Alcide Chauvin 1835 - 1924

ALCIDE CHAUVIN


BIRTH: 1835 01 28 Thibodaux, LA FATHER: Zenon Chauvin MOTHER: Madeleine Carmelite Robichaux MARRIAGE: 1854 02 21, Lafourche, LA SPOUSE: Marie Almais Folse b. 1837 Raceland, LA d. 1913 Donaldsonville, LA Born: CHILDREN: S- Alcide Joseph Chauvin 1854 Raceland, LA S- Albert Edwige Chauvin 1857 Raceland, LA D- Marie Adele Chauvin 1858 Raceland, LA m. Zephirin Toups Jr D- Catherine Amelie Chauvin 1860 Raceland, LA D- Odalie Chauvin abt 1861 D- Euphrosine Elizabeth Chauvin 1862 Raceland, LA D- Berthe Ophelia Chauvin 1865 Raceland, LA D- Elida Madeleine Chauvin 1867 Raceland, LA D- Angelle Suzanne Chauvin 1870 Raceland, LA S- Rene Jean Chauvin 1873 Raceland, LA S- Frederic Samson Chauvin 1875 Raceland, LA d.1962 S- Harris Aloyisius Chauvin 1879 Raceland, LA D- Francoise Joanne Chauvin 1881 Raceland, LA VOCATION: Farmer MILITARY: no record of RELIGION: Roman Catholic DEATH: 1924 01 23 - Thibodaux, LA, USA
1854 Alcide & Almais Marriage
Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925 Name: Alcide Chauvin Spouse: Almais Folse Marriage date: 21 Feb 1854 Marriage place: Lafourche
Author notes:
On May 21, 2007 in the Lafourche Parish, Louisiana courthouse in Thibodaux, Wayne & Kathy Hepburn photographed these documents pertaining to the marriage of Alcide Chauvin and Almais Folse [Fauls].

Above: 21 Feb 1854 Marriage Bond between Alcide Chauvin and Marcellin Falgout for the marriage between Alcide Chauvin and Almais Folse.



Upper Right: Marriage License, in French, which reads:
State of Louisiana (Parish Lafourche)

Year 1854 February the 27th All the formalities required by the law and the church Catholic has been filled out any hitch showed up, the license has been obtained from the clerck of the court. I the undersigned "cure (priest)" have given the blessing after having received their consent to Mr Alcide Chauvin legitimate son of Zénon Chauvin and of Carmélite Robichaux on the one hand (and) Miss Almaïs Fauls (Folse) legitimate daughter of Eugène Fauls and of Adèle Waggenspach on the other hand

In the presence of competent witnesses who signed Same day and year as above


WITNESSES: Left -            Right -

Theodule Toups               Alcide Chauvin
Ultere Chauvin               Almais Folse
Zn Chauvin (Zenon)           Victorine Baudoin
A Beccard (curé)             Sylvestere Folse

Lower Right: are the parental approvals en Francais with following translation into Anglais by our French "daughter" Muriel Quilici who kindly did this.

Lafourche February the 21st
We give to our daughter Almaïs Fauls our consent to be joined in marriage with Alcide Chauvin


Witness: Léo Fauls
Signatures: Ugene Fauls [Eugene Folse], his marque
Adele Wachespack, her marque

We give to Alcide Chauvin our consent to be joigned in marriage with Almaïs Fauls
Lafourche February 1854 the 21th

Signatures: Zn Chauvin
Carmelite Robichaux, her marque


1860 United States Federal Census
Ward 3, Lafourche, Louisiana
                Gender  Age  Birthplace  Occupation

CHAUVIN  Alcide     M    25  Louisiana   merchant
         Almaise    F    22  Louisiana
         J Alcide   M     5  Louisiana	(this is Alcide Joseph)
         E Albert   M     3  Louisiana
         Adele      F     2  Louisiana


1870 United States Federal Census
5th Ward, Lafourche, Louisiana
CHAUVIN  Alcide     M    36  Louisiana   farmer
         Almaise    F    32  Louisiana   keeping house
         Joseph     M    15  Louisiana   help father (Alcide Joseph)
         Albert     M    13  Louisiana
         Adele      F    11  Louisiana
         Odalie     F     9  Louisiana  (missing in future; died?)
         Euphrosine F     7  Louisiana
         Berthe		F     5  Louisiana
         Elda		F     3  Louisiana
		 

1920 United States Federal Census
Louisiana > Vermilion > Abbeville > District 106
Palm Hotel in Abbeville

Name: Alcide Chauvin
Home in 1920: Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana 
Age: 85 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1835 
Birthplace: Louisiana 
Relation to Head of House: Boarder  
Father's Birth Place: Louisiana  
Mother's Birth Place: Louisiana  
Marital Status: Widow  
Race: White 
Sex: Male 
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
Image: 751  

Household Members: 
Name Age 
John Defrain 25  
Agnes Defrain 24  
Deda Defrain 2  
Donbald Renshaw 30  
C G Saline 23  
Felix Nunez 26  
Z C Stewart 34  
Paul O Landry 25  
Alcide Chauvin 85  
Solomon Isaacs 50  
Charles C Moore 20  
Michell Dicicco 38  
Author notes: After his wife's death in 1913, Alcide (Pere), age 85, was living in the Palm Hotel in Abbeville, Louisiana.
His son Alcide Joseph, age 66, was living with son Hercules' family in New Orleans. Oddly, Alcide pere is missing from census search results in other years. He had to be somewhere in 1880 & 1900 but so far not identified.

1924 Alcide's Death
Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949

Name:           Alcide Chauvin
Death Date:     19 Jan 1924
Est Birth Year: 1836
Age:            88 years
Parish:         Lafourche
Certificate Number: 591 Volume:	2
Title: 	Louisiana Statewide Death Indeces 1900-1929




Author notes: it was a surprise to receive the copy of Alcide's obituary along with the certified copy of death certificate from the State of Louisiana. There is no dateline but from the content it appears to be from the newspaper in Thibodaux, Louisiana in 1924. These documents and all others on this page are larger than displayed. If downloaded they can be printed full size.
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