Liza (Elizabeth) Tebeau Guittar
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- At this juncture several things can be said about the family Tebeau insofar as this genealogical effort is concerned. There are many Tebeau's noted in the records of St. Ferdinand, as well as the Old St. Louis Cathedral. At present the undertaking to research and connect various ties has not been initiated - but is on the very long list of 'to do's." - Lucille Tebeau was born in 1803 and died in 1917 living to be 114 years old. She was the wife of Joseph Tebeau from who we have the 1830 land deed signed by Andrew Jackson. The deed was for the eighty acres that is now the "Seven Hills Subdivision" in north county in the fork of New and Old Halls Ferry Roads. The southwestern corner of the eighty acres is marked by the U. S. Geological Survey marker on the western shoulder of New Halls Ferry Road just across from the entry to the subdivision.
Lucille Tebeau
Norman Guittar Sr. who was born in 1911 often spoke of her. She lived with her granddaughter Joanna Aubuchon Creely who lived in Florissant on the last of Joseph AuBuchon's land which was U.S. survey #171. The property was down to the last three acres at the intersection of Shackelford and Charbonier Roads. Norman Sr. spent considerable time with Lucille and she made quite an impression on him. Apparently he was the only person who showed an interest in her stories about the old times. - He reported that she was short (this in a family where the tallest person was 5'4") and her wrinkles were a half inch deep. He remembered her making apple butter wearing a sun bonnet and a long, flower print, cotton sun dress. She is smoking a corn-cob pipe and the pipe holds corn silks instead of tobacco. All the teeth where she held the pipe were gone, and what teeth she had were as yellow as corn. She is barefoot, stirring the apple butter with a long wooden paddle in a large cast iron kettle that is set on a wood fire. And when the fire pops a coal out from the fire, she kicks it back in with her bare foot. - Lucille was a niece and last living relative of Louis Desnoyers, who received title to a large grant of land known as Prairie DesNoyers and about whichthere is a great family controversy. - A copy of here will will be posted among the materials related to her and the Tebeau's in the future. - As with all things, you have to begin somewhere. In this case, that beginning is with Michael Tebeau, the father of Elizabeth "Liza" Tebeau, who would marry Edward Guittar. Liza (Elizabeth) Tebeau Guittar
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