Pierre
Decuir
aka DeCuir, Decuire, Descuires
Born before in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, Nouvelle-France
Ancestors 
Son of Jean François Decuir
and Geneviève Mayeux
Brother of
Genevieve Decuir, Francois Clement Decuir, Marguerite Decuir, Jeanne Decuir, Joseph Antoine DeCuir, Magdeleine (Decuir) Barre, Jean Paul Decuir, Marie Anne (Decuir) Tournoir, Antoine Decuir and Jean Baptiste Dorsin DeCuir
Husband of
Marie Josephe Berza
— married
5 Nov 1771 in Pointe Coupée, Louisiana, New Spain
Descendants 
Father of
Marie DeCuir, Joseph DeCuir, Alexandre DeCuir, Pierre DeCuir, Jean Baptiste DeCuir, Eulalie DeCuir, Julie DeCuir and Marcellin DeCuir
Died before
at about age 44
in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, New Spain
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Biography
Pierre Decuir has French origins.
Pierre Decuir, son of Jean François Decuir and Geneviève Mayeux, was baptized on 23 August 1744 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, New France (birth date not given).[1]
He married Marie Berza on 5 November 1771 in Pointe Coupee.[2]
- Known children of the marriage:
- Pierre DeCuir (1772-1773)[3]
- Marie DeCuir (c.1775-1789)
- Joseph DeCuir (1776-1834)
- Alexandre DeCuir (1778-1829)
- Pierre DeCuir (1780-1788)
- Jean Baptiste DeCuir (1782)
- Eulalie DeCuir (1785)
- Julie DeCuir (1787)
- Marcellin DeCuir (1789-1828)
He died, and was buried on 27 December 1788 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 1b, 1722-1769 (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 2002), p. 50;
- Pierre Decuire (Jean Francois Decuire and Genevieve MAYEAUX) bn. not given bt. 23 Aug. 1744 spo. Pierre Mayeaux and Francoise Mann (PCP-1,53) also (PCP-2, 34).
- ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 2, 1770-1803 ("DOBR"), (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 2002) pp. 85 & 231;
- DECUIR (sometimes DECUIRE)
- Pierre DESCUIR, son of Jean & Genevieve MAYEUX, married 5 Nov 1771 Marie BERSA, daughter of Joseph & Antoinette LEMOINE. Witnesses: Joseph DESCUIR; Noel ROY; Jean Baptiste LACOUR (PCP-2, part 2, 120) & (PCP-4, 80).
- ↑ DOBR, vol. 2, p. 231;
- DECUIR, Pierre (Pierre & Marie Berza) bt. 23 Aug. 1772, bn. 6 Aug. 1772, spo. Joseph Berza & Genevieve Mayeux, Widow of Descuire (PCP-2, part 2, 130a) also (PCP-4, 91).
- DECUIR, Pierre, bur. 13 Sept. 1773 (PCP-2, part 2, 158) also (PCP-4, 104).
- ↑ DOBR, vol. 2, p. 232;
- DECUIR, Pierre, bur. 27 Dec. 1788 (PCP-5, 8).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pierre by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Pierre:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pierre by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Pierre:
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~1.56%
Sherrie Decuir
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Kylie LaCour-Lewis :
23andMe, GEDmatch XF7011459 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jacques LaCour :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Debbie Langhammer :
23andMe, GEDmatch M662423 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F208086 [compare], FTDNA kit #208086
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~0.78%
Harold Decuir :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Decuir1
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~0.78%
Monika (Steinhorst) Catey :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Carolyn Barr :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Marsha (Barr) Yarborough :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Edna (Stockman) Prouty :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A257419 [compare], Ancestry member Enchantedwikiroom
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A257419 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A257419 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Sylvia Bargas :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SZ2292280 [compare], Ancestry member sylviabargas
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B560082
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Danny Hebert :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Kevin Guidroz :
AncestryDNA
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Categories: Pointe Coupee, Louisiana | Louisiana Families
Pierre (Pedro) Decuir married Marie Josephe Berza (2 March 1754-29 May 1810) November 5, 1771, in Pointe Coupée, and they had 7 children. Pierre had a land grant on the west bank of the Mississippi River. One child was Marcellin Decuir (born June 13, 1789; died March 24, 1827). The other children were Joseph Decuir (born 1776; died 1834), Alexandre Decuir (born 1778; died 1829) husband of Constance Decuir, Jean Baptiste Decuir (born 1782), Eulalie Decuir (born February 12, 1785), married to Charles Dufour II, and Julie Decuir (born March 18, 1887). Another child was Pierre Decuir II (born October 8, 1780; died 1835).