 moran family moran family osarep tue 3232010 1724 the morin moran family of the mississippi coast originated at st pierredusud quebec canada here joseph morin was born of denis morin and madeleine boulet he settle at cat island and married louise ladner the daughter of nicolas ladner and marie anne pacquet in 1778 all of their children were born and reared at cat island joseph morin ii and his family lived at old chimneys long beach until about 1820 when they moved to north biloxi near what would become the 1850s kendall brickyard on back bay it is here that the moran children were reared they were joseph moran iii 1809 celina 18111883 claire marguerite francois 18151887 victoire 1817 marie 1818 virginia 18201891 and sarah ann pierre harvey and celina had settled on the 46 acres in section 17 t7sr9w he had bought from his fatherinlaw joseph moran ii in 1842 he sold 37 acres to jl lastinger reserving 9 acres which was probably the harvey homestead as one can see from the topographic map of the area it was well named as it was called harvey hill the union of pierre and celina harvey produced five francoamerican children marie harvey 18401894 pierre harvey jr 18411878 casimir harvey 18451904 margaret harvey 18471886 and phillip harvey 18511918 marie harvey 18401894 married a french immigrant seaman antoine v bellande 18291918 at biloxi on july 9 1866 pierre harvey died on september 30 1893 celina moran harvey preceded him in death she expired on september 21 1883 their remains were probably interred in the moran cemetery at d iberville mississippi while living at back bay antoine bellande had become acquainted with pierre harvey probably their french language and culture as well as their common bond as seamen brought them together regardless antoine married marie harvey the eldest daughter of pierre and zeline in july 1866 the ceremony took place at the church of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary in biloxi the reverend henri georget recorded the following concerning their nuptials in book 2 page 109 act 838  on july 9 1866 with no impediments i interrogated antoine bellande sailor son of joseph bellande and celina vesianne his lawful wife born in france dept des bouches du rhone residing at back bay and marie hervy daughter of pierre hervy and celina morin his lawful wife born and living at back bay their consent being expressed i oined them in matrimony by words in presence of known witnesses silvestre fayard and rosa husley  during the precivil war period while living across the bay on his 3736 acres in section 17 t7sr9w purchased from jl lastinger et ux in october 1870 i can only speculate that antoine bellande provided for his young family by running his schooner on the mississippi sound he may have taken contracts to unload larger vessels and carry coastwise freight participation in the hunt for buried treasure left on these shores by jean lafitte and other sea rovers is a possibility in 1879 four oldest children joseph age 11 anthony age 10 peter age 8 and ida age 5 were attending the big ridge school leon dieschbourg was the teacher the bellande children had an excellent attendance record 665 views  