Hollier & Dufilho Family History

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Louis Coulon Devillier

Male Abt 1817 - 1863  (46 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Louis Coulon Devillier was born about 5 Jan 1817 (son of Living and Living); died on 24 Jul 1863 in Port Barre, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 5 Jan 1817, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church
    • Probate: 9 Sep 1863, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

    Notes:

    Son of Francois Coulon Devillier, a native of New Orleans, and Francoise Langlois.

    Louis married Celeste Clement Hollier on 12 Apr 1836 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Celeste (daughter of Jacques Clement Hollier and Divine Langlois) was born on 13 Sep 1815 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 24 Feb 1847 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    St. Landry Catholic Church

    Children:
    1. Celeste Coulon Devillier was born on 7 May 1837 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    2. Louisa Coulon Devillier was born on 9 Oct 1838 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    3. Julie Devillier was born on 13 Oct 1841 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    4. Francois Louis Coulon Devillier was born on 26 Apr 1845 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Living

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Living
    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Sophie Coulon Devillier was born on 23 Dec 1801 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died before 12 Jul 1842.
    3. 1. Louis Coulon Devillier was born about 5 Jan 1817; died on 24 Jul 1863 in Port Barre, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Living

    Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Living
    Children:
    1. 2. Living
    2. Auguste Damonville Devillier was born on 15 Dec 1795.

  3. 6.  Antoine Langlois, Sr. was born in 1748 in Illinois, USA (son of Living and Living).

    Notes:

    From la Prairie du rocher, Poste des Illinois.

    Antoine married Francoise Carriere on 16 Jan 1781 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Francoise (daughter of Joseph Carriere and Marie Louise Lavergne) was born in 1757 in St Charles, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Francoise Carriere was born in 1757 in St Charles, Louisiana, USA (daughter of Joseph Carriere and Marie Louise Lavergne).
    Children:
    1. 3. Living
    2. Antoine Langlois, Jr. was born in Dec 1781 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    3. Sophie Langlois was born on 21 Jun 1786 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died about 2 Jan 1863 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 2 Jan 1863 in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.
    4. Divine Langlois was born about 1789 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 4 Jan 1864 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    5. Valerie Langlois was born about 27 Oct 1791 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    6. Emerante Marie Langlois was born about 1794 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 27 Oct 1846 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
    7. Josephine Langlois was born about 1797 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Living

    Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Living
    Children:
    1. 6. Antoine Langlois, Sr. was born in 1748 in Illinois, USA.

  3. 14.  Joseph Carriere (son of Joseph Carriere and Marie Marguerite Trepagnier); died on 18 Feb 1790 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 18 Feb 1790, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

    Joseph married Marie Louise Lavergne. Marie died in 1822 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Marie Louise Lavergne died in 1822 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: Aug 1822, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. Michel Carriere was born about 1755 in St Charles, Louisiana, USA; died on 15 Oct 1815 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.
    4. 7. Francoise Carriere was born in 1757 in St Charles, Louisiana, USA.


Generation: 5

  1. 28.  Joseph Carriere was born in 1682 in Canada (son of André Carrier and Cécile Janot).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 24 Apr 1682, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Québec, Quebec, Canada

    Joseph married Marie Marguerite Trepagnier in 1722 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Claude de Trèpagny and Genevieve Burel) was born on 8 Apr 1708 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 29.  Marie Marguerite Trepagnier was born on 8 Apr 1708 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA (daughter of Claude de Trèpagny and Genevieve Burel).

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Mobile Post

    Children:
    1. 14. Joseph Carriere died on 18 Feb 1790 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.


Generation: 6

  1. 56.  André Carrier was born in 1640 (son of Living and Living); died in 1715; was buried in May 1715 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 1640; Ste Chtherine De Villeneuve

    André married Cécile Janot on 17 Nov 1670 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Cécile (daughter of Marin Janot dit Lachapelle and Françoise Besnard) was born in 1656 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; died in 1729 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 57.  Cécile Janot was born in 1656 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada (daughter of Marin Janot dit Lachapelle and Françoise Besnard); died in 1729 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 11 Jun 1656, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

    Children:
    1. 28. Joseph Carriere was born in 1682 in Canada.

  3. 58.  Claude de Trèpagny was born in 1671 in Chateau Richer, La Côte-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada (son of Romain de Trèpagny and Geneviève Drouin); died in Nov 1724 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 13 Apr 1671, Chateau Richer, La Côte-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada; Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
    • Residence: 1699, Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA; Fort Maurepas (Old Biloxi)

    Notes:

    Claude Trepagnier was one of the first Canadians to arrive in Fort Maurepas (Old Biloxi) in 1699. He and his wife, Genevieve Burel (or Burelle), were also established at the Mobile Post at the time of its foundation. Their names are often met in the old records from 1708 to 1710 in which they are designated as traders or merchants.

    Source: Stanley Clisby Arthur, George Campbell Huchet de Kernion, Old Families of Louisiana (, 1931), pages 284-288.

    Immigration: 1699, Arrived aboard "Le Renomme" from Rochfort, France with his brother Jean.
    Occupation: 26 September 1721, Census lists him as a Trader or Merchant.

    Claude de Trépagny (or Trepagnier) is the first American in our heritage of the Louisiana Trepagniers. He came to the New World with Iberville and Bienville on the Renommee along with his younger brother Jean Baptist. Jean died aboard the ship between Cuba and Maurepas Fort in December 1699. Claude helped to establish forts along the Mississippi River and Mobile which became the first Capitol of Louisiana Territory. In 1704,the ship "Le Pelican" arrived at Mobile in August and among the passenger was Genevieve Burelle who became Claude wife several weeks later. Due to the many deaths aboard the ship and after their arrivals of Yellow Fever. Claude and Genevieve had three children at Fort Louis and four children at Fort Conde, which was located 26 miles down the Mobile bay. Claude and the family moved in 1719 to New Orleans where he had a trading post. Their home was located on the corner of Charters and St. Ann St. He assisted his friend Bienville in the city of New Orleans with trade and exchanging of food with the Indians around the city. Claude died in 1724 and his estate was value at 27,104 livers.

    Claude married Genevieve Burel in Aug 1704 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA. Genevieve died in 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 59.  Genevieve Burel died in 1729.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: USA

    Notes:

    Name:
    Also BURELLE

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Ignace Trepagnier was born in 1705 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died on 9 Aug 1752 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
    3. 29. Marie Marguerite Trepagnier was born on 8 Apr 1708 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
    4. Genevieve Trepagnier was born on 5 Feb 1709 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. Françoise Barbe Ignace Trepagnier was born in 1715 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 24 Jul 1793 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
    6. François Trepagnier, I was born on 26 Feb 1717 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died in 1760 in Destrehan, St Charles, Louisiana, USA.
    7. Ursule Trepagnier was born on 28 Oct 1720.



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