Brief Life History of Marguerite
When Marguerite Trahan was born on 7 April 1801, in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States, her father, Paul Hippolyte Trahan, was 24 and her mother, Marguerite Montet, was 27. She married Maximillian Similiens Vincent on 1 June 1819, in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States in 1860. She died on 21 October 1864, in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Youngsville, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States.
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- Marguerite Vincent in household of Emeline Vincent, "United States Census, 1860"
- Marguerite Trahan, "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
- Marguerite Trahan, "Louisiana, Marriages, 1816-1906"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1807 · Louisiana is Divided into 19 Parishes
Louisiana was divided into 19 parishes (rather than counties or boroughs) on March 31, 1807. Currently, there are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Marcel, Monique, Pierre, Leonce, Lucien, Alcide, Cecile, Emile, Adrien, Camille.
French: variant of Trahant or Trahand (and, in North America, an altered form of the former), a metonymic occupational name for a silkworker who drew out the thread from the cocoons, from a derivative of the verb traire ‘to draw or stretch’. Compare Strong .
History: The LA branches of the Trahan family trace their descent from Guillaume Trahan, from Montreuil-Bellay in Maine-et-Loire, who arrived in Acadia in the 17th century; he married Madeleine Brun in Port-Royal in Acadia (now Annapolis Royal in NS, Canada), c. 1666. At the time of the expulsion of the Acadians (1755–64), his numerous descendants were deported and finally settled principally in the Attakapas country of LA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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