The Saucier Family - Page 23
Justine Saucier was born in 1805 in Hancock County, Mississippi and was the seventh child of Philippe Pierre Saucier and Ursule Grelot. She was baptized at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans on March 5, 1808. Justine was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Pelagie Tixerand, great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her second great grandparents were Jean Baptiste and Gabrielle Savary. No additional information has been found on this daughter.
Ursule Gustin Saucier was born in 1807 and died in about 1850 in Hancock County, Mississippi. Ursule Gustin was the eighth daughter of Philippe Pierre Saucier and Ursule Grelot. Ursule Gustin was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Pelagie Tixerand, great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her second great grandparents were Jean Baptiste and Gabrielle Savary. She married Nicolas Caron who was born on February 14, 1800 in France and died on October 26, 1859 in Hancock County, Mississippi. They raised a family of five children, Caroline, Adelaide, Napoleon, Nicolas and Hyacinth Caron.
Adele (Adelia) Saucier was the ninth and last child born to Philippe Pierre Saucier and Ursule Grelot. She was born at Delisle on October 7, 1809 and died in Delisle on November 11, 1878 at age sixty-nine. Adelia was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Pelagie Tixerand, great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her second great grandparents were Jean aptiste and Gabrielle Savary. In 1829, twenty year old Adelia married her twenty-nine year old cousin Jacques Saucier, the son of Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise in Bay St. Louis, after receiving special permission from the Catholic Church for the two cousins to marry. They married against the wishes of both families who tried unsuccessfully to stop their marriage. He was born on March 3, 1802 in Harrison County and died on November 15, 1877 at age seventy-five in Delisle. They had a total of thirteen children, John Phillipe, Jacques, Jean Joseph, Clementine, Mary Philicide, Nary, Edmund, Mary Louise, Celestine, Dumas, Bruno, Rosalie and Marie Adelaide Saucier.
Julien Saucier, born February 1, 1774, was the fifth child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand, a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile; he married his cousin, Euphrosine Saucier, about 1794 at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, after receiving special permission from the Catholic Church. Euphrosine was the daughter of Francois Saucier and Felicite Duvernay. She was born on April 8, 1782. Julian served with three of his brothers in the 3rd Regiment of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812. They had four children, Jacques, Felicite, Euphrosine and Jean Baptiste born before the death of Euphrosine in 1810. In 1820, Julien married a second time to Melanie Bagneris, a widow, daughter of Jean Baptiste Bagneris and Pelagie Duvernay, and they had one known child, Jules that died at birth in 1821, they possibly had other children. Julien died at New Orleans in 1839 at age 65.
Marie Ann Saucier, the sixth child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand was born on October 8, 1778 and baptized on January 8, 1784 at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. She was a granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Records show she married into the Duvernay family, but no first name is given for her husband. If she survived, no addition records have been found on this daughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand.
Marie Pelagie Saucier was the seventh child and second daughter born to Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand. She was a granddaughter of Henry Saucier and Barbe Lacroix Saucier and great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. She was born in New Orleans in September of 1778 and died there around 1779.
Manuel Celestin Saucier was born on June 11, 1781 in New Orleans and baptized on June 21, 1781 at Saint Louis Cathedral, the eighth child born to Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand Manuel was also a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe Lacroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. He was married at St. Louis Cathedral on June 20, 1803 to Eleanor Antoinette Henry of Paris, France, daughter of Louis Henry and Eleanor Guy. She was born in 1790 in Paris, France and died in November of 1823 at New Orleans. They had three children before his early death on November 26, 1809 in New Orleans at the age of 27 years. His three children, Celeste Antoinette, Louis Celestin and Jean Manuel survived him by less than ten years each. His will in 1808 shows that two children were living when his will was written, son Jean Manuel had not yet been born, he was born a few months after his father’s death. The marriage of Manuel Celestin Saucier and Eleanor Antoinette Henry was performed at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans as were the baptisms of their three children and those records are on file there. His widow remarried about three years after Manuel's death. The children, Celeste, Louis and Manuel were living at the time she married her second husband Jean Baptiste Laperouse. Both sons died within five years after their mother remarried, daughter Celeste's death date, which was a number of years later, is not known. In 2009, a descendant from the second marriage of Eleanor had contacted me questioning the marriage of Manuel and Eleanor. He was able to verify the information received from this writer from the archives at the church. Many of Eleanor's descendants from her second marriage were shocked to learn of her first marriage to Manuel Saucier as they had no knowledge of that marriage and that there were three children born in her first marriage to Manuel Saucier.
Marianne Saucier was the ninth child and third daughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand. She was born in New Orleans on April 8, 1783. Marianne was a granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is known on Marianne.
Severin Descoteaux Saucier, born 1784 in New Orleans, tenth child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand. He was also a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Severin married Eulalie Galabert on April 28, 1806, daughter of Francois Galabert and Marie Louise Lebrun. She was born on August 18, 1791, and died on December 4, 1844. They resided with his family in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Severin Descoteaux served with the 3rd Regiment of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812. Severin Descoteaux died on March 26, 1850, in New Orleans. His youngest son, Arthur Saucier, was a respected New Orleans Judge at the time of his death in 1877. Severin and Eulalie had ten children and nine known children during their marriage. They were Jean Baptiste Gustave, Jean Corvin, an unnamed son who died at birth, Francois Duverly, Armatine, Henry Sainville, Eulalie, Mathilde Eulalie, Marie Elmire, and their youngest son, Jean Baptiste Arthur, who was known as just Arthur Saucier.
Francois Saucier, eleventh child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand was born in 1785, but no additional records have been found on him other than him witnessing in 1803 at Saint Louis Cathedral the marriage, along with two of his brothers, for their brother Manuel Celestin Saucier and Elenore Henry at New Orleans. He seems to have just disappeared. Francois was also a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile.
Pierre Silroy Saucier was the twelfth child and last-born child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand. He was born in August of 1790 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Pierre Silroy was also a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Pierre Silroy was almost a year old when he was baptized on June 1, 1791, at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. He married Adelaide Morin, born in 1792, the daughter of Francois Morin and Brigitte Duvernay. Records for the birth of four daughters, Gabriella, Marie Elizabeth, Jeanne Emelie, Marie Constance and one son, Jean Evariste were found in the Saint Louis Cathedral records at New Orleans, but there probably were additional children born to them. Pierre Silroy served in the 3rd Regiment of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812 along with three of his brothers. Pierre Silroy and his family, as well as his wife’s family, all made their homes in a remote area of Hancock County, Mississippi.
Henry Marie Saucier, born in 1734 at Fort Chartres in Illinois, was the second child and second son born to Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and was a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Henry Marie would have been born in the year prior to his grandmother’s death at New Orleans. Henry Marie married Marie Francoise Rouseve and they made their home about fifteen miles downriver from New Orleans in Plaquemines parish. Two known children were born to this marriage, Jean Henry, whom no records were found by researchers other than his baptismal record and that of their second son, Francois Julian Saucier. Possibly other children were born to Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francoise Rouseve that were not in the church baptismal records. A possibly third child named Jean Baptiste Saucier may have also been their son. Although Baptism records have been found for only two children born to them. Both Henry Marie Saucier and his wife Marie Francoise Rouseve died sometime around 1810 to 1812 in Louisiana, the exact dates of their deaths are unknown.
Jean Henry Saucier it is believed was the first child born to Henry Marie Saucier and his wife Marie Francoise Rouseve. He was a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile He was born in about 1769 at New Orleans and was baptized at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans in January of 1774. No records have been found on him after those of his baptism.
Francois Julian Saucier was born April 29, 1775 in New Orleans, and died in about 1823. He was the second child and son of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francoise Rouseve, grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Francois Julian was married twice, first to Clara Leonard in about 1802 or 1803 at New Orleans. Clara was born on January 25, 1778 and died tragically on October 26, 1804, along with their unborn child, after being thrown from a horse at age twenty-five. Clara was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Leonard and Lucie Borel of New Orleans. Francois Julian's second marriage was to Melitte Lavergne on May 12, 1807 at Saint Louis Cathedral. She was born round 1780 in New Orleans and died in about 1823 or 24. She was the daughter of Jean Lavergne and Louise Roquigne of New Orleans. There were seven children from the second marriage, Henry, Emelie, Walmond, Evariste Valerian, Edouard, Leocadie and Francois Edmund Saucier. Five children, Emelie, Walmond, Leocadie Emelie and Francis Edmund all died at a young age. Only their first born Henry and their fourth born child, Evariste Valerian, lived to adulthood and both left descendants in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana.
Henry Saucier was the first born child and son of Francois Julian Saucier and Melitte Lavergne. Henry was also a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Henry was born on June 19, 1808 in New Orleans and died on May 27, 1894 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi after an illness of only a few days. His wife Victorie Toulme was born in 1830 at Shieldsboro and died on February 16, 1895 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Henry and Victorie were married out of the church in an early civil ceremony by a local Justice of the Peace in about 1845, according to a note in the marriage records of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church that had been entered into the marriage record by the priest. On October 3, 1847 he officially married his second cousin Victorie Toulme in a church ceremony at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church preformed by Father Buteux, after they received a dispensation of 3° consanguinity, giving permission from the New Orleans Diocese to marry. Their first child Jean Henry was born in November of 1846 before their second church wedding. Victorie was the daughter of Victoria Uranie Saucier and Jean Baptiste Toulme of Bay St. Louis. Victories' sister Madeline Josephine had married Henry's brother Evariste Valerian Saucier. Henry Saucier and Victorie Toulme had seven children, John Henry Saucier, Evelina Victoria, Felix Valerian, Edouard Eugene, Claudius Eugene, Marie Uraine and Ida Delphine Saucier.
Evariste Valerian Saucier was the fourth born child of Francois Julian Saucier with his second wife Melitte Lavergne. Evariste was a grandson of Henry Marie and Marie Rouseve Saucier, a great grandson of Henry Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. He was born on July 5, 1814 at New Orleans and died on April 12, 1870 at the age of 56 years at Shieldsboro, Mississippi (now called Bay St. Louis) from a gunshot wound acquired during a gun fight. Evariste Valerian had married his much younger cousin, Madeleine Josephine Toulme, on October 10, 1851 at the family church, Our Lady of the Gulf; after obtaining permission from the Catholic Church in 3rd-degree dispensation from consanguinity (they were second cousins who shared the same great-grandparents) to marry. She was 18 years of age and he was 37 years of age when they married, more than twice her age and both from an old pioneer family of the area. Madeline was the daughter of John Baptiste Toulme and Victoria Uraine Saucier; she was born in January of 1833 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) and died on November 3, 1905 in Bay St. Louis. Evariste and Madeleine had a total six children before his untimely death in 1870 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), located in Hancock County, Mississippi. The children from their marriage were Joseph Evariste, Charles, Claudius Eugene, William Emile, Lydia Emily, and Elizabeth Josephine Saucier. Their last and youngest child had been born at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) on March 23, 1868. Things it seems were not going good between Evariste and Madeleine in the two years after the birth of their last child and daughter which lead to a scandal for the Saucier and Toulme families.
Rumors had begun to spread through the Shieldsboro community about the affair Madeleine was involved in. Details about the affair were being spread in the local bars, city businesses and whispered of in the homes of the community. It turns out their meetings over the last year were not as discreet as they had thought. Everyone seemed to know about the local doctor and the pretty wife of the local hotelier who had been secretly meeting for almost a year. The good doctor was married, twenty-six years of age and the local lady he was involved with was about thirty-six years old, ten years older than he. The Doctor, Christopher Post, had recently moved to Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) from New Orleans and set up his office and practice. The parents of Doctor Post’s wife owned and resided at Shelly Plantation near Shieldsboro. During the past year the spreading rumors had reached Evariste about Madeleine’s affair. One evening Madeleine left the family home supposedly to go sit with her ailing elderly mother. Several hours later, Madeleine’s husband Evariste Valerian Saucier became concerned, after hearing all the rumors of the relationship between his wife and the local doctor who was treating his mother-in-law. In late evening Evariste Valerian decided to check on his wife's whereabouts and asked a friend to accompany him. In an article in the New Orleans Advertiser and in the New York Commercial Advertiser Newspapers, published on April 18, 1870, the reporter wrote that "the lady involved in the “improper relations” was the daughter of John B. Toulme, a town leader, successful merchant, landowner, and the original founder and manager of the Crescent Hotel, located on Beach Boulevard". Evariste Saucier, John Toulme's son-in-law, had recently taken over the management of the hotel after stepping down as the Postmaster of Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) after serving for the past few years. The Crescent Hotel, a short walk from the railway depot, was a popular place for rail passengers and visitors to Shieldsboro to stay during summer vacations.
Newspapers in both New York and New Orleans reported that Evariste Saucier, along with one of his friends, went to the home of Victoria Toulme, his mother-in-law, to check on Madeleine and was told she had not been at the home that evening. Evariste then knew where to look, surely hoping he was wrong; they then walked the short distance to Doctor Post’s office, where Evariste knocked on the door of the closed office. The doctor answered the door and told Evariste and his friend that he was busy with a patient, he then closed the office door without any further discussion, leaving the two men standing on the walk way. Evariste and his friend moved into the shadows' a distance from the building and watched the office. Shortly afterwards, they saw his wife Madeleine exit the building and head in the direction of the hotel. A few days later, Evariste challenged the good doctor to a duel, which Doctor Post readily accepted. Local law enforcement officers stepped in and arrested both men before the duel commenced, as duels were unlawful and those participating were subject to arrest. After their release from jail, Evariste Saucier and Christopher Post, who were placed under Peace Bonds, tried to resume their normal lives; however, Evariste Saucier, still upset, could not get the matter off his mind or forget his wife Madeleine's betrayal. Evariste Valerian blamed the Doctor for creating the problems between him and Madeline. Within a few days, he contacted Doctor Post and told him to leave Shieldsboro, telling him that "if you remain, you do so at the peril of your life". Doctor Post did not take the matter seriously and ignored Evariste's ultimatum which would result in a second altercation between the two. The second altercation which occurred several weeks later was more of a simple gun fight between the two men than that of a duel as many local citizens had called the shooting.
Both the Commercial Advertiser and the New Orleans Bee Newspapers reported that on the evening of Thursday April 7th, 1870 at around 7 p.m., Evariste Saucier waited and watched as the doctor exited his office and was walking down the street. Evariste surprised Doctor Post by firing five pistol shots at him. Doctor Post managed to fire one shot that hit Evariste in the lower body. Doctor Post collapsed and died in the street from his wounds. All five of the bullets Evariste fired had hit the Doctor. The actual location of the duel was uncertain in newspaper reports; some newspapers reported that the night’s events took place in front of the Saucier home, while others suggested it happened in front of the Crescent Hotel or possibly in front of Doctor Post's office. This writer would suggest that since the doctor was leaving his office, it possibly happened somewhere near his office, but another family source from that era says it happened in front of the Evariste Saucier home. Evariste suffered a serious wound in the gun fight and was not expected to survive the night. According to the New Orleans Daily Picayune, Evariste Saucier died five days later on April 12, 1870 from his wound. Many national and local newspapers published the death notice and obituary of Evariste Saucier's death. He was respected and well liked in the community and along the coastal area. According to the local newspapers his death met with deep sorrow within the two families and the community. The death of Doctor Post was hardly mentioned in any of the newspapers of New Orleans, where he was buried, or elsewhere, he had received the scorn of the community. Doctor Post’s wife Irene died about five years later at age twenty-five. Evariste Saucier was buried in the family plot in Bay St. Louis.
The following short article appeared in the New Orleans Bee Newspaper on Friday, April 15, 1870:
"We were informed yesterday that Mr. Saucier, who killed Dr. Post in Bay St. Louis, a few days ago, has himself died from the pistol shot wound inflected by Dr. Post. Mr. Saucier was well known to many of our citizens, who will deplore this distressing occurrence".
Following the deadly altercation, Madeleine Toulme Saucier moved her family across the Bay of St. Louis to her father’s home in Pass Christian. After Evariste's death, disgraced and unable to face the citizens of the town, Madeleine moved to New York City for a period of time, before finally returning home to Shieldsboro. Undoubtedly, she left her home and Shieldsboro to let the rumors, gossip and resulting scandal of the events subside before she returned. In 1872, she married another of her cousins, John Anthony Breath, a respected Court Judge in Shieldsboro and Hancock County. He was the son of Charles Breath and Evelina Victoria Saucier of Shieldsboro. She and John Breath had two children, Charles Alfred and Uranie Victoria Breath and made their home in Shieldsboro and both are buried at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis). The six children of Evariste and Madeleine continued to reside in Bay St. Louis and raised their families there.
This writer would like to note that the town of Shieldsboro, Mississippi was known by that name until 1875 at which time its name was officially changed to Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.
Joseph Evariste Saucier was the first born son and child of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, he was born on August 10, 1852 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi. Joseph was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, his second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Joseph passed away after a short illness on February 13, 1931 at his daughter's home in Bay St. Louis. On October 26, 1884, at age thirty-two, he married twenty-four year old Adele Esther Nicaise at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. She was the daughter of Edmond Necaise and Adele DeGuevre of Shieldsboro, another old family of the area. Adele was born on January 23, 1860 at Shieldsboro and died at Bay St. Louis on December 19, 1926. Eight children were born to Joseph and Adele, George Edmund, Placide Valerian, Albert Turner, Alcine Emile, Forrest Evariste, Camille Delphine, Florence Marie and Louisa Marguerite Saucier.
Joseph Evariste Saucier was a well known and respected citizen of coastal Hancock County in Mississippi. Joseph Evariste served the public in many positions of trust and honor. He served as the Justice of the Peace for Beat five in Bay St. Louis for a number of consecutive terms and was affectionately call "Judge Saucier" by all those that knew him during his entire life. He was appointed on May 5, 1894 and served until May 27, 1898 as Postmaster of Bay St. Louis, as his father before him, serving in that position before beginning his banking career in the county. Joseph worked in the banking business in Hancock County for a number of years after leaving the position of Postmaster in 1898, first, as the cashier at the Hancock County Bank, the forerunner to the present day Hancock-Whitney Bank, and second, as the cashier of the Merchants Bank that had just opened. Joseph's reason for leaving the banking profession in 1903 was due to the fact he was running for Sheriff of Hancock County. Joseph was elected Sheriff and Tax Collector of Hancock County, again in public office; he distinguished himself for his application and excellent service while serving as Sheriff. Joseph's son, Forrest Evariste Saucier, had made the statement that his "father never carried a gun during his term as Sheriff". Following his term as sheriff, unable to succeed himself, he ran for and was elected assessor for Hancock County in 1907, again serving his community with his well-known capacity and ability. Joseph was again appointed to what would be his second term, as Postmaster on February 4, 1915 and then re-appointed on July 28, 1919 for a third term. These two terms ended on August 15, 1923. After the death of Adele, as his sight failed, he moved in with his daughter and son-in-law for the remainder of his life. He never got over the death of Adele who had died about three years earlier.
Charles Saucier, the twin to Claudius, was the second child and second born son of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, he was born on September 26, 1856 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi he died there on October 22, 1940 at the age of ninety. Charles never married and remained single his entire life. Charles was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, his second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is known for Charles.
Claudius Saucier, the twin of Charles, was the third born son and child of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, he was born on September 26, 1856 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi he died there on May 12, 1916 at the age of fifty-nine. Claudius never married and remained single his entire life. Charles was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, his second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information s known for Claudius.
William Emile Saucier was the fourth born child and son of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, he was born on October 14, 1860 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi he died there on October 22, 1945 at the age of eighty-five. Charles was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, his second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. In 1913, William married Marie Angeline Necaise at Bay St. Louis, he was fifty-three years old and Marie was forty-two. She was born on June 12, 1871and died May 30, 1953 at age eighty-one at Bay St. Louis. She was the daughter of Edmund Necaise and Adel Guery of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. No additional information is known for William and Mary, as far as we know they had no descendants.
Lydia Saucier was the fifth child and first daughter born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, she was born on April 6, 1865 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi she died on February 24, 1954 in New Orleans at the age of eighty-eight. Lydia was the granddaughter of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great granddaughter of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, her second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Lydia married James Thomas Eagan at Bay St. Louis on December 27, 1894 when she was age twenty-nine and James was also twenty-nine yeas old. She was the daughter of Marcus Eagan and Martha Hudson of Wilson, Tennessee. Lydia and James had three daughter, Madeline Olivia, Thelma V., and Edwige Louise Eagan.
Elizabeth Josephine Edwige Saucier was the sixth child and second daughter born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, she was born on March 23, 1868 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi, she died at Shieldsboro on October 9, 1919 at the age of fifty-one. Lydia was the granddaughter of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great granddaughter of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, her second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is known for Elizabeth.
Marie Barbe Saucier was born in 1736 in Illinois; she was the third child and first daughter born to Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Marie Barbe was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She married Julien Roy, a merchant and trader in Illinois; their home was located on Rue Royal in St. Louis, Missouri. They were St. Louis residents from its founding, having come from the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. They had been married at Mobile in 1755. Marie Barbe died in St. Louis, Missouri in about 1810, her husband Julian Roy had been born at St. Louis in about 1730 and died at St. Louis in around 1793. Marie Barbe and Julien had seven known children, Marianne, Charles, Magdeline, Julien, Henry Francois, Pierre Patrice, and Louis Roy. Their daughter, Magdeline Roy married, at age 15, Francois Hebert, and then widowed, she married Jean Baptiste Trudeau, the first school master in St. Louis, Missouri.
Marianne Roy was the fist child and first daughter born to Marie Barbe Saucier and Julien Roy. She was born in 1754 at Mobile, Alabama and died sometime in 1812 as her Will was probated in June of 1812. She was the granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Marianne was the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She married Louis Baudin at Mobile on July 30. 1778. At the time of their marriage Marianne was twenty-four years old and Louis was twenty-two years old. Louis was the son of Louis Francois Baudin and Marie Louise Laurendine of Mobile. He was born at Mobile on September 11, 1755, his death date is unknown. Marianne and Louis had four children, Marie Louise, Francoise Colette, Louis Pierre, and Ursula Baudin.
Charles Julian Roy was the second child and first son born to Marie Barbe Saucier and Julien Roy. He was born January 6, 1856 at Mobile, Alabama and his death date is unknown. He was the grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Marianne was the great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. He married Susanne Dodier on July 5, 1779 at St. Louis, Missouri. She was born in 1763 at Chartres, France and died in 1832 at St. Louis, Missouri at age sixty-nine. At the time of their marriage Marianne was sixteen years old and Charles was age twenty-three. Charles and Susanne had eleven children, Charles, Marie Barbe, Susanne, Charlotte, Francois, Alexandre, Julienne, Magdeline, Louis Francois, Marguerite and Therese Roy.
Magdeline Roy was the third child and second daughter born to Marie Barbe Saucier and Julien Roy. She was born in 1758 at Kaskaskia, Illinois and died in Missouri in April of 1830 at age seventy-two. She was the granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Marianne was the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She married twice, first to Francois Herbert on February 4, 1774 at St. Louis, Missouri. Magdeline would have been sixteen years old and Francois was twenty-five years old at the time. Francois was the son of Ignace Herbert and Helene Danis of Quebec, Canada. Francois was born at Fort Chartres, Illinois in 1749 and died in 1781, age thirty-two, in St. Louis, Missouri. Magdeline and Francois had two children before his death, Francois, Jr., and Marie Herbert. After Francis’ death. Magdeline, now twenty-three years old, was married on May 1, 1781, at St. Louis, Missouri to Jean Baptiste Trudeau, age thirty-two. who was born on December 11, 1748, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and died on January 30, 1827, at St. Louis. Jean Baptiste was the son of Joseph Trudeau and Catherine Menard of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Magdeline and Jean Baptiste had six children, Jean Baptiste, Jr., Euphrosine, Euphrosine, Jean Baptiste II , and Aspasie Trudeau.
Ursule Gustin Saucier was born in 1807 and died in about 1850 in Hancock County, Mississippi. Ursule Gustin was the eighth daughter of Philippe Pierre Saucier and Ursule Grelot. Ursule Gustin was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Pelagie Tixerand, great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her second great grandparents were Jean Baptiste and Gabrielle Savary. She married Nicolas Caron who was born on February 14, 1800 in France and died on October 26, 1859 in Hancock County, Mississippi. They raised a family of five children, Caroline, Adelaide, Napoleon, Nicolas and Hyacinth Caron.
Adele (Adelia) Saucier was the ninth and last child born to Philippe Pierre Saucier and Ursule Grelot. She was born at Delisle on October 7, 1809 and died in Delisle on November 11, 1878 at age sixty-nine. Adelia was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Pelagie Tixerand, great granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her second great grandparents were Jean aptiste and Gabrielle Savary. In 1829, twenty year old Adelia married her twenty-nine year old cousin Jacques Saucier, the son of Philippe Saucier and Mary Louise Nicaise in Bay St. Louis, after receiving special permission from the Catholic Church for the two cousins to marry. They married against the wishes of both families who tried unsuccessfully to stop their marriage. He was born on March 3, 1802 in Harrison County and died on November 15, 1877 at age seventy-five in Delisle. They had a total of thirteen children, John Phillipe, Jacques, Jean Joseph, Clementine, Mary Philicide, Nary, Edmund, Mary Louise, Celestine, Dumas, Bruno, Rosalie and Marie Adelaide Saucier.
Julien Saucier, born February 1, 1774, was the fifth child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand, a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile; he married his cousin, Euphrosine Saucier, about 1794 at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, after receiving special permission from the Catholic Church. Euphrosine was the daughter of Francois Saucier and Felicite Duvernay. She was born on April 8, 1782. Julian served with three of his brothers in the 3rd Regiment of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812. They had four children, Jacques, Felicite, Euphrosine and Jean Baptiste born before the death of Euphrosine in 1810. In 1820, Julien married a second time to Melanie Bagneris, a widow, daughter of Jean Baptiste Bagneris and Pelagie Duvernay, and they had one known child, Jules that died at birth in 1821, they possibly had other children. Julien died at New Orleans in 1839 at age 65.
Marie Ann Saucier, the sixth child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand was born on October 8, 1778 and baptized on January 8, 1784 at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. She was a granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Records show she married into the Duvernay family, but no first name is given for her husband. If she survived, no addition records have been found on this daughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand.
Marie Pelagie Saucier was the seventh child and second daughter born to Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand. She was a granddaughter of Henry Saucier and Barbe Lacroix Saucier and great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. She was born in New Orleans in September of 1778 and died there around 1779.
Manuel Celestin Saucier was born on June 11, 1781 in New Orleans and baptized on June 21, 1781 at Saint Louis Cathedral, the eighth child born to Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand Manuel was also a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe Lacroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. He was married at St. Louis Cathedral on June 20, 1803 to Eleanor Antoinette Henry of Paris, France, daughter of Louis Henry and Eleanor Guy. She was born in 1790 in Paris, France and died in November of 1823 at New Orleans. They had three children before his early death on November 26, 1809 in New Orleans at the age of 27 years. His three children, Celeste Antoinette, Louis Celestin and Jean Manuel survived him by less than ten years each. His will in 1808 shows that two children were living when his will was written, son Jean Manuel had not yet been born, he was born a few months after his father’s death. The marriage of Manuel Celestin Saucier and Eleanor Antoinette Henry was performed at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans as were the baptisms of their three children and those records are on file there. His widow remarried about three years after Manuel's death. The children, Celeste, Louis and Manuel were living at the time she married her second husband Jean Baptiste Laperouse. Both sons died within five years after their mother remarried, daughter Celeste's death date, which was a number of years later, is not known. In 2009, a descendant from the second marriage of Eleanor had contacted me questioning the marriage of Manuel and Eleanor. He was able to verify the information received from this writer from the archives at the church. Many of Eleanor's descendants from her second marriage were shocked to learn of her first marriage to Manuel Saucier as they had no knowledge of that marriage and that there were three children born in her first marriage to Manuel Saucier.
Marianne Saucier was the ninth child and third daughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand. She was born in New Orleans on April 8, 1783. Marianne was a granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is known on Marianne.
Severin Descoteaux Saucier, born 1784 in New Orleans, tenth child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand. He was also a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Severin married Eulalie Galabert on April 28, 1806, daughter of Francois Galabert and Marie Louise Lebrun. She was born on August 18, 1791, and died on December 4, 1844. They resided with his family in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Severin Descoteaux served with the 3rd Regiment of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812. Severin Descoteaux died on March 26, 1850, in New Orleans. His youngest son, Arthur Saucier, was a respected New Orleans Judge at the time of his death in 1877. Severin and Eulalie had ten children and nine known children during their marriage. They were Jean Baptiste Gustave, Jean Corvin, an unnamed son who died at birth, Francois Duverly, Armatine, Henry Sainville, Eulalie, Mathilde Eulalie, Marie Elmire, and their youngest son, Jean Baptiste Arthur, who was known as just Arthur Saucier.
Francois Saucier, eleventh child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand was born in 1785, but no additional records have been found on him other than him witnessing in 1803 at Saint Louis Cathedral the marriage, along with two of his brothers, for their brother Manuel Celestin Saucier and Elenore Henry at New Orleans. He seems to have just disappeared. Francois was also a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile.
Pierre Silroy Saucier was the twelfth child and last-born child of Jean Baptiste Saucier III and Pelagie Tixerand. He was born in August of 1790 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Pierre Silroy was also a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Pierre Silroy was almost a year old when he was baptized on June 1, 1791, at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. He married Adelaide Morin, born in 1792, the daughter of Francois Morin and Brigitte Duvernay. Records for the birth of four daughters, Gabriella, Marie Elizabeth, Jeanne Emelie, Marie Constance and one son, Jean Evariste were found in the Saint Louis Cathedral records at New Orleans, but there probably were additional children born to them. Pierre Silroy served in the 3rd Regiment of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812 along with three of his brothers. Pierre Silroy and his family, as well as his wife’s family, all made their homes in a remote area of Hancock County, Mississippi.
Henry Marie Saucier, born in 1734 at Fort Chartres in Illinois, was the second child and second son born to Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and was a grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Henry Marie would have been born in the year prior to his grandmother’s death at New Orleans. Henry Marie married Marie Francoise Rouseve and they made their home about fifteen miles downriver from New Orleans in Plaquemines parish. Two known children were born to this marriage, Jean Henry, whom no records were found by researchers other than his baptismal record and that of their second son, Francois Julian Saucier. Possibly other children were born to Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francoise Rouseve that were not in the church baptismal records. A possibly third child named Jean Baptiste Saucier may have also been their son. Although Baptism records have been found for only two children born to them. Both Henry Marie Saucier and his wife Marie Francoise Rouseve died sometime around 1810 to 1812 in Louisiana, the exact dates of their deaths are unknown.
Jean Henry Saucier it is believed was the first child born to Henry Marie Saucier and his wife Marie Francoise Rouseve. He was a grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile He was born in about 1769 at New Orleans and was baptized at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans in January of 1774. No records have been found on him after those of his baptism.
Francois Julian Saucier was born April 29, 1775 in New Orleans, and died in about 1823. He was the second child and son of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francoise Rouseve, grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix Saucier and a great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Francois Julian was married twice, first to Clara Leonard in about 1802 or 1803 at New Orleans. Clara was born on January 25, 1778 and died tragically on October 26, 1804, along with their unborn child, after being thrown from a horse at age twenty-five. Clara was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Leonard and Lucie Borel of New Orleans. Francois Julian's second marriage was to Melitte Lavergne on May 12, 1807 at Saint Louis Cathedral. She was born round 1780 in New Orleans and died in about 1823 or 24. She was the daughter of Jean Lavergne and Louise Roquigne of New Orleans. There were seven children from the second marriage, Henry, Emelie, Walmond, Evariste Valerian, Edouard, Leocadie and Francois Edmund Saucier. Five children, Emelie, Walmond, Leocadie Emelie and Francis Edmund all died at a young age. Only their first born Henry and their fourth born child, Evariste Valerian, lived to adulthood and both left descendants in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana.
Henry Saucier was the first born child and son of Francois Julian Saucier and Melitte Lavergne. Henry was also a great grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Henry was born on June 19, 1808 in New Orleans and died on May 27, 1894 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi after an illness of only a few days. His wife Victorie Toulme was born in 1830 at Shieldsboro and died on February 16, 1895 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Henry and Victorie were married out of the church in an early civil ceremony by a local Justice of the Peace in about 1845, according to a note in the marriage records of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church that had been entered into the marriage record by the priest. On October 3, 1847 he officially married his second cousin Victorie Toulme in a church ceremony at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church preformed by Father Buteux, after they received a dispensation of 3° consanguinity, giving permission from the New Orleans Diocese to marry. Their first child Jean Henry was born in November of 1846 before their second church wedding. Victorie was the daughter of Victoria Uranie Saucier and Jean Baptiste Toulme of Bay St. Louis. Victories' sister Madeline Josephine had married Henry's brother Evariste Valerian Saucier. Henry Saucier and Victorie Toulme had seven children, John Henry Saucier, Evelina Victoria, Felix Valerian, Edouard Eugene, Claudius Eugene, Marie Uraine and Ida Delphine Saucier.
Evariste Valerian Saucier was the fourth born child of Francois Julian Saucier with his second wife Melitte Lavergne. Evariste was a grandson of Henry Marie and Marie Rouseve Saucier, a great grandson of Henry Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and great great-grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. He was born on July 5, 1814 at New Orleans and died on April 12, 1870 at the age of 56 years at Shieldsboro, Mississippi (now called Bay St. Louis) from a gunshot wound acquired during a gun fight. Evariste Valerian had married his much younger cousin, Madeleine Josephine Toulme, on October 10, 1851 at the family church, Our Lady of the Gulf; after obtaining permission from the Catholic Church in 3rd-degree dispensation from consanguinity (they were second cousins who shared the same great-grandparents) to marry. She was 18 years of age and he was 37 years of age when they married, more than twice her age and both from an old pioneer family of the area. Madeline was the daughter of John Baptiste Toulme and Victoria Uraine Saucier; she was born in January of 1833 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) and died on November 3, 1905 in Bay St. Louis. Evariste and Madeleine had a total six children before his untimely death in 1870 at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), located in Hancock County, Mississippi. The children from their marriage were Joseph Evariste, Charles, Claudius Eugene, William Emile, Lydia Emily, and Elizabeth Josephine Saucier. Their last and youngest child had been born at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) on March 23, 1868. Things it seems were not going good between Evariste and Madeleine in the two years after the birth of their last child and daughter which lead to a scandal for the Saucier and Toulme families.
Rumors had begun to spread through the Shieldsboro community about the affair Madeleine was involved in. Details about the affair were being spread in the local bars, city businesses and whispered of in the homes of the community. It turns out their meetings over the last year were not as discreet as they had thought. Everyone seemed to know about the local doctor and the pretty wife of the local hotelier who had been secretly meeting for almost a year. The good doctor was married, twenty-six years of age and the local lady he was involved with was about thirty-six years old, ten years older than he. The Doctor, Christopher Post, had recently moved to Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) from New Orleans and set up his office and practice. The parents of Doctor Post’s wife owned and resided at Shelly Plantation near Shieldsboro. During the past year the spreading rumors had reached Evariste about Madeleine’s affair. One evening Madeleine left the family home supposedly to go sit with her ailing elderly mother. Several hours later, Madeleine’s husband Evariste Valerian Saucier became concerned, after hearing all the rumors of the relationship between his wife and the local doctor who was treating his mother-in-law. In late evening Evariste Valerian decided to check on his wife's whereabouts and asked a friend to accompany him. In an article in the New Orleans Advertiser and in the New York Commercial Advertiser Newspapers, published on April 18, 1870, the reporter wrote that "the lady involved in the “improper relations” was the daughter of John B. Toulme, a town leader, successful merchant, landowner, and the original founder and manager of the Crescent Hotel, located on Beach Boulevard". Evariste Saucier, John Toulme's son-in-law, had recently taken over the management of the hotel after stepping down as the Postmaster of Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) after serving for the past few years. The Crescent Hotel, a short walk from the railway depot, was a popular place for rail passengers and visitors to Shieldsboro to stay during summer vacations.
Newspapers in both New York and New Orleans reported that Evariste Saucier, along with one of his friends, went to the home of Victoria Toulme, his mother-in-law, to check on Madeleine and was told she had not been at the home that evening. Evariste then knew where to look, surely hoping he was wrong; they then walked the short distance to Doctor Post’s office, where Evariste knocked on the door of the closed office. The doctor answered the door and told Evariste and his friend that he was busy with a patient, he then closed the office door without any further discussion, leaving the two men standing on the walk way. Evariste and his friend moved into the shadows' a distance from the building and watched the office. Shortly afterwards, they saw his wife Madeleine exit the building and head in the direction of the hotel. A few days later, Evariste challenged the good doctor to a duel, which Doctor Post readily accepted. Local law enforcement officers stepped in and arrested both men before the duel commenced, as duels were unlawful and those participating were subject to arrest. After their release from jail, Evariste Saucier and Christopher Post, who were placed under Peace Bonds, tried to resume their normal lives; however, Evariste Saucier, still upset, could not get the matter off his mind or forget his wife Madeleine's betrayal. Evariste Valerian blamed the Doctor for creating the problems between him and Madeline. Within a few days, he contacted Doctor Post and told him to leave Shieldsboro, telling him that "if you remain, you do so at the peril of your life". Doctor Post did not take the matter seriously and ignored Evariste's ultimatum which would result in a second altercation between the two. The second altercation which occurred several weeks later was more of a simple gun fight between the two men than that of a duel as many local citizens had called the shooting.
Both the Commercial Advertiser and the New Orleans Bee Newspapers reported that on the evening of Thursday April 7th, 1870 at around 7 p.m., Evariste Saucier waited and watched as the doctor exited his office and was walking down the street. Evariste surprised Doctor Post by firing five pistol shots at him. Doctor Post managed to fire one shot that hit Evariste in the lower body. Doctor Post collapsed and died in the street from his wounds. All five of the bullets Evariste fired had hit the Doctor. The actual location of the duel was uncertain in newspaper reports; some newspapers reported that the night’s events took place in front of the Saucier home, while others suggested it happened in front of the Crescent Hotel or possibly in front of Doctor Post's office. This writer would suggest that since the doctor was leaving his office, it possibly happened somewhere near his office, but another family source from that era says it happened in front of the Evariste Saucier home. Evariste suffered a serious wound in the gun fight and was not expected to survive the night. According to the New Orleans Daily Picayune, Evariste Saucier died five days later on April 12, 1870 from his wound. Many national and local newspapers published the death notice and obituary of Evariste Saucier's death. He was respected and well liked in the community and along the coastal area. According to the local newspapers his death met with deep sorrow within the two families and the community. The death of Doctor Post was hardly mentioned in any of the newspapers of New Orleans, where he was buried, or elsewhere, he had received the scorn of the community. Doctor Post’s wife Irene died about five years later at age twenty-five. Evariste Saucier was buried in the family plot in Bay St. Louis.
The following short article appeared in the New Orleans Bee Newspaper on Friday, April 15, 1870:
"We were informed yesterday that Mr. Saucier, who killed Dr. Post in Bay St. Louis, a few days ago, has himself died from the pistol shot wound inflected by Dr. Post. Mr. Saucier was well known to many of our citizens, who will deplore this distressing occurrence".
Following the deadly altercation, Madeleine Toulme Saucier moved her family across the Bay of St. Louis to her father’s home in Pass Christian. After Evariste's death, disgraced and unable to face the citizens of the town, Madeleine moved to New York City for a period of time, before finally returning home to Shieldsboro. Undoubtedly, she left her home and Shieldsboro to let the rumors, gossip and resulting scandal of the events subside before she returned. In 1872, she married another of her cousins, John Anthony Breath, a respected Court Judge in Shieldsboro and Hancock County. He was the son of Charles Breath and Evelina Victoria Saucier of Shieldsboro. She and John Breath had two children, Charles Alfred and Uranie Victoria Breath and made their home in Shieldsboro and both are buried at Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis). The six children of Evariste and Madeleine continued to reside in Bay St. Louis and raised their families there.
This writer would like to note that the town of Shieldsboro, Mississippi was known by that name until 1875 at which time its name was officially changed to Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.
Joseph Evariste Saucier was the first born son and child of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, he was born on August 10, 1852 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi. Joseph was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, his second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Joseph passed away after a short illness on February 13, 1931 at his daughter's home in Bay St. Louis. On October 26, 1884, at age thirty-two, he married twenty-four year old Adele Esther Nicaise at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. She was the daughter of Edmond Necaise and Adele DeGuevre of Shieldsboro, another old family of the area. Adele was born on January 23, 1860 at Shieldsboro and died at Bay St. Louis on December 19, 1926. Eight children were born to Joseph and Adele, George Edmund, Placide Valerian, Albert Turner, Alcine Emile, Forrest Evariste, Camille Delphine, Florence Marie and Louisa Marguerite Saucier.
Joseph Evariste Saucier was a well known and respected citizen of coastal Hancock County in Mississippi. Joseph Evariste served the public in many positions of trust and honor. He served as the Justice of the Peace for Beat five in Bay St. Louis for a number of consecutive terms and was affectionately call "Judge Saucier" by all those that knew him during his entire life. He was appointed on May 5, 1894 and served until May 27, 1898 as Postmaster of Bay St. Louis, as his father before him, serving in that position before beginning his banking career in the county. Joseph worked in the banking business in Hancock County for a number of years after leaving the position of Postmaster in 1898, first, as the cashier at the Hancock County Bank, the forerunner to the present day Hancock-Whitney Bank, and second, as the cashier of the Merchants Bank that had just opened. Joseph's reason for leaving the banking profession in 1903 was due to the fact he was running for Sheriff of Hancock County. Joseph was elected Sheriff and Tax Collector of Hancock County, again in public office; he distinguished himself for his application and excellent service while serving as Sheriff. Joseph's son, Forrest Evariste Saucier, had made the statement that his "father never carried a gun during his term as Sheriff". Following his term as sheriff, unable to succeed himself, he ran for and was elected assessor for Hancock County in 1907, again serving his community with his well-known capacity and ability. Joseph was again appointed to what would be his second term, as Postmaster on February 4, 1915 and then re-appointed on July 28, 1919 for a third term. These two terms ended on August 15, 1923. After the death of Adele, as his sight failed, he moved in with his daughter and son-in-law for the remainder of his life. He never got over the death of Adele who had died about three years earlier.
Charles Saucier, the twin to Claudius, was the second child and second born son of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, he was born on September 26, 1856 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi he died there on October 22, 1940 at the age of ninety. Charles never married and remained single his entire life. Charles was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, his second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is known for Charles.
Claudius Saucier, the twin of Charles, was the third born son and child of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, he was born on September 26, 1856 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi he died there on May 12, 1916 at the age of fifty-nine. Claudius never married and remained single his entire life. Charles was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, his second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information s known for Claudius.
William Emile Saucier was the fourth born child and son of Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, he was born on October 14, 1860 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi he died there on October 22, 1945 at the age of eighty-five. Charles was the grandson of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great grandson of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, his second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and his third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. In 1913, William married Marie Angeline Necaise at Bay St. Louis, he was fifty-three years old and Marie was forty-two. She was born on June 12, 1871and died May 30, 1953 at age eighty-one at Bay St. Louis. She was the daughter of Edmund Necaise and Adel Guery of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. No additional information is known for William and Mary, as far as we know they had no descendants.
Lydia Saucier was the fifth child and first daughter born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, she was born on April 6, 1865 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi she died on February 24, 1954 in New Orleans at the age of eighty-eight. Lydia was the granddaughter of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great granddaughter of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, her second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. Lydia married James Thomas Eagan at Bay St. Louis on December 27, 1894 when she was age twenty-nine and James was also twenty-nine yeas old. She was the daughter of Marcus Eagan and Martha Hudson of Wilson, Tennessee. Lydia and James had three daughter, Madeline Olivia, Thelma V., and Edwige Louise Eagan.
Elizabeth Josephine Edwige Saucier was the sixth child and second daughter born to Evariste Valerian Saucier and Madeleine Josephine Toulme, she was born on March 23, 1868 at Shieldsboro (now Bay St. Louis) in Hancock County, Mississippi, she died at Shieldsboro on October 9, 1919 at the age of fifty-one. Lydia was the granddaughter of Francois Julien Saucier and Melitte Levergne, great granddaughter of Henry Marie Saucier and Marie Francois Rouseve, her second great grandparents were Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix and her third great grandparents were Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary of Colonial Mobile. No additional information is known for Elizabeth.
Marie Barbe Saucier was born in 1736 in Illinois; she was the third child and first daughter born to Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Marie Barbe was a granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She married Julien Roy, a merchant and trader in Illinois; their home was located on Rue Royal in St. Louis, Missouri. They were St. Louis residents from its founding, having come from the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. They had been married at Mobile in 1755. Marie Barbe died in St. Louis, Missouri in about 1810, her husband Julian Roy had been born at St. Louis in about 1730 and died at St. Louis in around 1793. Marie Barbe and Julien had seven known children, Marianne, Charles, Magdeline, Julien, Henry Francois, Pierre Patrice, and Louis Roy. Their daughter, Magdeline Roy married, at age 15, Francois Hebert, and then widowed, she married Jean Baptiste Trudeau, the first school master in St. Louis, Missouri.
Marianne Roy was the fist child and first daughter born to Marie Barbe Saucier and Julien Roy. She was born in 1754 at Mobile, Alabama and died sometime in 1812 as her Will was probated in June of 1812. She was the granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Marianne was the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She married Louis Baudin at Mobile on July 30. 1778. At the time of their marriage Marianne was twenty-four years old and Louis was twenty-two years old. Louis was the son of Louis Francois Baudin and Marie Louise Laurendine of Mobile. He was born at Mobile on September 11, 1755, his death date is unknown. Marianne and Louis had four children, Marie Louise, Francoise Colette, Louis Pierre, and Ursula Baudin.
Charles Julian Roy was the second child and first son born to Marie Barbe Saucier and Julien Roy. He was born January 6, 1856 at Mobile, Alabama and his death date is unknown. He was the grandson of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Marianne was the great grandson of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. He married Susanne Dodier on July 5, 1779 at St. Louis, Missouri. She was born in 1763 at Chartres, France and died in 1832 at St. Louis, Missouri at age sixty-nine. At the time of their marriage Marianne was sixteen years old and Charles was age twenty-three. Charles and Susanne had eleven children, Charles, Marie Barbe, Susanne, Charlotte, Francois, Alexandre, Julienne, Magdeline, Louis Francois, Marguerite and Therese Roy.
Magdeline Roy was the third child and second daughter born to Marie Barbe Saucier and Julien Roy. She was born in 1758 at Kaskaskia, Illinois and died in Missouri in April of 1830 at age seventy-two. She was the granddaughter of Henri Saucier and Barbe LaCroix. Marianne was the great granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Saucier and Gabrielle Savary, early pioneers of Colonial Mobile. She married twice, first to Francois Herbert on February 4, 1774 at St. Louis, Missouri. Magdeline would have been sixteen years old and Francois was twenty-five years old at the time. Francois was the son of Ignace Herbert and Helene Danis of Quebec, Canada. Francois was born at Fort Chartres, Illinois in 1749 and died in 1781, age thirty-two, in St. Louis, Missouri. Magdeline and Francois had two children before his death, Francois, Jr., and Marie Herbert. After Francis’ death. Magdeline, now twenty-three years old, was married on May 1, 1781, at St. Louis, Missouri to Jean Baptiste Trudeau, age thirty-two. who was born on December 11, 1748, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and died on January 30, 1827, at St. Louis. Jean Baptiste was the son of Joseph Trudeau and Catherine Menard of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Magdeline and Jean Baptiste had six children, Jean Baptiste, Jr., Euphrosine, Euphrosine, Jean Baptiste II , and Aspasie Trudeau.