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Charles Sallier and his wife Catherine were quite good friends with Jean Lafitte, but Sallier had become jealous of his wife and Lafitte — As legend tells it, one day Charles Sallier thought that Catherine was having an affair with Jean Laffite. In his rage, he picked up his pistol and shot Catherine.
Lake Charles, Louisiana was named for Charles Sallier, an early settler of the area. Martin and Dela LeBleu were among the first to settle near Lake Charles, in the area called LeBleu Settlement. They arrived in Lake Charles in 1781 from Bordeaux, France, and settled approximately six miles east of present-day Lake Charles, Louisiana. Soon after, many immigrants began arriving in the area to ...
Charles Sallier, one of the first colonizers, married LeBleu's daughter, Catherine LeBleu. The Salliers built their home on the beach in what is current-day Lake Charles. The area on the east side of the Calcasieu River was defined as the southern part of the "Neutral Ground" until ratification of the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1821.
PLACE OF BURIAL UNKNOWN. Marriage #1 to Angelica Fontenot in 1792 (LA) (_- 1797) Marriage #2 to Catherine LeBleu in 1802 From Lake Charles American Press By MIKE JONES Sallier: Facts blended with legend add color to city's history Colonial pioneer Charles Sallier not only gave his first name to Lake Charles, but...
Aug 8, 2014 · Catherine LeBleu married Charles Sallier in 1805. Sallier was a political exile until Bartheleme LeBleu and Jean Lafitte brought him to settle in Louisiana in 1781. Sallier remained in Opelousas, La., until 1797, then travelled westward until he reached the Arsene LeBleu home, east of the lake that now bears Sallier’s name.
Mar 1, 2023 · Charles Salyer Jr. was born on 23 Dec 1697 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, son of Charles (Sallier) Salyer Sr (1672 - 1747) and Mary (Jones) Salyer (~1670 - 1700). Charles (~20) married Rebecca Bloomfield (~32) (born in Woodbridge, Middlesex on 7 Jun 1686; died in Woodbridge on 25 Dec 1770), daughter of Ezekiel Bloomfield and Hope FitzRandolph , in 1718 in Woodbridge.
Wife of Charles Anselm Sallier, for whom Lake Charles was named. Parents: Bartholomey Lebleu and Marie Josette DeLaMirande, early settlers of Calcasieu Parish on English Bayou.
