Marie Clerc was my great grand mother. She was widowed to Andre DeBat when she married my great grand father, Joseph Gandolfo. Her obituary indicates she was a native of Switerland.

Anyone with any information on her, or the Clerc, family of Louisiana or Switzerland, please email me at gmgnola@hotmail.

P.S. I know the Clercs were also early inhabitants of New Iberia, LA.

For you assistance and information, I have the following notes:
CLERC:
· Clerc: (Lyon-Bugey) RAE.1; tap 2, CEA 11, CCR [RGFI-396]
· De Clerc: (Languedoc) [RGFI-397]

· Jean Clerc: age 30, male, farmer, native – France, ship – Narraganset, POE – LeHarve, arrived 11/27/1845 – New Orleans [FFLA-V2-73]
· Apolonia Clerc: age 22, female, farmer, native – France, ship – Charlemange, POE – LeHarve, arrived 3/18/1851 – New Orleans [FFLA-V3-62]
· Louis Clerc: age 22, male, baker, native – Ste. Foy, ship – Holland, POE – Bordeaux, arrived 5/19/1845 – destination not given [FFLA-V2-73]

· 9/7/1871: Record of Marriage, Orleans Parish: Joseph Gandolfo & Marie DeBat [Clerc] [CIMR-675]
· Joseph Gandolfo, age 28, married Widow Marie DeBat, age 35 on 9/7/1871. Vol. 2, #312. [OPMI]
· Joseph Gandolfo married Marie Debat, née Clare, 9/7/1871. Signed J. Gandolfo and Vve. C. Debat as contracting parties. Witnesses; Queyroi, B. Navarre, Meumier. [VEE-658, page 99]
· André DeBat; 11/9/1867: L’Abeille De la Nouvelle Orleans: Death Notices: [NOG-V2-265]
· Mrs. Mary Gandolfo: residence 136 Chartres [SD1874–337]
· Mrs. Marie Gandolfo, boarding, 123 Royal [SD1875–306]
· Joseph Gandolfo, clerk, 102 Royal Street [SD1880–328]
· Mrs. Joseph Gandolfo, boarding, 102 Royal St. [SD1880–328]
· Mrs. Joseph Gandolfo: boarding, 50 St. Louis St. [SD1881–319]
· Joseph J. Gandolfo, age 39, died 6/27/1883, (written in French), New Orleans Bee, 6/28/1883, 1/5 [therefore, he was born 1844 or 1845]
· Décédée hier, à 5 heures de l'après midi, Joseph J. Gandolfo, à l'age de 39, natif de l'lle Minorque, España. L'enterremant aura lieu aujourd'aui 29 juin à 10 houres A.M. Le coprs est exposé et des familles Gandolfo et Clerc. Les journaux du Mexique et de la Havane sont priés de reprosuire cet avis [BEE-6/28/1883-1/5]
· Marie Gandolfo, widow Joseph: boarding, 50 St. Louis St. [SD1886–350]
· Mary Gandolfo, widow Joseph: 50 St. Louis St. [SD1887-368]
· Mary Gandolfo, widow of Joseph, boarding, 50 St. Louis St. [SD-1890-384]
· Mary Gandolfo, widow Joseph: boarding 50 St. Louis St. [SD1892-354]
· Mary Gandolfo, widow Joseph: boarding, 50 St. Louis St. [SD1893-366]
· Mary Gandolfo, widow Joseph: boarding, 50 St. Louis St. [SD1894-365]
· Mary Gandolfo, widow of Joseph, boarding, 436 Royal Street [SD1895-370]
· Mrs. Marie Gandolfo, boarding, 436 Royal [CD1899]
· Mrs. Marie Gandolfo, boarding, 436 Royal. [SD-1900-352]
· Mrs. Marie Gandolfo, 2003 Ursuline Ave., [SD-1908-419]
· Mrs. Joseph Gandolfo, née Marie Cleric, died 1/30/1917, Times Picayune, 2/8
· Marie Clerc Gandolfo, widow of Joseph Gandolfo. A native of Switzerland. Died 1/30/1917. St. Ann Church, on St. Philip near Prieur. Private interment, please omit flowers. [TP-1/31/1917-2/8]
· Fernand C. Gandolfo, Jr. student, 2003 Ursulines Ave. [SD-1920-629]

? Marie DeBat, née Clerc, Gandolfo:
· Mario Lisa Carmelia DeBat, W/F, born on 4/3/1865. Father: Andre DeBat. Mother: Marie Claire. Vol. 37, page 598. [OPBI]
· Andre DeBat: died 11/9/1867, notice in New Orleans Bee [NOG-V2-266]
· M. André DeBat; natif de Pointuce, Hantes-Pyrenes, France. membres de la société des Odd Fellows. Patria de sa derniere residence encoigure, Louisiana Avenue en Tchoupitoulas, l’age de 48 ans. Died 11/9/1867. [BEE: 11/10/1867, 1/7]
· Mrs. Joseph Gandolfo, née Marie Cleric, died 1/30/1917, Times Picayune, 2/8
· Marie Clerc Gandolfo, widow of Joseph Gandolfo. A native of Switzerland. Died 1/30/1917. St. Ann Church, on St. Philip near Prieur. Private interment, please omit flowers. [TP-1/31/1917-2/8]

· Charles Clerc: butcher, 23 Poydras Market, New Orleans, LA (1855) [CNOD-54]
· Arthur Brocard to J. Veret and Charles Clerc. Release of Mortgage. 12/21/1860, page 326. Charles V. Foulon,
· Francois Clerc: confectioner, St. Mary between Magazine and Camp, Lafayette. [CNO-1850-31]
· Francois Clerc: Confectioner, 185 Circus St., New Orleans, LA (1855) [CNOD-54]
· Frank Clerc; Orleans; 286 [USCX-1870]
· Philip Clerc; Orleans; 286 [USCX-1870]
· John B. Clerc; died 7/8/1884, New Orleans Bee [NOG-V2-104]
· Mme. Catherine Clerc; died 10/29/1862, New Orleans Bee [NOG-V2-104]
· René Clerc, Board of Trade, Times Picayune, 1/15/1918, 5/3


· Arien Richard DeBat married Francoise Magleine Dupuy, widow of Pierre, 10/27/1736. [NOG-V1-55]
· Andrew DeBat; Jefferson; 472; Jefferson Courthouse [USCX-1860]
· Francisco DeBat; Orleans; 105; Algiers [USCX-1860]
· Francis DeBat; Orleans; 730 [USCX-1860]
· Jules DeBat; Orleans; 118 [USCX-1860]
· Pierre DeBat; Orleans; 062 [USCX-1860]
· Pierre DeBat; Orleans; 837; 4th Ward [USCX-1870]
· Bernard DeBat; Orleans; 529; 4th Ward [USCX-1870]
· Inscription: Greenwood Cemetery: At the DeBat Grave: Charles L. Emmerling, 1884-1906: Charles DeBat 1863-1909: Amelia DeBat - Dardis, 1865-1914: Walter J. Parker, 1885-1927: Alice V. Parker,1886-1955 [NOG-V1-102]

New Iberia:
· Charles Clerc and Louis Delcambre; 1871: two cattlemen purchased two arpents of land near Lewis Avenue in New Iberia. [NIE-51]
· Charles Clerc: land below New Iberia purchased on 9/16/1871. 40 arpents (2 x 20), fronting on Bayou Teche and bounded above by Lewis Avenue. [NIE-52fn]
· Mrs. Charles Clerc: member of Ladies Relief Committee, 1878, met at Temperance Hall and gave a public picnic at Week’s Grove (opposite present Shadows). [NIE-185]
· Clerc and Smedes estates: 9/3/1878, yellow fever municipal quarantine station erected on the bayou between the two estates. (area of present day Evangeline Street). [NIE-183]
· Charles Clerc: chairman of barbecue committee for Centennial Celebration; 7/4/1876. [NIE-202]
· Ilma Clerc: Goddess of Liberty on Centennial Float in New Iberia, 1876. [NIE-203]