Cousins, I'd appreciate any comments on my reconstruction of the following lineages. I believe it's the first time I've thrown it out for public scrutiny, so be gentle lol. I'm aware (as Stanley posted) that Jeanne Prevost, the daughter of Nicolas PREVOST dit Blondin and Marie Francoise QUEBEDEAU, married a Ferdinand Pradie in New Orleans. My research indicates she gave birth to two children, possibly by different fathers, prior to this marriage. It's a bit drawn out; my apologies. Although I do not descend from Marie Louis PREVOST, she is important in identifying the mother of Louis COLLET, who is an ancestor of mine. Louis, by the way, married a QUEBEDEAU which is my link to Charles QUEBEDEAU whose ancestry has been discussed over the last couple of days. Marie Louise PREVOST was baptized 18 Jul 1778 in the Attakapas District, the daughter of Jeanne PREVOST. Her father is never listed. She married 28 Jan. 1799 Francois GAUTHIER of Montalban, province of Languedoc, France. Francois died 22 Feb 1813. * PREVOST, Marie Louise (Jeanne PREVOT) bt. 18 July 1778 Spons: Augustin FLAMANT & Demelle Louise DECLOUET. Fr. Louis MARIE (SM Ch.: v.1, p.61) * PREVOST, Marie Louise (Jeanne PREVOUT) bt. 18 July 1778 Spons: Augustin FLAMAND & Marie Louise VEILANT?, Auguste GREVEMBERG. Fr. Louis MARIE - Cure of Opelousas, Diocese of Havana. (SM Ch.: Folio B-1) * PREVOST, Marie Louise (Jeanne PROVOT) m. 28 Jan. 1799 Francois GAUTIER - of Monauban, Province of Languedoc, France (Antoine & Marguerite SIMIEN) Wits: Nicolas PREVOT - tio de la desposada [bride's uncle], Pierre Joseph NEZAT, Joseph LATIOLAIS, Francois BEGUENARD. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.4, #168) ** Nicolas PREVOT identified as uncle of the bride * GAUTHIER, Francois - native of Montanban; inhabitant at La Grand-Pointe died 22 Feb. 1813 at age 40 years at his home; buried 23 Feb. 1813 in the parish cemetery. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.4, #811) Francois GAUTHIER and Marie Louise PREVOST had the following children. Of interest is at the marriages or deaths of these children Marie Louise PREVOST is listed as Lise/Elise GREVEMBERG, possibly indicating her father was a GREVEMBERG: 1) Raymonde Josette b. 11 Dec 1799 * GAUTHIER, Raymond (Francois GAUTIER - of Montalban, province of Languedoc, France & Marie Louise PROVOT - of this parish) b. 11 Dec. 1799, bt. 1 June 1800 Pats: Antoine GAUTIER & Marguerite SIMIEN; Mats: --- & Jeane PROVOST; Spons: Nicolas PROVOST & Josephe NEZAT. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.5, #266) ** Nicolas PROVOST identified as a sponsor. * GAUTHIER, Raymonde - native and inhabitant of this parish (minor daughter of dec. Francois & Lise GREVEMBERG - inhabitant of this parish) m. 25 Aug. 1818 Francois RECURON - native of Pointe Couppee (major son of dec. Francois & Dorothee Catherine ----- [RECURON] - inhabitants at Pointe Coupee) Wits: Joseph ANGELES, Leon LATIOLAIS, Edouard THIBAUDEAU, Surville THIBAUDEAU, Martin SUDRIQUE, Joseph PATIN, Antoine DELHOMME, Anaclet MELANCON, Onezime PATIN, Cesaire NEZAT, Placide THIBAUDEAU, Flecher PICOU, Lise GREVEMBERG. Fr. Michael Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.6, #102) * GAUTHIER, Raymonde - of this parish (minor daughter of dec. Francois & Lise GREVEMBERG - of this parish) m. 25 Aug. 1818 Francois RECURON - of Pointe Coupee, now living in St. Martin Parish (major son of dec. Francois & Dorothee Catherine ---- of Pointe Coupee) Wits: Josephe HINGELES, Antoine DELHOMME, Anaclet MELANCON, Leon LATIOLAIS, Joseph PATIN, Onezime PATIN, Martin SUDRIQUE, Edouard THIBODEAU, Cesaire NEZAT, Surville THIBODEAU, Placide THIBODEAU, Maurice DOUCET, Flecher PICOU. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: Folio F) * GAUTHIER, Josette - of this parish; widow of --- RECURON (major daughter of Francois & Lise GREVEMBERG) m. 18 Aug. 1830 Louis GUTRICHE - of this parish; native of St. Malo in France (major son of Guiaume [Guillaume] Francois & Jeanne VIOT) Wits: Alexandre DELHOMME, Charles DELHOMME, Joseph NEZAT, Edmon DELHOMME, Auguste NEZAT. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: v.7, #158) 2) Marie (Emerante?) bt. 20 May 1802 * GAUTHIER, Marie (Francois GAUTIER - of Montalbon, Flanders, France & Louise PROVOST - of this parish) bt. 20 May 1802 at age 8 mths. Pats: Antoine GAUTIER & Marguerite SIMIEN; Mats: not listed; Spons: Pierre NEZAT & Marie BARRE, his wife. "Una Salida en" [during a missionary trip to] Carencro, continuing at the Widow ARSONNEAU. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.5, #466) * GAUTHIER, Emerante - native of this parish (major daughter of Francois & Lise GREVEMBER) m. 8 July 1824 Antoine Auguste NEZAT - native of this parish (major son of Auguste & dec. Magdelaine BARRE) Wits: Sosthene MOUTON, Charles OLIVIER Duclozel, Charles MOUTON, Cesaire NEZAT, Joseph LATIOLAIS. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: v.6, #361) 3) Celeste b. 12 May 1804 * GAUTHIER, Celeste (Francois - of Montalbano, France & Louise PROVOT - of this parish) b. 12 May 1804, bt. 18 June 1804 Pats: Antoine GAUTIER & Marguerite SIMIEN - of Montalbano, France; Spons: Frederic MOUTON & Magdeleine BARRE, wife of Auguste NEZAT. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.6, #113) * GAUTHIER, Celeste - native of this parish (minor daughter of dec. Francois - inhabitant at la grand-pointe & Lise GREVEMBERG) m. between 5 to 19 June 1820 Joseph WOOD - of this parish; native of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania (major son of David & Elizabeth MOORE) Wits: Antoine GUEDRY, Nicolas AMY, Aglae PECOT, Pierre BERTIN, Louis COLLET - bride's uncle, Emile ROUSSILLON. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #205) ** Louis COLLET identified as bride's uncle. 4) Antoine b. 12 May 1806 * GAUTHIER, Antoine (Francois - native of Montauban, France & Louise ---- native from here) b. 12 May 1806, bt. 7 Oct. 1806 above Baillou Teche at the home of the widow Pierre NEZAT. Pats: Antoine GAUTIER & Margueritte SIMIEN - from Montauban, France; Spons: Solasty ROY & Julie NEZAT - widow of Nicolas GUENARD. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.6-A, p.11) * GAUTHIER, Antoine (Francois - of Montalbon, France & Louise ----) b. 12 May 1806, bt. 7 Oct. 1806 at residence of --- NEZAT on Bayou Tech. Pats: Antoine GAUTIER & Marguerite SIMIEN - of Montalbon, France; Mats: not listed; Spons: Solasti ROY & Alice NEZAT, widow of Nicolas GUENARD. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: Folio E, p.26) * GAUTHIER, Antoine - native of this parish (Francois & Lise GREVEMBERG) died 8 Jan. 1826 at age about 16 years at the home of Louis COLLET at la grande pointe; buried 8 Jan. 1826 in the parish cemetery. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: v.4, #1743) ** Louis COLLET identified at Celeste's marriage as uncle of Francois and Marie's children. 5) Emilie b. 12 May 1809 * GAUTHIER, Emilie (Francois - of Montaubaum sur Garonne & Louise PROVOST) b. 12 May 1809, bt. 14 Oct. 1810 Pats: Antoine GAUTIER & Marguerite SIMIER; Mats: --- & Jeanne PROVOST - of Illinois; Spons: Louis PROVOST & Louise BARRE. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.6, #999) ** Jeanne PROVOST identified as "of Illinois" ** Louis PROVOST is a sponsor (brother of Jeanne) * GAUTHIER, Emilite - native of this parish (minor daughter of Francois & Elise GREVEMBERG) m. 25 Sept. 1827 Edouard Edmond DELHOMME - native of this parish (major son of Alexandre & Felicite PRADIE) Wits: Auguste NEZAT, Baptiste GUIDROZ, Daniel ZERINGUE fils, Cyrille THIBODEAUX, Cesaire NEZAT. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: v.7, #64) I can't explain why it's Marie Louise PREVOST at the births of the children, and it's Lise/Elise GREVEMBERG at their marriages or death other than possibly she was acknowledged later by her father. I do believe strongly that based on the father's name being Francois in every instance and four of five children sharing names that Marie Louise and Lise/Elise are the same person. Nicolas PREVOST is identified as Marie Louise's uncle at her marriage, which would be the son of Nicolas PREVOST dit Blondin and Marie Francoise QUEBEDEAU. (The other PREVOST family in the area, Joseph PREVOST dit COLLET, had no son named Nicolas). That her mother, Jeanne PREVOST, is the daughter of Nicolas dit Blondin and Marie Francoise is established at the birth of grandaughter Emilie, where Jeanne is identified as "of Illinois". Now to Louis COLLET. Louis was baptized in 1787 at the age of 4, the son of Jeannette PREVOST and Joseph COLETTE: LOUIS - (natural son of Jeannette & Joseph COLETTE) bt. 28 March 1787 at age 4 yrs. Spons: Alexandre Efbeh(?) Felix Philippe Du CLOSLANGE & Felicite PREVOST - inhabitant of this parish. Fr. GEFFROTIN (SM Ch.: v.3, #172) ** Felicite PREVOST, daughter of Nicolas PREVOST dit Blondin and Marie Francoise QUEBEDEAU (Jeanne's sister), is a sponsor. Now scroll up to the marriage of Celeste GAUTHIER and Joseph WOOD in 1820, and you'll see Louis COLLET identified as the uncle of the bride. You'll also see that Antoine GAUTHIER died in 1826 at the home of Louis COLLET. My conclusion is that Louis is the (half) brother of Marie Louise PREVOST/Lise GREVEMBERG m. Francois GAUTHIER. Marie Louise is the granddaughter of Nicolas PREVOST dit Blondin and Marie Francoise QUEBEDEAU, as is Louis COLLET. I look forward to questions or comments thrown out there. This was a major roadblock for me until I stumbled across Marie Louise PREVOST's information. Thanks, Neal..... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com