The Swiss Settlement of Vevay, Indiana: The settlers, their relatives, their associates
Jean Pierre OBOUSSIER (ID #I268)
(male)
- BIRTH: 08 MAY 1777, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 13 MAY 1777, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- DEATH: 1859?
Father: Jean Antoine OBOUSSIER (bp. 02 MAR 1732, d. 02 AUG 1804)
Mother: Jeanne (Anna) Susanne DALLER (bp. 1737, d. 21 APR 1813)
Oboussier family records give his year of birth as 1776 and indicate he married a Mademoiselle Bonenblust and died in 1859. The family records also give him a sister Marianne whose baptism we have not located, born in 1777 and died in 1849. The same records do not mention his sister Jeanne Marie Elizabeth, so it is possible that the child listed as Marianne in those records is actually Jeanne Marie Elizabeth.
_Antoine OBOUSSIER __+
| (1663 - 1734) m 1697
_Antoine OBOUSSIER _____|
| (1702 - 1766) m 1723 |
| |_Lucrèce CHESNE _____
| (1672 - ....) m 1697
_Jean Antoine OBOUSSIER _______|
| (.... - 1804) m 1756 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Esther REGNIER ________|
| (1697 - 1737) m 1723 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Jean Pierre OBOUSSIER
| (1777 - 1859)
| ______ DALLER _______
| |
| _Johann Felix DALLER ___|
| | (.... - 1781) m 1729 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jeanne (Anna) Susanne DALLER _|
(.... - 1813) m 1756 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Anne Lavinie AMAUDRUZ _|
(1703 - ....) m 1729 |
|_____________________
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Jeanne Lucrèce Marguerite ("Lucille") OBOUSSIER 
(ID #I208)
(female)
- BIRTH: 05 SEP 1763, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 10 SEP 1763, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- DEATH: 11 OCT 1806, Vevay, Switzerland Co., Indiana
Father: Jean Antoine OBOUSSIER (bp. 02 MAR 1732, d. 02 AUG 1804)
Mother: Jeanne (Anna) Susanne DALLER (bp. 1737, d. 21 APR 1813)
Family 1
:
David Louis GEX (bp. 19 OCT 1761, d. 28 SEP 1845)
- MARRIAGE: 24 JUN 1789, Croisettes-sur-Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Jean Antoine Louis GEX (b. 31 MAR 1790)
- Louise Caroline Marguerite Henriette GEX (b. 31 MAR 1791)
- Marc Lucien GEX (b. 05 MAR 1793)
- Anne Susanne Louise Antoinette ("Nanette") GEX (b. 07 MAR 1796)
- Victoire Helvétie GEX (b. 05 MAR 1798)
- Jeanne Louise Félicité Antoinette GEX (b. 28 MAR 1803)
She is apparently the Marguerite or Lucille Oboussier of Lausanne who married Louis Gex. This family settled at Vevay, Switzerland Co., Indiana.
While we read her name in the church books of Lausanne as Lucrèce, there is a tradition that her name was instead Lucille. Even if the baptismal name was written as Lucrèce, the church books are sometimes in error, and the family tradition of Lucille may be correct. The marriage banns recorded at Vevey call her Marguerite Lucille. It is possible that Lucille was sometimes regarded as a nickname for Lucrèce.
_Antoine OBOUSSIER __+
| (1663 - 1734) m 1697
_Antoine OBOUSSIER _____|
| (1702 - 1766) m 1723 |
| |_Lucrèce CHESNE _____
| (1672 - ....) m 1697
_Jean Antoine OBOUSSIER _______|
| (.... - 1804) m 1756 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Esther REGNIER ________|
| (1697 - 1737) m 1723 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Jeanne Lucrèce Marguerite ("Lucille") OBOUSSIER
| (1763 - 1806)
| ______ DALLER _______
| |
| _Johann Felix DALLER ___|
| | (.... - 1781) m 1729 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jeanne (Anna) Susanne DALLER _|
(.... - 1813) m 1756 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Anne Lavinie AMAUDRUZ _|
(1703 - ....) m 1729 |
|_____________________
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Louis Félix OBOUSSIER (ID #I264)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: "agent de change"
- BIRTH: 08 JUN 1771, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 16 JUN 1771, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- DEATH: 15 AUG 1860, Anvers, Belgium
Father: Jean Antoine OBOUSSIER (bp. 02 MAR 1732, d. 02 AUG 1804)
Mother: Jeanne (Anna) Susanne DALLER (bp. 1737, d. 21 APR 1813)
Family 1
:
Marie Louise AMY (b. 09 MAY 1783, d. 11 JAN 1862)
- MARRIAGE: 21 AUG 1800, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Arnaldo OBOUSSIER (bp. 12 MAY 1830)
Oboussier family records say that he married Louise Marie Amy, and died at Antwerp, Belgium in 1860. He and his wife appeared at the baptism ceremony for two of the children of Jean Isaac Mennet of Orbe and his wife Sophie Jackson du Roveray, in Paris, in 1801. This proves that at least part of the Oboussier family, soon to be involved in the settlement of Vevay, Indiana, knew the Mennet family, involved in international finance.
But this family seems to have traveled widely. A son was baptised in Lima, Peru in 1830!
_Antoine OBOUSSIER __+
| (1663 - 1734) m 1697
_Antoine OBOUSSIER _____|
| (1702 - 1766) m 1723 |
| |_Lucrèce CHESNE _____
| (1672 - ....) m 1697
_Jean Antoine OBOUSSIER _______|
| (.... - 1804) m 1756 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Esther REGNIER ________|
| (1697 - 1737) m 1723 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Louis Félix OBOUSSIER
| (1771 - 1860)
| ______ DALLER _______
| |
| _Johann Felix DALLER ___|
| | (.... - 1781) m 1729 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jeanne (Anna) Susanne DALLER _|
(.... - 1813) m 1756 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Anne Lavinie AMAUDRUZ _|
(1703 - ....) m 1729 |
|_____________________
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Luc Louis OBOUSSIER (ID #I270)
(male)
- BIRTH: 02 SEP 1780, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 08 SEP 1780, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Jean Antoine OBOUSSIER (bp. 02 MAR 1732, d. 02 AUG 1804)
Mother: Jeanne (Anna) Susanne DALLER (bp. 1737, d. 21 APR 1813)
He emigrated to the United States along with the Gex family and other relatives on the ship Liberty, arriving in Philadelphia in October, 1805. Known in America as Luke Oboussier, he lived near the "Swiss settlement" of Vevay, Indiana, and by 1816 was postmaster of the town of Ghent, in Gallatin Co., KY. Oboussier family records give his year of birth as 1781 and indicate that he emigrated to the United States and married there.
_Antoine OBOUSSIER __+
| (1663 - 1734) m 1697
_Antoine OBOUSSIER _____|
| (1702 - 1766) m 1723 |
| |_Lucrèce CHESNE _____
| (1672 - ....) m 1697
_Jean Antoine OBOUSSIER _______|
| (.... - 1804) m 1756 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Esther REGNIER ________|
| (1697 - 1737) m 1723 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Luc Louis OBOUSSIER
| (1780 - ....)
| ______ DALLER _______
| |
| _Johann Felix DALLER ___|
| | (.... - 1781) m 1729 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jeanne (Anna) Susanne DALLER _|
(.... - 1813) m 1756 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Anne Lavinie AMAUDRUZ _|
(1703 - ....) m 1729 |
|_____________________
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Lucrèce Antoinette OBOUSSIER (ID #I254)
(female)
- BIRTH: 28 OCT 1751, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 31 OCT 1751, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Antoine OBOUSSIER (b. abt 1702, d. 19 FEB 1766)
Mother: Louise GISCARD (b. 1715?, d. 10 MAR 1800)
The sponsors at her baptism included "Lucrèce Bailly née Oboussier soeur de l'enfant," apparently the same Antoinette Lucrèce Oboussier, daughter of Antoine Oboussier and Esther Regnier, who was baptised 10 mar 1724.
_Antoine (or Jean?) OBOUSSIER _
| (.... - 1690)
_Antoine OBOUSSIER __|
| (1663 - 1734) m 1697|
| |_Magdelaine LAUBERT ___________
|
_Antoine OBOUSSIER __|
| (1702 - 1766) m 1738|
| | _______________________________
| | |
| |_Lucrèce CHESNE _____|
| (1672 - ....) m 1697|
| |_______________________________
|
|
|--Lucrèce Antoinette OBOUSSIER
| (1751 - ....)
| _______________________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_______________________________
| |
|_Louise GISCARD _____|
(1715 - 1800) m 1738|
| _______________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_______________________________
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Legend: Vevay settler.
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