When Francois Nicolas Brignac was born on 12 March 1805, in Edgard, St. John the Baptist, Louisiana, United States, his father, Mathieu "Jolly" Brignac, was 48 and his mother, Marie Marguerite Vicknair, was 40. He married Francis Delphine Haydel on 16 February 1829, in Saint Gabriel, Iberville, Orleans Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 12 February 1836, in French Settlement, Livingston, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in French Settlement, Livingston, Louisiana, United States.
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Louisiana was divided into 19 parishes (rather than counties or boroughs) on March 31, 1807. Currently, there are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Louisiana was the site of the final battles of the War of 1812.
Some characteristic forenames: French Ferrel, Jacques, Pierre, Aldes, Amedee, Antoine, Camille, Eulalie, Leonce, Remi.
French: habitational name from Brignac, the name of several places in various parts of France, e.g. in Corrèze and Hérault, named with Roman personal names (Brinnius and a shortened form of Aprionus) + the suffix -acus, denoting ownership. This surname is not found in France.
History: Simon-Jacques Brignac from La Rochelle in Charente-Maritime, France, married Marie-Madeleine Turpin in Fort Toulouse (Wetumpka), AL, in 1725.
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