The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

O'Connell/Colne(y) · ◉ direct ancestor

♀Mary Dorcus O'Connell/Colne(y)

Born 1773, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States (unconfirmed).

Also recorded as Mary Corollay.

Mary Dorcus O’Connell/Colne(y) (born about 1773) was the wife of Jean Baptiste La Plante. A published genealogy of the Detroit River families places her marriage to him at the French settlement on the River Raisin, south of Detroit, and the parish records of Vincennes on the Wabash River name her as the mother of their younger children. She was the fourth great-grandmother of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through her daughter Julia Adele Laplante (1811–1861).

Marriage and family

That genealogy records her marriage to Jean Baptiste La Plante on 9 December 1794 at St. Antoine, the parish of the River Raisin settlement (later Frenchtown, now Monroe, Michigan). It lists three children born there: Elisabeth in June 1795, Marie in February 1798 and Jean Baptiste in March 1800. An older family record had placed the marriage at Detroit about 1797, but that date has no source, and a name index of the Detroit Sainte-Anne registers for 1780 to 1801 lists no La Plante marriage, although it does list grooms’ marriages generally.

By 1805 the family was at Vincennes. Indexes of the parish records there give the births of Joseph Narcissus (August 1805), Hyacinthe (March 1808) and Julia Adele (May 1811), and the christening entries name her as the mother. Marriage indexes show three of the younger children marrying in the same parish: Julia Adele to Augustin Tougas Lovellette in January 1830, and Hyacinthe and Joseph Narcissus to two sisters of the Compagnotte family, in 1830 and 1837.

She died at Vincennes; the date has not been found.

Notes

The River Raisin parish register might name her parents. A Pierre Laplante who married at Vincennes in 1820 is recorded as a son of Jean Baptiste Laplante and a “Marie Carnson”. It is not clear whether he was another of her children, because Detroit had more than one Jean Baptiste La Plante at the time.

Name and origin

The French clerks who recorded her never settled on her surname. The Vincennes registers write it Colne, Colla, Carnson or simply “C.”, and later family trees give Conway, Conolly and Connely. A published genealogy of the Detroit River families calls her “Mary Corollay” and says only that she was born in the United States. All of these suggest an English- or Irish-speaking family rather than a French one, which may be where the family’s later “O’Connell” comes from. Her parents are not named in any record found so far. Family records place her birth in 1773 at Chillicothe, Ohio, but no document supports this, and the town of that name was not founded until 1796. A compiled family-tree profile instead gives 1773 at the River Raisin, also without a source.

Family time line

◉ Mary Dorcus O'Connell/Colne(y) 1773–
◉ Jean Baptiste La Plante ▦
Married 9 Dec 1794, St. Antoine, River Raisin, Northwest Territory, St. Antoine, River Raisin
○ Elisabeth Laplante 1795–
○ Marie Laplante 1798–
○ Jean Baptiste Laplante 1800–
○ Joseph Narcissus Laplante 1805–
○ Hyacinthe Laplante 1808–bef 1890
◉ Julia Adele Laplante 1811–1861

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it 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 1773 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States not yet documented
Death Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States not yet documented

Sources

  • Denissen, Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region (revision), p. 688 — John Baptist Prisque Laplante × Mary Corollay, St. Antoine, River Raisin 1794 — about this person, Marriage (Jean Baptiste La Plante)

Borders as they stood about 1763, 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

Descendants

  1. Elisabeth Laplante 1795–
  2. Marie Laplante 1798–
  3. Jean Baptiste Laplante 1800–
  4. Joseph Narcissus Laplante 1805–
    1. Mary Laplante 1840–1904
    2. Edward Laplante 1842–1858
    3. Julia Laplante 1846–
    4. Elizabeth Companionette Laplante 1846–1922
      1. Hugh Hyacenth Joice 1868–1919
        1. Alzire Joice 1889–1889 ✧
        2. Mary Eulalie Joice 1890–1965
        3. Cyrill Paul Joice 1892–1983 ⚭
        4. Leon Joseph Joice 1893–1917
        5. Alphonse Hugh Joice 1896–1983 ⚭
        6. Henry Anthony Joice 1898–1992
        7. Louis Alowishis Joice 1902–1952
        8. Edmond Francis Joice 1904–1995
        9. Mabel Elizabeth Joice 1907–2009
        10. Arnold Bernard Joice 1914–2007
      2. Grant Joice 1869–
      3. George O. Joice 1870–1914
      4. Washington Joice 1872–
      5. Joseph Jacob Joice 1872–1950
      6. Henry Winefred Joice 1874–1943
        1. Alma M Joice 1902–1993
        2. Veronica Joice 1904–1991
        3. Camilla K Joice 1916–2006
        4. Kenneth Henry Joice 1921–1987
      7. Anna M Joice 1876–1946
      8. Alphonse Hugh Joice 1877–1964
      9. Oster Maurice Joice 1879–1961
      10. August Clarence Joice 1881–1961
        1. Carl Joice 1911–
        2. Robert Joice 1915–1993
      11. Melvina Joice 1883–1965
        1. Dorothy Mae Loudermilk 1908–
        2. Carl Thomas Loudermilk 1910–1954
        3. Walter Fredrick Loudermilk 1911–1979
        4. Anna Louise Loudermilk 1915–1999
        5. James W Loudermilk 1918–1996
        6. Mildred Marie Loudermilk 1919–2002
        7. Mary Lou Loudermilk 1924–2015
        8. William Charles Loudermilk 1926–1992
      12. Jennette Joice 1885–1945
        1. Clerence S Arnold 1911–
        2. Joseph R Arnold 1913–
        3. children who may still be living
      13. Louis Joice 1887–1914
      14. Leo Oliver Joice 1889–1958
    5. Henry Laplante 1849–
    6. Warren Laplante 1850–
    7. Caroline Marie Laplante 1856–
    8. Jean Baptist Laplante 1858–
  5. Hyacinthe Laplante 1808–bef 1890
  6. Julia Adele Laplante 1811–1861
    1. Eleanor Tougas Lovellette 1830–1898
      1. Beauchamp Augustus Harvey 1850–1927
      2. Mary Alice Harvey 1854–1941
        1. Clarence F. Stein 1875–1953
        2. Claude Harvey Stein 1880–1953
        3. Roy Harold Stein 1884–1904
        4. Mabel Alice Stein 1888–1972
      3. Julia Esther Harvey 1857–1951
        1. Mabel Wilkinson 1875–1954
        2. Robert Clyde Wilkinson 1878–1951
        3. James Harvey Wilkinson 1882–1924
        4. Ross Wilkinson ✧
      4. James William Harvey 1859–abt 1920
        1. Esther Ross Harvey 1910–2006
      5. Ella May Harvey 1862–1939
        1. Robert White 1892–1956
        2. Beauchamp Augustus White 1894–1948
        3. Joseph White 1898–1982
      6. Laura Eva Harvey 1869–1951
      7. Orian Ross Harvey 1870–1908 ☘
        1. James Orian Harvey 1895–1988 ⚔
        2. Morris Beauchamp Harvey 1896–1993 ⚔☘⚭
        3. Anne Eleanore Harvey 1898–
    2. John Tougas Lavanlette 1833–1902
      1. Stephen A. Lavanlette 1860–
      2. Hyacinth Lavanlette 1863–
      3. Julia Lavanlette 1865–
      4. Maude Lavanlette 1867–
      5. Harrison Lavanlette 1869–1950
        1. Maude Iris Lovellette 1905–1995
        2. John Tougaw Lovellette 1914–2003
        3. Champ Tougaw Lovellette 1916–1977
      6. Augustus Lavanlette 1873–
      7. Harvey Lavanlette 1879–1881 ✧
    3. William Lovellette 1835–1877
      1. Estella Lavanlette abt 1864–1894
        1. Ora Edna Lankford 1887–1925
        2. Blanche Elizabeth Lankford 1889–1958
        3. Elwood F Lankford 1891–1975
        4. Elbert L. Lankford 1891–
        5. Hattie V Lankford 1894–1984 ⚭
      2. Edward Lavanlette
      3. Hattie Lavanlette
    4. Mary Jane Lovellette abt 1836–1903
      1. William Legier
      2. Edwin Legier
      3. George Legier
      4. Charles Legier
      5. Joseph Legier
      6. Elinor Legier
      7. Lelia Legier
      8. Clarence Legier
    5. Augustus Lovellette abt 1838–1887
      1. Augusta Izora Lovelette 1864–1937
        1. Marion Agnes Douglas 1888–1976
        2. John Augustus Douglas 1891–1967
        3. Oliver Pierre Douglas 1893–1949
      2. William Augustus Lovellette 1876–1923
        1. Willa C Lovellette 1904–1904 ✧
        2. Howard William Lovellette 1906–1966
        3. Pearl A Lovellette 1908–1990 ⚭
        4. Emeline Izora Lovellette 1913–1963
        5. Martha L Lovellette 1916–2009
      3. Marian Agnes Lovelette
    6. Hyacinth Lovellette 1841–bef 1860
    7. Harriet Lovellette 1844–
    8. Julia Adelia Lovellette 1846–1908
      1. John T. Legier 1867–1938
        1. Paul Manley Legier 1892–1964
        2. Mary Pauline Legier 1895–1975
        3. John Alfred Legier 1904–1971
      2. Laura Legier
      3. Fred Legier
      4. Naomi Blanche Legier
      5. Angeline Legier
    9. Mildred Lovellette 1848–1849 ✧
    10. Angeline Lovellette 1850–1933