Nicholas Noël Theodule Destrehan

1793 - 1848  (55 years)

• Name	Nicholas Noël Theodule Destrehan
  Born	13 Apr 1793	St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jun 1848
  Person ID	I1101	Stewart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Jean Noël Destrehan de Tours,   b. 12 Dec 1759,   d. 9 Oct 1823, Destrehan Plantation, Destrehan, Louisiana  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Marie Claude Celeste Eleonore Robin de Logny,   b. 5 Sep 1770, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 3 Sep 1824, Boston, MA  (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	22 Jan 1786	St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana   [1]
  Family ID	F344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Victoire Victorine Fortier,   b. 30 Apr 1799,   d. 30 Apr 1825  (Age 26 years)
  Married	17 May 1814
  Notes	No Issue Victorine Fortier filed for separation 24 Dec 1819 in the District Court of Orleans Parish which was granted. [2]
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Louise Henrietta de Navarre,   b. 10 Oct 1810, Paris, France ,   d. 11 Oct 1836, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana  (Age 26 years)
  Married	12 Nov 1826	New Orleans, Louisiana   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Louisa Marie Destrehan,   b. 15 Aug 1827, Destrehan, Louisiana ,   d. 15 Nov 1903, Harvey, Louisiana  (Age 76 years)  [Birth] + 2. Adelaide Destrehan,   b. 30 Sep 1828, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 15 Nov 1892  (Age 64 years)  [Birth]   3. Louis Adseide Destrehan,   b. 30 Sep 1830, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 30 Oct 1831, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 1 years)  [Birth] + 4. Eliza Louise Destrehan,   b. 19 Nov 1831, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 01 Jan 1915, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 83 years)  [Birth] + 5. Nicolas Azby Destrehan,   b. 08 Sep 1833, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 18 Mar 1862, Paris, France  (Age 28 years)  [Birth]   6. Nichette Destrehan,   b. Mar 1835, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana  [Birth]
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2007
  Family ID	F342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Apr 1793 - St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Married - 12 Nov 1826 - New Orleans, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Nicholas Noël Destrehan

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Legal Article Nicolas Noël Destrehan's signature, "Destrehan, Manchot" meaning "armless" due to him losing his right hand in an accident early in his life.
  		Hand Written document by Adele Stewart Ownership of a chain passed down through the family.
  		Captain Rene Trudeau's "St. Charles Troop of Horse" 14 Dec 1814 - 16 Mar 1815
  		Rider's Digest, April 28, 1975 - Did you Know? Short story about the Harvey Castle.
  		Marriage Contract (French) Page 1 of 15 Original marriage contract between Azby Destrehan and Rosa Ferrier. Written in French.
  		Marriage Contract (French) Page 2 of 15
  		Marriage Contract (French) page 3 of 15
  		Marriage Contract (English) Page 2 of 12
  		Marriage Contract (English) Page 3 of 12
  		Harvey Castle Article about the Harvey Castle and some Harvey-Destrehan Ancestry, written in 1986

  
  

• Notes

  Early in young manhood, Nicholas Noel lost his right hand. On December 31, 1831, he was working in his sugar house. He was dressed in a flowing cabeau, a type of long cape with wide sleeves worn those days.. The sleeve of the cape caught in a piece of machinery, dragging his hand and arm. Seeing the danger of being pulled into the machine, he called to a workman nearby who had a hatched to chop his hand off. It was a tragedy he later adjusted his life to. After that he always signed his name: "Destrehan, Maimed." [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v04 (1784-1790), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.4. (Reliability: 3). Jean Noel (Juan Bautista, naval treasurer in the service of His Most Christian Majesty, and Juana Catarina DEGOUVRY), native of this parish, retired infantry captain in the stationary regiment of Louisiana, married Marie Claudia Eleonor ROBIN, Jan. 22, 1786 Witnesses: Vicente LLORCA, Josef MARTINEZ (SLC, M5, 45) [S114] Southern Debate over Slavery, v2, Loren Schweninger, et.al., (University of Illinois Press, 2008), ISBN 0252032608., 107-108 (Reliability: 3). [S20] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v19 (1830-1831), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.19., 112 (Reliability: 3). Nicolas Noel (Jean Noel, dec., and Marie Celeste ROBIN DE LOGNY, dec.), native of St. Charles des Allemonds Parish in this state, resident of Jefferson Parish in this state, m. Henriette Louise DENAVARRE [@DENAVARRE], Apr. 27, 1831, Witnesses: Pierre ROBIN DE LOGNY, Francoise Philippe Antoine Prosper DE MARIGNY DE MANDEVILLE, Rene Noel DESTREHAN [@DETREHAN], and C. D. MARIGNY. Marginal Note: Previous civil marriage on 12 Nov 1826, in the presence of Honorable Jean Murville Harang, judge of Jefferson Parish. [Ed. Note: 1831 Marriage lists spouses as residents of this (church) parish, which then included Jefferson Civil Parish]. (SLC, M8, 44) [S1] Legacy of Old Louisiana, Louise Destrehan Rogér D'Oliveira, et. al., (Louise D. R. D'Oliveira), 40 (Reliability: 3).