Joseph Moreau (abt. 1676 - bef. 1736)

Born about 1676 in Bordeaux, Guyenne, France [uncertain]

Husband of Therese LeGrand — married 4 Jun 1729 in Saint Louis Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, New France

Descendants

Died before Sep 1736 before about age 60 in New Orleans, Louisiana, New France

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Biography

Joseph Moreau was born about 1676 and was from the parish of Sainte-Croix in Bordeaux, Guyenne (today Gironde), France. His parents are unknown.

Joseph made his living as a locksmith. He married Jeanne Damourette.^[1] They may have had at least three children, but only two are known by name:^[2]

1. Jean Baptiste Moreau (abt.1709 - abt.1767)
2. Charlotte Julie Moreau (abt.1712 - 1765)

Jeanne died, and was buried in New Orleans on 9 June 1725.^[3]

Joseph was listed on a census taken 1 January 1726 with a wife and three children, living in a house at Chapron's plantation on Rue de Conde in New Orleans.^[2] This is curious since his wife is known to have died just a few months before. Perhaps this was an error on the census.

The census taken the following year on 1 July 1727 showed Joseph and his three children, with no wife mentioned, living on Rue de Conde.^[4]

On 4 June 1729, Joseph married Thereze Legrand in New Orleans.^[5][6]

Joseph died before September 1736, when a document regarding his succession was filed in New Orleans.^[7]

Research Notes

Estimated birth.

An estimated birth of about 1665 at Saint-Malo, France, was given on a duplicate profile, without a source. The date and place on this profile isn't sourced either. More research is needed to verify his birth.

Civil Suit, Jan 1726.

Need to review two documents that seem to be related to a civil suit "Surgeon Major Pouyadon Delatour vs Moreau" regarding payment of a medical bill. The documents are in French, so it will take someone with knowledge of old French handwriting to review. Are both documents related to the same grievance? The typewritten extract for the second document is translated in English, and mentions Moreau was a locksmith, so this looks like it could be for him. Is there anything of genealogical value to be gleaned from these documents? They can be reviewed at lacolonialdocs.org:

• # 1726-01-05-01
• # 1726-01-10-01

Succession Documents.

So far, the following documents have been found regarding the succession of Joseph Moreau. They are in French, but have a summary translated in English that helps determine that these are for the correct person. The French documents need review:

• # 1736-09-31-01^[7]
• # 1737-02-16-03

Witness to a Marriage.

A "Joseph Moreau, master Locksmith, resident of Arkansas" is listed as a witness to the marriage of Louis Drullion on 17 Jan 1725. Perhaps Arkansas is where his children were born.

Sources

1. ↑ His wife's burial record states she was spouse of Joseph Moreau.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com, "The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732," compiled and translated by Charles R. Maduell Jr.; census titled "General Census of all Inhabitants of the Colony of Louisiana dated January 1, 1726...," New Orleans, p. 69, #31-C, Rue de Conde (Conde Street) (present Chartres street, between St. Anne and Ursulines), Ancestry Record 48009 #158515;

   Chapron, on his plantation, house occupied by Joseph Moreau, locksmith, wife, 3 children, and 1 servant

3. ↑ Sacramental records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans ("SRNO") (New Orleans, LA: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987-2004), vol. 1, p. 62; PDF version available at nolacatholic.org;

   DAMOURETTE [@D'AMOURETTE], Jeanne, sp. Joseph MOREAU, master locksmith at New Orleans, i. June 9, 1725 (AN, F 1729, 12)

4. ↑ Ancestry.com, "The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732," by Charles R. Maduell Jr.; image 104 of 190, census titled "Census of New Orleans as reported by M. Perier, Commandant General of Louisiana, July 1, 1727," #7. Rue de Conde (now continuation of Chartres), p. 85, Ancestry Record 48009 #158531;

   Joseph Moreau, locksmith, 3 children

5. ↑ SRNO, vol. 1, p. 193;

   MOREAU [@MORAU, MORAUX] (cf. DAMOURETTE), Joseph, master locksmith, widower of Jeanne LAMOURETTE, dec. in this parish, m. Thereze LE GRAND, June 4, 1729, w. Pierre DREUX, trustee of this parish, Jonathan D'ARBY [@DARBY], resident along the river, KELIS, Claude VIGNON, Hubert HARANT [@HARANJ (SLC, M1, 178)

6. ↑ Citation is incomplete and needs improvement.

   "4 Jun 1729 - Joseph Moreau - master locksmith, widower of Jeanne Lamourette, who died in Louisiana, and Thereze Legrand - native of Beville (?) en Mere (Belle Isle en Mer?), bishopric of Vannes, widow of Pierre Drillant, who died in Louisiana."

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Louisiana Historical Center, Louisiana Colonial Documents Digitization Project, ID# 1736-09-31-01; New Orleans, dated 31 [sic] Sep 1736, Succession of Joseph Moreau, Petition of Joseph, Jean Moreau and Jacques Ozanne (or Ozenne) husband of Julie Moreau

See Also:

• De Ville Winston, The New Orleans French, 1720-1733: A Collection of Marriage Records Relating to the First Colonists of the Louisiana Province (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973), page 77;

  "10 November 1727 - Jacques Ozenne - Wet cooper for the Company, native of St. Loo in Basse Normandy, son of deceased Philippe Ozenne and Marthe Dumoulin, and Charlotte Moreau - daughter of Joseph Moreau, locksmith, and deceased Jeanne Dummourette [or Dammourette]."

• Rootsweb on Ancestry.com, "SIESS, WAGNER, CLEMENT, COBERLY, DUPUIS, TREADWAY, LEVIN, RICH, AND RELATED FAMILIES," last updated 2015-02-08, page for Marie Anne GIRAUDON, states her husband Jean Baptiste Moreau was a native of Port Louis, France, and son of Joseph Moreau & Jeanne Damouret.

• Rootsweb, Family Tree by David Leleux, page for Joseph Moreau