Placide Sonnier (abt. 1789 - 1835)

Born about 1789 in Attakapas, St. Martinville, Louisiana, New Spain

Ancestors

Husband of Anastasie Dugas — married 23 Feb 1813 in La Butte, St. Martinville

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1835 at about age 46 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Placide Sonnier was born about 1792 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. He and Marie Anastasie Dugas were married on 23 February 1813 at La Butte, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana.^[1]

Known children:^[1]

1. Marie Urasie (1814)
2. Anastasie (1816)
3. Joseph Leonard (1818)
4. Gedeon (1820- c.1867)
5. Euphrosine (1823)
6. Jean (b/d 1825)
7. Francois (b/d 1826)
8. Sonnier, child (b/d 1827)

His family was counted on a census in 1803 in Grande Prairie, Attakapas, Louisiana.^[2]

Placide Sonnier was a member of the Louisiana Militia during the United States War of 1812.^[3][4]

He died in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana on 18 April 1835, and was buried in Lafayette.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);
   • Sonnier, Placide native of this parish (major son of Joseph Saunier inhabitant of la Butte & Marie Thibaudot) m. 23 Feb 1813 Anastasie Dugas native of this parish (major daughter of dec. Augustin inhabitant of la Butte and Marie Duhon) (SM Ch. v.5 #285)
   • Sonnier, Placide m. Marie Anastasie Dugas d. 18 Apr 1835 at age 46 years (Laf. Ch. v.3 p.73)
2. ↑ Attakapas Gazette, vol. XIV, no. 4 (winter 1979), p. 177;

   Placide is not listed on the survey. He would have been around 14 near his brother Alexandre.

   Text: In household #1: Joseph SONNIER, pere, age 50, with 12 arpents of land, :400 head of cattle, 40 horses;

   Joseph SONNIER, fils, 22;

   Pierre SONNIER, 19;

   Baptiste SONNIER, 17;

   Alexandre SONNIER, 14;

   Marie SONNIER, 40;

   Marie SONNIER, jeune, 21;

   Magdelaine SONNIER, 22;

   Doralise SONNIER, 16.

3. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-TYBB : 11 March 2016), Placide Sonnier, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 195; FHL microfilm 882,713.
4. ↑

   Index to Louisiana Soldiers During the War of 1812, Compiled by John Bennett Pierson, published by the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society (posted by USGenWeb);

   Sonnier, Placide Private De Clouet's Reg't., La. Militia (Orig. under Sonier, Placide)