Hello,

Family history tells of a Count Jean de Christains, a protestant from Geneva Switzerland, and a Captain of the Swiss Guard in Paris before and during the French revolution. He was later an officer in the French army under Napoleon and imprisoned for six months by Napoleon because he was a royalist. He escaped with his wife Suset Brudit de Christains (also of Geneva) and his familiy to the United States via Belgium. They arrived in the United States in 1803 and eventually moved to Pittsburgh, Cinncinatti, Louisville and Jeffersonville Indiana.
The story passed down through the family can be found at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~incccpc/clarkbios/DeChristainsFamil...

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I can not find information concerning this family besides what was passed down through the family.

Thank you,
Chris
pioneergenealogy@hotmail.com