Brief Life History of Adveline Marie
When Adveline Marie Bergeron was born on 13 November 1841, in Louisiana, United States, her father, David Bergeron, was 28 and her mother, Marie Elise Decoteau, was 21. She married Leon Jean Gautreau about 1863, in Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Ward Seven, Ascension, Louisiana, United States in 1900 and New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1900. She died on 23 March 1908, in Ascension, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Prairieville Cemetery, Prairieville, Ascension, Louisiana, United States.
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- Adeline Ganthman in household of Leon Ganthman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Adveline Bergeron Geautreau, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jill Gautreau in entry for Ulysses Gautreau, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union
Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Andre, Armand, Marcel, Lucien, Emile, Gaston, Michel, Pierre, Camille, Alphonse, Fernand.
French: diminutive of Berger ‘shepherd’, hence meaning ‘little shepherd’. Compare Bargeron , Bashaw , and Bergeon .
History: Barthélemi Bergeron dit d'Amboise from Amboise in Indre-et-Loire, France, married Geneviève Serreau de Saint-Aubin in Acadia c. 1695. François Bergeron from Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges in Vendée, France, married Étiennette Leclerc in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1676. Pierre Bergeron from Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois in Charente-Maritime, France, married Catherine Marchand in Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois c. 1642, died in Lauzon, QC, c. 1680. — This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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