APPENDICES

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

BRAUD/BREAUX

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ACADIA

Renée Breau, perhaps from La Chaussée, near Blois, in the Orleanais region of the Loire valley of France, born in c1616, was the first member of the family to go to Acadia.  She married Vincent Brun perhaps at La Chaussée in c1644.  A year later, a kinsman named Vincent Breau stood as godfather to their daughter Madeleine, baptized at La Chaussée.  (Eminent Acadian genealogist Stephen A. White concludes that this Vincent Breau probably was the one who went to Acadia a few years later, but that this Vincent was neither a brother nor a nephew of Renée.)  Renée's husband Vincent Brun may have gone to Acadia as a single man aboard the ship St.-Jehan in 1636, served an indenture there as a laborer, and then returned to La Chaussée to marry.  His first wife, Renée's sister, died in childbirth soon after they married, and Vincent Brun remarried to Renée Breau.  He returned to Acadia in c1648, this time with a wife and two daughters.  They were thus among the first families to settle in the colony.  

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Vincent Breau dit Vincelotte, also perhaps from La Chaussée, born in c1631, came to Acadia in c1652 as a plowman.  In c1761 he married Marie, daughter of Antoine Bourg, at Port-Royal.  They had a dozen children.  Five of their sons, all born at Port-Royal, created families of their own.  Four of their daughters married into the Savoie, Gaudet, Lebert dit Jolycoeur, and Saulnier family.  Vincent died at Port-Royal in c1685 in his mid-50s probably around the time that his twelfth child, daughter Élisabeth, was born.  His widow Marie, who was 14 years younger than he, stayed on their homestead along haute rivière, now the upper Annapolis River, and did not remarry.  She died in September 1730, age 86. 

Oldest son Antoine, born in c1666, married Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Babin, at Port-Royal in c1687.  In the early 1700s they moved to Pigiguit in the Minas Basin.  Antoine and Marguerite had 11 children, including five sons who married into the Dugas, Gautrot, and Trahan families.  Five of their daughters married into the Benoit, Blanchard, Darois, and Arseneau families.  

Pierre, born in c1670, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Germain Bourgeois, probably at Port-Royal in c1694.  His wife died after giving him five children, including two sons who married into the Dupuis and Henry families and two daughters who married into the Aucoin family.  In c1705, Pierre remarried to Anne, daughter of Jacques LeBlanc, probably at Port-Royal.  They settled at Grand-Pré in the Minas Basin, not far from his older brother Antoine.  Anne gave him nine more children, including four more sons, who married into the Thibodeau, Dupuis, Landry, and LeBlanc families.  Their five daughters married into the Surette, Dupuis, Babineau dit Deslauriers, Thibodeau, and Léger families.  

François, born in c1674, married Marie, daughter of Jean Comeau le jeune, probably at Port-Royal in c1703.  They also settled at Grand-Pré.  They had 12 children, including six sons who married into the Thibodeau, Richard, Aucoin, Darois, Martin, Barrieau, and Vincent families.  Two of their daughters married into the Gaudet and Daigre families.  

Jean, born in c1678, married Anne, daughter of Guyon Chiasson dit Lavallée, in either 1701 or 1702 probably at Port-Royal.  Unlike his older brothers, Jean remained at Port-Royal.  He and Anne had nine children, including five sons who married into the Michel, Bourgeois, Melanson, Blanchard, and Doucet families.  Three of their daughters married into the Guilbeau, Michel, and Melanson families.  Jean died in April 1751, in his early 70s.  

Youngest son René, born in c1685, married Marie, daughter of Antoine Hébert, at Port-Royal in December 1715.  René also remained at Port-Royal.  He and Marie had seven children, including a son who married into the Célestin dit Bellemère and Blouin families.    

By 1755, descendants of Vincent dit Vincelotte could be found in many of the major Acadian settlements--at Port-Royal, Grand-Pré, Pigiguit, Cobeguit, Chepoudy, and Petitcoudiac.  In the early 1750s, probably to escape British authority in Nova Scotia, several families left the Minas Basin and Cobeguit and moved to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, and to Port-Toulouse on Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, both held by the French.  

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this large family even farther: ...

Typical of most, if not all, Acadian families, the 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. ...

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Meanwhile, the Breaus in Maryland endured life among English colonists who, despite their Catholic roots, did not care much for the French "papists" who had been thrust upon them.  In July1763, after the French and Indian War had finally ended, colonial officials counted over a dozen Breau families in Maryland, most of them concentrated at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac.  These were the Breaus from the Minas Basin, mainly Pigiguit, whom the British had deported to the colony eight years earlier.  When word reached the Acadians in Maryland that they would be welcome in Louisiana, where many of their relatives had gone, they pooled their meager resources to charter ships that would take them to New Orleans via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue.  ...

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

Breaus were among the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana.  An elderly couple, a wife, and an orphan came to the colony in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, today's Haiti.  They followed the Broussards across the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District, where they helped create La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche:    

Sylvain Breau, age 52, came with wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Darois, age 66.  An epidemic struck the Bayou Teche communities in the summer and fall of 1765.  Sylvain and Isabelle died on the same day, October 12, and were buried together au dernier camp d'en bas, or the lower place, on Fausse Point near present-day Loreauville.  

Brigitte Breau, age 45, widow of Charles Thibodeau, came with three children, ages 14, 10, and 2.  Brigitte also was a victim of the Teche valley epidemic.  She died on August 5.  Her children remained on the Teche, cared for by relatives.  

Firmin Breau, age 16, came to Louisiana as an orphan.  He survived the epidemic and was counted on Bayou Tortue, near present-day St. Martinville, the following spring.  Later in the decade, however, he moved to the river, married, and started a family before returning to upper Bayou Teche.  

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Not until the 1770s did a Breaux return to Bayou Teche and create a western branch of the family.  A number of Breaux wives also moved from the river to the western prairies during the late colonial period:  

Marguerite Breaux followed husband Firmin Breaux from the river to the Attakapas District in the 1770s.  She died a widow at her daughter's house at La Pointe, St. Martin Parish, in September 1815, in her late 60s.  

Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Ambroise Breaux, and second husband François Moreau moved from the river to the Attakapas District in the 1770s.  She died at Attakapas in December 1787, in her mid-50s.

Marie-Josèphe, called Josette, daughter of Pierre Breaux, and husband Blaise Lejeune moved from the river to the Opelousas District in the 1770s.  She died at a son-in-law's home at Plaquemine Brûlé, then in St. Landry but now in Acadian Parish, in July 1818, in her early 70s.  

Anne Breaux followed husband Joseph Broussard from the river to the Atakapas District in the 1770s.  She died at her home at Fausse Pointe near present-day New Iberia in February 1818, in her mid-60s.

Madeleine Breaux of Pigiguit, who had come to Louisiana in February 1768 with the Breau party from Port Tobacco, Maryland, followed her husband Étienne Benoit from St.-Jacques on the river to the Opelousas District in the 1770s or 1780s.  She remarried to Michel Cormier, widower of Anne Sonnier and Catherine Stelly, at Opelousas in February 1789.  She gave him no more children.  In December 1790, she became a widow again.  She did not remarry.  She died in Lafayette Parish in September 1825, in her late 70s.  

Descendants of Firmin BREAUX (c1749-1808)

Firmin, son of Alexis Breau and Marguerite Barillot, was born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in the Minas Basin in c1749.  His family escaped the British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755 and fled to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  By the early 1760s, Firmin was a prisoner at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with other Acadians who had been rounded up in the region.  He came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue.  Firmin survived the Teche Valley epidemic of 1765, remained on the Teche for a year or so, but by the late 1760s he had moved to Ascension on the river, where he married cousin Marguerite, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Breau, in April 1769.  That September, Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, just downriver from Ascension.  A year later, they were counted on the same side of the river but at Ascension, so they must have lived near the boundary between the St.-Jacques and Ascension districts.  In 1771, Firmin purchased land at La Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche from New Orleans absentee land owner Jean-François Ledée and moved his family to La Pointe in the early 1770s.  He was the first Breaux to return to the western prairies.  Firmin and Marguerite had more children at Grand Pointe.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Bonin, Breaux, Broussard, Guidry, Hébert, and Thibodeaux families.  Firmin died at Grand Pointe in October 1808, in his late 50s; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following January and another one in May 1814.  Firmin's family line was not only the first but also the largest of the Breaux lines established west of the Atchafalaya Basin.  His sons settled at Grand Pointe and farther down at Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche, and at Carencro and on the upper Vermilion in what became Lafayette Parish.  One of his daughters-in-law, Scholastique Mélanie Picou, whom he probably never met, founded the town of Breaux Bridge in the 1830s at a crossing of the Teche at Grand Pointe where Firmin had built a small suspension bridge and which his younger son Agricole inherited.  

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Oldest son Donat, born at St.-Jacques in c1772, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian François Guilbeau, at Attakapas in January 1793.  The settled down bayou at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Donat, fils was born at Fausse Pointe in September 1804, Amand, also called Arnaud, in November 1808, Dosité in October 1810, and a son died 8 days after his birth in August 1812.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Bonin, Legendre, and Prudhomme families.  Donat died at his home at Fausse Pointe in October 1814; the priest who recorded his burial said that Donat was 49 years old when he died, but he was only 42; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in May 1815.  Daughter Estelle's son Dosité le jeune was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1832; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name.  Two of his sons moved down bayou to the New Iberia area, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish.  Another son settled in Lafayette Parish. 

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Dosité married first cousin Sylvanie, daughter of his uncle Pierre Breaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1829.  Their son Donat le jeune was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1830.  Dosité remarried to cousin Adélaïde Arsène, called Arsène, daughter of fellow Acadian David Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1832.  Their son Jean Baptiste David was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1835, Aurelien in September 1838, Romain Hippolyte in August 1840 but may have died at age 2 in October 1842, Léon was born in April 1842, and Gustave Pierre near New Iberia in December 1843.  ...

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Amand married first cousin Marie Caliste, called Caliste, daughter of his uncle Joseph Breaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1830. Their son Joseph was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1836, Sevigne Sosthène in October 1839, Eusèbe Alphonse near New Iberia in May 1844, and Armand Alexandre in August 1845.  ...

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Donat, fils married first cousin Marie Élisabeth, called Élisabeth, daughter of his uncle François Breaux, at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in January 1836.  Their son François was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 1 month, in December 1836 but died in January, Numa was born in January 1838, Mozar was baptized, age 6 months, in October 1839, and a son, name unrecorded, died at age 2 in July 1842.  ...

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François, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in November 1772, married Céleste or Célesie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Dugas, at Attakapas in May 1793.  They settled on the upper Vermilion at Pont de la Butte and at nearby La Pointe.  Their son Aurelien was baptized at Atakapas, age 1, in April 1795, Valéry was born in December 1800, François, fils in February 1802, and Charles in April 1806.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Breaux, and Doucet families.  François, père remarried to Esther, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Martin and widow of Jean Charles Dugas, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1820.  François, père died in St. Martin Parish in December 1832; he was 60 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse a week after his death.  

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Aurelien, by his first wife, married Marie Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Bernard of St. James Parish on the river, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1811.  They settled on the upper Vermilion.  Their son Aurelien Treville was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1815 but died at age 5 in August 1820, Louis Aladin near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in June 1821, Agerin or Azerin in Lafayette Parish in February 1823 but died at age 16 in July 1839, Gustave Arvillien was born in December 1828, and Valéry le jeune in January 1834 but may have died at age 7 1/2/ in September 1841.  Their daughters married into the Bernard and Scranton families.  ...

Louis Aladin married cousin Émilia Susanne, called Susanne, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1841; Susanne's mother was a Breaux.  Their son Louis Gustave or Gustave Louis was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1843.  Louis A.'s succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in June 1845; he was a widower at the time and would have been 24 years old that year.  One wonders if this was a post-mortem succession. 

During the War Between the States, Gustave served as captain of Company F, Confederate Guards Regiment Louisiana Volunteer State Troops Militia, a reserve unit raised in Orleans Parish.  He also served as captain in various companies of the 30th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, also raised in Orleans Parish, and as colonel of the 30th Regiment until it was reduced to a battalion in early 1863, which prompted his resignation.  After he left the 30th Regiment, he returned to New Orleans, which was occupied by Federal forces, and took the oath of allegiance to the U.S. government in June 1863, two years before the war ended. ...

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Valéry, by his first wife, married Marcellite, daughter of French Creole Jacques Faustin, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1822; Marcellite's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Valéry, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1823.  Valéry, père died "from knife wounds" in Lafayette Parish in May 1840; the priest who recorded his burial said that Valéry was 33 years old when he died, but he was 39; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following July.  One wonders what was the circumstance of Valéry's death.

Valéry, fils married cousin Marie Anaïse, called Anaïse, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Doucet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1845; Marie's mother was a Breaux. ...

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François, fils, by his first wife, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Cormier and widow of Don Louis Mouton, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1825.  Their son François Valmond was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1826, and Edmond was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 7 1/2 months, in October 1830.  François, fils remarried to Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Comeaux, at the Vermilionville church in July 1834.  ...

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Pierre Castuel, born at Ascension in March 1774, married Bathilde or Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvestre Broussard, at Attakapas in January 1793.  They settled at La Grand Pointe.  Their son Alexandre was born in October 1797, and Dosité in July 1804.  They also had a son named Julien.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Breaux, Carmouche, and Dupuis families.  ...

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Julien married Euphrasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Melançon of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1813.  They settled at La Pointe.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at birth at his parents' home in March 1819.  Their daughters married into the Babineaux, Broussard, Chaigneau, and Dugas families.  Except for its blood, this family line probably did not survive.

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Alexandre married Madeleine Elise, called Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Valentin Landry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1827.  Their son Pierre was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1828 but may have died at age 15 in October 1843, and Dosité le jeune was born in February 1832 but died at age 8 months the following October.  Their daughter married into the Patin family.  Alexandre died in St. Martin Parish in January 1834; the priest who recorded his burial said that Alexandre was 40 years old when he died, but he was only 36; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in July 1838.  His line of the family, except for its blood, may have died with him. 

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Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, baptized at Attakapas, age 6 months, in July 1779, married Anne-Marie-Madeleine, sometimes called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Girouard, at Attakapas in August 1800.  They settled at La Pointe and then at Grand Prairie on the upper Vermilion near present-day downtown Lafayette not far from the Vermilionville church, now the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.  Their son Marcel was born at La Pointe in February 1805, Jean Baptiste, fils in July 1808, Firmin le jeune, perhaps also called Aramis, in January 1813, and Louis, perhaps called Don Louis, in December 1814.  Their daughters married into the Bourgeois, Guidry, Hanks, Hébert, and Lebleu families.  Baptiste died in Lafayette Parish in March 1837; the priest who recorded his burial said that Baptiste was 50 years old when he died, but he was 58; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in April.  

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Jean Baptiste, fils married Marie Josèphe or Josette Camasak, daughter of French Creole Arsène Lebleu, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1831.  Their son Adolphe was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 10 months, in July 1834, Ursin at age 1 month or 6 months in August 1835, Valsin at age 5 months in November 1836, and Aurelien at age 3 months in May 1838. ...

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Don Louis may have married fellow Acadian Mélanie Duhon.  If so, their son Gesnaire was baptized at the Vermilion church, Lafayette Parish, age 10 months, in April 1840, Césaire was born in October 1840, Bélisaire near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in October 1845, and Joseph Clebert in October 1846. ...

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Firmin le jeune may have married Cléorence,  probably Marie Cléoraine or Cléozine, daughter of fellow Acadian Rosémond Richard, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1845, six months after a daughter was born. ...

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A son, name unrecorded, died at birth in May 1784.  

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Joseph, a twin, born at La Pointe in March 1787, married Marcellite, daughter of French Creole François Carmouche of Carencro, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1807; Marcellite's mother was an Arceneaux.  They settled at Carencro.  Their son Joseph, fils was born at Carencro in November 1808, François Terence, called Terence, in April 1816, Pierre Serci or Tercy in February 1818, a son, name unrecorded, died shortly after birth in September 1823, Norbert Désiré was born in July 1825, Valentin in July 1827, and Célestin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 17 months, in October 1830.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Breaux, and Latiolais families.  ...

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Terence married Louise or Louisa, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Dugas, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1836.  Their son Pierre Gérard was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in October 1845.  ...

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Pierre Tercy married Marie Louise, called Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Guidry, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1840.  They settled near Grand Coteau.  Their son Louis Adras was born in August 1844.  ...

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Agricole, a twin, born at La Pointe in March 1787, married Scholastique Mélanie, called Mélanie, daughter of French Creole Nicolas Picou of New Orleans and St.-Jacques, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1813; Scholastique's mother was a Bourgeois.  They remained at La Grand Pointe.  Their son Jean Émile was born at Grand Pointe in April 1814.  Their daughters married into the David, Guidry, and Hébert families.  Agricole died at his home at Grand Pointe in May 1828; he was only 41 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in November 1833.  Agricole's widow, Scholastique Mélanie, founded the town of Breaux Bridge in the 1830s; in order to support her family, the young widow sold lots on Breaux property near a crossing of the Teche at Grand Pointe where Agricole's father had built a small foot bridge and which Agricole had replaced with a vehicular bridge a few decades later; a statue in her honor stands only a few hundred yards from the modern version of that bridge. 

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More Breauxs, including four sets of brothers, settled on the western prairies throughout the antebellum period.  Most of their lines survived: 

Descendants of Joseph BREAUX (c1751-1819)

Joseph, also called François, second son of Alexis Breau and Madeleine Trahan, born at Pigiguit in c1751, was taken by his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755 and lived with them at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac.  Joseph and his family came to Louisiana in 1768 with the party led by his father and uncle, Honoré.  Spanish Governor Ulloa insisted that they settle far upriver at Fort San Luìs de Natchez, but Joseph's father and uncle refused to take their families there.  The governor threatened to deport the Breau brothers for their recalcitrance, so they went into hiding.  Joseph followed his mother and siblings to Natchez, where they remained until Ulloa's successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, granted them permission to settle elsewhere.  Joseph followed his family downriver to St.-Jacques, where he married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Melançon, in February 1774.  In 1777, Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river.  Their daughters married into the Lalande, Louviere, and Plaisance families.  Joseph remarried to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Bourg, at St.-Jacques in February 1790; she may have come to Louisiana from France in 1785.  They lived at New Orleans, where Marie-Madeleine died in October 1799.  Their daughter married into the Daigle family and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  In the early 1800s, Joseph moved to the Attakapas District, where he settled at Côte Gelée near present-day Broussard.  He remarried again--his third marriage--to Eléonore, called Léonore, daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Landry of Côte Gelée, at Attakapas in April 1807; Joseph was 56 years old at the time of the wedding.  She gave him more sons.  Their daughters married into the Bernard, Matherne, and Walker families.  Joseph died at his nephew Hippolyte Breaux's home at Anse de Day, St. Martin Parish, in January 1819; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 70 years old when he died, but he was "only" in his late 60s; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in January 1825.  Joseph's oldest son, by his first wife, did not follow him to Attakapas but settled on upper Bayou Lafourche instead.  His younger sons, one by his first wife, the others by his third wife, settled on the western prairies, most of them in Lafayette Parish, but one of them settled on lower Bayou Teche near New Iberia.  A daughter by his third wife settled near Charenton, St. Mary Parish.  

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Oldest son Hilaire, by his first wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in January 1775, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Landry, at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in January 1796 and settled there.  

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Joseph-Édouard or -Éloi, called Éloi, from his first wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in May 1780, died at St.-Jacques in June 1795.  He was only 15 years old.  

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Paul-Olivier, by his first wife, born at St.-Jacques in c1785, married Marie, daughter of French Creole Étienne Pelletier, at Ascension on the river in February 1806.  They followed his father to the Attakapas District and settled on the upper Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Begnaud and Granger families.  Paul died on the upper Vermilion in December 1813; he was only 28 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following June.  He and his wife had no sons, so his line of the family, except for its blood, died with him.  

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Joseph Achille, called Achille, from his third wife, born at Côte Gelée, then in St. Landry but now in Lafayette Parish, in January 1808, married Marie Carmegille, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Mire, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1829.  Their son Octave was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 18 months, in August 1833, Augustave at age 8 months in October 1834, Léonide at age 7 months in April 1837 but died the following August, Onésime died at age 1 in September 1841, and Siméon was born in January 1843.  ...

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Charles Olivier, by his third wife, born at Côte Gelée in May 1811, married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1835.  Their son Napoléon was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1837, Joseph near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish in January 1841, Antoine in June 1843, and Donat in July 1845.  ...

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Simon, called Simonet, from his third wife, born at Parc Perdue, St. Martin Parish, in August 1814, married Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Granger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1834.  Their child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died a day after its birth in Lafayette Parish in October 1835, Norbert was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 40 days, in December 1839, and Simon, fils was born in April 1844 but died at age 3 1/2 in August 1847.  ...

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Youngest son Hippolyte Joseph, by his third wife, born in St. Martin Parish in December 1815, married Irma Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Broussard, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1838.  Their son Joseph le jeune was born near New Iberia in September 1839, Lessin in June 1841, Julien in April 1843, and Eusèbe in July 1847.  ...

Descendants of Joseph-Athanase BREAUX (1762-1823)

Joseph-Athanase, eldest son of Athanase Breau of and Marie LeBlanc and brother of Jean-Baptiste, was born probably at Halifax in August 1762 and baptized at New Orleans in December 1765 soon after his family reached the colony from Halifax via St.-Domingue.  They settled with hundreds of other Acadians at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans.  He married Marie-Catherine dite Rosalie, also called Catherine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Arceneaux of St.-Jacques, probably at St.-Jacques in the 1780s.  They moved to Attakapas late in the decade and settled at Carencro at the northern edge of the district.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux, Landry, Mouton, Prejean, and Sonnier families.  Joseph Athanase died in Lafayette Parish in June 1823; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 70 years old when he died, but he was closer to 60.  Only one of his three sons created a family of his own. 

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Oldest son Louis-Ursin, called Ursin, born at Attakapas in c1791, died at age 6 in September 1797.  

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Pierre-Rosémond, sometimes called Rosémond, born at Attakapas in November 1796, married cousin Geneviève Caliste, called Caliste, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Arceneaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1829.  Their child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died a day after its birth in Lafayette Parish in August 1830, Pierre Numa was born in February 1838, and Rosémond Esdras in February 1840.  ...

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Youngest son François-Hippolyte was born at Attakapas in January 1803.  His succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in February 1845, and his estate record the following month.  He would have been 42 years old that year.  Did he marry? 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste BREAUX (c1776-)

Jean-Baptiste, third son of Athanase Breaux and Marie LeBlanc of St.-Jacques on the river and brother of Joseph-Athanase, was baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in June 1777.  He married Marie-Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard, at St.-Jacques in August 1797.  They followed his older brother to the Attakapas District and settled at La Pointe on upper Bayou Teche.  Their daughters married into the Blaire and Prejean families.  Jean-Baptiste died at La Pointe in December 1806; he was only 30 years old.  He and his wife seem to have had no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, may have died with him.  

Descendants of Charles BREAUX, fils (c1779-1827)

Charles, fils, elder son of Charles Breaux and his first wife Esther Breaux of St.-Jacques and half-brother of Constant, was baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in July 1779.  He married Marie-Tarsille, sometimes called Tarsille, daughter of Joseph Gravois, at St.-Jacques in January 1798.  They moved to the Attakapas District in the early 1800s and settled on the upper Vermilion.  Their daughter married into the Dugas family.  Charles remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Hébert of Bayou Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1819 and remained on the upper Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Peltier and Raga families.  Charles, fils died at the home of James André in Lafayette Parish in July 1827; the priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was 46 years old when he died, but he was probably 48; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in July 1829.  

1

His oldest son, by his first wife, name and age unrecorded, died at St.-Jacques in August 1800.  

2

Charles III, by his second wife, was born on the upper Vermilion in March 1820.  His succession record may have been filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in December 1845.  If so, he would have been 25 years old that year. 

3

Ursin, by his second wife, born on the upper Vermilion in October 1823, ...

4

Youngest son Joseph, by his second wife, baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 11 1/2 months, in May 1826, ...

Constant BREAUX (1780s?-)

Constant, son of Charles Breaux and his second wife Julie LePrince of St.-Jacques and half-brother of Charles, fils, was born at St.-Jacques probably in the 1780s.  He followed his older brother to the western prairies, where he married cousin Céleste, daughter of François Breaux of Bayou Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1810.  Did he and his wife have any children? 

Descendants of Hippolyte BREAUX (c1790-c1839)

Hippolyte, fifth son of Honoré Breaux le jeune and Madeleine Breaux and nephew of Joseph, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1790, married Françoise Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Boudreaux, at St.-Jacques in January 1807.  Hippolyte crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and remarried to fellow Acadian Julie, called Poponne, Babineaux in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in December 1822.  They settled at Anse La Butte, also called Anse du Day, in St. Martin Parish, before moving down the Teche to St. Mary Parish.  Their daughter married a Pelletier cousin.  Hippolyte's succession record was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in October 1839; he would have been 49 years old that year.  

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Oldest son Hippolyte Eugène or Eugène Hippolyte, called Eugène, from his first wife, born in St. James Parish in March 1808, married Marie Josephine dite Josette, daughter of French Creole Jean Begnaud, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1828; Josephine's mother was a Guilbeau.  Their son Césaire was born in St. Martin Parish in August 1831, Sosthène in July 1835, Jean Honoré in February 1843, and Hippolyte, fils in February 1845.  ...  

2

A son, name unrecorded, by his second wife, died at his parents' home at La Butte, age 5 months, in May 1824.  

3

Aurelien, by his second wife, born in Lafayette Parish in March 1827, ...

4

Jean Oscar, by his second wife, born in Lafayette Parish in December 1829, ...

5

Youngest son Joseph Sosthène, by his second wife, born in St. Martin Parish in February 1836, ...

Descendants of Simon-Eugène BREAUX (1800-)

Simon-Eugène, called Eugène, eldest son of Simon-Athanase dit Simonet Breaux and Constance Breaux, nephew of Joseph-Athanase Breaux and first cousin of Treville and Hermogène Breaux, born at St.-Jacques in August 1800, married cousin Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Sonnier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1832; Euphémie's mother was a Breaux. ...

1

Oldest son Pierre Ester, born in Lafayette Parish in November 1833, ...

2

Simonet Guardien, baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in August 1839, ...

3

Lucien Amédée, born in Lafayette Parish in March 1841, ...

4

Marcellin, born in Lafayette Parish in March 1847, ...

Descendants of Cornelius dit Landry BREAUX (1801-)

Cornelius, also called Landry and Evariste, son of Paul Breaux and Marguerite Landry and twin brother of François-Magloire, born at Ascension on the river in August 1801, married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Leger of La Butte, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1820.  Their daughter married into the Navarre family.  ... 

Drosin, born in Lafayette Parish in September 1824, married Alphina, 14-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Guidry, at the Vermilion church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1843.  ...

Descendants of François-Magloire BREAUX (1801-)

François-Magloire, called Magloire, son of Paul Breaux and Marguerite Landry and twin brother of Landry, born at Ascension in August 1801, married fellow Acadian Marie Louise Hébert in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1825, and remarried to fellow Acadian Iréné Bourque in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in September 1828.  ...

1

Oldest son Paul, by his first wife, died in Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in January 1828.

2

Paul, by his second wife, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in December 1830, ...

3

Jean Portalis, by his second wife, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1833, ...

4

Sosthène, by his second wife, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in December 1834, ...

5

Lucien, by his second wife, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in March 1840, ...

Descendants of Joseph Treville BREAUX (1804-)

Joseph Treville, called Treville, second son of Hippolyte Breaux and Sophie-Adélaïde Dugas, nephew of Joseph-Athanase Breaux, and first cousin of Eugène Breaux, born at St.-Jacques in June 1804, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Baptiste Richard of St. Landry Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1830.  ...

1

Older son Hippolyte, baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 7 1/2 months, in September 1831, ...

2

Onésime Placide, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in December 1840, ...

Descendants of Narcisse Hermogène BREAUX (1814-)

Narcisse Hermogène, called Hermogène, fourth and youngest son of  Hippolyte Breaux and Sophie-Adélaïde Dugas, nephew of Joseph-Athanase Breaux and first cousin of Eugène Breaux, born at St.-Jacques in March 1814, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Thibodeaux, at Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1836. ...

1

Oldest son Narcisse Hippolyte, born in Lafayette Parish in August 1837, died at age 3 in September 1840.  

2

Paul Auscar, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in January 1841, ...

3

Joachim, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in July 1842, ...

4

Charles, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1845, ...

5

Ignace, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in April 1847, ...

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Other BREAUXs on the Western Prairies

Local church and civil records make it difficult to link some Breauxs in the western parishes with known Acadian lines of the family there:

Marcellite Breaux's "natural son" Pierre was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 7 months, in May 1828.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.  

François Achille, son of François Breaux and Julie Galipeau Deruisseau, married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Michel Heriaud.  Their son Aurelien Alfred, born in St. Martin Parish in September 1830, died at age 10 months in August 1831. 

Jean Baptiste Breaux married French Creole Caroline Deville.  Their son Valsin was born in St. Landry Parish in March 1838. 

Joseph Breaux married Asima, perhaps Azéma, Martin probably in Lafayette Parish by the late 1830s.  Was Asima also Acadian? 

Jean Breaux married French Creole Pauline Mallet.  Their son Norbert was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1840 but died the following May, and Paul was born in January 1843.  Jean died in Lafayette Parish in September 1843; the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not give his parents' names, said that Jean died "at age 45 yrs."  So who were Jean's parents? 

Aspasie Breaux married fellow Acadian Valérien Richard in a civil ceremony in 1842, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1846.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names. 

Eugènie Breaux married French Creole Joassin, probably Joachim, Prevot in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1845.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Most of the Breaus who came to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Française, St.-Domingue, in 1765--one family and several wives--did not come with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party and settle on Bayou Teche.  These Breaus reached New Orleans later in the year and settled, instead, with hundreds of other Nova Scotia refugees at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans where 20 Acadians from Georgia had settled the year before--an area soon called the Acadian Coast, where their surname evolved into Braud:

Marie Breau, age 62, widow of Jean Gaudet, came with three grown children, ages 35, 26, and 25.  She remained on the river and probably died there.  

Marie-Josèphe Breau, age 34, widow of Honoré Melanson, came with five children, ages 13 to infancy.  Marie-Josèphe remarried to French Creole widower François, fils, son of François Moreau, at St.-Jacques in June 1770 and followed him to the Attakapas District later in the decade.  

Athanase Breau, age 30, came with wife Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, age 21, son Joseph-Athanase, age 2, and infant daughter Anastasie.  They had more children in Louisiana and remained on the river, but Marie-Josèphe died a widow at a daughter's home in Lafayette Parish in November 1825. 

Marie-Josèphe Breau, age 29, of Cobeguit, came with husband Marcel LeBlanc, age 31, and a 2-year-old daughter.  They remained on the river.  Marie-Josèphe died in St. James Parish in September 1811, in her late 70s.  

Marie-Madeleine Breau, age 22, Athanase's sister, came with husband Simon Gautrot, age 29, and no children.  They remained at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where their children were born.  Marie Madeleine died in St. James Parish in September 1820, in her late 70s.

Descendants of Athanase BRAUD (c1735-?)

Athanase, also called Pierre, son of Ambroise Breau and Marie-Madeleine Michel, born probably at Chepoudy in c1735, escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and followed his family into exile on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc, at Restigouche in February 1760.  Later that year, they fell into the hands of the British and spent the final years of the French and Indian War as prisoners in Nova Scotia.  They came to Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765 and settled on the river.  In 1766, Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where, in 1769, they occupied lot number 22 next to his father-in-law.  They were still there, on the west bank of the river at St.-Jacques, eight years later.  Athanase and Marie-Marguerite had more children in Louisiana, including several sons.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Bernard, and Braud families.  Most of Athanase's descendants left the river and moved either to the western prairies or to Bayou Lafourche.  

1

Oldest son Joseph-Athanase, born probably at Halifax in August 1762 and baptized at New Orleans in December 1765, married Catherine dite Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Arceneaux of St.-Jacques, probably at St.-Jacques in the 1780s and moved to the Attakapas District later in the decade. 

2

Hippolyte, sometimes called Paul, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in January 1775, married Sophie-Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Dugas, at Ascension, upriver from St.-Jacques, in June 1794.  Their son Paul, also called William and Émilien, was born at St.-Jacques in August 1795, Joseph Treville, called Treville, at Ascension in June 1804, Charles Victorin, called Victorin, in January 1810, and Narcisse Hermogène, called Hermogène, in St. James Parish in March 1814.  Their daughters married into the Chauvin, Landry, LeBlanc, and Prejean families.  Hippolyte died a widower at his brother Joseph Athanase's home in Lafayette Parish in June 1825; the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial said that Hippolyte was 47 years old when he died, but he was closer to 50; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following August.  Two of his sons and a daughter moved to the western prairies.  A son and two daughters moved to Bayou Lafourche.  His oldest son and his other daughters remained on the river.  

2a

Paul/Émilien married Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Augustin LeBlanc, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in June 1815.  Their son Paul Émile, called Émile, was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in May 1818, Paul Adolphe in Ascension Parish in September 1820, Pierre in St. James Parish in May 1825, Étienne near Convent in March 1828, Joseph Oscar in April 1831, and Ernest Augustin in May 1836.  ...

Émile married Marie Virginie, called Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1841. ...

2b

Joseph Treville married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Baptiste Richard of St. Landry Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1830.  They settled on the western prairies.  

2c

Victorin married Marie Elvina, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Hébert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1833.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

2d

Hermogène married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Thibodeaux, at Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1836.  They settled on the western prairies.  

3

Jean-Baptiste, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in June 1777, married Marie-Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard, at St.-Jacques in August 1797.  They settled on the western prairies.  

4

Youngest son Simon-Athanase, called Simonet, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in February 1780, married cousin Marie Constance, called Constance, daughter of Amand Braud, at St.-Jacques in January 1799.  Their son Simon-Eugène, called Eugène, was born at St.-Jacques in August 1800, Joseph-Achille, called Achille, was baptized, age 6 months, in November 1803, and Simonet or Pierre Marcellin, called Marcellin, was born posthumously in July 1807.  Simon died in St. James Parish in April 1807; he was only 28 years old.  His oldest son moved to the western prairies, and his two younger sons moved to Bayou Lafourche.  

4a

Achille married Marie Rosalie, called Rosalie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1825.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

4b

Marcellin married 18-year-old Azélie, another daughter of François Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1830.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

4c

Eugène married cousin Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Sonnier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1832; Euphémie's mother was a Braud.  They settled on the western prairies.  

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A large Breau family came to Louisiana with the first contingent of Maryland exiles in 1766 and joined their cousins on the Acadian Coast.  A widower and his young son also may have been in the same party:  

Jean-Baptiste Breau, age 41, older brother of Alexis and Honoré who would lead the 1768 expedition to Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, came with second wife Marie-Rose, called Rose, Landry, age 36, and six children--Marguerite, age 19, Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, age 17, Jean, age 15, twins Amand and Anne, age 12, and Esther, age 7.  They settled on the left, or east, bank of the river near the boundary between St.-Jacques and Ascension, and Jean-Baptiste and Rose had no more children in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the Braud and Broussard families.  Jean-Baptiste, his three sons and two of his daughters remained on the river, but two of his daughters moved to the western prairies in the 1770s.  

Pierre Breau, age 26, may have come as a widower with 2-year-old son Paul.  Pierre remarried to a fellow Acadian a decade after he came to the colony and started a new family on the east side of the river at St.-Jacques.

Paul Breau, age 21, came alone. 

Descendants of Pierre BRAUD (c1740-)

Pierre, son of Pierre Breau and Marie Dupuis, was born in Acadian in c1740.  According to Acadian genealogist Bona Arsenault, Pierre married twice but does not give his first wife's name; it may have been Marie-Marguerite LeBlanc, and they may have married in Maryland in the early 1760s.  Pierre came to Louisiana from Maryland perhaps with the 1766 party as a widower with 2-year-old son Paul.  Pierre remarried to Brigitte, sometimes called Thérèse, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Foret, at St.-Jacques in January 1776--the first appearance of each of them in Louisiana records.  The following January, Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques; strangely, son Paul, who would have been only 13 years old that year and who lived to the age of 45, was not with them (was he serving as a young engagé, or hired hand, with another family?).  Their daughters married into the Bertrand, Braud, Landry, and Lavergne families.  Pierre's sons also favored Acadian spouses; two of them remarried twice, with three wives each, and one married four times.  Two of Pierre's grandsons moved to the western prairies.  

1

Oldest son Paul, by his first wife, born at Baltimore, Maryland, in c1764, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Landry and widow of Firmin Guidry, at Ascension in January 1801.  Their twin sons Cornelius, called Landry, and François-Magloire, sometimes called Magloire, were born at Ascension in August 1801.  Paul died in Ascension Parish in January 1809; he was only 45 years old.  His sons moved to the western prairies.  

1a

Landry married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Leger of La Butte, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1820.  They settled on the western prairies.  

1b

François Magloire married fellow Acadian Louise Hébert in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1825, and remarried to fellow Acadian Irene Bourque in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in September 1828.  They settled on the western prairies.  

2

Pierre, fils, by his second wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in January 1781, married Bathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1808.  Their son Pierre Adolphe, called Adolphe, was born near St. Gabriel in January 1811.  Their daughter married into the Collet family.  Pierre, fils remarried to Héloise, also called Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry, at the St. Gabriel church in July 1814.  Their son Paul Olivier, called Olivier le jeune, was born near St. Gabriel in June 1815.  Pierre, fils remarried again--his third marriage--to Modeste, daughter of Martin Humbot, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1824.  Pierre remarried yet again--his fourth marriage--to Françoise Euphrasie, called Euphrasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Simon Landry, at the Donaldsonville church in May 1830; Pierre was 49 years old at the time of the wedding.  Their son Abel was born in Ascension Parish in March 1836.  Pierre, fils died in Ascension Parish in October 1839; he was 58 years old.  

2a

Olivier le jeune, by his second wife, married first cousin Madeleine Élisabeth, called Élisabeth, daughter of his uncle Alexandre Braud, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in March 1840; they had to secure a dispensation of second degree of consanguinity in order to marry. ...

2b

Adolphe, by his first wife, married Elvina or Helvina, daughter of fellow Acadian Adélard Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1841.  Their son Pierre Seth was born in Ascension Parish in April 1842, and Pierre Ernest in August 1847.  ...

3

Olivier, by his second wife, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1783, married Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Landry, probably at St.-Jacques early in the 1800s, and remarried to cousin Héloise, also called Élise and Lise, daughter of Charles Braud, at St. Gabriel in January 1807.  Their son Pierre Eugène, called Eugène, was born near St. Gabriel in December 1807.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Lavergne, and Richard families.  Olivier remarried again--his third marriage--to Félicité, also called Phillis, daughter of French Creole Louis Parent, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in July 1820.  Their son Pierre Paul was born near St. Gabriel in June 1821.  Their daughter married into the Dupuy family.  Olivier died near St. Gabriel in August 1823; the priest who recorded his burial, and who did bother to give any parent's names or mention a wife, said that Olivier died at "age 40."  

3a

Eugène, by his second wife, married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Marcellin LeBlanc, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1837.  They settled near the boundary of Ascension and Iberville parishes.  Their son Pierre was born in February 1842 but died the following May, Pierre Eugène died at age 8 months in January 1844, and Adam was born in March 1845.  Eugène died in Iberville Parish in December 1845; he was only 38 years old. 

3b

Pierre Paul, by his third wife, married Victorine, daughter of French Creole Sylvain Drosin Lavergne, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1843; Victorine's mother was a Landry.  Pierre Paul remarried to Amelie or Amelia, daughter of French Creole Oliver Valsin Lavergne, at the St. Gabriel church in January 1845; Amelia's mother was a Gaudin and a first cousin of Pierre Paul's first wife, so they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of affinity in order to marry.  Their son Paul Elphége was born near St. Gabriel in December 1845.  ...

4

Alexandre-Joseph or Joseph-Alexandre, called Alexandre, by his second wife, born at Ascension, just upriver from St.-Jacques, in December 1784, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvain LeBlanc, at Ascension in May 1807, and remarried to Marguerite Delise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Marie Richard and widow of Simon Braud, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in November 1811.  Their son Alexandre Victorin, called Victorin, was born in Ascension Parish in January 1818.  Their daughter marred into the Babin family.  Alexandre remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Martine, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Terriot, at the Donaldson church in January 1821; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their daughters married into the Bouchereau, Braud, and Landry families.  ...

Victorin, by his second wife, married Anglo American Sarah Anne Aldridge of New Orleans, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in September 1842. ...

5

Youngest son Jean, by his second wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in May 1788, may have died young.  

Descendants of Paul BRAUD (c1745-1795)

Paul, son of ____ Breau and Élisabeth ____, was born probably at Pigiguit in c1745.  The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  Colonial officials counted him with a sister and his widowed mother at Port Tobacco, on the lower Potomac, in July 1763.  He seems to have come to Louisiana alone in 1766.  Three years later, Spanish officials counted him on lot number 151 on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé; he was still a bachelor.  He married fellow Acadian Marie-Marthe LeBlanc, widow of Jacques Lachaussée, at either Cabanocé or nearby Ascension in c1770.  They settled at Ascension, where they were counted on the left bank of the river in 1777.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  Paul remarried to Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Babin, at Ascension in December 1782.  Their daughters married into the Richard family.  Paul died at Ascension in January 1795; he was only 50 years old.  He fathered nearly a dozen sons by his two wives, but most of his sons died young.  His sons who did marry settled in Ascension and Iberville parishes.  

1

Oldest son Jérôme-Raymond or -Rosémond, called Raymond, from his first wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in August 1771, married Anne-Rosalie-Anastasie or Anastasie-Rosalie, called Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Landry, at Ascension in August 1792.  Their son Sabin-Rosémond, called Rosémond, was born at Ascension on February 1793, Simon-Nabor or Nabord, called Nabord, in July 1796, Étienne-Anaclet, called Anaclet, in July 1801, and Adélard Joseph or Joseph Adélard, in January 1811.  Their daughters married into the Comes, LeBlanc, and Theriot families.  Raymond died in Ascension Parish in September 1829; he was 60 years old.  

1a

Simon Nabord married Marie Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1817.  Their son Séverin Édouard was born in Ascension Parish in November 1817, Joseph Adélard le jeune in September 1827, Simon Philippe in March 1835, and Jean Baptiste Augustave in January 1842 but died at age 1 1/2 in July 1843.  Their daughters married into the Bourdier, Fortier, and St. Cyr families.  ...

Séverin Édouard married Ursule Elisa or Elise, daughter of French Creole Pierre St. Cyr, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1842; Séverin's sister Anaïs married Ursule's brother Joseph.  Séverin and Ursule's son Ambroise Nestan was born in Ascension Parish in December 1845, Joseph Numa in April 1843, and Lestang died at age 18 months in June 1847.  ...

1b

Étienne Anaclet married cousin Apolline, daughter of fellow Acadian Bénoni Landry, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in March 1821.  Their son Joseph Marillo was born in Ascension Parish in September 1826, Norbert Adolphe in December 1829 but died at age 1 month in January 1830, Jean René was born in July 1831, André Raymond, called Raymond, in November 1833 but died the day after his birth, Jules Joseph was born in June 1837 but died at age 2 in June 1839, Pierre Étienne was born in April 1839, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at birth in June 1843, and Jérôme Arthur was born in October 1844 but died the following April.  ...

1c

Joseph Adélard married cousin Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Narcisse Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1838.  Their son Paul Adolphe was born in Ascension Parish in April 1839.  ...

2

Anselme-Simon, called Simon, from his first wife, born at Ascension in April 1773, married Marguerite-Elise or -Idalisia, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Marie Richard, at St.-Jacques, downriver from Ascension, in May 1794.  Their son Jérôme-Leufroi, called Leufroi, was born at Ascension in June 1796, Étienne-Séraphin in August 1798 but died at age 9 months in May 1799, Simon-Damasene died 9 days after his birth in October 1800, Pierre- or Simon-Onésime, called Onésime, was born in April 1802, Pierre Eugène in June 1804, Victorin Étienne in August 1806 but died at age 3 in November 1809, and Henry Simon was born in March 1809.  Simon died in Ascension Parish in November 1809; he was only 36 years old.  Two of his sons died at age 18 before they could marry.  His other sons created families of their own.  

2a

Leufroi married French Creole Marcelline Duplantier, widow of Bernard Raffray, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in April 1815.  Their son Simon Alexandre, also called Rodolphe Simon, was born in Ascension Parish in March 1816, and Rosémond Leufroi in May 1818.  Leufroi died in Ascension Parish in June 1820; he was only 26 years old.  

Simon married Lise, daughter of Jacques Auguste Sompeyrac, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in September 1835.  Their son Rosémond Rodolphe Simon was born in Ascension Parish in July 1836, and Joseph Cécilien in December 1838.  ...

Rosémond Leufroi married Marie Ursule, called Ursule, another daughter of Jacques Auguste Sompeyrac, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1837.  Rosémond may have died in Ascension Parish in August 1846; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Rosémond died at "age 26 yrs.," but Rosémond Leufroi would have been 28. 

2b

Pierre Eugène died in Ascension Parish in August 1822.  He was only 18 years old and did not marry.  

2c

Onésime married Marie Eléonore or Cléonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Hébert, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1823.  Their son Simon Namorin or Nemorin, called Nemorin, was born in Ascension Parish in September 1824, Bertin Florence in September 1826, and Pierre Théodule in December 1828.  ...

Nemorin married cousin Pamelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Auguste Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1847.  ...

2d

Henry died in Ascension Parish in October 1827.  He was only 18 years old and did not marry.  

3

Étienne, by his first wife, born at Ascension in November 1776, married Victoire, also called Antoinette, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Babin, at Ascension in February 1797.  Their son Pierre-Simon or -Edmond, also called Edmond-Pierre and Raymond, was born at Ascension in November 1797, Laurent-Derosier, called Derosier and sometimes Rosier, in August 1802, and Richard Damas in December 1804.  Their daughter married a Babin cousin.  Étienne died in Ascension Parish in September 1820; he was only 43 years old.  

3a

Edmond Pierre married Adele Marcelline, called Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jérôme Dugas, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1827.  Their son Edmond Jérôme, a twin, was born in Ascension Parish in November 1827, François Marin or Marius in March 1831 but died age 5 months the following August, Étienne Dava was born in November 1832 and Joseph Osémé, called Osémé, in July 1835 but died on the same day, ages 3 and 1, in September 1836.   ...

Edmond Jérôme died in Ascension Parish in April 1847.  He was only 19 years old and probably did not marry. 

3b

Laurent Derosier married Madeleine, daughter of Frenchman Pierre Denoux, also called Gaillard, and widow of Charles Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1827.  Their son Étienne Ovide was born in Ascension Parish in December 1827, Pierre Léon in November 1829, Laurent Telesphore in December 1833 but died at age 3 in 1836, and twins Paul Olyme and Vincent Osémé were born in July 1836.  ...

3c

Richard Damas married Marie Hélène, called Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Dupuy, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in July 1830.  They settled near the boundary of Iberville and Ascension parishes.  Their son Richard Eugène was born in November 1834, and Joseph Cornelius in November 1846.  ...

4

Hippolyte-Amand, by his first wife, born at Ascension in July 1778, died at age 2 in September 1780.  

5

Pierre-Anselme, by his first wife, born at Ascension in April 1780, died at age 5 months the following September.

6

Anaclet, by his second wife, born at Ascension in July 1785, also may have died young.  

7

Charles, by his second wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in March 1787, died in November 1809.  He was only 22 years old and did not marry.

8

Pierre-Valentine, by his second wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in October 1788, died at age 2 1/2 in August 1791.

9

Victor, by his second wife, born at Ascension in July 1790, died at age 1 in August 1791.  

10

Joseph-Grégoire, by his second wife, born at Ascension in February 1792, married Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Joseph Dupuis and widow of Joseph Richard, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1813.  Their son, name unrecorded, died near St. Gabriel a day after his birth in August 1814.  Joseph remarried to cousin Marguerite, daughter of Michel Braud, at the St. Gabriel church in September 1818.  Their son Valmond was born near St. Gabriel in c1819 but died at age 3 in August 1822, and Treville Séverin was born in February 1825.  Joseph may have died near St. Gabriel in July 1843; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was "nat. of Ascension parish" and died at "age 52 yrs.," so this probably was him. 

11

Youngest son Laurent, by his second wife, born at Ascension in August 1793, married Céleste or Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Richard, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1813.  Their son Laurent Joachim was born near St. Gabriel in February 1816, and an infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 1 in July 1823.  Their daughter married into the Cole or Colle family.  ...

Laurent Joachim married cousin Madeleine Uranie, daughter of fellow Acadian Simonet Richard, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1838.  Their son Maurice Florian was born near St. Gabriel in September 1840 but died probably in Ascension Parish the following April.  ...

Jean BRAUD (c1751-)

Jean, second son of Jean-Baptiste Breau and his first wife Élisabeth Henry, was born probably at Pigiguit in c1751. The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  He followed them to Louisiana in 1766 and, with his father and stepmother, settled at Ascension, upriver from St.-Jacques.  In 1777, Spanish officials found him upriver at St.-Gabriel, still on the east bank, still a bachelor, living alone.  ...

Descendants of Amand BRAUD (c1754-1807)

Amand, son of Jean-Baptiste Breau and his second wife Marie-Rose Landry, and half-brother of Paul and Jean, was born probably at Pigiguit in c1754.  The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  He followed them to Louisiana in 1766 and, with his father and stepmother, moved to Ascension, upriver from St.-Jacques.  He married cousin Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Georges Clouâtre, at St.-Jacques in July 1779; Madeleine's mother was a Breau.  Amand and Madeleine must have lived near the boundary of St.-Jacques and Ascension districts.  Their daughters married into the Bernard, Braud, Landry, LeBlanc, and Mollere families.  Amand remarried to Céleste, also called Colastie, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Landry and widow of Alain Babin, at Ascension in July 1802.  Their daughter married into the Bourgeois family.  Amand died in St. James Parish in August 1807; the priest who recorded his burial said that Amand was 50 years old when he died, but he was closer to 53.  

1

Older son Joseph, by his first wife, born at St.-Jacques in July 1788, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Bergeron dit d'Amboise, fils, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1811.  Joseph died in St. James Parish in January 1812; he was only 24 years old.  His line of the family died with him.  

2

Younger son Jean Pierre Émile, by his second wife, born in St. James Parish in September 1804, may have died young. 

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Two Breau wives emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in 1767 and settled at the new Acadian community of St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, also called St.-Gabriel de Manchac, on the river above Cabanocé/St.-Jacques:  

Marguerite Breau, age 28, came with husband Ignace Babin, age 26, and their infant daughter.  She died at St.-Gabriel by 1777, when her husband was listed in a census as a widower.  

Marie Breau, age 25, came with husband Amand Richard, age 23, father-in-law Pierre Richard, age 55, a Boudrot orphan, age 12, and two children, ages 3 and 1.  Marie remarried to Joseph, son of fellow Acadian Pierre Sonnier of Petitcoudiac, at St.-Jacques in August 1777.  She died a widow in St. James Parish in June 1826, in her mid-80s.  

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The largest contingent of Breaus to come to Louisiana--over 50 individuals, including a dozen families, four of them headed by widows, and several wives--arrived in February 1768 from Port Tobacco, Maryland, as part of an extended family of 150 Acadians led by brothers Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit.  Spanish Governor Antonio de Ulloa insisted that they settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez, far from other Acadian communities.  The Breaus, who had relatives at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques and St.-Gabriel, refused to go to Natchez, but the governor would not relent.  He threatened to deport Alexis, Honoré, and their families if they did not go where he told them to go.  To escape the governor's wrath, Alexis and Honoré went into hiding while Spanish soldiers escorted the rest of their clan upriver to the isolated post; it took them an entire month, from February to March, to get there.  In late 1769, after a revolt against Ulloa ousted the unpopular governor, his successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, allowed the Breaus and their families to settle where they wanted.  None of them remained at Natchez.  They moved to where their kinsmen had settled on the Acadian Coast, at St.-Jacques, Ascension, and St.-Gabriel, where they had wanted to go in the first place:

Marguerite Gautrot, age 63, widow of Pierre Breau, came with daughters Marie-Josèphe, age 22, and Marie-Rose, age 20.  Marguerite moved to Ascension after the Spanish released them from Natchez.  Marie-Josèphe married into the Lejeune family and settled in the Opelousas District.  Marie-Rose moved to Ascension and St.-Gabriel and married into the Orillion family.  

Jean-Charles Breau, age 35, son of Marguerite Gautrot, came with wife Marie Benoit, age 31, and four children--Michel, age 13, Marguerite, age 9, Ludivine, age 6, and Simon, age 2.  A sister, Marie, age unrecorded, also may have come with him and his family.  After the Spanish released them from Natchez, they moved to St.-Gabriel, where Jean-Charles and Marie had more children.  Sister Marie married three times, into the Babin, Foret, and Landry families, at St.-Gabriel and nearby Ascension and settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

Claire Trahan, age 61, widow of Charles Breau, came with four children--Pierre, age 27, Madeleine, age 21, and Anne-Gertrude and Élisabeth, or Isabelle, ages unrecorded.  Claire died at San Luìs de Natchez in June 1768, only a few weeks after she arrived there.  Madeleine moved to St-Jacques after the Spanish released them from Natchez, married into the Benoit family, followed her husband to the Opelousas District, and remarried to Michel Cormier, an Opelousas pioneer.

Anne Breau, age 60, widow of Jean-Baptiste Dupuis, came with three grown children, ages 29, 24, and 18.  Anne may have died at San Luis de Natchez.  Her children moved to Ascension after the Spanish released them from Natchez.  

Alexis Breau, age 44, came with wife Madeleine Trahan, age 45, and six children--Honoré le jeune, age 21, Joseph, age 17, Charles, age 15, Marie, age 11, Anastasie, age 6, and Alexis, fils, age 3.  They moved to St.-Jacques after the Spanish released their kinsmen from Natchez, but Alexis and Madeleine had no more children in the colony.  Their daughter married into the Melançon family.  

Honoré Breau, age 37, came with wife Anne-Madeleine Trahan, age 36, and three children--Madeleine, age 14, Élisabeth, or Isabelle, age 3, and Joseph-Honoré, age 1.  After the Spanish released his kinsmen from Natchez, they moved to St.-Jacques, where Honoré and Anne-Madeleine had more children.  

Joseph-Charles Breau, age 34, brother of Alexis and Honoré, came with wife Marie-Josèphe Landry, age 36, and four children--Marguerite, age 8, Joseph, age 5, Claire, age 3, and infant Charles.  After the Spanish released them from Natchez, they moved to St.-Gabriel, where Jean-Charles and Marie-Josèphe had more children.  

Marguerite Landry, age 33, widow of Simon-Pierre Breau, came with five children--Marie-Anne, called Anne, age 14, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste, age 13, Hélène, age 3, and twin infants Augustin and Marianne.  Her oldest daughter, perhaps the only one of her daughters to survive childhood, married into the Rivet family and settled at St.-Jacques after the Spanish released them from Natchez.  Her younger son probably did not survive childhood, but her older son settled at Ascension, just upriver from St.-Jacques.  

Antoine Breau, age 32, came with wife Marguerite Landry, age 32, and five children--Scholastique, age 17, Joseph, age 14, Charles, age 9, Perpétué, age 7, and Marie-Rose, age 4.  Antoine and Marguerite had no more children in Louisiana.  After the Spanish released them from Natchez, they moved to St.-Gabriel, where Antoine died by March 1777, when his wife was listed in a census there as a widow.  Their daughters married into the Landry family and remained on the river.  Their sons also settled on the river.  

Jean Breau, age 32, came with wife Marie _____, age 27, Marie, age 3, and newborn Jean-Baptiste.  One wonders where they resettled after the Spanish released them from Natchez.

Marguerite-Hélène Breau, age 31, came with husband François-Marie Babin, age 26, two Babin orphans, ages 12 and 7, and two sons, ages 4 and 1.  They moved to Ascension after the Spanish released them from Natchez.  

Cécile Breau, age 30, widow of Georges Clouâtre, came with three children, ages 7, 6, and 3.  After the Spanish released them from Natchez, they moved to St.-Jacques, where Cécile remarried to Charles, son of fellow Acadian Jean Gaudet, in May 1768.  Cécile died in St. James Parish in July 1815, in her late 70s.  

Rose-Osite Landry, age 30, widow of Janvier Breau, came with three daughters--Marguerite, age 5, Madeleine, age 3, and Marie, an infant.  They moved to St.-Gabriel after the Spanish released them from Natchez.  Rose-Osite's older daughters married into the Hébert, Lambremont, and LeBlanc families.  

Bibianne Breau, age 24, came with sister Marguerite, age 20, and brother Joseph, age 15.  Bibianne married into the Babin family at San Luìs de Natchez and moved to Ascension after the Spanish released them from Natchez.  Marguerite married into the Chauvin family at Ascension and died there in October 1775, only 27 years old.  Joseph also settled at Ascension.  

Descendants of Honoré BRAUD l'aîné (c1731-?)

Honoré, third son of Alexandre Breau and Marie Dugas, born at Pigiguit in c1731, married Anne-Madeleine Trahan probably at Pigiguit in the early 1750s.  The British transported him, his wife, and their infant daughter to Maryland in 1755.  They were held at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac.  Along with older brother Alexis, he organized the emigration of 150 kinsmen to Louisiana in 1768; by then he and his wife had three children, including an infant son.  When Spanish Governor Ulloa insisted that the Breau clan settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez, far from the other Acadian communities on the lower Mississippi, Honoré and his brother refused to go there.  The governor threatened to deport them and their families, so he and Alexis went into hiding while Spanish forces escorted their families upriver to Natchez.  Honoré and Alexis certainly encouraged and probably participated in the revolt against Ulloa in the fall of 1768.  Ulloa's successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, after crushing the revolt in August 1769, allowed the Breaus to settle where they wanted.  They chose St.-Jacques, where their older brother Jean-Baptiste had settled in 1766.  Honoré and Anne-Madeleine had more children, all daughters, at St.-Jacques.  Their daughters married into the Quintero, Ququerier, and Simoneaux families.  One of their daughters and their only son settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

Joseph-Honoré, called Honoré, born probably at Port Tobacco, Maryland, in c1767, married cousin Marie-Félicité, called Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadian Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan, at St.-Jacques in April 1789 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  

Descendants of Joseph-Charles BRAUD (c1734-1770s)

Joseph-Charles, fourth and perhaps youngest son of Alexandre Breau and Marie Dugas, born at Pigiguit in c1734, married Marie-Josèphe Landry probably at Pigiguit in c1755.  That same year, the British deported them to Maryland, where they had a number of children.  They came to Louisiana in 1768 with the expedition led by his older brothers Alexis and Honoré, who defied Spanish Governor Ulloa and his settlement scheme.  When Ulloa threatened to deport his brothers and their families, Joseph-Charles helped hide them.  If he did not participate in the revolt against Ulloa in the fall of 1768, he, with his brothers, certainly encouraged it.  When Ulloa's successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, released the Acadians from Natchez, Joseph-Charles chose to settle at St.-Gabriel, where other Acadians from Maryland had gone in 1767.  Joseph-Charles and Marie-Josèphe had more children in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux, Hébert, Landry, and Melançon families.  ...

1

Oldest son Joseph, born in Maryland in c1763, married Marie-Hélène, called Hélène, daughter of Anglo American Joseph Hamilton of Maryland at St.-Gabriel in July 1786.  Their son Joseph Allain, called Allain, was born at St.-Gabriel in June 1788.  ...

Joseph Allain married Marie Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Marie Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1813.  Their son Joseph Dellfone was born near St. Gabriel in November 1813, Paul Ruben in May 1818 but died at age 10 in September 1828, Jean Baptiste was baptized at the St. Gabriel church, age 6 months, in April 1820, Florentin was born in October 1825 but died at age 11 in July 1837, and Joseph Alphonse died at age 2 1/2 in April 1836.  Their daughters married into the Godefroy and Menslage families.  ...

2

Charles, born either in Maryland or at San Luìs de Natchez in c1768, married cousin Marie-Rosalie, called Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Landry, at St.-Gabriel in February 1796; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Charles-Grégoire, called Grégoire, was born at St.-Gabriel in April 1803, Joseph Valéry in October 1804 but died the following December, Ursin was born in October 1805, Leufroi in July 1807, and Julien Donat in December 1809.  Their daughters married into the Landry, LeBlanc, and Melançon families.  Strangely, most of Charles's sons came of age but died before they could establish families of their own. 

2a

Grégoire died near St. Gabriel in November 1828.  He was only 25 years old and did not marry.  

2b

Julien Donat died near St. Gabriel in January 1830.  He was only 21 years old and did not marry.  

2c

Leufroi died near St. Gabriel in July 1831.  He was only 24 years old and did not marry.  

2d

Ursin died near St. Gabriel in April 1843.  He was only 37 years old and, like his brothers, probably did not marry. 

3

Arsène, born probably at Ascension in the early 1770s, married Marie-Geneviève, called Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Daigre, at St.-Gabriel in January 1798.  Their son Jean Baptiste was born near St. Gabriel in October 1804, Pierre Eugène, called Eugène, in March 1808, Arsène, fils, a twin, in August 1812, Joseph Arvillien, called Arvillien, in September 1815, and a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in May 1819.  They also had an older son named Joseph.  Their daughters married into the Allain, Comeaux, Henry, and Landry families.  Arsène died near St. Gabriel in May 1830; the priest who recorded his burial did not give Arsène's age at the time of his death, but he probably died in his late 50s; the priest did note, however, that Arsène was "found dead in the woods after several weeks absence."   Arsène's sons also settled in Iberville Parish.  

3a

Jean Baptiste married Marie Uranie or Ursine, daughter of fellow Acadian Narcisse LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1827.  Their son Jean Baptiste, fils was born near St. Gabriel in February 1829 but died the following September.  Jean Baptiste remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Anglo American Michael Walsh, at the St. Gabriel church in July 1836.  Their son Joseph Arsène was born near St. Gabriel in February 1838. ...

3b

Joseph married Marie Cécile, daughter of French Creole Joseph Capdeville, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1829. ...

3c

Eugène married Uranie, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1834, and remarried to cousin Virginie, daughter of French Creole Pierre Michel Lambremont, at the St. Gabriel church in July 1838; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry; Virginie's mother was a Braud.  ...

3d

Joseph Arvillien married Anne Celina, Celima, or Catalina, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1836.  They settled near Bayou Goula on the west bank of the river.  Their son Joseph Alexandre was born in November 1836, Arvillien Amour in July 1839, and a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at birth in October 1840.  ...

3e

Arsène, fils married Marie Rosalie, daughter of French Creole Jean Lambremont and widow of his first cousin Eribert Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1837. ...

4

Louis, also called François, a twin, born at Ascension in June 1774, married Marie-Josèphe or Josephine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Henry, at St.-Gabriel in July 1800.  Their son Louis-Dorville, called Dorville and Léandre, was born at St.-Gabriel in February 1803, a son, name unrecorded, perhaps Pierre Eribert, called Eribert and sometimes Hébert, in November 1804, Arsène Marcellin or Firmin in April 1807 but died at age 7 in July 1814, Mathurin Zéphirin, called Zéphirin, was born in November 1809, and Joseph Nicaise in December 1813.  Their daughters married into the Lambremont and Landry families.  ...

4a

Louis Dorville married Marie Sophie, called Sophie, daughter of Anglo-American Louis Boush, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1825.  Their son, name unrecorded, died near St. Gabriel at age 1 in August 1826, Louis Dorville, fils was born in July 1827, Joseph Lazin or Lezin in June 1830 but died at age 1 in August 1831, Dorville was born in c1833 but died at age 1 in August 1834, Arcade died at age 10 months in November 1835, and Joseph Henri was born in July 1836.  Dorville, père remarried to Marie Caroline, called Caroline, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Joseph Landry and widow of François Boush, at the St. Gabriel church in January 1839.  They settled near Bayou Goula on the west bank of the river.  Their son Callixte Aristide was born in October 1842 but died the following February.  ...

4b

Eribert married Marie Rosalie, daughter of French Creole Jean Lambremont, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in July 1828.  Their son Joseph Roger was born near St. Gabriel, Demonville in c1833 but died at age 2 in August 1835, and Paul died 7 days after his birth in June 1835.  A daughter, Herminie, also died in August 1835; she was only 5 years old.  Eribert died near St. Gabriel in August 1835 as well; he was only 30 years old.  One can only imagine what Marie Rosalie endured during that terrible summer of 1835 when she lost two sons, a daughter, and a husband in a two-month period.  She remarried to Eribert's younger first cousin, Arsène Braud, fils, in May 1837 and helped create another family.  Eribert's line of the family ended when oldest son Joseph Roger died at age 8 in December 1839--another personal tragedy for the long-suffering Marie Rosalie.  

4c

Zéphirin married Anne Euphémie, called Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadian Julien Comeaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1837. ...

Descendants of Jean-Charles BRAUD (c1733-1784)

Jean-Charles, son of Pierre Breau and Marguerite Gautrot, born probably at Pigiguit in c1733, married Marie Benoit probably at Minas on the eve of Le Grand Dérangement.  The British deported them to Maryland in 1755, where they were counted at Port Tobacco in July 1763 with two children and an orphan.  They came to Louisiana in 1768 with the Breau party, lived with them at San Luìs de Natchez, where one of their sons was born and another may have died.  After General Alejandro O'Reilly released them from Natchez, they moved to St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, where other Maryland exiles had settled.  They had more children, including another son, at St.-Gabriel.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Berteau, Blanchard, Gautreaux, and Melançon families.  Jean-Charles died at St.-Gabriel in March 1784; he was only 50 years old.  Most of his sons settled in nearby Ascension Parish, others farther down in St. James.  One son moved to upper Bayou Lafourche in the 1810s.    

1

Oldest son Michel, also called Charles, born probably at Minas in c1754, married Marie-Perpétué, called Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Landry, at St.-Jacques, downriver from St.-Gabriel, in February 1777.  Their son Michel, fils was born at St.-Gabriel in May 1779, Étienne-Urbin, called Urbin, in July 1783, Joseph-Manuel, called Manuel, in December 1784, Jean-Baptiste in February 1792, Joseph-Raphaël, called Raphaël, in November 1793, and Casimir in March 1798.  Their daughters married into the Braud, Dupuis, Durham, Hatch, Hébert, and Part families.  Michel, père died in Ascension Parish in November 1812; the priest who recorded his burial said that Michel was 59 years old when he died. 

1a

Manuel le jeune married ______ probably in St. James Parish by 1806.  He died in Ascension Parish in January 1813.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Manuel was 22 years old when he died, but he was 28.   

1b

Michel, fils married Henriette, daughter of French Creole Michel Judice, at Ascension in May 1807.  Their son, name and age unrecorded, died in Ascension Parish in July 1811.  Their daughter married into the Roth family.  Michel, fils died in Ascension Parish in July 1823; he was only 44 years old.  His line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him.  

1c

Urbin married Marie Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Dupuis, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in August 1810.  Their son Étienne Urbin, fils, called Urbin, was born posthumously in Ascension Parish in September 1817 but died at age 2 in November 1819.  Their daughter married into the Gautreaux family.  Urbin, père died in Ascension Parish in December 1816; the priest who recorded his burial said that Urbin was 29 years old when he died, but he was 33.  His line of the family, except for its blood, died with him.  

1d

Raphaël died in Ascension Parish in November 1812.  He was only 19 years old and did not marry.  

1e

Jean Baptiste married Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Landry and widow of Eusèbe Babin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1820.  Their son Jean Baptiste Célestin was born in Ascension Parish in August 1825.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc and Richard families.  Jean Baptiste, père may have died in Ascension Parish in March 1829, in his late 30s. 

1f

Casimir married Céleste _____ probably in Ascension Parish in the 1820s.  Their son Pierre was born in Ascension Parish in June 1826. ...

2

 Simon, born in Maryland in c1766, probably died young. 

3

Louis, also called Louis-Jean, born at either Fort San Luìs de Natchez in c1768 or St.-Gabriel d'Iberville in c1769, married Marie-Anne or Anne-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Bourgeois, at St.-Jacques in January 1788.  Their son Simon le jeune was born at St.-Jacques in December 1794, Pierre-Louis in May 1797, Valéry in July 1802, Paul Louis in March 1805, Louis Drosin in February 1808, Jean Marcellin was baptized (the priest said buried), age 3 months, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in December 1810, and Joseph Joachim, called Joachim, was born in Assumption Parish in April 1815.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Part, and Richard families.  As the birth of his youngest son reveals, Louis moved his family to upper Bayou Lafourche in 1810s.  His married sons remained there. 

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Youngest son Jean-Emmanuel or -Manuel, born at St.-Gabriel in May 1775, married Marie Anastasie, called Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Gautreaux, at St.-Jacques in February 1800.  Their son Jean-Narcisse was born at St.-Jacques in January 1801, a son, name and age unrecorded, died in April 1802, Raphaël Augustin, called Augustin, was baptized at St. James, age 1 1/2 months, in January 1804, Joseph was born in September 1808, a son, name and age unrecorded but it may have been Joseph, died in January 1809, Simon Athanase was born in May 1811, Jean Charles le jeune in July 1812, Michel le jeune in September 1816, and Gervais Marcellin, called Marcellin, in November 1819.  Their daughters married into the Duplessis, Guidry, LeBlanc, and Richard families.  ...

4a

Augustin married Eglantine, daughter of French Creole Jacques Rousseau, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1828; Eglantine's mother was a Landry.  They lived near the boundary of Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Joseph Christophe was born in July 1829, Joseph Amédée in March 1834, Joseph Amand in June 1839, and Joseph Justinien in April 1841.  Augustin died in St. James Parish in April 1845; the St. James priest who recorded his burial said that Augustin died at "age 40 yrs.," but he was 42; the priest also noted that Augustin "left his wife and five children." 

4b

Simon Athanase married Marie Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Broussard and widow of Jean Baptiste Kling, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1839.  Their son Joseph Léonard was born near St. Gabriel in June 1840, Simon Oscar in February 1842, and Manuel Ulgère in March 1844.  ...

4c

Michel le jeune married Marie Virginie, called Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadian Narcisse Guidry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1843. ...

4d

Marcellin married Belzire, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Bourque, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1843.  They settled near the boundary of St. James and Ascension parishes.  ...

4e

Jean Charles le jeune married cousin Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Urbain Gautreaux, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in June 1843. ...

Descendants of Jean BRAUD (c1736-)

Jean Breau, born probably at Minas in c1736, married Marie _____ probably in Maryland.  They had two children there before following the Breau clan to Louisiana in 1768.  They were counted among the settlers at San Luìs de Natchez in 1768.  ...

Jean-Baptiste, born probably in Maryland in Sep 1767 on the eve of his families emigration to Louisiana, probably died young.  If so, his line of the family died with him.

Pierre BRAUD (c1741-)

Pierre, son of Charles Breau and Claire Trahan, was born probably at Pigiguit in c1741.  The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  In 1768, he followed his widowed mother and three sisters to Louisiana, lived with them at San Luìs de Natchez, and followed them downriver to Ascension, where Spanish officials counted him in the household of uncle François Babin on left, or east, bank of the river in 1770.  By 1777, he was counted as a bachelor at St.-Gabriel, still on the east bank of river just above Ascension.  He may not have married.  

Descendants of Honoré BRAUD le jeune (c1747-1810)

Honoré le jeune, eldest son of Alexis Breau and Madeleine Trahan, born at Pigiguit in c1747, followed his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755 and to Louisiana in 1768.  He lived with his mother and siblings at San Luìs de Natchez while his father was in hiding, and followed his family downriver to St.-Jacques in the late 1760s.  He married cousin Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Breau of Pigiguit and sister of his younger brother Charles's wife Esther, at either St.-Jacques or nearby Ascension in January 1773.  Their daughter married into the Dugas family.  Honoré le jeune died in St. James Parish in July 1810; the priest who recorded his burial said that Honoré was about 58 years old when he died, but he was closer to 63.  Marie-Madeleine died in St. James Parish in May 1821, in her early 70s.  Half of their six sons died young.  One of their three married sons moved to the western prairies and another to upper Bayou Lafourche, but the youngest son remained in St. James Parish.  

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Oldest son Amand or Herman, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in October 1777, probably died young.  

2

Alexis le jeune, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in April 1779, died in St. James Parish in April 1834.  He was 55 years old when he died.  He may not have married.  

3

Charles, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in February 1781, married Céleste or Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Arceneaux, at St.-Jacques in April 1800.  Their son Alexandre was born at St.-Jacques in February 1801 but died at age 4 in September 1805, Godefroi was born in February 1803, and Michel Joachim Michel was baptized at St. James, age 1, in June 1806.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche.  

4

Jean-Baptiste, born at St.-Jacques in November 1789, died in June 1802.  He was only 13 years old.  

5

Hippolyte, born probably at St.-Jacques in the early 1790s, married Françoise Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Boudreaux, at St.-Jacques in January 1807.  Their son Hippolyte Eugène was born in St. James Parish in March 1808.  Hippolyte remarried to fellow Acadian Julie Babineaux in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in December 1822.  They settled on the western prairies.

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Youngest son Édouard, born at St.-Jacques in May 1793, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Clouâtre, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1816.  Their son Émile was born in St. James Parish in June 1819, Martial was baptized at the St. James church, age 9 months, in April 1826, and Joseph Bienvenu was born in February 1831.  Their daughter married into the Bergeron family.  ...

Émile married Azéma, daughter of fellow Acadian Auguste Gaudet, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in August 1843. ...

Descendants of Joseph BRAUD (c1751-1819)

Joseph, second son of Alexis Breau and Madeleine Trahan, was born at Pigiguit in c1751.  The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  He followed them to Louisiana in 1768, lived with his mother and siblings at San Luìs de Natchez while his father was in hiding, and moved with them downriver to St.-Jacques in the late 1760s.  He married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Melançon, at St.-Jacques in February 1774.  Joseph remarried to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Bourg, at St.-Jacques in February 1790.  In the late 1790s, he crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District, where he remarried again and settled in present-day Lafayette Parish.

Descendants of Charles BRAUD (c1753-1802)

Charles, third son of Alexis Breau and Madeleine Trahan, was born at Pigiguit in c1753.  The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  He followed them to Louisiana in 1768, lived with his mother and siblings at San Luìs de Natchez while his father was in hiding, and moved with them downriver to St.-Jacques in the late 1760s.  He married cousin Esther, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Breau and sister of his older brother Honoré's wife Madeleine, at St.-Jacques in April 1777.  Their daughters married into the Bergeron (French Creole, not Acadian), Bourg, LeBlanc, and Pelletier families.  One of his daughters moved to the Attakapas District.  Charles remarried to Judith, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Prince, at St.-Jacques in June 1789.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family.  Charles died at St.-Jacques in June 1802; he was 49 years old.  His middle son died young.  His other two sons married and moved to the western prairies.  

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Oldest son Charles, by his first wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in July 1779, married Marie-Tarsile, called Tarsile, daughter of Joseph Gravois, at St.-Jacques in January 1798.  Their son, name and age unrecorded, died at St.-Jacques in August 1800.  In the early 1800s, they moved to the Attakapas District.  

2

Constant, by his first wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in February 1781, died at St.-Jacques in August 1796.  He was only 16 years old.  

3

Youngest son Constant, the second with the name, from his second wife, born at St.-Jacques probably in the 1780s, followed his older half brother Charles to the Attakapas District and married cousin Céleste, daughter of François Breaux of Bayou Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1810. 

Descendants of Alexis BRAUD, fils (c1765-1810)

Alexis, fils, fourth and youngest son of Alexis Breau and Madeleine Trahan, born in Maryland in c1765, followed his family to Louisiana in 1768, lived with his mother and siblings at San Luìs de Natchez while his father was in hiding, and followed them downriver to St.-Jacques in the late 1760s.  He married cousin Marie, daughter of Athanase Breau, at St.-Jacques in April 1786.  Their daughter married into the Berard and LeBlanc families and settled on the western prairies.  Alexis, fils remarried to Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Marie Richard and widow of Philippe de Saint-Julien Lachaussée, fils, at St.-Jacques in June 1801.  Their daughter married into the Gaudet family.  Alexis, fils died in St. James Parish in January 1810; the priest who recorded his burial said that Alexis was 49 years old when he died, but he was closer to 44.  Two of his sons, his eldest and his youngest, did not have sons of their own, but his middle son, who married thrice, fathered sons to carry on the line.  

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Oldest son Donat, by his first wife, born at St.-Jacques in August 1792, married Marie Godelise, called Godelise and Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Bergeron, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in February 1816.  Their daughters married into the Bergeron, Lanoix, LeBlanc, and Poirier families.  Donat died in St. James Parish in March 1838; he was 46 years old.  He and his wife evidently had no sons, so this branch of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him.  

2

Rosémond, by his first wife, born at St.-Jacques in August 1795, married Marie Amelie, Émelie, or Émelite, another daughter of Michel Bergeron, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in April 1815.  Their son Michel Trasimond, called Trasimond, was born in St. James Parish in November 1818.  Their daughter married into the Poirier family.  Rosémond remarried to Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph dit Cadet Dugas and widow of Simon Arceneaux, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in September 1825.  Their son Alexis Sosthène, called Sosthène, was born in St. James Parish in July 1827.  Rosémond remarried again--his third marriage--to Emeranthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Melançon and widow of Leufroi Daigle, at the Convent church in July 1839.  Their son Pierre Alexis was born in St. James Parish in January 1844.  ...

2a

Trasimond, by his first wife, married Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Raphaël Gaudin, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in May 1842.  Their son Alexis Camille was born near Convent in August 1843.  ...

2b

Sosthène, by his second wife, married Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Guidry, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in April 1847. ...

3

Youngest son Michel-Anselme, by his second wife, born at St.-Jacques in April 1802, died at age 18 months in October 1803.  

Joseph BRAUD (c1753-1782)

Joseph, son of Amand Breau and Marie-Josèphe Landry, was born probably at Minas in c1753.  The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  They were held at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac, where both of his parents died.  He and two of his older sisters came to Louisiana with the Breau clan in 1768, lived at San Luìs de Natchez, and moved downriver to Ascension, where he married Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Dupuis, in February 1782.  Joseph died at Ascension the following August; he was only 30 years old.  His line of the family probably died with him.  

Descendants of Joseph BRAUD (c1754-)

Joseph, elder son of Antoine Breau and Marguerite Landry, was born probably at Minas in c1754.  The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.  He followed his family to Louisiana in 1768 with the Breau clan, lived with them at San Luìs de Natchez, and followed them downriver to St.-Gabriel d'Iberville.  He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Aucoin, at nearby St.-Jacques in January 1777.  They settled at St.-Gabriel.  Their daughters married into the Gautreaux, Guidry, and Nerault families.  Joseph remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Babin and widow of Simon Allain, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1818; Joseph was in his early 60s at the time of the wedding.  ...

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Older son Joseph, fils, by his first wife, born at St.-Gabriel in July 1792, married Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Dupuis, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1816.  Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Ascension Parish in March 1821, Joseph Sylvanie near St. Gabriel in October 1823, Émile in July 1826, Joseph Duval in December 1828, and Joseph Neuville, called Neuville, in July 1831 but died at age 3 in August 1834.  ...

2

Younger son Jean-Valéry, called Valéry, from his first wife, born at St.-Gabriel in December 1794, married Marie Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Donat Hébert, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1816.  Their child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died near St. Gabriel 13 days after its birth in June 1817, Joseph Séverin, called Séverin, was born in December 1820, Jean Trasimond, called Trasimond, in January 1823 but died at age 8 months the following September, Treville was born in c1824 but died at age 4 in August 1828, and Joseph Osémé was born in October 1838.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Duplessis families.  ...

Joseph Séverin married Sarazine, daughter of fellow Acadian Auguste Raphaël Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1843.  Their Joseph Vintress was born near St. Gabriel in September 1845.  Joseph Séverin died near St. Gabriel in May 1847; he was only 26 years old. 

Descendants of Charles BRAUD (c1759-)

Charles, younger son of Antoine Breau and Marguerite Landry, born in Maryland in c1759, followed his family to Louisiana in 1768 with the Breau clan, lived with them at San Luìs de Natchez, and followed them downriver to St.-Gabriel d'Iberville.  He married Anne-Monique, called Monique, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Guidry, at nearby Ascension in December 1782.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Braud, and Broussard families.  ...

1

Oldest son Elis, born at St.-Gabriel in February 1787, probably died young.  

2

Joseph Urbin, called Urbin, married cousin Anne Marcellite, called Marcellite, also called Marie Jeanne, daughter of Pierre Braud, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in June 1809.  Their son Joseph Marcellin, called Marcellin, was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1810, Olivier in July 1814 but died the following January, Pierre Rosémond, called Rosémond, was baptized at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, age unrecorded, in March 1816, Valsin was born in February 1826, and Hilaire in July 1828.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux and Landry families.  ...

2a

Marcellin married Marie Odile, called Odile, daughter of fellow Acadian D'Artoise Babin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in March 1832.  Their son Joseph Théodule was born near St. Gabriel in January 1836, and Édouard in November 1837 but died at age 2 1/2 in October 1840.  Marcellin died near St. Gabriel in December 1846; he was only 36 years old. 

2b

Pierre Rosémond married Rosalie, daughter of Spanish Creole Manuel Araiza, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1844.  Their son Déonise Victor was born near Baton Rouge in March 1846, and Théophile Marcellin in February 1847.  ...

2c

Valsin married Virginia, daughter of French Creole Sylvain Drosin Lavergne, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1847; Virginia's mother was a Landry. ...

3

Michel-Henri, born at St.-Gabriel in February 1793, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in December 1844.  He was only 51 years old.  Did he marry?  If not, why not? 

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Youngest son Charles Alexandre, Cléandre, or Léandre, also called Jean Cléandre, born at St.-Gabriel in September 1795, married Renée Rose or Rosalie, also called Marie Renée, Marie Clémence, and Lareine, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Dupuis, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1816.  Their son Charles Neuville, also called Cléandre, was born near St. Gabriel in July 1825 but died at age 7 months in March 1826, Joseph Onésime was born in March 1827, and Charles Stanislas in October 1833.  Their daughters married into the Guidry, Picou, Richard, and Seguinaud families.  Cléandre, called Joseph Cléandre by the recording priest, may have died near St. Gabriel in October 1847; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, says that Joseph Cléandre, as he called him, died at "age 55 yrs.," but this Cléandre would have been only 52. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste-Pierre BRAUD (c1755-1822)

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, also called Jean-Pierre and Pierre-Jean-Baptiste, elder son Simon-Pierre Breau and Marguerite Landry, was born either at Minas or in Maryland in c1755.  He followed his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana in 1768 with the Breau clan, lived with his family at San Luìs de Natchez, and followed them downriver to St.-Gabriel after the Spanish released them from Natchez.  He "married" Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Charles Dardenne, at nearby Ascension in July 1799, but they settled at St.-Gabriel.  Their daughter married into the Vigé family at St.-Gabriel in August 1798, so Pierre and Marguerite must have been co-habiting for decades before their 1799 "marriage."  Like Pierre-Jean-Baptiste himself, his children also married non-Acadians.  His other daughters married into the Billings, Catoire, Lambremont, Lelusseau, Nerault, and Suire families.  Pierre Jean Baptiste and Marguerite had many sons, most of whom married, three of them to sisters, and all of whom settled near St. Gabriel.  He probably was the Jean Pierre Braud who died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1822; the priest who recorded the burial said that Jean Pierre was 60 years old when he died, but Pierre Jean Baptiste would have been closer to 67. 

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Oldest son Faustin- or Félix-Athanase, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age unrecorded, in May 1780, married Marie Louise, called Louise, daughter of German Creole Jean-Philippe Staub, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1809.  Their son Jean Félix was born near St. Gabriel in February 1811, and Pierre Drosin, called Drosin, in November 1816.  ...

Drosin married Marie Adeline or Azéline, daughter of French Creole Emerant Lanclos, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1836.  Their son Jean Félix le jeune had been born near St. Gabriel in December 1835.  ...

2

Charles, born at St.-Gabriel in April 1787, married Adeline, daughter of French Creole Jean Louis Nerault, at the St.-Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1818.  They settled at Grosse Tete, Iberville Parish, where Charles died in October 1839; the priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was 55 years old when he died, but he was only 52.  He and his wife evidently had no sons, so his line of the family died with him.  

3

Jean-Pierre, called Pierre, born at St.-Gabriel in December 1788, married Marie Louise, daughter of Jacques Barque, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1808.  Their son Pierre Aladin was born near St. Gabriel in July 1826.  Their daughters married into the Mayer family. ...

4

André-Treville, called Treville, a twin, born at St.-Gabriel in July 1790, married Marguerite, also called Apollonie, another daughter of Jean-Philippe Staub, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1816.  Their son André Surville was born near St. Gabriel in October 1817, Jacques Pierre in July 1821, and Pierre Jean Baptiste, called John, in July 1822.  Treville remarried to Marie Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, Barque by the late 1820s.  Their daughter married into the Orillion family.  ...

John, by his first wife, married Mélicère, daughter of fellow Acadian Marcellin Rivet, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in September 1847. ...

5

Jean-Solomon, called Solomon, baptized at St.-Gabriel, age 18 months, in August 1801, married Catherine, another daughter of Jean-Philippe Staub, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1821.  Their son Pierre Adolphe was born near St. Gabriel in February 1822.  Solomon remarried to Marie Odile Rivas or Rivet probably at St. Gabriel in c1823.  Their son Benjamin was born near St. Gabriel in December 1823, Solomon, fils in November 1832, and Jean Faustin in March 1835.  Solomon may have remarried again--perhaps his third marriage--to Émelie Chenevert and settled in Pointe Coupee Parish by the early 1840s.  ...

6

Joseph-Onésime, born at St.-Gabriel in October 1800, may have died young.  

7

Youngest son Félix, baptized (though the published church record says buried) at St.-Gabriel, age 1, in March 1803, married Euphrosine, daughter of French Creole Charles Vigé, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1820, remarried to Marie Théotiste, daughter of French Creole Philippe Badeaux, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in May 1828, and may have remarried again--perhaps his third marriage--to Marie Félicie DeGruise.  ...  

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Twenty years after the first of their family reached the colony, Breaus came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard five of the Seven Ships from France.  Most of them chose to go to river communities:  

Cécile Breau, age 39, crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July.  With her were husband Joseph Henry and six children, ages 19 to infancy.  They settled at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where Cécile died in August 1828, in her early 80s.  

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Honoré Breau, age 50, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  With him were wife Élisabeth dite Maillet LeBlanc, age 42, and seven children--Olive-Élisabeth, age 16, Marie-Madeleine, age 14, Jeanne, age 9, Pierre-Paul, age 5, twins Charles and Rose-Marie, age 3, and Martina or Martine, who was born aboard ship.  They settled at Manchac.  Honoré and Élisabeth had no more children in Louisiana.  Rose-Marie died at St.-Gabriel in July 1787, age 6.  Jeanne never married and died at Charity Hospital in New Orleans in September 1799, only 22 years old.  Their other daughters married into the Aucoin, Foret, Guidry, Hébert, and Landry families and remained on the river.  Their sons also remained on the river.  

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Joseph Breau, age 23, crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  With him was wife Marie-Blanche Trahan, age 19.  They had no children.  They settled near Baton Rouge, where their children were born.  

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Marie-Osite Breau, age 40, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December, with the family of widower Joseph Aucoin.  She followed them and the majority of the passengers from their ship to Bayou des Écores, a new Acadian community north of Baton Rouge.  

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Although most of the Breaus who came to Louisiana from France settled on the river near their cousins already there, only one of their lines survived, in what became West Baton Rouge Parish:

Descendants of Joseph BRAUD (1761-1813)

Joseph, son of Joseph Breau and Marie-Madeleine Vincent of Minas, born at Bristol, England, in February 1761, followed his widowed mother and a Boudrot half-brother to France in 1763 and settled with them at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo.  He married Marie-Blanche, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis-Athanase Trahan of Pigiguit at Chantenay, France, near Nantes, in May 1785.  Marie-Blanche was a native of Belle-Île-en-Mer, France; her family also had been exiled to Virginia in 1755, deported to England the following year, and repatriated to France in 1763.  Joseph and Marie-Blanche sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont and followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Baton Rouge, where their children were born.  Their daughter married into the Theriot family.  Joseph died near Baton Rouge in March 1813; he was 52 years old.  His oldest son moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, but his younger sons remained at Baton Rouge.  

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Oldest son Jean-Joseph, -Justin, or -Faustin, born near Baton Rouge in March 1788, married Marie Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Templet, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1814.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche.  

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Joseph, fils, born near Baton Rouge in April 1790, married Jeanne Louise Véronique, also called Jeanne Marie and Marie Véronique, daughter of French Creole François Isidore LeTullier, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1815; Jeanne's mother was a Daigre; Jeanne probably was a cousin of Joseph's younger brother Arsène's wife Julie.  Joseph, fils and Jeanne settled probably in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Pierre Élie was born in September 1820, Jean Baptiste in July 1827, and Laurent in October 1833.  They also had a son named Joseph III.  Their daughter married into the Allain and Hébert families.  ...

Joseph III married Marie Aureline, called Aureline or Aurelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Daigre of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1839.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Joseph Ulysse was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, age 2 months, in February 1840.  ...

3

Marcel, born near Baton Rouge in July 1804, may have died young. 

4

Youngest son Marie François Arsène, called Arsène, born near Baton Rouge in February 1807, married Julie, daughter of French Creole Jean Chares LeTullier, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in August 1824; Julie's mother was a Daigre; Julie probably was a cousin of Arsène's older brother Joseph's wife Jeanne.  Arsène and Julie settled probably in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Drosin was born in December 1829, Adolphe in October 1832, and Arsène, fils in October 1834. ...

Pierre-Paul BRAUD (1779-1823)

Pierre-Paul, elder son of Honoré Breau and Élisabeth dit Maillet LeBlanc, born at St.-Léonard, Nantes, France, in June 1779, came to Louisiana aboard La Bergère with his parents and siblings and followed them to St.-Gabriel de Manchac, where he married Anne-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Hébert, in January 1810; his wife was his younger brother Charles's wife's sister.  They remained in Iberville Parish.  Pierre Paul died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1823; he was only 44 years old.  He and his wife seem to have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children, so his line of the family died with him.  

Descendants of Charles BRAUD (1781-)

Charles, younger son of Honoré Breau and Élisabeth dit Maillet LeBlanc, born at Chantenay, near Nantes, France, in October 1781, came to Louisiana aboard La Bergère with his parents and siblings and followed them to St.-Gabriel de Manchac, where he married Marie-Renée, called Renée, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Hébert, in August 1810; his wife was older brother Pierre Paul's wife's sister.  They settled in Iberville Parish and then at Baton Rouge.  Charles remarried to fellow Acadian Ursule Trahan, widow of François Theriot, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1830; he was 48 years old at the time of the wedding. 

Jules Charles, by his second wife, born in West Baton Rouge Parish in August 1832, died at age 5 in August 1837.  His line of the family died with him. 

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In a reversal of the usual Acadian settlement pattern, a Breaux whose family settled on upper Bayou Lafourche "returned" to the river in the 1810s: 

Descendants of Pierre-Marcel BRAUD (1790-)

Pierre-Marcel, called Marcel and Narcisse, younger son of Joseph-Gabriel Breaux and Marie-Marguerite Templet, born at Lafourche in June 1790, lived with his family on upper Bayou Lafourche, but he did not remain there.  He married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Berteau, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1818.  They remained on the river.  Their daughter married into the Gourdain family.  ...

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Oldest son Joseph Marcel, born in St. James Parish in November 1820, married Marguerite Anaïs, daughter of French Creole Jean Gourdain, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1846; Marguerite's mother was an Acadian Bergeron; Joseph Marcel's sister Marie Mathilde married Marguerite Anaïs's brother Jean Arsène.  ...

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Raymond Eugène, born in St. James Parish in December 1821, ...

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Youngest son Sylvestre, born in St. James Parish in December 1825, ...

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Other BRAUDs on the River

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link many Brauds on the river with known Acadian lines of the family there:

Charles Breau married Clara Trahan.  Their son Pierre died near St.-Gabriel in March 1781.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not say how old Pierre was when he died.  Carlos, that is, Charles, Braud died at St.-Gabriel in January 1796, but the priest who recorded his burial did not give Charles's parents' names, mention a wife, or say how old he was when he died.  One wonders if this was the Charles Braud who was married to Clara Trahan.  

Philippe Braud married Marie Orillion.  Their son Jean was born near St.-Gabriel in April 1795.  

Pierre Braud died at Ascension in November 1803.  He was only 35 years old.  The priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give Pierre's parents' names or mention a wife.  

Paul Braud "of St. James" married Marie Chrétien "of Baton Rouge" in St. James or Ascension Parish by 1808.  Marie may have been known also as Marie Pelletier.  

Pierre Braud married Élisabeth Landry.  Their son, name unrecorded, died in Ascension Parish, age 3 months, in December 1816.  

Thomas Braud married Marie Constance Landry probably at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, by 1821.  

Guillaume Braud married Marie Daigle.  Their son Paul Octave was born near Baton Rouge in April 1823.  

Joseph Braud married Hélène Landry probably at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, by 1836.  

In September 1836, R. V. Braud, M.D., witnessed a marriage at Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish.  Which Braud was he?

Joseph Braud married Adèle Sigar or Sigur and settled near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, by the late 1830s.  Their son Louis Émile was born near St. Gabriel in November 1841. 

Thomas Braud married Marie Lavergne of either Pointe Coupee or West Feliciana Parish in a civil ceremony probably in Pointe Coupee Parish.  Their son Thomas, fils was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in July 1838.  

John Braud "of Iberville" died in West Baton Rouge Parish in March 1840.  The Baton Rouge priest who recorded the burial did not bother to give any parents' names, mention a wife, or even give John's age at the time of his death. 

Seguin Braud died in Pointe Coupee Parish in October 1844.  The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parens' names, said that Seguin died at "age 15 mos."  Was Seguin a son of Solomon? 

Adolphe Braud married Marie Félicia Neraux in a civil ceremony perhaps in Iberville Parish.  Their son Adolphe Théodore was born near St. Gabriel in May 1846.   

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

Some of the Breaus who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche: 

Ursule Breau, age 65, widow of Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  With her were a 23-year-old son and an 11-year-old granddaughter. 

Anne-Josèphe Breau, age 38, crossed on La Bergère with husband Jacques Doiron, age 40, and four children, ages 17 to infancy.  Anne Josèphe died a widow in Assumption Parish in March 1822, in her mid-70s.  

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Alexis Breau, age 61, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November.  With him were wife Marie-Josèphe Guillot, age 62, their daughter Marguerite-Blanche, age 20, a Gautrot cousin and a Guillot nephew.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  Marie-Blanche married into the Dantin family.  

Ursule Breau, age 45, widow of Francois Pitre, crossed on L'Amitié with her 22-year-old daughter.   Ursule did no remarry.  She died in Assumption Parish in July 1834, in her mid-90s.  

Anne-Madeleine Breau, age 36, crossed on L'Amitié with husband Étienne Hébert and five children, ages 18 to infancy.

Luce Breau, age 33, crossed on L'Amitié with husband Athanase Bourg and two sons, ages 13 and 10.  Athanase died at Lafourche soon after they got there, and Luce remarried to Pierre, son of fellow Acadian Cyprien Theriot and widower of Élisabeth Trahan and Marie Daigle, at Lafourche in June 1790.  Luce must have returned to the river after her second husband died because she died in St. James Parish in December 1831, in her late 80s.  

Joseph-Gabriel Breau, age 32, crossed on L'Amitié with wife Marguerite Templet, age 32, and two children--Joseph, age 7, and infant Eulalie.  They had more children in Louisiana.  

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A Breau from France created a family line on upper Bayou Lafourche, but the family did not remain there: 

Descendants of Joseph-Gabriel BREAUX (c1753-1822)

Joseph-Gabriel, son of Joseph Breau and Ursule Bourg, born probably at Rivière-du-Ouest, Île St.-Jean, in c1753, was deported with his family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758 aboard one of the five British transports.  He married Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian André Templet, at Archigny, Poitou, France, in September 1777.  In 1785, they crossed to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié and followed most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Richard, and Romagosa families.  Joseph Gabriel died in St. James Parish on the river in August 1822; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph Gabriel was 71 years old when he died, but he was "only" 69.  His older son, whose line died out, and his daughters remained on the upper Lafourche, but his younger son returned to the river and settled in St. James Parish.  Joseph Gabriel, in fact, may have died at his younger son's home.  

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Older son Joseph, born at Archigny, France, in June 1778, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Daigle, at Assumption in June 1805.   Their son Victor was born in Assumption Parish in July 1810 but died at age 4 months the following November.  Their daughters married into the Barbier and Thibodeaux families.  Joseph died in Assumption Parish in June 1815; he was only 37 years old.  His line of the family, except for its blood, probably died with him.  

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Younger son Pierre-Marcel, called Marcel, born at Ascension in June 1790, married Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Berteau, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1818.  They settled in St. James Parish.  

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Breaus from the river--one a Maryland exile, the other a son of a Maryland exile--moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche during the late colonial period.  Without these Breau migrants, in fact, the center of family settlement on Bayou Lafourche would not have endured:  

Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Breau and her husband René Simoneaux moved from Ascension on the river to upper Bayou Lafourche by the mid-1790s.  She died at Assumption in May 1802, in her late 30s.  

Marie Breau and her third husband Joseph Landry, whom she married at Ascension in the early 1780s, settled on the upper Lafourche, where she died in February 1803, age 60.  

Descendants of Joseph-Honoré BREAUX (c1767-1830)

Joseph-Honoré, called Honoré, son of Honoré Breau and Anne-Madeleine Trahan, born probably at Port Tobacco, Maryland, in c1767, followed his family to Louisiana in 1768.  His father was one of the notorious Breau brothers who stood up to Louisiana Governor Antonio de Ulloa.  Honoré lived with his mother at San Luìs de Natchez while his father was in hiding, and followed them downriver to St.-Jacques after the Spanish released them from Natchez.  Honoré married cousin Marie-Félicité, called Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadian Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan, at St.-Jacques in April 1789.  Félicité was a native of Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, and had come to Louisiana with her family in 1785.  In 1791, Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at nearby Ascension.  By the early 1790s, they were living at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Badeaux, Burnham, Hébert, Lirette, Maggiolo, Martin, Robichaux, and Thibodeaux families.  Joseph-Honoré, père died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1830, in his early 60s; his succession record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse the following February.  

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Oldest son Joseph-Honoré, fils, called Honoré, born at St.-Jacques in August 1790, married Marie Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Richard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1811.  Their son Joseph Alexandre was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1821.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Bergeron, Lirette, and Sonnier families.  Joseph Honoré, fils died in Lafourche Interior Parish by September 1826, when his succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse; he would have been only 36 years old that year.

Joseph Alexandre, a resident of Terrebonne Parish, married Rosalie, daughter of German Creole Benjamin Malbrough, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1842, after she received permission to marry from her tutor, François Maronge; the marriage was recorded also in Terrebonne Parish.  Their son Pierre Joseph Adam was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1844.  ...

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Joseph-Marie, born at Assumption in November 1801, married Marie Tarsile or Tarsile Marie, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Aucoin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1821.  Their son Joseph Honoré le jeune was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1824, and Joseph Drosin or Rosin, called Drosin, in Assumption Parish in June 1827.  Joseph Marie died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1828; he was only 27 years old; his succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse the following April. 

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Joseph Honoré le jeune married French Creole Marie Émelie, called Émelie, Boudeloche in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in July 1847.  Their son Léonide Désiré was born in Terrebonne Parish in June 1848, and Uma Joseph on Bayou Black in June 1850.  ...

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Drosin married Marie Adèle, daughter of French Creole Valéry Boudeloche, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1848; Marie's mother was a Robichaux.  Their son Clodomir was born on Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in October 1850.  ...

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Édouard, born at Assumption in May 1804, married Marie Arthémise, 21-year-old daughter of Hippolyte LeBlanc, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1828.  ...

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Youngest son Dominique Honoré, born in Assumption Parish in August 1807, married Élisabeth, sometimes called Elisa, 21-year-old daughter of French Creole Nicolas Albert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1828; Élisabeth's mother was a Bourg.  Their son Pierre Honoré was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1830, and Hermogène in September 1836.  Dominique Honoré remarried to Julie Elmire or Edmire, daughter of French Creole Jean Boudeloche, at the Thibodaux church in April 1842; Julie's mother was a Thibodeaux.  Their son Michel Trasimond was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1845, Joseph Trasimond in September 1847, and Ovile Édouard on Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in June 1849. ...

Descendants of Hilaire BREAUX (c1774-1846)

Hilaire, son of Joseph Breaux and his first wife Marie-Madeleine Melançon, was baptized at St.-Jacques on the river, age unrecorded, in January 1775 (his parents were married in February 1774, so he probably was born late that year).  His father and stepmother moved to the Attakapas District during the late 1790s, but Hilaire, now in his early 20s, did not follow them.  He went, instead, to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Landry, at Assumption in January 1796.  Their daughters married into the Atkinson, Landry, and Mollere families.  Hilaire remarried to Renée Sophie, daughter of fellow Acadian Chrysostôme Trahan, in Assumption Parish in the 1810s.  She gave him more children, including sons.  Hilaire died in Assumption Parish in April 1846; the Plattenville priest who recorded his burial said that Hilaire died at "age 75 yrs.," but he was closer to 72. 

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Oldest son Valéry-Damien, by his first wife, born at Assumption in September 1798, married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Antoine Coupel, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1824.  Their son Marcel Amédée, called Amédée, was born in Assumption Parish in November 1825, and twin sons, names and ages unrecorded, died in April 1827.  Valéry remarried to Marie Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Charles Blanchard, at the Plattenville church in January 1829.  Their son Joseph Pierre or Pierre Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in April 1833 but died at age 8 in June 1841, and Joseph Vileau was born in February 1840.  Valéry Damien may have died in Assumption Parish in July 1847; the Plattenville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to given any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Valéry Doncien, as he called him, died at "age 38 yrs.," but Valéry Damien would have been 48. 

Amédée, by his first wife, married Marguerite Oville, called Oville, daughter of fellow Acadian Eugène Daigle, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1846.  Their son Joseph Oscar was born near Paincourtville in June 1847 but died the following August.  ...

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Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, from his first wife, born at Assumption in February 1801, may have married Marie Jeanne George Henglot or L'Enclot in Assumption Parish in the late 1810s.  He married or remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Daigle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1837.  ...

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Henri, by his first wife, born at Assumption in March 1803, married Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Duhon, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1828.  Their son Numa Henri was born in Assumption Parish in May 1836, Joseph Désiré in January 1838, and Joseph Séraphin in January 1840.  Henri may have remarried to Marguerite Hearste.  If so, their son William Barbaras Mina was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1845.  ...

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Hippolyte, by his first wife, born at Assumption in August 1806, married Hélène, another daughter of Joseph Duhon, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1833.  Their son Édouard was born in Assumption Parish in February 1834, a child, perhaps a son, died 6 weeks after its birth in October 1837, and Zéphirin Will was bon in August 1838 but died at age 15 months in December 1839. ...

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Hermogène, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in April 1816, ...

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Isidore Onésime, by his second wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1818, ...

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A son, by his second wife, name and age unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish in July 1819. 

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Ursin Firmin, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in March 1822, ...

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Hilaire, fils, by his second wife, married Venerante or Emeranthe, daughter of French Creole François Martin, in a civil ceremony, place and date unrecorded, before sanctifying the marriage at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in March 1842, a month after one of their daughters was baptized there at age 3 months.  Their son Émile was born near Plattenville in May 1844.  ...

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More Brauds from the river moved to the Bayou Lafourche valley during the early antebellum period, adding substantially to that center of family settlement:

Descendants of Louis BREAUX (c1768/69-1845)

Louis, third son of Jean-Charles Breau and Marie Benoit, born at either Fort San Luìs de Natchez in c1768 or St.-Gabriel d'Iberville in c1769, married Marie-Anne or Anne-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Bourgeois, at St.-Jacques in January 1788.  They moved from St. James Parish to upper Bayou Lafourche by the 1810s.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Part, and Richard families.  Louis died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1845; the Thibodaux priest who recorded his burial said that Louis died "at age 77 yrs."; his probate sale record was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse the following January. 

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Oldest son Simon le jeune, born at St.-Jacques on the river in December 1794, probably died young.  

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Pierre-Louis, born at St. Jacques in May 1797, married Marie Euphrosine, Phrosine, or Froisine, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian François Roger, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1823.  Their son Pierre Étienne was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1825, Augustin in August 1829, Louis Joachim in August 1833, Benjamin Adolestin in December 1835, Paul Marcel in March 1838, Gratien in March 1843, and Clémile in December 1849.  Their daughters married into the Gaubert and Toups families.  ...

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Valéry, born at St. Jacques in July 1802, married 16-year-old Marguerite, another daughter of François Roger, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1825.  Their son Joseph Valéry was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1830, Louis Evariste in November 1831, François in January 1834, Donat Théodule in February 1836, Amédée in November 1840, and Louis Eliska in April 1849.  Their daughters married into the Babin and LeBlanc families.  ...

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Paul Louis, born at St. James in March 1805, married Clementine, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Robichaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1824.  Their son Paul Gédéon or Léon, called Léon, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1825, Louis Froisin in July 1828, and Joseph Justinien in October 1829.  Their daughter married into the Babin family.  ...

Léon married Marie Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Pitre, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in Marcy 1850, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, a month later. ...

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Louis Drosin, born at St. James in February 1808, probably died young. 

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Jean Marcellin, baptized (the priest said buried), age 3 months, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in December 1810, married Athanaise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Broussard, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1832.  Their son Marcellin Thomasin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1836, Charles Théodule in February 1841, Paul Théogène in September 1844, and Louis Joseph in October 1850.  ...

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Youngest son Joseph Joachim, called Joachim, born in Assumption Parish in April 1815, married Cléonise or Léonise, 14-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Robichaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1834.  Their son Joseph Joachim, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1835, Louis Paul in August 1837, Eugène Prosper in October 1839, Leufroi Augustin in December 1841, and Joseph Adam in September 1848.  ...

Descendants of Charles BREAUX (c1781-1837)

Charles, third son of Honoré Breau le jeune and Madeleine Breau, baptized at St.-Jacques on the river, age unrecorded, in February 1781, married Céleste or Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Arceneaux, at St.-Jacques in April 1800.  They moved to the upper Lafourche by 1810.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard, Bloomfield, and Mollere families.  Charles died in St. James Parish in October 1837; the priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was 58 years old when he died, but he was closer to 56.  

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Oldest son Alexandre, born at St.-Jacques in February 1801, died at age 4 in September 1805.  

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Godefroi, born at St.-Jacques in February 1803, married Marie Rose or Rosalie, called Rosalie, daughter of French Creole Antoine Coupel, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1822.  Their son Nicolas Cherville or Gerville was born in Assumption Parish in December 1822, Joachim Carville Azemond in December 1824, Désiré Raphaël or Raphaël Désiré in September 1839 but died at age 3 in October 1842, twins Camille and Joseph were born in October 1841, and Joseph Clairville in February 1844.  Their daughter married into the Cedotal family.  ...

Nicolas Gerville married Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadian Apollinaire Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1846. ...

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Youngest son Michel Joachim Michel, baptized at St. James, age 1, in June 1806, ...

Descendants of Jean-Faustin BREAUX (1788-1833)

Jean-Joseph, -Justin, or -Faustin, called Faustin, eldest son of Joseph Breau and Marie-Blanche Trahan, born at Baton Rouge in March 1788, married Marie Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Casimir Templet, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1814.  They moved to the upper Lafourche valley by the early 1820s.  Faustin died in Assumption Parish in July 1833; the priest who recorded his burial said that Fostin was 42 years old when he died, but he was 45.  

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Oldest son Valmont, born near Baton Rouge in June 1819, ...

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Maximin Désiré, born in Assumption Parish in May 1823, ...

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Youngest son Julvert Jean Baptiste, called Jean Baptiste, born in Assumption Parish in January 1829, died at age 2 in September 1831. 

Descendants of Joseph Achille BREAUX (1803-)

Joseph-Achille, called Achille, second son of Simon-Athanase, called Simonet, Breau and Marie-Constance Breau, baptized, age 6 months, at St.-Jacques on the river in November 1803, married Marie Rosalie, called Rosalie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian François Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1825.  ...

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Oldest son Achille Neuville, called Neuville, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1826, married Eveline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Guillot, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1846.  ...

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Amédée Léo Simonatrelle, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1828, married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Michel Sevin, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1847; Marguerite's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1848, and Félix Théodule in November 1850.  ...

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Joseph Théophile, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1833, ...

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Jean Baptiste, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1836, ...

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Joseph Augustin Molzi, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1845, ...

Descendants of Simonet or Pierre Marcellin BREAUX (1807-)

Simonet or Pierre Marcellin, called Marcellin, third and youngest son of Simon-Athanase Braud and Marie-Constance Braud, born posthumously at St.-Jacques on the river in July 1807, married Azélie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian François Dugas, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1830.  Their daughters married into the Bernard and Clement families.  ...

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Oldest son Jean Baptiste Arsène, born in St. James Parish in June 1830, a month before his parents' wedding, ...

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Octave Simonet, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1833, ...

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Joseph Arthur, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1837, ...

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Annesse Augustave, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1840, ...

Descendants of Charles Victorin BREAUX (1810-)

Charles Victorin, called Victorin, third son of Hippolyte Braud and Sophie-Adélaïde Dugas, born in Ascension Parish on the river in January 1810, married Marie Elvina or Telvina, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Hébert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1833. ...

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Older son Victor Alidor, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1844, ...

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Onésime, born near Raceland, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1849, ...

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Other BREAUXs in the Lafourche Valley

Local church and civil records make it difficult to link some Breauxs in the Bayou Lafourche valley with known Acadian lines of the family there:

Alexa [Alexis?] Breaux, married to Mary Guiot [Guillot?], died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1808.  

Joseph Breaux married Mathilde Belson by 1833.  

Joseph Onésime Breaux married Virginie Cuvillier and settled in Assumption Parish by the early 1840s. 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

Breau, Braud, Brault, or Brou is not an unusual name in France.  A Breau came to Louisiana from France decades before his Acadian namesakes reached the colony, and others lived at New Orleans and on the German Coast around the time that their Acadian namesakes appeared:

Pierre-Belledeaux Breau, a native of Tours, Touraine, France, died at St.-Charles des Allemands on the Lower German Coast in June 1740.  The priest who recorded his burial did not list Pierre's parents' names or his age at the time of his death or mention a wife.  Catherine, a native of New Orleans, daughter of Pierre Brou and Marguerite Bairenne, married Thomas, son of Guillaume Becknel of London, England, at New Orleans in April 1742; she may have been a daughter of Pierre of Tours.  

Denis Braud, a merchant, book dealer, and smuggler who became a regidor or King's inspector and established the first printing press in New Orleans, married Jeanne Lemelle in the city probably in the 1750s.  Their daughter Marie-Jeanne, called Jeanne, was born at New Orleans in October 1758; her godparents were her maternal grandparents, so her mother probably was a native of New Orleans.  Denis's son Jacques-Denis was born in the city in April 1768, Maximilien in April 1770 but died at age 3 in December 1772, and Lambert was born in April 1774.  Denis played a part in the October 1768 revolt against Spanish Governor Antonio de Ulloa; it was on Braud's press, the only one in the city, that the chief conspirators printed their manifesto against the governor.  When Ulloa's successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, suppressed the revolt in July 1769, Braud was lucky to escape with his life. 

Charles Braud of New Orleans married Judith Prains of the city.  Their son Bertrand was baptized at New Orleans, age 6 months, in September 1790. 

Catalina Brou, born in c1725, widow of Dennis Russell, died at St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands in September 1803.  She was 78 years old.  

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A prolific Brou family emerged on the German Coast in the mid-1700s.  Some of them settled on Bayou Lafourche during the early antebellum period: 

Descendants of Antoine-Pierre or Pierre-Antoine BROU (c1727-1798)

Antoine-Pierre or Pierre-Antoine Brou, born in c1727, married Marie-Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of German Creole Ambroise Heidel, at St.-Charles des Allemands on the Lower German Coast in October 1749.  They had at least four sons, most of whom married fellow Creoles.  Pierre-Antoine, père died at New Orleans in January 1798; he was 71 years old.  

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Jean-Georges, called Georges, born at St.-Charles in March 1752, died at age 2 in November 1754.

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Pierre-Antoine, fils, born at St.-Charles in March 1754, married Emeranthe, daughter of Pierre Becknel, at St.-Jean-Baptiste on the Upper German Coast in June 1799.  Their son Pierre-Florestin was born at St.-Jean-Baptiste in March 1800, and Benjamin-Valsin in September 1801.  

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Nicolas, born at St.-Charles in c1764, married Euphrosine-Antonia Albert in the late 1780s or early 1790s.  A daughter was born at New Orleans in March 1795.  They may have had a son named Honoré Nicolas, born perhaps at New Orleans in the 1790s.  Nicolas died at New Orleans in August 1799; he was only 35 years old.  

Honoré Nicolas married Eléonore Folse by 1819.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  Their son Honoré Numa was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1824, Baptiste Jacques, called Jacques, in November or December 1826, and Octave Mesmin in December 1828.  Their daughters married into the Folse and Walker families.  Honoré Nicolas's succession inventory was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in October 1833; he would have been only in his 40s that year.  

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Ambroise, born at St.-Charles, married Séraphine, another daughter of Pierre Becknel, at St.-Jean-Baptiste in January 1802.  Their son Ambroise, fils was born at St.-Jean-Baptiste in February 1803.  

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Some non-Acadian Breauxs who lived on the western prairies during the antebellum period were not French but Afro Creoles who may have been owned by members of the family:

Céleste Breaux, femme de couleur libre, or free woman of color, married Lucien Aubry, homme de couleur libre, or free man of color, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1846.  Céleste died in St. Martin Parish the following October; the St. Martinville priest who recorded her burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names, said that Souqui, as he called her, died "at age 19 yrs."; he called her husband Treshile Aubrye, so the good father had problems with spelling.  Céleste's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in December.  She and her husband must have lived near the boundary between St. Landry and St. Martin parishes. 

Louise, femme de couleur libre, was mother of Esteve Octave François, who was baptized at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, age 15, in June 1853.  The priest recorded the young man's surname as Breaux but did not give the father's first name.  

CONCLUSION

Breaus were among the first families of Acadia and among the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana.  The first of them--four individuals--came to the colony in February 1765 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue.  They followed the Broussards to Bayou Teche, but an epidemic that summer and fall killed three of them.  Only young Firmin Breau survived the sickness.  He remained on the Teche for a time and then moved to the river during the late 1760s to be close to his kinsmen.  A decade later, he returned to the Teche valley with his wife and children and established a western branch of the family.  Kinsmen followed him to the western prairies in the decades that followed, but Firmin's family remained the largest one west of the Atchafalaya Basin. 

Meanwhile, waves of Breaus first from Halifax in 1765 and then from Maryland in 1766, 1767, and 1768, settled on the river above New Orleans.  The largest contingent of Breaus came in early 1768 in an extended family of nearly 150 individuals led by brothers Alexis and Honoré of Pigiguit and Port Tobacco, Maryland.  The Breau brothers promptly ran afoul of Spanish Governor Ulloa when they refused to to go where he wanted them to settle--far upriver at Fort San Luìs de Natchez in present-day Concordia Parish, where Ulloa hoped the Acadians would help provide border protection against Indians and the British across the river.  The Breaus considered this arrangement entirely unacceptable.  Ulloa threatened to deport them from the colony, so the Breau brothers went into hiding while Spanish soldiers escorted their families to Fort San Luìs.  After the governor's ouster later in the year and the smashing of the revolt that overthrew him, Ulloa's successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, relented and allowed the Breaus to abandon Natchez and settle closer to their kin.  By the 1770s, the Acadian Coast communities of St.-Gabriel, Ascension, and St.-Jacques, as well as the Baton Rouge area farther up, were filled with Breaus from Halifax and Maryland.  In 1785, more Breaus--21 of them--came to Louisiana from France on five of the Seven Ships.  Most of them settled among their kin on the river, but only one of the lines survived there.  One family from France chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, creating a new center of family settlement, but not until Brauds from the river moved to the upper bayou during the late colonial and early antebellum periods did family lines survive there; most of them settled in Lafourche Interior Parish, though some of them moved down into Terrebonne Parish.  Despite this migration and the relocation of several river families to the western prairies during the early 1800s, the great majority of Breaus remained on the river where their immigrant ancestors had settled.  

French-Creole Breaus or Brous came to Louisiana decades before their Acadian namesakes reached the colony in the 1760s.  Pierre-Antoine Brou married a German girl in the late 1740s, and their children and grandchildren were still living on the German Coast at the end of the colonial period.  Denis Braud, a printer, book merchant, and smuggler, who became a King's inspector for the Spanish, created a family at New Orleans in the 1750s that was still living in the city two decades later; Braud, in fact, played an important part in the Creole revolt against Spanish Governor Ulloa in 1768; when Ulloa's successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, executed some of the leaders of the revolt the following year, Braud was lucky to escape with his life.  Other Breaus, called Foreign French, came to New Orleans during the antebellum period, but, like their French-Creole brethren, their numbers never came close to that of the Acadian Breauxs scattered across South Louisiana.  ...

As befitting the size of the family, dozens of Braud/Breauxs served Louisiana in uniform during the War Between the States--at least 135 of them, mostly Acadians.  One of them rose to the rank of colonel.  And at least half a dozen members of the family died in Confederate service.  ...

In Louisiana, the family's name picked up an "x" and became Breaux.  In Canada and France, the older spelling Brault and its variant Braud are preferred.  In some Louisiana communities, especially along the river, Braud is preferred over Breaux.  In Louisiana, the family's name also is spelled Brau, Braut, Braux, Breaud, Breault, Bro, Brod, Brot, Brou, Broux, Bru.  A Preaux family, probably Foreign French, who lived at Ascension and on upper Bayou Lafourche, should not be confused with the Braud/Breauxs, who lived just about everywhere in South Louisiana. 

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 466-71, 1125-32, 1347-49, 1480-81, 1543-45, 1656; 2216-17, 2271, 2295, 2438-44; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6; Dawdy, Devil's Empire, 221 ; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4; NOAR, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family Nos. 21, 22; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family Nos. 8, 18; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>, Family  No. 3; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 24, 37, 46, 54, 65, 134; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 38-40, 155-56; White, DGFA-1, 270-82; White, DGFA-1 English, 59-63; Taylor, D. J., "Bruns-Lebruns," p. 33.  

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

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

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

NOTES

01.  Wall of Names, 12, calls him Alexis BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2438, says he was born in 1725.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 174; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437, 447; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 8.  

His estimated birth year is a compromise of the ages given in Arsenault, the Spanish report of 1768, which would give him a birth year of c1726, the Cabanocé census of 1769, which would make it c1723, & the St.-Jacques census of 1777, which would make it c1725.  As the Cabanocé census of 1769, taken in mid-Sep, reveals, Alexis & his brother Honoré won their fight against Spanish Gov. ULLOA by settling where they wanted, at Cabanocé, not far upriver at Fort St.-Luìs de Natchez, where they had refused to go.  See Appendix.  What is the kinship of his wife to his younger brother Honore's wife?

02.  Wall of Names, 12, calls him Alexis BREAU; BRDR, 2:142, 151 (SJA-2, 3), the record of his first marriage, calls him Alexo BRO, calls his wife Maria BRO, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of New England," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Josef BRO & Ana Maria BRO; BRDR, 2:142, 628 (SJA-2, 55), the record of his second marriage, calls him Alexis BRAUX, "widower of Maria BRAUX," calls his wife Pélagia RICHARD, "widow of Phelipe LACHAUSSÉ de St. Julian," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriae were Honorio BRAUX, Joseph BRAUX, & Phelipe LACHAUSSÉE.  See also Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 174; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 447.

03.  Wall of Names, 40 (pl. 10L), calls him Alexis BROD, & lists him with his wife, a daughter, a nephew, & a cousin; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 8, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he, his wife, his brother Joseph, no age given, & 5 of his children--daughters Madeleine, age 13, Anne, age 11, Marie, age 9, & Victoire, age 8, & son Charles, age 6--survived the crossing, but 2 of his children--daughters Élisabeth, no age given, & Saban, no age given--died at sea, & daughter Élisabeth, born 9 May 1759, 3 months after they reached France, died 20 May 1759, probably from the rigors of the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 161-63, Family No. 193, calls him Alexis BRAUD, says he was born in c1722 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says he was a ploughman & carpenter, that he married in c1745 but gives no place of marriage, calls his wife Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT, says she was born in c1722 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Madeleine, born in c1746 but gives no birthplace, daughter Anne, born in c1748 but gives no birthplace, daughter Marie, born in c1749 but gives no birthplace, died age about 15 on 16 Nov 1764, buried next day, Trigavou, daughter Victoire, born in c1750 but gives no birthplace, daughter Élizabeth, died at sea during crossing to France, 1759, son Fabien, died at sea during crossing to France, 1769, daughter Élizabeth-Renée, born & baptized 11 May 1759, Trigavou, goddaughter of René GUILLOT & Julienne LOUET, died age 12 days on 22 May 1759, buried next day, Trigavou, son Pierre, born & baptized 24 Aug 1762, Trigavou, godson of Martin DAIGLE & Anne BRAUD, died age 5 on 15 May 1767, buried next day, Trigavou, & daughter Marguerite-Blanche, born & baptized 27 May 1765, Trigavou, goddaughter of Charles-Olivier GUILLOT & Madeleine BRAUD, says he, his wife, son Charles, & daughters Madeleine, Anne, Marie, & Victoire "disembarked at St.-Malo on March 9, 1759 from the ship, du Supply, & that the family resided at Trigavou from 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 72-73, calls him Alexis BRAUD, journalier, age 61, on the embarkation list, Alexo BREAUD, on the debarkation list, & Alexis BRAUD, day laborer, age 61, on the complete listing, says he was on the 29th Family aboard L'Amitié with his wife, daughter, a nephew, & a cousin, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, says they married in c1745 but gives no place of marriage, that [nephew] Fabien-Amateur GUILLOT was born in 1763 but gives no birthplace, & lists the implements the Spanish gave him after he reached LA.  

04.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Amand BREAU; BRDR, 2:146, 193 (SJA-1 49a), the record of his first marriage, calls him Herman BREAU "of Acadia," calls his wife Marie-Magdelaine CLOITRE "of Acadia," gives his & her parents' names, says her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marrriage were Éstienne MELANZON, Baptiste LANDRY, & François TERRIO; BRDR, 2:143, 421 (ASC-2, 100), the record of his second marriage, calls him Armond BRAUD, "widower of M. Magdalena CLOATRE," calls his wife Colesta LANDRY, "widow of Allen BABIN," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Jeronimo GODET & J. Bte. LESSARD; BRDR, 3:155 (SJA-4, 30), his death/burial record, calls him Armant BRAUD, "age 50 yrs., husband of Céleste LANDRY," & calls his parents Babtiste [BRAUD] & omitted LAROSE.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 156. 

The marriage record of daughter Marie Louise, dated 17 Aug 1818, in BRDR, 3:166 (SJA-2, 171), calls him Joseph Armand.

His first wife's mother was a BREAUX, so they were cousins. 

05.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Anastasie BREAU.

06.  Wall of Names, 12, calls her Anastasie BREAU; BRDR, 2:142, 536 (SJA-1, 49a), her marriage record, calls her Anastasia BREAU "of Acadia," calls her husband Joseph MELANZON "of Acadia," gives her & his parents' names, says all parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Étienne MELANZON, François TERRIO, Josephe CLOITRE, & Josephe MIRRE.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 447; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 174.

Note how young she was when she died.  Did she die from complications of childbirth?

07.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Anne BREAU; BRDR, 2:142, 162 (ASC-1, 133 & 134), her marriage record, calls her Anna BRAUD, calls her husband Joseph BROUSSARD, gives her & his parents' names, calls all parents "Acadians," says his parents were "res. at Attakapas," & that the witnesses to her marriage were François BROUSARD, Simon BROUSARD, & Jean-Baptiste BRAUD ; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:136 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1169), her death/burial record, calls her Anne BREAUX, "native of Acadie, spouse of Joseph BROUSSARD, inhabitant at la fausse pointe," says she was "age about 65 years," that she died at her home & was buried "in the parish cemetery," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 156. 

08.  Wall of Names, 16, calls her Anne BREAU veuve Jean DUPUIS; White, DGFA-1, 275, calls her Anne [BREAU], gives her parents' & godparents' names, details her marriage, including her husband's parents' names, but does not say where they were married, says she was counted at Port Tobacco, MD, in 1763, & arrived in LA in 1768, age 60; BRDR, 1a(rev.):41 (SGA-1, 14), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Anne BREAUX, gives her parents' names, & says her godparents were Jean TÉRRIOT, who signed, & Anne DUGAS.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.  

09.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Anne BREAU; BRDR, 2:143, 635 (SJA-1, 39), her marriage record, calls her Anne BREAUX, calls her husband Pierre RIVETTE, says "both parties of Acadia," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Pierre BREAUX, Thédore RIVETTE, & Joseph-Marie LANDRY; BRDR, 4:97 (SGA-8, 108), her death/burial record, calls her Marie Anne BRAUD, age 60 yrs., spouse Pierre RIVET, but does not give her parents' names.  .

10.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls her Anne BROD, & lists her with her husband & 3 children; Acadians in St.-Malo, 168-69, Family No. 201; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 54, shows that on the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59 she lost her mother, age 26, in the hospital probably at St.-Malo 20 Feb 1759, & bother Simon-Joseph, age 2, at sea, & that the other members of her family--her father & 7 siblings--survived the crossing; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 20-21, calls her Anne BROD, sa [Jacques DOUAIZON's] femme, age 38, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Anne BRAUD, his [Jacques DOIRON's] wife, age 38, on the complete listing, says she was in the 44th Family aboard La Bergère with her husband & 3 children, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, but gives no marriage place, & says daughter Ursule DOIRON was born in 1771 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 4:92 (ASM-3, 149), her death/burial record, calls her Anne Joseph BRAUD, age 77 yrs., wid. of Jacques DUARON, but does not give her parents' names.

11.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Anne-Gertrude BREAU.  See also Jehn, Acadians Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 436. 

Her age in the Spanish report of Feb 1768 makes no sense in light of her appearance in the British report in MD in Jul 1763.  Did the Spanish official mean to write 10, or is this a transcription error?  What happened to her in LA?

12.  Wall of Names, 40 (pl. 10R), calls her Anne-Magdeleine BROD, & lists her with her husband, a daughter, & 4 stepchildren; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 87-88, Family No. 165; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 72-73. 

Where was "the Parish of Ascension in Acadie"?  Does Robichaux, cited above, mean l'Assomption at Pigiguit?  Was Anne-Madeleine's mother Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT, not THIBODEAUX?  See Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 161-63, Family No. 193, that of Alexis BRAUD & Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT, who had a daughter named Anne, born in c1748.  Alexis BREAUX & Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT were only 2 families above Anne-Madeleine BREAUX's family on the embarkation list of L'Amitié.  

13.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Antoine BREAU.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.

14.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Athanase BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439, says he was born in 1733.  See also Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 163, 174; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 8. 

The St.-Jacques census of 1777 seems to be where Arsenault got his birth year.  The Cabanocé censuses of 1766 & 1769 say otherwise.  

Arsenault, pp. 1656, 2439, uses both 1760 & 1761 for his marriage at Restigouche, which fell to the British in the fall of 1760 after a long fight, so the earlier date is probably the correct one.  By Feb 1761, he & his wife most likely were prisoners in Nova Scotia.  

His wife died a widow at one of their daughter's home in Lafayette Parish in Nov 1825.  Did Athanase live west of the Atchafalaya Basin, too?

15.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Augustin BREAU; NOAR, 3:37 (SLC, F1, 44), his death/burial record, calls him Agustin BRAUD, native of Acadia, but does not give his parents' names or his age when he died.  

16.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Bibianne BREAU; BRDR, 1b:8, 28 (PCP-3, 270; PCP-4, 34), her marriage record, calls her Bibiane BRAUX, "native of Acadia, inhabitant of the Post St. Louis of the Natchez," calls her husband Firmin BABIN, "native of Acadia, inhabitant of the Post St. Louis of the Natchez," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Pierre GUIDRY, Cécile LANDRY, & Augustin LANDRY.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153. 

Her marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because there was no priest at San Luìs de Natchez in its brief existence as an Acadian settlement, & Pointe Coupée was the nearest settlement with a priest.  

17.  Wall of Names, 25, calls her Brigitte BREAU veuve Charles THIBODEAU; White, DGFA-1, 275, calls her Brigitte [BREAU], gives her parents' & godparents' names, details her marriage, including her husband's parents' names, & details her death; BRDR, 1a(rev.):41-42 (SGA-2, 13), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Brigitte BREAU, gives her parents' names, & says her godparents were Charles AUCOIN & Francoise LANDRY; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:112 (SM Ch.: v.1, p.9; SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register v.1, #13), her death/burial record.  See also <thecajuns.com/cardmoney.htm>.

For her sojourn in Halifax, see Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 249.  She evidently was a victim of the epidemic that struck down dozens of her fellow Acadians on the Teche in the summer & fall of 1765.  At the time of her death, her 3 children were ages 14, 10, & 2.  This family would be an excellent subject for the South LA students who are studying the fate of Acadian children who came to LA.  See <acadianmemorial.org/english/finalist.html>.

18.  Wall of Names, 14, calls her Cécile BREAU veuve George CLOATRE; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 172, & Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 425, the record of her second marriage, calls her Blanche BRAUD/BRAUDE, calls her husband Charles GODET, says nothing of her widow status, & gives no witnesses to her marriage; BRDR, 3:156 (SJA-4, 40a), her death/burial record, calls her Cécile BRAUD, age about 70 yrs., nat. Acadia, wid. 1st marriage of George CLOATRE, 2nd marriage of Charles GAUDET, but does not give her parents' names.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Bourgeois, p. 174; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 8; Voorhies, J., p. 437.  

Was Blanche her first or middle name?

How was she able to marry at Cabanocé in May 1768 when Gov. ULLOA insisted that the BREAUX clan go to Natchez?  He sent Spanish officers & soldiers to escort them there in Feb-Mar 1768, soon after their arrival. 

19.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6L), calls her Cécille BRAUD, & lists her with her husband & 6 children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family No. 21, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59 she & her father were the only survivors, that her mother & 5 siblings--sisters Angélique, Suzanne, & Modeste, & brothers Blaise & Jacques BROS--died at sea or in hospital soon after they reached France; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 496-97, Family No. 555; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 96-97, Family No. 178; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 2-3, calls her Cécille BRAUD, sa [Joseph HENRY's] femme, age 38, on the embarkation list, Cecilia BREAU, su [Josef HENRIQUE's] muger, on the debarkation list, & Cécile BRAUD, his [Joseph HENRY's] wife, age 38, on the complete listing, says that she was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her husband & 6 children, details her marriage, including the names of her & her husband's parents, & details the baptism or birth of son Jean-Laurent & daughter Anne-Francoise in France; BRDR, 4:92 (SGA-8, 147), her death/burial record, calls her Celile BRAUD, age 84, wife of Joseph HENRY, but does not give her parents' names.    

20.  Wall of Names, 12, calls him Charles BREAU; BRDR, 2:144, 145 (SJA-1, 40), the record of his first marriage, calls him Charles BREAU "of Acadia," calls his wife Esther BREAU "of Acadia," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Paul MARTIN & Herman BREAUX; BRDR, 2:143, 501 (SJA-2, 6), the record of his second marriage, calls him Carlos BRAUX (BRAUD), calls his wife Judit/Judith LEPRINCE, gives his & her parents' names, says all parents were "of Acadia," does not mention his first wife's name, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Josef ARCENEAUX & Maria BRAUX; BRDR, 2:143 (SJA-4, 20), his death/burial record, calls him Carlos BREAUX, "age 49 years, husband of Julia PRINCE, & gives his parents' names.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 447; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 174.

21.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Charles BREAU; BRDR, 2:143, 338 (ASC-1, 148), his marriage record, calls him Carlos BRAUD, calls his wife Anna-Monica GUÉDRY, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of St.-Gabriel," that both fathers were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Pedro LANDRY & Pedro DUPUY; BRDR, 4:92 (SGA-8, 105), his death/burial record, calls him Charles BRAUD, "age 60," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.

22.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Charles BREAU; BRDR, 2:143, 448 (SGA-14, 22, #78), his marriage record, calls him Carlos BRAU, calls his wife Rosalia LANDRY, gives his & her parents' names, says they had to secure dispensation for "4th degree Consanguinity," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Juan Lorenzo LANDRY & Joseph LEBLANC.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436.

Why wasn't he counted with his widowed mother & siblings at St.-Gabriel in 1777?  He would have been only 9 years old then.  See De Ville, St. Gabriel Census 1777, 6. 

23.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls him Charles [BRAUD], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls him Charles, son [Honoré PRAUD's] fils, age 3, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Charles BRAUD, his [Honoré BRAUD's] son, age 3, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 36th Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 3:157, 423 (SGA-14, 88), the record of his first marriage, calls him Charles BREAU, calls his wife Marie Reine HÉBERT, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Honoré BREAU [probably his father], Jean-Baptiste HÉBERT, & Auguste BARNIERE; BRDR, 5(rev.):109, 572 (SJO-10, 45), the record of his second marriage, calls him Charles BREAU, "widower Reine HÉBERT of West Baton Rouge," calls his wife Ursule TRAHAN, "widow François TERIAU of West Baton Rouge parish," gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Raphaël HÉBERT, Florentin DAIGRE, & Paul FERBOSE.

24.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Claire BREAU; BRDR, 2:144, 201 (SGA-5, 31), the record of her first marriage, calls her Claire BRAUX, calls her husband Pierre COMO, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Étienne COMO, Joseph-Marie BRAUX [her older brother], & Simon BABIN; BRDR, 2:144, 533-34 (SJA-2, 9), the record of her second marriage, calls her Clara BRAUX, calls her husband Carlos MELANSON (MELANZON), gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of New England," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Thomas THERIAUT & Escolastica BRAUX.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 6.

Her marriage records are clear about who her parents were.  So why does Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439, her father's profile in the LA section, fail to list her, & her brother Charles, among his children?

The baptismal record of son Charles-Eugène, dated 26 Jul 1795, in BRDR, 2:534 (SJA-3, 118), calls her Maria Clara, or Marie-Claire, but other records call her Claire. 

25.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Elisabeth BREAU; BRDR, 2:146-47, 675 (ASC-2, 54), her marriage record, calls her Isabel BRO, calls her husband Simon SIMONEAU, gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Francisco LOPEZ MACHADO, Francisco PLASCENCIA, & Juan Bautista TRAHAN; BRDR, 2:147 (ASM-3, 32), her death/burial record, calls her Isabel BRAUD, "age 38 years, spouse of Simon SIMONAUX," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437. 

26.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Elisabeth BREAU.  See also Jehn, Acadians Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436. 

Her age in the Spanish report of Feb 1768 makes no sense in light of her appearance in the British report in MD in Jul 1763.  Did the Spanish official mean to write 13 instead of 3, or is this a transcription error?  

What happened to her in LA?

27.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Esther BREAU; BRDR, 2:144, 145 (SJA-1, 40), her marriage record, calls her Esther BREAU "of Acadia," calls her husband Charles BREAU "of Acadia," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Paul MARTIN & Herman BREAUX.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 156. 

So was Cité a nickname?  See the Oxford, MD, report, cited above. 

28.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Eulalie BROD; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 36-37, Family No. 69, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Eulalie BRAUD, gives her parents' names but not her godparents' names, & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785.

What happened to her in LA?

29.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Firmin BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439-40, the LA section, calls him Firmin BREAUX, gives his birth year, his parents' names & their settlement in Acadia (paroisse de Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-aux-Canards), his wife's name, her parents' names, the place & date of their marriage, lists his children as Marie-Madeleine born in 1770, François in 1772, Donat in c1773, Pierre-Canuel[Manuel] in 1774, Félicité in 1776, Jean-Baptiste in 1779, Isabelle in c1780, Scholastique in 1782, Modeste in 1784, Céleste in c1786, Joseph & Agricole in 1787, Marguerite in 1789, & Adélaïde in 1790, but gives no birthplaces, says Il fut l'un des principaux pionniers de Pont-BREAUX (BREAUX Bridge) en Louisiane (he was one of the principal pioneers of Breaux Bridge), & gives his death date.  

Where did Arsenault find his marriage record?  I have found it in none of the South LA church records for the period. 

The brochure that accompanies the Dafford Mural at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville says he arrived in LA in 1766.  The shipload of Acadians that reached LA from MD in 1766 did not arrive until late Sep.  However, a Fermin BRAUD is counted in the Apr 1766 census of the Atakapas District, so he must have reached LA the year before, not from MD but from Halifax via St.-Domingue, probably with the party led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil.  See Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 125.  

After moving to the Mississippi & then back to Atakapas, Firmin became a major land owner in the area known as La Grand Pointe, or La Pointe, on upper Bayou Teche.  He purchased his property in 1771 from Jean-Francois LEDÉE, "a wealthy New Orleans merchant who had acquired the land as a French land grant."  Firmin increased his holdings so that by 1786 "he was one of the largest property owners in Teche country."  In 1799, he built a footbridge near La Pointe across Bayou Teche "to help ease the passage for his family and neighbors. This first bridge was a suspension footbridge, likely made of rope and small planks.  It was stabilized by being tied to small pilings located at each end of the bridge, as well as to a pair of huge live oak tress on both sides of the bayou. When traveling directions were given, folks would say 'go to BREAUX's bridge.'"  Firmin died in 1808, & the land around the footbridge was inherited by his younger son Agricole.  In 1817, "Agricole built the first vehicular bridge, allowing for the passage of wagons and increased commerce in the area."  The distinction of founding the city of Breaux Bridge, however, goes to Agricole's wife, Scholastique Melanie PICOU, whom Firmin BREAUX most likely never knew.  In 1829, recently widowed, Scholastique submitted plans for a village at La Pointe in the area around her dead husband's vehicular bridge.  Scholastique's father was a French Creole, but she was an Acadian on her mother's side.  Her father was Nicolas, fils, born at New Orleans in 1754 to Nicolas PICOU, père & Marguerite LAVIGNE.  The PICOUs were an old New Orleans family.  Nicolas, fils's grandfather, Urbain, was a native of Brest, France, who had married Marie-Joseph LARMUSIEAU at New Orleans in 1733.  Nicolas, fils moved upriver to the Acadian community of St.-Jacques probably in the 1780s, where he married Scholastique, daughter of Joseph BOURGEOIS of Chignecto & Marie GIROIR; Scholastique had been born at St.-Jacques in c1770.  Daughter Scholastique-Melanie was born at St.-Jacques in Nov 1796.  Her father died at St.-Jacques in 1800 when she was only 3 years old.  Her mother remarried to fellow Acadian Charles MELANÇON at St.-Jacques in 1803.  Scholastique, her brother Jean-Baptiste dit Fletcher & sister Melanie Félicité moved to the La Pointe community on Bayou Teche when Scholastique was still a girl.  In Jun 1813, at age 16, she married Agricole, son of Firmin BREAUX, who had been dead for 5 years, & Marguerite BREAUX.  Agricole & Scholastique had 8 children: son Jean Émile born in 1814, daughters Marguerite Elmire born in 1816, Marie Calixte in 1818, Arthémise in 1820, Émelie in 1822, Marie Azéline in 1823 but died in 1825, Marie Eurasie born in 1825, & Scholastique in 1827.  In May 1828, Agricole died suddenly at age 40, leaving his wife with 7 children, including an infant.  The financial difficulties that followed her husband's death seem to have compelled the determined young widow to lay out a village on the site of her husband's property along Bayou Teche & to create income from selling the lots.  In 1836, at age 40, Scholastique remarried to widower Jean François, son of Jean-Pierre DOMENGEAUX & Marie-Marguerite Victoire LEFEVRE of St.-Domingue, present-day Haiti.  Jean François's first wife, Claire Marie ROY, had recently died.  Scholastique had 1 child by Jean François, son Laurent Luivalle, born in 1838, when she was 42.  Jean François died in March 1846, age 50, leaving Scholastique a widow for the second time.  She died around 1851, in her mid-50s, no doubt surrounded by many grandchildren.  Founding new communities must have been in her blood; her maternal Acadian ancestor, Jacques BOURGEOIS, was the founder of the Chignecto settlement in Acadia.  A bronze statue of this remarkable woman stands in a city park at Breaux Bridge a few blocks west of Bayou Teche.  See BRDR, 2:138, 589-91; <breauxbridgelive.com>, source of quotes, which says that she & Agricole had 5 children & that she & her second husband had 2; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:135-36, 140, 141, 142, 750; 2-B:133, 135, 138-39, 140; 2-C:104, 110, 3:203, 517, 4:147; 5:447; NOAR, 1:207-08, 2:228.

30.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Hélène BREAU.

Two of her siblings moved to St.-Jacques & Ascension after the Spanish released the Acadians from Natchez.  What happened to her in LA?

31.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Honoré BREAU.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437. 

His estimated birth year is from the age given in the Spanish report of 1768.  Brasseaux, ed., Quest for the Promised Land, 165-66, says he was 30 in 1768. 

What is the kinship of his wife to his older brother Alexis's wife?  Honoré's son Joseph-Honoré also married a TRAHAN. 

What happened to his daughters Marie & Marguerite, counted with the family at Port Tobacco, MD, in Jul 1763? 

32.  Wall of Names, 12, calls him Honoré BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2440, says he was born in 1746; BRDR, 2:146, 149 (ASC-1, 122; SJA-1, 44), his marriage record, calls him Honoré BRAUD, calls his wife Magdalena BRAUD, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Paul BRAUD & Michael BERTONVILLE; BRDR, 3:159 (SJA-4, 33), his death/burial record, calls him Honoré BRAUD, "age about 58 yrs., nat. Acadia," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437, 447; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 174; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 8.

33.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls him Honoré BRAUD, & lists him with his wife & 6 children; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 167, Family No. 199, calls him Honoré BRAUD; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 24, Family No. 50, calls him Honoré BRAUD; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 35, Family No. 65, calls him Honoré BRAUD; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls him Honoré PRAUD[sic], charpentier, age 52, on the embarkation list, Honoré BRAUD, on the debarkation list, & Honoré BRAUD, carpenter, age 52, on the complete listing, says he was on the 36th Family aboard La Bergère with his wife & 6 children, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names but does not give the place of marriage, says daughter Olive-Élizabeth was born in 1769 but does not give her birth place, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to him & his family after they reached LA.  

His was the only family from La Bergère to go to the "Manchac Coast" in the St.-Gabriel d'Iberville district.  The vast majority of the other families from that ship went to Ascension/Lafourche, downriver from Manchac on the Lower Acadian Coast.  See "A Report on Acadian Immigrants Who Came to Louisiana from France in 1786[sic]," in Kinnaird, "Post War Decade, 1782-91," 169, & <thecajuns.com/1785acad.pdf>; Appendix.

34.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Jean BREAU.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 156. 

Did he marry?

35.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Jean BREAU.

What happened to him in LA?

36.  Wall of Names, 13, Jean-Baptiste BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2438, the LA section, calls him Jean-Baptiste BREAUX, says he was born in 1724 but gives no birthplace, says his parents were Alexandre [BREAUX] & Marie DUGAS of Pigiguit, says he married first to Élizabeth HENRY in c1745 but does not give her parents' names or place of marriage, & remarried to Marie-Rose LANDRY in c1752 but again gives no parents' names or place of marriage, says he was deported to MD, that he resided on lot number 152 on the east bank of the Mississippi at St.-Jacques in 1769, & lists his children as, from the first marriage, Paul, born in 1745, Madeleine in 1749, & Jean in 1751, & from the second marriage, Amand born in 1753, Anne in 1754, & Esther in 1759.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 156; Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 96. 

Wood, cited above, seems to be saying that Jean-Baptiste was a son of Jean-Baptiste BREAUX, deceased in Jul 1763, & Élizabeth HENRY, but Arsenault insists that Élisabeth HENRY was his first wife, not his mother.  I await Stephen White's word on the matter.  Until then, much of this is tenuous. 

If Jean-Baptiste was the older brother of Alexis & Honoré BREAUX, nemeses of Spanish Gov. Ulloa in 1768, why did Jean-Baptiste & his family reside at Oxford in MD, on the Eastern Shore, & his younger brothers at Port Tobacco, on the lower Potomac, with most of the other BREAUXs in the colony?  Note that Jean-Baptiste came to LA 2 years before his brothers. 

I do not buy Arsenault's assertion that Paul BREAUX was one of Jean-Baptiste's sons.  See below. 

37.  Wall of Names, 13, Jean-Baptiste BREAU.

What happened to him in LA?

38.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Jean-Baptiste BREAU 2, & lists him singly.  I have found him in no other source. 

39.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Jean-Charles BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2443, the LA section, calls him Jean-Charles BREAUX, says he was born in 1753 but gives no birthplace, calls his parents Pierre [BREAUX] & Marguerite GUIDRY, says he married Marie BENOIT in c1774 but does not give her parents' names, lists his children as Jean-Emmanuel, born in 1775 but gives no birthplace, & says Jean-Charles was buried at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville on 11 Mar 1784; BRDR, 2:147 (SGA-5, 35), his death/burial record, calls him Jean-Charles BRAUD, "age 50 years," calls his parents Pierre [BRAUD] & Margueritte GAUDET, but mentions no wife; BRDR, 6:113 (SGA-5, 55), another death/burial record, perhaps a correction, calls him Jean-Charles BRAUD, "age about 50 yrs.," calls his parents Pierre BRAUX & Margueritte GAUTROT, but, again, mentions no wife.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 6. 

His estimated birth year is taken not from Arsenault but from an average of the ages given in the Spanish report of Feb 1768, the St.-Gabriel census of 1777, & his burial record. 

Arsenault says his mother was a GUIDRY, his burial records say GAUDET & GAUTREAUX.

Arsenault's marriage date for this couple is absurd considering that in 1777 they had a daughter who was 18 years old! 

40.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls her Jeanne [BRAUD], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls her Jeanne, sa [Honoré PRAUD's] fille, age 8, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Jeanne BRAUD, his [Honoré BRAUD's] daughter, age 8, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 36th Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & 5 siblings; NOAR, 6:35 (SLC, F4, 77), her death/burial record, calls her Juana BRAUD, native of Nantes in France, 22 yr., unmarried, gives her parents' names, & says they were "residents of St. Gabriel Parish in the Iberville district of  this province."

41.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Joseph BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2441, lists his marriage but includes no date; NOAR, 2:34 (SLC, B5, 109), his baptismal record, calls him Joseph BREAU, gives his parents' names, his birth date but no birthplace, & says his godparents were Étienne-Burck TRUDEAU & Anne LE BLAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:137 (Laf. Ch.: v.1, p.9), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph Athanase (record has BRO) from Carencro, married to Catherine ARSONNEAU, does not give his parents' names, says he was 70 years old when he died & that he was buried "in the parish cemetery."

Why is his marriage not in BRDR or Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records?  

42.  Wall of Names, 12, calls him Joseph BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2440, 2556, locates his first marriage at Baton Rouge as well as St.-Jacques; BRDR, 2:147, 535-36 (SJA-1, 45), the record of his first marriage, calls him Joseph BREAU, calls his wife Magdelaine MELANZON, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Acadia, & that the witness to his marriage was Firmain BROUSARD; BRDR, 2:125, 147 (SJA-2, 10), the record of his second marriage, calls him Joseph BRAUX, calls his wife Maria BOURG, gives his & her parents' names, says all parents were "Acadians" & "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Carlos BRAUX [probably his younger brother], Maria PREJANT, & Basilio PREJANT; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:108, 426 (SM Ch.: v.5, #84), the record of his third marriage, calls him Joseph BRAUD "de la Côte Gelée of Acadia," calls his wife Eléonore LANDRY with the notation "although record has Eléonore TRAHAN, the margin correctly has LANDRY), calls him a major son & she a minor daughter, gives his & her parents' names, says her father was "of Côte Gelée," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Hyacinthe JACQUET, Jean Claude PERILLIAT, & Célestine PREJEAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:137 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1236), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph BREAUX, "born in Acadie," does not give his parents' names or mention a wife, says he died "at the home of his nephew, Hypolite BRAUD, at L'ance du Day," that he was 70 years old when he died & was buried "in the parish cemetery"; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:137 (Laf. Ct.Hse: Succ.#55), his succession record, calls him Joseph BREAUX m. Leonore LANDRY, but does not give his parents' names or list any children.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 447; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 174.

Was his full name Joseph-François?  A marriage record for his daughter Marie by his third wife, dated 20 Sep 1847, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 4:63 (Charenton Ch.: v.1, p.16), calls the bride's parents d.François [BREAUX] & d.Léonore LANDRY.  This is the only primary record I have found that called him François, so I will ignore it ... for now. 

His second wife died at New Orleans in Oct 1799.  See her burial record, dated 1 Oct 1799, in NOAR, 6:40 (SLC, F4, 80), which calls her Maria BURK, "native of Acadia, 26 yr., sp. Josef BREAU."  Had they moved to the city, or were they just visiting?  Did she die from complications of childbirth?  Did they move from St.-Jacques to New Orleans & then to Atakapas?  I have found only 2 children by this second wife in South LA church records--daughter Anastasie, whose baptismal record, dated 24 Jun 1793, in BRDR, 2:142 (SJA-3, 61), says she was born on 3 Jun 1793, daughter of José [BRAUD] & Maria BURG; & daughter Célestine-Carmelite, whose baptismal record, dated 19 Mar 1797, in BRDR, 2:144 (SJA-3, 150), says she was born on 19 Dec 1796, daughter of Josef [BRAUD] & Maria Magdalena BOURQUE, & even gives the grandparents' names--Alexis BRAUX & Magdalena TRAHAN, & Josef BOURQUE & Margarita LANDRY. 

43.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Joseph BREAU; BRDR, 2:147, 267 (ASC-1, 143), his marriage record, calls him Joseph BRAUD, calls his wife Cécilia DUPUY, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Pedro LANDRY, Juan LANDRY, & Carlos BRAUD; BRDR, 2:147 (ASC-1, 187a-c), probably his death/burial record, calls him Josef BRAUD, "age 30 years," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 18.

His estimated birth year is derived from the Spanish report of Feb 1768, not the Ascension census of 1777.  His wife remarried in Apr 1784.  Why did he die so young? 

44.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Joseph BREAU; BRDR, 2:38, 147 (SJA-1, 38a), the record of his first marriage, calls him Joseph BREAU, calls his wife Marie-Josèphe AUCOIN "of Acadia," gives his & her parents' names, says his father was "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to his marriage were François LANDRY, Pierre BREAU, Michel BREAU, Pierre DUPUYS, & Michel BOURGEOIS; BRDR, 3:56, 160 (SGA-14, 149), the record of his second marriage, calls him Joseph BREAU, "widower Marie AUCOIN," calls his wife Marguerite BABIN, "widow Simon ALLAIN," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Isaac LEBLANC & Grégoire BABIN.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.

45.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Joseph BREAU; BRDR, 2:147, 351 (SGA-14, 4, #9), his marriage record, calls him Josef & Josef Maria BRAUX, calls his wife Elena HAMILTON, gives his & her parents' names, but gives no witnesses to his marriage.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 6.

Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439, the profile of his father in the LA section, says son Joseph-Marie was born in c1758 but gives no birthplace.  If, as the age given in Spanish report of 1768 indicates, Joseph-Marie was born in c1763, it must have been early in the year; note in Jehn, cited above, his presence at Port Tobacco in July 1763.  Why did the census taker at St.-Gabriel in 1777 say he was age 20 years old when he would have been only in his early teens that year?  This is probably where Arsenault got his birth year of c1758.  I will use the earlier record, the Spanish report of 1768, to determine his estimated birth year until other evidence supports Arsenault's date. 

46.  Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Joseph BROD, & lists him with his wife & no children; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 170, Family No. 202, his baptismal record, calls him Joseph BRAUD, gives his parents' but not his godparents' names, & says "Marie-Madeleine VINCENT, widow of Joseph BRAUD and her sons, Jean-Baptiste BOUDROT and Joseph BRAUD disembarked at St.-Malo from England on May 23, 1763 from the ship, La Dorothée," & "Prior to her remarriage [to Pierre DUGAST], she resided with her sons" at St.-Suliac 1763-64; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 36, Family No. 67, calls him Joseph BRAUD, says he was born in c1761 in Bristol, England, that he was a seaman, does not detail his parents' marriage but says his mother was born in c1725 "in the Parish of L'Assomption in Acadie" [which was Pigiguit], that she was daughter of Pierre VINCENT & Marie GRANGER, that she remarried to Pierre DUGAST 9 Jan 1764, St.-Servan, France, that she died at age 63 & was buried on 22 Jan 1785, St.-Martin, Chantenay; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 36, Family No. 68, calls him Joseph BRAUD, says he was born in c1761 in Bristol, England, that he was a seaman, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, says he was resident of the Parish of St.-Martin, Chantenay, at the time of his marriage, give his wife's full name & her parents' names, says his wife was born in c1766 "in the Parish of Sauzon on Belle-Isle-en-Mer," & details their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls him Joseph BROD, marin, age 23, on the embarkation list, Josef BREAUD, on the debarkation list, & Joseph BRAUD, sailor, age 23, on the complete listing, says he was in the 29th Family on the embarkation list & the 30th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with his wife & no children, & details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, but gives no place of marriage; BRDR, 3:160 (SJO-4, 70), his death/burial record, calls him Josef BRAUD, "age 53 yrs., married," but does not give his parents' names or his wife's name.

Daughter Marie-Josèphe, born in Dec 1789, was baptized at New Orleans in Feb 1790, so the family may have spent time in the city.  See NOAR, 4:41 (SLC, B11, 92).

47.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Joseph BROD; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 24-25, Family No. 51, his baptismal record, calls him Joseph BRAUD, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Guillaume SEGUE & Angélique BRAUD, & says his family was living in St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in May 1782; BRDR, 3:160, 238 (ASM-2, 108), his marriage record, calls him Joseph BRAUX "of St.-Gorje D'archigni, Poitou," calls his wife Maria DAIGLE, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Maturino DAIGLE & Josef BREAUX; BRDR, 3:160 (ASM-3, 99), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph BRAUD, "age 37 yrs., married to Maria DAIGLE," but does not give his parents' names.

48.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Joseph-Charles BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439, his profile in the LA section, calls him Joseph BREAUX, says he was born in c1728, that he was probablement son of Alexandre [BREAUX] & Marie DUGAS "de Pisiguit, Acadie," that he married Marie-Josèphe LANDRY in c1755 but gives no place of marriage or her parents' names, says he was deported to Maryland & settled in LA, & lists his children as Joseph-Marie, born in c1758, Marguerite in c1760, Marie-Rose in c1762, Eusèbe in 1774, & Louis & Ursule in 1775, but gives no places of birth.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436. 

Where in Arsenault's list of his children is daughter Claire & son Charles?  What happened to daughter Marie-Rose?  She was counted with the family at Port Tobacco in Jul 1763 but did not come with them to LA. 

49.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Joseph BROD; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 54, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, all of her family--her parents, 6 sisters, & 2 brothers--survived except for her brother Simon-Joseph, age 2, who died at sea, & her mother, age 46, who died in hospital on 20 Feb 1759 soon after they reached St.-Malo; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 168-69, Family No. 201; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 24-25, Family No. 51, calls him Joseph-Gabriel BRAUD, says he was born in c1753 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says they were "of the parish of Archigny."  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 28, 56, 85, 137, 159. 

His birth at Rivière-du-Ouest, Île St.-Jean, is based on the fact that his family was counted there in 1752, a year before his birth. 

Evidently his was one of the few Acadian families in Poitou who remained there after the mass exodus of the Acadians from Châtellerault to Nantes in late 1775-early 1776.  Joseph-Gabriel married a fellow Acadian at Archigny in 1777; by the early 1780s, however, he & his wife & children had gone on to Nantes.  At the time of their marriage, his wife's parents had already moved from Archigny to Nantes; his father was a widow by then.  Joseph-Gabriel & his wife probably went to join her family in the port city.  Did their families participate in the so-called Leigne-les-bois or Grand-Ligne settlement near Châtellerault, which lasted from 1772-75, or did they simply reside nearby?  Robichaux, cited above, hints that they were part of the settlement but for some reason chose to remain in Poitou, at least for a while.  Joseph-Gabriel was a sailor, so that also may have influenced his move to Nantes. 

50.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Honoré BREAU; BRDR, 2:146, 704 (SJA-2, 6), his marriage record, calls him Horé & Honoré BRO, calls his wife Félicitas TRAHAN, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Maryland" & hers "of Belle Isle," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Horé BRO & Maria BRO; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:124 (Thib.Ch.: v. 1, p. 55), his death/burial record, calls him Honoré Joseph BREAUX "of Poupmont, England," says he died "at age 67 yrs.," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:125 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: 1831), his succession record, calls him Joseph Honoré BREAUX m. Marie Félicité TRAHAN, gives his date of death, & says his children were Pauline Marie, Delphine Luce, d.Joseph Honoré m. Marie Félicité RICHARD, Joseph Marie m. Therzile AUCOIN, Dominique Honoré, Marie Félicité m. Lange Vincent MAGGIOLO, Marguerite BREAUX m. Jean Augustin BABIN, Marie Josèphe BREAUX m. Henri Jean LIRETTE, Émelie Rosalie m. Antoine BABEAUX....  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1777-98, 55, 162.

Who told the priest who recorded his burial that he was born in Poupmont, England?  He was probably born in Port Tobacco, MD, which some in South LA would call New England.  But "Poupmont" is a far cry from "Port Tobacco."  Or is it? 

His father was one of the notorious BREAU brothers who defied Spanish Governor ULLOA in 1768. 

51. Wall of Names, 40 (pl. 10R), calls her Luce BROD, & lists her with her first husband & 2 sons; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 54, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, most of her family--her parents, 6 sisters, & 2 brothers--survived, but her brother Simon-Joseph, age 2, died at sea, & her mother, age 46, died in hospital on 20 Feb 1759 soon after they reached St.-Malo; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 168-69, Family No. 201, calls her Luce BRAUD, says she was born in c1747 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, says she & her family--her parents & 9 siblings, all sisters--resided at Rivière-du-Ouest, Île St.-Jean in 1752, says she & her family disembarked at St.-Malo on 23 Jan 1759 from one of the Five Ships, that her family resided at Pleurtuit from 1759-64, at St.-Suliac from 1764-72, & details her marriage but does not give her husband's parents' names; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 129, Family No. 159, calls her Luce BRAUD, says she was born in c1746 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, details her first marriage, says her first husband was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son Thomas-Francois-Joseph BOURG, born 21 Dec 1769, baptized 22 Dec 1769, St.-Suliac, godson of Alexandre BOURG & Ursule BRAUD, died age 15 mos. 22 Mar 1771 & buried same day, St.-Suliac, & son Joseph-Marin BOURG, born & baptized 3 Feb 1772, St.-Suliac, godson of Joseph BRAUD & Brigette PINET, & says her family resided at St.-Suliac from 1769-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 20, Family No. 41, calls her Luce of Louise BRAUD, says she was born in c1746 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, details her first marriage, says her first husband was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Charles BOURG, baptized 7 May 1775, Archigny, godson of Charels HÉBERT & Angélique BRAUD (probably her sister), & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 29-30, Family No. 53, calls her Luce BRAUD, says she was born in c1747 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, details her first marriage, says her first husband was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, that he was a seaman & navigator, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son François-Simon BOURG, died age 3, buried 26 Jun 1776, St.-Jacques, Nantes, son Mathieu-Athanase BOURG, baptized 13 Mar 1779, St.-Jacques, Nantes, & daughter Marie-Rose BOURG, died age 2 mos. & buried 28 Jun 1785, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement in the early 1770s, says her husband was absent during the Third Convoy to Nantes, & details the family's voyage to LA in 1785 aboard L'Amitié; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 54-55, calls her Luce BRAUD, sa [Atanase BOURQUE's] feme, age 33, on the embarkation list, & Luce BRAUD, his [Athanase BOURG's] wife, age 33, on the complete listing, says she was in the 50th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her husband & 3 children [including daughter Marie-Rose BOURG, a nursling], details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, says they were married in 1768 but gives no place of marriage, & that son Charles [BOURG] was born in 1755[sici] but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:149, 692 (ASC-2, 33), the record of her second marriage, calls her Lucia BREAUD, "a widow," calls her husband Pedro THERRIOT, "a widower," does not give any parents' or previous spouses' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Étienne BOUDREAU & Joseph HÉBERT, Jr.; BRDR, 5(rev.):114 (SMI-4, 94), her death/burial record, calls her Luce BRAUD, "widow in second marriage of Pierre THERIOT, age 91 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 28, 86, 160.  

Luce & her family evidently were supposed to sail to LA aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which left St.-Malo for New Orleans on 27 Jun 1785, but they did not go to New Orleans on that ship.  Infant daughter Marie-Rose, who appears on the embarkation list of Le St.-Rémi as à la mamelle, or a nursling, became desperately ill on the eve of the ship's departure.  She died at age 2 months & was buried on 28 Jun 1785 in Chantenay, near Nantes, not at St.-Malo.  Her burial was the day after Le St.-Rémi left St.-Malo, on the other side of Brittany from Nantes.  Thus, the family, which was at Nantes in Sep 1784, did not go to St.-Malo to board Le St.-Rémi probably because of their daughter's illness but took the next ship to New Orleans, L'Amitié, the fifth ship, which left Paimboeuf, downriver from Nantes and Chantenay, on 20 Aug.  

52.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Ludivine BREAU; BRDR, 2:149, 534 (SJA-1, 50), the record of her first marriage, calls her Ludovinne BREAU "of Acadia," calls her husband Éstienne MELANZON "of Acadia," gives her & his parents names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Josephe MYR & Charles BREAU; BRDR, 2:24, 149 (SJA-2, 6), the record of her second marriage, calls her Ludovine & Luz Divina (Ludevine) BRO, calls her husband Francisco ARSENO, gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of Maryland," his parents were "of this Parish," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan Bautista SIASON & Margarita GODIN.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 6. 

Her birth year is calculated from the Spanish report of Feb 1768, not the St.-Gabriel census of 1777. 

53.  Wall of Names, 17, calls her Madeleine BREAU; BRDR, 4:99 (SJA-4, 48), her death/burial record, calls her Marie Magdelaine BRAUD, age 80 yrs., wid. of Simon GOUTREAUD, & gives her parents' names.  

Her first name can be found in the marriage records of sons Amand, Louis, & Charles, & daughter Madeleine in BRDR, 2:314-15 (SJA-2, 44); 2:318 (SJA-2, 1); 2:318 (SJA-2, 54); & 3:353 (ASC-2, 250).

Was she at Fort Edward in 1762 with her father's family or with her new husband, or both?  The Fort Edward lists make it difficult to tell.  See Stanley LeBlanc PDF, "Acadian Prisoners, 1761-1762 at Fort Edward, Pisiguit."

54.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Madeleine BREAU; BRDR, 2:146, 149 (ASC-1, 122; SJA-1, 44), her marriage record, calls her Magdalena BRAUD, calls her husband Honoré BRAUD, gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Paul BRAUD & Michael BERTONVILLE; BRDR, 4:99 (SJA-4, 48a), her death/burial record, calls her Marie Magdaleine BRAUD, "age about 70 yrs., wid. of Honoré BREAUX," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 156. 

55.  Wall of Names,  13, calls her Madeleine BREAU; BRDR, 2:71, 150 (SJA-1, 13), the record of her first marriage, calls her Magdelaine BRAU, calls her husband Étienne BENOIT, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean BRAU, Jean COMAU, Olivier BABAIN, & Pierre BRAU, "all by their marks"; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:114, 209 (SM Ch.: v.4, #26), a record of her second marriage, calls her Magdeleine BRAUD, "wid. of Éstienne BENOIST," calls her husband Michel CORMIER "of Opelousas, widr. of Catherine STELET," gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph MODENA & Sandar GENUA; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:47, 209 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol7, #51), also a record of her second marriage, calls her (Mrs.) Étienne BENOIT, "a Widow," & Widow Éstienne BENOIST, "native of Acadie," calls her husband Michel CORMIER, "native of Acadie, widr. of 'la fille de [the daughter of] Mr. STELLY," but gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean-Charles BENOIST, Marain PREJEAN, Élie JENNE, Jacques JENNE, & Alexandre Chevalier DECLOUET; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:138 (Laf. Ch.: v.2, p.10, #26), her death/burial record, calls her Magdelaine BREAUX, "spouse in a 2nd marriage to dec. Michel CORMIER," does not give her parents' names, says she was 65 years old when she died & that she was "buried ... in the parish cemetery"; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:137 (Laf. Ct.Hse.: Succ.#75), her succession record, calls her Madeleine BREAUX "wid. of Michel CORMIER," but does not give her parents' names nor list any children.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436.  

Her estimated birth year is from the age given in the Spanish report of 1768.  The age given in her burial record is way off.  

Arsenault, Généalogie, 2416, 2444, says that Étienne BENOIT's mother was Anne CORMIER, but other, more reliable sources say COMEAUX.  See, for example, BRDR, 2:71, 150.  On p. 2416, Arsenault says that Étienne & Marguerite were married on 5 Feb 1771 in Baton Rouge, & on p. 2444 he says they were married on 5 Jan 1771 in St. Martinville.  BRDR, a primary source, disagrees.  

She was the third & last wife of my paternal ancestor, Michel CORMIER.  She gave him no more children.  He, in fact, left her a widow again in Dec 1790, not quite 2 years after their marriage.  She did not remarry. 

56.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Madeleine BREAU; BRDR, 2:150, 612 (SJA-1, 39a), the record of her first marriage, calls her Magdelaine BREAUX, calls her husband Louis QUQUERIER "of Montréal," gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of Acadia," but gives no witnesses to her marriage; BRDR, 2:149, 612 (ASC-1, 140), the record of her second marriage, calls her Magdalena BRAUD, calls her husband Manuel QUINTERO, "widower of Maria GRANGÉ," gives her but not his parents' names, says her parents were "Acadians," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Simon LANDRY & Pedro LANDRY.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437. 

Her first husband must have died soon after their marriage.  

57.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Madeleine BREAU; BRDR, 2:150, 357 (SGA-5, 31), her marriage record, calls her Magdelaine BRAUX, calls her husband Charle HÉBERT, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Amant HÉBERT & Pierre LEBLANC.

58.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marguerite BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439, the LA section, profile of her husband, calls her Marguerite BREAUX, daughter of Jean-Baptiste [BREAUX] & Marie-Rose LANDRY of Pigiguit, & says that she & Firmin were married at Donaldsonville on 13 Apr 1769; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:141 (SM Ch.: v.4, #980), her death/burial record, calls her Marguerite BREAUX, "native of Acadie, widow of Firmin BRAUD, says she died "at age 68 years at Cyrille THIBAUDOT, at la grand pointe," says she was buried "in the parish cemetery," the burial record is signed by Cyrille THIBODEAU, but the record gives no parents' names.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 156. 

Where did Arsenault find her marriage record? 

59.  Wall of Names, 10, calls her Marguerite BREAU.

60.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marguerite BREAU; BRDR, 2:150, 183 (ASC-1, 122), her marriage record, calls her Margarita BRAUD, calls her husband Jean-Baptiste CHOBEN (CHAUVIN), gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Louis LECONTE, Pierre BIJEAUD, & Joseph BABIN; BRDR, 2:150 (ASC-1, 176f), her death/burial record, calls her Margarita BRAUD, "wife of Jean Baptiste CHAUVEIN," but does not give her parents' names or her age at the time of her death.  

Why did she die so young? 

61.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marguerite BREAU; BRDR, 2:100, 150 (SJA-1, 46a), her marriage record, calls her Marguerite BREAU "of Acadia," calls her husband Pierre BLANCHARD "of Acadia," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph MYRE, Pierre BREAU, Olivier PART, & Herman BREAU; BRDR, 3:162 (SMI-8, 27), her death/burial record, calls her Marguerite BRAUD, "age 55, an Acadian, wid. Pierre BLANCHARD," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152. 

62.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marguerite BREAU; BRDR, 2:150, 372 (ASC-1, 147), her marriage record, calls her Margarita BRAUD, calls her husband Pablo HÉBERT, "res. of St.-Gabriel of Manchac," give her & his parents' names, says his parents were "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Pedro HÉBERT, Josef BRAUD, & Abraham LANDRY; BRDR, 5(rev.):114 (SGA-8, 198), her death/burial record, calls her Margaret BRAUD, "age 74 yrs., wife of Paul HÉBERT," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 6. 

Her estimated birth year is a compromise of the ages given in the Spanish report of 1768, the St.-Gabriel census of 1777, & her burial record.  Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439, profile of her father in the LA section, says she was born in c1760, which works here. 

63.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marguerite BREAU; BRDR, 2:150-51, 481 (ASC-1, 134), the record of her first marriage, calls her Marguerite BRAUD, calls her husband Pierre LE BLANC, gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of St. Gabriel" & his were "Acadians, res. at St. Gabriel," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Baptiste LEBLANC, Joseph LEBLANC, & Joseph-Marie BRAUD; BRDR, 2:150, 414 (SGA-14, 20, #68), the record of her second marriage, calls her Margarita BRAU, "widow of Pedro LEBLANC," calls her husband Michel LAMBREMON, gives her & his parents' names, calls her parents Juan [BREAUX] & Margarita LANDRY, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph-Miguel LEBLANC, Carlos HÉBERT, & Andrés MARTINEZ. 

There was no Acadian immigrant couple named Jean BREAUX & Marguerite LANDRY, so the St.-Gabriel priest who recorded her second marriage in Oct 1793 must have been given bad information, or he may have mixed up the names.  Her father's name was Janvier, which could explain the "Jean," & her mother's name was Rose-Osite, called Osite.  The priest probably used the bride's name for the mother's.  At least he got the mother's surname correct. 

The baptismal record of daughter Françoise-Cilarie LAMBREMONT, dated 18 May 1800, & the marriage records of daughter Henriette & sons Augustin & Pierre Paul LEBLANC, dated 22 Feb 1810 & 13 Jan 1817, in BRDR, 2:413 (SGA-11, 99, #491), 3:530, 537, 555 (ASC, 2, 240; SGA-14, 82, 83), call her Marguerite Pélagie. 

64.  Wall of Names, 40 (pl. 10L), calls her Margueritte [BROD], & lists her with her parents & 2 cousins; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 161-63, Family No. 193, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marguerite-Blanche BRAUD, gives her parents' names, says she was goddaughter of Charles-Olivier GUILLOT (cousin) & Madeleine BRAUD, & that her family resided at Trigavou from 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 72-73, calls her Margueritte, sa [Alexis BROD's] fille, age 20, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marguerite BRAUD, his [Alexis BRAUD's] daughter, age 20, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 29th Family aboard L'Amitié with her parents & 2 cousins; BRDR, 2:150, 221 (ASC-2, 9), her marriage record, calls her Margarita BREAU, calls her husband Luis DANTIN, does not give her or his parents' names but says they were Acadian, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Charle GULLOT & Marie COMMO.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 33.

Judging from the Ascension census of Jan 1788, the year for this marriage given in the marriage record, 1787, may be wrong; it might be 1788.  The male witness to her marriage, cousin Charles-Olivier GUILLOT, also was her godfather.  

65.  Wall of Names, 10, calls her Marguerite BREAU.

66.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marianne BREAU.

Why would her parents have named her Marianne when they had an older daughter named Marie-Anne?  Because the older daughter was called Anne?  Two of Marianne's older siblings moved to St.-Jacques & Ascension after the Spanish released the Acadians from Natchez in 1769.  What happened to Marianne in LA?

67.  Wall of Names, 17, calls her Marie BREAU veuve Jean GAUDET; White, DGFA-1, 279, calls her Marie BREAU, & provides her parents' names & her husband's parents' names.

68.  Wall of Names, 24, calls her Marie BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2586, profile of her second husband in the LA section, calls her Marie THIBODEAUX; BRDR, 2:154, 678 (SJA-1, 41), the record of her second marriage, calls her Marie BREAU, "widow of Amand RICHARD," calls her husband Joseph SONIE (SONNIER), "widower of Marie/Mary LANDRY," gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph MELANZON, Paul BREAU, Herman BREAU, & Jean-Baptiste GODIN; BRDR, 4:96 (SMI-4, 67), her death/burial record, calls her Marie BRAUD, "age 86, wid. of Joseph SONIER," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Voorhies., J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 433; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 3.  

The birth year followed here is calculated from the age given in the Spanish report of 1767, not the St.-Gabriel census of 1777.  

69.  Wall of Names, 12, calls her Marie BREAU.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 447; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 174.

What happened to her in LA?

70.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marie BREAU.

What happened to her in LA?

71.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marie BREAU.

What happened to her in LA?

73.  Wall of Names, 23, calls her Marie-Josèphe BREAU veuve Honoré MELANÇON, & lists her with 5 children; BRDR, 2:154 556 (SJA-1, 43), the record of her second marriage, calls her Marie-Josèphe BRAU "of Acadia," calls her husband François MOREAU, gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were Acadians[?!], does not name first spouses, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Honoré BREAU, Simon GAUTROS, & Simon LEBLANC; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:582, her death/burial record, calls her Marie MOREAU/MORO "of Canada."  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 445; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 8 ; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 11. 

The record of her second marriage record, cited above, says that François MOREAU's parents were "Acadians."  I have not found them in either Arsenault, Généalogie, White, DGFA-1, or Wall of Names, so they probably were French or French Creoles.  Not even his mother came from an Acadian family. 

The St.-Jacques & Atakapas censuses of 1777 reveal the exact time that the family moved from the river to the prairies--the late winter or spring of 1777.  But how in the world could 2 censuses record such divergent ages for the same people?  It cautions one to be skeptical about the ages found in these old censuses.  Most of the children listed with François MOREAU & Marie-Josèphe BREAUX in these censuses were from her first husband, Honoré MELANÇON.  There was no François MELANÇON in LA, so the 17-year-old François in the Atakapas census was probably son Louis MOREAU, who was age 2 in the St.-Jacques census.  Did the Atakapas census taker mean to say that François was 17 months old?  What was his name--François-Louis?  Louis-François?  François, fils, son of François MOREAU & Marie-Josèphe BREAUX, married Pélagie, daughter of Acadian Joseph MARTIN, at Atakapas in May 1792.  This could have been François-Louis/Louis-François, who, if born in c1774, as suggested in the St.-Jacques census of Jan 1777, would have marriage at age 18. 

Was her younger MELANÇON daughter named Anastasie-Osite or Osite-Anastasie? 

74.  Wall of Names, 21, calls her Marie BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2540; Acadians in St.-Malo, 168-69, Family No. 201; BRDR, 3:166 (SJA-4, 34), her death/burial record, calls her Marie Josephine BRAUD, age about 77 yrs., wid. Marcel LEBLANC, but does not give her parents' names.

75.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marie-Josèphe BREAU; BRDR, 2:154, 494 (ASC-1, 125), her marriage record, calls her Marie-Joseph BROD, calls her husband Blaise LEJEUNE, gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of St.-Gabriel," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph ORILLION, Jean-Baptiste LEJEUNE, & Romaine DE LA FOSSE; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:143 (Opel. Ch.: v.1, p.171), her death/burial record, calls her Maria Joseph (BRO), originally of Acadie, married to Blaise LEJEUNE, says "she died following a long illness at the home of her son-in-law, Anselme dit Seme DOUSSET (DOUCET) from the Plaquemine Brulée area after having received all of the sacraments," that she was "age of 73 years" when she died, & was buried "in the parish cemetery," but does not give her parents' names.  See also De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 27.

Bayou Blaise Lejeune, also called Blaise Lejeune Gully, a tributary of Bayou Plaquemine Brûlé in present-day Acadia Parish, is named after her husband or her son. 

76.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls her Marie-Magdeleine [BRAUD], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 167, Family No. 199, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Madeleine BRAUD, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Jean AUCOIN & Élizabeth GRANGER, & that her family resided at St.-Servan from 1767-72 & at Plouër in 1772; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls her Marie-Madeleine, sa [Honoré PRAUD's] fille, age 14, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie-Magdelaine BRAUD, his [Honoré BRAUD's] daughter, age 14, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 36th Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:153, 339 (SJO-3, &), the record of her first marriage, calls her Maria Magdalena BRAUD, calls her husband Josef GIDRY, gives her & her his parents' names, says all parents were "of St.-Malo," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Francisco GIDRY & Pedro LEBLANC; BRDR, 3:166, 330 (SGA-14, 62), the record of her second marriage, calls her Marie Madeleine BREAU, calls her husband Joseph FORET "of Lafourche, widower of Marguerite FORET," gives her & his parents' names but not her first husband's name, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Emanuel LANDRY & Marcel BRAUD.

77.  Wall of Names, 43, calls her Marie-Ozithe BROD; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 24, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59 she was the only survivor in her immediate family, that she lost her parents, brothers Xavier, age 14, Simon, no age given, sisters Anne, no age given, & Perpétué, no age given, that her mother & brother Xavier survived the crossing only to die in a hospital on 6 Feb 1759 & 17 Feb 1759, respectively.

78.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marie-Rose BREAU.

79.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marie-Rose BREAU.

What happened to her in LA?

80.  Not in Wall of Names because of the circumstance of her birth.  NOAR, 4:40 (SLC, B9, 381), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Martina BREAU, gives her birth date, her parents' names, & says her godparents were Gilberto LEONARD & Luisa BROUTIN; BRDR, 3:167-68, 413(SGA-14, 75), the record of her first marriage, calls her Martine BREAU, calls her husband Jean Charles HÉBERT, "widower of Françoise LANDRY," gives her & his parents' names, says his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Xavier RIVET, Auguste BARNIER, & Joseph LANDRY; BRDR, 3:36, 168 (SGA-14, 174), the record of her second marriage, calls her Martine BREAU, calls her husband Élie AUCOIN, gives her & his parents' names but not her first husband's name, calls his father Charles, & says the witnesses to her marriage were François AUCOIN, Victor BLANCHARD, & Florentine AUCOIN.

Judging by her name, she was one of the Acadian children whose honorary godfather was LA Spanish intendant Martin NAVARRO.  See notation in Appendix.

81.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Michel BREAU; BRDR, 2:155, 443-44 (SJA-1, 39a), his marriage record, calls him Michel BREAUX "of Acadia," calls his wife Marie-Perpétué LANDRY, gives his & her parents' names, says both her parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Jean-Charles BREAUX & Jean LANDRY; BRDR, 3:168 (ASC-4, 110), his death/burial record, calls him Michel BRAUD, "age 59 yrs.," gives his parents' names but mentions no wife.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonie, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 6. 

His estimated birth year is an average of the ages given in the Spanish report of Feb 1768 & his burial record, not the age found in the St.-Gabriel census of 1777.  

82.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls her Olive-Élisabeth [BRAUD], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 167, Family No. 199, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Olive-Élisabeth BRAUD, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Olivier LEBLANC & Périnne THOMAS, & that her family resided at St.-Servan from 1767-72 & at Plouër in 1772; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls her Olive-Élisabeth, sa [Honoré PRAUD's] fille, age 16, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Olive-Élizabeth BRAUD, his [Honoré BRAUD's] daughter, age 16, on the complete listing, says she was in the 36th Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & 5 siblings, &, calling her Olive-Élizabeth BRAUD, says she was born in 1769 but gives no birth place; BRDR, 2:155, 428-29 (SGA-14, 10), her marriage record, calls her Oliva Isabel BRAUX, calls her husband Josef LANDRY, gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of St.-Malo, France," & lists no witnesses to her marriage.

Which Joseph, son of Augustin LANDRY, did she marry?  Augustin brought 2 sons named Joseph to LA in Jul 1767, Joseph-Marie, born c1748, who married Marguerite PIVAUTEAU in Dec 1783, & Joseph-Ignace, born c1753, who married Scholastique BREAUX in Feb 1776.  Was the Joseph LANDRY who married Olive-Élisabeth BREAUX one of these sons, or was he a third son named Joseph who was born in LA after Jul 1767?  I'm going with the widower of Scholastique BREAUX here until I find evidence to the contrary. 

83.  Wall of Names, 13 (pl. 2L), calls him Paul BREAU, & lists him singly; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2440, the LA section, calls him Paul BREAUX, says he was born in 1745 but gives no birthplace, calls his parents Jean-Baptiste [BREAUX] & Élizabeth HENRY, "de Saint-Jacques," that he married Marie-Marthe LEBLANC but gives no date or place of marriage, says he settled at Donaldsonville, that his children were Jérôme-Raymond, born in 1772, Anselme in 1773, Marie-Madeleine in 1775, Étienne in 1776, Hyppolite-Armand in 1776, Jérôme in 1777, Marine in 1781, & Henriette in 1781 but gives no birthplaces, & says nothing of his second marriage; BRDR, 2:56, 155 (ASC-1, 146), the record of his second marriage, calls him Pablo BRAUD, "widower of Martha LEBLANC," calls his wife Ysabel BABEIN, gives her but not his parents' names, says her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Armand BRAUD, Abraham LANDRY, & Carlos DUGAST. 

What evidence is there, other than Arsenault's assertion (see also p. 2438), that he was a son of Jean-Baptiste BREAUX & his first wife Élisabeth HENRY?  Jean-Baptiste & his family were counted at Oxford, MD, in Jul 1763, but no son Paul is with them.  Considering that Paul was only about 10 at the time, this pretty much eliminates him as one of Jean-Baptiste's children. 

Who is the Paul BRAUX with Élizabeth BRAUX widow & Margueritte BRAUX at Port Tobacco, MD, in July 1763?  See Jehn, Acadians in the Colonies, 153.  I can find no other Paul BREAUX in MD at that time.   Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 98, another source on the Acadians in MD, insists that the Paul BRAUX at Port Tobacco was counted with his mother Élizabeth BREAUX née HENRY, & that Paul was the one who married Marie-Marthe LEBLANC in LA.  If this is so, Paul could not have been a son of Jean-Baptiste, whose first wife, Élisabeth HENRY, died before Le Grand Dérangement.  Wood says that Élizabeth HENRY, the widow in MD, was counted at Ascension in LA in 1777, but cannot I find an Élisabeth HENRY at Ascension in 1777.  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 9-19.  The only Élisabeth/Isabelle HENRY immigrants I have found came to LA from France in 1785.  So who was the widow Élizabeth BRAUX at Port Tobacco in 1763, evidently the mother of Paul? 

Why does Wall of Names not list Paul with anyone else?  Because he was listed singly at Cabanocé in 1769? 

Was his full name Joseph Paul?  That is what the second marriage record of son Joseph, dated 28 Sep 1818, in BRDR, 3:160 (SGA-14, 160), calls him, or did the recording priest superimpose the son's name on the father's. 

84.  Wall of Names, 13 (pl. 2L), calls him Paul BREAU 2, & lists him singly; BRDR, 2:155, 437 (ASC-2, 87), his marriage record, calls him Paul BRAUD, says his parents were Pierre [BRAUD] & Maria LEBLANC, gives his wife's parents names & says they were residents of Iberville, gives his wife's first husband's name, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Carlos LANDRY, Urbano BREAUD, & St. Jago HÉBERT; BRDR, 3:169 (ASC-4, 84), his death/burial record, calls him Paul BRAUD, age 45, nat. Baltimore, widower Marguerite LANDRY, but does not give his parents' names.  

There is some mystery surrounding this fellow.  With which party from MD did he come to LA, and with whom?  He ended up at Ascension, which is next to St.-Jacques but also St.-Gabriel, so that would put him in the 1766 or 1767 party.  Was his father the Pierre BREAUX who married Brigitte FORET at St.-Jacques in Jan 1776?  According to Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439, the Pierre BREAUX who married Brigitte FORET had been married before.  But Arsenault does not list a Paul as one of the children of Pierre BREAUX who married Brigitte FORET.  If this Pierre was Paul's father, then why was Paul not listed with him in Wall of Names?  Is this a clue that his father was not this Pierre BREAUX?  I need a BREAUX family historian to help me sort out this mess.  

85.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Perpétué BREAU; BRDR, 2:156, 444 (ASC-1, 136), her marriage record, calls her Perpétué BROD, calls her husband Maturin LANDRY, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Armond BRAUD & Joseph LANDRY; BRDR, 2:156 (SGA-8, 20, #106), her death/burial record, calls her Perpetua BREAUX, "spouse of Maturin LANDRY," gives her parents' names, says there were "of Acadia," but does not give her age at the time of her death.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.

The baptismal record of daughter Marguerite LANDRY, dated 30 May 1784, in BRDR, 2:437 (SGA-5, 20, #101), calls her Marie Perpetua BRAUX, so this may have been her full name. 

86.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Pierre BREAU.  See also Jehn, Acadians Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 8; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 12.  

His estimated birth year is taken from the age given in the Spanish report of Feb 1768, which varies widely from the ages given in the censuses of 1770 & 1777.  The ages vary so much, in fact, that we may be looking at 2 different people here.  

What happened to him in LA?

87.  Wall of Names, 13 (pl. 2L), calls him Pierre BREAU 2, & lists him with wife Brigitte FOREST & a daughter; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2439, calls him Pierre BREAUX, says he was born in c1740 but gives no birthplace, says he probablement was son of Alexandre [BREAUX] & Marie DUGAS of Pigiguit, that he married vraisemblablement en secondes noces Brigitte FOREST in c1770 but gives no place of marriage nor her parents' names nor his first wife's name, that he was living on the east bank of the Mississippi at St.-Jacques in 1777 with Jean CAISSY dit Roger, born in 1745, & lists his children, all from his second wife, as Marie-Charlotte, born in 1773, Alexandre-Joseph in 1784, & Jean in 1788, but gives no birthplaces; BRDR, 2:156, 292 (SJA-1, 55a), the record of his second marriage, calls him Pierre BRAUD, calls his wife Brigitte FORET, gives his & her parents' names, says all parents were "of Acadia," says nothing of a previous spouse, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Simon LEBLANC & Pierre ARCENEAU.  See also De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 11.

Why does Wall of Names list him with his wife & daughter as though they came to LA together?  I have removed the daughter from this listing since she was baptized at St.-Jacques in Jan 1777 & obviously had been born there.  See BRDR, 2:154 (SJA-1, 32a).  Note that in the St.-Jacques census of Jan 1777 she was 4 months old.  That gives her a birth month of Sep 1776.  Her parents had been married in Jan 1776, so there was no way she was born before the family came to LA.  

Evidently Arsenault did not find Pierre & Brigitte's marriage record, or he would not have had to guess the identity of Pierre's parents.  One wonders if his parents were the Pierre BREAUX & Marie-Josèphe DUPUIS, married probably at Minas in c1737, who were exiled to MA in 1755.  They were counted by colonial officials at Nantucket in 1758.  In 1763, Pierre, père was a widower.  He died at St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, near Montréal, in December 1788, age 75.  See White DGFA-1, 275.  If this was Pierre, fils's father, how, & when, did they become separated?  

Pierre may have come to LA with a son named Paul, born at Baltimore, MD, in c1764.  But this is pure speculation based on Paul's marriage record, which calls his parents Pierre BREAUX & Marie LEBLANC, who seem to fit this Pierre.  See BRDR, 2:155 (ASC-2, 87), dated 5 Jan 1801.  The baptismal record of one of Paul's sons, François-Magloire, dated 14 Sep 1801, in BRDR, 2:146 (ASC-5, 152), calls the boy's paternal grandparents Pedro BREAUD & Margarita LEBLANC, so Paul's mother's name, & perhaps this Pierre's first wife's name, was probably Marie-Marguerite.  

I need a BREAUX family historian to help me here.  

88.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Pierre-Jean-Baptiste BREAU; BRDR, 2:155, 222 (ASC-1, 137), his marriage record, calls him Pedro BRAUD, calls his wife Margarita DARDENNE, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "Acadians res. at St.-Gabriel," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Francisco MARION, Hipolite HÉBERT, & Abraham LANDRY; BRDR, 4:94 (SGA-8, 108), probably his death/burial record, calls him Jean Pierre BREAUX, "age 60," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.   

His Jul 1799 marriage to Marguerite DARDENNE probably was a blessing of a union that already existed.  How else would one explain their daughter Marie-Louise's marriage to Henrique, son of Charles VIGE or VIGET of New Orleans, at St.-Gabriel in Aug 1798?  See BRDR, 2:151(SGA-14, 25, #91).  One has to wonder why Jean Baptiste Pierre & Marguerite waited so long to bless a marriage that created so many children.  Why was the "marriage" at Ascension when they lived at St.-Gabriel? 

He was called Jean Pierre & Pierre as well as Pierre Jean.  The marriage records of daughter Marie Melasie, dated 31 Dec 1817, son Charles, dated 26 Jan 1818, daughter Marguerite, dated 1 Nov 1819, & daughter Felonise, dated 23 Jun 1823, in BRDR, 3:157, 162, 167, 4:93, & son Saloman, dated 7 May 1821, in BRDR, 4:102, call him Jean Baptiste Pierre, favored here.  The marriage record of daughter Marie Hortense, dated 11 Feb 1823, in BRDR, 4:98, calls him Jean Baptiste.  The marriage record of son Pierre, however, dated 25 Apr 1808, in BRDR, 3:169, calls him Pierre Jean Baptiste, which Wall of Names favors. 

His estimated birth year is based on the age given in the 1768 Spanish report, not his burial record, so he would have been closer to age 67, not 60, when he died. 

89.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls him Pierre [BRAUD], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 35, Family No. 65, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre-Paul BRAUD, gives his parents' but not his godparents' names, & also calls him Pierre BRAUD; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls him Pierre, son [Honoré PRAUD's] fils, age 5, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Pierre BRAUD, his [Honoré BRAUD's] son, age 5, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 36th Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 3:170, 418 (SGA-14, 82), his marriage record, calls him Pierre-Paul BREAUX, calls his wife Marguerite HÉBERT, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Jean Charles BREAU, Paul HÉBERT, & Antoine BARNIERE; BRDR, 4:101 (SGA-8, 115), his death/burial record, calls him Pierre BRAUD, age 45 yrs., son of Honoré, but mentions no wife.  

He was the second Pierre-Paul in the family.  The first was born at Plouër, near St.-Malo, in Nov 1772 & died at nearby La Giolais in Oct 1773, probably on the eve of the family's going to Poitou to settle on a nobleman's land near Châtellerault. 

90.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7R), calls her Rose-Marie [BRAUD], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls her Rose-Marie, sa [Honoré PRAUD's] fille, age 3, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Rose-Marie BRAUD, his [Honoré BRAUD's] daughter, age 3, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 36th Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:156 (SGA-8, 7, #26), her death/burial record, calls her Rosa Maria, "age 6 years," & gives her parents' names.

91.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Scholastique BREAU; BRDR, 2:156-57, 431 (ASC-1, 132), her marriage record, calls her Scholastique BRAUD, calls her husband Joseph-Ignace LANDRY, gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were "Acadians, res. in St.-Gabriel," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Pierre LANDRY & Joseph BRAUD; BRDR, 2:145 (SGA-2, 5), her death/burial record, calls her Escolastica BRAUD, "spouse of Joseph LANDRY," & gives her parents' names but not her age at the time of her death.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.

Interestingly, there were two Scholastique BREAUXs who married Joseph LANDRYs at St.-Gabriel--this one, whose husband was named Joseph-Ignace LANDRY, & a younger one, parents unrecorded, born in c1770, who married Joseph-Pierre LANDRY & who died at St.-Gabriel, age 30, in Feb 1802.  See BRDR, 2:157 (SGA-8, 26, #148).

92.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Simon BREAU.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436. 

De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 6, lists one unnamed son, age 8, in the household of Jans Charlle BRAUX.  This probably was Jean-Charles's third son Louis, born in c1768 or c1769 at either San Luìs de Natchez or St.-Gabriel, not Simon, who, according to the age given in the Spanish report of 1768, cited above, would have been 10 or 11 in Mar 1777.  Simon appears in no more LA records after 1768, so he probably died young. 

93.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Sylvain BREAU; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2438, calls him Sylvain BREAUX; White, DGFA-1, 279, calls him Sylvain BREAU; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:116, his death/burial record, which calls him Silvain BREAUX.  See also <thecajuns.com/cardmoney.htm>.

He was a grandson of Acadian family patriarch Vincent BREAUX.

94.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7L), calls her Ursule BROD veuve LE BLANC, & lists her with a son & a granddaughter; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 115, Family No. 211, calls her Ursule BRAUD, says she was born c1721, does not give her parents' names, says her husband was born c1720, that they were married c1738 but gives no place of marriage, that he died at age 64 & was buried 6 Feb 1784 at St.-Jacques, Nantes, & details her family's participation in the Grand Ligne settlement in Poitou (her husband, her, "and family of 9 Persons"!), as well as their voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 16-17, calls her Ursule BROD, veuve LEBLANC, age 65, on the embarkation list, Ursule BRAUD, on the debarkation list, & Ursule BRAUD, widow LEBLANC, age 65, on the complete listing, says she was in the 26th Family aboard La Bergère with a son & a granddaughter, details her marriage but does not give the names of her or her husband's parents, says her husband died in 1784, that son Simon [LEBLANC] was born in 1761, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to her & her family after they reached LA.  

95.  Wall of Names, 40, calls her Ursule BROD veuve PITRE; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 54, shows that on the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, she lost her mother, age 26, in the hospital probably at St.-Malo 20 Feb 1759, & bother Simon-Joseph, age 2, at sea, & that the other members of her family--her father & 7 siblings--survived the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 168-69, Family No. 201; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 664-65, Family No. 774; BRDR, 5(rev.):119 (ASM-3, 246), her death/burial record, calls her Ursule BRAUD, age 97 yrs., widow PITRE, but does not give her parents' names.  

One can only imagine what this grand lady saw in her 90+ years.  She was a teenager when Le Grand Dérangement devastated her homeland in 1755.  She endured the terrible deportation from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, in her late teens, married a fellow native of Cobeguit in France, lost him after only a few months of marriage, endured life there as a widow with a daughter to raise, alone, for over a quarter of a century, crossed the Atlantic once again in her middle-age, & lived to see grandchildren and perhaps great-grandchildren make a life for themselves in La Nouvelle-Acadie.  One wonders why she never remarried.  

96.  Wall of Names, 10 (pl. 1L), calls her Marie BREAU, & lists her with her husband Olivier BABIN & 2 daughters, Marie-Josèphe & Marianne [BABIN]; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2412, profile of her first husband in the LA section, calls her Marguerite BREAUX, does not give her parents' names, says she married Olivier BABIN in c1772 but gives no place of marriage, & lists only a single child for them, son Baptiste-Olivier [BABIN], baptized at St.-Gabriel in 1773; BRDR, 2:154, 296 (ASC-1, 132), the record of her second marriage, calls her Marie BRAUD, "widow of Olivier BABEIN," calls her husband Pierre FORET, "widower of Marguerite BLANCHARD," does not give any parents' names but says they all "were Acadians res. at St. Gabriel," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Anselme BLANCHARD & Jean-Charles BROD [perhaps her brother]; BRDR, 2:151, 428  (ASC-1, 144), the record of her third marriage, gives the date 12 May on p. 151 & 21 May on p. 428, calls her Maria BRAUD, "widow of Pedro FORET of St. Gabriel," calls her husband Josef LANDRY, "widower of Anna GRANGÉ," does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Juan-Carlos BRAUD [perhaps her brother] & Pablo CHIASSON; BRDR, 2:151 (ASM-3, 35), her death/burial record, calls her Maria BRAUD, "age 60 years, widow of Joseph LANDRY," but does not give her parents' names.  

Wall of Names insists that she & Olivier were married when they came to LA, that they even had 2 daughters, which do not appear on this list.  Reluctantly, I am following Arsenault here.  Too bad neither of her LA remarriage records or her burial record include her parents' names or give a clue for her age.  For more details, see the footnote to her first husband's profile.  

Notice that Jean-Charles BREAUX was a witness to her second & third marriages.  Was he her brother?  If so, her parents would have been Pierre BREAUX & Marguerite GAUTREAUX of Minas.  Jean-Charles also came to LA in 1768 with the BREAUX contingent.  

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