Person:Marie Faltemann (1)

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILD-DEATH: Terrebonne Genealogical Society, BOOK OF CHARTS; 1600-1850; vol. 2, Society; Chart No. 188; Salt Lake City Family History Library, US/CAN 976.341 D2b v.2. Marie Desaires FELTMENT, born 1763 [sic, mother would only be 8 years old] in LA, married on 13 Jun 1791 to Antoine COUPEL. She died on 10 May 1833 at Plattenville, LA.

!NAME: Also spelled FELTERMENT, FALTEMENE, DESAIRES, DEZENT.

!NAME-MARRIAGE: Elton J. Oubre, "The Malbrough Family," 21-page article sent by Edward Domangue in May 1996. On p. 5, Maria Ana FELTERMENT, daughter of Lorenzo & Maria MALBROU, married on 13 Jun 1791 to Antonio CUPELY [COUPELLE] of the Isle of Malta, son of Felix CUPELY & Andreana MENUT [ATINUTE/ALMENTUE] of Malta. Recorded in Ascension Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-2, 40).

   The children of Antoine COUPEL & Maria FALTEMAN (called DESAIRES, DEZENT and DESSENT) were baptized at Assumption Church.

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; pp. 24, 67, 113 & 155; own copy; Louisiana census records. Marie DESERT, age 16, stepdaughter of Jean LICAIRE, age 48, living with him and his wife [her mother] Marie MARBIEAU, 33. There are four other children, two of them half-sisters, and an "engage" on the 1788 census of Lafourche [LA]. [She is listed as 2 years older than brother Laurent, who we know was born in Nov 1772. Was she a twin, or born around 1770?]

    Also: Marie, age 19, listed as "daughter" in household of Jean LICAIRE & Marie MARBREAU. She is oldest child in household, on the 1791 census of Lafourche des Chetimachas. [Brother Jean Baptiste is 17.]
    Also: Maria SALTEMENE, age 22, living with Antonio COUPEL, age 55, with three young children, ages 3 to 1. Next door is the houshold of Juan LICAIRE & Maria MALBROU [her mother], on the Dec 1795 census of Valenzuela [LA]..
    Also: Marie, age 24, wife of Antoine COUPELLE, 36 [sic], living with him and three children, ages 5 to 2, on the 1798 census of Lafourche. [Next door is stepfather Jean LICIARE & mother Marie.]

!CENSUS: 1795, Valenzuela, LA. Maria FALTEMENE, age 22 [so born about 1773], living with husband Antonio COUPEL, age 55 and three children: Maria, 3; Juan, 2; and Antonio, age 1.

!CENSUS: 1797, Valenzuela, LA. Marie [FALTEMAN], age 24, wife of Antoine COUPEL, 56. In household are two children: Jean, 3; Marie, 4.

1. ↑ Baton Rouge Diocese. Catholic Church Records, vol. 5, 1830-1839. (Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1984)
   p. 196.

   Marie DESERT [sic], age 60 years, wife of Antoine COUPEL, buried 11 May 1833, died yesterday (ASM-3, 231).

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

   Marie DESERT, age 16, stepdaughter of Jean LICAIRE, age 48, living with him and his wife [her mother] Marie MARBIEAU, 33. There are four other children, two of them half-sisters, and an "engage" on the 1788 census of Lafourche [LA]. [She is listed as 2 years older than brother Laurent, who we know was born in Nov 1772.]

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

   Marie DAUT [sic, probably a mistranscription], in household of Jean LICAIRE dit LA VIOLETTE, as his sister-in-law [sic, really the daughter of wife's 1st marriage?], age 17. Also in household are her two younger brothers.