Louis Charrier (abt. 1761)

Born about 1761 in Nior, Poitou, France

Husband of Marie Anne Haché — married 1 Dec 1785 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Louisiana

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Biography

"Luis Antonio Charrie" is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 11-Left l'Amitie. He is listed with no reference under the list of IMMIGRES.^[1]

Louis Antoine Charrier, son of Louis and Marie Delormo, native of Nior in Poitou, married Mariana Hache, Dec. 1, 1785 in New Orleans, just a few weeks after he debarked from l'Amitie at the Port of New Orleans. Witnesses at the wedding were Josef Martinez and Vincente Llorca. ^[2] Marie, age 19, was also aboard l'Amitie with her widowed mother Francoise Doucet and 3 younger siblings. They were family #57.^[3]

At debarkation in New Orleans, Jean Francois was given the customary 1 axe, shovel, hatchet, knife and 2 hoes. Not all of the immigres were given tools and some were given only 1 hoe.^[4]

In 1788, Louis Antoinne Chariee, age 24 is settled along the Right Bank of the Lafourche Bayou with his wife Marie, age 20. They have 6 arpents of land, 25 quarts of corn, and 6 cattle. They have no children.^[5]

Research

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Note: From France. 2

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. 41.
2. ↑ "Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records"; Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, New Orleans, 1989; Volume 4, 1784-1790; p. 57

   His name was given the Spanish spelling in the record: Luis Antonio Charrier

3. ↑ "Acadian Families in Exile-1785"; Donald J. Hébert; pp. 78-79
4. ↑ "Acadian Families in Exile-1785" Also Part II "Exiled Acadians-An Index"; Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995; Reprinted 2010, Claitor’s Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, LA. USA; pp. 84-85
5. ↑ "Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche", 1770-1798; Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980; General Census of the Habitants Established in Lafourche. (Original: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 201), p. 48