Eusebe Arseneau (abt. 1761 - 1825)

Born about 1761 in Halifax, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Rosalie Bergeron — married 6 Aug 1788 in St James Parish, Louisiana, USA

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1825 at about age 64 in Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Pierre is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 1 Left. Listed with him are Marie Lincour, Eusebe and Pierre.^[1]

Eusebe Arseneau was born around 1761, the first child of Pierre Arseneau and Marie Godin (dit Lincour). He was born in Halifax, Acadia.^[2]

Around 1765, his family moved to Louisiana and settled on the West Bank of the Mississippi, in what is now St. James Parish. His father Pierre died shortly after.

Listed in 1766 census of Louisiana Acadian Coast (Cabahannocer).

in 1769, his mother married Basile Prejean, who lived on a neighboring plot of land.

The family moved to the Chetimaches settlement (near what is now Donaldsonville).

Eusebe married Rosalie Bergeron, daughter of Jean Baptiste Bergeron and Marguerite Bernard, in 1788 in St. James Parish, LA. They had 13 children:

1. Alexandre Eusebe ARSENEAU b: 22 Jul 1789 in , St. James, LA c: 18 Oct 1789 in St. James, St. James, LA
2. Louis Narcisse ARSENEAU b: 2 Nov 1790 in , St. James, LA c: 30 Nov 1790 in St. James, St. James, LA
3. Michel Angel ARSENEAU b: 2 Jun 1792 in , Ascension, LA c: 2 Jun 1792 in , Ascension, LA
4. Constance ARSENEAU b: 29 Jul 1794 in , St. James, LA c: 12 Jul 1795 in , St. James, LA
5. Marie Modeste ARSENEAU b: 29 Jun 1796 in , Assumption, LA c: 17 Apr 1797 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
6. Jean Baptiste ARSENEAU b: 3 Apr 1798 in , Assumption, LA c: 3 Apr 1798 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
7. Valery Joseph ARSENEAU b: 2 Feb 1800 in , St. James, LA c: 4 Jul 1800 in , St. James, LA
8. Marie Emilie ARSENEAU b: 13 Jan 1802 in , St. James, LA c: 7 Jul 1802 in , St. James, LA
9. Alexandre ARSENEAU b: 2 May 1803 in , Assumption, LA c: 18 Dec 1803 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
10. Marie Basilise ARSENEAU b: 18 Feb 1805 in , Assumption, LA c: 27 Aug 1805 in , Assumption, LA
11. Michel ARSENEAU b: 18 Feb 1805 in , Assumption, LA c: 27 Aug 1805 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
12. Marie Doralise ARSENEAU b: 1 Dec 1807 in , Assumption, LA c: 30 Jul 1808 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
13. Pierre Lucien ARSENEAU b: 7 Oct 1809 in , Assumption, LA c: 2 Oct 1810 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA

Eusebe Arceneaux died in October of 1825 at the age of 63.

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 9
2. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Pierre citing Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780 - Stephen A. White - Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version - ARSENEAU no. 39 a - Eusèbe ARSENEAU, born around 1762, son of Pierre dit Periot ARSENEAU & Marie-Josèphe GODIN dit LINCOUR. [He was on the census of 12 Aug 1763 at Halifax, Acada.]

• Burial:

  Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records

  Author: Catholic Church

  Page: Vol 4 pg 15

  Text: ARSENEAUX, Eusebe, age 62 yrs., husband of Rosalie BERGERON (Pierre & Marie Josephe GODIN) bur. 11 Oct. 1825 (ASM-3, 187)

• Marriage:

  Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records

  Author: Catholic Church

  Page: Vol 2 pg 23

  Note: ARCENEAUX, Eusebio (Pedro & Maria GODEN of Acadia) m. 6 Aug 1788 Rosalia BERCHERON (Juan & Margarita BERNAR of this Parish) wit: Narciso Carmus, Leonor Presant of Lafourche (SJA-2, 5)

• Birth, Parents, Residences:

  Author: Bona Arsenault,

  Title: HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810;

  Publisher: Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.;

  Page: p. 2402 (Louisiana).

  Text: Eusebe ARCENEAUX, born 1761, one of two sons listed for Pierre & Marie GODIN dit LINCOUR. In 1766 Pierre was at St. J ames, LA; in 1769 he was deceased and his widow married Basile PREJEAN [when son Eusebe was a bout 7 years old]. Marie occupied lot number 31 on the west bank of the Mississippi, with her two sons. No separate entry for Eusebe [as there is for his brother Pierre II].

• Residences, Marriage:

  Author: Robert C. West,

  Title: AN ATLAS OF LOUISIANA SURNAMES OF FRENCH AND SPANISH ORIGIN; 1600-1981;

  Publisher: Baton Rouge, LA State Univ., 1986;

  Page: pp. 17-18;.

  Text: Eusebe ARCENEAUX, second son of the Pierre-Marie LINCOURT union, was taken to the Chetimaches settlement (Donaldsonville) after his mother remarried Basile PRÉJEAN. There Eusebe married Rosalie BERGERON and reared a large family whose members settled in various parts of Assumption Parish. (Footnote cites Hébert, 1978- , vols. 1-9.)

• Baptism Sponsor:

  Title: Archdiocese of New Orleans, SACRAMENTAL RECORDS; vol. 4, p. 145

  Text: Santa Reyna [GODEN], daughter of Carlos & Maria BABEN. Sponsors: Eusevio ARSENEAU & Felicite LE PIN (SLC, B11, 16). [Eusebe was 1st cousin to the child, age 28 at baptism.]

• Baptism Sponsor:

  Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; vol. 2, p. 181.

  Text: Eusebio ARSENO acted as godfather at the 19 Feb 1786 baptism of Eusebio Ladose [CHAC], son of Juan & Margarita Theresa DUBILLE (SJA-3, 1).

• Census:

  Author Albert J. Robichaux,

  Title: COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798;

  Publisher: Cecilia, LA , Hebert Publications, 1980;

  Page: pp. 9, 56, 85 & 138; Louisiana census records.

  Text: Also: Eusebio ARSENAUX, age 33, living with Rosalia BERGERON, 27, and three children o n the Dec 1795 census of Valenzuela [LA].

  Also: Usebe ARCENEAUX, age 34, living with his wife Rosalie BERGERON, 23 [should this be 28?], and three children on the 1797 census of Valenzuela in Lafourche.

  Also: Usebe ARCENEAUX, age 36, living with his wife Rosalie, 29, and five children on the 1798 census of Lafourche. They live on 6x60 arpents of land. [Daughter Marie is 1, and nex t door is 1-year-old Jean Pierre DAIGLE, in family of Jean Baptiste & Marie.]

Acknowledgements

Karen Theriot Reader Rootsweb.com.