Person:Simon Simoneau (1)

Simon René Simoneau, dit "Neve"
d.Aug 1815 , Assumption, LA
m. 19 Apr 1786
Facts and Events
Name Simon René Simoneau, dit "Neve"
Alt Name Renee Petit
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1762 Oxford, Talbot, MD
Marriage 19 Apr 1786 Donaldsonville, Ascension, LAto Elisabeth Luce Daigre
Census[1] 1 Jan 1788 , Lafourche, LA
Death? Aug 1815 , Assumption, LA
Burial? 27 Aug 1815 Plattenville, Assumption, LA

NAME: Does "dit Neve" mean he was the nephew? Had an uncle with same name?

!BIRTH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 2593 (Louisiana); own copy. Simon-Rene' SIMON dit SIMONEAUX, born 1762, son of Francois & Marie CORPORON. [No further entry.]

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILD-DEATH: Terrebonne Genealogical Society, BOOK OF CHARTS; 1600-1850; vol. 2, Society; Chart No. 184; Salt Lake City Family History Library, US/CAN 976.341 D2b v.2.

!CENSUS: Gregory A. Wood, A GUIDE TO THE ACADIANS IN MARYLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES; 1755-1899; Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1995; p. 183; own copy. Rene' SIMONET, son of Francois & Anne CORPORON, with them and two others on the 1763 census at Oxford, MD. In Cabanocey, LA in 1769 he is 7 years old. On the 1777 census of Ascension, LA he is 16 years old.

!MARRIAGES: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1770-1803; vol. 2, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1980; pp. 214 & 146-147 & 373 & 675, 676; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.2. Three entries: Simon [SIMONEAUX] (parents not given) married on 19 Apr 1786 to Isabel DAIGLE (parents not given). Witness: Citang SIMONEAUX. Recorded as Ascension Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-2, 1).

    Also: Simon SIMONEAU (parents not given) married on 13 Feb 1793 to Isabel BRO (parents not given). Witnesses: Francisco Lopez MACHADO; Francisco PLASENCIA; Juan Bautista TRAHAN. Recorded at Ascension Church (ASC-2, 54).
    Also: Simon SIMONAUX of Maryland and widower of Ysabel BRAUX (parents not given), married on 27 Dec 1802 to Rosalia HEBERT of Iberville Parish and widow of Pedro Alexos LANDRY (parents not given). Witnesses: Josef SIMONAUX; Alexo HEBERT. Recorded at Assumption Catholic Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-2, 73).

!NAME: On wife's burial record in 1792, called Petit Rene SIMONEAUX

!BURIAL-MARRIAGE: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1804-1819; vol. 3, Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982; p. 796; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.3. Simon, age 45 years [so born around 1770?], married to Rosalia HEBERT, buried 27 Aug 1815 at Assumption Church (ASM-3, 103).

References
  1. ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com.

    Census of Lafourche, Right Bank:Simon Simoneau, 27. He had 0 slaves, 5 arpents of land, 0 quarts of rice, 60 quarts of corn, 4 horned cattle, 3 horses, 87 swine and there were 5 total persons in the household.Isabelle Daigle, wife, [age illegible];Simon, son, 1;Marguerite Daigle, sister-in-law, 21;Joseph Daigle, brother-in-law, 18;

    Posting by Stanley LeBLANC on 27 Apr 2004.