Rev. Donatien Olivier1

#34445, (circa 1749 - 29 January 1841)
Birth*circa 1749He was born circa 1749.1 
Marriage24 April 1815 François Coleman and Celeste Boyer were married by Rev. Donatien Olivier on 24 April 1815 at Ste-Genevieve's Church, Ste-Genevieve, Ste-Genevieve Co., MissouriG.2 
Death*29 January 1841He died on 29 January 1841 at Seminary at the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri.1 

Citations

  1. [S2872] Rev. August Reyling, Historical Kaskaskia (St. Louis: published by the Author, 1963), p. 50. "Nothing is known about the birth and early life of Father Donatien Olivier. He served as Pastor of Kaskaskia from 1799 to 1817, and then as Pastor of Prairie du Rocher from 1817 to 1827. Thereupon he retired to the Seminary at the Barrens (Perryville, Missouri), where he died on January 29, 1841, at the age of ninety-two years."
  2. [S2869] Ste-Genevieve's Church Parish Registers (Ste-Genevieve, MO). Marriages 1786-1839, p. 195, img. 523/982. François Colman, son of François Colman and Therese Robinet, and Celeste Boyer, dau. of Charles Boyer and Magdeleine Maurice, marr. 24 Apr 1815 by D Olivier; witn. François Vallé, Marie Vallé Pratte, and others.