Alexis Adolphe Latour

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

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Birth:
Aujourd'hui septième avril mille huit cent huit, devant nous soussigné Jean VALETON BOISSIERE, officier public, maire de Bergerac, chef lieu de sous préfecture du 4 ème arrondissement du département de la Dordogne, dans la salle de la mairie, est comparu Jean GRASSET LATOUR, capitaine pensionné, habitant en cette commune, qui nous a présenté un enfant dont le sexe est masculin, auquel a été donné les prénoms de Étienne Alexis.

A déclaré ledit GRASSET LATOUR que cet enfant naquit le jour d'hier à 9 heures du matin, qu'il est son fils légitime et de Marie BERTRAND, son épouse.

Cette déclaration a été faite en présence de sieur Jean LESPINASSE, propriétaire agriculteur et de Gabriel CAILLOUX, employé à l'octroi de Bergerac, lesquels ont signé avec le père et nous, après en avoir entendu lecture du présent acte.

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Today April 7, one thousand eight hundred and eight, before us the undersigned Jean Valeton BOISSIERE, public officer, from the town hall of Bergerac, the administrative center of the prefecture of the 4th district of the department of Dordogne, in the room of the town hall, appeared Jean GRASSET LATOUR, captain pensioner, living in this town, who has presented us a child whose sex is male, and to whom has been given the first names of Étienne Alexis.

Said Grasset Latour has declared that this child was born yesterday at 9 in the morning, that he is the legitimate son of himself and Mary Bertrand, his wife.

This statement was made in the presence of Mr. Jean LESPINASSE, farm owner and of Gabriel CAILLOUX, employee under grant of Bergerac, who signed with the father and ourselves, after having heard read this act.
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Today April 7, one thousand eight hundred and eight, before us the undersigned Jean Valeton BOISSIERE, public officer, from the town hall of Bergerac, the administrative center of the prefecture of the 4th district of the department of Dordogne, in the room of the town hall, appeared Jean GRASSET LATOUR, captain pensioner, living in this town, who has presented us a child whose sex is male, and to whom has been given the first names of Étienne Alexis.

Said Grasset Latour has declared that this child was born yesterday at 9 in the morning, that he is the legitimate son of himself and Mary Bertrand, his wife.

This statement was made in the presence of Mr. Jean LESPINASSE, farm owner and of Gabriel CAILLOUX, employee under grant of Bergerac, who signed with the father and ourselves, after having heard read this act.

This statement was made in the presence of Mr. Jean LESPINASSE, farm owner and of Gabriel CAILLOUX, employee under grant of Bergerac, who signed with the father and ourselves, after having heard read this fact.

Died:
gravestone: "d.c.d. 15 mai 1870 age de 63 ans"

Étienne married Catherine Doucet on 24 Oct 1833 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Catherine (daughter of Augustin Doucet and Marie Louise Vige) was born on 13 Dec 1813 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 24 Mar 1865 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Old Ville Platte Cemetery, Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 10 Jan 1816, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

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Buried:
Plot: Section 2 - Part A

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Married:
St. Landry Catholic Church

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Étude généalogique : la famille Grasset-Latour, Researcher: Duhamel, Martine, (Duhamel, 15 rue port de graule, 24000 Périgueux, France, 1998), A.D. 24 : registres d'état-civil.

Les enfants de Jean GRASSET LATOUR et de Marie BERTRAND

- Marie Généreuse née le 12 Ventose an 5 à La Rochelle, mariée le 2 avril 1835 à Bergerac avec Élie GIRON et décédée le 18 février 1836 à Bergerac. (cf. actes)
- Magdeleine Cora, née le 6 Germinal an X à Bergerac et mariée à Bergerac le 19 janvier 1831 (cf. actes)
- Jean Homehara né le 26 Fructidor an XII à Bergerac (cf. acte)
- Étienne Alexis né le 6 avril 1808 à Bergerac (cf. acte)
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Children of Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand

- Marie Généreuse born 12 Ventose year 5 [2 March 1797] at La Rochelle, married 2 April 1835 at Bergerac with Élie Giron and died 18 February 1836 at Bergerac. (cf. Acts)
- Magdeleine Cora born 6 Germinal Year X [27 March 1802] at Bergerac and married at Bergerac 19 January 1831 (cf. Acts)
- Jean Homehara born on 26 Fructidor Year XII [13 September 1804] at Bergerac (cf. Acts)
- Étienne Alexis was born 6 April 1808 at Bergerac (cf. Acts)

[These children were young when their father Jean Grasset Latour died at Perpignan in 1811: Marie Généreuse,14; Magdeleine Cora, 8; Jean Homehara, 6; Étienne Alexis 4. Note that each child was given two first names.

Bergerac is key to the roots of the Latour family traced on this website. St. Landry Parish records document the marriages of two brothers from Bergerac, sons of the late Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand. There, the older brother, Pierre Grasset Latour, weds in 1826 and the younger brother, Alexis Grasset Latour, in 1833.

Researching the children of Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand in 1998, French genealogist Martine Duhamel found only two sons, both born in Bergerac: Jean Homehara Grasset Latour and Étienne Alexis Grasset Latour.

Étienne Alexis and his Louisiana counterpart Alexis are clearly one and the same. Louisiana records are consistently within a year or two of his actual age; only the first name "Étienne" seems to have been lost in the passage across the Altlantic. The older brother Pierre Grasset proves more difficult to pin down.

With the exception of marriage records and the birth records of two of his seven children, Pierre is known as simply "Grasset" Latour, even in his own death record. On at least one occasion, in 1846, he signs his name as "Grasset Latour" on a legal document. In the Federal censuses for 1830-1860 he can be found as Grasset Latour (under various spellings). In the 1830 census his age is given as from 20 to 30 years. Later censuses, place him slightly older, age 51 in 1850. The Church record of the death of "Grosset" Latour in 1860 at age 62, places his birth around 1798.

Duhamel found no birth record in Bergerac of a Pierre Grasset Latour or other any child of Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand before 1802.

Assume that there was a third brother Pierre born in Bergerac around 1798. Earlier records of the Grasset Latour’s in Begerac are patchy because they were Protestants under a system of state-mandated Catholicism in which the Church recorded vital records. But in 1798, Pierre would have been born under the French Republic when civil records were maintained, regardless of faith. So, there is no reason a birth record in the late 1790s would not have turned up during Duhamel’s research. At best, a third brother Pierre might have born someplace else other than Bergerac as his father moved about during his military career.

As separate individuals, Jean Homeraha and Pierre Grasset Latour would have been born 5-6 years apart. However, there appears to be good reason for a young man born on 26 Fructidor year XII of the French Republic not to know his birth date. First, the arcane French Republican calendar system was abandoned the year after his birth. Perhaps more importantly, setting out for a new life in the Louisiana as a slightly older person would have had its advantages, not the least of which was appearing older to future in-laws when marrying their 15-year old daughter.

It is likely that Jean Homeraha Grasset Latour and Pierre Grasset Latour/Grasset Latour are one and the same.]

Birth:
Le registre de Bergerac a été dépouillé de 1754 à 1771, mais il n'a pas permis de retrouver l'acte de baptême de Jean GRASSET LATOUR (votre ancêtre) né en 1761, ni celui de Pierre GRASSET LATOUR, né vers 1758, dont l'acte de mariage et le contrat de mariage ont été retrouvés ... et dont il est spécifié qu'il était "fils aîné".

Ils ont pu naître au Désert, sous la religion protestante, étant les deux aînés.
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The civil registry of Bergerac was searched from 1754 to 1771, but did not uncover the baptismal record for Jean Grasset Latour (your ancestor) born in 1761, nor that of Pierre Grasset LATOUR, born about 1758, whose marriage certificate and marriage contract were found ... and in which he was "the eldest son."

They could have been born "in the Wilderness," in the Protestant faith, being the two eldest children.

Died:
Record also provides approximate birth and place of birth. Note that the mother's name is Marie Bontemps and not Dontemne (a possible transcription error). Record acquired from the Mairie des Pyrénées Orientales by genealogist Martine Duhamel in 1998.

Acte de décès de Jean GRASSET LATOUR, le 13 juillet 1811 à PERPIGNAN

N.B : Cet acte est important car il nous indique que Jean GRASSET LATOUR étant âgé de 50 ans, est né en 1761.

D'autre part, il est natif de Bergerac.

Les noms de ses parents nous sont également révélés : Pierre GRASSET et Marie BONTEMPS (et non DONTEMNE*)

* n'ayant pas copie de l'acte, cette erreur d'orthographe vient peut-être de la mauvaise lecture de la secrétaire de mairie.
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Death Record for Jean Grasset Latour, 11 July 1811, at Perpignan

N.B.: This act is important because it tells us that Jean Grasset Latour, being aged 50, was born in 1761.

Additionally, he is a native of Bergerac.

The names of the parents are also brought to light for us: Marie and Pierre Grasset BONTEMPS (not DONTEMNE *)

* Having no copy of the death record, this spelling error is perhaps a wrong reading by the town clerk.

Jean married Marie Bertrand. Marie (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 30 Nov 1774 in Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 7 Feb 1855 in Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 4 Dec 1774, Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

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Baptism:
Acte de baptême de Marie BERTRAND le 4 décembre 1774 à BERGERAC

Le 4ème décembre 1774 a été baptisée Marie BERTRAN, née le dernier novembre de ladite année, fille légitime de Pierre BERTRAN faure [sic], et de Marie GROSSATAU, habitant à Rieudelaisse.

Parrain : Jean COUNOR, marraine : Marie FALGUIER.

Présents Isaac et Pierre LAGUIONIE, du bourg, qui ont dit ne savoir signer.
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Baptismal record of Mary BERTRAND, 4 December 1774, at BERGERAC

On the 4th December 1774 was baptized Marie BERTRAN, born the last of November of that year, legitimate daughter of Pierre BERTRAN faure [sic], and of Marie GROSSATAU, living in Rieudelaisse.

Godfather: Jean COUNOR, godmother: Marie FALGUIER.

Present from the town, Isaac and Pierre LAGOUIONIE who said they did not know how to write their names.

Died:
Acte de décès de Marie BERTRAND, le 8 février 1855 à BERGERAC

Du huit du mois de février 1855, à 3 heures du soir,

Acte de décès de Marie BERTRAND, veuve de Jean GRASSET LATOUR, âgée de 79 ans, native de la commune de Lamonzie-Saint Martin, arrondissement de Bergerac, décédée le jour d'hier à 7 heures du soir rue Clérac à Bergerac...
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Death certificate of Mary BERTRAND, February 8, 1855 in BERGERAC

The eighth of February 1855, 3 o'clock at night,

Death certificate of Marie BERTRAND, widow of Jean Grasset Latour, aged 79, native of the commune of Lamonzie-Saint Martin, arrondisement of Bergerac, died yesterday at 7 in the evening, rue Clérac, Bergerac.

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Married:
Recherche de l'acte de mariage de Jean GRASSET LATOUR et de Marie BERTRAND

Aucun acte de mariage les concernant n'a été retrouvé en DORDOGNE de 1793 à 1797 (Marie Généreuse naît en l'an 5 = 1797) ni dans le canton de BERGERAC, ni dans le canton de LA FORCE, ni dans celui de SIGOULES.

Des recherches menées par la mairie de La Rochelle n'ont pas révélé d'union GRASSET LATOUR / BERTRAND en l'an 4 à LA ROCHELLE.

L'union a pu avoir lieu avant l'an 4 à LA ROCHELLE ou dans une autre ville, étant donné que Jean GRASSET LATOUR était militaire
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Search for the marriage of Jean Grasset Latour and Marie Bertrand

No marriage certificate concerning them was found in the Dordogne archives from 1793 to 1797 (Marie Généreuse was born in year 5 = 1797) nor in the township of Bergerac, nor in the township of La Force nor in that of Sigoules.

Research conducted by the city of La Rochelle revealed no marriage of Grasset Latour/Bertrand in year 4 [of the Repubican Calender] in La Rochelle.

The marriage could take place before the year 4 in La Rochelle or in another city, because Jean Grasset Latour was a soldier.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 21 Oct 1781, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; St. Landry Catholic Church

Notes:

Name:
Augustin or Augustine.

Augustin married Marie Louise Vige on 17 Sep 1804 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Charles Vige and Catherine Catoire) was born about Apr 1782 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 2 Jan 1839 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 23 Sep 1782, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: Jan 1839, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

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Name:
Lise or Marie Louise.

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M. Duhamel research shows that Pierre Grasset LaTour was a maitre cordier(master ropemaker). The birth record of his son Jacques (1760) listes :le pretendu mariage a ete fait au Desert" indication that he was a protestant. (LaTour Genealogical Collection, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kingharry&id=I00076&style=TABLE).

The birth record of son Jacques (1760) lists 'le prétendu mariage a été fait au Désert' indication that he was protestant. Birth record of daughter Marie (1764) states 'fille de Pierre Grasset et de Marie Bontemps dont le mariage n'a pas été fait en presence de l'église.'

Pierre married Marie Bontemps on 21 Sep 1756 in Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. Marie (daughter of Jacques Bontemps and Marie Grandet) was born about 1730 in France; died after 1793 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Contract de marriage de Pierre GRASSET et de Marie BONTEMPS, passé le 21 septembre 1756 devant Me BIOU

Le 21 september 1756, dans la paroisse de St Christophe, juridiction de MONBAZILLAC, sont présents dans la maison des héritiers du feu Jacques BONTEMPS :

Pierre GRASSET, marchand cordier, fils de Pierre GRASSET, aussi marchand cordier et de Isabeau CAUDOU, conjoints, habitants de Bergerac.

Le futur est aussi assisté de ses trois soeurs, toutes prénomées Marie, de son oncle Jean HEBRARD maître tailleur et de son cousin, Jean HEBRARD.

et Marie BONTEMPS, fille seconde de feu Jacques BONTEMPS et de défunte Marie GRANDET, est assistée de ses deux soeurs, Marie, de son beau-frère, Jean EYMERIC, médecin à boeufs, époux de Marie BONTEMPS, sa soeur aînée, de Pierre GRANDET, laboureur, son oncle maternel, de Pierre BONTEMPS, jeune bourgeois de Bergerac, son cousin et de Marguerite BONTEMPS, sa cousine, fille du sieur Pierre.

Les jeunes époux vivront chez les GRASSET, parents de Pierre. Ils seront nourris et logés, ainsi que leurs enfants.
En échange, les jeunes mariés rapporteront "leurs revenus, travaux et industrie".

Apport du futur : ses parents lui consitituent une somme de 300 livres en avancement d'hoirie (= de succession), plus un ameublement.

Ils délaissent aussi à leur fils la jouissance d'une maison située à Bergerac "joignant le moulin des Révérends Pères Cordeliers".
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Summary of Marriage Contract between Pierre GRASSET and Marie BONTEMPS, agreed to on September 21, 1756 before Maître Biou [public notary]

On September 21, 1756, in the parish of St. Christopher, jurisdiction of MONBAZILLAC, are present in the house of the heirs of the late Jacques BONTEMP:

Pierre Grasset, ropemaker merchant, son of Pierre Grasset, also a ropemaker merchant, and his spouse Isabeau CAUDOU, habitants of Bergerac.

The future husband is also accompanied by his three sisters, all first-named Marie, his uncle Jean HEBRARD master tailor and his cousin, Jean HEBRARD.

and Marie BONTEMPS, second daughter of the late Jacques BONTEMPS and the late Marie GRANDET, is accompanied by her two sisters, Marie; her brother-in-law, John EYMERIC, oxen veterinarian, husband of Marie BONTEMPS, her older sister; Pierre GRANDET, laborer; her maternal uncle; Pierre BONTEMPS, young bourgeois from Bergerac, her cousin; and Marguerite BONTEMPS, her cousin, daughter of squire Pierre.

The young couple will live with the Grassets, Pierre's parents. They will be housed and fed, as well as will be their children.

In return, the newlyweds will provide "their income, work and industry".

Contribution the the groom-to-be: his parents provide him a sum of 300 livres (pounds) in anticipated inheritance, plus furnishings.

They also provide their son the enjoyment of a house in Bergerac "joining the mill of the Reverend Fathers Cordeliers."

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

Pierre married Therese Brignac about 1777 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA. Therese (daughter of Jacques Brignac and Marie Denise Silvestre) was born about 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 18 Jan 1726, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Charles married Catherine Catoire. Catherine was born on 26 May 1758 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died about 1835 in St Landry, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 28 May 1758, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Probate: Oct 1835, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA