Pellerin family of Louisiana

Louis Gerard Pellerin, Colonial Officer of Louisiana

COMPILED By RANDY DeCUIR

Louis Pellerin was the first commandant of the Opelousas/Attakapas Post, which was located in Opelousas, behind the present day church.

Louis Gerard Pellerin was baptized in New Orleans on Jan 2, 1730, the son of Gerard Pellerin and Francois Ruglan. (AN, B 1730, 110, page 203, Archdiocese of New Orleans Records)

Ancestors of Louis Girard Pellerin:

The Marriage record of Gerard Pellerin and Francois Ruglan was recorded at St. Louis Cathedral on March 24, 1729, stated that Gerard was a native of Mezieres-sur-Meuse, Diocese of Reims (France), and was the magazine intendant at the general control of the province of Louisiana, trustee of the Parish of New Orleans and widower of Angelique Catherine La Cossier. Francois Ruglan at the time of her marriage to Gerard Pellerin was the widow of Raguet Damaron. The Soileau family of Louisiana are descendants of the Pellerin line, as Noel Soileu, the Soileau family patriarch, was the son of Elizabeth Soileau Pellerin of France. The Soileau family was from Mezieres in the province of Champage along the Northern French border. Soileau arrived from France into Louisiana with his uncle Gerard Pellerin in 1719. Soileau survived the Natchez massacre and was appointed quartermaster of the royal warehouse at Natchez Post after it was restored, according to the LSU publicaton, an atlas of Louisiana Surnames.
Children of Gerard Pellerin and Francois Ruglan include:
Louis Gerard Pellerin, our ancestor, b. 1730
Francoise Heleine Pellerin, b 1731

Louis Gerard Pellerin married Marie Martha Hubert de Bellaire.

Notes and dates of Louis Girard Pellerin:

1730, Jan 2 Born at New Orleans 1774, May 31, Louis Girard PELLERIN, “of New Orleans”, purchased from Marguerite Chope, widow of Ambroise Haydel, and her children, a farm of 11 arpents wide by the customary depth (50 arpents). The farm was bounded by the properties of Nicolas Haydel and Jean Jacques Haydel. (German Coast Families by Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., pg. 207) 1812 Died before the baptism of his grandson, son of Bartholeme Pellerin.

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Descendants of Louis Pellerin, Colonial Officer of Louisiana

Louis Gerard Pellerin, native of France, married Marie Marthe Hubert de Bellaire,
native of New Orleans, died before April 10, 1808 as noted on grandchild baptism of Antoinette Fontenette

Children of Louis Pellerin include:

1) Jeanne Louise Pellerin, m. 30 July 1787 Alexandre Le Pelletier de la
Houssaye

2)Louise Charlotte Pellerin, m. 1 Aug. 1787 at Attakapas Post, to Louis Le
Pelletier de la Houssaye, brother of Alexandre, and sons of Chevalier Paul
Augustin de La Houssaye.
Charlotte Louise Pellerin apparently married a second time, as there is a baptism
of her child by husband Jacques Benigne Fontennette of Bayou Teche.

3) Jean Baptiste Martin Pellerin Chatillion, b 17?8 Attakapas; d 17 April
1819 New Orleans; m. Eulalie Chesne, daughter of Joseph Chesne and Rosalia St. Amand,
according to a note on the baptisms of thier son Simon, and daughter Eulalie. Also noted
on that bapt certifcate was the fact that Jean Baptiste Pellerin was listed as lieutenant of
fixed Louisiana infantry which garrisons the fort of Pensacola. In 1815 baptism of Eulalie, he is
noted as Captain of the same fort.
Children of J. B. Pellerin and Eulalie Chesne include:
a) Rosalie Amelia Pellerin, d 15 Jan 1850, m. Victor Amede Michot, noted as godmother of her sister Eulalie on baptism in 1815. Ancestor of the compiler of this list, Randy DeCuir.
b) Jean Baptist Louis Pellerin, born before 1815, noted as godfather of baptism of his sister, Eulaie in 1815
c) Amanda Pellerin, buried July 11,1814 at age 18 months, St. Louis Cathedral Funeral Book.
d) Simon Pellerin, born 1810, baptized 1812
e) Eulalia Elmira Pellerin, b 1814., baptized 1815

4) Louis Pellerin of New Orleans and Bayou Tortue m. Julie Decous of Pointe Coupee.
a) Bartholomew Valsin Pellerin, b 8 Sep. 1801
b) Alexandre Pellerin, m. 1808 Louise Aimee Boissier. Parents of Marie Marthe Lodioiska Pellerin, b 1809. After death of Louise Boissier, he married Phelipa Trivino in 1815, widow of Joseph Duveuelet.
C) Delphine Pellerin, buried 1803 at age 7 years
d) probably Decoux Pellerin

5) Louis Bartolome Pellerin, native and residnet of New Orlenas, m. Maria Ysavel Labat, native of Pascagoula, as noted on bapt of grandchild.
a) Maria Josephina Pellerin, b 1815, baptized St. Louis Cathedral.
b) Joseph Pellerin, noted as brother of Maria on baptism in 1815
c) Marie Eliza Pellerin, noted as sister of Maria on bapt. in 1815.

5) Nicolas Pellerin of Bayou Teych m. 1806 Julie Provost
a) Hubert Pellerin, b 1810
b) Nicolas Louis Pellerin b 1806
c) Eleonide Pellerin, b 1809

6) Bartholome Pellerin, noted as a son of Louis Gerard and Marie Hubert on the baptism of his son, Narcisco. This baptism record also stated Bartholome was Captain of fixed Louisiana infantry which garrisons the fort of Pensacola. Children include:
a) Narciso Pellerin, bapt. 1812 at New Orleans.

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