THIRTEEN GENERATIONS OF THE CHARBONNET FAMILY TREE

PART ONE - 1600-1880

Thiers, France
Birthplace of the Charbonnet Family

This family history is the combined work of two Louisiana historians, Ken Jenkins, who -- in tracing his (white) wife’s Charbonnet roots ran across mine (Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin) and contacted me. My own effort had been modest to this point—but with their help over a two year period, much was accomplished. I’d been stuck somewhere in the mid-1800s and couldn’t get any further back—and wasn’t all sure that what I had found would stand close scrutiny. Then another researcher, Lisa Henderson, in Atlanta turned out to be another on the same path. She was working on the Charbonnet history for another member of the family still living in New Orleans.

We’ve joined forces, I’ll include our correspondence in the narrative. None of this would have been possible without the magic of the Internet. None of us have ever met.

The Charbonnet odyssey is fascinating. Although a few still obscure places need further scrutiny, over all, it tells a story worthy of all the work it has taken to reveal it.

I’ve lost track of Ken Jenkins since Katrina, and have no idea if he is still living. Lisa Henderson is still in Atlanta to my knowledge. 

Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin
February, 2007

Numbers at left show each generation

Color Code For Name Of Researcher:

Black - Ken Jenkins
Blue - Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin
Red - Lisa Henderson

0. (unknown) CHARBONNET

New Orleans, 1798

Below Begins Lisa Henderson’s Research

Amable Barthelemy CHARBONNET’S child by mulatto mistress Marie Louise Melite (BEAULIER):

Unknown 19th Century New Orleans Creole Woman

                                   
[Note: Lisa Henderson says that Malvina Charbonnet died in 1865.  Dorson Charbonnet and Nelly Chause were not married when Louis was born.  When they finally married in 1886, the priest noted that they had lived together for a long time.  I don’t know whether they had other children.]

Baptismal Notice Of Malvina Jeanne Charbonnet
Courtesy Phil Flott

Death Certificate Of Malvina Jeanne Charbonnet Le Flaud
Courtesy Phil Flott

(Lisa Henderson says N.B. Malvina had died.  Two year-old Louis was, presumably, living with his mother, but I haven’t located them.)

Chlotilde LeFlaud [Flott] (younger sister of Malvina Jeanne LeFlaud), Charles Charbonnet, and Agnes Charbonnet
Date Unknown
Photo courtesy Phil Flott

Charles Charbonnet
Date Unknown
Photo courtesy Phil Flott

Theogene Charbonnet
Date Unknown
Photo courtesy Phil Flott

Agnes Charbonnet Angeletti
Date Unknown
Photo courtesy Phil Flott

(Agnes Charbonnet later married Henri Angeletti. They are buried in the Flot Cemetery, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Information courtesty Phil Flott)

(Lisa Henderson says that Dorson and Nelly were not yet married.)

TO: Charbonnet Family Tree Part Two, 1900 to 1960