Antoine Menard (1819)

Born 15 Oct 1819 in St. Martin, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Adeline (Toups) Menard — married 20 Jan 1840 in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Orleans Territory, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Antoine Menard has French origins.

Antoine Menard was born on October 15, 1819 in St. Martin, Louisiana, United States, a son of Pierre Gaspard Menard and Catherine Hulin.^[1]

At age twenty, Antoine married Adeline Toups (19) (born on April 15, 1820 in Louisiana; daughter of Antoine Toups and Felicite Maillard) on January 20, 1840 in Saint Martinville, Louisiana.^[1]

Their known children were:

1. Ozeme Menard (1836– )
2. Antoine Sulme Menard (1840)^[2][3]
3. Paul Ozenne Menard (1842)^[4]
4. Anastasie Menard (1845)^[5]
5. Aristide Menard (1847)^[6]
6. Anais Menard (1850)^[7]

In 1850 they were counted on the census in St. Martin, Louisiana with his wife, their first three sons, and a Dolze Menard, unknown relation.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);
   • MENARD, Antoine (Gaspard - inhabitant at L'ile des Cypres & Catherine HULLIN) b. 15 Oct. 1819, bt. 21 Nov. 1819 Pats: Pierre MENARD & Christine DORE; Mats: Louis HULLIN & Josette CHAMPAGNE; Spons: Antoine HARTACHE [ARTACHE] & Henriette DOMINGUE. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.7, #743)
   • MENARD, Antoine (Gaspard & Catherine HULIN) m. 20 Jan. 1840 Adeline TOUPS (SM Ch.: v. 8, #152-A)
2. ↑ Hébert, SWLR CD;
   • MENARD, Antoine Sulme (Antoine & Adeline TOUPS) b. 17 Aug. 1840 (SM Ch.: v. 8, #1818);
   • m. 1 March 1866 Marie STELLY (Abbeville Ch.: v. 2, p. 80)
3. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSTZ-TM3Z : 14 January 2020), Antoine Menard in entry for Antoine Menard, 1866.
4. ↑ Hébert, SWLR CD;

   MENARD, Paul Ozenne (Antoine & Adeline TOUPS) b. 21 August 1842 (SM Ch.: v.8, #2060)

5. ↑ Hébert, SWLR CD;

   MENARD, Anastasie (Antoine & Adeline TOUPS) b. 28 Feb. 1845 (SM Ch.: v.9, #149)

6. ↑ Hébert, SWLR CD;
   • MENARD, Aristide (Antoine & Adeline TOUPS) b. 8 Nov. 1847 (SM Ch.: v.9, #118);
   • m. 31 July 1871 Eulalie ROBERTSON (Abbeville Ch.: v. 2, p. 287)
7. ↑ Hébert, SWLR CD;

   MENARD, Anais (Antoine & Deline THOOPS or TOUPS) bt. 10 May 1851 at age 9 mths. (SM Ch.: v. 9, # 60)

8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ6-Y2C : 22 December 2020), Antoine Meynard, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).