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Message: <blockquote data-quote="l_raty" data-source="post: 3397126" data-attributes="member: 24811">Jean Baptiste (AKA John Baptist) Moussier?According to various genealogy sites:Was born in 1774 in Vienne, Isère, France; died 11 June 1831 in New Orleans, LA, USA. Married Marie Anne Catherine Elizabeth Constance Geneviève "Chloé" Piriou de Horellou (alt. Piriou Kérellou, alt. Piriou de Kerrellow, alt. Périon de Killore...!?) Lezongar (de) Lassalle (wow! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />), 3 July 1806 in Philadephia, USA. Chloé was born in 1788 in Cap Français, Haïti, Saint-Domingue, and died 13 June 1836 in New Orleans, LA, USA.[<a href="http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2023401/ead_html_id_FRAD033_IR_4M_677_686_c_FRAD033_IR_4M_677_686_pa_2938.html" target="_blank">Here</a>], you can see a scan of a passport that was delivered to him in Bordeaux in Oct 1808, which says he was a naturaliste, and was then going aux Etats-Unis, rejoindre son épouse (to the United States, to join his wife).See also [<a href="http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-01-02-0417" target="_blank">this</a>], which undoubtedly concerns the same person (see the reference to "Mr Louis Ferrier, Négt à Bordeaux", whose name and signature are also on Moussier's passport).The geographical details seem to make him a good candidate to have been in possession of "birds from Cayenne, Martinique and the U.S.A" in 1808. He was 34 years old, so his age is not a barrier. The passport proves that he stayed in France at this date (when the Museum received these birds), before returning to the States.</blockquote>

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