My great grandparents are the mother and father of Sidonia Dubroc, my grandmother. There are 1800's census documents that have her name spelled as Sedonia Dubroc. On my father's birth certificate and church records her name is spelled Sidonia. She married Elize Daigrepont (Ducrepont) and they had seven children. They had five boys and two girls: Horace, Edward, Edwin, Leo, Mitchell (Michel), Florence and Emma (Agatha). My father is Mitchell Daigrepont, and is the youngest of the eight children. Amy Ducrepont, the eight child (?) was 3 1/2 years old when she died.
Note: This is a summary of my great, great, great grandfather, Sieur Jean Jacques Vernin Daigrepont. DAIGREPONT - Sieur Jean Jacques Vernin Daigrepont, native of Moulin, province of Bourbon, France, first settled in Pointe Couppee about 1810, married there in 1815, but by 1819 he and his bride had moved to Avoyelles, where they settled the family farm near present day Hessmer. Daigrepont had married Eugenie Vitrac, born March 9, 1791, daughter of Dr. Jacques Paul Vitrac, a native of Bordeaux, France, and Marie Clemence LaCour. Jacques and Eugenie had only one child, Pierre Daigrepont, before the early death of Jacques. After the death of Jacques, his widow remarried in 1822 Ebenezer G. Paxton. Pierre Daigrepont, born c1815, the only child of Jacques and Eugenie Daigrepont, married, on December 27, 1836 Agelie Ducote, born c1820, daughter of Jean Pierre Ducote and Elise Laborde. Pierre died before 1880 and Agelie before 1890. They lived their entire life on a farm near Hessmer. They had eleven children. (summary by Randy DeCuir)
New information gathered as of April 4, 1999. Note: I was told that sometimes the name was spelled like it was pronounced.
The question mark dates are still being researched. All other dates and spellings are coming from church records unless stated otherwise. Church records found at:
Listed is my grandmother, Sidonia Dubroc and grandfather, Elize Daigrepont -- birth, baptism, marriage, death and a link to their children's information: Sidonia Dubroc Born October 6, 1878 Baptized March 23, 1879 Death: Abt. 1928? Father: Felicien Dubroc Mother: Marie Laborde Marriage Date: Husband: Elize Daigrepont (Ducrepont) Children: 7 (see below) Elize Daigrepont Born: Abt. 1879? Marriage Date: Father: Elise Daigrepont (son of Pierre Daigrepont and Azelia Laborde) Mother: Wife: Sidonia Dubroc Children: Leo Daigrepont Edward Daigrepont Edwin Daigrepont Horace Daigrepont Florence Daigrepont Emma (Agatha) Daigrepont Michel (Mitchell) Daigrepont (my father) Note: Death Certificate: Died: November 5, 1938 -- He was 59 years old. Father: Elise Daigrepont Wife: Regina Dupuy (wife after Sidonia died) Sidonia and Elize Daigrepont have seven children. See the links below to read more genealogy information.
Felicien Dubroc was born May 14, 1846 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, and died Abt. 1927 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He married Marie Laborde January 16, 1872 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Felicien Dubroc Born: 5-14-1846 Mother: Brigitte Whitmore Father: Joseph Dubroc Wife: Marie Laborde Children: Marie Leocadie Dubroc, born December 16, 1872. Notes for Marie Leocadie Dubroc: Baptized on 13 February 1873 at the Church of the Assumption on Choupique. Records are at Sacred Heart Church in Moreauville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Emma Dubroc, born May 04, 1876 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. She married John Kimball November 08, 1893 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Notes for Emma Dubroc: Baptized on 23 June 1876 in The Church of the Assumption on Choupique. Records are at Sacred Heart Church in Moreauville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Sidonia Dubroc, born October 6, 1878 and baptized March 23, 1879 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Her death is presently unknown. Notes for Sidonia Dubroc: She was married to Elize Daigrepont (marriage date unknown). They had seven children: Leo, Edward, Edwin, Horace, Florence, Emma (Agatha), and Michel (Mitchell). Henry Dubroc, born November 12, 1881 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; died March 20, 1918 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He married Stella Dufour. Notes for Henry Dubroc: Buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Plaucheville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Euphemia Dubroc, born September 1884 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; died in Louisiana. She married Rosenville Ortego in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Paul Dubroc, born January 1887 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Octavie Dubroc, born March 1889 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Albert Dubroc, born April 29, 1893 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; died May 04, 1966 in Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He married Clemence Ducote Abt. 1919 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Notes for Albert Dubroc: He served in the U.S. Army in France in World War I and was wounded 3 times. PFC, Company C, 162nd Infantry. Buried in the Pythian Cemetery in Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Willie Dubroc, born August 1894 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; died December 24, 1929 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He married Stella Dufour. Notes for Willie Dubroc: Served in the U.S. Army in World War I with the 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division in France and was wounded twice. Buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Plaucheville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Eugene Dubroc, born August 1898 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He married Effie Duplechin.
Notes: Census: (notice the spellings for Dubroc) 1830 DUBROC ALEXIS Avoyelles Parish LA 217 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule LA 1830 Federal Census Index LA56074420 1820 DE BROCT J. B. Avoyelles Parish LA 007 Avoyelles Island Federal Population Schedule LA 1820 Federal Census Index LA320332837 (Jean Baptiste= J.B.) 1820 DE BROET ALEXANDER Avoyelles Parish LA 007 Avoyelles Island Federal Population Schedule LA 1820 Federal Census Index LA320332838 1820 DE BROET JOSEPH Avoyelles Parish LA 007 Avoyelles Island Federal Population Schedule LA 1820 Federal Census Index LA320332839 1820 DE BROET MARTIN Avoyelles Parish LA 007 Avoyelles Island Federal Population Schedule LA 1820 Federal Census Index LA320332840 RECENSEMENT GENERAL DU POSTE ET DISTRIC DE L'AVOYELLES - LE 23 MAY 1785 (General Census of Avoyelles Post and District May 23, 1785) Jh Rabalais (Joseph Rabalais) 50 1 2 15 30 1 150 12 40 60000 Age 50, 1 woman, 2 children, 15 slaves, 30 Arpents of land, 1 house, 150 cattle, 12 horses, 40 swine, 60,000 tobacco planted in feet. Jbt Rabalais (Jean Baptiste Rabalais) Age 26, 1 woman, 3 children, 2 slaves, 15 Arpents of land, 1 house, 30 cattle, 10 horses, 40 swine, 20,000 tobacco planted in feet. Jh Gofrion (Joseph Joffrion) Age 75, 5 children, 1,000 tobacco planted in feet Jh Gofrrion, fils (Joseph Joffrion, fils) Age 30, 1 woman, 5 children, 6 slaves, 24 Arpents of land, 1 house, 25 cattle, 10 horses, 50 swine, 20,000 tobacco planted in feet Pierre Ducotte (Pierre Ducotte) Age 32, 1 woman, 3 children, 6 slaves, 10 Arpents of land, 1 house, 34 cattle, 2 horses, 8 swine, 28,000 tobacco planted in feet Census History: This census offers an estimat e of Jean Baptiste Malbert's birth date. His age is given as 72; this would place his birth at about 1713. The Joseph Rabalais family is presented as a group. Pierre Ducote and Dominique Coco married daughters of Joseph Rabala is. The Jean Baptiste Rabalais listed was a son of Joseph Rabalais. Joseph Rabalais II, who married Louise Malbert, daughter of Jean Baptiste Malbert, is not shown.Joseph Rabalais II married Louise Malbert at Avoyelles in 1784. They moved to Natchitoches Post prior to this census.Joseph Rabalais I and Joseph Joffrion, the elder, were brothers-in-law. Jean Baptiste Rabalais and Joseph Joffrion, fils, married Bouchard sisters. Also, Joseph Rabalais I was then married (his second) to Elizabeth Malbert, also a daughter of Jean Baptiste Malbert. Elizabeth Malbert, widow Rabalais, later married Nicolas Chatelain, who was the widower of Catherine Juneau. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/avoyelles/census/avoy1785.txt *Warning pertaining to the 1785 census info* USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. 1810 Avoyelles Census (forefathers on the Daigrepont tree) Dubrok, Joseph 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Laborde, Pierre 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Laborde, Pierre fils 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ducote, Pierre 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/avoyelles/census/avoy1810.txt
Legend: Azelie Ducote Daigrepont's great grandfather was JOSEPH RABALAIS. Her great grandmother was ANNE BARBE BOFTZ and her grandmother was HENRIETTE RABALAIS. The "Legend" information and "Notes for HENRIETTE RABALAIS" is copyright Jacqueline L. Ferguson. Used with permission. "Legend has it that Joseph was the first white settler of Avoyelles. He owned land east of MANSURA, LA. He deeded this land to his son, Joseph II. He also owned land on Lake Avoyelles, now called Lake Pearl. The earliest reference to Joesph RABALAIS in Avoyelles Parish is dated 8 September 1783. It must be remembered that there are no records for Avoyelles Parish earlier than 1783. There is an Opelousas Post document dated 29 July 1775 pertaining to Joseph RABALAIS's tutorship of the children of Philipe DUPLECHIN, which shows that Joseph was a Pointe Coupee resident on that date. Avoyelles documents place the family at that Post in Spetmeber 1783. He must have moved to Avoyelles between those dates. Public Land claims after statehood show that Joseph RABALAIS inhabited and cultivated, from 1782 to his death, a tract of land of 10 arpents front and the usual 40 arpents depth in Section 52, Township 1 North, Range 4 East of the the Louisiana Meridian. According to the Edward B Messick map of Avoyelles of 1939 this tract is just east of the town of Mansura extedning to the edge of the Mansura Hills on Grand Ecore Bayou. Three hundred-eighty acres of this tract were deeded to Joseph's son, Jean Baptiste, the first son of Joseph RABALAIS', on 3 January 1778, and in turn deeded by Jean Baptiste to his son-in-law, Gabriel BERZA on 12 July 1801. Joseph RABALIAS also claimed land on Lake Avoyelles, now known as Lake Pearl. This tract was also divided among the hiers in 388 parcels, 10 arpents by 40 arpents. **ARPENT--old French land measurment equal to approximately one acre.** Notes for HENRIETTE RABALAIS: Henriette and her husband moved to Avoyelles Parish from Pointe Coupee approximately 1783. Notes for PIERRE DUCOTE II: The DUCOTE name is believed to be peculiar to Avoyelles. It is not found among the families of the other Posts of colonial Louisiana. We believe that the numerous Ducotes of Avoyelles Parish and Louisiana can trace their ancestry to Pierre DUCOTE II and Henriette RABALAIS. Pierre and Henriette are known to have been in Avoyelles as early as 1783. It be asumed that their move from Pointe coupee to Avoyelles concided with, or was shortly after, the move of Joseph RABALAIS and family. Pierre DUCOTE II was a carpenter, a trade quite useful and somewhat rare in colonial Avoyelles." http://dearborne.ourfamily.com/Rabalais.html
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