Person:Joseph Malbrough (1)

!BIRTH-NAME-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-SON-DEATH-PROBATE: Pedigree Charts and Family Group Records sent by Edward DOMANGUE in May 1996. Josef MALBROUGH dit MANNHOFER, son of Nicholas MALBROUGH/MARCOFF & Marie Christine ORY, born abt 1759, married Angela COURTIER (1765-1836); son Francois Achille born abt 1784. Joseph died on 8 Dec 1840 at age 77 years (THI-1, #945). Inventory: HCH-Succ #80, 1840).

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; pp. 65, 104 & 120; own copy; Louisiana census records. Josef MALBROU, age 35, living with Angela COUTOURIER, 31, and five children on the Dec 1795 census of Valenzuela [LA].

    Also: Joseph MALBROUCQ, age 36, living with his wife Angelique, 32, and five children ages 14 to 2, on 1797 census of Valenzuela in Lafourche.
    Also: Joseph MALBROUE, age 40, living with his wife Angelique, 40, and five children, ages 14 to 1, on 6x60 arpents of land in the 1798 census of Lafourche.

!MARRIAGE-CHILD: Audrey B. Westerman, FIRST LAND OWNERS AND 1810 ANNOTATED CENSUS OF LAFOURCHE INTERIOR PARISH, LA; 1785-1810; Houma, LA, Terrebonne Genealogical Society, 1995; No. 306; own copy. Joseph & Angelique COUTOURIER as parents of Marie Josephe MALBROUGH born 13 Apr 1767 in St. James, LA. In No. 474 he is parent of own household, born abt 1763 in Canada. Five children are living with Joseph and wife on the 1810 census of Lafourche parish, LA. He died on 8 Dec 1840 in Thibodeaux, LA. Land: "T15S R16E Sec. 24. RBBL Claim #258." He had a one-horse mill to grind corn. No slaves or other free persons.

!SISTER-MARRIAGE: Joseph MARBRO was a witness to the marriage of Juan LIQUEUR & Maria MARBRO [his sister, her 2nd marriage] at St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, LA on 20 Feb 1779. Recorded in the church register number M-1, Folio 37, Act 85. Photocopy in possession of Karen Theriot READER.

!SISTER-NIECE-CHRISTENING: Joseph MALBROUCHE was godfather and Angelique COUTURIER was godmother of Marie Magdelaine LIQUAR, daughter of Jean & Marie MALBROUCHE [Joseph's sister], at her baptism at St. James Church on 14 Oct 1781. Recorded in (SJA-1, 53a), cited in Baton Rouge Diocesan Records, vol. 2, p. 504. Photocopy of original entry in possession of Karen Theriot READER. [Were they married at this time?]

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Elton J. Oubre, "The Malbrough Family," 21-page article sent by Edward Domangue in May 1996. On p. 6, Joseph MALBROUGH, born around 1758/1760, the oldest son of Nicholas & Maria Christina HOURY, "a native of Canada." He married in 1781 to Angelique COUTOURIER, assumedly a native of MO, daughter of Jean Baptiste & Catherine PETIT of Canada and Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory, probably at St. James Catholic Church (there is a gap in their records from 1781-1784.)

  Joseph MALBROUX, inhabitant of the Acadian Coast District, was one of the witnesses to the will of Marie Francoise HENRY, widow DUFRENE. She died on 21 Jul 1784, and on the 24th Jul the commandant Michel CANTRELLE went to her home for an inventory. Joseph MALBROUX was present, and the inventoried property was left in his charge.
   On p. 7, in a record of 1785, Joseph BOURGEOIS sold a farm on the right bank that was bounded below by Joseph MALBROUGH.
   At the St. James Parish Courthouse, pp. 767 & 768 dated 26 Dec 1785, Jospeh MALBROUS sold to the free negro Nicholas his tract of land three arpents and a half, bordered above by the deceased dame DUFRENE, and below by Jean LIQEURE dit LAVIOLETTE [who married his sister Marie].
   On p. 8, Joseph MALBROUGH had ownership of the tract that later developed into Thibodauxville [Lafourche parish, LA]. It was in that area that he and his family were listed for censuses after 1795.

!CENSUS: 1795, Valenzuela, LA. Joseph MALBROU, age 35, living further down Bayou Lafourche than rest of MALBROUGH family. He is living with wife Angela COUTOURIER, age 31, and six children.

!LAND: FIRST SETTLERS OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY; 1773-1803; vol. 1, Nacogdoches, TX, Ericson Books, 1983; p. 2, No. 7; California State Library Sutro, ; Orleans Territory grants from AMERICAN STATE PAPERS. In 1803 Pierre HOUVRE [OUBRE] claimed land on east side of the Mississippi River in Acadia county bounded on one side by land of Joseph MALBOROUX.

!LAND: Elton J. Oubre, "The Malbrough Family," in Stephen S. Michot, THE LAFOURCHE COUNTRY II; p. 246. [Many details.]

!PROBATE: Donald J. Hebert, SOUTH LOUISIANA RECORDS; 1794-1840; vol. 1, Rayne, LA, author, 1978; p. 379; own copy; Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes. Joseph [MALBOROUGH], married to Angelique COUTURIER, heirs listed: Marie Madeleine MALBROUGH (married to Simon LEBLANC); Marie MALBROUGH (married to Nicolas LISETTE [sic, LIRETTE]); Catherine (married to Jean ROBICAHUX [sic]); Marie Louise (married to Charles Le Michel DU ROY). Inventory dated 12 Dec 1840 at Terrebonne Parish Courthouse, Houma, LA (Houma Ct.Hse.: Succ. #80).

1. ↑ Ignacio Ramon de Espeleta. "List of German and Acadian Families Who Went by an English Vessel to New Orleans to Settle". (Conway, AR: Oldbuck Press, 2000).

   1st family on list, one of the seven German Families:
   Nicolas MARCOFF, age 62;
   Channe, his wife, 45;
   Jean George MARCOFF, their son, 19;
   Marie MARCOFF, their daughter, 15;
   Marie Madeleine (relation not given), 12;
   Joseph MARCOFF, their son, 10;
   Francois MARCOFF, their son, 8;
   Jean Augustin MARCOFF, 5 months.

2. ↑ U.S. federal census
   p. 196.
3. ↑ U.S. federal census
   p. 59 (120).
4. ↑ U.S. federal census
   p. 128.

   Joseph MARLBOROUGH, only male, age 70/79; with a female same age. There are also 10 slaves. [In previous household, and two following, are three of their sons, no slaves listed.]

5. ↑ Stephen S. Michot & John P. Doucet. Lafourche Country II, The; The Heritage and Its Keepers. (Lafuorche Heritage Society, 1996)
   p. 246.

   Joint succession of Joseph MALBROUGH & Angelique COUTOURIER, at Terrebonne Parish Court House, Probate #80. There were several slaves, and land of 12½ arpents fronting the left bank of Bayou Terrebonne (Johnson Ridge area), by 20 arpents depth. Heirs included minor grandchildren, of deceased children.