Barbara, for whom my mother was named, lived a long life. She had many children, and the part of her obituary I can read states her death marked the end of an era. She was married to her first husband, Jean Francois Legier, with whom she had 17 children. From what I can tell five of their children died in childhood.
Barbara remarried after Jean Francois
death in 1862. She married her son's father in law, Onesiphore Drouet. He
is my 3rd great grandfather from my great, great, grandmother, Marie Odeide's
side.
He was a well respected notary in New Orleans.
Jean
Francois Legier de La Tour -
He was born in New Orleans born in New Orleans, La in 1815 to Joseph Rene Legier de la Tour, a physician to Royalty in Blois, who emigrated to Sainte Dominque at the time of the French Revolution. His mother was Jeanne Marie Louise Fourmis, a Creole born in Sainte Dominque to French parents. Her line is from Nantes. Her grandfather was a Royal Notary in Nantes. Jean Francois died July 16, 1862. (From Monica Peterson - 15 May 2015.)
Octave Legier
Octave Legier, son of Barbara Newman and Jean Francois Legier- grandchild of Captain Francis Newman. Born in New Orleans, LA March 3, 1846, died Feb. 11, 1905. The photo (left) of Octave Legier is from his newspaper obituary in 1905.