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Louis CHAUVIN (DIT BEAULIEU)[1]
Male Abt 1678 - 1729


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  • Birth  Abt 17 Feb 1678  Montreal, , Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Christened  17 Feb 1678  Montreal, , Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender  Male 
    Emigration  1706 (or earlier)  the French colony in Canada (Montreal) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    to Biloxi in the Louisiana Colony about 
    • They sailed on one of the French vessels that brought settlers for the little colony on the Gulf of Mexico that had been founded in 1699.
    Property  Mar 1719  New Orleans, Louisiana Colony, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    six arpents fronting the Mississippi River 
    • He and three of his brothers were all granted land requests by the Superior Council of the French colony, thus becoming landed proprietors in Louisiana a short while after the foundation of New Orleans.

      Joseph, Nicolas and Louis settled this area with their families. In 1720, the total population of the Tchoupitoulas district amounted to 21 white masters, 21 while servants, 365 negro slaves and 11 Indian vassals. There were 313 head of horned cattle, 45 horses, and 800 parcels of land under cultivation.
    Died  Jan 1729  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Cause: pleurisy 
    Notes 
    • From «i»Old Families of Louisiana«/i», pp. 239-240:
      After their arrival at Fort Louis de la Mobile, three of the Chauvin brothers (Joseph de Léry, Nicolas de la Frénière, and Louis de Beaulieu) obtained permission from the governor of the colony, Bienville, to undertake a trading expedition to the «i»Presidio del Norte «/i»on the Rio Grande. They left Biloxi on 10 Oct 1716, taking with them merchandise valued at 43,200 livres, headed toward Texas by way of Natchitoches. They reached the Presidio in April 1717, where the jealous and suspicious Spaniards rejected Bienville's well-intentioned plan for reciprocal trading rights and seized the merchandise. The brothers returned to Biloxi empty-handed in 1718, but the trail blazed by them across the then nameless region of Texas was for many years the only known road from the Louisiana borderland to the Presidio on the Rio Grande.

      From «i»Some Prominent Virginia Families, Vol. 4«/i», Chapter VIII, pp. 153-154:
      Joseph, Nicholas and Louis Chauvin ultimately settled in the Tchoupitoulas district above New Orleans and became successful planters.
      Referring to the expedition of LaSalle, the historian LaHarpe in reporting the return to Mobile in 1701 says, "Having arrived in the colony in December, 1699, with thirty workmen, he set outfor the Tamerois in June, 1770. He stopped at the mouth of the Missouri River, where he wa met by three Canadian travelers, who brought him a letter from Father marent, a Jesuit of the Missouri House of "L'Immaculée Concepcion de la Sainte Vierge aux Illinois."
      These Canadian travelers were the Chauvin brothers, men of great courage and enteprise, honorable and trustworthy leaders in all exploring and trading expeditions. They are identified with the earliest history of Louisiana. They took part with Iberville, Sauville and Bienville in their expeditions to find the mouth of the Mississippi River and in the exploration of the river. They were with Bienville, and with them Commander Jucherand de St. Denis, in their expedition to reconnoitre the position of the Spaniards to the west in 1700. They were with St. Denis in the exploration of the Red River the same year. They accompanied the picturesquely romantic expedition of the Cavalier St. Denis to reconnoitre the Spanish missions in 1713, and were partners with that brilliant officer in this trading expeditions to Mexico in 1716, of which Gayarre has given the story. In 1719 they established themselves as planters in the Tchoupitoulas district, above New Orleans
      Louis Chauvin took the name of Beaulieu, and afterwards his son [Francois], on inheriting a plantation called "Montplasir" from his uncle, Paul Chauvin de Montplasir, added the de Montplaisir to his name. Paul Montplasir was not married.
      ...
      La Harpe refers to the plantations of the three brothers Chauvin in the following words, translated from the French:
      «i»In regard to the grants located in the neighborhood of New Orleans, those of the Tchouitoulas, belonging to Mesrs. De Lery, La Freniere and Beaulieu, Canadian brothers, are the most advanced in condition, and promise a happy success. It may be said in praise of these gentlemen that they were the first to give a good example, and they deserve particular consideration for the services they have rendered the colony.
      «/i» The sons of these men became conspicuous in their opposition to the Spanish control of Louisiana, and their hated f the Spaniards was fiercely reciprocated. [6, 7]
    Person ID  I204  Dobard-Tenette-Fauria
    Last Modified  13 Apr 2016 

    Father  Pierre CHAUVIN,   b. Abt 1631, Anjou, Lion d'Angers, Rhône-Alpes, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1699, Montreal, , Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Marie Marthe LE H'AUTREUX (AUTREUIL),   b. 17 Jan 1636, Saint Germain, Noyen, Anjou, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1714, Saint Francois, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  16 Sep 1658  Montreal, , Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F61  Group Sheet

    Family  Charlotte Orbanne DUVAL,   b. Bef 1710,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  1724  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Louis CHAUVIN (DIT BEAULIEU), Jr,   d. Yes, date unknown
    >2. François CHAUVIN (DIT MONPLAISIR),   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  16 Feb 2005 
    Family ID  F553  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 17 Feb 1678 - Montreal, , Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 17 Feb 1678 - Montreal, , Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1724 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: pleurisy - Jan 1729 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S514] Book: Old Families of Louisiana, Stanley Clisby Arthur (editor and compiler) and George Campbell Huchet de Kernion (collaborator and historian), (reprinted Baltmore, Maryland: reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, 1999; ISBN 0-8063-4688-4.), 238. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S55] Genie: Pierre Chauvin, Armstrong, Gladys Stoval, (Copied from internet posting on 17 Nov 2004. http://members.aol.com/ImaBR/Chauvin.htm) (Reliability: 1).

    3. [S514] Book: Old Families of Louisiana, Stanley Clisby Arthur (editor and compiler) and George Campbell Huchet de Kernion (collaborator and historian), (reprinted Baltmore, Maryland: reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, 1999; ISBN 0-8063-4688-4.), 239. (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S514] Book: Old Families of Louisiana, Stanley Clisby Arthur (editor and compiler) and George Campbell Huchet de Kernion (collaborator and historian), (reprinted Baltmore, Maryland: reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, 1999; ISBN 0-8063-4688-4.), 240. (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S3] Genie: Bennett Legacy file (1984 reunion), Bennett, Katherine Tennery, (Interviews with Lloyd Bennett and internet data (Berryville, Virginia, Tennery, Katherine, 2003), Bennett notebook files) (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S514] Book: Old Families of Louisiana, Stanley Clisby Arthur (editor and compiler) and George Campbell Huchet de Kernion (collaborator and historian), (reprinted Baltmore, Maryland: reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, 1999; ISBN 0-8063-4688-4.), 239-240. (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S674] Book: Some Prominent Virginia Families, Louise Pecquet du Bellet, (Lynchburg, Virginia: J. P. Bell, 1907.), Vol. 4: 153. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S7] Genie: Chauvin Family Tree, unknown, (http://web.archive.org/web/20030404000703/http:/members.cox.net/dadsnames/chauvin.txt), p. 6 (Reliability: 1).


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