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Pierre Michel Lapice, de Bergondy

Male 1743 - 1810  (67 years)


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  1. 1.  Pierre Michel Lapice, de Bergondy was born in 1743 in Haiti; died on 5 May 1810 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.

    Notes:

    In the list of "Inhabitants of Santo Domingo without land ownership and heirs of former settlers (1750-1826)", six members of the Grenot family are listed: Ann Marie, Charles Bernard, Anne, Marie-Jeanne-Sophie, Pierre-Ambroise-Isidore and Rose-Eleonore-Elisabeth (Grenot, widow Lapice de Bergondy).

    All Grenot heirs listed are just listed as "heirs", except the eldest male sibling, Charles Bernard Grenot. His listing reveals what the heirship pertained to: "Cafeteria. Farm Farm, AF: Derouville, A.N. Subseries D XXV 29" According to the legend of abbreviations, Cafeteria means owner of a coffee shop; AF means Family Alliance. Farm is not listed. However, it would seem to suggest a coffee farm or plantation.

    From the related list of "Settlers of Santo Domingo Former Owners (1789)", the following is found re the Derouville family (given as Deronville/Derouville): "Deronville [Derouville?], married Grenot Marie-Jeanne-Angelique 0 Candy. Originally from (La) Ronville near Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais) ?!; AF: Delamarre, Grenot, Legrand". Also listed: "Lapice, dit Bergondy [Lapice de Chateauriant?] Pierre-Michel 0 Cafeteria. /Candy. AF: Grenot"—Note that this Pierre Lapice (1743-11810) and the last legitimate holder of the title "de Bergondy" is the father of Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice (known as P.M. Lapice, 1797-1884).

    Birth:
    Born in the town of Fort Dauphin on the island, Hispaniola/St. Dominigue/St. Domingo, which western portion of the island today is Haiti.
    Old Map of Haiti showing Fort Dauphin (today is Fort Liberte)

    Pierre married Dame Rose Eleonore Elizabeth Grenot. Rose (daughter of Jean Charles Grenot and Marie Jeanne Angelique Derouville) was born est 1761-1764 in Haiti; died on 10 Jun 1831; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 28 Jun 1797 in Haiti; died on 17 Feb 1884 in Lauderdale Plantation, St. James Parish, LA; was buried in Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Adams Co, MS.
    2. 3. Joseph Francois La Pice  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1800 in Haiti; died on 12 May 1861 in Paris, France.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born est 28 Jun 1797 in Haiti; died on 17 Feb 1884 in Lauderdale Plantation, St. James Parish, LA; was buried in Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Adams Co, MS.

    Notes:

    Pierre..."generally known as P.M. Lapice...was a merchant, sugar planter, and large-scale enslaver of 19th-century Mississippi and Louisiana..."
    If any good thing regarding enslavement by this family could be said, it was this: In Isle Santo Domingo, P.M.'s father was a sugar and coffee planter who lost his fortune when the black population in Santo Domingo won their independence from France. And years later, in Louisiana and Mississippi, when P.M.'s slaves were freed as a result of the American Civil War, P.M. also lost his fortune when his fortune "walked off the job".—Based on parts of the Wikipedia article, "P.M. Lapice".

    Birth:
    Born in the town of Fort Dauphin on the island, Hispaniola/St. Dominigue/St. Domingo, which western portion of the island today is Haiti.
    Old Map of Haiti showing Fort Dauphin (today is Fort Liberte)


    The date of his birth as 28 Jun 1797 is from an 1855 Passport Application, signed by him (view document).

    Pierre married Marie Louise Demie on 18 Oct 1821 in Adams Co, MS. Marie was born in 1803 in Haiti; died on 5 Jun 1834 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Adams Co, MS. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Rose Eleonore Elizabeth Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born est Betw 1821-1828.
    2. 5. Peter Michael Bergondy Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Mar 1828 in Natchez, Adams Co, MS; died on 20 Nov 1904 in Orleans Parish, LA.
    3. 6. Joseph Francois Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born est Oct 1828 in Natchez, Adams Co, MS.
    4. 7. Ambroise Grenot Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1832 in MS; died on 14 Mar 1919 in Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.
    5. 8. Marie Josephine Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1833 in Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA.
    6. 9. Emile Demie Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1834 in Natchez, Adams Co, MS; died on 6 Mar 1883 in Iberville Parish, LA.

  2. 3.  Joseph Francois La Pice Descendancy chart to this point (1.Pierre1) was born in 1800 in Haiti; died on 12 May 1861 in Paris, France.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Old Map of Haiti showing Fort Dauphin (today is Fort Liberte)

    Joseph married Henriette Charlotte Elizabeth Marvaud on 29 Nov 1845 in Paris, France. Henriette was born est 1812 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain; died on 9 Mar 1896 in Paris, France; was buried on 11 Mar 1896 in Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, France. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Elenore Accia Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 May 1848 in Orleans Parish, LA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rose Eleonore Elizabeth Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born est Betw 1821-1828.

    Rose married Louis Bernard Armand Pilie, Esq.. Louis (son of Louis Philippe Pilie and Marie Louise Rossignol, des Dunes D'Arcuel) was born on 20 Mar 1816 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; died on 8 Mar 1900 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Marie Louise Pilie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1841 in Orleans Parish, LA.
    2. 12. Marie Alice Elenore Pilie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 May 1846 in Orleans Parish, LA.

  2. 5.  Peter Michael Bergondy Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 4 Mar 1828 in Natchez, Adams Co, MS; died on 20 Nov 1904 in Orleans Parish, LA.

    Notes:

    Bergondy Lapice, the eldest son of Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice, was born in Mississippi after his larger family arrived in the United States as a result of the Haitian Revolution. In a biographical sketch of Bergondy in "Biographical and historical memoirs of Louisiana..., v.1" held by Hathi Trust, pp.533-534, two things stand out as defining certain aspects of the family's history and standing.

    "His [Bergondy's] father Pierre Michel La Pice de Bergondy, was born on the island of San Domingo in 1797, and was a descendant of a noble Normandy family to whom were granted lands by Louis XIV, of France."

    "The grandfather [of Bergondy] was a large sugar and coffee planter of the island...".

    Records about heirship related to reparations to former land and plantation owners and their heirs as one result of the Haitian Revolution show the Derouville, Grenot and Lapice families' heirship and interrelationships. Although the Haitians achieved independence, it came at the high, impoverishment-causing price of reparations levied by France under threat of continued war and re-enslavement. These three families and many others who went into exile were fortunate to escape St. Dominigue (Santo Domingo/Hispaniola) with their lives after their lands had been confiscated. These name and relationship records, on the web site domingino.de by Dr. Oliver Gliech, are encapsulated in the following two lists:

    1. "The Settlers of St.-Domingue—Names of Proprietors (1789)"

    2. "Other inhabitants of Santo Domingo 1750-1826—Heirs of former settlers"

    • Marie Jeanne Angelique Derouville Grenot [Great Grandmother of Bergondy, she was a settler of Santo Domingo and a source of her descendants' ownership and/or heirship] (Note: Rouville, France is in Normandy, not far from the port, Le Havre, where some emigrants embarked toward St. Domingue.)
    • Pierre Michel Lapice dit Bergondy [Grandfather of Bergondy and Son-in-law of Marie Grenot...married to her daughter, Rose Eleonore Elizabeth Grenot, was also a settler of Santo Domingo and a source of ownership and/or heirship through his marriage into the Derouville-Grenot family] Note: This Pierre was the last to hold the title, "de Bergondy".
    ——(Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice (known as P.M. Lapice), the son of Pierre and Rose, was heir to the title, "de Bergondy", but never actually held it because the title became defunct during the French Revolution (and Haitian Revolution). He is not listed as heir.)
    • Rose Eleonore Elizabeth Grenot Lapice [Grandmother of Bergondy and daughter of Marie Grenot, was also a settler of Santo Domingo and a source of ownership and/or heirship, apparently owing to her mother]
    ——Listed as heirs but not as settlers are Rose's brother, Charles Bernard Grenot, her sister, Marie Jeanne Sophie Grenot and her brother, Pierre Ambroise Isidore Grenot. Marie Louise (Demie) Lapice, wife of Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice is listed as heir. Also listed are Ann Marie Grenot and Anne Grenot (unclear at the moment who they were).


    Name:
    The "LAPICE BROTHERS" Copartnership legal notice of 1856 and his 1857 marriage record to Jennie (Watson) Donelson, show that although usually called Bergondy, he was Peter M. Lapice. The Will of his mother, Marie Louise Demie (Lapice), shows his middle name is Michael.

    Peter married Jane Harriet Watson on 5 Oct 1857 in Davidson Co, TN. Jane was born on 30 Nov 1831 in TN; died on 2 Oct 1912 in LA; was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Eugene Bergondy Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Feb 1859 in Nashville, Davidson Co, TN; died on 8 Mar 1929 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in Nashville, Davidson Co, TN.

  3. 6.  Joseph Francois Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born est Oct 1828 in Natchez, Adams Co, MS.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    In the 1860 census, Bergondy and Joseph are both listed as age 33. Since Bergondy was born in March 1828, an October 1828 estimation for Joseph's birth is reasonable, although it could have been as late as early March 1829.


  4. 7.  Ambroise Grenot Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1832 in MS; died on 14 Mar 1919 in Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.

    Ambroise married Amelie Goyal in 1871. Amelie (daughter of Theo Guyol and Amelie Neurisse) was born in 1839; died on 23 Aug 1899 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Marie Louise Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1872; died on 27 Feb 1937; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.

  5. 8.  Marie Josephine Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born est 1833 in Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA.

    Marie married Jules de Longpre Fitzgerald. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Marie Ernestine Jeanne Fitzgerald  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1859 in Orleans Parish, LA.
    2. 16. Mme. Jane Fitzgerald  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1862 in MS.

  6. 9.  Emile Demie Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1834 in Natchez, Adams Co, MS; died on 6 Mar 1883 in Iberville Parish, LA.

  7. 10.  Elenore Accia Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (3.Joseph2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 16 May 1848 in Orleans Parish, LA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    1849 Orleans Parish Birth Index (Louisiana Archives)



Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Marie Louise Pilie Descendancy chart to this point (4.Rose3, 2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 12 May 1841 in Orleans Parish, LA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Orleans Parish Birth Index, 1796-1900

    Marie married Marquis Justin Napoleon Samuel Prosper, de Chasseloup-Laubat. Justin was born on 29 May 1805 in Allessandria, Department of Marengo, French Empire; died on 29 Mar 1873 in Paris, France; was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris France. [Group Sheet]


  2. 12.  Marie Alice Elenore Pilie Descendancy chart to this point (4.Rose3, 2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 23 May 1846 in Orleans Parish, LA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Orleans Parish Birth Index, 1796-1900

    Marie married Baron von Hirsch. was born in in France. [Group Sheet]


  3. 13.  Eugene Bergondy Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (5.Peter3, 2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 21 Feb 1859 in Nashville, Davidson Co, TN; died on 8 Mar 1929 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in Nashville, Davidson Co, TN.

    Eugene married Nellie West in 1896. Nellie was born on 30 Jun 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; died on 18 Sep 1941 in New York, New York Co, NY; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. John West Lapice  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1899 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN; died on 15 Dec 1950 in Clearwater, PInellas Co, FL.

  4. 14.  Marie Louise Lapice Descendancy chart to this point (7.Ambroise3, 2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born in 1872; died on 27 Feb 1937; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.

    Marie married Joseph L. Dreuil. Joseph was born in 1870 in TX; died in 1960 in LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 18. Joseph Louis Dreuil  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Feb 1899 in Orleans Parish, LA.

  5. 15.  Marie Ernestine Jeanne Fitzgerald Descendancy chart to this point (8.Marie3, 2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born on 13 Nov 1859 in Orleans Parish, LA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Orleans Parish Birth Index (Louisiana Archives)


  6. 16.  Mme. Jane Fitzgerald Descendancy chart to this point (8.Marie3, 2.Pierre2, 1.Pierre1) was born est 1862 in MS.

    Jane married Mr. de Roll Montpelier. [Group Sheet]



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