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Pierre "dit Bellevue" Fontenot, son of Jean Louis dit Colin Fontenot and Louise Angelique Perigaud Henri, was born c.1727 at French Fort Toulouse, "des Alibamons"-- where the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers join the Alabama River in south central present-day Alabama.[1] He was counted on a census in 1771 as 39 years old,[2] and in 1777 as 50. [3]These documents date of birth at 1732 and 1727, respectively.
He married Marie Louise Doucet at Fort Toulouse c.1755, the date estimate based on the age of their oldest child listed on the 1771 census.
They migrated west to Louisiana, probably to avoid the British takeover of the fort, which began in 1763. In 1771 they were counted on the Spanish Louisiana census of the Opelousas Post, with five children.
Census: 1771 Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana[2]
They were counted again in Opelousas in 1777 with seven children and one slave.
Census: May 1777 Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana [3]
Pierre died on 15 September 1811.[5]
Two Fontenot brothers, Henri (b.1742) and his older brother, Pierre, (b.1726) married two sisters, Marie Louise (b. 1752) and her older sister, Louise, (b. 1726). It was not uncommon for siblings of one family to marry siblings of another. It was not uncommon for siblings to share part of a prenom. I would like to discover the elder Louise's entire prenom.
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edited by Stephanie Ward
When I'm finished going through the records, I can send you my Word document that shows my analysis of which records go with who. I'm about halfway through them and will try to get it done by this afternoon. I don't see a father/son relationship yet, but still looking...