Re: help Pierre Germain or Langlois
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help Pierre Germain or Langlois
Nathalie Lajeunesse 12/11/05
Nathalie:
I searched the 1810 Iberville Parish census for your guys and came up with two possibilities.See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/iberville/census/1810/0175.gifhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/iberville/census/1810/0175.gif.They are listed as "Lanclois", "A" Senior, and "A" Junior.Your boy might have been the son of either one.Note that on page 179 (.gif), there is a Germain.
Several other notes.Eastern Iberville Parish near St. Gabriel is a fairly small piece of land.More of Iberville Parish is on the western side of the Mississippi River than on the eastern.Plaquemine is on the western side, approximately across the river from St. Gabriel.The Lanclois family apparently lived in Plaquemine, but Antoine married in St. Gabriel.This is a little strange, but not terribly so.
Some of my family (including the Landry and Hebert lines) were in the St. Gabriel area in this timeframe (early 1800's).Some of my guys (the Lees) actually lived slightly within the boundaries of Ascension Parish, but were shown on the Iberville census up until 1850.East Baton Rouge Parish is just a few miles to the north; it is possible that people who married at St. Gabriel also lived in that parish, as well.You may want to look for your families in all 3 parishes.
Another issue involves the movement.During this timeframe, people were flooding INTO Louisiana from the north and east.Yet, your guys went from Louisiana to Quebec.C'est vrai?
A great authority on all the Catholics in this general area are the Baton Rouge Diocese Records. This is a 21-volume (currently) record of marriages, christenings, and deaths in the general area of Baton Rouge, which includes Plaquemine and St. Gabriel.If your library does not have a set, you may be able to ask the people here (the Bluebonnet Library in Baton Rouge, which has a great genealogy section) via http://www.ebr.lib.la.us/branch/Bluebonnet.htmhttp://www.ebr.lib.la.us/branch/Bluebonnet.htm for assistance in looking up the Langlois, Heberts, and Landrys for you.(Or, perhaps someone on this Forum will help... I don't have a set, or access to one at the moment.)
Lastly, I visited the St. Gabriel church and cemetery about a month ago, looking for some of my ancestors.The grounds are just east of the River Road, which runs along the river just outside the levees.So, it's close.In 1927, before the levees were built, Louisiana suffered a terrible flood.The Mississippi and most of the other rivers overflowed their banks, and much of south Louisiana was underwater.St. Gabriel Catholic Church lost much of their cemetery and ALL of their records to the River.If the records aren't in the Baton Rouge Diocese books, they aren't at St. Gabriel either.Don't bother looking.
Good luck,
Dennis Lee
Wimberley, TX