Joseph Thebaud (1772–1811) was an agent of the
French East India Company Compagnie des Indes () may refer to several French chartered companies involved in long-distance trading:
* First French East Indies Company, in existence from 1604 to 1614
* French West India Company, active in the Western Hemisphere from 1664 t ...
, 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
Brooklynn Genealogy
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
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. Notable among their children was Edward Thebaud.
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
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. 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
Leo Hewlett Thebaud (February 15, 1890 – April 18, 1980) was an admiral of the United States Navy.
Early life
Thebaud was born in Madison, New Jersey, on February 15, 1890, to Edward Vincent (1824-1900) and Elizabeth Hewlett Scudder (1869-1952 ...
, Rear Admiral Cynthia McCulley Thebaud, former president of the International Monetary Fund
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Jacques de Larosière
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, 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 who owned the Château d'Orrouy and Paul Cottin on ...
.
Leo Hewlett Thebaud, ONI.jpg, Leo Hewlett Thebaud
Jacques de La Rosière.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
Hosp ...
*French Hospital (Manhattan)
French Hospital of New York, at 330 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 B ...
* Leonis C. Malburg
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1772 births
1811 deaths
American businesspeople