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PORT BARRE - Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church for Mrs. Eugenie D. Lalonde, 98, of Port Barre, who died at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday at Opelousas General Hospital after a long illness. Burial will be at the St. Leo Cemetery, Leonville. Visitation began Wednesday and continues until midnight today at the Sibille Funeral Home of Port Barre. Recitation of the rosary will be at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Lalonde was a member of the St. Leo Ladies Altar Society.

Survivors include three sons, Allen Lalonde of New Orleans, Melvin Lalonde of Leonville, and Mitchell Lalonde of Port Arthur, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Agnes) Lalonde of New Orleans, Mrs. Royson (Hilda) Fontenot of Port Barre, Mrs. Abel (Versa ) Robin of Arnaudville, and Mrs. Edwin (Eula) Hayes of Port Barre; one sister, Mrs. Charles (Eunice) Miller of Lafayette; 30 grandchildren; 56 great grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

Sibille Funeral of Port Barre is directing.

Daily World
Opelousas, Louisiana
23 Jan 1986, Thu ? Page 4

Eugenie married Joseph Olide Lalonde 16 Nov 1907, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. Joseph (son of George Antille Lalonde, Sr. and Eugenie Lalonde) was born 23 Jan 1889, Arnaudville,St Landry,La; died 14 Aug 1953, Leonville, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; was buried , Saint Leo Cemetery Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Jeanne Hilda LaLonde was born 15 Nov 1923, Louisiana, USA; died 11 Sep 2006, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA.

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Joseph married Corinne Andrea Emonet 11 Jul 1871, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. Corinne (daughter of Michel Emonet and Adelaide Duplechain) was born 26 Jan 1853, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 21 Nov 1932, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Saint Leo Cemetery Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA . [Group Sheet]

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Hyppolite married Celestine Richard 21 Jun 1833, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. Celestine (daughter of Joseph Victor Richard and Marie Dositee Richard) was born 31 Jul 1814, Louisiana; died 1897. [Group Sheet]

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Married Adelaide Aglea Duplechin June 18, 1846 in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Church Record Volume 1 Page 162; St. Landry Parish Courthouse Marriage Records #222

Buried in St. Francis Regis Catholic Church Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA - Church Record Volume 1 Page 24

Source - Southwest Louisiana Records by Rev. Donald Hebert

Michel Emonet was born in Megeve, Savoie, France in 1816. He was the last of seven children of Gabriel-Marie Emonet (1777-1835) and Marie Francoise Conseil (1774-1844). Siblings were M. Lucie, M. Melanie, M. Febronie, Eleonore, Placide, Prosper A. He had the urge to travel and wrote to his cousin, Joseph Conseil, in America. He waited in Bordeaux, France for the ship, La Zone, which was due to leave 1 June 1842. The crossing of the Atlantic was expected to take two months. This great urge to travel to America for a better life had him leave without saying goodbye to his mother, a widow, which would haunt him throughout his life. The ship arrived in Tampico, Mexico and after awhile there he made his way to Louisiana. He wrote letters through the years to family in France, detailing his life in Louisiana (marriage to his Creole wife, Adelaide "Aglee" Duplechain, births of his 9 children and the loss of one, the strife of the Civil War, the floods that devastated the farmlands and ruined the farmers lives and the diseases that took so many lives as well). His brother, Prosper, joined him in Louisiana ~1850, leaving his wife Rosine in France. Prosper's health was not good however, and he died in 1856.

Michel always had hopes of making enough money to travel home to France, but the desperate times he lived in did not afford him that luxury. As his family grew, he needed to be there for them, always trying his best to earn money. He was a teacher, and also ran a dry goods store in Pecaniere, Louisiana, building a home on the Bayou Teche (which was on higher ground fortunately). He was the postmaster in Leonville, Louisiana per his letter dated 2 May 1859. He was a farmer, raising cotton and corn, and sometimes other crops as weather conditions permitted. Life was very hard for all of them but they persevered, because they had to.

Michel was never able to return to France to see his family. He exchanged letters and pictures, often sending via others that traveled back. But mail by ship alone took a long time and he lamented in his letters about not hearing word from his siblings.

Michel died at the age of 60 in September 1876.

Michel married Adelaide Duplechain 18 Jun 1846, Grand Coteau,Saint Landry,Louisianna. Adelaide (daughter of Jean Baptiste Duplechin and Eugenie Symphrose Lalonde) was born 12 Jan 1828, ,, Misc, Louisianna; died 19 Mar 1886, Pecaniere, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Baptized Jan. 18, 1828 in St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Church Record Volume 3 Page 43; Pats: Jean Baptiste DUPLECHAIN & Marie Rose TRAHAN; Mats: William LALONDE & Agnes SHISS [WILTZ]; Spons: David DUPLECHAIN & Marie Therese BOSSIER. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI

Married Michel Emonet June 18, 1846 in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Church Record Volume 1 Page 162; St. Landry Parish Courthouse Marriage Records #222

Burial March 1886 at St. Francis Regis Catholic Church Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Church Record Volume 1 Page 94

Source: Southwest Louisiana Records (1750 ? 1900) CD by Rev. Donald J. Hebert

Family Members

Jean married Scholastique Savoie Scholastique (daughter of Pierre Savoie and Marie Louise Bourg) was born About 1774, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; died 31 Jan 1826, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; was buried , Louisiana. [Group Sheet]

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RICHARD, Joseph (Victor & Marie BRASEUSE)
b. 6 Jan. 1785, bt. 28 Aug. 1785
Spons: Francois PITRE & Marie Josephe PITRE.
Fr. Joseph de ARAZENA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.50)

RICHARD, Joseph - originally from this parish (dec. Victor & dec. Madeleine BRASSEUR) m. 28 April 1812 Marie RICHARD - originally from this parish (Louis & Marie DUGAS)
Wits: Vidal ESTILETE.
Fr. Louis BUHOT (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.222)


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Joseph married Marie Dositee Richard Marie (daughter of Louis Richard and Marie Victoire Dugas) was born 23 Jul 1791, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; was christened 11 Nov 1793, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United State; died 27 Oct 1859, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; was buried , Saint Landry Church Cemetery Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Gabriel-Marie married Marie Francoise Conseil Marie was born 1774, France; died 1844, Auberchicourt, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet]

Jean married Eugenie Symphrose Lalonde Eugenie was born 31 Oct 1804, Louisiana, United States; was christened , Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; died 8 Apr 1830, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States. [Group Sheet]