304. CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 
ment is long, and though I have a fac-simile copy of 
that page in the ancient register containing it, I will 
give but the substance here. It states that “ Messzre 
Foseph Gaspard de Tascher, chevalier, seigneur de 
La Pagerie, native of the parish of St. Yacque du 
Carbet, — of said island of Martinique, lieutenant in 
the artillery, son in legitimate marriage of AZessire 
Foseph-Gaspard de Tascher, chevalier, setgneur de 
La Pagerie, and of Madame Marie-Frangoise Bou- 
reau de La Chevalerie, living in the town of Port 
Royal,” was married to “ demozselle Rose-Clatre des 
Vergers de Sannots, native of the parish of Trois-Ilets, 
daughter in legitimate marriage of Messire Foseph 
des Vergers de Sannods and of dame Marie-Catherine 
Brown, natives of and dwellers in the parish of 
Trois-Ilets,” etc. 
Thus we have in this register of marriage, dated 
November the ninth, 1761, the names and rank of 
the parents and grandparents of Josephine, and, what 
is of equal importance, their place of residence at that 
time, only eighteen months previous to her birth. 
Let us turn for a moment to her biographers. One 
or two will suffice to show how inaccurate are their 
statements. Thus, in “ Memoirs of the Empress Jose- 
phine,” by John S. Memes, LL.D., I find that the 
parents of the Empress were — “both natives of 
France, though married in St. Domingo, about 
1761.” . . . “Of this parentage, the only child, 
the subject of these Memoirs, was born in St. Pierre, 
the capital of Martinico, on the 23d of June, 1763.” 
A French dictionary of biography also repeats that 
Josephine was born in St. Pierre ; but this is refuted 
by the register. of baptism at Trois-Ilets, which the 
