Marie Celestine Cormier, daughter of Elisee Cormier and Marie Christine Johnson, was born on 24 November 1822 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Her baptism on 7 June 1823 was recorded at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Grand Coteau. Father Francois Cellini performed the ceremony, which was witnessed by Ursin Bijou and Therese Ritter, her godparents.[1]
She never learned to read or write.[2]
She married Gerand Lanclos, son of Jean Alexandre Lanclos and Marie Louise Hargroder, in St. Landry Parish. They applied for a license to marry on 29 April 1840 in Opelousas, and were married on 14 May 1840 in Grand Coteau.[3]
Celestine was widowed in 1856.[4]
She was enumerated as the head of a household during the 1860 census in St. Landry Parish, with her children. She was a Planter and slaveholder, with real estate valued at $1,000 and personal property valued at $7,000, including eight slaves.[2][5]
She next married Theodule Lalonde, son of Louis Lalonde and Carmelite Saizan, in St. Landry Parish. They obtained a marriage license on 14 January 1862 in Opelousas,[6]
and were married on 4 February 1862 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Grand Coteau.[7]
There were no children of this marriage.
Celestine died at age 40 on 27 May 1863 in Grand Coteau.[8]
Application for probate of her estate was filed on 22 July 1863, in Opelousas.[9]
Slaves
She owned eight enslaved people according to the 1860 census.[5]
Their identities have not yet been researched, but might be found in her 1863 succession record, or possibly her husband's 1856 succession record:
Black Female, age 65
Black Male, age 45
Black Female, age 35
Black Female, age 17
Black Male, age 8
Black Female, age 6
Black Female, age 4
Black Female, age 2
Sources
↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD") (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);
↑ 2.02.1 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 18 Feb 2021), household of Celestine Cormier, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, pp. 177-178, family 1159; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication M653, roll 424; FHL microfilm 803,424
LANCLOS, Geront d. 29 June 1856 at age 35 - 40 yrs. (GC Ch.: v. 1, p. 110)
↑ 5.05.1 "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 16 Oct 2019), slaveowner name Celestine Cormier, St. Landry, Louisiana, p. 36, col. 1, line 23 ; FHL microfilm 803,431
CORMIER, Celestine m. Gerand LANCLOS Succ. dated 22 July 1863 (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Succ. # 2612)
DNA
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 13.3 cM segment on chromosome 4, consisting of Deb (Burch) McCarter and S McLaughlin, her 5th cousin, and R Broussard, her 5th cousin. (S McLaughlin and R Broussard are 5th cousins.) These matches have been independently verified by via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestors are Anaclet Cormier and Magdeleine Richard, the 4x great grandparents of both Deb (Burch) McCarter and S McLaughlin and 4x great grandparents of R Broussard.
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