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History of the Glapion Name

Chevalier, Seigneur de Mesnilganchie Christophe de Glapion

The first Glapions in Louisiana were the Chevalier Christophe de Glapion, Seigneur de Mesnilganchie, and his brother, Charles de Glapion, Sieur du Mesnil. Both of them were distinguished French colonial officers. Their father, Charles, Seigneur de Mesnilganchie, and their mother, Jeanne Thiboust, lived in the parish of Saint-Escolasse, in the bisopric of Scé, in Normandy.

Source: Stanley Clisby Arthur, George Campbell Huchet de Kernion, Old Families of Louisiana: (, 1931), l'Homme-de Glapion-Hickman-Lincoln Families, p.69.

Sources:
    [S313] Arthur, Stanley Clisby, Old Families of Louisiana, l'Homme-de Glapion-Hickman-Lincoln Families, p.68-71.

    [S301] Luminais Family Tree, Lynn Joseph Louque, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: January 2, 2009;), entry for Christophe de Glapion, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/o/u/Lynn-Joseph-Louque-Aberdeen/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0721.html, accesed 10 Dec 2011.
    Christophe de Glapion (son of Charles de Glapion and Jeanne Thiboust) was born 1721 in Normandy, France, and died 27 March 1808 in New Orleans, La.. He married Jeanne Antionette Rivard on 18 June 1757 in New Orleans, Louisiana, daughter of François Antoine Rivard and Jeanne Antoinette de Mirebaize.

    More About Christophe de Glapion:
    Title (Facts Pg): Chevalier, sieur de Mesnilgauche, Officer in the French army..

    More About Christophe de Glapion and Jeanne Antionette Rivard:
    Marriage: 18 June 1757, New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Children of Christophe de Glapion and Jeanne Antionette Rivard are:
    +Jeanne Antoinette de Glapion, b. 19 April 1758, New Orleans, La., d. date unknown.

http://www.holliergenealogy.info/getperson.php?personID=I2198&tree=Hollier-Dufilho

LABEDOYERE HUCHET DE KERNION 205 register. Two daughters were born: Jeanne Antoinette and Marie Frangoise. The latter died unmarried; the former married Sieur Christophe de Glapion, officer in the French Army, son of Charles de Glapion, Seigneur de Mesnilaganchie in Nor- mandy, an illustrious family with titles of nobility dating back to 1508. The marriage was celebrated in 1757, on the old Rivard plantation on Bayou St. Jean, which was then known as the plantation of Huchet de Kernion. The wealth of the Rivards was in its day a proverb in Colonial New Orleans, and it is still repeated currently among the descendants of the old famihes. The marriage of the Widow Rivard with Huchet de Kernion must have been considered an event of great social importance in the entire city. The names of the witnesses inspire respect two centuries afterwards. Bienville, Chevalier de St. Louis, Governor of Louisiana; de Noyan, his nephew, Chevaher de St. Louis and his wife; Fleuriau, Attorney-General; Salmon, Commissary and In- tendant; Renaud d'Hauterive; Madame Veuve Delery; Frangoise de Villemont, sister of the bride. Only one child was born of this union, Jean Ren6 Huchet de Kernion. Bienville having retired to France, and the Company of the West having retroceded Louisiana to the French Government, Vaudreuil w^as appointed Governor, giving to Louisiana an administration con- sidered still the most brilliant in her annals. His wife, the handsome and elegant Marquise de Vaudreuil, is entitled to share his honors in history. She may be said to have created society in New Orleans, gathering about her the beautiful women

http://www.mocavo.com/docs/Creole-families-of-New-Orleans-1921/227#227

Ancestry of Joesph & Ferdinand Glapion

MARIE AND GLAPION IN LOVE

Marie philome Glapion & Louis Christophe Duminy de Glapion had 15 children together, only one survived her death in 1881 it was Celestine Glapion the father of my grandfather Joseph Glapion; Born in 1881 and died on April 24 , 1967. He and his wife Noelle Jansenne had three son's; Ferdinand, Earnest & Lawrence Glapion. Ferdinand being my Father had 9 children, 5 girls and 4 boys, me being the younger of the boys and 2 of the girls.

Some of the Children that preceded the death of Marie Philome Glapion in 1881 were named; Hermogene, Auguste, Francois, & a third girl named Marie Josephine, Josephe' and eight others whose names were taken to the grave or forgotten.

written by Webster Glapion 6.2013

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