Adelaide Eulalie (Boyer) Abshire (abt. 1815 - aft. 1870)

Born about 1815 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Edouard Abshire — married 16 Oct 1832 in Lafayette, Louisiana

Descendants

Died after 1870 after about age 55 in Louisiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Eulalie (Boyer) Abshire lived in Louisiana.

Adelaide Eulalie Boyer, who mostly went by Eulalie or Lila (pronounced "Lela"), was born in Lafayette, Louisiana c.1815. ^[1] She was a daughter of John "Jacques" Boyer and Anne Francoise Abshire. Her mother was a daughter of the first Louisiana John Abshire and Frances Hargrave. Eulalie's father, John Boyer, is less well-known. Was his name even Boyer? Or was it Bourg, Bourque, Barque, or Brayer, as some records spelled it? There is a theory that John Boyer's family immigrated to southwest Louisiana from the Carolinas with the Drakes and others (her sister Rosalie married a Drake); that they were Melungeons, called Redbones in Louisiana. The different spellings of his name on his records suggests that his language (possibly English) was different from that of the locals.

Eulalie married her cousin Edward Abshire on 16 October, 1832 in Lafayette, Louisiana.^[2]

Children of the marriage:

1. Jackson Abshire (1837)
2. Marianne Abshire (c.1841)
3. Roseanne Abshire (c.1843)
4. Sebastien Abshire (1845)
5. Lucianne Abshire (c.1848)
6. Augustus Abshear (c.1852)
7. Felicianne Abshear (c.1855)
8. John Abshire (c.1858)

The family lived in Vermilion Parish in 1850, with five children.^[3] She'd had three more children-- though the youngest wasn't listed-- and was widowed by 1860.^[4]

She and her two youngest children were living in her daughter and son-in-law's household by 1870.^[5]

She died sometime after 1870.

Sources

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

   BRAYER, Adelaide (Jacques & Anne ABSHEAR [ABSHIRE]) bt. 26 Jan. 1831 at age 15 yrs. Spons: Edouard MIRRE & Aspasie THIBODEAUX. Fr. Laurent PEYRETTI (Laf. Ch.: v.3, p.285, #8)

2. ↑ Hebert, SWLR. Note that her surname is spelled differently in the corresponding entries:
   • BOURG, Eulalie (John & Ann ABSHIRE) m. 16 Oct. 1832 Edward ABSHIRE (Laf. Ct. Hse.: Mar. #80)
   • ABSHIRE, Edward (John & Peggy CAMACIAN) [sic] m. 16 Oct. 1832 Eulalie BARQUE. (Laf. Ct. Hse.: Mar. #80)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCJ6-1HT : 9 November 2014), Lila Boyer in household of Edward Abshire, Vermilion parish, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing family 9, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   Edward Abshire Male 30 Louisiana

   Lila Boyer Female 28 Louisiana

   Jackson Abshire Male 10 Louisiana

   Maryann Abshire Female 9 Louisiana

   Rosy Ann Abshire Female 7 Louisiana

   Eastin Abshire Male 5 Louisiana

   Lucy Ann Abshire Female 2 Louisiana

   Archille Monchette Male 28 France

4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFPF-SW4 : 30 December 2015), Ulilee Abshear, 1860.

   Ulilee Abshear Female 35 Louisiana

   Sebastan Abshear Male 15 Louisiana

   Lucien Abshear Female 13 Louisiana

   Augustus Abshear Male 8 Louisiana

   Philisee Abshear Female 5 Louisiana

5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M87G-26V : 17 October 2014), Lela Abshire in household of Jacob Hays, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 61, family 441, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,033.

   Jacob Hays Male 35 Texas

   Lucy Ann Hays Female 20 Louisiana

   Laura Ann Hays Female 3 Louisiana

   Missouri Hays Female 1 Louisiana

   Lela Abshire Female 50 Louisiana

   Felicien Abshire Female 15 Louisiana

   John Abshire Male 12 Louisiana