Over the years, I learned about Julienne’s life via various documents found both in Puerto Rico and in Martinique. Here is the resumé of her life!
Julienne Malvina Lautin
Birth: 16 February 1844 (Rivière Salée, Martinique)
Marriage: 7 September 1869 (Vieques, Puerto Rico)
Death: 7 April 1897 (Salinas, Puerto Rico)
Other documents such as a notary record found in France taught me that Julienne was sold the 7th of February 1846 along with her mother from the Forget family to the Lapierre family; Julienne was only two years old. Shortly after on the 21st of December 1848, Eglantine (Julienne’s mother), Julienne, and her younger sister would receive freedom and given the surname “Lautin”.
She later moved to Puerto Rico likely around the mid-1860s and married Gustave Jean Charles on the island of Vieques. The family would shortly move onto the mainland and live in Fajardo before making their way down to Salinas where Julienne would ultimately die. Before realizing she had other children, I knew that their marriage had produced eight children.