Notes for Sylvert JEANSONNE

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Notes for Sylvert JEANSONNE

This is the story of Sylvert Jeansonne, aka: Sylvester Johnson and his
children and wives. Grandpa's baptismal papers are all he has as proof
of birth and they say Robert Lee Jeansonne. They are from St. Anthony of
Padua in Bunkie, LA. It lists his father as Thomas Jeansonne. Grandpa
always tells us that his Grandpa "Syl" had every one of the grandchildren
baptized. His story is that his Grandpa Syl married Eliska Lemoine and
she died either during childbirth or shortly after. He then married a
woman who got sick two weeks after being married and died from pneumonia
the third week of marriage. Sly then married a third time to a woman
named Ella. He moved his family to Oklahoma and cut off all ties to the
family. Grandpa Robert says that there was some kind of trouble and
since he was marrying another woman, he just changed his name to
Johnson. (It appears that he chose to change his first and last names
to the English version.) As far as Grandpa Robert knows he never kept in
touch with family except to make sure that his grandchldren were baptized.

Here is what I have found on my own. In the Louisiana Marriage records,
I find a Silvert Jeansonne married to Josephine Eliska Lemoine on
February 22, 1870, which is just about right for the age of Elvi
Jeansonne, their first born.

Next, I find Silvert Jeansonne married to Julienne Bringol on September
20, 1888. If Eliska died in child birth or shortly afterwards, the dates
would coincide.

Finaly, I find Silvert Jeansonne married to Ella R. Robinson on August 1,
1889. This is just about right for the age of Vester Johnson their first
born. All of these facts can be verified in Avoyelles Parish records.

Source: Carrie Johnson.

He was a twin of Hilaire Jeansonne.

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