Silvere Troxler was born 20 June 1802 at Edgard, St. John, LA (baptism: 8 August 1802 St. John), and died 12 August 1840 at Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA.
Wife Leocadie Delatte was born 15 October 1804 at Edgard, St. John, LA (baptism: 22 November 1804 St. John), and died Aft. 1855. They were married 5 February 1822 at Edgard, St. John, LA.
Their children were:
1- Catherine Sidonie Trosclair b: November 1822 Edgard, St. John, LA (baptism: 21 December 1827 St. John)
+Ismael Rodrigue b: Abt. 1817; m: 21 February 1837 Lafourche, LA
2- Jean Baptiste Trosclair b: June 1825 Louisiana; d: Aft. 1860 Lafourche, LA
+Estelle ----- b: Abt. 1827; m: Abt. 1845; d: Aft. 1860 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Jean Baptiste Trosclair:
- 5 Sep 1860 Lafourche census, Thibodaux P.O., 2nd ward, p. 117: Jean Trosclair 34 farmer, $900 real estate, $300 personal, wife Estel 33, Lovincy 14, Silver 13, Evila 7, Paul 5, Gustave 3, Eugenie 2 months.
3- Silas Sylvain Trosclair b: 25 July 1827 Lafourche, LA (baptism: 21 December 1827 St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA); d: Aft. 1880
+Adele Rosalie Albert b: Abt. 1831; m: 28 December 1846 Lafourche, LA; d: Aft. 1880
Notes for Silas Sylvain Trosclair:
- 5 Sep 1860 Lafourche census, Thibodaux P.O., 2nd ward, p. 117: Silvain Trosclair 33 farmer, $900 real estate, $600 personal, wife Adele 29, Adrien 11, Eveline 9, Camile 7, Emile 5, Jean 4, Emelie 5 months
- 1880 Lafourche census (6th ward, p. 658D):
Sylvain Trosclair 53 farmer; wife Adele 49 keeping house; Joseph 16 laborer; Josephine 14 at home; Trasimond 12 laborer
4- Marie Celanire Trosclair b: 27 January 1830 Lafourche, LA; d: 27 July 1833 Lafourche, LA
5- Silvere Trosclair b: 12 August 1832 Lafourche, LA (baptism: 11 December 1832 Lafourche); d: 5 September 1905 Louisiana; burial: 6 September 1905 Lafourche, LA
+Marie Elodie Prejean b: 13 August 1827 Lafourche, LA (baptism: 30 August 1828 Lafourche); m: 31 January 1852 Lafourche, LA; d: 4 February 1855 Lafourche, LA
*2nd Wife of Silvere Trosclair:
+Delphine Zeolide Prejean b: 26 October 1834 Lafourche, LA (baptism: 20 January 1835 Lafourche); m: 21 June 1856 St. Philomene, Labadieville, Assumption, LA; d: 25 August 1891
Notes for Silvere Trosclair:
- His two wives were sisters.
6- Benjamin Joseph Trosclair b: 8 April 1835 Lafourche, LA; d: 18 July 1857 Lafourche, LA
+Josephine Suares b: Abt. 1835; m: 6 October 1855 St. Philomene, Labadieville, Assumption, LA
7- Marie Eugenie Trosclair b: 14 June 1837 Lafourche, LA (baptism: 14 October 1837 Lafourche); d: 21 November 1839 Lafourche, LA
8- Louis Lovincy Trosclair b: 25 November 1839 Lafourche, LA (baptism: 28 April 1840 Lafourche)
+Eulalie Borne b: Abt. 1838; m: 5 July 1856 Lafourche, LA
Notes for Silvere Troxler:
- The sugar mill on his plantation was owned in partnership with his brother-in-law Drauzin Triche. The plantation was about 5 miles above Thibodeaux on the left bank of Bayou Lafourche (Hwy. 308).
- 18 Sept 1840: widow Leocadie Deslatte requested an inventory:
**In the yard: a lot of rope in partnership with Drauzin Triche $3; 7 sugar house lamps $3.50; a lot of empty barrels $1.25; 2 demi johns $1.50; 3 cultivators $5; 3 English ploughs $2; 2 hand harrows & brick moulds $2.50; a Creole plough in partnership with Drauzin Triche $3; lots of old tools $5.25; cane swords $4; hand saw & tools $4; tools in small chest $4; collars, gear, rope & sundries $3; 2 ox carts $25; horse cart $10; single ox tree $.50; cross cut saw $3; saddle & bridle $4; mare (Quit) & her colt $12; horse (Charley) $60; Sorrel horse $60; cow (Noisonne) & her calf $70; yoke of oxen (Archet & Violin) $70; yoke of oxen $40; pair of oxen (Chatain & Pivelle) $20.
**In the house: gun $20; New England clock $15; armoire $20; walnut armoire $20; cypress bedstead & bedding $10; two bedsteads with bedding $20; large water jar $9; Negros Jean Baptiste 25 - $1200; Fevrier 50 - $300; Michel 24 - $1600; Lucy 28 and her child Mary 6 - $1050; Clemence 25 and her children Amasine 8, Jean 6, Valsin 2 & infant 3 weeks - $2500; Antoinette 11 - $700.
**Land: Tract measuring 1 arpent more or less by 80 in depth, left bank Bayou Lafourche, 5 miles above Thibodaux, bounded above by Jean Baptiste Boudreaux and below by George Trosclair, with a dwelling & other buildings and improvements - $1400. Tract measuring 1 arpent and a fourth more or less by about 80 in depth at a small distance below the former, bounded above by George Trosclair & below by Drauzin Triche with a sugarhouse used thereon in partnership with Drauzin Triche - $3000.
**Total appraisement: $11, 695. (Leocadie made her mark.)
Notes for Leocadie Delatte:
- Second husband Jean Baptiste Boudreaux was born Abt. 1797 in Lafourche, LA, and died 8 April 1848 in Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA. They were married 28 September 1841 at St. Joseph, Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA.
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