Pierre Clauss

1830 - 1857  (27 years)

• Name	Pierre Clauss
  Born	27 Jun 1830	Altenstadt-Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Dec 1857	Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   [1]
  Person ID	I194076	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Jean Clauss,   b. 8 Mar 1794, Altenstadt-Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 22 Nov 1867, Altenstadt-Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Marguerite Emonet,   b. 1793, Altenstadt-Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 12 May 1844, Altenstadt-Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France  (Age 51 years)
  Married	7 May 1822	Altenstadt-Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Family ID	F73615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Pierre Clauss (I194076)Tree: Südpfalz / Southern PalatinateLink: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I194076&tree=SuedpfalzDescription: Died: Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Francecommune, department, region, countryI cannot find any info where Avignon was part of 'Languedoc Roussillon'.Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river.On 7 May 1251 Avignon was made a common possession of counts Charles of Anjou and Alphonse de Poitiers, brothers of French king Saint Louis IX.On 25 August 1271, at the death of Alphonse de Poitiers, Avignon and the surrounding countship Comtat-Venaissin were united with the French crown.From 1274 to 1791 Avignon belonged to the papacy.Avignon did not become French until 1791.Vaucluse was created on 12 August 1793 out of parts of the departments ofBouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, and Basses-Alpes (later renamed Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA