Laine family papers
Creation: 1814-1876Abstract
The Lainé family was related to Peter Bauduy (1769-1833) a French refugee from Santo Domingo who was a business partner of Eleuthère Irénée "E.I." du Pont (1771-1834) of the DuPont Company. The family papers contain items from several generations and include a diary from Pierre-Francois Lainé's (1775-1846) captivity in Russia, Francois Damas Laine'ś (1823-1901) diary from his visit to France, Marie Lainé Santa Maria's (1866-1961) memoirs as a child living on a sugar plantation in Cuba, translation, and typescripts of the diaries, and genealogical information.
Dates
- Creation: 1814-1876
Creator
- Laine family (Family)
Extent
.25 Linear Feet
Biographical Note
The Lainé family was related to Peter Bauduy (1769-1833), a French refugee from Santo Domingo who was a business partner of Eleuthère Irénée "E.I." du Pont (1771-1834). Du Pont immigrated to the United States from France in 1802 and established the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, which manufactured gunpowder at mills on the banks of the Brandywine River just north of Wilmington, Delaware.
Pierre François Lainé (1775-1846) was the son of Pierre François Lainé (1745-) and Marie Bunet (dates unknown). He married Jeanne-Baptist Josephine Leonard (1800-1861). The couple had four children: Matilde Marie (1822-1845), François Damas (1823-1901), Marie-Adelaide (1826-1853), and Honore (1827-). Lainé was held captive in Russia from July to November 1814, likely in connection to the Napoleonic Wars.
François Damas Jean Lainé (1823-1901) was the son of Pierre François Lainé and Jeanne-Baptist Josephine Leonard. He married first, Eulalie Bretton des Chapelles (1824-1855). She was the daughter of Alexandre Aristide Bretton des Chapelles (1799-1850) and Hélène Bauduy (1806-1881), daughter of Peter Bauduy. The Bauduy family had moved to Cuba from Delaware in 1819 where they resided on a sugar plantation called Eden Park.
In 1857, Lainé married his second wife, Marie Eulalie Garesché (1832-1905). She was the daughter of Jean Pierre Garesché (1780-1861) and Felicite Cora Bauduy (1796-1870). Marie Garesché was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and came to Cuba with her parents in 1856. The couple had six children: Eulalia Marie (1860-1862), Honore François (1864-1928), Damaso Teodor (1866-1938), Marie Josephine (1866-1961), Bauduy José (1867-1939), and Albert Tomas (1871-1950).
François Damas Laine managed Eden Park, a sugar plantation in Navajas, Cuba, owned by his former mother-in-law, Hélène Bauduy des Chapelles. The family resided on the plantation until the revolution in 1896 when their home was burned, and the family returned to the United States.
Marie Josephine Laine (1866-1961), the daughter of François Damas Laine and Marie Eulalie Garesché, married Adolfo Ines Bretton Santa Maria (1857-1939) in 1887.
Scope and Contents
The Lainé family papers contain items from multiple generations, including Pierre-Francois Lainé (1775-1846), Francois Damas Lainé (1823-1901), Marie Eulalie Garesche Lainé (1832-1905), Marie Lainé Santa Maria (1866-1961). Items include Pierre-Francois's diary during his captivity in Russia from July to November 1814, a diary from Francois's visit to France in 1858, Santa Maria's "Memories of a child's life on a plantation in Cuba," and genealogical information. Also included are typescripts and photocopies of the diaries, in both French and English.
Santa Maria's memoir focus on her childhood in Eden Park, a sugar plantation in Navajas, Cuba. She wrote about her education, family life, the enslaved people who worked on the plantation and in the house, and her travels in the United States with her mother, particularly a visit with family in Philadelphia for several years beginning in 1875.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
French
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Laine family papers
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021: Ashley Williams
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
