Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: Between 23 Aug and 3 Sep 1947, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Caribbean cruise on the ship Antigua
• Description: Brown hair, blue eyes
• Name: A. L., Al, and Père
• Reference Number: 6
• Residence: Between 1915 and 1923, 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Departure: 1921, Le Havre, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
• Arrival: 13 Aug 1921, New York Port, New York, New York, USA; return from France trip by mother and son on board ship Le Havre
• Residence: Between 1923 and 1925, 3800 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1925 and 1937, 3600 Napoleon Avenue (newly constructed house) 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Education: Between 1927 and 1931, Holy Cross High School, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Education: 1935, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, St Joseph, Indiana, USA; B.S., Engineering, graduated 8th in his class at ND
• Education: 1937; M.S., Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
• Occupation: Between 1937 and 1938, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, St Joseph, Indiana, USA; Instructor, Department of Electrical Engineering
• Occupation: Between 1938 and 1942, Louisiana Department of Conservation, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Senior petroleum engineer
• Occupation: Between 1942 and 1945, Harvard University, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; instructor
• Occupation: Between 1942 and 1945, U.S. Office for Scientific Research and Development, MIT Radiation Laboratory, Group 52, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; researcher
• Residence: Between 1942 and 1945, Bexley Hall, Apt. 402, MIT, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1945, 3600 Napoleon Avenue (newly constructed house) 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1946 and 1957, 4120 General Pershing Street 70125, near Broad Street, Broadmoor, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Occupation: Between 1950 and 1981, Chevron Oil Company (Standard Oil Company of California), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Engineer and Chief Engineer
• Residence: 1950, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1957 and 2003, 4100 Vincennes Place 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Event: Between 1959 and 2003, New Orleans Country Club, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Member; A.L. was named appellant in group suit against the government protesting tax on membership dues/stock
• Event: May 1981, Europe: England and France; trip by A.L. & Audrey St. Raymond Vitter Jr. to visit Al Vitter III on sabbatical in England and Donna Vitter in France
• Event: 21 Mar 1987, 4801 Avron Boulevard, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; Rex was kidnapped by college students during the night of March 20–21 and left on the Metairie lawn of the Staub family
• Award: Abt 1995, Archdiocese of New Orleans, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; the Order of St. Louis IX Medallion presented to A.L. Vitter Jr. for his outstanding dedication to the Catholic Church

Notes:

There is a history of A.L. and Audrey Vitter on the Relativity Research page https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/ALandAudreyVitter.php

A. L. Vitter, Jr., known as Papa or Poppa to his children and then as Père to his grandchildren, was an only child; his older sister died at birth. He and his mother, whom her grandchildren called Mère, crossed the Atlantic aboard the S. S. Rochambeau on May 14-24, 1921 when he was 5 1/2 years old. They returned on the S. S. Paris on August 6-13, 1921. They visited Toulouse, Lourdes, Noe (on the Garonne River), Vichy, Rheims, Battlefield of Berry au Bac. He has a picture of him and his mother in Toulouse on July 4, 1921. Père's father A. L. Vitter, Sr. was known as Baba. Baba joined them on the return from France and they visited Niagara Falls along with Herman Bohne.

Père graduated from Notre Dame in Electrical Engineering 1935 at the age of 19 and earned his Master's degree in Physics two years later. He taught on the Engineering faculty at Notre Dame from 1937–1938, but then decided to return home, where he became senior petroleum engineer for the Louisiana Department of Conservation. He worked during WWII in the Radiation Lab at MIT, specializing on sonar research. He married Audrey St. Raymond (known to grandkids as Mimi) on June 19, 1943. His family at 3600 Napoleon Avenue lived cattycorner to the St. Raymonds at 3539 Napoleon Avenue. Al III was born in February 1945 in Boston while Père and Mimi lived in a dorm on Mass Ave on the MIT campus (Bexley Hall). There is a picture with Mimi holding Al III as a baby on her lap in 1945 in front of their residence, which was recreated in another photo as a joke 19 years later when Al III was a college student at Notre Dame. The pictures are included in the slide show in honor of Père, available on the web site http://www.vitter.org

Père started work at the California Company of the Standard Oil Company of California (now Chevron) and was appointed Chief Engineer in the 1950s. He had several honors and patents during the years. He retired in December 1980 and turned his pursuits to computers and volunteer work. He won, along with Mimi on separate occasions, the Order of St. Louis Medallion, the highest award bestowed on lay people in the archdiocese of New Orleans.

In his eulogy, Al Vitter III offered this assessment of Père: "One of my father's defining qualities was the combination of intelligence, hard work, and thoroughness that he brought to bear on everything he did."

Each Saturday morning for several years, Père played golf (in a manner of speaking) with his brother-in-law John (Buddie) St. Raymond and occasionally joined by Mark or Jeff if they could get up that early. Tee time was always well before 7 am. Père was known for his patented banana slice, which can be seen on the family video taken at the Gulf Hills Dude Ranch in Ocean Springs, MS in the mid-late 1960s. He took up tennis when he heard that a slice in tennis was good. He had a knack of getting match-ending charlie horses in his leg whenever he would go into the lead when playing tennis with Jeff.

Père did a lot of carpentry as a hobby, building much of the furniture and gadgets in the house at 4100 Vincennes, such as the desk in the green bedroom and the intercom system. He was very talented in building and designing. He designed a system for developing the photos for the annual Vitter Christmas photo card, a tradition started in December 1945 and still carried on by Jeff's family. In the 1960s he designed and installed the underground sprinker system around the house, later supplemented by Jeff in 1978. He accidentally cut off the very tip of his little finger one day while using one of his many power saws and drills. He was always kidded for one of the projects he never got around to: the infamous garage doors, which for about 40 years graced the "rough part of the basement" (the name for the unfinished storage area on the first floor) until Hurricane Katrina.

Jeff remembers when Baba died (shortly after Mère passed) and Père went through the house. They had a huge metal safe in their house (Baba ran a bank), and Père didn't have the combination written, but he had known it as a child. Amazingly enough, after searching his memory, he was able to open the safe.

Père died two years before Hurricane Katrina. Tootie evacuated Mimi to Atlanta for the hurricane, and she passed away in Atlanta six weeks later.

Godparents ? and Odile Maurin

Buried:
section 5, Artigues-Vitter tomb,

Albert married Audrey Malvina St. Raymond on 19 Jun 1943 in St. Matthias Catholic Church, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Audrey (daughter of Albert Henry St. Raymond and Marthe Marie Henriette Ferran) was born on 20 Dec 1920 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 8 Oct 2005 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA; was buried on 3 Jun 2006 in Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: Between 23 Aug and 3 Sep 1947, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Caribbean cruise on the ship Antigua
• Award: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; For her outstanding dedication to the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of New Orleans awarded Audrey St. Raymond Vitter the Order of St. Louis IX Medallion
• Description: Brown hair, brown eyes
• Event: Between Jul and Sep 1934, France; Trip with Mimi (Léocadie Péré Ferran), Mémère (Marthe Ferran St. Raymond), Tawo (Rose Ferran), and Mémère\'s five children Audrey, Albert, Dede, Buddie, and Buster to France. They sailed from N.Y. on the ship Champlain (French Line) after spending a few days in New York City, where Uncle John Ferran showed them special sights (Broadway, Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, Bronx Zoo, etc.). They landed in Le Havre and went to the southwest of France where Mimi\'s home had been. The trip was probably to settle financial and succession matters following the June 1933 death of Mimi\'s mother Rose Ricaud Péré. They also visite Lourdes and Paris. In Paris, one of the kids\' favorite spots was an eatery called Pam Pam that served American food such as hot dogs, hamburgers, etc. They returned on the ship Ile de France. (Note: Mimi here refers to Léocadie Péré Ferran; Audrey St. Raymond would marry A. L. Vitter Jr. and several decades later be known as Mimi to her grandchildren.)
• Name: Mimi
• Occupation: Tireless volunteer in the New Orleans community
• Reference Number: 7
• Religion: Mimi was a noted volunteer and leader at St. Rita Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA
• Residence: Between 1920 and 1938, 926 N. Broad Street, one-half of a double built by Jean Ferran next to his house at 930 N. Broad Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
• Departure: Aug 1934, Le Havre, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; return on the ship Ile de France to New York City from 1934 family trip to France
• Arrival: 4 Sep 1934, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; return on the ship Ile de France from 1934 family trip to France
• Education: 1936; St. Joseph's High School valedictorian
• Arrival: 1938
• Residence: Between 1938 and 1943, 3539 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Education: 1940, Ursuline College, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; B.A., mathematics, valedictorian
• Residence: 1941, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Education: 1942; Master's of Social Work, Tulane University
• Residence: 1945, 3600 Napoleon Avenue (newly constructed house) 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1946 and 1957, 4120 General Pershing Street 70125, near Broad Street, Broadmoor, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1950, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1957 and 2005, 4100 Vincennes Place 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Event: May 1981, Europe: England and France; trip by A.L. & Audrey St. Raymond Vitter Jr. to visit Al Vitter III on sabbatical in England and Donna Vitter in France
• Event: 21 Mar 1987, 4801 Avron Boulevard, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA; Rex was kidnapped by college students during the night of March 20–21 and left on the Metairie lawn of the Staub family
• Event: 3 Jun 2006, New Orleans Country Club, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Reburial of Audrey St. Raymond Vitter and other family reunion events that weekend, including the engagement reception for Jill Zimmermann and Chris Rider, held at the New Orleans Country Club

Notes:

There is a history of A.L. and Audrey Vitter on the Relativity Research page https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/ALandAudreyVitter.php

Audrey (pronounced Oh-DRAY in the French manner, also known to her grandchildren as Mimi) was recognized by all she comes in contact with for her good heart and kindness. She received several awards for her volunteer work, including the Order of St. Louis Medallion, the highest award conferred by the Archdiocese of New Orleans on lay people. Audrey was always full of expression when speaking or reading. When learning something new, she would gleefully exclaim, "Now YOU know!”, a saying she got from her maternal aunt Rose (a.k.a. Tawo) that became a family favorite. Audrey’s recreations of conversations are treasures, especially with her colorful voice impersonations, even if they all tended to sound alike. Her Thursday night family dinners are legendary and have inspired the wonderful cookbook put together by Wendy Baldwin Vitter for Audrey's 78th birthday in 1998.

Audrey grew up with her family in New Orleans on Broad Street speaking French. In fact, she couldn't speak English when she started kindergarten, but quickly learned. (Even four and a half decades later, when visiting Donna in France, she could still understand French when spoken.) They lived next to her grandparents on N. Broad Street in a house her grandfather built. Mimi can remember her great grandmother Rose Ricaud Péré (who was getting a little senile in her old age) sometimes chasing the kids around with a broom. In 1938 the family moved to 3539 Napoleon Avenue, cattycorner to her future husband A.L. Vitter Jr.

She was valedictorian of her class at Ursuline College. Audrey was well-traveled while growing up, traveling to France, New York, and the Western U.S. with her mother and siblings. There are several pictures in the albums. Her oldest son Al III, a diehard New York Yankee baseball fan, would always kid her that she never took him to go see a Yankees game as promised. But the family did travel a lot, including the New York Worlds Fair in 1964. (I guess the Yankees were out of town that week.)

Audrey and her husband A. L. Vitter, Jr. (Père) lived in Cambridge during WWII while A. L. worked at the MIT Radiation Lab. In fact, Al III was born at Boston General Hospital. Audrey was not fond of cold weather, often wearing an overcoat at the hint of a cold front. How she walked across the Charles River bridge each day from Cambridge to Boston is something no one could ever understand. We have a neat picture online of Mimi and Père holding infant Al III while sitting on the steps of Bexley Hall on Mass Ave. at MIT in Cambridge, MA. The same pose was recreated 19 years later when Al III was in college at Notre Dame.

Audrey learned to cook (and extremely well at that) from the family maid Rachel. Rachel later came to work for Audrey and A.L., mainly on Saturdays in the 1950s and 1960s. Marie Richard also worked steadily as maid for Audrey in the 1960s; her husband was a cook at Commander's Palace and was fatally shot one day while outside.

Audrey was known for having "the girls" over for teas and meetings for their various volunteer activities. Friends included George and Honey Lacour, Angela Kelly (mother of David's friend Claude), her sister Dede, Betty Gettlefinger, and Mary Frances Krone. Honey was well-known for her exagerated facial expressions during stories, which were a perfect complement to Audrey's impersonations.

Audrey lived independently by herself after A.L.'s death. She was evacuated to Atlanta as a result of Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005. Her 4100 Vincennes Place home in New Orleans sustained four feet of flood water as a result of the levee breaks. Her health went downhill while in Atlanta, and she died of congestive heart failure six weeks later.

Buried:
section 5, Artigues-Vitter tomb,

Died:
Congestive heart failure

Other Events and Attributes:

• Description: Dark brown hair, brown eyes
• Name: Baba
• Reference Number: 13
• Occupation: 1900, Life Insurance Co. of Virginia, 940 Royal Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Cashier
• Residence: 1900, 2517 N. Rampart Street, Ward 8, Precinct 4, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, 1126 Baronne Street, Ward 1, Precinct 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: Between 1915 and 1923, 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1923 and 1925, 3800 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1925 and 1961, 3600 Napoleon Avenue (newly constructed house) 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Occupation: Abt 1930; Bookkeeper, banker, and mortgage financier
• Occupation: Between 1945 and 1961, 709 Whitney Bldg, 228 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; President of Asset Realization Company and Chairman of the Board of American General Savings & Loan Association

Notes:

Albert Vitter Sr. and his future wife Marie Artigues grew up just a few blocks apart on Baronne Street.

See notes for wife Marie Berthe Artigues.

Godmother Odile Maurin

Buried:
section 5, Artigues-Vitter tomb,

Albert married Marie Berthe Artigues on 11 Dec 1912 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (with pointy gold dome), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Ferréol Jean Marie Artigues and Marie Eugénie Dureau) was born on 4 Jul 1886 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 4 Sep 1960 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Description: Dark brown/black hair, blue eyes
• Ethnicity: French American
• Event: Between May and 30 Sep 1905; Traveling in France, returned on ship New York, from Cherbourg, processed at Ellis Island, NY
• Race: White
• Name: Berthe, Mère
• Reference Number: 14
• Residence: 1900, 1433 Baronne Street, Ward 1, Precinct 6, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; StreetAddress: Baronne; Age: 13; Occupation: At School; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: 9; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0006; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter
• Arrival: 30 Sep 1905, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; From vacation trip to France
• Residence: Between 1915 and 1923, 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Arrival: 13 Aug 1921, New York Port, New York, New York, USA; return from France trip by mother and son on board ship Le Havre
• Residence: Between 1923 and 1925, 3800 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1925 and 1961, 3600 Napoleon Avenue (newly constructed house) 70125, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Mère, as she was known to her grandchildren, was the only child of Ferréol Artigues and Eugénie Dureau. She died at 11:40pm on 04 September 1960, seven months before her husband Baba (A. L. Vitter, Sr.). She and A. L. Sr. grew up just a few blocks apart on Baronne Street. When they got married, they lived with the Artigues as 1523 Baronne St., and then in the early 1920s they lived at 3800 Napoleon Avenue while they constructed a new house at 3600 Napoleon Avenue, caddycorner to where Audrey St. Raymond lived starting in 1938. (Audrey married Mère's son Albert (A.L.) and became known to her grandkids as Mimi.)

Baba and Mère moved the massive metal dogs Rex and Queenie to their front porches at 3600 and then 3800 Napoleon from their Baronne St. home, and after their deaths the dogs moved to their present location at 4100 Vincennes Place.

The dogs (of the Newfoundland breed) were apparently forged in New York State. Jeff & Sharon Vitter found an identical dog in front of the old fire station in Lafayette, Indiana when Jeff was at Purdue University.

Mère took a trip with her son Albert Jr. (known to his own children as Poppa or Papa and later to his grandkids as Père) across the Atlantic on the S. S. Rochambeau on May 14-24, 1921 when Albert was 5.5 years old. They returned on the S. S. Paris on August 6-13, 1921.

Mère had a distant cousin named "Aunt Phine" Artigues, who kept in close contact until her death around 1965. Jeff Vitter remembers as a young child going to visit Aunt Phine on weekend mornings at a nursing home in Metairie, sometimes after playing golf with Père at the New Orleans Country Club. He has been in correspondence with some Artigues relatives, one of them in the medical center at Duke, and as he finds out more, the information will be entered in the family records.

Dark brown/black hair, blue eyes.

Buried:
section 5, Artigues-Vitter tomb,

Died:
11:40pm

Other Events and Attributes:

• Description: Brown hair, brown eyes
• Name: Pépère
• Reference Number: 1214
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grandson
• Residence: 1900, 827 N. Liberty, near corner of Dumaine Street, 6th Precinct, Ward 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
• Residence: 1930, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• Residence: Between 1938 and 1962, 3539 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1940, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• Residence: 1950, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Pépère was known for his "goulash" creations at dinner, which consisted of a mélange of everything being served. Mark later immitated it at birthday celebrations; he would mix together his cake and ice cream into a mush.

Brown hair, brown eyes.

Godparents Henry Claverie and Marie St. Raymond

Buried:
St. Raymond Tomb

Albert married Marthe Marie Henriette Ferran on 19 Jun 1918. Marthe (daughter of Jean Ferran, dit Larneilh and Marie Léocadie Péré, dite Cabaillé) was born on 6 Jul 1894 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 23 Jan 1974 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 24 Jan 1974 in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, Facing south on Leray Avenue (very back of cemetery) near Resurrection Mausoleum, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Description: Dark brown hair, brown eyes
• Event: Between Jul and Sep 1934, France; Trip with Mimi (Léocadie Péré Ferran), Mémère (Marthe Ferran St. Raymond), Tawo (Rose Ferran), and Mémère\'s five children Audrey, Albert, Dede, Buddie, and Buster to France. They sailed from N.Y. on the ship Champlain (French Line) after spending a few days in New York City, where Uncle John Ferran showed them special sights (Broadway, Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, Bronx Zoo, etc.). They landed in Le Havre and went to the southwest of France where Mimi\'s home had been. The trip was probably to settle financial and succession matters following the June 1933 death of Mimi\'s mother Rose Ricaud Péré. They also visite Lourdes and Paris. In Paris, one of the kids\' favorite spots was an eatery called Pam Pam that served American food such as hot dogs, hamburgers, etc. They returned on the ship Ile de France. (Note: Mimi here refers to Léocadie Péré Ferran; Audrey St. Raymond would marry A. L. Vitter Jr. and several decades later be known as Mimi to her grandchildren.)
• Name: Mémère
• Reference Number: 1218
• Residence: Abt 1920, 926 N. Broad Street, one-half of a double built by Jean Ferran next to his house at 930 N. Broad Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1930, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1935, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Between 1938 and 1974, 3539 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1940, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1950, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Mémère and Pépère would host Wednesday night dinner for the Vitter family, usually serving roast chicken. Mémère was a school teacher before she got married. In those days, you had to be single to be a teacher. Jeff remembers his first day at kindergarden at St. Mathias School in September 1960. Mémère accompanied him to school that morning. (Perhaps Mimi had morning sickness!). When they arrived, the teacher was not yet there, and instead there was general bedlam. The kids were laughing and running around the classroom. Mémère took one look and quickly put her foot down, and the entire class immediately fell into total silence. It was an impressive display of will.

The children of Mémère and Pépère would bring their children each Sunday morning to visit, and then go across the yard to the nextdoor home of Tawo and Uncle John Ferran. While the adults talked in the house, the grandchildren would often play hide and seek or football on the side lawn between the two houses. Dede and Mémère would take a group of grandchildren to lunch afterwards.

Mémère was always interested in her grandchildren. Jeff Vitter remembers walking to her house each Wednesday after St. Matthias School. Mémère would send him to the corner store for a quart of ice cream and a wooden top, and then would sit down with him as he ate the ice cream to find out how his day went. When Tootie was young, she was fond of going up to Mémère and saying, "I wish I had a quarter."

Dark brown hair, brown eyes.

Buried:
St. Raymond Tomb

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Alfred Vitter
• Reference Number: 15
• Residence: 1870, Ward 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Residence Post Office: New Orleans
• Occupation: 1880; Dairyman
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, Hagan Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
• Occupation: 1890; Packer, E. Marqueze & Co.
• Occupation: 1898; Varnisher
• Residence: 1898, 1819 Howard Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1898, 531 N. Murat Street, corner Toulouse, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

There was confusion between Alfred's name and his father's and brother's Auguste on his marriage license. Just below the middle of the marriage license, it states, "Whereas, the above bounden Auguste Nicolas Vitter, has applied to John L. Laresche; Third Justice of the Peace for hte Parish of Orleans, as has obtained from him a License to Marry Miss M arie Hofeline." "Auguste" is a typo, which should read "Alfred".

Buried:
Vitter-Hofeline tomb, lot 6, Willow between Magnolia Walk and Hawthorne Walk, City Park Ave. & Canal Blvd.

Alfred married Marie H. Hofeline on 22 Jan 1878 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of George M. Hofeline and Catherine Bentz Vogt) was born on 4 Oct 1858 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 20 Sep 1925 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Race: White
• Name: Marie Hofeline
• Name: Mary
• Reference Number: 16
• Religion: Episcopalian, but her kids were raised Catholic
• Residence: 1860, Ward 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Residence Post Office: New Orleans
• Residence: 1870, Ward 6, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Residence Post Office: New Orleans
• Residence: 1900, 2517 N. Rampart Street, Ward 8, Precinct 4, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1910, 1126 Baronne Street, Ward 1, Precinct 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1920, 1427 Baronne Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; StreetAddress: Baronne Street; Age: 63; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 9; MaritalStatus: Widow; RelationToHead: Head

Notes:

The 1900 Census lists her birthdate as October 1858.

Buried:
Vitter-Hofeline tomb, lot 6, Willow between Magnolia Walk and Hawthorne Walk, City Park Ave. & Canal Blvd.

Notes:

There was confusion between Alfred's name and his father's and brother's name (Auguste) on his marriage license. Just below the middle of the marriage license, it states, "Whereas, the above bounden Auguste Nicolas Vitter has applied to John L. Laresche, Third Justice of the Peace for the Parish of Orleans, and has obtained from him a License to Marry Miss Marie Hofeline." "Auguste" is a typo, which should read "Alfred".

Alfred's character witnesses on the marriage license were Auguste Arthur Bohné (an in-law) and Albert D. Hofeline (brother-in-law). Witnesses included Auguste Vitter, Hypolite Vitter, and Albert D. Hofeline.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Cherbourg, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
• Ethnicity: French American
• Event: Between May and 30 Sep 1905; Traveling in France, returned on ship New York, from Cherbourg, processed at Ellis Island, NY
• Race: White
• Reference Number: 1084
• Emigration: Between 1867 and 1872, France; Ellis Island record from 1903-1905 trip to France lists residence in US from 1872-1903; notes of Jean Jacques Artigues list emigration as 1867
• Arrival: 1870; Age: 18
• Occupation: 1885, Dryades Market, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; butcher
• Occupation: 1885, 203 Decatur Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; operated a bar
• Residence: 1885, 419 Dryades Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Likely currently O'Keefe Street
• Residence: 1890, 422 Dryades Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Likely currently O'Keefe Street
• Occupation: 1900; Operated a bar at 148 Carondelet (lower river side corner of Carondelet and Common), in same location as former (Herb) Zoller's mens store, and at 325 Girod Street, New Orleans, LA
• Residence: 1900, 1433 Baronne Street, Ward 1, Precinct 6, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; StreetAddress: Baronne; Age: 40; Occupation: Saloon Keeper; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0006; HomeOwnership: O; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; NaturalizationStatus: No; OwnsFarm: H; YearsInUS: 30; YearsMarried: 25; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
• Residence: 1901, 1423 Baronne Street, Ward 1, Precinct 6, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1902, 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Arrival: 30 Sep 1905, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; From vacation trip to France
• Residence: Between 1907 and 1914, 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: Abt 1914, 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Buried:
section 5, Artigues-Vitter tomb

Died:
6:30pm, Heartsease Park was the Artigues summer home

Ferréol married Marie Eugénie Dureau on 5 Mar 1875 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Romain Dureau and Anna Barthet) was born on 4 Mar 1858 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 29 Dec 1915 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 31 Dec 1915 in Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: French American
• Event: Between May and 30 Sep 1905; Traveling in France, returned on ship New York, from Cherbourg, processed at Ellis Island, NY
• Race: White
• Name: Eugénie
• Reference Number: 1085
• Residence: 1870, Ward 4, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1900, 1433 Baronne Street, Ward 1, Precinct 6, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; StreetAddress: Baronne; Age: 42; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0006; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 3; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 1; YearsMarried: 25; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife; There was a servant in the home named Mary Ferran (unknown if related to Jean Ferran, grandfather of Marie Berthe Artigues' future daughter-in-law Audrey (née St. Raymond) Vitter)
• Residence: 1902, 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Arrival: 30 Sep 1905, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; From vacation trip to France
• Residence: Between 1907 and 1915, 1528 Baronne Street (corner Terpsichore), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

The Louisiana death records indicate the death of Eugenie Artigues and Eugenie Dureau on Dec 29, 1915 at age 57. Because of this double entry, that is strong evidence that they are the same Eugénie Dureau who married Ferréol Artigues. However, there is no record of her being buried in the Artigues tomb in St. Louis Cemetery #3, which would be odd, especially since Ferréol had died just the year earlier.

She died just a week after the birth of her grandson A. L. Vitter Jr.

Birth:
The 2001 French revue article listed Eugénie's birthplace as Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France, but the birth records are from New Orleans

Buried:
section 5, Artigues-Vitter tomb,

Died:
11:45pm

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1254
• Birth: Jan 1850, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
• Emigration: Abt 1866; Emigration from Uzan, France
• Arrival: 1866
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Son-in-law
• Will: 7 Aug 1890, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; The Times-Picayune, 7 Aug 1890, Henri Larquie's will
• Residence: 1900, 827 N. Liberty, near corner of Dumaine Street, 6th Precinct, Ward 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• Occupation: Bef 1918, Tremé Market, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; One of the oldest butchers in the Tremé market, according to his obituary.

Notes:

It's not clear if Pierre is the son of Charles or Jean. It is supposed that he is t he son of Charles. Information from the notes of Mr. Feuermann, 28, rue de Verdun, 17440 Aytre, France, tel. 05.46.34.77.05.

Pierre married Malvina Cougot on 12 Nov 1872 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Malvina (daughter of Pierre Cougot and Marie Marceline Larquié) was born about 27 Aug 1850 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 27 May 1935 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 28 May 1935 in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1255
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Daughter
• Residence: 1900, 827 N. Liberty, near corner of Dumaine Street, 6th Precinct, Ward 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1920, 827 N. Liberty, near corner of Dumaine Street, 6th Precinct, Ward 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1935, 1361 Moss Street, corner of Wilson Drive, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Cougot was one of the families whose names were inscribed on the WWI monument in front of the town hall in Uzan. Others included St. Raymond and Ferran. Jeff, Jillian, Scott, and Audrey are pictured in front of the monument during their December 24, 1998 visit to Uzan (picture taken by Sharon).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Description: 5'8" tall, brown (later gray) hair, brown eyes, dark complexion
• Name: Pépère
• Reference Number: 1256
• _HEIG: 5 ft. 8 in.
• _MDCL: Lt. tibia (terminal broncho pneumonia)
• Occupation: Abt 1880; Farmer at Larneilh
• Occupation: Between 1893 and 1930, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Property owner/landlord
• Residence: 1893, 350 Conti Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Event: 2 Apr 1905, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
• Residence: Between 1917 and 1930, 930 N. Broad Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Naturalization: 12 Jun 1917, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 30 May 1930, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Jean Ferran moved to New Orleans shortly after his mother Marthe (nêe Feugas dit Manescau) Ferran died in Uzan, and 12 years later he and Marie sold the house and four hectaires of Larneilh in Uzan, 64370 Arthez de Béarn to Pierre Marquehosse for 8290 francs on April 2, 1905. The total sale, including additional farm land, was for 22500 francs. Jean Ferran was represented at the sale by his father-in-law Jean Péré. Uzan is in the canton of Arzacy, department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, just northwest of Pau. Pau is the main city in the area and has an impressive chateau overlooking the majestic snow-capped Pyrénées. It is the birthplace of Henri IV.

Mimi (Audrey (née St. Raymond) Vitter), Père (A. L. Vitter Jr.), and Donna Vitter visited Larneilh on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 and met Amédée Marquehosse and his wife, who served them wine and cake and showed them the legal document for the sale of the farm to them by Jean Ferran. Amédée's father Pierre, who had bought the farm, had died. He had three sons--Christian (wife Maryse), Jacques, and Michel (wife Marie Paule) — and three daughters — Maïthée, ?, and Monique. Christian (current owner of the farm) and Maryse have two sons Eric and Franck and one daughter Christelle. Eric and his wife Véronique have a son Jean-Baptiste and a daughter Mathilde.

Donna, Jeff, Sharon (née Weaver), and Jillian Vitter visited the farm in late August 1986 en route to Spain while Jeff was on sabbatical in Paris. Amédée Marquehosse's wife had died recently. He showed them around the house and the little vineyard. We have a picture in the main house with Amédée Marquehosse and another with one-year-old Jillian seated on the hearth in front of the fireplace.

Jeff, Sharon, Jillian, Scott, and Audrey visited on December 24, 1998 and met Amédée's son Christian, the current owner. They had called Christian's home from Uzan after visiting the Ferran-St. Raymond-Cougot WWI monument in front of the town hall. Christian, who was retiring from Rhône-Poulenc, was starting a renovation of the main house into two apartments, one to serve as the residence of his son Franck, who was nearly finished college. He invited the Vitters to his house in the nearby town of Cescau, 64170 Artix, where they met his wife Maryse, a retired teacher in Pau. Either Christelle or Veronique holds her former teaching position. They were extremely nice, and it was a very pleasant visit. They served refreshments and told about their family. In January 2000 they sent Jeff and Sharon several family pictures taken at the July 31, 1999 wedding of Anne (oldest daughter of Michel) and Stéphane in Bordeaux and at the recent christening of son Eric and Véronique's son Jean-Baptiste.

Brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion.

Birth:
4 pm

Jean married Marie Léocadie Péré, dite Cabaillé on 19 Sep 1893 in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Marie (daughter of Jean Péré, dit Cabaillé and Marie Rose Ricaud) was born on 8 Dec 1869 in Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; was christened on 10 Dec 1869 in Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 23 Mar 1944 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 25 Mar 1944 in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Event: Between Jul and Sep 1934, France; Trip with Mimi (Léocadie Péré Ferran), Mémère (Marthe Ferran St. Raymond), Tawo (Rose Ferran), and Mémère\'s five children to France. They sailed from N.Y. on the ship Champlain (French Line) after spending a few days in New York City, where Uncle John Ferran showed them special sights (Broadway, Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, Bronx Zoo, etc.). They landed in Le Havre and went to the southwest of France where Mimi\'s home had been. The trip was probably to settle financial matters after the recent June 1933 death of Mimi\'s mother Rose Ricaud Péré. They also visite Lourdes and Paris. In Paris, one of the kids\' favorite spots was an eatery called Pam Pam that served American food such as hot dogs, hamburgers, etc. They returned on the ship Ile de France.
• FSID: 9WR7-XLS
• Name: Mimi
• Reference Number: 1257
• Emigration: 28 Aug 1893; Ship La Bourgogne, from Le Havre, processed at Ellis Island
• Residence: 1993, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; 141 W. 28th Street

Notes:

(Marie) Léocadie Péré dit Cabaille was born in Anères, the department of Hautes Pyrénées (65), France, close to Lannemezan. The village is on the Neste River and is nearby the town of St. Barthe de Neste anda St. Laurent-St. Paul (aka St. Laurent de Neste) where there is a railroad station and hotel. Also nearby is the city of Montréjau, where there is a marketplace and nearby chateau, and the town of Tuzaguet, site of the family tomb. The former mayor of Anères is Mr. Azum.

The childhood house of Léocadie Péré is on the main road, on the outskirts of the village, on the banks of the Neste River. You need to cross a bridge to get there; a grain mill used to be a short distance away. (From notes by John Ferran, May 1, 1981.)

Léocadie took daughters Martha Ferran St. Raymond and Rose Ferran and Martha's five children on a trip to France in Summer 1934. First they went to New York, where her son Dr. John Ferran was living. He showed them around town, including the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, and the Bronx Zoo. They took the Champlain (French Line) to France, landing at Le Havre. They visited the family home of Léocadie, where Léocadie had some business to take care of. (Her mother Rose Ricaud Péré had died not long before, as had Léocadie's husband Jean Ferran, so perhaps the trip was to take care of some inheritance matters, perhaps selling some property.) They also visited Bordeaux, Biarritz, Hendaya (Spain), Lourdes and Paris. Audrey St. Raymond, one of Martha's five children, remembered that one of their favorite spots in Paris was called Pam-Pam, where they served American food such as hot dogs and hamburgers. They returned on the liner Ile de France from Le Havre around August 8, 1934.

Buried:
Memorial ID 143021525

Notes:

Married:
witnessed by Baptiste Elichalt and Marcellin Barrière.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• FSID: G314-77G
• Name: Auguste
• Reference Number: 1094
• Emigration: 29 Mar 1843, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Immigration: 29 Mar 1843, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Ship Lyons from Le Havre, France
• Residence: 1850, Municipality 1, Ward 7, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Naturalization: 31 Oct 1853, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; arrival is incorrectly listed as 1841; should be 1843
• Military Service: 1860; "A. Vitter" served in the Squadron Guides d'Orleans, Louisiana Militia
• Occupation: 1870; Dairyman
• Residence: 1870, Ward 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Residence Post Office: New Orleans
• Occupation: 1880; Dairyman
• Residence: 1880, Canal Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self

Notes:

There are two entries in the Civil War Muster Rolls that might correspond to Auguste Vitter:
August Vitter, Company D, 19 Illinois Infantry, Private (unlikely since that would be a Yankee!)
A. Vitter, 10 Louisiana Infantry, Squadron Guides d'Orleans, Louisiana Militia, private (more likely).

The census records of 1880 apparently contain several typos. Some children are listed with the wrong age. For example, Arthur is listed as 5, but his N.O. birth record gives the date 3/25/1856, making him 23 or 24. Victor is listed as 10, but his N.O. birth record gives the date 8/11/1858, making him 11 or 12. There are no N.O. birth records for Charles (age 3), Violate (age 4), and Louisa (age 16, born in Switzerland according to census), Paul (age 7), and Eugène (age 19). Inclusion of those five children "fills the gap" in the impressive record of births by Marie Victoire, so it is conceivable that they are her children. It's also possible that she took a trip back to Switzerland, where Louisa may have been born. There is a birth record for son Pierre (born 1871), who could possibly be the same as the 7-year-old Paul in the census. Since the names Pierre and Paul tend to go together, and there is no other child born in 1871, it is assumed that they are separate children.

The funeral was at Spanish Fort in the New Orleans West End. Friends of the Vitter and Cathalongne families were invited. (Marie Louise Vitter married Jean V. Cathalongne.)

There are a couple questions that need to be answered. The main one is whether Auguste's son Auguste Valentin Vitter is the same August Vitter who married Jeanne Eugenia Bonaparte Tinney in St. Mary's Parish on 12/21/1889. From all the coincidences, it seems that it was the case. Granddaughter Monta Vitter McLean seems to think so too. If so, then that would provide one branch of the Vitter-Tinney link. The other Vitter-Tinney link seems secure, as there is a birth record of Lelia Hortense Vitter, born 11/8/1864, as the daughter of Auguste Vitter and Victoire Henzenlen. (The mother's name is spelled differently for almost each of her 15 or so children.) The obituary for Lelia in the Daily Picayue on 9/22/1897 says the funeral is at the home of her brother, August Jr., 2435 Bienville St., near Rocheblave, in New Orleans.

There are two August Vitters in the Social Security death records. One was born 1/26/1885, died 7/15/1966, SS #363-54-9376, issued before 1951 in Michigan. The other, who is hypothesized to be the son of Auguste (August) Valentin, was born 5/30/1896, died 8/1971, SS #210-03-3299, issued before 1951 in Pennsylvania. See the record of Auguste Valentin Vitter for more information, and also related information about his brother Raymond Percy Vitter.

Died:
7:05 am

Joseph married Marie Victoire Hentzelin on 28 Mar 1849 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Jacques Hentzelin and ? ?) was born about 1833 in Switzerland; died on 2 Sep 1906 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• FSID: L1FX-YRQ
• Name: Victoria Henzenlena (in obituary)
• Reference Number: 1095
• Residence: 1850, Municipality 1, Ward 7, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Maiden name listed as "Angelin" on 1850 census
• Residence: 1870, Ward 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Residence Post Office: New Orleans
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1900, 1611 Dumaine Street, Ward 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Head
• Residence: 1906, 825 Jackson Avenue., New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Marie Victoire Hentzelin had a variety of maiden names listed in the birth records: Angelin, Angeline, Ondelslein, Henzerling, Henzenlen. There were no doubt problems with the transcription. The 1880 census lists a "grandparent", possibly the father of Marie Victoire, as John Henzenhanck. Her obituary gives her name as VIctoria Henzenlena and says she was a native of New Orleans for 60 years (actually 63).

By Swiss custom, the suffix "-in" was often used to denote a woman, especially a widow. So it's possible that her father was named "Hentzel." His name in the 1880 census is reported as "Henzenhanck." These name changes make it hard sometimes to trace people genealogically.
Marie Victoire Hentzeli ou Hentzelin était une immigrante suisse
Marie Victoire Hentzeli ou Hentzelin était une immigrante suisse

Notes:

The information about the children of Auguste and Marie Victoire came from the 1880 census and the birth records of the City of New Orleans. The census records of 1880 apparently contain several typos. Some children are listed with the wrong age. For example, Arthur is listed as 5, but his N.O. birth record gives the date 3/25/1856, making him 23 or 24. Victor is listed as 10, but his N.O. birth record gives the date 8/11/1858, making him 11 or 12. There are no N.O. birth records for Charles (age 3), Violate (age 4), and Louisa (age 16, born in Switzerland according to census), and Eugène (age 19). Inclusion of those five children "fills the gap" in the impressive record of births by Marie Victoire, so it is conceivable that they are her children. It's also possible that she took a trip back to Switzerland, where Louisa was apparently born.

Marie Victoire's maiden name is listed as Hentzelin on her marriage license, but her name is listed in a variety of ways on the birth records of her children: Angelin, Angeline, Ondelslein, Henzerling, Henzenlen. (These names were listed in the index of births. So far I (Jeff Vitter) haven't checked the actual birth records. JSV 7/2000)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hofflein, Hofflin
• Reference Number: 23
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Residence: 1860, Ward 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Residence Post Office: New Orleans
• Residence: 1861, 66 St. Ann Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

There is also some confusion about the name of Catherine Bentz's husband. ALV Jr.'s handdrawn family tree and the 8/4/1982 letter from Adrienne Escousse Clark to ALV Jr. use the name Albert and Albert D. Hofeline. However, the 6/6/2000 letter from Adrienne Escousse Clark to Jeff Vitter refers to a Hofeline family history that records the name of Lucie Hofeline's father as George M. Hofeline. Jeff is going to ask Adrienne for a copy of the family history. In addition, the marriage license of his daughter Marie Hofeline and Alfred N. Vitter lists Marie's mother as Catherine Vaust, the widow of George Hofeline.

Birth:
1880 census lists his daughter's father's birthplace as Hamburg; other info suggests Alsace-Lorraine

Died:
Was not present in the family photograph (labeled 1864 but more likely in 1870s) and in the 1870 census; Catherine was listed as widow in 1877 and 1878 city directories

George married Catherine Bentz Vogt in UNKNOWN. Catherine was born about 1823 in Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 3 May 1887 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 4 May 1887 in Greenwood Cemetery, Vitter-Hofeline tomb, lot 6, Willow between Magnolia Walk and Hawthorne Walk, City Park Ave. & Canal Blvd., New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Le Havre, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
• Name: Hofflein, Hofflin
• Name: Voch
• Reference Number: 24
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Arrival: 24 Oct 1846, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Ward 5, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Residence Post Office: New Orleans
• Residence: 1870, Ward 6, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Residence Post Office: New Orleans
• Residence: 1877, 69 St. Ann Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1878, 132 Royal Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, 273 1/2 Thalia Street, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Self

Notes:

There are conflicting notes about Catherine's first name. Adrienne Escousse Clark refers to her in her letter to A. L. Vitter,Jr. of 8/4/1982 and in her to Jeffrey S. Vitter on 6/6/2000 as Christine. She may have confused her with her paternal great great grandmother Christine Kupferer (née Benz or Bentz). That confusion may have also led A. L. Vitter Jr. to think that Catherine's maiden name was Bentz, when it appears to have been Voch, as listed in her obituary in L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans. Jeff Vitter cannot find any documents mentioning her name as Bentz, other than a ship's log for a Catherine Bentz traveling from Germany to Louisiana in 1846.

ALV Jr. recorded the name Catherine Hofeline on the family tomb, in his notes of 7/13/1982. On the tomb, which Jeff and Audrey visited in March 2001, it lists her as "Catherine Hofeline, a native of Germany." She died on May 3, 1887 at the age of 64. There is also some confusion about the name of Catherine's husband George Hofeline, as noted in his entry.

According to Alfred's and Emilie's marriage licenses, Catherine used the name Vaust and Voch, further evidence that it was her maiden name. The groom's mother was listed as Monica Kaufere, which is likely a French transcription of Monica's maiden name Kupferer, which was German. Catherine's obituary in L'Abeille de la Nouvelle Orléans (New Orleans Bee) gives her maiden name as Catherine Voch and lists her as a native of Cuxshaven, Germany, which is just west of Hamburg. She lists Hamburg as her and her (dead) husband's birthplace in the 1880 census.

Buried:
Memorial ID 89822497

Died:
12:30pm

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Michel
• Reference Number: 1087
• Occupation: 1847, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Laborer
• Residence: 1850, Les Bordes, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Occupation: Abt 1870, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Farmer

Notes:

Some of the information about the children of (Jacques) Michel Artigues and the descendants of (Marie) Marceline Artigues comes from Louis Gruntz, Jr. [Artigues.FTW]. In his notes, Louis listed him as T. Michel Artigues, but the difference between J and T could be due to transcription, especially since the letters look similar in handwriting. However, it is clear from the Salies-du-Salat marriage certificate of (Jacques) Michel Artigues and Elisabeth Artigues (née Pujol) that his first initial was J.

Jeff & Sharon Vitter and Jeff's sister Donna visited the gravesites of J. Michel Artigues and Elisabeth Artigues (née Pujol) and of Baptiste Artigues & Marie Josèphe Artigues (née Soubiran) on Monday, October 3, 2022 during a four-week trip to France. At the time, the gravesites were marked with a notice saying that they would be reclaimed unless a direct relative appealed. We are in the process of filing the appeal.

1885 City Directory Page 122

Artigues, Ferreol butcher, 46 Dryades Market r. rear Dryades Market
Artigues, Ferreol saloon, 203 Decatur, 2nd Dist. r. 419 Dryades
Artigues, John clerk. L Queyrouze, r 495 St. Ann
Artigues, Joseph grocer, 85 Orleans
Artigues, Louis bartender, F. Artigues r. 299 Decatur 2nd. Dist.

Indications are that J. Michel Artigues' sons emigrated to the US around 1872. However, the 1880 census entry for Jean Artigues indicated that his parents were both born in Louisiana; it was likely a miscommunication or an error by a hurried census taker.

Birth:
2am; witnesses Germain Mourlhan and Michel Laborde

Buried:
His tombstone lists his age at 85 years old, and his death record lists his age at 81; he actually died one week shy of his 82nd birthday, as confirmed by the dates of his birth and death records (and consistent with his birth date listed on his marriage record)

Died:
11am

Jacques married Marie Elisabeth Pujol on 16 Nov 1846 in Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Marie (daughter of Joseph Pujol and Jeanne Dedieu) was born on 7 Feb 1824 in Mane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 15 Mar 1863 in Les Bordes, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; was buried in 1863 in Cimetière de Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elisabeth
• Reference Number: 1086
• Occupation: 1847, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Housewife

Notes:

(Marie) Elisabeth Pujol is the great great grandmother of website host Jeff Vitter. The records of St. Louis Cemetery #3 in New Orleans lists her as the widow of Louis Artigues, which is a little confusing. The family tree records of Louis Gruntz, Jr. indicate that her husband was named T. Michel Artigues. The letter "T" was actually a "J"; they look similar. Elisabeth Pujol was actually the wife of (Jacques) Michel Artigues, which is clear from their Salies-du-Salat marriage certificate.

She was a 35th great granddaughter of Charlemagne, as recounted in the history of Charlemagne on the home page of the genealogy website. Her family before the French Revolution had been lords of fiefdoms in the Tarn department of France. Her son Ferréol and daughter Marie Marcelinue and many of their Artigues cousins, nieces, and nephews left to settle in New Orleans to make a new life and became very successful. The modern generation of the Artigues family is still rooted in New Orleans but has members across the south, and they even have their own Facebook page!

Jeff & Sharon Vitter and Jeff's sister Donna visited the gravesites of J. Michel Artigues and Elisabeth Artigues (née Pujol) and of Baptiste Artigues & Marie Josèphe Artigues (née Soubiran) on Monday, October 3, 2022 during a four-week trip to France. At the time, the gravesites were marked with a notice saying that they would be reclaimed unless a direct relative appealed. We are in the process of filing the appeal.

Birth:
3pm; witnesses Pierre Martres (46 years old, farm laborer in Mane) and Bertrand Martres (24 years old, farmer in Mane)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: French American
• Reference Number: 1089
• Occupation: 1870, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Waiter
• Residence: 1870, Ward 4, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

The New Orleans Public Library records indicated the marriage of Mary Ann Dureau (age 17) to Edward Develin on December 3, 1875 in New Orleans, but the certificate suggests that her name is Mary Ann Duncan.

Died:
Anna is listed as a widow on the consent form for the marriage of Eugénie Dureau and Ferréol Artigues in 1875, although there is a Romain Dureau who died in 1886 and was born in 1819 or 1820.

Romain married Anna Barthet on 26 May 1863 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Anna was born between 1835 and 1836 in France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: French American
• Reference Number: 1088
• Residence: 1870, Ward 4, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Married:
We presume this marriage certificate is the same couple as Jeff's 2nd great grandmother. The complicating thing is that (Marie) Eugénie Dureau (Jeff's great grandmother) was born in 1858.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2287

Notes:

It's not clear if Pierre is the son of Charles or Jean. It is supposed that he is t he son of Charles. Information from the notes of Mr. Feuermann, 28, rue de Verdun, 17440 Aytre, France, tel. 05.46.34.77.05.

Charles married Catherine Larquier, dite Laberbucq on 25 Apr 1833 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Catherine (daughter of Bernard Larquier and Jeanne Teulé) was born about 1810 in Bouillon, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Laberbucq
• Reference Number: 2288

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 1850, Formerly Ward 5, Lafayette, Jefferson Parish, incorporated into New Orleans in 1852, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Butcher
• Residence: 1850, Formerly Ward 5, Lafayette, Jefferson Parish, incorporated into New Orleans in 1852, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; from 1850 Federal census
• Probate: 15 May 1860, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Pierre married Marie Marceline Larquié. Marie (daughter of ? Larquié) was born in 1827 in Bouillon, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; died on 11 Mar 1892 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Marceline
• Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Self

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1259
• Occupation: 1887, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; Farmer

Notes:

Birth:
Born at 7am

Henri married Marthe Feugas, dite Manescau on 30 Jan 1861 in House Larneilh, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Marthe (daughter of Jean Pierre Feugas, dit Manescau and Marie Soulé, dite Sarthou) was born on 4 Dec 1824 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; died on 26 Feb 1892 in Maison Larneilh, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1260
• Occupation: 1887, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; Farmer

Notes:

The two certificates for the marriage were prepared at Uzan, Sunday, January 6, 1861 and Sunday, January 13, 1861. The marriage was performed in front of Mr. Lamarque at the residence Larneilh. All four parents had died in 1830, 1842, 1844, and 1848. Those attending the wedding included Bernard Morlaume, 55-year-old brother of Henri's mother Pascale and also brother-in-law of Henri (presumably by marriage to a sister of Marthe), Jean-Pierre Feugas, 39-year-old brother of Marthe, Pierre Soulé-Sarthou, 57-year-old brother of Marthe's mother Marie, and Blaise Perarnaud, 62-year-old landlord.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9WR7-XGW
• Reference Number: 1270
• Occupation: 1841; Fabricant de tricots

Notes:

The mayor of Anères who signed the birth certificate was Dominique Dasque. Another witness to the certificate was Jean Lafforque and Jean Boufant. The certificate was issued the day after the birth.

He is listed on his wedding certificate as a fabricant de tricots.

According to what Audrey St. Raymond Vitter found out while visiting Uzan in May 1981 with A.L. Vitter and Donna Vitter, Jean Péré was the representative for Jean Ferran at the sale of the Ferran farm Larneilh on April 2, 1905. It's not clear that this is the same Jean Péré, but it is assumed so. That might suggest that Rose Ricaud was still living in France then and had not yet emigrated to New Orleans.

Jean married Marie Rose Ricaud on 25 Aug 1869 in Lannemezan, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Marie (daughter of Louis Ricaud and Dominiquette Noguès) was born on 14 Dec 1847 in Lannemezan, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 24 Jun 1933 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindAGrave.com Memorial ID: 143021524
• FSID: 9WR7-XG6
• Name: Rose
• Reference Number: 1956
• Emigration: 28 Aug 1893; Ship La Bourgogne, from Le Havre, processed at Ellis Island
• Residence: 30 May 1930, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

The birth certificate of Marie Rose Ricaud was issued before the mayor Dominique Ricaud (perhaps the grandfather or uncle of Marie Rose), and in the presence of Damien Noguès (38-year-old farmer and hypothesized brother of Marie Rose's mother Dominiquette) and Jean Pierre Jules Vignola (57-year-old primary school teacher).

In her later years Marie Rose Ricaud lived in New Orleans with Jean Ferran and her daughter Marie Léocadie Péré. According to great granddaughter Audrey St. Raymond Vitter, Rose Ricaud "was the feisty one," always on the go and ready to break out singing "La Marseillaise" at the slightest whim. Audrey and sister Dede recall her as an old woman, seemingly suffering from what we now call Alzheimer's disease. They were sometimes scared of her, since she would chase them around the house.

Birth:
6 am, recorded at 2pm by mayor Dominique Ricaud and witnesses Damien Noguès and Jean Pierre Jules Vignola

Notes:

The wedding was recorded in front of the mayor of Lannemezan, Jean-Marie Ricaud, who is presumably the brother of Marie Rose. It was notarized by Brun of Campistrus. Also mentioned in the marriage contract were Lannemezan residents Guillaume Noguès (52-year-old farmer and presumably the brother of Marie Rose's mother Dominiquette), 30-year-old Danièl Cazayères, and 30-year-old Brandans.

Married:
8 pm

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Name: Witter
• Occupation: plâtrier
• Reference Number: 1290
• Occupation: 1824, Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; Gypseur
• Residence: Bef 1843, Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France
• Emigration: 29 Mar 1843, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Immigration: 29 Mar 1843, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Ship Lyons from Le Havre, France

Notes:

Listed as Pierre Witter on birth certificate. A father listed as Pierre Vitter went with his family on the ship Lyon, which departed on 1/18/1843 from Le Havre to New Orleans, listed as arriving on 3/29/1843 in the Port of New Orleans. He and his family were from Clerval, département du Doubs, France. We found the passenger list of the boat on the web. The index of the arriving passengers at the Port of New Orleans, from National Archive Series M259-22, lists some extra passengers and some slightly different names. Pierre is listed as 38 years old. However, we have his birth record in France, which indicates that he was born in 1803, which would have made him 39.

There were 11 Vitters listed in the index of arriving passengers, but only nine listed on the ship's log. Some of their names and ages are not included in the index. So until the actual arriving passenger records are looked at, we won't know exactly who the extra Vitters are, if there are any. There is some uncertainty about whether Elize listed on the ship's log was the same person as Marie Louise, who was listed on the index of arriving passengers. Until we examine the actual records of arriving passengers, we won't know. They are currently assumed to be the same. However, that leaves two unknown Vitters in the arriving list who were not listed on the ship's log.

Occupation:
Pierre Vitter était gisseur, c'est à dire platrier d'art (voutes, stuc, etc...)

Emigration:
Embarquement au Havre, à destination de la Nouvelle Orléans, le 18 janvier 1843 de la famille Vitter à bord du Lyons, (capitaine J. Parker) un navire de 500t affrété par Henry Castro. La plupart des passagers semblaient se diriger, comme colons, vers le comté de Médina au Texas ( à l'époque république indépendante). Les Vitter sont restés à la Nouvelle Orléans. (source: relevé liste de passagers - Medina County TXGenWeb)

Pierre married Virginie Oval on 8 Mar 1824 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Virginie (daughter of Pierre Etienne Oval and Jeanne Louise Morfaux) was born on 2 Oct 1799 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 12 Sep 1884 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Name: Virginie Hoval, Uvale
• Reference Number: 1124
• Emigration: 18 Jan 1843, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; Ship Lyons
• Immigration: 29 Mar 1843, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Ship Lyons from Le Havre, France
• Residence: 1880, 467 St. Ann Street, between Tonti and Rocheblave Streets, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Mother; living with son Victor and family
• Residence: 1884, 467 St. Ann Street, between Tonti and Rocheblave Streets, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Virginie's maiden name was listed as Oval in the New Orleans Bee obituary on 9/13/1884. In the New Orleans Public Library, there is a marriage record for Virginie Hosal, widow of Pierre Vitter, VEE 678. It's possible Hosal was a transcription of Uvale or Oval.

Virginie was born in Clerval, as her birth record attests, 10 vendemaire, VIII. Her obituary (which was the document that sparked Jeff Vitter's passion in genealogy when he came across it at the New Orleans Public Library) lists her as a native of Clerval, Department of Doubs, France. The Vitter and Cathalongue families are mentioned.

Died:
5pm

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John
• Reference Number: 1113
• Residence: 1850, Municipality 1, Ward 7, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Living with Auguste and Marie Victoire Vitter. Last name listed as "Angelin", 52 yrs old, laborer
• Census: 1880; Living with Auguste and Marie Victoire Vitter. Listed as "Henzenhanck", 82 yrs old, "blind", "grandpa".

Notes:

1980 census lists him as John Henzenhanck, 82.

Jacques married ? ? in UNKNOWN. ? was born in Switzerland; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Baptiste
• Reference Number: 3417
• Residence: 1813, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Occupation: 1846, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Farmer (laboreur)

Notes:

[Artigues Family Tree X.FTW]

The civil records list Baptiste Artigues as the brother of Elizabeth and a witness at her wedding. We assume that Baptiste is the same person as Jean Baptiste listed in Jean Jacques Artigues' notes. He is also listed as Jean Baptiste Artigues on the birth certificate of Vincent Artigues. For that reason, we think that his wife (Françoise Boué) is the same as Marie Boué listed in the notes of Jean Jacques Artigues.

Birth:
1am; recorded at 8am; 2 ventose an II

Jean married Françoise Marie Boué on 16 Jun 1813 in Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Françoise (daughter of Jean Boué and Elizabeth Millet) was born on 20 May 1787 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 7 Dec 1854 in Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Name: Marie
• Reference Number: 4896
• Residence: 1813, Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Occupation: 1846, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Ménagère (homemaker)

Notes:

Married:
8am; Jean-Baptiste and Françoise were 2nd cousins: his paternal grandmother and her maternal grandmother were sisters

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1819, Mane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Propriétaire (landlord)

Joseph married Jeanne Dedieu on 17 May 1819 in Mane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne (daughter of Dominque Dedieu and Josephine Caubère) was born on 18 Jul 1792 in Saint-Girons, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 29 Sep 1867 in Mane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Aft 1846, Mane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Married:
5pm

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2289
• Occupation: 1807; Marchand

Jean married Jeanne Picard. Jeanne died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2290

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2292

Bernard married Jeanne Teulé. Jeanne died before 1833 in Bouillon, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2291

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1261
• Occupation: 1821; Farm laborer
• Occupation: Abt 1821; Laborer
• Occupation: Abt 1840; Farmer on family land in Uzan

Notes:

The house (farm) is referred to in various documents as Larneilh, Larreuh, and Larreuilh.

Birth:
Birth records for Republican years VIII, IX, and X are missing in Uzan archives

Jean married Pascale Morlanne on 9 Feb 1821 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Pascale (daughter of Jean Morlanne and Jeanne Cau, dite Morlanne) was born between 1800 and 1801; died on 7 Oct 1830 in House Larneilh, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1262

Notes:

In her marriage license, her name may have been listed as Paschale, but in the other documents it's listed as Pascale.

Notes:

Jean Ferran dit Peyrot, 60 years old, laborer from Lahore, was a witness at the wedding.

There are conflicting documents as to wedding date: either 9 February 1821 or 9 February 1820. The correct year is 1821.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Pierre
• Reference Number: 1265
• Occupation: Abt 1840; Farmer

Jean married Marie Soulé, dite Sarthou on 24 Dec 1812 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Marie (daughter of Berard Soulé, dit Sarthou and Madeleine Minvielle) was born about 1795; died on 9 Nov 1844 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1266

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1279
• Residence: Cap de la Caoue, Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Occupation: 1869; Farmer

Dominique married Jeanne Marie Rose Toujan on 15 May 1838 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne (daughter of Jean Joachim Toujan and Jeanne Bertrande Antoinette Corrège) was born on 15 Dec 1811 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 18 Apr 1889 in Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: de Jacquette
• Reference Number: 1280

Notes:

Listed as 27 at 12/23/1841 birth of Jean and 58 at 8/25/1869 wedding of her son Jean Péré.

Jeanne is the great great granddaughter of Jacques & Catherine (Pique) Corrégé on both her father's side and mother's side.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Facteur
• Reference Number: 1273
• Occupation: Between 1847 and 1869; rural postman (facteur rural)
• Residence: 1847, Lannemezan, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Dominique Ricaud was mayor of Lannemezan at the birth of daughter Marie Rose Ricard, and Jean-Marie Ricaud was mayor at her wedding, so it is possible (but unconfirmed) that Dominique and Jean-Marie were relatives of Louis Ricaud (perhaps father and brother or uncle and cousin). It is being hypothesized that they were father and brother of Louis.

Louis married Dominiquette Noguès. Dominiquette (daughter of ? Noguès) was born in 1811; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1274

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Erhardus Wider, Errard/Erhard Erhardt Erhart Witter, Hérrard Vuittée,
• Reference Number: 1946
• Military Service: Germany; Listed as a former military member (likely in Germany) in his French naturalization request in 1833
• Occupation: Abt 1799; Roofer (couvreur)
• Arrival: May 1799, Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; from Germany
• Naturalization: 1833; Listed his birthplace as "Süenchingen, canton de Schaffhouse (Bade)," occupation gypseur
• Occupation: Abt 1833; Gypseur
• Occupation: Abt 1845; Plasterer (plâtrier)

Notes:

Arrived in Clerval in May 1799. He qualified as a former military member in his naturalization request in 1833.

Jean Pierre Vitter (vitter@wanadoo.fr) in Les Issambres, France (near St. Tropez) has compiled two wonderful histories en français of Vitter Family genealogy (but easily translated, e.g., using Google Translate). They are available online at https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/JeanPierreVitterBook.pdf and https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/JeanPierreVitterBook2.pdf. The first is called "A tous les Vitter du Monde." He traces Hérard Vitter, before his move to Clerval, France in the 1700s, back to either the Souabe (Schwaben) area, just to the north of Schaffhouse in Switzerland, or to north of the Rhine in Germany. The big question that remained was exactly where Hérard came from. Jean-Pierre has separately told me of a family legend of two brothers who came to France. One stayed (conceivably Hérard), and the other went to Galapagos. Jean Pierre Vitter put together a second manuscript in December 2019 entitled "Le sang qui coule dans nos veines," in which he disclosed that the actual place Hérard came from was Bietingen (near Gottmadingen), Germany, near the Swiss border just north of the Rhine, as detailed further below. And the name of the family in Germany was Wider. Through Jean-Pierre's research, we have now discovered hundreds of Wider relatives (and even connections going back to Pépin le Bref and Charlemagne!).

There are well over one hundred other Vitters in France who are descendants from a line of Vitters living in the Ardennes region in France. They are rumored to be related to the Vitters of Clerval, according to family legends, but no one has yet discovered the link. Jean Pierre Vitter's discovery in 2019 that the ancestors of Hérard Vitter were named Wider in Bietingen, Germany suggests that the Ardennes lines of Vitters are perhaps not related to the Vitters of Clerval. Only some of the Vitter family from Ardennes are included in this family tree. However, you can find them on the web at http://gw.geneanet.org/mickrix1 or by contacting Michel Vitter, mick.rix@wanadoo.fr. (Note: Michel Vitter passed away circa 2011.)

From Hérard's act of marriage:
Mathieu et Ursule JAKUELIN sont domiciliés dans la commune de Sieclen (Bueclen) canton de Schaffouse.

From his marriage act:
« Biethiruge, canton de Chafferesse, Suenchingen »

From his application for French citizenship:
« Süenchingen » Biethiruge, canton de Schaffhouse (Bade)

Acte de décès : Hérard est dit originaire d'Autriche. Pour l'Autriche il s’agit sans doute de « l'Autriche Antérieure »:

L'expression est souvent utilisée comme synonyme de "pays antérieurs habsbourgeois" pour désigner l'ensemble des possessions des Habsbourg à l'ouest de l'Arlberg et du col de Fern, y compris les territoires sis en Suisse, Souabe, Brisgau et Alsace, par opposition à leurs biens d'Autriche proprement dite, jusqu'au Tyrol y compris (Wikipedia).

There was no connection to the Kanton Schaffhausen in Switzerland. But Jean Pierre Vitter determined that the birthplace referred to the following nearby location in Germany: Bietingen (Gottmadingen).

Bietingen se situe à la frontière suisse, à mi-chemin entre les villes de
Schaffhouse et Singen (Hohentwiel). Le plus grand passage frontalier routier
entre l’Allemagne et la Suisse dans le cadre de la liaison Stuttgart-Zurich.
Environ 1100 m à l'ouest de l'église du village se trouvent dans une zone
forestière, les vestiges du complexe de haute montagne Kapf. Que ce soit un
château néolithique, un âge de bronze ou un château d'urnfeldfeldzeitzeitliche est
encore peu claire. Bietingen apparaît pour la première fois en 892 en tant que
villa quadicitur Puatinga dans un document. Les monastères St. Blasien dans la
Forêt-Noire et Rheinau avaient déjà leur terre à Bietingen. Une partie de celle-ci
a acquis la ville de Schaffhouse au 17ème siècle. Les seigneurs de Stoffeln furent,
du XIVe siècle jusqu'en 1579, huissiers de justice des monastères de Saint-
Blasien et de Petershausen, seigneurs de Bietingen, interrompus par un bref délai
de soutien au commandant de l'ordre teutonique à Mainau au XVIe siècle. De
1579 jusqu'à la médiatisation de 1806, Bietingen est tombé en héritage au
Hornsteiner. En 1806, le village vint d'abord dans le Wurtemberg, de 1810 à
Baden. En 1974, l'incorporation après Gottmadingen (Wikipedia).

Besides the Vitters who emigrated to New Orleans in the 1800s and spread from there, there are many Vitters listed elsewhere in the U.S. For example, in the 1930 census there are well over 200 Vitters listed all across the U.S. who are apparently not from Louisiana roots.

Some of the ones listed from Illinois include Harry Vitter (1881, born Illinois) and wife Mary Vitter (1883), Nonie Vitter (1876, born Germany) and daughter Marion Vitter (1902), Lloyd Vitter (1882, born Nebraska) and wife Sylvia Vitter (1881), Thomas Vitter (1864, born Illinois) and wife Marie Vitter (1870), Edwin H. Vitter (1892, born Illinois) and wife Rosalie Vitter (1892) and son Edwin J. Vitter (1929), Albert Vitter (1890, Born Illinois) and wife Coral Vitter (1890) and son Albert Vitter (1917), Harry Vitter (1899, born Illinois) and wife Josephine Vitter (1894) and son Harry Vitter (1927) and relative Charley Vitter (1897), Arthur C. Vitter (1893, born Illinois) and wife Mable O. Vitter (1891) and son Daniel A. Vitter (1928), Sylves G. Vitter (1903, born Illinois) and wife Dorothea L. Vitter (1905), Cosomo Vitter (1896, born Italy) and wife Lucia (1898) and daughters Carmela (1921) and Giuseppa (1927), Albert Vitter (1866, born Iowa) and wife Mary Vitter (1876) and daughters Elnora M. Vitter (1907) and Marie A. Vitter (1908).

There are even more Vitters listed in the states of New Jersey and New York, and lesser numbers listed in Alabana, Arkansas, California,, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Among those, only John D. Vitter (1898) with wife Hazel A. Vitter (1904) is listed as born in Louisiana.

Le nom de WIDER a été francisé en VITTER par Hérard lors de son mariage le 11 novembre 1799. Il était depuis 6 mois à Clerval en provenance de Bietingen, commune Allemande frontalière du canton Suisse de Schaffhouse. La légende familiale dit qu'il était, avec son frère, en route pour les USA et qu'il a rencontré l'amour sur son chemin !

Birth:
From Jean Pierre Vitter, "Le sang qui could dans not veines," 2019:

From Hérard's act of marriage:
Mathieu et Ursule JAKUELIN sont domiciliés dans la commune de Sieclen (Bueclen) canton de Schaffouse.

From his marriage act:
« Biethiruge, canton de Chafferesse, Suenchingen »

From his application for French citizenship:
« Süenchingen » Biethiruge, canton de Schaffhouse (Bade)

Acte de décès : Hérard est dit originaire d'Autriche. Pour l'Autriche il s’agit sans doute de « l'Autriche Antérieure »:

L'expression est souvent utilisée comme synonyme de "pays antérieurs habsbourgeois" pour désigner l'ensemble des possessions des Habsbourg à l'ouest de l'Arlberg et du col de Fern, y compris les territoires sis en Suisse, Souabe, Brisgau et Alsace, par opposition à leurs biens d'Autriche proprement dite, jusqu'au Tyrol y compris (Wikipedia).

There was no connection to the Kanton Schaffhausen in Switzerland. But Jean Pierre Vitter determined that the birthplace referred to the following nearby location in Germany: Bietingen (Gottmadingen).

Bietingen se situe à la frontière suisse, à mi-chemin entre les villes de
Schaffhouse et Singen (Hohentwiel). Le plus grand passage frontalier routier
entre l’Allemagne et la Suisse dans le cadre de la liaison Stuttgart-Zurich.
Environ 1100 m à l'ouest de l'église du village se trouvent dans une zone
forestière, les vestiges du complexe de haute montagne Kapf. Que ce soit un
château néolithique, un âge de bronze ou un château d'urnfeldfeldzeitzeitliche est
encore peu claire. Bietingen apparaît pour la première fois en 892 en tant que
villa quadicitur Puatinga dans un document. Les monastères St. Blasien dans la
Forêt-Noire et Rheinau avaient déjà leur terre à Bietingen. Une partie de celle-ci
a acquis la ville de Schaffhouse au 17ème siècle. Les seigneurs de Stoffeln furent,
du XIVe siècle jusqu'en 1579, huissiers de justice des monastères de Saint-
Blasien et de Petershausen, seigneurs de Bietingen, interrompus par un bref délai
de soutien au commandant de l'ordre teutonique à Mainau au XVIe siècle. De
1579 jusqu'à la médiatisation de 1806, Bietingen est tombé en héritage au
Hornsteiner. En 1806, le village vint d'abord dans le Wurtemberg, de 1810 à
Baden. En 1974, l'incorporation après Gottmadingen (Wikipedia)

near the eastern border of Schaffhouse, Switzerland

Hérard married Jeanne Françoise Thiébaud on 11 Nov 1799 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Jeanne (daughter of Jean Antoine Thiébaud and Claire Claude Françoise Thouret) was born on 17 Mar 1774 in Crosey-le-Petit, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 9 Jan 1845 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1947

Notes:

Died:
husband Hérard and son Joseph were witnesses

Notes:

Witnesses included Jean Claude Guilloz (serrurier) and Joseph Monnier (tanneur).

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Occupation: teinturier
• Reference Number: 2146
• Occupation: 1798; Dyer, bleacher
• Residence: 1798, Trouvans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Notes:

Died:
le décès du 28 juin 1825 est celui d'un Claude Etienne Oval, mais c'est le seul qui corresponde, le nom est exceptionnel à Clerval

Pierre married Jeanne Louise Morfaux on 11 Oct 1798 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Jeanne (daughter of Denis Morfaux and Jeanne Françoise Bidal) was born on 10 Aug 1777 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was christened on 11 Aug 1777 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 9 May 1810 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Reference Number: 1275

Notes:

Notes from Anny and Pierre Morfaux, a.morfaux@wanadoo.fr.

Witnesses (témoins) at the wedding : Jean Baptiste Morfaux, 25 ans, son frère - Joseph Simonin, 45 ans, teinturier - Pierre François Boiteux, 27 ans, teinturier - Adrien Guillot, 63 ans,cultivateur - tous domiciliés à Clerval.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ferréol
• Reference Number: 4897

Notes:

The Vitter Family and the Artigues Family are related through two links: Ferréol Artigues (1852-1914) had a daughter (Marie) Berthe Artigues, who married Albert L. Vitter Sr. (Jeff Vitter's grandfather). In addition, Jean Artigues (1851-1890) married Marie Louise Cathalongne, daughter of Marie Louise Vitter Cathalongne, who was Albert L. Vitter Sr.'s great aunt. For example, Jeff Vitter and Albert Artigues III are fourth cousins by both relationships.

Jean Artigues's death record in 1890 indicated that he was born in Salies du Salat in Haute-Garonne (61), between St. Gaudens and Toulouse. The genealogy notes from Jean Jacques Artigues and his daughter Blanche Artigues Johnson, written originally around 1935 and provided recently by Bert Artigues, list the lineage of Artigues from Salies du Salat. Several members emigrated to New Orleans during the last half of the 1800s.

The 1920 and 1930 census records for Bertrand Artigues indicate that he emigrated in 1898 to the U.S. In the 1930 census, Bertrand has a large family and as well has living with him his nephew Maurice Artigues Sr., niece Louise Artigues, and sister-in-law Anna Delord. Artigues descendants recall discussions by Maurice and his wife Eran LeBlanc that the family came from near Lourdes, France, which is about 42 miles west of Salies du Salat. The precise home seems to be Salies du Salat. Bert Artigues sent a copy of the document settling the estate of Marie Audoubert (Bert's first cousin, once removed) in Salies du Salat in 1975.

When she was nearing death, Eran LeBlanc Artigues (widow of Maurice Artigues Sr.) left a note with her daughter Jo Mary Artigues that included information about her ancestors and Maurice Artigues Sr.'s ancestors. In the note, she wrote that Maurice Sr.'s parents were Louis Jean Artigues and Marie Lalanne, and that his grandparents were Jean Artigues and Marie Louise Cathalongne. However, it appears from the detailed notes of Jean Jacques Artigues and Blanche Artigues Johnson that Maurice Sr.'s natural grandparents were instead Jean François Baptiste Artigues and Marie Josephe Soubiran, who stayed in France when their sons Louis Jean Artigues and Bertrand Jean Artigues emigrated to New Orleans. It is natural to suppose that when Louis Jean Artigues emigrated to the U.S. in 1900 he was taken in by Marie Louise Cathalongne (the widow of John, who was a first cousin of Jean François Baptiste Artigues), and for that reason Louis's children Maurice and Louise and their descendants thought of Marie Louise Cathalongne as the grandmother of Maurice.

There is some uncertainty as to the father(s) of Jean Artigues (born in 1851, husband of Marie Louise Cathalongne) and Joseph Artigues (born around 1853). In the 1880 census, Marie Artigues, age 58 (not very legible), is listed as living with Jean Artigues and his family. This is likely Marie Pugibet, wife of Louis Artigues. Jean and Joseph are listed as brothers on the 1880 census, living at Jean's house at 495 St. Ann. Joseph's wedding certificate lists Louis Artigues and Marie Pugibet as his parents, which would make them the parents of Jean as well. Marie is listed as Jean's aunt on the 1880 census, but it is probably a mistake. Marie is probably Marie Pugibet and (by the above hypothesis) Jean's mother.

The Artigues family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery #3 on Esplanade Avenue near City Park in New Orleans contains the following individuals listed in their records for Square 1, Fol. No. 94, Lot 29, contact Mrs. Lucille Martin:

Joseph (or Josephine) Ferran (1871-1897) (unknown relation, but curiously Jeff Vitter's maternal grandmother was a Ferran, and his paternal grandmother was an Artigues),
Child of Mrs. A. Artigues (stillborn 2/7/1900),
Widow of Louis Artigues (Marie Pugibet) (1821-12/4/1904),
Child of Mrs. Artigues (stillborn 1/18/1914),
Ferréol Artigues (1852-7/15/1914),
Child of Mrs. John Artigues (stillborn 10/26/1916),
Mrs. Emma Langhetee (1878-1/11/1921) (transferred later to another tomb),
Widow of John Artigues (1855-1921),
Louis M. Artigues (1874-1/16/1924),
Child of Mrs. Albert Artigues (stillborn on 2/5/1930),
John L. Artigues (1892-5/3/1934),
Albert Artigues (1975-3/26/1935),
Widow Adel Artigues (1883-6/30/1937),
Camille M. Artigues (1886-8/27/1947),
Josephine Artigues (1877-5/11/1964),
Albert J. Artigues (1908-7/23/1980),
Dorothy M. Artigues (1927-4/4/1989)

The dates are probably burial dates, since they differ from some known deaths by a couple days, and the birthdates are approximate, based on the indicated age at death. All these people, with the exception of Joseph Ferran and Dorothy Artigues, are listed in the family tree. Al Artigues III thinks Dorothy is the mother of Lucille Martin.

Another Artigues family tomb lists the following individuals:

Josephine Delord (4/8/1904),
Pierre Delord (1/27/1909),
Jean M. Armaguac (1/17/1910),
Eugenie Delord (4/4/1919),
Louise J. Artigues (10/3/1925),
Louise Delord (12/2/1926),
Anna Armaguac (12/24/1930),
Child of Mrs. R. Artigues (11/13/1932)
Jean M. Delord (5/9/1935)
Anna Delord (10/4/1942)
Bertrand Artigues (10/14/1951),
Josephine D. Artigues (8/23/1952),
Fernand J. Artigues (4/29/1953),
Alcee B. Artigues (6/9/1975),
George Louis Artigues (2/7/1979),
Colma Marguette Linden Artigues (5/14/1979)
Bertha M. Artigues (8/16/1983),
George Artigues, Jr. (6/24/1985),
Myrtle R. Artigues (1/13/1988).

There were several other Artigues in New Orleans who are not listed in the family tree but may be related. Some examples from the New Orleans index of births and marriages: Jean Marie Artigues and Agnes Ayloth had children Josephine on 4/15/1858, Henry Edouard on 6/9/1861, and Blanche Anna on 5/4/1863. Jean Marie Artigues (26 years old) and Jeanne Bordes (26 years old) were married on 4/15/1873 and had children Marceline on 9/1/1870, Jean Marcelin on 3/13/1878, Marie Julie on 3/15/1880, Euphrasie Francoise on 7/8/1884, and Jean Marie on 10/26/1890. (The age of the second Jean Marie indicates that the two cannot be the same.) Pierre Artigues and Madeline Diekmann had son Alfred on 3/11/1895. Marie B. Artigues (18) married Charles Bordes (21) on 4/8/1891.

There are two Artigues-Dutrey connections in the family tree: Jean Jacques Artigues (age 34) married Euphrasie Marie Dutrey (29) on 9/15/1904, and Albert Jules Dutrey married Catherine Lalanne, sister of Marie Lalanne, who married Louis Jean Artigues.

There have been Artigues living in the San Francisco area for over 125 years. There was a large Basque population in San Francisco, and perhaps that branch of the Artigues family is from the Basque region, which is very close to Salies du Salat and Lourdes, France. Ray and Irene Artigues are living there today or very recently. The names of those living there in 1880 include Louis, Marie (wife), Frances, Louise, Evangeline, Jennie, John, Marius, Achille, Adele (wife), and Emile. According to the 1880 census, all but the children were born in France (or Belgium in the case of Adele). It's interesting to note that Louis Artigues, born in 1830 in France, was working as a butcher in 1880 in San Francisco, the same time that Ferréol (Jeff Vitter's great grandfather) was working as a butcher in New Orleans.

There's a Jesuit priest Fr. Ramón Artigues Servient (or Sirvent) (1902-1936) , martyred July 20, 1936 in Lérida, Spain during the Spanish Civil War. He is being considered for beatification (a preliminary step toward sainthood).

"Artigues" is said to mean "clearer of the forest" in French. According to ancestry.com, the name Artigues comes from Catalan to mean topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land newly broken up, Cat. artiga (of uncertain, possibly Celt. origin). There are places in the provinces of Biscay and Barcelona named with the pl. form of this word, and both may have contributed to the surname. [Artigues Family Tree X.FTW]

Grandsmother's great-great-grandfather

Birth:
Incorrectly listed as 1785 in Jean Jacques Artigues notes

Godmother Jeanne Marie Artigues (paternal aunt)

Died:
2am

Jean married Michelle Aniau about 1790 in Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Michelle was born about 1761 in Mauvezin, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 18 Jan 1843 in Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Reference Number: 4898

Notes:

The name is hard to interprety in the various handwritten civil records. Comparing the several different entries, it appears to be Aniau, but could possibly be Anian. The records of the Artigues family usehte name Aman.

Notes:

Married:
10 am

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1813, Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Jean married Elizabeth Millet on 6 Aug 1765 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Elizabeth (daughter of Michel Millet and Jeanne Ducros) was born on 13 Oct 1745 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died about 1796 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Death record lists age as 42

Jean married Elizabeth Castex before 1776. Elizabeth was born about 1752 in Alos, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 15 Jan 1819 in Mane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dominque married Josephine Caubère in UNKNOWN. Josephine was born about 1765 in Saint-Girons, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1374

Notes:

There are three Jean de Ferran children born to Jean Pierre de Ferran and Jeanne/Marie Dourron. We are supposing that the spouse of Marie Junca date Larneilh is the youngest, born in 1757. There was an older brother named Pierre at the wedding of Jean Ferran and Marie Junca, which we suppose is the first son, born in 1752, and we assume his full name is Jean Pierre.

Birth:
Lignacq was a quartier of the town of Serres-Sainte-Marie, about 7 miles south of Uzan

Died:
Died at noon

Jean married Marie Junca, dite Larneilh on 1 Oct 1790 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Marie (daughter of Jean Junca, dit Larneil and Jeanne Larrieu) was born on 13 Jul 1768; died on 2 Mar 1831 in Maison Larneilh, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1375

Notes:

There are three Jean de Ferran children born to Jean Pierre de Ferran and Jeanne/Marie Dourron. We are supposing that the spouse of Marie Junca date Larneilh is the youngest, born in 1757. There was an older brother named Pierre at the wedding of Jean Ferran and Marie Junca, which we suppose is the first son, born in 1752, and we assume his full name is Jean Pierre.

Died:
Died around 11am

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Deputy, Assistant to the mayor of Uzan, France
• Reference Number: 1264
• Residence: Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France

Jean married Jeanne Cau, dite Morlanne in UNKNOWN. Jeanne died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1373
• Residence: 1821, Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2310

Jean married Madeleine Lamarque, dite Manescau on Yes, date unknown. Madeleine (daughter of Pierre Lamarque, dit Manescau and Suzanne De Hourest, dite Baringou) was born on 13 Mar 1751 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; died on 5 Aug 1837 in Hagetaubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2311

Notes:

Listed as Magdelaine on marraige certificate.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: 1267

Berard married Madeleine Minvielle on 8 Feb 1793 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Madeleine (daughter of Pierre Minvieille and Jeanne Parrabere) was born on 22 Oct 1771 in Casteide-Cami, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; died about 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2312

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1990
• Residence: Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Occupation: Abt 1807; Farm laborer

Notes:

Birth:
record online at dept 65

Died:
record online at dept 65

Jean-Pierre married Jacquette Sengès on 31 Dec 1807 in Tuzaguet, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jacquette (daughter of Dominique Sengès and Françoise Castéran) was born on 15 Oct 1782 in Tuzaguet, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 30 Apr 1859 in Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1991
• Occupation: Abt 1807; Brassière (barkeeper)

Notes:

Married:
record online at dept 65

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1992
• Residence: farmer

Jean married Jeanne Bertrande Antoinette Corrège on 26 Oct 1810 in La Barthe-de-Neste, La Barthe, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne (daughter of Jacques Sylvestre Corrège and Marie Louise Maleplate) was born about 1797 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 22 Oct 1858 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: 1993

Notes:

Died:
Died at 3am in the Toujan house

Notes:

Mariage de cousins issus de germains.

Jeanne Corrège's paternal grandfather Guillaume Corrège and Jean Jacques Toujan's paternal grandmother Jeanne (née Corrège) Toujan were siblings, making them second cousins.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1363

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mathieu Vitter/Witter Widder Widdere
• Occupation: Gypseur (plasterer)
• Occupation: Plâtrier (plasterer)
• Reference Number: 1952
• Residence: 1799, Bietingen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; originally thought to be Biethiruge (Birlhinge?), canton de Chafferesse (Schaffhouse (Bade)), Suenchingen
• Occupation: 1800; Couvreur (roofer)

Notes:

Jean Pierre Vitter (vitter@wanadoo.fr) formerly of Les Issambres, France (near St. Tropez) has compiled a wonderful history of the Vitter Family en français, entitled "A tous les Vitter du Monde" as well as a follow-up called "Le sang qui coule dans nos veines." You can access them online at https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/JeanPierreVitterBook.pdf and https://vitter.org/Genealogy/Documents/JeanPierreVitterBook2.pdf. See more in the notes for Mathaeus Wider's son Erhardus Wider / Hérard Vitter.

Mathaeus married Maria Ursula Jaeckle on 2 Aug 1767 in Bietingen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Maria (daughter of Konrad Jaeckle and Martha Schopper) was born in 1737 in Ebringen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died in 1813 in Ebringen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ursule/Urule Jäkf/Jaektin/Jackrin/Jacthrin Jaektin Jakuelin
• Reference Number: 1953

Notes:

L’orthographe du nom d’Ursula évolue entre Jäkl, Jäkf et comme nous le verrons plus loin en Jacklin Nous ne savons pas encore les noms des parents d’Ursula, sans doute Juifs, un nouvel éclairage intéressant.

The spelling of the name Ursula evolved between Jäkl (on Hérard's birth record), Jäkf (on her marriage record), and (as we will see later) Jacklin. We do not yet know the names of Ursula's parents, probably Jewish, an interesting new light.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thiébaut
• Reference Number: 1951
• Occupation: 1769, Crosey-le-Petit, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; Couvreur (roofer), carpenter
• Occupation: 1774, Crosey-le-Petit, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; Charpentier (carpenter)

Notes:

Some genealogists have his death as taking place in Heitz-le-Marupt, France, which is in the Marne Region, quite a bit removed from where all the children were born in the Doubs. I instead have him listed as dying in Clerval, and the same for his wife. See the notes in her entry.

Witness for late marriage of his father-in-law Claude Thouret.

Birth:
Godparents Jean Antoine Thiébeau and Rose Faivre of the area

Died:
Witnesses Vincenet Cordelier (62 years old, blacksmith in Clerval) and Vincent Piquet

Jean married Claire Claude Françoise Thouret on 2 Feb 1769 in Crosey-le-Grand, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Claire (daughter of Claude Thouret and Jeanne Amiot) was born on 25 Jun 1743 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; was christened on 25 Jun 1743 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; died on 3 May 1810 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Françoise
• Reference Number: 1950
• Occupation: 1799; farmer

Notes:

Some genealogists have her death as 30 Aug 1853 • Heiltz-le-Maurupt, France, which would make her over 100 years old at the time of her death.  And Marupt is in the Marne region, quite a bit removed from where all her children were born in the Doubs.  The death record of the person who died in 1853 in Heiltz-le-Marupt has the name Marie-Françoise-Claire THIEBAULT, which is slightly different.  Also, it's possible that her name is really Claude rather than Claire, after her father.  For that reason, I have her listed as dying in Clerval, and the same for her husband.  See the notes in his entry.

There was some uncertainty as to the lineage of her father Claude Thouret. See the notes on his page for more details.

Godparents Pierre Thouret (grandfather) and Claire Françoise Pouthier of Villersexelles, Haute-Sâone, Franche-Comté (with maternal aunt Marguerite Amiot standing in for her)

Died:
Death record lists her age as 63, but it may have been more like 67. Witnesses: Son-in-law Hérard Vitter and Vincent Molard

Notes:

Married:
Representing groom's father: groom's first cousin Gilles Thiébaud (very likely the son of Gilles Thiébaud, brother of Jean Antoine Thiébaud's father Jean Baptiste Thiébaud)

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GS1L-L32
• Name: Ovale
• Reference Number: 13903
• Occupation: 1776; Carpenter and miller (menuisier et meunier)
• Residence: 1776, Trouvans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Notes:

Godparents Joseph Oval and Françoise Anne Dagnet of Aillevans, France

Joseph married Anne Claude Jouffrois on 9 Jan 1776 in Tournans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Anne (daughter of Jean Claude Jouffroy and Elizabet Bourceret) was born on 2 Jul 1750 in Trouvans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 1 Feb 1794 in Trouvans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 13833
• Residence: 1776, Trouvans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Occupation: marchand à Clerval
• Reference Number: 13896
• Occupation: 1767; Marchand (merchant)
• Occupation: 1777; Farmer

Notes:

Birth:
MORFAUD sur l'acte de mariage
vérifier la date de naissance: 1.1.47 ou 2.11.47

Godparents Denis Morfaux (deceased) and Anne Thérèse Cuenot

Denis married Jeanne Françoise Bidal on 27 Dec 1767 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Jeanne (daughter of Christophe Alexis Bidal and Anne Coincenot) was born on 28 Nov 1737 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 29 Jun 1813 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Reference Number: 13844

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1765, Les Bordes, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Laborer

Notes:

Godmother Anne Perissé of Mane

Louis married Jeanne-Marie Ducros on 20 Nov 1756 in Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne-Marie (daughter of Pierre Ducros and Isabeau Coumes) was born on 18 May 1727 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1765, Les Bordes, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Michel married Anne Castex before 1732. Anne was born about 1707; died on 29 Aug 1787 in His, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Michel married Jeanne Ducros on 6 Mar 1741/42 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne (daughter of Pierre Ducros and Isabeau Coumes) was born on 30 Dec 1721 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 27 Dec 1796 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Ménager (manager)

Notes:

Godparents André Puech of La Cabane du Bessié (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed) and Jeanne Pujol of the Moulin de Brengou (paternal aunt)

Louis married Thérèse Papalhau in UNKNOWN. Thérèse was born in 1733; died on 20 Jan 1785 in La Bole, Alban, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2296

Jean married Jeanne Dourron in UNKNOWN. Jeanne died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2297

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer
• Reference Number: 2298

Jean married Jeanne Larrieu on 22 Sep 1767. Jeanne (daughter of Jean Larrieu and Marie Labareille) was born in 64410, Larreule, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; died before 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2299

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2304

Notes:

Birth:
Godparents Berard de Bousquel and Jeanne de Pardics

Berard married Jeanne Aurianne on 23 Nov 1773 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Jeanne (daughter of Jacques Aurianne and Jeanne Bordenave) was born about 1747; died on 26 Nov 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2305

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses Jean Morlannes (groom's father), Laurent Salles (his uncle), Jean Contet (his relative), Jean Aurianne (bride's brother), Pierre Aurianne (bride's uncle), Pierre Aurianne (bride's uncle), and many other relatives

Pierre married Anne Carrère Larrieu on 3 Feb 1747 in Mascouette, Hagetaubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Anne (daughter of Pierre Larrieu, dit Carrère and Sara Duffourcq) was born about 1720; died on 13 Oct 1785 in Mascouette, Hagetaubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; was buried on 14 Oct 1785 in Mascouette, Hagetaubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2313

Pierre married Suzanne De Hourest, dite Baringou on 15 Feb 1746 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Suzanne (daughter of David De Hourest, dit Baringou and ? ?) was born in 1724 in Lacadée, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2314

Notes:

Godmother of grandsons Pierre Feugas, born 30 October 1781, and André Feugas, born 23 July 1790.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; Farmer

Jean married Catherine Pinoges, dite Perry on 18 Apr 1741 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Catherine (daughter of Jean Pinoges, dit de Perri and Isabeau Lacassaigne) was born about 1722; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherine was the godmother of her niece Caterine Pinoges, daughter of Jean Pinoges and Suzanne Baradat, 1748

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: 2316

Pierre married Jeanne ParrabereCasteide-Cami, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. Jeanne died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2317

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Marchand
• Reference Number: 1994

Notes:

Died:
maybe about 1802

Pierre married Jeanne-Marie Latour on 6 May 1780 in Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne-Marie (daughter of Jean Latour and Cécile Duthu) was born in 1764 in Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 26 Oct 1834 in Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1995

Notes:

Died:
online dept 65

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: dit Munier
• Reference Number: 2008

Notes:

Godparents Dominique Noguès and Cathérine Latour

Dominique married Françoise Castéran on 8 Feb 1774 in Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Françoise (daughter of Bertrand Castéran, dit Augusti and Elisabeth Latour) was born about 1745 in Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 24 Oct 1813 in Tuzaguet, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2009
• Occupation: Abt 1807, Tuzaguet, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Brassière (barkeeper)

Notes:

Birth:
probably

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Wholesale merchant
• Reference Number: 2018
• Occupation: 1812; Mayor of Labarthe

Alexis married Marthe Carrère about 1782. Marthe was born about 1762; died on 11 Apr 1820 in La Barthe-de-Neste, La Barthe, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2019

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2027

Jacques married Marie Louise Maleplate on 30 Apr 1793 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Marie (daughter of Jean Maleplate and Antoinette De Bluze) was born on 22 Aug 1777 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died about 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2028

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Joan
• Name: Johannes
• Reference Number: 4783

Notes:

Jean Pierre Vitter (vitter@wanadoo.fr) in Les Issambres, France (near St. Tropez) has compiled a wonderful history of the Vitter Family en français, entitled "A tous les Vitter du Monde" as well as a follow-up called "Le sang qui coule dans nos veines." You can access them online at http://www.vitter.org/Genealogy. See more in the notes for Mathaeus Wider's son Erhardus Wider / Hérard Vitter.

Joannes married Maria Schneble on 31 Oct 1728 in Catholic Church, Gailingen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Maria (daughter of Vitus Schneblin and Christina Schreiberin, daughter of Jakob Schneble and Eva Martin) was born in 1700; was christened on 6 Apr 1728 in Catholic Church, Gailingen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 17 Dec 1739 in Bietingen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maria Schebler
• Name: Schell, Schröbi, Schneblin, Anna Maria Schereb

Notes:

Married:
The mother's name on each of the four birth records for the four children is unique. It's possible that Joannes was married multiple times. Or perhaps the four names are variants for the same person. On verra!

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Likely Jewish

Konrad married Martha Schopper in 1729. Martha was born about 1700 in Randegg, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died in DECEASED in Ebringen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Likely Jewish

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thiébault, Thiébaut
• Occupation: Carpenter

Notes:

Some genealogies have the father of Jean Baptiste Thiébaud/Thiébault to be the Canadian couple Pierre and Agnès Gravel Thibault, but it is very unlikely that they came back to the Doubs region from Canada, despite the purge by the English. In addition, that Jean Baptiste was well documented to be born in 1715, and our Jean Baptiste Thiébaud was married 1729 and had kids starting then, all supported by marriage and birth records.

Gilles' son Gilles was very likely the witness at the wedding of Jean Baptiste Thiébaud's son Jean Antoine Thiébaud. He is listed as a first cousin of the groom, thus suggesting that the elder Gilles and Jean Baptiste were brothers.

Jean married Jacqueline Antoine Vieillard on 1 Mar 1729 in Chazot, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Jacqueline (daughter of Guillaume Vieillard and Marguerite Jacquot) was born on 19 Apr 1699 in Orve, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died in DECEASED in Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses: Témoin 1 : THOURET Claude §Témoin 2 : JACQUOT Pierre Joseph, résidant à Orve §Témoin 3 : ESTIGNARD Nicolas §Témoin 4 : MOUREY Joseph, résidant à Chazot

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1742, Moimay, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; Recteur d'école (school rector)

Notes:

There is a question about whether Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin or of Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Pegeot. Both sets of parents are listed in the tree. The actual baptism, marriage, and burial records have not yet been digitized for much of the Doubs department. Many have been transcribed, but final resolution will probably require examination of the actual records themselves. So far the digital records for Crosey-le-Grand go back to only 1737, which is well after the birth of Claude Thouret.

However, recent research in the archives by Isabelle Simonin suggests that Claude Thouret was likely the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin: On Claire Françoise Thouret's marriage certificate with Jean Antoine Thiébaud (see source citation), her brother Jean Claude is listed as a witness. There is a Jean Claude born to Claude Thouret and his first wife Jacques Antoinette Mourey. In Jean Claude's marriage certificate (see source citation), the fact that Pierre Thouret is listed as an uncle of the groom indicates that the groom's father Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin (and not the son of Pierre Thouret dit Le Jeune and Anne Marie Pegeot) since the Thouret-Simonin family is the only one to have a son named Pierre still living in 1781. (The son Pierre in the Thouret-Pegeot family died in 1743.)

Claude Thouret and Jeanne Amiot (who are the parents of Claire Françoise Thouret and the ancestors of this website's cohost Jeff Vitter) lived eventually in Crosey-le-Petit. Another question was whether Jeanne Amiot was the person born in Aillevans, Haute-Saône, France who married "Claude Tourret," the 40ish "recteur d'école" (school rector) in Moimay, on 07 January 1742 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, France (see image of original in source citation).

Isabelle Simonin's research has shown that it is the same couple: The birth certificate of Claire Françoise in Moimay confirms that she is the daughter of the Moimay couple. In the above-mentioned marriage certificate of Claire Françoise Thouret with Jean Antoine Thiébaud, the signature of witness and bride's father Claude Thouret matches his signature in Claire Françoise Thouret's baptism/birth record (see baptism/birth source citation). This match establishes the Thouret-Amiot couple who married in Moimay and had a daughter Claire Françoise is the same as this Thouret-Amiot couple in Croisy-le-Petit whose daughter Claire Françoise was getting married to Jean Antoine Thiébaud.

There is a 1778 death/burial certificate for Claude Thouret. The Claude Thouret who was born of Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Pegeot on 3 May 1697 would have been 81 years old, not 84 years old, at the time of his death according to the death record of 9 September 1778. That is perhaps a minor difference. But in addition, one of the witnesses in the 1778 death certificate is Pierre Joseph Thouret, who was conceivably the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin, suggesting again that the Claude who died was his brother, and thus Claude may have been born to Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin around the time of their marriage in 1695 or possibly before.

The other towns mentioned in the various records of Claude Thouret are Orve and Chazot, which are nearby to Crosey-le-Petit. For example, Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Peugeot were from Orve. The children of Pierre Thouret and both his first wife Barbe Gobelin and his second wife Marguerite Simonin were born in Orve. It may be that those towns were towns of record rather than of residence. And they are all near one another. This issue does not seem to suggest one set of parents for Claude Thouret over another.

There is a burial record for Jeanne Amiot in Crosey-le-Petit on 12 January 1773, widow of "Claude Thouret manouvrier au Petit Crosey" (Claude Thouret manual laborer at Crosey-le-Petit). This Jeanne Amiot and Claude Thouret were the parents of Claire Claude Françoise Thouret, the 5th great grandmother of Jeff Vitter. As pointed out by genealogist François Boillot, if Claude were a former school rector, it would be somewhat unusual for him to be listed as a manual laborer. However, it may be that he returned to Crosey-Le-Petit to farm the land and thus was listed as a manual laborer. In those days, anyone who could read could serve to teach others, so it was not unusual for someone to serve as both a teacher and farmers or manual laborer. The last act Claude Thouret signed as a witness in the Moimay register was dated 29 August 1746, which was likely due to the fact the Thouret couple may have moved back to Crosey-le-Petit soon thereafter.

Claude is mentioned as one of the four witnesses on the marriage certificate of Claude Suzanne Amyot and Jean Baptiste Servance. As witnesses for marriages are usually family members or in-laws, this may indicate a direct family link of Jeanne Amyot with this sole and unique Amyot family in Aillevans.

We are hoping DNA evidence will give more insights into whether this question. So far a preliminary DNA test has not shown a connection between Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and his supposed mother Marguerite Simonin.

Birth:
On the outskirts of Orve. Likely the birth record is for the same Claude Thouret who married Jeanne Mourey, Jeanne Amiot, and Jeanne Chevalier; see notes for evidence.

Buried:
Died at 84 years old, witnesses (likely brother) Pierre-Joseph Thiébaud and Jean Baptiste Jeannot

Claude married Jeanne Amiot on 7 Jan 1742 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. Jeanne (daughter of Jean Pierre Amiot and Marguerite Prevost) was born about 1701 in Aillevans, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; died on 12 Jan 1773 in Crosey-le-Petit, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was buried on 13 Jan 1773 in Cimetière de Crosey-le-Petit, Crosey-le-Petit, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is a question about whether Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin or of Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Pegeot. Both sets of parents are listed in the tree. The actual baptism, marriage, and burial records have not yet been digitized for much of the Doubs department. Many have been transcribed, but final resolution will probably require examination of the actual records themselves. So far the digital records for Crosey-le-Grand go back to only 1737, which is well after the birth of Claude Thouret.

However, recent research in the archives by Isabelle Simonin suggests that Claude Thouret was likely the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin: On Claire Françoise Thouret's marriage certificate with Jean Antoine Thiébaud (see source citation), her brother Jean Claude is listed as a witness. There is a Jean Claude born to Claude Thouret and his first wife Jacques Antoinette Mourey. In Jean Claude's marriage certificate (see source citation), the fact that Pierre Thouret is listed as an uncle of the groom indicates that the groom's father Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin (and not the son of Pierre Thouret dit Le Jeune and Anne Marie Pegeot) since the Thouret-Simonin family is the only one to have a son named Pierre still living in 1781. (The son Pierre in the Thouret-Pegeot family died in 1743.)

Claude Thouret and Jeanne Amiot (who are the parents of Claire Françoise Thouret and the ancestors of this website's cohost Jeff Vitter) lived eventually in Crosey-le-Petit. Another question was whether Jeanne Amiot was the person born in Aillevans, Haute-Saône, France who married "Claude Tourret," the 40ish "recteur d'école" (school rector) in Moimay, on 07 January 1742 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, France (see image of original in source citation).

Isabelle Simonin's research has shown that it is the same couple: The birth certificate of Claire Françoise in Moimay confirms that she is the daughter of the Moimay couple. In the above-mentioned marriage certificate of Claire Françoise Thouret with Jean Antoine Thiébaud, the signature of witness and bride's father Claude Thouret matches his signature in Claire Françoise Thouret's baptism/birth record (see baptism/birth source citation). This match establishes the Thouret-Amiot couple who married in Moimay and had a daughter Claire Françoise is the same as this Thouret-Amiot couple in Croisy-le-Petit whose daughter Claire Françoise was getting married to Jean Antoine Thiébaud.

There is a 1778 death/burial certificate for Claude Thouret. The Claude Thouret who was born of Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Pegeot on 3 May 1697 would have been 81 years old, not 84 years old, at the time of his death according to the death record of 9 September 1778. That is perhaps a minor difference. But in addition, one of the witnesses in the 1778 death certificate is Pierre Joseph Thouret, who was conceivably the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin, suggesting again that the Claude who died was his brother, and thus Claude may have been born to Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin around the time of their marriage in 1695 or possibly before.

The other towns mentioned in the various records of Claude Thouret are Orve and Chazot, which are nearby to Crosey-le-Petit. For example, Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Peugeot were from Orve. The children of Pierre Thouret and both his first wife Barbe Gobelin and his second wife Marguerite Simonin were born in Orve. It may be that those towns were towns of record rather than of residence. And they are all near one another. This issue does not seem to suggest one set of parents for Claude Thouret over another.

There is a burial record for Jeanne Amiot in Crosey-le-Petit on 12 January 1773, widow of "Claude Thouret manouvrier au Petit Crosey" (Claude Thouret manual laborer at Crosey-le-Petit). This Jeanne Amiot and Claude Thouret were the parents of Claire Claude Françoise Thouret, the 5th great grandmother of Jeff Vitter. As pointed out by genealogist François Boillot, if Claude were a former school rector, it would be somewhat unusual for him to be listed as a manual laborer. However, it may be that he returned to Crosey-Le-Petit to farm the land and thus was listed as a manual laborer. In those days, anyone who could read could serve to teach others, so it was not unusual for someone to serve as both a teacher and farmers or manual laborer. The last act Claude Thouret signed as a witness in the Moimay register was dated 29 August 1746, which was likely due to the fact the Thouret couple may have moved back to Crosey-le-Petit soon thereafter.

Claude is mentioned as one of the four witnesses on the marriage certificate of Claude Suzanne Amyot and Jean Baptiste Servance. As witnesses for marriages are usually family members or in-laws, this may indicate a direct family link of Jeanne Amyot with this sole and unique Amyot family in Aillevans.

We are hoping DNA evidence will give more insights into whether this question. So far a preliminary DNA test has not shown a connection between Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and his supposed mother Marguerite Simonin.

Birth:
Although we do not have a baptism certificate, there was only one couple in Aillevans (Jean Pierre Amiot and Marguerite Prevost), who had six other children, and it is clear that Jeanna Amiot was also a child of that family. The fact that one of the other children filled in for the godmother at Jeanne Amiot's daughter Claire Françoise Thouret's baptism further suggests that Jeanne was one of the seven children of the Amiot/Prevost couple. In addition, Jeanne's husband Claude Thouret was a witness at the marriage of Claude Suzanne Amiot and Jean aptiste Servance, which would make sense if Claude Suzanne Amiot was the sister of Jeanne Amiot.

Died:
Listed as 72 years old on burial certificate and about 40 years old on marriage certificate

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses Jean François Courbe and Jean Baptiste Amiot

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GS1G-WKK
• Name: Ovale
• Occupation: Moulin de Brédillot, Velotte, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; Farm laborer and miller

Thiébaud married Anne Lambelin in UNKNOWN. Anne (daughter of Philippe Lambelin and Jeanne Claude Courtot) was born on 4 Nov 1710 in Aillevans, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; was christened on 4 Nov 1710 in Aillevans, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; died on 3 Dec 1788 in Borey, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GS1G-YWL

Notes:

There are different genealogies concerning Anne Lambelin, spouse of Thiébaud Oval. The correct birth record, included here, shows that she is the daughter of Philippe Lambelin and Jeanne Claude Courtot, baptized 04 Nov 1710, Aillevans (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vtae5a41a681e6805d3/daogrp/0/28#id:99825700). It can be confirmed several ways: One very clear indication is that Pierre Claude Courtot (brother of Jeanne Claude Courtot) is named in the baptism record of Elisabeth Lambelin (sister of Anne Lambelin) as a witness and as her uncle. Another suggestion appears in the marriage record of Anne Lambelin's half-sister Marguerite Lambelin (daughter of Philippe Lambelin and Claudine Juif), who married Toussaint Faveret; in Anne's death record, Toussaint is listed as her brother-in-law. Thirdly, the marriage record of Marguerite lists Bonaventure Oval (son of Anne Lambelin) as a witness. These last two records establish Philippe Lambelin as Anne's father.

Other genealogies on the web incorrectly have Anne as the child of Antoine Lambelin and Anne Racenet, baptized 30 December 1719, Moffans-et-Vacheresse (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vtac6f4bb5905ef4722/daogrp/0#id:244668013) or of Jean François Lambelin and Jeanne Poulard, born 19 June 1720, baptized 20 June 1710 Montjustin (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vta8c7db4549d3a76f4/daogrp/0/48#id:1178779397).

Godparents: Pierre Galmiche and Anne Lambelin

Jean married Elizabet Bourceret on 18 Apr 1747 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. Elizabet was born in 1725 in Chanois, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; died on 25 Apr 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicolas married Marie Catherine Guénon (Gainon) on 17 Sep 1746 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Marie (daughter of Jean Baptiste Guénon (Gainon) and Catherine Revot) was born in 1717 in Grandfontaine, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 14 Oct 1767 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1746, Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses Jacques Morfaux (father of groom), Antoine Revot (uncle of bride), Nicolas Roy, and Denis Morfaux

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Name: Alexis
• Occupation: laboureur à Servin

Notes:

Birth:
le prénom est composé: Christin Alexis ou Claude Alexis

Christophe married Anne Coincenot about 1737 in Clerval, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Anne (daughter of Guillaume Coincenot and Marguerite Reuchet) was born about 11 Sep 1698 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was christened on 11 Sep 1698 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 18 Jan 1759 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD

Notes:

Died:
veuve

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1736, Les Bordes, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Occupation: Bef 1758, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Brassier (brewer, bar operator)

Notes:

Ferréol is very likely the same person named Ferréol Artigues born in 1688 to Bernard and Hussarde Perisse Artigues. His death record places his birth around 1686, and he was the only Ferréol listed as born in Salies around that time.

Birth:
His death record suggested he was born circa 1686

Godparents Ferréol Perissé and Arnaude Tarride

Died:
Death record listed him as 72 years old (born circa 1686)

Ferréol married Françoise Castex on 24 Nov 1716 in Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Françoise was born about 1690 in Mazères-sur-Salat, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 18 Apr 1771 in Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1736, Les Bordes, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Birth:
Listed as from Mazères on marriage record and as Françoise d'Espagne (from Spain?) in birth record of daughter Paschale

Notes:

Married:
Marriage certificate mentions Pierre Rouède (marchand) and Jean Cluson (farm laborer)

Pierre married Isabeau Coumes on 26 Feb 1714/15 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Isabeau was born about 1690; died on 6 Apr 1780 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Germain married Anne St. Germès. Anne (daughter of Jean Petit St. Germes and Jeane Seiglan) was born on 1 Jan 1685/86 in Touille, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GQMG-XXL
• Occupation: Bourgeois (middle class), Sieur or Seigneur (lord) was the title used in birth certificate of Jeanne Marie Pujol
• Birth: 1686, La Cabane du Bessié, Paulinet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Referred to as La Balme (another name for La Cabane du Bessié) in marriage record
• Residence: Abt 1722, Massage de la Bole, Alban, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Godfather of niece Marie Jammé, daughter of Pierre Jammé and Jeanne Pujol.

While the local records did not include the time period Jean Pujol was born, it was clear from the names in his family and the references in his siblings' and nephews/nieces' records that he was the son of Louis De Pujol, seigneur de Verdier. Jean's sister Anne's marriage record refers to her father Louis and his title.

Jean married Jeanne Corbière on 3 Feb 1721 in Eglise Saint-Pierre de la Condomine, Ambialet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne (daughter of Louis Corbière and Jeanne Vène) was born on 4 Jan 1695 in Ambialet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 14 Jun 1756 in La Bole, Alban, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GQMG-XN8
• Residence: 1721, La Condomine, Ambialet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Residence: Abt 1722, Massage de la Bole, Alban, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Referred to as "Janne" in several of the birth records

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses Jean Louis Corbière (brother of Jeanne) and Jean Beaudière of Paulin

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2300

Jean married Marie Theule. Marie died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2301

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2302

Jean married Marie Labareille in UNKNOWN. Marie died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2303

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2306

Jean married Catherine Salles in UNKNOWN. Catherine (daughter of ? Salles and ? ?) died before 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2307

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2308

Jacques married Jeanne Bordenave in UNKNOWN. Jeanne died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2309

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1701, Hagetaubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France

Notes:

Died:
He had died by the time of son Pierre's wedding in 1747

Pierre married Marie Claverie in UNKNOWN. Marie was born in La Bastide-de-Sérou, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1701, Hagetaubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France

Pierre married Sara Duffourcq. Sara died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Plowman

Pierre married ? ?. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2315

David married ? ?. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacques married Catherine Vigneau. Catherine died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France; Farm laborer

Jean married Isabeau Lacassaigne in UNKNOWN. Isabeau was born about 1688; died on 19 Sep 1743 in Uzan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1996

Vincent married Pauline Azum on 11 Feb 1744 in Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Pauline (daughter of Pierre Azum and Catherine Birabent) was born about 1719; died on 1 Dec 1784 in Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1997

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: dit Gramont
• Reference Number: 2002

Notes:

Birth:
probably

Jean married Cécile Duthu about 1754. Cécile (daughter of Jeannet Duthu and Annette Bize) was born in Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died between 1780 and 1790 in Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2003

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Meunier (miller)
• Reference Number: 2010

Pierre married Jeanne Latour about 1750. Jeanne was born before 1723; died about 1774 in Franquevielle, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2011
• Residence: Franquevielle, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2012

Bertrand married Elisabeth Latour between 1740 and 1741. Elisabeth (daughter of Dominique Latour and Jeanne Castéran) was born in Gazave, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died between 1749 and 1774 in Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2013

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2020

Bertrant married Jeanne Corrège on 12 Feb 1743/44 in La Barthe-de-Neste, La Barthe, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne (daughter of Jacques Corrège and Catherine Pique) was born in 1716 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2021

Notes:

Jeff Vitter is a 7th great grandson of Jacques & Catherine (Pique) Corrège in two ways: In Sosa/Ahnentafel numbering they are Jeff's ancestors through their daughter Jeanne 1111010010 (978), 1111010010 (979) and also 1111011000 (984), 1111011001 (985) through their son Guillaume.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bourgeois
• Reference Number: 2026

Notes:

Jeff Vitter is a 7th great grandson of Jacques & Catherine (Pique) Corrégé in two ways: In Sosa/Ahnentafel numbering they are Jeff's ancestors through Guillaume's sister Jeanne 1111010010 (978), 1111010010 (979) and also through Guillaume 1111011000 (984), 1111011001 (985).

Guillaume married Marguerite Duvielh on 15 Feb 1757 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Marguerite (daughter of Dominique Duvielh and Jeanne Tarissan) was born in Lannemezan, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died about 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2029

Notes:

Birth:
Probably

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Surgeon (maître en chirurgie)
• Reference Number: 2032

Jean married Antoinette De Bluze on 20 Aug 1776 in Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Antoinette (daughter of Bertrand De Bluze and Catherine De Gayan) was born on 7 Oct 1736 in Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 14 Mar 1806 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2033

Simon married Anna Maria SchietknechtBietingen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anna (daughter of Joannes Schietknecht and Elisabetha Aigeltinger) was born in 1678; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vitus married Christina Schreiberin. Christina died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Johann

Joannes married Anna Maria Bollstetter. Anna was born about 1660 in Radolfzell am Bodensee, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died in 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thiébault, Thiébaut

Notes:

Some genealogies have the father of Jean Baptiste Thiébaud/Thiébault to be the Canadian couple Pierre and Agnès Gravel Thibault, but it is very unlikely that they came back to the Doubs region from Canada, despite the purge by the English. So it is still a mystery who the parents of Jean Baptiste Thiébaud/Thiébault and his brother Gilles are.

? married ? ? in UNKNOWN. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guillaume married Marguerite Jacquot in 1686. Marguerite (daughter of Nicolas Jacquot and Marguerite Senelet) was born in 1669 in Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Tax collector (receveur) of the Baron of Belvoir

Notes:

There is a question about whether Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin or of Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Pegeot. Both sets of parents are listed in the tree. The actual baptism, marriage, and burial records have not yet been digitized for much of the Doubs department. Many have been transcribed, but final resolution will probably require examination of the actual records themselves. So far the digital records for Crosey-le-Grand go back to only 1737, which is well after the birth of Claude Thouret.

However, recent research in the archives by Isabelle Simonin suggests that Claude Thouret was likely the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin: On Claire Françoise Thouret's marriage certificate with Jean Antoine Thiébaud (see source citation), her brother Jean Claude is listed as a witness. There is a Jean Claude born to Claude Thouret and his first wife Jacques Antoinette Mourey. In Jean Claude's marriage certificate (see source citation), the fact that Pierre Thouret is listed as an uncle of the groom indicates that the groom's father Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin (and not the son of Pierre Thouret dit Le Jeune and Anne Marie Pegeot) since the Thouret-Simonin family is the only one to have a son named Pierre still living in 1781. (The son Pierre in the Thouret-Pegeot family died in 1743.)

Claude Thouret and Jeanne Amiot (who are the parents of Claire Françoise Thouret and the ancestors of this website's cohost Jeff Vitter) lived eventually in Crosey-le-Petit. Another question was whether Jeanne Amiot was the person born in Aillevans, Haute-Saône, France who married "Claude Tourret," the 40ish "recteur d'école" (school rector) in Moimay, on 07 January 1742 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, France (see image of original in source citation).

Isabelle Simonin's research has shown that it is the same couple: The birth certificate of Claire Françoise in Moimay confirms that she is the daughter of the Moimay couple. In the above-mentioned marriage certificate of Claire Françoise Thouret with Jean Antoine Thiébaud, the signature of witness and bride's father Claude Thouret matches his signature in Claire Françoise Thouret's baptism/birth record (see baptism/birth source citation). This match establishes the Thouret-Amiot couple who married in Moimay and had a daughter Claire Françoise is the same as this Thouret-Amiot couple in Croisy-le-Petit whose daughter Claire Françoise was getting married to Jean Antoine Thiébaud.

There is a 1778 death/burial certificate for Claude Thouret. The Claude Thouret who was born of Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Pegeot on 3 May 1697 would have been 81 years old, not 84 years old, at the time of his death according to the death record of 9 September 1778. That is perhaps a minor difference. But in addition, one of the witnesses in the 1778 death certificate is Pierre Joseph Thouret, who was conceivably the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin, suggesting again that the Claude who died was his brother, and thus Claude may have been born to Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin around the time of their marriage in 1695 or possibly before.

The other towns mentioned in the various records of Claude Thouret are Orve and Chazot, which are nearby to Crosey-le-Petit. For example, Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Peugeot were from Orve. The children of Pierre Thouret and both his first wife Barbe Gobelin and his second wife Marguerite Simonin were born in Orve. It may be that those towns were towns of record rather than of residence. And they are all near one another. This issue does not seem to suggest one set of parents for Claude Thouret over another.

There is a burial record for Jeanne Amiot in Crosey-le-Petit on 12 January 1773, widow of "Claude Thouret manouvrier au Petit Crosey" (Claude Thouret manual laborer at Crosey-le-Petit). This Jeanne Amiot and Claude Thouret were the parents of Claire Claude Françoise Thouret, the 5th great grandmother of Jeff Vitter. As pointed out by genealogist François Boillot, if Claude were a former school rector, it would be somewhat unusual for him to be listed as a manual laborer. However, it may be that he returned to Crosey-Le-Petit to farm the land and thus was listed as a manual laborer. In those days, anyone who could read could serve to teach others, so it was not unusual for someone to serve as both a teacher and farmers or manual laborer. The last act Claude Thouret signed as a witness in the Moimay register was dated 29 August 1746, which was likely due to the fact the Thouret couple may have moved back to Crosey-le-Petit soon thereafter.

Claude is mentioned as one of the four witnesses on the marriage certificate of Claude Suzanne Amyot and Jean Baptiste Servance. As witnesses for marriages are usually family members or in-laws, this may indicate a direct family link of Jeanne Amyot with this sole and unique Amyot family in Aillevans.

We are hoping DNA evidence will give more insights into whether this question. So far a preliminary DNA test has not shown a connection between Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and his supposed mother Marguerite Simonin.

Pierre married Marguerite Simonin on 26 Nov 1695 in Belvoir, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Marguerite (daughter of Pierre Simonin and Pierrette Amiot) was born on 17 Apr 1670 in Randevillers, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 26 Jul 1751 in Belvoir, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Symonin, Simonyn

Notes:

There is a question about whether Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin or of Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Pegeot. Both sets of parents are listed in the tree. The actual baptism, marriage, and burial records have not yet been digitized for much of the Doubs department. Many have been transcribed, but final resolution will probably require examination of the actual records themselves. So far the digital records for Crosey-le-Grand go back to only 1737, which is well after the birth of Claude Thouret.

However, recent research in the archives by Isabelle Simonin suggests that Claude Thouret was likely the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin: On Claire Françoise Thouret's marriage certificate with Jean Antoine Thiébaud (see source citation), her brother Jean Claude is listed as a witness. There is a Jean Claude born to Claude Thouret and his first wife Jacques Antoinette Mourey. In Jean Claude's marriage certificate (see source citation), the fact that Pierre Thouret is listed as an uncle of the groom indicates that the groom's father Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin (and not the son of Pierre Thouret dit Le Jeune and Anne Marie Pegeot) since the Thouret-Simonin family is the only one to have a son named Pierre still living in 1781. (The son Pierre in the Thouret-Pegeot family died in 1743.)

Claude Thouret and Jeanne Amiot (who are the parents of Claire Françoise Thouret and the ancestors of this website's cohost Jeff Vitter) lived eventually in Crosey-le-Petit. Another question was whether Jeanne Amiot was the person born in Aillevans, Haute-Saône, France who married "Claude Tourret," the 40ish "recteur d'école" (school rector) in Moimay, on 07 January 1742 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, France (see image of original in source citation).

Isabelle Simonin's research has shown that it is the same couple: The birth certificate of Claire Françoise in Moimay confirms that she is the daughter of the Moimay couple. In the above-mentioned marriage certificate of Claire Françoise Thouret with Jean Antoine Thiébaud, the signature of witness and bride's father Claude Thouret matches his signature in Claire Françoise Thouret's baptism/birth record (see baptism/birth source citation). This match establishes the Thouret-Amiot couple who married in Moimay and had a daughter Claire Françoise is the same as this Thouret-Amiot couple in Croisy-le-Petit whose daughter Claire Françoise was getting married to Jean Antoine Thiébaud.

There is a 1778 death/burial certificate for Claude Thouret. The Claude Thouret who was born of Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Pegeot on 3 May 1697 would have been 81 years old, not 84 years old, at the time of his death according to the death record of 9 September 1778. That is perhaps a minor difference. But in addition, one of the witnesses in the 1778 death certificate is Pierre Joseph Thouret, who was conceivably the son of Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin, suggesting again that the Claude who died was his brother, and thus Claude may have been born to Pierre Thouret and Marguerite Simonin around the time of their marriage in 1695 or possibly before.

The other towns mentioned in the various records of Claude Thouret are Orve and Chazot, which are nearby to Crosey-le-Petit. For example, Pierre Thouret (dit le Jeune) and Anna Marie Peugeot were from Orve. The children of Pierre Thouret and both his first wife Barbe Gobelin and his second wife Marguerite Simonin were born in Orve. It may be that those towns were towns of record rather than of residence. And they are all near one another. This issue does not seem to suggest one set of parents for Claude Thouret over another.

There is a burial record for Jeanne Amiot in Crosey-le-Petit on 12 January 1773, widow of "Claude Thouret manouvrier au Petit Crosey" (Claude Thouret manual laborer at Crosey-le-Petit). This Jeanne Amiot and Claude Thouret were the parents of Claire Claude Françoise Thouret, the 5th great grandmother of Jeff Vitter. As pointed out by genealogist François Boillot, if Claude were a former school rector, it would be somewhat unusual for him to be listed as a manual laborer. However, it may be that he returned to Crosey-Le-Petit to farm the land and thus was listed as a manual laborer. In those days, anyone who could read could serve to teach others, so it was not unusual for someone to serve as both a teacher and farmers or manual laborer. The last act Claude Thouret signed as a witness in the Moimay register was dated 29 August 1746, which was likely due to the fact the Thouret couple may have moved back to Crosey-le-Petit soon thereafter.

Claude is mentioned as one of the four witnesses on the marriage certificate of Claude Suzanne Amyot and Jean Baptiste Servance. As witnesses for marriages are usually family members or in-laws, this may indicate a direct family link of Jeanne Amyot with this sole and unique Amyot family in Aillevans.

We are hoping DNA evidence will give more insights into whether this question. So far a preliminary DNA test has not shown a connection between Claude Thouret was the son of Pierre Thouret and his supposed mother Marguerite Simonin.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Amyot

Jean married Marguerite Prevost in UNKNOWN. Marguerite died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There are different genealogies concerning Anne Lambelin, spouse of Thiébaud Oval. The correct birth record, included here, shows that she is the daughter of Philippe Lambelin and Jeanne Claude Courtot, baptized 04 Nov 1710, Aillevans (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vtae5a41a681e6805d3/daogrp/0/28#id:99825700). It can be confirmed several ways: One very clear indication is that Pierre Claude Courtot (brother of Jeanne Claude Courtot) is named in the baptism record of Elisabeth Lambelin (sister of Anne Lambelin) as a witness and as her uncle. Another suggestion appears in the marriage record of Anne Lambelin's half-sister Marguerite Lambelin (daughter of Philippe Lambelin and Claudine Juif), who married Toussaint Faveret; in Anne's death record, Toussaint is listed as her brother-in-law. Thirdly, the marriage record of Marguerite lists Bonaventure Oval (son of Anne Lambelin) as a witness. These last two records establish Philippe Lambelin as Anne's father.

Other genealogies on the web incorrectly have Anne as the child of Antoine Lambelin and Anne Racenet, baptized 30 December 1719, Moffans-et-Vacheresse (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vtac6f4bb5905ef4722/daogrp/0#id:244668013) or of Jean François Lambelin and Jeanne Poulard, born 19 June 1720, baptized 20 June 1710 Montjustin (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vta8c7db4549d3a76f4/daogrp/0/48#id:1178779397).

Godparents Philippe JOUIN (JOYANT) Godmother and Claudine (Françoise) PERRIGOT

Philippe married Jeanne Claude Courtot before 1708. Jeanne (daughter of Mathieu Courtot and Alexandrine Anne Breton) was born on 20 Nov 1686 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; was christened on 22 Nov 1686 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; died on 23 Jan 1730 in Moimay, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There are different genealogies concerning Anne Lambelin, spouse of Thiébaud Oval. The correct birth record, included here, shows that she is the daughter of Philippe Lambelin and Jeanne Claude Courtot, baptized 04 Nov 1710, Aillevans (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vtae5a41a681e6805d3/daogrp/0/28#id:99825700). It can be confirmed several ways: One very clear indication is that Pierre Claude Courtot (brother of Jeanne Claude Courtot) is named in the baptism record of Elisabeth Lambelin (sister of Anne Lambelin) as a witness and as her uncle. Another suggestion appears in the marriage record of Anne Lambelin's half-sister Marguerite Lambelin (daughter of Philippe Lambelin and Claudine Juif), who married Toussaint Faveret; in Anne's death record, Toussaint is listed as her brother-in-law. Thirdly, the marriage record of Marguerite lists Bonaventure Oval (son of Anne Lambelin) as a witness. These last two records establish Philippe Lambelin as Anne's father.

Other genealogies on the web incorrectly have Anne as the child of Antoine Lambelin and Anne Racenet, baptized 30 December 1719, Moffans-et-Vacheresse (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vtac6f4bb5905ef4722/daogrp/0#id:244668013) or of Jean François Lambelin and Jeanne Poulard, born 19 June 1720, baptized 20 June 1710 Montjustin (http://archives.haute-saone.fr/ark:/77977/vta8c7db4549d3a76f4/daogrp/0/48#id:1178779397).

Godparents Jean Courtot and Claudia JeanPetit

Jacques married Jeanne Vonin in UNKNOWN. Jeanne was born about 1692; died on 7 Sep 1758 in Branne, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Catherine Revot in UNKNOWN. Catherine was born in Grandfontaine, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died before 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Occupation: à Ouvans
• Residence: 1687, Ouvans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Notes:

Residence:
Sur l'acte de naissance de sa fille Jeanne il est dit "de Ouvans à Servin" (même paroisse?)

Antoine married Marguerite Vernier on 1 Feb 1684 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Marguerite (daughter of Pierre Vernier) was born about 1649 in Ouvans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Occupation: d'Ouvans

Notes:

Married:
veuve d'Antoine Coincenot

Guillaume married Marguerite Reuchet on 25 Nov 1681 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Marguerite (daughter of Claude Reuchet and ? ?) died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1688, Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; Laborer

Notes:

Is Bernard the son born in 1642 of Jammès Artigues dit de Guilaumette?

See notes for Jean Artigues dit Gaton re possible linkage with other branch of Artigues family.

Bernard married Bernarde Perissé on 14 Jun 1687 in Salies-du-Salat, Salies, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Bernarde was born in Mane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1687, Mane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Jean married Jeanne Castex in UNKNOWN. Jeanne was born about 1650; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Jeane Seiglan. Jeane was born about 1660; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bourgeois, Sieur or Seigneur (Lord) du Verdier (written as Verdié in marriage document), Lieutenant de la compagnie bourgeoise de Teillet, Capitaine de bourgeoisie
• Residence: Abt 1720, Massage de la Bole, Alban, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Louis was the godfather of his granddaughter Jeanne Marie Pujol, daughter of Jean Pujol and Jeanne Corbière

Louis married Demoiselle Jeanne Puech on 17 Dec 1681 in Réalmont, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne (daughter of Isaac Puech and Marie Villeneuve) was born in 1662 in Bazuéjouls, La Cabane du Bessié, Paulinet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France; was christened in 1662 in Eglise Notre-Dame-d'Ourtiguet de Paulinet, Paulinet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 28 Oct 1736 in La Bole, Alban, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 94BG-MTL
• Birth: 1656
• Residence: Abt 1720, Massage de la Bole, Alban, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Jeanne was her granddaughter Anne Jammé's godmother.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Seigneur or Sieur (lord)

Louis married Jeanne Vène in UNKNOWN. Jeanne was born in 1663; died after 1721. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

? married ? ?. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

? married ? ? in UNKNOWN. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1998

Pierre married Catherine Grazide about 1712. Catherine died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1999

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2000

Pierre married Catherine Birabent on 7 Jul 1711 in Anères, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Catherine was born in Saint-Laurent-de-Neste, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died about 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2001

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2004

Notes:

Died:
About 1754

N. married Marie Pouy. Marie died about 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2005
• Residence: Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2006
• Residence: Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Died:
About 1754

Jeannet married Annette Bize. Annette died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2007
• Retired: Bizous, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Died:
About 1754

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2014

N. married Jeanne Maleplate in UNKNOWN. Jeanne died about 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2015

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2016

Dominique married Jeanne Castéran in UNKNOWN. Jeanne was born in Gazave, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died about 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2017

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2022

Alexis married Jeanne Larroque on 6 Feb 1713/14 in La Barthe-de-Neste, La Barthe, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Jeanne died on 17 Jan 1758 in La Barthe-de-Neste, La Barthe, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2023

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bourgeois
• Reference Number: 2024

Notes:

Jeff Vitter is a 7th great grandson of Jacques & Catherine (Pique) Corrégé in two ways: In Sosa/Ahnentafel numbering they are Jeff's ancestors 1111010010 (978), 1111010010 (979) through their daughter Jeanne and also 1111011000 (984), 1111011001 (985) through their son Guillaume.

Jacques married Catherine Pique on 26 Feb 1709/10 in Montoussé, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Catherine was born in France; died about 1744 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2025

Notes:

Jeff Vitter is a 7th great grandson of Jacques & Catherine (Pique) Corrégé in two ways: In Sosa/Ahnentafel numbering they are Jeff's ancestors 1111010010 (978), 1111010010 (979) through their daughter Jeanne and also 1111011000 (984), 1111011001 (985) through their son Guillaume.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bourgeois
• Reference Number: 2030

Dominique married Jeanne Tarissan. Jeanne died about 1757 in Lannemezan, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2031

? married ? ?. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2034

Bertrand married Catherine De Gayan on 12 Nov 1730 in Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Catherine died about 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 2035

? married ? ? in UNKNOWN. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joannes married Elisabetha Aigeltinger in UNKNOWN. Elisabetha died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas Jaeckle-
• Birth: Abt 1630

Thomas married Agnès Meyer on 11 Aug 1656 in Hüfingen, Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Agnès was born about 1637; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Agnes Meyer-

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicolas married Marguerite Senelet. Marguerite died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Françoise Devillers about 1656. Françoise (daughter of Jacques Devillers, dit d'Esbey and Living) was born about 1630 in Laviron, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 27 Nov 1683 in Sancey-le-Long, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Symonin, Simonyn

Pierre married Pierrette Amiot on 27 Nov 1668 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Pierrette (daughter of Jean Amiot and ? ?) was born about 1645 in Guillon-les-Bains, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 25 Dec 1695 in Randevillers, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Petra Amyot

Notes:

Godparents Claude Thierry and Vaudrée Jannenot, both of Luxeuil-les-Bains

Claude married Elisabeth Lamboley on 26 Nov 1678 in Adelans-et-le-Val-de-Bithaine, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. Elisabeth (daughter of Claude Lamboley and Pierrette Rossel) was born about 1651 in Amblans-et-Velotte, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; died on 12 Mar 1731 in Velotte, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Godparents Matthieu Du Saulx and Claudine Vincent

Godparents Matthieu Du Saulx and Claudine Vincent (mother)

Mathieu married Alexandrine Anne Breton in UNKNOWN. Alexandrine died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adam married Marguerite Roussey. Marguerite died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Occupation: laboureur
• Property sale: 20 Feb 1656, Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Notes:

Property sale:
acte notaire P-F Vernerey de Servin
Partage en sortie d'indivision avec son frère Antoine Bidal

Antoine married Claude Simonin on 29 Sep 1647 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Claude (daughter of Claude Simonin and Claude Bairet) was born on 10 Oct 1625 in Randevillers, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was christened on 10 Oct 1625 in Randevillers, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died on 20 Feb 1689 in Randevillers, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Name: Claudia Symonin
• Name: Symonin, Simonyn
• Occupation: de Randevillers

Notes:

Birth:
Orthographié SYMONNIN sur le registre

Nicolas married Françoise Reuchet on 17 May 1641 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Françoise (daughter of Claude Reuchet and Living) died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Claude married ? ? in UNKNOWN. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Pierre
• Occupation: Sieur or Seigneur de Montredon, Lieutenant de Paulin

Pèire married Demoiselle Cécile De St. Paul on 1 Jan 1644 in Saint-Projet de Paulin, Paulinet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Cécile (daughter of Seigneur Abel De St. Paul and Claire De Crespon) was born in 1612 in Château de Bonneval, Ambialet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died after 1681 in Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

7 enfants
F Ceselha de PUJÒL 1636-1701/ mariée avec Guilhèm FOLCHER, seigneur del Bosc 1634-1704

F Suzanne de PUJOL 1638-1712/ mariée vers 2 janvier 1652 avec Pierre DAMIEL 1632-1679..1688

H Jean de PUJOL

F Jeanne de PUJOL

H Moyse Jean de PUJOL, seigneur de Montredon seigneur de la Grave /1645-1715/ marié le 23 février 1665 avec Jeanne de MARTINON /1645-1701/

H Pierre PUJOL

H Louis de PUJOL, seigneur du Verdier Bourgeois 1656-1728 marié le 17 décembre 1681 avec Jeanne PUECH 1656-1736

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: KD98-GTB
• Name: Jean
• Occupation: Il était hôtelier à la Cabane du Bessié, comme ses fils après lui

Notes:

Originally named Isaac, he likely took on the first name of his father Jean after he died and Isaac received his inheritance, as was often the case.

Isaac married Marie Villeneuve. Marie (daughter of Pierre Villeneuve and ? Roques) was born about 1620 in Le Fraysse, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died before 1681 in La Cabane du Bessié, Paulinet, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

? married ? ? in UNKNOWN. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bertrand married Bernarde Dufo on 18 Jun 1674 in La Barthe-de-Neste, La Barthe, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Bernarde was born between 1651 and 1652; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 13343

Louis married Catherine Abadie in UNKNOWN. Catherine (daughter of Arnaud Abadie and Catherine Ozun) was born in 1650; died in 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 13344

Other Events and Attributes:

• DNA: 2020; DNA match to Jean-Pierre Vitter

? married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Godparents Antoine Belcoulet and Dionisia (wife of Laurent Thouret, notary of Orve)

Antoine married Antonia Thouret on 25 Feb 1619/20 in Orve, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Antonia was born on 20 Dec 1595 in Orve, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died before 1643 in Orve, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Some genealogists list him as a "régisseur" (commissioner) and "honorable"

Notes:

Birth:
Some genealogists list other Jacques born later, indicating that perhaps the earlier Jacques died and the last one may be the person indicated here

Jacques married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Symonin, Simonyn

Notes:

There are conflicting accounts about the spouse of Vandelin Simonin, Jeff Vitter's 9th great grandfather. The complication is that there are two Vandelins, and they are second cousins of one another. Jeff's 9th great grandfather Vandelin Simonin dit le Vieux, Sénior de Randevillers (circa 1593–1666) is the son of Guillaume Simonin dit Colin and Anna Magnin. He married twice: first to Jehanne Nachin (daughter of Girard Nachin dit l'Abbé) on 1 March 1615 and then second to Jeanne Clerc (daughter of Pierre Clerc and Claude Bairet) on 25 February 1631. On Vandelin's Individual page, you can see the four-page marriage record for his marriage to Jeanne Clerc, which in addition lists him as the widower of Jeanne Nachin (credit to Stéphane Perrey).

The other Vandelin Simonin (born 1604) is the son of Claude Simonin dit Le Grand and Françoise Thiébaud. He married Claude Clerc (daughter of Claude Clerc and Jacqueline Bairet) on 18 Feb 1624. His second cousin François (brother of the Vandelin described above) married Claudine Clerc (sister of Claude Clerc) the same day he married Claude Clerc. The mother Jacqueline (née Bairet) Clerc of the two brides Claude and Claudine Clerc was widowed at the time, and Jacqueline married Antoine Simonin (a likely relative to the other Simonin grooms) on the same day her daughters wed. All three weddings took place on 18 Feb 1624. To complicate things further, Claude and Claudine Clerc were first cousins to the previous Vandelin's second wife Jeanne Clerc!

Actually, there are several other Vandelin Simonins as well!

There is also a variation in the spelling of first names, depending upon which record you look at. Many of the birth and marriage records are in Latin, and the first names are Latinized versions of the French names, so they have to be re-translated back into French, and thus, different genealogists may re-translate them differently. There usually wasn't a problem with last names, since they were kept in French, although spelling was not standardized until later, so the same person might have his or her last name spelled in multiple ways, sometimes in the same record! The name "Simonin" was usually spelled "Symonin" or "Symonnin" in the 1500–1600s and later was more commonly designated as "Simonin." For consistency, we use the spelling "Simonin."

Godparents Vandelin Vuillin (son of Jean Vuillin) and Françoise Dupuy (wife of Jean Nicolas Brun)

Vandelin married Jeanne Clerc on 25 Feb 1631 in Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France. Jeanne (daughter of Pierre Clerc and Claude Bairet) was born about 1615 in Randevillers, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; died after 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There are conflicting accounts about the spouse of Vandelin Simonin, Jeff Vitter's 9th great grandfather. The complication is that there are two Vandelins, and they are second cousins of one another. Jeff's 9th great grandfather Vandelin Simonin dit le Vieux, Sénior de Randevillers (circa 1593–1666) is the son of Guillaume Simonin dit Colin and Anna Magnin. He married twice: first to Jehanne Nachin (daughter of Girard Nachin dit l'Abbé) on 1 March 1615 and then second to Jeanne Clerc (daughter of Pierre Clerc and Claude Bairet) on 25 February 1631. On Vandelin's Individual page, you can see the four-page marriage record for his marriage to Jeanne Clerc, which in addition lists him as the widower of Jeanne Nachin (credit to Stéphane Perrey).

The other Vandelin Simonin (born 1604) is the son of Claude Simonin dit Le Grand and Françoise Thiébaud. He married Claude Clerc (daughter of Claude Clerc and Jacqueline Bairet) on 18 Feb 1624. His second cousin François (brother of the Vandelin described above) married Claudine Clerc (sister of Claude Clerc) the same day he married Claude Clerc. The mother Jacqueline (née Bairet) Clerc of the two brides Claude and Claudine Clerc was widowed at the time, and Jacqueline married Antoine Simonin (a likely relative to the other Simonin grooms) on the same day her daughters wed. All three weddings took place on 18 Feb 1624. To complicate things further, Claude and Claudine Clerc were first cousins to the previous Vandelin's second wife Jeanne Clerc!

Actually, there are several other Vandelin Simonins as well!

There is also a variation in the spelling of first names, depending upon which record you look at. Many of the birth and marriage records are in Latin, and the first names are Latinized versions of the French names, so they have to be re-translated back into French, and thus, different genealogists may re-translate them differently. There usually wasn't a problem with last names, since they were kept in French, although spelling was not standardized until later, so the same person might have his or her last name spelled in multiple ways, sometimes in the same record! The name "Simonin" was usually spelled "Symonin" or "Symonnin" in the 1500–1600s and later was more commonly designated as "Simonin." For consistency, we use the spelling "Simonin."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Amyot
• Residence: 1668, Guillon-les-Bains, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Jean married ? ? in UNKNOWN. ? died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugues married Marguerite Bernard on 9 Sep 1640 in Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. Marguerite was born about 19 Apr 1618 in Montjustin, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; was christened on 19 Apr 1618 in Montjustin, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; died on 28 Apr 1684 in Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1657, Amblans-et-Velotte, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; Census

Claude married Pierrette Rossel in UNKNOWN. Pierrette (daughter of Valentin Rossel and ? ?) died before 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1657, Amblans-et-Velotte, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; Census

Claude married Claudine Vincent between 1644 and 1646. Claudine (daughter of Pierre Vincent and Marguerite Le Syre) was born about 11 Apr 1627 in Montjustin-et-Velotte, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; was christened on 11 Apr 1627 in Montjustin-et-Velotte, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Antoine married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FIL: LEGITIMATE_CHILD
• Military Service: 1622, Servin, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France