Hi Rita, Thanks so much. I guess I was remembering wrong about which census started listing the parents' birthplaces -- heck. Think of how much easier this hobby would be if they'd started listing complete information back in 1790! *sigh* No need to go through the 1860. I have the family pretty well traced from Theotiste to the present; it's Theotiste's mom who is giving me fits. Thanks for your help. cheers, Gordon Rita wrote: >Hi Gordon, > >I found Theotiste in 1850: > >1850 U.S. Federal Census . Louisiana . Lafourche County - Bayou Choupie: >Martin Failt, age 60, farmer, value of real estate owned $500, cannot read >or write; >Cleotide, age 45; >Tanmon, age 18, male [spelling could be incorrect - hard to read, sorry]; >Marie, age 16, female; >Valmont, age 14, male; >Celestine, age 12, female. > >Martin's neighbors are: >Paulin de Rocher, age 28, farmer, value of real estate owned $500, cannot >read or write; >Mathilde, age 27; >Ozeme, age 6, male; >Oscar, age 4, male; >Marie, age 2, female; >Victorinne, age 1, female. > >All of the above persons "born in Lafourche Parish" [sic]. > >1860 Censuses at Ancestry.com are not indexed for Lafourche parish [there >are 200 images for that area] I can go thru them, one by one, I don't mind, >but... >FYI ... 1860 nor 1870 census do not give parents place of birth...this does >not start until the 1880 Census. > >Let me know if I am to continue to search...particularly the 1860 census for >Theotiste. > >Rita > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gordon Bonnet [mailto:jaggy227@fltg.net] >Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:44 PM >To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Theotiste (Boudreaux) Faite > > >Hi all, > >Just wondering if anyone had the time & inclination to do a census >lookup for me -- I live in the middle of rural nowhere and don't have >any access to census records.... > >My ancestor, Theotiste Boudreaux, was the daughter of Benjamin Hilaire >Boudreaux and Anna Isabel Ferguson. I have Benjamin's line traced >pretty thoroughly, but Anna's is a total dead end. Anna was b. ca. 1768 >and her parents were Anselm and Ann (Berry) Ferguson, possibly of Virginia. > >Anyhow, Theotiste married twice -- first to my forebear, Joseph >Appolinaire Durocher, who died in 1822, and second (in 1827) to Martin >Faite. I know she was still alive in 1840. What I'm hoping is that she >was still alive in 1850 and 1860, at which time the census started >giving more information. If someone has relatively easy access to >census records, what I'm looking for is any information on Theotiste >Faite, probably in Lafourche or Assumption Parish, LA -- the information >I'm especially interested in is where her mother was born. I think the >first census that has that information was the 1860 (is that right?) so >I'm gambling that she was still alive -- she was born in 1802 so I think >it's fairly likely that she was. And I doubt that there are that many >Theotiste Faites around, so it shouldn't be too hard to find if she was >actually still alive. > >Thanks in advance.... > >cheers, > >Gordon > >p.s. If anyone on the list descends from Anna Isabel's sister, Margaret >Ferguson who m. David Kennedy or Canada -- I just found some great >information on the Kennedys -- and from primary sources, yet! Drop me >an email if you're interested. > > >==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== >The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to >the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the >person who posted. Your concerns will be addressed. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >