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flag male ancestor  Jean Baptiste Joseph  PROVOST

Born
3/13/1754 Territory of Orleans
Died

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Born: 3/13/1754 in Territory of Orleans

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown


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Jean Baptiste Joseph  married  Augustine Marguerite Armand DUCREST .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustine Marguerite Armand DUCREST  was born 1/19/1770 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA.  Augustine Marguerite Armand died 11/3/1811 in St Martin, Louisiana, USA. 



Sources:
Abbrev: Acadian Genealogy from France, Acadia and Louisiana
Title: Acadian Genealogy from France, Acadia and Louisiana
Author: Whitney Dartez
Publication: Rootsweb WorldConect Project, 2000
Note:
Database "wdartez"
Repository:
Name: Internet
Abbrev: Sacramental Records, vol. 2 1751-1771
Title: Sacramental Records, vol. 2 1751-1771
Author: Earl C. Woods, ed.
Publication: New Orleans, Archdiocese, 1988
Repository:
Name: California State Library, Sutro

Page: p. 232
Quality: 3
Text: Sponsors: Jean MONGET, master locksmith, & Marie Francoise PREVOT (SLC, B2, 21).
Abbrev: Marriage Contracts of the Attakapas Post, 1760-1803
Title: Marriage Contracts of the Attakapas Post, 1760-1803
Author: Winston DeVille
Publication: St. Martinville, LA: Attakapas Historical Assoc., 1966
Note:
Special Publication No. 1
Repository:
Name: California State Library, Sutro

Page: p. 43
Quality: 3
Note: Also "1774 Census of Attakapas Post, ed. by Jane Guillory Bulliard & Leona Trosclair David."
Text: Colette et sa femme;
with 7 children, 11 slaves, 300 cattle, 15 horses or mules, and 25 hogs.
Abbrev: Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts
Title: Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts
Author: Winston De Ville, comp.
Publication: Ville Platte, LA: Author, 1987
Note:
(
Source: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258-300)
Repository:
Name: Family History Library
35 North West Temple
Salt Lake City UT 84150

Page: p. 15
Quality: 3
Text: 91. Joseph PREVOT, Widower, 50.
Garcons: Baptiste, 25;
Joseph, 22;
Pierre, 14;
Bernard, 12.
Filles: Magdeleine, 17;
Marie, 10.
Slaves: 14.
There were 350 cattle, 20 horses, 27 hogs, and 27 sheep.
Abbrev: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101
Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101
Author: Donald J. Hébert
Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001
Note: Is the marriage date 3 or 13 of June?
Text: PREVOST, Jean Baptiste - widr. of Marguerite BONET (Joseph PREVOT - of Pointe Coupee & Magdeleine MAYEU) m. 3 [sic] June 1789 Augustine DUCREST (Armand & Catherine WISSE) Wits: Armand DUCREST, ROQUIGNEY fils, DECLOUET, Augustin BIGOL, Chevalier DECLOUET. Fr. de DEVA (SM Ch.: v.4, #29)
DUCREST, Augustine (Armand & Catherine WISSE) m. 13 [sic] June 1789 Jean Baptiste PREVOT - widr. of Marguerite BONET (Joseph - of Pointe Coupee & Magdeleine MAYEU) Wits: Armand DUCREST, ROQUIGNEY fils, DECLOUET, Augustin BIGOL, Chevalier DECLOUET. Fr. de DEVA (SM Ch.: v.4, #29)

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Jean Baptiste Joseph PROVOST married flag female ancestor Augustine Marguerite Armand DUCREST
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Children of Jean Baptiste Joseph PROVOST and Augustine Marguerite Armand DUCREST

flag female ancestor Augustine PROVOST
Born: 1/5/1793, St Martin Parish, Territory of Orleans
Died: ,




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BirthBirth — 1754
3/13/1754
Territory of Orleans
1793 Birth of Child
Augustine PROVOST was born 1/5/1793, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA

Jean Baptiste Joseph was 38 years old.
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Did You Know?Louisiana (La Louisianne) was named by explorer René-Robert Cavelier in the mid 1600's to honor King Louis XIV of France. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1812 - Territory of Orleans
April 30, 1812 - Louisiana becomes 18th U.S. state

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