Acadian/Cajun Marriages in Louisiana, 1765-1861

The marriages listed below are from "official" marriage citations found in South Louisiana church and civil record collections [Bourgeois, Cabanocey & Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians (C-V); Baton Rouge Diocesan Records (BRDR); Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records (SWLR); Hébert, D., South LA Records (SLR); & New Orleans Archdiocesan Records (NOAR)], not from inferences to a marriage found in those collections.  Same-family marriages--e.g., CORMIER = CORMIER--are accounted for in the totals.

[The hyperlink attached to a family's name takes you to that family's totals; the hyperlink attached to an individual's name takes you to the individual's profile in the list of Acadian immigrants to Louisiana or to an AIG unit roster.]

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BIJEAUX/BUJOLE (Acadians only)

Analysis of BIJEAUX/BUJOLE marriages, c1768-1860:

Total marriages listed:            44            100.0%
Endogamous marriages:          23             52.3
Exogamous marriages:            21             47.7

BIJEAUX/BUJOLE Acadian connection:  BABIN(2), BLANCHARD(2), BOURG(2), CASTILLE, DELAUNE, FORET, GAUDIN, GUIDRY, LANDRY(5), LEBLANC(2), MELANÇON(2), ORILLION, RICHARD, RIVET 14

BIJEAUX/BUJOLE non-Acadian connection:  BERTRAND, BRUGERE, BUQUOY, COLLINS, CONSTANT, DEVILLIERS, FOURRIER, JONES, LAMBREMONT, LEVEQUE, MARTINEZ, PATIN(2), PICOU, PREVOST, ROTH, SENETIERE, WILTZ, VERRET, VIVES, YOUNGBLOOD 20

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BILLERAY

No marriages found

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BLANCHARD (Acadians only)

Analysis of BLANCHARD marriages, 1768-1861:

Total marriages listed:               301        100.0%
Endogamous marriages:            193          64.1
Exogamous marriages:              108          35.9

BLANCHARD Acadian connection:  ALLAIN(2), ARCEMENT, ARCENEAUX(8), AUCOIN(12), BABIN(2), BARRILLEAUX(2), BERNARD(2), BERTEAU, BIJEAUX/BUJOLE(2), BLANCHARD(6), BOUDREAUX(5), BOURG(7), BREAUX(8), BROUSSARD(4), CLOUÂTRE, COMEAUX(3), CORMIER, CROCHET, DAIGLE(7), DELAUNE(2), DUGAS(2), DUHON, DUPUIS/DUPUY(6), FORET(2), GAUDIN, GAUTREAUX(2), GIROUARD(2), GUIDRY(4), GUILLOT(4), HÉBERT(9), LAMBERT, LANDRY(20), LEBERT, LEBLANC(15), LEJEUNE(2), MARTIN(2), MELANÇON, MICHEL(3), MOÏSE, MOUTON, ORILLION, PITRE(2), POIRIER, PREJEAN, RICHARD(9), ROBICHAUX(3), ROGER, SAVOIE(2), TALBOT, TEMPLET(3), THERIOT(3), THIBODEAUX(4), TRAHAN(5) 53

BLANCHARD non-Acadian connection:  ADAM, AILLET, ALEXANDRE, ANGEL, ARNAUD, ARTAUX, BARASS(3), BARNETT(2), BERCEGEAY, BERGERON(2), BERNARD du MONTIER, BORGAS, CAHIER, CAHIL, CAMPO, CANCIENNE(4), CAPDEVILLE(2), CASSADEY, CAZES(2), CHAMPAGNE(2), CHARPENTIER, CHUSTZ, CLAVERIE, COHEN, COLONNA, COONY, COPEL, COURTIN, DIES, DODD, DORE, DROZGREY, DUCHARM, DUPLANTIS, DUPLESSIS, DUPRÉ, ESCUREIX, ESNARD, FOLLEY, FONTENOT, FORESTIER, FRAYARD, FRYOUX, FULCHER, GALLAND, GASPARD, GASSIE, GRAHAM, HEIGHT, HOTARD, LACROIX, LEBLANC, LEBOEUF(6), LEGRAND, LEMARIE, LENDOR, LORMAND, MAJOR, MARS, MARTIN, McFADDIN, McLIN, McNEIL(2), MENARD, MOLLERE(3), MONDON, MONTET(2), NEWELL, NOLAN, ORDENEAU(2), OUBRE(2), PELLEGRIN, PELLETIER, PICOU, ROBERT, RODRIGUE, ROTH, SAUSE, SCOTT, SICARD, TACNEAU, TALLEY, TULIER, VIOLIN, WARREN, WHITE, ZIMBERMAN  87

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