin Dubourg; Cyprien
Bourgeois; Henry Mc-Anespy (SMI-7, 191)"
"Jean Pierre Edmond (Jean and Clemence Bourgeois) bn 20 Nov 1822 bt 16 Jan 1823
spo. Pierre Bourseau Marchand and Helene LeBlanc"from "Computer Indexed Marriage Records, St. James Parish La. 1809-1850",
Nicholas Russell Murray, Hunting for Bears, LOU R 929.3 M98 sj:
Edmond gregoire married Celestine Richard on 7-8-1845 there is a space on this
date before the eight that might have been for an one.In the 1850 census they are listed as living in Jefferson Parish. Listed as
living with them are Opt. Richard, male age 11 and M. Gautier, male age 8. No
Occupation is given for Edmund.
from "Diochese of Baton Rouge Church Records":
"Marie, age 20 1/2 yrs., wife of Evariste Part, bur 2 July 1845, d yesterday
(SMI-4, 181)"
"Marie, minor dau. (Jean Gregoire and Clemence Bourgeois, both decd.)m 6 Dec
1841 Evariste Part, major son (Joseph Part and Elizabeth Poirier, decd.) wit:
Joachim Gaudin; Aug Adolph Boucry; Marcellin Ma=elacon; Louis Part; widow
Joseph Bourgeois, bride's Grandmother; Hervilien Bourgeois (SMI-7, 125)"
"Marie Antoinetee (Jean and Marie Bourgois) bn 18 Jan 1825 bt 20 feb 1825 spo
from the same source as rin 158:filed under Gregoire
see Doc G-88-8, family group sheet, parents Pierre BOUVIER, Marie Schof
from the same source as rin 158
from "South La Records", "Gregoire, Therese 31 years old (d. Louis & d.
Genevieve Philippeaux) Inventory of Louis Gregoire dated 8 June 1816 (Thib Ct
Hse: Succ : year 1816)"
see Doc G-88-8, family group sheet
from Doc G-70-2, BRCC, v2 page 139:"Pedro (Pedro & Teresa Gregoire) bt. 11 Oct
1801, bn. 23 June 1801"
from DOC G-70-22, SLR, v1, page 120:"BOUVIER, Pierre (Pierre) m. 2 May 1830
Leonore PORTIER"
see Doc G-88-8, family group sheet
from Doc G-70-5, BRCC, v 3, page 151:"Caroline (pierre and Therese Seraphie
Mathieu) bn. 1 mo. old bt. 26 Aug 1804)"
from Doc G-70-22, SLR, v1, page 120:"BOUVIER, Coralie m. 28 April 1821 Valentin
Guidraux" "BOUVIER, Coralie 16 yrs. old (Pierre & Seraphine THERESE) m. 28
April 1820 Valentin GUIDRAUX, 24 yrs. old"
from Doc G-70-21, SLR, v4, page 298:"GUIDROZ, Valentin d. Jan 1867; m. Coralie
BOUVIER, d. 3 Oct. 1867 Children listed:Valentin; Saulet; Lucien; Celeste m.
Louis GOSSIN; Clementine m. Hudson Field; Henriette m. Ulysse LEDET; Maire m.
Joseph TOUPS; Anais m. Alfred Laine; Andre" "GUIDROZ, Mrs. Valentin d. 1 Nov.
1867"
see Doc G-88-8 and Doc G-88-11
Hortaire (Clotaire) (Octave) BOUVIER
from Doc G-70-22, SLR, v 1, page 120:"BOUVIER, Hortaire 24 yrs. old (d. Pierre
& Therese GREGOIRE) m. 30 April 1834 Delphine THERIOT, 18 yrs old"
see Doc G-88-8, family group sheet
from Doc G-70-5, BRCC, v3, page 151:"Juan (Pedro and Therese GREGOIRE of St.
John the Baptist parish) bn. 24 Sept 1810 bt. 10 Oct 1811
from DOC G-70-22, SLR, v 1, page 120:"BOUVIER, Jean (D. Pierre Bouvier) m. 7
Dec 1835 Madeline Poche"
see Doc G-72-35, ADJJ, v4, page 66
from Doc G-75-9, SWLR, v17 (1885-1886):"BOUVIER, Jean of St. John the Baptist
Parish d. 14 April 1885 at age 75 yrs. (Jeanerette Ch.:v. 1, p 40)"
see Doc G-88-7/8, family group sheet
from Doc G-70-22, vol 1, page 120:"BOUVIER, Josephine 21 yrs. old (D. Pierre &
Therese GRegoire) m. 29 July 1833 George Dufreney, 26 yrs. old"
see Doc G-88-8, family group sheet
see Doc G-88-11
from Doc G-70-5, BRCC, v3, page 151:"Marie Cleonisse (Pierre and Therese
Gregoire) bn. 5 Aug 1818 bt. 21 Nov 1819"
see Doc G-88-8, family group sheet
see Doc G-88-11:Marie Leonice, 18 years old, married July 16, 1838, Amos Moore,
of Penn., 35 Years old, s/o Stephen & Hannah Robertson; Thibodeaux Court House.
from doc G-70-22, SLR, v 1, page 120:"BOUVIER, Eugenie (D. Pierre & d. Therese
GREGOIRE) m. 26 Sept 1838 Edward Elliote, of Georgia; widr of (1) Marie Louise
Jolet & widr. (2) Marie Schweitzer."
from Doc G-70-5. BRCC, v 3. page 151:"Eugene (Pierre and Therese GREGOIRE) bn.
18 June 1815 bt. 18 Aug 1816"
from Doc G-70-7, BRCC, v 4, page 89:"Eugene (Pierre and Therese GREGOIRE) res.
Lafourche, bur 6 mar. 1822"
see Doc G-88-8, family group sheet
from the same source as rin 158:"Jacques (Louis and Genevieve Felipo) m 8 Apr.
1806 Marguerite Villique (Laurent and Margueritte Vicner) wit: Jacques Poche;
Gabriel Fonteneau; Nicholas Vicner (Saint James Parish-2, 94)"
"Jacques, widower Marguerite Velique (Louis and Genevieve Philippo, decd. ) m
27 Jan 1817 Sersphine Roussel, nat. St. John Baptiste, res. St. James, wid.
Casimir Canterelle (Christophe and Perine Hayden) wit: George St. Cyr; Zenon
Roussel; Ambroise Hydel (SMI-2,43)"
from "South La. Records", "Gregoire, Jacques 32 years old (d. Louis & d.
Genevieve Philippeaux) inventory of Louis Gregoire dated 8 June 1816 (Thib ct
Hse Succ year 1816)"
from "Diochese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records":
"Jacques, age 53 yrs., bur 4 Jan 1833 (SMI-4, 99)"
see Doc G-88-9, family group sheet
from Les Voyagueurs V9 # 3 Spetember 1988, Jacques Gregoire was listed in the
Roster for the War of 1812
from "Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records vol 3 1772-1783"
R929.37633 1987 Dallas Main Library" Doc G-131-1:"Mathieu Jacque (Louis
Gregoire and Genieve PHILIPPEAUX), b. Dec 13, 1782, bn. Sep 17, 1782, s. Jacque
LECONTE and Marie Louis DERVIN (SJBED, B1, 57)."
from the same rin as 158
from "Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records 1804-1819" vol 3
"Marguerite (Laurent and Marguerite Vicner) m 8 Apr 1806 Jacques Gregoire
(Louis and Genevieve Felipo) wit: Jacques Poche; Gabriel Fonteneau; nicholas
Vicner (Saint James-2, 94)"
"Marguerite, age 24, spouse Jacque Gregoire, bur 2 Aug 1814 (SMI-8, 19)"
from the same source as rin 158:"Jacques (Jacques and Marguerite Vilic) bn 4
June 1807 bt 6 Sept 1807 spo. Pierre Gregoire and Felicite Vilic
In the 1860 census his age is given as 54 and the value of property owned is
$3300. Post Office is given as Grande Point.
see Doc G-50-1 for family chart
I have a copy of his marriage contract- doc G-25-9
from the same source as rin 158:"Marguerite (Jacques and Marguerite Velique) bn
23 Apr. 1813 bt. 12 June 1814 spo. Jean Louis Berthelot and Josephine St. Cyr
(SMI-3, 27)"
from the same source as rin 158:"Jacques (Louis and Genevieve Felipo) m 8 Apr.
1806 Marguerite Villique (Laurent and Margueritte Vicner) wit: Jacques Poche;
Gabriel Fonteneau; Nicholas Vicner (Saint James Parish-2, 94)"
"Jacques, widower Marguerite Velique (Louis and Genevieve Philippo, decd. ) m
27 Jan 1817 Sersphine Roussel, nat. St. John Baptiste, res. St. James, wid.
Casimir Canterelle (Christophe and Perine Hayden) wit: George St. Cyr; Zenon
Roussel; Ambroise Hydel (SMI-2,43)"
from "South La. Records", "Gregoire, Jacques 32 years old (d. Louis & d.
Genevieve Philippeaux) inventory of Louis Gregoire dated 8 June 1816 (Thib ct
Hse Succ year 1816)"
from "Diochese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records":
"Jacques, age 53 yrs., bur 4 Jan 1833 (SMI-4, 99)"
see Doc G-88-9, family group sheet
from Les Voyagueurs V9 # 3 Spetember 1988, Jacques Gregoire was listed in the
Roster for the War of 1812
from "Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records vol 3 1772-1783"
R929.37633 1987 Dallas Main Library" Doc G-131-1:"Mathieu Jacque (Louis
Gregoire and Genieve PHILIPPEAUX), b. Dec 13, 1782, bn. Sep 17, 1782, s. Jacque
LECONTE and Marie Louis DERVIN (SJBED, B1, 57)."
from the same source as rin 158:"Jacques, Widower Marguerite Velique (Louis and
Genevieve Philippo, decd.) m 27 Jan 1817 Serephine Roussel , nat St. John
Baptiste, res St. James, wid Casimir Canterelle (Christophe and Perine Haydel)
wit : George St. Cyr; Zenon Roussel; Ambroise Hydel (SMI-2, 43)
from the same source as rin 158:"Genevieve (Jacques and Seraphine Rouselle) bn
30 Jan 1822 bt 30 Sept 1822 spo. Jacques Gregoire and Leonore Wilker (SJA-3,
416)
"Genevieve, age 9 yrs. (Louis and Dame Rousel, called John Nalte) bur. 16 Aug
1830 (SMI-4, 87)"
Marie du Carmel (Carmelite) GREGOIRE
from the same source as rin 158:"Marie du Carmel (Carmelite) (Jacques and
Seraphine Roussel) bn 16 dec 1825 bt 14 June 1827 spo. Maximilien Luesne and
Delphine Roussel (SMI-3, 138)"
also "Marie Carmelite, minor dau. (Jacques Gregoire, decd. and Seraphine
Roussel) m 17 Aug 1840, 2nd degree Consanguinity, Zenon Roussel, Major son
(Zenon Roussel and Marie Louque, decd.) wit: Eugene Michel; Ovide Roussel;
Marcellin Roussel (SMI-7, 105)"
from New Orleans Genesis, Vol XXX, #118, page 235,"St. Louis Cem. No I&II
death records " 1858 March p26
from the same source as rin 158:filed under Gregoire
from the same source as rin 158:"Charlot, Widow Elie Pannevel (Louis Gregoire
and Genevieve Philipaux) m 16 April 1846 Valery Poirier, widower Caroline
Chaisson (Joseph Poirier and Adelaide Bernard, both decd.) Wit: Joseph LeBlanc;
Aimee LeBlanc; Valentin Hebert; Laura Landry; Elizabeth Landry; Emma LeBlanc;
Coralie LeBlanc (Ascension Parish-10, 208)
"Charlotte, major daughter (Louis and Genevieve Falgot) m 2 Apr 1836 Elie
Panvell (Panneveille) (Pierre and Lise Bernard) wit:Leon Amedee; Joseph
Terriot; A. Adams (SMI-7, 23)"
from Doc G-70-14, BRCC, v8, page 457:"Estelle Pandevelle, age 17 years, bur. 15
June 1854"
from Doc G-70-8, BRCC, v5, page 476:"Marie Estelle (Eli and Charlotte GREGORIE)
bn. 22 May 1837 bt. 5 Aug 1837"
from Doc G-70-11, BRCC, v6, page 507:"Joseph (Elie PENDEVEL and Francoise
GREGOIRE) bn. 19 March 1839 bt. 26 1842"
from Doc G-70-11, BRCC, v6, page 507:"Jospeh (Elie PENDEVEL and Francoise
GREGOIRE) bn. 19 March 1839 bt. 26 May 1842"
from the same source as rin 158: filed under Gregoire
from Doc G-70-1, BRCC, v2, page 600:"Valerio (Joseph Bernardo & Adelayda
Bernard) bt. 11 Jan 1802, bn. 2 Apr 1800"
from the same source as rin 158:"Charlot, Widow Elie Pannevel (Louis Gregoire
and Genevieve Philipaux) m 16 April 1846 Valery Poirier, widower Caroline
Chaisson (Joseph Poirier and Adelaide Bernard, both decd.) Wit: Joseph LeBlanc;
Aimee LeBlanc; Valentin Hebert; Laura Landry; Elizabeth Landry; Emma LeBlanc;
Coralie LeBlanc (Ascension Parish-10, 208)
"Charlotte, major daughter (Louis and Genevieve Falgot) m 2 Apr 1836 Elie
Panvell (Panneveille) (Pierre and Lise Bernard) wit:Leon Amedee; Joseph
Terriot; A. Adams (SMI-7, 23)"
from BRCC:"Pierre Duffossat (Eugene and Dorothe Denous)
bn. 29 June 1832 bt 7 Oct 1832 spo Camille Melancon and Aspasie Gregoire
(Ascension Parish-6, 249)
From BRCC, Doc G-150-1, Vol 5, page 227:"Duphossa (Eugene Gregoire and Dorothee
Desnoux) m. 22 Sept. 1851 Celestine LANOUX (Ranon Lanoux and Emalise SAVOY)
wit. Thelesphore BERTAU; Magdeleine Babin; Leon Gaudin; Odalie Braud; Leon
Braud; Charles Lasselles; Scholastique Richard; Melanie Denoux (ASC-10, 312b)"
in 1870 Census of Ascension Parish she is listed as 39
in 1910 Census of Ascension Parish she is listed as widow white age 82
ED 3 sheet 13 her daughter Cecile is listed as living with her white age 43
from Doc G-26-1, BRCC, page 262:"Cleoph, age 3 yrs. (son of Difosa Gregoire and
omitted) bur. 7 April 1856 d. last night (ASC-11, 210)"
"Cleophas (Pierre Duphosa Gregoire and Celestine Lanou) bn. 24 Oct. 1852 bt.
omitted 1853 spo. Eugene Gregoire and Emalise Lanou (ASC-12, 85)"
in 1870 census of Ascension Parish, La she is listed as 17
from Doc G-26-1, BRCC, page 262:"Anne (Pierre Duphossa Gregoire and Celestine
LACROIX) bn. 27 July 1854 bt. 2 Oct 1854 spo. Alfred Landry and Serasine Lanoux
(ASC-12, 118)"
from Doc G-26-1, BRCC, page 262:"Marie Rosinda (Dufosa Gregoire and Celestine
LANOUX) bn. 10 Oct. 1856 bt. 17 Feb. 1857 spo. Leon Gaudin and Estelle Braud
(ASC-12, 164)"
in 1870 census of ascension parish she is listed as 12
buried in sec 11 - tombstone is marked "ARMINA"
in 1890 census of Ascension Parish Second ward, card 289 is listed AMANDA
GREGOIRE age 30. she best fits the age.
in 1870 census of Ascension Parish he is listed as 11
from BRCC, vol 9 doc G-65-2, page 237:"Silvestre Dufossat (Dufossat Gregoire
and Celestine LANOUX) bn. 31 Dec. 1858 bt. 18 May 1859 spo. Faustin Gregoire
and Julie Babin (ASC-12, 211)"
in 1890 census of Ascension Parish second ward card 296 he is listed as
Duffossat Gregoire white male aged 26
in 1870 census of Ascension Parish La Marie is listed as age 3
in the 1910 census of Ascension Parish there is a daughter named Cecile living
with the widow age 43. I belive that Marie and Ceclie is the same person
in 1870 census he is listed as 2 years old, Ascension parish
in 1890 census he is listed as 19 Ascension Parish second ward card 289
in 1910 census he is listed as 42, with wife Delphin age 39
Hunting for Bears - St. James Parish has marriage of Pierre Gregoire to
Delphine Simon of February 26, 1886.
from Doc G-85-4, Jambalaya, v7, pages 52-53, voter regrestration lists 1898
lists Pierre Gregoire, age 27 Clerk, born 1871, father D. Gregoire 3rd ward
Ascension Parish.
buried in sec 4
marriage Certificate Doc G-25-11 parish of St James
listed in 1890 Census Ascension Parish second ward card 289 as Louis Gregoire
age 15
listed in 1890 Census Ascension Parish second ward card 289 as Euphroisine
Gregoire white female age 6
listed in 1890 Census Ascension Parish second ward card 290 as Dennis
Gregoire white male age 5
from the same source as rin 158: see notes of rin 2236
from "Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records 1770-1803" vol 2
"Pablo, age 66 years, husband of Rose LeBlanc (Pablo & Anna Brin) bur 6 Mar
1797 (Saint James-4, 8)"
in the 1777 census of St. James Parish he is listed as 45
from HGDA, vol 6, pp 2434:"Paul Bourgeois, born in 1732, son of Paul and
Marie-Jospeh Brun of Beaubassin, Acadia, married around 1760 Rosalie LeBlanc.
Children: Marie-Anne, 1770; Pierre-Paul, 1774; Rosalie, 1775; Constance, 1778.
In 1769, he lived at lot number 97, on the east bank of the Mississippi at
Saint James Parish." Doc B-55-1
see BL there his spouse has as parents Theodore and Marie Cormier
from the same source as rin 158:see notes for rin 2236
in the 1777 census of St. James parish she is listed as 31
from HGDA, doc B-55-2, vol 2, pp 877:"Paul Bourgeois, 1707, son of Claude and
Anne Blanchard, on 17 November 1727 married at Port Royal Marie-Joseph Brun,
daughter of Jean and Anne Gauterot. Children: Marie-Joseph, 17733; Joseph,
1734; Anne-Marie, 1740; Scholastique, 1743; Pierre, 1745; Jean-Baptiste, 1748.
He was at Malpeque, island of Saint-Jean in 1757."
this couple also had Paul Bourgeois see notes for Paul
see BL page 133 also
from Doc B-117-3, ACR, v 4, page 16:"September 29, 1718 Baptism
Marie Joseph Brun born the same day
Daughter of Antoine Brun and Francoise Comeau."