Joseph Seraphin Tougas dit Laviolette was born in Boucherville, Quebec. He migrated south with his brothers Jean Baptiste and Francoise Boniface to Vincennes.
He was present at Vincennes when General Clark arrived in 1778 and signed the Oath of Allegiance on the 20th of July 1778. He received a land grant nearby dated 14 February 1782.
He married Jeanne Cardinal in Vincennes on the 16th of January 1773 at St. Francis Xavier in Vincennes and raised a large family.
Death and burial is from Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993, and the cemetery is presumed.
Four of his sons moved across the Wabash River, settling in Illinois, two in what is now Lawrence County and two in Wabash County. His Wabash County descendants dropped the "Tougas" from their name and eventually spelled their surname "Lovellette." In Lawrence County, they dropped the "dit Laviollette" variations and kept their older surname of Tougas, with varied spellings.
He was present at Vincennes when General Clark arrived in 1778 and signed the Oath of Allegiance on the 20th of July 1778. He received a land grant nearby dated 14 February 1782.
He married Jeanne Cardinal in Vincennes on the 16th of January 1773 at St. Francis Xavier in Vincennes and raised a large family.
Death and burial is from Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993, and the cemetery is presumed.
Four of his sons moved across the Wabash River, settling in Illinois, two in what is now Lawrence County and two in Wabash County. His Wabash County descendants dropped the "Tougas" from their name and eventually spelled their surname "Lovellette." In Lawrence County, they dropped the "dit Laviollette" variations and kept their older surname of Tougas, with varied spellings.
Joseph Seraphin Tougas dit Laviolette was born in Boucherville, Quebec. He migrated south with his brothers Jean Baptiste and Francoise Boniface to Vincennes.
He was present at Vincennes when General Clark arrived in 1778 and signed the Oath of Allegiance on the 20th of July 1778. He received a land grant nearby dated 14 February 1782.
He married Jeanne Cardinal in Vincennes on the 16th of January 1773 at St. Francis Xavier in Vincennes and raised a large family.
Death and burial is from Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993, and the cemetery is presumed.
Four of his sons moved across the Wabash River, settling in Illinois, two in what is now Lawrence County and two in Wabash County. His Wabash County descendants dropped the "Tougas" from their name and eventually spelled their surname "Lovellette." In Lawrence County, they dropped the "dit Laviollette" variations and kept their older surname of Tougas, with varied spellings.
He was present at Vincennes when General Clark arrived in 1778 and signed the Oath of Allegiance on the 20th of July 1778. He received a land grant nearby dated 14 February 1782.
He married Jeanne Cardinal in Vincennes on the 16th of January 1773 at St. Francis Xavier in Vincennes and raised a large family.
Death and burial is from Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993, and the cemetery is presumed.
Four of his sons moved across the Wabash River, settling in Illinois, two in what is now Lawrence County and two in Wabash County. His Wabash County descendants dropped the "Tougas" from their name and eventually spelled their surname "Lovellette." In Lawrence County, they dropped the "dit Laviollette" variations and kept their older surname of Tougas, with varied spellings.
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