The first time he apparently had no living children. But by his second move out of Macon - all of children had been born. Albert and Marie Catherine Domer had the following children baptized at the same church Albert was himself baptized in Macon. Note that two died. We beUeve the youngest must have died young also, as there we have no further information of her in Louisiana. Albert deCuire comes to Louisiana Albert deCuire was 46 years old when he decided to make the biggest move of his life.
All of his children had been bom - most were teenagers. So what prompted a man who apparently was established to leave his and his ancestor's hometown? The hope of a better life on the other side of the world, we suppose. There was no war at the time in Hainaut.
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It was a peaceful time, so we know he was not escaping danger. The new French colony of Louisiana was advertising heavily in Europe for colonists to establish settlements in Louisiana. They promised land and work. Some advertising was exaggerated and made Louisiana seem like a paradise.
There was even speculation of silver and gold in Louisiana, something that may have caught the attention of Albert deCuire, the miner. But if the deal did not work out. At nearby Maubeuge, France there was an entrepreneur who owned the St. Reyne Concession at Louisiana. This entrepreneur's wife was from Mauberge, thus the apparent reason why the the ship Albert came on was from this same area. On October 27, , Albert deCuire signed a contract at Maugerge, France to come to Louisiana, and agreed to work for six years to pay his passage to the new world.
Early Settlers of Natchez and Pte. Coupee in the French Province of La. Native of Macon, near Chimay, miner by profession, with his wife and five children.
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Albert DeCuir was engaged on 27 Oct. He received livres when he signed, and would receive livres per year and the family's food, plus 40 sols per day until they left France. His signature could be de Quire or de Guire, but his handwriting is poor. The index of the contracts states that his son and daughter are with him. There is another contract signed by Albert deCuire on behalf of his wife and four children.
This contract, signed Jan. It would be over nine months from the time Albert deCuire signed in France until the day he arrived in Louisiana. Before he left Macon for the Atlantic Coast to sail, Albert probably prayed at the chapel near Salles, on the outskirts of Macon. The chapel, Notre Dame, was constructed in , and was a customary spot for anyone leaving the area on a trip or voyage to stop and pray for a good voyage. The chapel is still used today by some area citizens who stop for a prayer before they travels, continuing the centuries old custom.
Albert deCuire sailed on the ship "Loire" from the port at Lorient, France and arrived in Louisiana on November 9, There were several families from Hainaut on board the ship that carried deCuire and his family to the New World. Hainaut is a large mining area for coal. According to Brian Costello, who is a DeCuir descendent, there were some craftsmen of the Hainaut province who signed to come to Louisiana, and they were the first major group of families to permanently settle in Louisiana. This was the only ship to bring colonists to Louisiana from the inland areas of French-speaking lands.
Other ships had brought sailors and roughnecks from the port cities. But these Hainaut colonists were the first hard-working, educated, talented, and skilled family people. It was these first families of Louisiana who established the French speaking colonies of the area. Like the industrious Germans who followed later in , these Hainaut colonists were steadfast and strong. In much later years the Acadians largely outnumbered these direct-French families, and it is a common misunderstanding of some of us today that the Pointe-Coupee French were Acadians - however, they are not Acadian.
Actually, it was the French-speaking families such as DeCuir who established themselves for at least two generations in Louisiana which in turn helped to attract the Acadians in the s. Albert deCuire's name was spelled on the ship register with a small "d" and space between the de and the Cuire. The "e" at the end of his name was dropped by his children after he settled in the new world.
The ship log listed his occupation as "miner", indicating the French governments desire for mining in the new country. The ship carried 19 officials, engages, 62 workers and 12 additional engages. With wives and children, there were at least persons on the ship. The occupations of the engages and workers on the ship were mostly laborers, masons, shoemakers, land clearers as well as other trades.
There were about 42 ships loads from France from to There were three ships leaving Lorient for Louisiana set to arrive August 11, The other two ships were the Chameau and Seine and they were destined for different concessions.
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The Loire ship belonged to the Company of the Indies. The ship log of Albeit deCuire's ship stated only his son and daughter were with him on board, yet when he signed to work, as stated above, he had his wife and five children. Albert's destination was for the the St.
Reine Concession Pointe Coupee and St. We know that two other children also came to Louisiana, perhaps later on a different ship, or perhaps this was an error in transcription of the original ship log into bookform. It is not known if Albert's wife Catherine came to Louisiana. However, Albert signed a contract for his wife to accomany him to Louisiana in January of The contract stated there were four children and that the wife of Albert deCuire would be paid 18 livres per month by the same company which engaged Albert. One genealogist, Ellen Powel of Lafayette, LA, states that Catherine Domer Decuir died in , however when contacted was unable to remember the source.
We do know that Catherine Domer DeCuir was referred to as being deceased by the year as noted in Pointe Coupee records. George DeCoux, also a descendent of Albert deCuire and Jacques DeCoux, has studied and tracked the early movements of Albert deCuire and the other colonial families. DeCoux told me this about the ship which carried Albert deCuire: The ship came in near Biloxi - as early ships could not come up the divided, narrow channels of the Mississippi River. The ship landed first at Ship Island, 12 miles offshore of Biloxi, and a smaller boat took the colonists towards shore.
A short way out from shore, the pioneers transferred again to smaller boats for the shallower water - until they reached the shores at New Biloxi, now located in Mississippi state, but at that time part of the vast Louisiana territory. The colonists stayed at New Biloxi for about one year - while they prepared items for the trip into Louisiana.
DeCoux said that early accounts of these colonists stated they would have starved this first year at Biloxi if it had not been for the Indians. Albert deCuire may have first settled near Natchez with the St. Catherine Concession, according to one source, however other sources say he was in Pointe Coupee by For sure, he was there by One thing for certain, he was lucky that he was not assigned to Natchez as the famous Natchez massacre in wiped out most of the Europeans - including many of the fellow pioneers who had made the trip from Hainaut with Albert.
The survivors made their way to Pointe Coupee.
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Albert deCuire settles in Pointe Coupee The deCuire family was one of the 15 identifiable original families who set tied to form a permanent civilian settlement in what is now East-Central Louisiana at "La militaire poste de la Pointe Coupee", which was established by French soldiers in the same year that Albert arrived, , just two years after New Orleans was founded. The pioneers were obligated to repay the Company of the Indies for their ship passage.
In return, they were promised land in the new world where they worked to repay their debt. These settlers set out to make their new home in a wilderness area, establishing a church and community where only for centuries the Mississippi River had ran rampant. The river had changed its course over the years, winding through the area, leaving rich alluvial soils ready for their first cultivation in old river bottom lands.
This area of rich tropic lands of the Mississippi River delta is today Central Louisiana, and still is abundant in agriculture, which was provided for nine generations of DeCuir farmers to follow in Albert's livelihood. These first 15 families of Pointe Coupe settled mostly along False River, which is a lake made naturally out of an old channel of the Mississippi River. Today the town of NewRoads, La. A census of Pointe Coupee has no names but lists 15 men, 5 women, 2 children and 19 slaves.
In the census deCuire is mentioned briefly as having been discharged of his obligations to the St. Reyne Concession, meaning he had apparently repaid his debt for his passage in only four years. Albert's son-in-laws are listed in the census: DeCou x as a silk grower with a wife and child, and Daublin as a tailor no wife. On Jan 1, , a census lists Albert with three children and an unnamed associate who was probably Jacques DeCoux, his son-in-law. Albert is listed as the owner of nine arpents of land at the time- Daublin, who married Albert's daughter the same year, is listed as living next door.
The following year, Albert is listed "with his son" as partner, who was probably Etienne DeCuir. They had two slaves and 25 pigs, he apparently was the northernmost settler along the west bank of the Mississippi, as he was always the last land owner listed in the census going up the river. By the census Albert deCuire began accumulating some wealth as he is listed as the owner of four slaves, two Negro slave children, a servant and two pistols. For the two men-at-arms, or civilian soldiers of the household Also listed on his plantation are an engagee or European worker, and two woman.
The census brings up some question as to the location of his home. Albert may have moved from his location to live next to his son, as Jean Francois DeCuir was listed as living on the adjoining property in the later census. Jean was unmarried with one slave and one negro child.
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Or, the reason for a different neighbor may be because Daublin and his new wife moved to New Orleans, where he pursued a trade as a tailor. Their first child was bom there in In , Daublin's youngest daughter, Jeanne had moved from New Orleans and was living with her grandfather, Albert. Or finally, the census may be in error in locating Albert's location, but this does not seem likely. Regardless of the question of where he lived during the census, by the census, Albert was living near Jean Francois Ailain, who he had a land dispute with.
Albert's signature from that year is the earliest known in existence. On April 5,, Albert was among four men who were the Godfathers to dedicate the bells for the first Catholic Church which was built that year in Pointe Coupee. According to Brian Costello, local historian of New Roads, a descendent of Albert deCuire, one of these bells of the church is the same which still hangs in the present third St. Francis Chapel - it is engraved with fleurs de Us.
Another of these bells was recovered by Glen Morgan, Architect, and Church Historian, and is now in possession of the church in Pointe Coupee. The bell was on display on April 12, , during a program on the colony of Hainaut held at New Roads by the Historical Society. For the occasion, George DeCoux, and myself, both direct descendents of, and carrying the same names as two of the original colonists, were asked to hold the bell while Haussey gave it a ring. In , he sold one half of his home and six arpents of property to DeCoux. Albert died October 12, at an advanced age and was buried in Pointe Coupee the following day.
The burial record stated he was 88 years old, but he was actually He spent the last 30 years of his life in Louisiana, and most of his estimated 30, descendants remain in Louisiana today. It is estimated that at least one-fourth of the 40, population of Avoyelles Parish can be traced back to Albert deCuire - one of the original settlers of neighboring Pointe Coupee. The bulk of his descendents are from the populous Bordelon family. Free Shipping All orders of Don't have an account?
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