Family of Joseph Leonard & Marie Therese Leche
Joseph Leonard was born 6 December 1785 in New Orleans, LA (baptism: 29 August 1786 St. Louis Cath., New Orleans, LA), and died 26 February 1860 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA. Burial was 26 February 1860 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA.
Wife Marie Therese Leche was born 8 November 1790 in Edgard, St. John, LA (baptism: 15 December 1790 Edgard, St. John, LA), and died 30 April 1858 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA. They were married 27 July 1818 in Edgard, St. John, LA.
Their children were:
1- Josephine Genevieve Leonard b: Abt. 1819 Edgard, St. John, LA; d: Abt. 1853
+Jean Rousseau b: 22 December 1792 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; m: 15 June 1835 Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1850
Notes for Josephine Genevieve Leonard:
- 1850 Bayou Lafourche, Lafourche, LA (family #874): John Rousseau 60 (Miss. Coast) farmer, wife Josephine 25 (St. John Baptist)
2- Celestine Leonard b: 6 December 1820 Edgard, St. John, LA; d: 8 January 1900 Chacahoula, Terrebonne, LA
+Onezime Theodule Aycock b: 22 November 1816 Plattenville, Assumption, LA; m: 12 October 1843 Lafourche, LA; d: 1891 Chacahoula, Terrebonne, LA
Notes for Celestine Leonard:
- 1850 Terrebonne, LA: Olexime Aycock 33 farmer, wife Celeste 30, Alida 6, Exilda 4, Joseph 2, Zedina 5 months; Evariste Leonard 18 laborer; Evariste Bergeron 32 laborer; Telesphore Gautreaux 14 laborer; brother Olezime Aycock 35
- 1860 Houma, Terrebonne, LA: O. T. Aycock 42 planter, wife Celestine 41, Alida 15, Exilda 14, Joseph 12, Zulma 10, Adele 8, Albert 6, Laura 2, Elvir 11 months; Jean J. Thibodeaux 75, Emile Portier 19 carpenter's apprentice
- 1880 Terrebonne (8th ward, p. 352C): Onezime Aucock 62 planter; wife Celestin 60 keeps house; Zulement 38; Adile 28; Laura 22; Elvere 21
3- Joseph Leonard b: Abt. 1823 Edgard, St. John, LA; d: Aft. 1880 Lafourche, LA
+Marie Celeste Kerne b: Abt. 1826 Edgard, St. John, LA; m: 24 May 1841 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: Bef. 1880 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Joseph Leonard:
- 24 December 1850 Bayou Lafourche, Lafourche, LA: Joseph Leonard Jr. 26 (St. John Baptist) farmhand, wife Celeste 23 (St. John Baptist), Aupiliade 6, Josephine 4, Joseph 2, Anatole 6 months.
- 1860 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA: Joseph Leonard 38 farmer, wife Celeste 37, Operliade 17 farm laborer, Josephine 15, Joseph P. 12, Eliza 7, Emelie 2; Emelie Kerne 27, Dorville Triche 19 farm laborer
- 1880 Lafourche (5th ward, p. 618A): Joseph Leonard 57 widower; Hudson 19 laborer; Charles 17 laborer
4- Felix Leon Leonard b: 26 February 1825 Edgard, St. John, LA; d: 31 July 1891 Lafourche, LA
+Donatilde Elisabeth Bourg b: 20 November 1829 Lafourche, LA; m: 27 May 1844 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 4 March 1883 Lafourche, LA
5- Adeline Adelaide Leonard b: Abt. 1827 Edgard, St. John, LA
+Jean Jacques Trosclair b: Abt. 1821; m: 11 January 1842 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA
Notes for Adeline Adelaide Leonard:
- 1860 New Orleans, Orleans, LA: J. J. Trosclair 39 printer, wife Adeline 30, Ernest 17 clerk, Virginie 16, Ernestine 12, Alice 10, Jacques 6, Rose Martin 18 housemaid
6- Evariste Ernest Leonard b: 16 November 1832 Edgard, St. John, LA; d: 16 January 1921 St. Mary, LA
+Louise Ezilda Himel b: Abt. 1833; m: 21 April 1853 Lafourche, LA; d: Bet. 1910-1920
Notes for Evariste Leonard:
- 1860 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA: Evariste Leonard 28 farmer, wife Louise 26, Lodoiska 5, Edgar 1; Jostine Hymel 16, Andre Triche 7; slaves: 1 black female 38, 1 black male 5, 1 black female 7 months
- 1870 Chacahoula, Terrebonne, LA: Avaris Leonard 36 planter, wife Louisa 34, Lernie 15, Edgar 10, Obear 8, Limie 6, Nidass 3, Mary 1.
- 1880 Belle Riviere, Assumption, LA: Evariste Leonard 47 farmer, wife Louise 47, Edgar 20 laborer, Klebert 18 laborer, Leonidas 15 laborer, Stephanie 13, Henrie 10, Joseph 7, Oleus 4.
- 1900 Assumption, LA: Evariste Leonard 65, wife Louisa 60.
- 1910 St. Martin, LA: Evarice 71 & wife Louise 80 (listed as Himel instead of Leonard)
- 1920 St. Martin, LA: Widower Evariste Leonard 87
7- Jean Adrien Leonard b: 7 May 1837 Lafourche, LA (baptism: 22 April 1838 Lafourche); d: 18 October 1913 Jeanerette, Iberia, LA
+Marie Celestine Badeaux b: Abt. 1840; m: 10 January 1856 Lafourche, LA; d: 5 February 1900 Jeanerette, Iberia, LA
Notes for Jean Adrien Leonard:
- 1860 Houma, Terrebonne, LA: J. A. Leonard 23 planter, wife Celestine 20, Jean 2; Olimpe Portier 15, Azelie Kern 8.
- 1880 Fausse Pointe, Iberia, LA: John Leonard 43 farmer, wife Celestine 41, Josephine 19, Sidney 13 works in fields, Franklin 9 works in fields, Ella 7, Henry 5, Annie 3, Mary 2, Alzena 3 months
- 1900 St. Mary, LA: Widower J. A. Leonard 62 farmer, Ella 27, Henry 25 farm laborer, Anna 23, Josephine 22, Therese 20, Eugene 17 farm laborer.
- 1910 Iberia, LA: Widower Adrien J. Lenard 73 living with son Henry's family.
- Tombstone Inscription, St. Johns Cemetery, Jeanerette, Iberia, LA: Mrs. Adrien Leonard / died / Feb. 5, 1900 / Aged 56 years / Adrien Leonard / died Oct. 18, 1913 / age 75 yrs. 5 mos. 11 dys.
Notes for Joseph Leonard:
-Joseph Leonard was the youngest son in a family of 11 children. After his father's death he provided support for his widowed mother, and in 1811 Joseph and his mother were still living in New Orleans. (Joseph's grandfather had come from France in the early 1700's to work in N.O.) His mother had died by the time of his marriage to the widow Marie Therese Leche. (First husband Jean Pierre Portier b: 9 March 1788 Edgard; d: 19 September 1814 Edgard; m: 28 May 1810 Edgard).
- “Joseph Leonard, a descendant of one of New Orleans' pioneer families.... Joseph and Marie Therese Leche lived in St. John the Baptist parish until 1835 when they moved to Lafourche parish. In 1834 they had begun investing in land in Lafourche. In time Joseph owned a large sugarcane plantation about 6 miles above Thibodeaux along Hwy. 308. Although unable to sign his name, he was an extremely successful sugarcane planter. He died in Lafourche Parish of asthma after a two-month illness.” (Excerpt from Leonard: A Partial Genealogy submitted by Mrs. Cecilia L. Richard in Lafourche Country, the Land & the People)
- 24 Dec 1850 Bayou Lafourche, Lafourche, LA census: (Family #871): Joseph Leonard 65 farmer (N.O.), wife Therese 65 (St. John Baptist) -- (Family #872: Joseph Leonard & Family #873: Felix Leonard)
- 5 November 1858: Lettors of Executorship
- 10 March 1860: Petition for inventory, Thibodeaux.
Parents of Marie Therese Leche
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