Louis Dantin (abt. 1745 - 1826)

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Biography

LOUIS DENTIN is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana; Plaque 10, Left: L'Amitie, arrivee le 6 novembre 1785. Listed with Louis is Eleine Aucoin, his wife; four children: Jeanne Dentin, Marie Anne, Anne and Julie; Francoise Doiron; and Marie Doiron fille de la femme [daughters from Eleine's first marriage to Alexis Gregoire Doiron. ^[1]

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Birth Louis dit la Joie, son of Louis Dantin and Marguerite Marres, was born about 1745 in Port-Toulouse, Ile Royale, Acadie. ^[2]

Le Grand Derangement When the British seized Nova Scotia from France and began mass deportations of approximately 4000 Acadian settlers who had been there for generations, Louis Dentin's family was rounded up along with everyone in Ile-Royale in the autumn of 1758 through spring of 1759. The Dantins were forced aboard la Reine d'Espagne --the Queen of Spain-- and arrived in St.Malo on November 17, 1758. Of 105 passengers listed, 66 died at sea; 9 more died within 2 months of arrival. Only 28 survived. ^[3] The list of those who disembarked includes his family, eight of whom are designated "+ en mer," meaning they died at sea:

LA SONDE Marguerite veuve D'ANTIN dit LA JOYE, + en mer

D'ANTIN Gabriel, fils, + en mer

D'ANTIN Marguerite, fille, + en mer

D'ANTIN Michel, fils, + en mer

D'ANTIN Jean, fils, + en mer

D'ANTIN Joseph, fils, + en mer

D'ANTIN Anne, fille, + en mer

D'ANTIN Agathe, fille, + en mer

D'ANTIN Barthélemy, fils

D'ANTIN Louis, fils

Louis' mother is listed as "Widow D'Antin dit La Joie;" family tradition has it that he was killed in battle--this establishes that his death, after 1745 and before 1758, most likely came in resisting the British during the Ile-Saint-Jean Campaign. Louis and his brother Barthélemy, the sole survivors of their family, and homeless in a strange land, were 13 and 15 years old.

Residence in 1775 Census: 7 Dec 1775 Chattelerault, France ; ^[4]

Residence in 1784 Census: Sep 1784 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[5]

Emigration to Luisiana 8 Nov 1785 New Orleans, Luisiana ^[6]

Census: 1 Jan 1788 , Lafourche, LA ^{[7] [8]}

Census of Lafourche des Chetimachas 1791^[9]

Census: Dec 1795 , Lafourche, LA ^[10]

By 1810 they were living in Lafourche Parish, part of the United States Territory of Orleans, a few years before statehood. This area was comprised of mainly Acadians, French, Spanish and others who affectionately became known as Cajuns. Louis is listed as being 65 years old with his wife and 9 children.^[11]

Marriages/Children Marriage (1) Jeanne GESMIER 17 Jan 1767 in Eaux, Cotes d'Armor, France^[12][13]

Children: ^[14]

1. Louis DANTIN b: 4 Aug 1768 in , , Cotes d'Armor, France c: 4 Aug 1768 in Eaux, , Cotes d'Armor, France
2. Jeanne DANTIN b: 4 Aug 1768 in , , Cotes d'Armor, France c: 4 Aug 1768 in Eaux, Cotes d'Armor, France
3. Louis DANTIN b: 15 Dec 1770 in La Desvrie, , Cotes d'Armor, France c: 16 Dec 1770 in Eaux, , Cotes d'Armor, France
4. Florien Gilles DANTIN b: 18 May 1772 in La Desvrie, , Cotes d'Armor, France c: 19 May 1772 in Eaux, , Cotes d'Armor, France
5. Marie Anne DANTIN b: 16 Mar 1774 in Chatellerault, Poitou, Vienne, France c: 17 Mar 1774 in Chatellerault, Poitou, Vienne, France
6. Anne DANTIN c: 3 Apr 1776 in Nantes, , Loire-Atlantique, France
7. Judith Julie Genevieve DANTIN c: 12 Jun 1778 in Nantes, , Loire-Atlantique, France
8. Perrine DANTIN c: 30 Aug 1781 in Nantes, , Loire-Atlantique, France

Marriage (2) Helene AUCOIN 9 Nov 1784 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France ^{[15] [16]} The couple did not have children together, however, Helene had children from her previous marriage that Louis Dantin and his third spouse Marguerite Breau continued to raise.

Marriage (3) Marguerite Blanche BREAU 23 Jul 1787 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA ^[17]

Children: ^[14]

1. Louis Francois DANTIN c: 25 Dec 1788 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA
2. Marie Marguerite DANTIN b: 20 Nov 1789 in , Ascension, LA c: 9 May 1790 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA
3. Joseph DANTIN b: 17 Sep 1791 in , Ascension, LA c: 25 Dec 1791 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA
4. Fabien Sebastien DANTIN b: 10 Oct 1793 in , Assumption, LA c: 26 Dec 1793 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
5. Marie Louise DANTIN b: 24 Aug 1795 in , Assumption, LA c: 11 Oct 1795 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
6. Charles DANTIN b: Abt 1797 in , , LA
7. Jean Baptiste DANTIN b: 28 Feb 1799 in , Assumption, LA c: 12 May 1799 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
8. Modeste Carmelite Marcelite DANTIN b: 11 May 1801 in , Assumption, LA c: 14 Jun 1801 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
9. Marie Carmelite DANTIN b: 18 May 1803 in , Assumption, LA c: 3 Aug 1803 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA
10. Paul Joseph DANTIN b: 2 Jun 1806 in , Ascension, LA c: 27 Aug 1806 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA

Death

He died 25 Dec 1826 in Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States ^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ Title: The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Author: Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; Personal copy in possession of Girouard-4019. p. 39.
2. ↑ Title: Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785; Author: Gérard-Marc Braud; Publication: Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; Personal copy in possession of Girouard-4019; p. 91

   Text: Born around 1745 in the parish of St-Pierre, diocese of Québec, son of Louis DANTIN & Marguerite LASONDE.

3. ↑ "Rôle de la Reine d'Espagne, arrivée à Saint-Malo le 17 novembre 1758," Liste établie par Louis-Xavier PEREZ; online at Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History, http://www.acadian-cajun.com/stmalo.htm, Copyright © 1997-09 Tim Hebert.
4. ↑ Title: Acadians in France, Vol. I; 1762-1776; Author: Milton P. Rieder, Jr & Norma Gaudet Rieder; Publication: Metairie, LA: Authors, 1967; copy in possession of Girouard-4019; p. 110;

   Text: State of the Acadian Families Comprising the Third Convoy Leaving Chatellerault for Nantes December 7, 1775:

   Louis DANTIN, age 33, carpenter;

   Jeanne GUÉSNIER, 30;

   their son Florien, 5;

   their daughters Jeanne, 8 and Marie, 2.

5. ↑ Title: Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Author: Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Publication: Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; copy in possession of Girouard-4019; p. 501

   Text: On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His Catholic Majesty," dated Sep 1784, cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575).

   On list from NANTES:

   Louis DANTIN [no wife listed], 4 daughters, for a total of 5 in family.

6. ↑ Title: Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995. Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org. pp. 72-73

   Text: Louis DANTIN, a house carpenter age 38, listed with his wife Elène AUCOIN and his four daughters. There are also two daughters of his wife (surnamed DOIRON), in the 30th family (or 8 persons) aboard "L'Amitié."

7. ↑ Title: Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, vol. I; Author: Robichaux, Jr., Albert J.; Publication: Polyanthos, 1977; Note: 1770-1789, German Coast, New Orleans, Below New Orleans and Lafourche. The census dated here 1 Jan 1789 appears to have been taken at least as early as 1 Jan 1788. It is from: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 202. Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org; p. 145

   Note by KTR: Why is his 3rd wife, married 23 Jul 1787, still listed in household of her parents on p. 129?

   Text: Louis DANTIN, age 41, listed with his three daughters, plus Marie DOIRON, an orphan [and his step-daughter], age 16, in a household of 5 persons. They have 6 arpents of land, 22 quarts of corn, 1 head of cattle, 1 horse, and 12 hogs.

8. ↑ Title: Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798; Author: Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.’ Publication: Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980; copy in possession of Girouard-4019; p. 48

   Text: Louis DANTAIN, age 40, on 6 arpents of land, with 20 quarts of corn. Five persons in the household also include:

   Marie, his daughter, 12;

   Anne, id, 10;

   Julie, id, 8;

   Marie DOIRON, orphan, 15. [daughter of his second spouse Helene Aucoin and Alexis Gregoire Doiron]

9. ↑ Source: #AJRO BLaF p. 165

   Text: Papeles Procendentes de Cuba, Legajo 2362, begins on the right bank above at the named Francisco Mathias and ends below at Francois Bruner; and begins on the left bank above at Nicolas Daublin and ends below at Joseph Antoine Arabiy.

   Louis Dantin, 40

   Margarithe Braut, 26

   Louis, his son, 3

   Marianne, his daughter, 17

   Annette, id, 16

   Julie, id, 10

   Margrithe, id, 1

10. ↑ Source: #AJRO BLaF p. 65

    Text: Luis DANTIN, age 52;

    Margarita BRAUX, 32;

    Luis, 8;

    Fabian, 3;

    Julia, 18;

    Josefa, 5;

    Margarita, 7;

    Maria, 1.

11. ↑ Census of 1810, Lafourche Interior: First land owners and 1810 annotated census of Lafourche Interior Parish, Louisiana: LaFourche & Terrebonne, compiled by Audrey B. Westerman.

    1810 Census Lafourche Parish Louisiana

    Dantin property 1810

12. ↑ Church marriage entry for Louis Danton and Jeanne Gesmier, Archives départementales des Côtes d'Armor, Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil, Saint-André-des-Eaux » 1669 - 1770. Image 238 of 271, accessed 28 Jul 2018. Summary of key info:

    Marriage on 17 Jan 1767 of Louis Danton, legitimate son of Louis Danton and Marguerite LaSonde, and Jeanne Gesmier, legitimate daughter of Gilles Gesmier and Maurille Beaupied. Grooms mother and father originate from Saint Pierre du port de Louze (Port Toulouse), bishopric of Quebec, and living in the parish of Saint Andre of the Bishopric of the Isle of Bretagne. The bride's parents originated from the parish of Troissaint and live in this parish of Saint Andre.

13. ↑ Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org

    Text: GEMIER, Gilles (..) * mariés/married avant 1746/before 1746, de/from Tressaint com Lanvallay (Côtes d'Armor : 22118) BEAUPIED, Maurille (..)

    Saint-André-des-Eaux (22274) est une commune française située dans le département des Côtes-d'Armor en région Bretagne. La commune compte une seul monument historique, l'ancienne église qui date du XIe siècle, son porche étant du début du XVe siècle, dans laquelle apparaissent d'importants vestiges de peintures murales romanes. Abandonnée vers 1893 et aujourd'hui ruinée, elle a longtemps servi de carrière. Elle est classée depuis 1990 au titre des Monuments historiques.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Louis (dit Lajoie) Dantin
15. ↑ Title: From Nantes to Louisiana, The history of Acadia: the odyssey of an exiled people; Author: Gérard-Marc Braud; English translation: Julie Fontenot Landry; Publication: La Rainette; Lafayette, Louisiana; Personal copy in possession of Girouard-4019.

    Note by Author: In 1785, 1,600 Acadians leave the old continent, their destination New Orleans; p. 82

    Text: Louis DANTIN married on 9 Nov 1784 at St. Similien [Nantes] to Hélène AUCOIN.

16. ↑ Archives Départementales de Loire-Atlantique: Nantes: Paroisse Saint-Similien, 1784: page 140/163 Second mariage Louis Dantin
17. ↑ Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Author: Catholic Church; Vol 2, 1770-1803; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; copy in possession of Girouard-4019; pp. 150 & 221

    Text: Luis DANTIN (parents not given but were Acadian) married on 23 Jul 1787 to Margarita BREAU (parents not given but were Acadian). Witnesses: Charle GULLOT; Marie COMMO. Recorded at Ascension Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-2, 9).

18. ↑ South Louisiana Records: Lafourche~Terrebonne Volume 1 (1794-1840) by Rev. Donald J. Hebert. Claitor's Publishing: Baton Rouge, 1978, p. 170. Text:

    DANTIN, Louis Sr. d. 25 Dec. 1826 m. (1) Jeanne GEMIER; m. (2) Helene DOUARON; m. (3) Marguerite BRAUX. Children listed: Marie Carmelite m. Antoine BAILLE; Anne DANTIN m. Pierre HACHE; Louis Francois; Joseph; Fabien; Charles; Jean Baptiste; Marguerite: Marie Louise; d. Modeste; Jeanne m. Martin PITRE. Inventory: 28 April 1827 (Thib.Ct.Hse.:Succ.: year 1827)

• Source: SLR1 Title: South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840; Author: Donald J. Hebert; Publication: Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1978; Contains church and civil records of Lafourche & Terrebonne Parishes; copy in possession of Girouard-4019
• Source: AJRO BLaF Title: Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798; Author: Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.’ Publication: Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980; Personal copy in possession of Girouard-4019.; General Census of the Habitants of Valenzuela of Lafourche, Two Thousand Sixty-four Persons; April 10, 1797; /s/ N, Verret; (Original: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 215A)

These records were donated by the Terrrebonne Genealogical Society. These are the conveyance records for Terrebonne Parish, LA from #1 (1822) to #2167 (1837). The original records are in the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse. Conveyance Book C, Part 2. No. 464 On June 13, 1827 an inventory and appraisement of the Succession of Louis DANTIN to wit. a tract of land situate on Bayou L’Bleue, 6 arpens front on each side, with depth as certificate of confirmation calls for, appraised for $600. Witnessed by L. B. THIBODAUX and Jh. DELAPORTE.

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