The Descending Families Of Louis Chauvin And His Three Wives

Louis Chauvin was born 1 December 1790 in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. His parents were Hypolite Chauvin and Charlotte Toups. He married Marie Louise Robichaux 8 January 1810 and they had six children. He married Adele Marie Anne Baudoin 29 October 1820 and they had five children. He married Marcelite Bruce 14 September 1833 and they had two children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Quebec and Louisiana.

Nicolas Belanger was probably born in France of Acadian parents. His parents were Nicolas Belanger and Agnes Cartier. He emigrated and settled in Louisiana. He married Marguerite Lejeune. They had eleven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Louisiana.

Zenon Chauvin was born April 1799 in St. Charles, Louisiana. He is a grandson of one Louis Marie Chauvin who was born 1702 in Montreal, Canada and moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois. Zenon married Madeleine Carmelite Robichaux 31 December 1716 in Plattenville, Louisiana. They were the parents of ten children. Zenon died 1772 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Descendants lived primarily in Louisiana.

Hypolite Chauvin (ca. 1788-1856) was born in St. Charles, Louisiana and died in Houma, Louisiana. He was married in 1807 to Tarsile Marie LeBlanc. Ancestry is traced to Pierre Chauvin (ca. 1631-1699) who was born at Solesme, France and died in Montreal, Canada. Descendants lived in Louisiana, Texas, and elsewhere.

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