[Genealib] MS Gulf Coast Families (Despau Family)

[Darnell Lepre]

Author:  Brother Jerome Lepre, S. C., Brother of the Sacred Heart, + 9/19/1998
Tiitle:     Gulf Coast Genealogy - The Despau Family
Number of Pages:      113
Place of Publication: New Orleans, LA, April 22, 1984
Publisher:                 Brother Jerome Lepre, S. C.
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Hardbound:               Perfect Binding with Softcover
Indexed:                     Last Name only as a separate page
Contact:                     Darnell Lepre, 11105 Pin Oak Drive, Biloxi, MS 39532
                                    Phone: 228-396-2811, email: lepreda at cableone.net
KNOW YOUR ANCESTORS
THE DESPAU FAMILY
In the mid-eighteenth century) the town of Libourne was a busy little
place, the home of vineyard keepers, vine-dressers and fishermen. The New Encyclopedia Britannica, 1974, Vol. IV, p. 200, says
Libourne is a town in the Gironde Department of

southwestern France, northeast of Bordeaux. At the con-

fluence of the Isle and Dordogne rivers, it is a port for

ocean-going vessels and the centre of a wine-producing

district.  Libourne (Leybornia) takes its name from Roger

de Leyburn, English seneschal of Gascony, who founded it as

a bastide (fortified town) in 1270. It was united to France

in the 15th century. Its Clocktower Gate dates from the

14th century and its town hall from the 16th. Latest

census 19,98l.

It was in this setting that we find a young man, Jean Despau (Lespaut,

as he is sometimes referred to), working as a sailor for France. Since Libourne

was a port of entry, jobs on the sea were probably plentiful.

Jean Despau's baptismal record is lost to posterity. He was born at

Aubin, known later as St. Aubin de Blaignac and now St. Aubin de Branne, of which

the parochial registers from 1693 to 1755 are lost. St. Aubin de Branne is on

the left bank of the Dordogne River several kilometres from Civrac.

Jean made the acquaintance of Marie Sigalas from the place of Les

Fontaines, a suburb of Libourne. On September 8, 1749, he and Marie appeared at

the home of her aunt, Madame Marie Chamaillard, where the following contract of

marriage was drawn up.

Interested individuals can find the complete history of this family by contacting Darnell Lepre at 228-396-2811 in Biloxi, MS or by email at lepreda at cableone.net

Depau Family names found in the Depau Book:
Bousquet
Caillavet, Carriere, Chamaillard, Chandelot, Chaurce, Chretien, Clark, Coltaut, Coueve
de Maryon, DeMarueon, Desgranges
Fayard, Feyne, Fizane
Lafaure, Lassabe, Lougis
McMahon, Morejon
Reynoir
Sigilas, Sophie
Tamidoni
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