Person:Marie Lacour (1)

!NAME-PARENTS-MARRIAGE: Diocese of Baton Rouge [LA], CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS, vol. 3; 1804-1819; published by the diocese, Baton Rouge, LA, 1983; p. 581-582; Sutro Library F377 B3 C3 v.3. Name spelled Maria Margarita LIQUEUR, native of St. James Parish, daughter of Juan & Maria Ana MALBROU, married on 18 Nov 1805 to Frederico Guillermo RENTROP, native of Altena, Kingdom of Prussia, son of Henrrique & Ana Isabel Catharina TRAPPE. Witnesses: Juan Bautista LANDRY; Ambroise HEBERT. Recorded in Assumption Church, of Plattenville, Assumption, LA (ASM-2, 113).

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; pp. 3, 24, 67, 107, 113 & 155; own copy; Louisiana census records. On the 1788 census of Lafourche: Margueritte LICAIRE, age 3, daughter of Jean & Marie MARBIEAU, ages 48 & 33, living with them, 3 half-siblings (surnamed DESERT [sic]), and an older sister Magdelainne, 5, on the 1788 census of Lafourche. They lived on the right bank, on 6 arpents, and were fairly comfortable, with 60 quarts of corn, 16 horned cattle, 4 horses and 15 swine. No slaves, but an "engage" lived in the household, named Jean Baptiste LE BLANC, age 20.

    Also: Marie Margrithe, age 7, listed in household of Jean LICAIRE & Marie MARBREAU, living with four other older children on the 1791 census of Lafourche des Chetimachas.
    Also: Margarita, age 12, living with Juan LICAIRE & Maria MALBROU, with three other children and Francisco COMUORE, 30, on the Dec 1795 census of Valenzuela.
    Also: Margueritte LICAIRE, age 13, on 1797 census at Valenzuela in Lafourche.
    Also: Margueritte age 13 again on 1798 census of Lafourche.

!NAME: LICAIRE, LE COEUR, LIQUEUR, LIQUAR. Margarite LEGUEUR on daughter Elizabeth's second marriage record and Margarite (Tersille)'s marriage record. Name spelled LACOUR in An Atlas of Louisiana Surnames of French and Spanish Origin. There it states that the first of that surname was a native of Saint Jean-des-champs in Normandy, who arrived in 1720 as a worker for the St. Catherine concession at Natchez. (See Conrad 1970, 1:115; DeVille...1726 census...LaCour 1980, 177; etc.)

!CHILDREN-MARRIAGE: Present on 29 MAY 1834 when her daughter Marguerite RENTROP was married. Wedding was held "at the residence of Mistress Margarite Liquar [?] widow of Said Frederick Rentrop dcd. and mother of the bride." Auguste Rentrop [who signed his name Augustus RENTROPE] was a witness.

!DEATH-PROBATE: Mary Elizabeth Sanders, ANNOTATED ABSTRACTS OF THE SUCCESSIONS OF ST. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1811-1834; 1972; p. 117; Salt Lake LDS Family History Library, US/CAN 976.342 P28sa. Marguerite LIQUEUR RENTROP's succession was opened in 1842, Est. #488 in St. Mary Parish Courthouse, at Franklin, LA.

!MARRIAGE-PROBATE: Donald J. Hebert, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS; 1841-1847; vol. 4, Cecilia, LA, Author, 1976; p. 313 & 414; own copy. Marguerite LECOEUR married to Frederick RENTROP in her succession record dated 17 Nov 1842 at St. Mary Parish Courthouse, Franklin, LA (Frank.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #488).

!DEATH-PROBATE: Succession #488 [Probate] record of Marguerite LECOEUR; 1842-1843; County Clerk, St. Mary Parish, LA, Courthouse in Franklin, LA 70538-1231; Photocopies of originals in courthouse book, consisting of pp. 144-158 [some versos], in possession of Karen Theriot Reader, Watsonville, CA. Marguerite LECOEUR, widow of Frederick RENTROP [sometimes RANTROP], died "on or about the 2d instant intestate" on petition dated 17 Nov 1842, so died 2 Nov 1842. She left five heirs: two sons, Auguste F. RENTROP & Henry M. RENTROP; three daughters, Marguerite RENTROP, wife of Zephirin THERIOT, Elizabeth RENTROP, widow of Benjamin MALBRAUX, & Celeste RENTROP, wife of Marcelien THERIOT. There was no land in her estate, but four female slaves and two slave children were ordered sold at public auction on 23 Dec 1842 to settle the estate. Marcelien THERIOT posted bond on 22 Dec 1842 and was named administrator. By 1st Mar 1843 Marcelien had died and Auguste RENTROP petitioned to be named administrator of the estate, appointed and sworn in on 5 Apr 1843.

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

   On the 1788 census of Lafourche: Margueritte LICAIRE, age 3, daughter of Jean & Marie MARBIEAU, ages 48 & 33, living with them, 3 half-siblings (surnamed DESERT [sic]), and an older sister Magdelainne, 5, on the 1788 census of Lafourche. They lived on the right bank of the river, on 6 arpents, and were fairly comfortable, with 60 quarts of corn, 16 horned cattle, 4 horses and 15 swine. No slaves, but an "engage" lived in the household, named Jean Baptiste LE BLANC, age 20.

2. ↑ Albert Robichaux. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798. (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980)
   p. 24.
3. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, vol. I. (Polyanthos, 1977)
   p. 120.

   Margritte LICAIRE, age 3, listed as daughter of Jean LICAIRE dit LA VIOLETTE, age 49. Also in household if [her mother] Maire MARIBIEAU, age 34, plus another daughter named Madelaine, age 5. Three children surnamed DAUT [FALTEMANN dit DESAIRES, from mother's 1st marriage] also are in household; and an "Engage" named Jean Baptiste LEBLANC, age 20.

4. ↑ 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.

5. ↑ U.S. federal census
   Microfilm M704, Roll 128, p. 334A&B.

   Line [18]: Mrs. Margarett RENTHROPE.
   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5
   [Oldest female is age 40-49, but Marguerite would really have been around 55. She may have had two children at home, but the daughter would have been age 20, and possibly just married, the son was 17 years. The two male slaves are between age 10/24.]

6. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk number 101. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001).

   LECOEUR, Marguerite m. Frederick RENTROP In Succ. dated 17 Nov. 1842 (Frank. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #488)

7. ↑ Mary Elizabeth Sanders. Annotated Abstracts of the Successions of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. (1972)
   p. 117.

   Estate #488.