Name |
Susanna Laurens |
Birth |
28 Jan 1774 |
Baradères, Saint-Domingue |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
7 Jan 1856 |
New Orleans, Louisiana [1] |
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Death certificate for Suzanne Laurens (d. 1855) Transcription:
" . . . on this day, to-wit the twelfth of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five . . . personally appeared Mrs. Antoine Lubue, Secretary of the Church Wardens of the Cathedral of St. Louis, residing in the City of New Orleans < >, on St. Anne Street, who hereby declares that Mrs. Jean Mouchon, born Suzanne Laurens, a native of Barades, Island of Santo Domingo, aged eighty two years, departed this life in a house situated on Thalie Streed, near Apollo, on the tenth of January of the present year (January 10th, 1855) at 9 O'Clock AM. . . " |
Will probated |
12 Jan 1856 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- as “Veuve Jean Mouchon,” widow of Jean Mouchon.
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Origins  |
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Notes |
- She was from Saint-Domingue. She most likely fled the slave revolts on the islands in the 1790s. Many of those fleeing went to Cuba, esp. to Santiago, where their daughter Isabel was born. Benjamin's baptismal certificate notes the parents' origins.
The only person I can find who might be her in the 1850 census is the "widow Laurent," living in the 3rd Ward, 1st Municipality of New Orleans, but she was aged 39 (and born in Lousiana), not over 75.
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Person ID |
I5016 |
Last Modified |
9 Feb 2025 |