The Saucier Family - Page 32
JEAN BAPTISTE SAUCIER II, the second son and third child of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Marie Gabrielle Savary, was born at Mobile on February 28, 1707. Jean Baptiste was the grandson of Louis Saucier and Marguerite Gaillard of Quebec Canada and a great grandson of Charles Saucier and Charlotte Clairet of Paris, France. He was named Jean Baptiste by his godfather Jean Baptiste Alexandre the next day at his baptism. His godmother was Hippolite Mercile of the village. He died in June of 1746 at the age of thirty-nine years at Kaskaskia, Illinois. Jean Baptiste Saucier II was engaged with his older brother Henri in the trading business along the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Illinois. His love of commerce on the Mississippi River kept him a bachelor for more than thirty-two years. In 1738 he contracted with the government to furnish meat and supplies to the army during the Chickasaw Indian war. On April 6, 1740, at the age of thirty-three years, Jean Baptiste, a native of Mobile, entered a contract of marriage with Rose Marie Girardy, born in 1724, a native of Bayou Saint John, located near New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. Rose Marie would have been sixteen years old at the time of their marriage, seventeen years younger than Jean Baptiste. They established their home a short distance upriver from New Orleans. On October 30, 1745, Jean Baptiste purchased a home in Kaskaskia, Illinois, on the road to Fort Chartres, Illinois with plans to move his family there. Jean Baptiste’s death occurred shortly after he purchased the home. Rose Marie after learning of her husband’s death journeyed to Illinois to settle Jean Baptiste’s affairs in the village. Arriving at Fort de Chartres and unable to make payments after Jean Baptiste’s death on the new house he purchased in the village, Rose Marie made arrangements to sell the home and gave a gun belonging to Jean Baptiste to the seller as payment on the home while in Illinois. Joseph DesRuisseaux, who was married to Rose Marie’s sister, helped Rose Marie with the arrangements to sell the home Jean Baptiste had purchased. Jean Baptiste was connected in commercial ventures in Illinois and Missouri with his brother-in-law Joseph DesRuisseaux at the time of his death. Jean Baptiste was to have headed the business ventures in Illinois for his brother-in-law, which was the reason for his plans to move his family to Kaskaskia. Due to Jean Baptiste's death at a young age, his widow Rose Marie Girardy, expecting their third child, returned to and remained in New Orleans with their two small children and their third child, daughter Rose Marie, who was born shortly after her return to New Orleans. On November 18, 1747 Rose Marie partitioned her brother-in-law Henri and the family members of Jean Baptiste for a family meeting at New Orleans to conduct the Succession for her late husband. His Succession is on file in the Louisiana Historical Center in New Orleans. Rose Marie later remarried and had ten children with her new husband Louis Duvernay. Rose Marie died in 1789 at New Orleans at age sixty-five.
Jean Baptiste Saucier III, born in about 1741 at New Orleans, the son of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy, and a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, was only five years old when his father died. He grew up with his half brothers, sons of Louis Duvernay, and Rose Marie. Records reveal that unlike his Duvernay half brothers that stayed close to New Orleans, Jean chose to follow in the footsteps of his father, having inherited his father's love of traveling on the Mississippi, trading and for working with the Indians. He was guided by the strong influence of his uncles and family members. He was emancipated well before his twenty fifth birthday, permitting pursuits without the guidance of his family and his mother. Jean Baptiste Saucier married the widow Catherine Desmarest Latuippe, on April 16, 1765 at Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. She was born on January 24, 1748, daughter of Jean Francois Desmarest, a native of Biloxi and Catherine Ducro, a native of Natchez. At the beginning of their marriage they made their home at Opelousas.
Jean Baptiste participated as an observer and Indian interpreter for the government in the Red River Expedition of 1773 which was headed by Jacques Gaignard of the Opelousas Post. Gaignard and Jean Baptiste Saucier were to meet with Indian leaders in the region and make peace with the tribes still causing trouble for settlers of that area. The mission was not just for diplomatic reasons but for trading purposes also. His association with Gaignard became strained after Jean Baptiste consulted with the acting Commandant of the Natchitoches outpost on matters concerning the expedition. Gaignard, who had a violent temper, later wrote letters to the Natchitoches Post Commandant complaining about Jean Baptiste's conduct and demeanor, as well as the fact that the commandant had not acted against Jean Baptiste regarding the complaints he had lodged against him.
In 1782 Jean Baptiste was sent from Natchez to the Arkansas Post where he served as an Indian interpreter in the Arkansas Territory until the end of 1808. He served in that capacity for twenty-five years before being released from full time duty by John B. Treat of the Office of Indian Affairs in a dispatch from Treat's office dated December 31, 1808. Jean Baptiste was released with the stipulation that he would be used as an interpreter when necessary and paid for his services in those instances. Jean Baptiste on at least one occasion complained to his superiors about his meager salary of fourteen Spanish pesos per month, saying he couldn't live on the amount being paid and received an increase of three pesos per month. It is possible that Jean Baptiste supplemented his salary through trading with the different Indian villages while acting as the post interpreter. In the years leading up to his dismissal as permanent interpreter of the post, there were a number of complaints of his conduct with the Quapaw Indians and the settlers at the post, this possibly could have been part of the basis of his dismissal as interpreter in 1808. It is also believed that Jean Baptiste never returned to his home in Louisiana after he was appointed interpreter for the Arkansas Nation at the Arkansas Post. Jean Baptiste also was involved in the 1783 Colbert Raid of April 17, 1783 in which James Colbert, who was influential with the Chickasaws, along with members of the Chickasaw tribe and some British nationals carried out an attack upon the Spanish garrison based at the Arkansas Post located on the Arkansas River. This attack was considered the only battle of the American Revolution to be fought in the territory that is now the state of Arkansas.
In 1799, his wife Catherine was living at Bayou Boeuf in Louisiana along with two of her sons, their older son Simon and his family was living nearby. Jean Baptiste at this time was not with his family and was possibly living at the outpost in Arkansas. Catherine was gaining the reputation in Louisiana of being a widow since Jean Baptiste was seldom with his family at their residence. Jean Baptiste Saucier and Catherine Desmarest had six children during their marriage, Jean Baptiste, Henrietta, Guillaume, Joseph, Simon and Louis, with the children seeing very little of their father and seemingly not knowing much about him. Opelousas church records are found for only three of their six children. Jean Baptiste Saucier died in Arkansas sometime following his release as post interpreter in December of 1808. The exact date of his death is unknown. Catherine died in early September of 1812 and was buried on September 9, 1812 according Church records in Opelousas, Louisiana.
Jean Baptiste Saucier, the first child and son born to Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest was born on January 29, 1766 and died a few weeks later on February 17, 1766. He was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile.
Henrietta Saucier, the second born child and first daughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest was born on July 10, 1768 and died slightly over four months later on November 29, 1768. She was the granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile.
Simon Saucier, son of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest was born about 1774 and baptized on October 21, 1777. Simon was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. He married Emilie Chatelain, the daughter of Nicolas Chatelain and Catherine Juneau and they resided in the Bayou Boeuf area. Their children were Aimee, Simon II, Francoise, Lisee, Joseph, Louis and Nicholas Saucier. Simon died in about 1811 and Emelie remarried soon after Simon's death. Emelie married the widower Charles Fontenot on June 26, 1811. Emelie was still living at the time a grandchild was baptized in December of 1830. This would place Emilie's death at an unknown date sometime after the grandchild's baptism services, which she attended that December of 1830.
Simon Saucier II was born on December 2, 1799 in Opelousas, Louisiana and died there in about 1874. Simon first born child and son of Simon Saucier and Emilie Chatelain. He was grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest the great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a third great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. On November 22, 1825 he married Josephine Simon Fontenot in St Landry Parish, Louisiana. Simon was twenty-five years old and Josephine was twenty years old at the time of their marriage. Josephine was born on August 5, 1805 and died in 1872 in Opelousas, Louisiana at age sixty-seven. Josephine was the daughter of Simon Fontenot and Marie Louise Moreau of Opelousas, Louisiana. Simon and Josephine had nine children before her death, Simon III, Pierre Alcide, Emelie, Angeline, Azeline Marie, Emile, Adeline, Theodule, and Pierre Saucier. After the death of Josephine, Simon married his second wife, the widow Marceline Henry Fontenot, on August 6, 1844 at Opelousas, Louisiana. She was born on November 29, 1812 in Opelousas, Louisiana and died there on April 21, 1858 at age forty-five. Marceline was the widow of Stephen Bundick of Opelousas, Louisiana who had died the pervious year. Simon and Marceline had one daughter, Marie Marguerite Saucier.
Aimee Saucier was born in about 1800 Opelousas, Louisiana and there died around 1824 which would have made her around twenty-four year old at her death. Her birth and death dates are approximate. She was the second child and first daughter born to Simon Saucier and Emilie Chatelain. She was granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a third great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. On November 29, 1815, at the age of fifteen, she married nineteen year old Francois Ducrois Fontenot at Opelousas, Louisiana. He was the son of Francois Fontenot and Therese Jacob Aigle of Opelousas, Louisiana. He was born at Opelousas in 1796 and died there in 1822. Aimee and Francois had six children, Francois Ducrois, Jr. Melitte, Armiline, Emelie, Jean Baptiste Francois, and Areline Fontenot.
Marie Francoise Saucier was born on November 3, 1804 at Opelousas, Louisiana and died on September 26, 1874 at age sixty-nine. She was the third child and second daughter born to Simon Saucier and Emilie Chatelain. She was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a third great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. On July 4, 1820 at age fifteen she married twenty-two old Joseph Ignace Wakine David. He was the son of Joseph Wakine David and Marie Fruge of Opelousas. He was born in Opelousas on August 20, 1797 and died there in about 1852 at the approximate age of fifty-five. Marie and Joseph had ten children, Onesime, Clara Felicite, Marguerite, Irene Josephe, Aurelien, Aureline Josephe, Celima, Octave, Virgiline, and Irene Josephe David.
Therese Celise (Lisee) Saucier was born on May 2, 1806 at Opelousas, Louisiana and died there in She was fourth child and third daughter born to Simon Saucier and Emilie Chatelain. She was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a third great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. She married Joseph Simon Fontenot on June 19, 1821 in Opelousas, Louisiana, she was fifteen years old and Joseph was twenty-one year old. Joseph was born on May 12, 1800, in Opelousas and died there in 1867. He was the son of Simon Philippe Fontenot and Theotiste Theo Desmarets of Opelousas, Louisiana. Celise and Joseph had four children, Valerien Joseph, Lastie Joseph, Adele Simon, and Archille Fontenot.
Nicolas Saucier was the fifth child and second son born to Simon Saucier and Emelie Chatelain. He was baptized at the St. Landry Parish Church on February 2, 1810. Nicolas was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarets, great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. His father Simon Saucier died shortly after the birth of Nicholas. In October of 1828, Nicholas, then eighteen years of age, married fifteen year old Julie Guillory, the daughter of Joseph Guillory and Marie Madeline Tassin of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Julie was born on January 15, 1813 in Avoyelles Parish. Nicholas' wife, Julie Guillory, died sometime after the baptism of their youngest child and daughter Azelie in 1842. Nicholas and Julie had at least seven known children, Celese, Lazare, Henry, Theodule, Celine, Celimene and Azelie. An eight child was born to Nicholas and the widow Emelie Moreau, Joseph in 1849. Julie's actual death date is unknown but was likely before the year 1848. With the death of Julie, followed by that of several children, everything seemed to take its toll on Nicholas and he was more or less destitute when he died in 1853 at age forty-three.
Guillaume Saucier, born in about 1776 was the son of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest. He was grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is available for Guillaume.
Joseph Saucier, born on October 21, 1777 was the fifth born child and third son of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest. Joseph died on December 27, 1815 in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. He was married on April 20, 1801 to Marie Jeanne Fontenot, the daughter of Philippe Fontenot and Marie Brignac. They had six children, Marie Louise, Marguerite, Therese, Joseph, Marie and Jean Baptiste Saucier.
Louis Saucier, born in about 1785, son of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest married Celeste Fontenot, born in about 1791, daughter of Jacques Fontenot and Eulalie Doucet on August 20, 1805. Louis was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. They had seven children, Celeste, Louis, Onesime Blainpain, Eugenie, Arsene, Severin and Joseph Saucier. Louis Saucier died in about 1850 and Celeste Fontenot in about 1894.
Laurent Saucier, the second born child of Jean Baptiste II and Rose Marie Girardy was born in 1744 and died in New Orleans at the age of three in 1747, shortly after the death of his father in Illinois. Laurent's grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and his wife Marie Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile.
Rose Marie Saucier was the third born child and daughter born to Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy in about 1747, a few months after the death of her father Jean Baptiste Saucier II. She was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Rose Marie was born shortly after her mother Rose Marie Girardy returned to New Orleans from Illinois after attending to the affairs of Jean Baptiste following his death there. Rose Marie was married in July 1767 to Blaise Phillip Ledoux. Researchers have found records for three children for Rose Marie and Blaise Ledoux that were baptized at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Jean Philippe, Antonio, and Philippe Ledoux.
Mary Magdeline Saucier was the seventh child of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Mary Magdeline was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, pioneers of Colonial Mobile. Magdeline was born on June 26, 1750 and died on August 10, 1825. She married at the age of seventeen, William Couronne in New Orleans, where she lived until her death. After the death of William she remarried and only the last name of her second husband is known, a Mr. Delbuis. No additional information on Magdeline is known.
Pierre Saucier was the eighth child born to Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Pierre was also a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. He was born on January 23, 1752 on Dauphine Isle in Alabama and died young, sometime after 1770. No information has been found on Pierre other than his name and birth date.
Julien Juste Saucier was the ninth child born to Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. He was born on June 1, 1754 in Mobile and died in 1777 in Mobile. Julian died at an early age, in his 20's, and very little is known about him.
Charles Julian Saucier, the tenth and last child of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix was born in April 1756 at Mobile. Charles was also a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. No additional information has been found on Charles and it is presumed he died at a very young age.
JACQUES SAUCIER was born on April 18, 1810 at Mobile to Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary; he died in about 1735 at around the age of 25 years. He was their fourth born child and their third son and he was the last child to be baptized at Mobile by Father Henry LaVente. Jacques was the grandson of Louis Charles Saucier and Marguerite Gaillard of Quebec, Canada and a great grandson of Charles Saucier and Charlotte Clairet of Paris, France. It is believed he remained to oversee his father's original property plot and farm in Mobile located on Rue De Bienvenu Street, between Rue Chateauque and Rue Saint Denis Streets when his mother and siblings moved to New Orleans in late 1721 to early 1722. It is most likely he died while still living in Mobile, since the government records in New Orleans from 1726 forward show only four sons residing in New Orleans with Gabrielle, Henri, Jean Baptiste, Francois and Jean B. Vifvarenne. It is not know if Jacques ever married, if so, no records exist in the Mobile church archives or those at New Orleans.
Jean Baptiste Saucier III, born in about 1741 at New Orleans, the son of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy, and a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, was only five years old when his father died. He grew up with his half brothers, sons of Louis Duvernay, and Rose Marie. Records reveal that unlike his Duvernay half brothers that stayed close to New Orleans, Jean chose to follow in the footsteps of his father, having inherited his father's love of traveling on the Mississippi, trading and for working with the Indians. He was guided by the strong influence of his uncles and family members. He was emancipated well before his twenty fifth birthday, permitting pursuits without the guidance of his family and his mother. Jean Baptiste Saucier married the widow Catherine Desmarest Latuippe, on April 16, 1765 at Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. She was born on January 24, 1748, daughter of Jean Francois Desmarest, a native of Biloxi and Catherine Ducro, a native of Natchez. At the beginning of their marriage they made their home at Opelousas.
Jean Baptiste participated as an observer and Indian interpreter for the government in the Red River Expedition of 1773 which was headed by Jacques Gaignard of the Opelousas Post. Gaignard and Jean Baptiste Saucier were to meet with Indian leaders in the region and make peace with the tribes still causing trouble for settlers of that area. The mission was not just for diplomatic reasons but for trading purposes also. His association with Gaignard became strained after Jean Baptiste consulted with the acting Commandant of the Natchitoches outpost on matters concerning the expedition. Gaignard, who had a violent temper, later wrote letters to the Natchitoches Post Commandant complaining about Jean Baptiste's conduct and demeanor, as well as the fact that the commandant had not acted against Jean Baptiste regarding the complaints he had lodged against him.
In 1782 Jean Baptiste was sent from Natchez to the Arkansas Post where he served as an Indian interpreter in the Arkansas Territory until the end of 1808. He served in that capacity for twenty-five years before being released from full time duty by John B. Treat of the Office of Indian Affairs in a dispatch from Treat's office dated December 31, 1808. Jean Baptiste was released with the stipulation that he would be used as an interpreter when necessary and paid for his services in those instances. Jean Baptiste on at least one occasion complained to his superiors about his meager salary of fourteen Spanish pesos per month, saying he couldn't live on the amount being paid and received an increase of three pesos per month. It is possible that Jean Baptiste supplemented his salary through trading with the different Indian villages while acting as the post interpreter. In the years leading up to his dismissal as permanent interpreter of the post, there were a number of complaints of his conduct with the Quapaw Indians and the settlers at the post, this possibly could have been part of the basis of his dismissal as interpreter in 1808. It is also believed that Jean Baptiste never returned to his home in Louisiana after he was appointed interpreter for the Arkansas Nation at the Arkansas Post. Jean Baptiste also was involved in the 1783 Colbert Raid of April 17, 1783 in which James Colbert, who was influential with the Chickasaws, along with members of the Chickasaw tribe and some British nationals carried out an attack upon the Spanish garrison based at the Arkansas Post located on the Arkansas River. This attack was considered the only battle of the American Revolution to be fought in the territory that is now the state of Arkansas.
In 1799, his wife Catherine was living at Bayou Boeuf in Louisiana along with two of her sons, their older son Simon and his family was living nearby. Jean Baptiste at this time was not with his family and was possibly living at the outpost in Arkansas. Catherine was gaining the reputation in Louisiana of being a widow since Jean Baptiste was seldom with his family at their residence. Jean Baptiste Saucier and Catherine Desmarest had six children during their marriage, Jean Baptiste, Henrietta, Guillaume, Joseph, Simon and Louis, with the children seeing very little of their father and seemingly not knowing much about him. Opelousas church records are found for only three of their six children. Jean Baptiste Saucier died in Arkansas sometime following his release as post interpreter in December of 1808. The exact date of his death is unknown. Catherine died in early September of 1812 and was buried on September 9, 1812 according Church records in Opelousas, Louisiana.
Jean Baptiste Saucier, the first child and son born to Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest was born on January 29, 1766 and died a few weeks later on February 17, 1766. He was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile.
Henrietta Saucier, the second born child and first daughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest was born on July 10, 1768 and died slightly over four months later on November 29, 1768. She was the granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile.
Simon Saucier, son of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest was born about 1774 and baptized on October 21, 1777. Simon was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. He married Emilie Chatelain, the daughter of Nicolas Chatelain and Catherine Juneau and they resided in the Bayou Boeuf area. Their children were Aimee, Simon II, Francoise, Lisee, Joseph, Louis and Nicholas Saucier. Simon died in about 1811 and Emelie remarried soon after Simon's death. Emelie married the widower Charles Fontenot on June 26, 1811. Emelie was still living at the time a grandchild was baptized in December of 1830. This would place Emilie's death at an unknown date sometime after the grandchild's baptism services, which she attended that December of 1830.
Simon Saucier II was born on December 2, 1799 in Opelousas, Louisiana and died there in about 1874. Simon first born child and son of Simon Saucier and Emilie Chatelain. He was grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest the great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a third great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. On November 22, 1825 he married Josephine Simon Fontenot in St Landry Parish, Louisiana. Simon was twenty-five years old and Josephine was twenty years old at the time of their marriage. Josephine was born on August 5, 1805 and died in 1872 in Opelousas, Louisiana at age sixty-seven. Josephine was the daughter of Simon Fontenot and Marie Louise Moreau of Opelousas, Louisiana. Simon and Josephine had nine children before her death, Simon III, Pierre Alcide, Emelie, Angeline, Azeline Marie, Emile, Adeline, Theodule, and Pierre Saucier. After the death of Josephine, Simon married his second wife, the widow Marceline Henry Fontenot, on August 6, 1844 at Opelousas, Louisiana. She was born on November 29, 1812 in Opelousas, Louisiana and died there on April 21, 1858 at age forty-five. Marceline was the widow of Stephen Bundick of Opelousas, Louisiana who had died the pervious year. Simon and Marceline had one daughter, Marie Marguerite Saucier.
Aimee Saucier was born in about 1800 Opelousas, Louisiana and there died around 1824 which would have made her around twenty-four year old at her death. Her birth and death dates are approximate. She was the second child and first daughter born to Simon Saucier and Emilie Chatelain. She was granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a third great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. On November 29, 1815, at the age of fifteen, she married nineteen year old Francois Ducrois Fontenot at Opelousas, Louisiana. He was the son of Francois Fontenot and Therese Jacob Aigle of Opelousas, Louisiana. He was born at Opelousas in 1796 and died there in 1822. Aimee and Francois had six children, Francois Ducrois, Jr. Melitte, Armiline, Emelie, Jean Baptiste Francois, and Areline Fontenot.
Marie Francoise Saucier was born on November 3, 1804 at Opelousas, Louisiana and died on September 26, 1874 at age sixty-nine. She was the third child and second daughter born to Simon Saucier and Emilie Chatelain. She was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a third great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. On July 4, 1820 at age fifteen she married twenty-two old Joseph Ignace Wakine David. He was the son of Joseph Wakine David and Marie Fruge of Opelousas. He was born in Opelousas on August 20, 1797 and died there in about 1852 at the approximate age of fifty-five. Marie and Joseph had ten children, Onesime, Clara Felicite, Marguerite, Irene Josephe, Aurelien, Aureline Josephe, Celima, Octave, Virgiline, and Irene Josephe David.
Therese Celise (Lisee) Saucier was born on May 2, 1806 at Opelousas, Louisiana and died there in She was fourth child and third daughter born to Simon Saucier and Emilie Chatelain. She was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a third great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. She married Joseph Simon Fontenot on June 19, 1821 in Opelousas, Louisiana, she was fifteen years old and Joseph was twenty-one year old. Joseph was born on May 12, 1800, in Opelousas and died there in 1867. He was the son of Simon Philippe Fontenot and Theotiste Theo Desmarets of Opelousas, Louisiana. Celise and Joseph had four children, Valerien Joseph, Lastie Joseph, Adele Simon, and Archille Fontenot.
Nicolas Saucier was the fifth child and second son born to Simon Saucier and Emelie Chatelain. He was baptized at the St. Landry Parish Church on February 2, 1810. Nicolas was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarets, great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. His father Simon Saucier died shortly after the birth of Nicholas. In October of 1828, Nicholas, then eighteen years of age, married fifteen year old Julie Guillory, the daughter of Joseph Guillory and Marie Madeline Tassin of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Julie was born on January 15, 1813 in Avoyelles Parish. Nicholas' wife, Julie Guillory, died sometime after the baptism of their youngest child and daughter Azelie in 1842. Nicholas and Julie had at least seven known children, Celese, Lazare, Henry, Theodule, Celine, Celimene and Azelie. An eight child was born to Nicholas and the widow Emelie Moreau, Joseph in 1849. Julie's actual death date is unknown but was likely before the year 1848. With the death of Julie, followed by that of several children, everything seemed to take its toll on Nicholas and he was more or less destitute when he died in 1853 at age forty-three.
Guillaume Saucier, born in about 1776 was the son of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest. He was grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is available for Guillaume.
Joseph Saucier, born on October 21, 1777 was the fifth born child and third son of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest. Joseph died on December 27, 1815 in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. He was married on April 20, 1801 to Marie Jeanne Fontenot, the daughter of Philippe Fontenot and Marie Brignac. They had six children, Marie Louise, Marguerite, Therese, Joseph, Marie and Jean Baptiste Saucier.
Louis Saucier, born in about 1785, son of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Catherine Desmarest married Celeste Fontenot, born in about 1791, daughter of Jacques Fontenot and Eulalie Doucet on August 20, 1805. Louis was the grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. They had seven children, Celeste, Louis, Onesime Blainpain, Eugenie, Arsene, Severin and Joseph Saucier. Louis Saucier died in about 1850 and Celeste Fontenot in about 1894.
Laurent Saucier, the second born child of Jean Baptiste II and Rose Marie Girardy was born in 1744 and died in New Orleans at the age of three in 1747, shortly after the death of his father in Illinois. Laurent's grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and his wife Marie Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile.
Rose Marie Saucier was the third born child and daughter born to Jean Baptiste Saucier II and Rose Marie Girardy in about 1747, a few months after the death of her father Jean Baptiste Saucier II. She was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. Rose Marie was born shortly after her mother Rose Marie Girardy returned to New Orleans from Illinois after attending to the affairs of Jean Baptiste following his death there. Rose Marie was married in July 1767 to Blaise Phillip Ledoux. Researchers have found records for three children for Rose Marie and Blaise Ledoux that were baptized at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Jean Philippe, Antonio, and Philippe Ledoux.
Mary Magdeline Saucier was the seventh child of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Mary Magdeline was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, pioneers of Colonial Mobile. Magdeline was born on June 26, 1750 and died on August 10, 1825. She married at the age of seventeen, William Couronne in New Orleans, where she lived until her death. After the death of William she remarried and only the last name of her second husband is known, a Mr. Delbuis. No additional information on Magdeline is known.
Pierre Saucier was the eighth child born to Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Pierre was also a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. He was born on January 23, 1752 on Dauphine Isle in Alabama and died young, sometime after 1770. No information has been found on Pierre other than his name and birth date.
Julien Juste Saucier was the ninth child born to Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. He was born on June 1, 1754 in Mobile and died in 1777 in Mobile. Julian died at an early age, in his 20's, and very little is known about him.
Charles Julian Saucier, the tenth and last child of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix was born in April 1756 at Mobile. Charles was also a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary. No additional information has been found on Charles and it is presumed he died at a very young age.
JACQUES SAUCIER was born on April 18, 1810 at Mobile to Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary; he died in about 1735 at around the age of 25 years. He was their fourth born child and their third son and he was the last child to be baptized at Mobile by Father Henry LaVente. Jacques was the grandson of Louis Charles Saucier and Marguerite Gaillard of Quebec, Canada and a great grandson of Charles Saucier and Charlotte Clairet of Paris, France. It is believed he remained to oversee his father's original property plot and farm in Mobile located on Rue De Bienvenu Street, between Rue Chateauque and Rue Saint Denis Streets when his mother and siblings moved to New Orleans in late 1721 to early 1722. It is most likely he died while still living in Mobile, since the government records in New Orleans from 1726 forward show only four sons residing in New Orleans with Gabrielle, Henri, Jean Baptiste, Francois and Jean B. Vifvarenne. It is not know if Jacques ever married, if so, no records exist in the Mobile church archives or those at New Orleans.