Person:Henry Rentrop (1)

!MARRIAGES-SON: In letter sent by Margaret RENTROP MOORE in May 1996. Henry Maurice RENTROP married 2nd to Sarah Elizabeth HOOPER; had son Frederick Jesse, who married Annie William DAY.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Diocese of Baton Rouge; CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1820-1829; vol. 4, p. 470. Maurice Henry RENTROP, son of Frederic & Marie Marguerite LIQUEUR, born 10 Sep 1822, baptized 29 Jan 1824. Sponsors: Maurice HELFER & Elisa Melanie RENTROP [she was his oldest sister, then age 16; she was married later that same year]. Recorded in Assumption Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-8, 247).

!NAME-PARENTS: Mary Elizabeth Sanders, ANNOTATED ABSTRACTS OF THE SUCCESSIONS OF ST. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1811-1834; 1972; p. 118; Salt Lake LDS Family History Library, US/CAN 976.342 P28sa. Henry Maurice RENTROP, son of Frederick William & Marie Marguerite LIQUEUR.

!NAME-PARENTS-PROBATE: Succession [Probate] record of Marguerite LECOEUR; 1842-1843; County Clerk, St. Mary Parish, LA, Courthouse in Franklin, LA 70538-1231; p. 146; Photocopies of originals in courthouse book, consisting of pp. 144-158 [some versos], in possession of Karen Theriot Reader, Watsonville, CA. Henry M. RENTROP is named as one of the five heirs of [his mother] Marguerite LECOEUR, widow of Frederick RENTROP, in the petition dated 17 Nov 1842, filed by his brother-in-law Marcelien THERIOT.

!LAND: Benjamin Maygarden, BAYOU CHENE; THE LIFE STORY OF AN ATCHAFALAYA BASIN COMMUNITY; (Preserving Louisiana's Heritage, No. 2: 1999. Map shows original U.S. land claimants in the vicinity of Bayou Chene in 1848. Two large tracts south of Lake Mongoulois along Bayou Chene list Henry M. Rentrop.

!CENSUS: 1850 U.S. Census, Bayou Chene, St. Martin Parish, LA; 1850; p. 189A, line 26; National Archives, San Bruno CA, Microfilm M432, Roll 240; photocopy in possession of Karen Theriot READER. Henry A.[sic] RANTROPE, male age 27, a Planter on real estate worth $2500, living with Caroline age 26, and Mary age 1. Also in dwelling 741/family #757 is William MESGRAVE[?], age 10.

!CENSUS: 1850 U.S. federal census Slave Schedule, St. Martin Parish, LA; p. 119/60, 2nd column, line 4. Henry M. RANTROPE: seven slaves, three male and four female, all are black. They range in age from 30 to 19. [Could one of them be the Rosé RENTROPE, age 40 on the 1870 census of St. Mary Parish?]

!DEATH: In Descendancy Chart sent over e-mail by RIVERRAT79@aol.com in May 1996 by Margaret RENTROP MOORE. Henry Maurice RENTROP, born 10 Sep 1822 in St. Mary [sic] Parish, LA, died on 7 Apr 1871 in Patterson, LA.

!PROBATE: Article "Succession Sales," in THE PIONEER OF ASSUMPTION, dated 1 Dec 1877, p. 2, col. 5. Sale announced in the succession of Henry M. RENTHROP, Parish of St. Mary, #2236. of ten pieces of property in Assumption Parish owned by the estate.

1. ↑ E-mail message
   9 Jan 2001.

   Lois's mother said he died in a thunderstorm when hit by lightning, while riding his horse in his duties as overseer of a plantation. His grave does not show today in the Patterson cemetery, but it may have been moved when the boundaries of the cemetery were moved.

   From Lois Culver (lois@chatlink.com).

2. ↑ David J. Valenziano & Audrey B. Westerman. Assumption Parish, LA 1860 Federal Census. (1998)
   p. 14 of 22, 23 Jul 1860.

   p. 133, line 11, Household #937, Family #907: H. M. RENTROP, [white] male age 37, a "sugar planter" with real property worth $12,500, personal property of $22,000, born in LA. He is living with Sarah, age 24, and three children, plus an "institutrix" [governess?] and an overseer.

   In 14th ward, Bayou L'Ours, Post Office: Alligator.

3. ↑ U.S. federal census
   Microfilm M593, Roll 531, p. 22 (455B), 11 Jun 1870.

   Line 23, Dwelling #241/ Family #190: Henry RENTROPE, head of household, white male age 47, born in LA. He is an Overseer, with no real estate, but personal estate worth $400. Living with Amanda, age 28, and seven children, oldest is 20. He cannot read or write, but is a citizen who can vote. [Listed 2nd household below G. S. FUSELIER, a Planter with real estate worth $150,000. The household between is another Overseer.]

4. ↑ E-mail message
   9 Jan 2001.

   Henry Maurice RENTROP was buried at Patterson Protestant Cemetery, Patterson, St. Mary, LA. Succession #2236 in St. Mary Parish Courthouse, Franklin, LA, dated 10 Aug 1871.

   From Lois Culver (lois@chatlink.com).

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

   RENTROP, Henry M. Succ. dated 10 Aug. 1871 (Frank. Ct. Hse.: Succ. # 2236)