Marie Louise Sonnier (abt. 1767 - abt. 1823)

Born about 1767 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, New Spain

Ancestors

Wife of Theodore (Thibodeaux) Thibodeau — married 2 Jul 1782 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

Descendants

Died about 4 Jan 1823 at about age 56 in St Martinville, Saint Martin, Louisiana, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Marie Louise Sonnier is a descendant of an Acadian

Marie Louise Sonnier was born in 1767 in Opelousas, St Landry, Spanish Louisiana, a daughter of Sylvain Saulnier (~1738 - ~1801) and Marie Madeleine Bourg (1744 - 1814). She was three when they were counted on the census of 1771 in Attakapas, St. Martin, Louisiana;^[1] and nine on the census of May 1777 at the Opleousas Post in Louisiana.^[2]

Her known siblings were:

1. Sylvain Sonnier II (1771 - ~1829)
2. Celeste Sonnier (1772 - 1823)
3. Catherine Gertrude Sonnier (1774 - 1841)
4. Joseph Sonnier (1776 - 1866)
5. Etienne Sonnier (1779 - ~1780)
6. Charles Sonnier (~1781 - 1843)
7. Eloy Sonnier (1784 - 1836)
8. Louise Sonnier (~1786 - 1848)
9. Leufroy Sonnier (1788 - 1848)

Marie Louise married Theodore Thibodeaux (1761 - 1823) on 2 July 1782 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana.^[3]

Their known children were:

1. Nicolas Thibodeaux (1784)
2. Celeste Thibodeau (1786)
3. Marie Louise Thibodeaux (1788)
4. Scholastique (Thibodeaux) Toutcheque (1790)
5. Catherine Thibodeaux (1792)
6. Gertrude Thibodeau (1794)
7. Marie Arthemise Thibodeaux (1798)
8. Charles Treville Thibodeaux (1801)
9. Jean Thibodeaux (1803)
10. Marie Thibodeaux (1805)
11. Jean Valsin Thibodeaux (1807)
12. Etienne (Thibodeau) Thibodeaux (1811)

Marie Louise died on 4 January 1823 in St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, USA. ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Winston De Ville, Attakapas Post: The Census of 1771, (Baton Rouge, LA: Provincial Press, Claitor's Publishing, 2010) p. 9

   Transcription of Papales Procedentes de Cuba (in the Archives of the Indies, Seville, Spain), Legajo 188C

   Text: Silvain SAUNIER, 32; Olivier SAUNIER, 18 [half-brother of Sylvain]; Lange BOURG, 22 (or 21?) [brother of Madeleine]; Joseph BOURG, 20 [brother of Madeleine]; wife of Silvain SAUNIER, 24 [sic, for Madeleine BOURG]; Louise BOURG (entered as though she is wife of Olivier SAUNIER), 18 [sister of Madeleine]; (and the following as though children of Silvain SAUNIER and wife:)one son, 1½ [Sylvain]; and one daughter 3 [Marie Louise] [this girl]; (and the following as though child of SAUNIER-BOURG:) one son [sic, boy?], 8 [Joannise SAULNIER, half-brother of Sylvain]. They had 43 cattle, 15 horses, on 6 arpents without title.

2. ↑ Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts, (Ville Platte, LA: Author, 1987)

   Citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300)

   Text: [Household] 118

   Silvin SOGNYER, 40;

   Magdeleine BOURG, wife, 27 [sic].

   Garcons:

   Joannisse, 14 [Sylvain's half-brother];

   Silvin, 9;

   Joseph, 1.

   Filles:

   Marie, 10 [this girl];

   Celeste, 5;

   Gertrude, 3.

   Slaves: 2.

   [There were] 150 cattle, 11 horses, 45 hogs, 1 sheep.

3. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);

   SONNIER, Marie Louise (Silvere SAUNIER & Magdeleine BOURQUE - Acadians, of Opelousas) m. 2 July 1782 Theodore THIBODEAUX (Olivier & Magdeleine BROUSSARD - Acadians) Fr. Joseph ARAZENA (SM Ch.: v.2, #78)

Acknowledgments

KTH, Thibodeaux Children