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- In 1823 there is an immigration record of "Auguste Pitaud," age 22, entering through the port of New Orleans. I would assume he is related to Joseph because Auguste is only about 26 names away from him on the 1840 census, who is on the next page (217).
An indenture also connects him to Louis Francois. Louis and Augustine Pitard appear in the Indentures Index at nutrias.org in 1822. The indenture mentions Cuba (that he was born in Santiago), and that Louis François Pitard is the "pere" of Augustine Dominique Pitard:
PITARD AUGU vol. 3: no. 282 (June 1822) -- apprentice
PITARD LOUI vol. 3: no. 282 (June 1822) -- sponsor
His marriage in Alabama is between "Augustus Peterd" or "Peters," and "Maria Asprassin Durand."
On April 7, 1835, the wife of Auguste (not "Augustine") Pitard, Aspasie Durand, filed a petition in Parish Court to sue her husband for divorce on the grounds that "the said husband has been guilty towards this petitioner of excesses and cruel treatments, that the said husband as rendered himself guilty of adultery and has kept and still keeps publicly a concubine in this city" (case #8181; court cases are NOT the best way to be remembered by posterity). The court case reveals not only this gory detail, but also that she was his wife, that they were married in 1827 in Mobile AL, and that he was "a native of New Orleans now residing in his native city." I don't see any record of children from the marriage.
In 1836 he sponsored a baptism: MARIE DILIA O'BRIEN (of Jacques Edouard and Pauline Aurillon), born 22 Aug 1836, baptised 11 Jul 1837; sponsors Augustin Dominique Pitard and Estelle Bergeron (ASC-ASCENSION OF DONALDSONVILLE-6,314).
In the 1840 Census Octave, Joseph, and Auguste Pitard all appear. Joseph and Auguste were living in the Faubourg Treme in "Faubourg Parish" (was this neighborhood of New Orleans then, or was it its own Parish?). It is well known now as one of the oldest African-American neighborhoods in the US. In 1809 it was a plantation purchased from the city from Claude Treme which lay between the Carondelet Canal and St. Bernard Avenue. Before about 1850, it was very mixed, with lots of immigrants, so it would have been a logical place for immigrants to travel to. In Auguste's household are 1 fwm 30-39, and that's all.
The 1842 New Orleans City Directory has the same three men:
Pitard, Auguste . . . coffee house . . . Basin b. St. Peter & Toulouse Sts.
Pitard, Octave . . . sugar broker . . . 15 St. Peter St. 1st Municipality
Pitard, Joseph . . . printer . . . St. Ann n. Claiborne St.
In 1852, "A. Pitard" appears as the secretary of Fire Company "Orleans No. 21 - Orleans, corner St. Peter."
The marriage license and certificate for him and his wife Madeline is dated 20 May 1853, but the mother of his son Augustine is listed as Madeline Koenig in 1841. I assume that they had had the children before getting married later.
He was pretty clearly married just before his death to provide for his wife and child. This is noted in his probate documents. The family was indigent, and Mortimer was only 12.
HIs estate was contested. He had signed a promissory note on 5 January 1853. A recent act has apparently been passed by the State that allowed some of the proceeds of an estate to be claimed by a plaintiff. On December 12th, 1853, Madeleine Koenig is named has the executrix who must sell the property to repay the clamaint (the seller of the mortgage, G.A. Freret).
One part of the document says that the money must be paid at "8% per annum on $200 from 8 July 1853 till paid.” [5, 6, 7, 8]
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Abt 1806 - 1853 (47 years)
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1773 - 1844 (70 years)
