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Marie Louise Rachal (1737)

Marie Louise Rachal aka Charpentier, Gallien, Cloutier
Born in Natchitoches, Louisiana, New Francemap
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Wife of — married 8 Jan 1752 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisianamap
Wife of — married 2 Mar 1767 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana,map
Wife of — married 30 May 1785 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, Viceroyalty of New Spainmap
Descendants descendants
Died [date unknown] in Natchitoches, Louisiana, New Spainmap
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Biography

Marie Louise Rachal was born to Pierre Rachal and Marie Anne Benoist on 27 July 1737 and baptized the next day.[1]

She married Pierre Noel Gallien on 8 January 1752 in Natchitoches, Louisiana.[2]

Their known children:

  1. Marie Catherine Gallien Anty (1760)
  2. Infant (b/d 1762)[3]
  3. Nicolas Gallien (1763)

Pierre Noel died c.1763.

She married her second husband, Alexis Cloutier, on 2 March 1767 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana.[4]

Their known children:

  1. Louis Joseph (Rachal) Cloutier (1765) baptized with surname Rachal, acknowledged at parents' marriage.[5]
  2. Helene Cloutier (1767)[6] She wed Ambroise Lecomte[7]
  3. Alexis Cloutier (1769)[8]
  4. Julienne Cloutier (c.1773)[9]
  5. Jean Pierre Cloutier (1775)

Her husband Alexis died before 1783.

She married Pierre Charpentier on 30 May 1785.[10]

Any children of this marriage are so far unknown.

Her death information is unknown except that it occurred after her marriage of 30 May 1785.

Sources

  1. Elizabeth Shown Mills, Natchitoches, Vol. II: Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803, (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977) p.11;
    78. MARIE LOUISE RACHAL, July 28, 1737, baptism of Marie Louise, born July 27, 1737, legitimate daughter of Pierre Rachal dit St. Denys, corporal of the garrison, and Marie Anne Benoit. Godparents: Pierre Alorge (s), sergeant, and Marie Dauphine (x).
  2. Shown Mills, Natchitoches, Vol. II, p. 88;
    721. PIERRE NOEL GALLIEN / MARIE RACHAL, January 8, 1752, after three bans, marriage of Pierre Noel Gallien (x), native of Quebec, parish of Beauport, bishopric of Quebec, legitimate son of Pierre Gallien, a native of Quebec and of Marie Morier, a native of the Isle d'Oriant.... and .... Marie Rachal (x), a native of Natchitoches, legitimate daughter of Pierre Rachel dit St. Denis, soldier, a native of the Isle d'Oleron, and Marie Anne Benoit, native of Paris. Witnesses: Alorge (s), Dominique [Monteche](x), Etienne, Antoine Bouchard (s).
  3. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Pointe Coupee Records,1722-1769, Volume 1b ("DOBR, 1b"), Emilie G. Leumas, ed., (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 2002) p.75;
    [omitted] Gallien (Sieur Gallien) infant, bn. and bt. at the home of Gallien, the elder, bur. 21 Feb 1762 (PCP-3,108) also (PCP-1,231).
  4. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Pointe Coupee Records,1722-1769, Volume 1b ("DOBR, 1b"), Emilie G. Leumas, ed., (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 2002) pp. 37 & 154;
    • Alexis Cloutier (parents not given) native L'Islet de Bon Secours, Quebec, m. 2 March 1767, Marie RACHAL (parents not given) native of Natchitoches, widow of Noel Gallien. wit. Alexis Cloutier; Marie Rachal; Acknowledged child: Louis, baptised 31 May 1765 (PCP-4,15) also (PCP-223).
    • Marie Rachal (parents not given) native of Natchitoches, widow of Noel Gallien, M. 2 March 1767, Alexis Cloutier (parents not given) native of L'Islet de Bon Secours, Quebec wit. Alexis Cloutier; Marie Rachal; Benoist; Devere; Guichardue; Pourciau; Acknowledge child: Louis, baptised 31 May 1765 (PCP-4,15) also (PCP-3,223).
  5. DOBR, Vol. 1b, p.154;
    Louis Joseph Rachel (Marie Rachel, widow of Noel Gallien) bn. 14 May 1765, bt 31 May 1765 spo. Louis Joseph Lamatthe and Marie Gremillion (PCP-1,280) also (PCP-3, 190) acknowledged as child of Alexis Cloutier 2 Mar 1767.
  6. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Pointe Coupee Records,1722-1769, Volume 1b ("DOBR, 1b"), Emilie G. Leumas, ed., (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 2002) p. 37;
    Helene Cloutier (Alexis Cloutier and Marie Louise Rachal) bn. 16 Oct 1767 bt 28 Dec 1767 spo. Sieur Guichardeau and Julie Petit, wife of Sieur Pradier (PCP-4,22) also (PCP-3,242).
  7. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Polyanthos: New Orleans, 1977, p.137;
    1072. AMBROSIO LE COMPTE / ELENA CLOUQUIE [CLOUTIER]
    December 15, 1783, marriage of Ambrosio LeCompte (s), native and citizen of this parish, legitimate son of Juan Bauta. Le Compte and Margarita Le Roy ...and... Elen Clouquie (x), native of Punta Contado [Pointe Coupee], legitimate daughter of deceased Alexos Clouquie and Maria Rachal, residents of the same parish. 3 bans. Witnesses: Andres David (s), Santiago Rachal (x), Domingo Davion (x).
  8. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Pointe Coupee Records,1722-1769, Volume 1b ("DOBR, 1b"), Emilie G. Leumas, ed., (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 2002) p.137;
    Alexis Cloutier (Alexis Cloutier and Marie Rachal) bn. 10 July 1769 bt 30 July 1769 spo. Augustine Gamache and Perine Champigneul (PCP-4,45) also (PCP-2, 85a).
  9. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records 1770-1803, Vol. 2, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 2009) p.194;
    CLOUTIER Julienne (Alexis & ...asie Rachal) bt. 9 Sept. 1773, bn. not given, spo. Jan Marcotte & Charlotte Ubre' (SJA-1,21).
  10. Shown Mills, Natchitoches, Vol. II, p.140;
    1089. PEDRO CHARPENTIER / MARIA RACHAL, May 30, 1785, marriage of Pedro Charpentier (s), native of Montreal, legitimate son of Joseph Charpentier, and Maria Saint Amour...and... Maria Rachal, widow of Alexos Cloutie, habitant of this parish. 3 bans. Witnesses: Juan Bautista Roujot (s), and Luis Rachal (s).

See also:

  • "Louisiana Ahnentafel, Ancestor Charts and Family Group Sheets" published by The Natchitoches Genealogy and Historical Society 1982




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Rachel-194 and Rachal-91 appear to represent the same person because: Same Person--keep spelling and bio, etc. from Rachal-91 the project profile
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Rejected matches › Angélique Charpentier (1736-1813)

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