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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CORMIER (Acadians only)

Analysis of CORMIER marriages, 1766-1861:

Total marriages listed:                    143               100.0%
Endogamous marriages:                   91                63.6
Exogamous marriages:                     52                36.4

CORMIER Acadian connection:  ARCENEAUX, BABIN, BABINEAUX(7), BENOIT(2), BERGERON(2), BIJEAU, BLANCHARD, BOUDREAUX(3), BOURG, BRASSEAUX, BREAUX(3), BROUSSARD(7), CASTILLE(2), CHIASSON, CORMIER(2), DUGAS(3), DUHON(3), DUPUIS, GAUTREAUX, GIROIR, GRANGER, GUIDRY(2), GUILBEAU(6), HÉBERT(4), LEBLANC(4), LEGER, MARTIN, MELANÇON(5), MICHEL, MIRE, MOUTON(3), PITRE, POIRIER, PREJEAN, RICHARD(5), RIVET, ROBICHAUX, ROGER, SAVOY, THERIOT, THIBODEAUX(3), TRAHAN, VINCENT 44

CORMIER non-Acadian connection:  ALLEGRE, BADEAU, BARRAS, BERTRAND, BESLIN, BOUCHEZ, BURLEIGH, CHAUTIN, CLÉMENT, CONDELET, COURSEAU, DEVILLE, FERGUY, FONTENOT, FRUGÉ, GAUTHIER, HOLLIER, JANIS(3), JOHNSON, LABBÉ, LANCLOS(3), LASSEIGNE, LEDOUX(5), MEAUX, MILLER, MONTGOMERY, PATIN(3), PERIOU, PLACENTIA/PLAISANCE (2), ROYER(3), SIMON(3), SIMONEAUX, SUTTER, TERTRON, VASSEUR, WEBRE, WOOD 37

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