Charlotte Orbanne Duval (abt. 1710 - bef. 1762)

Born about 1710 in Canada

Wife of Louis Chauvin — married 1724 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Descendants

Died before 1 Jun 1762 before about age 52 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

<1> SIEUR LOUIS CHAUVIN DE BEAULIEU I, the first husband of Charlotte Orbanne Duval, was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1678. He was the son of Pierre Chauvin and Marthe Autreuil and one of St. Denis’s companions in the Texas Expedition. Their marriage contract of 1724 was witnessed by: D’Hauterive; Charlotte Duval; Lt. Joseph Chauvin; Sir Nicolas Chauvin de La Freniere, his wife Marguerite Le Sueur, and his daughter Marguerite Chauvin de la Freniere. Louis was in his forties and Charlotte was fifteen years old. Some of this information is from A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 1, by Glenn R. Conrad.

From “The Chauvin Brothers” in Louisiana History, by Gary B. Mills: “Louis Chauvin and his brother Jean-Baptiste, both (Canadian) voyageurs, arrived in Detroit on June 14, 1706….apparently Louis remained only briefly in Detroit before continuing downriver to the Gulf Coast settlement to join his brothers in Mobile. Louis was one of St. Denis’ companions in the Texas Expedition of 1716 and, with Joseph Chauvin Delery and Nicholas Chauvin la Freniere, bought property on the Chapitoulas Coast in 1719. He is considered possibly the first inhabitant or property owner in what is now ‘Old Metairie’.”

A map called “Carte Particuliere du Flevue St. Louis” or “Newberry Library Map” (one of the most important maps in Louisiana history) shows an early view of the Lower Mississippi River settlements after 1720. Just above New Orleans, on the same side of the river, is the Tchoupitoulas Coast which included the plantations of the three Chauvin brothers: Delery, Beaulieu I and La Freniere, all sons of Pierre Chauvin and Marthe Autreuil.

From Mississippi Provincial Archives 1729-1740, by Rowland and Sanders: “In a letter from Perier and de la Chaise to the Directors of the Company, dated 30 Jan 1729, it states that ‘Sieur de Beaulieu Chauvin of the Choupetoulas has just died of pleurisy. He was the best of the three brothers. We are sorry about it because he was always inclined to please the Company.'”

From Shamrocks and Fleurs-de-Lis, by Leland Dudley O’Brien: “Louis Chauvin took the name of Beaulieu. Later, inheriting a plantation from his uncle, Paul Chauvin de Montplasir, Louis added another name, becoming Louis Chauvin Beaulieu de Montplasir”.

According to the Census of 1726, Louis Chauvin de Beaulieu and Charlotte Orbanne Duval had three children. “Two of these, Louis Chauvin de Beaulieu, Jr., and Francois Chauvin de Montplasir, were both officers of the Coast Guard Militia at Tchoupitoulas at the end of the French regime in Louisiana” – from Chauvin dit Charleville, by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

From “The Chauvin Brothers” in Louisiana History, by Gary B. Mills: “Although he left two sons bearing the name of Chauvin de Beaulieu, their Louisiana descendants have faded into obscurity.”^[1]

On June 1, 1762, Charlotte's son Louis married Marie Margueritte Hazeur at the St. Louis Church in New Orleans. Both Louis père and Charlotte were noted deceased on that date.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Attakapas Gazette

   Note: THE D’HAUTERIVE/DAUTERIVE FAMILY

   D’HAUTERIVE – “This would have been a place name. Jean Antoine Bernard D’Hauterive assisted the authorities in the settlement of the early Acadians in the Attakapas area. The name would have been Jean Antoine Bernard of the Hauterive (the high bank).” – from “The Origin of Southern Louisiana Family Names” in Acadiana Profile, Vol. 11. Bernard seems to have been the family name.
2. ↑ "Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records"; Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, New Orleans, 1988; Volume 2, 1751-1771; p. 52-53

   Chauvin de Beaulieu, Louis (dec. Louis and dec. Charlotte Duval), native of this parish, militia officer, coastal guard of Tchoupitoulas, m. Marie Margueritte Hazeur, June 1, 1762, w. Chauvin Monplaisir, Devouy, Duval, officer, Belisle, fils, officer, Devel, officer, Boisclair, militia captain, Marie Joseph Lusser Hazeur, Lusser Devel, Darensbourg Boisclaire, Demouy, Chauvin Boisclair, Constance Hazeur, Charlotte Demouy, Genevieve Demouy, Demouy Jalliot, Margueritte Devel, Bonitte Bonbelle, L'ange (SLC, B4, 69)