Maximilien Bizette 1824, Pointe Coupee Parish, La. Compiled by Pauline Bizette Brandy *********************************************************** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** *********************************************************** Maximilien Bizette (Bizet) was the son of Marcelin and Marcilene Bergeron Bizette. On 5 Jun 1848, he married Amelia David the daughter of Alexis and Marie Celine Bizette Bergeron. Maximilien Bizette was the great grandson of Pointe Coupee pioneer Francois Bizette and Marie Claude Champagne. His second marriage, on 8 Aug 1860, was to Nathalie Saizon the daughter of Pierre Francois Saizon. Maximilien paid $500 security for the marriage. Maximilien Bizette was a laborer and farmer who had four known children with Nathalie Saizon: 1) Francois Bizette b: 1 Nov 1862 m: 8 Jan 1884 to Mary Celestine Lavergne 2) Ellen Bizette b: 1866 3) Joseph Bizette b: 1871 4) Maximilien Bizette Jr. b: 1879 Verbal family history tells of Joseph Bizette, while working on the levee, being accidentally cut and dying of "blood poisoning". Maximilien Bizette Jr. was believed to have never married. Francois Bizette married and had six children. Maximilien is buried in the Chenal Cemetery in Section II, Row I, Plot 6. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Additions and corrections to Pauline