Savinien De Hault St Vrain (1806 - 1879)

Born 28 Sep 1806 in Spanish Lake, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Francoise Virginie (Menard) St Vrain — married 22 Feb 1830 in Randolph, Illinois, USA

Husband of Caroline Virginia Guthrie — married 8 Jan 1857 in Randolph Co., Illinois

Died 22 Jul 1879 at age 72 in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois

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Biography

Savinien St Vrain

Birth Savinien St Vrain was born on 28 Sep 1806 in Spanish Lake, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Baptism He was baptized a Catholic on 7 Jun 1808 at the Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (known as the Old Cathedral) in St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Death He passed away on 22 Jul 1879.

Burial He was buried at St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Chester, Randolph, Illinois, USA.

Marriages

• Savinien St Vrain and Francoise Virginie Menard were married on 22 Feb 1830 in Randolph County, Illinois, USA.
• Savinien St Vrain and Caroline Virginia Guthrie were married on 8 Jan 1857 in Randolph County, Illinois, USA.

Children born to Savinien and Francoise Virginie St Vrain:

• Jacques ( James) St Vrain
• Maria St Vrain
• Edmond St Vrain
• Josephine St Vrain
• Francois Pierre St Vrain
• John St Vrain
• William St Vrain
• Louis St Vrain
• Juliette St Vrain

Research Notes

• Date of Birth Discrepancy

Find a Grave gives a birthdate of 13 Sep 1807. The baptismal record of Savinien St Vrain has a birthdate (in French) of 28 Sep 1806. The baptismal record date was used in the Genealogy of the Menard Dit Brindamour Family compiled by Anton J Pregaldin.

Savinien,the fourth son, and seventh child of Jacques Marcellin Saint Vrain, came to Kaskaskia in 1829. In 1842 he served as county treasurer and in 1852 and 1856 he was elected sheriff of Randolph Co. in 1860 and 1875 her served as Clerk of the General and Circuit Court. Savinien, along with his second wife, is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Chester, Illinois.

Sources

• Source: Baptism of Savinien St Vrain - U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.

• Source: Marriage of Savinien St Vrain and Francoise Virginie Menard - "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B22-DHN?cc=1803970&wc=326X-T3D%3A1583388701 : 3 March 2016), 005202983 > image 343 of 539; county offices, Illinois.

• Source: Genealogy of the Menard Dit Brindamour Family compiled by Anton J Pregaldin, excerpt printed in the Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Pierre Menard Collection in the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, 1972.

• Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20419489/savinien-st._vrain
• History of Randolph Co., Illinois and Officers of the Court at genealogytrails.com/ill/randolph/officers

Savinien's memorial at Findagrave

His marriage to Caroline Guthrie is from Lucinda (Guthrie) Spindle's Journal and from "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934" Ref. ID: 56; FHL Film No. 0975010 Familysearch.org