Celeste Dore (abt. 1794 - aft. 1850)

Born about Oct 1794 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, Nouvelle-Espagne

Ancestors

Wife of Eloi Picard — married 8 Aug 1815 in St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, USA

Descendants

Died after 13 Nov 1850 after about age 56 in Breaux Bridge, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Celeste Dore, daughter of Jacques Dore and Ursule Perron, was born in L'île des Cypres in the Breaux Bridge area of Louisiana in late 1794.

She married Eloi Picard in 1815, a few months before her 21st birthday.^[1]

Known children of the marriage:

1. Celestine Picard (1816)^[2]
2. Eloi Picard
3. Jean Louis Picard (1819)
4. Silesie Picard (1820-1824)^[3]
5. Delphine Picard (1823)^[4]
6. Eloi Drausin Picard (1825)^[5]
7. Louis Derneville Picard (1828)^[6]
8. Eugenie Picard (1830)^[7]
9. Guillaume Picard (1833)
10. Armel Picard (1837)

In 1850 she and Eloi were living in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana with two of their sons and two Roy grandchildren. Their son Jean Louis was next door, and many of the neighbors were relatives.^[6]

She died at an unknown date after 13 November 1850 in St. Martin, Louisiana.

Sources

1. ↑ Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1740-1900 ("SWLR"), CD #101 (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publications Division, 2001);
   • DORE, Celeste (Jacques & Ursule PERON) bt. 29 March 1795 at age 5 mths. Spons: Philippe DORE & Charlotte DORE. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.4, #636)
   • DORE, Celeste - native of this parish (major daughter of Jacques - inhabitant at L'ile des Cypres & Ursule PERRON) m. 8 Aug. 1815 Eloy PICARD - native of this parish (minor son of Jean Louis - inhabitant at L'ile des cypres & dec. Marguerite CHAMPAGNE) Wits: Jean BOISSIER, Gilbert AMY, Louis CHEMIN, Jacque DORE. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.5, #376)
2. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830; 1854-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWGF-T4J : 10 February 2018), Celeste Dore in entry for Celestine Picard, 09 Sep 1816; citing Saint Martinville, Saint Martin, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 6,010,599.
3. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830; 1854-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWGF-PJP : 8 December 2014), Celeste Dore in entry for Silesie Picard, 10 Dec 1820; citing ; FHL microfilm 6,010,599.

   Name: Silesie Picard

   Gender: Female

   Birth Date: 10 Dec 1820

   Birthplace: Saint Martinville, Saint Martin, Louisiana

   Death Date: 05 Jan 1824

   Father's Name: Eloy Picard

   Mother's Name: Celeste Dore

4. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830; 1854-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWGF-T42 : 10 February 2018), Celeste Dore in entry for Delphine Picard, 29 Dec 1823; citing St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 6,010,599.
5. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z8-BWT : 10 February 2018), Celeste Dore in entry for Eloy Drauzin Picard and Amelia Gaspard, 24 Feb 1846; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 6,010,601.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ6-SGC : 12 April 2016), Celeste Picard in household of Eloi Picard, St. Martin parish, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States; citing family 479, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   Eloi Picard Male 55 Louisiana

   Celeste Picard Female 50 Louisiana

   Derueville Picard Male 21 Louisiana

   Armelin Picard Male 14 Louisiana

   Jules Roy Male 7 Louisiana

   Zulina Roy Female 9 Louisiana

7. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830; 1854-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWGN-J83 : 10 February 2018), Celeste Dore in entry for Eugenie Picard, 16 Sep 1830; citing Saint Martinville, Saint Martin, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 6,010,599.