Christening: FONTENOT, Celestine (Michel & Marie Josephe PITRE) bt. Tuesday, 25 Dec. 1792 supplied ceremony for baptism which was previously performed at home. Spons: Pierre PITRE & Marguerite FONTENAUT. Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.109)
Marriage: FONTENOT, Silesie - native of this parish (major daughter of dec. Michel FONTENAU & Marie Joseph PITRE - natives of this parish) m. 3 April 1815 Charles NORMAND - native of this parish (major son of dec. Charles - originally from Canada & Perpetue OCOING [AUCOIN] - originally from Acadie) Wits: Eugene LEDOUX, Onesime DUPRE, Joseph PITRE, Louis PITRE, Laurens DUPRE, William HERGEROEDER. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.265)
NORMAND, Charles - native of this parish (major son of dec. Charles - originally from Canada & Perpetue OCOING [AUCOIN] - originally from Acadie) m. 3 April 1815 Silesie FONTENOT - native of this parish (major daughter of dec. Michel FONTENAU & Marie Joseph PITRE - natives of this parish) Wits: Eugene LEDOUX, Onesime DUPRE, Joseph PITRE, Louis PITRE, Laurens DUPRE, William HERGEROEDER. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.265)
Death: FONTENOT, Silesie m. Charles NORMAND d. 19 Feb. 1831 at age 35 yrs. (Opel. Ch.: v. 2, p. 20)
Sources
Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Author/Compiler: Rev. Donald Joseph Hebert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; CD 101. copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard
WikiTree profile Fontenot-745 created through the import of Rider_Deshotel Family 040809.ged on Jul 21, 2011 by Nadine Rider.
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