Heloise DeCuir (1806)

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Biography

Heloise, daughter of Alexandre and Constance Decuir (cousins) was born in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana on or around 8 March 1806. (need citation)

She married Jean Ovide Barras in Point Coupee Parish on or around 23 June 1825 (need citation.)

The census of 1850 shows them living in Point Coupee with 7 other Barras family members (relationships unconfirmed at this time.).^[1]

In 1858, an announcement in their local paper spectacularly dissolved their marriage after a trial. "State of Louisiana trial results between Heloise Decuir, wife and Jean-Ovide Barra, husb. #1964 published in xxx by J. B. BLANCHARD, Dep Clk. Pointe Coupee on July 10, 1858. "This case having been taken up for trial and the plaintiff having proven her demand and the law and evidence being in favor of plaintiff and against defendent. It is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed that the community which hitherto existed between plaintiff and defendent be dissolved. . . . It is further ordered . . . that plaintiff Heloise Decuir have judgement against and recover from Jean Ovide Barra to provide TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE DOLLARS and SEVENTY THREE CENTS with legal interest. . . . "

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Birth

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1806

Death

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Record ID Number

ID Number: MH:I147

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Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Pointe Coupee, Louisiana; Roll: 239; Page: 11a Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

   Name Eloise Bard [sic] should be Barras

   [Eloise Bara]

   Gender Female

   Race White

   Age 43

   Birth Year abt 1807

   Birthplace Louisiana

   Home in 1850 Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA

   Line Number 38

   Dwelling Number 189

   Family Number 189

   Inferred Spouse Ovid Bard

   Household Members (Name) Age

   Ovid Bard 47

   Eloise Bard 43

   Clair Bard 25

   Dolems Bard 20

   Eliza Bard 14

   Nicholas Bard 9

   Constance Bared 6

   Alexander Bared 4

   Mary Bared 1

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jennifer Moore for creating WikiTree profile DeCuir-94 through the import of Albert DeCuir Tree.ged on Jun 2, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jennifer and others.