The DeVillier Family

Lt. Gabriel Ricard de la Chevalleraye DeVillier & Marie Jouart

Gabriel Ricard de la Chevalleraye DeVillier
Born: Le Blanc, Indre, France
Died: 11 Mar 1733 Crest, Drome, France
Buried: 11 Mar 1733 Crest, Drome, France

Marriage (1): to Marie Jouart in bef 1717 in Poitou, France

Children of Gabriel Ricard de la Chevalleraye DeVillier and Marie Jouart:

• Jean Jacques de Ricard
Born: abt 1717
Died: 2 Apr 1719 Fort Barraux, Isere, France
Buried: 2 Apr 1719 Fort Barraux, Isere, France
• Gabriel de Ricard
Born: 20 Mar 1720 Fort Barraux, Isere, France
Baptized: 21 Mar 1720 Fort Barraux, Isere, France
Died: 24 Mar 1720 Fort Barraux, Isere, France
• Gabriel
Born: abt 1722
Died: 26 Nov 1723 Aigues-Mortes, Gard, France
• Balthazar Ricard de la Chevalleraye

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Balthazar Ricard de la Chevalleraye DeVillier & Marie Françoise Dorothea Voisin

Balthazar Ricard de la Chevalleraye DeVillier
Born: abt 1732 Aigues-Mortes, Gard, France
Died: 17 Jun 1782 New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Buried: 18 Jun 1782 New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana

Marriage (1): to Marie Françoise Dorothea Voisin on 12 Aug 1760 in New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana

Marie Françoise Dorothea Voisin
Born: 1746 New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 21 Sep 1746 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Died: Jan 1821 Iberville Par., Louisiana
Buried: 20 Jan 1821 St. Gabriel Catholic Church Cemetery, Iberville Par., Louisiana

Marie was the daughter of Jacques Servan Voisin and Françoise Claudine Denis de Bonaventure.

Children of Balthazar Ricard de la Chevalleraye DeVillier and Marie Françoise Dorothea Voisin:

• Marie Françoise Dorothea
Born: 1763 New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 30 Sep 1764 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Died: 12 Mar 1835 St. Charles Par., Louisiana
Buried: Old Red Church Cemetery, St. Charles Par., Louisiana
• Françoise Ricard
Born: 6 Jan 1770
Baptized: 21 Mar 1770 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Died: Oct 1771 Pointe Coupee Par., Louisiana
Buried: 7 Oct 1771 Pointe Coupee Par., Louisiana
• Jacques Gabriel
• Marie Clothilde
Born: 20 Jan 1776 Pointe Coupee Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 23 Mar 1776 St. Francis of Pointe Coupee, Pointe Coupee Par., Louisiana
Died: Jun 1804 Plaquemine, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Marriage (1): to Joseph Aubry Dupuis on 15 Apr 1792 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana

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Capt. Jacques Gabriel DeVillier & Elizabeth Franchebois

Jacques Gabriel DeVillier
Born: 1 Aug 1771 Le Post de Pointe Coupee, Pointe Coupee Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 15 Feb 1772 St. Francis of Pointe Coupee, Point Coupee, Pointe Coupee Par., Louisiana
Died: 17 Feb 1817 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Buried: 18 Feb 1817 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Occupation: Planter
Notes: He served in the Louisiana infantry.

Marriage (1): to Elizabeth Franchebois on 10 Sep 1791 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana

Elizabeth Franchebois
Born: 1770 New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 14 May 1775 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Died: 10 Mar 1826 Iberville Par., Louisiana
Buried: 11 Mar 1826 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana

Elizabeth was the daughter of Jean Pierre dit Bertin Françhebois and Louisa L'Agee.

Children of Jacques Gabriel DeVillier and Elizabeth Franchebois:

• Elizabeth Carmelitte
Born: 28 Dec 1792 Plaquemine, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 19 Apr 1794 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Died: 24 Aug 1867 Plaquemine, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Marriage (1): to Augustin Marie Chaboisseau on 10 Jun 1820 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
• Antoine
Born: 14 Oct 1794 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 27 Mar 1796 St. Gabriel Church, Iberville Par., Louisiana
• Laurent Chevallier
Born: 16 Jan 1797 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 26 Jun 1797 St. Gabriel Church, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Died: 22 Apr 1825 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Buried: 22 Apr 1825 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Marriage (1): to Marie Hortence Landry on 10 Oct 1817 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Children: Jacques, Marie Delphine, and Laurent Chevallier
• Richard Balthazar
Born: 6 Dec 1797 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 25 Jun 1800 St. Gabriel Church, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Died: 2 Apr 1839 Plaquemine, Iberville Par., Louisiana
• Bernard Edouard
Born: 15 Feb 1800 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Died: 23 Feb 1800 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Buried: 23 Feb 1800 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
• Adéline
Born: 1801 Plaquemine, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Died: Sep 1803 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Buried: 5 Sep 1803 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
• Hyacinthe Armide
• Delphine
Born: 1806 Plaquemine, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 25 Oct 1806 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana
Died: 17 Jan 1837 Plaquemine, Iberville Par., Louisiana
• Louise Honorine
Born: 16 May 1812 St. Gabriel, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Baptized: 5 Mar 1813 St. Gabriel Church, Iberville Par., Louisiana
Died: 30 Aug 1885 New Iberia, Iberia Par., Louisiana
Buried: St. Peters Cemetery, New Iberia, Iberia Par., Louisiana

Marriage (2): to Giovanni Questi on 2 Mar 1819 at St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana

Giovanni Questi
Born: abt 1778 Stayn, Ragusa, Italy
Died: Jul 1833 Iberville Par., Louisiana
Buried: 15 Jul 1833 St. Gabriel Catholic Church Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Par., Louisiana

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