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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GAUDIN (Acadians only)

Analysis of GAUDIN marriages, 1766-1861:

Total marriages listed:                     105           100.0%
Endogamous marriages:                    68             64.8
Exogamous marriages:                      37             35.2

GAUDIN Acadian connection:  ARCENEAUX(3), BABIN(4), BERGERON, BLANCHARD, BOUDREAUX, BOURG, BOURGEOIS(5), BREAUX, BROUSSARD, BUJOL, DUGAS(6), FORET(2), GAUDET, GAUTREAUX(4), GUIDRY(2), HÉBERT(5), HENRY, LANDRY(6), LANOUX(2), LEBLANC(10), LEGENDRE, LOUVIERE(2), MELANCON(3), PART,  RICHARD(2), USE 26

GAUDIN non-Acadian connection:  BADIE, BARBE, BLOUIN(4), CAILLOUET(2), CARRAINE, CHARPIOT, DENOUX(2), D'EPERON, DESNOYER, DESSARPER, DUPRE dit Terrebonne(2), DUPRES, FONTENOT, GARCIA, GOURDAIN, GRABERT(2), LAFOR, LAVERGNE(2), MOLLERE(2), OUBRE(2), RIZAN(2), ROUILLET, SENETTE, VILLANEUVA, WATKINS, WILKINS 26

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