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PONCY Family Report Research Objective:
The research goal is to research the surname line of Jean Mathieu Bonaventure PONCY (RIN: 1)
and extend the information back four generations.1
Background Information:
The client provided the following information for the start of the report:
Jean Matieu Bonaventure PONCY married Françoise Marie Marguerite ALABERT (RIN: 2)
23 June 1885 in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France.
Jean Mathieu Bonaventure PONCY was the son of Mathieu PONCY (RIN: 3) and Anne
HORTE (RIN: 4).
Jean Mathieu Bonaventure PONCY was born about (abt.) 1862. The birth place is
unknown but could potentially be in Prades.
1st Generation – Mathieu PONCY & Anne HORTE
The research for this project began by confirming the known information. Having the date for
the marriage of Jean Mathie Bonaventure PONCY and Marie Marguerite ALABERT, the research
began in the civil registration marriage records. After 1792, all citizens in France were required
to register any birth, marriage, or death with the commune (municipality) government. Many of
these records can be found online through the different department archives. The records from
the department Pyrénées-Orientales were accessed online for free. Finding the marriage is
important because it would confirm information about the parents, birth place, and ages of the
groom and bride.
The marriage was located by searching image by image, and was found on image 217 on the
exact date provided by the client. Following is a transcription and translation of the portion
discussing the groom’s information:
Acte de marriage de Poncy Jean Mathieu Bonaventure, maçon, né a Ria, domicilié a
Prades, fils majeur des maries Poncy Mathieu jornalie et Horte Anne, domicilies á
Prades…il a de produit 1º l’acto de naissance du future du trois Juillet mil huit cent
soixante duex…2
Act of marriage of Poncy Jean Mathieu Bonaventure, mason, born in Ria, living in
Prades, older [meaning of age] son of the married Poncy Mathieu, day laborer and Horte
1 RIN is the abbreviation of Record Identification Number. 2 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1883-1885, 1885, p. 38, 112, Poncy-Alabert; archives.cg66.fr accessed 28 April 2015; Image 217 of 278, Doc. #1.
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Anne, living in Prades…he produced 1º the act of birth of the future [groom] of 3 July
1862.
This marriage record provides a mountain of information regarding Jean. Usually a marriage will
only give information regarding the age of the groom and bride while this one provided the
exact birth dates. The information found confirms what was already known about Jean.
In 1886, Prades held a local census, called Recensement de la population.3 The information in
these records and time periods varied from town to town. The 1886 census asked for the
following information:
Surname
Given Name
Age
Nationality
Profession
Position in the household
In 1886, the family of Mathieu PONCY and Anne HORTE was found living in Prades. The
following table shows that Mathieu and Anne still had three children living at home.4
Surname Given Name Age Nationality Profession Position in household
Poncy Mathieu 50 French Mason Head
Horte Anne 49 French [Blank] Wife
Poncy Joseph 17 French [Blank] Child
Poncy Therese 9 French [Blank] Child
Poncy Joseph 7 French [Blank] Child
This census helped start the construction of the family. The information appears to be for the
Mathieu and Anne, parents of Jean. Jean was not with the family because he was married the
previous year.
The next step was to locate the birth of Jean and the other children located in the 1886 cenus.
With an exact birthdate and location, it was a fairly simple process. The most difficult part was
identifying the town of Ria. After searching through the website there was only one town that
started with Ria; Ria-Sirach. It was important to identify its location in reference to Prades to
help determine the probability of it being the birth town for Jean. Below is the Carte de Cassini
giving the location of the closest towns to Prades. This map is useful because it shows old cities,
mountain ranges, and river locations. By viewing the geography of the area it is possible to
3 Translation: Population Census. 4 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Recensement 1886, p. 66, Famille du Mathieu Poncy; archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/rechercheTheme accessed 5 May 2015; Image 34 of 62, Doc #2.
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better understand the migration pattern of the people in the area. All towns discussed in this
report have been circled in red.
As seen in the map the city of Ria is just down the river from Prades and across the river from
Sirach. These two towns were probably combined into one commune.
The search started by looking in the Table Décennales (10-year index). Part of keeping the civil
registration was to create these 10-year indexes. These indexes were made for births,
marriages, and deaths. They are not available for every decade nor in every town, but when
available a necessary resource to search. Ria-Sirach has these indexes starting in 1802 through
1883. By using these indexes, the following birth records were located:
1. Jean Mathieu Bonaventure PONCY, born (b.) 3 July 1862, RIN: 15
2. Joseph Michel François PONCY, b. 14 August 1864, RIN: 86
3. Marie Françoise Elisabeth PONCY, b. 17 September 1866, RIN: 97
5 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1883-1885, 1885, p. 38, 112, Poncy-Alabert; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 28 April 2015; Image 217 of 278, Doc #3. 6 Ria-Sirach, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1863-1867, 1864, p. 19, 57, Joseph Michel François; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 5 May 2015; Image 45 of 246, Doc #4. 7 Ria-Sirach, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1863-1867, 1866, p. 12, 65, Marie Françoise Elisabeth Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 8 May 2015; Image 165 of 246, Doc #5.
Image 1: “Carte de Cassini,” GenCom, accessed August 20, 2016,
http://www.gencom.org/France/Cassini.aspx?CARTE=20&LOCAL=NS&ID2=OiFZAkFkWSMrKkRIAFoJBUgAA1JSH
QFPZmViOS03NzQ0LTcwYzItYmZiYWQ0M2M9REk%3d
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4. Jean Joseph PONCÉ, b. 28 October 1872, RIN: 108
5. Marguerite Marthe Marie PONCY, b. 23 March 1874, RIN: 119
6. Thérese Marie Joséphine PONCY, b. 1 February 1877, RIN: 610
One problem found with these records is a 6-year gap in the births of Marie Françoise Elisabeth
and Jean Joseph. Most children are born every 2-3 years. This problem is discussed below.
All of these records list that Mathieu PONCY as the father. The difference in the records mostly
appears in the mother’s name and in spellings of surnames. The name of the mother appears as
Anne, Marie, Marianne, and Marie Anne. Even with the differences in the name the rest of the
information appears to match what was already known about the family. It is common for a
child to have the name Marie added on to the name. Also, Marianne and Marie Anne are two
variations on the same name. The registrar writing the record would write the name as it
sounded. This also explains the differences in the surnames PONCY and PONCÉ. The mother’s
surname also had some inventive variations. The following variations were noted: HORTE,
HORTH, and ORTHE. All of these spellings sound the same when they are spoken aloud,
indicating that they are all variations on the same surname.
With all of these children found, there was at least one child missing. Due to the simplicity of
searching through the 10-year indexes, research returned to Prades to search through the
indexes there. While searching through the records a Joseph PONCY, b. 10 May 1879, (RIN: 7)
was located.11 The information in this record matched all of the information found in the other
birth records as well as the census.
While searching through the 10-year indexes another interesting discovery was made, the
marriage of a Martin Michel Joseph PONCY (RIN: 12). This record showed that Martin married
Françoise Marguerite Marie SOBRA (RIN: 13) on 25 November 1891 in Prades. The record also
stated that he was born on 3 September 1869 in Conat. He was the legitimate son of Mathieu
PONCY and Anne HORTE.12 This information shows that he could be another son in the family.
His birth fits into a 6-year gap found in the children born in Ria-Sirach. In order to confirm this
child, the search moved to Conat. The birth record was found on the exact date mentioned in
the marriage record. The birth record states that he is the son of Mathieu PONCY and Anne
8 Ria-Sirach, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1868-1872, 1872, p. 13v, 46, Jean Joseph Poncé; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 8 May 2015; Image 195 of 244, Doc #6. 9 Ria-Sirach, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1873-1882, 1874, p. 4, 19, Marguerite Marthe Marie; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 8 May 2015; Image 42 of 363, Doc #7. 10 Ria-Sirach, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1873-1882, 1877, p. 4, 12, Thérese Marie Joséphine Poncy; archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/recherecheTheme accessed 8 May 2015; Image 117 of 363, Doc #8. 11 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, Frances, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1873-1879, 1879, p. 14, 51, Joseph Poncy; archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/recherecheTheme accessed 12 June 2015; Image 221 of 290, Doc #18. 12 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1889-1892, 1891, p. 19, 21, Martin Poncy & Françoise Sobra; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 29 May 2015; Image 217 of 336, Doc #12.
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HORTE.13 Being that the information in both of these records match the family and that his
birth fits the 6-year gap, it is probable that this child is a member of this family.
After finding the final child, the search continued by looking for the marriage of Mathieu PONCY
and Marie Anne HORTE. The 10-year indexes in Ria-Sirach, Prades, and Conat reveal that this
couple was not married in any of those towns. From the lack of information found in the 10-
year indexes a search through the census records of Prades was conducted. In the 1906 Prades
census, Mathieu and Anna claimed that they were both born in Conat. Mathieu claimed he was
born in 1834 and Anna claimed she was born in 1835.14
The 10-year birth indexes were then searched in Conat and the births of a Mathieu Thomas
PONCI and Marie Bonaventure HORTE were found. The births were searched with the hope
that the margin might contain a note of a marriage. Birth records usually only give information
about the birth and parents of the child; however, sometimes information about a death or
marriage may be mentioned in the margin. Mathieu was born 4 October 1835. The declarant
claimed he was the legitimate son of Joseph PONÇE and Grassi RESPAUD.15 This was the only
Mathieu PONCY born in the correct time period. It is probable that this is the correct Mathieu;
however, his marriage is needed to ensure that he didn’t marry a different wife. The birth of
Marie Bonaventure HORTE did not give any extra information regarding her marriage either.
The birth claimed that she was born 26 Dec 1842 to Paul HORTE and Anne MARGAILL.16 This is
the only Marie HORTE born in the time period. One problem with this is that she has a
completely different given name. Bonaventure is not usually substituted for Anne. Another
problem is the lack of a marriage record for this couple in Conat. It is customary for the couple
to get married in the town of the bride, meaning that the marriage of Mathieu and this Marie
Bonaventure should occur in Conat.
In an effort to potentially find a clue to where the marriage could have occurred, a search
through the Geneanet.org database was conducted. Geneanet.org is a collection of public
family trees. This site is particularly useful when searching in France as most of the trees are
focused on France. Through searching this site, a family tree was found that declared that
Mathieu Thomas PONCY married Marie Anne Bonaventure HORTE in Betlans (a small village in
the municipality of Conat) on 16 June 1861. It also claims that Marie Anne Bonaventure HORTE
was born 21 September 1838 in Souanyas.17 This tree contradicts the information that was
13 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1889-1892, 1891, p. 19, 21, Martin Poncy & Françoise Sobra; archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/recherecheTheme accessed 29 May 2015; Image 217 of 336, Doc #15. 14 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Recensement 1906, p. 106, Famille du Mathieu Poncy; archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/recherecheTheme accessed 11 June 2015; Image 56 of 70, Doc #17. 15 Conat, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1803-1852, 1835, 26, Mathieu Thomas Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 13 June 2015; Image 331 of 609, Doc #19. 16 Conat, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1803-1852, 1842, p. 6, 37, Marie Bonaventure Horte; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 13 June 2015; Image 428 of 609, Doc #20. 17 "Guy CAUNEILLE's Family Tree", database, Guy CAUNEILLE, Geneanet.org (www.geneanet.org : accessed 20 August 2016), Mathieu Thomas PONCY; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted by Guy CAUNEILLE.
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already discovered about the marriage occurring in Conat. It does however confirm that the
aforementioned Mathieu Thomas PONCY could be the right one. In order to confirm this
information, the researched shifted to the town of Souanyas. Souanyas is located about 14 mi
(22.6 km) from Conat.
In the 10-year marriage indexes a marriage for a Mathieu PONCY and Anne HORTE was located.
In this marriage Mathieu claims that he was born in Conat on 4 October 1835; Anne claims that
she was born in Souanyas on 17 May 1837. They were married 23 June 1861.18 This information
does not match the records found in the family tree; however, the information does agree with
the birth of Mathieu that was located earlier. The birthdate given for Marie does not match the
census record but it is closer to the census record than the birth of the Marie in Conat.
Conclusions:
The following conclusions were made regarding the first generation:
Jean Mathieu Bonaventure PONCY is the son of Mathieu Thomas PONCY and Marie
Anne HORTE.
Mathieu Thomas PONCY married Anne HORTE in Souanyas on 23 June 1861.
Mathieu Thomas PONCY and Marie Anne HORTE had 8 children between the years 1862
and 1879 in three different towns: Ria-Sirach, Conat, and Prades.
Mathieu Thomas PONCY was born 4 October 1835 in Conat and is the son of Joseph
PONCY (RIN: 16) and Grassi RESPAUD (RIN: 17).
2nd Generation – Sebastian Joseph PONCI (RIN: 16) & Marie Gráce RESPAUD (RIN: 17)
In order to continue researching, the search returned to Conat. For this generation the 10-year
indexes were key in identifying the members of this family. As previously mentioned, the birth
of Mathieu Thomas PONCY gave information regarding his parents. The record states the
following:
…a presente un enfan[t] de sexe masculin ne se jour d’hui [4 Oct 1835] a une heure de
matin de lui declarant [Joseph Ponçe] et de Grasse Respaud [?] espouse…19
…has presented a male infant born today [4 Oct 1835] at one hour in the morning of the
declarant [Joseph Ponçe] and of Grasse Respaud [his] wife…
As the record states the parents are Joseph PONÇE (an alternate spelling of PONCY) and Grasse
RESPAUD. A search through the 10-year indexes revealed four other children of Joseph PONCY
and Grasse RESPAUD. All of the information in the birth records agree that Joseph PONCY (the
alternate spelling PONCI was also found) and Grasse RESPAUD (alternate spellings included
18 Souanyas, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1802-1883, 1861, p. 1v, 5, Mathieu Poncy & Anne Horte; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 29 June 2015; Image 227 of 355, Doc #21. 19 Conat, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1803-1852, 1835, 26, Mathieu Thomas Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 13 June 2015; Image 331 of 609, Doc #19.
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Grace RESPAUT). Joseph’s occupation was that of a tailor and both he and his wife were
residents of Conat. All of the children for Joseph and Grace found in the birth records were:
1. Mathieu Thomas PONCI, b. 4 October 1835, RIN: 320
2. Martin Joseph PONCI, b. 23 February 1842, RIN: 1821
3. Miquel Jérome PONCI, b. 31 May 1844, RIN: 1922
4. Joseph Mathieu Bertaumyeux PONCY, b. 16 May 1849, RIN: 2023
5. Marie Rose Rançoise PONCY, b. 29 January 1854, RIN: 2324
After listing all of the children together there were a couple of gaps found in the birth records.
There is a seven-year gap between the oldest two children, a five-year gap between Miquel and
Joseph, and another five-year gap between Joseph and Marie. Most couples have children
every 2-3 years. In an effort to resolve this issue, the search moved from Conat to Souanyas to
Ria-Sirach to Villefranche-de-Conflent to Nohedes to Prades. These towns are all within close
proximity to Conat and have ties to the family; however, no other children were located in
these towns. The searches were conducted through 10-year indexes, which facilitated the
process. A search through the marriages and deaths of those indexes also did not yield any
other potential children. An explanation of these gaps could be that Grace had a hard time
getting pregnant or that she had miscarriages through the years in the gaps. This could explain
why there are no records of the children since miscarriages did not have to be reported. It also
makes sense because in all of the births found they are residing in Conat. Due to time
constraints there were a few towns that were not searched that would fall within a close radius
to Conat. These could be searched at a later date, see the Future Research Suggestions section
for more information.
In an effort to continue finding information on the surname line, the marriage for Joseph and
Grace was located. A Sebastian Joseph PONCI, occupation of tailor, married a Marie Grasse
RESPAUD on 24 September 1834 in Conat. In the marriage, Sebastian Joseph claims that he was
born 18 January 1811 in Villefranche-de-Conflent. His parents were Michel PONCI (RIN: 21) and
Françoise CICART (RIN: 22). They are both deceased. The record also states that his parents are
deceased and that Michel died 25 October 1820 and Françoise died 6 March 1824. 25 This
20 Ibid. 21 Conat, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1803-1852, 1842, p. 1v, 5, Martin Joseph Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 June 2015; Image 408 of 609, Doc #23. 22 Conat, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1803-1852, 1844, p. 3v, 19, Miquel Jérome Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 June 2015; Image 463 of 609, Doc #24. 23 Conat, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1803-1852, 1849, p. 2v, 14, Joseph Mathieu Bertaumyeux; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 June 2015; Image 551 of 609, Doc #25. 24 Conat, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1853-1862, 1854, p. 1v, 7, Marie Rose Françoise Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 1 July 2015; Image 14 of 152, Doc #27. 25 Conat, Pyrénées-OrientaleConat, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1803-1852, 1834, p. 4, 18, Sebastian Joseph Ponci & Marie Frassi Respaud; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 June 2015; Image 320 of 609, Doc #26.
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record pushed the family tree back one more generation by giving the parents’ names and
information. This ended the research for the second generation.
Conclusions:
The following conclusions were made in regard to the second generation:
Mathieu Thomas PONCY is the son of Sebastian Joseph PONCI and Marie Grace
RESPAUD.
Sebastian Joseph PONCI and Marie Grace RESPAUD were married 24 September 1834 in
Conat.
Sebastian Joseph and Marie Grace had 5 children between 1835 and 1854 in Conat.
Sebastian Joseph was born in Villefranche-de-Conflent on 18 January 1811 to Michel
PONCI and Françoise CICART.
Michel PONCI died 25 October 1820 and Françoise SICART died 6 March 1824. They
both died in Villefranche-de-Conflent.
3rd Generation – Michel PONCI (RIN: 21) & Françoise CICART (RIN: 22)
The search for this generation started in Villefranche-de-Conflent. Like the other towns,
Villefranche-de-Conflent has 10-year indexes. The births, marriages, and deaths were searched.
This generation added a degree of difficulty when reading the dates.
In 1792, the National Convention of France instituted civil registration. During this period, they
also created the Republican Calendar. The calendar consisted of twelve months with thirty days
each. Each month had three weeks of ten days. At the end of the year the calendar had five
complementary days. The first year this was used was 1792, which was called An I (Year 1). This
calendar was in use throughout France until it was “repealed by Napoleon in 1806.” 26 There are
many different websites that will convert the dates. In this report all dates will be given in both
formats for reference.
By using the 10-year index in Villefranche-de-Conflent, nine children for Michel and Françoise
were found. The following table gives information of the records and children found:
Name Birth date Marriage Date and
Spouse Death Date
Marie PONSI (RIN: 28)
23 August 1826, Jean Pairé27
26 Alistair Horne, La Belle France: A Short History (New York: Knopf, 2004), 197-200. 27 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1826, p. 9v, 31, Jean Pairé & Marie Ponsi; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 6 July 2015; Image 250 of 455, Doc #30.
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Jérome Izidore Jean PONCY (RIN: 26)
9 Nivôse X (30 December 1801)28
30 January 1826, Marie Rose Drape29
26 June 186830
Michel Jacques Pau PONCI (RIN: 32)
11 Nivôse XII (2 January 1804)31
18 Nivôse XII (9 January 1804)32
Elisabet Therese Marianne Marguerite PONSI (RIN: 30)
1 Ventôse XIII (20 February 1805)33
17 January 1831, Pierre Ponsalle34
Marie Margueritte Anne PONCI (RIN: 35)
6 March 180635
Marie Anne Julie Françoise PONCY (RIN: 36)
14 August 180836
Sebastian Joseph PONCI (RIN: 16)
17 January 181137
Madelaine Marie PONCI (RIN: 33)
10 December 181338
Marie Catherine Anne PONCY (RIN: 34)
27 Mar 181639 1 October 181940
28 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1826, p. 1v, 3, Jérome Isidore Poncy & Marie Rose Drape; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 6 July 2015; Image 242 of 455, Doc #29. 29 Ibid. 30 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1868-1872, 1868, p. 13, 31, Jerome Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 9 July 2015; Image 15 of 249, Doc #33. 31 Villefrance-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1800-1809, 1804, p. 5, Michel Jaques Pau Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 27 July 2015; Image 151 of 264, Doc #38. 32 Villefrance-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1800-1809, 1804, p. 5v, Jaques Paul Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 27 July 2015; Image 152 of 264, Doc #40. 33 Villefrance-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1800-1809, 1805, p. 5, Elisabet Therese Marianne Margerite Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 27 July 2015; Image 175 of 264, Doc #39. 34 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1831, p. 1v, 3, Pierre Ponsalle & Elisabeth Therese Marie Anna Marguerite Ponsi; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 6 July 2015; Image 397 of 455, Doc # 31. 35 Villefrance-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1800-1809, 1806, p. 7, Marie Margueritte Anne Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 31 July 2015; Image 194 of 264, Doc #46. 36 Villefrance-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1800-1809, 1808, p. 9v, Marie Anne Julie Françoise Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 31 July 2015; Image 236 of 264, Doc #47. 37 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1803-1812, 1811, p. 7v, Sebastian Joseph Ponsich; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 July 2015; Image 212 of 267, Doc #41. 38 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1813, p. 18, Madelaine Marie Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 July 2015; Image 20 of 455, Doc #42. 39 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1816, p. 4v, Marie Catherine Anne Poncÿ; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 July 2015; Image 67 of 455, Doc #43. 40 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1819, p. 9v, 31, Marie Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 July 2015; Image 120 of 455, Doc #44.
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All of these records give the parents’ information as Michel PONCY (alternate spellings include
PONSI, PONCI, & PONSICH) and Françoise SICART (SICARTE). In a couple of the records the
mother’s surname was given as ROIG. With the fact that the rest of the information matched
what was already known about the family, it was probably just a clerical error. It is possible that
the clerk or person giving the information confused the surname with the surname of Michel’s
mother. Her information is explained in further detail below.
All of the above records also mention that the family was living in the village of Betlloc. This
village had its own parish; however, it was not large enough for it to become a commune. The
village is situated between Villefranche-de-Conflent and Conat (see image 1 above). This village
belonged to the commune of Villefranche-de-Conflent but the residents would sometimes
register events in the commune of Conat. This required that both towns be consistently
searched for missing events.
The index also referenced the death dates of Michel PONCY and Françoise SICART. Both deaths
matched the information found in the records of the 2nd generation above. In hopes that the
death record of Michel would give his parent’s names the original was searched. Unfortunately,
the record found does not give the names of the parents. It does however list that his wife is
Françoise SICART.41
The 10-year index did not give marriage information for the couple. The reason for this is
because the index starts in 1802. In order to search the records before this date the records
had to be searched page by page. This meant that the researcher had to view at each entry
while looking for the family. The records are not separated according to type. All births,
marriages, and deaths appear in the records in the order that they were created. This allowed
the researcher to search for all record types at the same time instead of searching through
different books.
The search in Villefranche-de-Conflent did not yield any results in trying to locate the births of
any other children or the marriage of Michel and Françoise. This caused another radial search
to be conducted. The cities of Conat, Nohedes, and Prades were searched. Conat and Nohedes
did not yield any results; however, the page by page search in Prades did yield results.
The aforementioned search added one child to the family as well as finding the birth of a known
child and the marriage of Michel and Françoise. The birth record was found for Jerome Izidore
Jean PONSI (RIN: 26). The information matches the information found in the above table. It
does differ from Jerome’s marriage record which indicates that he was born in Betlloc when he
was actually born in Prades.42 Because the birthdate and parent’s names match it is probable
that this is the correct family.
41 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1820, p. 10, 44, Michel Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 6 July 2015; Image 134 of 455, Doc #45. 42 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1826, p. 1v, 3, Jérome Isidore Poncy & Marie Rose Drape; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 6 July 2015; Image 242 of 455, Doc#29. Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France,
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The search also found the death of a Catherine PONCY (RIN: 39). This new child’s parents match
the family. They were living in Betlloc. She died on 1 Germinal VII (21 March 1799) at the age of
7 days old.43 This means that Catherine was calculated to have been born on 24 Ventôse VII (14
March 1799). A problem arose when trying to locate the birth record. No birth record was
found in Prades, Conat, Nohedes, or Villefranche-de-Conflent. It is possible that the birth was
never registered since the death occurred so close to the birth or she potentially could have
been registered in another town.
Another valuable find in Prades was the marriage of Michel PONCI and Françoise SICART. The
marriage record gives the following information:
Marriage date: 2 Messidor VI (20 June 1798)
Groom: Michel PONCI, 30-years old son of Antoine PONCI (RIN: 37), living in Nohedes,
and Françoise BOTINYA (RIN: 38), already deceased.
Bride: Françoise SICART, 20-years old daughter of Michel SICART, already deceased, and
Catherine MALLOL, living in Prades.44
The marriage record again gives the names of the parents. The downside to this is that there is
no indication as to the birthplace of the couple. It is possible that they are from the towns that
their parents are living but they could be from any of the previously mentioned towns, since
those towns are within close proximity of Prades (see image 1).
One final problem noticed in the family of Michel and Françoise was the missing birth record of
Marie PONCI (RIN: 28). According to her marriage she should have been born in 1801 but there
was no Marie PONCI in any of the mentioned towns born close to this period. A death of a
Marie PONCI was located in Conat. She was the daughter of Michel PONCY and Françoise
SICART and widow of Jean PAYRE. She was 68-years old.45 This means that she would have been
born in 1798. The death record also claims that she was born in Conat not Betlloc as indicated
by the marriage. With this conflict of information, it is important to pay attention to who
provided the information. In the death record the death information was reported by two
people who appear to be unrelated to Marie or her husband, while the information in marriage
record was provided by Marie. Even though both sets of information are secondary, the
Registres de Naissance 1793-An X, 1801, p. 9, Jerome Izidore Jean Ponsi; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 26 August 2015; Image 376 of 406, Doc #48. 43 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1798-1800, 1799, p. 37v, Catherine Poncy; archives.cg66.fr accessed 26 August 2015; Image 334 of 494, Doc #50. 44 Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1793-1801, 1798, p. 68v, Michel Ponci & Françoise Sicart; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 26 August 2015; Image 114 of 267, Doc #49. 45 Conat, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1863-1892, 1866, p. 3v, 21, Marie Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 2 July 2015; Image 47 of 406, Doc #28.
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information provided by Marie is the most reliable as it is close to the actual event and it is
given by the person in the event.46
After finding the information a search for the birth of Marie was conducted; unfortunately, the
search yielded no results. This search included using the surname of the mother. The search
was conducted in this way because of the parent’s marriage in 1798. It is possible that Marie
was born as an illegitimate child and then later legitimized. No record was found to prove this
theory. Page by page searches were made in the towns of Conat, Villefranche-de-Conflent,
Nohedes, and Prades. Due to the lack of a birth record the family was reviewed and there were
five children who had a variation of the name Marie. The below table indicates the names of
these children, their birth years, and the research conclusions to the possibility of Marie being
one of these five.
Name Birth Year
Research Conclusion
Elisabeth Therese Marie Anna Marguerite PONSI
180547 Married to Pierre PONSALLE. The Marie mentioned above is married to Jean PAIRÉ at the time of her death.48
Marie Margueritte Anne PONCI
180649 This Marie has the wrong birth year but she is still marrying age in 1826. She would have been 20 years old. No marriage or death record was found.
Marie Anne Julie Françoise PONCY
180850 Again she has the wrong birth year but is a little young to have married in 1826. She would have been 18 years old. No marriage or death record was found.
Madelaine Marie PONCI 181351 Wrong birth year and unable to marry in 1826. She would have been 13 years old. No marriage or death record was found.
46 Secondary information is information provided by someone who was not present at the time of the event. Even though Marie was the child being born she could not remember the event so she had to be told where and when she was born. This makes her a secondary source to the information whereas her parents would be considered as a primary source. 47 Villefrance-de-Conflent, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1800-1809, 1805, p. 5, Elisabet Therese Marianne Margerite Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 27 July 2015; Image 175 of 264, Doc #39. 48 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1831, p. 1v, 3, Pierre Ponsalle & Elisabeth Therese Marie Anna Marguerite Ponsi; archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/recherecheTheme accessed 6 July 2015; Image 397 of 455, Doc #31. 49 Villefrance-de-Conflent, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1800-1809, 1806, p. 7, Marie Margueritte Anne Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 31 July 2015; Image 194 of 264, Doc #46. 50 Villefrance-de-Conflent, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1800-1809, 1808, p. 9v, Marie Anne Julie Françoise Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 31 July 2015; Image 236 of 264, Doc #47. 51 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1813, p. 18, Madelaine Marie Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 July 2015; Image 20 of 455, Doc #42.
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Marie Catherine Anne PONCY
181652 She died in 1819 meaning that she cannot be the right Marie.53
There are only two of these five children that could be the correct Marie. Unfortunately, none
of them are a close fit. In order to help solve this problem a search into the children of Marie
PONCY and Jean PAIRÉ could be conducted. In the births of their children the registrar might list
another name for Marie that could identify the correct Marie. The other possibility is that the
birth could have occurred in a town that has not been searched yet (i.e. Ria-Sirach, etc.).
If a marriage or death for Marie Margueritte Anne or Marie Anne Julie Françoise was found the
records would help distinguish between the possibility of which might be Marie or that Marie is
another daughter. A page by page search was already conducted for these records in
Villefranche-de-Conflent, Prades, Nohedes, Conat, and Ria-Sirach, nothing was found. More
research into these two possibilities is needed.
Due to the lack of evidence the researcher has concluded that Marie is a tenth child. With more
research and evidence this conclusion would change to match what was found. See the Future
Research Suggestions section below for more information. This concludes the research into the
third generation.
Conclusions:
The following conclusions were made for the Michel PONCY (RIN: 21) and Françoise CICART
(RIN: 22) family:
Sebastian Joseph PONCI is the son of Michel PONCY and Françoise CICART.
Michel PONCY and Françoise CICART (also spelled SICART) were married 20 June 1798 in
Prades.
Michel and Françoise had 10 children between 1798 and 1816. All but one of these
children were born in Villefranche-de-Conflent, Catherine (RIN: 39) was born in Prades.
Michel is the son of Jean Jaques Antoine PONCY and Françoise BOTINYA and was born
abt. 1768, potentially in Nohedes.
4th Generation – Jean Jacques Antoine PONCY (RIN: 37) & Françoise ROIG (RIN: 38)
To begin researching this family the search started in the Catholic Church records of Nohedes.
There are no indexes so the records had to be searched page by page. The baptisms, marriages,
and deaths are combined for each year. They are organized chronologically. The following table
52 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1816, p. 4v, Marie Catherine Anne Poncÿ; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 July 2015; Image 67 of 455, Doc #43. 53 Villefranche-de-Conflent, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1813-1832, 1819, p. 9v, 31, Marie Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 30 July 2015; Image 120 of 455, Doc #44.
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shows all of the records found in Nohedes. All of the baptisms included birthdates and baptism
dates.
Name Birth/Baptism date Marriage Date and
Spouse Death Date
Jean Sauveur PONSI (RIN: 49)
19/20 July 175154
Luc PONSI (RIN: 50) 18/19 November 175355
Catherine PONSI (RIN: 46)
21/22 March 175556
Margueritte Anne PONSY (RIN: 47)
12/12 December 175657
8 January 1788, Michel PONCY58
Jean Baptiste PONCY (RIN: 48)
9/10 January 175959
Paul Seauveur PUNCY (RIN: 45)
26/28 July 176060 12 June 1792, Anne Marie ROIGT61
PUNCY (RIN: 57) 22 February 176162
Seauveur Estinne PUNCY (RIN: 43)
25/26 December 176263
Michel Antoine Joseph PUNCY (RIN: 21)
31 March/2 April 176564
54 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1687-1756, 1751 p. 2v, Jean Sauveur Ponsi; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 22 December 2015; image 111 of 150, Doc #61. 55 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1687-1756, 1753 p. 3v, Luc Ponsi; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 22 December 2015; image 124 of 150, Doc #60. 56 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1737-1792, 1755 p. 1, Catherine Ponsi; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 21 December 2015; image 100 of 232, Doc #59. 57 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1737-1792, 1756 p. 6, Margueritte Anne Ponsy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 21 December 2015; image 116 of 232, Doc #58. 58 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1737-1792, 1788 p. 1, Michel Poncy & Margueritte Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 23 April 2016; image 203 of 232, Doc #63. 59 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1757-1792, 1759 p. 1, Jean Baptiste Poncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 21 December 2015; image 19 of 337, Doc #57. 60 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1757-1792, 1760 p. 3v, Paul Seauveur Puncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 12 December 2015; image 32 of 337, Doc #51. 61 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1737-1792, 1792 p. 2v, Paul Poncy & Anne Marie Roigt; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 23 April 2016; image 229 of 232, Doc #64. 62 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1757-1792, 1761 p. 3, Puncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 12 December 2015; image 32 of 337, Doc #52. 63 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1757-1792, 1762 p. 8, Seauveur Estinne Puncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 12 December 2015; image 58 of 337, Doc #56. 64 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1757-1792, 1765 p. 1v, Michel Antoine Joseph Puncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 12 December 2015; image 80 of 337, Doc #54.
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Marguerite Marie Anne Marie PUNCY (RIN: 41)
2/3 April 176765 11 December 178266
Jean Sauveur PUNCY (RIN: 40)
11/12 May 176967
All of these records contained almost the exact same information. In all of the records the
mother was listed as either Françoise or François ROIG (variation ROIGT). The surname of the
mother differed from what was found in the marriage of Michel PONCY. In that marriage the
mother was Françoise BOTINYA.68 The civil registrar in the marriage probably gave the wrong
surname of Michel’s mother or Michel gave the wrong information. While searching through
the parish records there was no indication of an Antoine PONCY having children with a
Françoise BOTINYA. The only Antoine PONCY (or variation thereof) had a wife named Françoise
ROIG. With all of the other documents confirming this surname it is probable that the civil
registration record was wrong.
Another discrepancy appeared when reviewing the name of the father. In every record he was
referred to as Antoine; however, the name before Antoine always varied between Jean and
Jacques. Jean was the most common name, as it appeared in 6 baptism records, 1 marriage
record, and 1 death record. Jacques appeared in 4 baptism records and 1 marriage record. The
researcher concluded that the these were the same parents because the mother’s name never
changed. Jean Antoine and Jacques Antoine were probably the same person. Further evidence
of this was the marriage record. Image 2 shows an excerpt of the marriage between Jean
Jacques Antoine PONCI and Françoise ROIG. In the margin the groom is named as “Jean Antoine
PONCI” but in the document he is “Jacques Antoine PONCI.”69 This marriage confirmed that
Jean Antoine and Jacques Antoine are the same person.
65 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1757-1792, 1767 p. 3, Marguerite Marie Anne Marie Puncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 12 December 2015; image 100 of 337, Doc #55. 66 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1757-1792, 1782, Marianne Ponci; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 25 June 2016; image 259 of 337, Doc #67. 67 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1737-1792, 1769 p. 3, Jean Sauveur Puncy; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 12 December 2015; image 132 of 232, Doc #56. 68 Prades, Naissance, Mariage, Décès 1793-1801, 1798, p. 68v, Michel Ponci & Françoise Sicart; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 26 August 2015; Image 114 of 267, Doc #49. 69 San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1687-1756, 1749, Jean Jacques Antoine Ponci & Françoise Roig; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 22 December 2015; image 99 of 150, Doc #62.
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This marriage also gave the names of Jean Jacques Antoine’s parent’s as Luc PONCI and Marie.
The parents of Françoise were Jean Antoine ROIG and Catherine. The information in this record
did not give any surnames for the mothers. Also, there was no age given for the groom or bride
in the record. The age of 20 was approximated for the couple.70
The final problem that arose with this family was the lack of a birth for the infant PUNCY (RIN:
57) who died in 1761. The original theory was that this death belonged to Paul Seauveur PUNCY
(RIN: 45). This theory was laid to rest when the marriage of Paul PUNCY and Anne Marie ROIGT
was located. The record was examined more closely but no other identifying information was
found. Below is a transcription and translation of the record:
Le vingt et trois febrier mille sept cents soixante un; nous sous signes pretor vicaire de
l’eglise parroissiale de Saint Martin du lieu de Nohedes avons enseveli un enfant qui
mourat le vingt et duex du dit mois et un fils legitime, et naturel de Jean Antoin Puncÿ et
et de Françoise son epouse du lieu de Nohedes ont ete temoins Bartelemi Trenÿo, et Jean
Roitg du lieu de Nohedes qui ont di ne se avoir signer en foÿ de ce [Signatures]71
On the 23 of February of 1761, before us the signers and praetor vicar of the parish
church of Saint Martin in the place of Nohedes have buried an infant that died the 22 of
said month and a legitimate and natural son of Jean Antoine Puncÿ and and [this word
was repeated] of Françoise his wife of the place of Nohedes [meaning they resided
there] the witnesses were Barthelemi Trenÿo and Jean Roitg of the place of Nohedes
and they have signed it in faith [Signatures].
This record shed no light on the information about the infant. The researcher concluded that
the infant mentioned was either a stillborn or a miscarriage. No baptism record was found. The
only town that was searched was Nohedes as this was the only town that the family was having
70Ibid. 71 San Martin, Nohedes, Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures, 1757-1792, 1761, p. 3, Puncy; archives.cg66.fr accessed 12 December 2015, image # 45 of 337, Doc #52.
Image 2: San Martin, Nohedes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Registres de Baptemes, Mariages, Sepultures 1687-
1756, 1749, Jean Jacques Antoine Ponci & Françoise Roig; archives.cg66.fr, accessed 22 December 2015; image
99 of 150, Doc #62, emphasis added.
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children. It is unlikely that a baptism would be found in another town (i.e. Conat, Ria-Sirach, or
Villefranche-de-Conflent).
Throughout this generation there was found variations on the spellings of surnames. It is
important to mention that words and names were spelled how they sounded. This means that
the spelling of words and names would change, even in the same document. The variations
found on the surname PONCY were PONCI, PUNCY, and PONSI. The variations found on the
surname of ROIG included ROITG, ROIGT, and ROITX.
Six of the children did not have any marriage or death records found in Nohedes. It is possible
that they were married in another town and died there as well. Check the Future Research
Suggestions section for more information to continue with this research. This concluded
research for the fourth generation.
Conclusions
The following conclusions were made for the family of Jean Jacques Antoine PONCY (RIN: 37)
and Françoise ROIG (RIN: 38):
Michel Antoine Joseph PUNCY was born 31 March 1765 in Nohedes to Jean Antoine
PUNCY and Françoise ROITG.
Jean Jacques Antoine PONCI and Françoise ROIG were married 19 June 1749 in
Nohedes. They had 11 children all born in Nohedes.
The infant PUNCY was not baptized.
Jean Antoine PONCI and Jacques Antoine PONCI are the same person. Jean Jacques
Antoine PONCI is the son of Luc PONCI and Marie.
Final Remarks
This report covers four generations of the PONCY family. Of these generations all of the families
were exhaustively searched throughout the towns of Prades, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Conat,
Nohedes, and Ria-Sirach. The conclusions drawn from each generation were made using
analysis of the following record types: Recensements (censuses), Civil Registration, and Catholic
Church Parish Records. No other record types were available online. There are more records
that could be searched onsite that could glean more information about the family. The
following section are recommendations for research. As always there is more research to be
done.
Future Research Suggestions (Sometimes the direct links do not work so you will have to use
Google to find the websites given in the links below.)
1. Search for a better explanation of the gaps in the Sebastian Joseph PONCY and Marie
Gráce RESPAUD family. There could potentially be missing children. This family seemed
to move around so the Civil Registration records of Olette, Jujols, Serdinya, and Codalet.
It is recommended to search them in that order as that is the order of the cities from
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the Marie Gráce’s hometown to the town of Conat. Research can be done online from
the Department website located at:
http://archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/rechercheTheme.
2. Search for children of the Marie PONCY and Jean PAIRÉ family in Conat and surrounding
towns. Start with the Tables Décennales 1802-1822 in Conat. This will make finding the
children much quicker. The benefit to searching these records is that it can help you
better identify Marie PONCY. It is possible that she has a second name meaning that she
has 8 siblings instead of 9. Again these records are available online. They can be
accessed through the Department website:
http://archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/rechercheTheme/requeteConstructor/1/4/A/0/0
3. Search for the marriages and deaths of Marie Margueritte Anne PONCY and Marie Anne
Julie Françoise PONCY in Olette, Jujols, Serdinya, and Codalet. This was also help solve
the problem of Marie PONCY (RIN: 28). By finding other marriages or death records this
could help prove whether or not there are four or five sisters with the name Marie. This
search should take place using the Tables Décennales from these towns. They are
available online at the department website. Use the link in suggestion 1 to access the
documents.
4. Search for the marriages and deaths of Jean Sauveur PONSI, Luc PONSI, Catherine
PONSI, Jean Baptiste PONCY, Seauveur Estinne PUNCY, and Jean Sauveur PUNCY in
Conat, Villefranche-de-Conflent, Ria-Sirach, and Prades. This research can help you find
more information about the family and lead you to further discoveries about towns to
which the family could have moved. The towns listed above are all of the towns in which
the family has already had a presence. It might also be beneficial to check the towns
under the first suggestion. This research will most likely take place using both Catholic
Church Parish and Civil Registration records. This will be a rigorous search as most of
these records were not indexed during this time period. A page-by-page search is
needed to find these records.
5. Continue to climb up the PONCY family tree. This would continue to add generations to
your family tree and expand it even larger. The next step in the research is to search for
the baptism of Jean Jacques Antoine PONCI. He was likely born in the city of Nohedes
around 1729. This would also be a rigorous search that requires a page-by-page search
of the Catholic Church Records. It is suggested that you start by researching in Bapteme,
Mariage, et Sepultures (BMS) of 1660-1718. If his baptism is not located in that
collection try the 1687-1756 collection. There has been some record damage and
destruction causing them to be difficult to read. Many times there are duplicate images
of differing quality that may help a person in reading the documents. These are
available through the Department website:
http://archives.cg66.fr/mdr/index.php/rechercheTheme/requeteConstructor/1/4/A/0/0
6. A final effort could also be pursued onsite in Perpignan, France. In the Archives
Departementales [Department Archive]. In this archive you can find the Notarial
Records. These records include land records and wills. These records can help identify
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the names of other children in each family as well as confirm the identity the parents.
They are difficult to search but very beneficial when identifying family and cultural
information. These records can only be accessed onsite.
Addendums
Pedigree chart, Family Group Sheets, Research Log, and copies of the documents found
in the research.