Early Alexandre in the Valley

Although we still require far more evidence, a possible connection to an Alexandre living in the valley of Bainet in 1804 raises possibilities. In this case, Louise Alexandre, had a child with a Pierre Minaud. Both were residents in the valley of Bainet. However, the godmother of their child was a Rose Adelaide Lacour. This woman was also the godmother of a child of Jean Baptiste Alexandre and a Marie Therese Cange registered in Jacmel, in 1820. Does this mean that Jean Baptiste Alexandre was probably in the valley of Bainet and related to Louise Alexandre?

In the case of Jean Baptiste Alexandre and Marie Therese Cange, Rose Adelaide Lacour's name was tied to the 1820 date their son's birth was registered. While Alexandre is a common name, Lacour is less so. In Bainet and the Jacmel area, the name can be traced back to a white who married a woman of color. So, the name Lacour seems to have been attached to old habitations or those may have been actual descendants of the colonial-era family.

But our main interest is not with the Lacour name. We believe the Alexandre and Cange marriage here, including both of them hailing from the valley, was significant. We wonder if this early marriage proved a connection of sorts for the later Alexandre-Cange pairing we are trying to uncover that developed in the valley during the 1860s. Our theory is that Jean Baptiste Alexandre and his wife, just as a Jean Charles Cange had an Alexandre as the godfather of his son in the 1820s, were proof of close ties between the families.