 1787 - 1849 (62 years)
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| Name |
Marie Delphine de Macarty |
| Born |
19 Mar 1787 |
New Orleans, Louisiana  [1] |
| Christened |
26 Dec 1793 |
St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
07 Dec 1849 |
Paris, France [2] |
| Person ID |
I2884 |
Stewart |
| Last Modified |
9 Mar 2016 |
| Father |
Chevalier Louis Barthélemy de Macarty, c. 18 Feb 1751, St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Marie Jeanne Anne L'Erable, b. 11 May 1747, New Orleans, Louisiana , d. 26 Feb 1807, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 59 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Notes |
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| Family ID |
F956 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Jean Baptiste Blanque, b. Abt 1765, Nay-Bourdettes, Pyranees-Atlantiques, France , d. 07 Oct 1815, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age ~ 50 years) |
| Married |
19 Mar 1807 |
New Orleans, Louisiana [3, 4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Marie Louise Paulina Blanque, b. 06 Apr 1809, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| | 2. Louise Marie Laurie Blanque, b. 13 Jan 1813, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| | 3. Jeanne Louise Marie Blanque, b. 16 Apr 1814, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| | 4. Jean Pierre Paul Blanque, b. 22 Apr 1815, New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Last Modified |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Family ID |
F960 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Our infamous "Madame Lalaurie" was born Marie "Delphine" de Macarty [went by Delphine] on March 19 1787 in New Orleans to the Chevalier Louis Barthelemy de Macarty Sr., captain of the French troops and Marie Jeanne Lerable. [Oftentimes misspelled Lovable]. Legend has it that Marie Jeanne Lerable was tortured and killed by slaves.
Delphine's parents were quite wealthy. Her father came from a long line of military officers. Delphine's grandfather, Chevalier Barthelemy "Daniel" de Macarty, was one of the King's bodyguards in France and later the commandant at Fort de Chartres in Illinois. Her grandmother, who was the wife of the Chevalier de Macarty, was Marie "Francoise" Helene Pellerin of the very prominent Pellerin family in Louisiana.
Delphine's aunt was Marie "Celeste" Elenore Elizabeth de Macarty, wife of Governor Don Estevan Rodriguez Miro, governor of Louisiana between 1785 and 1791.
It is pure speculation on my part, but I suspect that when Delphine and her husband, Dr. Lalaurie, fled to Paris, they probably took refuge in the Pontalba house [now the American Embassy] where Delphine's aunt stayed at one time. Joseph Xavier Delfau Baron de Pontalba was the husband of Jeanne Francoise Louise LeBreton des Chapelles, daughter of Jeanne Louise "Francoise" de Macarty, who was the sister of Louis Barthelemy de Macarty Sr., Delphine's father. In other words, the Baron Joseph Xavier "Celestin" Delfau de Pontalba, husband of the "Baroness Pontalba" [Micaela Leonarda Antonia Almonaster] was Delphine's first cousin once removed. It was in this same Pontalba house that Celestin's father, the Baron de Pontalba, tried to kill "TinTin's" wife, the Baroness, who lived and returned to her native Louisiana. The Baroness then built the Pontalba Apartments which line Jackson Square.
But, back to pirates.
Delphine (our Madame Lalaurie) was married three times. Her first husband was Don Ramon Lopez y Angula de la Candelaria, Knight of the Royal Order of Charles III and an administrator for the Spanish government in Louisiana. After a little under four years of marriage, he died suddenly in Cuba in March, 1804.
Delphine then married, in 1807, Jean Baptiste Blanque, one of Louisiana history's most intriguing figures. Jean was a prominent New Orleans Banker, Louisiana legislator, and advisor of Jean Lafitte. He also happened to own a number of ships the Baratarians sailed. Blanque was a man of influence in the city and state. It was to Blanque that Lafitte sent his letters when the pirate sat down to communicate the arrival of the British at Grand Terre Island. The British offered Lafitte money and a military position in the British army, an offer the British were hoping Lafitte could not refuse. What the British did not bank on, however, was the poor timing of the proposed deal. Lafitte's beloved brother was in jail in New Orleans at the time, so he was in no position to side with the invaders.
Said to be a cousin of Pierre Clement Laussat, the prefect of Napoleon, it would stand to reason that Blanque was also involved in the illicit slave trade that Lafitte perpetuated. Could this explain the presence of slaves kept in bondage in Delphine's attic?
Blanque died shortly after the Battle of New Orleans. Ten years later, Delphine married her third husband, Doctor Leonard "Louis" "Nicolas" Lalaurie, a native of France, and came to be known as Madame Lalaurie. The Lalauries were very prominent sonically.
On that fateful day, April 10, 1834, their seventy year old cook set the house they lived in on the corner of Royal and Governor Nicholls (then Hospital Street) on fire. Did she do it by accident? We may never know.
As the house burned, slaves were discovered in the attic by the firefighters, and an angry mob assembled to seek justice. The Lalauries fled for their lives, never to be seen in New Orleans again.
Source: http://nola.live.advance.net/forums/townhall/index.ssf?artid=234341
Died:
- A copper plate found in the St. Louis Cemetery denotes her death:
Madame Lalaurie
Née Marie Delphine Maccarthy
décédée à Paris le 7 decembre 1842
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| Sources |
- [S6] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v05 (1791-1795), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.5., 252 (Reliability: 3).
MACARTY (cf. TREPAGNIER)
Maria Delfina (Caballero Luis and Maria Juana LE RABLE, natives of this parish),
Baptized: Previously
BCS: Dec. 26, 1793,
Born: Mar. 19, 1787,
Paternal Grandparents: Bartolome Daniel MACARTY, native of Languedoc in France, and Francisca PELLERIN, native of New Orleans,
Maternal Grandparents: Lorenzo LE RABLE, native of Rohan in France [Rohan - dept. of Morbiahn?], and Maria Juana DERBONNE, native of Louisiana,
Sponsors: Juan Bautista MACARTY, infant's uncle, and Francisca Brigida MACARTY, infant's aunt.
(SLC, B11, 291)
- [S149] Archives de Paris, 26.
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- [S10] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v09 (1807-1809), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.9., 37.
BLANQUE
Juan (Pablo and Maria FARGUES), native of Nay in the province of Bearn [probably Nay-Bourdettes, dept. of Pyr.-Atlantiques], French Empire, resident of this city, widower of Juana POUYET, merchant in this city,
married Maria Delphina DE MACARTY, Mar. 19, 1807.
Witnesses: Pedro MARIN DE ARGOTE, Esteban BORE, Santiago LIVAUDAIS, Eugenio DE MACARTY, Luis DE MACARTY, bride's father
(SLC, M6, 12)
- [S10] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v09 (1807-1809), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.9., 101.
DE MACARTY [@MACARTY] (cf. LERABLE)
Maria Delphina (Luis and Maria Juana LERABLE), native fo this city, widow of Ramon LOPEZ Y ANGULO, knight of the Royal Order of Charles III, former administrator of this province,
married Juan BLANQUE, Mar. 19, 1807
(SLC, M6, 12)
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