Louis Gabriel Richard

• Sources:
  • "Acadian Immigrants to the Opelousas District, 1765" - http://www.acadiansingray.com
    • Opelousas, La Luisiana census, 1771, age 3[sic]
    • Opelousas, La Luisiana census, 1788, Bellevue
    • Opelousas, La Luisiana census, 1796, Bellevue District
    • Succession dated Aug 1829, St. Landry Parish courthouse

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• Notes:
  • Arrived in current day Louisiana in 1765, age 5

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!CHILD-MARRIAGE: Donald J. Hebert, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS; 1750-1800; vol. 1-A, rev. ed. , Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1996; p. 660; CD own copy; contains church and civil records.

DUGAS, Marie Victoire m. Louis RICHARD pere In Succ. of Louis RICHARD pere dated Aug. 1829 (Opel. Ct.Hse.: Succ.#496)

Sources:

   Title: Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens

   Author: Bona Arsenault

   Publication: Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.

   Note:

   Vols. 2-6 contain genealogies by area, paged continuously.

   Page: p. 2578 (Louisiana)

   Text: Louis RICHARD, born 1760, son of Pierre & Marguerite DUGAS.

   Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 2

   Author: Donald J. Hebert

   Publication: Eunice,LA, Author, 1974

   Note:

   Church and civil records 1811-1830.

   Page: p. 759

Text: Louis RICHARD, married to Marguerite DUGAS, his second wife, died 29 Aug 1829 at age 66 years . (Opel.Ch.: v.2, p.8).

   Repository:

       Name: Family History Library

       Salt Lake City UT 84150

   Title: Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts

   Author: Winston De Ville, comp.

   Publication: Ville Platte, LA: Author, 1987

   Note:

   (Source: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain ; legajo 2358, folios 258-300)

Page: p. 25

   Text: 108. Pierre RICHARD, 38;

   Marguerite DUGAT, wife, 48.

   Garcons: Fabien, 20;

   Louis, 10;

   Pierre, 9;

   Olivier, 5;

   Philippe, 3.

   Filles: Marguerite, 6.

   There were 100 cattle, 12 horses, and 20 hogs.

   Repository:

       Name: California State Library, Sutro

   Title: Attakapas Gazette

   Page: vol. IX, no. 2 (Jun 1974), p. 86

   Text: In article by Harold Préjean, "1818 [sic, must be 1813] Census of Opelousas."

   Louis RICHARD, with LouisRichard, Sor. [for Senior] as voter:

   Males Females F ree Colored Slaves

   0-15 16-17 18-44 45-49 50+ all ages males 0-17 18+ / femal e males 0-17 18+ / female

   4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 7

Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 2

   Author: Donald J. Hebert

   Publication: Eunice,LA, Author, 1974

   Note:

   Church and civil records 1811-1830.

   Page: p. 759

   Text: Two entries: Aug 1829 (Opel.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #496).

   Also: Louis RICHARD estate, dated 1829 (LSAR: Opel.: 1829).

   Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 2

   Author: Donald J. Hebert

   Publication: Eunice,LA, Author, 1974

   Note:

   Church and civil records 1811-1830.

   Page: p. 759

   Note: Was this a civil ceremony due to degree of affinity? They were 3rd cousins.

   Text: (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Mar. #27). 

GEDCOM Note

!RICHARD, Louis (Pierre & Marguerite DUGAS) m. Marie Victoria DUGAS (Opel Ch)
SWLR-v.1,p.479.