Marie Anne Azure was born circa Jul 1852 to Charles Azure and Nancy Grant. Baptism took place at Assumption Parish in Pembina, Dakota Territory on 31 Aug 1852, when she was one month old.[1]
At the time of the 1870 United States census, Marie Anne was enumerated along with her parents, siblings and extended family members near Fort Totten, Dakota Territory.[2]
Marie Anne married Jean Baptiste (Laverdure) Lavadure (son of Pierre Laverdure and Catherine Charette) at St. Joseph, Leroy, Pembina County, Dakota Territory on 7 Aug 1871.[3]
At the time of the 1880 United States census, Jean Baptiste and Marie Anne were enumerated at St. Peter's Mission, Montana, along with four of their children: Francoise, Nancy, Philip and Daniel.[4]
On 25 Jul 1900, Marie Anne (a resident of St. Peter's Mission, Montana) completed a declaration at Lethbridge, Alberta claiming Métis scrip.[5]
At the time of the 1920 census, Jean Baptiste and Marie Anne were enumerated at Phillips County, Montana.[6]
At the time of the 1930 census, Marie Anne (a widow) was enumerated at the household of her son Philip in Phillips County, Montana.[7]
Research Notes
The children of Jean Baptiste Laverdure and Marie Anne Azure include[8]:
Francoise Laverdure b. 8 Jun 1872, m. Francis Poulin (son of Alexander Poulin and Francoise Chicotte)
Baptiste Laverdure b. 2 Sep 1873, d. 1874
Nancy Laverdure b. 28 Sep 1875, d. May 1892
Philip Laverdure b. 11 Aug 1877, m. Anne Sinclair (daughter of David Sinclair and Mary McDonald)
Daniel Laverdure b. 1880
Solomon Laverdure b. circa 1882
George Laverdure b. 31 Dec 1882 m. Philomina Pepin (daughter of Cleophas Pepin and Marie Belgarde)
Catherine Laverdure b. Feb 1886, m. John Louis Azure (son of Francois Azure and Marie Berger)
Sources
↑ Morin, Gail. Assumption Parish, Pembina, ND 1848-1896 (Church Registers Book 1). Entry for Azure, Marie Anne: B-196, Marie Anne Azur, baptized 31 August 1852, age one month, legitimate daughter of Charles Azur and Nancy Grant, Godfather: Louis Godon, Godmother: Marie Anne Azur, G. A. Belcourt priest missionary. (page 76). (p. 8). Kindle Edition.
↑ Morin, Gail. Metis Families Volume 1 Adam - Bird (p. 117). Kindle Edition. citing Gail Morin, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, St. Joseph, Leroy, North Dakota, Diocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1870-1888, Book 1; pp. 12-3, Marriage record M3.
Morin, Gail. Metis Families Volume 1 Adam - Bird (pp 111, 116-8). Kindle Edition. for information on the Azure family
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