Brief Life History of Appoline Aure
When Appoline Aure Fontenot was born on 13 November 1857, in Ville Platte, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, her father, Joseph Larose Fontenot, was 36 and her mother, Apoline Amelia Lebas, was 29. She married Zenon S Fontenot on 21 January 1875, in Ville Platte, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in St. Landry, Louisiana, United States in 1860 and Louisiana, United States in 1870.
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- Aure Fontenot in household of Joseph L Fontenot, "United States Census, 1870"
- Appoline Aure Fontenot, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
- Ame Fontenot, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
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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.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Ulysse, Andrus, Alcide, Andre, Edouard, Lucien, Marise, Monique, Remy.
French: variant of Fonteneau (and, in North America, an altered form of this), a topographic name from a diminutive of Old French fontaine ‘spring, well’ (see Fontaine ), or a habitational name from any of several places mainly in the westcentral part of France so named. The surname Fontenot is very rare in France.
History: Jean-Louis Fonteneau/Fontenot from Montierneuf in Vienne, France, married Louise-Angélique Henry in Mobile, AL, in 1726.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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