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Maurice Andre
(1782-1854), arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana
from
LeHavre, France on Feb. 12, 1846 on the "Queen Victoria".
Maurice was
born
in Thones, Savoie, France. He married Caroline
"Sophie" Carpentier/Charpentier
(1784?-1866). Maurice served
in
the court of
Napoleon
Bonaparte. He was an
especial attendant
to
Napoleon's favorite
sister Pauline. Sophie also
served Princess
Pauline as a lady-in-waiting.
Later that year, more Andre family arrived: Sophie, her
daughters
Jeanne & Pauline with three grandsons Maurice
(M.D.),
Damien & Philip.
They came on the "James N. Cooper",
that trip
took
forty-three days arriving
in New Orleans
Dec. 24, 1846.
It is still unknown as to when Maurice/Sophie's son
Jean
Jacque
"Louis"
arrived but it is noted that his wife Marie
arrived
in 1856.
It is known that
they all lived in New Orleans
for
a while before
migrating to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
The Andre's lived in the Hubardeau House located at
102
N. 4th St. The
house
still stands and serves as a Bed &
Breakfast. Although the
Andre's
were not
slave owners,
Mary
Jane Arthur (our great-great grandmother)
was
"hired
out" to
work for the Andre's by Jane's slave owner,
Dr. Charles
Hertich.
Jane became pregnant by Dr. Maurice
Andre in 1863
and gave birth
to
our great-grandfather
Charles Edward Andre
(1863-1948). The Hertich
House is
located at 99 N. Main St. and
also serves as a Bed &
Breakfast.
Dr. Andre graduated from St. Louis Medical College in
1866.
He married
Clementine Bernays and they had three
children,
Victor John
(1868-1928),
Anna (1871-1958) &
Irma (1873-1892).
Victor
served in the
Spanish-American
War as
a Veterinary
Surgeon and moved to Osceola,
Arkansas where he married
Erma Strickland. Anna married
Andrew Wilder,
with whom she
bore three children; Maurice,
Andre Francis (Francois) & Carol
Clement. She then
married
Charles P.
Johnson and Charles
Todd Clark.
Dr. Andre's youngest daughter Irma died at age 19.
Many of
the
Andre's from this branch are interred at the
Valle Spring
Cemetery
in Ste.
Genevieve. Our great-
grandfather Charles
Andre migrated to Idaho.
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