Hello, In the 1850 Census, we can find: Name:Jeane Marie Gumm Residence:St. Landry parish, St. Landry, Louisiana Age:24 years Calculated Birth Year:1826 She's the neighbor of the widow Etienne Lejeune. Best regards, Andre ----- Message d'origine ----- De: Paul L LeBlanc <pleblan@aim.com> Date: Mardi, 18 Janvier 2011, 12:43 pm Objet: Re: [ACADIAN] Mary GAUME/GUMS/GOMME À: acadian@rootsweb.com > I could not find a marriage. Gut feeling civil marriage because > of > different of Faith. > > Anybody got it from other sources? > > > GUMs > Several other spellings for Marie's name below. > > Marie/Mary may have had a sister(/aunt) Marguerite E who married > William Brown about the same time. > > Possibly related but a little later > BERROT, Claiborn m. 2 Sept. 1871 Julienne GUM > (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Mar. # > 6620) > GUM, Julienne m. 2 Sept. 1871 Claiborn BERROT (Opel. Ct. > Hse.: Mar. # > 6620) > GUM, Mary m. 19 July 1875 Harrison NIXON (Opel. Ct. Hse.: > Mar. # 8293) > > Paul > > ================== > > > Entries for Etienne Lejeune family > LEJEUNE, Solus (Etienne & Marie GROWN) b. 15 Feb. 1852 (Opel. > Ch.: v. > 4, p. 401) > LEJEUNE, Louis (Etienne & Marie GAUME) b. 6 Oct. 1854 (Opel. > Ch.: v. 5, > p. 88) > LEJEUNE, Cleopha (Etienne & Marie GOMM) b. 29 Nov. 1862 (Opel. > Ch.: v. > 6, p. 190) > LEJEUNE, Angelas (Etienne & Marie GAND) b. 21 Dec. 1859 (Opel. > Ch.: v. > 6, p. 104) > LEJEUNE, Maria Aurelia (Etienne & Marie GAUME) b. 4 April 1856 > (Opel. > Ch. v. 6, p. 38) > LEJEUNE, Onesime (Etienne & Marie ELGONE) b. 18 Aug. 1867 (Opel. > Ch.: > v. 6, p. 257) > > GOMME, Marie m. Etienne LEJEUNE d. 29 Nov. 1869 at age 43 > yrs. (Eunice > Ch.: v. 1, p. 1-A) > > LEJEUNE, Coralie (Etienne & Marie AGAMASSE) m. 4 Aug. 1870 > Felise > GODEAU (Eunice Ch.: v. 1, p. 13-A) > LEJEUNE, Louis (Etienne & Marie) m. 11 Feb. 1873 Julima > BELLO (Eunice > Ch.: v. 1, p. 24) > LEJEUNE, Lucien (Etienne & Marie ELGAM) m. 30 Jan. 1878 > Emerite > ANDREPONT (Eunice Ch.: v. 1, p. 80) > LEJEUNE, Angellas (Etienne & Marie Josette) m. 10 May 1881 Eliza > D. > MOREAU (Eunice Ch.: v. 1, p. 124) > LEJEUNE, Ophelia (Etienne & Marie ONNEGON) m. 21 June 1881 > Pierre > BELLO, fils (Eunice Ch.: v. 1, p. 127) > LEJEUNE, Lucien (Etienne & Marie ELGAM) m. 1 March 1897 Orema > THIBODEAUX (Iota Ch.: v. 1, p.90) > > ===================================== > The only other Grown entry > FIRST METHODIST CHURCH: 703 Lee St., Lafayette, Louisiana. > History of > the First United Methodist Church: The first Methodist circuit > rider in > this area was a Virginian, Elisha W. Bowman. Reverend Bowman was > appointed "Missionary to Louisiana" with instructions to begin > in New > Orleans. He arrived there in 1805 and preached on the streets of > that > city on three Sundays. Reverend Bowman left New Orleans with the > intention of reaching a settlement of Americans two hundred > miles to > the west and northwest of New Orleans. His journey to this > settlement > named Opelousas took him through a cypress swamp, four lakes, > and a > large bay. He landed near the mouth of what he called "River > O'Tash" > (Teche). About eighty miles up the stream he reached a > large French > Settlement (Probably St. Martinville), crossed Vermilion River > and > finally came to the Opelousas country. In 1805 Reverend Bowman > established the original Methodist circuit of Louisiana, and > formed the > first Methodist congregation of the "state of Opelousas. " Among > the > circuit riders to serve the area in the next few years were: > Thomas > Lasley, Benjamin Edge, John Henningen, and John S. Ford. > John R. > McIntosh was appointed to "Lower Vermilion". This circuit > probably > included Vermilionville in 1837. Records show that by 1845 the > Methodist congregation in Vermilion- ville (Now Lafayette) had > grown > sufficiently large to require the services of a regular > minister. The > Reverend William F. Brown, a pioneering minister, was appointed > to > serve New Town (New Iberia) and Lafayette. There had been no > church > building, as such, in Lafayette until 1858. Prior to that time > services > were held in private homes. Mr. Benjamin Porter Paxtin donated a > site > at the corner of Congress and Washington streets upon which a > church > was soon built. The first trustees were Gideon Stephens, James > Higginbotham, and Dr. John W. Chevis. In the years that followed > the > church continued to grow. During the Civil War the First > Methodist > Church was used to accommodate the wounded soldiers. Years > later, under > the Leadership of Reverend Isaac T. Reames, the church was > renovated > and remodeled. Reverend Reames, a devoted and faithful shepherd > did > most of the work himself. He was responsible for the building of > the > parsonage at the corner of St. John and Congress Streets. This > church > continued to serve the congregation until 1925 when the present > building was erected. Many people who are at present members of > this > church recall the 'little church on Washington Street"; many > attended > Sunday School and church services there. It was during the > pastorate of > Reverend Harry W. Rickey, that sentiment was created for the > building > of a new church. This senti- ment grew stronger and more > determined > under the leadership of Reverend Leon I. McCain who became > pastor in > 1921 and culminated in the present larger and more imposing > structure > situated on the corner of Lee and Main Streets. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: acvachon@videotron.ca > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, Jan 17, 2011 4:29 pm > Subject: [ACADIAN] Mary GAUME/GUMS/GOMME > > > Hello everyone, > > Did someone have the exact date for the wedding of Etienne Dupre > LeJEUNE and > Mary GAUME/GUMS/GOMME? They get married between the 1850 > Census and > May 1851 at > Opelousas. > > Did someone knows the parents for this Mary GAUME/GUMS/GOMME? . > > Thanks for all. > Andre > > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the > body of the > message. 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