My great-great-great grandfather Francois Mazerat came to New Orleans, LA around 1809 from Bordeaux, France where he held the office of professor in a University. He was an architect who was instrumental in helping to build the French Quarters. He was also a Quarter Master for the French Army under Napoleon. His father fought in the Continental Army under General George Washington.
Most of the information that I gather of my ancestors was from my late Great Aunt, Sister Mary Ligouri and my cousin Sidney Mazerat. Sidney had accumulated enough information through the years of our family tree that would have been published in two volumes. When Katrina hit, he lost most of the pictures for the books which he had left downstairs in his office. By luck, he had taken his computer upstairs and placed it in one of the bedrooms. Most of the written material was saved on his computer. It was not all lost!
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That's too bad he lost the pictures, but what a great family history you have. I'm always fascinated by geneology and family history.
You have a very prominent family history. That is a shame about the lost pictures. I hope having the text softens the blow.
You know, this really should serve as a reminder to digitize our old photos, put them archival quality cd/dvd and send them out to family. Not that I have gotten around to that yet either...
Wow! What a pretty lady! Every now and then I post stories about my family. Most were from Ireland and fought against the Brits too!
A family to be proud of for sure!Marion, I have looked in my email for the pictures you sent of the copper trees and cannot find the email. What I meant when I emailed you was for you to resend them, since I forgot to take the copper tree!Hope to see you soon. Love, Denise
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