Dear UrfolKakouz,
If you reside near Recouvrance-Brest, would you be willing to check the archives for birth/death records?
I will gladly reimburse you to copy several records of interest for me.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards and thank you, -Kay
Email:
KayClerc@aol.comOr:
MehdiFakhar@aol.comRequested records are noted with an asterisk [*] in the below outline.
Below this outline are transcriptions of records I have.
~Summary Of
LeClerc Family in Recouvrance-Brest~
Pierre
LeClerc, Sergeant/Corporal of Gendarmerie (police)
Spouse: Marguerite ABALAIN
Child:
Michel Marie
LeClerc (birth September 15, 1799, Commana)
* Death record for Pierre
LeClerc * Death record for Marguerite ABALAIN
LeClerc Michel Marie
LeClerc (September 15, 1799, Commana [a village in Finistere in the
MONTS D'ARREE])
Married: October 30, 1819,
BrestSpouse: Jeanne
Francoise CHAUVIN (birth October 31, 1799,
Brest)-daughter of
Francois CHAUVIN & Marie Josephe CALVES; niece of JEAN MARIE CALVES
Child1: Joseph Marie
LeClerc (birth June 1, 1822,
Brest)
Child2:
Nicolas Alfred Marie
LeClerc (birth May 26, 1831,
Brest)
* Birth Record for Jeanne
Francoise CHAUVIN [birth October 1799]
* Death record for
Michel Marie
LeClerc * Death record for Jeanne
Francoise CHAUVIN LeClerc * Death record for
Francois CHAUVIN * Death record for Marie Josephe CALVES
CHAUVINChild #1:
Joseph Marie
LeClerc Born: June 1, 1822,
BrestMarried: January 1850,
BrestSpouse: Jeanne Marie
Laurence SIMON -Child: Pierre Charles
LeClerc (birth May 21, 1858,
Brest – immigrated to
America – death 1925
Missouri, USA)
* Death record for Joseph Marie
LeClerc* Birth Record for Jeanne Marie
Laurence SIMON LeClerc* Death record for Jeanne Marie
Laurence SIMON LeClercChild #2:
Nicolas Alfred Marie
LeClerc (birth May 26, 1831,
Brest)
Married: August 17, 1859 – Brest; living rue Neuve, Number 40
Spouse: Zoe Marie DONNOU (birth April 17, 1837- death December 9, 1883,
Brest)
-Child: Jules
Nicolas LeClerc (birth 1864,
Brest)
* Birth Record for
Nicolas Alfred Marie
LeClerc [birth May 1831]
* Death record for
Nicolas Alfred Marie
LeClerc * Death record for & Zoe Marie DONNOU
LeClerc [died December 9, 1883,
Brest]
* Death record for Jules
Nicolas LeClerc (birth 1864, Brest; death?)
* Marriage record for Jules
Nicolas LeClerc (birth 1864,
Brest)
Transcriptions of Records:
October 30, 1819; 10 a.m
Marriage certificate of
MICHEL MARIE
LeClerc, 21 YEARS OLD, birth in COMMANA, Finistère, the 15th of September 1799, worker in the port, living in this town, minor son of PIERRE
LeClerc,
Sergeant(Corporal) of gendarmerie retired and MARGUERITE ABALAIN, his wife who recognized doesn’t know how to sign.
AND
JEANNE
Francoise MARIE
CHAUVIN, 21 years old, birth in
Brest, the 31th October 1799, living in Brest-Recouvrance, minor girl of
Francois CHAUVIN and MARIE JOSEPHE CALVES (deceased), authorized by the family council the 9th of this month….
In presence of JEAN MARIE CALVES, boat sails manufacturer, 44 years old; uncle and tutor of the Contracting party [here, JEANNE
CHAUVIN] ;
MATHURIN Francois LE VOYER, shoemaker, in this town, 64 years old, HENRY TIELIN, tailor in the city, 53 years old and JOSEPH LeCAM, wig manufacturer in this town, who doesn’t know how to sign….
Signatures: Kerros (officiate of registry office), Françoise
CHAUVIN,
LeClerc fils,
Le CLERC, CALVES, TIELIN,
LE VOYERFirst day of June 1822, at 6 p.m.
Birth Act of Joseph Marie
LeClercBorn this day at 1 a.m.
Son of
Michel Le CLERC, « calfat » in the harbour, and Jeanne Françoise Marie
CHAUVIN, his wife, both married In
Brest on October 30, 1819
The child is a boy.
All this was attested by Joseph Marie
Lesage, aged 25, calfat in the harbour,
& Jean Marie
CHAUVIN, carpenter, aged 23, uncle of the child.
May 21, 1858, at 4 pm
Birth act of Pierre Charles
Le CLERCBorn this day at 2 am at Recouvrance,
Son of Joseph Marie
Le CLERC, blacksmith in the harbour, and Jeanne Marie
Laurence SIMON, his wife, both married in
Brest, January 26, 1850 living, rue Neuve, 41
The child is a boy.
All this attested by
Michel Marie
Le CLERC, retired, living in
Brest, aged 58,
& Justin Adolphe Gervais (I’m not sure of this name) stoker, living in
Brest, aged 51
August 17, 1859 at 10 am
Marriage act in
Brest townhall of
Nicolas Alfred Marie
LeClerc carpenter at the harbour, living in
Brest aged 28, born in
Brest, Finistere department, May 26, 1831 son of age of
Michel LeClerc, pensioner, and Jeanne Françoise Marie
CHAUVIN his wife, living in this town, present and willing
AND
Zoé Marie Donnou, without occupation, living in
Brest aged 21, born in
Brest, Finistere department April 17, 1837 daughter of age of Jean Marie Donnou, deceased in this town
March 8, 1853, and of Marie Jeanne Keréun this surname might be Kéréon - it doesn't seem French), his widow, living in this town present and willing
These preliminary acts are related in the marriage publication registers, displayed without opposition, in
Brest August 7 and 14, this month,
... (nothing important in the next 8 lines) ...
Were present Louis
Barbey, ...aged 36, Yves Marie
Thierry, ... aged 40, Joseph
LeClerc, blacksmith at the harbour, living in
Brest, aged 36, And Joseph Eloy, ... aged 27
... (nothing important in the next lines) ... except the couple declared there was no marriage contract. And the mother of the bride declared she didn't know how to sign.
It's written in the margin: Zoé marie Donnou deceased in
Brest December 9, 1883
1864 Birth act for Jules
Nicolas LeClercBorn this day at 3 pm in Recouvrance,
Son of
Nicolas Alfred Marie
LeClerc, leading seaman carpenter,
Absent, and Zoé Marie DONNOU his wife, married in
BrestOn August 17, 1859, living rue Neuve, Number 40
All this attested by, … (no family members signed)