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Fourcade is a common name in the Pyrénées region.

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Pascal.

I am looking foir information on Jacques Fourcade who came to Louisiana, USA sometime before 1880 from France.

Re Marilyn Fourcade. I do not know about this person but I do know that a Julie Fourcade married a Henri Tujague from the Pyrenees area of France when they came to the US and settled in New Orleans LA. Their marriage certificate is available in the Baton Rouge LA records, around 1867 or so. Perhaps the info on that can tell you if they are related.

Julie Fourcade Tujaque (born Jun 1870) was a younger sister of my great grandmother, Euphrasie Clarisse Fourcade Ferrage Quinn. She arrived in New Orleans on 13 Oct 1890, from Bordeaux, aboard the vessel Paris, along with her older sister, married Henri Tujaque on 26 Oct 1893 and died in New Orleans in August, 1943.

Dear James, Apparently, this would mean we are relatives as Julie Fourcade was my great grandmother. It would be so nice to know more about where she came from and how she and Henri met. Where they settled in New Orleans and what type of business your grandmother and my grandmother were in. The name Tujague is actually spelled with a "g", as far as we know, but could have changed along the way to the current spelling. Julie Fourcade is actually buried in a New Orleans cemetery. Are you allowed to contact me via this post by email or phone? Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks for what you provided so far.

I probably don't know any more than you do about where our great grandmothers came from. I'm only guessing that they came from the Haute Pyrenees section of the Midi-Pyrenees Dept. My great grandmother, Euphrasie, who was 2 years older than Julie, arrived in New Orleans along with Julie aboard the SS Paris from Bordeaux on 13 Oct 1890. They both listed their occupation as milliner.

Euphrasie married Michel Ferrage in 1894. They had a son, Rene, in 1895. According to family legend, Michel was shot and killed by the NOPD, probably in 1896, in a case of mistaken identity. Euphrasie and her son returned to France. She and the boy later returned to New Orleans along with a third sister, Ida, via Le Havre and New York City, in 1897. (I may have mistakenly said in my previous post that Julie accompanied her on this trip.) Ida died in Dec 1927. Euphrasie married my great grandfather, Michael Quinn, in 1900. My grandmother was born a year later. At that time they lived at 3119 Dumaine St., New Orleans. Sometime before the 1920 census they moved to 1712 General Ogden St. (next to the protection levee, near the river, in the Carrolton section of New Orleans). She died in Feb 1937.

The last address I've found for Julie Fourcade Tujague (I have always assumed that the "g" (vice "q") was the result of an error on the part of an immigration clerk) was 1682 North Broad St., New Orleans. I found this in the 1910 census. She was a widow at the time.

Jim Jensen

We have an aunt Ida on our side of the family too, she was a daughter of Julie. Though I have to pull my notes to find out more for you. The person you want to talk to who keeps the Tujague/Fourcade side of the family tree is Emile Magende. He is my dad's cousin and lives in Harahan. He is the son of Marie Tujague, who was the granddaughter of Julie Fourcade. Can I share his phone number or contact info on this site. I didn't read the rules when I registered last night. The little info my dad said about Julie was that she only spoke French and would not talk to him in English so he had to speak French to her in growing up. Where is Euphrasie buried? Do you live in this area?

Your Aunt Ida would be my grandmother's 1st cousin, and they were about the same age. I live in South Carolina. My mother (who says she remembers an Aunt "Eeeda", who was probably your aunt rather than her grandmother's sister) lives in Houma, LA.

I'm not sure where Euphrasie is buried, but I've always assumed it was in one of the Carrolton cemeteries, as that's where most of the New Orleans part of our family is buried.

If you'd like to contact me outside of this forum, my e-mail address is jbjensen@highstream.net.

Jim Jensen

I would like to learn about Rene Tujaque (female) who married Warren Reinhardt in the 1960's Warren was born in 1941 in New Orleans. It seems from reading postings that Rene was a male name so the Rene I am asking about may have had a longer name. I hope some of you can help with information. david