Hollier & Dufilho Family History
Our Family's Journey Through Time
1. | Jean Jacques Haydel was born on 2 Apr 1741 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA (son of Ambros Heidel and Anna Margarethe Schaf); died on 1 Dec 1826 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Jean Jacques built the Whitney main house around 1790 and expanded it around 1803. In 1820, he sold the property to his sons Jean Jacques, Jr., and Marcellin. Marcellin eventually gained total control of the rest of the family's land, and commissioned the 1836-1839 remodeling. The plantation remained in the family's hands until it was sold to a Northerner, Bradish Johnson, after the Civil War. It was Johnson who actually named the property Whitney in honor of his grandson, Harry Payne Whitney. Jean married Magdelaine Bozonier Marmillion on 7 Feb 1774. Magdelaine (daughter of Antoine Julien Bozonier Marmillion and Laurence Delille Gauchette) was born on 2 Oct 1752 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in 1816 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Ambros Heidel was born on 15 Nov 1702 in Neunkirchen, Mayence, Germany (son of Johann Adam Heidel and Eva Anna Schnarberg); died before 31 May 1774 in St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Name: Ambros married Anna Margarethe Schaf before 1720 in Germany. Anna (daughter of Jacob Schaf and Anna Maria Foltzlouer) was born about 1706 in Schoenenbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 10 Dec 1778 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery, Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Anna Margarethe Schaf was born about 1706 in Schoenenbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (daughter of Jacob Schaf and Anna Maria Foltzlouer); died on 10 Dec 1778 in Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA; was buried in St John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery, Edgard, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA. Notes: May 31, 1774, sold a farm to Louis Girard Pellerin (Les Voyagers XVI, 1995," 117)
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4. | Johann Adam Heidel was born about 1675 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany; died before 1721 in Lorient, Morbihan, Bretagne, France; was buried in Lorient, Morbihan, Bretagne, France. Johann married Eva Anna Schnarberg in 1701 in Germany. Eva was born about 1680 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany; died in 1724 in Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Eva Anna Schnarberg was born about 1680 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany; died in 1724 in Louisiana, USA. Notes: Arrived in French Colonial Louisiana via Biloxi in 1721 via the ship La Charent from France.
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6. | Jacob Schaf was born in 1683 in Weißenburg, Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Germany (son of Hans Peter Schaf and Marie Lisbild); died in 1761. Other Events:
Notes: The Schaaf family, made up of the parents and six children left for Louisiana in December 1720 aboard the ship La Garonne. By January 1721, the ship's passengers were showing signs of an epidemic and docked at Brest, France to take refuge. The ship left Brest on February 27, 1721 and arrived at Saint Domingue (where the ships normally stopped enroute to Louisiana to pick up trade goods bound for Louisiana) where it was captured on April 30, 1731 by a pirate ship called La Gaillarde. The ship's passengers were rescued by the governor of Saint Dominque and brought to Cap Francois on July 19, 1721. During the journey, the German immigrants had experienced the effects of one of the worst epidemics in recorded history (300 Germans were sick), and after the attack by pirates, there were only 50 survivors. When the Schaaf family disembarked in Louisiana, the Schaaf parents had died, the survivors found that the Company of the Indies had gone bankrupt so that they had no land to settle, and they were literally stranded. Although the German population had little influence on the culture of Louisiana, many inhabitants of St Charles Parish still carry gallicized version of the original German surnames, such as Schexnaydre, Folse, and Oubre. The Schaaf family would be known as Chauff and, on one occasion, Mouton. One town name, "Des Allemands", is a modern reminder of the town's origin. Jacob married Anna Maria Foltzlouer. Anna (daughter of Jacob Foltzlouer) was born in 1685 in Germany; died about 1724 in Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Anna Maria Foltzlouer was born in 1685 in Germany (daughter of Jacob Foltzlouer); died about 1724 in Louisiana, USA.
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12. | Hans Peter Schaf was born in 1660 in Germany; died in 1721. Notes: Died: Hans married Marie Lisbild in 1680 in Friedrichsort, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Marie was born in 1663 in Friedrichsort, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died in 1721. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Marie Lisbild was born in 1663 in Friedrichsort, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died in 1721. Notes: Died:
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14. | Jacob Foltzlouer was born in UNKNOWN in Germany; died in UNKNOWN. Notes: Same as Foltz (now Folse)?
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