Display Patriot - P-284818 - Silvain SAUNIER/SONNIER

Silvain SAUNIER/SONNIER

SAR Patriot #: P-284818

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State of Service: ESP      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A100580

Birth: Petitcoudiac / Acadia / Canada
Death: aft 13 May 1788 Opelousas / St Landry / LA

Qualifying Service Description:

Fusileer, Opelousas Militia, General Bernardo de Galvez, lower Mississippi expeditions


Additional References:
  1. Churchill,Spanish Records (Louisiana); Spanish-English War 1779-1783: Louisiana Society of the Son of the American Revolution, 1925, pg 247
  2. Winston De Ville, Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution, pg 27-31
  3. Douget,Sous Cette Pierre Repose, Hebert Publications, pg 407-441

Spouse: Marie Magdeline Bourg
Children: Silvain Jr; Leufroy; Charles;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2005-02-22 LA 17803 Earl Charles Sonnier (157784) Silvain   
2020-06-19 AL 90984 Derek Jennings Underwood (212542) Silvain   
2022-01-14 LA 100221 Matthew Thomassee (221340) Leufroy/Lufroy   
Burial:
Saint Landry Church (aka Saint Landry) Cemetery (C-0372572)
Location:
Opelousas / St. Landry Parish / LA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1924120
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
22759817
Marker Type:
SAR Granite Memorial
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
22 Aug 2024

Comments:
  • Image taken and provided with permission from compatriot Derrick Spell (LA) member 180168
  • The Find-a-Grave memorial has no information regarding the gravesite.
  • Marker is a Centaph placed by SAR.  Actual burial site in the cemetery is unknown.  GPS coordinates provided are for the granite cenotaph marker placed by SAR. 


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Dr. Derrick W. Spell

This biography was augmented by PRS staff.

Silvain Sonnier/Saunier was born about 1738 in Petitcoudiac, Acadia, Canada.

He married Marie Magdeline Bourg of St Martinville, Louisiana. Their known children were:

  • Marie Louise was born about 1767 and married Theodore Thibodeaux.
  • Sylvain was born on 6 February 1771 and married Judith Bello.
  • Celeste was born on 2 February 1772 and married George Elis Missonier.
  • Joseph was born on 29 April 1776.
  • Etienne was Christened on 15 August 1779 and died young.
  • Charles was Christened on 26 August 1781 and married Sophie Bello.
  • Leufroy was born on 13 May 1788 and married Marie Comeaux.

Silvain served as a fusilier in the Opelousas Militia. His service in the Opelousas Militia. In this capacity, he served under Spanish Governor Bernardo de Galvez in the Battles of Fort Bute and Baton Rouge. 

The Patriot died on 25 January 1801 in Opelousas and was buried in St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery. 

Sources:

  1. Churchill, C. Robert, Spanish Records (Louisiana); Spanish-English War 1779-1783: Louisiana Society of the Son of the American Revolution, 1925, page 247
  2. Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934

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