Joseph Guillame Malborough (abt. 1760 - 1840)

Born about 1760 in Berks County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Died 8 Dec 1840 at about age 80 in Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Josef Guillame Malbrough was of German heritage, probably born in Pennsylvania, based on his 1761 baptism record from Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Immigration Record from Maryland to Louisiana ^[1]

Name: Nicolas Marcoff

Age: 62

Birth Year: abt 1707

Arrival year: 1769

Arrival Place: New Orleans, Louisiana

Primary Immigrant: Marcoff, Nicolas

Family Members: Wife Channe 45; Son Jean George 19; Daughter Marie 15; Son Joseph 10; Son Francois 8

Source Publication Code: 4656

Source Bibliography: "LIST OF GERMAN AND ACADIAN FAMILIES Who Went by an English Vessel to New Orleans to Settle...1769." In New Orleans Genesis, vol. 22 (July 1983), pp. 370-373.

Household Members: Name Relation

Nicolas Marcoff

Channe Marcoff Wife

Francois Marcoff Son

Marie Marcoff Daughter

Jean George Marcoff Son

Joseph Marcoff Son

Francois Marcoff Son

Birth Record for Daughter Maria Josefa ^[2]

Name: Maria Josefa Malbrou

Event Type: Christening

Event Date: 6 May 1787

Event Place: Saint James, St. James, Louisiana, United States

Event Place (Original): Saint James, Saint James, Louisianna

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 13 Apr 1787

Father's Name: Josef Malbrou

Mother's Name: Angela Cuturie

Book Number: 976.3 K29C V. 2

Birth Record for Daughter Maria Catharina ^[3]

Name: Maria Catharina Malbrou

Event Type: Christening

Event Date: 15 Dec 1788

Event Place: Saint James, St. James, Louisiana, United States

Event Place (Original): Saint James, Saint James, Louisianna

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 12 Nov 1788

Father's Name: Josef Malbrou

Mother's Name: Angela Coturier

Book Number: 976.3 K29C V. 2

Birth Record for Son Antonio ^[4]

Name: Antonio Malbrou

Event Type: Christening

Event Date: 7 Feb 1791

Event Place: Saint James, St. James, Louisiana, United States

Event Place (Original): Saint James, Saint James, Louisianna

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 14 Jan 1791

Father's Name: Josef Malbrou

Mother's Name: Angela Cuturie

Book Number: 976.3 K29C V. 2

Birth Record for Son Leon Benjamin ^[5]

Name: Leon Benjamin Malbrough

Event Type: Christening

Event Date: 12 Apr 1804

Event Place: Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States

Event Place (Original): Plattenville, Assumption, Louisianna

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 29 Jan 1804

Father's Name: Josef Malbrough

Mother's Name: Angela Couturier

Book Number: 976.3 K29C V.3

1810 United States Federal Census ^[6]

Name: Joseph Marlborough

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1810

Event Place: Lafourche, Louisiana, United States

Page: 196

1820 United States Federal Census ^[7]

Name: Joseph Malbro

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1820

Event Place: Lafourche, Louisiana, United States

Page: 120

Prior to their deaths, Joseph Malborough and his wife Angelique Couturier gave each of their children parcels of land. The distribution is outlined below.

Terrebonne Court Record No. 193 ^[8]

No. 193 Pg. 170 On January 31, 1824 a partition and donation by Joseph MALBOROUGH, and Angelique COUTURIER his wife, with widow Nicholas LIRET; Marie Catherine, wife of Jean ROBICHOT, hereby authorizing his said wife; Antoine MALBOROUGH; Marie Magelaine, widow of Charles LEBLANC; Nicholas J. B. MALBROUGH; Joseph Guillaume MALBROUGH; and Benjamin Leon MALBROUGH, in presence of H. M. THIBODAUX, Pierre GAUTIER and William HAMMOND, declared:

• 1. To Francois MALBROUGH 3 Arpens fronting on left side of Bayou Terrebonne, with depth as the certificate of confirmation calls for, bounded above by land of Joseph MALBROUGH and below by land of Francois MALBROUGH.
• 2. To Marie Joseph MALBROUGH, widow of Nicholas LIRET, 3 1/2 Arpens fronting on right side of Bayou Terrebonne, with depth as the certificate of confirmation calls for, bounded above by land of Marie Catherine wife of Jean ROBICHOT and below by land of Nicholas J. B. MALBROUGH.
• 3. To Marie Catherine MALBROUGH, wife of Nicholas J. B. ROBICHOT, 3 1/2 Arpens fronting on Bayou Terrebonne, to depth certificate of confirmation calls for, bounded above by land of Antoine MALBROUGH and below by land of Marie Joseph, widow Nicholas LIRET.
• 4. To Antoine MALBROUGH 3 1/2 Arpens ajoining the last described land, bounded above by Pierre BERGERON and below by land of Jean ROBICHOT.
• 5. To Marie Magdelaine, widow Charles LEBLANC, 3 Arpens fronting on the left side of Bayou Terrebonne, to depth as the certificate of confirmation calls for, bounded above by land of William HAMMOND and below by land of Guillaume J. MALBROUGH.
• 6. To Joseph Guillaume MALBROUGH land, ajoining [sic] the above land, to wit, 3 Arpens front on Bayou Terrebonne, to depth the certificte of confirmation calls for, bounded above by land of widow Charles LEBLANC and below by land of Benjamin MALBROUGH.
• 7. To Nicholas J. B. MALBROUGH 3 1/2 Arpens fronting on right side of Bayou Terrebonne, with depth as the certificate of confirmation calls for, bounded above by land of widow LIRET and below by land of William HAMMOND.
• 8. To Benjamin Leon MALBROUGH a tract of land fronting on Bayou Terrebonne, to depth certificate of confirmation calls for, bounded above by land of Guillaume MALBROUGH and below by land of Joseph MALBROUGH and wife Angelique COUTURIER.

Witnessed by Henry N. THIBODAUX, Pierre GAUTIER and William HAMMOND.

1830 United States Federal Census ^[9]

Name: Joseph Mlborough

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1830

Event Place: Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States

Page: 128

Research Notes

• Arpent: an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.^[10]

• Toise: an old French unit of length equal to 6 French feet, 6.396 U.S. feet, or 1.949 meters^[11]

Find original source for the following passenger manifest:

Passenger Manifest for Brittania, 1769, Maryland to Louisiana ^[12]

German Families

Dr. Glenn Conrad wrote an an article about the Germans on the Ship Britannia and others that appeared in Les Voyageurs, Vol. III, No. 4, December 1982, pp. 85-88. This article corrected information that had been published by J. Hanno Deiler in "The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and The Creoles of German Descent" - See German Settlers in Louisiana [Note: the article also contains additional information about the time at Espiritu Santo Bay and the overland trek].

The list of names is contained on pages 140-142 of Annual Report of the American Historical Association 1945, in Four Volumes, Volume II: Spain in the Mississippi Valley, 1765-1794, Part I, The Revolutionary Period, 1765-1781 edited by Lawrence Kinnaird. [Notes added by host].

Name and age: Nicolas Marcoff - 62 [Marhober - became Malborough, Malbrough, Malbrou], Channe, his wife - 45 [Note: Christine Ory] Jean George, their son - 19 Marie, their daughter - 15 Marie Madeleine (relation not given) - 12 Joseph Marcoff, their son - 10, Francois Marcoff, their son - 8 Jean Augustin Marcoff (5 months)

Origin of Acadians

Original Acadians were of French heritage living in northeast Canada, including Nova Scotia. After the British won the French and Indian War, the French Acadians were expelled. The first round of people expelled were sent to the colonies, namely Maryland. While some remained in Maryland, a number of families took another ship to New Orleans. in 1769, that area was a part of Spain. The newly arrived immigrants obtained land grants from the Spanish Governor and settled in what is now Iberville, Louisiana. ^[13]

On page 210 of the Berks Co. Church records by Rev. Waldschmidt ,he is listed as Marsober at the time of his marriage to Anna Christine Urich Owrey, Horry, Orich,Oree and Ory]. The records is as follows: page 210 Nicholas Marsober married. Anna Christine, d/o Frantz Urich, who was pregnant by him, on 26 August 1753, by Rev Waldschmidt. ^[14]

Nicolas is listed as Marhober in a different translation of the same record of 1753. This record was translated by Luther Kelker and was in the book titled "Baptismal, Marriage Records Rev John Waldschmidt Cocalico Moden Krick, Weisseichen Land and Seltenriech 1752-1786". ^[14]

In 1761 baptism record for a son [probably Joseph] he is listed as Marhoffer. "La Bretana" [1-05-1769], Nicolas is listed as Mancoff [Manhoffer]. ^[14]

He is referred to as Nicolas Marcoff in the research "Some Maryland Germans who settled in Louisiana", done by Director of the Center for Louisiana Studies at USL, Glenn R. Conrad. In his article, Conrad mentions that it corrects information from an early work "The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana" written by J. Hanno Dieler; in which Nicolas is referred to as Nicolas Markoff [or Mannhofer] and as Pierre Nicolas. In various church records in Louisiana he and family are listed as sometimes Marouff,Malbru, Malbro ,Mairouff,Mannhofer, Marphole, Maroffe, Marant , Maran. ^[14]

The family is listed as Nicholas Marcoff and Marie Christine Ory in records on their arrival at Natchitoches, Louisiana in Septemb er of 1769 from the presidio at Goliad,Texas, where they were forced to work by the Spanish. They were listed with 6 children: Jean George 1750, Marie 1754, Marie Magdeleine 1757, Joseph 1759, Francios 1761 and Jean 1769 born at Ft. San Antonio, Texas. Note that the birth date year of 1754 for Marie is probably correct, since her mother is pregnant in Aug. of 1753 when she marries Nicholas Marsober. Nicolas already has a son, Jean George, by the 1753 marriage date to Anna Christine Urich. A birth record for Jean George has not been found or a prior marriage record for Nicolas.^[14]

On the death record [May 11, 1796 ] for his wife the following is written: Maria Christine Hourry [Ory, H'Ourry, Orvie], age 77 yrs. and widow of Nicholas Malbrou, native or "Natural"of Louisburg in Germany. Is this perhaps the Louisburg in Nova Scotia?^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Nicolas Marcoff, age 62, born about 1707, arrived 1769 in New Orleans, Louisiana with wife and 5 children; Place: New Orleans, Louisiana; Year: 1769; Page Number: 370. Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
2. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-FBV : 14 January 2020), Angela Cuturie in entry for Maria Josefa Malbrou, 1787.
3. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-FBL : 14 January 2020), Angela Coturier in entry for Maria Catharina Malbrou, 1788.
4. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-864 : 14 January 2020), Angela Cuturie in entry for Antonio Malbrou, 1791.
5. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-QWH : 14 January 2020), Angela Couturier in entry for Leon Benjamin Malbrough, 1804.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2C-CDV : accessed 7 May 2020), Joseph Marlborough, Lafourche, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 196, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 181,355.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLP-N5D : accessed 7 May 2020), Joseph Malbro, Lafourche, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 120, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 30; FHL microfilm 181,356.
8. ↑ Terrebonne Genealogical Society, Conveyance Records Acts 1-200, No. 193, partition and donation by Joseph MALBOROUGH, and Angelique COUTURIER, 31 January 1824, page 170.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPF-ZF1 : 12 August 2017), Joseph Mlborough, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States; citing 128, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 9,686.
10. ↑ Dictionary.com, see: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/arpent.
11. ↑ Merriam-Webster dictionary, see: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toise.
12. ↑ Passenger Manifest for Brittania, 1769, Maryland to Louisiana, Ancestry.com.
13. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5} https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/K459-TGD.