The Vassaur family in Arkansas

Stanislas LeVasseur, son of Pierre-Noël LeVasseur and Marie-Agnès de Lajoue, was born on June 2, 1732, in Quebec City. On October 25, 1756, he married Marie-Françoise de L’Oeil, daughter of François de l’Oeil and Charlotte Corbin, also in Quebec. Marie-Françoise was born on April 28, 1736, in Quebec City.

Stanislas was a master carpenter, carver, and sculptor. Along with his brother Charles, he received his education and artistic training from their father, the renowned craftsman Pierre-Noël LeVasseur. According to the manuscript of American Jean-Charles-Henri LeVasseur, Stanislas was elected to the Illinois Legislature on February 10, 1782. He had left Quebec with his family in 1772 to settle in Kaskaskia, Illinois.

Jean Duval Vassaur/Vasseur/LeVasseur was born around 1802 or 1803 at Arkansas Post, in the Louisiana Territory. A Frenchman by heritage, he spoke very little English and was more commonly known by the Anglicized version of his name—John.

He was the son of Étienne Victorie LeVasseur and Marie Louise Jardelas.

John first married Catherine Godin on February 12, 1829, in Arkansas County, Arkansas. Catherine passed away unexpectedly, though the exact date of her death remains unknown.

Following her death, John married Louisa Jane Linn (or Lynn) on January 21, 1851, at New Gascony Catholic Church, in Desha County, Arkansas. Louisa Jane was born in 1829, either in Tennessee or Kentucky. She was the daughter of John W. Linn (or Lynn) and a mother whose name has not been recorded.

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For those who wish to learn more about the history of Stanislas LeVasseur’s descendants, a database of photographs and previously unpublished documents is available at the following address: https://vassaur.org.

The Vassaur families, formerly known as LeVasseur, played an important role in the colonization of the region known as the “Cradle of the Mississippi” a key area of early European presence in North America. Stanislas LeVasseur, a prominent member of this lineage, was the first in his family to leave Quebec and settle in the United States.

Two separate databases are available on the website https://vassaur.org for your research:

1. The first comes directly from the archives of the Association des Levasseur d’Amérique.
2. The second was imported from Ancestry.com and generously shared by Cheryl Vassaur, the website administrator.

🙏 A special thank-you to Joceline Levasseur, genealogist for the Association, for her outstanding research on the Vassaur families.