I am a great-great-grandson of Jean Laussel, also known as Juan Laussel, or Juan Laussell, or Juan Lausel, or Juan Lausell after going to Puerto Rico before 1853. In 1853 he was married in Puerto Rico. In the marriage register of Moca, Puerto Rico, which covers both Moca and Aguada, on the west end of the island, he was listed as having been born in France. I do not know the town or region he was born in, nor the year.
The Laussel family originated in Chateau de Commarque and Chateau Laussel, near Sarlat, as early as 1307. Chateau de Commarque was abandoned by 1725, and Chateau Laussel by 1738. An economic depression began in the Dordogne, around 1815, when the locks were built in the larger rivers, making barge transport possible. Railroads also by-passed the area, because the terrain is much too irregular, alllowing the depression to continue until about 1965, when tractor trailers made transport in the area cheap and easy, again. During the 1800's, the geographic dispersion of the Laussel family continued to spread towards the southeast, until it reached all the way to the Mediterranean. Today, most all Laussels are in a triangle between Toulouse, Montpellier and Perpignan.
Family oral history says it was rumored had a son called Otilio born in 1838. If that is so, he would have had to be born about 1823 or earlier.
About 1870 a french lawyer went to Puerto Rico looking for Juan, who had inherited two stone houses. Juan and his wife had died already, and Juan's wife's sister said to Juan Jr., Juan's oldest son, that if he went to France to claim the inheritance she would never see him again (we do not know why). Juan's oldest son, Juan, gave up his right to the inheritance, and the lawyer returned to France. Some years later, the house of the younger Juan burned down, and all papers with clues to where his father was from were destroyed.
Family oral history says that Juan sailed from Port Bou, on the Mediterranean coast near Spain. Someone in France commented to me upon hearing this that it was possible Juan was sent to Algiers, and that he found a way to go to Puerto Rico. People sailing to Puerto Rico would leave from the Atlantic side of France. If he was banished from France, or running from the law, he could have been part of the failed royalist coup of 1851, or he could have been part of the tiny socialist group that led most of the republican protests against the Royalists. At this time there were lots of French people in Puerto Rico, especially conservatives who were for the Monarchy. In the first part of the 1800's, Puerto Rico became a place where people who were not in agreement with the changes occurring in France gathered. It seems more likely, because of this, that he was a Royalist.
The Lausell family in Puerto Rico and the United States still includes a handfull who still spell their name Laussel, although the vast majority spell it Lausell. With each census since 1910, the spelling became more uniform. The family has many lawyers, and many persons actively involved in politics or, at least, displaying an acute social awareness. This seems to be a family trait.
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Jonathan,
I am also a Carribean descendant of two French families ....
Sarlat on my Fathers side who's family settled in Merida, Yucatan Mexico after the original New World Sarlat worked the many Carribean ports...
Maure on my Mother's side from Cuba
I was wondering if either of these Surnames appear in your research or genealogical tree. Trying to locate the first Sarlat that came to the New World.
Sincerely,
John Sarlat
I am also a Carribean descendant of two French families ....
Sarlat on my Fathers side who's family settled in Merida, Yucatan Mexico after the original New World Sarlat worked the many Carribean ports...
Maure on my Mother's side from Cuba
I was wondering if either of these Surnames appear in your research or genealogical tree. Trying to locate the first Sarlat that came to the New World.
Sincerely,
John Sarlat
lausellp Wrote:
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> I am a great-great-grandson of Jean Laussel, also
> known as Juan Laussel, or Juan Laussell, or Juan
> Lausel, or Juan Lausell after going to Puerto Rico
> before 1853. In 1853 he was married in Puerto
> Rico. In the marriage register of Moca, Puerto
> Rico, which covers both Moca and Aguada, on the
> west end of the island, he was listed as having
> been born in France. I do not know the town or
> region he was born in, nor the year.
> The Laussel family originated in Chateau de
> Commarque and Chateau Laussel, near Sarlat, as
> early as 1307. Chateau de Commarque was abandoned
> by 1725, and Chateau Laussel by 1738. An economic
> depression began in the Dordogne, around 1815,
> when the locks were built in the larger rivers,
> making barge transport possible. Railroads also
> by-passed the area, because the terrain is much
> too irregular, alllowing the depression to
> continue until about 1965, when tractor trailers
> made transport in the area cheap and easy, again.
> During the 1800's, the geographic dispersion of
> the Laussel family continued to spread towards the
> southeast, until it reached all the way to the
> Mediterranean. Today, most all Laussels are in a
> triangle between Toulouse, Montpellier and
> Perpignan.
> Family oral history says it was rumored had a son
> called Otilio born in 1838. If that is so, he
> would have had to be born about 1823 or earlier.
>
> About 1870 a french lawyer went to Puerto Rico
> looking for Juan, who had inherited two stone
> houses. Juan and his wife had died already, and
> Juan's wife's sister said to Juan Jr., Juan's
> oldest son, that if he went to France to claim the
> inheritance she would never see him again (we do
> not know why). Juan's oldest son, Juan, gave up
> his right to the inheritance, and the lawyer
> returned to France. Some years later, the house
> of the younger Juan burned down, and all papers
> with clues to where his father was from were
> destroyed.
> Family oral history says that Juan sailed from
> Port Bou, on the Mediterranean coast near Spain.
> Someone in France commented to me upon hearing
> this that it was possible Juan was sent to
> Algiers, and that he found a way to go to Puerto
> Rico. People sailing to Puerto Rico would leave
> from the Atlantic side of France. If he was
> banished from France, or running from the law, he
> could have been part of the failed royalist coup
> of 1851, or he could have been part of the tiny
> socialist group that led most of the republican
> protests against the Royalists. At this time
> there were lots of French people in Puerto Rico,
> especially conservatives who were for the
> Monarchy. In the first part of the 1800's, Puerto
> Rico became a place where people who were not in
> agreement with the changes occurring in France
> gathered. It seems more likely, because of this,
> that he was a Royalist.
> The Lausell family in Puerto Rico and the United
> States still includes a handfull who still spell
> their name Laussel, although the vast majority
> spell it Lausell. With each census since 1910,
> the spelling became more uniform. The family has
> many lawyers, and many persons actively involved
> in politics or, at least, displaying an acute
> social awareness. This seems to be a family
> trait.
>
> Paul S. Lausell - Great-great-grandson of Jean
> Laussel, born in France, married in Puerto Rico in
> 1853.
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> I am a great-great-grandson of Jean Laussel, also
> known as Juan Laussel, or Juan Laussell, or Juan
> Lausel, or Juan Lausell after going to Puerto Rico
> before 1853. In 1853 he was married in Puerto
> Rico. In the marriage register of Moca, Puerto
> Rico, which covers both Moca and Aguada, on the
> west end of the island, he was listed as having
> been born in France. I do not know the town or
> region he was born in, nor the year.
> The Laussel family originated in Chateau de
> Commarque and Chateau Laussel, near Sarlat, as
> early as 1307. Chateau de Commarque was abandoned
> by 1725, and Chateau Laussel by 1738. An economic
> depression began in the Dordogne, around 1815,
> when the locks were built in the larger rivers,
> making barge transport possible. Railroads also
> by-passed the area, because the terrain is much
> too irregular, alllowing the depression to
> continue until about 1965, when tractor trailers
> made transport in the area cheap and easy, again.
> During the 1800's, the geographic dispersion of
> the Laussel family continued to spread towards the
> southeast, until it reached all the way to the
> Mediterranean. Today, most all Laussels are in a
> triangle between Toulouse, Montpellier and
> Perpignan.
> Family oral history says it was rumored had a son
> called Otilio born in 1838. If that is so, he
> would have had to be born about 1823 or earlier.
>
> About 1870 a french lawyer went to Puerto Rico
> looking for Juan, who had inherited two stone
> houses. Juan and his wife had died already, and
> Juan's wife's sister said to Juan Jr., Juan's
> oldest son, that if he went to France to claim the
> inheritance she would never see him again (we do
> not know why). Juan's oldest son, Juan, gave up
> his right to the inheritance, and the lawyer
> returned to France. Some years later, the house
> of the younger Juan burned down, and all papers
> with clues to where his father was from were
> destroyed.
> Family oral history says that Juan sailed from
> Port Bou, on the Mediterranean coast near Spain.
> Someone in France commented to me upon hearing
> this that it was possible Juan was sent to
> Algiers, and that he found a way to go to Puerto
> Rico. People sailing to Puerto Rico would leave
> from the Atlantic side of France. If he was
> banished from France, or running from the law, he
> could have been part of the failed royalist coup
> of 1851, or he could have been part of the tiny
> socialist group that led most of the republican
> protests against the Royalists. At this time
> there were lots of French people in Puerto Rico,
> especially conservatives who were for the
> Monarchy. In the first part of the 1800's, Puerto
> Rico became a place where people who were not in
> agreement with the changes occurring in France
> gathered. It seems more likely, because of this,
> that he was a Royalist.
> The Lausell family in Puerto Rico and the United
> States still includes a handfull who still spell
> their name Laussel, although the vast majority
> spell it Lausell. With each census since 1910,
> the spelling became more uniform. The family has
> many lawyers, and many persons actively involved
> in politics or, at least, displaying an acute
> social awareness. This seems to be a family
> trait.
>
> Paul S. Lausell - Great-great-grandson of Jean
> Laussel, born in France, married in Puerto Rico in
> 1853.
lausellp Wrote:
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> I am a great-great-grandson of Jean Laussel, also
> known as Juan Laussel, or Juan Laussell, or Juan
> Lausel, or Juan Lausell after going to Puerto Rico
> before 1853. In 1853 he was married in Puerto
> Rico. In the marriage register of Moca, Puerto
> Rico, which covers both Moca and Aguada, on the
> west end of the island, he was listed as having
> been born in France. I do not know the town or
> region he was born in, nor the year.
> The Laussel family originated in Chateau de
> Commarque and Chateau Laussel, near Sarlat, as
> early as 1307. Chateau de Commarque was abandoned
> by 1725, and Chateau Laussel by 1738. An economic
> depression began in the Dordogne, around 1815,
> when the locks were built in the larger rivers,
> making barge transport possible. Railroads also
> by-passed the area, because the terrain is much
> too irregular, alllowing the depression to
> continue until about 1965, when tractor trailers
> made transport in the area cheap and easy, again.
> During the 1800's, the geographic dispersion of
> the Laussel family continued to spread towards the
> southeast, until it reached all the way to the
> Mediterranean. Today, most all Laussels are in a
> triangle between Toulouse, Montpellier and
> Perpignan.
> Family oral history says it was rumored had a son
> called Otilio born in 1838. If that is so, he
> would have had to be born about 1823 or earlier.
>
> About 1870 a french lawyer went to Puerto Rico
> looking for Juan, who had inherited two stone
> houses. Juan and his wife had died already, and
> Juan's wife's sister said to Juan Jr., Juan's
> oldest son, that if he went to France to claim the
> inheritance she would never see him again (we do
> not know why). Juan's oldest son, Juan, gave up
> his right to the inheritance, and the lawyer
> returned to France. Some years later, the house
> of the younger Juan burned down, and all papers
> with clues to where his father was from were
> destroyed.
> Family oral history says that Juan sailed from
> Port Bou, on the Mediterranean coast near Spain.
> Someone in France commented to me upon hearing
> this that it was possible Juan was sent to
> Algiers, and that he found a way to go to Puerto
> Rico. People sailing to Puerto Rico would leave
> from the Atlantic side of France. If he was
> banished from France, or running from the law, he
> could have been part of the failed royalist coup
> of 1851, or he could have been part of the tiny
> socialist group that led most of the republican
> protests against the Royalists. At this time
> there were lots of French people in Puerto Rico,
> especially conservatives who were for the
> Monarchy. In the first part of the 1800's, Puerto
> Rico became a place where people who were not in
> agreement with the changes occurring in France
> gathered. It seems more likely, because of this,
> that he was a Royalist.
> The Lausell family in Puerto Rico and the United
> States still includes a handfull who still spell
> their name Laussel, although the vast majority
> spell it Lausell. With each census since 1910,
> the spelling became more uniform. The family has
> many lawyers, and many persons actively involved
> in politics or, at least, displaying an acute
> social awareness. This seems to be a family
> trait.
>
> Paul S. Lausell - Great-great-grandson of Jean
> Laussel, born in France, married in Puerto Rico in
> 1853.
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> I am a great-great-grandson of Jean Laussel, also
> known as Juan Laussel, or Juan Laussell, or Juan
> Lausel, or Juan Lausell after going to Puerto Rico
> before 1853. In 1853 he was married in Puerto
> Rico. In the marriage register of Moca, Puerto
> Rico, which covers both Moca and Aguada, on the
> west end of the island, he was listed as having
> been born in France. I do not know the town or
> region he was born in, nor the year.
> The Laussel family originated in Chateau de
> Commarque and Chateau Laussel, near Sarlat, as
> early as 1307. Chateau de Commarque was abandoned
> by 1725, and Chateau Laussel by 1738. An economic
> depression began in the Dordogne, around 1815,
> when the locks were built in the larger rivers,
> making barge transport possible. Railroads also
> by-passed the area, because the terrain is much
> too irregular, alllowing the depression to
> continue until about 1965, when tractor trailers
> made transport in the area cheap and easy, again.
> During the 1800's, the geographic dispersion of
> the Laussel family continued to spread towards the
> southeast, until it reached all the way to the
> Mediterranean. Today, most all Laussels are in a
> triangle between Toulouse, Montpellier and
> Perpignan.
> Family oral history says it was rumored had a son
> called Otilio born in 1838. If that is so, he
> would have had to be born about 1823 or earlier.
>
> About 1870 a french lawyer went to Puerto Rico
> looking for Juan, who had inherited two stone
> houses. Juan and his wife had died already, and
> Juan's wife's sister said to Juan Jr., Juan's
> oldest son, that if he went to France to claim the
> inheritance she would never see him again (we do
> not know why). Juan's oldest son, Juan, gave up
> his right to the inheritance, and the lawyer
> returned to France. Some years later, the house
> of the younger Juan burned down, and all papers
> with clues to where his father was from were
> destroyed.
> Family oral history says that Juan sailed from
> Port Bou, on the Mediterranean coast near Spain.
> Someone in France commented to me upon hearing
> this that it was possible Juan was sent to
> Algiers, and that he found a way to go to Puerto
> Rico. People sailing to Puerto Rico would leave
> from the Atlantic side of France. If he was
> banished from France, or running from the law, he
> could have been part of the failed royalist coup
> of 1851, or he could have been part of the tiny
> socialist group that led most of the republican
> protests against the Royalists. At this time
> there were lots of French people in Puerto Rico,
> especially conservatives who were for the
> Monarchy. In the first part of the 1800's, Puerto
> Rico became a place where people who were not in
> agreement with the changes occurring in France
> gathered. It seems more likely, because of this,
> that he was a Royalist.
> The Lausell family in Puerto Rico and the United
> States still includes a handfull who still spell
> their name Laussel, although the vast majority
> spell it Lausell. With each census since 1910,
> the spelling became more uniform. The family has
> many lawyers, and many persons actively involved
> in politics or, at least, displaying an acute
> social awareness. This seems to be a family
> trait.
>
> Paul S. Lausell - Great-great-grandson of Jean
> Laussel, born in France, married in Puerto Rico in
> 1853.