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Port Barre ? Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday September 13, 2006, at Sacred Heart Cathoic Church in Port Barre, for Hilda ?Te Da? Lalonde Fontenot,82, who died at 11:05AM Monday, September 11, 2006. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Port Barre.

Ms. Fontenot was a loving wife, mother, and friend who lovingly devoted her whole life to her family and children.

Ms. Fontenot is survived by her four sons, Donald ?T? Ray Fontenot and wife Sandra of Port Barre, Johnny Fontenot and wife Tammy of Port Barre, Ricky ?Dut? Fontenot and wife Melissa of Pecanierre, Mike Fontenot and wife Monica of Pecanierre; six daughters, Janelle Babin and husband Ronald of Houma, Cheryl Bonfanti and husband John of Baton Rouge, Enola Stoute and husband Bob of Port Barre, Janice Deanie Bergeron and husband Boo of Pecanierre, Cindy Mahan of Baton Rouge, Becky Fontenot Landry and husband Ronnie of Brusly; a sister, Versie Mae Robin of Cecilia; 21 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Royson ?Son? Fontenot; parents Olide and Eugeneie David Lalonde; four brothers, Numa, Allen, Melvin and Mitchell Lalonde; two sisters, Eula Hayes and Agnes Lalonde; a grandchild Desiree Hidalgo and a great grandchild Chandler Austin Luke and two daughters in law Donna Rae Fontenot and Gail Fontenot.

The family requested that visiting hours be observed in the Sibille Funeral Home of Port Barre from 10am-10pm and reopen Wednesday at 8am until the service time.
A rosary is scheduled for 7pm on Tuesday.

Sibille Funeral Home of Port Barre is in charge of arrangements.

Jeanne married Royson Fontenot. Royson was born 25 Jan 1921; died 15 Sep 1988; was buried , Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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ARNAUDVILLE - Funeral services were conducted at 5 p. m. yesterday for Olide Lalonde, 64, in the St. Leo Catholic church in Leonville. Mr. Lalonde died at his home near here Friday after a long illness. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, the former Eugenia David; four daughters, Mrs. Edwin Hayes, Mrs. Royson Fontenot, both of Port Barre, Mrs. Abel Robin of Arnaudville and Mrs. Daniel Lalonde of New Orleans; four sons, Numa and Melvin of Notleyville, Allen of New Orleans and Mitchell of Port Arthur, Tex.; one adopted son, Valerie Mayer of Lafayette; four brothers, George, Jr., of Arnaudville, Leonce of Opelousas, Mitchell , of Bridge City, Tex., and Laurent of Baton Rouge; four sisters, Mrs. Amar Lalonde, Mrs. Theodule Bodin and Mrs. Laurent Lanclos of Arnaudville and Mrs. Oscar Hollier of Mamou; 24 grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

The Pellerin funeral home of Arnaudville was in charge of arrangements.

Daily World
Opelousas, Louisiana
16 Aug 1953, Sun ? Page 8

Joseph married Eugenie D David 16 Nov 1907, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. Eugenie (daughter of Joseph Ferrier David and Corinne Andrea Emonet) was born 7 Oct 1887, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 22 Jan 1986, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Saint Leo Cemetery Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA . [Group Sheet]

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PORT BARRE - Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church for Mrs. Eugenie D. Lalonde, 98, of Port Barre, who died at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday at Opelousas General Hospital after a long illness. Burial will be at the St. Leo Cemetery, Leonville. Visitation began Wednesday and continues until midnight today at the Sibille Funeral Home of Port Barre. Recitation of the rosary will be at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Lalonde was a member of the St. Leo Ladies Altar Society.

Survivors include three sons, Allen Lalonde of New Orleans, Melvin Lalonde of Leonville, and Mitchell Lalonde of Port Arthur, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Agnes) Lalonde of New Orleans, Mrs. Royson (Hilda) Fontenot of Port Barre, Mrs. Abel (Versa ) Robin of Arnaudville, and Mrs. Edwin (Eula) Hayes of Port Barre; one sister, Mrs. Charles (Eunice) Miller of Lafayette; 30 grandchildren; 56 great grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

Sibille Funeral of Port Barre is directing.

Daily World
Opelousas, Louisiana
23 Jan 1986, Thu ? Page 4

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George Lalonde, 84, of Pecaniere, died yesterday at 9 p.m., after being an invalid for 18 years.

He is survived by his wife, Eugenie Lalonde; nine children, Olide, Leonce, George Antille, Mrs. Anaclet Lanclos, Mrs. Theodule Baudin, and Mrs. Amar Lalonde of Arnaudville, Lawrence of Opelousas, Mitchell of Orange, Tex., and Mrs. Oscar Hollier of Mamou. The deceased also had 32 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, and one great, great-grandchild. He is survived by three brothers, Paul, Antille and Cyprien of Port Arthur, Tex.; and one sister, Mrs. Theodule Lalonde of Arnaudville.

The funeral arrangements which are incomplete, are in charge of Pellerin funeral home in Breaux Bridge.

Daily World
Opelousas, Louisiana
15 Mar 1951, Thu ? Page 20

George married Eugenie Lalonde Eugenie (daughter of Louis Theodule Lalonde, Jr. and Marie Febronie Emonet) was born 3 Apr 1871, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Dec 1962, Pecaniere, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Saint Leo Cemetery Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA . [Group Sheet]

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LEONVILLE - Funeral services were held at an 11 a.m. Mass Saturday In St. Leo Catholic Church, Leonville, for Mrs. George Lalonde Sr. 91, who died at her home in the Pecaniere community at 10 a.m. Friday.

The former Eugenie Lalonde, she was a life-long resident of the community.

Burial was in the church cemetery directed by Pellerin Funeral Home.

Survivors Include three daughters, Mrs. Theodule Bodin, Mrs. Anaclet Lanclos and Mrs. Oscar Hollier, all of Arnaudville; two sons, Leonce Lalonde of Opelousas and Michael Lalonde of Bridge City, Tex.; 32 grandchildren, 73 great grandchildren and 28 great-great grandchildren.

Daily World
Opelousas, Louisiana
30 Dec 1962, Sun ? Page 23

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Joseph married Corinne Andrea Emonet 11 Jul 1871, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. Corinne (daughter of Michel Emonet and Adelaide Duplechain) was born 26 Jan 1853, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 21 Nov 1932, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Saint Leo Cemetery Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA . [Group Sheet]

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Louis married Marie Febronie Emonet Marie (daughter of Michel Emonet and Adelaide Duplechain) was born 11 Aug 1848, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; was christened , SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INDEX., LOUISIANA; died 19 Jan 1940, Nuba, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; was buried , Saint Leo Cemetery Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Febronie was the daughter of Michel Emonet and Adelaide Duplechin. She first married Francois A. C. Devillier on Nov. 22, 1866 in Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. She then married Louis T. Lalonde on May 3, 1870 in Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.


Febronie was the daughter of Michel Emonet and Adelaide Duplechin. She first married Francois A. C. Devillier on Nov. 22, 1866 in Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. She then married Louis T. Lalonde on May 3, 1870 in Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

Hyppolite married Celestine Richard 21 Jun 1833, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. Celestine (daughter of Joseph Victor Richard and Marie Dositee Richard) was born 31 Jul 1814, Louisiana; died 1897. [Group Sheet]

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Married Adelaide Aglea Duplechin June 18, 1846 in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Church Record Volume 1 Page 162; St. Landry Parish Courthouse Marriage Records #222

Buried in St. Francis Regis Catholic Church Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA - Church Record Volume 1 Page 24

Source - Southwest Louisiana Records by Rev. Donald Hebert

Michel Emonet was born in Megeve, Savoie, France in 1816. He was the last of seven children of Gabriel-Marie Emonet (1777-1835) and Marie Francoise Conseil (1774-1844). Siblings were M. Lucie, M. Melanie, M. Febronie, Eleonore, Placide, Prosper A. He had the urge to travel and wrote to his cousin, Joseph Conseil, in America. He waited in Bordeaux, France for the ship, La Zone, which was due to leave 1 June 1842. The crossing of the Atlantic was expected to take two months. This great urge to travel to America for a better life had him leave without saying goodbye to his mother, a widow, which would haunt him throughout his life. The ship arrived in Tampico, Mexico and after awhile there he made his way to Louisiana. He wrote letters through the years to family in France, detailing his life in Louisiana (marriage to his Creole wife, Adelaide "Aglee" Duplechain, births of his 9 children and the loss of one, the strife of the Civil War, the floods that devastated the farmlands and ruined the farmers lives and the diseases that took so many lives as well). His brother, Prosper, joined him in Louisiana ~1850, leaving his wife Rosine in France. Prosper's health was not good however, and he died in 1856.

Michel always had hopes of making enough money to travel home to France, but the desperate times he lived in did not afford him that luxury. As his family grew, he needed to be there for them, always trying his best to earn money. He was a teacher, and also ran a dry goods store in Pecaniere, Louisiana, building a home on the Bayou Teche (which was on higher ground fortunately). He was the postmaster in Leonville, Louisiana per his letter dated 2 May 1859. He was a farmer, raising cotton and corn, and sometimes other crops as weather conditions permitted. Life was very hard for all of them but they persevered, because they had to.

Michel was never able to return to France to see his family. He exchanged letters and pictures, often sending via others that traveled back. But mail by ship alone took a long time and he lamented in his letters about not hearing word from his siblings.

Michel died at the age of 60 in September 1876.

Michel married Adelaide Duplechain 18 Jun 1846, Grand Coteau,Saint Landry,Louisianna. Adelaide (daughter of Jean Baptiste Duplechin and Eugenie Symphrose Lalonde) was born 12 Jan 1828, ,, Misc, Louisianna; died 19 Mar 1886, Pecaniere, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Baptized Jan. 18, 1828 in St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Church Record Volume 3 Page 43; Pats: Jean Baptiste DUPLECHAIN & Marie Rose TRAHAN; Mats: William LALONDE & Agnes SHISS [WILTZ]; Spons: David DUPLECHAIN & Marie Therese BOSSIER. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI

Married Michel Emonet June 18, 1846 in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Church Record Volume 1 Page 162; St. Landry Parish Courthouse Marriage Records #222

Burial March 1886 at St. Francis Regis Catholic Church Cemetery, Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana - Church Record Volume 1 Page 94

Source: Southwest Louisiana Records (1750 ? 1900) CD by Rev. Donald J. Hebert

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