Elionetta/Eleonide (Janis) Iott

The Index to the Saint Charles County Missouri Baptisms, 1792-1852 lists:

JANIS, Leonide (a girl), birthdate Oct 5 1818, baptism Oct 8 1818, father is Antoine Janis and mother is Margt. Tibeau. There are seven other children listed for these parents:

  • Marie Benard Janis born Nov 30 1815
  • Marguerite Janis born Nov 8 1819
  • Frances Regste. Janis born Sept 22 1822
  • Joseph Antoine Janis born Mar 27, 1824
  • Nicolas Janis born Oct 12 1827
  • Gme. (William) Edmond Janis born Jun 26 1830
  • Euphenice Janis born Oct 24 1832

The St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Charles, MO translations of Parish Records 1792-1846, page 596 reads:

Lifrois Hiut and Elionitte Janis - February 21 1838 - I took the mutual consent for the contract of marriage from Lifrois Hiut, son of Joseph and Joachin Cote and Elionitte Janis, daughter of Antoine and Marguerite Tibeau. The witnesses: A. Janis, Joseph Cote, Louis Baradas, N. Janis, Joseph Hiut, Benjamin Tibeau, Bernard Janis, Sylvestre Magdalene, Rosalie Cote, Andrelle Cote, Lifrois Hiut, Eleonide Janis. - J.B. Smedts (priest)

For her husband I use the spelling he used in his later years, Sefroy Iott. He was born Nov 29 1815 in St. Louis, MO.

Sefroy Iott and Elionide have three children by the Parish Records at St. Charles Borromeo.

  • Marguerite Philomena Iott, born Dec 11, 1838. She died at 3 months.
  • Emilie Sophie Iott, born April 2 1840. More about her here.
  • Marie Felicia Iott, born April 8 1845.

More about Sefroy Iott here
1850 this couple is living in St. Charles, MO with an extended family of eleven headed by her widowed father, Antoine Janis. View
1860: Eleonide Iott is 40 years old and living in St. Charles, MO with Emily and Eunebe Longtine. So we can guess that Sefroy has left Eleonide. View
1870: She is living in St. Charles, MO with Peter and Emilie Lenaugh. View
1880: She is living in St. Charles, MO with Peter and Emily Lenagh. She is 64 years old. View
1900: Eliott Eott, age 81, is listed in White Clay, Sheridan County, NE with 34 year old grandson Philip Langton and 14 year old Francis Lenagh, all are born in Missouri. View

She died June 28, 1905 in Rushville. Obituary: View

I have some interesting documents from Jim Aplan, written by his father Frank Aplan that talk about the obituary, discussing what he thought was wrong about it. View

There is also a four page document from Frank Aplan, written by Henry Cottier, telling of everything he knew about Eleonitte. It seems more cousins than me have been interested in this family history. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

She is buried in Fairview Cemetery about 1 mile East of Rushville, Nebraska. View tombstone

My great aunt Cherie wrote in a letter to my father dated 1981 "I believe my dad's parents died when he was quite small (Peter and Emilie), and he was reared by an aged grandmother (Elionetta) whom I only met once while she was on her death bed. At the time she was living in the Pine Ridge area of South Dakota. She spoke mostly French - her English was strongly accented - I remember she called me "Ma Cherie". Mother was with her, having taken me along, during her last days. Her death occurred during the early 1900's."