Joseph Thebaud (1772–1811) was an agent of the
French East India Company
The French East India Company (french: Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales) was a colonial commercial enterprise, founded on 1 September 1664 to compete with the English (later British) and Dutch trading companies in the ...
, and later in about 1792 founded
Thebaud Brothers, a commission house in
New York City
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. Founder of the French Benevolent Society of New York.
New Amsterdam Merchants
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History
A nineteenth-century account of his life states that he first settled in Boston
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, where he stayed for a short time, then moved to New Haven
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, where he married Marie Therese Felicité Le Breton, a daughter of a gentleman from Martinique
Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...
. Notable among their children was Edward Thebaud
Edward Thebaud (June 1798–1884) was an American merchant.
Edward Thebaud was born in Beekman Street, New York City, in June, 1798 the son of Joseph Thebaud who was an agent of the French East India Company. When very young he was sent to the M ...
.
Moving again to New York, he set up in business and became one of the leading merchants of the city. He lived at 121 Beekman Street, and had his counting-room opposite, at No. 11. He had a country house on a site where Orchard Street later ran.
Thebaud was an amateur botanist and passionately fond of flowers. His greenhouses were at the time the wonder of the town. He took great pride in showing his flowers. His neighbors were David Dunham, Cornelius Dubois, and the Stuyvesant family
The Stuyvesant family is a family of American politicians and landowners in New York City. The family is of Dutch origin and is descended from Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672), who was born in Peperga, Friesland, Netherlands and served as the last D ...
. He founded the ''Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance'' (French Benevolent Society of New York), and was a leading director and friend to the old Mechanics' Bank.
Family
He is the ancestor of Vice Admiral François Picard-Destelan, Vice Admiral Leo Hewlett Thebaud, Rear Admiral Cynthia McCulley Thebaud, former president of the International Monetary Fund
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Jacques de Larosière, and French journalist Laurence de Cambronne
Laurence de Cambronne (born 1 May 1951, Casablanca, Morocco) is a French journalist, novelist and humanitarian.
Biography Family and formation
Descendant of Arnouph Deshayes de Cambronne and Paul Cottin on her father's side and of Ernest P ...
.
Leo Hewlett Thebaud, ONI.jpg, Leo Hewlett Thebaud
Jacques de Larosière (2011).jpg, Jacques de Larosière
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Cynthia Thebaud, the commander of Logistics Group Western Pacific and the Task Force 73 Singapore area coordinator, speaks with Brunei Royal Navy Fleet Adm. Abdul Aziz, not shown, with Joint 131114-N-LO372-384.jpg, Cindy Thebaud
See also
*Peter Claver Building
The Peter Claver Building, previously the French Hospital, was a historic building in New Orleans, Louisiana. It occupied the square bounded by Orleans, Derbigny, Ann Street, and Roman Streets, just back from Claiborne Avenue.
History
Hospi ...
*French Hospital (Manhattan)
French Hospital of New York, at 329 West 30th Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenues) was a hospital established in 1881 and closed in 1977. The last building it occupied was built in 1928 by the Société Française de Bienfaisance (French Ben ...
* Leonis C. Malburg
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1772 births
1811 deaths
American businesspeople