Children: Jean and Scholastique had six children together (most of the information below is circumstantial - please add verifiable sources if you have them):
Marie Horance Richard: 1826
Aurelien Richard - 1827
Jean Trasimond Richard - 1828
Marie Scholastique Richard - 1830
Onesime Valery Richard -1832
Marie Pauline Richard - 1834
1830 Census Record - Lafourche Parish, Louisiana:[3] Name: Jean C Richard Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Lafourche, Louisiana Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 [Jean Traismond Richard] Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 [Jean Charles Richard] Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 [Marie Horance Richard or Aurelien Richard] (did one of the girls die before the 1830 Census?) Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [Scholastique Bourgeois] Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 2 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 4 Total Slaves: 1 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5
Sources
↑ Title: South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840; Author/Compiler: Rev. Donald Joseph Hebert; Publication: Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1978; Contains church and civil records of Lafourche & Terrebonne Parishes; copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 448. Two entries: Text:
Richard, Jean Charles 21 yrs. old (Basile & d. Marie Comeau) m. 10 June 1826 Scholastique Bourgeois, 21 yrs. old (Thib.Ct.Hse.:Mar. v. 1, #12)
Text:
m. 12 June 1826 (Thib.Ch.:v. 1, #171)
↑ Ancestry.com. Louisiana, Compiled Marriages, 1728-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Louisiana to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
Name: Jean Charles Richard Spouse: Scholastique Bourgeois Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1826 Marriage County: Lafourche
↑ 1830; Census Place: Lafourche, Louisiana; Series: M19; Roll: 43; Page: 7; Family History Library Film: 0009686.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jean by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Author: Catholic Church; Vol 3, 1804-1819; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 730
Text: Richard, Jean Charles (Basile and Marie Como of Lafourche) bn. 30 Octt. 1805 bt. 27 Aug. 1806 spo. Victor Richard and Rosalie Hebert (ASC-5,250a)
Text: Richard, Jean Charles (Basile & Marie Coumaux) d. 7 March 1836 at age 30 yrs. (Thib.Ch.:v. 1, #727)
Text: Richard, Jean Charles m. Scholastique Bourgeois Children listed: Aureline -b. 24 Feb. 1827; Jean Trasimon -b. 12 Sept. 1828; Marie Scholastique [no date given jg note]; Onesime -b. 25 Sept. 1832; Marie Pauline -b. 30 June 1834. Inventory: 16 March 1836. (Thib.Ct.Hse.:Succ. : Year 1836)
Title: South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840; Author/Compiler: Rev. Donald Joseph Hebert; Publication: Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1978; Contains church and civil records of Lafourche & Terrebonne Parishes; copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 448
Text: Richard, Jean Charles 21 yrs. old (Basile & d. Marie Comeau) m. 10 June 1826 Scholastique Bourgeois, 21 yrs. old (Thib.Ct.Hse.:Mar. v. 1, #12)
Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Author: Catholic Church; Vol 3, 1804-1819; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 730
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