Catherine was the daughter of Antoine Girard and Marie Ann LaFontaine. Antoine Giard & Marie Ann LaFontaine were French Canadiens who came to Illinois separately in the first part of the 1700's and married there in 1734. They had 3 daughters and Antoine died by 1747. Marie Ann remarried to Jean Baptiste Dornon in 1752, but he also died and she was a widow again at Catherine's wedding in 1764. Her new son-in-law, Gabriel Cerre took over her property and she lived with them until her death in 1771. The Cerre family lived in her home in Kaskaskia, where Gabriel was an important merchant, until they moved to St. Louis in 1779 after George Rogers Clark took Kaskaskia for the Americans.
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Catherine Giard married Jean Gabriel Cerre, Jan 24, 1764 in kaskaskia, IL.
From a website about her husband:
"Madame Cerre died on July 31, 1800, and was followed to the St. Louis churchyard within five years by her husband, who died April 4, 1805."
Her sister, Marianne, also married an important trader in the area, Nicholas Caillot LaChance.
Her grandson Leon J. Papin said that his mother was Catherine Cerre Papin and his grandfather was Pascal Leon Cerre. His great-grandfather was Jean Gabriel Cerre.
See more on Catherine's Girard family.
Catherine Giard married Jean Gabriel Cerre, Jan 24, 1764 in kaskaskia, IL.
From a website about her husband:
"Madame Cerre died on July 31, 1800, and was followed to the St. Louis churchyard within five years by her husband, who died April 4, 1805."
Her sister, Marianne, also married an important trader in the area, Nicholas Caillot LaChance.
Her grandson Leon J. Papin said that his mother was Catherine Cerre Papin and his grandfather was Pascal Leon Cerre. His great-grandfather was Jean Gabriel Cerre.
Catherine was the daughter of Antoine Girard and Marie Ann LaFontaine. Antoine Giard & Marie Ann LaFontaine were French Canadiens who came to Illinois separately in the first part of the 1700's and married there in 1734. They had 3 daughters and Antoine died by 1747. Marie Ann remarried to Jean Baptiste Dornon in 1752, but he also died and she was a widow again at Catherine's wedding in 1764. Her new son-in-law, Gabriel Cerre took over her property and she lived with them until her death in 1771. The Cerre family lived in her home in Kaskaskia, where Gabriel was an important merchant, until they moved to St. Louis in 1779 after George Rogers Clark took Kaskaskia for the Americans.
See more on Catherine's Girard family.
Catherine Giard married Jean Gabriel Cerre, Jan 24, 1764 in kaskaskia, IL.
From a website about her husband:
"Madame Cerre died on July 31, 1800, and was followed to the St. Louis churchyard within five years by her husband, who died April 4, 1805."
Her sister, Marianne, also married an important trader in the area, Nicholas Caillot LaChance.
Her grandson Leon J. Papin said that his mother was Catherine Cerre Papin and his grandfather was Pascal Leon Cerre. His great-grandfather was Jean Gabriel Cerre.
See more on Catherine's Girard family.
Catherine Giard married Jean Gabriel Cerre, Jan 24, 1764 in kaskaskia, IL.
From a website about her husband:
"Madame Cerre died on July 31, 1800, and was followed to the St. Louis churchyard within five years by her husband, who died April 4, 1805."
Her sister, Marianne, also married an important trader in the area, Nicholas Caillot LaChance.
Her grandson Leon J. Papin said that his mother was Catherine Cerre Papin and his grandfather was Pascal Leon Cerre. His great-grandfather was Jean Gabriel Cerre.
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