Marguerite Mayeaux (or Mayeux) was born about 1732 in Pointe Coupée Post, Louisiana, Nouvelle-France, a daughter of Pierre Francois Mayeux (c.1697–1747) and Marie Francoise Cellier (c.1707–1739).
Marguerite died on March 12, 1812 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, aged about 79.[3]
Sources
↑Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 1b, Pointe Coupée Records, 1722-1769, Emelie G. Leumas, ed., (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of B.R., 2002) p. 122;
Marguerite Mayeux (Pierre Mayeux, decd., and Marie Anne SELLIER) of this parish, m. 2 June 1749 Antoine PATIN (Antoine PATIN and Gasparde MOINETTE, both decd.) native of Bayou goulas, widower of Marie Anne Rondeau; wit. Joseph Provost, brother-in-law; George Baron; Paul Morau; Louis LaVallee; Lambreumont (PCP-1, 93) also (PCP-2, 39a).
↑Full prenom and birth of a son: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WJ-T55 : 14 January 2020), Anne Marguerite Mayeux in entry for Pierre Patin, 1760.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182164285/marguerite-mayeux: accessed 01 December 2023), memorial page for Marguerite Mayeux (1735–12 Mar 1817), Find a Grave Memorial ID 182164285, citing Saint Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery, Pointe Coupee, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ric 4849 (contributor 48282444).
See also:
Riffel, Judy, et al, A History of Pointe Coupee Parish (Baton Rouge: La Comite des Archives de la Louisiana, 1983), p. 259.
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