Agathe Emerite Giraudeau b: 3 September 1791 in New Orleans, LA (baptism: 3 December 1791 St. Louis Cathedral at age of 3 months); d: Aft. 1829

+Maurice Abat b: Abt. 1771 in Aix, Foix, Ariege, France; m: Abt. 1813

Notes for Agathe Emerite Giraudeau:
- “Gireaudeau, Agata (Bruno, native of Bordeaux in France, resident of this city, and Adelaida Lemelle, native of this city), b. Dec. 3, 1791, 3 mo., s. Geronimo Hinard and Agata Lemelle, infant's aunt (SLC, B12, 279).” [Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans: Vol. 5 (1791-1795)]


information on mother
By:Harrison Thomas LaTour
Date: 5/16/2006, 2:52 am
Marie Adelaide LeMelle
Document Date: 11/10/1772
Notary: Almonaster y Roxas
Document Number: 271
Location: Orleans (including Chapitoulas).
Master: Santiago Lemelle
Master's Gender: 2
Name: Adelaida
Gender: female
Race: quadroon, quarteron
Age: 1
Birthplace: Louisiana Creole
Freed: by living master
Relationship of freer to the freed: father
The manumission did not involve cash payment.
Slave was freed.
This slave's white father was certainly involved in the manumission process.
no prices at all
Family: Jacqueline-mom, Agata, Adelaida & Tonton-d's
This slave's family relationships were indicated.
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In the year 1829, the 50th of the Independence of the United States, on the
8th day of November at 11 am, I, Theodore Seghers, public Notary, authorized
by the town and parish of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, living there, have transported myself after requisition besides Marie-Adelade Lemelle, f.w.c. in a house situated at the corner of St Annes street and the ramparts in this town.

Where being, I found said Marie-Adelade Lemelle ill and lying in bed but with full mental intelligence and memory as it appeared obvious to me, Notary, and to the three witnesses hereafter named. Which one, wanting to settle her affairs, asked me to receive her will in presence of Messrs Maurice Abat, Modeste Lefebvre et Joseph Lombard father, all three living in this town,
requested as witnesses before whom the testatrix dictated me her will and I wrote it as she dictated it, as follows :

My name is Marie-Adelade Lemelle, born in this country, almost 58 years old, daughter of Jacqueline Lemelle and Jacques Lemelle. I have six children, all of age, named Agathe Giraudeau, Antoine Giraudeau, Adle Giraudeau, Astre Giraudeau, Bruno Giraudeau et Virginie Giraudeau.

I name them all my heirs.
I let them all conjointly my negress called Alize, 32 years old and her children, i.e. Louise, 14 years old, mulatress, Julien, 12 years old grif, Cyprien another little grif aged 4 and another one, Lon, 6 months old. I also
let them a negress called Victoria, aged 22.
I have a negress named Lose, over 60 years old, that I let them. She will serve them but they will take care of her and never sell her.

I bequeath my tablecloth and my bed-sheets to Virginie, Astre and Bruno Giraudeau. And after this I bequeath the rest of my cloth and kitchen
utensils, my china and all my furniture to Astre and Virginie Giraudeau.
And the testatrix, having nothing more to mention to the present witnesses and declaring to cancel any former will, although she does not remember
having ever done one, I, undersigned Notary, read her the present lines loudly and distinctly in front of said witnesses before whom the testatrix
declared to hear and understand clearly and persisted to say that these were her latest intentions.

Made right now without interruption or disturbances in the above-mentioned address in front of said witnesses and the testatrix, being asked of, signed before them. The Notary and witnesses...

Adelade Lemelle
Mte Lefebvre Maurice Abat Jph Lombard father Th. Seghers, Notary Harrison Thomas LaTour