This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: A_Brans Surnames: Burch (Burg), Mayer (Mayeux), Salles Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.burch/2190.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a lot of informatio on the Burch history in Edgard, LA. I hope this will clarify some things for you. Also, I am seeking help in resolving the duel story. I am a descendant of the Burch's from Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Antoine Zacharie Burch was my g2-grandfather. He was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France around 1815. He married Elizabeth Mayer (Mayeux) in Alsace-Lorraine, France. She was born in 1823. Elizabeth gave birth to 5 children in France: Marie Élizabeth Burch, Marie Burch, Antoine-Louis, George Burch and Joseph Burch. In the spring of 1854 the family set sail from Le Havre on the ship named the Roger Stewart. They arrived in New Orleans on 25 May 1854, having left behind in France their oldest child Marie Élizabeth age 11 and their 2 year old Joseph. They settled in Edgard, Louisiana where they had two more children, Katherine Florine Burch and Emile Burch. They owned a boucherie in Edgard. Antoine Zacharie Burch died in May 1857 at the age of around 42. Elizabeth was 34. She continued to run the boucherie. Later she married a man named Joseph Marchal and she had 2 more children. This is what happened to the 5 children of Antoine Zacharie Burch and Elizabeth Mayer who were born in France: 1 - Marie-Élizabeth, the daughter who had been left behind in France, married General Jules Zephirin Sage. She died in Vincennes, France in 1906. 2 - Joseph, The son who was left in France eventually moved to New York where he managed a hotel and then to Chicago where he was co-owner of the Burch-Schultze bakery. 3 - Their daughter, Marie Burch, was my g-grandmother. She married Theophile Jean Sylvain Salles who was born in Sarremezan, Haute-Garonne, France on 6 May 1838. He had come to Louisiana a few years before, following his brother, Aristide Jean Marie Salles. Sylvain worked in the boucherie owed by Elizabeth Burch. He also bought some land in Edgard. Sylvain and Marie had two children, John Bernard Eugene Salles (my grandfather) born 1870 and Laure Salles born 1875. Sylvain died at his home in Edgard on 10 March 1883 at the age of 44. My aunt told me he was killed in a duel. Marie Burch later married François Faucheux and they lived with her daughter and her husband, Dr. Norbert Simone. The Simone's had 4 children but only one, Nemour, survived childhood. His mother died in 1903 an his father died in 1905. François Faucheux died in 1904. Marie and Nemour went to live in New Orleans at the home of her son, John Eugene Salles, who had a French restaurant of St. Charl! es St. Marie died at Eugene's home on Grand Rte St John in 1925. 4 - Antoine Louis Burch (1849-1912) married Marie Lucilla Theriot (dob: unknown, dod: 1934). They had 2 children: Edgard Burch (dob: unknown) and Lucia Burch (dob: 1889). 5 - I don't know what became of George Burch who was born around 1852 in France.?  ?  ? Here is what happened to the 2 children of Antoine Zacharie Burch and Elizabeth Mayer who were born in Edgard, LA: 1 - Florine Burch married Julius Hempel. They had 7 children. Emile Burch (1857-1916) married Odile Champagne in Edgard in 1880. They had 9 children: Laurence Burch, Olga Burch , Stephen Burch, Edmee "Memee" Burch (1882-1962), George Edward Burch (1885-1930), Antoine Joseph Burch (1885-1936), Maurice Burch (1891-1913), Minnie Burch (1900-1980) and Roger Burch (1904-1981). 2 - George Edward Burch married Lottie Edith Monroe (1889-1976) and had 8 children, the oldest of whom was Dr. George Burch, the noted cardiologist in New Orleans and the youngest of whom was Dr. Robert Ray Burch. Now, this is my problem: according to D. Burch it was either Emile (dod: 1916) or Antoine Burch (dod: 1912) who was killed in a duel. This doesn't make sense to me as they both died around age 60 and after 1900. Dueling had been declared illegal for a long time before that. Also, 60 year old men are not usually as hot headed as men in their 40's. According to my Aunt Henrietta Salles, it was Sylvain Salles, their brother-in-law (and my g-grandfather) who was killed in a duel. He died in 1883 at age 44. Also, nobody mentioned Antoine Zacharie Burch as a good possibility for the duel story. After all, he was only about 45 when he died in 1857. I am looking for documentation regarding this death by duel story. Can anyone help me? A. Brans  ?  ?  ?  ? ???  ? According to D. Burch, it was either Antoine Burch or Emile Burch who was killed in a duel.  But my records say that they died in 1912 and 1916, respectively.  I think it is unlikely that there would have still been dueling at that time.   However, it could have been Antoine Zacharie Burch, father of Marie Burch, who was killed in a duel because he died in 1857 and was probably around 40 years old as we know his wife was around 37.  But my Aunt Henrietta always said it was Sylvain Salles who was killed in a duel. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.