Eighth Generation


242. François Louis GRÉMILLION was born on 1 November 1752 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1421 He was baptized on 2 November 1752 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1421 He died before 1810 at the age of 58.251 François Louis fought in the American Revolution. His name appeared on the 1771 Pointe Coupée Militia list as "francois Grémillon" but was erroneously reported as "joseph Gremillon" in the 1777 list due to a transcription error in Charles Robert Churchill's 1925 book entitled "SAR Spanish Records, Spanish-English War, 1779-1783 (Men under Gen. Don Bernardo de Galvez and other records from the Archives of the Indies, Seville, Spain)". However, examination of the actual 1777 Pointe Coupée Militia list shows clearly that the name of "françois grémillon" appeared on the 1777 list. It appears that Churchill accidentally combined the first name of soldier #30 (Joseph Lafleur) and the last name of soldier #31 (françois grémillon) when transcribing the list to arrive at the name of "joseph Gremillon". Churchill then skipped to #32 (Baptiste Lacourt). 2728,1 Perrine BERZA and François Louis GRÉMILLION251,842 were married on 9 February 1779 at St. François d’Assise Catholic Church & Cemetery in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1422

243. Perrine BERZA was born on 17 October 1761 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1423 She was baptized on 27 October 1761 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA. The surname on her baptismal record is LaFleur.1423 Between 1810 and 1815, the widowed Perrine moved her family from Pointe Coupee to Avoyelles. When she first arrived, she lived with the family of her son, Valerien and his wife, Emelie Rabalais. On 15 December 1815, she purchased a 'vacherie' of 7 arpents front from Alexandre Plauche. Her son, Francois, purchased the adjoining 10 arpents. On this property, she settled her family. The property, just beyond Coulee des Grues on what is now the Hessmer-Marksville Highway, came to be known as "Les Cotes des Gremillions". She was buried on 8 November 1828 in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA. The record states that she died at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon so it's likely that she died on the 7th.1424 (Note: She was listed as "Petronille" on her marriage record to GRÉMILLION and "Febronille" on her burial record.

Children were:

i.

Francois Louis GRÉMILLION II was born on 28 November 1779 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1425 He was baptized on 17 January 1780 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1425 He died before 29 July 1841. An inventory of his estate was made on that day.

ii.

Eugenie (Eumenie) GRÉMILLION was born in September 1782 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1425 She was baptized on 27 February 1783 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1426 Her estate was in succession by 10 December 1818. On the succession inventory, she was listed as "Amelia Gramillion" and William "Chauburg" was listed as her widower.

iii.

Constance GRÉMILLION was born on 18 February 1785 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1425 She was baptized on 19 March 1785 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1425 She was buried on 11 January 1854 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1427

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iv.

Marie Manette GRÉMILLION.

v.

Euphrosine GRÉMILLION was born on 4 August 1790 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1425 She was baptized on 29 September 1790 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1428

vi.

Valerien GRÉMILLION I was born on 19 October 1793 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1001 He was baptized on 24 January 1794 at St. François d’Assise Catholic Church & Cemetery in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1001 He was buried on 15 August 1850 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1429 Valerien had his estate in succession in October 1850 although it is not known if this was the opening date of the succession.

vii.

Cyprien GRÉMILLION was born about September 1796 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1425 He was baptized on 27 December 1796 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1425 He died before 18 November 1827 at the age of 31 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.

viii.

Martin GRÉMILLION was born on 10 January 1799 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1001 He was baptized on 5 May 1799 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1001 He died in 1873 at the age of 74 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.