Jacques Simon (aft. 1710 - aft. 1744)

Born after 1710 in St. Leger Parish, Diocese of Condom, France

Husband of Marguerite Vincens — married 12 Sep 1730 in St. Michel Church, Bordeaux, France

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Biography

Jacques Simon, father of Guillaume Simon, was probably under twenty years old when he married Marguerite Vincens in 1730 since he needed the consent of his father to marry. His estimated birth year therefore can be no earlier than 1710. From the marriage documents at the Bordeaux Archives, we learn that his family probably came from the parish of St. Leger a few miles up river from Bordeaux. We also learn from this record that he had a brother named Raimond, and that their father was named Joseph.

[Original record:] 'Extrait des minutes des actes de mariage de la paroisse Saint-Michel de Bordeaux Le dousieme septembre 1730 après la ceremonie des fiancailles et la publication des trois bans faite au prone des messes paroissialles pendant trois jours de dimanches ou fetes consecutives sans avoir decouvert aucun empechement civil ny canonique pareille publication faite dans la paroisse de St Leger diocese de Comdon comme il apparait par Ie certificat de Sr pericot curé de Comdon en datte du septieme de ce moy jay imparti la benediction nuptiale a jacques Simon tonelier et a marguerite vincens le dit epoux agissant du consentement de son pere et la ditte epouse metresse de ses drois ses pere et mere decedés habitans tous les deux de cette paroisse et ce en presence de joseph Simon pere de lepoux et raimond Simon frere de lepoux pierre vincens frere de lepouse pierre leveille qui ont atesté la liberté et le domicille des parties et ont signé a lecception de leveille ( et de ceux) qui n'ont scu signer. (signe : ) jacques simon epoux, J. Simon, R. Simon, Regnard vicaire.

Copie certifiée conforme aux indications portées sur Ie registre GG 482, acte 728, conservé aux Archives Municipales. Bordeaux, le 27 Mars 1984'

[Translation by Ernest Simon:]

"Extract of marriage records, St. Michael Parish, Bordeaux On 12 September 1730 after their engagement and the publication of three banns at the sermon of the parish mass on three consecutive Sundays or holy days, having found no impediments, civil or canonical, the same publication having been made in st. Leger Parish in the Diocese of Condom as appears from the certificate of Mr. Pericot, priest of Condom dated the seventh of this month, I married Jacques SIMON, cooper, and Marguerite VINCENS. The said groom had the consent of his father, and the said bride acted in her own right, her father and mother being deceased, both residents of this parish. Done in the presence of Joseph SIMON, father of the groom; Raymond Simon, brother of the groom; Pierre Vincens, brother of the bride; and Pierre Leveille, who all attested to the freedom of the parties to marry and to their residence, and who signed, except Leveille and those who did not know how to sign. (Signed) Jacques SIMON, groom, J. SIMON, R. Simon, Regnard, vicar. This is a certified copy of Act No. 728, Register GG 482, on file in the Municipal Archives. Bordeaux, 27 March 1984"

At the time of their marriage in 1730 both Jacques and Marguerite were parishioners of St. Michel de Bordeaux, and Jacques was already working as a professional cooper. Fourteen years later, at the birth of their son Guillaume, they were still in the St. Michel congregation and Jacques was still a professional cooper. It is likely that they must have had other children between 1730 and 1744 but no records are known of those births.

Sources

• Ernest Simon, The Simon and Related Families: Some of the Paternal Ancestors of Ernest Simon, Self-published in 1990 (typescript) and 2011 (pdf format), Part I, pp. 27-28.
• Elton Oubre, Vacherie, Oubre's Books, 1986, p. 137.