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Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

Francoise Gerard

Wife of Pierre Favrot

— 1768-1844 —

 
 
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019
1. Francoise Gerard Marker
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Daughter of post physician Henri Gerard of Pointe Coupιe fort. Sister of Augustine Gerard, first wife of Armand Duplantier.

Her mother, widowed in 1763, married 1771 Claude Trenonay, French uncle of Deplantier, and a plantation owner of Pointe Coupιe. Trenonay was assassinated in the dreadful slave uprising in that parish circa 1795.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.
 
Location. 30° 24.303′ N, 91° 10.33′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It can be reached from Oxford Avenue west of Amherst Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4251 Oxford Avenue, Baton Rouge LA 70809, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Philogene Joseph de Favrot (here, next to this marker); Albert Florestan Aucoin (here, next to this marker); Josephine Favrot (here, next to this marker); March Of Galvez (here, next to this marker); Henri Bouvier Favrot (a few steps from this marker); Highland Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Gabriel Armand Allard Du Plantier (a few steps from this marker); Anthony Peniston (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.
 
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sectionhead>More about this marker. Located in the historic Highland Cemetery
 
Also see . . .  Cemetery website. (Submitted on December 25, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
 
Francoise Gerard Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019
2. Francoise Gerard Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 25, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 332 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 25, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
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Jun. 17, 2026