Month: July 2001

Craven County, NC – Christ Church Parish Records (1818-1848)

These records were transcribed by Miss Gertrude Sprague Carraway of New Bern, NC for the Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A number of Pasteurs from Craven County are mentioned in these records. Continue reading “Craven County, NC – Christ Church Parish Records (1818-1848)”

Lieux d’origine des Pasteur en Franche-ComtĂ©

Lieux d’origine, d’habitation et de dĂ©placements successifs des Pasteur en Franche-ComtĂ©

D’oĂą vinrent ces premiers Pasteur lorsque, abergeurs parmi d’autres, vers le treizième siècle sans doute, un peu avant ou un peu après, ils colonisèrent les hautes terres de la rĂ©gion de Mouthe en grande partie vierge jusque-lĂ  de prĂ©sence humaine permanente ? Probablement de Suisse et de Savoie, comme beaucoup de leurs compatriotes. Continue reading “Lieux d’origine des Pasteur en Franche-ComtĂ©”

Bourreaux et guérisseurs dans le pays de Vaud

On sait quelles Ă©troites relations ont longtemps existĂ© entre l’exĂ©cuteur de la justice et la pratique, plus ou moins avouĂ©e, parfois officiellement reconnue, de l’art de guĂ©rir. Voici qu’en 1384 le bourreau de Cossonay, Nicolet Quinnaz, teste. Il ne se borne pas Ă  faire de nombreux legs pies, entre autres Ă  l’abbaye du Lac de Joux et aux deux couvents de Lausanne, prĂŞcheurs et mineurs; ce qui nous intĂ©resse est de le voir revendiquer sa qualitĂ© de bourgeois et dĂ©clarer sa volontĂ© d’être inhumĂ© dans l’église, avec père et ancĂŞtres. En gĂ©nĂ©ral, mĂŞme lorsqu’il est apprĂ©ciĂ© pour son habiletĂ© de guĂ©risseur, le bourreau Ă©tait rangĂ© parmi les intouchables, les parias, hors cadre. Ce n’était apparemment pas le cas au XIVe siècle dans cette partie du pays. Continue reading “Bourreaux et guĂ©risseurs dans le pays de Vaud”

Pasteur’s original family branches

France (Franche-Comté): Descendants of:

  • Pasteur Claude Mathieu, from Salins (39)
  • Pasteur Claude Simon, from Sirod (39)
  • Etienne Pasteur, of Mouthe (25) (ancestor of Louis Pasteur)
  • Pasteur Jacques, from PlĂ©nise (39)
  • Pasteur Mathieu, from Arsure (39)
  • Pasteur Mathieu, from Mouthe (25), then Doye (39)
  • Pasteur Pierre x Guye Clauda
  • Pasteur Pierre, from Mouthe (25)
  • Pasteur Pierre alias Pierrillion x BĂ©suchet Denise, from Reculfoz (25)
  • Pasteur Simon, from Nans (39)

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Surnames connected to the Pasteurs of Franche-Comté

Surnames found in the Généalogie des familles Pasteur, connected to the Pasteurs of Franche-Comté, France.

AidrĂ©, Aidrey, Alidan, Allemand, Alpy, Amadry, Amey, Amidey, Amien, Amiens, Amodru, Amye, Amyotte, Arbaud, Arbeaud, Ardiet, Arduin, Arduyn. Continue reading “Surnames connected to the Pasteurs of Franche-ComtĂ©”

NĂ©crologie de William Pasteur (1796-1874)

Nous apprenons avec le plus vif regret, la mort d’un de nos honorables concitoyens, M. William Pasteur-Mousson (1). M. Pasteur avait Ă©tĂ© pendant longtemps le directeur des Postes cantonales, et les gĂ©nĂ©rations actuelles qui ne les connaissent que par la rapiditĂ© et la sĂ©curitĂ© qu’elles nous offrent, ne se doutent guère des efforts que nos devanciers ont dĂ» multiplier pour amener Ă  ce point cette branche si importante de l’administration publique. Continue reading “NĂ©crologie de William Pasteur (1796-1874)”

Carnifex, the public executioner at Rome

CARNIFEX, the public executioner at Rome, who put slaves and foreigners to death (Plaut. Bacch. iv.4.37; Capt. v.4.22), but no citizens, who were punished in a manner different from slaves. It was also his business to administer the torture. This office was considered so disgraceful, that he was not allowed to reside within the city (Cic. Pro Rabir. 5), but he lived without the Porta Metia or Esquilina (Plaut. Pseud. i.3.98), near the place destined for the punishment of slaves (Plaut. Cas. ii.6.2; Tac. Ann. xv.60; Hor. Epod. v.99), called Sestertium under the emperors (Plut. Galb. 20).

It is thought by some writers, from a passage in Plautus (Rud. iii.6.19), that the carnifex was anciently keeper of the prison under the triumviri capitales; but there does not appear sufficient authority for this opinion (Lipsius, Excurs. ad Tacit. Ann. ii.32).

Source: William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D., A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875.

The Pasteurs in England

There are two known Pasteur branches in England. One is that of John Lewis Pasteur, whose origin is yet unknown and whose male line died in 1819 or 1822. The other one is that of Marc Henry Pasteur, who came from Geneva to England in 1846 and whose descendants are living today near Birmingham. Continue reading “The Pasteurs in England”

The Swiss origins of the British branch of the Pasteurs

The eight Swiss (*) who form the fifth generation are as mixed a bag in origin as their eight English and Scottish companions. From the family historian’s point of view, however, there is one great difference. In continental countries title and nobility descended to all the male offspring of a family, whereas in England rank and property were only inherited by the eldest sons. Continue reading “The Swiss origins of the British branch of the Pasteurs”