Falgoust : a history and genealogy of the Falgoust and Falgout families of France and Louisiana, 1555-1988
The Falgoust family was originally named Falgoux and originated in Villesequelande, France. The earliest known ancestor was Dominique Falgoux (b. ca. 1555) who married Andrine Garrigues. One of his descendants, Louis Marcel Falgoust dit Beaumont (1712-1777) immigrated to America and settled in Louisiana. He married Marie Jean Castan and they were the parents of ten children. Their numerous descendants live in Louisiana
Genealogy
xiv, 786 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
9780961755911, 0961755911
19244573
Machine generated contents note: DEDICATION v
ACKNOWLEDGEENTS vii
INTRODUCTION TO AN ANCESTOR ix
PART ONE: THE EUROPEAN GENERATIONS
An accounting of the ancestral families of the American Falgousts and Fal-
gouts, and a brief history and overview of the geographical areas and the
times in which they lived
1. PROLOGUE 3
2. VILLESEQUELANDE: its geographical location, and history, from
Roman times to the French Revolution 5
The Falgoux of Villesequelande, 1555-1872 35
3. GENERATION 1: DOMINIQUE FALGOUX & ANDRINE GARRIGUES 41
4. GENERATION 2: DOMINIQUE FALGOUX & BASILICE PETIT 51
5. GENERATION 3: EUTROPE FALGOUX & JEANNE DURAT 55
6. GENERATION 4: PIERRE FALGOUX & CLAUDE NASSALUE 68
7. LANGEAIS: its geographical location; its churches; its inhabitants in
the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; its institutions;
and the apothecary-surgeons of the town 75
THE NASSALUE FAMILY 85
THE MAHOUDEAU FAMILY 100
THE JAHERON FAMILY 106
THE DARDEAU FAMILY 114
THE DESPAGNE FAMILY 116
8. GENERATION 5: PIERRE FALGOUST & CATHERINE COURAULT 125
THE COURAULT FAMILY 140
THE JAMIN FAMILY 147
THE DESNOUX FANILY 148
THE VALLEE FAILY 154
9. EPILOGUE 164
PART TWO: THE IMMIGRANTS
The story of the coming of the American Falgoust and Falgout ancestors to
Louisiana, and their establishment on the German Coast
1. PROLOGUE 167
2. THE COLONY: an overview of the initial settlement of the colony of
Louisiana, and the area called the German Coast 169
3. JOSEPH CASTAN 177
4. CLAUDINE VOLMAR 183
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5. GENERATION 6: LOUIS MARCEL FALGOUST AND MARIE JEANNE CASTAN:
a study of Louis and his wife; their family;
their neighborhood on the German Coast; Louis
as surgeon of the king; and Marie Jeanne as the
Widow Beaumont and the Widow Macaux 192
6. EPILOGUE 234
PART THREE: THE LOUISIANA GENERATIONS
An accounting of descendants of Louis Marcel Falgoust and Marie Jeanne Castan
to the present day
1. PROLOGUE 237
2. THE FALGOUSTS OF ST. JAMES PARISH 239
Generation 7: Jean Louis Falgoust & Marie Josephe Roy,
and their descendants 241
3. THE FALGOUTS OF LAFOURCHE PARISH 323
Generation 7: George Falgout and Marie Marguerite Chauvin,
and their descendants 325
Generation 7: Charles Falgout and Angelique Dufresney,
and their descendants 371
5. THE DAUGHTERS OF LOUIS MARCEL FALGOUST 601
Generation 7: Jeanne Charlotte Falgoust and Louis Barbay,
and descendants 602
Generation 7: Marie Agnes Falgoust and her two husbands,
Joseph Michel and Jean Lignac,
and descendants 606
Generation 7: Marie Antoinette Falgoust and Pierre Richoux,
and descendants 610
Generation 7: Marie Jeanne Falgoust and Jean Pare,
and descendants 612
6. EPILOGUE 620
APPENDIX I: Selected courthouse indices from Ascension, Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson,
Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, and Terrebonne Parishes 621
APPENDIX II: The Champagne Family 644
The Chauvin Family 670
The Ancestral Families of Marie Louise Beauvais 677
The Ancestors of Marie Josephe Roy
The Lermuseaux 688
Additional Notes on Angelique Dufresney 692
Additional Notes on the Castan Family 693
Bibliography 698
Index 708