Jean Baptiste Trahan (1760 - 1798)

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Genevieve Gertrude Daigre — married 22 May 1786 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

Died 4 Sep 1798 at about age 38 in St Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Marie Josephe Granger veuve Trahan is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 8-Left Le Beaumont. Listed with her are four of their children: Jean Baptiste, Paul Raymond, Marie Renee and Marie Margueritte. ^[1]

Jean Baptiste Trahan was born in 1760, son of Pierre Simon Trahan and Marie Josèphe Granger.^[2]

Marie-Josephe GRANGER, widow TRAHAN, 3 sons, 2 daughters, were enumerated at: Paimboeuf, Loire-Atlantique, Pays-de-la-Loire, France in September 1784. They appear on a list of "Acadians in France, September 1784," document in A.D.S. Legajo 2575, which shows the Acadian families who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty". They are on the list from Paimboeuf. Jean Baptiste would have been in his early 20s. Sources: ^[3]

On 19 August 1785 the five left France aboard the ship "Le Beaumont bound for New Orleans and a new life. ^[4]

Jean Baptiste TRAHAN was age 25, a carpenter, traveling as the 6th family (of 5 persons) with his widowed mother and three siblings aboard the ship Le Beaumont. They embarked for Louisiana on 11 Jun 1785 and debarked on 19 Aug 1785. The Spanish debarkation list has him as Juan Bautista TRAHAM, head of the household including his mother and three siblings.

Jean Baptiste (~25) married Anne Genevieve Gertrude Daigre (24) on 22 May 1786 in St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA.^[5]

The couple had at least 7 children. Click for list

24 April 1796 :Confirmation , Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, LA. ^[6]

Confirmations in Parish of St. Louis of New Orleans; p. 23 He is entry #419 [listed first among the 39 confirmed that day by Bishope Don Luis PENALBER y CARDENAS]: Juan Bautista TRAHAN, son of Simon and of Maria Jpha GRANCER. Padrino being Juan Bta. BOUDREAU.

Jean Baptiste was buried on 4 Sep 1798 in St Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana, USA aged ~38. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 32
2. ↑ Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785 - Gérard-Marc Braud - Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999 - A genealogical approach. - p. 256
3. ↑ Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Jacqueline K. Voorhies - Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 511

   Marie-Josephe GRANGER, widow TRAHAN, 3 sons, 2 daughters, for a total of 6 in family.

4. ↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995 - pp. 30-31
5. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1770-1803; vol. 2, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1980; pp. 212 & 705;

   Ana Genovefa DAIGLE, daughter of Simon Pedro & Magdalena TERIOT of England, married on 22 May 1786 to Juan Baptiste TRAHANT, son of Pedro Simon & Josefa GRANGET of England. Witnesses not given. Recorded at St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA (SGA-14, 3, #7).

6. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, geneanet.org, citing: "Confirmaciones"; Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans; New Orleans, 1967
7. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; vol. 4, p. 532.

   J. Bapt. [TRAHAN], buried 24 Aug 1824 in Baton Rouge, LA (SJO-11, 12) [If correct man, he would have been 64 years old.]