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1797, 1948 (Creation)
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2 cm of textual records.
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The file contains information on the family history of the de Lauren, Charest, Bringier families from 1797 to 1948. It consists of a marriage contract between Marie Elizabeth Etiennette Charest deLauzan and Pierre Francois duBourg from Jamaica in 1797, a handwritten biographical lineage for the Charest de Lauzon family from Etienne Charest (1631-1699) to Etienne Charest (1718-1783), and typed excerpts from J-Émond Roy ’s “Histoire de la Siegneurie de Lauzon” with a forward and afterward by Hally Carrington Brent dated 1948, and an exhibition introduction titled "The Bringiers of Louisiana: an antebellum dynasty." A transcription of the marriage contract is available.
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The documents are in English and in French.
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The connection between the Charest de Lauzon and Brent descendants is as follows:
•Marie Elizabeth Etiennette Charest deLauzan m. Pierre Francois duBourg
•Their daughter Louise Elizabeth Aglae duBourg married Michel Doradou Bringier
•Their daughter Nanine Bringier married Duncan F. Kenner
•Their daughter Frances Rosella Kenner married Joseph Lancaster Brent
•Their son Duncan Kenner Brent married Hally Carrington Brown
•Their daughter Hally Carrington Brent married William Page Dame, Jr.
•Their son William Page Dame III donated the fonds.