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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USÉ

Analysis of USÉ marriages, 1786-1860:

Total marriages listed:            30          100.0%
Endogamous marriages:          16           53.3
Exogamous marriages:            14           46.7 

USÉ Acadian connection:  ACHÉE(2), BABIN, BOUDREAUX(4), BOURG, CHIASSON, GAUDIN, GAUTREAUX(2), HÉBERT, HENRY, PREJEAN, TRAHAN 11

USÉ non-Acadian connection:  ALBERT, AROYO/HOW, AYSENNE, BRUNET, CAVALLERO, KERNE, MAIGRET, MILETTE, RHODES, RODRIGUES, SABOLLE, SANCHES/SANCHEZ(2), TRICHE 13

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VILLEJOIN

Analysis of VILLEJOIN marriages, 1812-1860:

Total marriages listed:             6            100.0%
Endogamous marriages:          1              16.7
Exogamous marriages:            5              83.3 

VILLEJOIN Acadian connection:  LEJEUNE

VILLEJOIN non-Acadian connection:  ISTRE(2), JEANNOT, LAFOSSE, MILLER 4

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VINCENT (Acadians only)

Analysis of VINCENT marriages, 1768-1861:

Total marriages listed:            59       100.0%
Endogamous marriages:         34         57.6
Exogamous marriages:           25         42.4

VINCENT Acadian connection:  BOUDREAX(2), BROUSSARD(8), CORMIER, DAVID, DUHON, GUIDRY, HÉBERT(2), LABAUVE(2), LAMBERT, LANDRY(5), PINEL, THIBODEAUX, TRAHAN(4), VINCENT(4) 14

VINCENT non-Acadian connection:  BAYE, BERTRAND(2), BONVILLAIN, BOREL, DOMINGUEZ, DRONET, FAULK, FERRE, GALEMENT, GOULA, JUDICE, LEDOUX, MANCEAUX(2), MEAUX, MIGUES, OUBRE, PRIMEAUX(2), ROLIN, RYAN, SIMON(2), SUIRE 21

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