Catherine
Hayes
aka Ayers, Hais
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of Nicolas Hayes
and Marguerite (Folsch) Folchs
Sister of
Marguerite Hayes and Magdalen Hayes
Wife of
Joseph Silvestre
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Francoise (Silvestre) Aucoin and Marie Jeanne Sylvestre
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Oct 2012
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Biography
She was born about 1747 based on her age in the 1777 census.
Census Data
- 1777 Census of Opelousas Post [1], Family 12
- - Joseph Sylvestre, age 44; 26 cattle, 10 horses, 0 hogs, 0 sheep
- - Catherine Ayre, wife, 30
- - Marie, daughter, [no age]
Sources
- ↑ Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts (Ville Platte, Louisiana, 1987) citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300
- Relationship to parents and sister: https://louisianalineage.com/102018_Doc_WhoWasMargueriteHayesHayer_CollaboratedWithGlenSaucier.pdf
- Ronald Guillory, no sources given.
- Baptism of son: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS5G-P1MM : 14 January 2020), Catherine Hais in entry for Francois Sylvestre, 1777.
- Baptism of daughter: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS5G-P12M : 14 January 2020), Catherine Haile in entry for Marie Jeanne Sylvestre, 1780.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Anonymous (Guillory) Dupre
:
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup H4a, MitoYDNA ID Z12199 [compare] - Anonymous High :
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup H4a
- Anonymous Dupre :
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup H4a
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jackie (Pousson) Cheng :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Rita (Lemoine) Tolbert :
23andMe, GEDmatch KF1645446 [compare]
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- Parents of Hayes-1989 (H4a mtDNA) Jan 9, 2024.
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Anonymous (Guillory) Dupre
Maternal haplogroup testing of anyone in her sisters' maternal lines can finally confirm her relationship to her parents and sisters.
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by Anonymous (Guillory) Dupre
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Categories: 1777 Census, Opelousas, Louisiana