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PAUL BARRE B. Apr. 4, 1698, in Canada, son of JACQUES BARRE and MARIE ELIZABETH JETTE BARRE, of Montreal, Canada M. MARIE JEANNE GIRARDY, daughter of JOSEPH GIRARDY and MARIE JEANNE HENRY GIRARDY D. 1761 C. Five I. Marie Jeanne Barre B. Baptised Sept 11, 1728 M. Nov. 30, 1744, Paul Malet, from Illinois area II. Eugene Barre M. MARIE JOSEPHE D'AIGLE ROMAN, widow of JACQUES ROMAN, daughter of ETIENNE D'AIGLE & SUZANNE D'ESPERON D'AIGLE C. Two A. Jean Baptiste Barre B. Honore Barre III. Cecilia Barre M. July 27, 1754, Francois Roquigny IV. MARIE LOUISE BARRE B. 1741 M. 1) JACQUES PATIN I, born 1726, son of ANTOINE PATIN and GASPARDE DE MONNET PATIN [adjacent column] 2) In 1785, Laurent Bailly, died 1801, son of Joseph Bailly and Barbe Hertillin Bailly D. Jan. 10, 1795 C. Two known in first marriage A. MARIE LOUISE PATIN B. Oct 12, 1762, in Pointe Coupee M. JACQUES ETIENNE ROMAN, born Oct. 18, 1748, son of JACQUES ROMAN and MARIE JOSEPHE D'AIGLE ROMAN D. Oct 14, 1830, in New Orleans C. Ten, listed in Chapter 15 B. Jacques Alexandre Patin M. Feb. 9, 1793, Celeste Allain, daughter of Francois Allain and Marie Francoise Ricard Allain V. Charles Alexandre Barre B. 1746 M. Apr. 9, 1771, Magdeleine de Cuir, daughter of Jean Pierre de Cuir and Genevieve Mayheur de Cuir D. July 14, 1829 C. One recorded A. Marie Louise Barre B. March 29, 1773 Chapter 15 C The Girardy Family - The Henry Family The parents of Marie Jeanne Girardy who married Paul Barre were Joseph Girardy and Marie Jeanne Henry. The name Girardy is found spelled Girard, Gi- rardet, Girardeau, but we are not sure of the origin of the family. In his memoirs written about 1752, Jean Francois Durucant, in Quarterly, Vol. 19, says: "Going to an assignment to the Yazoo Post in November of 1721, by way of Lake Pontchartrain, we rowed up a river for two leagues. Here was a landing with a few warehouses. There were only three settlers at this place. One on the right bank of the Bayou going up was a Canadian, named Joseph Girardy, his wife and his children, and a ...