duQuesnay and Related Families. Papers, 1439-1933, n.d.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers related to the le Mercier du Quesnay and related families. Papers include nobility documents from France, correspondence, royal documents, financial papers, newspapers, photographs, and books, including several letter books and scrapbooks. There are also several plays written by Adolphe Le Mercier du Quesnay. Other family names included are Le Mercier, Dommartin (Dompmartin), Jumecourt, Grisolle, and Adams, or variations thereof.
Collection Note: All files are in French unless otherwise notated.
Dr. Alvina Bonnie Wheeler of Southern Methodist University, and wife of Jeremy duQuesnay Adams, donated this collection through Dr. Maurice W. duQuesnay.
Dates
- 1439-1933, n.d.
Creator
- Wheeler, Alvina Bonnie, Dr. (Dr. Alvina Bonnie Wheeler) (Person)
- Adams, Jeremy duQuesnay (Jeremy duQuesnay Adams) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
The duQuesnay family has a long rich history, dating back to medieval times in France. The family originates from Normandy, where there is a hamlet called Le Quesnay. The le Mercier du Quesnay family settled in the New World with a plantation in St. Domingue, now Haiti, until the Haitian revolution. Along with many people fleeing Haiti, the family settled in Jamaica for roughly 50 years before moving to New Orleans. Many members of the duQuesnay family who lived in Louisiana were buried in St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery in New Orleans.
Extent
9 Linear Feet (Materials contained in boxes and Map Case)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- duQuesnay and Related Families Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Christopher Bienvenu
- Date
- 07/29/2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu