Simon Anaclet Trahan, son of Chrysostome TrahanMadeleine Guedry, was born in Louisiana and christened in Plattenville, Assumption Parish on 21 April 1808.[1]
In the 1850 census Simonette (age 45), Farmer, real estate $1,000, lived with his wife Elilie (age 36), their sons Jean (age 13), Marcial (age 11), Ozieme (age 9), Elether (age 7), Washington (age 5), Ellis (age 1) in Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States.[8]
In the 1860 census Simonette (age 53), farmer, real estate $1,000, personal property $400, lived with his wife Emely, their sons Marcial (age 22), Ozieme (age 20), Elether (age 16), these three helping as farm laborers, Washington (age 14), Ellis (age 11), their daughter Julia (age 6), at 12th Ward, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States. Paul Bellocy (age 25) from France, personal property $200, a school teacher also lived with them. Emely could not read or write.[9]
In the 1870 census Simonet (age 65) widowed, lived with his oldest son John (age 35), farmer, his daughter-in-law Victorine (age 30), their daughters Celestine (age 10), Cecilia (age 8), Octavia (age 6), and son Alcide (age 4) in Ward Two, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States.[10]
In the 1880 census Simeon (age 80), Farmer, lived with his second wife Mary (age 58) and his daughter Julia (age 42) at 9th Ward, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States.[11]
Sources
↑Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819 (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1982) p. 836 (ASM-6, 124).
↑ Rev. Donald J. Hebert, South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840 (Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 1974) pp. 520 & 521
Emelite (d. Jean Marie & d. Adelaide Lejeune) m. 2 March 1835 Simonette Trahan (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #491).
↑France, Vital Records Index
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Jean Noveret TRAHAN
Citation:
Simonette TRAHAN
Record type: Birth
Child: Jean Noveret TRAHAN
Birth of child: Feb 8 1836 - Thibodaux, Paroisse de Lafourche, Louisiane, États-Unis
Wife: Emelie TRAHAN
↑France, Vital Records Index
MyHeritage.com[[2]]
Simon Martial TRAHAN
Citation:
Simonette TRAHAN
Record type: Birth
Child: Simon Martial TRAHAN
Birth of child: Feb 18 1839 - Thibodaux, Paroisse de Lafourche, Louisiane, États-Unis
Wife: Melite TRAHAN
↑France, Vital Records Index
MyHeritage.com [[3]]
Ozeme Neutropes TRAHAN
Citation:
Simonet TRAHAN
Record type: Birth
Child: Ozeme Neutropes TRAHAN
Birth of child: Apr 1840 - Thibodaux, Paroisse de Lafourche, Louisiane, États-Unis
Wife: Emelie TRAHAND
↑France, Vital Records Index
MyHeritage.com [[4]]
Eleuter Trazimond TRAHAN
Citation:
Simonet TRAHAN
Record type: Birth
Child: Eleuter Trazimond TRAHAN
Birth of child: Sep 6 1842 - Thibodaux, Paroisse de Lafourche, Louisiane, États-Unis
Wife: Marie TRAHAN
↑France, Vital Records Index
MyHeritage.com [[5]]
Julia Pauline TRAHAN
Citation:
Simonet TRAHAN
Record type: Birth
Child: Julia Pauline TRAHAN
Birth of child: July 1 1853 - Houma, Paroisse de Terrebonne, Louisiane, États-Unis
Wife: Emelie TRAHANT
↑1850 Census:
"1850 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Terrebonne, Louisiana; Roll: 241; Page: 340b; Line Number: 24 Ancestry Sharing Link
Simonette Trahan (45), Farmer, in Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA. Born in Louisiana.
↑1860 Census:
"United States Census, 1860"
citing Page: 5; Affiliate Publication Number: M653;
FamilySearch Record: MFP8-F8W (accessed 9 September 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BS4-3DC
Simonette Trahant (53) at 12th Ward, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States. Born in La.
↑1870 Census:
"United States Census, 1870"
citing Page: 7; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 25;
FamilySearch Record: M87K-X14 (accessed 9 September 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6W29-X6
Simonet Trahan (65) in Ward Two, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States. Born in Louisiana.
↑1880 Census:
"1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: 9th Ward, Terrebonne, Louisiana; Roll: 473; Page: 362C; Enumeration District: 192 Ancestry Sharing Link
Simeon Thran (80), married, Farmer, head of household at 9th Ward, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA. Born in Louisiana.
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