Eugene Bergondy Lapice

Eugene married Nellie West in 1896. Nellie was born on 30 Jun 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; died on 18 Sep 1941 in New York, New York Co, NY; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN. [Group Sheet]

1. John West Lapice was born on 14 Feb 1899 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN; died on 15 Dec 1950 in Clearwater, PInellas Co, FL.

Notes:

Bergondy Lapice, the eldest son of Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice, was born in Mississippi after his larger family arrived in the United States as a result of the Haitian Revolution. In a biographical sketch of Bergondy in "Biographical and historical memoirs of Louisiana..., v.1" held by Hathi Trust, pp.533-534, two things stand out as defining certain aspects of the family's history and standing.

"His [Bergondy's] father Pierre Michel La Pice de Bergondy, was born on the island of San Domingo in 1797, and was a descendant of a noble Normandy family to whom were granted lands by Louis XIV, of France."

"The grandfather [of Bergondy] was a large sugar and coffee planter of the island...".

Records about heirship related to reparations to former land and plantation owners and their heirs as one result of the Haitian Revolution show the Derouville, Grenot and Lapice families' heirship and interrelationships. Although the Haitians achieved independence, it came at the high, impoverishment-causing price of reparations levied by France under threat of continued war and re-enslavement. These three families and many others who went into exile were fortunate to escape St. Dominigue (Santo Domingo/Hispaniola) with their lives after their lands had been confiscated. These name and relationship records, on the web site domingino.de by Dr. Oliver Gliech, are encapsulated in the following two lists:

1. "The Settlers of St.-Domingue—Names of Proprietors (1789)"

2. "Other inhabitants of Santo Domingo 1750-1826—Heirs of former settlers"

• Marie Jeanne Angelique Derouville Grenot [Great Grandmother of Bergondy, she was a settler of Santo Domingo and a source of her descendants' ownership and/or heirship] (Note: Rouville, France is in Normandy, not far from the port, Le Havre, where some emigrants embarked toward St. Domingue.)
• Pierre Michel Lapice dit Bergondy [Grandfather of Bergondy and Son-in-law of Marie Grenot...married to her daughter, Rose Eleonore Elizabeth Grenot, was also a settler of Santo Domingo and a source of ownership and/or heirship through his marriage into the Derouville-Grenot family] Note: This Pierre was the last to hold the title, "de Bergondy".
——(Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice (known as P.M. Lapice), the son of Pierre and Rose, was heir to the title, "de Bergondy", but never actually held it because the title became defunct during the French Revolution (and Haitian Revolution). He is not listed as heir.)
• Rose Eleonore Elizabeth Grenot Lapice [Grandmother of Bergondy and daughter of Marie Grenot, was also a settler of Santo Domingo and a source of ownership and/or heirship, apparently owing to her mother]
——Listed as heirs but not as settlers are Rose's brother, Charles Bernard Grenot, her sister, Marie Jeanne Sophie Grenot and her brother, Pierre Ambroise Isidore Grenot. Marie Louise (Demie) Lapice, wife of Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice is listed as heir. Also listed are Ann Marie Grenot and Anne Grenot (unclear at the moment who they were).


Name:
The "LAPICE BROTHERS" Copartnership legal notice of 1856 and his 1857 marriage record to Jennie (Watson) Donelson, show that although usually called Bergondy, he was Peter M. Lapice. The Will of his mother, Marie Louise Demie (Lapice), shows his middle name is Michael.

Peter married Jane Harriet Watson on 5 Oct 1857 in Davidson Co, TN. Jane was born on 30 Nov 1831 in TN; died on 2 Oct 1912 in LA; was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Pierre..."generally known as P.M. Lapice...was a merchant, sugar planter, and large-scale enslaver of 19th-century Mississippi and Louisiana..."
If any good thing regarding enslavement by this family could be said, it was this: In Isle Santo Domingo, P.M.'s father was a sugar and coffee planter who lost his fortune when the black population in Santo Domingo won their independence from France. And years later, in Louisiana and Mississippi, when P.M.'s slaves were freed as a result of the American Civil War, P.M. also lost his fortune when his fortune "walked off the job".—Based on parts of the Wikipedia article, "P.M. Lapice".

Birth:
Born in the town of Fort Dauphin on the island, St. Dominigue (Hispaniola), which western portion of the island today is Haiti.

The date of his birth as 28 Jun 1797 is from an 1855 Passport Application, signed by him (view document).

Old Map of Haiti showing Fort Dauphin (today is Fort Liberte)

Pierre married Marie Louise Demie on 18 Oct 1821 in Adams Co, MS. Marie was born in 1803 in Haiti; died on 5 Jun 1834 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Adams Co, MS. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Isle Santo Domingo (also known as San Domingo/St. Dominigue/Hispaniola...an island shared by the nations of Haiti and Dominican Republic)
"Mr. La Pice was married in Natchez, Miss., on the 18th of October, 1822, to Mlle. Marie Louise Demiè, a woman of rare beauty, like himself a refugee from the island of San Domingo."—Biographical and historical memoirs of Louisiana...pp533-534 (in a biographical sketch of her eldest son, [Peter M.] Bergondy La Pice; however speaking of his parents (Marie and her husband Pierre).

Old Map of Haiti showing Fort Dauphin (today is Fort Liberte)

Notes:

In the list of "Inhabitants of Santo Domingo without land ownership and heirs of former settlers (1750-1826)", six members of the Grenot family are listed: Ann Marie, Charles Bernard, Anne, Marie-Jeanne-Sophie, Pierre-Ambroise-Isidore and Rose-Eleonore-Elisabeth (Grenot, widow Lapice de Bergondy).

All Grenot heirs listed are just listed as "heirs", except the eldest male sibling, Charles Bernard Grenot. His listing reveals what the heirship pertained to: "Cafeteria. Farm Farm, AF: Derouville, A.N. Subseries D XXV 29" According to the legend of abbreviations, Cafeteria means owner of a coffee shop; AF means Family Alliance. Farm is not listed. However, it would seem to suggest a coffee farm or plantation.

From the related list of "Settlers of Santo Domingo Former Owners (1789)", the following is found re the Derouville family (given as Deronville/Derouville): "Deronville [Derouville?], married Grenot Marie-Jeanne-Angelique 0 Candy. Originally from (La) Ronville near Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais) ?!; AF: Delamarre, Grenot, Legrand". Also listed: "Lapice, dit Bergondy [Lapice de Chateauriant?] Pierre-Michel 0 Cafeteria. /Candy. AF: Grenot"—Note that this Pierre Lapice (1743-11810) and the last legitimate holder of the title "de Bergondy" is the father of Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice (known as P.M. Lapice, 1797-1884).

Birth:
Ft. Dauphin, St. Domingo

Old Map of Haiti showing Fort Dauphin (today is Fort Liberte)

Pierre married Dame Rose Eleonore Elizabeth Grenot. Rose (daughter of Jean Charles Grenot and Marie Jeanne Angelique Derouville) was born est 1761-1764 in Haiti; died on 10 Jun 1831; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the list of "Inhabitants of Santo Domingo without land ownership and heirs of former settlers (1750-1826)", six members of the Grenot family are listed: Ann Marie, Charles Bernard, Anne, Marie-Jeanne-Sophie, Pierre-Ambroise-Isidore and Rose-Eleonore-Elisabeth (Grenot, widow Lapice de Bergondy).

All Grenot heirs listed are just listed as "heirs", except the eldest male sibling, Charles Bernard Grenot. His listing reveals what the heirship pertained to: "Cafeteria. Farm Farm, AF: Derouville, A.N. Subseries D XXV 29" According to the legend of abbreviations, Cafeteria means owner of a coffee shop; AF means Family Alliance. Farm is not listed. However, it would seem to suggest a coffee farm or plantation.

From the related list of "Settlers of Santo Domingo Former Owners (1789)", the following is found re the Derouville family (given as Deronville/Derouville): "Deronville [Derouville?], married Grenot Marie-Jeanne-Angelique 0 Candy. Originally from (La) Ronville near Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais) ?!; AF: Delamarre, Grenot, Legrand". Also listed: "Lapice, dit Bergondy [Lapice de Chateauriant?] Pierre-Michel 0 Cafeteria. /Candy. AF: Grenot", and his wife, Louise Demie Lapice, 0, heir."—Note that this Pierre Lapice (1743-1810) and the last legitimate holder of the title "de Bergondy" is the father of Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice (known as P.M. Lapice, 1797-1884).
—— Lists at: https://www.domingino.de/stdomin/index_colons_a_z.html

NOTE: Although the author of these lists was unclear about the surnames as La Ronville versus, Derouville (de Rouville), a look at modern maps shows that Rouville is in Normandy, while La Ronville is far to the north and not in Normandy. The history of the Lapice family says that they were descended from a noble family in Normandy...which agrees with their being allied with the Derouville family at least partly through marriage into the Grenot family.

Birth:
The Maribaroux Plain, a coastal plain in northeastern Haiti (Isle St. Domingo) by the Massacre River (Dajabon River).

Name:
(Rose Eleonore Isavel)

Miguel married Dame Bellier. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Records for Ft. Dauphin, St. Domingue, 1778
Translation of death date and burial place: "Le Cing Septembre mil Sept 'ent Soixante Dix huit, ja: inhume Sans le Cimetiere de cette paroisse" in English: The 5th of September one thousand Seventy Eight and: buried without the Cemetery of this parish. The cemetery for "this parish" is the cemetery for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort-Liberte (Fort Dauphin). That cemetery is just southeast of St. Joseph's Cathedral. His burial then is outside of the cemetery proper.
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Died:
Old Map of Haiti showing Fort Dauphin (today is Fort Liberte)

Jean married Marie Jeanne Angelique Derouville. Marie was born in 1736 in Haiti; died on 17 May 1816 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the list of "Inhabitants of Santo Domingo without land ownership and heirs of former settlers (1750-1826)", six members of the Grenot family are listed: Ann Marie, Charles Bernard, Anne, Marie-Jeanne-Sophie, Pierre-Ambroise-Isidore and Rose-Eleonore-Elisabeth (Grenot, widow Lapice de Bergondy).

All Grenot heirs listed are just listed as "heirs", except the eldest male sibling, Charles Bernard Grenot. His listing reveals what the heirship pertained to: "Cafeteria. Farm Farm, AF: Derouville, A.N. Subseries D XXV 29" According to the legend of abbreviations, Cafeteria means owner of a coffee shop; AF means Family Alliance. Farm is not listed. However, it would seem to suggest a coffee farm or plantation.

From the related list of "Settlers of Santo Domingo Former Owners (1789)", the following is found re the Derouville family (given as Deronville/Derouville): "Deronville [Derouville?], married Grenot Marie-Jeanne-Angelique 0 Candy. Originally from (La) Ronville near Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais) ?!; AF: Delamarre, Grenot, Legrand". Also listed: "Lapice, dit Bergondy [Lapice de Chateauriant?] Pierre-Michel 0 Cafeteria. /Candy. AF: Grenot", and his wife, Louise Demie Lapice, 0, heir."—Note that this Pierre Lapice (1743-1810) and the last legitimate holder of the title "de Bergondy" is the father of Pierre Michel Ambroise Lapice (known as P.M. Lapice, 1797-1884).
—— Lists at: https://www.domingino.de/stdomin/index_colons_a_z.html

NOTE: Although the author of these lists was unclear about the surnames as La Ronville versus, Derouville (de Rouville), a look at modern maps shows that Rouville is in Normandy, while La Ronville is far to the north and not in Normandy. The history of the Lapice family says that they were descended from a noble family in Normandy...which agrees with their being allied with the Derouville family at least partly through marriage into the Grenot family.

Birth:
(variously Mariharoux, St. Dominque, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)