Michel Le Borne kept the White Glove tavern in Valenciennes and died in 1712. His son Jacques Antoine sailed to Louisiana in 1718 and founded a family on the German Coast. The Valenciennes trail went cold, because the parish books from before 1694 are lost. So we followed his eldest son to Cambrai, found where the family began, and are now working back from there.
11 records found
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The links
A family tree is only as strong as the connection between each child and their parents. For every generation we show the one record that makes that connection: the baptism or birth entry that names the parents, with the words that matter highlighted. If a link isn’t proven yet, we say so, and say what would settle it.
On this line: 1 proven, 1 probable, 1 missing.
The linkProven
Jacques Antoine “Antoine” Le Borne, born 1737, Louisiana← child of is the child of Jacques Antoine Le Borne × Geneviève Bettemont
Baptism, St. Charles Borromeo, German Coast, 5 August 1737
TranscriptionL’ans mil sept cent trente sept le vingt deux de juin est né du mariage legitime de jacques antoine le borne et de genieviewe betmont un fils et le cinquieme d’aoust du dit anné a eté baptisé…
TranslationOn 22 June 1737 was born, of the lawful marriage of Jacques Antoine Le Borne and Geneviève Bettemont, a son, baptized on 5 August of the same year…
Certified extract (1785), St. Charles parish register; Louisiana Historical Center, Spanish Judicial Records, doc. 1785-04-12-02, image 37 · Derivative (certified extract made in 1785), primary information
Why it’s provenThe record names both parents, and the same couple, “jaques antoine leborne” and “Genevieve Bettemont”, appear as parents in his sister Geneviève Marguerite’s 1754 marriage contract.
The link[?] Probable
Jacques Antoine Le Borne, born 1697, Valenciennes← child of is the child of Michel Le Borne × Marie Jeanne Manart
Baptism, Notre-Dame-de-la-Chaussée, Valenciennes, 15 May 1697
TranscriptionLe quinze may 1697 fut baptisé Jacques Anthoine fils legitime de Michel Leborne et de Marie Jeanne Manart, fut parain Jacques Baillez [?], maraine Marie Françoise D[e]haut [?]
TranslationOn 15 May 1697 was baptized Jacques Antoine, lawful son of Michel Leborne and Marie Jeanne Manart; godfather Jacques Baillez [?], godmother Marie Françoise Dehaut [?].
AD Nord, Valenciennes Notre-Dame-de-la-Chaussée, 5 Mi 055 R 001, image 58 · Original register, primary information
Is the Louisiana settler the Valenciennes child?
Passenger roll of La Marie, La Rochelle to Louisiana, 23 May 1718
TranscriptionClaude Bouchereau de paris / antoine Borne de valencienne / Robert jacob de prenay
Translation“Antoine Borne, of Valenciennes”, one of the people of the Delaire concession sailing on La Marie for Louisiana.
Roll of concessionaires and passengers of La Marie (Capt. Jappy), La Rochelle, 23 May 1718; ANOM, COL F5 B 57, view 16 · Original roll, primary information for the embarkation; his origin as the clerk wrote it
Why it’s probableThe baptism proves Michel and Marie Jeanne Manart were the parents of a Jacques Antoine born in 1697, still in Valenciennes in 1709 as godfather to his half-brother. The 1718 roll adds the bridge: an Antoine Borne “of Valenciennes”, who would have been 21, sailing for the colony where Jacques Antoine Le Borne settles. Name and town agree.
What would settle itRule out a second Antoine Borne born in Valenciennes about 1690–1700 in the city’s baptism indexes. If there is none, this link is proven.
The linkMissing link
Michel Le Borne, born about 1655–1667, probably Cambrai← child of is the child of Not yet known
Why it’s openNo baptism found yet in the Cambrai parishes read so far. His 1689 daughter’s godmother, Maria Le Borgne, is probably his sister or mother.
What would settle itReading the La Madeleine, Cambrai, baptisms of the 1630s–1650s page by page.
Side links prove the family around the line. This one is how the trail moved from Valenciennes to Cambrai.
Side linkProven
Jean Claude Le Borne, born 1687, Cambrai (Jacques Antoine’s elder brother)← child of is the child of Michel Le Borne × Marie Jeanne Manart
Baptism, St-Nicolas, Cambrai, 30 October 1687
TranscriptionDie 30ª 8bris baptizatus fuit Joannes Claudius filius legitimus Michaelis Leborne et Mariae Joannae Manar. eius susceptores fuerunt Joannes Claudius Lepine et Dom[icel]la Isabella Masselot.
TranslationOn 30 October was baptized Jean Claude, lawful son of Michel Leborne and Marie Jeanne Manart; godparents Jean Claude Lepine and Demoiselle Isabelle Masselot.
AD Nord, Cambrai St-Nicolas baptisms 1658–1694, 5 Mi 012 R 025, folio 663 · Original register, primary information
Why it’s provenBoth parents named. His age at death (sixty, in 1747) and his age in his father’s 1707 marriage contract agree. This side link is how the trail moved from Valenciennes to Cambrai.
What we’ve found, and when
Each record shows the date we found it. Links that aren’t proven yet are marked [?].
before 1694
Parish registers lost
Found
The Notre-Dame-de-la-Chaussée registers before 1694 don’t survive, so Michel’s marriage and his eldest son’s baptism had to be found somewhere else.
1665
Marie Jeanne Manart probably baptized, Cambrai [?] probable
Found
A Marie Jenne Manart, daughter of Hierosme Manart and Barbe Douchet, baptized at La Madeleine, Cambrai, on 30 August 1665. She would be 21 at the 1687 marriage. A strong candidate for Michel’s wife, not yet proven.
AD Nord, Cambrai (Ste-Marie-Madeleine), baptisms 1594–1695, image 801
1687
Marriage of Michel Le Borgne and Joanna Manart, Cambrai
Found
matrimonio juncti sunt Michael Le borgne et Joanna Manart parochiae hujus
Married at St-Martin, Cambrai, on 4 February 1687, “of this parish”. The Valenciennes clerks never recorded it because the family hadn’t moved there yet.
AD Nord 5 Mi 012 R 021, folio 65
1687
Baptism of their son Jean Claude, Cambrai
Found
Joannes Claudius filius legitimus Michaelis Leborne et Mariae Joannae Manar
Baptized at St-Nicolas, Cambrai, on 30 October 1687. This settles a puzzle: Jean Claude was Marie Jeanne Manart’s son, so there was no “unknown first wife”.
AD Nord 5 Mi 012 R 025, folio 663
1689
Baptism of their daughter Marie Joseph, Cambrai
Found
St-Nicolas, Cambrai, 2 January 1689. Her godmother was a Maria Le Borgne, probably one of Michel’s own family and now a lead to his parents.
AD Nord 5 Mi 012 R 025, folio 674
1697
Baptism of Jacques Antoine, Valenciennes
Found
Legitimate son of Michel Leborne and Marie Jeanne Manart, 15 May 1697. The ancestor who went to Louisiana.
AD Nord 5 Mi 055 R 001, image 58
1707
Burial of his wife
Found
marie jeanne manart femme a michel leborne, au blan gand rue des gobletz
12 April 1707, six weeks after the birth of her last child.
AD Nord 5 Mi 055 R 001, image 773
1707
Marriage contract: “marchand cabaretier”
Found
The town-court contract calls him a merchant tavern keeper and lists his four living children. The court spells him “Le Borgne”, the parish “Le Borne”, and he signs “Michel Le Borne”.
Archives municipales de Valenciennes, Fonds Caffiaux inventory, cote 3480, p. 135
1712
Burial of Michel
Found
No age, no parents named. Eleven months later his widow still occupies the house “bearing the sign of the Gant Blanc” in the rue des Goblets.
AD Nord 5 Mi 055 R 001, image 1005; Fonds Caffiaux, cote 3822
1718
Jacques Antoine sails for Louisiana: “antoine Borne de valencienne”
Found
antoine Borne de valencienne
The passenger roll of La Marie, La Rochelle, 23 May 1718, lists him by name and town. This is the record that ties the Louisiana family to Valenciennes.
ANOM, COL F5 B 57, view 16
1737
His grandson baptized in Louisiana
Found
né du mariage legitime de jacques antoine le borne et de genievieve betmont un fils
St. Charles Borromeo, German Coast. Certified extract of 1785.
1747
Jean Claude, master brewer of Cambrai, buried “aged 60”
Found
Died December 1747 at sixty: an exact match with the 1687 baptism, tying the Cambrai brewer to Michel’s eldest son.
Cambrai burials 1747, p. 230 (St-Fiacre)
Now
Searching: Michel’s own baptism and parents in the Cambrai registers
Research ongoing…
Reading the Cambrai parish books page by page for the 1650s and 1660s, and following the godmother Maria Le Borgne.
Research questionWhere was Michel Le Borne born, and who were his parents? He married at Cambrai in 1687, so probably born about 1655–1667.
RegisterCambrai La Madeleine baptisms, 1630–1650Reading page by page for Michel’s own baptism and his parents.In progress
RegisterPassenger roll of La Marie, La Rochelle, 1718“antoine Borne de valencienne” sailing for Louisiana, 23 May 1718: ties the Louisiana family to Valenciennes.ANOM, COL F5 B 57, view 16Found
RegisterCambrai La Madeleine baptisms, 1659–1679Marie Jenne Manart, baptized 30 Aug 1665, daughter of Hierosme Manart and Barbe Douchet: probably Michel’s wife. Not yet proven.AD Nord, Cambrai La Madeleine, ark 6h5nkmx34zfd, img 801[?] Lead
RegisterCambrai La Madeleine baptisms, 1659–1679Read page by page: no baptism of a Michel Le Borgne or Le Borne. A few faint pages can’t be fully excluded.AD Nord, ark 6h5nkmx34zfd, imgs 776–849Not found
RegisterCambrai La Madeleine baptisms, 1646–1659Read page by page: no baptism of a Michel Le Borgne or Le Borne.AD Nord, ark 6h5nkmx34zfd, imgs 700–775Not found
RegisterCambrai La Madeleine baptism table, Michel entriesBoth indexed Michel baptisms dated: 1641 and 1679. Neither is ours; they belong to the other Cambrai Michel’s family.AD Nord, ark 6h5nkmx34zfd, imgs 219 and 576Not found
RegisterCambrai La Madeleine baptisms, 1641Household of Michel Leborne × Jeanne Fi[?]lle (1640s) could include a younger son Michel. Best lead for his parents.AD Nord, ark 6h5nkmx34zfd, img 219[?] Lead
RegisterCambrai La Madeleine burials, 1689–1727Michel × Anne Le Clerc was buried at Cambrai in 1720 aged 80. Ours died in 1712, so they are two different men.Not found
RegisterCambrai St-Nicolas baptisms, 1613–1689All indexed Le Borne baptisms read. Jean le Borgne × Elizabeth Quaranthomme’s family (1613–1639) is a possible kin group.[?] Lead
RegisterCambrai St-Martin baptisms, 1677–1698Read page by page. Michel was godfather in 1695 to a son of Marie Anne Manart, probably his wife’s sister.AD Nord 5 Mi 012 R 022, imgs 42–179 (godfather entry img 163)Found
RegisterCambrai St-Nicolas marriages, 1635–1681Only Michel marriage is Michel le Borgne × Anne le Clerc, Aug 1666: a different man. No parents named.img 48, p. 290Not found
RegisterCambrai St-Nicolas baptisms, 1639–1658Read page by page: no baptism of a Michel Le Borgne or Le Borne. A few short gaps remain.Not found
RegisterCambrai St-Nicolas baptisms, 1658–1694Marie Joseph, daughter of Michel Le Borgne and Marie Jeanne Manart, baptized 2 January 1689. Godmother Maria Le Borgne.AD Nord 5 Mi 012 R 025, f. 674, img 102Found
RegisterCambrai St-Nicolas baptisms, 1658–1694Jean Claude, son of Michel Leborne and Marie Jeanne Manart, baptized 30 October 1687.AD Nord 5 Mi 012 R 025, f. 663, img 97Found
RegisterCambrai St-Martin marriages, 1664–1702Michel Le Borgne married Joanna Manart, 4 February 1687, both of this parish.AD Nord 5 Mi 012 R 021, f. 65, img 38Found
IndexCambrai parish tables (12 parishes)No marriage of Jean Claude Le Borne × Marie Adrienne Halez in any parish table.Not found
RegisterFresnes, Quarouble and Crespin registers, 1650–1685No Le Borne or Le Borgne entry of any kind.Not found
RegisterEstreux, Raismes and Hergnies registers, 1660–1698No Le Borne or Le Borgne. Raismes marriages 1688–1693 are missing from the film.Not found
RegisterAubry-du-Hainaut registers, 1612–1715Found the family of Noël le Ducq × Christine Colle, parents of Michel’s second wife. Her own baptism doesn’t survive.Found
RegisterAubry-du-Hainaut registers, 1612–1715Read in full where they survive: no Le Borne or Le Borgne entry of any kind.AD Nord 1 Mi 272 R 002Not found
IndexCondé-sur-l’Escaut baptism and marriage tables, 1582–1700No Borgne, Borne, Leborgne or Leborne baptisms, marriages or brides, and no Leducq bride.AD Nord 5 Mi 051 R 002; 1 Mi 235 R 002Not found
CatalogueAD Nord catalogue, villages around Valenciennes17 nearby villages have no registers before 1698–1741, so they can’t hold Michel’s baptism or first marriage.Not found
RegisterValenciennes council register BB 56, 1671–1700A Niclas Menart was made fish inspector in 1687, possibly kin of Marie Jeanne. Pointer only.Archives municipales de Valenciennes, BB 56, img 361, p. 354[?] Lead
RegisterValenciennes council register BB 56, 1671–1700Read page by page: no citizen admissions at all in this volume, and no mention of Michel.Archives municipales de Valenciennes, BB 56, imgs 7–547Not found
Card indexFichier Denis du Péage, B and L drawersNo Le Borgne, Le Borne, Leborgne or Leborne cards where they should file.FamilySearch DGS 8593590 and 8593575Not found
Card indexFichier Denis du Péage (FamilySearch full text)A Michel Le Borgne married at Ste-Croix, Cambrai, in 1604: two generations earlier. Pointer to an old Cambrai family.FamilySearch film 008593580, img 1957[?] Lead
CatalogueValenciennes archives finding aidPopulation counts of 1693 and 1700 and tax rolls by street exist but aren’t online. Need a request.[?] Lead
Archive letterArchives municipales de ValenciennesRequest drafted for copies of the 1707 contract, 1712 partition and 1733 will. Not yet sent.[?] Lead
Archive letterArchives départementales du NordLetters on dispensations, a Cambrai marriage contract and citizen rolls on hold until online sources are exhausted.[?] Lead
Online treesFamilySearch and WikiTree family treesRejected parents Nicolas LeBorgne × Josette Darembourg: a phantom pairing, removed from WikiTree in Oct 2020.Not found
Online treesGeneanetSix online trees repeat our Valenciennes Michel with an unsourced birth year. Pointers only, not proof.Not found
IndexBelgian village tables: Rongy, Hollain, Bruyelle, Antoing, Wiers, PéruwelzBaptism and marriage tables read under B and L: no Le Borne or Le Borgne.AGATHA inventory 527_0283_000Not found
IndexAGATHA person search, BrusselsMichel Le Borne × Thérèse Berlaymont, Brussels 1688: a different man, later traced to Amsterdam.AGATHA PARMABRUS2_00001469Not found
IndexAGATHA person search, Hainaut, 1600–1720Only Le Borgne hits are the Maulde family. A possible origin, but Michel never appears there.[?] Lead
IndexAGATHA person search, Hainaut, 1600–1720Every spelling from Borne to Leborgne, with and without wildcards: no Michel or Jean Claude.Not found
RegisterValenciennes St-Géry baptisms, 1673Candidate baptism of a Marie Jeanne Menart, 10 Nov 1673. Later withdrawn: too young for a 1687 marriage.AD Nord 5 Mi 055 R 004, img 633Not found
RegisterMaulde St-Thomas marriages, 1688–1695Read page by page: no Le Borne × Manart marriage.AGATHA 527_0236_000_00982_000, imgs B_0013–B_0015Not found
RegisterCambrai St-Nicolas burials, 1747Jean Claude Leborgne, master brewer of Cambrai, buried December 1747 aged 60: the right age to be Michel’s son.FamilySearch film 008596007Found
RegisterCambrai Ste-Croix marriages, 1710Read page by page for Jean Claude’s marriage: no Leborne.FamilySearch film 008595991, imgs 13–17Not found
RegisterCambrai La Madeleine baptisms, 1684–1686Every page read: no child of the other Michel (× Anne Leclercq). Register lost from April 1686 to December 1689.FamilySearch film 008595998, imgs 769–804Not found
IndexFamilySearch Nord index, 1638–1694No baptism of a Michel Leborne anywhere in Nord 1638–1672, and no marriage of one 1676–1694.Not found
CatalogueFonds Caffiaux inventory, ValenciennesWill of Jeanne Claire Leducq, widow of Michel Leborne, 1733.Fonds Caffiaux, cote 5162Found
CatalogueFonds Caffiaux inventory, ValenciennesDelanglet partition, 1712: the Gant Blanc, rue des Goblets, “occupée par la veuve Michel LEBORGNE”. No guardianship found.Fonds Caffiaux, cote 3822Found
CatalogueFonds Caffiaux inventory, ValenciennesMarriage contract of Michel Le Borgne and Claire Leducq, 1707, naming four of his children with ages.Fonds Caffiaux, cote 3480Found
RegisterValenciennes Notre-Dame-de-la-Chaussée, 1694–1712Read in full: 13 children’s baptisms, the 1707 marriage, and the burials of Marie Jeanne (1707) and Michel (1712).AD Nord 5 Mi 055 R 001Found
IndexValenciennes all-parish indexes, 1567–1699No baptism, marriage or burial of Michel under Leborne, Leborgne or Borne.AD Nord 5 Mi 055 R 068–R 070Not found
Every empty search is logged, so nobody pays to repeat it. This is the format every client receives.
This is what every client sees: the records, the dates, and every search, including the empty ones.
“Le seize janvier 1697 furent fiancés Robert François Alardin de la paroisse de St Géry et Marie Claire Marlier de cette paroisse…”
Most answers sit in pages like this one: no index, period spelling, a clerk’s hurried hand. We read them line by line, in the original language, until the answer turns up or the record runs out.
Marriages, Notre-Dame-de-la-Chaussée, January 1697. AD Nord, 5 Mi 055 R 001, image 163.
