Pierre Clement Percy (1825 - 1886)

Born 22 Nov 1825 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Magdalena Adelaide (Poree) Percy — married about 1849 in Tampico, Mexico

Husband of Louisa Amelia (Castaigne) Percy — married about 1866 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1886 at age 60 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Pierre Percy is a part of US Black heritage.

Pierre Clement Percy was born in 1825 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His parents were Antoine Flavien Percy and Adele Paigne. Documents state that he was a plasterer. He also lived in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, where his wives and some of his children were born.

He married Magdalena Adelaide Poree before 1864. ^{[citation needed]} They had a family in Mexico.

Their known children were:

1. Peter Percy (c.1851)
2. Joseph Percy (c.1854)
3. Elvina Percy (1864)^[1]
4. Angelina Isabella Percy (1865)

Pierre Clement Percy's second wife was Louisa Amelia Castaigne. They married in 1866 and raised their children in New Orleans.

Their children were:

1. Florentine Percy (1866)
2. Felix Percy
3. Aristide Percy
4. Hortense Percy
5. Octavia Percy
6. Clementine Percy
7. Augustine Percy (1879)
8. Florinda Percy

They were living in New Orleans from at least 1870^[2] through 1880.^[3][4]

He died at the age of 60 on January 30 1886.^{[citation needed]}

DNA

• 23andMe DNA Relatives confirms the 2nd cousin relationship between Denyse Baham and D Danos. (67 cM, 5 segments) See attached image.

This confirms their common ancestor Pierre Clement Percy.

• Triangulation between Denyse Baham, Beryl Burnette Pratts, and Darleen Danos confirm their common ancestor Pierre Clement Percy.

These three DNA testers share segments of 4 chromosomes - 2, 6, 14, and 21.

Sources

1. ↑ "México bautismos, 1560-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2XP-LTR : accessed 29 October 2015), Pier Persi in entry for Alvina Persi Pose, 20 Feb 1865; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 638,747.
2. ↑
   • Ancestry, "1870 United States Federal Census," Census Place: New Orleans Ward 3, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: M593_520; Page: 468A; Image: 137; Family History Library Film: 552019
   • "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M874-XBW : 29 May 2021), Peter Perscy, 1870.

   Peter Perscy, M, 46, Louisiana, Mulatto

   Louisa Perscy, F, 25, Louisiana

   Peter Perscy, M, 19, Louisiana

   Joseph Perscy, M, 16, Louisiana

   Elvina Perscy, F, 6, Louisiana

   Florentine Perscy, F, 4, Louisiana

   Felix Perscy, M, 0, Louisiana

   Louisa Simon, F, 58, Louisiana

   Eagar Yarrow, M, 15, Louisiana

3. ↑ "1873 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," New Orleans, Louisiana, City Directory, 1873
4. ↑ "1880 United States Federal Census," Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, full citation needed

• "New Orleans, Louisiana, Death Records Index, 1804-1949," full citation needed.