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From http://www.caneriverheritage.org/main_file.php/fortstjean.php/Fort St. Jean Baptiste is a testament to the resourcefulness of French explorerswho first settled the backcountry of Louisiana in the early 1700s. About a quarterof a century after LaSalle first traveled down the Mississippi River and claimedall of the lands it drained for France, a band of Natchitoches Indians guided agroup of French soldiers up the Red River in search of trade outlets. Led by aFrench Canadian named Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, the French were on amission to Mexico to establish trading ties. Nearly one hundred and forty leaguesup the Red River, they encountered an impenetrable logjam that prevented furthernavigation. The French hastily built two crude huts, which grew to become FortSt. Jean Baptiste and the town of Natchitoches, the oldest permanent settlement inthe entire Louisiana Purchase territory.Following the establishment of a fort in 1716, Fort St. Jean Baptiste evolved intoan important frontier military outpost and a vital trade center between the French,Spanish, and Caddo Indians. St. Denis was named the commandant of the fort in1722, and the colony thrived until his death in 1744………..The fort continued to be garrisoned by French marines until 1762, when France‘sdefeat in the French and Indian War forced her to cede Louisiana to Spain…….A Note about the Census Data of 1790 through 1930When the 10-year U.S. census was taken in this time frame of 1790 to 1840, the requirement ofthe census takers was that they record only the name of the head of the household and thenumber of people, male and female, whose ages fell within a given 5 or 10 years category (ie,under 5, 5 to 10, etc). In addition, Louisiana was not a state in the years 1790 and 1800 and sothere is no census data available. This renders the census data in this time frame marginal at best.The only thing gained from this data is the number of Rachal households in each of the censusyears in Natchitoches:1810 – 12 Rachal households in Natchitoches1820 – 21 households1830 – 33 households1840 – 30 householdsBeginning in 1850, census takers were instructed to record various combinations of data for eachhousehold including, for example, name, age, occupation, sex, race, place of birth and variousother facts. Each census was slightly different in what was recorded. The 1900 census was theonly census to record month and year of birth.The US government is required to wait 72 years before releasing census data to the public. The1940 census data will not be available until the year 2012.10 | A H i s t o r y o f t h e R a c h a l F a m i l y
Louis Ciriaque and Marie Anais Palmire Compère RachalLouis Ciriaque Rachal was born in Cloutierville, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, the son ofSylvester and Marie Rose Rachal. He met and courted Marie Anais Palmire Compère. They weremarried on 23 January 1837 in Natchitoches, LA. She was 16 years old while he was about 20years old. They began a family that would number seven children.Note on the name Marie Anais Palmire CompèreSpelled Anais on her headstonePalmere or Palmeire or Palmire – various spellings foundCompère or Compaire – various spellings foundPer Wikipedia, for the name Anais:Note on the name Ciriaque:Pronounced: ah-nah-issDerived from Persian, meaning ―Goddess of Love‖May also be of Mexican descent.May mean Anne in FrenchThe name Ciriaque first appears in the Rachal family with the birth of LouisCiriaque Rachal, son of Sylvester and Marie Rose and father of Darius CiriaqueRachal. There seems to be two spellings: Ciriaque and Cyriaque.Research shows that both are legitimate spellings.The pronunciation seems to be: sear‘ee‘ahk.The name is spelled Ciriaque in D.C Rachal‘s death certificate in 1918. It isspelled the same way in the Texas Death Index 1903-2000, a typed document.There are currently no other documents available to demonstrate the correctspelling for this family.This report will assume the spelling Ciriaque.One online public tree shows that Louis‘ full name was Louis Gacion Ciriaque Rachal. In onedocument, he was referred to simply as Ciriaque Rachal. I have also found that Gacion is spelledGassion11 | A H i s t o r y o f t h e R a c h a l F a m i l y
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Page 38 and 39: Frank S. Rachal and Anna C. Webster
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