Marie Eugenie (Rivet) LeGlue (1867 - 1927)

Born 28 Aug 1867 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Elphege (Legleu) LeGlue — married 26 Jan 1886 in Paincourtville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States

Died 10 Oct 1927 at age 60 in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Marie Eugenie Rivet, daughter of Paul Rivet and Marceline Eulalie Moralez, was born on 28 August 1867 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. She was baptized on 14 October 1867 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Paincourtville. Her godparents were Desire Braud and Christine Ayraud.^[1][2] Eugenie grew up in the French-speaking Cajun farming community, not having learned to read or write English, but she could speak English.^[3][4] She apparently learned to read and write many years later.^[5]

She married Henry Elphege Legleu, son of Charles Balthazar Legleu and Marie Mathilda Dugas, in Assumption Parish. They obtained a marriage license on 7 January 1886,^[6] and were married on 26 January 1886 at St. Elizabeth Church. Witnesses were Clovis Legleu, Ferdinand Dugas, C. C. Clifton, Hippolite Therriot, and C. B. Legleu.^[7]

Eugenie and Henry had ten children:

1. Marie Zeanide Legleu, b. 14 Dec 1886
2. Agnes Mathilde Legleu, b. 23 Mar 1888
3. Cleveland Martin Legleu, b. 11 Nov 1889
4. Christopher Michael Legleu, b. 29 Sep 1891
5. Anita Leglue, b. 16 Mar 1893
6. Marie Jeanne "Jane" Legleu, b. 20 Nov 1894
7. Marie Lina Legleu, b. 19 Jul 1896
8. Louise Marceline Legleu, b. 28 Mar 1898
9. Henri Elphege Leglue, b. 20 Apr 1900, d. 5 Jul 1917
10. Nolan James Legleu, b. 12 Oct 1903

Most of their children were baptized in Assumption Parish, but by 1898 their records started appearing in Iberville Parish. During the 1900 census, the family lived there in a house which they owned free and clear. Henry made his living as a carpenter.^[3] In 1910, they rented a home on a farm on Brusly Lacroix Road, where Henry was a blacksmith.^[4] Perhaps their home was located on the Kinsale Plantation, a mile west of White Castle, where they lived by at least 1917.^[8] They were again enumerated on Brusly Lacroix Road in 1920.^[5]

Eugenie died on 10 October 1927, and was buried in White Castle Cemetery.^[2]

Census Records

1900 U.S. Census, Ward 1, Iberville Parish, Louisiana:^[3]

1910 U.S. Census, Ward 1, Iberville Parish, Louisiana:^[4]

1920 U.S. Census, Ward 1, Iberville Parish, Louisiana: ^[5]

Research Notes

Search census records. Her parents' household has not been found in the 1870 or 1880 census using the Ancestry and FamilySearch indexes, with a variety of wildcards. May need to browse the census records manually. (Bjorkgren-1 14:53, 29 April 2021 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records ("DOBR"), 1707-1900 (Baton Rouge, La.: Diocese Archives, 1978-2007), vol. 10 (2nd printing), p. 543;

   RIVET, Marie Eugenie (Paul Rivet and Marceline MORALES) bn. 28 Aug. 1867 bt. 14 Oct. 1867 spo. Desire Braud and Christine Ayraud (SEZ-11, 88)

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 30 Mar 2021), memorial page for Marie Eugenie Rivet Leglue (28 Aug 1867–10 Oct 1927), Find A Grave: Memorial #103275748, citing White Castle Cemetery, White Castle, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA, maintained by dj (contributor 48128163); includes headstone photo
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 31 Mar 2021), Eugenie Lagleux in the household of Henry Lagleux, Ward 1, Iberville, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 12A, family 266, line 27, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: NARA, 1972); Family History Library (FHL) microfilm 1,240,566. See also Ancestry Record 7602 #17855032
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 5 Apr 2021), Eugenie Legleu in the household of Henry Legleu [indexed as Frigbie], Police Jury Ward 1, Iberville, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 51, sheet 5B, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: NARA, 1982), roll 515; FHL microfilm 1,374,528. See also Ancestry Record 7884 #9182021
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 12 Apr 2021), Eugenie Legleu in the household of Henry Legleu [indexed as Reglen], Police Jury Ward 1, Iberville, Louisiana, Precinct 2, ED 55, sheet 31A, line 26, family 603; NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 614; FHL microfilm 1,820,614;
6. ↑ Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority ("LCRAA"), marriage index, online http://www.laclerksportal.org, accessed 24 Jun 2017; Henry Legleu and Eugenie Rivet, issued 07 Jan 1886, license #136, Assumption
7. ↑ DOBR, vol. 17 (1886-1888), pp. 386 & 517-518;

   Eugenie Rivet (Paul Rivet and Marcelline MORALES) m. 26 Jan. 1886 Henry LEGLEU ([omitted] Legleu and Mathilda DUGAS) wit. Clovis Legleu; Ferdinand Dugas; C. C. Clifton; Hippolite Therriot; C. B. Legleu (SEZ-21, 86)

8. ↑ New Orleans States, New Orleans, Louisiana, 6 Jul 1917, p. 1, col. 7, "Boy Meets Instant Death Under Train;" viewed 7 Apr 2021 at Genealogybank.com

See also:

• St. Elizabeth & St. Jules Catholic Church, Catholic Parishes in Paincourtville, LA and Belle Rose, LA, "The History of St. Elizabeth Church," viewed 28 Apr 2021
• The Catholic Commentator, Queen of the Bayou; St. Elizabeth celebrates 175 years," by Rachele Smith, viewed 28 Apr 2021