Notes for: Fernando Upton Gautier

Found: Tombstone mistakenly reflects death date as 1894 -- with a possible correction to 1891

Marriage record: Know all men by these presents that we Fernando Gautier and Narciss Richards are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency A. G. Brown Govornor of the state of Mississippi and to his successors in office in the sum of two hundred dollars for whose payment will and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs and executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents signed with our names and sealed with our sel and dated this 4th day of February AD 1845
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be solomnised between the above bounden Fernando Gautier and Therese Fayard Now if there is no lawful cause of obstruction to said marriage then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue
Fernando Gautier
Narciss [his X mark] Richards
State of Mississippi, Harrison County
To any Judge, Minister of the Gospel or Justice authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony Greeting
You are hereby authorized to join in matrimonyFernando Gautier and Therse Fayard if no lawful cause appear to the contrary and certify the same to this office within the time prescribed by law
Given under my hand and the seal of the Probate Court of said county this 4th day of February AD1845
Geo. D. Richards clerk
In virtue here of the rites of matrimony between Fernando Gautier and Therese Fayard were duly celebrated by me the 10th day of February AD1845
G. L. Henry, JP

Noted in 1850 Federal Census: Harrison County, Mississippi -- Roll M432/372, Image #216, Sheet #107B, Line #34, House #532, Family #532, enumerated September 14, 1850, by Louis J. Fourniquet.

House # Family # Name and Surname Age Gender Occupation Where Born
532 532 Fernando Gautier 26 Male Farmer Louisiana
532 532 Genive [sic - Gautier] 60 Female   Mississippi
532 532 Therese Gautier 23 Female   Mississippi
532 532 Henry Gautier 2 Male   Mississippi
532 532 Ada Gautier 10 mo. Female   Mississippi

Noted occupation as Farmer with $500 of value in real estate in the 1850 Federal Census: Harrison County, Mississippi.

Noted in 1860 Federal Census: Harrison County, Mississippi -- Roll M653/581, Image #472, Police District #1, Post Office: Biloxi, Sheet #471, House #650, Family #692, enumerated September 24, 1860, by Louis J Fourniquet

House # Family # Name and Surname Age Gender Occupation Where Born
650 692 F. Gautier 38 Male Miller Mississippi
650 692 Therese Gautier 33 Female   Mississippi
650 692 Henry Gautier 13 Male   Mississippi
650 692 Ada Gautier 12 Female   Mississippi
650 692 Walter Gautier 6 Male   Mississippi
650 692 Eva Gautier 4 Female   Mississippi
650 692 Mina Gautier 2 Female   Mississippi
650 692 G. Fayard 70 Female   Mississippi

Noted occupation as Miller with $5000 in real estate and $2000 in personal estate in the 1860 Federal Census: Harrison County, Mississippi.

Noted in 1870 Federal Census: Jackson County, Mississippi -- Roll M593/732, Image #258, Township 7, Range 7W, Sheet #61, Line #18, House #462, Family #502, enumerated July 19, 1870, by C. T. Christy.

House # Family # Name and Surname Age Gender Occupation Where Born
462 502 Fernandz Gautier 48 Male Farmer Mississippi
462 502 Theresa Gautier 42 Female   Mississippi
462 502 Henry Gautier 23 Male   Mississippi
462 502 John Gautier [sic] 20 Male   Mississippi
462 502 Walter Gautier 17 Male   Mississippi
462 502 Eve Gautier 14 Female   Mississippi
462 502 Emma Gautier 9 Female   Mississippi
462 502 Fernando Gautier 7 Male   Mississippi
462 502 Eugene Gautier 1 Male   Mississippi
462 502 Jannier Fayard 79 Female   Mississippi

Noted occupation as Farmer with $5000 in real estate and $1000 in personal estate in the 1870 Federal Census: Jackson County, Mississippi.

Noted in 1880 Federal Census: Jackson County, Mississippi -- Roll T9/650, Image #717, Enumeration District #146, Beat #4, Sheet #27 [540A], Line #1, enumerated June 26, 1880, by Antonio Eistetter.

House # Family # Name and Surname Gender Age Relation Ocuupation Where Born Father Born Mother Born
[omit] [omit] Fernando Gautier Male 57   Miller Mississippi France New York
[omit] [omit] Thereasa Gautier Female 52 Wife Keeping House Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
[omit] [omit] Mina Gautier Female 22 Daughter At Home Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
[omit] [omit] Emma Gautier Female 19 Daughter At Home Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
[omit] [omit] Jullia Gautier Female 17 Daughter At Home Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
[omit] [omit] Eugeane Gautier Male 12 Son At School Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
[omit] [omit] Adam Gautier Male 6 Son At School Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi

Found: Page #12 -- Fernando Upton Gautier was born on a merchant vessel in the Atlantic Ocean during a violent, spring tempest. The ship had embarked New York City for France and was on its way to a Brazilian port where a load of hides awaited the cargo hold. After surviving the storm, the ravaged merchantman reached port at Fernando de Noronha, an island and penal colony, about two houndred fifty miles northeast off (sic: of) the coast of Brazil. Here his parents, Auguste Gautier (1759-1841) of Lyon, France and Laura Levier (1805-1880) of Boston, named their infant son, "Fernando" for the island and "Upton" in memory of Henry Upton, the British sea captain that valiantly saved his ship, crew, cargo, and passengers from a liquid grave.
[Record Independent; Thursday, 18-Nov-1999; Article: Sous Les Chenes -- <Fernando Upton Gautier (1822-1891): From Whence He Came> by Ray L. Bellande].

Found: Page 53 -- Fernando [sic] Gautier, born at sea and reared in New Orleans, came to West Pascagoula and built an old home that still stands and is today known as "The Old Place." This illustrious Frenchman married Theresa Fayard of one of the oldest families in Louisiana and rapidly became so influential that West Pascagoula came to be known as Gautier. How Gautier made his fortune is largely the story of Pascagoula's entrance into a new era of industry and commerce. The story really began with the building of the New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad. Before this, roads connecting New Orleans and Mobile were pretty bad, to say the least. In fact, most people who traveled this route went by ship. However, in 1870, a railroad was completed, connecting Pascagoula with the two great ports. There had been sawmills before in the vicinity of Pascagoula. Griffin and Dantzler each had one in Moss Point and J. S. Dees operated one at Jackson Creek. But when the railroad was built and Fernando [sic] Gautier began his mill in West Pascagoula, the race was begun. On the upper branches of the Pascagoula, men tore into the forest and stripped it of its produce as fast as the mills could take care of it....
[<Pascagoula, Singing River City> by Jay Higginbotham, Gill Press, Mobile, Alabama, dtd: August, 1967].

Found: Page 70 -- It was a gay era. These were the carefree days of boat racing. There were regular races on the beach front and on the lake. These were more or less practices, though. The big races were held in Biolxi, between Ship Island and the Coast. When Pascagoulans had tuned up their champion sailboats, they took them over to Biloxi and entered the keen competition. And often times they won. But there was one famous race held in Pascagoula. It came on September 8, 1900, a time when cat-boat races were beginning to take a back seat to motorboat races. In these last days of the cat-boat a question began to be raised about which had been the fastest of them all. Folks in Pascagoula had no doubt that it was the fabulous "Adelaide" built by Fernandez [sic--Fernando] Gautier and winner of many a medal over the years. (See James Donovan Gautier, Sr. for continuation of story.)
[<Pascagoula, Singing River City> by Jay Higginbotham, Gill Press, Mobile, Alabama, dtd: August, 1967].

Found: For the Year 1891: August 1891, Tug "Native" completed in Nov. built by F. Colina owned by Gautier & Sons (Lumber Company owned by Fernando Gautier)
[<Miscellaneous Records of Jackson County, Mississippi>, c.1990, by Jackson County Genealogical Socity].