Louis Marcel Falgoust (1712 - bef. 1780)

Born 17 Jan 1712 in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Jeanne Castan — married 18 Sep 1742 in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, New France

Descendants

Died before 13 Jun 1780 before age 68 in St Charles Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

Louis Marcel Falgoust migrated from France to Louisiana.

Louis Marcel Falgout is the progenitor of the Louisiana Falgoust and Falgout families.

He was born in 1712, in Langeais, Touraine, France, the third child and second son of Pierre Falgout and Catherine Courault.^[1][2][3]

Around 1738, he immigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana, and settled in St. Charles Parish.

In 1742, he married Marie Jeanne Castan, daughter of Joseph Castan and Claudine Volmar, in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.^[4][5]

They had 10 children:

1. Jean Louis Falgout b: in German Coast, St. Charles, LA c: 25 Aug 1743 in Destrehan, St. Charles, LA
2. Marie Jeanne Charlotte Falgout b: in Orleans, LA c: 22 Aug 1745 in Destrehan, St. Charles, LA
3. Marie Agnes Falgout b: 14 Nov 1747 in St. Charles, LA c: 19 Nov 1747 in Destrehan, St. Charles, LA
4. Marie Barbe Falgout c: 1 Nov 1749 in Destrehan, St. Charles, LA
5. Andre Falgoust (Louis Marcel and Marie Jeanne Castan), b. Dec. 19, 1751, s. Andre Antoine and Elisabethe Lavergne (SCB, B1, 65); Also: Andre, 2 yr., i. June 18, 1754 (SCB, B1, 83)^[6]
6. Marie Catherine (Louis, surgeon major of this post, and Marie Jeanne Castan), b. March 20, 1754, bn. March 16, 1754, s. Philiphe Friderique and Marie Catherrine Keim, sp. Bernard Andoni [Antony] (SCB, B1, 80)^[6]
7. Marie Jeanne Falgout b: Abt 1755 in St. Charles, LA [Called Jeanette in St. Charles record]^[5]
8. Marie Antoinette Falgout b: Abt 1763
9. Georges Falgout b: Abt 1762 in St. Charles, LA
10. Charles Beaumont Falgout b: Abt 1766 in St. Charles, LA

Like his father and grandfather, he was a surgeon. He served as Surgeon-Major of the King for over 30 years.^[7]

The St. Charles Parish Original Acts, transcribed by Glenn Conrad, contains many entries for Louis Marcel, most pertaining to property. There are two entries which give us clues as to when he died. It appears that he died between 6-29-79 on which date, he was the attending physician for one Thomas Brouce who died, and 6-13-1780 when his now re-married widow petitioned the court to settle his estate. An entry in the St. Charles Original Acts documents that Thomas Brouce owned nothing but a horse which was sold to Jacques Rixner for 16 piastres and which was handed over to Dr. Beaumont for the treatment accorded the dead man. ^[5] Entry No. 359 dated 6-13-1780 is the Sale of the Community Property of the Late Falgoust dit Beaumont and His Widow: "Widow Falgoust is presently married to Joseph Macaux and petitions that she be allowed to sell the community property existing between herself and her first husband, Falgoust dit Beaumont. Petition granted." The farm was sold to Pierre Brou dated September 12, 1781.^[5]

In another entry when Marie-Jeanne Castan, widow Macos died, these heirs of Louis-Marcel Falgoust dit Beaumont were named, including 6 living children and 1 child who died but left 2 heirs: Louis, Charles, George, Jeanne-Charlotte (widow of Louis Barbay), Marie-Agnes (wife of Jean Lignac), Jeanette (wife of Jean Pares), Marie-Antoinette (deceased, the wife of the late Pierre Richoux and mother of Pierre Richous (18) and Célézie Richoux (22). ^[5] Andre, Marie Barbe and Marie Catherine must have died without leaving heirs.

From the genealogy.com surname forum for Falgoust:

• (1712-ca.1778) LOUIS-MARCEL FALGOUST Born at Langeais in Touraine on the 17th day of January 1712.His Godfather was Louis Courault, his great-uncle, the tonsured cleric. His Godmother was Renee Massaule, his great-aunt and wife of master surgeon, Guillaume Barrere. Beyond his baptism there are no additional church records on Louis-Marcel at Langeais. When he was 14 years old his father worked at the nearby village of Amboise and it’s possible he grew to young manhood there. Because he was a younger son, his brother Jean being the elder and heir, he would have been expected to make a decision between the priesthood and a profession. It’s presumed he obtained his early education in a religious school, most likely by the Jesuits, the principal teachers of young me at the time. Since the Jesuits were firmly established in the Louisiana Colony, it’s likely they made an impression on him in his early years.

Sources

1. ↑ "Selected Annotated Abstracts of Marriage Book 1", St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, 1811-1829; Publication: 1973; Note: Comprises vol. II of series.; p. 102.

   Text: Louis Marcel Falgout [Falgout de Beaumont] of the German Coast is shown to have been a son of Pierre Falgous and of Catherine Courault of St. Jean de Langers, Diocese of Tours in Touraine, France. citing article, "Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana ," in LOUISIANA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, vol. 19 (1936), pp. 751-752. [Files of Miss Roundtree].

2. ↑ https://archives.touraine.fr/ark:/37621/p063h1nbmxfl/ff7f82f1-f6d4-4207-8290-b50ba6abfc00

   Louis Marsel fils de Mr Pierre Falgou mre chirurgien et de Me Catherrine Courrault son epouse

3. ↑ Christening: "Louisiana Confederate Soldier Burial Database", Internet. http://genforum.genealogy.com/falgoust/messages/41.html

   Text: Sponsors: Louis COURAULT, his great-uncle (the tonsured cleric) & Renee MASSALUE, his great-aunt (wife of master surgeon Guillaume BARRERE).

   Note: http://genforum.genealogy.com/falgoust/messages/41.html

   "...the elder son and heir, married twice, was clerk of court at Langeais, Louis Marcel (1712-ca.1778), our ancestor the master surgeon, like his father and grandfathers, who adopted the Massalue title, Beaumont, and went to the Louisiana Colony..."

4. ↑ "Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records"; Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, New Orleans, 1993; Volume 1, 1718-1750; pp. 42 & 99.

   Text: (SCB, B1, 17).

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} "St. Charles: Abstracts of the St. Charles Civil Records 1770-1803"; Glenn R. Conrad; University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1974; pp. 66, 70, 301, 443
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records"; Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, New Orleans, 1988; Volume 2, 1751-1771; p. 119.
7. ↑ "Louisiana Confederate Soldier Burial Database" Barbara Allen, Cites: Falgoust: A History and Genealogy of the Falgoust and Falgout Families of France and Louisiana - 1555-1988, Copyright 1988 by Barbara Allen. Falgout at Geocities, website now defunct. wayback machine

   Text: He served as a surgeon at the German Coast of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes for over 30 years.