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Felix Gilles-Louis Bernard-DuMontier
ID:  I1375 Sex:  M Birth:  24 MAY 1762  1385  Saint-Brieuc, Cotes du Nord, France   Death:  ABT 28 AUG 1843  1386  West Baton Rouge Par., LA   Burial:  29 AUG 1843     Parents:  Bernard-DuMontier, Louis-Gilles, Cornen-de-Restigouat, Perrine-Josephe
Felix left St-Malo, France on 12-Aug-1785 as an officer on the ship "Ville D'Archangel", engaged by the Spanish government to transport expatriated Acadian families to Louisiana.  On 11-Oct-1785, the ship was at Havana, Cuba.  They disembarked again on 18-Oct-1785 from Cuba and made their way to Louisiana.  When they arrived at Balize, an outpost of the Mississippi River, on 4-Nov-1785, they ran aground and didn't made it to New Orleans until 3-Dec-1785.  Among the passengers were Marie-Victoire Bourque and her parents Ambroise Bourque and Marie-Modeste Molaison.  Felix later married Marie-Victorie and remained in Louisiana (near Baton Rouge), never returning to France. Felix is considered a Revolutionary War veteran as he was an ensign on one of the battleships of the French off of Virginia when Gen. Washington and Gen. Lafayette defeated the British at Yorktown.  He served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Spanish Mixed Roal Militia, La. Provincial Legion, 1774.  He represented Iberville, being appointed by Gov. Claiborne in the first Louisiana Territorial Legislature, December 1804. 1810 Census of Baton Rouge, pg. 125, lists "Felix B. Dumantier" 02001-2110109 Males: 2:<10 - Agricole, Lindor Felix 1:45> - Felix Females: 2:<10 - ?, ? 1:10-15 - Emelie 1:16-25 - ? 1:>45 - Marie Slaves: 9 Celeste was married in 1807.  Robert Louis and Onesiphore are not living at home. From the Baton Rouge Gazette, September 2, 1843: "DIED -- On the 29th of August, at the residence of his son-in-law, Major James DeVall in West Baton Rouge, Felix Bernard, Esquire, a native of Nantz, France, aged 81.  The deceased was a midshipman in the French Navy during the American Revolution, and as such assisted at the closing scenes of that great drama, the capture of Yorktown.  He has left descendants numerous and respectable.  By the kindness of Colonel Whistler and the officers of the 4th regiment stationed at this place, his remains were committed to mother earth with the honors due to one who has served at the time and in some of the same scenes with Washington and Lafayette."
Marriage
ID:  F0405 Spouse:  Bourg, Marie Victorie Marriage:  23 JAN 1787   St. Anne's Church, Morganza, LA   Sex:  F Birth:  28 MAY 1764   Cherbourg, France   Death:  18 AUG 1827   West Baton Rouge Par., LA
Marie Victorie met Felix Gilles-Louis Bernard-DuMontier onboard ship while coming to New Orleans from France via Cuba.
Children
No. Sibling Sex Birth Death 1.  Robert Louis Bernard-DuMontier M 14 MAR 1789 1381  25 AUG 1825 1382  2.  Celeste Marie Aef May Bernard-DuMontier F BEF 24 MAY 1792  16 SEP 1837 1515  3.  Onesiphore Bernard M 30 MAR 1795  BET 1 AND 3 MAR 1864  4.  Emelie Bernard-DuMontier F 1799  1883  5.  Agricole Bernard M ABT 1801  28 APR 1857  6.  Lindor Felix Bernard M 1805

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