Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s
[BOO-drow, boo-DROW]
ACADIA
Michel Boudrot, born probably at Cougnes, near La Rochelle, France, in c1600, came to Port-Royal in the early 1640s with his young wife Michelle Aucoin, whom he had married in c1641. Michelle was sister of Jeanne Aucoin, wife of fellow colonist François Girouard. Michel Boudrot served as one of the first syndics (similar to a present-day mayor) of Port-Royal. In 1684, he was serving as lieutenant général civil et criminel du Port-Royal, or general representative of the King for justice, at the colony's capital. In August 1688, he gave up his post as lieutenant général because of his "great age"; he was 88. He died not long afterwards. His wife Michelle, two decades his junior, lived until December 1706, when she died at Port-Royal, age 85. She and Michel raised 11 children. Their four daughters married into the Robichaud, Thériot, Bourg, Babineau, and Poirier families. Their seven sons, all born at Port-Royal, created families of their own:
Oldest son Charles, born in c1646, married Renée, daughter of Antoine Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1672. They had eight children before she died. Charles remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean Corporon, probably at Port-Royal in c1686. He and his family settled at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in the Minas Basin. In all, Charles fathered 20 children, including eight sons who married into the Rivet, Corporon, Sonnier, Vincent, Hébert, Brassaud, Doiron, and LeBlanc families. Charles's daughters married into the Trahan, Babin, Thibodeau, Bugeaud, and Girouard families.
Jean, born in c1655, married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in c1676. They settled at Chignecto, but Jean died a few years after his marriage and fathered no sons. Jean's daughter married into the Arseneau family.
Abraham, born in c1657, married Cécile, daughter of Charles Melanson, at Port-Royal in c1686 and remained at Port-Royal, where he was a prominent merchant and an erstwhile spy for Acadia's Governor Villebon during King William's War. He fathered six children, including three sons who married into the Landry and Broussard families. Abraham's daughters married into the Gaudet, Mius d'Entremont, and Bourg families. Abraham died by c1703, when Cécile remarried at Port-Royal.
Michel, fils, born in c1659, moved to Chignecto and married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Thomas Cormier, at Chignecto in c1690. He fathered seven children, including four sons who married into the Caissie, Gaudet, Belliveau, and Hébert families. Michel, fils's daughters married into the Chiasson, Lambert, and LeBlanc families.
Olivier, born in c1661, married Elisabeth, also called Isabelle, daughter of Claude Petitpas, at Port-Royal in c1686 and also remained at Port-Royal He fathered only a single son, who probably died young.
Claude, born in c1663, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeaux, at Port-Royal in c1682 and moved to Rivière-des-Habitants in the Minas Basin. He remarried to Catherine, daughter of Jean Meunier, probabl at Minas in c1700, and remarried again--his third marriage--to Madeleine, another daughter of Jean Corporon, and widow of Bernard Doucet dit Laverdure and Francois Leclerk dit Laverdure, at Port-Royal in August 1735. Claude fathered 21 children by his first two wives, including nine sons who married into the Hébert, Préjean, Comeau, Aucoin, Doiron, Thibodeau, Gautrot, and Doucet families. Claude's daughters married into the Hébert, Aucoin, LeBlanc, Daigre, and Doiron families. Claude died at Grand-Pré in March 1740 in his late 70s.
Youngest son François, born in c1666, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Belliveau, at Port-Royal in c1692 and remained for a time at Port-Royal with two of his older brothers. He fathered nine children, including three sons who married into the Dugas, Petitot dit Saint-Seine, Melanson, and Belliveau families. François's daughters married into the LeBlanc, Michel, and Dugas families.
By the early 1700s, then, Michel Boudrot's many sons could be found at Port-Royal, Chignecto, Grand-Pré, and Pigiguit, where their children grew up and had children of their own.
Soon after the British gained possession of the colony in 1714, Boudrots spread out even farther from the family base at Port-Royal. Some of them left peninsula Nova Scotia and moved to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, and Île Royale, now Cape Breton Island, probably to escape British authority. In August 1714, Charles Boudrot, called Charles dit Charlot, a navigator and shipbuilder, son of Abraham of Port-Royal, received permission from French authorities at Louisbourg to settle on Île Royale; he and his family were counted at Port-Toulouse, now St. Peter's, Cape Breton Island, in 1717. He died there nine years later. Other Boudrots were counted at Port-Toulouse in the same census, including Charles dit Charlot's brother Michel dit Miquetau, a navigator and shipbuilder, and their uncle François, a shipbuilder. François dit Manne, Charles dit Charlot's brother and a shipbuilder as well, moved to Île St.-Jean in the early 1720s and then on to Port-Toulouse by 1722, where he joined his brothers. One of Michel, fils's sons, Claude le jeune, a navigator, moved from Chignecto to Port-Toulouse by 1724, and then moved on to Havre-Tracadie, near St.-Pierre-du-Nord on Île St.-Jean, in the early 1730s. Other Boudrots from Port-Royal and Chignecto also settled at Port-Toulouse. Their cousins from Minas and Pigiguit went to the Maritime islands as well. By the early 1750s, Boudrots could be found not only at Tracadie but also at Port-Lajoie, St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Grande-Anse, L'Anse Pinet, La Traverse, now Port-Borden, Rivière du Nord-Est, and Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie on Île St.-Jean, and at Port-d'Orléans and Louisbourg on Île Royale.
By the mid-1700s, this large family could be found in nearly every major Acadian community, at Port-Royal, Grand-Pré, Pigiguit, Chignecto, Île St.-Jean, and Île Royale.
LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT
Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this large family even farther:
Boudrots still at Minas and Pigiguit were deported to Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the fall of 1755. The Boudrots transported to Virginia suffered the indignity of being refused by the Virginia authorities. They languished in the lower James River aboard the disease-infested ships until the following spring, when they were transported to England. There they were packed into warehouses in several English ports and treated like common criminals. At least one Port-Royal family was deported to New York in late 1755. Some Chignecto and Pigiguit Boudrots escaped the British roundup of 1755 and found refuge at Restigouche and Miramichi on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
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Living in an area still controlled by France, the Boudrots of Île St.-Jean and Île Royale escaped the British roundup of Acadians in Nova Scotia in 1755. Their respite from British oppression was short-lived, however. After the fall of the French fortress at Louisbourg in July 1758, British forces rounded up most of the Acadians on the Maritime islands and deported them to France later in the year. Many Boudrots did not survive the crossing. At least three Boudrot women, Élisabeth with her husband and four of their sons, Anne with her husband and six of their children, and Madeleine with her husband and seven of their children, were lost without a trace aboard one of the two British transports that sank in a mid-Atlantic storm during the second week of December 1758. Anselme Boudrot and five of his children died aboard the British transport Duke William; only his wife, Geneviève Girouard, survived the voyage. Paul Boudrot, his wife, and two of his five children perished on the same vessel. Marie Boudrot, wife of Louis-Georges Anquetil of Louisbourg, died along with her husband and two of their three chidlren aboard Duke William; only son Louis Anquetil and niece Marie Boudrot survived the crossing. Marguerite Boudrot, daughter of Paul Boudrot and wife of Joseph Hébert, also crossed on the ill-fate Duke William; she died in the hospital at St.-Malo soon after they reached the port city, no doubt from the rigors of the crossing; her husband and son died at sea. Basile Boudrot lost three of his eight children aboard the Supply, which left Acadia in November 1758 but did not reach St.-Malo until early March 1759. Victor Boudrot, his wife Josèphe Hébert, and their three children fared better aboard Supply; only daughter Madeleine, age 4, died at sea; the others survived the terrible crossing. Antoine Boudrot, his wife Cécile Brasseur, a teenage son and a young nephew all survived the crossing on Supply. Zacharie Boudrot lost all five of his children aboard one of the Five Ships that reached St.-Malo in late January 1759; only he, his wife, and his sister survived. Jean-Baptiste Boudrot and his wife Luce Trahan lost all three of their children, as well as Jean-Baptiste's father, Jean-Baptiste, père, and his mother, Louise Saulnier, on one of the Five Ships. Honoré Boudrot, his wife Élisabeth Hébert, and their two children died either at sea or in a hospital at St.-Malo soon after they reached France on one of the Five Ships. Olivier Boudrot lost his wife, Henriette Guérin, and four of his five children on one of the Five Ships. Anastasie Boudrot, half-sister of Zacharie and wife of Joseph Landry, died along with their three children aboard one of the Five Ships. Rosalie Boudrot, wife of Jean Landry, also died along with their only child on one of the Five Ships. Antoine Boudrot and his wife Brigitte Part survived the crossing, but they watched their 11-year-old son Jean-Baptiste die in one of the St.-Malo hospitals a month after they reached France. Anne-Marie Boudrot, wife of Joseph Dugas, also died in a hospital at St.-Malo less than a month after she reached France. Marie Boudrot, wife of Paul Dugas, died along with one of their five children after reaching St.-Malo on one of the Five Ships. Another Marie Boudrot, wife of Francois Daigle, lost her husband aboard one of the Five Ships. ...
In the spring of 1763, after the French and Indian War was finally over, the Acadians being held in England were repatriated to France. Boudrots joined their cousins at St.-Malo, Cherbourg, Morlaix, and other French ports. They remained in France for two more decades, suffering along with hundreds of other Acadians the indignities of life in the mother country. Some of them, for instance, in the early 1770s were part of a settlement venture in the Poitou region, which failed miserably after two years of fruitless labor. In late 1775 and early 1776, the Poitou Acadians, including a number of Boudrots, retreated in four convoys to the port city of Nantes, where they lived as best they could on government hand outs and on what work they could find. ...
The family proliferated in the mother country despite the frustrations of living there. In the early 1780s, the Spanish government offered the Acadians in France the chance for a new life in faraway Louisiana. Dozens of Boudrots agreed to take it. They sailed on every one of the Seven Ships that crossed from France to New Orleans in 1785.
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Meanwhile, back in North America, things got only worse for the Acadians who had escaped the British roundups of 1755 and 1758. After the fall of Québec in September 1759, the British gathered their forces to attack the last French stronghold in New France, the Acadian refuge at Restigouche on the Baie des Chaleurs, which surrendered after a spirited fight in the autumn of 1760. More Acadians fell into the hands of the British, who held them as prisoners in the last years of the war at Fort Cumberland, formerly Fort Beauséjour, at Fort Edward overlooking Pigiguit, and at Halifax. Some of these Acadians were Boudrots.
After the French and Indian War finally ended, Boudrots settled on the upper St. Lawrence at Deschambault, Ste.-Croix de Lotbinière, Nicolet, Repentigny, Trois-Rivières, L'Acadie, Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Baie-du-Fébvre, Cap-Santé, St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie, and Ste.-Foy; at St.-Ours, St.-Luc, and St.-Antoine-de-Chambly on the Richelieu; at Baie-St.-Paul, St.-Joachim, St.-Charles-de-Bellechasse, and Île-aux-Coudres on the lower St. Lawrence; and at Carleton, Cascapédia, now New Richmond, and Bonaventure on the northern shore of the Baie des Chaleurs. They also settled on Îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; on Île St.-Jean for a time; and on the French-owned island of Miquelon south of Newfoundland, from which some of them were deported to La Rochelle, France, in 1778, during the American Revolution and to which some of them returned in the early 1780s. In New Brunswick, they settled on the St. John River, on Île Miscou at the entrance to the Baie des Chaleurs, at Petit-Rocher on Nepisiguit Bay, an arm of the Baie des Chaleurs, and at Memramcook, near present-day Moncton. In Nova Scotia, they settled at Baie Ste.-Marie, at Chédabouctou, now Guysborough, at Petit-de-Grat and Chéticamp on Cape Breton Island, at Arichat on Île Madame, south of Cape Breton Island, and at Chezzetcook, near Halifax. Most of these Boudrots were the ones from Minas whom the British had been transported to New England in 1755 and who had drifted back north when the British finally let them go. Others had managed to escape the deportation of 1758 that had taken their cousins into exile in France. Typical of most, if not all, Acadian families, these Acadiennes of Canada lost touch with their Cadien cousins hundreds of miles away, and until the Acadian reunions of the twentieth century, they may even have forgotten the others existed. The founder of the movement that led to the World Acadian Congresses of 1994, 1999, 2004, and 2009, in fact, was André Boudreau, a native of New Brunswick living in Alberta, Canada.
Some of the Boudrots held in New England and Maryland did not go north to Canada. They resettled, instead, in the Caribbean Basin along with hundreds of fellow Acadian exiles. ...
The Boudrots held as prisoners of war in Nova Scotia had a serious dilemma on their hands when the French and Indian War ended. The Treaty of Paris of February 1763 stipulated in its Article 14 that persons dispersed by the war had 18 months to return to their respective territories. In the case of the Acadians, however, this meant that they could return only to French soil. Where the Boudrots had lived in Acadia was no longer French territory. British authorities refused to allow any of the Acadian prisoners in the region to return to their former lands as proprietors. If Acadians chose to remain in Nova Scotia, they could live only in the interior of the peninsula in small family groups and work for low wages on former Acadian lands now owned by New Englander "planters." If they stayed, they must also take the hated oath of allegiance to the new British king, George III, without reservation. They would also have to take the hated oath if they joined their cousins in the St. Lawrence valley. After all that they had suffered on the question of the oath, no self-respecting Acadian would consent to take it if it could be avoided. Some Halifax exiles chose to relocate to Miquelon, a French island off the southern coast of Newfoundland. Others considered going to French St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, where Acadian exiles in the British colonies already had gone, or to the Illinois country, the west bank of which still belonged to France, or to French Louisiana, which was the only route possible to the Illinois country for Acadian exiles. Whatever their choice, they would not remain in old Acadia. So the Boudrots in Nova Scotia gathered up what money they could and prepared to leave their beloved homeland.
LOUISIANA: WESTERN SETTLEMENTS
Boudrots were among the first families of Acadia and among the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana. The first of them to reach the colony may have been exiled to Massachusetts and ended up in Halifax at the end of the war. Also in that early group to go to Louisiana was a widowed Boudrot and her family:
Jean Boudrot, age 25, wife Marguerite Guilbeau of Port-Royal, age 19, and their son Jean-Charles dit Donat, age 4, followed the Guilbeaus to the lower Mississippi valley with the party from Halifax via St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil. They reached New Orleans in February 1765. After a short respite in the city, they followed the Broussards across the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District and helped created La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche. Jean and Marguerite had no more children in Louisiana. Joseph died at Atakapas in c1768; he was only in his late 20s. Son Jean-Charles dit Donat was his only child and carried on the line in the Atakapas District.
Anne Boudrot, age 55, widow of Charles Bourg of Île St.-Jean, came to the colony with five children, two sons and three daughters, ages 18 to 12, all born on Île St.-Jean. They, too, followed the Broussard party to the Teche valley. Evidently Anne and her three youngest children retreated to Cabanocé on the river in the autumn of 1765 to escape an epidemic that killed dozens of their fellow Teche valley Acadians. By the late 1760s, however, Anne had returned to the upper Teche to live with married daughter Gertrude, who had remained there; Anne's sons followed her back to the prairies and settled in the Opelousas District, where two of Anne's other daughters also settled.
Descendants of Jean-Charles dit Donat BOUDREAUX (c1761-1807)
Jean-Charles dit Donat, only son of Jean Boudrot and Marguerite Guilbeau, was born, according to one church record, in Boston, Massachusetts, in c1761. Somehow his parents made their way to Halifax, where they joined other Acadian exiles pondering their collective destiny. Donat was only 4 when he came to Louisiana. His father died at Atakapas in c1768, when Donat was still a boy. Donat grew up as an only child in the Attakapas District, raised by his mother and stepfather, Simon LeBlanc, who also had come to Louisiana with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party in February 1765. Donat married Anne-Dorothée, called Dorothée, native of Pointe Coupée, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Comeaux of the Opelousas District, in the late 1780s. Donat and Dorothée settled along upper Bayou Vermilion, at the northern edge of the Attakapas District, now Lafayette Parish. Their daughters married into the Blanchet, Broussard, Langlinais, and Mouton families. Jean Charles dit Donat died at this home on the upper Vermilion in June 1807; he was only 45 years old. Dorothée remarried to Jean-Louis Langlinais of St.-Servan, France, who became one of her daughter's father-in-law. Donat's sons settled in Lafayette and Vermilion parishes.
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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at Opelousas in March 1788, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Marin dit Capuchon Mouton, at Atakapas in October 1804; Marguerite was the sister of Jean's brother-in-law, Salvator Mouton. Jean and Marguerite settled at Bas Vermilion, or the lower Vermilion, south of present-day Lafayette. Their son Jean Léon was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1805, Joseph Drosin, called Drosin, in October 1807, François Onésime, called Onésime, in July 1810, Charles Sosthène, called Sosthène, in June 1813, Symphorien in April 1815, Toussaint in October 1819, and Sevenne was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, at age 13 months in May 1830. Their daughters married into the Blanchet, Broussard, De Franc, Roy, and Suzanne families. Jean's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in November 1841; he would have been 53 years old that year. In October 1850, the federal census taker in Vermilion Parish counted 19 slaves on Widow Jean Boudreaux's farm in Ward One of the parish's Western District, next to Sevenne Boudreaux; these probably were Marguerite Mouton's slaves.
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Drosin married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1826. Their son Euclide was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1827, Edgard was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 7 1/2 months, in October 1834, and Sevenne le jeune was born in May 1843. They also had a son named Jules. Their daughters married into the Mouton and Servat families. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 5 slaves--3 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 10--on Drauzin J. Boudreaux's farm next to Euclide Boudreaux in the parish's Western District. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 7 slaves--3 females and 4 males, 3 blacks and 4 mulattoes, ages 70 to 1, living in a single house--on Drauzin Boudreaux's farm next to Chs. Marin Mouton and near Augustin Boudreau, probably his uncle.
Euclide married Onésima, also called Lisemene, daughter of French Creole Onésime Baudoin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1847. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted a single slave--a 24-year-old black male--on Euclide Boudreau's farm between Drauzin J. Boudreau and Bélonie Bodouin in the parish's Western District. Euclide died in Lafayette Parish in August 1853; he was only 26 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse that month.
Edgard married Elmire or Elvira, daughter of French Creole Jean Dartez, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1854; Elmire's mother was a Mouton. Their son Marcus was born near Abbeville in January 1859, and Séverin in September 1862.
During the War Between the States, Sevenne le jeune, a resident of Vermilion Parish at the time of his enlistment, may have served as a corporal in Company A of the 8th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, a front-line unit raised in Rapides Parish that fought in Louisiana.
Jules married Azelima, daughter of French Creole Placide Montet, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1865; Azelima's mother was a Duhon.
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Jean Léon married Pauline, daughter of French Creole Hippolyte Mallet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1828. Their son Jean Léo was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in September 1829, Marcel at age 5 months in April 1833, and Dupréville at age 14 months in January 1835.
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François Onésime married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1830. Their son Onésime, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1834, and Théosime was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 5 months, in March 1836. François Onésime died by November 1840, when his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse; he would have been only 30 years old that year.
Onésime, fils may have married fellow Acadian Ezilda Broussard and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in the late 1850s.
During the War Between the States, Théosime, called Théorime in Confederate records, may have served in Company K of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in St. Martin Parish that fought in Louisiana.
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Charles Sosthène married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1831. Their son Charles Sosthène, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 1/2 months, in October 1834. Their daughter married into the Guidry family. In November 1850, the federal census taker in Vermilion Parish counted 8 slaves--3 males and 5 females, all black, ranging in age from 40 to 1--on Sosthènes Boudreaux's farm in Ward Four of the parish's Western District. Charles Sosthène, père died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in June 1856; he was only 43 years old.
Charles Sosthène, fils married fellow Acadian Elisa Prejean and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the mid-1850s. In 1860, the federal census taker in Vermilion Parish counted 3 slaves--2 males and a female, all black, ages 27, 15, and 2, living in 1 house--on Sustain Boodro's farm in the parish's Western District; this probably was Charles Sosthène, fils.
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Symphorien married Joséphine, another daughter of Éloi Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1834. Their son Théosime was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1835, Théodule in April 1839, Symphorien, fils in March 1841, and Jules in June 1843. Their daughter married into the Lemaire family. In October 1850, the federal census taker in Vermilion Parish counted a single slave--a 40-year-old mulatto male--on Widow Eyfroyin Boudreaux's farm next to Sevenne Boudreaux in Ward One of the parish's Western District; these probably were Joséphine Broussard's slaves.
During the War Between the States, Théosime, called Théorime in Confederate records, may have served in Company K of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in St. Martin Parish that fought in Louisiana.
Théodule may have married Carmelite Lemaire and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in the early 1860s.
Symphorien, fils may have married fellow Acadian Clémence LeBlanc at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1865.
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In October 1850, the federal census taker in Vermilion Parish counted 5 slaves--3 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 18 to 1--on Sevenne Boudreaux's farm between Widow Eyfroyin Boudreaux and Widow Jean Boudreaux in Ward One of the parish's Western District. Sevenne married Euphémie Roy probably in Vermilion Parish in the early 1850s. Their son Sevenne, fils was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1856, and Charles Sosthène le jeune in May 1861. They were living in Lafayette Parish in late 1862. During the War Between the States, Sevenne, a resident of Vermilion Parish at the time of his enlistment, may have served as a corporal in Company A of the 8th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, a front-line unit raised in Rapides Parish that fought in Louisiana.
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Leufroi, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in July 1789, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1808. They settled on the upper Vermilion. Their son, name unrecorded, died 6 days after his birth in November 1808, Jacques Leufroi was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1809, Eusèbe or Eugène in January 1814 but died at age 7 in February 1820, a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in March 1816, a son, name and age unrecorded, died in January 1820, Moïse was born in February 1820, a child, perhaps a son, named unrecorded, died a day after its birth in February 1823, Duclise, also called Euclide, was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1825, and Ursin in May 1827. Their daughters married into the Brasseaux, Frederick, Guidry, and Sonnier families. In September 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 3 slaves--2 males and a female, all black, ages 40, 35, and 17--on Leufroy Boudreau's farm in the parish's Western District.
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Duclise married Azelia or Zilia, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Treville Thibodeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1846. Their son Jérôme died in Lafayette Parish, age unrecorded, in November 1847. Duclise died in Lafayette Parish in January 1859; he was only 33 years old. His line of the family probably died with him.
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Ursin married Oliva, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Guidry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1848. Their son Genus was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1851, a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at age 2 months in March 1854, and Alexandre was born in May 1855.
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Augustin, baptized at Attakapas, age 2, in June 1795, married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1812. They settled on the upper Vermilion. Their son Augustin, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1813 but died at age 15 in March 1829, Joseph Clairville was born in January 1815, a son, name unrecorded, died in May 1816 only 5 weeks after his birth, Sylvanie was born in April 1817, a child, perhaps a son, named unrecorded, died at age 9 months in November 1823, Norbert was born in December 1825, Désiré was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in June 1832, and Onésime A., also called O. A., was born in January 1834. Their daughters married into the Baudoin, Mouton, Picard, and Vincent families. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted a single slave--a 7-year-old black male, on Augustin Boudreau's farm near Drauzin Boudreaux; one wonders if this was Augustin, Drauzin's uncle; if so, Augustin would have been in his late 60s.
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Joseph Clairville married Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Onésime Mouton, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1836; Adeline's brother was husband of Joseph Clairville's sister. Their son Antoine was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1838, and Victorin in March 1843. Their daughter married into the Hébert family.
Antoine married Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadian Eusèbe Laissaint Hébert, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1860 or 1861. Their son, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish in April 1863 9 days after his birth. During the War Between the States, Antoine served probably as a conscript in Company B of the Crescent Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Orleans Parish that fought in Tennessee and Louisiana, and Company C of the Consolidated Crescent Regiment Infantry, which fought in Louisiana. Antoine enlisted in the Crescent Regiment at Camp Pratt, near New Iberia, in late August 1862 and remained with his company until the summer of 1863, when he reported sick at the Confederate hospital in New Iberia. (A daughter had died in Lafayette Parish, age 5 months, in October 1862, and his wife died in April 1863 probably from complications of giving birth to a son, who also died, so this may have been a factor in Antoine's illness; it certainly would have affected his morale.) He returned to his company, which changed its designation due to consolidation with another unit in November 1863, and survived the war.
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Onésime A. married Azelia, daughter of French Creole Don Louis Langlinais, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1859; Azelia's mother was a Trahan. Their son Israël was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1861, and Félix in October 1862.
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Norbert married fellow Acadian Adalise or Ordalize Mouton. Their son Pierre was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in August 1859, and Adam in April 1861.
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Youngest son Louis, called Don Louis, born at Attakapas in January 1801, married Marie Madeleine, Adeline, Azeline, Celine, or Zeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1820. They settled on the upper Vermilion. Their son Euclide died in Lafayette Parish at age 13 days in April 1829, a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died 6 days after its birth in September 1834, Dema was born in October 1835, Numa was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in April 1838, and Étienne was born in August 1843. Their daughters married into the Broussard, Dubois, Galtier, Landry, and LeBlanc families. In September 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 3 slaves--a male and 2 females, all black, ages 50, 47, and 10--on Donlouis Boudreau's farm in the parish's Western District.
Étienne's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in September 1861. He would have been only 18 years old that year. He does not appear in Louisiana or Confederate wartime records. Still, one wonders if his death was war-related.
During the War Between the States, Numa served in Company C of the 8th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in St. Martin Parish that served with General Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania--one of Lee's Louisiana Tigers. Numa enlisted in June 1861, and, except for a bout of illness later that year which sent him to a Richmond hospital, he was with his company in all of its many marches, campaigns, and bloody battles until the summer of 1864. Wounded in action at the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, in July 1864, he fell into enemy hands. The federals sent him to the general hospital at nearby Frederick, Maryland, and then on to Baltimore and Fort McHenry, where he was still in the hospital in late November. Recovered sufficiently from his wound, in early January 1865 the federals sent him to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, and held him there until the following March, when he was paroled and exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia. After Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse a few weeks later, Numa returned home as best he could and married Élodie, daughter of Spanish Creole Raphaël Segura, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1865; Élodie's mother was a Broussard. In August 1889, Numa, now in his early 50s, served in the honor guard at the funeral and reburial of Lieutenant Louis Edmond LeBlanc of his company; Lieutenant LeBlanc had fallen at the Battle of Malvern Hill in July 1862 and was buried on the field by his comrades, who carved his name and unit into a wooden headboard; amazingly, over a quarter of a century after the young lieutenant fell, the caretaker of the nearby federal cemetery, while exploring in the area, discovered the timed-worn headboard and the lieutenant's remains; the LeBlanc family returned their loved one to his home on Bayou Teche, and hundreds of people attended the lieutenant's re-interment in the church cemetery at St. Martinville.
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Not until the 1770s did another Acadian Boudreaux settle west of the Atchafalaya Basin. He came to Louisiana from Maryland as a young orphan in February 1768 and lived on the river for a time, but when he came of age, he chose to set down roots in the Attakapas District.
Descendants of Augustin dit Rémi BOUDREAUX (c1755-1830)
Augustin dit Rémi, son of Pierre Boudrot and Anne Hébert, born either at Pigiguit or in Maryland in c1755, was a 13-year-old orphan when he came to Louisiana from Maryland with the Breau clan in February 1768. He followed them to the new Acadian settlement of San Luìs de Natchez, far up the Mississippi in what is now Concordia Parish, but he did not remain there. In the 1770s, he left the river and moved to the Attakapas District, where he married Judith-Philippe, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Martin, in c1777. In the early 1800s, they were living at "Arcoquisson." Their daughters married into the Boone and Prejean families. When he was 60, Augustin dit Rémi remarried to fellow Maryland exile and distant cousin Madeleine, daughter of Olivier Benoit and widow of Amand Martin and André Favron, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1815; Madeleine's mother was a Boudreaux. Augustin dit Rémi died in St. Landry Parish in June 1830; the Opelousas priest who recorded his burial said that Rémi was 85 years old when he died, but he was "only" 75; his succession records were filed at the Opelousas courthouse in August 1822 and October 1830. All of Rémi's sons were by his first wife, and the two who created families of their own married non-Acadians. Both of them settled near Grand Coteau and created vigorous lines.
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Oldest son Pierre, by his first wife, born at Atakapas in January 1779, probably died young.
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Augustin, fils, also called Augustin dit Rémi, from his first wife, born at Attakapas in April 1782, married Françoise, daughter of German Creole Michel Ritter, at Opelousas in August 1805. They settled on the upper Vermilion, at the northern edge of the old Atakapas District, and then near Grand Coteau in St. Landry Parish. Their son Augustin III was baptized at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, age 8 months, in October 1811, Evariste was born in September 1813, Joseph was baptized at the Grand Coteau church, age 6 months, in November 1822, Onésime A. was born in March 1824, and Treville in June 1826. Their daughters married into the Burleigh, Caruthers, Miller, Prejean, Richard, Robin, Savoie, and Stelly families. Augustin, fils died in St. Landry Parish in February 1835; he was 53 years old. His succession record may have been filed at the Opelousas courthouse in May 1850. In October 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 40 slaves--19 males and 21 females, all black except for 2 mulattoes, ranging in age from 60 years to 6 months--on Widow Augn Boudreau's plantation; these probably were Françoise Ritter's slaves. Augustin, fils's five sons settled near Grand Coteau, and most of their lines survived. A grandson settled near Church Point on Bayou Plaquemine Brûlé.
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Augustin III married Sarah, daughter of Anglo-American Robert Burleigh, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1832; Sarah's brother had married one of Augustin III's sisters. Augustin III died near Grand Coteau in February 1847; the priest who recorded his burial said that Augustin died "at age 40 yrs.," but he was only 36. His succession record may have been filed at the Opelousas courthouse in May 1850. His line of the family probably died with him. In October 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 5 slaves on Widow A. Boudreaux, Jr.'s farm next to William Burleigh near Grand Coteau; these probably were Sarah Burleigh's slaves.
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Evariste married first cousin Marie Arsènne, called Arsènne, daughter of his uncle Jean dit Rémi Boudreaux, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1835. Their son Evariste Jean was born near Grand Coteau in October 1837. Their daughter married into the the Thibodeaux family. Evariste, père died near Grand Coteau in August 1839; he was only 26 years old; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in May 1841, the same month that Marie Arsènne remarried to Anglo-American William Fisher at Grand Coteau.
Evariste Jean married Marie Ozea, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Benoit, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1860. Their son Jean was born near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in December 1860. During the War Between the States, Evariste Jean served in Company K of the 29th (Thomas's) Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in St. Landry Parish that fought gallantly at Vicksburg, Mississippi. A daughter was born in May 1864 while Evariste Jean was waiting to return to his regiment, which had been captured at Vicksburg the following summer. He survived the war.
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Joseph married German Creole Joséphine Marks at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1842. Their son Joseph, fils was baptized at the Grand Coteau church, age unrecorded, in November 1843 but died 10 days after his birth, and Joseph Edgar was born in August 1850. Their daughter married into the Darby family. In October 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 6 slaves--4 males and 2 females, all blacks, ranging in age from 60 to 2--on Joseph Boudreau's farm. One wonders if this was Joseph, son of Augustin, fils. In 1860, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 5 slaves--3 males and 2 females, all black, ages 60 to 13--on Joseph Bodreau's farm; this probably was the same fellow who held the 6 slaves 10 years before.
2d
Onésime A. married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Castille, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1845. Their son Onésime A., fils was born near Grand Coteau in August 1850 but died at age 7 in October 1857. In October 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 13 slaves--11 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 15--held by Onézime Boudreau & Co.; this may have been Onésime A., père, who died near Grand Coteau in May 1854; he was only 30 years old; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse the following month. His line of the family did not survive.
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Treville married German Creole Marie Azema, called Azema, Marks at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1846. Their son Treville, fils was born near Grand Coteau in July 1847, a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at age 3 months in February 1849, Ernest was born in December 1853 but died at age 7 1/2 in April 1861, Alberd was born in August 1855, and Félix in April 1857. Treville died near Grand Coteau in August 1860; the priest who recorded his burial said that Treville died "at age 31 yrs.," but he was 34; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in October.
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Jean dit Rémi, sometimes called Arsène, from his first wife, baptized at Attakapas, age 2 months, in May 1784, married Marguerite, daughter of Anglo-American William Caruthers or Credeur of North Carolina and St.-Jacques on the river, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1806. They settled at the northern edge of the old Atakapas District, at the time a part of St. Martin, now Lafayette Parish, in an area along the upper Vermilion that the Acadians called Beaubassin, east of Carencro and south of Grand Coteau. A child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at age 1 month in St. Martin Parish in June 1810, Jean Symphorien, called Symphorien, was born in May 1811, Julien in January 1815, Pierre Onésime, called Onésime, in December 1818, and Joseph Dupréville near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in April 1821. Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Fisher, and Richard families and perhaps into the Robin family as well. Jean dit Rémi died near Grand Coteau in December 1841; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean died "at age 55 yrs.," but he was 57; his succession had been filed at the Opelousas courthouse the previous January. Two of his four sons created families of their own and settled near Grand Coteau. His oldest son's line was especially vigorous.
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Symphorien married Marie or Mary, daughter of Anglo-American Robert Burleigh, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1832. Their son Dupréville was born near Grand Coteau in October 1833, Damonville in December 1835, Jean Symphorien in September 1839, John Raphaël, called Raphaël, in June 1842, Joseph Lichy in October 1843, Félix in May 1849, and John in January 1853. In 1860, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 10 slaves--5 males and 5 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 1, living in 2 houses--on Symphorien Boudreau's farm; one wonders if this was him.
Damonville married Anglo-American Eliza or Elila E. Jones or Johns in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in May 1860. During the War Between the States, Damonville served in Company K of the 3rd (Harrison's) Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, originally called the Prairie Rangers, a front-line unit raised in St. Landry Parish that fought in Louisiana and southern Arkansas; the Prairie Rangers were, in fact, the headquarters guard for General Richard Taylor, commander of Confederate forces in South Louisiana. A daughter was born near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in March 1863, when Damonville was with his company. He survived the war.
During the War Between the States, Raphaël served in Company B of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in St. Landry Parish that fought in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and as a corporal in Company F of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion Infantry, which fought in Louisiana. Raphaël enlisted in the 18th Louisiana at Camp Moore in May 1861, served on detached service as a pioneer in the spring of 1862, and was captured at Alexandria in May 1863. The federals held him briefly, releasing him at Grant's Island, near Mobile, Alabama, later in the month. Like older brother Damonville, he survived the war.
Félix died in Lafayette Parish in July 1864. He was only 15 years old. One wonders if his death was war-related.
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Onésime married Marie Mélicère or Melissa, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Savoie, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1837. Their son Joseph Émile was baptized at the Grand Coteau church, age unrecorded, in April 1838. In October 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 13 slaves--11 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 15--held by Onézime Boudreau & Co.; one wonders if this was him. In 1860, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 2 slaves--a 26-year-old black male, and an 8-year-old black female--on Onejime Boudreau's farm.
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Julien was supposed to have married Josephine, daughter of fellow Acadian André Préjean, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, on 2 July 1838, but the wedding did not take place. Julien died near Grand Coteau three days later, too ill to attend the ceremony; he was only 23 years old; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in August.
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Joseph Dupréville may have died near Grand Coteau in August 1841. The priest who recorded the burial of Dupréville Boudreaux said that he died "at age 30 yrs.", but this Dupréville would have been only 20 years old. He probably did not marry.
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Youngest son Benjamin, by his first wife, born at Opelousas in April 1789, baptized at home and then by the Opelousas priest in June 1794, married Iréné, daughter of French Creole Philippe Lacase, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1817. Iréné's family lived in the Bois Mallet, near present-day Eunice, St. Landry Parish. Their son Benjamin, fils had been born in St. Landry Parish in March 1812, and another Benjamin, fils, a twin, in October 1817. Iréné died after giving birth to the twins. Their daughter married into the Guilbert family. Benjamin remarried to stepsister and cousin Céleste, daughter of French Creole André Favron, probably in St. Landry Parish in c1818; Céleste's mother was Madeleine Benoit, Benjamin's father's second wife. Their son Louis was born in St. Landry Parish in August 1818. Benjamin, père's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in December 1822; he would have been only 33 years old that year. One wonders if any of his sons created families of their own.
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Two Joseph Boudrots came from France in 1785 and settled west of the Atchafalaya Basin. One was already married when he came to Louisiana, and the other did not marry until after he moved from the river to the Attakapas District:
Descendants of Joseph BOUDREAUX (?-1790s)
Joseph Boudrot married Marie-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Germain Semer of Grand-Pré, at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France, in May 1785. Marie-Françoise, sans Joseph, crossed from France aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed her 16-year-old brother, Grégoire-Dominique Semer, to the Atakapas District, where they settled near their older brother, Jean-Baptiste Semer, whom they had never met. When Marie-Françoise sailed to Louisiana, she was pregnant with son Antoine. For some reason, husband Joseph did not accompany her to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, but he was in the colony by the summer of 1788, when their second son was conceived. Joseph died by August 1796, when his wife remarried at Attakapas. He and Marie-Françoise had at least three sons, two of whom married fellow Acadians and settled in St. Landry and St. Martin parishes. In the 1850s, a grandson moved farther out on the prairies and settled along Bayou Plaquemine Brûlé.
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Oldest son Antoine, born at Attakapas in February 1786, married Marie Émelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Savoie, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1812. They settled on the upper Vermilion, at the far northern edge of the old Attakapas District. Their son Antoine, fils died 8 days after his birth in August 1817, Joseph Arvillien, called Arvillien, was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1818, Louis Deterville near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1820, Placide was baptized at the Grand Coteau church, age 3 months, in January 1823, Alexandre Aladin, called Aladin, was born in February 1825, and François Gerasin, called Gerasin, in March 1827. Their daughters married into the Benoit, Boone, Cormier, Meche, Prejean, and Thibodeaux families. Antoine, père died near Grand Coteau in February 1836; he was 51 years old; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in September 1849.
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Arvillien married German Creole Marie or Mary Mayer at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1840. One wonders if they had any sons.
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Placide married Marie Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian David Babineaux, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1844. Their son Osémé was born near Grand Coteau in July 1847 but died at age 1 1/2 in April 1849, Simon was born in January 1853, and Ursin in November 1855. Their daughter married into the Miller family. Placide died near Grand Coteau in January 1860; he was only 37 years old; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in September 1865.
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Aladin married French Creole Melanie Meche at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1846. Their son Alexandre was born near Grand Coteau in January 1847, Gustave in August 1848, and Placide le jeune in August 1850. Aladin remarried to Marie Oliva, daughter of French Creole Noël Olivier, at the Grand Coteau church in July 1853. Their son Apollinaire was born near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadian Parish, in April 1855 but died at age 6 in October 1861, Napoléon was born in August 1856, Firmin in January 1858, and Antoine Clément near Grand Coteau in January 1862.
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Gerasin married Émelie Venable at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1848. Their son François was born near Grand Coteau in April 1849 but died the following June. Gerasin remarried to Marie Émilie, called Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Savoie, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1855. Their son Gerasin, fils was born near Grand Coteau in December 1862. Gerasin, père died near Grand Coteau in December 1863; he was only 36 years old. One wonders if his death was war-related.
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Louis, born at Atakapas in May 1789, may have died young.
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Youngest son Joseph, fils, born at Attakapas in c1790, married Félicité or Félice, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvain Broussard of Grand Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1816. They settled at Grand Pointe, on the upper Bayou Teche in St. Martin Parish near present-day Breaux Bridge. Their son Joseph Osémé, called Osémé, was born at Grand Pointe in September 1817. Their daughter married into the Cormier family. Joseph, fils died at Grand Pointe in December 1837; he was 48 years old. He fathered only one son, but the son created a large family of his own and remained in St. Martin Parish.
Osémé married Céleste Émilie, called Ameline, Amelina, and Émilia, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Onésime Cormier, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1838. Their son Joseph le jeune was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1848, Omer in June 1853, Martial in February 1855, Sylvain in December 1855[sic], Ulysse in March 1859 but died at age 1 1/2 (the recording priest said 3 1/2) in January 1861, and Hippolyte was born in October 1860. Their daughters married into the Duhon and Wiltz families. In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Martin Parish counted 10 slaves--7 males and 3 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 1--on Ozemi Boudreau's farm. In June 1860, the federal census taker in St. Martin Parish counted 29 slaves--20 males and 9 females, all black except for 4 mulattoes, ages 36 to 1--on Ozemé Boudro's plantation not far from Nicholas Cormier. In July 1860, Osémé also held 2 slaves--both males, both black, ages 30 and 22--on a farm in western Lafayette Parish. Osémé died in St. Martin Parish in December 1861; he was only 44 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse later that month.
Descendants of Joseph BOUDREAUX (1767-1838)
Joseph, son of Charles Boudrot of Île St.-Jean and Marie-Madeleine Bourgeois, born at St.-Servan, France, in May 1767, came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785 with his older half-sister Cécile, widow of Charles Richard. Joseph (called Jean for some reason on the ship's embarkation list) probably followed his sister to Ascension, on the river above New Orleans. During the late 1780s or early 1790s, he crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District, where he married Élisabeth- or Isabelle-Apolline, called Apolline and sometimes Zabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Trahan, in November 1792. Apolline was a native of Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, and had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships. They settled in the northern part of the Attakapas District. Theirs daughters married into the Landry and Simon families. Joseph died near Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, in December 1838; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 68 years old when he died, but he was 71. Most of his sons settled in Lafayette Parish, but one of them moved to the New Iberia area, then in St. Martin Parish, in the 1840s. Some of his grandsons settled in Vermilion Parish.
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Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Attakapas in February 1796, married Ismene, Lisemaine, Lismene, or Lise Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian François Labauve, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1815. They settled on the upper Vermilion near present-day Lafayette. Their son Joseph III was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1816, François Rosémond, called Rosémond, in July 1819, Jean Clairville, called Clairville, in August 1821, Émile was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 11 months, in August 1826, Seville was born in October 1829, and Théodule was baptized at age 9 months in August 1834. Their daughters married into the Bouquinet, Broussard, Desmarets, and Thibodeaux families. Joseph, fils died in Lafayette Parish in April 1834; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph, fils was 35 years old when he died, but he was 37. Five of his sons created families of their own and settled in Lafayette Parish.
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Joseph III married Marie Sylvanie, called Sylvanie, daughter of fellow Acadian François Bourg, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in 1836. Their son Cleopha was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in July 1839 but died at age 4 1/2 in August 1843, Jules Désiré was born in October 1850, Anatole in January 1852, and Louis Amédée in September 1854. Their daughters married into the Broussard and Seaon or Seeon families. Joseph III remarried to Marie Eulalie, daughter of Spanish Creole Joseph Nunez, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in November 1856. Their son Joseph William, also called Martial, was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1858 but died at age 1 1/2 in February 1860, Albert was born near Youngsville in September 1860 but died at age 8 months in May 1861, and Adam was born in April 1862. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 8 slaves--5 males and 3 females, all black, ranging in age from 40 to 11, living in 3 houses--on Joseph Boudreau's farm next to Widow Edmond Boudreaux. Was this Joseph III? If so, the widow next door would have been his aunt by marriage.
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Rosémond married fellow Acadian Angeline Hébert at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in March 1837, and remarried to Élizabeth, daughter of French Creole Louis Lormand, at the Vermilionville church in April 1842. Their son François Dorcili, called Dorcili, was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1843 but died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, age 10, in March 1854. Rosémond died near Abbeville in May 1854; the priest who recorded his burial said that François Rosémond died "at age 36 yrs.," but he was only 34. His line of the family probably died with him.
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Seville married Marie Lise, called Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Valéry Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1849. Their son Valéry was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1850, and Joseph le jeune perhaps posthumously in December 1851. Seville's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December 1851; he would have been 22 years old that year.
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Jean Clairville married Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Hébert, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in April 1852. Their son Louis was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1853. Jean Clairville remarried to Marie Anesia or Onesia, daughter of fellow Acadian Marcellin Dubois, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1856. Their son Jean Alcide was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1857, and Théodule near Abbeville in July 1858.
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Théodule may have married ____, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard Broussard, and may have been the Théodule Boudreaux who died "at the home of Mr. Edward Broussard, his father-in-law," near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in February 1854. The priest who recorded the burial did not give Théodule's parents' names or his age at the time of his death.
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Philemon dit Edmond, also called Aimond, Aymond, Emon, Emond, and Euphémon, a twin, born at Attakapas in April 1798, married Élisabeth or Isabelle, also called Zabelle, daughter of French Creole Jean-Baptiste Simon, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1821; Élisabeth's mother was an Aucoin. They settled on the upper Vermilion. Their son Béloni, also called Honoré, was born in c1824, Edmond, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 6 months, in June 1838, Sevenne was born in May 1843 but died at age 14 1/2 in March 1858, and Sosthène was born in July 1849. Their daughters married into the Bourg, Hébert, Thibodeaux, and Trahan families. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 3 slaves--2 males and a female, all black, ages 24, 18, and 16--on Edmond Boudreau's farm not far from François Boudreau in the parish's Western District. Philemon dit Edmond died in Lafayette Parish in February 1853; the priest who recorded his burial said that "Emond" died "at age 50 yrs.," but he was 54; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse that month. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted a single slave--an 18-year-old black female, on Widow Edmond Boudreaux's farm next to Joseph Boudreau; this was Isabelle Simon's slave. The Joseph Boudreaux next door probably was her nephew by marriage.
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Béloni married Eugènie, 14-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1843. Their son Nicolas was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1847, Jules in September 1856, Albert near Youngsville in March 1859, and Jean Baptiste in January 1863.
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Edmond, fils married fellow Acadian Belzire Thibodeaux at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1858. Their son Edmond Duplessis was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in November 1858, Arthur near Abbeville in April 1860, and Alphee in January 1862.
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Youngest son François, born in St. Martin Parish in October 1807, married Marguerite, another daughter of Jean-Baptiste Simon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1824. Their son Symphorien was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 4 months and 20 days, in October 1827, Sifroi was born in October 1839, Adrien in August 1842, Joseph in February 1845, Jean near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1845, and Robert Baube in Lafayette Parish in October 1849. Their daughters married into the Baudoin, Broussard, Hébert, and Sellers families. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 5 slaves--2 males and 3 females, all blacks, ranging in age from 25 years to 2 months--on Francois Boudreaux's farm next to widow Charles Baudoin and not far from Edmond Boudreau in the parish's Western District. François's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in November 1853; he would have been only 46 years old that year.
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Symphorien married Marguerite Azema, called Azema, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Theriot, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1856. Their son Simon was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1857, Désiré near Youngsville in May 1859, and Lifroi near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1861. In 1860, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 10 slaves--5 males and 5 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 1, living in 2 houses--on Symphorien Boudreau's farm; one wonders if this was him.
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During the War Between the States, Adrien served in Company E of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafayette Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Joseph married Amelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi K. Broussard, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in September 1865.
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Boudreauxs from the river and upper Bayou Lafourche moved to the old Attakapas District during the antebellum period:
Descendants of Joseph-Alain BOUDREAUX (1781-?)
Joseph-Alain, son of Amand Boudrot of Pigiguit and his second wife Frenchwoman Marie-Pérrine Nogues, born probably at Plouër, France, in c1781, crossed to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, with his father, mother, and four siblings. His parents chose to settle not at Bayou des Écores with the majority of the passengers from their ship but on upper Bayou Lafourche. In late 1795, Joseph-Alain was living with his older half-brothers at Assumption, where he married Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Frenchman Lambert Billardin or Villardin, in October 1803; Marie-Jeanne's mother was a Daigle. Marie-Jeanne had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships. During the late 1810s or the 1820s, Joseph-Alain crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the old Attakapas District, where he remarried to Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Landry and widow of Henry Leonard Ransonet, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1827. Neither of Joseph-Alain's sons by his first wife created families of their own, and he may not have had sons by his second wife, so this line of the family probably did not survive.
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Older son Clément Henrique, by his first wife, born in Assumption Parish in December 1810, may have died young.
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Younger son Léon Eustache, by his first wife, born in Assumption Parish in November 1815, died at age 2 in May 1817.
Descendants of Olivier BOUDREAUX (1788-?)
Olivier, third son of Simon Boudreaux and Monique Dupuis, born at St.-Jacques on the river in July 1788, crossed the Atchafalaya Basin when he came of age and settled in the old Attakapas District. He married Susanne, also called Suzette Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian François Breaux of Bayou Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1811. They settled at Anse la Butte on the upper Vermilion between present-day Lafayette and Breaux Bridge, and at nearby Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche near Breaux Bridge, before moving out to the prairie of western Lafayette Parish, where they ran a large plantation/vacharie. Their daughters married into the Breaux, Broussard, Daigle, Dugas, and LeBlanc families. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 32 slaves--18 males and 14 females, all black except for 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 45 to 1--on Olivier Boudreau's plantation next to Drauzin (probably A. D.) Boudreau in the parish's Western District. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 43 slaves--22 males and 21 females, all black except for 7 mulattoes, ages 63 years to 7 months, living in only 5 houses--on Olivier Boudreaux's plantation between Françious Breaux and Ozémé Boudreaux. Three of Olivier's four sons created families of their own and settled in Lafayette Parish; two of the lines survived. Olivier's middle son, A. D., became a prominent planter, cattleman, and political figure in Lafayette Parish.
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Oldest son Valéry, born in St. Martin Parish in September 1812, married Marie Sylvanie, also called Azelina and Celphanie, daughter of French Creole Ursin Patin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1832; Marie Sylvanie's mother was a Guidry. Their daughter married into the Doucet family. Valéry's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in February 1845; he would have been only 33 years old that year. He may have fathered no sons. In August 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 6 slaves--2 males and 4 females, all black, ranging in age from 42 to 2, living in a single house--on Mrs. Valéry Boudreaux's farm; these probably were Marie Sylvanie Patin's slaves.
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Olivier Rosaime, born in St. Martin Parish in March 1817, may have died young.
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Aurelien Drosin, called Drosin and A. D., born in St. Martin Parish in November 1818, married Azema, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Martin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1842. They settled on the prairie a few miles west of Vermilionville. Their son Charles Alphonse was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1848, Alexandre Olivier, called Olivier, in August 1850, and Valéry le jeune in October 1857. In August 1850, federal census takers in Lafayette Parish counted 3 slaves--a male and 2 females, all black, ages 52, 18, and 15--on Drauzin Boudreau's farm next to Olivier Boudreau's plantation in the parish's Western District; these probably were A. D.'s slaves. In June 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 6 slaves--3 males and 3 females, all black except for 1 mulatto, ages 65 to 3--on Drozin A. Boudreaux's farm; this probably was A. D. When war broke out in 1861, A. D. was colonel of the Lafayette Parish militia and secretary of the parish's Committee of Vigilance. During the War Between the States, A. D. served as captain of Company K, 2nd Regiment Louisiana Reserve Corps, a local unit raised in Lafayette Parish that fought Jayhawkers in the area. After the war, his neighbors still called him "Colonel." By the early 1870s, his plantation/vacharie contained 300 acres near present-day Scott. In August 1874, during Reconstruction, the Colonel became president of White League Club Begnaud No. 2 in Lafayette Parish. He was still alive in April 1896 when two of his farm hands, Alexis and Ernest Blanc of France, murdered neighbor and kinsman Martin Begnaud at nearby Scott Station (Begnaud, a prominent merchant in Scott, was a brother of one of the Colonel's daughters-in-law).
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Youngest son Zéphirin, born in Lafayette Parish in June 1828, married Célestine, daughter of French Creole Alexandre Delhomme, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1855. Their son Alexandre Olivier le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1856, Louis Didier in c1860 but died at age 2 in December 1862, and Jean Didier was born in July 1861. In June 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 4 slaves--3 males and a female, all black, ranging in age from 55 to 13, living in 1 house--on Ziphirin Boudreaux's farm. During the War Between the States, Zéphirin, in his early 30s, served as a corporal in Company A of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in St. James Parish that fought gallantly in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and as a private in Company A of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion Infantry, which fought in Louisiana. He may have been a conscript. A daughter was born in August 1864 when Zéphirin was with his unit in the Red River valley. He survived the war and was buried in St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery, behind the cathedral in Lafayette.
Descendants of Louis Clairville BOUDREAUX (1823-)
Louis Clairville, called Clairville, oldest son of David Valentin Boudreaux of Assumption Parish and Marguerite Riche or Richet of Pointe Coupee Parish, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1823, married Marie Adèle or Odile, called Adèle, daughter of French Creole Christophe Trosclair, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in December 1842. He moved his family from upper Bayou Lafourche to near Pattersonville, St. Mary Parish, in the early 1850s. Their daughters married into the Korn and Trosclair families. ...
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Oldest son Louis Rodolphe was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in May 1849.
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Joseph was born near Pattersonville in October 1853.
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James David was born near Pattersonville in August 1855.
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Adam A. was born near Pattersonville in April 1860.
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Two Boudreauxs whom area church and civil records do not link to any line of the family settled in St. Landry and Lafayette parishes during the antebellum period:
Descendants of Jean BOUDREAUX (?-?)
Jean Boudreaux married Clotilde Kemper or Kenterre. They had at least one son, who settled in St. Landry and Lafayette parishes. Jean, père died perhaps in St. Landry Parish before October 1824.
Jean, fils married Éloise or Louise, daughter of Acadian Augustin Dugas, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1824; the priest who recorded the marriage noted that both the groom's and the bride's fathers were deceased at the time of the wedding. Their son Jean Théogène was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1832, and Joseph Hermogène in May 1836. Their daughter married into Simon family.
Joseph Hermogène married French Creole Marcellite Simon in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in July 1853, and sanctified the marriage at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1856. Their son Jean le jeune was baptized at the Opelousas church, age 2 months, in August 1856, Joseph Cleopha was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in July 1861, and Gulpha David in March 1864.
Descendants of Joseph BOUDREAUX (?-?)
Joseph Boudreaux married Geneviève, called Niève, Fabre. They had at least one son, who settled in Lafayette Parish.
Gustave married Louise Phelonise, called Phelonise, Campbell at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1858. Their son Jean Joseph was born near Youngsville in August 1859, and Gustave, fils in September 1861.
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Other BOUDREAUXs on the Western Prairies
Local church and civil records make it difficult to link other Boudreauxs in the western parishes with known lines of the family there:
Joseph Boudreaux married Edvise Holin, perhaps Hulin. Their daughter Marie Adelema married Endville, son of French Creole Jacques Arnaud, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in April 1845.
Joseph Boudreaux married Carmelite Boudreaux. Their son Joseph, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1840.
Charles Boudreaux married Marie Silvanie Boc and settled in Lafayette Parish by the early 1840s.
Lucie Boudreaux married fellow Acadian Onésime Richard in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1847, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church in January. The parish clerk and the priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names.
Pierre Béloni Boudreaux married fellow Acadian Marie Primeaux and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the late 1840s. Their son Ursin was born near Abbeville in December 1852.
In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted a single slave--a 12-year-old mulatto female--on Saintville Boudreau's farm. Who was Saintville Boudreaux? Clairville? Damonville? Dupréville? Seville? Treville? One of the ...villes.
______ Boudreaux married Anna Harrington. Their son Charles was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in September 1852.
Léon Boudreaux died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1854. The priest who recorded his burial said that Léon died "at age 40 yrs." but did not give his parents' names or mention a wife.
Rosalie Boudreaux married Villery Landry at the Pattersonville church, St. Mary Parish, in April 1857. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names.
Valérie Boudreaux married Alexandre Louis, son of French Creole Godefroi Pellerin and widower of Madeleine Isida Judice, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in December 1858. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names.
In 1860, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted a single slave--a 13-year-old black female--on Mary Boudreau's farm.
In 1860, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 11 slaves--4 males and 7 females, all black, ranging in age from 45 years to 8 months--on Mary E. Boudreau's farm. Was she the widow of a Boudreaux?
Symphorien Boudreaux married Mary Chenier in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1860. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names.
Pierre Théodule Boudreaux died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in November 1862. He was only 2 months old. The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give his parents' names.
Eulis Boudreaux married Emelia Hébert. Their son Martin was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1865.
Eugènie Boudreaux married Eraste Thibaut at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in October 1865. The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couples' parents' names.
LOUISIANA: RIVER SETTLEMENTS
Following close behind the Boudrots who went to the Bayou Teche valley in 1765 were four other Boudrots from Halifax, who settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans where 20 Acadians from Georgia had settled the year before:
Joseph Boudrot was counted at Cabanocé in April 1766, age unrecorded, with an unnamed woman and an unnamed girl in his household, so he must have reached the colony in 1765 with a wife and daughter whose names have been lost to history. He may have been the Joseph Boudreaux who married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin and widow of Benjamin LeBlanc, at Ascension, just upriver from St.-Jacques, in May 1806. The priest who recorded the 1806 marriage said that this Joseph was son of Joseph Boudrot and Anne Blanchard and a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Olivier Boudrot, age 37, a widower, and his son Simon, age 12, also arrived in 1765. Olivier remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Gaudet and widow of Michel Dupuis, at Cabanocé in October 1767; he was 39 years old. They had no children. Olivier died at St.-Jacques in November 1782, age 52. His son Simon carried on the line at St.-Jacques.
Élisabeth, also called Isabelle, Boudrot, age 43, came to Cabanocé with husband Étienne LeBlanc, age 43, and seven children, ranging in age from 21 to infancy. They, too, remained on the river.
Descendants of Simon BOUDREAUX (c1753-1824)
Simon, son of Olivier Boudrot and his first wife Anne-Marie Dupuis, born probably at Minas in c1753, escaped the British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755. His family fled to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, but British forces eventually captured them and held them in Nova Scotia as prisoners of war. Simon came to Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765 with his widowed father and married his stepsister, Monique, daughter of Michel Dupuis and Anne Gaudet, his father's second wife, at St.-Jacques in May 1774, and there they remained. Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Breaux, and LeBlanc families. In the late 1800s or early 1810s, Simon's married sons crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and settled in northern St. Martin Parish. Two of them returned to the river, but the youngest, Olivier, remained in St. Martin. Simon died in St. James Parish in March 1824; he was 70 years old. Two of his three married sons moved to the western prairies, but one of them returned to the river. Two of his grandsons settled in Ascension and St. James parishes, another on upper Bayou Lafourche.
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Oldest son Simon-Pierre dit Simonet, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in December 1778, married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Jacques Babin, at St.-Jacques in April 1800. They lived for a time at Grand Pointe, on upper Bayou Teche in St. Martin Parish, but returned to the river. Their son Casimir was born at St.-Jacques in May 1801 but died at age 2 in August 1803, Simon Casimir, called Casimir, was born in October 1808, Olivier Gédéon at Grand Pointe in June 1811 but died at age 9 in September 1821 and was buried at Ascension, and Jean Baptiste Adélard, called Adélard, was born in St. James Parish in April 1817. Their daughters married into the Daigle, LeBlanc, and Melançon families. Simonet's sons settled in Ascension, Assumption, and St. James parishes.
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Casimir married Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Landry, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1835. They lived on upper Bayou Lafourche before returning to the river, where they settled near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes. Their son Jean Baptiste Simon was born in Ascension Parish in January 1844, Joseph Landry in Assumption Parish in May 1846, Joseph Eugène in April 1848, Joseph Trinidad in St. James Parish in February 1850, Simon in Ascension Parish in June 1852 but died at age 15 in October 1867, and Joseph Émile, called Émile, was born in July 1855 but died at age 5 1/2 in February 1861. Their daughters married into the Bergeron and LeBlanc families and perhaps into the Thomas family as well.
Jean Baptiste Simon married Eliza, daughter of fellow Acadian Arsène Bourgeois, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1866.
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Joseph Baptiste Adélard married Joséphine, daughter of Narcisse LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1838. They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
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Michel, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1783, married Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Théodore Bergeron, at St.-Jacques in January 1807. They lived for a time at Anse la Butte on the upper Vermilion River, between present-day Lafayette and Breaux Bridge, before returning to St. James Parish. Their son Michel Ursin, called Ursin, was born in St. James Parish in January 1815. Their daughters married into the Chauvin, Melançon, and Mire families. In September 1850, the federal census taker in St. James Parish counted 7 slaves--3 males and 4 females, all black, ranging in age from 60 to 4--on Michel Boudreau's farm in the parish's Eastern District. In June 1860, the federal census taker in St. James Parish counted 7 slaves again--4 males and 3 females, 3 blacks and 4 mulattoes, ages 70 to 3, living in 2 houses--on Michel Boudreau's farm in the parish's Left Bank 4th District; one of Michel's slaves, a 3-year-old mulatto male, was recorded as "insane." Michel died near Convent, St. James Parish, in October 1864; he was 81 years old. He had only one son, but the son created a family of his own and remained in St. James Parish.
Ursin married Marie Justine, called Justine, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Melançon, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in November 1838; Marie Justine's brother married one of Ursin's sisters. Their son Ursin Saturnin, called Saturnin, was born near Convent in February 1840 but died at age 2 in May 1842, Joseph Audressy, called Audressy, was born in September [1845], M., perhaps a son, in December 1849, and Michel in October 1852. Their daughter married into the Lanoux family. In June 1860, the federal census taker in Ascension Parish counted a single slave--a 22-year-old mulatto female--on U. Boudreau's farm in the parish's Fifth Ward.
Audressy married cousin Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Cyprien Bourgeois, at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in February 1867; they had to secure a dispensation for third to fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.
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Olivier, born at St.-Jacques in July 1788, married Susanne, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Breaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1811 and settled in St. Martin Parish.
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Jean-Baptiste, born at St.-Jacques in April 1793, died at age 1 in August 1794.
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Youngest son Antoine, born at St.-Jacques in October 1795, also may have died young.
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In July 1767, a 12-year-old orphan, Marie, daughter of Benjamin Boudrot, reached Louisiana from Maryland with the family of Amand Richard. They settled with other Maryland exiles at St.-Gabriel de Manchac, on the river above New Orleans, where Marie married cousin Amand, son of fellow Acadian Paul Hébert, in September 1776; Amand also had come to Louisiana from Maryland in 1767 and probably had known Marie from childhood; his mother, too, was a Melanson. Two of their grandsons became prominent men in Louisiana affairs: Paul Octave Hébert served as governor of Louisiana in the early 1850s, and Paul Octave and his first cousin Louis Hébert rose to the rank of brigadier general during the War Between the States. Marie died near St. Gabriel in August 1847, in her early 90s, a widow.
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Another contingent of Maryland exiles--a large extended family led by brothers Alexis and Honoré Breau--reached Louisiana in February 1768. With them were three Boudrots:
Brigitte, age 36, daughter of Pierre Boudrot of Pigiguit, came to Louisiana with husband Basile Landry, age 41, and their two daughters, ages 12 and 2. They, along with other members of the Breau clan, were compelled to settle at San Luìs de Natchez, far up the Mississippi in what is now Concordia Parish. But they did not remain there. They crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District in the 1770s.
Marie-Madeleine, age 35, Brigitte's sister, came to Louisiana with husband Joseph Landry, age 38, and three children ranging in age from 13 to 3. They, too, went to San Luìs de Natchez, where Joseph died in c1771. Marie-Madeleine remarried to Pierre-Sylvain, son of fellow Acadian Pierre Cloistre dit Clouâtre, probably at St.-Gabriel, on the river below Baton Rouge, date unrecorded.
Augustin dit Rémi, son of Pierre Boudrot of Pigiguit, was a 13-year-old orphan when he came to Louisiana from Maryland with the Breau clan. He followed them to San Luìs de Natchez, but he, too, did not remain on the river. In the 1770s, he moved to the Attakapas District, where married fellow Acadian Judith-Philippe Martin in c1777.
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The great majority of Boudrots who came to Louisiana arrived a generation after the first of them reached the colony. These were Boudrots from Minas whom the British had exiled to Virginia in the fall of 1755, deported to England the following year, and repatriated to France in 1763; and also Boudrots from Pigiguit and Île St.-Jean whom the British deported to France in 1758-59. After enduring the indignities of life in the mother country for a quarter of a century, they took up the Spanish government's offer to start a new life in Louisiana. Dozens of them, including over 20 families, reached New Orleans aboard every one of the Seven Ships of 1785. Only the Héberts, Trahans, Aucoins, and Bourgs outnumbered the Boudrots on the Seven Ships expedition:
Marguerite Boudrot, age 48, crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July. With her were second husband Charles Landry, age 56, and seven children, ages 23 to 6. They went to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, and remained on the river.
Françoise-Marie Boudrot, age 45, widow of Joseph Clossinet and Marin Dugas, crossed on Le Bon Papa with a Clossinet daughter, age 25, and a Dugas son, age 11. They also went to Manchac, where Françoise remarried to fellow Acadian Charles Daigle, widower of Anne-Marie Vincent, in February 1786. They then moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, where she died in September 1798, in her 50s.
Anne Boudrot, age 40, widow of Jacques Haché, crossed on Le Bon Papa with two daughters, ages 15 and 11. They went to Manchac and remained on the river.
Jean-Baptiste Boudrot, age 32, and wife Marie-Modeste Trahan, age 36, came to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa with three children--Marie-Félicité, age 8, Jean-Constant, age 6, and Marguerite-Marie, age 2. They went to the Baton Rouge area, where Jean-Baptiste remarried to Anne-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Henry and widow of Théodore Hébert, in February 1786, so his first wife Marie-Modeste died soon after the family reached the colony. In the late 1790s, Jean-Baptiste moved his family to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Paul-Dominique Boudrot, age 22, and wife Marie-Olive Landry, age 18, crossed on Le Bon Papa with their infant son, Paul-Marie. When they reached New Orleans, Marie-Olive was pregnant; son Joseph was born probably at Manchac in early January 1786. The family left Manchac in the early 1790s and moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, where they had many more sons. Paul-Dominique's father Zacharie and younger brothers Charles and Benjamin-Hilaire crossed on a later ship, L'Amitié, and went to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Paul-Marie, age 13, son of François Boudrot and Euphrosine Barillot, crossed on Le Bon Papa with his mother, stepfather Charles Broussard, and four step-siblings. He was counted with them at Baton Rouge in the summer of 1788, but he did not remain there. He followed his once-again-widowed mother to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Marie-Adélaïde, a 5-year-old orphan, daughter of Louis Boudrot, crossed on Le Bon Papa with her maternal grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Dugas, her grandmother, and an aunt. They went to Manchac, but Marie-Adélaïde moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, where she married twice, first to Eustache Carret, son of fellow Acadian Ignace Carret, in March 1796, and then to Jean Baptiste, son of fellow Acadian Grégoire Blanchard, in July 1813.
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Anne Boudrot, age 38, crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August. With her were husband Paul LeBlanc, age 40, two daughters, ages 3 and infant, and a 23-year-old Trahan niece. They went to Baton Rouge before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche.
François-Xavier Boudrot, age 25, and wife Marguerite Dugas, age 26, crossed on Le Beaumont with no children. His widowed mother and four younger siblings sailed to Louisiana on a later ship, L'Amitié, and went to upper Bayou Lafourche. François-Xavier remarried and remained at Manchac, where he had more children.
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Madeleine Boudrot, age 58, crossed L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November. With her was husband Joseph Aucoin, age 60. They went to Nueva Gálvez, or San Bernardo, on the river south of New Orleans in present-day St. Bernard Parish.
Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Boudrot, age 56, widow of Olivier Thibodeau, crossed on L'Amitié with her was a 17-year-old daughter. They went to Manchac, but the daughter moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Two daughters of Pierre Boudrot and Madeleine Bourg of Île St.-Jean--Marie, age 30, wife of Christophe Delaune, age 34, and unmarried Céleste, age 20--crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, with Marie's husband and two of their children, ages 11 and 1. Céleste married into the Guidry and Blanchard families at St.-Jacques and into the Augeron family at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche. Marie remained with her husband and children at St.-Jacques.
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Victor Boudrot, age 55, and second wife Geneviève Richard, age 37, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December. With them were six children by both of his wives--Hélène-Marie-Rose, age 31, wife of Frenchman François-Pierre Le Lorre, age 30, who also came along, Joseph, age 27, Cécile, age 15, Geneviève-Sophie, age 11, Noël-Victor, age 9, and infant Anne-Jeanne--as well as Victor's stepdaughter Geneviève-Marguerite Pitre, age 17. They followed the majority of their fellow passengers to Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge. Victor and Geneviève had no more children in Louisiana. Their younger daughters married into the Calegan, Clément, Navarre, and Silvy families and settled on Bayou Lafourche. Their sons also settled on the Lafourche.
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Ignace Boudrot, age 36, and wife Anne Pierson, age 26, a Frenchwoman, crossed on La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December. With them was son Charles, age 2. They went to Bayou des Écores, where they had another son.
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Most of the Boudrots who went to river settlements in 1785 moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, but some of them remained on the river:
Marguerite Boudreaux, widow of Charles Landry, died in Ascension Parish in December 1826, in her early 90s.
Descendants of Ignace BOUDREAUX (c1750-?)
Ignace Boudrot was born in Acadia in c1750. In 1758, he was living on Île St.-Jean with his uncle Antoine Boudrot's family, and with them was deported to France aboard the British transport Supply, which reached St.-Malo in March 1759. Ignace lived at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, from 1759 to 1772. In January 1772, now grown and a carpenter by trade, Ignace secured permission from French authorities to work at Morlaix, where he became a member of the Royal Artillery Corps. He married Frenchwoman Anne Pierson in c1780. They moved first to the port city of Nantes and then to the Acadian enclave at Belle-Île-en-Mer, off the southwestern coast of Brittany, where Spanish officials counted them in September 1784. Ignace sailed to Louisiana in 1785 with his wife and a 2-year-old son aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships. They settled at the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge and across the river from the Creole settlement of Pointe Coupée. One wonders what happened to Ignace and his family.
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Older son Charles, born at Nantes, France, in September 1783 and baptized by the Pointe Coupée priest who served the Bayou des Écores community in June 1792, may have been the Charles Boudreaux who died in Ascension Parish in September 1830. The Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was 50 years old when he died but did not bother to give his parents names or mention a wife. Or he may have been the Charles Boudreaux who died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in June 1857. The priest who recorded his burial said that Charles died at "age 75 years" but, again, did not gives his parents' names or mention a wife. One wonders if Charles ever married.
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Younger son Louis, born probably at Bayou des Écores in September 1789 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest in May 1790, may have died young.
Descendants of François-Xavier BOUDREAUX (1760-1798)
François-Xavier, called Xavier, son of Antoine Boudrot and Brigitte Part, born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in March 1760, crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, with his bride, Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Claude Dugas; they had married at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, near Nantes, in May 1785, only weeks before their ship set sail from France. Marguerite was a native of Boulogne-sur-Mer in Normandy. They settled at St.-Gabriel de Manchac, just south of the Baton Rouge District, where Marguerite died in August 1786 after giving birth to daughter Louise-Isabelle, who followed her mother to the grave two months later. Francois-Xavier remarried to Marie-Francoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at St.-Gabriel in May 1787. Marie-Francoise was a native of St.-Servan, also near St.-Malo, and came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships. Their daughters married into the Acoste, Tircuit, and Trosclair families. Francois-Xavier died near St.-Gabriel in February 1798; he was only 37 years old. Some of his sons and grandsons also died young, and only one of them may have married; they also settled in Iberville Parish, but none of the lines, except for its blood, seems to have survived.
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Oldest son Joseph, born near St.-Gabriel in July 1788, died at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in June 1810. He was only 22 years old and did not marry.
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Jérôme, born near St.-Gabriel in June 1791, married Marcellite, daughter of German Creole Henri Edelmer, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in March 1817. Their son Jean Debus or Debuys was born near St. Gabriel in September 1819, and Joseph Azolin in February 1826. Their daughter married into the Joly family. Jérôme died at St. Gabriel in December 1835; he was only 44 years old. Neither of his sons seems to have married, so this line of the family, except for its blood, probably did not survive.
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Joseph Azolin died near St. Gabriel in August 1844. He was only 18 years old and did not marry.
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Jean Debuys died near St. Gabriel in May 1850. He was 30 years old and did not marry.
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Pierre, born near St.-Gabriel in February 1797, also may have died young.
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Youngest son Louis, born posthumously near St.-Gabriel in February 1798 less than three weeks after his father died, may have died young.
Félix BOUDREAUX (c1742?-c1787)
Félix Boudrot, born perhaps at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1742, may have been exiled to Virginia as a teenager in 1755, deported to England the following year, and repatriated to Morlaix, France, as a young man in 1763. He may have married Anne-Gertrude, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Thériot, in France in the early 1760s and took her and their children to Belle-Île-en-Mer, off the southern coast of Brittany, in the 1760s. He came to Louisiana in 1785 probably as a widower, without children, and went to Ascension, where he married (or remarried to) 20-year-old Françoise-Gertrude, daughter of fellow Acadian René Guillot, in October 1786. Félix died probably at Ascension by May 1787, when his wife remarried there. They probably had no children, and none of his children from his first wife seem to have survived childhood, so his line of the family probably did not survive.
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During the early antebellum period, a Boudreaux settled in Pointe Coupee Parish, across the river from Bayou des Écores, where Ignace Boudreaux and his family had gone after they came to Louisiana from France. One wonders if they were kin to one another, and if so, how:
Descendants of Evariste BOUDREAUX (c1812-1860)
Evariste Boudreaux, perhaps a grandson of Ignace of Bayou des Écores, born probably in Pointe Coupee Parish in c1812, married Julie Major in a civil ceremony probably in Pointe Coupee Parish by the late 1830s. Their daughters married into the Chase, Cornu, and St. Germain families. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Pointe Coupee Parish counted 37 slaves--18 males and 19 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 2--on Evariste Boudreau's plantation. Evariste died in Pointe Coupee Parish in May 1860; he was only 48 years old. Half of his sons did not live long enough to create families of their own.
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Oldest son Jean Joseph, called John, born in Pointe Coupee Parish in September 1840, married Augustine Anaïs, called Anaïs, daughter of Acadian Victor Hébert, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in November 1860.
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Pierre Guillaume, born in Pointe Coupee Parish in September 1842, died in Pointe Coupee Parish in October 1861. He was only 19 years old and did not marry. One wonders if his death was war-related.
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Evariste, fils, born in Pointe Coupee Parish in January 1847, died at age 11 in September 1858.
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Youngest son Isotel Evariste was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in August 1858.
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During the early antebellum period, a Boudreaux whose father had come from France in 1785 returned to the river after living on the western prairies:
Descendants of Simon-Hippolyte BOUDREAUX (1788-1854)
Simon-Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, eldest son of Jean-Charles Boudreaux and Marguerite-Anne LeBlanc, born at Ascension in November 1788, married cousin Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of Simon Boudreaux, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in August 1808. They moved to St. Martin Parish, west of the Atchafalaya Basin, soon after their marriage and settled on upper Bayou Teche near present-day Breaux Bridge. In the late 1810s, they returned to the river. Their daughters married into the Capdeville, Courege, and St. Pillac families. In August 1850, the federal census taker in St. James Parish counted 7 slaves--all female, all black, ranging in age from 30 to 4--on Hyppolite Boudreau's farm in the parish's Eastern District. Hippolyte died "at his home" in St. James Parish in November 1854; he was 68 years old. In July 1860, the federal census taker in St. James Parish counted 13 slaves--6 males and 7 females, 8 blacks and 5 mulattoes, ages 42 to 3, living in 7 houses--on Widow Hp Boudreau's farm in the parish's Right Bank District 9; these probably were Henriette Boudreaux's slaves. Only two of Hippolyte's four sons lived long enough to create families of their own; they settled in St. James and Ascension parishes.
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Oldest son Hippolyte Marcellin, called Marcellin, born at Anse La Butte, St. Martin Parish, in March 1809, married Marie Sylvanie, called Sylvanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Gautreaux, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in October 1830. They settled on the river near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes. Their son Hippolyte le jeune, a twin, was born in St. James Parish in February 1835, Louis Félix, called Félix, in Ascension Parish in December 1836, Jean Ulgère, called Ulgère, in November 1838, Joseph Aurelien near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1841, and Joseph Camille in January 1850. Their daughters married into the Gaudin, Letulle, and Lusk families.
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Félix married Anglo-American Anna Griffin probably in Ascension Parish in the late 1850s or early 1860s. Their son Louis Alfred was born near Gonzales, Ascension Parish, in November 1862.
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During the War Between the States, Hippolyte le jeune, a resident of Ascension Parish when he enlisted at Baton Rouge in October 1861, served as a corporal in Company H of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, a front-line unit raised in East Baton Rouge Parish that fought gallantly in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, and Alabama. Hippolyte le jeune married Feliciana, daughter of Anglo-American Joseph Yarbrough, at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in November 1866.
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Ulgère died near Gonzales, Ascension Parish, in February 1864. He was only 25 years old. One wonders if his death was war-related.
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Nicolas Clairville, born at Grand Pointe, St. Martin Parish, in June 1811, died at age 2 in November 1813.
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Hippolyte Evariste, called Evariste, born at Grand Pointe, St. Martin Parish, in January 1814, married Anne Mathilde, called Mathilde, daughter of French Creole Joseph Martin Capdeville, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1839; Mathilde's mother was an Henry. Their son Joseph was born in Ascension Parish in July 1840, and Hyacinthe Scot in September 1847. Evariste died in Ascension Parish in July 1848; he was only 34 years old.
During the War Between the States, Hyacinthe Scott, called H. S. in Confederate records, served briefly in Company A of the 3rd Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Iberville Parish that fought gallantly in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. H. S. enlisted at Princeville, Mississippi, in late June 1862, a substitute for Hermogène LeBlanc, but H. S. was only 14 1/2 years old at the time! He was discharged in late July probably after Confederate authorities discovered his true age.
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Youngest son Narcisse, baptized at the St. James church, St. James Parish, age 10 months, in July 1818, probably died young.
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During the late antebellum period, a Boudreaux from upper Bayou Lafourche whose father had been born on the river, "returned" to the river and had many sons of his own:
Descendants of Leufroi BOUDREAUX (?-)
Leufroi, son of Joseph-Marie Boudreaux and Anne Josèphe, called Nanette, Dugas, born probably in Assumption Parish in the late 1810s or early 1820s, married Marguerite Eulalie, called Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Arsène Hébert, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1842. They settled near the boundary of Ascension and Iberville parishes before moving to the Gonzales area of Ascension Parish by the mid-1860s. Leufroi's older sons served in the Donaldsonville Artillery during the War Between the States.
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Oldest son Octave Crisse, born in Ascension Parish in January 1843, served in the famous Donaldsonville Artillery during the War Between the States. Octave, who, according to U.S. army records, had a light complexion, light hair, blue eyes, and stood five feet, eight inches, enlisted in the battery in September 1861 and, except for a "furlough of indulgence" in early 1864, remained with his unit throughout its service with General Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania--one of Lee's Louisiana Tigers. Octave, in fact, surrendered with Lee's army at Appomattox Courthouse in April 1865. After the surrender, he and his comrades made their way home as best they could. Octave married cousin Olivia, daughter of fellow Acadian Prudent Babin, at New River, Ascension Parish, in October 1865; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. They settled near Gonzales.
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Joseph Gustave, called Gustave, born in Ascension Parish in November 1844, served with brother Octave in the Donaldsonville Artillery during the War Between the States. Gustave, too young to enlist in 1861, joined the battery at New Orleans in April 1862 and soon was serving with older brother Octave in Virginia. Gustave served with his unit during its many marches, campaigns, and bloody battles until the final days of the war. In April 1865, he was captured at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, the day Grant's army broke through the Confederate lines around Petersburg. The federals sent Gustave to nearby City Point, Virginia, and then on to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. Not until June was he allowed to take the oath of allegiance to the United States government. After the federals released him, Gustave made his way home as best he could.
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Joseph Frédéric was born in Ascension Parish in February 1850.
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Mames Théophile was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1851.
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Arsène was born in Ascension Parish in December 1854.
Other BOUDREAUXs on the River
Local church and civil records make it difficult to link some Boudreauxs on the river with known lines of the family there:
Philippe Boudreaux married Catherine Alexis. Their son Charles was born at Ascension in July 1798.
Marguerite or Marie Boudreaux married Joseph LeBlanc and settled at St.-Gabriel by the early 1800s.
François Boudreaux, fils died in Pointe Coupee Parish, age 10 months, in September 1839. Was Evariste Boudreaux of Pointe Coupee François, fils's uncle?
John R., also called Louis, Boudreaux married French Creole Marie Elise, Elida, or Eliza, called Eliza, Nereaux of Grosse Tete in a civil ceremony probably in Iberville Parish by the early 1840s, and sanctified the marriage at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in February 1852. Their son Louis was born near Plaquemine in September or October 1848, Joseph Benjamin in March 1859, and Édouard Toussaint in November 1865.
Joachim Boudreaux married Ziline Livré probably in Pointe Coupee Parish by the mid-1840s. Their son Valérien was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in August 1846. One wonders if Joachim was kin to Evariste and François Boudreaux of Pointe Coupee.
Clément Boudreaux married Élizabeth Alleman, widow of Antoine Vega, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1855. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. Clément's son Albert, perhaps by an earlier spouse, had been born in c1851 but died in Ascension Parish, age 2, in September 1853. Clément seems to have remarried to Aglae Sans or Schanz probably in Ascension Parish in the late 1850s. Their son Rodolfo Englebert, also called Joseph, was born in Ascension Parish in November 1858 but died the following March.
Prudent Boudreaux died near Convent, St. James Parish, in July 1855; he was only three years old. The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the parents' names.
Ernestine Boudreaux married Phlegie [Flagille], son of Acadian Michel Bernard Gaudin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1856. The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couples' parents' names.
LOUISIANA: LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS
Most of the Boudrots who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche:
Marie Boudrot, age 57, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August. With her were husband Joseph Trahan, age 59, and three children, ages 19, 18, and 11. Marie died probably at Lafourche in the late 1790s, in her late 60s.
Marie Daigle, age 44, widow of Jean-Baptiste Boudrot, crossed on La Bergère with two children--Marie-Rose, age 21, and Jean, age 11. Marie remarried to Pierre, son of fellow Acadian Cyprien Thériot and widower of Élisabeth Trahan, at Ascension in September 1786. Marie died probably at Lafourche by June 1790, when her husband remarried there. One wonders what happened to Jean.
Cécile Boudrot, age 38, widow of Charles Richard, crossed on La Bergère with a 14-year-old daughter and her 18-year-old half-brother Joseph Boudrot. They crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District by the early 1790s.
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Félix Boudrot, age 56, and second wife Madeleine Hébert, age 56, crossed on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September. They had no children with them. Félix remarried--again--to Luce-Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadian François Bourg and widow of Pierre Hébert, at Lafourche in August 1787; he was 58 years old at the time of the wedding. She gave him no more children. He died at Lafourche by November 1789, when his second wife remarried again. His line of the family probably died with him.
Félicité Boudrot, age 31, Félix's daughter by his first wife, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Jean Lejeune, age 29, and no children. They remained childless.
Jean-Charles Boudrot of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 52, perhaps Félix's younger brother, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with second wife Marguerite-Victoire Guédry, age 34, and five children by both of his wives--Joseph-Marie, age 21, Henriette-Charlotte, age 13, Marguerite-Renée, age 4, Pierre-David, age 2, and Félix-Marie, an infant. Jean-Charles and Marguerite-Victoire had another daughter after they settled in Louisiana, but no more sons. Their daughters married into the Usé family. Jean-Charles died at Lafourche by January 1791, when his wife remarried to Spaniard Grégorio Chico there. She and her Boudrot children remained on the bayou.
Marie Boudrot, age 46, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Jean-Baptiste Daigle, age 52, and two children, ages 15 and 11. Marie died probably at Lafourche a few years after she settled there.
Madeleine-Josèphe Boudrot, age 40, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Charles-Olivier Guillot, age 38, and three children, ages 14, 12, and 10.
Jean-Baptiste Boudrot, age 25, and wife Marguerite Bedel, age 23, a Frenchwoman, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with two children--Jean-Baptiste, fils, age 2, and Jean-Charles, an infant. Jean-Baptiste, père's widowed mother, stepfather, and two younger brothers also crossed on Le St.-Rémi and went to upper Bayou Lafourche. Jean-Baptiste, père and Marguerite had more children at Lafourche.
Marie Boudrot, age 24, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with an infant son. Her husband, Frenchman Jean-François Havard of Nantes, crossed on a later ship, L'Amitié.
Joseph-Marie Boudrot, age 17, and brother Charles, age 14, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with stepfather Honoré Comeau, age 71, and their mother, Anastasie Célestin dit Bellemère, age 45.
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Zacharie Boudrot, age 64, and second wife Marguerite Vallois, age 47, probably a Frenchwoman, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November. With him were son Benjamin-Hilaire, age 15, and his stepson, Jacques-Olivier Dubois, age 19. Zacharie and Marguerite had no more children in Louisiana. Zacharie's older son Paul-Dominique had crossed on Le Bon Papa and settled at St.-Gabriel de Manchac before moving on to the upper bayou.
Charles Boudrot, age 21, Zacharie's son, crossed on L'Amitié with wife Marie-Anne Gautrot, age 19, and their infant son, Charles-Marie. Despite their young age, Charles and Marie-Anne had no more children in Louisiana.
Brigitte Apart, age 60, widow of Antoine Boudrot, crossed on L'Amitié with five children, some of them grown, all of them unmarried--Charles-Michel, age 24, Marie-Madeleine, age 22, Joseph, age 19, Étienne, age 18, and Marguerite-Josèphe, age 16. Her older son François-Xavier Boudrot, had sailed to Louisiana on an earlier ship, Le Beaumont, and remained on the river. Brigitte died soon after she reached Louisiana. Daughter Marie-Madeleine married into the Rassicot family but died at age 23, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth. One of Brigitte's younger sons created a large family on the bayou.
Marin Boudrot, age 53, and wife Pélagie Barillot, age 39, crossed on L'Amitié with two children--Étienne, age 13, and Marie-Anne, an infant. Marin died at Lafourche in October 1786, and Pélagie died a few years later. Their daughter married into the Pitre family. Their son remained on the bayou. Daughter Marie Anne, wife of Jean Baptiste Pitre, died in Assumption Parish in November 1858; the priest who recorded her burial said that Marie died at "age 80 and some years," but she was "only" in her mid-70s.
Marguerite Boudrot, age 46, widow of Benjamin Pitre, crossed on L'Amitié with six children, ages 23 to 4.
Étienne Boudrot, age 42, and wife Marguerite Thibodeau, age 40, crossed on L'Amitié with seven children--Joseph-Marie, age 19, Cécile-Marguerite, age 17, Blaise-Julien, age 16, Anne-Henriette, age 14, Jean-Étienne, age 5, Marguerite-Susanne, age 3, and Yves-Cyprien, an infant. Étienne and Marguerite had another daughter in Louisiana but no more sons. Daughter Marguerite-Susanne probably did not survive the voyage over or died soon after she reached the colony. Étienne's other daughters married into the Ayo, Boudreaux, LeBlanc, and Roger families. Étienne died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1825; he was 84 years old. Daughter Anne Henriette, widow of Pierre-Honoré LeBlanc and wife of Jean Baptiste Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1842; she was 70 years old; her succession inventory was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in February.
Joseph Boudrot, age 40, and wife Marguerite Richard dit Sapin, age 42, crossed on L'Amitié with four children and an orphan--Marie-Marthe, age 20, Jean-Charles, age 18, Jean-Joseph, age 9, Sophie, age 3, and Marie Hébert, age 12. Marguerite was pregnant when the family crossed. Son Simon was born either at New Orleans or Lafourche. Joseph and Marguerite had no more children in Louisiana.
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Amand Boudrot of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 55, blind since age 12, Jean-Charles's older brother, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December. With him were second wife Marie-Pérrine Nogues, age 35, and five children by both of his wives--Jean-Baptiste, age 15, François-Joseph, age 14, Marie, age 6, Joseph-Alain, age 4, and Hélène, an infant. Hélène may not have survived the voyage over, or she died soon after the family reached the colony. Most of the families from their ship went to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, but Amand and his family chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, where his brother had gone, or they may have gone to Bayou des Écores and moved to Lafourche soon after they got there. Wife Marie-Pérrine died probably at Lafourche in the late 1780s. Amand did not remarry. Son Joseph-Alain married twice and moved from upper Bayou Lafourche to the western prairies during the early antebellum period. His older sons remained on the bayou. Daughter Marie, wife of François Malo Aucoin, died in Lafourche Parish in June 1853; she was 73 years old.
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Olivier Boudrot, age 74, and second wife Anne Dugas, age 59, crossed on La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December. With him were two unmarried children--Marie, age 18, and Jean-Baptiste, age 17. Olivier died at Lafourche in the late 1780s. Anne did not remarry. Daughter Marie married into the Brunet family.
Marie Boudrot, age 40, widow of Jean-Charles Thériot, crossed alone on La Caroline. She may have remarried into the Goyor family at St.-Jacques on the river in September 1793. They settled on the bayou and probably had no children.
Joseph-Félix-Simon Boudrot, age 22, and wife Marie-Julienne Brossier, age 20, who was a Frenchwoman, crossed on La Caroline without any children They had a number of children in Louisiana.
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Félix Boudrot, perhaps age 43 and a widower, came alone on one of the Seven Ships and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married (or remarried to) a fellow Acadian in late 1786.
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The Boudreauxs who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 created a third center of family settlement that became the largest one of all:
Descendants of Joseph BOUDREAUX (1744-?)
Joseph, son of Michel Boudrot and Claire Comeau, was born probably at Minas in c1744. In the fall of 1755, when he was 11, British forces deported Joseph and his family to Virginia, where they languished on disease-infested vessels in the James River until the Virginia authorities sent them on the England in early 1756. There they were treated like common criminals and held in port cities until the French and Indian War ended in early 1763. In May of that year, now 19 years old, Joseph was repatriated to France with his fellow exiles in England; he and his younger brother Michel disembarked from the ship La Dorothée at St.-Malo on May 23--the only surviving members of their immediate family. Joseph became a carpenter and married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Richard dit Sapin, at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in July 1763. They remained in the St.-Malo area until the early 1770s, when they participated in a settlement venture in Poitou. After the venture failed, they retreated to Nantes in November 1775 with other disgruntled Poitou Acadians and survived in the port city as best they could. Joseph and Marguerite had 11 children in France, but 7 of them died there. In 1785, they came to Louisiana with four of their children aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France. Marguerite was pregnant during the crossing, and another son, born either at New Orleans or Lafourche, was baptized at Ascension the following February. Their daughters married into the Crochet and Dagbert families. Two of Joseph's three sons married and created families of their own in Ascension and Assumption parishes. Most of his grandsons also settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, but one of them crossed the Atchafalaya Basin in the late 1800s or early 1810s and lived, for a time, in St. Martin Parish before moving to St. James Parish.
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Oldest surviving son Jean-Charles, called Charles, born at St.-Servan, France, in November 1767, crossed with his family aboard L'Amitié and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marguerite-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre LeBlanc, in May 1787. Marguerite also was a native of St.-Servan and had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié. Their son Simon-Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, was born at Ascension in November 1788, and Jean-Charles, fils in February 1790. Charles remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Bertrand, at Ascension in February 1793. Marie was a native of Châtellerault, in Poitou, and had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France. Their son Louis-Narcisse, called Narcisse, was born at Assumption in September 1793, and Étienne-Valentin, called Valentin, in December 1795 but died and was buried at New Orleans the following July, a "very young child." His older son lived on the western prairies before settling on the river. His younger son remained on upper Bayou Lafourche.
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Hippolyte, by his first wife, married cousin Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of Simon Boudreaux, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in August 1808. They moved to St. Martin Parish, west of the Atchafalaya Basin, soon after their marriage but returned to the river in the late 1810s and settled near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes.
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Narcisse, by his second wife, married Angélique Julie, called Julie, daughter of French Creole Joseph Adam, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1815; Julie's mother was a Crochet. Their son Célestin Lucien was born in Assumption Parish in February 1817, Louis Valière in August 1819, Maximilien in July 1821, twins Joseph Eugène, called Joe, and Théodule Ignace in July 1823, and Ursin or Valsin Joachim in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1828. Narcisse died in Assumption Parish in June 1833; the Plattenville priest who recorded his burial said that Narcisse was 42 years old when he died, but he was only 39. Four of his six sons created families of their own and settled in Assumption and Lafourche Interior parishes.
Louis Valière married Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Barrilleaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1842. Their son Louis Augustave was born in Assumption Parish in August 1852. Their daughter married into the Blanchard family. Louis may have died in Assumption Parish in October 1853; if so, he would have been only 34 years old at the time of his death.
Joseph Eugène married cousin Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of French Creole Marcellin Adam, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1849; Marie's mother was an Hébert. Their son Arthur was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1851, and Charles Édouard in February 1853 but died at age 14 1/2 in September 1867.
Maximilien married Antoinette, daughter of Bertrand Mars, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1850; Antoinette's mother was a Doiron. Their son Valsin Enet was born in Assumption Parish in February 1852, and a newborn child, perhaps theirs and perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died in February 1860.
Valsin married Eliska, daughter of French Creole François Ledet, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1852, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in May 1854; Eliska's mother was a LeBlanc. Their son Oscar was born in Lafourche Parish in January 1854. Valsin remarried to Clara, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Rosémond LeBlanc and widow of Vincent Madere, at the Thibodaux church in April 1857. Their son Pascal Nelson was born in Lafourche Parish in May 1858 but died at age 1 in July 1859. Valsin died in Lafourche Parish in January 1863; he was only 35 years old. One wonders if his death was war-related.
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Jean-Joseph, called Joseph and Joson, born at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, near Nantes, France, in July 1776, married Eulalie-Martine, daughter of fellow Acadian Ambroise Dugas, at Assumption in June 1803. Eulalie had been born aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships. Their son Ambroise was born in Assumption Parish in July 1812, and Edmond in c1815. They also had a son named Hermogène, unless he was Ambroise. Their daughters married into the Pertuit family and perhaps into the Frion family as well. Jean Joseph died in Assumption Parish in October 1821; he was only 45 years old.
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Hermogène married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Marie Barrilleaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1834. Their son Joseph Vileor, called Vileor, was born in Assumption Parish in November 1835, and Jean Baptiste Aristide in September 1840. Their daughter married into the Simoneaux family. Hermogène remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian François Aucoin and widow of Vasin Frioux, at the Plattenville church in November 1841. Their son Joseph Ulysse was born in Assumption Parish in June 1843. Their daughter married into the Barbier family. Hermogène remarried again--his third marriage--to Carmelite Albarau or Albarado at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1853. Their son Joseph Lucien was born in Assumption Parish in August 1855.
Vileor, by his first wife, married Marie, daughter of Pierrique Cavalier, Cavaliere, or Cavaliero, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1855. Their son Jean Baptiste Valère was born in Assumption Parish in December 1858, and Ulysse in September 1860. They were living near Pierre Part, north of Lake Verret, by 1864.
2b
Edmond died in Assumption Parish in March 1835. He was only 20 years old and did not marry.
3
Youngest son Simon, baptized at Ascension in February 1786, only three months after the family reached New Orleans, came to Louisiana in utero. He died in Assumption Parish in February 1816, age 30, and probably did not marry.
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX (1759-1799)
Jean-Baptiste, elder son of Jean-Baptiste Boudrot and Anastasie Célestin dit Bellemère, was born in England in October 1759. At age 4, in May 1763, he was repatriated to France with his family aboard L'Ambition and settled at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo. He married a Frenchwoman, Marguerite, daughter of Francois Bedel dite Picard, at Targe in June 1778. Spanish authorities counted him, his wife, and a son at Nantes in September 1784. He and his wife, with two sons now, sailed to Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France. They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to upper Bayou Lafourche. Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste more children in Louisiana, including four more sons. Their daughters married into the Lis and Williamson families. Jean-Baptiste died at Assumption in August 1799; he was only 39 years old. Only two of his six sons seems to have fathered sons of their own; they settled in Lafourche Interior Parish. A grandson settled in Terrebonne Parish.
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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste III, born probably at Nantes in c1783, does not appear in the Valenzuéla censuses of 1788 and 1791 with the rest of his family, so he probably died young. He may not even have survived the crossing from France.
2
Jean-Charles, baptized at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, near Nantes, in March 1785, also fails to appear with the rest of the family in the Valenzuéla censuses of 1788 and 1791, so he, too, may not have survived the crossing from France.
3
Laurent, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in February 1787, married Marie Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Thibodeaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1810. One wonders if they had any children.
4
Antoine, born at Lafourche in c1789, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph-Francois Michel and widow of Jean-Louis Daigle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1814. They lived near the boundary of Assumption and Lafourche Interior Parish. Their son Jean Baptiste Gédéon, called Gédéon, was born in October 1814, François Hermogène in March 1821, Mathieu Auxilien, called Achille Sylvain or Sylvanie, in February 1823, and Pierre Marcellus in June 1825. Their daughters married into the Bonvillain, Hébert, LeBlanc, and Thibodeaux families. Antoine died in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1849; he was 60 years old.
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Gédéon married Marcelline or Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Marie Adèle Sonnier, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1837. Their son Augustin was born in Assumption Parish in December 1837, Joseph François in June 1840, and Ernest in April 1842. They also had a son named Villier, born probably in the late 1830s, unless he was Augustin. In June 1860, federal census takers in Assumption Parish counted 3 slaves--a male and 3 females, all black, ages 22, 2, and 4 months, living in 1 house--on Gédéon Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Fourth Ward.
Villier married Zéolide, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Bourg, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1861. Their son François Ricard was born in Assumption Parish in November 1861, and Augustin Hector in July 1866. During the War Between the States, Villier, called Villie in U.S. army records, which said he had a dark complexion, black hair, black eyes, and stood five feet, eight inches tall, was conscripted into Company C of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery in October 1862 with other Assumption Parish men. Along with his regiment, Villier served at Vicksburg, Mississippi. When Grant's army captured the regiment at Vicksburg in July 1863, most of its conscripts, including Villier, refused to accept parole. The federals sent him and his fellow gunners to Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, before transferring them to the prisoner of war compound at Camp Morton, Indiana. Perhaps to shorten his stay in the POW camp, Villier, with other survivors from his unit, took the oath of allegiance to the United States government in early January 1865--months before the war ended. The federals released them after they took the oath, and they made their way home as best they could.
During the War Between the States, François may have served in Company C of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Assumption Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi. François married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Evariste Foret, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1865. their son Joseph Albert was born in Assumption Parish in September 1866.
Ernest married Aurelie, daughter of fellow Acadian August LeBlanc, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1865. Their son Aubert Auguste was born in Assumption Parish in September 1866.
4b
François Hermogène died in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1840. He was only 19 years old and did not marry.
4c
Achille Sylvanie married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Thibodeaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1848. Their son Antoine Oscar was born in Assumption Parish in April 1852, and Théogène Mirtil, a twin, in May 1863.
4d
Pierre Marcellus married Marie Eléonore, called Eléonore, Léonore, and Leonna, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Bourg, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1849. Their son Joseph Justilien was born in Assumption Parish in April 1851, François Sirius in October 1853, Edgar Augustin in April 1859, and Onésiphore Noé in May 1861.
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A second Jean-Baptiste III, called J. B., born at Assumption in March 1796, married cousin Anne Marie or Marie Anne, daughter of François Joseph Boudreaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1818. Their son Jean Baptiste Rosémond, called Rosémond, was born in Assumption Parish in December 1818, Victor Proile in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1825, Zéphirin Neuville, called Arville or Orville, in May 1828, François Gédéon in June 1831, and Auguste Ferdinand in March 1835. Their daughters married into the Calahan, Guillot, and Prejean families.
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Jean Baptiste Rosémond married Amelie Victoire or Victoire Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Hébert of Terrebonne Parish, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in April 1846, and, called Rosémond Jean Baptiste by the recording priest, sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, the following August. Their son Rosémond, fils was born near Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in March 1849, Orvil Faustin in May 1851, Ernest near Chacahoula in May 1860, Octave Elisie in April 1863 but died at age 5 1/2 in September 1868, and Myrtile Arestile was born near Montegut in November 1868. They also had a son named Louis Neuville, called Neuville, born probably in Terrebonne Parish in the late 1840s. In November 1850, the federal census taker in Terrebonne Parish counted 4 slaves--all males, all mulattoes except 1 black, ages 24 years to 6 months--on Jean Bt. Boudreau's farm; one wonders if this was Jean Baptiste Rosémond. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Terrebonne Parish counted 7 slaves--3 males and 4 females, all mulattoes except for one black, ranging in age from 50 to 4, living in a single house--on J. B. Boudreau's farm in the parish's 11th Ward; one wonders if this also was Jean Baptiste Rosémond.
Louis Neuville married Marie Elvina, daughter of Anglo-American William Evariste Price, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1867. Their son Joseph Faustin was born near Montegut in March 1870.
5b
Arville married Odile, daughter of French Creole Jean Lagrange, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1853; Odile's mother was an Hébert. One wonders if the line survived.
5c
During the War Between the States, François may have served in Company C of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Assumption Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi. François married cousin Elfrida, called Frida, daughter of Valsin Boudreaux, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1866. Their son Émile Valsin was born in Assumption Parish in November 1866.
5d
Auguste married Adolphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Talbot, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1866.
6
Youngest son François-Gilbert, a twin, born at Assumption in February 1798, died the following September.
Descendants of Joseph-Marie BOUDREAUX (1766-?)
Joseph-Marie, younger son of Jean-Baptiste Boudrot and Anastasie Célestin dit Bellemère, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in March 1766, came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, with his mother, stepfather Honoré Comeau, and younger brother Charles. They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where Joseph-Marie married Anne, daughter of probably Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan, in February 1786. Anne was a native of Morlaix, France, and also had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi.
Angèl, born probably at Assumption in c1794, may have died young, taking this line of the family with him.
Descendants of Charles BOUDREAUX (1764-1833)
Charles, son of Zacharie Boudrot of Pigiguit and his first wife Marguerite Daigle, born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in March 1764, married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gautrot, probably at St.-Nicolas, Nantes, in c1784. Charles, his wife and their infant son sailed to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and went to upper Bayou Lafourche, where his father and stepmother also settled. Charles died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1833; he was 69 years old. He fathered only the one son born in France, but the son married twice and created a large family of his own.
Charles-Marie, born at Nantes, France, in March 1785, married Victoire Claire, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Aucoin, at Assumption in June 1805. Victoire Claire was a native of Chantenay, France, near Nantes, and had come to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships. Their son Valéry Charles was born at Assumption in April 1806, and Rosémond in December 1809. Their daughter married into the Percle family. Charles Marie remarried to Rosalie Dorothée, daughter of French Creole François Aysenne, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1815. Their son François Alexis or Laisin was born in Assumption Parish in February 1817, Gervais Valsin or Ursin, called Valsin, in June 1818, Louis in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1820, and Maurice in June 1828 but died at age 3 in August 1831. Their daughters married into the Aucoin and Gros families. Charles Marie died in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1835; he was only 50 years old. Four of his sons created families of their own and settled in Lafourche Interior and Assumption parishes, but only two of the lines survived.
Rosémond, by his first wife, married Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite and Melite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1832. Their son Trasimond Désiré was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1840 but died at age 8 1/2 in May 1849. Their daughters married into the Bouvet, Breaux, Himel, and Prejean families. Rosémond died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1850; he was only 40 years old; his succession record was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse the following May. His line of the family, except for its blood, died with him.
Valéry, by his first wife, married cousin Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadian Hyacinthe Aucoin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1832. Their son Valéry Désiré, called Désiré, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1833. Valéry died in Assumption Parish in June 1860; he was 54 years old.
Désiré died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1851. He was only 18 years old and did not marry. His line of the family probably died with him.
François Laisin, by his second wife, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1835. He was only 19 years old and did not marry.
Valsin, by his second wife, married Dauphine or Delphine, daughter of French Creole Jean Lagrange, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1838; Dauphine's mother was an Hébert. Their son Séraphin Léonis was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1839, Sylvère Ernest in April 1844, Auguste in August 1846, Camille in Assumption Parish in June 1849, Julies Xavier in January 1852, and Joseph Auguste perhaps posthumously in August 1861. Their daughter married a Boudreaux cousin. Valsin may have died in Assumption Parish in December 1860; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Valsin died at "age 40 years."
Louis, by his second wife, married cousin Pauline, daughter of Noël Victor Boudreaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September1839. Their son Louis Émile was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1843, Adrien Justimin in August 1845 but died at age 2 in September 1847, Joseph Aubin was born in September 1847, and Ernest in October 1849 but died the following February. Their daughter married into the Gros family. Pauline died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1852; she was only 32 years old. Louis may have died in Assumption Parish the following October; if so, he would have been only 33 years old at the time of his death.
Descendants of Benjamin-Hilaire BOUDREAUX (1770-?)
Benjamin-Hilaire or Hilaire-Benjamin, youngest son of Zacharie Boudrot of Pigiguit and his first wife Marguerite Daigle, born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in January 1770, came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, with his father, stepmother, and a stepbrother. His family chose to settle on upper Bayou Lafourche. In July 1790, at nearby St.-Gabriel, Benjamin-Hilaire married Anne-Isabelle, called Isabelle, daughter of Anglo-American Anselme Ferguson of Virginia. They returned to the upper bayou and lived next to Benjamin-Hilaire's older brother, Charles, who also had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié. The family must have spent some time in New Orleans; a daughter was baptized there in March 1796. Their daughters married into the Berthelot, Callahan, Duhon, Duroche, Fait, and Fromental families.
1
Oldest son Charles-Maximilien, called Maximilien, a twin, born probably at Lafourche in May 1791, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Foret, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1827. Their son Élie Maximilien or Maximilien Élie, called Maximilien, fils and Maximin, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1831. Their daughter married into the Frioux family. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 2 slaves--a 30-year-old black female and a 12-year-old black male--on Chs. Maximin Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District. In June 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 5 slaves--2 males and 3 females, all mulattoes, ages 47 to a few months, living in 1 house--on Emilien Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Fourth Ward. Was this Maximilien, or son Maximilien, fils?
Maximilien, fils married Eugènie Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Bourg, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in April 1853. Their son René Émile Barthélemy was born in Assumption Parish in August 1855, Fidelis Welfride Maximilien in August 1858 but died at age 6 in November 1864, a newborn child, perhaps theirs and perhaps a son, died in February 1860, Amédée Maximin was baptized at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, age unrecorded, in August 1862, a son, name and age unrecorded, died in August 1863, and Adam Aubert Élie was born in May 1866.
2
Paul-Valentin, called Valentin, born at Lafourche in January 1792, married Catherine, daughter of French Creole Pierre Berthelot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1816; Catherine's brother married one of Valentin's sisters. Their daughter married into the Bergeron family. Paul Valentin remarried to Carmelite Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gautreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1828. Their son Auguste Valmond was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1829, Sylvain or Sylvère Benjamin in June 1831, Urbain Vileor in May 1833, and Émile Homer in November 1843. Their daughters married into the Boudreaux and Juneau families. Paul Valentin died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in June 1862; the priest who recorded his burial said that Paul Valentin died at "age 74 years," but he was "only" 70. His sons settled in Assumption and Lafourche parishes.
2a
Auguste, by his second wife, married Azélie Melasie, called Melasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Faustin Delaune, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1851. Their son Jean Baptiste Henry was born in Assumption Parish in November 1853, Auguste Volcar in June 1856, and Urbain Luc in November 1865. By 1870, they were living in Lafourche Parish.
2b
Sylvère, by his second wife, married cousin Malvina, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Naquin, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in February 1853; Malvina's mother was a Boudreaux. Their son Adam Léonie Henri was born in Assumption in January 1855, Joseph Auguste in Lafourche Parish in June 1858, and Paul Mirtile in February 1861.
2c
Urbain, by his second wife, married Delvina or Elvina, daughter of French Creole Jean Lagrange, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in April 1853; Delvina's mother was an Hébert. One wonders if this line survived.
3
Auguste-Guillaume, called Guillaume, born at Assumption in c1794, married Marguerite Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Olivier Gautreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1820. Their son Théodule was born in Assumption Parish in February 1823, Maximin Apollinaire, called Apollinaire, in October 1825 but died at age 7 in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1832, Jean Valmond Éloi, called Éloi, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish January 1828, Benjamin Sylvain or Sylvain Benjamin in July 1829 but died at age 2 in September 1831, Louis Jules was born in October 1837, Delphi Maximin or Maximien in December 1839 but died at age 9 in June 1848, and Augustin died at age 1 1/2 in August 1844. Their daughters married into the Clement, Gros, Park, and Rousseau families. Guillaume died in Lafourche Parish in September 1861; he was 67 years old. Two of his sons created families of their own and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
3a
Éloi married Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Élie Aucoin, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1848. They settled in Assumption Parish. One wonders if this line survived.
3b
Louis Jules married Sylvanie, daughter of French Creole Michel Sevin, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in May 1861; Sylvanie's mother was an Hébert. Their son Joseph Jules Aurelien was born in Lafourche Parish in March 1862, Félix Clebert in February 1863, Cleopha in December 1864, and Thomas Aurelien in December 1870.
4
Youngest son Zacharie Jérôme, born at Assumption in May 1804, married Marguerite Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1829. One wonders if they had any children.
Descendants of Joseph-Félix-Simon BOUDREAUX (c1763-?)
Joseph-Félix-Simon, son of Félix Boudrot and Agnès Boudrot, born at Morlaix, France, in c1763, became a sailor. In the 1780s, he married Frenchwoman Marie-Julienne, called Julienne, daughter of Pierre Brossier, and took her to Louisiana aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, in 1785. They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to upper Bayou Lafourche. They also spent some time in New Orleans, where several of their children were baptized in the late 1790s and early 1800s. Their daughters married into the Adolphe, Bret, Foret, Hébert, Labadie, and Landry families. Two of Joseph-Félix-Simon's four sons created families of their own in Assumption Parish, where their sons also settled.
1
Oldest son Jean-Joseph, called Joseph, born at St.-Jacques on the river in April 1788, married Marie Vincente or Venerante, daughter of French Creole Pierre Vincent Monte or Montet, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in November 1808; Marie's mother was an Aucoin. Their son François or Joseph Napoléon was born in Assumption Parish in January 1812, Lucien Pierre or Pierre Lucien in June 1818, Laurent died at age 9 days in August 1824, and Baptiste Joseph Landry, called Joseph, fils, was born in June 1833. Their daughters married into the Giroir, Lamoureaux, Love, Mazerolle, and Penisson families, and perhaps into the Frion family as well.
1a
François Napoléon married Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Delaune, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1831. Their son Léo was born in Assumption Parish in April 1849. They also had a son named Pierre.
Pierre married Louise, daughter of Italian Creole Olivier Cancienne, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1858; Louise's mother was a Landry. Their son Ernest C. was born in Assumption Parish in February 1859. They were living near Pattersonville, St. Mary Parish, on lower Bayou Teche, by 1860.
1b
Pierre Lucien married Rosalie Adèle or Marie Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Daigle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1841. Their son Pierre Lucien, fils was born in Assumption Parish in August 1842, and Joseph Alexandre in October 1847.
1c
Joseph, fils married Marie Zélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Adélard Bourgeois of Lafayette Parish, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1855.
2
Joseph, fils, born at Assumption in July 1793, married Eléonore Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Marie Richard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1818. Their son Basile Trasimond was born in Assumption Parish in March 1819. Joseph remarried to Marie Melanie, called Melanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Olivier Gautreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1821. Their son Pierre Théodule was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1833, Lucien in February 1835, Joseph Julien in Assumption Parish in January 1836, Pierre in c1839 but died at age 10 in July 1849, and Eugène Marcellin was born in June 1841 but died at age 8 in July 1849. Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Besse, Boudreaux, Bourgeois, Falteman, Henry, and Mire families. Joseph, fils may have died in Assumption Parish in July 1849; if so, he would have been 56 years old at the time of his death.
Basile Trasimond, by his first wife, married Adeline Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Giroir, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1840. Their son Victor Trasimond was born in Assumption Parish in June 1844, Joseph Olésime in December 1845, Jean Baptiste Claiborne in March 1847, Basile Émile in April 1849, Trasimond Gill in September 1850, and Augustin Gervais in August 1855. Their daughter married into the Bourgeois and Peltier families. In September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 24-year-old black male--on Bazile T. Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 25-year-old black male--on Bazile T. Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Bayou Boeuf Ward 14. By early 1862, Basile had moved all the way down to near Brashear City, now Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, on the lower Atchafalaya River. He remarried to Célesie, daughter of fellow Acadian François Chiasson, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in June 1869; Basile was 50 years old.
Joseph Olésime, by his first wife, married Julia, daughter of fellow Acadian Zenon Bourgeois, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1867.
3
Joseph-Alexandre, born probably at Assumption in March 1798, was baptized at New Orleans the following July perhaps because he was in danger of dying.
4
Youngest son Hippolyte Alphonse, born in Assumption Parish in April 1810, also may have died young.
Descendants of Joseph-Marie BOUDREAUX (1765-1790s)
Joseph-Marie, son of Jean-Charles Boudrot of Pigiguit and his first wife Agnès Trahan, born at Port St.-Hubert, France, near St.-Malo, in May 1765, came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, with his father, stepmother, and four siblings. He followed them and the majority of the passengers from their ship to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Joseph-Marie married Marie-Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Darois, in May 1791. Marie-Isabelle was a native of Chantenay, France, near Nantes, and came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi. Their daughter married into the Benoit family. Joseph-Marie died in the early 1790s, in his late 20s; Spanish officials counted his wife at Assumption in December 1795 without him.
Joseph-Marie, born at Lafourche in May 1792, may have died young, taking this line of the family with him.
Descendants of Pierre-David BOUDREAUX (1783-1844)
Pierre-David, elder son Jean-Charles Boudrot and his second wife Marguerite-Victoire Guédry, born at St.-Similien, Nantes, France, in April 1783, came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, with his parents and four siblings, including older half-brother Joseph-Marie. He followed his family to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian François Duhon and widow of Paul Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1808. Marie was a native of Louisiana. Their daughter married into the Daigle family. Pierre died in Assumption Parish in October 1844; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre died at "age 65 yrs.," but he was "only" 61. His two sons created families of their own, but only one of their lines seems to have survived, in Assumption Parish.
1
Older son Pierre Rosémond, called Rosémond, born in Assumption Parish in March 1810, married Marie Céline, called Céline, daughter of French Creole Antoine Barras, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1835; Marie Céline's mother was a Bourg. Their son Pierre Rosémond, fils was baptized at the Plattenville church, age unrecorded, in January 1838, Drosin Eulice was born in April 1844, and Amédée Octave in March 1846.
2
Younger son André Onésime, born in Assumption Parish in September 1812, married fellow Acadian Pamela Foret probably in Assumption Parish by the early 1840s. Their son Désiré died in Assumption Parish, age 10 months, in August 1844. Their daughter married into the Comeaux and Gaspard families. This line of the family, except for its blood, may not have survived.
Descendants of Félix-Marie BOUDREAUX (1785-1827)
Félix-Marie, younger son of Jean-Charles Boudrot and his second wife Marguerite-Victoire Guédry, born at St.-Similien, Nantes, France, in June 1785, came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, with his parents and four siblings, including older half-brother Joseph Marie. Félix followed his family to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph-Philippe Henry, at Assumption in February 1805. Rosalie was a native of Louisiana, but her family also had sailed from France aboard Le St.-Rémi. Félix Marie died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1827; he was only 42 years old. His three sons created families of their own in Lafourche Interior and Assumption parishes.
1
Oldest son François Joseph, also called François Noël, born at Assumption in October 1805, married Marie Phelonise, called Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Martin Thibodeaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1828. Their son Sylvain Trasimond was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1829, Onésime in September 1834, Emerant Magloire in April 1837, Cleopha Lesiphor or Olésiphore, called Olésiphore, in June 1839, and François Joseph, fils in July 1842. Their daughters married into the Fremin and Hébert families.
1a
Emerant married Meotile or Meotilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Hébert, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1865.
1b
During the War Between the States, Olésiphore served in Company G of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafourche Parish that fought in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, but he did not serve honorably; he deserted his company in July 1863 when it was operating near his home. Confederate records do no say if he returned to his unit. Olésiphore married Amelia, called Melia, daughter of Spanish Creole Valéry Oncale, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in October 1868.
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Joseph Noël, also called Zenon, born in Assumption Parish in December 1807, married Rosalie Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Hyacinthe Aucoin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1826. Their son Neuville Benjamin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1827, and Joseph Augustin died at age 2 months in March 1834. Their daughters married into the Vaise family. Joseph Noël remarried to Aimée Caroline, called Caroline, daughter of French Creole Jean Olivier of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Thibodaux church in October 1836. Their son Clairville or Treville Amédée was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1842, and Jules Davis in March 1845. Their daughters married into the Bergeron, Daigle, Hébert, Junot, and Richard families. Joseph Noël remarried again--his third marriage--to Céleste, daughter of French Creole Dominique Bergeron and widow of Ursin Falteman, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1850. Their son Joseph Estephen was born near Labadieville in August 1851. Joseph Noël remarried yet again--his fourth marriage--to cousin Eulalie, daughter of Joseph Boudreaux and widow of Lastie Falteman, at the Plattenville church in February 1867; Joseph Noël was 59 years old at the time of the wedding.
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Neuville Benjamin, by his first wife, married Adeline, daughter of French Creole Augustin Lagrange, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1848. Their son Émile Augustave was born in Assumption Parish in December 1848, Octave in September 1850, Anatole Jules or Jules Anatole in May 1856 but died the following August, Théophile Léonard was born in June 1857, Joseph Dorville in February 1862, Clairville Aubert in August 1864, and Numa Cyprien in January 1867. In August 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 40-year-old mulatto male--on Neuville Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Sixth Ward on Bayou Lafourche; one wonders if this was Neuville Benjamin.
Émile Augustave may have married cousin Emma Boudreaux in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in June 1866. If so, they settled in Assumption Parish.
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Treville, by his second wife, married Émée, daughter of fellow Acadian Hermogène Roger, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1864, and may have remarried to Marianne Marcel in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in April 1869.
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Youngest son Pierre Benjamin, born in Assumption Parish in May 1812, married Adèle, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Fremin, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1839; Adèle's mother was an Aucoin. Their son Lusignon Hermogène was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1840, Jules Félix in July 1842, and Oscar Aimé in Assumption Parish in February 1850. Their daughter married a Boudreaux cousin.
During the War Between the States, Lusignon served probably as a conscript in Company G of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafourche Parish that fought in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana. Lusignon joined the company in October 1862 at Camp Pratt near New Iberia and deserted a month later. He rejoined the company in February 1863, in time to resist a federal invasion of the Bayou Teche region that spring. Later that summer, after the regiment had retreated to the Red River valley and then returned to the Lafourche area, Lusignon was "left behind sick" and disappears from the Confederate record. One wonders if he survived the war.
Descendants of Joseph-Marie BOUDREAUX (1765-?)
Joseph-Marie, eldest son of Étienne Boudrot of Minas and Marguerite Thibodeau, was born at Mordreaux, France, near St.-Malo, in September 1765. He sailed to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, with his parents and six siblings. Soon after the family reached the colony, Joseph-Marie married Marie-Charlotte, daughter of fellow Acadian Claude Pitre, at New Orleans in January 1786. Marie was a native of Pleudihen, near St.-Malo, and had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships. They followed his father and brothers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Marie died at Lafourche, age 17, in November 1786 probably from complications of childbirth. In October 1787, Joseph-Marie remarried to Marguerite-Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Pitre, at Lafourche. Marguerite was a native of Pleurtuit, near St.-Malo, and had crossed to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, and gave him many children. They settled on Bayou Darbonne. Their daughters married into the Dupré, Henry, and LeBlanc families. Five of Joseph-Marie's six sons created families of their own and settled in Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes, but two of the lines may not have survived.
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Oldest son Joseph-François, by his second wife, born at Lafourche in January 1790, married Renée, also called Renette, Iréné, and Pérrine, daughter of French Creole Jean Dupré, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1812; Renée's mother was a Naquin. Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Assumption Parish in November 1814, Louis Guillaume in August 1819, and Joseph Théophile in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1828. They also had a son named Jules, unless he was Joseph Théophile Their daughter married into the Himel family. According to the clerk at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne parish, in January 1834, "Mr. Joseph Boudreaux of New Orleans" was acting as tutor for his younger brother Isidore's minor children.
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Jean Baptiste married Rosalie, also called Eulalie, daughter of German Creole François Malbrough, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1836; Rosalie's mother was a Duhon. Their son Théodule Iréné was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1844, Zacharie Alphonse in November 1848, Joseph Léon in July 1850, Timon Luc in July 1859, and Paul Onésippe in December 1862. They also had a son named Joseph Ludgère, called Ludgère, born probably in the late 1830s or early 1840s. Their daughters married into the Daigle, Guidry, Landry, and Lirette families.
Joseph Ludgère married cousin Rosalie or Rose, daughter of German Creole Joseph Étienne Malbrough, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in February 1857. Their son Blaise Ludgère or Ludgère Blaise was born in Lafourche Parish in February 1858 but died at age 2 in February 1860, Charles Delaunay was born in January 1862, and Louis le jeune in April 1864.
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Louis Guillaume married Alcidie or Oleidie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Theriot, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1847; the marriage also was recorded in Terrebonne Parish. They settled near the boundary of Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes. Their son Neuville was born in November 1848 but died "during [a] yellow fever epidemic" in Lafourche Parish, age 5, in October 1853, Washington Alsendois was born in November 1850, Edmond Alcide in November 1854, and Oscar in January 1857.
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Jules married Eveline, daughter of fellow Acadian Léonore Crochet, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1854. They also settled near the boundary of Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes. Their son François Neuville was born in October 1856, and Jules Adam in January 1860. Jules, père remarried to Mary, daughter of German Creole Christian Meyer, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in March 1864. Their son Julien was born in Lafourche Parish in January 1865, and Valérie in October 1870.
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Joseph-Isidore, called Isidore, by his second wife, born at Assumption in March 1794, married Marie Modeste, daughter of Frenchman François Dubois of Paris, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1815; Marie Modeste's mother was an Acadian Bertrand. Their son Hermogène Cursio had been born in Assumption Parish in April 1815, Joseph Isidore, called Isidore, fils, was born in September 1817, Eustache Urbin in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1820, Ferdinand Florentin Joseph, called Florentin and perhaps Joseph Florentin, in May 1821, Arsène David in February 1823, Jean Apollinaire in July 1824, and Isidore Eugène in October 1827. Isidore, père died by January 1834, when his older brother, "Mr. Joseph Boudreaux of New Orleans," was, according to the clerk at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, acting as tutor for Isidore's minor children, including sons Isidore, fils, Eustache, Florentin, Jean, and Arsène.
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Jean married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon LeBlanc, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1847; the marriage also was recorded in Terrebonne Parish. Their son Alfred died in Lafourche Interior Parish, age 17 months, in June 1853. Jean died in Lafourche Parish in May 1853; he was only 28 years old. His line of the family died with him and his only son.
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Joseph Florentin may have married German Creole Marie Eveline Exnicios in the early 1850s. Their son Robert was born in Assumption Parish in May 1852, and Henri Davis in Terrebonne Parish in November 1863.
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Simon-Valentin, by his second wife, born at Assumption in September 1797, may have died young.
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François-Célestin, by his second wife, born at Assumption in March 1799, married Emeranthe Marie or Melite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Charles Aucoin and widow of Pierre Lecompte, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1821. Their son Louison was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1821. One wonders if this line survived.
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Renaud Toussaint, by his second wife, born at Assumption in October 1802, married Anne Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Théodore Henry, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1824. They settled in Terrebonne Parish. One wonders if this line survived.
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Youngest son Pelegrin, by his second wife, born probably at Assumption in the early 1800s, married Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1827. Their son Joseph was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1829, Florbert in April 1830, and Ignace Siméon in February 1834.
Florbert married Florentine, daughter of Françisque Rodrigue, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in October 1853. One wonders if this line survived.
Descendants of Blaise-Julien BOUDREAUX (1769-c1816)
Blaise-Julien or Julien-Blaise, second son of Étienne Boudrot and Marguerite Thibodeau, born at Pleudihen, France, near St.-Malo, in January 1769, came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, with his parents and six siblings and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Pérrine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Barrilleaux, in February 1792. Pérrine also was a native of Pleudihen and had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships. Their daughters married into the Bourgeois, Bouvet, Foret, Hébert, Landry, and Toups families. Blaise-Julien's succession inventory record was filed in the Thibodauxville courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1816; he would have been 47 years old that year. All three of his sons created families of their own and settled in Assumption and Lafourche Interior parishes.
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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste dit Blaise, born at Assumption in October 1798, married Constance Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Naquin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1820. Their son Arsène Blaise or Blaise Arsène was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1821, Francois Léon, called F. Léon, Léon F., Léon, and Léo, in July 1825, Jean Baptiste Eugène, called Eugène, in October 1829, and Adolphe Symphorien in July 1831. They also had a son named Hermogène. Their daughters married into the Borne, Levert, and Vicknair families. Jean Baptiste dit Blaise may have died "during [a] yellow fever epidemic" in Lafourche Parish in September 1853; if so, he would have been 54 years old at the time of his death; a "decree ordering [a] family meeting" was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in February 1856. Jean Baptiste dit Blaise's five sons settled in Lafourche Parish.
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Arsène married Marie Ursanie, called Ursanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Ursin Prejean, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1848. Their son François Clovis was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1851.
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Léon married Éloise or Heloise, daughter of German Creole Joseph Haydel of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1850. Their son Jean Baptiste Victor, called Victor, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1851, and Pierre Joseph in June 1853. Léon died in Lafourche Parish in December 1854; he was only 29 years old; tutorship for his sons was arranged at the Thibodaux courthouse in February 1865. In August 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted 3 slaves--2 males and a female, all mulattoes, ages 60, 20, and 2, living in 1 house--owned by Mrs. Leon Boudreaux "& 2 minors" in the parish's First Ward; these probably were Éloise Haydel's slaves.
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Jean Baptiste Eugène married Euphémie Célesie, daughter of Jean Baptiste Borne, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1851; Euphémie's mother was an Henry. Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1851, and Arsène Noël, also called Noilarson, in December 1853. Their daughter may have married into the Chinn or Shinn family. Jean Baptiste Eugène died in Lafourche Parish in September 1854; he was only 24 years old; tutorship for his two sons was granted in April 1860.
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Adolphe married Marie Mathilde, called Mathilde, daughter of Valéry Vicknair, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1853. Their son Elphége Hermogène was born in Lafourche Parish in November 1855, Labin or Sabin Vicner in January 1858 but died the following September, Henri Clément was born in November 1859, and Joseph Adolphe Valéry in February 1863. Their daughter married into the Kerne family. Adolphe remarried to Émelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Arsène Prejean, at the Thibodaux church in October 1866. Their son Adolphe Abel was born in Lafourche Parish in August 1867, and Victorin in May 1870.
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Hermogène married Eulalie, another daughter of Ursin Prejean, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in June 1860. Their son Joseph Hermogène was born in Lafourche Parish in March 1862, Jean Baptiste Éloi in November 1863, and Charles Symphorien in August 1870.
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François-Marie, born at Assumption in December 1800, married cousin Marie Adèle, called Adèle, 22-year-old daughter of Étienne Boudreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1825. Their son François, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1827 but died at age 5 in June 1833, Émile Vinot or Vinot Émile was born in September 1831, and Étienne le jeune died an infant probably in the early 1830s. François Marie remarried to Geneviève Célesie, called Célesie, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Duhon, at the Thibodauxville church in April 1835. Their son, name unrecorded, died a week after his birth in May 1836. They also had a son named Adrien Rosémond. François Marie died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1836; he was only 35 years old. (Another civil record claims that François Marie did not die until April 1848, when he would have been in his late 40s, and that he married only once, to Marie Boudreaux, who predeceased him; this document records a petition for "family meeting" in May 1848 and states that François Marie's only child was son Émile Vinot.)
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Vinot Émile, by his first wife, married Marie M., daughter of Jean Baptiste Borne, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1853; Marie's mother was an Henry. One wonders if this line survived.
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Adrien Rosémond, by his second wife, married Irma or Zulma, daughter of fellow Acadian Célestin LeBlanc, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1856. Their son Émile Adam Ausineau was born in Assumption Parish in March 1861, Michel died in Assumption Parish a day after his birth in April 1862, and Augustin Amédée was born in December 1865. During the War Between the States, Adrien Rosémond may have served in Company B of the 30th Regiment/Battalion Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Orleans and St. James parishes that fought in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. Adrien enlisted at Thibodeaux in March 1862, but his service with the 30th Infantry was cut short. That autumn, he spent a few weeks in the hospital at Clinton, Louisiana, before being discharged in December, probably for medical reasons.
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Youngest son Basile-Mathurin, born at Assumption in c1803, married Clémence, 20-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Marin Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1825. Their son Furcy Mathurin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1827, Hallen Léopold, perhaps called Alence, in January 1837 but may have died at age 12 in June 1849, a son, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish at age 3 days in July 1840, and Alfred Basile was born in February 1847 but died at age 1 in May 1848. Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Delaune, and Hanlon families. In September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 15-year-old black female--on Bazile Boudreau's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District; this might have been Basile Mathurin. Only one of his sons survived childhood, but he created a family of his own and settled in Assumption Parish.
Furcy Mathurin married Azema, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Blanchard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1845. Their son Siméon Eulice was born in Assumption Parish in January 1846, Justilien Eusylia in September 1849, Oscar Amédée in November 1847, and Octave Désiré in January 1856.
Descendants of Jean-Étienne BOUDREAUX (1779-?)
Jean-Étienne, called Étienne, third son of Étienne Boudrot and Marguerite Thibodeau, born at St.-Clément, Nantes, France, in April 1779, came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, with his parents and siblings and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Élisabeth, called Babette, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph-Ignace Hébert, in November 1799. Élisabeth also had been born at Nantes and had come to Louisiana on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships. They had at least three sons, all of whom may have died young.
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Oldest son Jean-Étienne, fils, a twin, born at Assumption in February 1802, may have died young.
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Jean-Marie, Jean-Étienne, fils's twin, also may have died young.
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Youngest son Henri Étienne, born at Lafourche in August 1805, also may have died young.
Descendants of Yves-Cyprien BOUDREAUX (1785-1829)
Yves-Cyprien, fourth and youngest son of Étienne Boudrot and Marguerite Thibodeau, born at St.-Similien, Nantes, France, in January 1785, came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, with his parents and siblings. His parents settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. Yves-Cyprien married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Caissie dit Roger, at Ascension in May 1805, but they settled on the upper bayou. Rosalie was a native of Louisiana. Their daughter married into the Usé family. Yves-Cyprien died in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1829; he was only 44 years old.
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Older son Yves Léandre, also called Jean Baptiste Léandre and Léandre, born in Ascension Parish in September 1808, married Rosalie Basilise, called Basilise, daughter of French Creole Joseph Rousseau, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1829; Rosalie's mother was a LeBlanc. Their son Léandre, fils died in Lafourche Interior Parish, age 2 months, in August 1833, and Trasimond Adam was born in April 1838. Their daughters married into the Aucoin and Marquet families. Jean Baptiste Léandre died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1842; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Baptiste Léandre died "at age 36 yrs.," but he was only 33. In September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 5 slaves--on Widow Léandre Boudreau's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District; these probably were Basilise Rousseau's slaves.
During the War Between the States, Trasimond Adam served as a sergeant in Company C of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Assumption Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Trasimond Adam married cousin Odile, daughter of Basile Mathurin Boudreaux, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1867.
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Younger son Auguste Gerasime or Gerasime Augustin, born in Assumption Parish in January 1818, married Séraphine Marie Antoinette, called Antoinette, daughter of Jean Borne of St. John the Baptiste Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1837. Their son Auguste Ernest was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1841, Jean Baptiste Ernest in January 1843, and Gerasime Auguste, fils in June 1846. They also had a son named Gustave. Auguste Gerasime, père remarried to Céleste Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of Benjamin Borne, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1848; Marcellite probably was a cousin of Auguste Gerasime's first wife. Their child, perhaps a son, name and age unrecorded, died "during [a] yellow fever epidemic" in Lafourche Parish in November 1853, Joseph Léonce was born in Assumption Parish in March 1857, Joseph Léo, called Léo, in December 1858 but died in Lafourche Parish, age 1 1/2, in April 1860, Adam Arthur was born in Assumption Parish in September 1860, and Albert in June 1863. In September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 5 slaves--3 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 4--on Gerazime Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District. In August 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted 20 slaves--10 males and 10 females, all blacks except for 1 mulatto, ages 68 years to 7 months, living in 4 houses--on Gerasime Boudreaux's plantation in the parish's First Ward. A petition for tutorship of Gerasime's older sons was filed at the Thibodeaux courthouse in August 1870.
Gustave, by his first wife, married Noemie, daughter of French Creole Mathurin Philippeau, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1870; Noemie's mother was an Hébert.
Descendants of Étienne BOUDREAUX (1766-c1819)
Étienne, son of Antoine Boudrot and Brigitte Part, born at Trigavou, near St.-Malo, France, in December 1766, came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, with his widowed mother and siblings. He followed his mother to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Victoire-Andée or -Andrée, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Gautreaux, in January 1788. Victoire was a native of Pleslin, France, also near St.-Malo, and had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships. Their daughter married into the Martin and Stephen families. Étienne's succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1819; he would have been 52 years old that year. He fathered at least 10 sons, nine of whom settled in Lafourche Interior Parish--one of the most vigorous family lines established in South Louisiana. At least one son and one grandson moved down bayou into Terrebonne Parish.
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Oldest son Charles, born at Lafourche in February 1789, married Angélique Désirée, 14-year-old daughter of German Creole Drosin Toups, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1829; Charles was 40 years old at the time of the wedding. Their son Jean Charles was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1830, Étienne in July 1834, Drausin François in May 1837, and Victorin in July 1839. Their daughters married into the Borne and Hébert families. Charles died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1846; the priest who recorded his burial said that Charles died "at age 61 yrs.," but he was "only" 57; a petition for his succession inventory was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in March 1849, and a "family meeting" was held in August 1850.
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Étienne married Aglae Séverine, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in February 1854. Their son Charles Étienne was born in Lafourche Parish in November 1854, Étienne Perrin in March 1856, Pierre Jules was baptized at the Thibodaux church, age 6 months, in April 1859, Joseph Ernest was born in May 1861, Alphonse Arthur in February 1865, and Paul Denes in September 1869.
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Jean Charles married Meranthe, daughter of Joseph Estivenne, Estivennes, or Stephen, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1858. Their son Joseph was born in Lafourche Parish in November 1858, Charles in June 1864, and Adam died in March 1870 a month after his birth.
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Drausin married Ordalie, another daughter of Joseph Estivenne, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1860. Their son Joseph Félicien was born in Lafourche Parish in December 1862, and Pierre Alces in October 1865. During the War Between the States, Drausin served in the Lafourche Parish Regiment Militia and was captured at the Battle of Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in late October 1862. The federals soon released him, and he returned to his home.
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During the War Between the States, Victorin may have served briefly in Company E of the 4th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafourche Parish that fought in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia. Victorin enlisted in the company in May 1861 but was discharged at Ship Island, Mississippi, the following autumn; the records are silent as to why he was dismissed from Confederate service. Victorin married Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Richard, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in October 1866.
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Pierre-Alexandre, born at Ascension in January 1790, may have died young.
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Augustin or Auguste, born at St.-Gabriel in November 1791, married Catherine, daughter of French Creole Charles Pontiff, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1816. Their son Auguste Théodore, called Théodore, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1820, Justin in June 1822, Clairville in July 1825 but died at age 12 in November 1837, Jean was born in January 1828, and Antoine Mathurin in June 1832. Their daughters married into the Andras, Ordogne, and Thibodeaux families. Auguste died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1837; the Thibodauxville priest who recorded his burial said that Auguste was 40 years old when he died, but he was 46.
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Auguste Théodore married Élisabeth, called Élise or Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Thibodeaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1841, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church in April 1843. Their son Jean Joseph Théodore was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1842, Augustin le jeune in February 1847, a child, perhaps a son, died 6 days after its birth January 1849, Théodore died at birth in September 1850, François Adam, called Adam, was born in November 1851 but died at age 11 1/2 in May 1863, and Pierre Edmond was born in May 1856. Their daughter married into the Gonzales family.
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Antoine married Adeline, daughter of French Creole Joseph Nicolas Ordogne, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in August 1855. Their son François Henry was born in Lafourche Parish in June 1856, Joseph Théodule in April 1861, and Prosper in August 1862.
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Stanislas dit Tumi, born at Assumption in September 1793, married Marie Rose, called Rose or Rosalie, Lefer, Lefere, or Lefevre in either Assumption or Lafourche Interior Parish in the 1810s. Their son Eugenius Romolus was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1823, and François in August 1825. They also had a son named Joseph Aurelien, called Aurelien. Their daughters married into the Blanchard family. Stanislas remarried to Melanie Fortunée, daughter of French Creole Jean Dupré and widow of Charles Henry, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1833; Melanie's mother was a Naquin. Their son Jean Eusèbe was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1839, Ulgère Madison in February 1844, Pierre Paul Florestal, called Florestal, a twin, at Petit Caillou, Terrebonne Parish, in March 1846, and Stanislas Curial in May 1849 when his father was 55 years old. They also had a son named Désiré. Their daughters married into the Deroche and Henry families. Stanislas died near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in March 1867; he was 73 years old.
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Joseph Aurelien, by his first wife, married cousin Émelie, also called Eugènie and Melite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Gautreaux of Terrebonne Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1834. Their son Joseph Étienne Marcellin, called J. E. Marcellin and Marcellin, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1834, and Jean Pierre in February 1837. Joseph Aurelien died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1837, probably in his 20s.
Marcellin married Madeleine A., daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Lambert of Terrebonne Parish, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in August 1859. Their son Pierre Wallace was born near Montegut in December 1866. During the War Between the States, Marcellin may have served in the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in South Louisiana that fought in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Marcellin was captured at Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in October 1862 and released by the federals a few weeks later.
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François, by his first wife, married Cléonise, also called Éléonise and Léonise, daughter of French Creole François Dubois, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in September 1848. Their son François Surial was born at Petit Caillou, Terrebonne Parish, in July 1849, François Alfred Aurelien in December 1851, Pierre Maximin in March 1855, Jean Gustave in January 1857, Joseph Étienne in June 1862, and Stanislas Justilien near Montegut in July 1868.
4c
Florestal, by his second wife, married Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Bourg, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in April 1866. Their son Joseph Étienne le jeune was born near Montegut in January 1870.
4d
Désiré, by his second wife, married Malvina, another daughter of Joseph Bourg, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1867. Their son Faustin Forstal was born near Montegut in April 1868.
5
Jean, also called Léon, born at Assumption in July 1799, filed a petition at the Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse in Thibodauxville when he was 18 years old, asking for his oldest brother Charles to become his curator after their father died. Jean married Clémence Modeste or Modeste Clémence, also called Clementine, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Thibodeaux, at the Thibodauxville church in October 1831; Jean was 32 years old at the time of the wedding. Their son Jean Marcellin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1835, Louis Séverin in April 1840, Jean Gaspard, called Gaspard, was baptized at the Thibodaux church, age 4 months, in November 1842, Clairville Oscar was born in December 1844, Alfred in March 1847, William Alexandre in November 1857 but died at age 1 in November 1858, and Philippe Albert was born in October 1861. Their daughter married into the Hébert family.
During the War Between the States, Gaspard, who, according to U.S. army records, had a dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes, and stood five feet, nine and a half inches tall, served in Company B of the 30th Regiment/Battalion Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Orleans and St. James parishes that fought in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. Gaspard enlisted in March 1862 and, except for a stay in a Louisiana hospital in late 1862, remained with his company until early August 1864, when he was captured near Atlanta, Georgia. The federals sent him to the military prison at Louisville, Kentucky, and then on to the prisoner of war compound at Camp Chase, Ohio, where he remained for the rest of the war. Gaspard married cousin Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in December 1866; Adélaïde's mother was a Boudreaux. Their son Augustin Olivin was born in Lafourche Parish in November 1867.
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Étienne-Simon or Simon-Étienne, born at Assumption in May 1801, filed a petition at the Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse in Thibodauxville, when he was 16 years old, asking for his oldest brother Charles to become his curator after their father died. He may have been the Étienne Boudreaux who married Angélique Toups, brother Charles's widow. If so, their son Alfred was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1848. If he was the Simon Boudreaux who died in Lafourche Parish "at age 50 yrs." in November 1858, the Thibodaux priest who recorded his burial underestimated his age by seven years; sadly, the priest did not bother to record Simon's parents' names or mention a wife.
7
François-Michel, born at Assumption in September 1803, filed a petition at the Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse in Thibodauxville when he was 14 years old, asking for his oldest brother Charles to become his curator after their father died. François Michel married Adeline, called Deline, daughter of French Creole Jacques Barbier of St. Charles Parish, at the Thibodauxville church in June 1828; Adeline's mother was a Deroche. Their son Louis François, called Louis F., was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1835. Their daughter married into the Cantrelle and Killingsworth families. François Michel died in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1837; the priest who recorded his burial said that François was 31 years old when he died, but he was 34.
During the War Between the States, Louis F. may have served in Company G of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafourche Parish that fought in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana, and Company F of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion Infantry, which fought in Louisiana. For much of his time with these units, Louis F. served as a driver with the regiment's quartermaster. Louis F. married Mathilde, daughter of Spanish Creole Auguste Sanchez, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in April 1870; Mathilde's mother was a Guillot.
8
Fabien Magloire, born in Ascension Parish in January 1808, married Marie Fleurantine or Florentine, 18-year-old daughter of Marie Félicité Brunet, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1832. Their son Étienne Fabien Mathurin, called Étienne F., was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1835, Bertrand Magloire, called Magloire, in May 1836, Charles Florien in April 1838, Ambroise Adrien in March 1844, and Florentin Aurelien in November 1848 but died at age 1 in December 1849. Their daughter married into the Toups family. Fabien remarried to Pauline Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Martin Thibodeaux, at the Thibodaux church in October 1863; Fabien was 55 years old at the time of the wedding. Their son Fabien Paulinaire Magloire was born in Lafourche Parish in July 1864.
8a
Magloire, by his first wife, died in Lafourche Parish in August 1854. He was only 18 years old and did not marry.
8b
Étienne F., by his first wife, married first cousin Odilia, daughter of his uncle Mathurin Boudreaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in April 1863. Their son Joseph Ernest, called Ernest, was born in Lafourche Parish in December 1863. An "oath of tutors" for his children was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in March 1870.
9
Mathurin, born in Assumption Parish in December 1809, married Doralise, 20-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Dominique Broussard, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1834. Their son Dominique Étienne Octave, called Étienne Octave or just Octave, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1835, Osémé Delphi in July 1837, Justinien or Justilien in March 1841, Ernest in c1844 but died at age 14 in October 1858, François Alexis or Oleus François was born in December 1846 but died at age 9 months in September 1847, Louis Emelius, called Emelius, was born in August 1850, and Eusèbe Olivain, called Olivain, in August 1852 but died at age 15 in December 1867. Their daughters married into the Boudreaux and Ford families. Mathurin died in Lafourche Parish in August 1854; he was only 44 years old; tutorship for his children was granted the following November.
9a
Octave married Marie Louise, called Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Archange Blanchard, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in September 1860. Their son Joseph Mathurin was born in Lafourche Parish in January 1862. Octave died in Lafourche Parish in January 1867; he was only 31 years old; a petition for tutorship for his son was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in February.
9b
Justilien married Marie Letitia, called Letitia, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in May 1866. Justilien died in Lafourche Parish in November 1867; he was only 26 years old; tutorship for his daughter was granted the following March. He and his wife had no sons, so this line of the family died with him.
9c
Osémé married Nancy, daughter of Zenon Beadle, perhaps Bedel, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in March 1864; Nancy's mother was an Aucoin. Osémé remarried to Mary Pamela, called Pamela, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Gaudet, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in April 1869.
10
Youngest son Auguste Léon or Léon Auguste, born in Assumption Parish in April 1812, married Roseline, 18-year-old daughter of French Creole Pierre Pontiff, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1834. Their son Léon Zéphirin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1838, Victorin Thomasin, called Thomas, in August 1839, Pierre Mathurin in December 1840, Étienne Prosper, called Prosper, in June 1842, Toussaint Lovinsky in November 1848 but died at age 6 1/2 in September 1855, Édouard was born in November 1850 but died at age 1 in January 1852, and Joseph Léo was born in October 1861. Their daughters married into the Devillard and Hébert families.
10a
Thomas married Anaïse, daughter of French Creole Urbain Poché or Porché, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in June 1864; Anaïse's mother was a LeBlanc.
10b
Léon Zéphirin married Philomène, daughter of German Creole Alfred Trosclair, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1864. Their son Léon Zéphirin, fils was born in Lafourche Parish in November 1865, and Léon Olivier in May 1869.
10c
During the War Between the States, Pierre served in Company I of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafourche Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Pierre married Marie Émilie, called Amelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Guillaume Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in July 1865.
10d
During the War Between the States, Prosper served with brother Pierre in Company I of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry.
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX (1767-1807)
Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, son of Olivier Boudrot of Minas and his second wife Anne Dugas, born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in October 1767, came to Louisiana aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, with his parents and a sister and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where his father died in the late 1780s. Jean-Baptiste married Françoise-Olive, daughter of Olivier Pitre and widow of Mathurin-Chevalier Frilot, at Assumption in December 1802; Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old at the time of the wedding. Françoise-Olive was a native of Trigavou, also near St.-Malo, and had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships. Jean "accidentally drowned" in Interior Parish in August 1807; he was only 39 years old; his succession inventory record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in September.
1
Older son Jean-Alexis, born at Assumption in November 1803, "petitioned for curator" at the Thibodauxville courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1823, when he was 19 years old, so his mother may have died by then. Jean Alexis married Cléonise, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Regis Part of St. James Parish, at the Thibodauxville church in November 1829, and may have been the Jean Alexis, called Alexis, Boudreaux who (re-)married (to) Anglo-American Mary Brown, perhaps also called Mary Mathilde Colter or Cotter, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1841; the parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. If this was Jean Alexis and a new wife, their son Joseph William was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1843. Their daughter married into the Collins family. Jean Alexis's succession record was recorded at the Thibodaux courthouse in May 1866, after his wife had remarried.
2
Younger son Joseph Lazare, called Lazare, born in Assumption Parish in May 1807, "petitioned for curator" at the Thibodauxville courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1823, when he was 16 years old. He married Tarsile, daughter of French Creole Étienne Terrebonne, at the Thibodauxville church in June 1829. Their son Alexis le jeune was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1830, Étienne Faustin in January 1831, Klebert in August 1842[sic], and Alfred in October 1842[sic]. They also had a son named Jean Baptiste. Their daughters married into the Ribbault and Terrebonne families.
Jean Baptiste married Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Théodore Bergeron, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1853. One wonders if this line survived.
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX (1770-?)
Jean-Baptiste, elder son of Amand Boudrot of Pigiguit and his first wife Frenchwoman Marie Couillard of Plouër, France, born at Plouër, near St.-Malo, in February 1770, came to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, with his father, stepmother, and four siblings. His father and his stepmother chose to go not to Bayou des Écores with the majority of the passengers from their ship but to upper Bayou Lafourche. In late 1795, Jean-Baptiste was living with his older brother Francois's family at Assumption, where he married cousin Anne-Henriette, daughter of Étienne Boudreaux and widow of Pierre-Honoré LeBlanc, in February 1798. Anne-Henriette was a native of Pleudihen, also near St.-Malo, and had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships. Their daughter married into the Bernard family. Their only son probably did not marry, so this line of the family, except for its blood, may not have survived.
Jean Baptiste Rosémond, born in Assumption Parish in December 1818, probably died young.
Descendants of François-Joseph BOUDREAUX (1771-1825)
François-Joseph, younger son of Amand Boudrot of Pigiguit and his first wife Marie Couillard, born at Plouër, France, near St.-Malo, in August 1771, came to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, with his father, stepmother, and four siblings and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche. He married Marie-Jacquemine, also called Nanette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Thibodeaux, at Assumption in September 1793. Their daughters married into the Boudreaux and Usé families. François died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1825; he was 55 years old. Only one of his sons created a family of his own, in Lafourche Interior Parish.
1
Older son Joseph-Dominique, called Dominique, born probably at Assumption in c1799, married Rosalie, daughter of French Creole Jean Olivier of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1826. Their son François Dominique was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1828. They also had a son named Eugène. Their daughter married into the Guidry family. Joseph Dominique died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1835; he was only 36 years old. His two sons settled in Assumption and Terrebonne parishes.
1a
François Dominique married Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Henry, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1850. Their son Jean Baptiste Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in March 1851. François D. remarried to Julie Émelie, daughter of German Creole Moïse Haydel and widow of ____ Haydel, at the Thibodaux church in January 1863. They settled near Labadieville, Assumption Parish.
1b
Eugène married Marie, daughter of French Creole Pierre Gerbeau of Terrebonne Parish, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1855; Marie's mother was a Trahan. Their son Alexandre Pierre was born in Terrebonne Parish in February 1861, Siméon Folts in January 1864, and Édouard Maximilien in June 1869.
2
Younger son Amand le jeune, born in Assumption Parish in July 1812, probably died young.
Descendants of Étienne BOUDREAUX (1772-1833)
Étienne, son of Marin Boudrot of Minas and Pélagie Barillot, born at Pleudihen, France, near St.-Malo, in May 1772, came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, with his parents and a sister and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche. His parents died soon after they reached Louisiana, and Étienne moved in with his uncle Étienne, who also lived on the bayou. Étienne le jeune married Ursule-Olive, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Doiron, at Assumption in March 1794. Ursule was a native of St.-Servan, also near St.-Malo, and had sailed to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships. Their daughters married into the Bergeron, Boudreaux, and Trosclair families. Étienne died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1833; he was 61 years old. Five of his sons created families of their own and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish; few of them married fellow Acadians.
1
Oldest son Étienne-Magloire, called Magloire, born at Assumption in November 1794, died in December 1821. He was only 26 years old and did not marry.
2
Jean-Parfait, born at Assumption in c1797, married Marguerite Françoise or Françoise Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Naquin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1819. Their son Odate Worbertine was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1822, Arsène Symphorien, called Symphorien, in August 1823, Jean Hermogène, called Hermogène, in January 1829, Cleopha Lovenci in June 1831, Ferdinand in June 1833, Symphorien Amédée, called Amédée, in February 1837, and Isidore Parfait in April 1840. Their daughters married into the Callaghan, Kerne, and Robertson families. Jean Parfait remarried to Léocade, daughter of French Creole Noël Delatte and widow of Sylvère Trosclair, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1841. Their daughter married into the Trosclair family. Jean Parfait died in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1848; the priest who recorded his marriage said that Jean died "at age 52 yrs." Most of his sons, all by his first wife, created families of their own and settled in Assumption, Lafourche Interior, and Terrebonne parishes.
2a
Symphorien, by his first wife, married Madeleine, also called Lissie, daughter of André Elte, Helde, Helt, or Helte, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1845. Their son Alexandre Ernest was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1846, Evariste in Assumption Parish in October 1849, Justinien Léo in September 1851, and Louis André in October 1853. Symphorien remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Guillaume Arcement, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1856. Their son Antoine Anatole was born in Assumption Parish in March 1857.
2b
Hermogène, by his first wife, married Élisabeth, also called Hélène, daughter of Georges Whan, also called Borne, Hunt, Hoin, Oine, Toine, and Wane, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1849, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1850. Their son Lovinci Hippolyte was born in Assumption Parish in August 1850, Sylvain in January 1852, Clovis Parfait in Lafourche Parish in May 1854, Jean Hermogène in Assumption Parish in August 1856, Léon Joseph in December 1859, Philibert Émile in February 1862, and Arthur Anatole in January 1866.
2c
Cleopha, by his first wife, married Pauline, another daughter of Georges Whan, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1851. Their son Jean Cletus was born in Assumption Parish in February 1855, and Alfred in Lafourche Parish in November 1865. Their daughter married into the Peltier family.
2d
Amédée, by his first wife, married Iréné, daughter of fellow Acadian Edmond Hébert, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in July 1856, and sanctified the marriage at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in April 1857. Their son Sylvère Faustin was born in Terrebonne Parish in June 1863. Amédée died in Terrebonne Parish in November 1867; he was only 30 years old; a petition for succession inventory was filed at the Houma courthouse in September 1869.
2e
Ferdinand, by his first wife, married Honorine Loland probably in Assumption Parish in the early 1850s. Ferdinand died near Attakapas Canal, Assumption Parish, in August 1857; he was only 24 years old. He and his wife had daughters but no sons, so his line did not survive.
2d
Isidore, by his first wife, married Lucrecia, called Lucie, daughter of Anglo-American Louis Burns, at the Attakapas Canal church, Assumption Parish, in April 1861. Their son Edmond Camille had been born near Attakapas Canal in December 1859, and Eusilien Aristide was born in June 1861. During the War Between the States, Isidore, who, according to U.S. army records, had a light complexion, black hair, blue eyes, and stood five feet, six and a quarter inches tall, was conscripted into Company B of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery in October 1862 with other Assumption Parish men, including first cousin Claiborne Boudreaux. Isidore, along with his regiment, served at Vicksburg, Mississippi. (Daughter Marie Victoria was born near Attakapas Canal in late November 1862 while Isidore was serving at Vicksburg.) When Grant's army captured the regiment at Vicksburg in July 1863, most of its conscripts, including Isidore, refused to accept parole. The federals sent him and his fellow gunners to Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, before transferring them to the prisoner of war compound at Camp Morton, Indiana. Perhaps to shorten his stay in the POW camp, Isidore, with other survivors from his unit, took the oath of allegiance to the United States government in early January 1865--months before the war ended. The federals released them after they took the oath, and they made their way home as best they could.
3
David-Valentin, born at Assumption in January 1801, married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Frédéric Riche or Richet of Pointe Coupee Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1821. Their son Louis Clairville, called Clairville, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1823, David, fils in September 1827, Alcide in April 1835, Étienne Frédéric in May 1843, and Victorin Irma, called Irma, in February 1846 but died in Assumption Parish at age 3 in March 1849. Their daughter married into the Benite family.
3a
Clairville married Marie Odile or Adèle, called Adèle, daughter of German Creole Christophe Trosclair, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in December 1842. They moved from upper Bayou Lafourche to St. Mary Parish on lower Bayou Teche by the early 1850s.
3b
David, fils married Estelle or Ester Falteman or Feltiman probably in Assumption Parish in the late 1840s. Their son Jean Baptiste Henry was born in Assumption Parish in January 1851, John Émile near Pattersonville, St. Mary Parish, in May 1855, Adam James in Assumption Parish in December 1856, Joseph David near Attakapas Canal, Assumption Parish, in February 1859, Octave Alcide in November 1861, and François in December 1864.
3c
During the War Between the States, Étienne Frédéric served in the St. Mary Cannoneers, which became the 1st Battery Louisiana Artillery, a front-line unit raised in St. Mary Parish that fought gallantly in Louisiana and southern Arkansas. Étienne, "from St. Mary Parish," married Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in March 1867. They remained in Assumption Parish.
4
Marin, born probably at Assumption in c1802, married Marie Madeleine, 33-year-old daughter of Michel Carentin of St. John the Baptist Parish and widow of Jean Borne, fils, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1829. Their daughter married into the Ayot family. One wonders if Marin fathered any sons.
5
Constant, born at Assumption in March 1805, married Hélène, 18-year-old daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Picou of St. James Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1830; Hélène's mother was an Arceneaux. Their daughters married into the Barrios (Spanish Creole, not Acadian), Breaux, and Pastor families. Constant died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1833; he was only 28 years old. He fathered no sons, at least none who appeared in local church records, so this line of the family, except for its blood, died with him.
6
Youngest son Zéphirin Surpriano, called Zéphir, born at Ascension in August 1806, married Azélie Louise, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1828. They settled in the Attakapas Canal area of Assumption Parish, east of Lake Verret. Their son Louis Claiborne, called Claiborne, was born in April 1837. Their daughter married into the Lauland family. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 25-year-old black male--on Zéphirin Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District. In June 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish again counted a single slave--a 40-year-old black male--on Zéphir Boudreaux's farm near Attakapas Canal.
Claiborne married Estellina, daughter of fellow Acadian Evariste LeBlanc, at the Attakapas Canal church, Assumption Parish, in February 1862. Their son Louis Agnès was born near Attakapas Canal in January 1866. During the War Between the States, Claiborne, who, according to U.S. Army records, had a light complexion, brown hair, gray eyes, and stood five feet, seven and a half inches tall, was conscripted into Company B of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery in October 1862 with other Assumption Parish men, including first cousin Isidore Boudreaux. Claiborne was promoted to corporal and, along with his regiment, served at Vicksburg, Mississippi. (Daughter Louise Estella was born near Attakapas Canal in January 1863 while Claiborne was serving at Vicksburg.) When Grant's army captured the regiment at Vicksburg in July 1863, most of its conscripts, including Claiborne, refused to accept parole. The federals sent him and his fellow gunners to Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, before transferring them to the prisoner of war compound at Camp Morton, Indiana. Perhaps to shorten his stay in the POW camp, Claiborne, with other survivors from his unit, took the oath of allegiance to the United States government in early January 1865--months before the war ended. The federals released them after they took the oath, and they made their way home as best they could.
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In the 1790s, Boudreauxs from France who had gone to communities on the river moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, adding substantially to the center of family settlement:
Anne Jeanne Boudreaux, widow of Jean Marie Navarre, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1850; the priest who recorded her burial said that she died "at age 68 yrs.," but she was "only" 65.
Marguerite Marie Boudreaux, widow of Gabriel Guillaume Aucoin and Joseph Marcellin Dubois and wife of Hyacinthe Laurent Aucoin, died in Assumption Parish in April 1855, age 72.
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX (c1753-1832)
Jean-Baptiste, son of Alexandre Boudrot of Minas and Marie-Madeleine Vincent, was born probably at Minas in c1753. In the fall of 1755, when he was only 2 years old, British forces deported his family to Virginia and then sent them on to England in 1756. His father died at Bristol, England, in August 1756, not long after his family got there. His mother remarried to fellow Acadian Joseph Breau, with whom she had another son, Joseph Breau, fils, in 1761. In May 1763, when Jean-Baptiste was 10 years old, he, his mother, once again a widow, and his stepbrother, only 2 years old, were repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée and settled at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo. Jean-Baptiste became a sailor and married Marie-Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Trahan, at Châtellerault, Poitou, in October 1774. After the failure of the Poitou settlement, he and his wife retreated to Nantes in late 1775 with other disgruntled Acadians. In 1785, they sailed to Louisiana with four of their children aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships from France, and followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Manchac, at the southern edge of the Baton Rouge District, where Marie-Modeste died later that year. Jean-Baptiste remarried to Anne-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Pierre Henry and widow of Théodore Thériot, at Baton Rouge in February 1786. Anne-Josèphe also had been born in Acadia but had been deported to France from Île St.-Jean, not from England; she had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships. Spanish authorities counted Jean-Baptiste's family at Baton Rouge in the summer of 1788 and again in November 1792. By January 1798, however, they had moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. Jean Baptiste's daughters, all by his first wife, married into the Aucoin, Dubois, and Henry families. Jean-Baptiste died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June or July 1832; he was 79 years old. Both of his sons also came from his first wife; only one of them married and had a son of his own before dying young; the grandson survived, however, and perpetuated the family line in Assumption, Lafourche Interior, and Terrebonne parishes.
1
Older son Jean-Baptiste, fils, baptized at St.-Jean-L'Evangeliste, Châtellerault, France, in September 1775, died only 9 days after his birth and was buried at Châtellerault.
2
Younger son Jean-Constant, called Constant, born at Nantes, France, in November 1778, married Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Henry, at Assumption in April 1800. Ursule also was a native of France and had come to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships. Their son Evariste-Joseph was born at Assumption in August 1801. Their daughter married into the Lagneaux and Lauzet or Losefeille families. Jean Constant died by January 1813, when his wife remarried in Assumption Parish.
Evariste Joseph married Hortense Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Hébert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1824. Their son Ulysse Jean was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1825, Neville Evariste in Assumption Parish in September 1826 but died at age 3 1/2 in March 1830, Jean Joseph was born in December 1830, Trasimond R. in January 1838, and Osémé Evariste in March 1845.
Jean Joseph married cousin Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Cyrille Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1855. Their son Jules Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in April 1857, Martin Oscar or Oscar Martin in February 1863 but died the following September, and Désiré Trasimond was born in July 1865.
Ulysse married cousin Émelie or Émeline Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Martin Hébert of Terrebonne Parish, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1855. Their son Pierre Oscar was born in Terrebonne Parish in June 1859, Wilfred Victor in July 1861, and Philippe Léonie in June 1863.
Trasimond R. married Letitia, daughter of Jean Gauchy, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1863.
Osémé married cousin Julie, daughter of Pierre Boudreaux, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1866.
Descendants of Paul-Dominique BOUDREAUX (1761-1832)
Paul-Dominique, called Dominique, eldest surviving son of Zacharie Boudrot of Pigiguit and his first wife Marguerite Daigle, born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in September 1761, married Marie-Olive, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Landry, at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, near Nantes, in May 1783. He and his wife and their infant son sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785; another son was born to them soon after they reached the colony. They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Manchac, at the southern edge of the Baton Rouge District. Spanish authorities counted them near Fort Bute, north of Bayou Manchac, in the summer of 1788, but by December 1795 they had moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, where his parents and brothers had settled. Paul-Dominique and Marie-Olivie had many more children in Louisiana, including eight more sons. Their daughter married into the Gautreaux family. Paul-Dominique died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1832; he was 71 years old. Most of his nine sons and many grandsons created families of their own and settled in Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche Interior, and Terrebonne parishes--one of the most vigorous lines of the family. Many of Dominique's grandsons and great-grandsons served Louisiana during the War Between the States, and at least two of them died in Confederate service.
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Oldest son Paul-Marie, born at Chantenay, France, in May 1784, was 13 years old when Spanish officials counted him with his family at Valenzuéla on upper Bayou Lafourche in April 1797, but he may not have married.
2
Joseph-Marie, born at Manchac in January 1786, married Anne Josèphe, called Nanette, daughter of fellow Acadian Athanase Dugas and widow of Louis Foret, at Ascension in August 1806. Their son Joseph, fils was born in Assumption Parish in April 1807, and Charles Jérôme, called Jérôme, in July 1809. They also had sons named Leufroi and Charles Maxille, called C. Maxille and Maxille. Their daughters married into the Babin and Landry families. Joseph Marie may have died in Ascension Parish in December 1852; if so, he would have been 66 years old. One of his sons returned to the river, but most of them remained on upper Bayou Lafourche.
2a
Joseph, fils married cousin Élise Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1829. Their son Joseph III was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1834, Sylvère Séraphin, called Séraphin, in January 1843 but died at age 2 1/2 in August 1845, Adam Léon was born in April 1845, and Alfred Sylvanie in November 1847. They also had a son named Deservain, unless he was Joseph III. Their daughters married into the Dubois, Gautreaux, Richard, and Thibodeaux families. Joseph, fils may have died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in March 1858; the priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age 50 years."
Deservain married Victorine or Victoria, daughter of fellow Acadian Apollinaire Thibodeaux, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1860. During the War Between the States, Deservain was conscripted into Company C of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery in October 1862 with other Assumption Parish men, who were sent promptly to the trenches at Vicksburg, Mississippi. However, Deservain did not live long enough to fight in the great siege there; he died at Jackson, Mississippi, in March 1863, probably of disease, one of the many Assumption conscripts to perish in the war.
2b
Jérôme married Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Louis Daigle, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1832, and remarried to Rose or Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Civil Hébert, at the Thibodauxville church in January 1835. Their son Jules Joseph died at age 4 in September 1843. Jérôme remarried again--his third marriage--to Adélaïde or Adèle, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Delaune, at the Thibodaux church in December 1841. Their son Adam Adélard was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1842, Joseph in January 1845, Jean Baptiste near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in September 1850, and Alexandre Aurelien near Attakapas Canal, Assumption Parish, in June 1858.
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Maxille married Marie Phelonise, called Phelonise, daughter of André Vaise or Variste, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1837. Their son Orelien died in Lafourche Interior Parish 16 days after his birth in May 1838, Numa Williamson was born in September 1840, Ernest Justin in January 1844 but died at age 1 1/2 in October 1845, Bernard Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, was born in June 1847, and Ernest Anatole in Assumption Parish in January 1857. Their daughters married into the Lacoste and Naquin families.
During the War Between the States, Numa served in Company H of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Terrebonne Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Numa married Zéolide, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvère Blanchard, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1866. Their son Joseph Wilfried was born in Terrebonne Parish in October 1866.
Hippolyte married Mathilde, daughter of André Brien, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in December 1868; the marriage also was recorded in Lafourche Parish. Their son André Félicien was born in Terrebonne Parish in October 1870.
2d
Leufroi married Marguerite Eulalie, called Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Arsène Hébert, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1842. They remained on the river and settled near the boundary between Ascension and Iberville parishes.
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Charles-Romain, born at Manchac in November 1787, married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Robichaux, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in October 1808. Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Assumption Parish in May 1817, Jean Pierre Narcisse, called Narcisse, in December 1825, and Eugène in December 1832. They also had sons named Charles Marie and Euphémon, called Femon. Their daughters married into the Bourg and Olivier (French Creole, not Acadian) families. Charles Romain remarried to Anne Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Marin Gautreaux and widow of Borel Aycock, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1842; Charles was 54 years old at the time of the wedding. In October 1850, the federal census taker in Terrebonne Parish counted a single slave--a 20-year-old black female--on Chs. R. Boudreau's farm near Bayou Black. Four of his sons by his first wife settled in Assumption, Lafourche Interior, and Terrebonne parishes.
3a
Euphémon, by his first wife, married Carmelite Rosalie or Rosalie Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1834. Their son Charley Marcelly was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1835, Clovis Fortunate in February 1840, Adrien Émile in June 1842, Émile Ozémé in November 1843, and Jean Pierre in November 1845. They also had a son named Désiré. Their daughters married into the Legendre (Foreign French, not Acadian) and Olivier (French Creole, not Acadian) families.
During the War Between the States, Clovis served in Company F of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Terrebonne Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Clovis married Odilia, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Napoléon LeBlanc, at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in December 1864, while he was still a Confederate soldier. He survived the war. In late 1868, he and his family were living in Lafourche Parish.
Désiré married Luvinia, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Hébert, at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in November 1865. Their son Amédée Ernest was born near Chacahoula in August 1868.
During the War Between the States, Adrien Émile may have served with older brother Clovis in Company F of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry. Adrien Émile married Zulma, another daughter of Jean Napoléon LeBlanc, at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1867. Their son Alcide Numa was born near Chacahoula in February 1869.
Émile Ozémé married Élizabeth, daughter of Philippe Darce, at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in July 1868.
3b
Charles Marie, by his first wife, married Marie Melasie, called Melasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Olivier Gautreaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1843. Their son Oleus Noël was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1844 but died 18 days after his birth, Marcellus Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in May 1848, Alfred Bernard in July 1850, Laurent Fortunatisse in December 1852, Hilaire Sylvère in April 1855, and Charles Adrien was baptized at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, age unrecorded, in August 1858. Their daughter married into the Aucoin family.
3c
Narcisse, by his first wife, married Célestine Scholastique or Scholastique Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gautreaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1847. Their daughter married into the Bertrand (French Creole, not Acadian) family. Narcisse remarried to Ernestine, daughter of French Creole Désiré Boyer, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in June 1854, and remarried again--his third marriage--to Odilia, daughter of Anglo-American Hermogène Aycock, at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1859. Their son Charles Henry was born near Chacahoula in January 1860, and Joseph Welly in Lafourche Parish in July 1861.
3d
Eugène, by his first wife, married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Molaison, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1855. Their son Numa Aristide was born in Terrebonne Parish in December 1856, Eugène Aristide near Chacahoula in August 1860, Joseph Beauregard in April 1862, twins Albert Marie and Allen Marie in January 1864, Joseph Edgard in February 1868, and Félix in January 1870.
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Mathurin, born at Manchac in July 1789 and baptized by the Pointe-Coupée priest in July 1790, married Henriette, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Bourgeois of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1812; Henriette's mother was a Babin. Their daughter married into the Daspit family. Mathurin died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1817; he was only 28 years old. His line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him.
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Florentin-Janvier, born at Assumption in January 1795, married Marie-Anne, daughter of French Creole André Deroche, Duroche, or Durocher, also called Castillian or Castillon, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1815; Marie-Anne's mother was a Trahan. Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Assumption Parish in April 1818, Joseph Florentin in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1828, Joachim in March 1830, Paul or Léopold Franklin in January 1833, Norbert in December 1835, and Michel Aglae in May 1838. Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Babin, Darce, Exnicios, Fremin, Landry, LeBlanc, and Lirette families. Florentin remarried to Clarisse, daughter of French Creole André Tregle and widow of François Deslattes, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1849; Florentin was in his mid-50s. Five of his sons, all by his first wife, settled in Terrebonne Parish.
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Jean Baptiste, by his first wife, married Marie Melisaire, called Melisaire, daughter of French Creole Philippe Darce, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in February 1844, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1846. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Terrebonne Parish counted 7 slaves--3 males and 4 females, all mulattoes except for one black, ranging in age from 50 to 4, living in a single house--on J. B. Boudreau's farm in the parish's 11th Ward; one wonders if this was Jean Baptiste.
5b
Joachim, by his first wife, married Odile Cézaire, 21-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Michel Daigle, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in March 1852. Their son Ledoix François was born in Lafourche Parish in January 1853. By late 1861, they were living in Terrebonne Parish.
5c
Joseph Florentin, by his first wife, may have married German Creole Marie Eveline Exnicios in the early 1850s. Their son Robert was born in Assumption Parish in May 1852, and Henri Davis in Terrebonne Parish in November 1863.
5d
Norbert, by his first wife, married Azéline, daughter of French Creole Henri Lirette of Terrebonne Parish, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1860. Their son Mathias Henri was born in Terrebonne Parish in September 1862, Ernest Florentin, called Florentin, in May 1864 but died at age 1 in August 1865, and Henry Jean Baptiste was born in May 1866.
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Léopold Franklin, by his first wife, married Zulma, daughter of Joseph Samain, Samani, or Sanami, also called James, of Lafourche Parish, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in Auguste 1860; Zulma's mother was a Thibodeaux. Their son Joseph Tucker was born in Terrebonne Parish in August 1861, Martial Rodolphe in July 1863, Félix Dalferese in May 1865, Jean Léopold in September 1867, and Sidney Benoît in July 1870.
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Zacharie le jeune, born at Assumption in April 1799, married Angélique Eléonore, daughter of French Creole Pierre Berthelot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1820. Their son Jean Pierre Zacharie was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1820, Joachim Rosémond in April 1824, Charles Eusilien in July 1825, Joseph Neuville, called Neuville, in November 1827, Valière in December 1829, and Trasimond Elgar in May 1838. Their daughters married into the Billard, Bourg, and Lasseigne families. Zacharie died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1839; he was only 40 years old. In September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 7 slaves--4 males and 3 females, all black, ranging in age from 40 to 2--on Widow Zachary Boudreau's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District; these probably were Angélique Berthelot's slaves. All six of Zacharie le jeune's sons settled in Assumption Parish.
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Jean Pierre Zacharie married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon LeBlanc, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1843. Their son Joachim O. was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1846, Théodule Oleus in Assumption Parish in January 1851, and Evariste Alfred in February 1853. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted 2 slaves--a 21-year-old black female, and a 16-year-old black male--on Zacherie Boudreau's farm along Bayou Lafourche; one wonders if this was Jean Pierre Zacharie. He died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in June 1856; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Pierre Zacharie died at "age 37 years," but he was only 35.
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Joachim Rosémond married Élodie, daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Dugas, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1845, and remarried to Zoe, daughter of German Creole Jean Baptiste Himel of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1856. Their son Joachim Rosémond, fils was born in Assumption Parish in February 1857, and Émile Albert in December 1866.
6c
Neuville married Azélie, another daughter of Basile Dugas, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1848. Their daughter married into the Fremin family. One wonders if Neuville fathered any sons. In August 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 40-year-old mulatto male--on Neuville Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Sixth Ward on Bayou Lafourche; one wonders if this was him.
6d
Charles Eusilien married Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadian Euchariste Barrilleaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1848. Their son Jean Baptiste Oscar was born in Assumption Parish in May 1849, and Théodule in December 1852. Charles Eusilien died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in August 1855; the priest who recorded his burial said that Charles died at "age 28 years," but he was 30.
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Valière married Marie, daughter of French Creole Pierre Juneau, also called Bellegarde, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1853; Marie's mother was a Gautreaux. Their son Joseph Franklin, called Franklin, was born in Assumption Parish in January 1854 but died at age 1 1/2 in May 1855, Ernest Cletus was born in February 1857, and Aubert Apollinaire in July 1864.
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Trasimond Elgar married Florentine or Florestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Cyrille Hébert, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1860. Their son Treophim Oscar was born in Assumption Parish in December 1860, Jean Baptiste Adam in August 1864, and Sosthène Neuville in November 1866.
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Jean-Pierre, called Pierre, born at Assumption in August 1801, married Anne Joséphine or Joséphine Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Olivier Gautreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1821. Their son Pierre, fils died in Lafourche Interior Parish an hour after his birth in June 1828, Jean Pierre, fils was born in July 1829 but died at age 12 in October 1841, Valière Florentin was born in October 1831, Désiré Sylvain in July 1837, Marcillien Olésime, called Olésime, in January 1843, and Maurice Sylvain or Sylvain Maurice in September 1839. Their daughters married into the Barrilleaux, Dugas, Jolibois, and Peltier families. Pierre died in Assumption Parish in August 1859; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre died at "age 55 years," but he was 58.
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Valière Florentin married Rosema, daughter of French Creole Jean Pierre Juneau or Junot, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1860; Rosema's mother was an Arcement. During the War Between the States, Valière, who, according to U.S. army records, had a dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes, and stood five feet, eight inches tall, may have been conscripted into Company C of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery in October 1862 with other Assumption Parish men, including younger brothers Olésime and Maurice and first cousin Gervais Boudreaux. Along with his regiment, Valière served at Vicksburg, Mississippi. When Grant's army captured the regiment at Vicksburg in July 1863, most of its conscripts, including Valière, refused to accept parole. The federals sent him and his fellow gunners to Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, before transferring them to the prisoner of war camp at Camp Morton, Indiana. Perhaps to shorten his stay in the POW camp, Valière, with other survivors from his unit, took the oath of allegiance to the United States government in early January 1865--months before the war ended. The federals released them after they took the oath, and they made their way home as best they could. Valière remarried to cousin Célestine, daughter of Paul Valentin Boudreaux, at the Labadieville church in December 1866.
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Maurice married cousin Myrté, daughter of fellow Acadian Joachim Mire, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1860; Myrté's mother, also, was a Gautreaux; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. Their son Maurice Delmo was born in Assumption Parish in May 1861. During the War Between the States, Maurice was conscripted into Company C of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery in October 1862 with other Assumption Parish men, including older brothers Valière and Olésime and first cousin Gervais Boudreaux. Along with his regiment, Maurice served at Vicksburg, Mississippi. When Grant's army captured the regiment at Vicksburg in July 1863, most of its conscripts, including Maurice, refused to accept parole. The federals sent him and his fellow gunners to Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, before transferring them to the prisoner of war camp at Camp Morton, Indiana. Unlike his brother and cousin, however, Maurice did not survive the terrible conditions at Camp Morton. He died there, probably of disease, in September 1863; he was only 24 years old.
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During the War Between the States, Marcillien Olésime, called Olesine in Confederate records, may have been conscripted into Company C of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery in October 1862 with other Lafourche/Terrebonne valley men, including brothers Maurice and Valière and first cousin Gervais Boudreaux. When Grant's army captured the regiment at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in July 1863, most of its conscripts, including Olésime, refused to accept parole. Military records lose him after the surrender, but the federals probably sent him, along with many of his fellow gunners, to Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, before transferring them to the prisoner of war compound at Camp Morton, Indiana. Marcillien Olésime married Anastasie, daughter of Victorin Keller, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1867.
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Anselme, born at Assumption in March 1805, married Marie Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Gautreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1825. Their son Pierre Leufroi, called Leufroi, was born in Assumption Parish in November 1826, Charles Anselme in August 1832, Lucien Théodule in October 1833 but died at age 14 months in January 1835, Pierre Dosilia was born in February 1837, Émile Athanase in May 1843, and Oleus Apollinaire in December 1844. Their daughters married into the Bourg, Davis, Lagrange, and Thibodeaux families. Anselme remarried to French Creole Marie Eve Percle, widow of Peltier Barthélemi, at the Thibodaux church in August 1849, and remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie, daughter of Jean Lacosse, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1856; Anselme was in his early 50s at the time of the wedding.
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Leufroi, by his first wife, married Adèle, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Thibodeaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1847. Their son Émile Trasimond was born in Assumption Parish in October 1852, Laurent in October 1854, Jean Baptiste in November 1858, Jean in March 1860, and Clairville Ovide in November 1862. Their daughter married into the Hébert family.
8b
Charles, by his first wife, married Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Arcement, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in June 1855. Their son Thelesmar Adrien was born near Attakapas Canal, Assumption Parish, in January 1866.
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Youngest son Paul le jeune, born in Assumption Parish in May 1811, married Marie Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Guillaume Gautreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1832. Their son Paul, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1835, Désiré in July 1846, and Arthur Oscar in Assumption Parish in March 1855 but died at age 4 1/2 in August 1859. They also had a son named Gervais, unless he was Paul, fils. Their daughters married into the Hébert and Junot families.
Gervais married Odilia, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Juneau or Junot, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1859; Odilia's mother was an Hébert; he and sister Philomène, in fact, married siblings on the same day, at the same place. Their son Ritus Cleopha, called Cleopha, was born in Assumption Parish in October 1860. During the War Between the States, Gervais, who, according to U.S. army records, had a light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, and stood five feet, four inches tall, was conscripted into Company C of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery in October 1862 with other Assumption Parish men, including first cousins Valière, Olésime, and Maurice Boudreaux. Along with his regiment, Gervais served at Vicksburg, Mississippi. When Grant's army captured the regiment at Vicksburg in July 1863, most of its conscripts, including Gervais, refused to accept parole. The federals sent him and his fellow gunners to Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, before transferring them to the prisoner of war camp at Camp Morton, Indiana. Perhaps to shorten his stay in the POW camp, Gervais, with other survivors from his unit, took the oath of allegiance to the United States government in early January 1865--months before the war ended. The federals released them after they took the oath, and they made their way home as best they could. U.S. records show that Gervais was being held by the provost marshal in Washington, D.C., in July 1865; the record calls him one of the "refugees & rebel deserters" to be furnished transportation to Ascension Parish, Louisiana. After the war, Gervais settled in Assumption Parish before moving to the western prairies. They lived at first in Lafayette Parish before moving to the Lydia/Jeanerette area of Iberia Parish on lower Bayou Teche. Gervais died in Iberia Parish and was buried at St. Peter Cemetery, New Iberia.
Descendants of Paul-Marie BOUDREAUX (1771-1846)
Paul-Marie, son of François Boudrot and his second wife Euphrosine Barillot, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in October 1771, crossed to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, with his mother, stepfather Charles Broussard, and four half-siblings, and followed them to the Baton Rouge District. In the early 1790s, he followed his once-again widowed mother to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Élisabeth/Isabelle-Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Pitre, at Assumption in September 1794. Élisabeth was a native of Pleurtuit, also near St.-Malo, and had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships. Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Naquin, and Thibodeaux families. Paul Marie died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1846; he was 75 years old and a widower. Only one of his two sons survived childhood, but he fathered many sons of his own who settled on the upper bayou.
1
Older son Jean-Baptiste-Arthur-, Artulien, -Arturien, -Tertulien, -Tertullien, or -Vertulien, born probably at Assumption in c1795, married cousin Émilie Marie or Marie Émilie, daughter of Étienne Boudreaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1817. Their son Joseph Paul or Paul Joseph was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1820, Jean Baptiste Hermogène, called Hermogène, in June 1822, Basile David in April 1824, Honoré or Neuville Constant, called Constant, in February 1827, Jean Baptiste, also called J. C., in April 1828, Moïse died 2 days after his birth in February 1832, Paul Eugène, called Eugène, was born in September 1833, Édouard in January 1835, Victor Zéphirin in July 1837, Louis Orestile, called Orestile, in May 1839, and Jean Émile in May 1842. They also had a son named Drausin. Their daughters married into the Bourg, Calligan, Gros, Guillot, and Thibodeaux families. Jean Baptiste Tertulien, called Joseph Tertulien by the priest who recorded his burial, died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, "after receiving the sacraments," in September 1867; he was 72 years old. Ten, perhaps 11, of his sons created families of their own and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
1a
Joseph Paul le jeune married Théotiste Marie, daughter of French Creole Jacques Morillon or Mouillon, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1842; Théotiste's mother was a Naquin. Their son Adam Merville was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1844, Jean Baptiste Émile in August 1846, Vincent Augustin in Assumption Parish in June 1849, Ernest Théogène in February 1852 but died at age 3 1/2 in November 1855, and Pierre Justilien was born in June 1857.
1b
Hermogène married Céleste, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Lejeune of Terrebonne Parish, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1845. Their son Pierre Théophile died in Lafourche Interior Parish the day of his birth in June 1846, Joseph Alfred was born in March 1850, Joseph Cletus in April 1852, Jean Aurelius in January 1857, and Augustin Aubaune in September 1860. Their daughter married into the Roundtree family.
1c
Neuville Constant married Azélie Adèle, daughter of French Creole Joseph Albert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1848; Azélie's mother was a Thibodeaux. Their son Jean Baptiste Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in August 1850, Neuville Adam in February 1852, Lovinci Amédée in October 1855, Joseph Desedoin in November 1857, Jean Delphy Neuville in July 1859, and Numa in June 1861. In August 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 40-year-old mulatto male--on Neuville Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Sixth Ward on Bayou Lafourche; one wonders if this was Neuville Constant.
1d
Jean Baptiste married Marie Chantale, another daughter of Jacques Morillon, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1848. Their son Louis Adolphe was born in Assumption Parish in April 1849, Joseph Vincent in October 1850 but died in Lafourche Interior Parish the following December, Paul Henison was born in Assumption Parish in November 1854, Léandre Myrtil in February 1860, and Désiré Edgar in May 1864.
1e
Basile David married Élodie Marie or Marie Élodie, also called Celenie and Selenie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Bourg, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1851. Their son Désiré Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in May 1851, Basile Adam Edgar in June 1853, and Jean Baptiste in November 1855.
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Drausin married Azélie, another daughter of Jean Baptiste Bourg, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1851. One wonders if this line survived.
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Eugène married Marie Elisida, called Lezida, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Hébert, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1855; the marriage also was recorded in Lafourche Parish.
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Orestile married Marie, daughter of French Creole Jean Pierre Gros, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1861; Marie's mother was an Hébert. Their son Meril Joseph Barthélémy was born in Assumption Parish in August 1864, and Émilien Andressi in Terrebonne Parish in May 1869.
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Victor married Elmire, daughter of French Creole Valsin Vaise, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1861. Their son Apollinaire Placide was born in Assumption Parish in October 1864.
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Édouard married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Dugas, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1863.
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Jean Émile, called Émile in the church and civil records, may have married cousin Emma Boudreaux in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in June 1866. If so, they settled in Assumption Parish.
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Younger son Joseph-Paul, born at Assumption in April 1799, may have died young.
Descendants of Noël-Victor BOUDREAUX (1776-1842)
Noël-Victor, son of Victor Boudrot of Île St.-Jean and his second wife Geneviève Richard, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in December 1776, came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, with his parents, siblings, and a brother-in-law. His family followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Bayou de Écores, a new Acadian community north of Baton Rouge, where his father died probably in the late 1780s or early 1790s. After the Acadians abandoned Bayou des Écores in the early 1790s, the family moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Spanish officials counted Noël-Victor with his older half-brother Jean-Baptiste in late 1795. Noël-Victor married cousin Rose or Rosalie, called Rosie, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul LeBlanc, at Assumption in February 1803; Rose's mother was a Boudrot. Rose was a native of Chantenay, near Nantes, France, and had come to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships. Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Bourg, Fite, Guillot, Hébert, Morvant, Naquin, and Rodrigue families. Noël Victor died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1842; he was 65 years old and a widower. Both of his sons also married cousins whose mothers were Boudreauxs and settled in Lafourche Interior and Assumption parishes. Only one of the lines survived.
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Older son Joseph, born in Assumption Parish in March 1813, married cousin Marie Rosalie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Jean Baptiste Hébert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1837; Marie Rosalie's mother was a Boudreaux. Their son Louis François was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1838, Dorville Joseph in September 1839 but died at age 2 in August 1841, Jules Avis was born in October 1850, Félix Aristide, called Aristide, in Assumption Parish in March 1856 but died at age 2 1/2 in November 1858, twins Clet Ave and Octave were born in Lafourche Parish in January 1861, and Antoine Edgard was born in Assumption Parish in January 1864. Their daughter married into the Clement family. Two of Joseph's sons settled in Lafourche Parish.
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During the War Between the States, Louis François, called Louis F. in Confederate records, may have served in Company G of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafourche Parish that fought in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana, and Company F of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion Infantry, which fought in Louisiana. For much of his time with these units, Louis François served as a driver with the regiment's quartermaster. Louis François married Adolphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Vincent Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in November 1865. Their son Joseph Adolphe, called Adolphe, was born in Lafourche Parish in August 1868 but died at age 2 in October 1870.
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Jules Avis married Estelina, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Dantin, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1870.
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Younger son Jean Baptiste Théodule, born in Assumption Parish in May 1815, married cousin Pauline Émilie, daughter of Giles Bouvé or Bouvet, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1838; Pauline's mother was a Boudreaux. Their daughters married into the Gros and Mire families. One wonders if Jean Baptiste Théodule fathered any sons.
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One Boudrot, perhaps the last of the family to reach Louisiana, did not come to the colony until December 1788, aboard a schooner full of Acadians from Île St.-Pierre, a French-owned island off the southern coast of Newfoundland:
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX (1767-1848)
Jean-Baptiste, son of Victor Boudrot of Île St.-Jean and his first wife Catherine-Josèphe Hébert, was born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in December 1767. In 1785, when he was 18 years old, his father, stepmother, six siblings, including half-brother Noël-Victor, a step-sibling, and a brother-in-law sailed to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships from France, but Jean-Baptiste was not with them. He perhaps was a sailor by then and may have been serving aboard a ship half way round the world. In 1788, three years after his family had emigrated to Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste was at Île St.-Pierre, a French-controlled island off the southern coast of Newfoundland. He may have been related to Joseph Gravois, a native of Chignecto now living on Île St.-Pierre and owner of a schooner, La Brigite, or to Gravois's wife, Marie-Madeleine Bourg of Grand-Pré. Jean-Baptiste joined Joseph, Marie-Madeleine, the Gravois's eight children, Marine LeBlanc, widow of Joseph Babin, her five children, and another Babin--18 Acadians in all--aboard La Brigite and sailed from Île St.-Pierre all the way down and around to New Orleans, which they reached in December of 1788. They were among the last Acadian immigrants to reach Louisiana and probably the only ones who went there directly from greater Acadia. The Gravoiss and Babins settled at Ascension on the river; perhaps Jean-Baptiste went there with them before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie-Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles LeBlanc, at Assumption in November 1793. Françoise also was a native of St.-Servan and had come to Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships. Their daughter married into the Hébert family. Jean-Baptiste remarried to Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Benoit, at Assumption in April 1803. Marie-Rose was a native of Châtellerault, France, and, like Jean-Baptiste's first wife, also had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi. Their daughters married into the LeBlanc family. Jean Baptiste, père died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1848; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Baptiste died "at age 88," but he was "only" 80; his succession inventory, listing all of his surviving children, was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse two weeks after his death. Three of his five sons created families of their own and settled in Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes. Some of his grandsons and great-grandsons settled in Assumption and Terrebonne parishes, but most of them remained in Lafourche. One grandson settled near Brashear City, present-day Morgan City, on the lower Atchafalaya, during the War Between the States.
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Oldest son Basile-Victor, by his first wife, born at Assumption in September 1794, may have died young.
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Jean-Baptiste, fils, called Baptiste, from his first wife, born at Assumption in June 1796, married cousin Marie Anne Eulalie, called Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1815. Their son Jean Baptiste III, called Baptiste, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1822, Charles Neuville, called Neuville, in July 1826, and Joseph Auguste, called Auguste, in April 1831. Their daughters married into the Gardner, Ordeneaux, and Pontiff families. In November 1850, the federal census taker in Terrebonne Parish counted 4 slaves--all males, all mulattoes except 1 black, ages 24 years to 6 months--on Jean Bt. Boudreau's farm; this may have been Jean Baptiste, fils. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Terrebonne Parish counted 7 slaves--3 males and 4 females, all mulattoes except for one black, ranging in age from 50 to 4, living in a single house--on J. B. Boudreau's farm in the parish's 11th Ward; one wonders if this was Jean Baptiste, fils, if not his son Jean Baptiste III. Jean Baptiste, fils remarried to Hélène, daughter of Spanish Creole François Domingue and widow of Victor Silvy, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in September 1865; Jean Baptiste, fils was 69 years old at the time of the wedding!
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Jean Baptiste III, by his first wife, living in Terrebonne Parish, married cousin Azema Hirenne, daughter of Georges Adolphe, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1844; Azema's mother was a Boudreaux. Their son Amédée Alfred Menard, called Alfred, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1845, Joseph Sturgis in Assumption Parish in February 1853, and Oscar Frédéric near Chacahoula, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1859. By early 1861, they were living near Brashear City, now Morgan City, on the lower Atchafalaya, and were still there in early 1865. Jean Baptiste III died in Terrebonne Parish in September 1866; he was only 44 years old; a petition for administration of his estate was filed at the Houma courthouse the day after he died.
During the War Between the States, Alfred, who, according to U.S. army records, had a dark complexion, black hair, black eyes, and stood five feet, five and a half inches tall, may have been conscripted into Company C of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery, a front-line unit full of conscripts from the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi. When Grant's army captured the regiment at Vicksburg in July 1863, most of its conscripts, including Alfred, refused to accept parole. The federals sent him and his fellow gunners to Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, before transferring them to the prisoner of war compound at Camp Morton, Indiana. Perhaps to shorten his stay in the POW camp, Alfred, with other survivors from his unit, took the oath of allegiance to the United States government in early January 1865--months before the war ended. The federals released them after they took the oath, and they made their way home as best they could. Alfred married Julie, daughter of fellow Acadian Hermogène LeBlanc, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in October 1866, and sanctified the marriage at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in March 1867. Their son Augustin was born near Chacahoula in October 1867, and Edward Augustin in November 1869.
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Charles Neuville, by his first wife, married Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Ozelet, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1851. Anatole Jules, who may have been their son, died in Assumption Parish, age 3 months, in August 1856, Justilien Oneville was born near Chacahoula, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1862, and Jules Andressi in May 1868. In August 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 40-year-old mulatto male--on Neuville Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Sixth Ward on Bayou Lafourche; one wonders if this was Charles Neuville.
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Joseph Auguste, by his first wife, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Cyprien Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1861; Marie's mother was a Boudreaux. They settled in Terrebonne Parish.
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Théodore, by his first wife, born at Assumption in June 1798, married cousin Marie Blanche, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte LeBlanc, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1820, and recorded the marriage in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1838. Their son Joseph Hippolyte was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1823 but died at age 6 months the following December, Eugène Evariste was born in January 1825, Léandre in October 1829, Daniel in June 1831, Jean Baptiste le jeune in May 1836, and Cleopha Émile, also called J. Émile and Émile, in September 1838. Their daughters married into the Hébert, Landry, and Mire families.
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Eugène Evariste married Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Célestin Hébert, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1847, sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, the following September, and remarried to Céleste, another daughter of Célestin Hébert, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in March 1855. Their son Joseph Léandre was born in Lafourche Parish in November 1856, Sylvain Daniel in November 1858, Jean Arvillien in October 1860, and Eugène Justilien in October 1862. By 1864, they were living near Chacahoula, Terrebonne Parish.
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Daniel married Marie Marcellite, yet another daughter of Célestin Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in September 1855. Their son Joseph Melchior was born in Lafourche Parish in December 1859. Daniel remarried to Adolphine, called Dolphine, daughter of Zéphirin Hébert, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1865. Their son Joseph was born near Chacahoula, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1866.
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Léandre married cousin Julie, daughter of French Creole Louis A. Lamoureux of Lafourche Parish, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1857; Julie's mother was a Boudreaux; the marriage also was recorded in Lafourche Parish. Their son Théodule Léoni Jules was born in Lafourche Parish in July 1858, twins Joseph Cléophile and Joseph Théophile near Chacahoula, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1862, and Ernest Théodore in Lafourche Parish in August 1869.
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Cleopha Émile married Nathalie, daughter of Cheri Louis Richard, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in November 1864. Their son Émile Théodore was born in Lafourche Parish in January 1869.
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Sébastien Célestin, called Bastien, from his second wife, born in Ascension Parish in December 1807, died in Lafourche Parish in June or July 1856; the priest who recorded his burial said that Sébastien died "at age 50 yrs.," but he was only 48. His succession inventory was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in July. He probably never married.
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Youngest son Firmin, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in March 1814, married cousin Marie Edmire or Elmire, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Marie Benoit, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1835. Their son Joseph died in Lafourche Interior Parish at age 48 hours in January 1837, Séverin Olesius, called Olezie, was born in October 1841, Joseph Augustin in November 1846, Amédée Léonard in October 1849, Joseph Azee in September 1851, and Émile Théodule in January 1855.
Olezie married Adèle, daughter of David Rodrique, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in March 1860; Adèle's mother was a Thibodeaux.
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During the antebellum period, a Boudreaux from the river who had lived on upper Bayou Teche settled near his cousins on Bayou Lafourche:
Descendants of Jean Baptiste Adélard BOUDREAUX (1817-)
Jean Baptiste Adélard, called Adélard, fourth and youngest son of Simon-Pierre dit Simonet Boudreaux and Céleste Babin, born in St. James Parish in April 1817, followed his family to upper Bayou Teche but returned to the river. He married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Narcisse LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1838. In August 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 3 slaves--2 males and a female, all black, ages 33, 30, and 22--on Adélard Boudreau's farm next to Valéry LeBlanc in the parish's Second Congressional District. Adélard and his family remained on upper Bayou Lafourche, near the boundary of Ascension and Assumption parishes, until the late 1850s, when they moved down bayou to the Lockport/Raceland area. Their daughters married into the Babin, Gautreaux, and McEvers families.
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Oldest son Théodule, born in Ascension Parish in July 1839, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Valéry Breaux, at the Lockport church, Lafourche Parish, in April 1866. Their son Joseph Ernest was born near Lockport in March 1867.
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Joseph Camille was born in Assumption Parish in January 1853.
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Joseph Melisé was born in Ascension Parish in June 1855.
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Jean Baptiste, a twin, was born near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, in February 1858.
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Joseph was Jean Baptiste's twin.
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Julien Calixte was born near Raceland, Lafourche Parish, in January 1860.
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Other BOUDREAUXs in the Lafourche/Terrebonne Valley
Local church and civil records make it difficult to link many Boudreauxs on the southeastern bayous with known lines of the family there:
Rosa, daughter of Joseph Marie Boudreaux and Rose Gautreaux, married Jean-Louis, son of Jean-Francois Galle of St.-Louis of Siota, Marseille, France, at Assumption in June 1804. One wonders which Joseph Marie Boudreaux had married Rose Gautreaux.
Sylvain Boudreaux married Léonore Loupe. Their son Victorin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1826.
Aurelien Boudreaux married Marie Rose Gautreaux and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by the late 1830s.
Achille Boudreaux married Rosalie Dugas and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by the early 1840s.
Cléonise Boudreaux's son Jean died in Lafourche Interior Parish, age 3 months, in December 1841. The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the father's name or his mother's parents' names.
Céleste Boudreaux married Telesphore Valéry, son of fellow Acadian Amand Bernard Crochet of Assumption Parish, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1843. The priest who recorded the marriage failed to record the correct names of Céleste's parents.
Gédéon Boudreaux married Cléonise Cléophine Boudreaux. Their son Jean Constant was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1843.
J. Boudreaux married Marie Florentine ____. Their son Joseph Adam was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1846.
Jean Marcellin Boudreaux married Athanaise Broussard and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by the late 1840s.
Sylvain Boudreaux married Émelie Toups and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by the late 1840s.
Joseph Boudreaux married Marie Boudreaux. Their son Émile Charles was born probably in Assumption Parish in c1849 but died at age 4 1/2 in December 1853.
In August 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 19-year-old black male--on Widow Joseph Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District.
Eliza Boudreaux married Telesphore, son of fellow Acadian Guillaume Bergeron, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in September 1850. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Jean Alexis, also called Jean Baptiste, Boudreaux married Marie Euphémie, called Euphémie, Marcel and settled in Terrebonne Parish by the early 1850s. Their daughter married into the Chinn or Shinn family at Chacahoula in March 1867.
Joseph Boudreaux died in Assumption Parish in September 1851. He was only 17 years old. The Plattenville priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give the young man's parents' names.
Phelonise Boudreaux, "wife of James Nouwell," died in Ascension Parish at "age 50 years" in August 1853. One wonders who were her parents.
Anselme Boudreaux died "at age 40 yrs., during [a] yellow fever epidemic" in Lafourche Parish in August 1853. The priest who recorded Anselme's burial did not give his parents' names or mention a wife.
François Boudreaux died "during [a] yellow fever epidemic" in Lafourche Parish in November 1853. The priest who recorded François's burial did not bother to give his age, his parents' names, or mention a wife.
Elira Boudreaux married Marie Céleste Henry and settled in Terrebonne Parish by the early 1850s.
André Boudreaux married Melasie Aucoin and settled in Assumption Parish by the mid-1850s.
Joséphine Boudreaux gave birth to son Joseph Elvin in Assumption Parish in May 1855. The Labadieville priest who recorded the boy's baptism the following April did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.
Paul, son of Jean Baptiste Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Parish, age 8 months, in July 1855. The Thibodaux priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the mother's name.
Marie Élisabeth Boudreaux gave birth to son Jean Baptiste Aurelien in Assumption Parish in September 1855. The Labadieville priest who recorded the boy's baptism the following March did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.
Azema Boudreaux married Émile Naquin in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in April 1857. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names.
Joseph Boudreaux married Evelline Barrilleaux. Their son Joseph Osémé was born in Assumption Parish in January 1858.
Armelise Boudreaux gave birth to son Ignace in Lafourche Parish in February 1859. The Thibodaux priest who recorded the boy's baptism the following March did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. Was she a daughter of Firmin Boudreaux?
Sylvanie Boudreaux married Lesida, also called Marie, Thibodeaux. Their son Osémé Oleus was born in Assumption Parish in February 1860.
In July 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 4 slaves--3 males and a female, all blacks except for 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 40 to 10, living in 1 house--on Widow L. Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Sixth Ward.
In August 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted 8 slaves--4 males and 4 females, all black, ranging in age from 20 to 2--held by a Mr. Boudreaux in the parish's First Ward.
Édouard Boudreaux died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in December 1860. He was only 3 years old. The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the parents' names.
Faustin or Fostin Boudreaux married Zelida Lafond or Lefort. Their son Lazare was born near Raceland, Lafourche Parish, in March 1861, and Clebert Harnais near Lockport in December 1863.
Onésime Boudreaux married Octavie Landry. Their son Arthur was born near Brashear City, now Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, in December 1861, and Jules Fidelis near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in April 1865.
Théophile Boudreaux married Cora or Corine Guilbeau. Their son Joseph Théophile was born in Lafourche Parish in May 1862 but died at age 2 1/1 in December 1864. In June 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted 2 slaves--a 40-year-old black female, and an 8-year-old mulatto male--on Théophile Boudreaux's farm in the parish's Seventh Ward of Thibodaux City.
Rosalie Boudreaux married François Deroche in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in June 1862. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Louis, fils, son of Louis Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Parish in December 1862. The Thibodeaux priest who recorded the burial did not give Louis, fils's mother's name.
Jean Pierre, called Pierre, Boudreaux married Rosema Bourg. Their son Joseph Aurelien was born in Terrebonne Parish in December 1862, and Augustin Onésippe near Montegut in May 1865.
Joseph Boudreaux married Selvina Visy. Their son Joseph Visivier was born near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, in February 1864.
Marcilien Boudreaux died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in October 1864. The priest who recorded his burial said that Marcilien died at age "ca. 18 years" but did not bother to give his parents' names. One wonders if the young man's death was war-related.
Auguste Boudreaux married Victorine Hébert. Their son Adam Augustin was born in Lafourche Parish in July 1865.
Numa Boudreaux married Victorine Dalferes or Dalferez in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in October 1865. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. Their son Joseph Thomas was born near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, in January 1870.
Theleza Boudreaux married Joseph, son of French Creole Charles Roussel, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1865. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the bride's parents' names.
Joséphine Boudreaux gave birth to son Raphaël Nicholls near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in November 1865. The priest who recorded the boy's baptism in October 1866 did not give the father's name or Josephine's parents' names.
Joseph Boudreaux married Selvina Vige and settled near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, by the mid-1860s.
Amédée Boudreaux married Maria Florida in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in January 1866. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Selina Mary Josephine Boudreaux married G. W. Hill in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in September 1866. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Clovis, son of Jean Baptiste Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Parish in January 1867. He was only 38 years old. One wonders if he was the Clovis Boudreaux who had married cousin Zéolide Boudreaux and settled in Assumption Parish by the early 1860s, or the Clovice Boudreaux who, with three others, in August 1860, held 32 slaves--13 males and 19 females, 16 blacks and 16 mulattoes, ranging in age from 80 years to 8 months, living in 5 houses--in the First Ward of Lafourche Parish.
Étienne Boudreaux married Adelia Hébert. Their son Désiré Fareli was born in Lafourche Parish in February 1867.
Maxcillien Boudreaux married Anastasie Keller in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in April 1867. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Louis Boudreaux married Berinisse Douwing. Their daughter married into the Barberot family at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in July 1867.
Désiré Boudreaux married Célestine Boudreaux and settled near Chacahoula, Terrebonne Parish, by the late 1860s.
Philomène Boudreaux married John Valsin Ulger in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in August 1868. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Eugène Boudreaux married "Mrs." Pauline Estave, perhaps Estivenne or Stephen, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in April 1869. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Adam, also called Melvin, Boudreaux married Cecilia Falcon in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in May 1869. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Onésime Boudreaux married Pamela Gaudet. Their son Félix Joseph was born in Lafourche Parish in January 1870.
Lazzima Boudreaux married Lazzeme Richard in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in January 1870. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Henriette Boudreaux married Victor Rodrique in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in February 1870. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA
Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some South Louisiana Boudreauxs with known Acadian lines of the family. Two of them may have been Acadians, or they may have been Foreign Frenchmen who settled among their Acadian namesakes during the antebellum period. One of them was French Canadian:
Alexandre, son of Pierre Boudreau and Catherine Mounier of St.-Martin, Île-de-Ré, France, near La Rochelle, born in c1769, died at the home of Mr. Dusouchet, "medical doctor at Carencros," at the northern edge of the old Attakapas District, in November 1808; he was only 39 years old. The St. Martinville priest who recorded Alexandre's burial said nothing of a wife. Was Alexandre an Acadian who came to Louisiana after 1785?
Jean Boudreaux married Catherine Vinsnot. Their son Jean Baptiste married Marie Louise, daughter of Jean Lalancette, at New Orleans in February 1801. Was Jean an Acadian who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 with his widowed mother?
Julien, son of André Boudreau and Angélique Roy of Montréal, married Honorine or Honorite Angeline, 14-year-old daughter of Italian L'ange Vincent Maggiolo of Genoa and his Acadian wife Marie Félicité Breaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1841. Their son Julien, fils was born posthumously in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1846. Julien, père died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1846; his succession inventory record was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in July 1847. Were André and Julien Acadians whose ancestor was among the many Boudrots who had settled in Canada after Le Grand Dérangement?
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Especially after the War Between the States, a different kind of non-Acadian Boudreaux appeared in South Louisiana church and civil records:
Étienne Boudreaux, a free man of color, married Toussine Weber, a free woman of color, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in November 1865. One wonders what was Étienne's relationship to the Acadian Boudreauxs of the Bayou Lafourche valley.
CONCLUSION
Boudreauxs were among the earliest settlers in Acadian, and they came early to Louisiana. The first of them, a single family, went to the Bayou Teche valley with Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil in early 1765. Later that year, another family settled at Cabanocé, now St. James Parish, on the river above New Orleans. A hand full of Boudrots arrived from Maryland in 1767 and 1768, but only one of them was male; in the 1770s, he joined his kinsmen on the western prairies. After 1785, Boudrots from France joined their cousins in the Atakapas District. Most of the western Boudreauxs settled in what became Lafayette Parish. Others lived at Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche, near Grand Coteau in St. Landry Parish, in the New Iberia area on lower Bayou Teche, on the lower Vermilion near Youngsville and Abbeville, and near Church Point out on Bayou Plaquemine Brûlé.
If the Acadians in France had chosen to remain in the mother country, the Boudreauxs would be a fairly small family in Louisiana today. But most of the many Boudreaus who had been exiled to France grabbed at the offer of the Spanish government to join their fellow Acadians in the lower Mississippi valley. In 1785, dozens of them arrived aboard every one of the Seven Ships from France that reached New Orleans that year. Two of them chose to settle in the Atakapas District. The others moved to Acadian communities on the river above the city or, especially, to upper Bayou Lafourche. A hand full of the Boudreauxs from France remained on the river, in Iberville and perhaps even in Pointe Coupee Parish, but relatively few family lines developed there. Some later joined their cousins on the western prairies, settling along Bayou Teche as far down as Pattersonville in St. Mary Parish. The great majority of them settled on upper Bayou Lafourche in what became Assumption Parish. During the late colonial and early antebellum periods, many of them drifted down bayou into Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes, where they can be found in amazing numbers today.
By the eve of the War Between the States, Boudreauxs had settled in nearly every corner of South Louisiana and had become one of the largest Acadian families in the region. A few non-Acadian Boudreaus settled among their Acadian namesakes during the antebellum period; one was a native of La Rochelle, France, another of Montréal. The great majority of the Boudreauxs of South Louisiana, however, are descendants of lieutenant général Michel Boudrot of Cougnes and Port-Royal. And, for all we know, the Boudreaus from La Rochelle and Montréal also may have been descendants of the Acadian progenitor.
Judging by the number of slaves they owned, some Boudreauxs lived comfortably on their farms and plantations, especially on the western prairies. In 1850, Augustin Boudreaux, fils's widow held 40 slaves on her plantation near Grand Coteau. That same year, Olivier Boudreaux held 32 slaves in Lafayette Parish, and Evariste Boudreaux owned 37 slaves in Pointe Coupee Parish. In 1860, Osémé Boudreaux owned 29 slaves on his plantation in St. Martin Parish, and Gerasime Boudreaux held 20 slaves in Lafourche Parish. The great majority of the Boudreauxs who owned slaves, however, held fewer than the 20 needed to qualify as planters. And most members of the family held no slaves at all on their vacharies and farms.
Dozens of Boudreauxs served Louisiana in uniform during the War Between the States, and at least a dozen of them died in Confederate service. The war was especially hard on the Boudreauxs from upper Bayou Lafourche. ...
In Acadia, the family's name was usually spelled Boudrot or Boudreau. In Louisiana, it evolved into Boudreaux but was often spelled Boudraux. The family's name also is spelled Baudreau, Baudros, Bodreau, Bodro, Boudereaux, Boudraud, Boudreault, Boudreaut, Boudro, Boudrot, Boudroz, Budro.
Sources: 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Assumption, Lafayette, Lafourche Interior, Pointe Coupee, St. James, St. Landry, St. Martin, Terrebonne, & Vermilion parishes; 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Ascension, Assumption, Lafayette, Lafourche, St. James, St. Landry, & Terrebonne parishes; Arceneaux, No Spark of Malice, 12, 15, 28-29, 30, 31, 71-74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 117, 119, 121-22, 125-26, 159, 202-03, 212, 213-14, 244, 257-58, 274n, 280n; Arsenault, Généalogie, 441-48, 859-63, 1108-16, 1336-46, 1655, 2209-12, 2265-69, 2294, 2321-23, 2425-31; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Faragher, A Great & Noble Scheme, 95-96; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 41-44, 555; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; NOAR, vols. 4, 6, 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 38; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family Nos. 5, 7, 16, 20, 24, 26, 27; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 71, 79, 140, 141, 189; <porttoulouse.com>; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 14-19; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 17-27; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 85-121; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 34-36, 154-55; White, DGFA-1, 184-217; White, DGFA-1 English, 38-47.
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):
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Ascension |
Lafourche (Lafourche, Terrebonne) |
Pointe Coupée |
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Assumption |
Natchitoches (Natchitoches) |
SB | San Bernardo (St. Bernard) | ||
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Atakapas (St. Martin, St. Mary, Lafayette, Vermilion) |
San Luìs de Natchez (Concordia) |
St.-Gabriel d'Iberville (Iberville) |
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Bayou des Écores (East Baton Rouge, West Feliciana) |
New Orleans (Orleans) |
St.-Jacques de Cabanocé (St. James) |
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Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge) |
Opelousas (St. Landry, Calcasieu) |
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.
| Name | Arrived | Settled | Profile |
| Amand BOUDREAUX 01 | Dec 1785 | Asp | born c1730, L'Assomption, Pigiguit; son of François BOUDREAUX & Angélique DOIRON; brother of Jean-Charles & perhaps Félix; "blind since age 12"; exiled to VA 1755, age 25; deported to England 1756, age 26; repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, with younger brother Jean-Charles's family, age 33; at Plouër, France, 1763-72; married, age 39, (1)Marie COUILLARD, daughter of Guillaume COUILLARD & Marie HESRY of Plouër, 11 Apr 1769, Plouër; married, age 47, (2)Marie-Pérrine NOGUES of La Croix Gicquel, Les Fresnelais, France, daughter of Charles NOGUES & Francois RAIMOND of La Fresnelais, 5 Feb 1777, Plouër; at Paumerais, France, 1777; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 52[sic], head of family, no occupation listed; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Amand BOUDREAUT, age 54[sic], with no wife so probably a widower again, sons Jean-[Baptiste] age 17, François age 15, Joseph age 5, & daughter Marie age 8, 6 arpents, 25 qts. corn, 2 swine |
| Anne BOUDREAUX 02 | Feb 1765 | Atk | born & baptized 25 Aug 1709, Port-Royal; daughter of Charles dit Charlot BOUDREAUX & Marie-Josèphe LANDRY; married, age 17, Charles BOURG, son of Abraham BOURG & Marie BRUN, c1726, Port-Toulouse, Île Royale; at Tracadie, Île St.-Jean, 1734, age 25; at St.-Pierre-de-Nord, Île St.-Jean, late 1730s, early 1740s; on Île St.-Jean 1752, age 44; arrived LA Feb 1765, age 55, with party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, a widow; in Attakapas census, 1771, called Widow BOURQUES, age indecipherable, with family of Amand THIBODEAUX & Gertrude BOURG, her son-in-law & daughter; one of the author's paternal ancestors~~ |
| Anne BOUDREAUX 03 | Jul 1785 | StG | born c1745; daughter of Paul BOUDREAUX & Madeleine- or Marie-Josèphe DOIRON; sister of Françoise-Marie & Marguerite; at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie, Île St.-Jean, 1752, age 7; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, Aug 1758, aboard Duke William, arrived St.-Malo 1 Nov 1758, age not given but 13; married, age 18, Jacques ACHÉE of St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île St.-Jean, son of Joseph ACHEÉ & Marie GAUDET, 22 Nov 1763, St.-Enogat, France; at St.-Enogat 1763-65; at St.-Servan, France, 1765-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Anne BOUDREAU, widow Jacques HACHÉ, with 2 unnamed daughters; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 40, widow, head of family |
| Anne BOUDREAUX 04 | Aug 1785 | BR, Asp | born & baptized 29 Nov 1747, Grand-Pré; daughter of François BOUDREAUX & Anne-Marie THIBODEAUX; married, age 22, Paul LEBLANC, son of Claude LEBLANC & Madeleine BOUDREAUX, 29 May 1770, St.-Servan, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Anne BOUDREAU, with husband & 1 daughter; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 36[sic]; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Ana BOUDRAUX, age 52[sic], with husband, 1 son, & 4 daughters; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Anne BOUDREAUT, age 53[sic], with husband, 1 son, & 4 daughters; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, age 57[sic], with husband, 1 son, & 4 daughters |
| Anne-Henriette BOUDREAUX 05 | Nov 1785 | Asp, Lf | born & baptized 8 May 1771, Pleudihen, France; called Henriette; daughter of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marguerite THIBODEAUX; sister of Blaise-Julien, Cécile-Marguerite, Jean-Étienne, Joseph-Marie, Marguerite-Susanne, & Yves; at Pleudihen 1771-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 14; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, age 15, with parents, brothers, & cousin Étienne BOUDREAUT; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Manette, age 19, with parents & siblings; married, age 21, (1)Pierre-Honoré LEBLANC, son of Charles LEBLANC & Rosalie TRAHAN, 20 Feb 1792, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Assumption census, 1795, called Ana, age 25, with husband & 1 daughter; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Anne BOUDREAU, age 26, with husband & 2 daughters; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Anne BOUDREAUT, Widow, age 25[sic], with daughters Anne [LEBLANC] age 5, & Marie [LEBLANC] age 3, no arpents listed, 0 slaves; married, age 27, (2)Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX, son of Amand BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marie COUILLARD, 19 Feb 1798, Assumption, now Plattenville; died Lafourche Interior Parish 1 Jan 1842, age 70; succession inventory record dated 26 Feb 1842, Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse |
| Anne-Jeanne BOUDREAUX 06 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asc, Lf | born 17 Jan 1785, St.-Malo, France; daughter of Victor BOUDREAUX & his second wife Geneviève RICHARD; sister of Geneviève-Sophie & Noël-Victor, half-sister of Cécile, Hélène-Marie-Rose, Jean-Baptiste, & Joseph; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, an infant; married, age 24, Jean Marie NAVARRE, son of Jean Francois NAVARRE of Nantes, France, & Marie BOUDREAUX, & widower of Anastasie GAUTREAUX, 6 Feb 1809, Donaldson, now Donaldsonville; moved to Lafourche valley; died Lafourche Interior Parish 5 Apr 1850, age 68[sic], a widow |
| *Antoine BOUDREAUX 98 | Nov 1785 | Atk, Op | born 28 Feb 1786, baptized 9 Jan 1787, Atakapas, now St. Martinville; son of Joseph BOUDREAUX & Marie-Françoise SEMERE; sailed to LA aboard L'Amitié, in utero; moved to St. Landry Parish; married, age 26, Marie SAVOIE, daughter of Francois SAVOIE & Lucille POTIER, 18 Aug 1812, Opelousas; succession record dated 14 Sep 1849, St. Landry Parish courthouse |
| Augustin dit Rémi BOUDREAUX 07 | Feb 1768 | Natz, Atk, Op | born c1755, Minas or MD; son of probably Pierre BOUDREAUX & Anne HÉBERT of Pigiguit; in report of Acadians at Port Tobacco, MD, Jul 1763, called Rémis BOUDRAUX, orphan, with family of Jean[-Charles] BRAUX; arrived LA 1768, age 13; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Rémi BUDRO, orphan, age 13, with family of Jean-Charles BREAUX; moved to Attakapas District; married, age 22, (1)Judith-Philippe MARTIN, daughter of Charles MARTIN & Jeanne COMEAUX of Port-Royal, c1777, probably Attakapas; in Attakapas census, 1781, called Augustin BOUDREAU, with 4 unnamed individuals, 40 animals, & 5 arpents; in Attakapas census, 1785, called Aug BOUDREAU, with 5 free unnamed individuals, 0 slaves; moved to Opelousas District; in Opelousas census, 1796, Grand Coteau District, called Augustin BODREAU, with unnamed wife [Judith], 5 unnamed white males, 2 unnamed white females, & 0 slaves; married, age 60, (2)Madeleine BENOIT, daughter of Olivier BENOIT & his first wife Susanne BOUDREAUX, & widow of Amand MARTIN & André FAVRON, 24 Jul 1815, Opelousas; died [buried] St. Landry Parish 29 Jun 1830, age 85[sic]; succession records dated Aug 1822 & 23 Oct 1830, St. Landry Parish courthouse; depicted in Dafford Mural, Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville |
| *Augustin BOUDREAUX 101 | 176? | StJ | son of Pierre BOUDREAUX & Marie DOIRON; married Osite HÉBERT, daughter of Jacques HÉBERT & Marguerite LANDRY, & widow of Alexandre MELANÇON, 7 Jan 1771, St.-Jacques |
| Benjamin-Hilaire BOUDREAUX 08 | Nov 1785 | Asp, StG, Asp | born 13 Jan 1770, baptized next day, Trigavou, France; son of Zacharie BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marguerite DAIGLE; brother of Charles & Paul-Dominique; at Trigavou 1770-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Oct 1775; calker; on list of Acadians at Nantes, unnamed, with father, stepmother, & brother [including perhaps 1 stepbrother]; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 19[sic]; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Binjamin BOUDREAUT, age 18, listed singly, with 6 arpents & 15 qts. corn; married, age 20, Anne-Isabelle, called Isabelle, FERGUSON, daughter of Anselme FERGUSON & Usina BERRY, 7 Jul 1790, St.-Gabriel; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Binjimin BOUDEREAUX, age 20, with wife Isabelle FALCASINE age 21, no children, 0 slaves, 5 arpents next to brother Charles, 0 qts. rice, 140 qts. corn, 2 horned cattle, 2 horses, 20 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Benjamin BOUDRAUX, age 25, with wife Isabel FORGARSON age 28, sons Maximiliano age 4, Valentin age 3, daughters Maria age 4, & Victoria age 1; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Binjamin BOUDREAUT, age 26, with wife Isabelle, no surname given, age 29, sons Maximilien age 5, Valantin age 4, daughters Marie age 5, Victoire age 2, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Binjamin BOUDREAUT, age 26[sic], with wife Anne, no surname given, age 28, sons Charles age 7, Paulle age 4, Auguste age 1, daughters Marie age 6, & Margueritte age 3, 6/45 arpents, 0 slaves |
| Blaise-Julien BOUDREAUX 09 | Nov 1785 | Asp, Lf | born 1 Jan 1769, baptized next day, Pleudihen, France; son of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marguerite THIBODEAUX; brother of Anne-Henriette, Cécile-Marguerite, Jean-Étienne, Joseph-Marie, Marguerite-Susanne, & Yves; at Pleudihen 1769-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 16; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, age 18, with parents, siblings, & cousin Étienne BOUDREAUT; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, age 20[sic], with parents & siblings; married, age 23, Pérrine BARRILLEAUX, daughter of Jean-Baptiste BARRILLEAUX & Marie DAIGLE, 20 Feb 1792, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Blas BOUDRAUX, age 26, with wife Périna age 24, & daughter Maria age 3, next to brother Josef; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Blaise BOUDREAUT, age 27, with wife Périne age 25, daughters Marie age 4, & Margueritte age 1, 0 slaves, next to brother Joseph; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Blaise BOUDREAUT, age 21[sic], with wife Périnne age 25, daughters Marie age 5, Émilie age 2, & "orphan" Félicité [?] age 10, 5/45 arpents, 0 slaves; succession inventory dated 12 Mar 1816, Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse |
| Brigitte BOUDREAUX 10 | Feb 1768 | Natz, Atk | born c1732; daughter of Pierre BOUDREAUX & Madeleine HÉBERT; sister of Élisabeth & Marie-Madeleine; married, age 21, Basile LANDRY, son of Pierre LANDRY & Marguerite FORET of Pigiguit, c1753; in report on Acadians at Upper Marlborough, MD, in Jul 1763, with husband, 1 daughter, & an orphan; arrived LA 1768, age 36; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luìs de Natchez, 1768, called Versi?, age 36, with husband & 2 daughters; moved to Attakapas District; in Attakapas census, 1777, age 44 or 46, with husband & no children; in Attakapas census, 1781, unnamed, with husband & 1 other?; in Attakapas census, 1785, unnamed, with husband & 2 others?; died probably Attakapas by 1786, when her husband remarried at Attakapas |
| Cécile BOUDREAUX 11 | Aug 1785 | Asp, Atk | born c1746; daughter of Charles BOUDREAUX & his first wife Cécile THÉRIOT; half-sister of Jean; married, age 18, Charles RICHARD, son of Jacques RICHARD & Anne LEBLANC, 14 Feb 1763, St.-Nicolas, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Cécile BOUDREAU, widow Charles RICHARD, with 1 daughter & 1 orphan [probably half-brother Joseph]; sailed to LA on La Bergère, age 38, widow, head of family; received from Spanish on arrival 1 each of axe, hatchet, shovel, & meat cleaver, & 2 hoes; moved to Attakapas District; died Lafayette Parish 21 Feb 1822, age 77, buried next day "in the cemetery on lower Bayou Vermillion" |
| Cécile BOUDREAUX 13 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp | born & baptized 16 Jul 1770, St.-Servan, France; daughter of Victor BOUDREAUX & his first wife Catherine-Josèphe HÉBERT; sister of Hélène-Marie-Rose, Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, half-sister of Anne-Jeanne, Geneviève-Sophie, & Noël-Victor; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 15; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Cicile BOUDEREAUX, "minor premise," age 20, with family of Jean-Baptiste HÉBERT; married, age 21, (1)Thomas-Houardon CALEGAN, son of Jean-Thomas CALEGAN & Françoise LE TRAON of Landerneau, France, formerly married to Marie-Marguerite PRINCE/LEPRINCE, 25 Dec 1791, probably Bayou des Écores; married, age 30, (2)Pedro SILVY of St.-Jacques, son of Arnaid SILVI & Ygnes FANIN, 4 May 1800, Assumption, now Plattenville |
| Cécile-Marguerite BOUDREAUX 12 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born 14 Mar 1767, Mordreaux, France, baptized same day, Pleudihen, France; daughter of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marguerite THIBODEAUX; sister of Anne-Henriette, Blaise-Julien, Jean-Étienne, Joseph-Marie, Marguerite-Susanne, & Yves; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 17; married, age 17, Mathurin AYO, son of Pierre AYO & Marguerite RUSOD [ROUSSEAU?] of La Rochelle, France, 11 Dec 1785, New Orleans, soon after they reached LA on the same ship; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Cécille BOUDREAUT, age 20, with husband Mathurin ALIOT age 25, no children, 6 arpents near her father, 25 qts. corn, 4 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Cicile BOUDEREAU, age 22, with husband Mathurin ALLIOT age 28, son Joseph-Étienne [ALLIOT] age 1, 0 slaves, 6 arpents between her father & brother Joseph, 0 qts. rice, 60 qts. corn, 3 horned cattle, 0 horses, 10 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Célia BOUDRAUX, age 28[sic], with husband Maturino AYAUX age 35, sons Josef [AYAUX] age 6, & Maturino [AYAUX] age 4, next to her father; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Cécille BOUDROT, age 29, with husband Mathurin AYOT age 36, sons Joseph [AYOT] age 8, Mathurin [AYOT] age 5, & François [AYOT] age 3, 0 slaves, next to her father; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Cécille, no surname given, age 29, with husband Mathurin AYOT age 37, sons Joseph [AYOT] age 9, & Mathurin [AYOT] age 7, 6/45 arpents, 0 slaves, next to her father |
| Céleste BOUDREAUX 14 | Dec 1785 | StJ, Op?, Asp, NO | born c1765, Île St.-Pierre or Île Miquelon; daughter of Pierre BOUDREAUX & Madeleine BOURG of Île St.-Jean; sister of Marie; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, an orphan with family of brother-in-law Christophe DE LAUNE, husband of sister Marie; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 20, traveled with family of sister Marie; married, age 21, (1)Jean GUIDRY, fils, son of Jean GUIDRY dit Grivois & Marie LEBLANC of Île St.-Jean, 8 Mar 1786, St.-Jacques; on list of Acadians at St.-Jacques, 1788, unnamed, with husband Juan GUÉDRY & 1 unnamed other; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Céleste BOUDEREAU, age 25, with husband Jean GUIDRI & 1 son; moved to Opelousas District?; married, age 29, (2)Louis AUGERON, son of Jean AUGERON & Marie-Louise LEVRON of Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, 28 Oct 1794, Assumption, now Plattenville; died [buried] New Orleans 23 Dec 1798, age 33 |
| Charles BOUDREAUX 15 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 16 Jan 1769, St.-Servan, France; son of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & Anastasie CELESTIN dit BELLEMERE; brother of Jean-Baptiste & Joseph-Marie; at St.-Servan, 1769-72; probably in Poitou, France, 1773-75/76; sailor; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Oct 1784, unnamed, with stepfather Honoré COMMAU, mother, unnamed brother, & orphan Charles GAUTRAU; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 14, traveled with mother & stepfather; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Charles, no surname given, age 19[sic], with widowed mother & brother Joseph; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, age 20, with brother Joseph; never married? |
| Charles BOUDREAUX 16 | Nov 1785 | Asp, Lf | born & baptized 20 Mar 1764, Trigavou, France; son of Zacharie BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marguerite DAIGLE; brother of Benjamin-Hilaire & Paul-Dominique; at Trigavou 1764-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Oct 1775; carpenter; married, age 20, Marie-Anne GAUTREAUX, daughter of Joseph GAUTREAUX & his second wife Anne PITRE, c1784, probably Nantes; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 21, head of family; received from Spanish on arrival 1 each of axe, shovel, hatchet, & knife, 2 medium axe & hoe; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Charles BOUDREAUT, age 23, with wife Marie age 23, son Jean-Marie age 2, 6 arpents, 25 qts. corn, 1 horned cattle, 2 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Charles BOUDEREAUX, age 26, with wife Marie age 24, no children, 0 slaves, 5 arpents next to brother Binjimin, 0 qts. rice, 50 qts. corn, 2 horned cattle, 1 horse, 8 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Carlos BOUDRAUX, age 31, with wife Mariana age 28, & son Carlos Maria age 11; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Charles BOUDREAUT, age 32, with wife Marie age 29, & son Charles age 12, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Charles BOUDREAUT, age 32[sic], with wife Marie age 30, & son Charles age 12, 6/45 arpents, 0 slaves; died Lafourche Interior Parish 30 May 1833, age 69 |
| Charles BOUDREAUX 17 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asc?, Asp? | baptized 4 Sep 1783, St.-Nicolas, Nantes, France; son of Ignace BOUDREAUX & Anne PIERSON; on list of Acadians at "Bel Isles," France, Sep 1784, with parents; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 2; died [buried] Ascension Parish 30 Sep 1830, age 50[sic]?; died Assumption Parish 23 Jun 1857, buried next day, age 75[sic]? |
| Charles-Marie BOUDREAUX 18 | Nov 1785 | Asp, Lf | baptized 12 Mar 1785, St.-Nicolas, Nantes, France; son of Charles BOUDREAUX & Marie-Anne GAUTREAUX; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, an infant; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Jean[sic]-Marie, age 2, with parents; not in Valenzuéla census of 1791 with parents; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Carlos Maria, age 11, with parents; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Charles, age 12, with parents; married, age 20, (1)Victoire-Claire AUCOIN of Chantenay, France, daughter of Joseph AUCOIN & his first wife Élisabeth HENRY, 25 Jun 1805, Assumption, now Plattenville; married, age 30, (2)Rosalie Dorothée AYSENNE, daughter of Francois AYSENNE & Marie Thérèse SMITH of St. Charles Parish, 27 Nov 1815, Plattenville; died Lafourche Interior Parish 2 Feb 1835, age 50 |
| Charles-Michel BOUDREAUX 19 | Nov 1785 | Asc | born & baptized 23 Oct 1761, Trigavou, France; called Michel; son of Antoine BOUDREAUX & Brigitte APART; brother of Étienne, Francois-Xavier, Joseph, Marguerite-Josèphe, & Marie-Madeleine; at Trigavou 1761-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; calker; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed mother & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 24, traveled with widowed mother; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Michelle BOUDREAUT, age 26, with brother Étienne age 21, 6 arpents, 25 qts. corn, 5 swine; never married? |
| Élisabeth/Isabelle BOUDREAUX 20 | 1765 | StJ, Asc | born 9 Feb 1722, baptized next day, Grand-Pré; daughter of Claude BOUDREAUX & Catherine HÉBERT; married, age 22, Étienne LEBLANC, son of René LEBLANC & Anne THÉRIOT of Grand-Pré, 1 Oct 1742, Grand-Pré; at Mirimichi 1760, age 39; on list of Acadian families who arrived at Fort Edward, formerly Pigigut, 14 Jun 1762, unnamed, with husband & 1 unnamed other; at Fort Cumberland, formerly Beauséjour, 1763; arrived LA 1765, age 43; in Cabanocé census, 1766, right [west] bank, called Élizabeth, age 45, with husband, 4 sons, & 3 daughters; in Cabanocé census, 1769, occupying lot number 42, right [west] bank, called Izabelle BOUDREAU widow LEBLANC, age 45[sic], with sons Éstienne LEBLANC age 17, Mathurain LEBLANC age 13, daughters Margueritte LEBLANC age 19, [Marie-]Magdelaine LEBLANC age 11, & [Marie-]Marthe[-Élisabeth] LEBLANC age 5; in Ascension census, 1770, right [west] bank, called Izabelle BOUDREAU widow LEBLANC, age 49, head of family number 11, with sons Étienne LEBLANC age 16, Mathurin LEBLANC age 14, daughters Marguerite LEBLANC age 30, Marie-Magdelaine LEBLANC age 13, Marie-Marthe[-Élisabeth] LEBLANC age 6, & 6 arpents; in Ascension census, 1777, right [west] bank, called Widow LEBLANC, age 56, head of family number 10, with sons Éstienne age 24, Mathurin age 19, daughters [Marie-]Magdelaine age 18, Marie[-Marthe] age 12, 6 arpents, 0 slaves, 17 cattle, 4 horses, 0 sheep, 15 swine, 2 arms |
| Élisabeth/Isabelle BOUDREAUX 21 | Nov 1785 | StG | born c1725, probably Grand-Pré; daughter of Pierre BOUDREAUX & Madeleine HÉBERT; sister of Brigitte & Marie-Madeleine; married, age 21, (1)Jean-Baptiste DOIRON, son of Charles DOIRON & Anne THÉRIOT, c1746, probably Grand-Pré; on Île St.-Jean 1752, age 27; arrived Cherbourg, France, 1759, age 33; married, age 34, (2)Olivier THIBODEAUX, son of Joseph THIBODEAUX & Marie BOURGEOIS, & widower of Madeleine AUCOIN, 18 Aug 1760, Pleudihen, France; at Pleudihen 1760-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Élisabeth BOUDRAU, widow Olivier THIBODAU, with 1 son, & 1 daughter; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 56[sic], widow, head of family |
| Étienne BOUDREAUX 22 | Nov 1785 | Asp, Lf | born c1743, probably Minas; son of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marie-Claire AUCOIN; brother of Marin; exiled to VA 1755, age 12; deported to England 1756, age 13; repatriated to France from Bristol, England, aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 20; seaman, house carpenter, joiner; at Pleudihen, France, 1763-72; married, age 21, Marguerite THIBODEAUX, daughter of Antoine THIBODEAUX & Susanne COMEAUX, 8 May 1764, Pleudihen; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes Sep 1784, called Étienne BOUDRAU, with wife, 3 unnamed sons, & 3 unnamed daughters; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 42, head of family; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Étienne BOUDREAUT, age 43, with wife Margueritte age 42, sons Blaise age 18, [Jean-]Étienne age 8, Yves age 2, daughter Anne age 15, nephew Étienne BOUDREAUT age 15, 6 arpents near son-in-law Mathurin ALIOT, 0 qts. rice, 50 qts. corn, 1 horned cattle, 0 horses, 6 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Étienne BOUDEREAU, age 48, with wife Margrithe age 46, sons Blaise age 20, [Jean-]Étienne age 11, Yves age 6, daughters Manette age 19, Marie-Émelie age 1, 0 slaves, 6 arpents next to son-in-law Mathurin ALLIOT & near son Joseph, 0 qts. rice, 200 qts. corn, 7 horned cattle, 3 horses, 50 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Estevan BOUDRAUX, age 53, with wife Margarita age 51, sons [Jean-]Estevan age 14, Ivon age 11, & daughter Émilia age 5, next to son-in-law Maturino AYAUX; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Étienne BOUDREAUT, age 54, with wife Margueritte age 52, sons [Jean-]Étienne age 16, Yvon age 12, & daughter Émilie age 7, 0 slaves, next to son-in-law Mathurin AYOT; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Étienne BOUDREAUT, age 54, with wife Margueritte age 52, sons Étienne age 18, Yves age 13, & daughter Émilie age 8, 6/45 arpents, 0 slaves, next to son-in-law Mathurin AYOT; died Lafourche Interior Parish 24 Jan 1825, age 84 |
| Étienne BOUDREAUX 23 | Nov 1785 | Asp, Lf | born & baptized 29 Dec 1766, Trigavou, France; son of Antoine BOUDREAUX & Brigitte APART; brother of Charles-Michel, Francois-Xavier, Joseph, Marguerite-Josèphe, & Marie-Madeleine; at Trigavou 1766-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; sailor; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed mother & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 18, traveled with widowed mother; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Étienne BOUDREAUT, age 21, with brother Michel; married, age 21, Victoire-Andrée GAUTREAUX, daughter of Alexandre GAUTREAUX & Marguerite HÉBERT, 10 Jan 1788, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Étienne BOUDEREAU, age 24, with wife Victoire age 21, sons Charles age 2, Pierre age 1, mother-in-law Margrithe HÉBERT age 66, 0 slaves, 9 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 40 qts. corn, 3 horned cattle, 1 horse, 10 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Estevan BOUDRAUX, age 40[sic], with wife Victoria age 28, sons Carlos age 7, Agustin age 5, & Estanislas age 3; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Étienne BOUDREAUT, age 41[sic], with wife Victoire age 29, sons Charles age 8, Augustin age 6, & Stanislas age 4, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Étienne BOUDREAUT, age 32, with wife Victoire age 28, sons Charles age 9, Auguste age 6, Stanislas age 4, daughters Margueritte age 2, & Francoise age 1, 9/30 arpents, 0 slaves; succession inventory dated 6 Mar 1819, Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse |
| Étienne BOUDREAUX 24 | Nov 1785 | Asp, Lf | born 17 May 1772, baptized next day, Pleudihen, France; son of Marin BOUDREAUX & Pélagie BARRILLEAUX; brother of Marie-Anne; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & sister; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 13; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, age 15, with family of uncle Étienne BOUDREAUT; married, age 22, Ursule-Olivie DOIRON, daughter of Jacques DOIRON & Anne BREAUX, 3 Mar 1794, Assumption, now Plattenville; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Estevan BOUDRAUX, age 23, with wife Ursula age 20, & daughter [actually son] Magloria age 1; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Étienne BOUDREAUT, age 24, with wife Ursulle age 21, & daughter [actually son] Magloire age 2, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Étienne BOUDREAUT, age 26, with wife Ursulle age 26, sons Étienne-[Magloire] age 3, & Jean[-Parfait] age 1, 5/45 arpents, 0 slaves; died Lafourche Interior Parish 12 Dec 1833, age 62[sic] |
| Félicité BOUDREAUX 25 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born 24 May 1753, l'Assomption, Pigiguit; daughter of Félix BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marie-Josèphe LEBLANC; exiled to VA 1755, age 2; deported to England 1756, age 3; at Bristol, England?; repatriated to Morlaix, France, 1763, age 10; at Borderun, Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, 1765, age 12; married, age 29, Jean LEJEUNE, son of Amand LEJEUNE & Anastasie LEVRON, 5 Nov 1782, St.-Nicolas, Nantes, France; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Félicité BOUDRAU, with husband & no children; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 31; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Félicité BOUDREAUT, age 33, with husband & no children; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Félicité BOUDEREAU, age 35, with husband & no children; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Félicitas BOUDRAUX, age 43[sic], with husband, no children, & [sister?] Maria BOUDRAUX age 13; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Félicité BOUDREAUT, age 44, with husband & no children; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, age 44, with no children, husband's nephew, & husband's niece |
| Félix BOUDREAUX 26 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born 4 Apr 1729, L'Assomption, Pigiguit; son of François BOUDREAUX & Angélique DOIRON?; brother of Amand & Jean-Charles?; married (1)Marie-Josèphe LE BLANC, probably Pigiguit, early 1750s; exiled to VA 1755, age 26; deported to England 1756, age 27; at Bristol, England?; repatriated to Morlaix, France, 1763, age 34; carpenter; at Borderun, Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, 1765, age 36; married (2)Madeleine HÉBERT, perhaps widow of Pierre BLANCHARD, probably 1770s, France; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Félix BOUDREAU, with wife Marguerite[sic] HÉBERT & 1 unnamed son; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 54[sic], head of family; married, age 58, (3)Luce-Perpétué BOURG, daughter of François BOURG & Marie-Madeleine HÉBERT, & widow of Pierre HÉBERT, 30 Aug 1787, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; died by Nov 1789, when his wife remarried at Lafourche |
| *Félix BOUDREAUX 102 | 1785? | Asp | born c1742, L'Assomption, Pigiguit? exiled to VA 1755, age 13?; deported to England 1756, age 13?; at Falmouth, England?; repatriated to Treguier, Morlaix, France, 1763, age 21?; married (1?)Anne-Gertrude THÉRIOT, daughter of Jean THÉRIOT & Marie LANDRY, early 1760s, France?; at Kerxo, Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, 1765, age 24?; arrived LA 1785, a widower, age 43?; married (2?)Françoise-Gertrude GUILLOT, daughter of René GUILLOT & his second wife Françoise BOURG, 16 Oct 1786, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; died by May 1787, when his wife remarried at Lafourche |
| Félix-Marie BOUDREAUX 27 | Sep 1785 | Asp, Lf | baptized 19 Jun 1785, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; son of Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX & his second wife Marguerite-Victoire GUIDRY; brother of Marguerite-Renée & Pierre-David, half-brother of Henriette-Charlotte, Joseph-Marie, & Marie; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, an unnamed infant; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Phélix, age 2, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Félix, age 5, with widowed mother & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, age 10, with mother, stepfather Grégorio CHICO, full & half siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, age 11, with mother, stepfather, full & half siblings; married, age 20, Rosalie HENRY, daughter of Joseph-Philippe HENRY & Marie-Josèphe THIBODEAUX, 11 Feb 1805, Assumption, now Plattenville; died Lafourche Interior Parish 15 Aug 1827, age 42 |
| François-Joseph BOUDREAUX 28 | Dec 1785 | Asp, Lf | born & baptized 16 Aug 1771, Plouër, France; son of Amand BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marie COUILLARD; brother of Jean-Baptiste, half-brother of Hélène, Joseph, & Marie; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 14; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, age 15, with widowed father & siblings; married, 22, Marie-Jacquemine THIBODEAUX of Pleudihen, France, daughter of Jean THIBODEAUX & his first wife Françoise HUERT, 3 Sep 1793, Assumption, now Plattenville; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Francisco BOUDRAUX, age 23, with wife Maria age 23, no children, & brothers Juan[-Baptiste] age 26, & Joseph age 14; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Francois BOUDREAUT, age 24, with wife Marie age 24, no children, & brothers Jean age 27, & Joseph age 15, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Francois BOUDREAUT, age 26, with wife Marie age 25, & daughter Anne age 1, 3/40 arpents, 0 slaves; died Lafourche Interior Parish 9 Mar 1825, age 55 |
| François-Xavier BOUDREAUX 29 | Aug 1785 | BR, StG | born & baptized 6 Mar 1760, Trigavou, France; called Xavier; son of Antoine BOUDREAUX & Brigitte APART; brother of Charles-Michel, Étienne, Joseph, Marguerite-Josèphe, & Marie-Madeleine; at Trigavou 1760-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; carpenter & seaman; married, age 26 (1)Marguerite DUGAS of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, daughter of Claude DUGAS & his second wife Marguerite CYR, 10 May 1785, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 25, head of family; married, age 28, (2)Marie-Françoise LEBLANC, daughter of Joseph LEBLANC & Anne HÉBERT, 23 May 1787, St.-Gabriel; died [buried] St.-Gabriel 6 Feb 1798, age 30[sic] |
| Françoise-Marie BOUDREAUX 30 | Jul 1785 | StG, Asp | born c1738, Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit; daughter of Paul BOUDREAUX & Madeleine- or Marie-Josèphe DOIRON; sister of Anne & Marguerite; married (1)Joseph CLOSSINET, c1756, probably Île St.-Jean; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, 25 Nov 1758 aboard Supply, arrived St.-Malo 9 Mar 1759, called Francoise BOUDEROT, age 20; married, age 28, (2)Marin DUGAS, son of Jean-Baptiste DUGAS & Marguerite BENOIT, 5 Nov 1766, St.-Servan, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Françoise BOUDREAU, widow Marin DUGAS, listed singly; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 45[sic], widow, head of family; married, age 48, (3)Charles DAIGLE, widower of Anne-Marie VINCENT, 5 Feb 1786, St.-Gabriel; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Francisca BOUDRAUX, age 56, with husband & no children; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Françoise BOUDREAU, age 57[sic], with husband & no children; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Françoise, no surname given, age 57[sic], with husband & no children; died [buried] Assumption 10 Sep 1798, age 56[sic] |
| Geneviève-Sophie BOUDREAUX 93 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp | born & baptized 16 Aug 1774, St.-Servan, France; called Sophie; daughter of Victor BOUDREAUX & his second wife Geneviève RICHARD; sister of Anne-Jeanne & Noël-Victor, half-sister of Cécile, Hélène-Marie-Rose, Jean-Baptiste, & Joseph; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 11; moved to Lafourche valley; married, age 27, Jean-Hilaire CLÉMENT, son of Hilaire CLÉMENT & Tarsile NAQUIN, 14 Sep 1801, Assumption, now Plattenville |
| Hélène BOUDREAUX 31 | Dec 1785 | Asp? | born Apr 1785, France; daughter of Amand BOUDREAUX & his second wife Marie-Pérrine NOGUES; sister of Joseph & Marie, half-sister of Francois-Joseph & Jean-Baptiste; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, an infant; moved to Lafourche valley?; not in Valenzuéla census of 1788 with the rest of her family, so she probably died young |
| Hélène-Marie-Rose BOUDREAUX 82 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp, Lf | born c1754, probably Île St.-Jean; called Marie-Rose; daughter of Victor BOUDREAUX & his first wife Catherine-Josèphe HÉBERT; sister of Cécile, Jean-Baptiste, & Joseph, half-sister of Anne-Jeanne, Noël-Victor, & Sophie; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard Supply 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 9 Mar 1759, called Hélène-Marie-Rose, age 6; married Francois-Pierre LE LORRE, France; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 31; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Maria Rosa BOUDRAUX, age 42, with husband Francisco LE TOREC age 40, son Francisco LE TOREC age 4, & brother Josef BOUDRAUX age 30; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Marie BOUDREAUT, age 43, with husband Francois DELOREC age 41, son Francois [DELOREC] age 6, & brother Joseph age 32, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Marie, no surname given, age 45, with husband Francois LOREC age 43, & son Francois [LOREC] age 8, 5/40 arpents, 0 slaves; died Lafourche Interior Parish 6 Feb 1823, age 72[sic] |
| Henriette-Charlotte BOUDREAUX 32 | Sep 1785 | Asp? | born & baptized 4 Sep 1772, Plouër, France; daughter of Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX & his first wife Agnès TRAHAN; sister of Joseph-Marie & Marie, half-sister of Félix-Marie, Marguerite-Renée, & Pierre-David; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 13; moved to Lafourche valley?; not in Valenzuéla censuses of 1788 & 1791 with the rest of her family, so she probably died young |
| Ignace BOUDREAUX 33 | Dec 1785 | BdE | born c1750; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard Supply 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 9 Mar 1759, called Ignace BOUDEROT, age 8, with family of uncle Antoine BOUDROT; at St.-Servan, France, 1759-72; carpenter; at Morlaix, France, with Royal Artillery Corps, 1772; married Anne PIERSON, c1780, France; on list of Acadians at "Bel Isles," France, Sep 1784, called Ignace BOUDRAU, with unnamed wife & 1 unnamed son; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 36, head of family |
| Jean BOUDREAUX 34 | Feb 1765 | Atk | born c1740; son of probably Michel BOUDREAUX & Marie-Anne LEBLANC; married Marguerite GUILBEAU, daughter of Joseph GUILBEAU dit L'Officier & Madeleine MICHEL, late 1750s or early 1760s; on list of Acadian prisoners at Halifax, Aug 1763, called Jean BOUDRAU, with unnamed wife & no children; arrived LA Feb 1765, age 25, with party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil; on list of Acadians who exchanged card money in New Orleans, Apr 1765, called Jean BOUDRO; in Attakapas census, 1766, District of the Pointe, called Juan BOUDREAU, with 1 woman & 1 boy in his household; died late 1760s, when his wife remarried at Attakapas |
| Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX 37 | Jul 1785 | StG, BR, Asp, Lf | born c1753, probably Pigiguit; son of Alexandre BOUDREAUX & Marie-Madeleine VINCENT of l'Assomption, Pigiguit; exiled to VA 1755, age 2; deported to England 1756, age 3; repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 10; at St.-Suliac, France, 1763-72; sailor; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; married, age 21, (1)Marie-Modeste TRAHAN, daughter of Joseph TRAHAN & Anne THÉRIOT, 18 Oct 1774, St.-Jean-L'Evangeliste, Châtellerault, France; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Jean-Bte. BOUDRAU, with wife Marie-Magdeleine[sic], 1 unnamed son, 2 unnamed daughters, & [probably brother-in-law] Jean-Bte. TRAHAN; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 29[sic], head of family; married, age 33, (2)Anne-Josèphe HENRY, daughter of Pierre HENRY & his first wife Marie-Madeleine PITRE of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, & widow of Théodore THÉRIOT, 27 Feb 1786, Manchac or Baton Rouge; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, called Juan Bta. BODRO, with unnamed wife [Anne-Josèphe], 4 unnamed children [son Jean-Constant, daughters Marguerite, Marie-Félicité, & stepdaughter Angélique THÉRIOT], 9 units corn, 1/4 unit rice; on list of inhabitants of Baton Rouge, Nov 1792, called Jean-Baptiste BOUDAUD; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUT, age 43[sic], with wife Anne age 46, son Jean age 19, [step]daughter Angélique [THÉRIOT] age 17, daughter Margueritte age 15, 6/50 arpents, 0 slaves; died Lafourche Interior Parish 12 Jun or Jul 1832, age 79 |
| Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX, père 39 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born 8 Oct 1759, England; son of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & Anastasie CÉLESTIN dit BELLEMÈRE; brother of Charles & Joseph-Marie; repatriated to France aboard L'Ambition, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 4; at St.-Servan, France, 1763-72; probably in Poitou, France, 1773-75/76; borer; married, age 19, Marguerite BEDEL dite Picard of Targe, Poitou, daughter of Francois BEDEL & Jeanne _____, 30 Jun 1778, Targe; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Jean-Bte. BOUDREAU, with wife Margueritte BIDOINE & 1 unnamed son [Jean-Baptiste, fils]; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 25, head of family; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUT, age 28, with wife Margueritte, no surname given, age 27, son Laurent age 10[sic, only 1], 6 arpents, 20 qts. corn, 2 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Jean-Baptiste BOUDEREAU, age 30[sic], with wife Margrithe, no surname given, age 29, sons Laurent age 4, Antoine age 2, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 40 qts. corn, 2 horned cattle, 0 horses, 12 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Juan Bautista BOUDRAUX, age 37, Margarita BEDELLE age 35, sons Lorenzo age 9, Antonio age 7, daughters Maria age 5, & Margarita age 2; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUT, age 33[sic], with wife Margueritte BEDELLE age 36, sons Lorent age 10, Antoine age 8, daughters Marie age 6, & Margueritte age 4, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUT, age 39, with wife Margueritte, no surname given, age 38, sons Lorent age 10, Antoine age 8, Jean-Baptiste age 2, daughters Marie age 6, & Margueritte age 4, 6/50 arpents, 0 slaves; died [buried] Assumption 3 Aug 1799, age 39 |
| Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX, fils 40 | Sep 1785 | Asp? | born c1783, France; son of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & Marguerite BEDEL; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 2; not in Valenzuéla censuses of 1788 & 1791 with the rest of his family, so he probably died young & may not have survived the crossing from France |
| Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX 41 | Dec 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 9 Feb 1770, Plouër, France; son of Amand BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marie COUILLARD; brother of François-Joseph, half-brother of Hélène, Joseph, & Marie; at Plouër 1770-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 15; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Jean, age 17, with widowed father & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Juan, age 26, with family of brother Francisco & brother Josef; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Jean BOUDREAUT, age 27, with family of brother François & brother Joseph; married, age 28, Anne-Henriette BOUDREAUX, daughter of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marguerite THIBODEAUX, & widow of Pierre-Honoré LEBLANC, 19 Feb 1798, Assumption, now Plattenville |
| Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX 36 | Dec 1785 | Asp, Lf | born & baptized 12 Oct 1767, Trigavou, France; son of Olivier BOUDREAUX & his second wife Anne DUGAS; brother of Marie, half-brother of Madeleine-Josèphe; plowman; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 17; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Jean BOUDREAUT, age 20, with widowed mother & sister; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Jean BOUDEREAU, age 23, listed singly, with 0 slaves, 4 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 50 qts. corn, 0 horned cattle, 0 horses, 19 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Juan BOUDRAUX, age 20[sic], with widowed mother; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Jean BOUDROT, age 21[sic], with widowed mother, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Jean BOUDREAUT, age 28[sic], with widowed mother, 6/25 arpents, 0 slaves; married, age 34, Françoise-Olive PITRE of St.-Malo, France, daughter of Olivier PITRE & Marie MOÏSE, & widow of Mathurin-Chévalier FRILOT, 26 Dec 1802, Assumption, now Plattenville; "accidentally drowned" Interior Parish Aug 1807, age 40, inquest dated 12 Aug 1807; succession inventory record dated 28 Sep 1807, Interior Parish courthouse |
| *Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX 97 | Dec 1788 | Asp, Lf | born & baptized 20 Dec 1767, St.-Servan, France; son of Victor BOUDREAUX & his first wife Catherine-Josèphe HÉBERT; brother of Cécile, Hélène-Marie-Rose, & Joseph, half-brother of Anne-Jeanne, Geneviève-Sophie, & Noël-Victor; at St.-Servan 1767-72; probably a sailor; arrived LA Dec 1788 aboard schooner La Brigite from Île St.-Pierre, age 21; married, age 26, (1)Marie-Françoise, called Françoise, LEBLANC, daughter of Charles LEBLANC & Rosalie TRAHAN of St.-Malo, France, 30 Nov 1793, Assumption, now Plattenville; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Juan BOUDRAUX, age 29, with wife Francisca age 27, son Basilio age 1, & half-brother Noël age 22; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Jean BOUDREAUT, age 30, with wife Françoise age 28, son Basille age 2, & half-brother Noël age 23, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Jean BOUDREAUT, age 27[sic], with wife Marie age 26, sons Basille age 4, & Jean-Baptiste age 1, 6/40 arpents, 0 slaves; married, age 40, (2)Marie-Rose BENOIT of Châtellerault, France, daughter of Grégoire BENOIT & Marie-Rose CARRET, 25 Apr 1803, Assumption; died Lafourche Interior Parish 13 or 15 Oct 1848, age 88[sic]; succession inventory record dated 28 Oct 1848, Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse |
| Jean-Charles dit Donat BOUDREAUX 42 | Feb 1765 | Atk | born c1761, Boston, MA?; son of Jean BOUDREAUX & Marguerite GUILBEAU; arrived LA Feb 1765, age 4, with party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil; in Atakapas census, 1766, District of the Pointe, unnamed, probably the boy in the household of Juan BOUDREAU; in Attakapas census, 1771, unnamed, age 11, with stepfather Simond LEBLANC, mother, 2 stepbrothers, & 1 stepsister; in Attakapas census, 1781, called BOUDROT, no first name, with 1 individual, 28 animals, & 5 arpents?; married Dorothée COMEAUX, daughter of Charles COMEAUX & Anastasie SAVOIE of St. Landry Parish, probably Attakapas, 1780s; on Attakapas militia list, Aug 1789, called Juan BUDRO; died St. Martin Parish 12 Jun 1807, age 45, buried next day; succession record dated 4 Oct 1808, St. Martin Parish courthouse |
| Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX 43 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born c1733, l'Assomption, Pigiguit; son of François BOUDREAUX & Angélique DOIRON; brother of Amand & perhaps Félix; exiled to VA 1755, age 22; deported to England 1756, age 23; married, age 25, (1)Agnès TRAHAN, daughter of Jean TRAHAN & Charlotte COMEAUX, 1758, Bristol, England; repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 30; at Plouër, France, 1763-72; wood polisher & wigmaker; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; married, age 47, (2)Marguerite-Victoire GUIDRY, daughter of Charles GUIDRY & his first wife Adélaïde-Madeleine HÉBERT, 22 Aug 1780, St.-Similien, Nantes; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Jean-Charles BOUDREAU, with wife, 2 unnamed sons, & 2 unnamed daughters; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 51[sic], head of family; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Jean-Charles BOUDREAUT, age 55, with wife Margueritte age 45, sons Pierre[-David] age 4, & Phélix age 2, daughter Éleine [Marguerite-Renée] age 6, 6 arpents, 12 qts. corn, 4 swine; died by Jan 1791, when his wife was listed in the Valenzuéla census as a widow |
| Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX 44 | Sep 1785 | Asp? | baptized 1 Mar 1785, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; son of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & Marguerite BEDEL; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, an infant; not in Valenzuéla censuses of 1788 & 1791 with the rest of his family, so he probably died young & may not have survived the crossing from France |
| Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX 45 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 11 Nov 1767, St.-Servan, France; son of Joseph BOUDREAUX & Marguerite RICHARD dit Sapin; brother of Jean-Joseph, Marie-Marthe, & Sophie; at St.-Servan 1767-72; at Plouër, France, 1772-73; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; sailor; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents, siblings, & an orphan; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 18; married, age 21, (1)Marguerite-Anne LEBLANC, daughter of Pierre LEBLANC & Marie LANDRY, 31 May 1787, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; married, age 26, (2)Marie BERTRAND, daughter of Pierre BERTRAND & Catherine BOURG, 4 Feb 1793, Ascension; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Juan BOUDRAUX, age 27, with wife Maria age 22, sons Simon[-Hypolite] age 8, Juan [Jean-Charles] age 5, Narciso age 2, & Valentin age 1 |
| Jean-Constant BOUDREAUX 46 | Jul 1785 | StG, BR, Asp | baptized 15 Nov 1778, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; called Constant; son of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marie-Modeste TRAHAN; brother of Marguerite-Marie & Marie-Félicité; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & sisters; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 6; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with father, stepmother, sisters, & stepsister; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Jean, age 19, with father, stepmother, sister, & stepsister; married, age 21, Ursule HENRY, daughter of Charles HENRY & his first wife Marie BERNARD, 28 Apr 1800, Assumption, now Plattenville; died by Jan 1813, when his wife remarried in Assumption Parish |
| Jean-Étienne BOUDREAUX 47 | Nov 1785 | Asp | baptized 16 Apr 1779, St.-Clément, Nantes, France; called Étienne; son of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marguerite THIBODEAUX; brother of Anne-Henriette, Blaise-Julien, Cécile-Marguerite, Joseph-Marie, Marguerite-Susanne, & Yves; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 5; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, age 8, with parents, siblings, & cousin Étienne BOUDREAUT; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, age 11, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Estevan, age 14, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Étienne, age 16, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Étienne, age 18, with parents & siblings; married, age 19, Élisabeth/Isabelle HÉBERT, daughter of Joseph-Ignace HÉBERT & Anne DUGAS, 25 Nov 1799, Assumption, now Plattenville |
| Jean-François BOUDREAUX 35 | Aug 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 14 Sep 1773, St.-Servan, France; son of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & Marie-Josèphe DAIGLE; brother of Marie-Rose; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed mother & unnamed sister; sailed to LA on La Bergère, age 11, traveled with widowed mother; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, age 13, with mother, stepfather Pierre THÉRIOT, père, & stepbrother Pierre [THÉRIOT, fils]; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Jean BOUDREAUT, age 26, listed singly, with 6/50 arpents, 0 slaves; never married? |
| Jean-Joseph BOUDREAUX 52 | Nov 1785 | Asp, Lf | baptized 23 Jul 1776, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; called Joseph & Joson; son of Joseph BOUDREAUX & Marguerite RICHARD dit Sapin; brother of Jean-Charles, Marie-Marthe, & Sophie; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents, siblings, & an orphan; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 9; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, age 11, with parents, siblings, & orphan Marie HÉBERT; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, age 15, with parents, siblings, & "minor premise" Marie HÉBERT; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef, age 19, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, age 20, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, age 20[sic], with parents & siblings; married, age 27, Eulalie-Martine DUGAS, daughter of Ambroise DUGAS & Marie-Victoire PITRE, 28 Jun 1803, Assumption, now Plattenville; died [buried] Assumption Parish 8 Oct 1821, age 45 |
| Joseph BOUDREAUX 48 | 1765 | StJ, Asc? | born Philadelphia, PA?; son of Joseph BOUDREAUX & Anne BLANCHARD?; married (1?)_______; on list of Acadian prisoners at Halifax, Aug 1763, called Joseph BOUDROU, with unnamed wife & no children; arrived LA 1765; in Cabanocé census, 1766, VERRET's Company, Cabanocé Militia, called Joseph BOUDREAU, with 1 unnamed woman & 1 unnamed girl in his household; married (2?)Marie-Rose, called Rosalie, BABIN, daughter of Joseph BABIN & Osite LEBLANC, & widow of Benjamin LEBLANC, 12 May 1806, Ascension? |
| Joseph BOUDREAUX 38 | Aug 1785 | Asp, Atk | born & baptized 14 May 1767, St.-Servan, France; son of Charles BOUDREAUX & his second wife Marie-Madeleine BOURGEOIS; half-brother of Cécile; sailor; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, an orphan with half-sister Cécile & a niece; sailed to LA on La Bergère, age 18, called Jean, traveled with widowed half-sister & a niece; moved to Attakapas District; married, age 25, Élisabeth/Isabelle-Apolline TRAHAN of Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, daughter of Pierre TRAHAN & Marguerite DUHON of Pigiguit, 19 Nov 1792, Attakapas, now St. Martinville; died Lafayette Parish 1 Dec 1838, age 68[sic] |
| Joseph BOUDREAUX 50 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born c1744, probably Minas; son of Michel BOUDREAUX & Claire COMEAUX; exiled to VA 1755, age 11; deported to England 1756, age 12; repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 19; carpenter; married, age 21, Marguerite RICHARD dit Sapin, daughter of Jean RICHARD dit Sapin & Cécile GAUTREAUX, 27 Jun 1763, St.-Servan, France; at St.-Servan 1763-72; at Plouër, France, 1772-73; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Joseph BOUDREAU, with wife, 2 unnamed sons, 2 unnamed daughters, & 1 unnamed orphan; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 40, head of family; received from Spanish on arrival 1 each of shovel, hatchet, & knife, 2 axes, 3 hoes; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 45, with wife Margueritte age 44, sons Joseph age 11, Simon age 1, daughter Sophie age 5, orphan Marie HÉBERT age 14, 6 arpents, 20 qts. corn, 4 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Joseph BOUDEREAU, age 48, with wife Margrithe age 47, sons Joseph 15, Simon age 5, daughter Sophie age 10, "minor premise" Marie HÉBERT age 17, 0 slaves, 5 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 80 qts. corn, 6 horned cattle, 1 horse, 14 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef BOUDRAUX, age 52[sic], with wife Margarita age 52, sons Josef age 19, Simon age 10, & daughter Sophia age 13; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 53, with wife Margueritte age 53, sons Joseph age 20, Simon age 11, Jean age 6, Racico age 3, Valentin age 1, & daughter Sophie age 14, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 55[sic], with wife Margueritte age 55, sons Joseph age 20, Simon age 12, & daughter Sophie age 15, 6/60 arpents, 0 slaves |
| Joseph BOUDREAUX 58 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 22 Feb 1765, Trigavou, France; son of Antoine BOUDREAUX & Brigitte APART; brother of Charles-Michel, Étienne, Francois-Xavier, Marguerite-Josèphe, & Marie-Madeleine; at Trigavou, 1765-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; carpenter; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed mother & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 19, traveled with widowed mother; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 22, listed singly, with 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 10 qts. corn, 0 cattle, 0 horses, & 0 swine; married, age 26, Marie-Jeanne LANGLINAIS, 27 Feb 1791, Ascension, now Donaldsonville? |
| Joseph BOUDREAUX 53 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp | born c1758, probably Île St.-Jean; son of Victor BOUDREAUX & his first wife Catherine-Josèphe HÉBERT; brother of Cécile, Hélène-Marie-Rose, & Jean-Baptiste, half-brother of Anne-Jeanne, Geneviève-Sophie, & Noël-Victor; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard Supply 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 9 Mar 1759, called Joseph BOUDEROT, age 18 mos.; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 27, no occupation listed; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Joseph BOUDEREAU, age 33, with family of cousin Tranquil ARSEMAN; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef BOUDRAUX, age 30[sic, actually 37], with family of sister Maria Rosa & brother-in-law Francisco LE TOREC; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Joseph BOUDREAU, age 32[sic], with family of sister Marie & brother-in-law François DELOREC; never married? |
| *Joseph BOUDREAUX 99 | 1785? | Atk | married Marie-Francoise SEMERE, called Françoise, daughter of Germain SEMERE & Marie TRAHAN of Grand-Pré, 30 May 1785, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; arrived LA 1785?; died by Aug 1796, when his wife remarried at Attakapas |
| Joseph-Alain BOUDREAUX 54 | Dec 1785 | Asp, Atk | born c1781, probably Plouër, France; son of Amand BOUDREAUX & his second wife Marie-Pérrine NOGUES; brother of Hélène & Marie, half-brother of Francois-Joseph & Jean-Baptiste; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 4; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, age 5, with widowed father & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef, age 14, with family of brother Francisco & brother Juan[-Baptiste]; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, age 15, with family of brother François & brother Jean; married, age 22, (1)Marie-Jeanne BILLARDIN/VILLARDIN, daughter of Lambert BILLARDIN/VILLARDIN & Marguerite DAIGLE of Morlaix, France, 24 Oct 1803, Assumption, now Plattenville; moved to St. Martin Parish; married, age 46, (2)Rosalie LANDRY, daughter of Firmin LANDRY & Scholastique THIBODEAUX, & widow of Henry Léonard RANSONET, 8 Oct 1827, St. Martinville |
| Joseph-Baptiste BOUDREAUX 56 | 1785? | ? | married Marie PITRE |
| Joseph-Félix-Simon BOUDREAUX 55 | Dec 1785 | Asp | born c1763, Morlaix, France; son of Félix BOUDREAUX & Agnès BOUDREAUX; sailor; married Marie-Julienne, or Julienne-Marie, BROSSIER, daughter of Pierre BROSSIER & Jeanne DELINOT, France; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 22, head of family; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Joseph BOUDEREAU, age 25[sic], with wife Marie-Julien BROSQUIN, age 24, son Joseph age 3, daughter Marie-Luce age 1, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 100 qts. corn, 4 horned cattle, 0 horses, 12 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef BOUDRAUX, age 30[sic], with wife Maria BROSSIER age 28, sons Juan Josef age 7, & Josef age 2, & daughters Lucas [Marie-Luce] age 5 & Adélaïdes age 1; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 31[sic], with wife Marie BROSSIER age 29, sons Jean-Joseph age 8 & Joseph age 3, & daughters Luc [Marie-Luce, called his son] age 6 & Adélaïde age 2, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 34, with wife Julienne, no surname given, age 32, sons Jean age 9, Joseph age 4, daughters Marie[-Luce] age 7, & [Jeanne-]Adélaïde age 2, 6/50 arpents, 0 slaves |
| *Joseph-Marie BOUDREAUX 103 | Jul 1785 | StG, Asp, Asc | born 3 Jan 1786, probably Manchac, baptized 15 Apr 1786, Manchac; son of Paul-Dominique BOUDREAUX & Marie-Olive LANDRY; brother of Paul-Marie; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, in utero; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef, age 10, with parents & brothers; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Joseph, age 11, with parents & brothers; married, age 20, Anne Josèphe DUGAS, daughter of Athanase DUGAS & Rose LEBLANC, & widow of Louis FORET, 20 Aug 1806, Ascension, now Donaldsonville |
| *Joseph-Marie BOUDREAUX 57 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born 22 May 1765, Port St.-Hubert, baptized same day, Plouër, France; son of Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX & his first wife Agnès TRAHAN; brother of Henriette-Charlotte & Marie, half-brother of Félix-Marie, Marguerite-Renée, & Pierre-David; at Plouër 1765-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with father, stepmother, & siblings?; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, no age given; married, age 26, Marie-Isabelle DAROIS, daughter of Étienne DAROIS & Madeleine TRAHAN, 21 May 1791, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; died by Dec 1795, when his wife was listed in the Valenzuéla census without him |
| Joseph-Marie BOUDREAUX 49 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born 17 Mar 1766, baptized 18 Mar 1766, St.-Servan, France; son of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & Anastasie CÉLESTIN dit BELLEMÈRE; brother of Charles & Jean-Baptiste; at St.-Servan, 1766-72; probably in Poitou, France, 1773-75/76; sailor; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with stepfather Honoré COMMAU, mother, unnamed brother, & orphan Charles GAUTRAU; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 17[sic], traveled with mother & stepfather; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Joseph, no surname given, age 19[sic], with widowed mother & brother Charles; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Joseph BOUDEREAU, age 22[sic], with brother Charles, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 60 qts. corn, 1 horned cattle, 0 horses, 7 swine; married, age 20, Anne-Isabelle TRAHAN, daughter of probably Joachim-Hyacinthe TRAHAN & his second wife Marie-Madeleine DUHON, 22 Feb 1786, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef BOUDRAUX, age 32[sic], with wife Isabel TRAHAN age 30, son Angel age 1, daughters Rosa age 8, & Magdelena age 7?; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 33[sic], with wife Isabelle, no surname given, age 31, son Angel age 2, daughters Rose age 10, & Magdeleinne age 8, 0 slaves? |
| Joseph-Marie BOUDREAUX 51 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born 30 Sep 1765, Mordreaux, France, baptized same day, Pleudihen, France; son of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marguerite THIBODEAUX; brother of Anne-Henriette, Blaise-Julien, Cécile-Marguerite, Jean-Étienne, Marguerite-Susanne, & Yves; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; carpenter; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 19; married, age 20, (1)Marie-Charlotte PITRE, daughter of Claude PITRE & Marie RICHARD of Pleudihen, 28 Jan 1786, New Orleans, soon after they reached LA on separate ships; married, age 21, (2)Marguerite-Ludivine PITRE, daughter of Anselme PITRE & his first wife Isabelle DUGAS, 4 Oct 1787, New Orleans or Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 23, with wife Marie[sic] age 21, no children, 6 arpents, 10 qts. corn, 2 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Joseph BOUDEREAUX, age 25, with wife Margrithe age 20, son Joseph & daughter Margrithe age 1, 0 slaves, 6 arpents next to brother-in-law Mathurin ALLIOT, 0 qts. rice, 100 qts. corn, 7 horned cattle, 0 horses, 30 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Josef BOUDRAUX, age 30, with wife Margarita age 25, sons Josef age 5, Isidoro age 2, daughters Cécilia age 3, & Constancia age 1, next to brother Blas; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Joseph BOUDREAUT, age 31, with wife Margueritte age 26, sons Joseph age 6, Isidore age 3, daughters Cécille age 4, & Constance age 3, 0 slaves, next to brother Blaise |
| Madeleine BOUDREAUX 59 | Nov 1785 | SB | born c1727; married Joseph AUCOIN; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Magdeleine BOUDREAU, with husband & no children; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 58 |
| Madeleine-Josèphe BOUDREAUX 60 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born c1745, Pigiguit; daughter of Olivier BOUDREAUX & his first wife Henriette GUÉRIN of l'Assomption; half-sister of Jean-Baptiste & Marie; on Île St.-Jean 1752, age 7; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Marguerite-Josèphe BOUDEROT, age 15; married, age 21, Charles-Olivier GUILLOT, son of Jean-Baptiste GUILLOT & his first wife Marie-Madeleine ARCEMENT of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, 25 Nov 1766, Trigavou, France; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Magdeleine BOUDREAU, with husband, 2 sons, & 1 daughter; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 40; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Magdeleinne BOUDREAUT, age 44[sic], with husband, 2 sons, & 1 daughter; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Madelaine BOUDEREAU, age 47, with husband, 1 son, & 1 daughter; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Magdalena BRAUX[sic], age 50, with husband & 1 daughter; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Magdeleinne BOUDREAUT, age 51, with husband & 1 daughter; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Magdelenne, no surname given, age 58[sic], with husband & no children |
| Marguerite BOUDREAUX 61 | Jul 1785 | StG, Asc | born c1735, Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit; daughter of Paul BOUDREAUX & Madeleine- or Marie-Josèphe DOIRON of Pigiguit; sister of Anne & Françoise-Marie; married, age 24, (1)Joseph HÉBERT, 7 Nov 1759, St.-Servan, France; married, age 24, (2)Charles LANDRY, son of Charles LANDRY & Marie LEBLANC of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, 7 Nov 1759, St.-Servan, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Marguerite BOUDREAU, with husband, 6 sons, & 1 daughter; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 48; died [buried] Ascension Parish 16 Dec 1826, age 93, a widow |
| Marguerite BOUDREAUX 62 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born c1740; daughter of Jean BOUDREAUX & Catherine BRASSEAUX; married, age 19, Benjamin PITRE, son of Claude PITRE & Marguerite DOIRON of Cobeguit, & widower of Jeanne MOÏSE, 27 Nov 1759, La Gouesniere, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-76; in Fourth Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Mar 1776; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Marguerite BOUDREAU, widow Jean[sic] PITRE, with 2 unnamed sons, & 4 unnamed daughters; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 46, widow, head of family; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Margueritte BOUDREAUT widow PITRE, age 47, with son Jean [PITRE] age 6, daughters Marie [PITRE] age 25, Magdeleinne [PITRE] age 23, Olivette [PITRE] age 19, & Margueritte [PITRE] age 17, 6 arpents, 20 qts. corn, 1 swine |
| Marguerite-Josèphe BOUDREAUX 64 | Nov 1785 | Asp? | born & baptized 17 Apr 1768, Trigavou, France; daughter of Antoine BOUDREAUX & Brigitte APART; sister of Charles-Michel, Étienne, Francois-Xavier, Joseph, & Marie-Madeleine; at Trigavou 1768-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed mother & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 16, traveled with widowed mother; never married? |
| Marguerite-Marie BOUDREAUX 65 | Jul 1785 | StG, BR, Asp, Lf | baptized 29 Mar 1783, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; daughter of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marie-Modeste TRAHAN; sister of Jean-Constant & Marie-Félicité; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 2; moved to Baton Rouge district; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with father, stepmother, brother, sister, & stepsister; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Margueritte, age 15, with father, stepmother, brother, & stepsister; married, age 17, (1)Gabriel-Guillaume AUCOIN, son of Joseph AUCOIN & his second wife Anne HÉBERT, 28 Apr 1800, Assumption, now Plattenville; married, age 27, (2)Joseph Marcellin DUBOIS, son of Jacque-Olivier DUBOIS & Marie-Madeleine MICHEL, 14 May 1810, Assumption; married, age 65, (3)Hyacinthe Laurent AUCOIN, son Joseph AUCOIN & his second wife Anne HÉBERT, widower of Marie Céleste DELAUNE, & her first husband's younger brother, 28 Feb 1848, Thibodaux; died Assumption Parish 17 Apr 1855, age 72, buried next day |
| Marguerite-Renée BOUDREAUX 66 | Sep 1785 | Asp | baptized 18 Jun 1781, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; daughter of Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX & his second wife Marguerite-Victoire GUIDRY; sister of Félix-Marie & Pierre-David, half-sister of Henriette-Charlotte, Joseph-Marie, & Marie; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 3; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Eleine, age 6, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Rennés, age 9, with widowed mother & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Margarita, age 15, with mother, stepfather Grégorio CHICO, full & half siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Margueritte, age 16, with mother, stepfather, full & half siblings; married, age 17, Jean-Baptiste USÉ, son of Ignace USÉ & his second wife Cécile BOURG, & widower of Francoise-Victoire HENRY, 19 Aug 1799, Assumption, now Plattenville |
| Marguerite-Susanne BOUDREAUX 63 | Nov 1785 | Asp? | baptized 10 May 1782, St.-Léonard, Nantes, France; daughter of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marguerite THIBODEAUX; sister of Anne-Henriette, Blaise-Julien, Cécile-Marguerite, Jean-Étienne, Joseph-Marie, & Yves; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 3; not in the Valenzuéla censuses of 1788 & 1791 with the rest of her family, so she probably died young |
| Marie BOUDREAUX 67 | Jul 1767 | StG | born c1755, MD; daughter of Benjamin BOUDREAUX & Cécile MELANÇON; in report on Acadians at Georgetown & Fredericktown, MD, Jul 1763, called Marie BOUDROT, orphan, with family of Prut. François HÉBERT?; arrived LA 1767, age 12; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Gabriel, 1767, called Maria BODRO, age 12, orphan with family of Amand RICHARD; married, age 21, Amand HÉBERT, son of Paul HÉBERT & Marguerite-Josèphe MELANÇON, 30 Sep 1776, probably St.-Gabriel; in St.-Gabriel census, 1777, left bank ascending, unnamed, age 18[sic], with husband & no children; died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, 2 a.m., 12 Aug 1847, buried next day, age 95[sic], a widow |
| Marie BOUDREAUX 68 | Aug 1785 | Asp | born c1728; exiled to VA 1755, age 27; deported to England 1756, age 28; married, age 31, Joseph TRAHAN, c1759, probably Bristol, England; repatriated to France 1763, age 35; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Marie BOUDREAU, with husband, 3 sons, & 3 daughters; sailed to LA on La Bergère, age 57; died by May 1798, when she was listed in a daughter's marriage record as deceased |
| *Marie BOUDREAUX 70 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 11 Sep 1761, Bristol, England; daughter of Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX & his first wife Agnès TRAHAN; sister of Henriette-Charlotte & Joseph-Marie, half-sister of Félix-Marie, Marguerite-Renée, & Pierre-David; repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 1 1/2; at Plouër, France, 1763-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; married, age 21, (1)Jean-François HAVARD/NAVARRE, son of Jean HAVARD & Jeanne BERNARDEAU of St.-Donatien, Nantes, 26 Aug 1783, St.-Similien, Nantes; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Marie BOUDREAU, with husband Jean AVARE & no children; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi with infant son Jean-Marie HAVARD; granted head-of-family status by Intendant NAVARRO until her husband reached LA aboard L'Amitié; married, age 26, (2?)Joseph FORGERON, 24 Sep 1787, Ascension, now Donaldsonville? |
| Marie BOUDREAUX 71 | Dec 1785 | Asp, Lf | born c1780, probably Plouër, France; daughter of Amand BOUDREAUX & his second wife Marie-Pérrine NOGUES; sister of Hélène & Joseph, half-sister of Francois-Joseph & Jean-Baptiste; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 6[sic]; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, age 8, with widowed father & brothers; married, age 20, François-Malo AUCOIN, son of Joseph AUCOIN & his second wife Anne HÉBERT, 18 Feb 1800, Assumption, now Plattenville; died Lafourche Parish 20 Jun 1853, age 73 |
| Marie BOUDREAUX 72 | Dec 1785 | Asp, StJ?, Asp | born c1735, probably Minas; daughter of perhaps Pierre BOUDREAUX & Rosalie VECO; exiled to VA, age 20; deported to England 1756, age 21; married, age 22, (1?)Jean-Charles THÉRIOT, c1757, England; repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 28; at St.-Servan, France, 1763-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 40[sic, perhaps meant 50], widow, listed singly; married, age 58, (2?)Guillaume-Pierre or Pierre-Guillaume GOYOR, son of Pierre GOYOR & Marie CHALANT of Normandie, 7 Sep 1793, St.-Jacques?; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Maria BOUDRAUX, age 50, with [engagés] Josef SOUSCE age 40, & Pedro FERGE age 41, next to son-in-law Josef GAUTRAUX; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Marie BOUDREAUT, age 51, with engagés Joseph SOUCHE age 41, & Pierre FARGE age 41, next to son-in-law Joseph GAUTREAUX; died [buried] Assumption 27 Oct 1815, age 67[sic]? |
| Marie BOUDREAUX 73 | Dec 1785 | StJ | born c1755, probably Île St.-Jean; daughter of Pierre BOUDREAUX & Madeleine BOURG; sister of Céleste; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; married, age 19, Christophe DELAUNE, son of Christophe DELAUNE & Marguerite CAISSIE dit ROGER, 30 Jun 1774, Archigny, France; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Oct 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Marie BOUDREAU, with husband, 2 sons, & 2 orphans [including probably sister Céleste]; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 30; on list of Acadians at St.-Jacques, 1788, unnamed, with husband, 3 others, & 7 1/2 barrels corn |
| Marie BOUDREAUX 74 | Dec 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 7 Jun 1766, Trigavou, France; daughter of Olivier BOUDREAUX & his second wife Anne DUGAS; sister of Jean-Baptiste, half-sister of Madeleine-Josèphe; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 18; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Marie BOUDREAUT, age 21, with widowed mother & brother; married, age 22, François BRUNET, son of Michel or Vincent BRUNET & Josèphe or Marguerite CHAMBLY of Canada, 5 Jan 1789, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, called Marie BOUDEREAU, age 24, with husband François BRUNER age 33, daughter Marie-Françoise [BRUNER] age 2, Madelaine [BRUNER] age 1, mother Anne DUGA age 65; 0 slaves, 11 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 50 qts. corn, 2 horned cattle, 0 horses, 12 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Maria BOUDRAUX, age 27, with husband Francisco BROUNET age 45, son Francisco [BROUNET] age 4, daughters Maria [BROUNET] age 8, Félicitas [BROUNET] age 6, & Oliva [BROUNET] age 2; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, age 24[sic], with husband François BRUNET age 46, daughters Marie [BRUNET] age 9, Félicité [BRUNET] age 7, & Oliva [BRUNET] age 3, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Marie, no surname given, age 32, with husband François BRUNET age 45, sons Jacque [BRUNET] age 6, Jean [BRUNET] age 4, Jean-Baptiste [BRUNET] age 2, daughters Marie [BRUNET] age 9, & Magdelenne [BRUNET] age 7, 6/50 arpents, 0 slaves |
| Marie-Adélaïde BOUDREAUX 75 | Jul 1785 | StG, Asp | baptized 2 Aug 1780, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; daughter of Louis BOUDREAUX & Perpetué DUGAS; granddaughter of Jean-Baptiste DUGAS; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, orphan with family of Jean-Bte. DUGAS; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 5, traveled with grandfather, step grandmother & an aunt; moved to Lafourche valley; married, age 16, (1)Eustache CARRET, son of Ignace CARRET & Madeleine CLÉMENCEAU, 30 Mar 1796, Assumption, now Plattenville; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, age 18, with husband & no children; married, age 33, (2)Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD of Nantes, son of Grégoire BLANCHARD & Marie-Madeleine LIVOIS, & widower of Marie-Modeste AUCOIN, 31 Jul 1813, Plattenville |
| Marie-Anne BOUDREAUX 76 | Nov 1785 | BR?, Asp, Asc, Asp | born c1784, Nantes, France; daughter of Marin BOUDREAUX & Pélagie BARRILLEAUX; sister of Étienne; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & brother?; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, an infant; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed orphan in family of Anselmo LANDRY?; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Maria BOUDRAUX, age 12, [an orphan] with family of Anselmo LANDRY; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Marie, no surname given, orphan, age 14, with family of Enselme LANDRY; married, age 20, Jean-Baptiste PITRE, son of Tranquille PITRE & Isabelle AUCOIN of Nantes, 15 Jan 1804, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; died Assumption Parish 29 Nov 1858, "age 80[sic] and some years," buried next day |
| Marie-Félicité BOUDREAUX 77 | Jul 1785 | StG, BR, Asp | baptized 11 Feb 1777, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; daughter of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marie-Modeste TRAHAN; sister of Jean-Constant & Marguerite-Marie; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 8; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with father, stepmother, & siblings; married, age 17, Jean-Baptiste-Théodore HENRY of St.-Servan, France, son of Charles HENRY & Marguerite-Josèphe THÉRIOT, 15 Jan 1794, Baton Rouge; moved to Lafourche valley; died by Jul 1803, when her husband remarried at Assumption |
| Marie-Flavie BOUDREAUX 69 | Sep 1785 | Asp? | born c1739, probably Minas; daughter of Jean dit Lami BOUDREAUX & Agathe THIBODEAUX; exiled to VA 1755, age 16; deported to England 1756, age 17; married, age 19, Jean-Baptiste DAIGLE, son of Bernard DAIGLE & Angélique RICHARD of Grand-Pré, c1758, Southampton, England; repatriated to France aboard L'Ambition, arrived St.-Malo 22 May 1763, age 24; at Plouër, France, 1763-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-76; in Fourth Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Mar 1776; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Marie BOUDREAU, with husband, 1 unnamed son, & 1 unnamed daughter; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 50[sic]; died by Jan 1788, when her children were listed without parents in the Valenzuéla census |
| Marie-Madeleine BOUDREAUX 78 | Feb 1768 | Natz, StG | born c1733, probably Pigiguit; daughter of Pierre BOUDREAUX & Madeleine HÉBERT; sister of Brigitte & Élisabeth; married, age 18, (1)Joseph LANDRY, c1751, probably Pigiguit; in report on Acadians at Upper Marlborough, MD, Jul 1763, called Magdelaine LANDRY, with husband, 2 sons, & orphan Margueritte BABIN; arrived LA 1768, age 35; in report on Acadians who settled at St.-Luis de Natchez, 1768, called Magdalena, age 35, with husband, 2 sons, 1 daughter, & orphan Margarita BAVEN; moved to St.-Gabriel; married, age 38 (2)Pierre-Sylvain CLOUÂTRE, son of Pierre CLOISTRE dit CLOUÂTRE & Marguerite LEBLANC, c1771, probably St.-Gabriel |
| Marie-Madeleine BOUDREAUX 79 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 2 Oct 1763, Trigavou, France; daughter of Antoine BOUDREAUX & Brigitte APART; sister of Charles-Michel, Étienne, Francois-Xavier, Joseph, & Marguerite-Josèphe; at Trigavou 1763-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed mother & siblings; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 20[sic], traveled with widowed mother; married, age 23, Jean-François, called François, RASSICOT of Cherbourg, France, son of Jean-Baptiste RASSICOT dit Ratier & Marie-Henriette POTIER of Île St.-Jean, 22 Jan 1787, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; died [buried] Ascension 25 Jan 1787, age 23 |
| Marie-Marthe BOUDREAUX 80 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 26 May 1764, St.-Servan, France; daughter of Joseph BOUDREAUX & Marguerite RICHARD dit Lapin; sister of Jean-Charles, Jean-Joseph, & Sophie; at St.-Servan 1764-72; at Plouër, France, 1772-73; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents, siblings, & an orphan; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 20; married, age 20, Jean-Guillaume CROCHET, son of Yves CROCHET & Pélagie BENOIT, 14 Dec 1785, New Orleans, soon after they reached LA on the same ship; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, left bank, called Marie BOUDREAUT, age 21, with husband & no children; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Marie, no surname given, age 23, with husband & no children; died [buried] Assumption Parish 26 Sep 1821, age 56 |
| Marie-Rose BOUDREAUX 81 | Aug 1785 | Asp | born & baptized 22 Dec 1764, Plouër, France; daughter of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & Marie-Josèphe DAIGLE; sister of Jean; at Plouër 1764-67; at St.-Servan, France, 1767-72; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed mother & brother; sailed to LA on La Bergère, age 21, traveled with widowed mother; married, age 23, Fabien-Joseph BOURG, son of Joseph BOURG & his second wife Marie-Madeleine GRANGER, 25 Apr 1786, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, age 23, with husband & no children next to his father; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, age 26, with husband, 1 son, & 1 daughter next to his brother; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Maria, age 30, with husband, 2 sons, 1 daughter, & a sister-in-law next to his brother; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, age 31, with husband, 2 sons, 2 daughters, next to his brother; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, age 29[sic], with husband, 2 sons, 2 daughters, next to his brother |
| Marin BOUDREAUX 83 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born c1732, probably Minas; son of Étienne BOUDREAUX & Marie-Claire AUCOIN; brother of Étienne; exiled to VA 1755, age 23; deported to England 1756, age 24; repatriated to France from Bristol, England, aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 31; shoemaker; married, age 33, Pélagie BARRILLEAUX, daughter of Pierre BARRILLEAUX & Véronique GIROIR, 7 May 1765, Pleudihen, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Third Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Dec 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes Sep 1784, called Marin BOUDREAU, with wife, 1 son, & 1 daughter; sailed to LA on L'Amitié, age 53, head of family; died [buried] Ascension 8 Oct 1786, age 54 |
| Noël-Victor BOUDREAUX 84 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp, Lf | born & baptized 24 Dec 1776, St.-Servan, France; son of Victor BOUDREAUX & his second wife Geneviève RICHARD; brother of Anne-Jeanne & Geneviève-Sophie, half-brother of Cécile, Hélène-Marie-Rose, Jean-Baptiste, & Joseph; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 11[sic]; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Noël BOUDRAUX, age 22, with family of half-brother Juan [Jean-Baptiste]; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Noël BOUDREAUT, age 23, with family of half-brother Jean; married, age 31, Rose LEBLANC of Nantes, France, daughter of Paul LEBLANC & Anne BOUDREAUX, 13 Feb 1803, Assumption, now Plattenville; died Lafourche Interior Parish 20 Mar 1842, age 66[sic], a widower |
| Olivier BOUDREAUX 85 | 1765 | StJ | born & baptized 20 May 1728, Grand-Pré; son of Michel BOUDREAUX & Cécile LEBLANC; married, age 24, (1)Anne-Marie DUPUIS, daughter of Antoine DUPUIS & Marie-Josèphe DUGAS, c1752, probably Grand-Pré; arrived LA 1765, age 37; in Cabanocé census, 1766, left [east] bank, JUDICE's Company, Cabanocé Militia, called Ollivie & Ollivier BOUDRAU, age 29[sic], with no wife listed so probably a widower, son Simon age 13, 0 slaves, 5 arpents, 0 cattle, 0 sheep, 0 hogs, 1 gun; married, age 39, (2)Anne GAUDET, daughter of Pierre GAUDET & Marie BELLIVEAU, & widow of Michel DUPUIS, 2 Oct 1767, Cabanocé; in Cabanocé census, 1769, occupying lot number 124, left [east] bank, called Ollivier BOUDREAU, age 43[sic], with wife Anne age 44, son Simon age 14, stepdaughters Marie DUPUIS age 17, Monique [DUPUIS] age 14, & nephew Joseph DUPUIS age 18; in St.-Jacques census, 1777, left [east] bank, called Ollivier BOUDREAU, age 49, with wife Anne age 51 & no one else; in St.-Jacques census, 1779, called Ollivier BOUDREAUX, with 7 whites, 1 slave, 12 qts. rice, 75 qts. corn; died [buried] St.-Jacques 1 Nov 1782, age 52 |
| Olivier BOUDREAUX 86 | Dec 1785 | Asp | born 22 Jun 1712, baptized 16 Jul 1712, Grand-Pré; son of Denis BOUDREAUX & Agnès VINCENT; married, age 28, (1)Henriette GUÉRIN, daughter of Jérôme GUÉRIN & Isabelle AUCOIN, c1740; settled l'Assomption, Pigiguit; on Île St.-Jean 1752, age 41; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard on of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Olivier BOUDEROT, age 47; at Trigavou, France, 1762, age 50; plowman; married (2)Anne DUGAS, daughter of Charles DUGAS & Marie BENOIT, 24 May 1762, St.-Enogat, France; at St.-Malo 1772, age 60; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Olivier BOUDREAU, with wife, 2 unnamed sons, & 1 unnamed daughter; sailed to LA on La Caroline, age 74, head of family; died by Jan 1788, when his wife was listed in the Valenzuéla census as a widow |
| Paul-Dominique BOUDREAUX 87 | Jul 1785 | StG, BR, Asp, Lf | born & baptized 9 Sep 1761, Trigavou, France; son of Zacherie BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marguerite DAIGLE; brother of Benjamin-Hilaire & Charles; at Trigavou 1761-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Oct 1775; sailor; married, age 20, Marie-Olive LANDRY, daughter of Anselme LANDRY & Agathe BARRILLEAUX, 6 May 1783, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Paul BOUDRAU, with wife & 1 unnamed son; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 24[sic], head of family; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, called Pablo Dominic BUDRO, with 5 unnamed persons in his family, 6 barrels corn, 1/4 qt. rice; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Pablo, age 35, with wife Maria age 30, sons Pablo age 12, Josef age 10, Carlos age 8, Maturino age 5, & Florentin age 1; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Paulle BOUDREAUT, age 37, with wife Marie age 31, sons Paulle age 13, Joseph age 11, Charles age 9, Mathurin age 6, & Florentin age 2, 0 slaves; died Lafourche Interior Parish 17 Dec 1832, age 71 |
| Paul-Marie BOUDREAUX 88 | Jul 1785 | StG, BR, Asp, Lf | born & baptized 3 Oct 1771, St.-Servan, France; son of Francois BOUDREAUX & his second wife Euphrosine BARRILLEAUX; stepson of Charles BROUSSARD; at St.-Servan 1771-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-76; in Fourth Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Mar 1776; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with mother, stepfather, & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 13, with mother & stepfather's family; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with mother, stepfather, & step-siblings; on list of inhabitants of Baton Rouge, Nov 1792, called Polle BOUDRO; moved to Lafourche valley; married, age 22, Élisabeth/Isabelle-Modeste PITRE, daughter of Charles PITRE & Anne HENRY of St.-Malo, 28 Sep 1794, Assumption, now Plattenville; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Pablo BOUDRAU, age 24, with wife Isabel age 22, daughter Isabel age 1, & widowed mother age 49; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Paulle BOUDREAU, age 25, with wife Isabelle age 23, daughter Isabelle age 2, & widowed mother age 50, 0 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Paulle BOUDREAUT, age 26, with wife Isabelle age 24, son Jean age 10[sic, probably meant 1], & daughter Isabelle age 3, 4/45 arpents, 0 slaves; died Lafourche Interior Parish 14 Sep 1846, age 75, a widower |
| Paul-Marie BOUDREAUX 89 | Jul 1785 | StG, BR, Asp | baptized 5 May 1784, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; son of Paul-Dominique BOUDREAUX & Marie-Olive LANDRY; brother of Joseph-Marie; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, an infant; on list of Acadians at Fort Bute, Manchac, 1788, unnamed, with parents & others; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Pablo, age 12, with parents & brothers; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Paulle, age 13, with parents & brothers |
| Pierre-David BOUDREAUX 90 | Sep 1785 | Asp | baptized 13 Apr 1783, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; son of Jean-Charles BOUDREAUX & his second wife Marguerite-Victoire GUIDRY; brother of Félix-Marie & Marguerite-Renée, half-brother of Henriette-Charlotte, Joseph-Marie, & Marie; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 2; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, called Pierre, age 4, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, left bank, called Pierre, age 7, with widowed mother & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Pedro, age 12, with mother, stepfather Grégorio CHICO, full & half siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Pedro, age 13, with mother, stepfather, full & half siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Pierre, age 14, single, with siblings Marcelle age 7, & Magdeleine age 5, 0 slaves; married, age 25, Marie DUHON, daughter of Francois DUHON & his first wife Isabelle LANDRY, & widow of Paul DUGAS, 26 Apr 1808, Assumption, now Plattenville; died Assumption Parish 4 Oct 1844, age 65[sic], buried next day |
| Simon BOUDREAUX 91 | 1765 | StJ | born c1753, probably Grand-Pré; son of Olivier BOUDREAUX & his first wife Anne-Marie DUPUIS; arrived LA 1765, age 12; in Cabanocé census, 1766, left [east] bank, age 13, with widowed father; in Cabanocé census, 1769, left [east] bank, age 14, with father, stepmother, 2 stepsisters, & a cousin; married, age 18, Monique DUPUIS, his stepsister, daughter of Michel DUPUIS & Anne GAUDET, his stepmother, 2 May 1774, St.-Jacques; in St.-Jacques census, 1777, left [east] bank, age 21, with wife Monique age 21, & daughter Marie[-Henriette] age 1; died [buried] St. James Parish 14 Mar 1824, age 70 |
| *Simon BOUDREAUX 100 | Nov 1785 | Asp | born either New Orleans or Ascension, baptized 12 Feb 1786, Ascension; son of Joseph BOUDREAUX & Marguerite RICHARD dit Sapin; brother of Jean-Charles, Jean-Joseph, Marie-Marthe, & Sophie; sailed to LA aboard L'Amitié, in utero; in Valenzuéla census, 1788, right bank, age 1, with parents, siblings, & orphan Marie HÉBERT; in Valenzuéla census, 1791, right bank, age 5, with parents, siblings, & "minor premise" Marie HÉBERT; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, age 10, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, age 11, with parents & siblings; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, age 12, with parents & siblings; probably never married; died [buried] Assumption Parish 22 Feb 1816, age 30 |
| Sophie BOUDREAUX 92 | Nov 1785 | Asp | baptized 12 Apr 1782, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, France; daughter of Joseph BOUDREAUX & Marguerite RICHARD dit Sapin; sister of Jean-Charles, Jean-Joseph, & Marie-Marthe; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, un |