Jean Baptiste Champagne I (abt. 1700 - bef. 1803)

Born about 1700 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France [uncertain]

Husband of Catherine Schaaf — married 1738 in St. Charles, Louisiana

Husband of Marie Magdeleine Chaillier — married 23 Apr 1744 in New Orleans, Orleans, LA

Descendants

Died before 25 Apr 1803 before about age 103 in Louisiana

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Biography

Jean-Baptiste Champagne pére

According to extant records, the first Louisiana Jean Baptiste Champagne was a native of Artel in Champagne Masarin, Parish of St. Nicolas, Bishopric of Rheims, and the son of Pierre Champagne and Antoinette Thibaut. Presumably, he would have been born ca. 1700-1710. An attempt was made by Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. to obtain records from France, but the records of the town of Dartel were destroyed.^[1]

Marriage (1): Catherine Chauffe, Schaaf aka Mouton

Children:

1. Jean Baptiste Champagne II b. c 1742
2. Nicolas Champagne

Step-Children from Catherine's first marriage to Bonvillain:

1. Louis Bonvillain
2. Jacques Bonvillain

Marriage (2): Madeleine Chaillier ^[2][3]

We find further evidence of their marriage and a bit more about Jean Baptiste from the birth record for their sons, Jean-Baptiste and Nicolas.^[4]

Children:

1. Jean-Baptiste CHAMPAGNE b: ABT JAN 1745
2. Pierre Francois CHAMPAGNE b: 14 NOV 1746
3. Nicolas Francois CHAMPAGNE b: 05 OCT 1749
4. Marie Marguerite CHAMPAGNE b: 29 DEC 1752 in LA

Genealogy of CHAMPAGNEs, St. Charles Parish:^[5]

Jean-Baptiste

Husband of: Perrine Chauf [Catherine]

Father of: Jean-Baptiste Champagne père

Jean-Baptiste Champagne père (native of New Orleans, 28 in 1770)

Son of: Jean-Baptiste Champagne and Perrine Chauf

Husband of: Charlotte Edelmeier

Father of: Jean-Baptiste Champagne fils, André, Pierre, François, Doroté, Paul, Elie, Honoré and Evariste

Jean-Baptiste Champagne fils (d. Oct. 30, 1797)

Son of: Jean-Baptiste Champagne père and Charlotte Edelmeier

Husband of: Catherine Waguespack

Father of: Adélaïde, Eugene, Céleste, Jean Baptiste III and Marianne

Jean Baptiste III

Son of: Jean-Baptiste Champagne fils and Catherine Waguespack

Research

Pierre CHAMPAGNE of Rethal, Champagne, Parish of St. Nicolas, Bishopric of Rheims, France

Note the following hasn't been verified:

Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana dated 26-10-1745---Jean Baptiste Champagne was granted "procuration giving his attorney full power to obtain an accounting of his father's succession and the successions that may have come to him. The Document states that his parents were the "deceased Pierre Champagne and Antoinette Thibaut, a native of Artel in Champagne, Parish of St. Nicolas, Bishopric of Rheims" It appears that both parents were deceased at this time.

Burial: From Find a Grave Memorial: "Body lost or destroyed"; Born about 1715/ ^[6]

Links to these children's memorials:

1. Jean Baptiste Champagne 1742–1803
2. Pierre Francois Champagne 1746 – unknown
3. Nicolas Francois Champagne 1749 – unknown
4. Perrine Champagne Dupuy 1750–1778
5. Marie Marguerite Champagne 1752 – unknown

Sources

1. ↑ Barbara Allen, Falgoust: A History and Genealogy of the Falgoust and Falgout Families of France and Louisiana: 1555-1988,(Metairie, LA: Barbara Allen, 1988) NOTE: Online Article published on reo cities but no longer accessible.
2. ↑ Orleans Parish Marriages

   Text: Champagne, Jean Baptiste, Chaillir, Magdelaine, Apr 22, 1744

3. ↑ Alice Daly Forsyth, Louisiana Marriage Contracts: A Compilation of Abstracts from records of the Superior Council of Louisiana During the French Regime, 1725 - 1758, (New Orleans LA: Polyanthos, 1980) p. 120

   April 22, 1744

   Sieur Jean Baptiste Champagne,widower of the deceased Catherine Mouton [Schaaf], Corporal in the Company of de Blanc, son of the deceased Pierre Champagne and of Antoinette Che........, a native of Arles in Champagne

   with

   Magdelaine Chaillier, minor daughter of Francois Chaillier and of Francoise Cassen, her father and mother, a native of Quebec in Canada.

   Consenting for Sieur Champagne - Seigneur Messire Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of this Province, giving his permission of this day the twenty-second of this month.

   And for the lady Chaillier - Antoine Milet and Andre Senson (?), her friends, acting in lieu of her deceased parents.

   Signing - Louis Bauder...., Rene Antoine, Chantalon, Cantrelle,

   Henry, Notary.
4. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Volume 1, 1718-1750, Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, (New Orleans, LA: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1993) p. 45

   CHAMPAGNE

   • Text: Jean Baptiste (Jean Baptiste and Magdeleine Challier), b. Feb. 6, 1745, S. [*] Genelle [@Chenelez?] and Marieane [@Marieanne] Piquery [@Picquery] )SLC, B2, 32)
   • Text: Nicolas Francois (Jean Baptiste, soldier in the company of La Tour, and Magdeleine Chayer), b. Oct. 6, 1749, bn. Oct. 5, 1749, s. Nicolas Francois Moreau and Anne Catherine Wiltz (SLC, B2, 167)
5. ↑ Glenn R. Conrad, St. Charles Civil Records, 1700-1803, (Lafayette, Louisiana: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1974) p. 426
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 25 December 2020), memorial page for Jean Baptiste Champagne Sr. (1715–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #181933368; Maintained by Bobbie Hymel Wade (contributor 48267537). Body lost or destroyed. retrieved 25 December 2020

• Source: CONRADGlenn R. Conrad; "St. Charles Civil Records, 1700-1803"; University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1974

• St. Charles Original Acts, 1803, entry No. 1873 04-25-03. p. 372

Testment of Jean-Baptiste Campagne Pere. "...son of the late Jean-Baptiste Campagne and the late Perine Chauf, former residents of New Orleans..."

• "Louisiana Census and Militia Lists"; Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.; 1973; Page: 1770 First Company of Germans, #111, p. 71