Anne Marie Barbe Logis

Lifespan: 1791 — ca 1858

Summary

Mother of Désirée Juliana Meuron (1815–1891, our direct line) and Hortence Meuron (1818–1880). Married Pierre Joseph Meuron (1789–1818). Widowed at age ~27 when Pierre died February 22, 1818, leaving her with Désirée (age 2) and Hortence (newborn — possibly born after Pierre’s death; depends on Hortence’s birth month). Raised both daughters as a widow in Mélin, Brabant Wallon, for the next ~38 years.

Possible Wisconsin emigrant. MyHeritage records her death as “between 1856 and 1860” in Wisconsin, age 64 — meaning she likely crossed the Atlantic with the Copesmette family in March 1856 at age 65 and died in the Walloon Belgian settlement shortly after arrival. Geneanet gives the same approximate death window but doesn’t specify a place — so the Wisconsin claim is currently MyHeritage-only and worth verifying via Brown / Kewaunee County death records 1856–1860 or Walloon-area Catholic burial records.

Relationships

• Spouse: Pierre Joseph Meuron (1789–1818, Mélin)
• Children:
  • Désirée Juliana Meuron (1815–1891) — direct line; m. Alexis Joseph Copesmette
  • Hortence Meuron (1818–1880) — possibly born posthumously after Pierre’s Feb 1818 death

Sources

• Geneanet (gw.geneanet.org) — birth 1791, death ca 1858; spouse + 2 daughters.
• MyHeritage — adds “Anne” as her primary given name; specifies death “between 1856 and 1860” in Wisconsin at age 64.

Research Notes

• Wisconsin death claim: check Brown / Kewaunee County death records 1856–1860 for any “Mrs. Meuron” / “Logis” / “Coppersmith mother-in-law” entry. Also worth checking Red River Catholic cemetery / Allouez and Robinsonville parish burial books.
• Posthumous Hortence: Pierre died Feb 22, 1818. If Hortence was born after that date, she never knew her father. Resolvable via Mélin civil register.
• Name expansion: “Anne” appears in MyHeritage but not Geneanet. Possibly her formal Catholic baptismal name (Anne Marie Barbe), with Marie Barbe being the everyday calling-name. Walloon Catholic women commonly had a saint’s name (Anne) prefixed to a personal name pair (Marie Barbe).
• Likely date of death is 1856–1857 if age-64 + emigration-1856 are both right (1791 + 64 = 1855; emigrating in 1856 makes 1856–57 the most plausible window). Geneanet’s “ca 1858” and MyHeritage’s “1856–1860” both encompass this.