He is probably the F. A. Flotron who appears on the passenger list for the ship John, which arrived in Philadelphia 25 jul 1817. About 30 of the passengers, perhaps more, settled in Vevay, Indiana.
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Frédéric Auguste FLOTRON | (1792 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________
The birth and baptismal dates are from what appears to be the draft copy of the baptisms from this period. The (later?) copy in the main sequence of baptisms is not clearly legible for this record, but may have been intended as born 14 dec 1765 and baptised 15 dec 1765.
__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | |__ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | | |__ | | |--Frédéric Louis FLOTRON | (1765 - ....) | __ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | __ | | |______________________| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Gabriel FLOTRON | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | __ | | |__| | |__
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Sigismond FLOTRON ______| | (1776 - ....) m 1803 | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Gustave FLOTRON | (1816 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Marie Madelaine BEYNON _| m 1803 | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Sigismond FLOTRON ______| | (1776 - ....) m 1803 | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Gustave Lucien FLOTRON | (1809 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Marie Madelaine BEYNON _| m 1803 | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Henri François FLOTRON | (1782 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________
__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | |__ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | | |__ | | |--Jacob FLOTRON | (1769 - ....) | __ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | __ | | |______________________| | |__
_Abraham FLOTRON __________+ | (1736 - ....) _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _ | _François Louis FLOTRON _| | (1788 - ....) m 1807 | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | | |___________________________ | | |--Jules François FLOTRON | (1808 - ....) | ___________________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |___________________________ | | |_Olympe Sophie MEYRAT ___| m 1807 | | ___________________________ | | |___________________________| | |___________________________
_Abraham FLOTRON __________+ | (1736 - ....) _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _ | _François Louis FLOTRON _| | (1788 - ....) m 1804 | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | | |___________________________ | | |--Justine Amélie FLOTRON | (1805 - ....) | ___________________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |___________________________ | | |_Lydie GUENIN ___________| m 1804 | | ___________________________ | | |___________________________| | |___________________________
_Abraham FLOTRON __________+ | (1736 - ....) _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _ | _François Louis FLOTRON _| | (1788 - ....) m 1804 | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | | |___________________________ | | |--Justine Elise FLOTRON | (1807 - ....) | ___________________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |___________________________ | | |_Lydie GUENIN ___________| m 1804 | | ___________________________ | | |___________________________| | |___________________________
The marriage of Louis Brevet and Justine Emily Flotron in Floyd Co., Indiana, and the discovery of their tombstones there, greatly increases our confidence that we have found the François Louis Flotron who is mentioned at Vevay, Indiana 1819-1820. While the transcript of Emily's tombstone is clearly incorrect (it says she is from the Canton of "Berme", for example), she is the right age for the one who was baptised at St. Imier in 1811.
_Abraham FLOTRON __________+ | (1736 - ....) _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _ | _François Louis FLOTRON _| | (1788 - ....) m 1807 | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | | |___________________________ | | |--Justine Emélie FLOTRON | (1811 - 1851) | ___________________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |___________________________ | | |_Olympe Sophie MEYRAT ___| m 1807 | | ___________________________ | | |___________________________| | |___________________________
In the main sequence of baptisms at St. Imier, his name was written first as Abram, which was then lined out and Louis written over it. In what appears to be the draft copy (thus original?) of the same baptism, the name is shown as Abraham.
__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | |__ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | | |__ | | |--Louis (Abraham?) FLOTRON | (1764 - ....) | __ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | __ | | |______________________| | |__
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Sigismond FLOTRON ______| | (1776 - ....) m 1803 | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Louis Ferdinand FLOTRON | (1808 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Marie Madelaine BEYNON _| m 1803 | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________
_Abraham FLOTRON __________+ | (1736 - ....) _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _ | _François Louis FLOTRON _| | (1788 - ....) m 1807 | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | | |___________________________ | | |--Louis Florentin FLOTRON | (1809 - ....) | ___________________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |___________________________ | | |_Olympe Sophie MEYRAT ___| m 1807 | | ___________________________ | | |___________________________| | |___________________________
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Sigismond FLOTRON ______| | (1776 - ....) m 1803 | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Louis Gustave FLOTRON | (1803 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Marie Madelaine BEYNON _| m 1803 | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Louise Amélie FLOTRON | (1778 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Abraham (Louis?) FLOTRON _| | (1767 - ....) | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Louise Amélie FLOTRON | (1784 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Reyne COURVOISIER ________| | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________
__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | |__ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | | |__ | | |--Lydie FLOTRON | (1776 - ....) | __ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | __ | | |______________________| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Marie FLOTRON | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Marie Elizabeth FLOTRON | (1729 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | |__ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | | |__ | | |--Marie Reine FLOTRON | (1772 - ....) | __ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | __ | | |______________________| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Gabriel FLOTRON _____| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Olivier FLOTRON | (1730 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _| | | __ | | |__| | |__
_Gabriel FLOTRON _____ | _Abraham FLOTRON __________| | (1736 - ....) | | |_Susanne Marie BOLLE _ | _Sigismond FLOTRON ______| | (1776 - ....) m 1803 | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marie Magdelaine FLOTRON _| | | | |______________________ | | |--Olympe Eugénie FLOTRON | (1814 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Marie Madelaine BEYNON _| m 1803 | | ______________________ | | |___________________________| | |______________________