On November 16th 1852, Gedeon-Auguste, born in St-Pierre de la Martinique on July 8th 1824,
son of Auguste-Francois-Marie-Gedeon
and
of Marie-Louise Josephine de Carbonnel
was married to Marie-Louise Hylaris Tibierge,
daughter of the nobleman Hyppolite Tibierge
who was the great-nephew of the famous Abbe Tibierge, baron d'Andre, well-known during the reign of Louis XIV and who was mentionned in the letters of Madame de Maintenon.
Gedeon-Auguste was Notary and Lawyer in St-Pierre de la Martinique.

His brother, Jules-Charles (de Carbonnel) de Catalorgne, (Feb 2, 1827-1887), Editor-Owner of the newspaper "Les Antilles", married Georgianna (Deville) Huyghues Despointes (1842-1902) had seven children. First their son Paul-Louis-Gedeon, seventh descendant of the lesser branch, inherited the family property, but only Auguste de Catalogne (1862-1919) and Leo de Catalogne(1884-1941) left children, in Haiti, the U.S.A. and France (Neuilly sur Seine)

Leo, in Haiti, married Josephine (Durand) LERCH. Three of their children married, Gerard de Catalogne married Grette Moeller, Leone de Catalogne married Emile Simonet, and Yolande de Catalogne married Charles Decottignies.

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A French and English book "History of Catalone" written by Irene Lahey in November,1977 is sometimes available at the Fortress of Louisbourg in Canada and depicts much of the life under the life of Gedeon de Catalorgne, including information on it's small community "Catalone".

Louisbourg Fortress
http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/homeeng/

Again, Gedeon de Catalorgne was responsible for the plans and the building of the early Canal Lachine and the Louisbourg fortifications. In 1723 he had a house in Louisbourg, near a lake which was then called Barrachois de Catalogne, ouest of the Mira River. An outstanding legend, passed on by the Native First nations of the day, says that when it became obvious that the English were going to win in Louisbourg, in 1735, some Frenchmen came to Catalogne and buried their last worthy possession on an island in this lake.

He died there in 1729, whereas his son, Joseph, died there in 1735, during the English take-over of Louisbourg.

It is of note that Gedeon's work was superb: he had been in charge of making the plans and building the fortifications of Louisbourg and once the English undertook to take Louisbourg a-part, the fortifications were so well made and formidable that it took years of effort to do so.
His Grand-Son, Louis Charles Francois Gedeon de Catalorgne, survived the Battle of Quebec in 1759, and chose to emigrate to San Domingo, with his wife Marie-Louise Guyon Despres, another greatgrand-daughter of Nicholas Marsolet Jean Guyon and Louis D'Amours rather than serve the new British Monarch who was George III in 1760.

Georges III (1738-1820) was the grand-son of Georges II.

George III’s Father was Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-51).
His Mother was Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.

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His life is one of those stories with a happy ending: he was successful in his relationship with the Montagnais from 1608 to 1635, got married, was rich and lived a fulfilled life with his wife & children, was always healthy and died at an unheard age, in those days, of 90 yrs. Read about some of his achievements in
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