Louison Tesson Honoré (abt. 1755-1807) and Marie-Therese Creely (1769-?)

Louison Tesson Honoré

Born: about 1755^1,2 in Kaskaskia, Illinois.¹

Married: Marie du Chouquette.³ Second marriage to Marie-Therese Creely, 29 July 1788 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.⁴

Died: ?

Buried: 18 April 1807 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.⁵

Marie-Therese Creely Parents

Born: 8 October 1769.⁶

Christened: 10 October 1769 in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois.⁶

Died: ?

Children

Notes for Louison Tesson Honoré

Was the son of Louis Tesson dit Honoré and Madeleine Pitre.⁴ Madeleine was English by birth,¹ so her name listed here may be a French version of her real name.
In 1776, he was a trader.¹
Was a 2nd sergeant in the Spanish militia at St. Louis in 1780. He was a tailor by trade at the time.²
He was living with his family in St. Louis in 1791.⁸ This Spanish census also records his 60 bushels of wheat and 50 bushels of corn.
His burial record states that he was "aged about 63 years."⁵ Because of other sources on his age,^1,2 I believe he was really about 52.

Notes for Marie-Therese Creely

Sources

1. 1776 Spanish Census of St. Louis, Missouri. See St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 9, number 1, pages 13–20 or this web site.

2. Houck, Louis. The Spanish Regime in Missouri, v. 1, p. 184.

3. Register of Old Cathedral parish, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (burial record, 20 March 1784).

4. Register of Old Cathedral parish, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (marriage record, 29 July 1788).

5. Register of Old Cathedral parish, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (burial record, 18 April 1807).

6. Beauregard, Marthe F. La population des forts fraçais d'Amérique, v. 2, p. 124.

7. Register of Old Cathedral parish, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (christening record, 24 June 1789).

8. Houck, Louis. The Spanish Regime in Missouri, v. 2, p. 378.