Display Patriot - P-340815 - Pierre PRIMEAU/PRIMEAUX

Pierre PRIMEAU/PRIMEAUX

SAR Patriot #: P-340815

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State of Service: ESP      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A007902

Birth: abt 1739 / Acadia / Canada
Death: bef 16 Aug 1790 Opelousas / St Landry / LA

Qualifying Service Description:

Opelousas Militia, Galvez Expedition


Additional References:
  1. Churchill, Spanish Records, pg 246
  2. Louisiana Patriots, 1776-1783. Elizabeth Whitman Schmidt, compiler. DAR. 1994. Churchill, Robert C, SAR Records, pg 65

Spouse: Susanne Plante
Children: Victoire;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2008-10-01 TX 33017 Joseph Guptil Connors Jr. (172574) Victoire   
2012-11-08 TX 50662 Weston Matthews Connors (185450) Victoire   
2014-07-14 TX 59572 Matthews Pierre Conners (191620) Victoire   
2016-11-30 TX 72101 Stoney Cash Connors (200652) Victoire   
2019-03-01 TX 85429 Rocco Joseph Connors (210875) Victoire   
Burial:
Yellow Fever (aka City Hill) Cemetery (C-0257315)
Location:
Washington / St. Landry Parish / LA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2487397
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
30.616273 / -92.062047
Find A Grave Memorial #:
n/a
Marker Type:
Granite Cenotaph
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
13 Apr 2024

Comments:

None found in Find-a-Grave as of Apr 2024

Burial listed in Sous Cette Pierre Repos, Tombstone inscriptions of the Old St Landry Church Cemetery, Susan B. Douget 1993



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Cameron LeJeune

Pierre Primeau or Primeaux was born in 1739 in Canada, the son of Claude and Angelique Primeau. He later relocated to Maryland and met his future wife, Suzanne Plante of Baltimore. They moved with the Acadians to Louisiana and were married in Opelousas on 4 July 1779.

The couple had several known children: 

  • Victoire was born in 1773 and married Michel Connor.
  • Clara was born in 1774.
  • Donat was born on 7 March 1776 and married Marie Dubois.
  • Joseph was born on 9 March 1778 and married Marguerite George Albert.
  • Theodore was born on 1 June 1780.
  • Angelique was born on 1 October 1781.
  • Julien was born on 13 October 1784
  • Francois was born on 14 February 1787 and married Justine Baudoin.

Pierre served as a fusilier in the Opelousas Militia. His service in the Opelousas Militia Roll from 8 June 1777 is referenced on page 246 of Churchill’s Spanish Records. In this capacity, he served under Spanish Governor Bernardo de Galvez in the Battles of Fort Bute and Baton Rouge.

The Patriot died on 16 August 1790 and was buried in the nearby Yellow Fever Cemetery in Washington, Louisiana.  


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DAR NOTE: (there are potential issues) regarding this man's lineage MELANIE VINCENT, NOT CELISE VINCENT, IS THE MOTHER OF SEVERIN PRIMEAUX B. C 1849. 12/2019.



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