La Réunion, a French Settlement in TexasHammond, William Jackson
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La Réunion, a French Settlement in Texas
Hammond, William Jackson
French -- Texas; Réunion (Tex.)
Thus, a fantastic plan of a French socialist colony came to an end,
wrecked upon the individualistic tendencies and weaknesses of its
membership. Texas has been made richer culturally by the attempts of
these dreamers to better conditions and transform the society in which
they lived, even though no economic gain came to these individuals.
APPENDIX
A. Partial List of Settlers
This list has been compiled from all the bibliographical data used in
this research, including the census report of 1850 and 1860. There are
doubtless duplications since no effort has been made to check transfer
of a son or daughter from a family list to a new family by marriage,
etc. American reporters of that time and writers of a later date were
not accurate in spelling French names. A careful check of names has been
made on tombstones in the Old French Cemetery. Many times names were
found such as “Dumirel” with no first name and no further appearance. In
this case the name was listed just as it appeared. This list is not
complete but it contains more names than any other list known at this
time. The symbol (S) has been used where the spelling or listing is
different but evidently of the same family. The most helpful list and
the most complete is by Eloise Santerre contained in her thesis,
_Réunion ... with a Biographical Dictionary of the Settlers_. She also
identifies each settler wherever possible.
Achard, E.
Allen, John
Amyard
Baer, two sisters
Baer, Gaspard, wife and four children
Bar, wife and son
Barbeau
Barbier, Alexander, wife, children: Alexis and François
Barbot
Barret, Francois
Begnier
Belinger
Bernard, wife and mother-in-law
Bessand, wife, son and daughter
Besseraux
Besseron, Adel
Billard, wife and son
Blot
Boger
Boll, Henry, wife Elizabeth, children: Henrietta, Lizatte, Mrs. Ernest
Arnold, Charles, and Jacob
Boll (S) Henry, wife Elizabeth, children: Ann and Minnie, (relative)
Lena
Boll, Henry, Sr.
Bollanger
Bonneville
Bossereau, Abel
Bossereau, Catherine
Bouge and wife
Boulay, Dominique, wife Isabelle, son Adolphine, sister, niece
Boulay, Francois (uncle of Dominique), children: Domine K. and Adolphe
Boulay, J. F., wife, daughter Louise
Bourgeois, Lucien and wife Louise
Boyer
Brison
Brisson
Brisot, Pere
Brochier, A., wife
Brochier, O. (brother of A. Brochier)
Brochier, P.
Brunet, Eugene (brother of Joseph Brunet)
Brunet, Joseph, Father
Bucher
Bureau, Allyre, wife, three sons and daughter Alice
Burki, Emil
Bussey
Candie, daughter
Cantagrel, Francois Jean, wife, children: Simon and Josephine
Capy, Charles, wife Notiva, (seven children): Mrs. Segarri, Alfred
Carpenter, Noel, wife and daughter
Chamboard, wife and daughter
Charpentier, Joseph, wife Elizabeth and children: Joseph Alfred, and
Nativa
Charron
Chavennes
Christian, M.
Christophe, Henry
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