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Trahan · ◉ direct ancestor

♂Jean Chrysostome Trahan

Born 1740, Pigiguit, Acadie. Died 1815, Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States.

Also recorded as Chrysostome Trahan.

Parents

◉ Joseph Trahant 1708–1756 and ◉ Marie Blanchard 1709– their family

Spouses and children

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Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the original document has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth
1740, paroisse de l'Assomption, Pigiguit, Acadia - his own family's 1767 declaration
 1740 Pigiguit, Acadie on record
Living at 17 Apr 1777 Kerlan, Bangor, Morbihan, Bretagne, France on record
Burial 2 Nov 1815 Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States on record
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Sources

  • Casgrain (abbe H.-R.) and Rameau, Collection de documents inedits sur le Canada et l'Amerique, tome III (Quebec: L.-J. Demers, 1890) - 'REGISTRES DES ACADIENS DE BELLE-ILE-EN-MER': the sworn declarations of the three Trahant brothers (26 Feb 1767) and of Jean Baptiste Theriot (15 Feb 1767), paroisse de Bangor — Birth
  • AD Morbihan, Bangor (Belle-Ile-en-Mer), baptemes et mariages 1751-1792, cote 009_1MIEC009_R3_01-0001, ark:/15049/vta54487ae96cbf0, view 189 of 317, third act: the baptism of 17 Apr 1777 of Joseph Rose, son of Chrisosthome Trahan and Anne Granger of the village of Kerlan — Living at
  • Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 3 (1804-1818), ASM-3, 108 - the 2 Nov 1815 Assumption burial of Chrisostomo, age 75 yrs., of Acadia, widower of Ana Grange — Burial

Borders as they stood about 1763 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Joseph Trahant 1708–1756
    1. Guillaume Trahan
    2. Jacqueline Benoit
  2. Marie Blanchard 1709–
    1. Rene Blanchard
      1. Martin Blanchard 1647–
        1. Jean Blanchard 1611–
        2. Radegonde Lambert 1621–
      2. not yet known
    2. Anne Landry

Descendants

  1. Julie Trahan 1765–
    1. Marguerite Eulalie Leblanc 1794–1837
      1. Valentin Serrette 1822–
      2. Emma Serrette 1825–
      3. Arcade Serrette
      4. Aurore Serrette 1829–1901
        1. Numidia Edouard Leray 1848–1893
      5. Firmin Serrette 1818– ⚔
        1. Battezaer Serrette 1840–
        2. Adelle Serrette 1842–1850 ✧
        3. Duralde Serrett 1844–
        4. Alfonse Serrette 1844–
        5. Joseph Serrette 1846–
        6. Simeon Serrette 1848–
        7. Pierre Anatole Serrett Sr. 1853–1926
        8. Albertine Serrette 1856–
        9. Emile Serrette 1859–
        10. Sebastien Enos Serrette 1850–1850 ✧
    2. Reine Sophie Leblanc 1796–
      1. Octave Rieul Serrette 1821–
      2. Leonidas Paterne Serrette 1826–
      3. Jean Baptiste Leadore Serrette 1828–
    3. Jean Baptiste Leblanc 1798–
    4. Constance Leblanc 1800–
    5. Pierre Leblanc 1803–
    6. Julie Emerite Leblanc 1807–
    7. Azelia Leblanc
    8. Joseph Leblanc
    9. Marie Ameranthe Leblanc
  2. Marie Magdelaine Trahan 1768–
  3. Jean Chrysostome Trahan 1774–
  4. Joseph Rose Trahan 1777–1815
    1. Carmelite Trahan –1811
    2. Augusto Drusino Trahan 1811–
    3. Antonio Adolpho Trahan 1813–
  5. Marguerite Trahan 1780–
  6. Marie Marthe Trahan 1770–