Person:Marie Prejean (1)
Marie Josephe Prejean
b.20 Mar 1737 Port Royal, , , Acadia
d.14 Jun 1818 Vermillion, St. Martin, LA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 18 Aug 1732
  1. Marguerite Prejean1733 - 1825
  2. Anne Prejean1735 -
  3. Marie Josephe Prejean, 11735 -
  4. Marie Josephe Prejean1737 - 1818
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Charles Duon1734 - Abt 1793
  • W.  Marie Josephe Prejean1737 - 1818
m. Abt 1759
  1. Jean Baptiste Duon1759 - 1827
  2. Marguerite Duon1764 - Bef 1801
  3. Michel DuonAbt 1768 - Bef 1781
  4. Marie Rose DuonAbt 1771 - Aft 1817
  5. Charles (dit Charlitte) Duon, II1773 - 1821
  6. Marie Madeleine (Marine) Duon1775 - 1802
  7. Scholastique Duon1779 - Bef 1781
  8. Adelaide Duon1782 -
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Facts and Events
Name Marie Josephe Prejean
Alt Name Marie Josephin, PREGEAN, PREGANT, PRIJEAN, PREIJEAN, PREJAN, PRAJAN Marie Joseph
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] 20 Mar 1737 Port Royal, , , Acadia
Christening[4] 17 Aug 1737 Port Royal, , , Acadia
Marriage Abt 1759 Halifax, , , Acadiato Charles Duon
Census[7][8] 9 Apr 1766 Cabahannocer, Ascension, LA
Census[9] 14 Sep 1769 Cabahannocer, Ascension, LA
Census[10][11] 1 Aug 1770 , Ascension, LA
Census[12] 1777 , Attakapas, LA
Census[13][14] May 1803 Vermilion District, Attakapas, LA
Census[15] 1810 Atakapas, St. Martin, LA
Death[5] 14 Jun 1818 Vermillion, St. Martin, LA
Burial[6] 15 Jun 1818 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA
Reference Number? 135
References
  1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    pp. 491 & 784.

    Sponsors: Jean-Baptiste PELLERIN & Marie MARTIN; the father signed (Register Port Royal).

  2. ↑ Bona Arsenault. Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens. (Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.)
    p. 736 (Port Royal).

    Francoise [sic] PRÉJEAN, born 1734 [sic], daughter of Charles & his 2nd wife Francoise BOUDROT. She married Charles DUON, son of Jean-Baptiste & Agnes HÉBERT.

  3. ↑ Janet B. Jehn. Corrections & Additions to Arsenault's Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens. (Covington, KY: Author, 1988)
    p. 7 (reference to p. 536).

    Under Charles DUON, married to Francoise PREJEAN, her name was Marie Josephe. Reference: Donald Hebert, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS, vol. 1, pp. 194, 460.

  4. ↑ Placide Gaudet. Genealogies acadiens
    vol. 9; p. 3651.

    Marie-Jasephe [sic] "ne. 20 March 1737, b. 17 Aug. suiv."

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

    PREJEAN, ---- wid. of dec. Charles DUHON - native of Acadie; died 14 June 1818 at the home of Hypolite GUEDRY at Vermillion; "d'une maladie pestilentielle" [of a deadly disease] which only permitted [did not permit?] the body of the deceased to be brought to the church; buried 15 June 1818 at the home of Hypolite GUEDRY at Vermillion. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.4, #1187)

    Died at home of son-in-law.

  6. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 2. (Eunice,LA, Author, 1974)
    P. 732.

    PREJEAN, [Marie Josephe supplied] of Acadie, widow of deceased Charles DUHON, died [sic, this is the burial date] 15 Jun 1818 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1187).

  7. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 491.

    Age 26 years (sic).

  8. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois. Cabanocey. (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957.)
    p. 164.

    Census at St. James, LA, dated 9 Apr 1766 listing inhabitants on right [sic] bank of the Mississippi River:
    Charles Claude [sic] DUYON, 30 [sic], with 6 arpents of land and 2 hogs, plus one gun;
    Marie PRÉJEN, wife 26 [this woman];
    Jean Baptiste, son 6;
    Marguerite, daughter 2.

  9. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 491.

    Age 33 years.

  10. ↑ Albert Robichaux. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798. (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980)
    p. 1.

    Charles D'HUAN, age 36, listed with his wife Marie Joseph PREJEAN, 34, and three children as Household #7 on the 1770 census of Ascension Parish. They have 6 arpents of land on the right bank of the river. Found in PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA, Legajo 188-1.

  11. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies. Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796. (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973)
    p. 271.

    Household #7: Charles D'HUAN, age 36, with wife Marie-Joseph PRÉJEAN, age 36, and three children: son Jean-Bte. D'HUAN, age 10; son Michel D'HUAN, age 2; daughter Margueritte D'HUAN, age 6.

  12. ↑ Winston De Ville. Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777. (Ville Platte, LA: author, 1987)
    p. 15.

    Marie Josephe [no further name given], age 40, wife of Charle DUON, age 48, living with six children ages 15 to 2. They have 35 cattle, 5 horses and 6 hogs.

  13. ↑ Attakapas Census, District of Vermilion. (in ATTAKAPAS GAZETTE, vol. XXII, no. 2 (summer 1987))
    p. 93.

    Household #34, headed by Wid. DUHON, female age 68, with 10 arpents of land, 8 horned animals, and 4 "bette a cavaline." Listed with her is Thomas FLETCHER, age 30 and Joseph RACHEL [RACCA].
    [They may have been boarders. Household listed just before hers is her son Chas. DUHON, age 28, with his family.]

  14. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
    p. 491.

    Age 68 years, a widow (Census Vermillon 1803).

  15. ↑ U.S. federal census
    p. 63.

    Baptiste DUON:
    Free white males Free white females Agriculture Slaves
    0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
    2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
    [Marie Josephe PREJEAN would be one of the women over 45, living with her eldest son and his family.]

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