APPENDICES

Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s

OZELET

[OZ-uh-lay]

ACADIA

Jean Ozelet, born at La Tremblade, near Rochefort, France, in c1664, parentage undetermined, immigrated to Newfoundland probably in the 1680s and became a fisherman and petit habitant there.  He married Madeleine, daughter of Louis Beaufet, at Plaisance, now Placentia, Newfoundland, in c1692.  They had eight children.  Between 1694 and 1711, Jean and his family lived at Petit-Grève, Plaisance, Petit-Plaisance, Grand-Grève, and Petit-Dégrit, Newfoundland.  In 1715, French officials counted the family at Louisbourg, Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island.  They were back at Petit-Dégrat by 1719 and were still living there in 1726.  Jean's daughters married into the Boulanger dit Saint-Nicolas, de Lafargue, Grénard dit Bélair, and Villalon families at Newfoundland and Île Royale.  Only one of his three sons seems to have created a family of his own:   

Oldest son Jean, fils, born probably at Petit-Plaisance after 1705, married Jeanne, daughter of Francois Moyse dit Latrielle, fils, in c1736, place unrecorded, and settled at Cobeguit, Nova Scotia.  Jean, fils seems to have fathered only one child, a son, Jean-Baptiste, born at Cobeguit in c1743.  Jean fils died at Cobeguit in c1747, in his late 30s.  Jeanne remarried that year to Benjamin Pitre of Cobeguit, with whom she had three more children, all born at Cobeguit.  

Jean le jeune, born probably at Petit-Plaisance after 1705, died at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1715.  He was only 10 years old.  

Youngest son Nicolas, born probably at Petit-Plaisance after 1710, was baptized at Petit-Dégrat, Newfoundland, in 1724, but he does not seem to have created a family of his own.  

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

When the British started rounding up the Acadians in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755, Jean-Baptiste Ozelet, now 12 years old, fled with his mother, stepfather, three step-siblings, and the entire village of Cobeguit, to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, which was territory controlled by France.  Their respite from British oppression was short-lived, however.  After the fall of the French fortress at Louisbourg in July 1758, British forces swooped down on Île St.-Jean and transported most of the Acadians there to France later in the year.  Jean-Baptiste Ozelet, called Jean, now in his mid-teens, sailed with his stepfather, his mother, and three half-siblings aboard one of the five British transports that left the Gut of Canso in late November 1758 and reached St.-Malo in late January 1759.  Only Jean-Baptiste, his stepfather Benjamin Pitre, and his half-sister Agnès Pitre, age 11, survived the crossing.  Jean-Baptiste's mother died at sea along with his half-sisters Francoise, age 10, and Canuse Pitre, age 4.  

In France, Jean-Baptiste Ozelet followed his step-father to St.-Suliac, a suburb of St.-Malo, where he came of age and became a pit sawyer.  He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Landry, at nearby St.-Servan in February 1766.  They had five children at St.-Servan:  Jean-Charles, born in March 1767, twins Marie-Marguerite and Jeanne-Olive, born in January 1769 but died within days of their birth, Pierre-Henry, born in July 1770 but died at age 2 in July 1772, and Mathurin-Joseph, born in August 1772.  

In the early 1770s, Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite were among the dozens of Acadians who attempted to settle noble lands in the Poitou region in what the Acadians called La Leigne-les-bois.  Another daughter, Marie-Charles, also called Marie-Charlotte, was baptized at Châtellerault, in Poitou, in September 1774.  After two years of effort, the Leigne-les-bois venture failed miserably.  In early 1776, Jean-Baptiste, Marguerite, and three of their children--Jean-Charles, Mathurin-Joseph, and Marie-Charlotte--joined the other Acadians who abandoned the settlement and retreated to the port city of Nantes, where they subsisted as best they could on what work they could find and on government subsidies.  They lived in Chantenay, a suburb of Nantes, where another son, Julien, was born to them in September 1780.  

In the early 1780s, the Spanish government offered the Acadians in France an opportunity for a better life in faraway Louisiana.  Jean-Baptiste Ozelet and his wife Marguerite Landry agreed to take it.  

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Jean-Baptiste Ozelet, now 42, his wife, Marguerite Landry, 43, their four children--Jean-Charles, 18, Mathurin-Joseph, age 13, Marie-Charlotte, age 10, and Julien, age 4--sailed to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships of 1785, which reached New Orleans in mid-August.  After a brief respite in the city, they chose to follow the majority of the passengers from their ship to the Acadian community of Ascension, on the river above New Orleans.  Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite, now well into their middle age, had no more children in Louisiana.  

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

By the mid-1790s, Spanish officials were counting Jean-Baptiste Ozelet and his family in the upper valley of Bayou Lafourche.  Marguerite died either at Ascension or Assumption, in the upper Lafourche valley, in the early 1790s.  Jean-Baptiste died at Assumption in March 1798; he was 55 years old.  Mathurin-Joseph married Marie, daughter of Vincent Landry, at Assumption in May 1798.  Youngest son Julien married twice, first to a French Creole, Marguerite, daughter of fellow exile from France Lambert Villardin, at Assumption in October 1802, and then to a Canary Islander, Anne-Marie, daughter of Domingo Estevez, also at Assumption, in July 1816.  Jean-Baptiste's only surviving daughter, Marie-Charlotte, married Francois, son of fellow Acadian exile in France Joseph Gautreaux, at Assumption in February 1803.  Brother Jean-Charles died at Assumption that October; he was only 36 years old and never married.  Marie-Charlotte died at Assumption in January 1815; the priest who recorded her burial said that Marie was 38 years old, but she was 41.  

The Acadian Ozelet/Ancelets of South Louisiana are descended from Jean-Baptise Ozelet's younger sons, Mathurin-Joseph and Julien: 

Descendants of Mathurin-Joseph OZELET (1772-1818)

Mathurin-Joseph, sometimes called Joseph-Mathurin or just Mathurin, second son of Jean-Baptiste Ozelet and Marguerite Landry, was born at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, France, in August 1772.  He came to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with his parents and siblings and followed them to the upper Lafourche valley, where he married distant cousin Marie Élisabeth/Isabelle, daughter of Vincent Landry, at Assumption in May 1798.  Marie was a native of Louisiana.  All of their children were born at Assumption.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin and Lescue families.  Mathurin-Joseph died at Assumption in May 1818; he was only 45 years old.  Only one of his three sons created a family of his own.  

Oldest son Grégoire-Mathurin, born in November 1800, died at age 1 in January 1802.  

Pierre Mathurin, born in August 1810, died at age 5 in August 1815.  

Youngest son Joseph Alexandre, called Alexandre, born in April 1817, married Henrietta, daughter of fellow Acadian Fabien Thomas Guillot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1843.  Their son Jule, or Jules, was born in Assumption Parish in February 1840, Joseph Justilien in August 1846, and Louis Sosthene in August 1851 but died at age 1 1/2 months the following October.  His daughter married into the LeBlanc family of St. Martin Parish.  During the War Between the States, Jules served in Company F of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Terrebonne Parish that fought gallantly at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1862-63; he died in the trenches at Vicksburg.  Alexandre died in Assumption Parish in February 1867; he was 50 years old.  ...

Descendants of Julien OZELET (1780-1834)

Julien, youngest son of Jean-Baptiste Ozelet and Marguerite Landry, was born at Chantenay, a suburb of Nantes, France, in September 1780.  He came to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with his parents and siblings and followed them to the upper Lafourche valley, where he married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole and fellow exile from France Lambert Billardin, at Assumption in October 1802.  Marguerite was a native of Morlaix, France, and had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi.  Julien remarried to Anne-Marie, called Marie, daughter of Domingo Esteve, Esteves, Estevez, or Steves of the Canary Islands, at Assumption in July 1816.  All of Julien's children were born at Assumption.  His daughters married into the Domingues or Domingo, Gonzales, Granier, Mazerolle, and Solar families.  Julien died in Assumption Parish in November 1834; the priest who recorded his burial said that Julien was 60 years old when he died, but he was 54.  

Oldest son Augustin, by his first wife, born in July 1803, died 11 days after his birth.  

Jean Baptiste le jeune, born in June 1804, married Élise, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Marie Theriot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1829.  Their son Joseph Honoré died at age 7 months in October 1832.  Their daughters married into the Penisson and Boudreaux families.  

Raymond Pierre, by his second wife, born in October 1817, married Marguerite Carmelite, sometimes Carmelite, daughter of Marcellin Adam, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1845; Carmelite's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Jean Baptiste Adrien, sometimes called Adrien, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1848 but died at age 5 of yellow fever in September 1853, Joachim Augustin was born in October 1849, Adam in c1851 but died at age 19 months of yellow fever in September 1853, Jean Adresi was born in December 1852, and Arnet, a twin, died 4 days after his birth in August 1854.  

Youngest son Raphael Anselme, born in April 1821, married Louise, daughter of Louis Gravaux, Gravereaux, or Gravour, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1842; Louise's mother was a Pitre.  They had daughters but probably no sons.  

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES IN LOUISIANA

The Acadian surname Ozelet also was spelled Ancelet in Louisiana.  But most, if not all, of the Ancelets of South Louisiana are not descendants of Jean-Baptiste Ozelet of Acadia.  By the 1840s, a French immigrant, or Foreign Frenchman, whose surname also was spelled Ancelet, created a branch of the family in the prairie parishes west of the Atchafalaya Basin:

Descendants of Louis ANCELET, fils (?-?)

Louis, fils, son of Louis Ancelet, Ancelot, or Onclet, père and Augustine Gebey of Harsy Legrand, Department of Seine et Marne, east of Paris, married Elisa, Laiza, or Loisa, daughter of Acadians Jean Martin and Madeleine Trahan, at the St. Martinville Church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1846.  They had sons named Louis III and Joseph, also called Pierre, birth dates and places unrecorded, but they probably were born in the late 1840s or early 1850s in either St. Martin or Lafayette Parish.  Their daughter Adeline married into the Doré, Duplechin, and Decoux families.  Louis III married Eugenie Girouard at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1870.  Their son Ambroise had been born near Youngsville in November 1869, Louis IV was born near Lafayette in March 1871, and a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at age 7 days in January 1873.  Louis III remarried to Marguerite Anastasie, called Anastasie, Bernard, at the Carencro church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1875.  Their son Joseph Vitalis, called Vitalis or Dutelie, was born near Carencro in October 1877, Jean Evan, called Evan, in January 1880, John in March 1890, Joseph le jeune in March 1893, and Archange in August 1895 but died at age 2 1/2 in February 1898.  Their daughter married into the Webre family.  Joseph dit Pierre married Anaïs, daughter of Onesime Caruthers or Credeur, at the St. Martinville church in June 1875.  Their son Joseph, fils was born near Youngsville in January 1882, Ode in December 1883, Olivier near Lafayette in March 1895, and Ophe in June 1899.  Their daughters married into the Doré, Dugas, and Hernandez families.  Louis III's son Ambroise by his first wife married Berthe Gautreaux at the Carencro church in January 1889 and received his "emancipation" the following October.  Their son Joseph Hilton or Eteon was born near Lafayette in January 1890, Joseph Columbus near Carencro in August 1894, Gabilus in December 1896, and Joseph Wilson near Lafayette in July 1899.  Louis III's son Louis IV by his first wife married Francoise Friche or Triche, at the Carencro church in January 1894.  Their son Joseph Semord was born near Carencro in January 1895, and Archange near Rayne, Acadia Parish, in October 1899.  Louis III's son Vitalis by his second wife married Ida, daughter of Joachim Sonnier, at the Carencro church in January 1897.  Their son Jean Clauris was born near Lafayette in September 1899.  Louis III's son Evan by his second wife married Euranie, daughter of Norbert Lormand, at the Carencro church in January 1900; Euranie's mother was a Comeaux. 

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Other Ancelets of the prairie parishes may have been kinsmen of Louis:  

Joseph Ancelet, parents undetermined, married Louise Manceau, date and place unrecorded, probably in the 1840s.  Their son Edouard was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1847.  

Frederick William Ancelet, parentage undetermined, married Céleste Marguerite Druilhet, date and place unrecorded, but it probably was at Jeanerette, Iberia Parish, in the late 1880s or early 1890s.  Their son Ernest Leonard or Leonard Ernest, born near Jeanerette in November 1894, died at age 10 months in September 1895.  An F. W. Ansley had owned a single slave--a 45-year-old female--on his farm in the western district of St. Mary Parish in June 1860.  This may have been Frederick William's father.  

Josephine Ancelet's son Bernard was born near Lafayette in August 1895; the priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not bother to list the father's name.  

CONCLUSION

The Ozelets were one of those Acadian families who endured a quarter of a century of neglect in the mother country before choosing to settle in Louisiana.  Jean-Baptiste Ozelet of Newfoundland and Cobeguit and his wife Marguerite Landry brought three sons with them to the colony on the second of the Seven Ships from France in 1785.  Two of his sons created families of their own in the upper valley of Bayou Lafourche.  In the decades before the War Between the States, the wayward Acadian's descendants moved from Assumption down into Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.  The family remained a small one and owned no slaves in the decades before the War Between the States.  

Meanwhile, in the 1840s, a Foreign French family appeared in the old Atakapas District, west of the Atchafalaya Basin, with a surname similar to the Acadian Ozelets.  Most, if not all, of the Ancelets of South Louisiana are descended from French immigrant Louis Ancelet, whose wife was an Acadian.  They, too, owned no slaves in the decades before the War Between the States.  

At least one Acadian Ozelet served the Southern Confederacy in uniform during the War Between the States.  Jules Ozelet, a great-grandson of Jean-Baptiste of Newfoundland, was 20 years old and single when he enlisted in Company F of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry in Terrebonne Parish in March 1862.  His regiment ended up at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the spring of 1862 and fought gallantly in the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863.  Jules survived the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in December 1862 and the first Federal assaults against the Confederate left flank at Vicksburg in May 1863.  His luck ran out on 24 May 1863, however, when a Federal artillery shell took his head off while he was serving in the trenches.  He probably was buried in the Vicksburg city cemetery with thousands of other Confederates who gave their lives defending the Southern citadel.  Military records find no Foreign French Ancelets in Confederate units.  Nonetheless, the War took its toll on both families.  Successive Federal incursions devastated the valleys of Bayou Lafourche and the upper Vermilion River, where Ozelets and Ancelets lived.  Confederate foragers also plagued the region when the Federals were not around. ...

In Louisiana, the Ozelet family's surname also was spelled Ancelet, Anselet, Auselet, Auslet, Auzelette, Oiselet, Oselet, Oslet, Osselet, Ossellet, Ozellet.  The Acadian Ozelets and Foreign French Ancelets should not be confused with the Oustalet family of Jefferson Davis Parish, whose French progenitor did not reach New Orleans until the late nineteenth century.

Sources:  1860 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, St. Mary Parish; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1507, 1696; BRDR, vols. 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 2, 3; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 4, CD; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 151; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 81; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 139; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 641-43; White, DGFA-1, 1262-63; White, DGFA-1 English, 268.  

Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day parishes that existed during the War Between the States in parenthesis; hyperlinks on the abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):

For a chronology of Acadian Arrivals in Louisiana, 1764-early 1800s, see Appendix.

The hyperlink attached to an individual's name is connected to a list of Acadian immigrants for a particular settlement and provides a different perspective on the refugee's place in family and community. 

NOTES

01.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls him Jean OZELÉ, & lists him with his wife & 4 children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 151, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, his mother, no age given, & half-sisters Francoise PITRE, age 10, & Canuse PITRE, age 4, died at sea, that only he, his stepfather Benjamin PITRE, age 34, & half-sister Agnès PITRE, age 11, survived the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 641, Family No. 743, calls him Jean OSELET, says he was born in c1743 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says his father was born in c1710 but gives no birthplace, calls his mother Jeanne MOYSE & says she was born in c1714 but gives no birthplace, that she married his father in c1742 but gives no place of marriage, that she remarried to Benjamin PITRE but gives no date or place of marriage, that she died at sea in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, & that he & his stepfather "disembarked at St.-Malo ... on January 23, 1759 from one of the 'Five ships'"; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 642-43, Family No. 744, calls him Jean OSELET, says he was born in c1743 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, says his wife was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son Jean-Charles, born & baptized 30 Mar 1767, St.-Servan, godson of Charles LANDRY & Francoise HENRY, daughter Marie-Marguerite, a twin, born & baptized 27 Jan 1769, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Firmin VINCENT & Marie-Josèphe LANDRY, died age 1 day & buried 28 Jan 1769, St.-Servan, daughter Jeanne-Olive, a twin, born & baptized 27 Jan 1769, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Joseph-Ignace GAUDET & Marie-Madeleine LANDRY, died age 2 days & buried 29 Jan 1769, St.-Servan, son Pierre-Henry, born & baptized 28 Jul 1770, St.-Servan, godson of Jean-Henry RAVALEUX & Périnne MARIE, died age 2, 7 Jul 1772, buried next day, St.-Servan, & son Mathurin-Joseph, born & baptized 20 Aug 1772, St.-Servan, godson of Mathurin DESPREZ & Elizabeth LION, says he "disembarked with the family of Benjamin PITRE, his stepfather, at St.-Malo on January 23, 1759 from one of the 'Five ships'," & that he resided at St.-Suliac from 1759-66, & St.-Servan from 1766-72; Robichaux, Acadian in Chatellerault, 81, Family No. 159, calls him Jean-Baptiste OSELET, says he was born in c1743 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, says his wife was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal record of daughter Marie-Charles, baptized 6 Sep 1774, St.-Jean-l'Evangeliste, Châtellerault, goddaughter of Charles AUCOIN & Marie-Josèphe LANDRY, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 139, Family No. 254, calls him Jean OSELET, says he was born in c1743 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says he was a sawyer, details his marriage, says his wife was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Julien, baptized 13 Sep 1780, St.-Jacques, Nantes, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 20-21, calls him Jean OZELÉ, cieur de long, age 43, on the embarkation list, Jean-Baptiste OZELÉ, on the debarkation list, & Jean OSELET, pit sawyer, age 43, on the complete listing, says he was in the 43rd Family aboard La Bergère with his wife & 4 children, details his marriage, including the names of his & his wife's parents, says son Mathurin was born in 1772 but gives no birthplace, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to him & his family after they reached LA; BRDR, 2:573 (ASM-3, 15), his death/burial record, calls him Juan Bautista OSSELET, age 55 years, widower of Margarita LANDRY, but does not give his parents' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 489; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 41, 61, 95, 141, 173.  

The name OISELET/OSELET/OSSELET/OZELÉ/OZELET was also being spelled ANCELET/ANSELET in LA by the 20th century.  See, for example, the various volumes of Hébert, D., South LA Records, in which the name changes from OZELET to ANSELET by the 1840s.  See also marriages, which shows the evolution of the name into the 1850s.  Why is this family not in Arsenault's list of immigrants to LA?  See his Généalogie index, 2644-46.

02.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls him Jean-Charles [OZELÉ], & lists him with his parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 642-43, Family No. 744, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Charles OSELET, gives his parents' names, says he was godson of Charles LANDRY & Francoise HENRY, & that his family resided at St.-Servan from 1766-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 139, Family No. 254, calls him Jean-Charles [OSELET], gives his parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 20-21, calls him Jean-Charles, son [Jean OZELÉ's] fils, imprimeur, age 18, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Jean-Charles OSELET, son [of Jean OSELET], printer, age 18, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 43rd Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & 3 siblings; BRDR, 2:573 (ASM-3, 39), his death/burial record, calls him Juan OSSELET, age 36 years, gives his parents' names, but mentions no wife.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 489; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 41, 61, 95, 141, 173.  

I say he never married because, in the Baton Rouge diocesan sacramental records, I can find no marriage record for him, &, more tellingly, no birth/baptismal records of children born to him.  So why did he never marry?

03.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls him Jullien [OZELÉ], & lists him with his parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 139, Family No. 254, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Julien OSELET, gives his parents'  names, does not give his godparents' names, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 20-21, calls him Jullien, son [Jean OZELÉ's] fille, age 4, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Julien OSELET, his [Jean OSELET's] son, age 4, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 43rd Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & 3 siblings; BRDR, 2:573, 720 (ASM-2, 71), the record of his first marriage, calls him Julian OSSELLET of Nantes, France, calls his wife Margarita BILLARDIN from St. Martin in Morlaix but lists her under the surname VILLARDIN, gives his & his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Étienne BILLARDIN & Mathurin OSSELLET (his brother); BRDR, 3:313, 671 (ASM-2, 259), the record of his second marriage, calls him Julian OSSELLET of Acadia, widower of Marguarita VILLARDIN, gives his & his wife's parents' names, says that her family was from the Canary Islands, that her father was deceased at the time of the marriage, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Santiago DORMOY, Antonio ALEMAN, & Francisco TUREYRA; BRDR 5(rev.):471 (ASM-3, 249), his death/burial record, calls him Julien OSELET, age 60 yrs., & does not give his parents' or wives' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 489; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 41, 61, 95, 141, 173.  

His second wife & her family were Islenos, natives of the Canary Islands, the first of whom reached LA during the Spanish period in the late 1770s.  See Appendix.  

04.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls her Marie-Charlotte [OZELÉ], & lists her with her parents & 3 brothers; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 81, Family No. 159, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Charles OSELET, gives her parents' names, says she was goddaughter of Charles AUCOIN & Marie-Josèphe LANDRY, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 139, Family No. 254, calls her Marie-Charlotte [OSELET], gives her parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 20-21, calls her Marie-Charlotte, sa [Jean OZELÉ's] fille, age 10, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie-Charlotte OSELET, his [Jean OSELET's] daughter, age 10, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 43rd Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & 3 brothers; BRDR, 2:316, 573 (ASM-2, 78), her marriage record, calls her Maria OSSELLET of Châtelru, St. Juan Evangeline Parish in Poitou, France, gives her husband's birthplace & the names of her & her husband's parents, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Pedro GAUTRAUX & Juan PITRE (relatives of the groom); BRDR, 3:671 (ASM-3, 95), her death/burial record, calls her Maria OSSELLET, age 38 yrs., married to Francisco GAUTRAUX, & give her parents' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 489; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 41, 61, 141, 173.  

Where was she in 1797, when she would have been 23 & still single?  She was counted with her family in 1798.  Evidently the Spanish census taker at Assumption in 1797 simply missed her.  

05.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls him Mathurin [OZELÉ], & lists him with his parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 642-43, Family No. 744, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Mathurin-Joseph OSELET, gives his parents' names, says he was godson of Mathurin DESPREZ & Elizabeth LION, & that his family resided at St.-Servan from 1766-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 139, Family No. 254, calls him Mathurin [OSELET], gives his parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 20-21, calls him Mathurin, son [Jean OZELÉ's] fils, impremeur, age 13, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Mathurin OSELET, his [Jean OSELET's] son, printer, age 13, on the complete listing, says he was in the 43rd Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & 3 siblings, & that he was born in 1772 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:438, 573 (ASM-2, 32), his marriage record, calls him Maturino OSSELLET, gives his & his wife's parents' names, says they all were from Acadia, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Calixte LANDRY & Ambrosio HÉBERT; BRDR, 3:672 (ASM-3, 130), his death/burial record, calls him Maturin Joseph OSSELLET, "no age given, " & does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 489; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 41, 61, 95, 141, 173.  

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