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Francois Henri Arbour (abt. 1767 - aft. 1809)

Francois Henri Arbour
Born about in Francemap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 27 Sep 1790 in Saint Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 42 in Louisianamap
Profile last modified | Created 24 Mar 2023
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Biography

Francois Arbourg is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 8-Left Le Beaumont. Listed with him is his spouse Marie Hervory [sic] and three children: Francois Henry, Jean Louis Firmin and Frederic Edouard [1]

Francois Henri was born in 1767. He is the son of François Jérôme Arbour and Marie Henry.

In September 1784, François Jérôme and Marie were listed on a census in Nantes taken at Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty," dated Sep 1784 (cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575).[2]

On the list from NANTES:
François HARBOURG, with wife Marie HENRI, 3 sons, for a total of 5 in family.

They immigrated to Louisiana in 1785. [3]

"Francois ARBOURG/HARBOURG, age 45, a calker, traveled with his wife Marie HENRY and three sons as the 17th family (of 5 persons) aboard the ship "Le Beaumont" which embarked in France on 11 Jun 1785 and arrived in Louisiana on 19 Aug 1785. "

27 September 1790 :Marriage (with Marie Jeanne Jacqueline DAIGRE) - St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA.[4]

"Francisco ARBOUR, son of Francisco, deceased & Maria HENRY, of Baton Rouge, married on 27 Sep 1790 to Maria Juana DAIGLE, daughter of deceased Francisco & Juanna HOLLET. Witnesses: Jean B. DUPUY; Juan Carlos TULLIER; Francisco Alexandro DAIGLE. Recorded at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Iberville, LA (SGA-14, 15)."

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. 32
  2. Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Jacqueline K. Voorhies - Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 505
  3. Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995; pp. 34-35
  4. Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803 - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge, LA, 1980; pp. 20 & 218




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