I'm in Birmingham, AL this week and don't have all my information with me, so if someone else has an answer to the question, please let me know.
Michael wants to know which one of Karl Frederick D'arensburg's sons served in the German Coast Militia under Bernardo de Galvez during Louisiana's participation in the American Revolution 1775-1783. What year did Karl Frederick die?
I don't have the name of the book by Jack Holmes, but in 1798 Gayoso called the militia to action due to hostilities between the United States and France. One of these men was Pedro (Pierre) d'Arensburg from St. John the Baptist Parish, German Coast, age 41, robust health, single. His ranks were Carabineer on 1 July 1786 and Sublieutenant on 12 Feb 1793. He served in the Company of Distinguished Carabineer Militia of New Orleans for 5 years, 7 months, and 11 days and in the German Coast Disiplined Provincial Militia for 5 years and 11 months. He was good for his rank, supposed valor, good application, capacity and conduct.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Census of 1724---continued
The "First" Old German Village which is one and a half miles from the Mississippi River and adjoins the "second" village.
35. Andreas Schenck from Saxony, 35, Lutheran, farmer, prevost of a village, his wife and child, age 2. Land at discretion. Always serves with the troops as a musician.
1727. Andreas Schenck, wife and two children.
36. Marcus Thiel from Bergwies, Silesia, 43, Lutheran, shoemaker, his wife. Land at discretion. He is always sick.
37. Moritz Kobler from Berne, Switzerland, 64, Calvinist, butcher, his wife. He served for thirty years in France in Swiss regiments. Land at discretion. He wants to return to France.
1729 . Kobler's widow, Emerentia Lotterman, of Berne, married in this year to Jacob Weisskraemer, from Bavaria, whose wife as well as his parents, Abraham and Magdalena Weisskraemer, had died at Fort Balize at the mouth of the Mississippi River. In 1745, Jacob Weisskraemer married in Point Coupee, Margarethe Francoise Sara, the widow of one Jolier.
38. Karl Friedrich D'Arensbourg, 31, "captain reforme", an orphan boy from 10-12 years old. A cow and a calf from the company and a bull belonging to him, two pigs. Twelve arpents, not much cleared from lack of force.
The census says that the village just mentioned had been founded by 21 German families, that some had died and others had moved to the river front, after having been drowned out by the great hurricane three years before. Schenck, Thiel, and Kobler seem to have come from the second village. This is why they had their land at discretion. But these three men want to leave and move to the other village (the second one). The 14 families still living in the second village, nearer the river, were all doing well, except the widows, and did not think of moving.
35. Andreas Schenck from Saxony, 35, Lutheran, farmer, prevost of a village, his wife and child, age 2. Land at discretion. Always serves with the troops as a musician.
1727. Andreas Schenck, wife and two children.
36. Marcus Thiel from Bergwies, Silesia, 43, Lutheran, shoemaker, his wife. Land at discretion. He is always sick.
37. Moritz Kobler from Berne, Switzerland, 64, Calvinist, butcher, his wife. He served for thirty years in France in Swiss regiments. Land at discretion. He wants to return to France.
1729 . Kobler's widow, Emerentia Lotterman, of Berne, married in this year to Jacob Weisskraemer, from Bavaria, whose wife as well as his parents, Abraham and Magdalena Weisskraemer, had died at Fort Balize at the mouth of the Mississippi River. In 1745, Jacob Weisskraemer married in Point Coupee, Margarethe Francoise Sara, the widow of one Jolier.
38. Karl Friedrich D'Arensbourg, 31, "captain reforme", an orphan boy from 10-12 years old. A cow and a calf from the company and a bull belonging to him, two pigs. Twelve arpents, not much cleared from lack of force.
The census says that the village just mentioned had been founded by 21 German families, that some had died and others had moved to the river front, after having been drowned out by the great hurricane three years before. Schenck, Thiel, and Kobler seem to have come from the second village. This is why they had their land at discretion. But these three men want to leave and move to the other village (the second one). The 14 families still living in the second village, nearer the river, were all doing well, except the widows, and did not think of moving.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Books Give Information About Families
1. "Old Families of Louisiana" by Stanley C. Arthur, George Campbell Hucket de Kernion, published in 1998. This book has a chapter on D'Arensbourg with new information on his linage that differs from J. Hanno Deilier. Also a chapter about the D'Estrehan family. There isn't an every name index so you have to read the entire book unless you already know who your ancestors are. There are references to several early German settlers in St. Charles Parish.
2. "Napoleon's Soldiers in America" by Simone de la Souchere Delery. It is an account of some of the French soldiers of Napoleon's Army who came to Louisiana and settled in New Orleans and surrounding areas. This is a history rather than a genealogy but it gives an interesting account of these early settlers that would be of interest to their descendants. These exiles married Creole and Acadian women and played an important part in Louisiana history.
3. "Anatole's Story" by Polly Broussard Martin is the story of how he became a Methodist, then a Baptist minister and gives an intimate look at Raceland, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana and the Houma Indians that lived nearby. Anatole is a descendant of Joseph Martin and Marguerite Pitre as are hundreds of others. If I counted right he and I are Second Cousins, five times removed.
2. "Napoleon's Soldiers in America" by Simone de la Souchere Delery. It is an account of some of the French soldiers of Napoleon's Army who came to Louisiana and settled in New Orleans and surrounding areas. This is a history rather than a genealogy but it gives an interesting account of these early settlers that would be of interest to their descendants. These exiles married Creole and Acadian women and played an important part in Louisiana history.
3. "Anatole's Story" by Polly Broussard Martin is the story of how he became a Methodist, then a Baptist minister and gives an intimate look at Raceland, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana and the Houma Indians that lived nearby. Anatole is a descendant of Joseph Martin and Marguerite Pitre as are hundreds of others. If I counted right he and I are Second Cousins, five times removed.
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