Person:Marguerite Rentrop (1)

EDUCATION: Could not write, so marked documents with an X.

!BAPTISM: Photocopy in possession of Karen Theriot Reader. In French, child baptized "sub conditione," name given Terrille [Tersille?] Margueritte. Legitimate daughter of Frederic RENTROP & Marie Margueritte LICAIRE, born on 8 Jul 1817, at 4 o'clock in the morning. Sponsors: Ursin FELTEMAN & Marie Marguerite CUPELLE. Signed by P.[ere] Joseph Biggechi [?], Cure. The next entry on the church record is the baptism of Henriette Calamerite NEIJT [KNIGHT], daughter of Henry & Marie Magdalaine LICAIRE, who had been born in 1815 in the parish of St. Mary, Akattapas [sic]. [Was this a cousin?]

!CHRISTENING-SPONSOR: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1820-1829; vol. 4, Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1983; p. 78; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.4. Tersile RENTROP acted as godmother of Francois Tersile BOURG on 19 Jan 1828 at Assumption Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-8, 337). [Her oldest sister's first child; Tersille was age 10.]

!NAME-PARENTS-MARRIAGE: 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. Terville Marguerite RENTROP married Zepherin THERIOT, son of Charles, on 29 May 1834 (Marriage Book 2, p. 56).

!MARRIAGE-PROBATE: "Estate of Zephirin THERRIOT, deceased," in PLANTERS' BANNER; 1853; vol. XVIII, no. 5 (10 Feb 1853); Franklin, St. Mary (Attakapas) Parish, LA; newspaper legal notice; p. 3, col. 2; photocopy in possession of Karen Theriot Reader. District Court, Parish of St. Mary, LA, Clerk's office gives notice dated 10 Feb 1853 [in both English and French] that Terselle RENTROPE, widow of Zephirin THERRIOT, has filed a petition praying she be appointed administratrix of his estate, to be granted in 10 days unless any many show cause why it should not be granted.

!MARRIAGE: After husband Zephirin THERIOT died on 3 Jan 1853, she remarried by Jul 1855 [when she was 38 years old] to Adrien COMEAU [COMO], and lost the wardship (she had been named "natural tutrix") of her three minor children. She had to go to court to resume that status. Austin reached his majority in 1856. (See succession record of Zephirin THERIOT, #798 St. Mary Parish courthouse.) [She was 11 years older than her new husband; she was 37, he 26.]

CENSUS: 1860, where is she? where is Adrien COMEAU, her 2nd husband? There is a Margaret COMEAUX, female age 39, cannot read or write, listed last in household of Persilla FARMER, with some JEMISSON children, in Baton Rouge, note says "Idiot."

!CHRISTENING: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Patterson, St. Mary, LA; 1874; baptismal record No. 6; Clarphey Alfred BERTHRAND, born 11 Feb 1874 of Telephore & Celest BOURG. Godfather was Alfred BOURG, godmother Marguerite RENTROP [could this be she?]

DEATH: Reported in the Planters' Banner on 8 Jan 1880, p. 2, col. 2 (at LSU, microfilm roll 734, reel 5). [This may be some other succession, with her name mentioned?]

1. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819. (Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982)
   p. 724.

   Tersille Marguerite [RENTROP], daughter of Frederic & Marie Margueritte [sic] LICAIRE (LIQUEUR), born 8 Jul 1817, baptized 2 Aug 1817. Sponsors: Ursin FELTEMAN & Marie Margueritte CUPELLE. Recorded in Assumption Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-8, 97).

2. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 32
   p. 292.

   (Mrs.) Terzile THERIOT died [sic, this is the burial date] 27 Apr 1901 at age 85 years (Patterson Ch.: v.2, p.141).

   She was buried under her 1st husband's surname since she had divorced her 2nd husband.

3. ↑ Certificate of Burial.

   Mrs. Terzile THERIOT, aged 85 years, funeral rites held on 27 Apr 1901 by John J. HOLTGROVE, Rector.

   Photocopy of part of page from register at St. Joseph Catholic Church, P.O. Box 219, Patterson LA 70292, in possession of Karen Theriot Reader. [Get full page, not cut up.]

4. ↑ U.S. federal census.

   Rosalie would be oldest female under Zephrian TERRIO, both age 20-29, with three children.

5. ↑ U.S. federal census
   p. 417 (209 stamped).

   Line 42, Dwelling/Family #162: Zephirin THERIOT, male age 37, born in LA, a Planter on real estate valued at $9000. He is living with Marguerite THERIOT, age 33, and four children ages 15 to 4, all born in LA.
   

6. ↑ U.S. federal census
   Microfilm M593, Roll 531, p. 1 (548).

   Fourth Ward, line 37, Household #10/Family #10: Adrien COMAU, white male age 40, a carpenter born in LA, male citizen who can read and write, listed with Terzeil, age 50 [sic, really should be 52 as of June 1], white female born in LA, "Keeping house." She cannot read or write. In same household are three black males: William BORRE, age 12, a "Domestic Servant;" Harry WILLIAMS, age 60, a "Gardener;" and Joseph VALSIN, age 60, "White washing." None of them can read or write, but the last two are "male citizens over 21."
   

7. ↑ U.S. federal census
   Microfilm T-9, Roll 471, p. 293-A, 10 Jun 1880.

   Line 21: Family No. 2 [Renumbering began after #51 just two before], headed by Paul OHNEY [OHMEY?], a carpenter age 60, born in France, with his wife and two children. Terzile TERIOT, white female age 65, is a "Boarder," divorced, occupation "Midwife." She can neither read nor write. She and both parents were born in Louisiana.
   [The preceding household included (her daughter) Margaret and husband Henry TOPHAM and four children, living with head of family #1, George I. DAVIS, a blacksmith and his family. Family #5 on same page is headed by Tersille's widowed sister-in-law Mrs. A. L. RENTROPE, and four children.]

   Supervisor's Dist. No. 1, Enumeration Dist. No. 171, p. 17, enumerated by W. S. Fovian [?], Jr.