Marie-Françoise Dizier (abt. 1724 - 1793)

Wife of Joseph Brazeau — married 29 Jul 1737 in Louisiana, New France

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1793 at about age 69 in St. Louis, Louisiana, New France

Biography

Marie-Françoise was born about 1724^[1]. She was the daughter of François Dizier and Marie Belliard^[2]. She passed away in1793^[3][4].

Research Notes

When Francoise BRAZEAU was buried at St. Louis in 1793, she was said to be 74 years old, so she could have been born as early as 1719.

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Sources

1. ↑ Louisiana Historical Quarterly (Louisiana Historical Society), Vol. 21 (1938), No. 2, pp. 586-604, Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana, Court Martial of Jean DUCOUTRAY; on p. 591, "Françoise DIZER, wife of Joseph BRAZEAU," says she is about twenty-eight years old. This is a long account of the theft of some hens from Françoise, living in Kaskaskia in 1752, which ends in court martial with a sentence of serving on the king's galley in perpetuity. These records can be read on line at https://louisianahistoricalsociety.org/archive/ with a membership in the Louisiana Historical Society.
2. ↑ Alice Daly Forsyth, Louisiana Marriage Contracts (Polyanthos, 1980), p. 53, Marriage.
3. ↑ Frederic L. Billon, Annals of St. Louis in its Early Days Under the French and Spanish Dominations (St. Louis, 1886), Wisconsin Historical Society Library, Appendix, p. 455.
4. ↑ Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo., Vol. II (St. Louis Genealogical Society), Wisconsin Historical Society Library, St. Louis King of France, p. 54, Francoise BRAZEAU.

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