Person:Marie Arseneau (1)

Marie Modeste Arseneau
b.29 Jun 1796 , Assumption, LA
d.Aft 19 Sep 1850 , , LA
m. 6 Aug 1788
  1. Alexandre Eusebe Arseneau1789 - 1833
  2. Louis Narcisse Arseneau1790 - 1816
  3. Michel Angel Arseneau1792 - Bef 1800
  4. Constance Arseneau1794 - 1822
  5. Marie Modeste Arseneau1796 - Aft 1850
  6. Jean Baptiste Arseneau1798 - Aft 1860
  7. Valery Joseph Arseneau1800 - Aft 1850
  8. Marie Emilie Arseneau1802 -
  9. Alexandre Arseneau1803 - 1833
  10. Marie Basilise Arseneau1805 - Bef 1810
  11. Michel Arseneau1805 - 1807
  12. Marie Doralise Arseneau1807 - 1865
  13. Pierre Lucien Arseneau1809 -
m. 6 May 1816
  1. Marie Ermilise Daigle1817 - Bef 1866
  2. Pierre Eusebe Daigle1820 - Aft 1849
  3. Marie Rosalie Adele Daigle1822 -
  4. Marie Clemence Daigle1825 -
  5. Marie Pauline Daigle1827 - 1855
  6. Marie DaigleAbt 1829 - Aft 1850
  7. Marie Arthemise Azema Daigle1831 -
  8. Marie Ceraline Daigle1835 -
  9. Evelina DaigleAbt 1838 - 1894
Facts and Events
Name Marie Modeste Arseneau
Alt Name Modeste, Mathe, ARSENAUX, ARSENEAUX, ARSENAUX, LARCENEAUX, DAIGLE Maria Modesta
Gender Female
Birth? 29 Jun 1796 , Assumption, LA
Christening[1] 27 Apr 1797 Plattenville, Assumption, LA
Census[2] 1810 , Assumption, LA
Marriage 6 May 1816 Plattenville, Assumption, LAto Jean Pierre Daigre
Census[3] 1840 , Assumption, LA
Census[4] 1850 2nd Congressional District, Assumption, LA
Death? Aft 19 Sep 1850 , , LA
Reference Number? 39

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; p. 138; own copy; Louisiana census records. Marie, age 1, daughter of Usebe ARCENEAUX & his wife Rosalie, living with them and four older children on the 1798 census of Lafourche [LA]. [Next door is the family of Jean Baptiste DAIGLE, with her future husband Jean Pierre also 1 year old.]

!NIECE-CHRISTENING: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1804-1819; vol. 3, Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982; p. 27; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.3. Maria Modesta ARSENAUX acted as godmother for Maria Basilisa [ARCENEAUX], daughter of Eusebio Alexandro [her brother] & Maria Amanda BLANCHARD on 13 Oct 1816 at Assumption Catholic Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-8, 46). [She was twenty years old, and recently married.]

!TAX: THE CIVIL WAR TAX IN LOUISIANA; 1865; New Orleans, Polyanthos, 1975; p. 9; Santa Cruz Genealogical Society Library, LOUIS. 6; based on Direct Tax Assessments. In Assumption Parish, could she be the Widow Pierre DAIGLE, taxed 95 cents?

References
  1. Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803. (Baton Rouge, LA, 1980)
    p. 26.

    Maria Modesta ARSENAUX, born on 29 Jun 1796, baptised 27 Apr 1797, daughter of Eusebio & Rosalia BERGERON. Sponsors: Carlos BOURQUE & Isabel DUPUIS. Grandparents named: paternal Pedro ARSENAUX & Maria Modesta GAUDIN; maternal Bautista BERGERON & Margarita BERNARD, "all grandparents Acadians." Recorded in Assumption Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-1, 86).

  2. U.S. federal census
    Microfilm M252, Roll 10, p. 25 (14).

    Useb ARCENAU:
    Free White Males Free White Females Other Slaves
    0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
    2 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
    [Marie Modeste would be age 14 (in Aug 1810). Her sister Constance is probably the other female 10-15 (really age 16). The female age 16-25 is probably her oldest brother's new wife. Her mother Rosalie BERGERON is about age 42; her grandmother Marguerite BERNARD is age 84. There are also five other brothers and two younger sisters.]

    Next door is the household of Ve. [Widow] Jn. B'te DAIGLE, with her future husband Jean Pierre DAIGLE, also age 14.

  3. U.S. federal census
    Microfilm M704; Roll 135, p. 309.

    Line 30, Jean Pierre DAGLE:
    MALES FEMALES SLAVES TOTAL
    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 40-49...
    0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 10
    [Marie Modeste is really age 43.]

  4. U.S. federal census (online)
    p. 203 [102 stamped], 24 Sep 1850.

    Line 1, Dwelling/Family #877: Modeste DAIGLE, age 55, living with Jean Pierre DAIGLE, male age 55, Farmer with real estate value $150, and four girls age 20 to 12: Marie, age 20; Azéma, age 18; Ceraline, age 15; Evélina, age 12. All were born in Louisiana; the adults cannot read or write.

    Ancestry.com, image 120/124.