Display Patriot - P-256793 - Jean/Pierre/Pedro NORMAND/VORMAN

Jean/Pierre/Pedro NORMAND/VORMAN

SAR Patriot #: P-256793

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State of Service: LA Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

DAR #: A209043

Birth: 27 Mar 1742 Montreal / Quebec / Canada
Death: aft 09 Jul 1780 / Saint Johns Parish / LA

Qualifying Service Description:

Soldier, Fusileer, Galvez, German Coast, LA Militia, 1778

Additional References:

Charbonneau & Legare, Repertoire des actes de bapteme mariage sepulture et des recensements du Quebec ancien, Vol 24, pg 133
Conrad, Saint-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands, pg 17-18
De Ville, LA Soldiers in the American Rev., pg 51, 53
Schmidt, Galvez and other LA Patriots, 1776-1783, pg 51-52
Churchill, The Galvez Expedition: 1779-1783, Reg. of Infantry Regt. of LA, Roster. Vol. 18, No. 71. Jun 1979, pg 383
Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, 1770-1789 Vol 1, pg 70-71
DAR cites CHURCHILL, SPANISH RECS, pg 135, 137

Spouse: Marie Marguerite Vicknair/Vichner/Viener/Wichner
Children: Laurent Sr; Jean Pierre; Francoise; Marie Augustine; Marguerite; Gertrude;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
2003-01-15	LA	14836	Clifford Joseph Normand (157351)	Pierre
2006-12-29	LA	27111	Larry Paul Normand (168307)	Laurent
2010-04-27	LA	38590	Mark Joseph Normand (176814)	Laurent
2011-10-04	LA	44365	Martin Wayne Gauthier (180903)	Jean
2014-07-17	LA	59604	Edwin Washington Edwards (191640)	Francoise
2015-04-24	LA	63468	John E Voinche (194382)	Jean
2015-05-08	TX	63816	David Lee Peavy (194635)	Jean
2019-08-16	VA	84700	Donald Paul Francisco (212615)	Jean
2020-03-06	MS	90822	Joseph Oliver Francisco (214795)	Jean
2021-10-29	LA	99497	Chadwick Keith Whitstine (220869)	Marie
2021-10-29	LA	99498	Jesse Whitstine (220870)	Marie
2021-10-29	LA	99499	Charles Wesley Whitstine (220871)	Marie
2023-07-28	VA	108317	Leo Gerard Francisco (227354)	Jean

Burial:

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery_(C-0371185)

Location:

Mansura / Avoyelles Parish / LA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1562164

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

96846810

Marker Type:

SAR Memorial Plaque

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

29 Oct 2011

Comments:

per Find-a-Grave St Paul Funeral Register, Bk 1, Page 2

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

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Author: Donald Paul Francisco

Jean Pierre Normand was born iat Montreal, Canada, in 1742. After Quebec fell to the British, Normand's family joined other Acadians moving to Louisiana, then under Spanish control.

As Pedro Vorman, he served in the militia in 1770 at the German Coast, an area near New Orleans settled by Germans in the 1720s. Several records also show him active with other Acadians in collaboration with the German settlers under Spanish Governor Galvez against the British during the Revolution. He served under Galvez in the German Coast Militia in 1778.

The interaction among early French planters, the Acadians and the German settlers created the Cajun culture known today.

Author: David Lee Peavy

Jean Pierre Gaspard Normand was born to Jean Joseph Gaspard Normand and Marie-Josphe Chenier on 27 March 1742 in Montreal, Quebec. While his surname was Normand, many later transactions list him as Jean Pierre or Pierre Gaspard. His other brothers later used the surname of Gaspard, almost exclusively.

Jean Pierre's family left Montreal in 1761. For the next three and a half years, they travelled down the Mississippi until they finally arrived at St. Charles Parish in Louisiana, also referred to as the First German Coast. His parents bought several pieces of land in 1765 there, one of which was Jean Pierre's home. Around this time, Jean married Marie Marguerite Wichner (b. 5 Feb 1751 in St. Charles Parish). We know of at least seven children they had: Francoise (b. 1767), Marie-Augustine (b. 1769), Marguerite (b. 1772, d. in childhood), Jean Pierre, Jr. (1774), Marguerite (II) (b. 1777), and Jean Laurent (b. 1780), Jean Baptiste Manuel (b. 1791).

He and his brother Daniel, as members of the St. Charles settlement, were members of the St. Charles militia, as evidenced by their names on a 1770 militia roster. The settlement's need for the militia was for protection from English interests, as well as raids by the local Choctaw Indians.

By September 1772, Jean Pierre had moved his family, following his in-laws upriver, to what is now St. John the Baptist parish (the Second German Coast). The June 1778 militia roster for St. John the Baptist parish, lists Jean Pierre as a fusilier.

When Spain declared war on Britain, in support of the American Colonies, the Spanish governor, Bernardo de Galvez, called on the colony's militias. Jean Pierre was one of the militiamen who joined Galvez in the campaign to capture Baton Rouge, and other British forts, in 1779-81.

In 1787, Jean Pierre sold his home in St. John the Baptist and moved his family to the Avoyelles Post the following year. Because of his service in the American Revolutionary War, he received a land grant from the Spanish King of 640 acres on the Red River. He established a landing/portage on the Red River (referred to as the "Port of Jean Normand" in colonial records), yet had his home built seven miles distance. By 1791, he purchased a 302 acre farm that was closer to the landing on the river for his residence.

On 31 August 1800, Jean Pierre awoke, not as a subject of Spain, but as a French citizen. He was not aware of this at the time, as Spain continued to govern the colony on behalf of France, until France sold the colony to the United States in 1803, via the Louisiana Purchase. Jean Pierre and his family were now American citizens.

On 20 October 1824, Jean Pierre died at Avoyelles Parish at the age of 82 years. Just short of two years later, his wife, Marguerite Wichner, died on 14 October 1826.

(See Normand, Mark Joseph. "The Normand Family of Louisiana." Slaughter, LA: Mark J. Normand, 2011, v. 1, pp. 188-254.)

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