Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Jean Baptiste Tropez Mesplais
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Born: 16-Aug-1776 in: Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
Baptized: 8-Oct-1776 in: Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
Died: 9-Jan-1850 in: Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
Buried: 10-Jan-1850 in: Valle Spring Cemetary, Ste Genevieve, MO
Father: Pierre Mesplay
Mother: Genevieve Manish dit Durand
Jeane Baptiste's godfather was Tropez Ricard who had left St. Tropez on the
French Mediterranean to come to the French Mississippi Valley. Tropez Ricard
was listed in the 1787 Ste. Genevieve census as a skipper. He later married
Jeanne Hubardeau. Jean Baptiste often used the name Trope and many documents
show him as Trope Mesplais. Jean Baptiste owned a ferry at Kaskaskia in the
late 1790's.
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Wife: Marie Louise Chauvin dit Charleville
Married: 29-Jun-1800 in: Kaskaskia, Illinois
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Born: 14-Oct-1780 in: Kaskaskia, Illinois
Baptized: 19-Oct-1780 in: Kaskaskia, Illinois
Died: Before Sep 1834 in:
Father: Francois Chauvin Charleville
Mother: Marie Louise Longval
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1 Jean Baptiste Trope Misplay Born: 18-Apr-1803
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2 Marie Louise Mesplais Born: 21-Mar-1805
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3 Antoine Mesplais Born: 16-Sep-1806
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4 Francoise Mesplais Born: 15-Oct-1808
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5 Pierre Mesplais Born: 29-Oct-1810
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6 Eleonore Mesplais Born: 3-Feb-1813
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7 Joseph Mesplais Born: 2-Feb-1815
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8 Louis Mesplais Born: 9-Mar-1817
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