M, #2456, b. circa 1786, d. 3 January 1855
Louis
Tattrie was also known as Lewis. He was born circa 1786 at River John, Nova Scotia.
1 He married
HellenorEleanor "Ellen" Patriquin circa 1807 at Nova Scotia.
2 Louis Tattrie died on 3 January 1855 at Nova Scotia.
3 He From: The Tattrie Family of River John, Nova Scotia, The Descendants of Louis Tattrie of Louisville, A Genealogical Record Compiled by: Gordon MacKay Haliburton, 1986 - Lancelot Press, Hantsport, NS ISBN 0-88999-307-6. Pgs. 34-39 "The LIfe and Achievement of Louis Tattrie" Louis or Lewis Tattrie, the second son of the original pioneer, George or John George Tattrie, was presumably born at the family home on the French (or Frederick) River at Tatamagouche, probably in 1785. Nothing is known of the early days of his life, but the family were poor and conditions of life must have been primitive. It appears that his brothers and sisters all remained in the Tatamagouche area when grown up, but when he was old enough to strike out on his own Louise joined the new Colony of fellow-Montbeliardians at River John. He was probably there for several years before obtaining his first grant of land, in 1809. On it he built a small cabin, and later the substantial house which still stands at Louisville today. It is not easy to date the details of his life, but it seems likely that is was in 1807 that he married Hellenor (or Eleanor) Patriquin, commonly called "Ellen", who was the daughter of John Patriquin and his wife Catherine "Kate" Bigney. The couple had a family of four sons and nine daughters, the eldest of whom was Abram, born in 1809. They were spaced out over twenty years, and possibly there were some not recorded. Those whose names we have are: Abram Mary George Elizabeth Catherine Hannah Eleanor John David Susan Amelia Esther Sarah The Rev. Hector B. MacKay later reported that Louis Tattrie had "a patriarchal family of twelve children", but in fact it appears to have been "a baker's dozen of thirteen". Louis Tattrie received his first grant of land in 1809, and in 1815 he shared in a grant of two thousand four hundred acres made to the group consisting of : John Longille George Longille Peter Matatal Lewis Tattrie Lewis Longille George Jowdrie of the River John in the County of Halifax, Yeomen". It is thought that he provided farms for each of his sons, Abram on the shore at Brule, John on the shore of Marshville, close to the village, and George and John on the back road at Louisville. David, in fact, as the youngest inherited the homestead and responsibility for his widowed mother and unmarried sisters. The career of this dynamic pioneer was summed up by one who knew much about him as follows: This Louis Tattrie was rather a remarkable man in his day. He possessed a strong intellect, a clear judgement, and a great energy of character. He had thos qualities which made him a leading man among his own people and indeed he would be a leading man among any people. When he grew up to manhood he felt the want of an education and he set himself to remedy this defect during his spare moments by the light of the winter fire, and in this way he acquired the elements of an English education. He by contract got the frame of the first vessel that was built in River John. In those days this was deemed a great undertaking, but Louis Tattrie was equal to the task. He was for many years an elder in the Presbyterian Church during the ministry of Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Waddell. Louis Tattrie died on 3 January, 1855 in his 69th year. His wife died nearly eight years later, on Christmas Day, 25 December, 1862. He (sic) tombstone gives her age as 65. There are some questions to be asked about Louis Tattrie's name and that of the area in River John, Louisville, where he and his cousin Louis Langille settled. It must be pointed out, first of all, that Louis is pronounced in the English way, Lewis; possibly this was the way it was pronounced in Montbeliard at the same time, as I am assured by a French scholar that originally the French themselves gave full value to the "s" in the name. Louis Tattrie himself appears to have spelt his name Lewis; that is how he signed himself on a public address to the Governor, Lord Dalhousie; that is how it appears in his land grants, and finally that is how it is rendered on his tombstone and on that of his infant grandson and namesake a few yards away. As for the area named for him, records of the meetings of the school trustees in that area clearly write its name as Lewisville. How is it then that the name has been accepted as"Louis" by family and by mapmakers alike in the years since his death? Certainly in his obituary notice in the Eastern Chronicle he was clearly identified as Lewis Tattrie of Lewisville. Half a century of more (sic) later we find, in a discussion of early educational facilities in the River John area, that "A Mr. Taylor taught in Lewis Tattrie's old house in Louisville in 1833,", so it appears that by that time (1908) the spelling of "Louisville" was accepted, but our grandfather was still "Lewis". From the same source, a collection of addresses about the history of Salem Chruch in River John contains another passage which explains the naming of Louisville and, I suggest its spelling. The address was by Mr. W.H. Waddell, who spoke on the ministry of his father, the Rev. James Waddell, who was the second minister to serve the River John congregation. He says: Fond of innovations that tended to improvement, he was not a faddist. The only instance I can recall, as indicating any approach to faddism, was a desire to attach French names to localities within the bounds of the congregation. he was fond of calling the village of River John, Belle Vue, and much of his correspondence carried that heading. Louisville is another of the local names, which still survives. Belle Vue, though significant and euphonious, did not seem to take, though an effort was made to obtain legislative enactment in its favour. No doubt, the fact that the great majority of his congregation were of French descent, and that many of them conversed in that language influenced my father in this effort to leave a permanent French impress on the village and its vicinity. I would go so far as to suggest that it was the Rev. Mr. Waddell's romantic fancy that preferred and gave currency to the spelling of Lewis as Louis, and influenced later generations to accept the form held before them in Dr. Patterson's History and later works, despite the evidence of his gravestone and signature. I have used it in this book, also, but however spelt it must be noted that it is pronounced LEWIS, as I myself was corrected by my mother when first collecting ancestral names. It is not certain that the Tattries appreciated the efforts to emphasize their French heritage; they usually preferred to be considered German or Swiss. Notes from this book, Page 39 1. The New Glasgow Eastern Chronicle for 25 Jan 1855 in a notice of his death gave his age as 69. He died on the 3rd of January, and presumably would have been 70 later in the year, in that event he must have been born in 1785. According to Lunenburg Church Records his brother George was born 18 Feb. 1784 and baptized at Lunenburg 16 Oct. 1784. 2. The Presbyterian Witness in 1893 gave his age as 96; incorrect.