When Judith Guillory was born on 5 January 1785, in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, her father, Claude Elie Guillory, was 34 and her mother, Marie Jeanne Brignac, was 19.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Louisiana was divided into 19 parishes (rather than counties or boroughs) on March 31, 1807. Currently, there are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Antoine, Alcide, Elcie, Ferrel, Leonce, Odile, Yves, Aldes, Alexandre.
French:
habitational name from La Guillorie, a place in Loire-Atlantique, or La Guihorais, a place in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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