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Snaer family in New Orleans (1809 - 1900)

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Re: Snaer family in New Orleans (1809 - 1900)

Posted: 21 Jun 2006 8:15PM GMT
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Hello, Eric. It's good to see you're interested in the Snaer family. They imigrated to New Orleans (via Cuba) from Saint-Domingue (present day Haiti) in 1809. They were considered to be free people of color. There were two sons in that family, Jean Baptiste and Francois. I have the children of Jean Baptiste but nothing more. I have alot more on Francois's family. He was married to Marie Rochefort and had several children, only one of whom married and had children. This was Samuel who was an accomplished musician in New Orleans. After Marie died, Francois married Anne Emirene Beluche, and they had several children.

I am descended from the second marriage. I have several generations in each "family." Since you asked about the blood mix, I will tell you that the generally the descendants of Francois and Marie through Samuel today consider themselves African-American. The descendants of the second marriage today generally consider themselves white. My grandfather is listed in his birth certificate in New Orleans as "colored" but he and his brothers and sisters were considered white once they moved to California.

If you'd like to, please send me an e-mail outside of this board to larryn@cwo.com. If you give me the names of your parents and grandparents, I can see if my lists include them.

BTW, I live in California near Sacramento.

--Larry
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
LNiekamp 13 Jun 2001 3:42PM GMT 
wineda cabanela 23 Aug 2001 11:41AM GMT 
Larry Niekamp 25 Aug 2001 11:15PM GMT 
Mark 26 May 2002 5:15AM GMT 
nsmedley_1 9 Jun 2003 5:51AM GMT 
demitrius 18 Jun 2003 2:40PM GMT 
Larry Niekamp 18 Jun 2003 2:55PM GMT 
eric snaer 21 Jun 2006 1:06AM GMT 
LNiekamp 22 Jun 2006 2:15AM GMT 
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