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From: Gordon Bonnet <>
Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Theotiste (Boudreaux) Faite
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 16:54:28 -0500
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Hi Rita,

Thanks so much. I guess I was remembering wrong about which census
started listing the parents' birthplaces -- heck. Think of how much
easier this hobby would be if they'd started listing complete
information back in 1790! *sigh*

No need to go through the 1860. I have the family pretty well traced
from Theotiste to the present; it's Theotiste's mom who is giving me fits.

Thanks for your help.

cheers,

Gordon

Rita wrote:

>Hi Gordon,
>
>I found Theotiste in 1850:
>
>1850 U.S. Federal Census . Louisiana . Lafourche County - Bayou Choupie:
>Martin Failt, age 60, farmer, value of real estate owned $500, cannot read
>or write;
>Cleotide, age 45;
>Tanmon, age 18, male [spelling could be incorrect - hard to read, sorry];
>Marie, age 16, female;
>Valmont, age 14, male;
>Celestine, age 12, female.
>
>Martin's neighbors are:
>Paulin de Rocher, age 28, farmer, value of real estate owned $500, cannot
>read or write;
>Mathilde, age 27;
>Ozeme, age 6, male;
>Oscar, age 4, male;
>Marie, age 2, female;
>Victorinne, age 1, female.
>
>All of the above persons "born in Lafourche Parish" [sic].
>
>1860 Censuses at Ancestry.com are not indexed for Lafourche parish [there
>are 200 images for that area] I can go thru them, one by one, I don't mind,
>but...
>FYI ... 1860 nor 1870 census do not give parents place of birth...this does
>not start until the 1880 Census.
>
>Let me know if I am to continue to search...particularly the 1860 census for
>Theotiste.
>
>Rita
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gordon Bonnet [mailto:]
>Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:44 PM
>To:
>Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Theotiste (Boudreaux) Faite
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Just wondering if anyone had the time & inclination to do a census
>lookup for me -- I live in the middle of rural nowhere and don't have
>any access to census records....
>
>My ancestor, Theotiste Boudreaux, was the daughter of Benjamin Hilaire
>Boudreaux and Anna Isabel Ferguson. I have Benjamin's line traced
>pretty thoroughly, but Anna's is a total dead end. Anna was b. ca. 1768
>and her parents were Anselm and Ann (Berry) Ferguson, possibly of Virginia.
>
>Anyhow, Theotiste married twice -- first to my forebear, Joseph
>Appolinaire Durocher, who died in 1822, and second (in 1827) to Martin
>Faite. I know she was still alive in 1840. What I'm hoping is that she
>was still alive in 1850 and 1860, at which time the census started
>giving more information. If someone has relatively easy access to
>census records, what I'm looking for is any information on Theotiste
>Faite, probably in Lafourche or Assumption Parish, LA -- the information
>I'm especially interested in is where her mother was born. I think the
>first census that has that information was the 1860 (is that right?) so
>I'm gambling that she was still alive -- she was born in 1802 so I think
>it's fairly likely that she was. And I doubt that there are that many
>Theotiste Faites around, so it shouldn't be too hard to find if she was
>actually still alive.
>
>Thanks in advance....
>
>cheers,
>
>Gordon
>
>p.s. If anyone on the list descends from Anna Isabel's sister, Margaret
>Ferguson who m. David Kennedy or Canada -- I just found some great
>information on the Kennedys -- and from primary sources, yet! Drop me
>an email if you're interested.
>
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