Family: PRUDHOMME, Leon Victor / TAPIA, Maria Concepcion de la Merced (F5687)

• Father | Male PRUDHOMME, Leon Victor

  
  

  Born	Bef. 1834	Thiancourt, Moselle, France
  Died	8 May 1871	California
  Buried	8 May 1871	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Married	4 Jul 1847  [1, 2, 3]	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	PRUDHOMME, Claudio Joseph | F5688 Group Sheet
  Mother	SULCHERCEUTE, Aleja | F5688 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female TAPIA, Maria Concepcion de la Merced

  
  

  Born	Abt. May 1834	Los Angeles, Alta California
  Christened	1 May 1834	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California
  Died
  Buried
  Father	TAPIA, Tiburcio | F5682 Group Sheet
  Mother	ACEBEDO, Juana "Tomasa" | F5682 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female PRUDHOMME, Maria Emidia Tomasa

  
  

  Born	5 Aug 1848	Alta California
  Christened	6 Aug 1848	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	GATES, Thomas | F5690
  Married	28 Dec 1870	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

  
  

  Child 2 | Female PRUDHOMME, Maria Eliza

  
  

  Born	Aug 1851	California
  Christened	9 Nov 1851	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male PRUDHOMME, Jose Carlos

  
  

  Born	7 Dec 1854	California
  Christened	20 Dec 1854	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Female PRUDHOMME, Carolina Arcadia

  
  

  Born	15 Jun 1858	California
  Christened	8 Jul 1858	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	MCMAHON, Francisco | F5689
  Married	4 Dec 1881	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

  
  

  Child 5 | Female PRUDHOMME, Honorina Margarita

  
  

  Born	28 Mar 1865	California
  Christened	1 Apr 1865	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Died	Abt. 20 May 1867	California
  Buried	21 May 1867	Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

  
  

• Notes

  Married: CORRECT DAUGHTER MERCED TAPIA LISTED IN 1836 & 1844 CENSUSES & MARRIED TO LEON VICTOR PRUDHOMME: - Thomas Workman Temple lists Maria de la Merced Tapia (L.A. Plaza Ch. 1833 baptism) as the wife of Leon Victor Prudhomme in her baptism record. - huntington.org lists her sister Maria Concepcion de la Merced Tapia (Msn. S.G. 1834 baptism) as the wife of Leon Victor Prudhomme in their L.A. Plaza Ch. 1847 marriage record. For the time being, we will list Maria Concepcion de la Merced is the true wife of Leon Victor Prudhomme with the understanding that we will make changes if future information becomes available to the contrary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S012] Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1772-1855 _Marr, Early California Population Project, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/MarriageData.aspx?ID=3207. MARRIAGE Performed at L.A. Plaza Church, recorded in Msn. San Gabriel Marriage Books #2023) 4 Jul 1847- LEON VICTOR PRUDHOMME, Origin: Francia, de Claudio Joseph Prudhomme y Aleja Ur Sulcherceute (finada), con MERCEDED TAPIA, Msn. S.G. Bap. #8009, de Tiburcio Tapia (finados) y de Tomasa Acebeda (finados). *More inf on web site [S209] CENSUS 1836 - Alta California LA , Historical Society of Southern California, (University of California Press). #124) July 4, 1847 - at Los Angeles, LEON VICTOR PRUDHOMME, natl. de Francia, de Claude Josef y Aleja. Sulcherceute, finada; con MARIA MERCED TAPIA, de Tiburcio y Tomasa Acebedo. Abel Stearns y Jose Altamirano, wits. Ordaz. [S150] BK- Some Alta Cal Pioneers & Descendents Div 1, Vol 3, Dorothy Gittinger Mutnick, (Contra Costa Co Hist Soc 3rd prntg Dec 2004), pages 1103-1103. MARRIAGE 1522. Tapia y Azevedo Tiburcio Tapia y [Villalobos] married to [date unknown] Juana [viuda] Tomasa Azevedo y [Verdugo] CHILDREN 1. Maria de la Merced - PlB [Plaza Ch. Bap.] ([Birth] 9/24/1833 - _ ) - Plaza C [Plaza Ch. Marriage] 7/4/1847 (*3) to Leon Victor Prudhomme (? - ) Parents: Claudio Joseph Prudhomme y - Aleja Ursula Checcente y - 2. Maria Concepcion de la Merced - SGB [Msn. S.G. Bap] ([Birth] 4/5 /?/ 2834 - _ ) NOTES: *3 Plaza C [marriage] read Mercedad Tapia. It is possible that she was Maria Concepcion de la Merced