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Perry County: Albert, Allard, Bel(l), Belva, Bigonville, Bodart, Boly, Claise/clesse, Collignon, Collin, Damin, Dauby, Delaisse, Deom, Devillez, Ducat, Duparque, Dupont, Etienne, Evrard, Fanard, Fays, Flamion, Foury, Francois, Genet, Genlain, Georges, Gillardin, Goffinet, Grave, Gringoire, Guillaume, Hanouille, Harbaville, Houlmont, Hubert, Jacob, Jacques, Kergen, Lagrange, Lambert, Lamquin(lampkin), Lanotte, Laurent, Leclere, Lemaire, Marchal, Masson, Marciliat, Massut, Meunier, Morse, Naviaux, Nicolay, Pierrard, Pierre, Ponsard, Remy, Richard, Rogier, Spirlet, Tassin, Thi(e)ry, Tibessart

CLAISSE

 
CLAISE/CLESSE  Jean B
Leopold, Perry County, Indiana, 1850 census Austerlitz, from Le Havre to New Orleans June 8, 1847
Cless John B 43 M Belgium Jean B Clesse 38 M Belgium
Cless Mary 40 F Belgium Marie Clesse 32 F Belgium
Cless Adaline 7 F Belgium Adie Clesse 3 F Belgium
Cless Catharine 5 F Belgium Catharine Clesse 1 F Belgium
Cless Mary 3 F Indiana Elizabeth Clesse 78 F Belgium
Cless Joseph 1 M Indiana          

 
Jean Baptiste Claise born May 8, 1809, Halanzy; married Marie Josephe Toussaint at Halanzy on June 26, 1843; death September 6, 1879 at Leopold
Marie Josephe Toussaint born February 15, 1815, Halanzy; death May 11, 1896 at Leopold
Children:

Marie Adèle born April 9, 1844, Halanzy
Anne Catherine born March 14, 1846, Halanzy; married Louis Brandebourg on July 22, 1873; death August 10, 1913 at Sulfur, Crawford Co, In
Marie born September 21, 1847, Leopold; married Joseph M Meunier on April 19, 1880; death June 1930, Perry Co
Joseph born August 25, 1849, Indiana; married Mary Rosina Deom in 1878; death December 6, 1915, Perry Co
Marie Ange born 1854 Leopold; death 1920 Leopold
(Marie) Josephine Catherine born January 4, 1863; death March 26, 1892, Leopold
notes from Ducat: Jean Baptiste surname was “mouton” (lamb) and Elisabeth Feyder, Marie Josephe mother died at leopold in 1855