Seraphine Mercier

Notes:

1820, Orleans Parish, Francois Grenot and Seraphine Mercier are listed as the parents of a female colored child on 19 October 1820—Orleans Parish Birth Index, 1790-1820, vol.2, p.50

1822, New Orleans City Directory, Orleans Parish, LA - Seraphine Mercier and Francois Greno (a seller of food and/or alcohol), lived at 195 Craps below Marigny—(New Orleans Public Library)

1830, St. James Parish, LA - Seraphine Mercier is listed as a Free Woman of Color who owned slaves and lived between Esplanade St. & Canal Marigny—Journal of Negro History, p.9 — View Document in New Tab

1842, New Orleans City Directory, Orleans Parish, LA - Seraphine Mercier is listed living on Bayou Rd. near Robertson St.

1842-1862 Probate Dockets for 3rd Judicial District Court, Jefferson Parish, LA, Docket 1207 re Succession with cover dates 1842-1862, (File# prbt887.txt), Seraphine Mercier is listed as a Free Woman of Color.—Jefferson Parish Library

Seraphine married Francois Casimir Grenot. Francois (son of Jean Charles Grenot and Marie Jeanne Angelique Derouville) was born on 3 Jan 1776 in Haiti; was christened on 18 May 1776 in Haiti; died on 18 Nov 1826 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. [Group Sheet]

1. Laurent Grenot was born est 1814 in LA.
2. Charles Washington Grenaut was born est 1814 in LA; died in Betw 1866-1870.
3. Marie Catherine Grenot was born on 19 Oct 1820 in Orleans Parish, LA; died in 1847 in LA.
4. Francisca Grenot was born in 1822 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; died on 1 Apr 1882 in Cosamaloapan, Cosamaloapan de Carpio, Veracruz, Mexico.
5. Barbe Grenot died on 17 Jan 1843 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.