Person:Austin Theriot (1)
Austin Desire Theriot
b.9 May 1835 , , LA
d.22 Aug 1909 New Iberia, Iberia, LA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 29 May 1834
  1. Austin Desire Theriot1835 - 1909
  2. _____ TheriotAbt 1837 - Bet 1850 & 1853
  3. William Belisaire Theriot1839 - 1918
  4. Marguerite Eulalie Theriot1846 - 1894
Spouse and Children
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m. 1 Jan 1857
  1. Edmond Orien Theriot1858 - Bef 1870
  2. Oscar G. Theriot1860 - Bef 1870
  3. Elizabeth Emma Theriot1861 - 1948
  4. Marie Salima Theriot1866 - Bef 1870
  5. Olivia Claire Theriot1868 - 1950
  6. Sidonia Agnes Theriot1871 - 1932
  7. Desire Austin Theriot1874 - 1964
  8. Joseph Elric (Fred J.) Theriot1882 - 1981
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Facts and Events
Name Austin Desire Theriot
Alt Name Desire Assien, Austien, Ostien, Haustien, Ostan, Astien, O. Desire Astien
Gender Male
Birth[1] 9 May 1835 , , LA
Christening[2][3] 7 Jul 1835 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA
Census[8] 1840 , St. Mary, LA
Census[9] 1850 Attakapas, St. Mary, LA
Marriage 1 Jan 1857 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LAto Marie Caroline Carmelite Bourg
Census[10] 1860 Berwick City, St. Mary, LA
Census[11] 30 Jun 1870 Pattersonville, St. Mary, LA
Census[12] 1880 Prieux Island, St. Mary, LA
Census[13] 1900 New Iberia, Iberia, LA
Death[4] 22 Aug 1909 New Iberia, Iberia, LA
Burial[5][6][7] 23 Aug 1909 New Iberia, Iberia, LA
Probate[14] 30 Sep 1909 New Iberia, Iberia, LA
Reference Number? 8

!LANGUAGE: Carl A. Brasseaux, ACADIAN TO CAJUN, TRANSFORMATION OF A PEOPLE; 1803-1877; Univ. Press of Mississippi,1992; p. 99. The 1855 election presaged "... the wholesale postbellum migration of the Acadian gentry into the Anglo-American mainstream. This flight across cultural lines would be undertaken in response to the vitriolic public denigration of their mother culture."

!PROPERTY: Carl A. Brasseaux, ACADIAN TO CAJUN, TRANSFORMATION OF A PEOPLE; 1803-1877; Jackson, University of Mississippi Press, 1992; pp. 155-156, 158; own copy. Appendix, Table 1: A Comparison of Acadian Personal Property Holdings, 1850 [sic, means 1860] and 1870. In St. Mary Parish the average value in St. Mary Parish in 1860 was $1,511.75. [Austin Desiré's was $500 personal.] In 1870 the average was $743.17, a 51% reduction in 10 years. [Austin's was $150, well below the average.] 

    On Table 2: Median Acadian Real Estate Holdings, 1860 and 1870. In St. Mary Parish the average value in 1860 was $4,935.93 [Austin's was $500]. In 1870 the average was $881.25, a decline of 82% [Austin's was $150].
    On Table 5: Landless Acadian Households, 1870. Of 100 Acadian households in St. Mary Parish, 88 were landless, 3 were small farms (valued at $1 to $1,499). 
    On Table 24: Acadian and Black Populations of the Acadian Parishes, 1870. St. Mary had 414 Acadian persons, or 3% of the total, while there were 9,459 Blacks, at 69%.
    On Table 25: Illiteracy and School Attendance, 1870. In St. Mary Parish in 1870, 23% were illitierate, and only 4% attended school.

!MILITARY: RECORDS OF LOUISIANA CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND COMMANDS; vols. III, book 2,; p. 798. A. D. THERIOT, in the Civil War, a Confederate Private in Capt. King's Batty., LA Arty. Also was on the rolls of Co. H, Cons.[olidated] Cres.[cent] Regt. in 1864 (the only Roll on file). LA Inf. (This appears on his tombstone.) He enrolled at St. Mary, LA on Sept. 1, 186-. Was captured at Fort De Russey 14 Mar 1864, sent to Baton Rouge 17 Mar 1864, received in New Orleans 20 Mar 1864, transferred from there to be exchanged at Red River Landing on 22 Jul 1864. On the Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War.

!MILITARY: At Fort De Russy, Union detachments of 16th and 17th Corps fought, assisted by Porter's Miss. Squadron. On Union side: 7 killed, 41 wounded. Confederate: 5 killed, 4 wounded, 260 prisoners.

!MILITARY: Joy Broas Monroe, UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, LOUISIANA DIVISION, MEMBERSHIP INDEX; 1908-1988; vol. 2; Salt Lake Family History Library, US/CAN 976.3 C42u v.2; p. 167. Austin D. THERIOT is listed as grandfather of Meda Theresa AUCOIN KAPPELL (wife of A. D), #7469 of members, admitted to Fitzhugh Lee [group] in 1952 for ancestor in Co. H La. Cres. Rgt. She was born in New Iberia, LA.

!TAX: THE CIVIL WAR TAX IN LOUISIANA; 1865; New Orleans, Polyanthos, 1975; p. 323; Santa Cruz Genealogical Society Library, LOUIS. 6; based on Direct Tax Assessments. Under Parish of St. Mary: Austin THERIOT paid $2.15. Mrs. Adrien COMO [his mother] paid 86 cents.

!OCCUPATION: Farmer, grocery store operator (from granddaughter-in-law Leanore LANE THERIOT). Grandaughter Myrtle SERVAT says that he ran a combination grocery store/grist mill, that ground corn, etc. in New Iberia.

RESIDENCES: DIRECTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA, LA; 1896; California State Library Sutro F379 N4 A18 1896; p. 52; originally $1.50. Adam THERIOT is the only THERIOT listed [different family]. The town had two "sash and blind factories." There were 3 hotels, 3 public schools, one high school, and two weekly newspapers. There were electric lights and a telephone exchange. [Perhaps they did not have a telephone?]

!BIRTH-DEATH: Tombstone in St. Peter's Cemetery in New Iberia, Iberia, LA, located at 30° 00' 20" N Latitude; 91° 49' 21" W Longitude.

!PROBATE: Iberia Parish Courthouse, Clerk of Court, New Iberia, LA; Succession record #1551; photocopy of pp. 596-613, 621-623; filed from 30 Sep 1909 to 30 Nov 1909; recorded in Probate 26 Folio 239. Conveyance in 68 Folio 565; in possession of Karen Theriot Reader.

References
  1. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk number 101. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001).

    THERIOT, Desire Assien [sic] (Zephirin & Marguerite Tarsile RENTROP) b. 9 May 1835, bt. 7 July 1835 Pats: Charles THERIOT & Rosalie LEBLANC; Mats: Frederic RENTROP & Marguerite LIQUEUR; Spons: Charles THERIOT & Marguerite LIQUEUR - widow of Frederic RENTROP. Fr. Marcel BORELLA (SM Ch.: v.8, #873)

    THERIOT, Desire Astien (Zephirin & Marguerite Tarsile RENTROP) b. 9 May 1835 (SM Ch.: v. 8, # 873)

  2. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 3. (Eunice, LA, Author, 1976)
    p. 620.

    Desire Astien THERIOT, son of Zephirin & Marguerite Tarsile RENTROP, born 9 May 1835. Recorded in St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, St Martinville, St. Martin Parish, LA (SM Ch.: v.8, # 873).

  3. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 2C
    p. 950.

    Supplement records: Desire Assien [sic] THERIOT, son of Zephirin & Marguerite Tarsile RENTROP, born 9 May 1835, baptized 7 Jul 1835. Sponsors: Charles THERIOT & Marguerite LIQUEUR, widow of Frederic RENTROP. Grandparents also named. Recorded by Fr. Marcel BORELLA at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville, LA (SM Ch.: v.8, #873).

  4. ↑ Glenn R. Conrad & Carl A. Brasseaux. "Gone But Not Forgotten:" Records from South Louisiana Cemeteries, vol. I St. Peter's Cemetery, New Iberia, Louisiana
    vol. I, pp. 85-86.

    Vol. I, St. Peter's Cemetery: A. D. THERIOT, Co. H, Cons'd La.Inf. [no dates].
    Also: A. D. THERIOT, May 9, 1835 - Aug. 22, 1909.

  5. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 41
    p. 781.

    A. D. THERIOT buried 23 Aug 1909 at age 74 years. Recorded at St. Peter Catholic Church, 108 E St. Peter St., New Iberia, LA (NI Ch.: v.3, p.228).

  6. ↑ Tim & Carolyn Malone. Cemetery Listings
    St. Peter, p. 1 of 3.

    Two entries--on p. 1 of 3: A. D. THERIOT (No dates) "Co.H, Cons'd LA Inf., C.S.A."
    On p. 2 of 3: A. D. THERIOT, born 9 May 1835, died 22 Aug 1909.

  7. ↑ Certificate of Burial.

    Death Certificate: A. D. THERIOT, age 74 years, was buried on 23 Aug 1909 in Iberia Parish [no death date listed]. Celebrant was Rev. J. M. Langlois. Found in register Vol. III, p. 228.

    Official transcript sent by St. Peter's Church, P.O. Box 12507, New Iberia, LA 70562-2507, in April 1993.

  8. ↑ U.S. federal census (online)
    Microfilm M704, Roll 128, pp. 334 A&B.

    Line [25]: Zephrian TERRIO.
    MALES FEMALES SLAVES
    0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49... / 0-4 4-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39...
    2 0 0 0 1 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
    [Zephirin was age 26, his wife Tersille 22. They had two young male children, Austin Desiré age 5, and Belisaire, age 1. Was the girl age 10-14 a daughter, probably only age 3? or Zephirin's sister Ceraline, age 14? There were 5 persons in household. No slaves.]

    Ancestry.com, image 25/28 & 26/28.

  9. ↑ U.S. federal census
    p. 209, 10 Dec 1850.

    "Attakapas," St. Mary Parish, LA, enumerated by G. G. Fournet, Dwelling/Family #162: Zephirin THERIOT listed as Planter, value $9,000, living with Marguerite THERIOT. The oldest child is Austin, age 15, born in LA, nothing in column for "Attended school within the year." Mother could not read or write, but younger brother attended school. Also in household was Livandars MAYAN, male age 14, born in LA.

  10. ↑ U.S. federal census
    M653, Roll 425, p. 61 [197], 29 Jun 1860.

    Line 31, Dwelling/Family #459: Austin THÉRIOT, male age 24 [really 25], occupation "Coffee House Keep." Real Estate value $1500, other property $500. Living with Caroline, female age 22, and two sons: Orien age 2; and Oscar 6/12 years [6 months]. There is also a white male named Ernest TALBOT, age 21, listed as Clerk. All were born in LA.

    HeritageQuest.

  11. ↑ U.S. federal census
    Microfilm M593, Roll 531, p. 2 (548B), 30 Jun 1870.

    Fourth Ward, enumerated by Tho's N. Harris, line 39: Austin THERIOT, white male age 35, a citizen born in LA. His occupation is "Cooper", with real estate valued at $500, personal property at $150. He can read and write. Living with Caroline, age 27, and two daughters Emma and Olevia.
    [Next door is a MD-born William M. AGER, occupation "Keeping Coffee house." Did he take this over from Austin since the 1860 census? Eight households earlier, in the town of Pattersonville, is Austin's mother with her younger 2nd husband who listed as a Carpenter.]

  12. ↑ U.S. federal census (online)
    Microfilm T9-0471, p.346A, (E.D. 173, pg. 49), 24 Jun 1880.

    In the 6th Ward, Prieux Island?, St. Mary Parish, enumerated by Neil Sinclair, Dwelling #459/ Family #475: Austin THERIOT, white male, 45 years old, husband of Caroline, 1st marriage, no occupation listed, born in St. Mary Parish, LA, mother born in LA, father born in LA. Also listed in household are August DOROU [DOIRON?], white male age 20, a nephew, Laborer, born in Assumption Parish, LA [nephew of Caroline BOURG?]; and Horace [Horoce?] Haslen [HASIER], black male, age 21, single, Laborer, also born in St. Mary, LA.

  13. ↑ U.S. federal census (online)
    Microfilm T623, Roll 565, vol. 15, E.D.35, Sheet 19.

    Line 32, Dwelling/Family #367 [entered as correction of #191], lived in Ward 6, on Ann Street in New Iberia, near cross street Main: Austin D. THEROT [sic], Head of household, white male born May 1835, in LA (as were both parents), age 65, married 40 years. Occupation Grocer, 0 months out of work. Can read, write and speak English. Owns home, mortgaged. Living with wife Caroline and two sons: Desire A. and Frederick, age 17, both Day Laborers.

  14. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 41
    p. 781.

    Austin D. THERIOT, married to Caroline BOURG, succession dated 30 Sep 1909 (NI Ct.Hse.: #1551).

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