CHECK MANSURA BOOK FOr BIo Joseph Celestin JOFFRION 1 Sex: M Birth: MAY 1819 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana 2 Death: in Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Event: Baptised 14 JUN 1820 St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Mansura, Louisiana 3 Occupation: 1860 Merchant Note: Baptized by Father Flavius Henri Rossi. Godparents: Jean Baptiste Juneau & __?__ . Ancestry Hints for Joseph Celestin JOFFRION 3 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Father: Celestin JOFFRION b: 1776 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana Mother: Magdeleine Sophia DUCOTE b: 20 OCT 1789 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana c: 6 JAN 1792 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Marriage 1 Marie Tivilette DETERVILLE b: 1828 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Married: 14 JAN 1840 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana 4 Note: Witnesses: W. Waddell, Francois Saucier, Joseph Moreau. The 1860 Census shows this couple with one child at home: Oscar. Also living with them was their daughter Marie Louise and her husband, Ambroise Saucier and their 2 children. They were living between Leandre F. & Adelema Roy and the widow Theodore Deterville (Marie Rose Saucier), Marie's mother. Avoyelles Parish, Marksville P O, Roll 407, Book 1, Page 337, dated August 17, 1860 by Edgar Edmond Cockrane, Assistant Marshall. Children Marie Louise JOFFRION b: 17 OCT 1842 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Joseph Oscar JOFFRION b: 7 DEC 1840 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Marriage 2 Cecilia GASPARD b: JAN 1836 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Married: 2 MAR 1865 in St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Mansura, Louisiana 5 Note: At this marriage Cecilia was the widow of Maurile Gremillion and Joseph was the widowed of Marie Deterville. Married by Father Julius Janeau. Witnesses: Martin Rabalais, Evariste Joffrion, Oscar Prostdame, Jerome Ducote, A. Prostdame.