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 THE STORY AS I KNOW IT.

Annette  was born about 1790 in Paris, France.

The family story is that Annette LNU had a son Pierre Augustine Croyeau, born 1817/18. He used to play near the Arc de Triumph. She was very concerned that he might be hurt by all the soldiers in the area, or perhaps that he would be drafted into Napoleon's army. She sent him to live with her sister and her sister's husband in Philadelphia PA.   We know nothing about her marriage, parents, or other possible children.

The uncle's  name was Augustus Paris. Her sister's name was Margaret.  I sure would like to know her birth name.

Through a lengthy search of Paris, France Births, Marriage and Deaths 1680 - 1930 on ancestry, I looked for males with names close to John August Paris who had married a Margaret from c1825 - early 1830s.   There were two good possibilities: 
    1.  On May 22, 1830 Jean Paris wed Marguertte Angelique Marechal.   6th Arrondeisment
    2.  On March 10, 1831 Jn Baptist Adulphe Paris wed Marie Marguerhite Augustine Gallet
spellings are a rough approximation from the hand written form.

I then looked for Annette Marechal and Annette Gallet.  Interestingly, there were no Annettes but a few of Antoinettes under both names.
1.  Jeanne Antoinette Marechal  born 1801.
2.  Marie Antoinette Gallet born Aug 27, 1791 in St. Laurent.
these two were the most reasonable to give birth to a son in 1818
and so close a Louis Pierre Augustin Marechal was born Nov. 20 1816 in 11 th Arrondeisment.

I could find no connection to a Croyeau, Crayeau, Correau.  Was the father a member of Napoleon's army, not from Paris, or was it a name that our Pierre picked out for himself.  I could find no marriage records for Annette under either name to anyone.  and the birth records, sadly, do not contain parents name - not even the father as is usually found in Germany.

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So one with the known. 
Uncle Augustus Paris entered America in 1828 and on May 7, 1834 declared his intention to become an American Citizen.  Augustus was 35 years old at the time, so was born about 1799.  This is from the Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia Vol 6, page 293.

John Augusta Parris died without a will.  His Administration records are in Book O, page 268, file #73 of Philadelphia in the year 1836. I found this in the Index of Wills and Admin Records Philadelphia 1832-1850 compiled by Richard and Mildred Willaims.    The Administrator was Margaret Parris.  She appeared in court on March 22, 1836 to swear that he had died without a will.  His goods were valued at $7000.

The Philadelphia City Directory 1840 has "Canelle Danguy, Hair dresser from Paris (Successor to A. Paris) 56 S. 4th St."  So 4 years later, the store still uses A. Paris' name.   By 1840, Pierre Croyeau was living in Baltimore with a family..

The family story was that Pierre Croyeau inherited the store, which he sold and moved to Baltimore with his young bride. However, he was not mentioned in the court records and I cannot find any deed transferring the store from Pierre A. Croyear to another owner.

Pierre Croyeau became an importer and made many trips to Paris. Perhaps he visited his mother on those trips.

The family has a portrait painted of Annette  Croyeau. We will try to get a photo of it included on this web page.  It is not known when she died, but assumed it was in Paris.

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