Person:Maria Malbrough (1)

!BIRTH: Maria MALBROU of Germany, resident of Iberville on marriage record of son Juan Bautiste FELTEMAN on 27 Nov 1797.

!NAME: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1770-1803; vol. 2, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1980; p. 204; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.2. Listed as Maria OUBRE, wife of Juan Bautista FELTEMENT, on granddaughter Constance COUPELLE's baptismal record.

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; pp. 3, 24, 67, 107 & 155; own copy; Louisiana census records.

    Also: Marie MARBIEAU, age 33, wife of Jean LICAIRE, 48, living with him and his three stepchildren (surname DESERT [sic]), ages 16 to 11, and two daughters of their own, on 6 arpents of land, with 60 quarts of corn, 16 horned cattle, 4 horses and 15 swine [relatively well off]. With them lives an "engage" Jean Baptiste LE BLANC, age 20, on the 1788 census of Lafourche.
    Also: Marie MARBREAU, age 35, listed with Jean LICAIRE, 49, and five children on the 1791 census of Lafourche des Chetimachas. They have 6 arpents of land, 50 quarts of corn, 3 horned cattle, 2 horses and 20 swine. No slaves or engages. [Next door is a widow Marie Christhine, age 68 [Marie's mother].
    Also: Maria MALBROU, age 41, living with Juan LICAIRE and four children, ages 21 to 12, on the Dec 1795 census of Valenzuela [LA]. There is also a Francisco COMUORE, age 30, in household. [Next door is Christina HENRRY [sic], age 76, living with Juan MALBROU, 25.]
    Also: Marie MALBROU, age 42, living with Jean LICIARE, 53, and four children on the 1797 census of Valenzuela in Lafourche. [Next door is her brother Jean MALBROUE, 26, & his wife Rosalie COMO, 16.]

!PARENTS-BIRTH-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN: Elton J. Oubre, "The Malbrough Family," 21-page article sent by Edward Domangue in May 1996. On p. 4, Marie MALBROUGH, oldest child of Nicholas MALBROUGH & Marie Chrsitine HOURY, was "of German nationality," born around 1754. She married 1st to Jean Baptiste Laurent FALTEMANN dit DESAIRES, with whom she had at least three children. She married 2nd to Jean LICAIRE dit LA VIOLETTE, by whom she had possibly a son and at least two daughters.

  On p. 6, her burial record at age 70 in Assumption Church lists her as widow of Jean LEQUEUR and daughter of Francois. "We may conclude either that the priest took faulty notes...or someone did not know his grandfather's name or he was actually Francois Nicholas MALBROUGH or Nicholas Francois."

!PARENTS-MARRIAGE: In letter from Margaret MOORE, 5307 Goos Ferry Road, Lake Charles, LA 70615, in May 1996. Marie MALBROU (MALBOEUF) was probably the daughter of Jacques & Genevieve HURETTE (OURIE); their parents are given also. She married to Jean LICAIRE; they were parents of Marie Marquerite [sic] LICAIRE (LECOEUR/LIQUEOR).

!PARENTS-GRANDPARENTS: Letter from Lois Hayes CULVER sent in May 1996. Marie-Ann MALBROU, widow LAURENT, daughter of Jacques MALBROU who married Genevieve HURETTE/OURIE. Jacques' father was Jean Baptiste, married to Marie-Marguerite RENAUD (daughter of Pierre Andre RENAUD, married to Francoise DESPORTES). Genevieve's father was Jean Baptiste HURETTE, married to Francoise METIVIER. Jean Baptiste's father was Bernard, married to Marie FISET (daughter of Francois-Abraham FISET who married Denise SAVARD. Bernard's father was Jean HURETTE who married Madeleine JUDIC. [Get documentation.]

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; p. 3; own copy; Louisiana census records. Marie MAROPHLE, age 15, wife of Laurent FALTEMANNE, age 37, living with him on 4 arpents of land in household #37 on the right bank of the river in Ascension Parish [LA]. Recorded on Legajo 188-1 of the Papeles procedentes de Cuba.

!CENSUS: 1770, Ascension parish, LA, on right bank of the Mississippi River, upriver from present city of Donaldsonville, houshold #37. Marie MAROPHLE, age 15, living with husband Laurent FALTEMANNE, age 37. [The year before, on 1769 census, Laurent PILTMANE [sic?] was listed alone at least 10 arpents above Bayou Lafourche, LA.] Found in Elton J. Oubre, "The Malbrough Family," 21-page article sent by Edward Domangue in May 1996.

!NAME-MARRIAGE: Name on record at St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, LA was Maria MARBRO, the widow Laurent. Name given when acted as baptismal sponsor for granddaughter Mariana Hanrrieta RENTROP was Mariana MALBROU.

!CENSUS: 1795, Valenzuela, LA. Maria MALBROU, age 41, living with [2nd] husband Juan LICAIRE, 52. Two children from her 1st marriage: Juan Bautista, 21; and Juan Josef, 17. Two from current marriage: Magdalena, age 14; Margarita, 12. Also in household Francisco COMUORE [COMMEAU?], age 30. Her mother Christina HENRRY [HOURRY], age 76, lives next door with Juan MALBRON, her brother, age 25.

!FATHER-BIRTH-BURIAL: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1820-1829; vol. 4, Baton Rouge, Diocese, ; p. 386; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3 C3 v.4. Marie MALBROU, age 70 years, widow of Jean LIQUEUR, daughter of Francois [mother omitted], buried on 5 Oct 1824 at Assumption Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-3, 177). [Could Francois be a mistake?]

!MARRIAGE-SON: On her son Juan Bautiste FELTEMAN's marriage record, he is listed as "of Germany," resident of Iberville. [Is she also German?]

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; [this girl]
   Marie Madeleine (relation not given), 12;
   Joseph MARCOFF, their son, 10;
   Francois MARCOFF, their son, 8;
   Jean Augustin MARCOFF, 5 months.

2. ↑ Albert Robichaux. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798. (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980)
   p. 3.

   Marie MAROPHLE [sic], age 15, living with husband Laurent FALTEMANNE, age 37, in household #37 on the 1770 census of Ascension Parish [LA]. They have 4 arpents of land on the right bank of the river. Found in PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA, Legajo 188-1.

3. ↑ Stephen S. Michot & John P. Doucet. Lafourche Country II, The; The Heritage and Its Keepers. (Lafuorche Heritage Society, 1996)
   p. 243.

   On the right (descending) bank of Bayou Lafourche: Jean LICAIRE, age 48, with his wife Marie MARLBREAUX, age 33, his stepdaughter Marie DESERT [FALTERMAN, sic], age 16, stepson Laurent [FALTEMAN], age 14, stepson Jean [FALTEMAN], age 11. Their own children: Magdelainne LICAIRE, age 5; Margueritte, age 3. In household is an employee: Jean Baptiste LeBLANC, age 20.

4. ↑ Albert Robichaux. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798. (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980)
   p. 24.

   On the right bank of the river, established in Lafourche: Jean LICAIRE, age 48, listed with his wife Marie MARBIEAU, age 33, and his three stepchildren. There are two daughters [of present marriage], and an "engage" named Jean Baptiste LE BLANC, age 20. They live on 6 arpents of land, with 60 quarts of corn, 16 cattle, 4 horses, 15 swine.

5. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, vol. I. (Polyanthos, 1977)
   p. 120.

   Marie MARIBIEAU [MALBROUGH], age 34, living with [2nd husband] Jean LICAIRE dit LA VIOLETTE, age 49, and five children [three from her 1st marriage]. There is also an "Engage" named Jean Baptiste LEBLANC, age 20.

6. ↑ U.S. federal census
   Microfilm M252, Roll 10, p. 34 (22).

   Line [12], Jean LICAIRE:
   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+
   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
   [Jean was around 71 years old, his wife Maria Ana MALBROUGH was about 54. Their younger daughter Marie Marguerite, age 25, was married to Friedrich Wilhelm RENTROP, age 25. Were they living in this household? Where is their daughter Elizabeth Melanie RENTROP, age 3?]

   Ancestry.com, image 9/11.