JEAN LOUIS BRANCHE EMIGRATED IN 1829 TO THE NEW FRENCH SETTLEMENT, ALSO CALLED ROSIERES, LOCATED JUST TO THE EAST OF CAPE VINCENT, NEW YORK STATE, NEAR THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.
JEAN BROUGHT WITH HIM A SON, SIMEON. WE DO NOT KNOW AT THIS TIME IF JEAN'S WIFE EVER JOINED HIM IN THE UNITED STATES OR NOT. JEAN FIRST LIVED IN LYME, NEW YORK, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE SETTLEMENT, BUT LATER MOVED THERE.
JEAN, NOW ANGLICIZED TO JOHN, LEFT ROSIERE IN 1857 AND MOVED TO ILLINOIS WHERE IT IS BELIEVED HE DIED, AGED 85.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS DIRECTLY RELATED TO JEAN, AND EACH OF THEM REFLECTS THE DEMAND OF THE TIMES. NOT UNLIKE SOME OF OUR MODERN DAY IMMIGRATION ISSUES THERE WERE CERTAIN DEMANDS JEAN HAD TO MEET TO SATISFY LAWS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IS A COPY OF THE ALIEN CERTIFICATE JEAN HAD TO SIGN: