Marie Jeanne Aucoin (1785 - 1874)

Born 13 Feb 1785 in Saint-Servan, Bretagne, France

Ancestors

Wife of Antoine Bellard — married 9 Nov 1802 in Opelousas,Saint Landry,Louisiana,USA

Descendants

Died 1874 at about age 88 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Marie Jeanne Aucoin migrated from France to Louisiana.

Marie Jeanne Aucoin is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, at Plaque 11 R. ^[1]

She was the first child of Jean Baptiste Aucoin and Marie Marguerite Forêt, born at Saint-Servan, Bretagne, France, near Saint-Malo, on 13 February 1785. ^{[citation needed]} Later that year her family immigrated to the Spanish-ruled colony of Louisiana, arriving at the port of New Orleans on December 3, 1785. She and her parents were passengers aboard La Ville d'Arcangel. ^[1]

She grew up in Louisiana, where she met and married Antoine Bellard at the Opelosas Post in 1802.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 43
2. ↑ Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1740-1900 ("SWLR"), CD #101 (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publications Division, 2001)

   AUCOIN, Marie - single, native and living in this parish (dec. Jean Baptiste AUCOUIN & Marie FORET) m. 9 Nov. 1802 Antoine BELLARD - single, of this Post (Antoine & Marie TRAHAN) Wits: Joseph LEJEUNE, Placide RICHARD, Romain DE LA FOSSE. Fr. Louis BUHOT (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.112)

See Also:

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Aucoin-42 created through the import of Rider_Deshotel Family 040809.ged on Jul 21, 2011 by Nadine Rider. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Nadine and others.