APPENDICES

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

BROUSSARD

[BREW-sard, brew-SAR]

ACADIA

François Brossard, progenitor of one of the most notable Acadian families, was born in c1653 perhaps in Anjou, France, to parents still unknown and may have come to the colony in 1671 aboard the ship L'Oranger.  He married Catherine, daughter of Michel Richard dit Sansoucy and Madeleine Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1678.  They settled on haute rivière, now the upper Annapolis River, at a place called Beausoleil.  Not long after his marriage, François "collaborated with Pierre Thibodeau in the colonization of Chepoudy, but he did not go to settle there himself."  In early 1711, François was one of several residents of the haute rivière jailed by British commander Samuel Vetch.  François and Catherine had 11 children, including six sons, all born at Beausoleil, five of whom created families of their own.  Four of their daughters married into the Landry, Doucet, Préjean, and Bourg families.  François died suddenly at his farm on haute rivière in December 1716, in his early 60s. 

Oldest son Pierre, born in c1683, married Marguerite, daughter of Abraham Bourg and Marie Brun, at Port-Royal in January 1709.  They had nine children, including two sons who married into the LeBlanc family and settled at Minas.  Two of Pierre and Marguerite's daughters married into the Boudrot and Préjean families and settled at Port Toulouse, Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, where their father Pierre moved by 1722.  Pierre worked as a navigateur at Port-Toulouse. 

François, fils, born in c1695, died at Annapolis Royal in November 1717, age of 22.  He did not marry.  

Claude, born in c1697, married first to Anne, daughter of Vincent Babin, fils and Anne Thériot of Pigiguit and widow of Abraham Bourg le jeune, at Grand-Pré in October 1718.  Their sons married into the Landry and Aucoin families and settled at Pigiguit, Rivière-du-Nord-Est on Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, and on Île Royale.  Claude remarried to Marie, daughter of Claude Dugas and Françoise Bourgeois and widow of Abraham Bourg, at Port-Royal in November 1754.  Claude died in Maryland during Le Grand Dérangement.  

Alexandre dit Beausoleil, whose nickname came from the haute rivière village where the Broussards lived, born in c1699, married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Thibodeau and Agnès Dugas, at Annapolis Royal in February 1724.  In c1730, they moved to Chepoudy, where her kinsmen lived, and then to LeCran, today's Stoney Creek, on Rivière Petitcoudiac, probably to put more distance between themselves and British authority in Nova Scotia.  In c1740, they moved farther upriver to Village-des-Beausoleils, present-day Boundary Creek, New Brunswick.  

Joseph dit Beausoleil, born in c1702, married Agnès Thibodeau, younger sister of brother Alexandre's wife, at Annapolis Royal in September 1725.  They followed Alexandre and Marguerite to Chepoudy and Petitcoudiac, preferring to settle in territory controlled by France.  Along with older brother Alexandre, Joseph was a leader of Acadian partisans who fought against the British in Nova Scotia during and after King George's War. 

Youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born in March 1704, married Cécile Babin, younger sister of brother Claude's first wife Anne, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1728.  They remained at Annapolis Royal.  Jean-Baptiste died at Mascouche, near Montréal, in July 1770, age 66, after Le Grand Dérangement.  

[For more of this family in pre- and post-dispersal Acadia and Canada, see Book Three]

The family's name evolved from Brossard to Broussard in Acadia.  By 1755, François Brossard's descendants could be found at Annapolis Royal; at Grand-Pré and Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in the Minas Basin; at Village-des-Beausoleils on the upper Petitcoudiac; at Port-Toulouse on Île Royale; and at Rivière-du-Nord-Est on Île St.-Jean.  

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

[For the family's travails during the Great Upheaval, see Book Six]

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

The Broussards were not the first Acadians to come to Louisiana:  a cousin, Joseph De Goutin de Ville, whose mother was a Thibodeau, had come to the colony as a French army officer by the early 1740s, married, retired from active duty, and served in the colonial militia.  The Broussards were not even the first Acadian exiles to find refuge in Louisiana.  Twenty-one individuals from four related Chignecto families had reached the colony from Georgia via Mobile exactly a year before the Broussards arrived.  However, the old resistance fighters and their 200 kin were the first large group of Acadian refugees to reach Louisiana.  

While recuperating at New Orleans from their long voyage, the Broussards changed their minds about continuing on to Illinois.  Perhaps cousin Joseph de Ville, who held a land grant in the Attakapas District west of the Atchafalaya Basin, convinced them to remain in lower Louisiana.  As an enticement to remain, Louisiana's acting director general, Charles-Philippe Aubry, encouraged family heads in the party to exchange their Canadian card money for French funds despite royal decrees ending such transactions (the effort failed).  Aubry also offered to settle them on the west bank of the river across from the city, the site of present-day Algiers.  However, the place was low and subject to flooding, thus requiring the building of high, expensive levees, and was "blanketed by dense, hardwood forests," unsuitable for the weary Acadian exiles, most of whom were Chignecto area cattlemen who had lived beside the coastal marshes of the upper Fundy shore.  Before Aubry could concoct another settlement scheme for them, the Broussards again seized control of their collective destiny.  The brothers and several other party leaders made a deal with Attakapas cattleman Jean-Antoine-Bernard Dauterive to settle near his land grant on Bayou Teche and to tend to his livestock for a part of the profit.  Aubry agreed to the arrangement and sent the Broussards to Attakapas with retired French army engineer Louis-Antoine Andry, who led them upriver and then across the Atchafalaya Basin to Bayou Teche.  Also with the Broussards was Father Jean-François de Civray, a Capuchin priest whom church officials in New Orleans sent to minister to the Teche-bound Acadians.  The Broussards, more than any other family, helped create La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche:  

Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil, age 66, came with wife Marguerite Thibodeau, age 60, and four unmarried children--Sylvain, age 24, Simon, age 21, Anne-Henriette, age 18, and Pierre, age 14.  The tough old resistance fighter and his wife perished in the epidemic that killed dozens of their fellow Teche valley Acadians that summer and fall.  Five of their sons and a grandson settled at Attakapas.  Daughter Anne married into the Berard family and died in St. Martin Parish in November 1820, in her early 70s.  

Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil, age 63, a widower, whom French authorities in New Orleans named capitaine commandant des Acadiens aux Attakapas, or commander of the Acadians at Attakapas, in early April, came with four unmarried children--twins François and Françoise, age 19, Claude, age 17, and Amand, age 15--and perhaps two orphans--Madeleine Broussard, age 11, perhaps daughter of oldest son Jean-Grégoire; and Élisabeth Broussard, age 2.  Joseph did not remarry.  Like his older brother Alexandre, Joseph died in the epidemic of 1765.  Six of his sons settled at Attakapas, but only four of their lines survived.  Daughter Françoise married into the Labauve family and died at Attakapas in October 1801, in her mid-50s.  Putative granddaughter Madeleine married into the Guilbeau family. 

Ursule Trahan, age unrecorded, widow of Alexandre's oldest son Joseph-Grégoire Broussard, came with two children--Élisabeth, or Isabelle, age 12, and Joseph le jeune, age 11.  Ursule remarried to Joseph Girouard at New Orleans in April 1765, soon after they reached the colony, and she and her new husband perished in the epidemic of 1765.  Her daughter Élisabeth married into the Lapointe, Meaux, and Nickelson families and died in Lafayette Parish in March 1833; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 98 years old when she died, but she was closer to 80.  Joseph le jeune married and settled among his cousins at Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche.  

Madeleine Broussard, age unrecorded, Alexandre's older daughter, came with second husband Olivier Thibodeau, age 32, two Landry daughters, ages 11 and unknown, and two Thibodeau children, ages 2 and 1.  Madeleine was pregnant when she reached the colony and died from complications of childbirth soon after the family reached the Teche.  Her newborn daughter also died.  They were the first Acadians to be buried west of the Atchafalaya Basin.  

Jean-Baptiste Broussard, age 34, Alexandre's oldest surviving son, came with wife Anne Brun, age 27, and two sons--Mathurin, age 13, and Jean, age 1.  Jean-Baptiste and Anne had more children in Louisiana and evidently raised one of his nephews

Anselme Broussard, age 31, another of Alexandre's sons, came with wife Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, Dugas, age unrecorded, and son Joseph-Théodore, called Théodore, age 1.  Anselme and Marguerite had no more children in Louisiana and may also have died in the epidemic of 1765.  Son Théodore was raised by Anselme's brother Jean-Baptiste. 

Joseph dit Petit Jos Broussard dit Beausoleil, age 38, Joseph's oldest surviving son, came with second wife Marguerite Savoie, age 29, and son René, age 12, from his first wife.  Daughter Marguerite was born in April 1765, soon after the family reached Bayou Teche--probably the first Acadian born west of the Atchafalaya Basin.  Petit-Jos and Marguerite had more children in Louisiana.  

Victor-Grégoire Broussard, age 37, Alexandre's oldest surviving son, came with wife Isabelle LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 33.  Having lost their three children during Le Grand Dérangement, they had no children with them.  Isabelle died in the 1765 epidemic before she could have more children.  Victor evidently did not remarry. 

Isabelle Broussard, age 32, Joseph's oldest daughter, came with husband René Trahan, age 36, and a 10-year-old son.  She died at Attakapas by May 1777, when her husband was listed in a census there as a widower. 

Marguerite Broussard, age 26, another of Joseph's daughters, came with husband Charles dit Charlitte Dugas, age 28.  Their children were born in Louisiana.  Marguerite died a widow at Fausse Pointe, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1821, in her late 70s.  

Timothée-Athanase, called Athanase, Broussard, age 24, another of Joseph's married sons, came with wife Anne Bourgeois, age 25, and infant daughter Isabelle.  Daughter Marie may have been born at New Orleans soon after the family reached the colony.

Théotiste Broussard came with husband Augustin Guidry.  She died in the epidemic of 1765.  

Another Théotiste Broussard, widow of Joseph Hugon, came with a Hugon brother-in-law, who died in the epidemic of 1765, and a 14-year-old daughter, who married a Trahan.  

François Broussard, his relationship to the other Broussards undetermined, came with the party alone and soon disappeared from history.  

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Although the Broussards lost loved ones, including their two leaders, in the epidemic of 1765, they did not retreat to the river that fall with dozens of their fellow Teche Acadians.  Everyone of them remained on the Teche, fulfilling the dream of the old resistance fighters who had brought them there.  By the time Louisiana became a part of the United States in late 1803, Broussards could be found in nearly every part of the Attakapas District and in the Opelousas District as well.  No other Acadian family created so many family lines in a single region of the Bayou State, and no other Acadian family contributed as much to the settlement of southwestern Louisiana:

Victor-Grégoire BROUSSARD (c1728-?; François)

Victor-Grégoire, second and oldest surviving son of Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil and Marguerite Thibodeau, born probably at Port-Royal in c1728, married Isabelle, daughter of René LeBlanc and Anne Thériot of Grand-Pré, in the late 1740s or early 1750s.  In the fall of 1755, the British deported Victor and his father to South Carolina aboard the HMS Syren and kept them in close confinement on Sullivan's Island near Charleston.  A few months later, in early 1756, they escaped from South Carolina and made their way north across country to Québec and Rivière St.-Jean.  From there, they traveled to Shediac on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where they joined his uncle in the Acadian resistance.  Victor and Isabelle lived for a time in the refugee camp at Miramichi, farther up the North Shore, where their young children may have died during the terrible winter of 1756-57 (some accounts claim that all of the Acadian children living at Miramichi that winter perished from illness or starvation).  Victor and Isabelle, now childless, followed his widowed father into imprisonment in Nova Scotia and to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Victor was one of the eight signers of the Dauterive agreement at New Orleans in April 1765.  His wife Isabelle died in the epidemic of 1765, before she could give him anymore children.  The following spring, Spanish officials counted him on Bayou de Tortue near present-day St. Martinville with no one else in his household.  He then disappears from Louisiana records.  Victor did not remarry, so his family line died with him.  

1

Jean, born probably at Petitcoudiac in September 1753, died during Le Grand Dérangement, perhaps one of the many children who perished in the refugee camp at Miramichi during the terrible winter of 1756-57.   

2

Joseph le jeune, Jean's twin, died during Le Grand Dérangement, perhaps also at Miramichi during the winter of 1756-57. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD (c1731-1825; François)

Jean-Baptiste le jeune, third son of Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil and Marguerite Thibodeau, born at Chepoudy or Petitcoudiac in c1731, married Anne Brun probably at Petitcoudiac in c1750.  After his father and older brother were deported to South Carolina, Jean-Baptiste and his family followed his mother into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, where he served in the Acadian resistance with his father and uncle.  Jean-Baptiste and his family followed his parents into imprisonment in Nova Scotia in 1760 and to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Jean-Baptiste was one of the eight signers of the Dauterive agreement in April 1765.  He and Anne followed his kinsmen to Bayou Teche, where they had more children, and where, in his later years, Jean-Baptiste served as church warden.  Jean-Baptiste was elected co-commandant of the Attakapas District in 1768 and served with René Trahan until 1770.  Jean-Baptiste and Anne's only daughter Perpétué married into the Comeaux family.  Jean-Baptiste remarried to Élisabeth-Augustine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Landry and widow of Joseph Dugas and Amand Landry, at Attakapas in September 1799; Jean-Baptiste was in his late 60s at the time of the wedding.  Élisabeth was a native of Plouër, France, near St.-Malo, had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785, and was in her late 30s at the time of the wedding.  Jean Baptiste died at the home of son Jean in Lafayette Parish in October 1825.  The priest who recorded the burial said that Jean Baptiste died "at 7:00 p.m. at age 98 years," but he was closer to 94.  His succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in August 1834.  Two of his three sons married, but this family line was perpetuated only by son Jean.  

1

Oldest son Mathurin, by his father's first wife, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1752, was still a bachelor in 1777 when he was counted at Attakapas, age 26, with several adult "orphans."  He does not seem to have married.  

2

Jean, called Petit-Jean, from his father's first wife, born at Halifax in c1764, followed his parents to Louisiana and married cousin Louise-Ludivine or Ludivine-Louise, also called Divine or Denise, daughter of Joseph dit Petit Jos Broussard and his second wife Marguerite Savoie, at Attakapas in July 1784.  They settled at Côte Gelée near present-day Broussard.  Their son Jean, fils was born at Attakapas in December 1791, Joseph le jeune in October 1798 but died at a cousin's house at Petite Anse, age 11, in April 1810, Jean Louis was born in c1799, Don Louis in August 1802, Pierre Arvillien, called Arvillien, in March 1804, Aurelien in July 1806, Camille in February 1808, Clément in October 1809, and a son, name unrecorded, died a month after his birth in November 1811.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Reeves, St. Julien (French Creole, not Acadian), and Thibodeaux families.  The birth of her eighth son killed Louise, who died in November 1811, in her early 40s.  A succession record in her name was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in April 1844.  Jean remarried to cousin Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Thibodeaux and Rosalie Guilbeau of La Pointe and widow of Louis Trahan, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1814; Jean was 50 years old at the time of the wedding.  Jean's first succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in October 1831.  Jean died in Lafayette Parish in February 1834; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Jean died "at age 73 yrs.," but he was 70.  His succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following month.    

2a

Jean, fils, by his father's first wife, married cousin Anne, called Nanon, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Girouard and Angélique Broussard of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1815.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son Jean III was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1823, and Bélisaire in August 1829.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Fabre, and Montet families.  Jean, fils's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in June 1848; he would have been age 57 that year. 

Jean III, called Dejean by the recording clerk, may have married Augustine, called Justine, daughter of Adélaïde Jannot, Janeau, or Jeannet, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1842.  They settled probably on the prairie south of present-day Lafayette before moving out to the prairie west of the present city.  Their son Joseph was born in May 1845, Jean Baptiste in January 1849, Alexandre in December 1851 but may have died the following July, Sosthène was born in December 1856, Vincent in April 1859, and Pierre near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in September 1866. 

Joseph married Aimée, daughter of Onésime Allemand and Elmire Champagne, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in October 1868, and sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in November. 

Bélisaire married cousin Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Don Louis Broussard and Anastasie Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1854.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Jean le jeune was born in December 1858, Jules in April 1861, and Euclide in August 1868. 

2b

Pierre Arvillien, by his father's first wife, married cousin Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Anselme Thibodeaux and  Anne Trahan, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1824.  Their son Léo was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 1 month and 12 days, in June 1827, Napoléon at age 1 1/2 months in June 1835, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died 9 days after his birth in December 1837, Léotarde died at age 12[sic] in January 1850, and Charles Ernest was baptized at age 3 months in May 1839 but died at age 8 in December 1847.  They also had an older son named Paul, also called Saul.  Their daughter married into the Melançon family. 

Paul married cousin Marie Célestine, called Célestine and also Amelie, daughter of French Creole Éloi Aurelien St. Julien, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1856; Célestine's mother was a Broussard.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Ambroise was born in February 1859, Ernest, perhaps their son, died at age 17 months in February 1866, and Paul Arvillien was born November 1868 but died at age 6 months in May 1869. 

2c

Don Louis, by his father's first wife, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Basile Landry and Marianne Mire, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1825.  Their son Valsin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in December 1825, Bélisaire at age 7 months in January 1830 but died in April, Lessin or Lessaint was born in January 1833, and a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died a day after its birth in May 1837.  They also had a younger son named Euphémon.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Dubois, Fabre, Faure, Higginbotham, and Melançon families.  Don Louis may have died in Lafayette Parish in October 1864; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Don Louis died "at age 64 yrs.," but this Don Louis would have been 62; his succession, naming his wife, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in October 1865.  One wonders if Don Louis's death was war-related. 

Lessin married Azélie or Azélia, daughter of Édouard Fabre and his Acadian wife Françoise Elidorice Hébert, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1856.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Jean Dorneville was born in June 1859, and Donatien in November 1860. 

Valsin married cousin Emma, daughter of Léon Montet and his Acadian wife Anne Divine Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1858.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Louis Alphonse was born in August 1860, and Léonidas in August 1866. 

Euphémon married cousin Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Édouard dit Cadet Comeaux and  Carmelite Landry, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1867. 

2d

Aurelien, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marie, daughter of Robert Bell and his Acadian wife Julie Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1828.  Their son Méance was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1833.  Aurelien died in Lafayette Parish in May 1833, age 26; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in May 1835.  

Méance may have married fellow Acadian Olivanie Thibodeaux in Lafayette Parish in the 1850s.  Their son Pierre was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in October 1856. 

2e

Camille, by his father's first wife, married Adélaïde Aglae, Aglae, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Girouard and Madeleine Thibodeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1832.  Their son Léonard was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1832, and Sosthène Camille was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 4 months, in June 1834.  Camille's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in March 1846; he would have been age 38 that year. 

Sosthène Camille married double cousin Amelie or Émelie, daughter of fellow Acadians Maximilien Girouard and Carmezile Broussard, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in July 1860, and sanctified the marriage at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1861.  Their son Joseph Camille was born near Youngsville in August 1866. 

2d

Clément, by his father's first wife, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Roane, Roanne, Rowan, or Rouane and Elizabeth A. Riman or Evreman, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1844, and, "on [his] sick bed," sanctified the marriage at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1866; the church marriage also "recognized" their surviving children, three sons and two daughters.  Their son Joseph was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1845, Jean in Lafayette Parish in June 1855, and William, perhaps also called Clément, fils, in St. Martin Parish in July 1860.  Their daughter married into the Girouard family.  Clément died in Lafayette Parish in September 1866, two days after his church wedding; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Clément died "at age 55 yrs."; he was a month shy of 57. 

Joseph married Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadians Paulin Leger and Adélaïde Girouard, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1869. 

2f

Jean Louis, by his father's first wife, died in Lafayette Parish in October 1847.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Louis died "at age 48 yrs."  Did he marry? 

3

Youngest son Michel, by his father's first wife, baptized at Attakapas by a Pointe Coupée priest, age unrecorded, in 1768, married first cousin Anastasie, another daughter of Joseph dit Petit Jos Broussard and Marguerite Savoie, at Attakapas in July 1789.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Anastasie died at their home at Côte Gelée in January 1816, age 40.  Michel remarried to Marie Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Boudreaux and Anne Dorothée Comeaux of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1817.  Michel's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in September 1820; he would have been in his early 50s.  Michel seems to have fathered no children by either of his wives, so his line of the family may have died with him.  

Descendants of Anselme BROUSSARD (1734-1765?; François)

Anselme, fourth son of Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil and Marguerite Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in May 1734, followed his mother into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, where he served with his father and uncle in the Acadian resistance, and followed his parents into imprisonment in Nova Scotia in 1760.  Anselme married Madeleine-Marguerite, called Marguerite, Dugas at Georges Island, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1760.  They followed his parents to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Marguerite was pregnant when they left Halifax, and a son was born to them on the long voyage to New Orleans.  They followed Anselme's family to Bayou Teche but had no more children.  Anselme and Marguerite, in fact, may have been undocumented victims of the epidemic that killed dozens of their fellow Teche valley Acadians during the summer and fall of 1765, leaving infant son Joseph-Théodore, their only child, to be raised by relatives.  Joseph-Théodore, evidently raised by his uncle Jean-Baptiste Broussard, survived childhood, married twice, and created a vigorous family line. 

Joseph-Théodore, called Théodore, born "at sea" in late 1764 or early 1765 on the voyage from Halifax to New Orleans via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, married cousin Henriette, also called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians René Trahan and Isabelle Broussard of Fausse Pointe, at Attakapas in May 1784.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Joseph-Théodore or Théodore-Joseph was born in March 1790, and Louis-Joseph was baptized at Attakapas, age 7 months, in April 1795.  Their daughters married into the Berthelot, Bonin, Gaspard, Lalande, and Mouton families.  Théodore remarried to Céleste or Sélesie, also called Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Théodore Olivier Thibodeaux and Marie Sonnier, at Attakapas in May 1807.  Their son Alexandre le jeune was baptized at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, age 5 months, in October 1811, and a son, name unrecorded, born probably in St. Martin Parish in c1816 or 1817, died at age 6 or 7 in Lafayette Parish in August 1823.  Their daughters married into the Durocher and Schexnayder families.  Théodore died at his home on the Vermilion in November 1819, age 55.  His two older sons created families of their own in what became Lafayette Parish. 

Joseph Théodore, fils, by his father's first wife, married cousin Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Comeaux and Perpétué Broussard of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1811; Céleste's mother was a Broussard.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Joseph Théodore III was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1812, Louis Théodore in October 1813, a son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home on the Vermilion, age 2 months, in March 1816, Charles Valière was born in February 1818, Camille in June 1822, Norbert Théodore in January 1825, a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, born in c1829, died at age 8 in June 1837, and Aurelien A. was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 1/2, in November 1834.  Their daughters married into the Baudoin, Meaux, and Thibodeaux families.  Joseph Théodore died in Lafayette Parish in September 1834, age 44.  

Joseph Théodore III married Clémence, daughter of Pierre Paul Montet and his Acadian wife Adélaïde Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1834.  Joseph Théodore III died in Lafayette Parish in March 1843, age 30.  Did he father any sons? 

Louis Théodore married Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Hébert and Céleste Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1837.  Their twin sons Émile and Émilien were born in Lafayette Parish in January 1841 but Émilien died at Côte Gelée, age 1 1/2, in June 1842.  Louis Théodore's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in April 1845; he would have been age 32 that year. 

Charles Valière died in Lafayette Parish in September 1838, age 20.  He probably did not marry. 

Camille married Marie Fanelie or Louise, 22-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Françoise Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1844.  Their son Joseph le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1849, Alfred in April 1857, and Pierre Ulysse near Youngsville in September 1860.  Their daughters married into the Landry and Morvant families.  Camille remarried to Augustine, daughter Augustin Augustin and Euphémie ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1870. 

Norbert Théodore married cousin Éloise, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean François Broussard and Marguerite Bourg, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1845, and remarried to cousin Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Maximilien Lalande Madeleine Broussard, at the Vermilionville church in May 1851.  Norbert remarried again--his third marriage--to Erminie or Herminie, also called Emelie, daughter of Elisée Missonnier and his Acadian wife Marie Landry, at the Vermilionville church in July 1854.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Élisée was born in November 1856, and Norbert, fils in May 1863. 

Aurelien A. married cousin Marie Amelie or Émelie, daughter of fellow Acadians Sarasin Broussard and Véronique Hébert, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1856.  Their son Ignace was born near Abbeville in January 1857, Albert in April 1859 but died at age 9 1/2 in October 1868, and Aurelien, fils was born in January 1863. 

Louis Joseph, by his father's first wife, married Apollonie, called Pauline, Paulone, or Pollone, daughter of fellow Acadians François Louvière and Marie Louise Thibodeaux of Fausse Pointe and widow of Pierre Bonin, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1816.  They settled on the Vermilion and at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Louis, fils, also called Don Louis Théodore and Louis Théodore, was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1821, Joseph Théodule, called Théodule, in February 1826, Moïse in December 1827, Marcel in November 1829, and Lambert Hernesse was baptized at age 2 in August 1836.  Their daughters married into the Dugas, Granger, and Veazey families.  One of their sons settled on the Mermentau River after the War of 1861-65. 

Don Louis Théodore married cousin Arsène, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Comeaux and Gertrude Broussard, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in June 1843.  Their son Adolphe was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1853, and François Lanis Théodore in St. Landry Parish in October 1856.  Don Louis Théodore may have remarried to cousin Émelia Broussard.  Their son Augustin was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in February 1868. 

Joseph Théodule married Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Thibodeaux and his non-Acadian wife Arsan Brown, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1850.  They settled perhaps near Carencro before moving to the Mermentau River by the late 1860s.  Their son Marcel was born in August 1851, and Joseph Demosthène in January 1861.

Lambert Hernesse may have married French Canadian Sylvanie Istre at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1861.

Alexandre le jeune, by his father's second wife, may have died young. 

Descendants of Sylvain BROUSSARD (1741-1804; François)

Sylvain, fifth son of Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil and Marguerite Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in  October 1741, followed his mother into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, his parents into imprisonment in Nova Scotia, and to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Sylvain married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph dit L'Officier Guilbeau and Madeleine Michel, at Attakapas in c1765.  They settled at La Pointe on upper Bayou Teche.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Breaux, Girouard, Melançon, and Theriot families.  Sylvain died at Attakapas in March 1804, in his early 60s; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in August 1808.  Only two of his five sons created families of their own and also settled at La Pointe.  

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Oldest son Anaclet, born at Attakapas in October 1770 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest the following April, married Madeleine, daughter of Philippe Wiltz and Marie Rose Dozat, at Attakapas in February 1807.  They settled at La Pointe.  Their son Anaclet Sylvain, called Sylvain le jeune, was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1814, and Jacques or Jacob Sosthène, called Sosthène, in November 1816.  Their daughters married into the Babineaux and Potier families.  Anaclet, père died at his home at La Pointe in August 1819, age 48; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in April 1820.  

1a

Sylvain married cousin Elisa or Elise, daughter of Alexandre Wiltz and his Acadian wife Susanne LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1834.  Their son Timothée was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1837, Eusèbe in August 1842, Joseph Sylvain in May 1845, Anaclet, fils in August 1848 but died "at age 10 or 11 yrs.[sic, perhaps months] in July 1849, Robert was born in August 1850, and Albert in December 1853.  Their daughter married a Potier cousin.  Anaclet Sylvain died in St. Martin Parish in May 1860; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Sylvain died "at age 48 yrs.," but he would have been 45; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse a week after his death. 

Eusèbe gained his emancipation in St. Martin Parish at age 17 1/2, a week after his father died in May 1860, and married double cousin Philomène, daughter of Joseph Wiltz and his Acadian wife Marie LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1864.  Their son Joseph Sylvain was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1864 but died in September.  Eusèbe remarried to Ernestine, daughter of fellow Acadians Théodule LeBlanc and Marcellite Guilbeau, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1866. 

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Sosthène married cousin Marie Marcellite or Marcelline, daughter of Jean Begnaud and his Acadian wife Marie Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1835.  Their son Jules was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1839.  Their daughters married into the Gonsoulin, Melançon, and Zeringue families.  Sosthène died in St. Martin Parish in November 1852, age 36; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in March 1854. 

Jules married Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadian Hervillien Amand Cormier and his Creole wife Marie Céphalie Hollier, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1859.  They settled near Breaux Bridge.  Their son Adalbert was born in September 1861. 

2

Hubert, born at Attakapas in August 1772 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest the following April, probably died young.  

3

Sylvestre, born at Attakapas in March 1783, died a week after his birth.  

4

Another Sylvestre, born at Attakapas in May 1784, married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Breaux and Marguerite Breaux of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1812.  They settled at La Pointe.  Their son Achilles was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1813 but died at age 6 1/2 in December 1819, Hermogène, perhaps also called Ermogène, in c1814, Sylvestre, fils was born in December 1816, and a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in October 1819.  Their daughters married Broussard cousins.  Sylvestre, père remarried to Marie Aspasie, called Aspasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Théodore Babineaux and Julie Dugas of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church in October 1822.  They settled at La Pointe.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at birth at his parents' home at La Pointe in May 1826.  Their daughters married into the Cormier and Guilbeau families and perhaps into the LeBlanc family as well.  Sylvestre, père's succession and final will were filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in December 1840; he would have been age 56 that year; the succession and will were not filed post-mortem.  Sylvestre died in St. Martin Parish in October 1852; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial said that Sylvestre died "at age 64 yrs.," but he was 68; his post-mortem succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in November.  One of his sons created a family of his own and settled on Bayou Teche. 

Hermogène, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marie Euphémie, called Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadians Julien Breaux and Euphrasie Melançon, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1838.  They settled near Breaux Bridge.  Their son Numa died at age 5 in October 1843, Joseph Sylvain was born in October 1839 but may have died at age 4 in October 1843, Jules, also called Hippolyte, was born in April 1841 but, according to a church record, died at age 2 1/2 in October 1843, Sylvestre le jeune was born in October 1843, Auguste in January 1845, and Adam Albert in November 1851.  They also had a middle son named Jules Hermogène.  Hermogène likely died in St. Martin Parish in November 1853; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Ermogène, as he called him, died "at age 39 yrs."; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in February 1854. 

Jules Hermogène received his emancipation in St. Martin Parish in November 1860, and married Anaïs, daughter of fellow Acadians Alex Babin and Tarsile Thibodeaux, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1861.  Their son Gabriel Sully was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1862.  Jules's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in January 1863.  If this was a post-mortem succession, one wonders if his death was war-related. 

Auguste married cousin Eugénie, daughter of Caleb Green and his Acadian wife Émilie Broussard, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1866.  Their son Joseph Numa had been born near Breaux Bridge in September 1866.  Auguste died near Breaux Bridge in September 1867, age 22; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in November. 

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Youngest son François, born at Attakapas in May 1786, died at his parents' home at La Pointe in February 1816.  The priest who recorded his burial said that François was age 25 when he died, but he was 29.  He probably did not marry.   

Descendants of Simon BROUSSARD (c1744-?; François)

Simon, sixth son of Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil and Marguerite Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1744, followed his mother into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, his parents into imprisonment in Nova Scotia, and to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Simon married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians René Blanchard and Isabelle Comeau, at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river in April 1768.  They settled at Côte Gelée near present-day Broussard in the Attakapas District, but they may have lived at Ascension for a short time in the late 1770s.  Their daughters married into the Bell, Bernard, Girouard, and Taylor families. 

1

Oldest son Simon, fils, born at Attakapas in March 1771 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest in April, probably died young.  

2

Alexandre Simon, born at Attakapas in December 1776, married cousin Anne dite Manon or Nanon, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Broussard and his second wife Anne Benoit of Fausse Pointe, at Attakapas in May 1800; they had to secure "a dispensation from the impediment of relationship" in order to marry.  They settled at Fausse Pointe on the Teche, near her family.  Their son Alexandre Isidore Rosiclair, also called Alexandre E. and Basilien, was born at Attakapas in November 1802, Nicolas Colin in August 1806, Simon or Siméon Méance, also called Simon Amand, Simon Marcel, and Méance, in February 1812, and Terence in June 1814 but died at age 4 in October 1818.  Their daughters married into the Dugas and Vincent families.  Anne dite Manon died at their home at Fausse Pointe in September 1814, age 30.  Alexandre Simon died at his father-in-law's home at Fausse Pointe in October 1816, age 40; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following month.  

2a

Alexandre Isidore Rosiclair married cousin Marcellite dite Manette or Manon, daughter of fellow Acadians Nicolas Broussard and Adélaïde Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1826, the marriage was recorded also in St. Mary Parish.  They settled at Île aux Cannes near New Iberia and in Lafayette Parish.  Their son Simon Méance le jeune, called Méance le jeune, was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1835, Nicolas Octave, called Octave, in June 1837 but died at age 11 in September 1848, Marcel Jules, called Jules, was born near New Iberia in April 1844, and Joseph Norbert, called Norbert, in June 1845.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Chargois, Chataigné, Gath, and Girouard families. 

Méance le jeune married Adèle, daughter of fellow Acadians Dositée Breaux and Arsène Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1865.  They settled near New Iberia.  Their son Joseph was born in August 1867, and Léo or Léon in August 1869. 

Jules married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Delauney Louvière and Laure Trahan, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1866.  Their son Joseph Dezier was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1867, and Paul Damonville in August 1869. 

Norbert married Emilda, daughter of fellow Acadians Émile Hébert and Octavine Landry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1870. 

2b

Nicolas Colin married Marie Cidalise, also called Mélanie, daughter of Martin Sudrique and his Acadian wife Marie Rose Robichaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1827.  Their son Nicolas Bruno was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1833 but died at age 15 1/2 in January 1846.  Their daughters married into the Bernard and Huval families.  Nicolas Colin's succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in May 1836; he would have been age 30 that year.  Except for its blood, this family line probably did not survive. 

2c

Simon Méance married Apollone or Pollone Octavie or Octavine, daughter of Pierre Bonin and his Acadian wife Pollone Louvière of Lafayette Parish, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in February 1832, and sanctified the marriage at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1834.  Their son Marcel Galbert or Albert was born in St. Martin Parish in 1833, Alexandre in February 1837, Mamers in Lafayette Parish in May 1849, Aurelien near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1853, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 10 weeks in September 1854, and another child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died "at age 3 mths." in February 1856.  They also had a son named Horace.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Duhon, and Stuts or Stutes families.  Simon Méance died in Lafayette Parish in February 1857; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, but he did say that Joseph Meyance, as he called the deceased, died "at age 45 yrs.," so this likely was Simon Méance; his succession, which says that he died in February 1857, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in March. 

Alexandre married Marie Betrise or Belzire, daughter of Manuel Domingue and Carmelite Plaisance, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1859.

Marcel Galbert married Marie Coralie, called Coralie, daughter of Onésime Caruthers, also Credeur, and his Acadian wife Marie Cidalise Prejean, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1859.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Joseph Eraste was born in December 1862, Alcibiades in April 1865 but died at age 3 1/2 in October 1868, and Benedict Albert was born in March 1868.

Horace married Alicia, daughter of fellow Acadians Narcisse Dugas and Carmelite Guidry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1869. 

3

Another Simon, fils, born at Attakapas and baptized by an Opelousas priest at age 6 months in April 1780, married cousin Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Thibodeaux and his second wife Agnès Brun, at Attakapas in February 1800.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Rosémond was born posthumously in January 1802 but died at age 11 in November 1813.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family.  Simon, fils died at Attakapas in October 1801, age 22.  His family line, except for its blood, probably died with son Rosémond.  

4

Joseph, born at Attakapas in March 1782, died in October 1801, age 19.  He probably did not marry.  

5

Youngest son Isidore Simon, also called "Grand Isidore," born at Attakapas in October 1783, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians René Broussard and Anne Gaudin, at Attakapas in February 1804.  They settled at Côte Gelée.  Their son Simon le jeune was born at Attakapas in December 1804, Joseph Drosin in March 1809, and Léon in April 1822.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Dominguez, and Primeaux families.  Marie died in Lafayette Parish in November 1826, in her late 30s; her succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following April.  Isidore's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in February 1829; he would have been age 46 that year.  

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Simon le jeune married Marie Zéolide, daughter of fellow Acadians François Prince and Rosalie Savoie, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1829.  Their son Simon Damas or Damas Simon was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1830.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Verret families. 

Simon Damas married double cousin Alzire, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Isidore Broussard and Marcellite Broussard, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in May 1861, and sanctified the marriage at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in July 1863.  They settled near Lydia.  Their son Simon le jeune was born in January 1862, and Jules in October 1868. 

5b

Joseph Drosin married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Benjamin Mire and Marie Louise Bernard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1832.  Joseph Drosin's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in February 1846; he would have been age 37 that year.  Did he father any sons? 

Descendants of Pierre BROUSSARD (c1750-1828; François)

Pierre le jeune, seventh and youngest son of Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil and Marguerite Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1750, followed his mother into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, his parents into imprisonment in Nova Scotia, and to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Pierre married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré Melançon and Marie-Josèphe Breau, at St.-Jacques on the river in July 1776, but they settled at Fausse Pointe on the lower Teche near present-day Loreauville, where his plantation was called "Marie Louise," and at Grand Pointe on the upper Teche near present-day Cecilia.  Their daughter married into the Patin family.  In early 1779, Lieutenant-Colonel Francisco Bouligny, a Spanish officer overseeing the founding of a Malagueños settlement on the lower Teche at what became New Iberia, just below Fausse Pointe, "[p]aid to Pedro Brousart" 53 pesos "for conducting" 83 pairs of oxen in stock to the new Spanish community.  Pierre remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Guidry of Grand Pointe and his third wife Marguerite Miller of Pensacola, at Attakapas in April 1798.  Pierre and Marguerite's daughters married into the Green, Hamilton, Robichaux, and Rousseau families.  Pierre died at his home at Grand Pointe in December 1828, "at age about 75 years"; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse that same month.  Six of his eight sons created families of their own and settled in St. Martin Parish. 

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Oldest son Pierre, fils, also called Joseph-Pierre, from his first wife, born at Attakapas in June 1777, married cousin Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Broussard and his second wife Anne Benoit of Fausse Pointe, at Attakapas in May 1800; they had to secure "a dispensation from the impediment of relationship" in order to marry in the church.  They settled at Grand Prairie, today's downtown Lafayette, and at Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche.  Their son Pierre III was born at Attakapas in April 1804 but died the following January, a son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home on Grand Prairie 8 days after his birth in August 1806, Joseph Drosin, called Drosin, was born in November 1807, Clairville or Clerville, also called St. Claire, in c1810, Bruno or Primo in August 1813, a son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home at Fausse Pointe, age 6 weeks, in March 1816, François Despalière was born in November 1817, and a son, name unrecorded, died shortly after his birth in April 1827.  Their daughters married into the Bernard, Broussard, Dupoy, and Dugas families.  Scholastique died at their home at Fausse Pointe in May 1827, in her mid-40s; her succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in July.  Pierre, fils may have died in St. Martin Parish in May 1862; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Ve. Pierre died "at age 85 yrs."; Pierre, fils would have been a month shy of that age; one wonders what the "Ve." means. 

1a

Joseph Drosin married cousin Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Édouard Broussard and Nanette Thibodeaux of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1829.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Joseph Masena was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1835, Aurelien near New Iberia in May 1838, and Désiré Soligny, called Soligny, in May 1840.  Their daughter married into the Gonsoulin family.  A succession for Julie was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in August 1845, but, according to a St. Martinville church record, she did not die until July 1851, when she was age 34.  Strangely, another St. Martinville church record insists that François Drausin Broussard, widower of Julie Broussard, married Carmélite Émelia, called Émelia, daughter of Zénon Castille and his Acadian wife Carmélite Thibodeaux, at the St. Martinville church in February 1847.  Émelia's succession, filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in April 1855, called her husband Drauzin.  Was this Joseph Drosin, son of Pierre, fils?  Called Drauzin by the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, Joseph Drosin may have died near St. Martinville in March 1858; if so, he would have been age 51 and a widower; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse two days after his death. 

Soligny, by his father's first wife, gained his emancipation in St. Martin Parish in May 1858, five days after he turned 18, and died in March 1868.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Soligni died "at age 27 yrs."  Did he marry? 

1b

Clairville married Alexandrine Alice or Aline, daughter of Terence Bienvenu and his Acadian wife Julie Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1833.  Their son Aristides died in St. Martin Parish, age 8 months, in April 1835, Théodore Laizer was born near New Iberia in October 1841, and Charles in July 1846.  Their daughters married into the Beslin, Bienvenu, Fleming, and Ratier families.  Clairville died in St. Martin Parish in October 1855; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Clairville died "at age 45 yrs."; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse three weeks after his death. 

Théodore Laizer married cousin Marie Alice, also called Blanche, daughter of Charles Guerinière Bienvenu and Henriette Delahoussaye, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1867.  Their son Joseph Guerinière was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1868. 

1c

François Despalière married Susanne Amelia, daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Prince and Susanne Louvière, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1836.  Their son Henry Despanet, called Despanet or Despané, was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1840, and François Despalière, fils posthumously near New Iberia in November 1844.  François Despalière, père died in St. Martin Parish in August 1844, age 26; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in September. 

Henry Despanet married cousin Clémence Idalie or Eudolie, daughter of probably fellow Acadian François Dorestan Prince and his Creole wife Emeranthe Zulma Bonin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1866. 

1d

Bruno married cousin Julie Hermina or Ermina, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Dugas and Julie Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1839.  Their son Bruno Flavien was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1840, a son, name and age unrecorded, died in April 1842, Ovide was baptized at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, age unrecorded, in April 1846, and Jules Titus, called Titus, was born posthumously in October 1853.  They also had a son named Dorce.  Bruno, père died in St. Martin Parish in October 1853; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Bruno died "at age 34 yrs.," but he was 40; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in March 1866. 

Ovide may have died in June 1864.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Ovide died "at age 19 yrs.," so this probably was him.  Did he marry?  One wonders if his death was war-related. 

Jules Titus may have died in St. Martin Parish in December 1867.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Titus died "at age 15 yrs."  Jules Titus would have been age 14. 

Dorce married fellow Acadian Marie Clelie Hébert at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in February 1870. 

2

Julien, by his first wife, baptized at Attakapas, age unrecorded, in July 1779, may have died young.  

3

Don or Jean Louis, by his first wife, born at Attakapas in January 1782, married cousin Marie Louise Felonie or Phelonise, another daughter of Amand Broussard and Anne Benoit of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1810.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Don Louis, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1810, Pierre Timoléon, called Timoléon, in March 1813 but died at age 2 in September 1815, Grégoire Telesphore, called Telesphore, was born in April 1815, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at birth in September 1819, Tertulle, also called Théodule and Tertullien, was born in October 1820, Jean Clebert or Kleber or Kleber Jean in December 1822, Louis Rosémond, called Rosémond, in August 1829 but died at age 4 in October 1833, Paul Ernest was born in June 1834, and Dominique Ulger, called Ulger and Gachon, near New Iberia in August 1838.  Their daughters married Broussard and Decuir cousins.  Don Louis, père died in St. Martin Parish in October 1843; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial said that Don Louis died "at age 55 yrs.," but he was 61; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in December.  

3a

Don Louis, fils married cousin Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Sylvestre Broussard and Adélaïde Breaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1832.  Their son Jean Dorville, called Dorville, was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1832, Césaire le jeune in January 1834, François Adolphe, called Adolphe, in December 1835, and Paul near New Iberia in January 1842.  Their daughter married into the Bonin family.  Adélaïde's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in March 1846; she would have been age 32 that year.  Don Louis, fils remarried to Marie Célanie, called Célanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Hippolyte Cormier and Adélaïde Richard, at the St. Martinville church in October 1846.  Their son Richard Dumas was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1849, Joseph Hippolyte in December 1853, Gaston in November 1855, Louis Aymard in August 1862, Louis Eugène in December 1864, and Louis William in April 1867.  Their daughter married into the Allison family.  Don Louis, fils, at age 60, remarried again--his third marriage--to Arsène, daughter of Hippolyte Barras and his Acadian wife Carmelite Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church in May 1870. 

Jean Dorville, by his father's first wife, married Anastasie, also called Arnestine, daughter of Lasincour Gonsoulin and Cidalise Bonin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1852.  They settled near New Iberia.  Their son Louis Dorville was born in September 1852, Charles Ernoton in January 1854 but died at age 7 1/2 in July 1861, Henri was born in April 1855, Césaire in December 1858, Joseph Tonton in September 1861, Hobert in August 1864, Thomas was baptized at the New Iberia church, age 8 months, in September 1867, and Jean Albert was born in August 1868. 

Adolphe, by his father's first wife, married Marie Edmonia, called Edmonia, daughter of fellow Acadians Placide Guilbeau and Julie Cormier, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1860.  They settled near Arnaudville.  Their son Fernand was born in September 1862, and Adolphe Seymour in September 1870. 

3b

Tertulle married Aimée, Émée, or Emma, daughter of Raphaël Segura and Marie Carmelite Romero, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in November 1845.  They settled near New Iberia.  Their son Adolphe Elmor was born in March 1848, Léon or Léonce in December 1849, Hippolyte near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1859, and Joseph Erebe near New Iberia in January 1864.  Tertulle died near New Iberia in August 1867; the priest who recorded the burial, and who called him Tertullien, did not give any parents' names, mention a wife, or give Tertullien's age at the time of his death; he would have been age 56; Tertulle's succession was filed in October. 

Léon died near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in September 1867.  The priest who recorded the burial said that Léonce, as he called him, died "at age 18 yrs.," but he was 17.  He probably did not marry. 

3c

Telesphore married Mathilde, daughter of Timoléon Bienvenu and Marie Joséphine or Désirée Gonsoulin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1846.  Their son Joseph Arthur was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1846, Antoine in June 1850, Alcide in February 1854, and Hippolyte in September 1855 but died the following November.  Their daughter married into the Bonin family.  Telesphore died in St. Martin Parish in March 1866; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Telesphore died "at age 51 yrs."; he was a month shy of that age; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse less than two weeks after his death; a daughter was born posthumously the following July. 

3d

Jean Kleber married Modeste Émelie, called Émelie, daughter of Zenon Decuir and his Acadian wife Élisabeth Hébert, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1848.  Their son Joseph Félix was born near New Iberia in July 1849, Jean Adelbert near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in July 1854, Louis Ernest in February 1856, Siméon in December 1858, Jean Kleber, fils in August 1862, and Olidon in February 1869. 

3e

Paul Ernest's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in December 1853.  He would have been age 19 that year and probably did not marry. 

3f

Dominique Ulger dit Gachon married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadians Edmond Gilles LeBlanc and Léocade LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1860; he was a brother-in-law of the Lieutenant Louis Edmond LeBlanc of the 8th Louisiana Infantry--one of General R. E. Lee's Louisiana Tigers--who was killed in action at the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia, in July 1861 and whose remarkably preserved body was returned to his home at St. Martinville in the late 1880s.  Dominique Ulger and Constance's son Henry Paule was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in July 1861, Louis Edmond in October 1865, and Sylvia Zenon in January 1868.  During the War of 1861-65, Dominique Ulger, called D. U. in Confederate records, served as a private and then as corporal in Company K of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in St. Landry Parish, which fought in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana, and in the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion Infantry, which fought in Louisiana.  After the war, during the turmoil of Radical Reconstruction, Ulger was a leader of the Democrat Party in newly-created Iberia Parish, and he was president of the parish police jury during the early 1880s. 

4

Alexandre-Pierre, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in c1792, married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of François Begnaud and his Acadian wife Marie Hippolythe Honorine Doiron, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1817.  They settled at La Grand Pointe.  Their son Alphonse Alexandre was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1825.  Their daughters married into the Calais, Harry, and Robichaux families.  Alexandre Pierre may have died at Grand Pointe in February 1867; the Breaux Bridge priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Alexandre died "at age 75 yrs." 

Alphonse Alexandre married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadians Hervillien Bernard and Hortense Dugas, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1851.  They settled near Breaux Bridge.  Their son Alexandre was born in November 1854, Euphémon Adam in September 1859, Constant in October 1867, and Joseph Louis in January 1870. 

5

Ursin, by his father's first wife, baptized at Attakapas, age 11 months, in May 1795, married Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin dit Ephrem Robichaux and Marie Surette of Grand Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1816.  They settled at La Grand Pointe.  Their son Ursin, fils was born in February 1817 but died at age 9 1/2 in September 1826, Antoine was born in March 1819, Léon Treville in April 1821 but died at age 3 in May 1824, Pierre le jeune was born in June 1829, and a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in August 1831.  Their daughters married into the Bienvenu, Broussard, Miguez, Pellerin (French Creole, not Acadian), Vasseur, and Webre families.  Ursin died probably at Grand Pointe in January 1853; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Ursin died "at age 59 yrs."; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse later that month. 

5a

Antoine married Élodie, daughter of fellow Acadians Arvillien Bernard and Hortense Dugas, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1844.  They settled near Breaux Bridge.  Their son François was born in October 1846, a son, name and age unrecorded, died in July 1850, Joseph Numa was born in March 1855, and Paul in June 1862 but died at age 5 in October 1867.  They also had an older son named Ursin le jeune.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family. 

Ursin le jeune married Alzire, daughter of French Creole Adolphe Pellerin, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1870. 

5b

Pierre le jeune married Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Babin and Tarsile Thibodeaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1854.  They settled near Breaux Bridge.  Their son Gabriel was born in June 1856, Ovide in August 1861, and Arthur in February 1869. 

6

Pierre-Zéphirin, called Zéphirin, from his second wife, born at Attakapas in October 1799, married Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Martin and his Creole wife Marguerite Huval of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1820.  They settled at La Grand Pointe.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at birth at his maternal grandfather's home at La Pointe in January 1825, Pierre Sevigne, called Sevigne, was born in January 1830, a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in November 1831, and Guillaume Adelma or Adelma Guillaume was born in January 1833.  Their daughter married into the Tertron family.  Zéphirin died in St. Martin Parish in June 1870; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Zéphirin died "at age 70 yrs." 

6a

Pierre Sevigne married Marguerite Alice, called Alice, daughter of fellow Acadian Edmond Eugène Mouton and his Creole wife Eulalie Voorhies, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1850.  They settled probably on the upper Vermilion.  Their son Pierre Edmond was born in January 1854, Édouard Albert in December 1861, and Paul Émile in November 1863.  Their daughter married into the Dubernard family. 

6b

Adelma Guillaume married Angélique Cécile or Cécilia, another daughter of Edmond Eugène Mouton and Eulalie Voorhies, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1858.  They settled probably on the upper Vermilion.  Their son Auguste Édouard was born in August 1859, Victor André in November 1860, Joseph Edgard in July 1862 but died the following March, Guillaume Armand was born in March 1867, and Charles in September 1868 but may have died at age 2 in August 1870. 

7

Césaire, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in October 1805, died in St. Martin Parish in April 1833, age 27, and evidently did not marry.  His succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in January 1834.  

8

Youngest son Olivier, also called Geron, from his father's second wife, born in St. Martin Parish in October 1812, married Marie Elmire, called Elmire, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean François Bernard and his second wife Constance LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1834.  They settled at La Grand Pointe.  Their son Sylvestre Olivier, called Olivier, was born in December 1838, Césaire le jeune in May 1840, Pierre Félix, called Félix, in September 1843, François in November 1847, Joseph Omar in November 1849, Jean Adrien in November 1851, Joseph in February 1854, and Louis near Breaux Bridge in February 1858.  Their daughters married into the Bayard and Thomas families. 

8a

Félix married Marie Ernestine, called Ernestine, daughter of Siméon Patout and Appoline Fournier, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, December 1866; the marriage was recorded also in St. Mary Parish.  They were living near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, at the end of the decade. 

8b

Sylvestre Olivier married cousin Louison, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Potier and Marcellite Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1868.  They settled near Breaux Bridge. 

Descendants of Joseph BROUSSARD le jeune (c1754-1823; François, Alexandre)

Joseph le jeune, son of Joseph-Grégoire Broussard and Ursule Trahan and grandson of Alexandre dit Beausoleil, born probably at Pigiguit in c1754, followed his parents into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, where his father served in the Acadian resistance, and to a prisoner-of-war camp in Nova Scotia in 1760.  His father died in the prison compound on Georges Island, Halifax, in the early 1760s.  Joseph le jeune followed his widowed mother and a sister to Louisiana in 1764-65 with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party.  Soon after their arrival, his widowed mother Ursule remarried to Joseph Girouard at New Orleans in April 1765 (one of the earliest Acadian marriages in the colony) and followed him and her former in-laws to Bayou Teche, where she and her second husband died in the epidemic that struck the Teche valley Acadians that summer and fall.  Sister Élisabeth was raised by their maternal uncle René Trahan, and Joseph le jeune by his paternal uncle Sylvain Broussard.  Joseph le jeune married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Breaux and Marie-Rose Landry of Minas and Ascension, at Ascension on the river  in June 1776, but they settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their daughters married Broussard cousins.  Joseph may have filed his last will at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in September 1821.  He died "at the house of Philippe, homme de couleur [man of color]," probably at Fausse Pointe, in February 1823; the priest who recorded Joseph's burial said that he "died suddenly during the evening ... at age about 72 years"; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in March.  All but one of his eight sons created families of their own.  One of them settled on the lower Teche before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche, but he returned to the lower Teche.  Joseph le jeune's other sons remained in the old Attakapas District, especially at Fausse Point, now in Iberia Parish.  

1

Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Attakapas in March 1777, may have died young, unless he was the Joseph Beausoleil Broussard who died in Lafayette Parish in March 1848.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph Beausoleil died "at age 77 yrs.," but Joseph, fils would have been 71.  Did Joseph, fils ever marry? 

2

Raphaël, born at Attakapas in November 1779, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Cosme LeBlanc and Isabelle Broussard, at Attakapas in February 1801.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their daughter married into the Ardoin and Broussard families.  Raphaël remarried to Modeste, daughter of French Canadian Pierre LeBlanc and his Acadian wife Anastasie d'Amour dit de Louvière of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1808.  They settled at Île aux Cannes near New Iberia and at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Raphaël, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1810, Philemon le jeune in December 1818, Rosémond in September 1821, Gérard in September 1824, Paulin in November 1826, and Louis Bélisaire in January 1829.  Their daughters married into the Prince and Sonnier families.  Raphaël, père died near New Iberia in April 1843; the priest who recorded the burial said that Raphaël died "at age 67 yrs.," but he was 63; his succession was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, the following June. 

2a

Raphaël, fils, by his second wife, married Susanne, daughter of fellow Acadians François Prince and Rosalie Savoie, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1832; the marriage had been recorded also in St. Mary Parish in late September.  They settled near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish.  Their son Désiré was born in November 1834, Camille in August 1838, Joseph in September 1841, and François Duperon in January 1855.  Their daughter married into the Bonin family. 

Désiré married Amanda, daughter of Neuville Dartes and his Acadian wife his Acadian wife Célanie Landry, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1866.  Their son Erasme was born near New Iberia in May 1869. 

Camille married Desima or Lesima, daughter of fellow Acadian Émile Savoie and his Creole wife Marie Borel, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in December 1866, and sanctified the marriage at the Charenton church, St. Mary Parish, in January.  They were living near Lydia, Iberia Parish, in 1870.

Joseph married Ophelia, daughter of fellow Acadians Siméon Theriot and Olymphe Dupuy, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in November 1870. 

2b

Philemon le jeune, by his second wife, married Anastasie Sevaline or Cevanine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Pierre Landry and Rose Adélaïde Dugas, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1842.  Their son Joseph Philosi was born near New Iberia in July 1845, Pierre Venance in March 1847, Paul in February 1849, Jean Philogène in October 1852, Martelle in July 1854, and Gustave Despalière in May 1857.  They were living near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, later in the decade. 

Pierre Venance married Marguerite, perhaps also called Clelie, daughter of Joseph Miguez and Euphémie Delcambre, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1868.  Their son Pierre, fils was born near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, in March 1869. 

2c

Rosémond, by his father's second wife, married Marie Aurelia, called Aurelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvain Dubois and Rose Adélaïde Dugas, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in September 1843; Rosémond's mother-in-law also was the mother of his brother Philemon's wife but from a different father, so the brothers' wives were half-sisters.  Their son Placide Aurelien was born near New Iberia in October 1844, Paulin in February 1848, Alexandre in January 1852 but may have died in July, Joseph Deluc was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in October 1860, and Hippolyte in May 1864.  They were living near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, at the end of the 1860s.  Their daughter married into the Laviolette family. 

Placide Aurelien married Marie Corinne, daughter of Signe Sellers and Marguerite Marcellite Trahan and widow of Joseph Courtil or Constene, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in December 1867.  They settled at Coulee Trief, present-day Estherwood, Acadia Parish.  Their son Cléoma was born in May 1870. 

2d

Gérard, by his father's second wife, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Broussard le jeune and Marie Prince, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1848.  Their son Simon Vileor was born near New Iberia in March 1852.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, a year or so later, and near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, by the early 1860s. 

3

Nicolas-Joseph or Joseph-Nicolas, born at Attakapas in May 1782, married Marie Élisabeth, called Élisabeth, daughter of Creoles Jean Baptiste Bertrand and Marguerite Schexnayder of St. Charles and St. Mary parishes, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1811.  They settled on the lower Atchafalaya River in St. Mary Parish.  Their son Jean Baptiste Nicolas, called Nicolas, was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1814, Philemon le jeune in July 1818, Achille in September 1823, and Nicolas Dalzino or Datrino in December 1833.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Daigle, Fitzpatrick, Fraytel or Fraytet, and Thomas families.  In the early 1830s, Nicolas Joseph and Marie Élisabeth were living in Assumption Parish on upper Bayou Lafourche, but his succession record was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in July 1834, so he probably returned to the lower Teche; he would have been age 52 that year.  

Jean Baptiste Nicolas married Carmelite Amelina or Amelvina, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Maurice Daigle and Madeleine Anastasie Breaux of St. Mary Parish, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1836; the marriage was recorded also in St. Mary Parish; Jean Baptiste Nicolas's sister Pamela married Carmelite's brother Onésime.  Jean Baptiste Nicolas and Carmelite were living near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, upper Bayou Lafourche, in 1840 but returned to lower St. Mary Parish by the end of the decade.  They had a son named Jean Baptiste Lessin.  Their daughter married into the Rentrapp or Rentrop family.

Jean Baptiste Lessin married Marie Louise, daughter of Louis Maloz, Moloz, or Maloy and Eugènie O'Brian, at the Pattersonville church, St. Mary Parish, in December 1866. 

4

Alexandre le jeune, born at Attakapas in December 1784, married Louise, also called Julie, daughter of Joseph Bonin and Louise Borel of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1812.  The settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Joseph le jeune was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1813 but died at his maternal grandfather's house at Fausse Pointe at age 16 1/2  in September 1829, Édouard Alexandre was born in June 1815, and Alexandre, fils in August 1819.  Their daughter married into the Prince family.  Alexandre le jeune remarried to cousin Séraphie or Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadians François Guilbeau and Madeleine Broussard of La Pointe and widow of Julien Babin, at the St. Martinville church in September 1821.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Charles Duclise, called Duclise, was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1822, and François in October 1824.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family.  Alexandre le jeune died at the home of Michel Martin at La Pointe on Bayou Teche in October 1829; the priest who recorded his burial said that Alexandre died "at age about 46 years," but he was 44; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following January.  

4a

Charles Duclise, by his father's second wife, married cousin Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadians Ursin Broussard and Julie Robichaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1844.  They settled near Breaux Bridge before moving down to St. Mary Parish by the late 1850s.  Their son Charles was born in December 1850.  Their daughters married into the Sonnier and Webre families. 

4b

Alexandre, fils, by his father's first wife, married first cousin Marie Elmazie or Elmazed, daughter of fellow Acadians Philemon Broussard l'aîné and his Creole wife Élise Ardoin, his uncle and aunt, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1847.  Their son Alexandre III was born near New Iberia in October 1847, Louis in August 1852, Oscar in August 1853, and Charles in April 1864. 

4c

Édouard Alexandre, by his first wife, married first cousin Suzanne Emma, called Emma, another daughter of Philemon Broussard l'aîné and Élise Ardoin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1848.  Their son Amédée was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1849, Félix Mathieu near New Iberia in September 1852, Léovelle in March 1853[sic], Ludoire in December 1854, and Joseph Mira in November 1858.  Emma died in St. Martin Parish in November 1858, 6 days after the birth of son Joseph Mira; she was only 27 years old; her succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in December 1860.  Édouard Alexandre remarried to cousin Marie Elmasie, Elmasee, Elmaze, or Irmaze, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Comeaux and his Creole wife Marie Mélanie Bonin, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in January 1860, and sanctified the marriage at the New Iberia church in January 1861.  Their son Erneste was born near New Iberia in November 1861, Édouard, fils in April 1866 but died the following December, and Armand, perhaps a twin, died at age 2 months in August 1868. 

5

Dosité, born at Attakapas in December 1786, married cousin Marie, also called Anne, Perpétué, and Poponne, daughter of fellow Acadians Donat Breaux and Anastasie Guilbeau of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1812.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son, name unrecorded, died in St. Martin Parish 15 days after his birth in April 1813, Balthazar was born in February 1815, Napoléon, also called Raphaël, in December 1817, Gérard or Bérard in March 1820 but died at age 9 in August 1829, Bernard was born in October 1823, Joseph Dolzé, called Dolzé and perhaps also Dorcey, in July 1825, and a son, name unrecorded, died a day after his birth in February 1828.  Dosité died at his home at Fausse Pointe in March 1829; the priest who recorded the burial said that Dosité was age 45 when he died, but he was 42; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in April.  

5a

Balthazar died in St. Martin Parish in September 1835, age 20, and probably did not marry.  

5b

Napoléon/Raphaël married cousin Elina Broussard probably at New Iberia in the late 1830s, and may have remarried to fellow Acadian Aspasie Hébert at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1845, seven months after a daughter was born to them.  Their son Jean Baptiste was born near Grand Coteau in April 1850, Joseph Fenelon in Lafayette Parish in November 1851, Sigismund near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in February 1855, and Eucharis in January 1861. 

5c

Dolzé married cousin Suzanne Aimée, called Aimée and perhaps also Emma, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard Broussard and his Creole wife Marie D. Ardoin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1849.  Their son Edgard was born near New Iberia in August 1852, Louis in January 1857, Charles in April 1862, and Frank in September 1859. 

6

Amand-Joseph, also called Armand, Valmond, and Joseph, born at Attakapas in March 1791, married cousin Susanne dite Susette, another daughter of Donat Breaux and Anastasie Guilbeau, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1811.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Amand, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1812 but died at age 11 in December 1823, Zéphirin was born in August 1813, Alexandre Timoléon, called Timoléon and Moléon, in March 1817, twins Donat and Joseph Drosin, called Drosin, in December 1817 but Drosin died at age 14 in June 1832, Joseph le jeune was born in March 1823 but died at age 1 in August 1824, Émile was born in May 1824 but died at age 4 in September 1828, Camille was born in October 1828, Valcour died at age "about 10 mths." in December 1830, and Joseph Villeneuve was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 1/2 months, in September 1838.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Derouen, and Miguez families. 

6a

Zéphirin married cousin Eugénie, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Boudreaux and Susanne Breaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1838.  Their son Martial was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1841, and Camille le jeune in January 1846.  Their daughter married into the Bergeron (French Creole, not Acadian) family.  Zéphirin died in Lafayette Parish in December 1852, age 39; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January. 

Martial married Edmonia, daughter of fellow Acadians Edmond Guidry and Josette Sonnier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1870. 

6b

Timoléon married cousin Marie Louise Zelima or Zelina, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Dugas and Adélaïde Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1839.  Their son Joseph Derosin or Drosin, called Drosin, was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1842, Louis Dalcourt or Valcourt was baptized at the New Iberia church, age 2 months, in October 1846 but died at age 5 months the following December, Joseph was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in July 1858, and Pierre in Lafayette Parish in April 1860.  Their daughter married into the Guidry family. 

Drosin married Adolphina, another daughter of Edmond Guidry and Josette Sonnier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1865; Drosin's sister Adèle had married Adolphina's brother Edmond, fils, at the same church 5 days earlier. Drosin and Adolphina's son Alexandre Moléon was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1866,and Pierre in July 1868. 

6c

Camille married double cousin Lisemène or Isemène, also called Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Josaphat Broussard, père and Suzette Broussard, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1852.  Their son Joseph Amilcar, called Amilcar, was born near New Iberia in August 1852 but died at age 7 months the following March, Marcel was born in July 1854, Donate le jeune in April 1856, and Éloi in October 1857. 

6d

Donat married Clémence, daughter of François Émile Decuir and his Acadian wife Uranie Babin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1859.

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Édouard-Joseph, baptized at Attakapas, age unrecorded, in March 1793, married Marguerite, also called Caroline, another daughter of Joseph Bonin and Louise Borel of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1816.  They settled at Île aux Cannes near New Iberia and at Fausse Pointe.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home at Fausse Pointe 3 days after his birth in November 1817, Édouard, fils was born in January 1819, and a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in January 1821.  The birth of their third son in January 1821 also killed Marguerite.  Édouard remarried to Marie Doralise, called Doralise, daughter of Étienne Ardoin and Marie Anne Lecuron of Fausse River, Pointe Coupee Parish, and Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church in March 1822.  Their son Paul was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1822, Joseph le jeune in January 1824, and Félix Arthur, called Arthur, near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1839.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Champeaux, and LeBlanc families.  Édouard Joseph likely died near New Iberia in March 1846; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Edward, as he called him, died "at age 55 yrs."; Édouard Joseph would have been age 53; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in October 1850. 

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Édouard, fils, by his father's first wife, married cousin Susanne Éloise, Clelie, Cléolie, or Cléorie, daughter of fellow Acadian Baron Louvière and his Creole wife Pélagie Bonin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1840.  Their son Bernard Ovignac, called Ovignac, was born near New Iberia in August 1844.  Their daughter married into the Babin and Derouen families.  Édouard, fils remarried to first cousin Suzanne Cléorine or Caroline, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Joseph Broussard and Susanne dite Susette Breaux, his uncle and aunt, at the New Iberia church in June 1850.  Their son Joseph Drasin was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1858. 

Ovignac, by his father's first wife, married Zoe, daughter of Léo Decoux and Celimene Boutté, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1865.  Their son Anatole was born near New Iberia in September 1866, and Armand in May 1870. 

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Arthur, by his father's second wife, married Lucite, daughter of Terence Boutté and Rosilia Judice, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1867.  They settled near New Iberia.  Lucite died in December 1869, age 26. 

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Joseph, by his father's second wife, married, at age 41, Celestine, daughter of Théophilus Elmer and Mary Boutté, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in March 1868.  Was this his first marriage? 

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Youngest son Philemon, born at Attakapas in November 1796, married Élise or Lise, also called Elisa, another daughter of Étienne Ardoin and Marie Anne Lecuron, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1819.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Louis Bélisaire, called Bélisaire, was born in December 1825.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Dugas, Lamparez or Lamperez, and Landry families.  Philemon died near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in November 1862; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Philemon died "at age 70 yrs.," but he was 66.  His only son probably did not marry, but the blood of this family line survived. 

Bélisaire died in Lafayette Parish in February 1865.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Bélisaire died "at age 36 years," but he was 39.  One wonders if he married, and if his death was war-related.  If he did not marry, except for its blood, his family line died with him. 

Descendants of Joseph dit Petit Jos BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil (c1727-1788; François)

Joseph dit Petit Jos, second and oldest surviving son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and Agnès Thibodeau, born probably at Port-Royal in c1727, married Anastasie, daughter of René LeBlanc and Anne Thériot, probably at Petitcoudiac in c1750.  They followed his father into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, where Petit Jos served in the Acadian resistance, and to imprisonment in Nova Scotia in 1760.  Petit Jos remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Charles Savoie, probably at Halifax in c1763.  They followed his parents to Louisiana in 1764-65 and settled on Bayou Teche, where they had more children.  Their daughters married into the Bernard and Broussard families.  Petit Jos died at Attakapas in December 1788; the priest who recorded the burial, but who did not give any parents' names, said that Joseph, married to Marguerite Savoie, died "at age 62 yrs." of a chest cold or pneumonia.  His succession, listing his surviving children, was filed at what became the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in November 1800.  Only half of his four sons, his oldest and his youngest, continued this family line.  

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Oldest son René, by his father's first wife, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1753, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellows Acadian Firmin Landry and Françoise Thibodeau, at Attakapas in June 1775, and remarried to Marie-Anne-Barbe, called Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Bonaventure Godin and Théotiste Thibodeau, at Attakapas in January 1779.  Their son Joseph dit Petit René was baptized at Attakapas, age 6 months, in May 1779, François was born in September 1781, Éloi dit Petit René in January 1794, and Édouard dit Petit René in August 1798.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.  René died at New Orleans in February 1799; the St.-Louis Cathedral priest who recorded the burial said that Renato, as he called him, was "native of Acadia in the country of Canada," called his wife Anne Gaudet, not Godin, and said that René died at age 40, but he probably was in his mid-40s.  One wonders what René was doing in the city at the time of his death. 

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François, by his father's second wife, died at Ascension on the river in August 1799 while returning home from New Orleans, not quite age 18.  He probably did not marry.  

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Joseph dit Petit René, by his father's second wife, married Constance, daughter of French Canadian Pierre LeBlanc and his Acadian wife Anastasie Louvière of Fausse Pointe, at Attakapas in January 1800.  They settled at Le Grand Bois at Fausse Pointe on the Teche and on the Vermilion.  Their son Hippolyte Valmont was born at Attakapas in April 1803 but died at age 12 in September 1815, Alexandre Petit René was born in November 1807, and Marcellin Petit René in March 1814.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Derouen, Louvière, and Stiven families.  Joseph dit Petit René died at Le Grand Bois in October 1815, age 37.  

Alexandre Petit René married Clarisse Émelite or Melite Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadians Théophile LeBlanc and probably Clarisse Hébert, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in August 1827, and sanctified the marriage at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1837.  Their son Joseph Léon, called Léon, was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1833, Alexandre, fils, perhaps also called Alexandre Dupré and Dupré, in February 1837, Clément near New Iberia in September 1841, Philippe in October 1843, Louis Félix in August 1846, and Théodore Félicien, called Félicien, in March 1848.  Their daughters married into the Savoy family. 

Alexandre Dupré married cousin Olympe, daughter of fellow Acadians Frédéric le jeune dit Onésime LeBlanc and Cécile Landry, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1858.  Their son Eugène was born near New Iberia in December 1860.  A succession record for Alexandre D. Broussard was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in January 1866.  Was this Alexandre Dupré?  He would have been age 29 that year. 

Clément married cousin Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Émilien Landry and Rosalie LeBlanc, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1862.  They settled near Lydia. 

Philippe married cousin Olymphe, another daughter of Émilien Landry and Rosalie LeBlanc, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1866.  Their son Émile was born near New Iberia in March 1868. 

Félicien married Aurelia, daughter of Pierre Borel and Georgine Loignon, at the Lydia church, Iberia Parish, in January 1869. 

Louis Félix married Marie Delphine, daughter of André Mayard and his Acadian wife Carmelite Louvière widow of Joseph Stevens, at the Lydia church, Iberia Parish, in July 1870. 

Marcellin Petit René married Euphrosine, also called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Agricole LeBlanc and Euphrosine Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1832.  Their son Léon le jeune was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1836.  Their daughters married into the Étier and Viator families.  Marcellin remarried to Ste. Claire, called Claire and perhaps also Clavie, daughter of fellow Acadians Frédéric dit Onésime LeBlanc and Cécile Landry, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in November 1841.  Their son Marcellin Ovide, called Ovide and also Émile, was born near New Iberia in January 1844, Godefroi in July 1851, Hippolyte in September 1854, and Aristide in January 1857.  Their daughters married into the Bonin, Butaud, and Louvière families. 

Ovide, by his father's second wife, married Arsène, daughter of fellow Acadians Sylvère Louvière and his Creole wife Marcellienne Derouen, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1866; the recording priest called the groom Émile; Ovide's sister Marie Alzire married Arsène's brother Octave.  Ovide and Arsène's son Ovide Alphonse was born near New Iberia in May 1867, and Eugène Offrande near Lydia in November 1868. 

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Éloi dit Petit René, by his father's second wife, married Angélique Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Girouard and Angélique Broussard of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1814.  They settled at Côte Gelée near present-day Broussard.  Their son Éloi dit Petit René, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1815, Jean Euclide in May 1819, Alexandre Esner or René in Lafayette Parish in April 1823, Émile in July 1828, Sosthène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in October 1830, Treville was born in March 1835 but died at age 2 1/2 (the priest said 7) in October 1837, Jules, perhaps also called Jules René, was baptized at age 2 months in July 1837, and Robert, perhaps also called Robert René, was born in April 1840.  Their daughters married into the Mire, O'Connor, and Simon families.

Éloi dit Petit René, fils died in Lafayette Parish in July 1833, age 18, and probably did not marry.  

Alexandre René married Marie Louise Guchet, Guchette, or Huchet in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in March 1842.  Their son François was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1848, Donat in May 1850, Pierre in October 1853, and Alexandre, fils was baptized at age 5 months in July 1866. 

Jules, called Jules Bonnet and Jules René by area priests, may have married Mélasie Young, perhaps a fellow Acadian descended from a Lejeune.  Their son Camillien was born near Creole, then in Calcasieu but now in Cameron Parish, in May 1860. 

Robert, called Robert René by area priests, may have married Iréné Young, perhaps a fellow Acadian descended from a Lejeune.  Their son Joseph Numa was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in February 1868.

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Édouard dit Petit René, by his father's second wife, married cousin Delphine, Séraphine, Séraphie, or Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Raphaël Broussard and Marguerite LeBlanc of Fausse Pointe and widow of Paulin Ardoin, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1820.  The settled at Côte Gelée and at Île aux Cannes near New Iberia.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at his paternal grandfather's home at Fausse Pointe 9 days after his birth in January 1823, René le jeune was born in April 1826, Raphaël in March 1828, Léo in April 1832, Frédéric in February 1835, Aurelien in October 1838, Drosin in December 1840, and Dennis in December 1845.  Their daughters married into the Dooly, LeBlanc (French Canadian, not Acadian), and Waggoner families. 

René le jeune married Élisabeth or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Sonnier and Adélaïde LeBlanc, in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in December 1844, and sanctified the marriage at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1847.  Their son Alexis was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in April 1850, and Hippolyte in January 1851[sic].  

Frédéric married Lisemène or Isemène, daughter of French Canadian Louis LeBlanc, also called Oblanc, and his Acadian wife Anastasie LeBlanc, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1856, and sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in August 1868; Lisemène's mother was an Acadian LeBlanc.  Frédéric and Lisemène lived near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, before moving back to the St. Landry prairies.  Their son Louis was born near Church Point in January 1867. 

Léo married Azelia, daughter of Jean Simon and Célestin Granger and widow of Marie[sic] Miller, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in August 1868; Azelia's mother was a Granger; Léo was 36 years old at the time of the wedding, so they likely married civilly years before they sanctified the marriage.  They settled on the Mermentau River.  Their son Joseph was born "at Rre. Mentau[sic]" in September 1867. 

Aurelien married Lareine, daughter of fellow Acadians Godefroi Landry, fils and Virginie Landry, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in September 1869. 

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Joseph, fils, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in March 1774, died at New Orleans in September 1796.  The St.-Louis parish priest who recorded his burial said that José Brusard, as he called him, was a "native of Attakapas in this province" and that he died at age 23.  Joseph, fils probably did not marry.  One wonders what he was doing in the city at the time of his death. 

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François Alexandre, by his first father's wife, born at Attakapas in March 1777, may have died young.  

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Youngest son Éloi dit Petit Jos, by his father's second wife, baptized at Attakapas, age 7 weeks, in April 1780, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Anselme Thibodeaux and Marguerite Melançon, at Attakapas in July 1800; they had to secure "a dispensation from the impediment of relationship" in order to marry.  They settled on the lower Vermilion.  Their son Dosité, also called François, was born at Attakapas in March 1802, Hilaire in September 1803, Désiré in October 1809, and Lazare or Laizan in December 1813.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux and Broussard families.  Éloi died in Lafayette Parish in September 1823, age 43; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following January.  

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Dosité married double cousin Claire or Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Thibodeaux and Pélagie Broussard of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1822.  Their son Hilaire Dosité, perhaps also called Isidore, was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1823, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 7 months in October 1827, Auriss was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 4 months, in November 1828 but died at age 4 in August 1832, a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died 11 days after his birth in September 1830, Désiré Dosité was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in June 1835, and Joseph Dosité at age 3 months in February 1840.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and De Perrodil families.

Hilaire Dosité married Céleste, also called Thérèse, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Trahan and Marie Louise LeBlanc, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1842.  They may have had a son named Eraste, born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in February 1854.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Langlinais families.  Hilaire Dosité may have remarried to French Creole Joséphine Reaux at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in November 1860.  Their son Fraire was born near Abbeville in August 1861, Emard in August 1864, Albert in May 1866, and Joseph in January 1870 but died in February. 

Désiré Dosité married double cousin Émelia V., daughter of fellow Acadians Onésime Valéry Broussard and Carmelite Thibodeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1857.  Their son Désiré, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1858, and Lucien in April 1869. 

Joseph Dosité married cousin Marie Laurenza, daughter of fellow Acadians Don Louis Auguste Broussard and Marie Virginie Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1860.  They settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish.  Their son Joseph Demas was born in February 1861, Ademar or Edmar in July 1866 but died at age 4 in August 1870, and Marc was born in March 1868. 

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Hilaire married double cousin Anne Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Isidore Broussard and Isabelle Thibodeau, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1825.  Azélie died in Lafayette Parish in September 1827, age 18.  Hilaire remarried to cousin Anastasie or Aspasie, daughter of another Isidore Broussard and Marie Broussard, at the Vermilionville church in July 1829.  Their son Éloi le jeune was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 7 months, in May 1831, Simon or Siméon at age 34 days in October 1838, Désiré le jeune was born in February 1841, Dermas in December 1848, and Alexandre in August 1851.  They also had an older son named Prosper.  Their daughter married into the Bonnemaison family.  Hilaire's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December 1865, age 62. 

Prosper, by his father's second wife, married Marie Delasca, Deliska, Eliska, or Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadians Ferdinand Trahan and Julie Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1859.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Isidore was born in May 1862, and twins Alcée and Alcide in March 1870. 

Désiré le jeune, by his father's second wife, married Clarisse, daughter of Duc Bonin and his Acadian wife Marie Aurelie Comeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1862.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Ulysse was born in December 1862, Aristide in August 1866, and Joseph Dué in November 1867. 

Siméon, by his father's second wife, married cousin Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadians Hilaire Dosité Broussard, his first cousin, and Céleste Trahan, "at l'Église St.-Étienne of Roy-Ville," that is, St. Étienne church at Royville, now St. Anne of Youngsville, in September 1865.  Their son Siméon, fils was born near Youngsville in February 1868. 

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Désiré married Marie Azélie, Amelie, Arelie, or Orelie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Boudreaux and Marguerite Mouton, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1834.  Their son Florestan was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 4 months, in April 1835 but died at age 2 1/2 in March 1837, Jean Dergus was born in March 1841, Egnest, perhaps Ernest, in 1851, and Éloi in 1853.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, a year or so later.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Kibbe, Langlinais, and Nunez families.  Désiré may have died near Abbeville in September 1869; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Désiré C., as he called him, died "at age 58 yrs."; this Désiré would have been a month shy of age 60. 

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Lazare married Uranie, also called Susanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Ursin Hébert and Marguerite Richard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1835.  Their son Lazare Levasquey was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in April 1836, and Rémi was born in October 1839.  Their daughter married into the Dartes family. 

Lazare Levasquey married Marie Élizabeth, called Élizabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Boudreaux and Marie Sylvanie Bourg, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1859.  Their son Rémi le jeune was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in August 1862, and Adam in October 1866. 

Descendants of Timothée-Athanase BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil (1741-1760s; François)

Timothée-Athanase, called Athanase, fourth son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and Agnès Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in February 1741, followed his parents into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick in 1755.  Athanase married Anne, daughter of Paul Bourgeois and his first wife Anne-Josèphe Brun, probably in the late 1750s and followed his widowed father into imprisonment in Nova Scotia in 1760.  Athanase's older daughter Élisabeth, or Isabelle, was born in the prisoner-of-war compound on Georges Island, Halifax, in the early 1760s.  Athanase and his family followed his kinsmen to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Younger daughter Marie was born either aboard ship or at New Orleans soon after they reached the colony in early 1765.  They followed his father to Bayou Teche that spring.  Athanase and Anne settled on Bayou de Tortue, near present-day St. Martinville, but had no more children.  Athanase, and perhaps Anne also, died at Attakapas by September 1769, when a daughter was listed in a Louisiana census as an orphan.  Their daughters married into the Gaudin, LeBlanc, and Melançon families.  Daughter Isabelle remained on the prairies, but Marie grew up with relatives at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river and settled there.  Except for its blood, this line of the family did not survive in the Bayou State. 

Descendants of François BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil (c1746-1819; François)

François le jeune, fifth son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and Agnès Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1746, followed his parents into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, and followed his widowed father into imprisonment in Nova Scotia and to Louisiana in 1764-65.  François married fellow Acadian Pélagie Landry at Attakapas in c1770; a native of Pigiguit, she had come to Louisiana from Maryland in September 1766.  They settled on the lower Vermilion near present-day Milton, Lafayette Parish, where François served as a syndic.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Landry, Meaux, and Thibodeaux families.  François died at his home on the Vermilion in May 1819; the priest who recorded his burial said that François died "at age about 78 years," but he was closer to 73.  Five of his six sons created families of their own in what became Lafayette Parish. 

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Oldest son Olidon dit Beausoleil, born at Attakapas in January 1771 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest the following April, married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Bernard and Marie Guilbeau, at Attakapas in February 1790.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son François le jeune was baptized at Attakapas, age 1, in April 1795 but died at age 3 1/2 in November 1797, Joseph Ursin Olidon, called Ursin, a twin, was born in February 1800, Onésime Olidon in March 1804, Don or Jean Louis Olidon in July 1811, and Alfred in March 1813.  They also had a son named Jean Olidon.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Hébert, Mire, Prejean, and Thibodeaux families.  In September 1824, Olidon purchased from Jean Mouton dit Chapeau lot number 140 at Vermilionville, now the city of Lafayette; a lot in the new village cost $150.00 at the time.  Olidon died in Lafayette Parish in October 1827; the priest who recorded the burial said that Olidon was age 58 when he died, but he was 56; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following January.  

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Jean Olidon married Marie Victoire or Victorine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles-Dominique Babineaux and Marguerite Blandine Thibodeaux of Carencro, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1809.  They settled on the upper Vermilion.  Their son Ursin Lessin, also called Ursin Jean Olidon, a twin, was born in February 1814, a son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home on the Vermilion 2 days after his birth in February 1816, Don Louis, also called M. Don Louis, Don Louis O., and Don Louis Jean Olidon, was born in January 1818, Jean Lydon, probably Jean Olidon, fils, in September 1821, Lessin Jean Olidon in c1823, Aurelien in April 1828, Neuville in March 1830[sic], and Dupréville in August 1830[sic, perhaps 1837].  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Dugas, Landry, and LeBlanc families.  Jean Olidon, père died probably on the upper Vermilion in November 1840; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Jean died "at age 53 years," but he probably was closer to 50; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in November 1844.  

Ursin Jean Olidon married cousin Marie Eurasie or Erasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Isidore Broussard and his second wife Adélaïde Prejean, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1833.  They settled near Carencro.  Their son Duplessin or Duplessis was born in July 1834, and Jules in October 1840.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux family. 

Duplessin married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Chevalier Thibodeaux and Clémence Bourg and widow of Placide Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1860.  Their son Joseph Cemar was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1861.  Duplessin died in Lafayette Parish in July 1865, age 31; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in March 1866.  One wonders if his death was war-related. 

Jules married Marie Elisadie, Elizadie, Elizalde, Elizeldi, or Lysadie, daughter of Duc Bonin and his Acadian wife Marie Aurelia Comeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1861.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Augustin was born in October 1861 but died at age 1 in December 1862, Léonard was born in March 1866, and François Derbes in December 1869. 

Don Louis Jean Olidon married cousin Eméranthe or Méranthe Virginie, also called Marie Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Broussard and Susanne Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in March 1837.  They settled near Carencro.  Their son Alexandre was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 1/2 months, in April 1840, Joseph was born in September 1843, and Basile in January 1844.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.  Their were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in the 1850s. 

Jean Olidon, fils married Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians André Prejean and Joséphine Breaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1840.  They settled near Carencro.  Their son Joseph St. Maurice was born in December 1842, André Olidon in March 1850, Jules le jeune in May 1854, Joseph Demas in October 1855, and Pierre Ambroise in April 1857 but died at age 8 in March 1865.  Jean Olidon, fils died in Lafayette Parish in March 1865; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Jean Lydon, as he called him (the same name used in his baptismal record), died "at age 43 yrs.," so this was him.   

Lessin Jean Olidon married cousin Mélasie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Richard and Adélaïde Babineaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1842.  They settled near Carencro.  Their daughters married into the Benoit and Dugas families.  Lessin remarried to Uranie, also called Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Guilbeau and Azélie Bernard and widow of Edmond Babineaux, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1855.  They probably remained at Carencro.  Their son Jean Edmond was born in August 1856, Joseph Adrien in January 1858, and Jean Théophile in August 1861. 

Aurelien married Marie Eumea, called Eumea, daughter of Portalis Castille and Marie Carmelite Castille, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1852.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Jean Alcide was born in May 1859, Joseph Esdros, perhaps Esdras, in August 1864, Pierre Saul in May 1867, and Jules Philibert in November 1869. 

Neuville married cousin Émelie or Amelie, another daughter of Louis Richard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1858.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Alcée was born in March 1859, Jean Aristide or Aristide Jean in November 1860 but died at age 3 in November 1863, and Ernest was born in September 1862. 

Dupréville married Marcellite Hélène, called Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadians Lazare Bercy Arceneaux and Hortense Bourgeois, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1860.  Dupréville died in Lafayette Parish in March 1866; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Dupréville died "at age 29 yrs."; his succession, naming his wife, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following November.  Did he father any sons? 

1b

Onésime Olidon married Marie Uranie, called Uranie and also Susanne M., daughter of fellow Acadians Agricole Landry and Christine Labauve of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1820.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Désiré was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in December 1828, Olidon le jeune at age 1 month, 12 days, in October 1830, Jules was born in March 1832 but died at age 13 months in May 1833, and Valérien Olidon was born in October 1833.  Their daughters married into the Dartes, Duhon, and Stutes families.  Onésime Olidon died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in September 1854; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Onézime Olidon died "at age 54 yrs.," but he was 50. 

Valérien Olidon married Marie Orea, Osea, or Ozeah, daughter of fellow Acadians Placide Duhon and Marie Doralie Duhon, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1854.  Their son Valérien Luma was born near Abbeville in October 1854, Pierre Demas in May 1856, and Placide in July 1867. 

1c

Joseph Ursin Olidon married cousin Émetille, Amelie, Melite, or Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Broussard and Marguerite Thibodeaux of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1821.  Their son Joseph Ursin, fils, called Ursin and Ursin O., was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1823, and Désiré was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, 6 days, in May 1831.  Their daughter married into the Forman family.  Amelie died in Lafayette Parish in September 1843, age 40. 

Joseph Ursin, fils married Aspasie, also called Anastasie, 21-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Onésime Trahan and his Creole wife Carmelite Angèle Blanchet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1844.  Their son Joseph Alcide was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in June 1849, Marcellin Cleopha in June 1851, Jean Cléomer in March 1853, Pierre Numa in February 1857, Désiré Horace February 1861, Hidelbert Clairville in May 1862, and Lucien Ursin in August 1864.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.

Joseph Alcide married Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin LeBlanc and his Creole wife Celima Dupré, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1867. 

1d

Don Louis Olidon married Claire or Laclaire, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Firmin Duhon and Marguerite Bourg, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1831.  Their son Eugène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 7 days, in September 1832 but died the following December, Théodule Olidon, also called Théodore, was baptized at age 3 months in January 1834, Louis, fils at age 5 months in May 1840, Onésime was born in September 1846, Joseph Eraste in January 1849, and Victor in April 1851.  Their daughters married into the Herpin and Sellers families.  Don Louis Olidon died in Lafayette Parish in September 1853; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Don Louis Alidore, as he called him, died "at age 66 yrs.," but this Don Louis would have been age 42; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in February 1854. 

Théodule Olidon married Azéma, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexis Vincent and his Creole wife Marie Elgantine Monceaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1852.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Numa was born in October 1855, Théodule, fils in September 1864, and Théobod O., perhaps Olidon, in November 1866.

Victor married Azémie, daughter of fellow Acadians Bélonie Boudreaux and Eugénie Trahan, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1867.  Their son O'Neil was born near Youngsville in July 1870. 

Onésime married Auriska, Orizea, or Orinea, daughter of fellow Acadians Euclide Bourg and Cidalise Boudreaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1868.  Their son Louis was born near Youngsville in December 1868. 

1e

Alfred married Anglo American Myra Eastin in Lafayette Parish in the early 1830s.  Did he father any sons? 

2

Théophile, born at Attakapas in March 1773 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest in April, married cousin Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Landry and Marguerite Melançon, at Attakapas in January 1796.  They settled at Côte Gelée near present-day Broussard.  Their son Pierre-Onésime, called Onésime, was born in June 1800, Édouard Théophile in February 1802, and Arvillien in December 1807 but died at age 3 in September 1810.  Théophile remarried to Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian René LeBlanc and Marguerite Trahan of Vermilion and widow of Charles Melançon, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1812.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Théogène was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1813, François le jeune in August 1814 but died at age 15 in October 1829, Edmond Théophile was born in September 1818, and Eugène in November 1820 but died at age 11 in October 1831.  Their daughters married into the Bouquet and Mollère families. 

2a

Pierre Onésime, by his father's first wife, at age 21, married Scholastique, 15-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph dit Gros Duhon and Scholastique Hébert, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1821.  Their son Émile was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1825, Théophile le jeune was baptized at age 4 months in June 1836, and Dorneville at age 8 months in May 1838.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Langlinais, and LeBlanc families. 

Théophile le jeune may have married fellow Acadian Marguerite LeBlanc at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in September 1859.

2b

Édouard Théophile, by his father's first wife, married cousin Euphémie Belzire, daughter of perhaps Éloi Broussard and Marguerite Thibodeaux of the lower Vermilion, probably in Lafayette Parish in the early 1820s.  Their son Sevenne was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1825, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 15 days in December 1826, Moïse was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in May 1831, a son, name unrecorded, died 8 days after his birth in October 1832, Clely was baptized at age 1 month in June 1834 but died at age 13 months in July 1835, Éloi J. was baptized at age 4 months in July 1838, Jules Édouard was born in March 1840, Alcide in December 1841, Cleopha Antoine in September 1846, and a son, name unrecorded, died at age 40[sic, probably 4] in March 1848.  They also had a son named Félix.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Hébert families.  Euphémie's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in August 1849.  Édouard Théophile died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in October 1867; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Édouard Théophile died "at age 68 yrs.," but he was 65. 

Sevènne married cousin Belzire, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Hébert and Clarise Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1845.  Their son Siméon was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1846, and Albert near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1865. 

Moïse married Marie Godric or Godra, daughter of fellow Acadian F. Aurelien Arceneaux and his Creole wife Marie Andrus, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1856. 

Éloi J. married Azéma, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert and his Anglo-Creole wife Mélanie Andrus "of Jefferson county, Texas," at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1866; Éloi J.'s sister Émilie married Azéma's brother Joseph Martin. 

Jules Édouard married Élodie, daughter of Adrien Nunez and his Acadian wife Olive Guidry, at the Abbeville church in January 1867. 

Félix married Palmyre, another daughter of Adrien Nunez and Olive Guidry, at the Abbeville church in October 1870. 

2c

Théogène, by his father's second wife, married cousin Madeleine Uranie or Uranie Madeleine, perhaps also called Victorine, daughter of fellow Acadians Isidore Simon dit "Grand Isidore" Broussard and Marie Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1832.  Their son Eugène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in May 1839, René was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1844, Drosin near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1848, and a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, age 9 days, in September 1854.  Their daughter married into the Miller family. 

2d

Edmond Théophile, by his father's second wife, married cousin Marguerite Zéolide, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Édouard Prejean and Marie Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1843.  Their son Edmond Collins was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in November 1856, Armesille in May 1859, Édouard Bélisaire in September 1861, and Théophile le jeune in October 1869.  Their daughters married into the Abshire and Hébert families. 

3

Jean-François, baptized at Attakapas, age unrecorded, in May 1776, married cousin Gertrude, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Thibodeaux and Gertrude Bourg, at Attakapas in September 1798.  They settled at Pont du Vermilion or Pin Hook Bridge south of present-day Lafayette.  Their son Jean Treville, called Treville, was born in November 1806, and Éloi Jean in November 1808.  They also had a son named Don Louis, also called Don Louis Jean Baptiste and Don Louis Jean François.  Their daughters married into the Comeaux and Guidry families.  Jean François remarried to cousin Hortense, daughter of Augustin Broussard and Anne Landry of Vermilion and widow of Pierre Simon LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1813.  They remained on the Vermilion.  Their son François le jeune was born in March 1814, Édouard Gilles, also called Édouard Jean François and Édouard J. F.,  in February 1817, Camille Jean François in May 1818, and Hippolyte in January 1820.  Their daughter married into the Guidry family.  Wife Hortense died at their home on the Vermilion in January 1820, in her late 30s.  Jean François's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in May 1820 soon after Hortense's death.  He remarried again--his third marriage--to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Lucien Bourg and Marie Trahan and widow of Firmin Duhon, at the St. Martinville church in May 1821.  Their son Onésime dit Cadet was born in September 1822, and Placide in June 1825.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.  Jean François died in Lafayette Parish in February 1832; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean died "at age 58 yrs."; his post-mortem succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following month.  

3a

Jean Treville, by his father's first wife, married cousin Anne or Marie Cidalise, called Cidalise, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Olidon Broussard and Victoire Babineaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1827.  Their son Éloi le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1831, Alexandre Treville in November 1833, Treville, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in March 1838, and Jean Eraste was born in December 1846 but may have died at age 1 1/2 in October 1848.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Doucet, and Guidry families.  Treville died in Lafayette Parish in August 1848; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Troisville, as he called him, died "at age 29-30 yrs."; Jean Treville would have been age 41; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in August. 

Alexandre Treville married cousin Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joachim Broussard and Carmelite Comeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1852.  Their son Philippe was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1860, and Eraste in November 1862.  Alexandre Treville's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in November 1866; he would have been 33 years old that year.  Marie Carmélite remarried to Joseph, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Chevalier Thibodeaux and Clémence Bourg and widow of Marie Céleste Broussard, at Vermilionville in October 1870. 

Treville, fils married Adalie or Idalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Onésime Guilbeau and his Creole wife Azélie Castille, at the Vermilionville church in December 1858.  Their son Neville was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1859.  Treville, fils remarried to cousin Félicia or Félicianna, daughter of fellow Acadian Placide Broussard and his Creole wife Félicianne Castille, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in January 1868, and sanctified the marriage at the Vermilionville church the following July.  Their son Erasme was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1868. 

3b

Éloi Jean, by his father's first wife, married cousin Aspasie, another daughter of Jean Olidon Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1833.  Their son Éloi, fils was born posthumously in September 1834.  Éloi Jean died "near his house" in Lafayette Parish in April 1834, age 25; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January 1837.  Aspasie remarried to another Broussard cousin.  

Éloi, fils married cousin Eulalie, another daughter of Joachim Isidore Broussard and Carmelite Comeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1855.  Their son Éloi III had been born in Lafayette Parish in March 1855, two months before their church wedding.  Éloi, fils may have died in Lafayette Parish in November 1855; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Éloi died "at age 20 yrs."; Éloi, fils would have been age 21; his succession likely was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in July 1856. 

3c

Don Louis Jean Baptiste, by his father's first wife, married Marie Duvissa, Deusca, Clarisse, Adorisca, or Lodoiska, daughter of fellow Acadians Moïse Hébert and Marie Louise Richard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1834.  Their son Sevenne was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 1 1/2 months, in April 1837 but died at age 12 1/2 in November 1849, Alexandre was born in April 1839, Amédée in June 1841, Désiré in May 1843, Nery in St. Martin Parish in May 1845, and Jean in Lafayette Parish in May 1847.  Their daughters married into the Duhon and Guidry families.  Don Louis remarried to cousin Azélia or Amelia, daughter of Zenon Castille and his Acadian wife Carmelite Thibodeaux and widow of Onésime Guilbeau, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1848.  Their son Albert was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1854, and Alcide in January 1857.  Don Louis died in Lafayette Parish in September 1867; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Don Louis died "at age 50 yrs.," but he probably was closer to 55; his succession, naming his second wife and calling him Don Louis Jean François, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in November.  

Alexandre, by his father's first wife, married first cousin Mélasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Treville Broussard and Cidalise Broussard, his uncle and aunt, at the Vermilionville Church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1860. 

3d

Édouard Gilles/Jean François, by his father's second wife, married Marie Éloise, Elouisa, Louise, or Léonie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Zéphirin Doucet and Adeline Breaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1839.  They settled near Carencro.  Their son Pierre was born in June 1840, Joseph Numa, called Numa, in March 1845, Jean Dupré in January 1848, Isidore in August 1849, Arthur in January 1854 but died at age 11 1/2 in November 1865, Valsaint was born in May 1858, and Hebrard in January 1866.  Their daughters married into the Duhon and Nunez families. 

Numa married Irénée, also called Grenee and Frenee, daughter of fellow Acadian Rosémond Boudreaux and his Creole wife Élisabeth Lormand, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1866.  Their son Euphémon was born near Abbeville in February 1869. 

3e

François le jeune, by his father's second wife, married cousin Joséphine, also called Émilite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Broussard and Susanne Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1839.  Their son Jules was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in February 1840, and Martin was born in November 1843.  Their daughter may have married a Thibodeaux cousin.  François le jeune remarried to Eugénie, daughter of Charles Simon and Parosine Leger, at the Vermilionville church in February 1850.  Their daughter may have married a Thibodeaux cousin.  François le jeune died in Lafayette Parish in January 1851; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that François died "at age 35 yrs."; he was 36. 

Jules, by his father's first wife, married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Onésime Duhon and Marguerite Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1860.  Their son Jules, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1862, and François in June 1866. 

Martin, by his father's first wife, married cousin Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Duhon and Carmelite Broussard, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1866.  They settled near Youngsville. 

3f

Camille Jean François, by his father's second wife, married second cousin Aurelia Amelia, also called Marie Aurelia, daughter of his first cousin Édouard Théophile Broussard and Euphemie Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1841.  They settled on the lower Vermilion near present-day Maurice, Lafayette Parish.  Their son Jean Treville, called Treville, was born in December 1842, Étienne in February 1849 but died at age 1 in February 1850, Desma was born in October 1851, and Albert in August 1858. 

Jean Treville married Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadians Valéry Breaux and Anaïs Doucet, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1866.  They settled probably near Maurice. 

3g

Onésime dit Cadet, by his father's third wife, married Marguerite Sidalise, called Sidalise, 17-year-old daughter of Charles Baudoin and his Acadian wife Julie Mouton, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1842.  Their son Cyprien was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1844, and a son, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish, age 4, in September 1847.  Onésime's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in October 1846; he would have been age 24 that year. 

3h

Placide, by his father's third wife, married cousin Marie Aurelia, called Aurelia, 15-year-old daughter of Jean Olidon Broussard, père and Marie Victorine Babineaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1843.  Aurelia died in Lafayette Parish in September 1849, "at age over 20 yrs.," probably giving birth to a daughter; Aurelia's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in October.  Their daughters married into the Breaux and Mouton families.  Placide remarried to cousin Félicianne, another daughter of Zenon Castille and Carmelite Thibodeaux, at the Vermilionville church in April 1851.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.  Placide remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Chevalier Thibodeaux and Clémence Bourg, at the Vermilionville church in April 1853.  Their son Olidon was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1855.  Placide died in Lafayette Parish in January 1858; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Placide died "at age 46," but he was 32; his succession, which lists all three of his wives, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse a few days after his death. 

4

Joseph le jeune, born at Attakapas in May 1777, married cousin Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Thibodeaux and Rosalie Guilbeau, at Attakapas in January 1799.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Zenon was born in July 1802, Léon in July 1804, and Joseph or Gédéon Théon, called Théon and also Drosin, in April 1809.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  Joseph le jeune remarried to Susanne dite Susette, daughter of fellow Acadians Donat Boudreaux and  and widow of Salvator-Marin Mouton, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1812.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Joseph Sarasin, called Sarasin, was born in August 1817, Eugène, a twin, probably in March 1823, François was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in April 1826 but died at age 1 1/2 in October 1827, and Jean Baptiste was baptized at age 7 months in February 1834.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Guidry families. 

4a

Léon, by his father's first wife, married Anastasie, daughter of Olivier Blanchet and Ursule Fastin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1827.  Their son Léon, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1830.  Léon, père died in Lafayette Parish in September 1833; the priest who recorded his burial said that Léon died "at age 27 yrs.," but he was 29; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following February.  

4b

Théon, by his first father's wife, married Marie Denise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Firmin Duhon and Marguerite Bourg, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1828.  Their son Jean Sosthène, called Sosthène, was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1829, and Eugène le jeune in September 1831.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.  Théon remarried to Marie Carmelite Elisa, Elina, or Lina, also called Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Benoit and Eugènie Louvière and widow of his first cousin Arvillien Broussard, at the Vermilionville church in June 1836.  Their son Raulin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 6 months, in July 1839, and Amet died at age 2 in March 1843.  Their daughters married into the Abadie and Guchereau families.  Théon died in Lafayette Parish in February 1849, age 39; his succession may have been filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in June 1850. 

Sosthène, by his father's first wife, married Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Émilien Vincent and Marguerite Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1849.  Their son Alexandre was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1849 but may have died in St. Martin Parish the following September, Jean Léon was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1859, and Arcade in June 1862. 

Eugène le jeune, by his father's first wife, died in Lafayette Parish in February 1849, two weeks after his older brother Sosthène married.  Eugène was age 18 when he died and probably did not marry. 

4c

Sarasin, by his father's second wife, married Véronique, daughter of fellow Acadians Moïse Hébert and Marie Louise Richard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1837.  Their son Lucien was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1843, Olivier in July 1847, Joseph in February 1850, and Frédéric in April 1854.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, LeBlanc, and Montet families. 

Lucien married Marie Amanda, called Amanda, daughter of Charles Euclide Roy, perhaps a fellow Acadian, and his Acadian wife Belzire Boudreaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1868.  Their son Charles Euclide was born near Youngsville in January 1869. 

4d

Zenon, by his father's first wife, married Marie Cléonide or Cléonise, daughter of fellow Acadians Hippolyte Savoie and Marie Comeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1838; Zenon was 36 years old at the time of the wedding.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Onésiphore was born in September 1840, Joseph Hippolyte, called Hippolyte in May 1846 but died at age 6 (the recording priest said 5) in June 1842, and Joseph Edgar was born in December 1848.  Their daughter married into the Mestayer family. 

4e

Eugène, by his father's second wife, married cousin Oliva, daughter of Dosité Broussard and Claire Thibodeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1845, and remarried to cousin Eugénie, daughter of fellow Acadians Martin Don Louis Broussard and Doralise Benoit, at the Vermilionville church in January 1850.  They settled on the lower Vermilion.  Their son Jean le jeune was born in October 1841, Joseph in May 1855, Éloi D. in November 1857, and Jean Arthur in January 1868.  

4f

Jean Baptiste, by his father's second wife, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Rosémond Breaux and Calixte Arceneaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1856.  Their son Joseph was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1856 but may have died at age 9 in December 1865, Rosémond was born in November 1857, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 15 days in November 1858, Serge was born in October 1859, and Pierre in January 1868. 

5

Isidore, born at Attakapas in c1778, married cousin Isabelle, another daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Thibodeaux and Gertrude Bourg, at Attakapas in February 1804.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Arvillien, also called Théon, was born in November 1806, Émilien in May 1811, Joachim Isidore in April 1813, and Ursin Isidore in July 1814.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.  Isidore remarried to Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Prejean and Élisabeth Dugas of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1815.  Their son Jean Treville, called Treville, was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1817 but died at age 5 in June 1823, Édouard Isidore was born in December 1819, Julien or Jules Isidore in June 1825, Lessin Isidore, also called Marcel, in April 1828, and Louis Dupréville in March 1831 but died at age 12 1/2 months in April 1832.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.  Isidore's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in March 1843; he would have been in his mid-60s that year; the succession was not postmortem, so it may have followed the death of wife Adélaïde.  His house "stood at the top of the hill" on the left, or east, bank of the Vermilion just south of Pin Hook Bridge near present-day Lafayette, along the road to New Iberia, directly across the river from Walnut Grove, the Jean Sosthène Mouton plantation.  In August 1850, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 34 slaves--15 males and 19 females, 24 blacks and 10 mulattoes, ranging in age from 60 to 1--on Isidore Broussard's plantation in the parish's Western District next to son Lessin J. Broussard.  A Mouton neighbor who was a boy in the 1850s wrote in his memoirs many years later:  "On his plantation, Mr. [Isidore] Broussard, with his slaves, cultivated cotton and raised cattle, horses, and sheep."  The young neighbor described Isidore, who would have been in his 80s at the time, as "a man with a loud voice which could be heard morning and night calling his mules and giving orders to his slaves."  In July 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 34 slaves--11 males and 23 females, 14 black and 20 mulattoes, ages 61 to 2, living in 6 houses--on Isdore Broussard's plantation next to son Julien Broussard.  Isidore died probably at his home on the Vermilion in April 1862, age 85; his post-mortem succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following month.  Exactly a year after his death, a battle was fought at the Vermilion River bridge not far from Isidore's plantation.  One wonders what the grandson of the Acadian resistance fighter would have done when the Yankees came to steal his livestock and free his slaves.  

5a

Arvillien, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of German Creole George Taylor, formerly Teller, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1828; Marguerite's mother was a Broussard.  Arvillien remarried to Carmelite Elina, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Benoit and Eugènie Louvière, at the Vermilionville church in February 1832.  Their son Éloi was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1832 but died at age 22 months in October 1834.  Arvillien died in Lafayette Parish in December 1833, age 27; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following February.  Did this family line survive? 

5b

Ursin Isidore, by his father's first wife, married Euphémie or Célanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Comeaux and Marie Louise Louvière, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1834.  Their son Alexandre was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1835, Éloi in November 1838 but died at age 10 months in September 1839, Édouard Derbes was born in February 1840 but died at age 3 in September 1843, Ernest was born in April 1844, Honoré in July 1851, and Jean Baptiste Dolsée in July 1855.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Comeaux, and Roy families. 

5c

Joachim Isidore, by his father's first wife, married Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, another daughter of Éloi Comeaux and Marie Louise Louvière, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1835.  Their child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in Lafayette Parish 2 hours after its birth in June 1837, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 10 in July 1847, Lessin le jeune, also called Ducrest, was born in August 1840 but died at age 2 in August 1842, and Taise was born in July 1844.  They also had a son named Désiré Jean, unless he was Taise.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Langlinais, Mouton, Smith, and Thibodeaux families.  Joachim Isidore died in Lafayette Parish in February 1849, four months after a daughter was born; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who must have been a bit confused, said that Joachim Isidore died "at age 19 yrs.," but he was 35; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following December. 

Désiré Jean married double cousin Élodie, daughter of fellow Acadians Treville Broussard and Sidalise Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1867. 

5d

Édouard Isidore, by his father's second wife, married cousin Aspasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Olidon Broussard and Victoire Babineaux and widow of Éloi Jean Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1837.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Jean Drosin, called Drosin, was born in April 1840, Élisée in March 1843, Alexandre in February 1850 but died at age 2 1/2 in September 1852, Hippolyte Telesphore was born in May 1852, and Dismas in December 1855.  Their daughters married into the Benoit and Meaux families. 

Drosin married cousin Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Evariste Broussard and Scholastique Giroir, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1860.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Arthur was born in February 1870. 

Élisée married Eugénie, daughter of fellow Acadians Désiré Benoit and Celima Thibodeaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1867.  Their son Éloi was born near Youngsville in November 1869. 

5e

Julien Isidore, by his father's second wife, married cousin Marie Azéma, called Azéma, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Onésime Broussard and Scholastique Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1842.  They had a son named Jules J.  Their daughter married into the Thibodeaux family.  Julien's succession may have been filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in June 1850; he would have been age 25 that year; if this was his succession, it was not post-mortem.  At age 40, he remarried to cousin Marie Estelle Broussard at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1866; a succession for first wife Marie Azéma had been filed at the Vermilionville courthouse 11 days before his remarriage. 

Jules J., by his father's first wife, married cousin Élodie, daughter of fellow Acadians Théogène Thibodeaux and Estelle Broussard, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1867. 

5f

Lessin Isidore, by his father's second wife, married cousin Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Comeaux and Gertrude Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1848.  Their son Charles Ducret or Ducre was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1849, Jean Lessin in March 1850, and a son, name unrecorded, perhaps born posthumously, died at age 2 in January 1854.  Lessin Isidore died in Lafayette Parish in March 1852, age 23; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse later that month.  Carmélite may have remarried to another Broussard. 

Charles Ducret married Spanish Creole Marie Victoria Romero.  Their daughter Estelle married Adelus, son of Agricole LeBlanc, fils and Marguerite Mayer, at the Jennings church, then in Calcasieu but now in Jefferson Davis Parish, in December 1892. 

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Youngest son François, fils, born at Attakapas in January 1779, probably died young.  

Descendants of Claude BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil (c1748-1819; François)

Claude le jeune, sixth son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and Agnès Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1748, followed his parents into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick and followed his widowed father into imprisonment in Nova Scotia and to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Claude married Louise dite Lise or Lisette, daughter of probably Bénoni Hébert dit Manuel and  Jeanne Savoie of Chignecto, at Attakapas in c1772.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Doiron, Duhon, Faulk, Granger, and Pivauteau families.  Louise died at Attakapas in March 1788, age 35.  Claude remarried to Catherine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan and his second wife Marie-Madeleine Duhon, at Attakapas in April 1793.  Catherine was a native of Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, and had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled on the lower Vermilion near present-day Abbeville.  Their daughters married into the Faulk and Guidry families, and perhaps into the Trahan family as well.  Claude died at his home on the lower Vermilion in November 1819; the St. Martinville priest who recorded his burial said that Claude died at "age about 75 yrs.," but he was closer to 71; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in December.  Only four of his 10 sons created families of their own.  One of his younger sons settled in St. Landry Parish, but the others remained in the old Attakapas District in what became Lafayette and Vermilion parishes.  

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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, from his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in October 1774, married Julienne, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Trahan and Marie Hugon, at Attakapas in September 1794.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Jean-Baptiste dit Bénoni was baptized at Attakapas, age 3 months, in December 1795 but died at age 5 in October 1800, and Édouard was baptized at age 9 months in November 1797.  Jean-Baptiste, père died at Attakapas in February 1798, age 23.  His only surviving son married and created a vigorous family line on the prairies.

Édouard married Pélagie, daughter of Pierre Dubois and Julie Dartes of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1817.  Their son Édouard Béloni was born in St. Martin Parish in July 1818, Onésime in September 1820, Louis Hubert, Hubertie, or Ubertie in October 1822, Olivier was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 9 months, in January 1826 but died at age 7 in September 1832, Eugène was baptized at age 3 and Jean Baptiste at age 2 in June 1830, and Euclide at age 2 1/2 in August 1834, and Camille Édouard at age 1 in September 1835. 

Édouard Bénoni married Marie Mélanie, 20-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Paul Thibodeaux and Eulalie Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1842.  Did Édouard Bénoni father any sons? 

Louis Hubert married Nesida, Nizida, Lezida, or Louisa, 17-year-old daughter of François Primeaux and Justine Baudoin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1843.  Their son Cleopha was born perhaps in March 1856 and baptized at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1857, Joseph was born in March 1857, Eugène in April 1862, and Delma in June 1869.  They also had a son named Louis, fils.  Their daughter married into the Guidry family.  Louis Hubert's succession record, which calls him Louis Ubertie, was filed at the Abbeville courthouse, Vermilion Parish, in 1865; as the birth of one of his children shows, the succession was not post-mortem. 

Louis, fils married Sylvanie, daughter of Philemon Dubois and his Acadian wife Sylvainie Thibodeaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1868.  Their son Olivier was born near Abbeville in March 1869. 

Camille Édouard married Ozémie, Azémie, or Azémire, another daughter of Philemon Dubois and Sylvanie Thibodeaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1856, over a year after a daughter was born to them, so they may have married civilly.  Their son Alcide was born near Abbeville in August 1856, Philemon in February 1858, and Israël Francis in January 1863. 

Euclide married Louisa, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Thibodeaux and Celanie Boudreaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1863.

2

Valéry, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in May 1776, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Landry and Marguerite Melançon, in the late 1790s or early 1800s.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Édouard was born in August 1804 but died at age 7 in September 1811, Valéry Achille, called Achille and also Raphaël, was born in August 1806, Pierre Onésime, called Onésime and Onésime Valery, in May 1809, Paulin in June 1815, Barthélémy in August 1820, and Lambert in September 1822.  Their daughters married into the Bonin, Boudreaux, and Thibodeaux families.  Valéry remarried to cousin Marie Louise, called Louise, daughter of Jean Broussard and Louise Broussard and widow of Jean Thibodeaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in September 1829.  Marie Louise's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in July 1853. 

2a

Onésime Valéry, by father's first wife, married cousin Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Thibodeaux and Marie Louise Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1827; Marie's mother became Onésime's stepmother two years later.  Onésime and Carmelite's son Lucien was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in May 1830, Méance at age 4 months in May 1832 but died at age 5 in September 1837, Emilton was born in January 1834, and Jean Honoré in October 1847.  Their daughters married into the Baudoin and Broussard families.  Onésime's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in February 1854; he would have been age 45 that year. 

2b

Achille, by his father's first wife, married Aspasie, also called Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Isabelle Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1832.  Their son Bruno was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in December 1833, Pierre at age 2 1/2 months in March 1837, and Grégoire was born in January 1845. 

Bruno married cousin Marie Aureline, daughter of fellow Acadians François Cormier and Melite Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1852.  They settled probably near Youngsville.  Their son François Sevigne was born in November 1853, Ursin in October 1860, and Éloi in February 1863.  Bruno may have remarried to Anglo American Elizabeth Smith at the Abbeville church in September 1868, though they may have married civilly.  They also settled probably near Youngsville.  Their son Joseph Dema had been born in December 1867, and Jean Remitiere in February 1869. 

Pierre married Belzire, daughter of François Meaux and his Acadian wife Marie Sidalise Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1860.  They settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish.  Their son Rémy was born in June 1861, Marcel Adam in April 1868, and Eraste in April 1870. 

Grégoire married Marie Azena, daughter of fellow Acadians Achille Savoie and Marie Philonise Bourg, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1868. 

2c

Paulin, by his father's first wife, married cousin Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Broussard and Anne Giroir, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1836.  Their son Napoléon was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in March 1838 but died at age 2 1/2 in October 1840, Servet was born in May 1840, Valéry in January 1843 but died the following October, Jean was baptized at the St. Martinville church, age 10 months, in September 1848, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in Lafayette Parish, age 4, in October 1851, Onésime was born in October 1851, Albert in August 1854, and perhaps Euclide in August 1857.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  Paulin died in Lafayette Parish in June 1860; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Paulin died "at age 46 yrs.," so this probably was him. 

2d

Barthélemy, by his father's first wife, married Marcelienne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Vincent and Marie Zelie Hébert, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1841.  Their son Théodule was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1849, Luc near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in October 1855, Vincent in May 1857, and Simon in November 1859.  Their daughters married into the Baudoin family. 

2e

Lambert, by his father's first wife, married Émelie, daughter of Béloni Baudoin and his Acadian wife Marie Aglae Landry, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1844.  Their son Valéry was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in July 1848, Lambert Béloni in May 1850, and Napoléon in October 1853.  Lambert may have remarried to French Canadian Sylvanie Istre at the Abbeville church in January 1861.  Their son Adam was born near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia, in November 1867. 

3

Louis, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in August 1777, may have died young.  

4

Alexandre le jeune, by his father's first wife, baptized at Attakapas, age 8 months, in May 1779, also may have died young.

5

Béloni, by his father's first wife, baptized at Attakapas, age 5 months, in March 1785, died at his father's home on the lower Vermilion in October 1806, age 21, and probably did not marry.  

6

Louis-Claude, perhaps also called Louis-Placide, from his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in the late 1780s or early 1790s, married Marie Eurasie, Ulasie, Eumea, or Séraphine, daughter of Jean Baptiste Simon and his Acadian wife Madeleine Aucoin, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1816.  They settled on the lower Vermilion.  Their son Edmond le jeune was born in December 1818, Émile in January 1826, Clémile in September 1829, Joseph Louis, called Louis, in March 1835, Onésime was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in April 1837, and Louis, fils at age 1 1/2 months in May 1839 but died at age 5 months the following September.  Their daughters married into the Dronet, Simon, and Trahan families.  Louis Claude died probably in Lafayette Parish in August 1846, exactly two weeks after his wife died; he was probably in his late 50s; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse later that month. 

6a

Edmond le jeune married Marie Euphrosine, daughter of Catherine Lacour, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1849; judging by a baptismal record of one of their daughters, Marie Euphrosine's father may have been a Savoie, though another record calls her Marie Laives.  Their son Louis was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1850, François in April 1852, Jean in February 1860 but died the following September, and Gabriel was born in September 1862 but died the following January. 

6b

Joseph Louis married fellow Acadian Ameline or Emeline Vincent at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1854; the marriage was recorded also in Lafayette Parish.  Their son Antoine Duprey was born near Abbeville in April 1855, Félix in December 1856, Colombus in November 1858, Albert in March 1861, Cléobule in March 1863, and Jules in November 1866. 

6c

Clémile married Marie, daughter of David Meaux and Joséphine Faulk, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1854.  Their son Adam was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1861, and Aurelien in April 1866. 

7

Claude, fils, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in May 1794, probably died young.  

8

Jean-Joseph dit Beausoleil, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in March 1796, died at age 6 in July 1802.  

9

Jean Murphy, called Murphy, from his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in August 1805, married Marie Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Dominique Prejean and Marie Savoie, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1827.  Their daughters married into the Carriere, Castille, Cormier, Richard, and Rider families.  Jean Murphy remarried to Céleste P., daughter of fellow Acadian François Pitre and his Creole wife Eugènie Guillory and widow of Anthony McDaniel, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in April 1838, and sanctified the marriage at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1839.  Their son Jean Murphy, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in January 1840.  Jean Murphy, père, at age 45, remarried again--his third marriage--to Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Nicolas Foret and his Creole wife Marie Françoise Fontenot and widow of Jean Baptiste François Vigé, at the Opelousas church in June 1851.  Jean Murphy's succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in November 1858; he would have been age 53 that year. 

10

Youngest son Edmond, by his father's second wife, born in St. Martin Parish in September 1807, died at his parents' home on the lower Vermilion, age 1, in October 1808.

Descendants of Amand BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil (c1750-1818; François)

Amand, seventh and youngest son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and Agnès Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1750, followed his parents into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick.  He was only a child of 6 or 7 when his mother died at the refugee camp at Miramichi during the terrible winter of 1756-57.  Amand followed his widowed father and siblings into imprisonment in Nova Scotia during the early 1760s and to Louisiana in 1764-65.  Amand married Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Landry, at Attakapas in July 1771, and remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexis Benoit, at Attakapas in May 1775.  They settled at Fausse Pointe on the Teche near what became New Iberia.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Decuir, and Dugas families.  Amand was a leader in his community.  In the late 1780s, he and five others from his Attakapas congregation went to "Plaquemine at Pointe Coupée" to retrieve the Reverend Father Hilaire, a Capuchin priest, as pastor for the Attakapas church.  The church trustees had promised them 15 piastres for their trouble but "continually evaded paying them."  In May 1790, Amand filed suit against the trustees.  According to family legend, Amand fought in the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815; if so, he would have been in his mid-60s at the time!  He died at his home at Fausse Pointe, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1818, in his late 60s.  His succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in March.  His home, called Maison Amand Broussard, was moved from Fausse Pointe to New Iberia before being moved again to the Vermilionville historical park on the upper Vermilion at Lafayette.  One of Amand's descendants is the famous pop star Beyoncé Knowles. 

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Oldest son Joseph dit Josephat or Josaphat, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in November 1771 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest the following July, married Marie-Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of fellows Acadian Pierre Trahan and Marguerite Duhon, at Attakapas in October 1793.  Françoise was a native of Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, and had come to Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Éloi Josephat was baptized at Attakapas, age 4 months, in April 1795, Rosémond le jeune was born in February 1800, Josephat, fils in January 1806, and Achilles in September 1809 but died at his parents' home at Fausse Pointe, age 5 months, the following February.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Blanchard, and Bonin families.  Josephat, père died in St. Martin Parish in April 1836, age 64; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in January 1838.  

1a

Éloi Josephat married cousin Susanne dite Susette, daughter of Joseph Broussard le jeune and Anne Breaux of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1813.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Éloi Josephat, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1816, Joseph Lessin, called Lessin, in April 1825, Jules in April 1828, and a son, name unrecorded, died at age 8 months in March 1834.  Their daughters married into the Berard, Breaux, Broussard, Cazieuse, Gros or Legros, Oubre, and Trahan families.  Éloi Josephat, père may have died in St. Martin Parish in April 1863; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Éloi died "at age 48 yrs."; Éloi Josephat would have been 50.  One wonders if his death was war-related.  Widow Susanne's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in November 1867. 

Éloi Josephat, fils married cousin Elisa Breaux probably in St. Martin Parish in the late 1830s.  Their son Joseph was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in November 1843, and Éloi in November 1863.  Their daughter may have married into the Teran family. 

Lessin married Émilie, daughter of fellow Acadians Victor Labauve and Arthémise Dugas, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1849.  Their son Victor Joseph was born near New Iberia in December 1854, and Gustave in May 1864.  Their daughters married into the Gaillet and Lecamue or Lecamus families. 

Jules married Félicie, daughter of fellow Acadians Édouard Hébert and Madeleine Eurasie Babin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1851.  Jules died the following April, the day after he turned 23.  His family line died with him.  Félicie remarried to a Muller.

1b

Rosémond le jeune married cousin Adeline Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Broussard and Constance LeBlanc of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1818.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Éloi Rosémond was born in February 1824, and Félix in January 1826.  Their daughters married into the Delcambre and Hébert families.  Rosémond le jeune remarried to Hortense, also called Constance, daughter of fellow Acadians Athanase Hébert and Félicité Breaux, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1848; Rosémond was 48 years old at the time of the wedding.  Rosémond le jeune likely died near New Iberia in August 1864; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Rosémond died "at age 60 yrs."; Rosémond le jeune would have been age 64; his succession, which calls his wife Constance Hébert, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following September.  One wonders if Rosémond le jeune's death was war-related. 

Éloi Rosémond, by his father's first wife, married Rose or Rosa, daughter of fellow Acadians Exhubert Hébert and Octavie Hébert, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in January 1845.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Delcambre, Landry, and Thibodeaux families.  A succession for Éloi R. Broussard was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in January 1866; it was not post-mortem.  Éloi remarried to Afro Creole Joséphine Lesse or Lessey, perhaps a former slave, at the New Iberia church in March 1873, but they had children together years before the ceremony.  Their son Édouard Moderant was born near New Iberia in October 1868.  In 1885, Éloi donated land for a family cemetery near his home on Bayou Petit Anse.  (Éloi and Joséphine are maternal ancestors of singer/actor/pop star Beyoncé Knowles of Houston, Texas, a tenth generation descendant of François Brossard of Acadia through his son Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil.) 

Félix, by his father's first wife, married Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian François Boudreaux and his Creole wife Marguerite Simon, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1845.  Their son Syhuste, probably Sylvester, was near New Iberia in December 1848. 

Sylvester married Auzilia, daughter of Joseph Humel and his Acadian wife Meranthe Bourg, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in October 1870. 

1c

Josephat, fils married Arthémise, daughter of French Creole Henry Ransoné or Ransonnet and his Acadian wife Rosalie Landry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1826.  Their son Léo was born in St. Martin Parish in August 1829 but died at age 2 1/2 in July 1832, and Josephat III, also called Joseph, was born in March 1833.  Their daughters married into the Bienvenu and Etier families. 

Josephat III/Joseph married Hélène, daughter of Onésime Leleux and his Acadian wife Carmelite Landry, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Landry but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1853.  Their son Joseph Homer was born near New Iberia in September 1854, Pierre Dorneville in January 1861, and Louis Oscar in August 1866. 

2

Édouard-Amand, called Édouard A. or Edward A., from his father's second wife, a twin, born at Attakapas in October 1777, married cousin Anne, Annette, or Nanette, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Thibodeaux and Gertrude Bourg, at Attakapas in June 1801.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Léon was born in August 1802, Édouard Bélisaire or Bélisaire Édouard in April 1804, Ursin in March 1808, Jean Baptiste Désiré, called Jean Désiré and Désiré, in August 1814, and Aurien in March 1817 but died at age 2 in November 1819.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Dugas families.  Édouard died at his home at Fausse Pointe in August 1830, age 52; his successions were filed at the St. Martinville and Franklin courthouses the following January.  

2a

Léon married cousin Claire, called Clara, daughter of Pierre Broussard, fils of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1823.  Their son Léon Massena, called Massena, was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1824 but died at age 6 in June 1831, Édouard le jeune was born in July 1830 but died at age 10 months in June 1831, and Lucien Alcée, called Alcée, was born in October 1834.  One can only imagine what this family endured in that terrible June of 1831.  Their daughters married into the Bonin, Boutté, and Broussard families.  Wife Clara's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in October 1849; she would have been in her mid- or late 40s that year.  Léon remarried to Caroline Virginie, called Virginie, daughter of François Césaire Boutté and Marie Céleste Gonsoulin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in December 1849.  Their son Thomas Rodolph was born near New Iberia in December 1850.  They were living near Lydia in the late 1860s.  Their daughter married into the White family.  Léon died in July 1867; the New Iberia priest who recorded the burial said that Léon died "at age 65 yrs."; he was a month shy of that age; his succession was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in August, so he must have owned property in that parish as well. 

Alcée, by his father's first wife, married cousin Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Dugas and Clarisse Broussard, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1856.  They settled near New Iberia.  Their son Joseph Eymard was born in February 1858, Louis Alcide in August 1859, and Alphe Antoine in August 1861.  Alcée's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in December 1867; he would have been age 33 that year. 

2b

Édouard Bélisaire married cousin Marie Émilie, Émilite, Mélite, or Emérite, another daughter of Pierre Broussard, fils and Scholastique Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1832.  Their son Gustave Phileas or Phileas Gustave was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1833, Édouard Aristide, perhaps called Aristide, in April 1835, and Joseph Adrien, perhaps called Adrien, in February 1837.  They were living near New Iberia in the early 1840s.  Their daughters married into the Prince family.  Wife Melite died in St. Martin Parish in November 1853, age 42; her succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in November 1866. 

Aristide Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in October 1853.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names, said that Aristide died "at age 18 yrs.," so this could have been Édouard Aristide. 

Gustave Phileas married Henriette Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadians Edmond LeBlanc and Marie Éléocade LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1855.  Their son Jean Gustave was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1855[sic], Joseph Césaire in November 1855, and Angile in June 1866. 

Joseph Adrien may have married Marie Célestine, called Célestine, De La Fontaine at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1862, a few months after a daughter was born.  Their son Albert was baptized at the St. Martinville church, age 7, in August 1871. 

2c

Jean Baptiste Désiré married cousin Marie Evelina or Eveline, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Broussard and Marie Phelonise Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1835.  Their son Jean Baptiste, fils, perhaps also called Jean Léo and Baptiste Léo, was born in St. Martin Parish in June 1837, and Édouard le jeune near New Iberia in February 1844.  Their daughter married into the Gonsoulin family. 

Jean Baptiste Léo married Susanne Eusèide, called Eusèide, daughter of fellow Acadian Dorestan Prince and his Creole wife Zulma Bonin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1860.  Their son Jean Baptiste Méance was born near New Iberia in May 1862. 

3

Hebrard, by his second wife, a twin, born at Attakapas in October 1777, probably died young.  

4

Nicolas-Amand, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in March 1786, married cousin Adélaïde, daughter of Joseph Broussard of Fausse Pointe, at Attakapas in February 1806.  They settled at Fausse Pointe and on Bayou Petite Anse near present-day Avery Island.  Their son Balthazar was born at Fausse Pointe in September 1806 but died at Petite Anse, age 2, in August 1808, Nicolas, fils was born in September 1809, a son, name and age unrecorded, died at this parents' home at Petite Anse in February 1811, Joseph Neuville or Neville was born in February 1813 but died at his parents' home at Fausse Pointe, age 5, in June 1818, and Camille was born in c1815 but died at age 9 at the home of Béloni Simon on the Vermilion in September 1824.  They also had sons named Joseph Evariste, called Evariste, and Rosémond le jeune.  Their daughters married into the Bell, Broussard, Giroir, and Melançon families.  Wife Adélaïde died at their home at Fausse Pointe in July 1820, age 30.  Nicolas Amand remarried to Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Comeaux and Rosalie Prejean of Côte Gélée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1821.  Their son Aurelien Seville, called Seville, was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1825 but died in Lafayette Parish at age 4 1/2 in August 1830, Onésime was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 1/2 years, in July 1830, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died 8 days after its birth in May 1829, and Nicolas Sosthène was born in March 1837.  Their daughters married into the David, Dugas, Quiff, and Verret families, and one of them settled on Bayou Lafourche. 

4a

Evariste, by his father's first wife, married cousin Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Girouard and Adélaïde Broussard (Evariste's mother's name), at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1829.  Their son Valérien was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 9 months, in February 1832, Désiré was born in March 1834 but died at age 6 months the following October, Seville le jeune was born in October 1837, and Joseph Deshussard in St. Martin Parish in August 1846.  They were living near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, by the early 1840s.  Their daughter married into the Benoit family. 

Valérien married Louise Pamela, called Pamela, daughter of Hilaire Borel and Louise Borel, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1858.  Their son Drosin was born near New Iberia in May 1859, Hilaire Joseph in August 1861, Alcée in February 1864, and Eustache Villemot in August 1867. 

Seville le jeune married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Valmond Girouard and his Creole wife Caroline Teller, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1861.

4b

Rosémond le jeune, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marguerite Elesima, called Elesima, daughter of Édouard Broussard and his Creole wife Doralie Ardoin, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1839, and remarried to cousin Marie Elina or Elisa, daughter of fellow Acadian Philemon Broussard and his Creole wife Élise Ardoin, at the New Iberia church in June 1844.  Their son Vincent David was born near New Iberia in July 1844, and Juseide in March 1852. 

5

Éloi-Amand, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in April 1788, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Broussard and Louise Broussard of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1809.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at his parents' home at Fausse Pointe 12 days after his birth in June 1810, twin sons, names unrecorded, died at age 1 month in May 1814, another son, name unrecorded, died 3 days after his birth in September 1815, Camille le jeune was born in February 1816, and a son, named unrecorded, died at birth in July 1818.  They also had a son named Éloi Lucien, called Lucien.  Their daughter married into the St. Julien (French Creole, not Acadian) family.  Wife Marie died at their home at Fausse Pointe in March 1821, in her late 20s.  Éloi remarried to Marie Irma, called Irma, daughter of French Creole Louis Hilaire Boutté and Marie Lucille Decuir of Opelousas, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in July 1822.  Their son Eugène Numa, called Numa, was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1825 but died at age 11 1/2 in October 1836, and Antoine Gustave, called Gustave, was born in December 1831.  Their daughter married a Dugas cousin.  Éloi A., as he was called, died in St. Martin Parish in September 1832, age 44; his successions were filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in December 1832 and at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in August 1835, so he must have owned property in both parishes.  

5a

Lucien, by his father's first wife, married Élisabeth, also called Élise or Elisa, daughter of fellow Acadians Désiré LeBlanc and Marcellite LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1835.  Their son Alcibiades Lucien was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1838 but died at age 6 in August 1844, Eugène Numa le jeune was born near New Iberia in June 1839, Jean Stanislas in January 1842, Martin Lusignan in November 1843, Désiré in October 1846, Balthazar Doria, called Doria, in April[sic] 1847, and Louis in October 1853.  Their daughters married into the Bourque, LeBlanc, and St. Julien (French Creole, not Acadian) families.  Lucien died in St. Martin Parish in September 1858; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names, mention a wife, or give Lucien's age at the time of his death, so one wonders how old he might have been; Lucien's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in March 1859. 

Balthazar Doria married Mathilde, daughter of Norbert Bonin and Zulma Bonin, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1865. 

Martin Lusignan married Élodie, daughter of William Parcell and Célestine Dutel, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1869. 

5b

Gustave, by his father's second wife, married cousin Élisabeth Alphonsine, called Alphonsine, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Dugas, fils and Clarisse Broussard, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in December 1851.  Their son Antoine Oscar was born near New Iberia in May 1857, and Amand in January 1866. 

6

Rosémond, by his father's second wife, baptized at Attakapas, age "about 4 1/2 months," in November 1799, died at his parents' home at Fausse Point in January 1820, age 20, and probably did not marry.  

7

Camille-Amand, by his father's second wife, born at Attakapas in October 1801, married Marie Élisabeth, also called Elisa Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Dugas and Constance LeBlanc of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1821.  They settled at Fausse Pointe.  Their son Camille Euphémon or Euphémon Camille, was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1824, and Antoine Preval or Preval Antoine, in April 1831.  Their daughters married into the Durand, Gondron, and LeBlanc families.  Camille Amand died in St. Martin Parish in March 1846; the St. Martinville priest who recorded his burial said that Camille died "at age 46 yrs.," but he was 44; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following August. 

7a

Camille Euphémon married Marie Susanne Louise, called Louise, daughter of Foreign Frenchman Laurent Tertron of Nantes, France, and Marie Louise Beauvais, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1847.  Their son Henri Laurent was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1850 but died the following June, Jean Armand was born in March 1852, Joseph René in June 1854, and a son, name and age unrecorded, died in September 1855. 

7b

Preval Antoine married double cousin Félicie or Félicia, daughter of Léon Broussard, Preval's first cousin, and his first wife Clara Broussard, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1851.  Their son Edmond was born near New Iberia in April 1855, Asval in January 1856, Charles Camille in November 1857, Léon in June 1859 but may have died at age 2 1/2 in October 1861, and Edmond was born perhaps posthumously in February 1862 (the baptismal record says February 1864, which probably was wrong).  Preval died in St. Martin Parish in February 1862; the St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Preval died "at age 25 yrs.," but Preval Antoine would have been 30; his succession, calling him Preval Antoine and identifying his wife, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in April 1862.  One wonders if his death was war-related.  Wife Félicia's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in December 1867. 

8

Youngest son Pierre, by his father's second wife, died probably at Fausse Pointe, age 5 months, in January 1805.  

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More Broussards appeared on the western prairies by the 1770s, among them a young Broussard orphan, probably an exile from Maryland, who moved his family from the river to the Vermilion valley, where he settled among his many cousins and created another vigorous family line.  Another young Broussard, probably from Pigiguit, settled in the Opelousas District during the early 1770s before moving north to the Avoyelles prairie in the 1790s:

Élisabeth and Madeleine, daughters of Jean Broussard, came to Louisiana together, but the year they reached the colony is anyone's guess.  Madeleine married François, son of fellow Acadians Joseph dit L'Officier Guilbeau and Madeleine Michel, at Attakapas in July 1772 and died at her home at La Pointe on the upper Teche in April 1822, in her late 60s.  Her sister Élisabeth's fate in anyone's guess. 

Catherine, daughter of Joseph Broussard, whose arrival date also is a mystery, married Andrés Lopes de Acuna, son of Pierre Lopes of Galicia, Spain, at Attakapas in June 1778.  

Descendants of Auguste or Augustin BROUSSARD (c1748-1810; François, Pierre?)

Auguste or Augustin, son of perhaps Charles Broussard and Madeleine LeBlanc, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1748, likely was deported with his family to Maryland in 1755.  He may have come to Louisiana as a teenaged orphan in 1766 with the first contingent of exiles from Maryland and followed them to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river, where he married Anne, daughter perhaps of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc and widow of Joseph Melanson, in 1769 or 1770.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Ascension, just above St.-Jacques, in August 1770.  During the late 1770s, they moved to the Attakapas District and settled near his cousins on upper Bayou Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Dugas, Duhon, Hébert, Meaux, Mire, and Montet families, and probably into the LeBlanc family as well.  Augustin, called by the Opelousas priest who recorded his burial an "inhabitant at Attakapas," died probably on the upper Vermilion in September 1810, "at age about 63 yrs."; he was a widower; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, the following July.  All four of his sons married. 

1

Oldest son Martin Louis, called Louis, born at Ascension on the river in November 1772, married Élisabeth or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Savoie and Judith Arceneaux of St.-Jacques on the river, at Attakapas in May 1800.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Louis, fils, also called Martin Don Louis, was born in August 1804, Joseph le jeune in May 1809 but died at age 4 in September 1813, and twins Cyprien and Rosémond were born in March 1811 but Rosémond died at age 3 months the following August.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family.  Martin Louis remarried to Marie Emeranthe or Merante, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon dit Agros LeBlanc and Anne Hébert of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1815.  Their son Édouard Marie was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1821, and Martin in May 1826 but died at age 18 months in October 1827.  Martin Louis died in Lafayette Parish in February 1839; the priest who recorded the burial said that Louis was age 65 when he died; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse that month.  

1a

Martin Don Louis, by his father's first wife, married fellow Acadian Madeleine, also called Doralise and Marguerite, Benoit probably in Lafayette Parish in the early 1820s.  Their son Joseph Théodule was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1825, Théogène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, 27 days, in October 1827, Désiré at age 3 months in February 1830, Edgard at age 2 months in May 1837, and Martin, fils, also called Martin D., was born in December 1844.  Their daughters married into the Brasseaux and Broussard families. 

Joseph Théodule married Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Duhon and Pélagie Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1846.  Their son Éloi was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1852, Joseph Tertule in October 1854, Jean Fernese in October 1857, and Alcide in June 1862.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family. 

Désiré married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acdians Théon Broussard and Marie Denise Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1848.  Their son Megret was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1853.

Martin, fils married Marie, daughter of Sylvestre Manceaux and Marguerite Gobelet, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1867.  They settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish. 

1b

Cyprien, by his father's first wife, married cousin Pélagie, daughter of Pierre Meaux and Pélagie Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1831.  Their son Martin Sylvanie was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1841[sic] but the baptismal record says he was baptized by an Opelousas priest, so he may have been born earlier, Olivier was born in December 1842, Abraham in November 1843, Gabriel in October 1846, Antoine Arthur in May 1850, Amédée in March 1852, Alcide near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in January 1854, Pierre Mozart in March 1857, and Louis Félix in October 1858. 

Martin Sylvanie married Marie Anaïs, called Anaïs, daughter of perhaps Ursin Guidry and his Anglo-American wife Mathilda Forman, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1860, but they may have married civilly a few years earlier.  Their son Colin M. had been born in St. Landry Parish in April 1855[sic], and Félix was born near Abbeville in November 1862. 

Olivier may have been the Olivier Despanet who married French Creole Alphonsine Boutté at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in November 1865.  They settled in Calcasieu Parish.  Their son Olivier Euphémon, called Euphémon, was born in November 1866.  In June 1870, Olivier D., as he was called, was living with his wife and son in Ward 2 of Calcasieu Parish, near Lake Charles; the federal census taker said that Olivier D. was age 30 at the time of the census.  Olivier, son of Cyprien, would have been age 27. 

Abraham likely married cousin Julie Broussard.  Their son Louis Alcée was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in January 1868, and Arsène in April 1869. 

Gabriel married cousin Marie Evelina, called Evelina, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Comeaux and his Creole wife Euphémie Meaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1869. 

1c

Édouard Marie, by his father's second wife, married Célanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Paul Thibodeaux and Doralise Landry, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1850, 10 months after a daughter was born, so they may married civilly in St. Landry Parish in the 1840s.  Their son Anselme was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1857, and Artibus near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in November 1863.  They also had older sons named Martin and Pierre Paul.  Their daughters married into the Faulk and Herpin families. 

Martin married cousin Céleste, daughter of Antoine Meaux and his Acadian wife Anastasie Broussard, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in April 1869, and sanctified the marriage at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, the following October. 

Pierre Paul married Élisabeth, daughter of Benjamin Faulk and Émilienne Meaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1869.  Their son Dulva Pierre was born near Abbeville in July 1870. 

2

Joseph dit Augustin, born at Ascension on the river in November 1774, married Anne Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Hébert and Anne Dugas, at Attakapas in January 1804.  Anne, a native of St.-Similien, Nantes, France, had come to Louisiana with her widowed mother and siblings aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, when she was age 4; she followed her family to upper Bayou Lafourche and then on to the Attakapas District.  Joseph dit Augustin and Anne settled at Grand Prairie, today's downtown Lafayette, and at Prairie Sorel.  Their son Joseph dit Augustin, fils was born in November 1804, and Dosité in February 1817.  Their daughters married into the Cormier and Dugas families.  Joseph dit Augustin, père died in Lafayette Parish in April 1828, age 53.  

2a

Joseph dit Augustin, fils married cousin Marie Doralise, Doralie, Oralise, or Eloyse, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Élisabeth Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1831.  Their son Joseph III was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1833, Victor Cadet was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 1 month, in April 1835, Bélisaire was born September 1836, Jules in September 1844, and Dosithée le jeune in December 1850.

2a

Dosité may have married Elvira, daughter of William Lyons and Tabitha Forman, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1840.  Did he father any sons? 

3

Benjamin, born at Attakapas in c1777, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Madeleine Trahan, at Attakapas in January 1801.  They settled on Lake Peigneur, also called Le Lac and Lake Simonette, at the border of present-day Iberia and Vermilion parishes, and on the Vermilion.  Their twin sons Benjamin Augustin and Joseph Onésime were born in April 1802 but Joseph Onésime died at age 14 in February 1816, Louis, called Don Louis, was born in October 1806, François Xavier Drosin, called Drosin, in October 1808, Jean in November 1813, Augustin le jeune, also called Lessin, in October 1816, and Béloni in September 1818.  Their daughters married into the Cormier, LeBlanc, and Thibodeaux families.  Benjamin, père died in Iberville Parish in September 1822, age 45.  

3a

Benjamin Augustin married Séraphine Dubois probably in Lafayette Parish in the early 1820s.  Their son Benjamin III was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1825.  Benjamin Augustin's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in May 1832; he would have been age 30 that year. 

3b

Don Louis married fellow Acadian Marie Vincent in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in July 1826.  Their son Symphorien was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1830, Louis Duplessis was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 8 months, in October 1833, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 1 month in May 1838, Dupréville was born in May 1839, Joseph in February 1843, and Joseph Agerin near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in October 1845.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc family and perhaps into the Laviolette family as well. 

Joseph Agerin married Aspasie Palmyre, daughter of Silvestre Manson or Mancau and Marguerite Labbé, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in November 1868.  A daughter had been born the previous August, so they may have been married civilly before they sanctified the marriage. 

3c

Jean died in Lafayette Parish in July 1834, age 20, probably did not marry.  

3d

François Xavier Drosin married Marie Denise, called Denise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph dit Petit Duhon and Marie Rose Landry, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in June 1835, but they had been "married" for years.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Drosin, fils had been born in April 1826 but died at age 3 1/2 in October 1829, Euclide was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 7 months, in June 1833 but died the following September, Lasty was baptized at age 2 months in May 1834, Estival, called Stival, was born in April 1835, Joseph in October 1839, Édouard in September 1842, Émile in March 1843[sic], Georges in March 1845, and Émilien in April 1848.  Their daughters married into the Harrington, Labauve, Laviolette, and Marsan families. 

Estival, called Astival by the recording clerk, married Donatille, daughter of Alexis Istre and Sylvanie Miller, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1856, and, called Stival by the recording priest, sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in March 1862.  Their son Benjamin was born in St. Landry Parish in January 1858, and Denyse, perhaps a son, near Grand Coteau in July 1861. 

Lasty may have married Perpétué Maillard or Mayard at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1861.  Their son Lasty, fils was born near Abbeville in February 1869. 

Édouard married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Laviolette and Anastasie Gonzales, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1866, and sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry Parish but now in Acadia Parish, in March 1868.  Their son Édouard, fils was born near Church Point in October 1867. 

3e

Béloni married Marie Josèphe or Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Agricole Landry and Christine Labauve, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1836.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Joachim was born in September 1841, Martial in June 1847, and Omer in July 1849.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the mid-1850s.  Their daughters married into the Benoit, Charpentier, Labauve, and Trahan families. 

Joachim may have married Anglo American Eulalie Harrington.  Their son Delano was born near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in December 1869. 

3f

Augustin le jeune married Anastasie or Aspasie, also called Josie, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Comeaux and Marie Louvière, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1836.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Filosy or Philosi was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 5 months, in November 1837, Charles was born in March 1840, Benjamin le jeune n January 1842, Donat in June 1846, and Joseph Philoene in May 1849.  They also had an older son named Gerasin.  They were living in St. Landry Parish by the mid-1850s.  Their daughter married into the Guidry family.  Augustin le jeune's succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in February 1869; he would have been age 53 that year. 

Gerasin married Marguerite, also called Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Leger and Marguerite LeBlanc, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1857, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1860.  Their son Amédée was born near Grand Coteau in September 1860, and Charles Gerasin in September 1863.  Gerasin's successions were filed at the Opelousas and Vermilionville courthouses in December 1866, so he must have owned property in Lafayette as well as St. Landry Parish. 

Philosi married Émelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Béloni Thibodeaux and his Creole wife Célestine Boulé of Pointe Lyons, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1860.  Their son Louis was born near Grand Coteau in December 1862.  Philosi remarried to Marie Azéma, called Azéma, daughter of fellow Acadian Onésime Cormier and his Creole wife Eugènie Simon and widow of Jean Hébert, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in June 1867.  They settled near Point Lyons, now Lyons Point, Acadia Parish, south of present-day Crowley. 

Benjamin le jeune married Maria Anne or Anaïs, daughter of fellow Acadians Moïse Guidry and Mélanie Hébert, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in May 1866.  Their son Colombus was born near Church Point in December 1868. 

Joseph Philoène married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Aurelien Hébert and his Creole wife Pélagie Dartes, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in April 1868, and sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in May. 

Donat married Anathalie, daughter of Jacob Abshire and Deline Suire, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in April 1869, but they may have been married civilly.  Their son Donat, fils had been born near Church Point in December 1868. 

4

Auguste or Augustin, fils, born at Attakapas in July 1785, married cousin Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Broussard dit Beausoleil and his first wife Louise Hébert, at Attakapas in May 1806.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Aurelien Augustin, also called Augustin, fils (actually Augustin III), was born in August 1807, Jean Achilles in January 1809 but died at age 6 in August 1815, Benjamin le jeune was born in September 1810, Arvillien in August 1811, Édouard Auguste in December 1817, Don Louis Auguste in August 1819, and Camille in May 1824.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family. 

4a

Aurelien Augustin married cousin Marie Coralie, called Coralie, daughter of fellow Acadians Éloi Broussard and Marguerite Thibodeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1829.  Their son Augustin or Auguste Colom or Colomb, called Colomb, was born in St. Martin Parish in December 1832, Lasty in Lafayette Parish in December 1838, Joseph in March 1843, Olidor in September 1843[sic], Simon in October 1846, and Numa near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in February 1851.  Their daughter married into the Derouen family. 

Auguste Colomb married Élodie LeBlanc, probably a fellow Acadian.  Their son Gabriel Elias was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in April 1860, and Emethylle, perhaps a son, in July 1862.  They were living near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in 1864. 

4b

Édouard Auguste married cousin Clémence or Cléonise, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Hébert and Clarisse Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1838.  Their son Camille Minos or Minos Camille was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1838, Joseph Napoléon in October 1841, and Étienne near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1844.  They also had a son named Alexandre, born perhaps in c1847.  Édouard Auguste, at age 48, remarried to Téolive, daughter of Leufroi Maillard and his Acadian wife his Acadian wife Marguerite Landry, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in August 1866

Camille Minos, by his father's first wife, married Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Aurelien Duhon and Ceraline Trahan, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1867. 

Alexandre, by his father's first wife, married double cousin Marie Sylvanie, daughter of fellow Acadians Don Louis Jean Olidon Broussard and Marie Virginie Broussard, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1868.  Alexandre may have died near Abbeville in May 1870; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Alexandre died "at age 23 yrs." 

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Don Louis Auguste married Marie Virginie, called Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Boudreaux and Marie Madeleine Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1839.  Their son Étienne was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1844, Augustin le jeune near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1848, Alix Idea in March 1856, and Angelle, perhaps a son, in December 1864.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Primeaux families. 

Étienne married cousin Eméranthe, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Onésime Broussard and Scholastique Duhon, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1867. 

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Arvillien married Marie Émilie, Amelia, Émelia, or Ervilia, another daughter Louis Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1840.  Their son Maxence was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1841, Ozémé in January 1843, and Jules near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1847.  Their daughter married into the Comeaux family. 

Jules married double cousin Zelmire, daughter of fellow Acadians Onésime Boudreaux and Ezilda Broussard, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1868. 

Descendants of Louis BROUSSARD (c1750-?; François, ?)

Louis, son of Urbain Broussard and Catherine _____, born probably at Pigiguit in c1750, first appears in Louisiana records in the Opelousas census of 1774 as a 24-year-old bachelor.  He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Benoit and Anne Trahan, probably at Opelousas in c1775; she also was called Marguerite Ledé (actually Latier, her stepfather's surname).  Louis and Marguerite settled in the Grand Prairie area of the Opelousas District north of present-day Washington.  By the mid-1790s, they had moved up to the Avoyelles prairie, among the very few Acadians who settled there.  Their daughter married into the Labaterie family.  Some of Louis's sons moved back into St. Landry Parish during the early antebellum period; some of his descendants remained in Avoyelles.  

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Oldest son François, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in March 1777, may have died young.

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Maximilien, born at Opelousas in January 1786, married Joséphine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Guillory and Marguerite Ahieze of Avoyelles, at Opelousas in January 1806.  They settled in Avoyelles.  They may have had a son named Maximilien, fils, also called Similien.  

Maximilien, fils married Hélène Landreneau, also called Pauline Choffroin, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in 1832.  Their son Félicien was born in St. Landry Parish in September 1835.  Their daughter married a Guillory cousin. 

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Jean-Baptiste, baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in September 1789, married Anne dite Manette, daughter of French Creole Joseph Landreneau and Hélène Juneau of Pointe Coupee and Avoyelles of Pointe Coupee Parish, by 1814.  Their son Jean Baptiste, fils was born in Avoyelles Parish in c1817, Valéry in St. Landry Parish in August 1822, Lasty in September 1826, and Olivier in July 1829.  Their daughter married into the Ardoin family.  A succession record for Jean Baptiste Broussard was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in August 1847; this Jean Baptiste would have been in his late 50s that year. 

Jean Baptiste, fils married Sylvanie, 17-year-old daughter of Joseph Marcellin Ortego and his Acadian wife Louise dite Lise Lejeune, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1838.  A succession record for Jean Baptiste Broussard was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in January 1857; Jean Baptiste, fils would have been about 40 years old that year. 

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Youngest son Joseph, born at Opelousas in January 1793, married Marie or Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Michel Barre and his Acadian wife Marie Achée, probably in St. Landry Parish in the 1820s..  Their son Joseph, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in September 1828. 

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Some of the Broussards who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to settle near their cousins on the western prairies:

Agnès Broussard, age 31, crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  With her were husband Pierre Potier, age 45, and five children, ages 16 to infancy.  The majority of their fellow passengers went to the Baton Rouge area, but Agnès and Pierre chose to go to the Attakapas District, where she remarried to Pierre, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Vincent of Rivière-aux-Canards, in January 1788.  She died "suddenly of an accident of 'apoplexy' (crippled by a stroke)" at Attakapas in September 1788; she was only 34 years old.  

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Jean Broussard, age 40, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November.  With him was wife Marguerite Comeau, age 32, and son Jean-Baptiste dit Petit, age 11.  Most of their fellow passengers went to upper Bayou Lafourche, but, like the typical Broussard, Jean chose to take his family to Attakapas instead.  He and Marguerite had no more children in Louisiana.  

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The Broussards from France created only one new family line on the prairies:

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste dit Petit BROUSSARD (1774-1823; François, Pierre, Joseph)

Jean-Baptiste dit Petit, son of Jean Broussard and Marguerite Comeau, baptized at Monthoiron, Poitou, France, in May 1774, came to Louisiana with his parents aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  He followed his family to the Attakapas District, where he married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptste dit Cobit Hébert and his second wife Théotiste-Marie Hébert, in October 1793.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Dugas, Duhon, and Lapointe families.  Jean Baptiste died in Lafayette Parish in August 1823, age 49.  His youngest son settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, but his other married sons remained in Lafayette Parish. 

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Oldest son Jean Joachim, called Joachim and also Hippolyte, born at Attakapas in March 1806, married French Creole Adélaïde Meaux probably in Lafayette Parish in the 1820s.  Their son Jean was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1826, Hippolyte in October 1828, and Chevalier in April 1840.  Their daughter married into the Trahan family. 

Jean married Zulma, daughter of Béloni Simon and his Acadian wife Pélagie Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1851.  They settled on the lower Vermilion.  Their son Donat was born in October 1854, Eugènard in January 1862, Jean, fils was baptized at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, "at age 6 mths." in October 1866, and Trasimond was born in May 1869.

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Nicolas, born at Attakapas in October 1807, married Marie Cléonise or Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Élisabeth Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1830.  Their son Nicolas, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1831, and Antoine died a day after his birth in January 1833. 

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Théovide, called Ovide and Avide dit Vide, born in St. Martin Parish in August 1809, married Marie Arthémise, called Arthémise, another daughter of Joseph Hébert and Élisabeth Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1830.  Their son Sosthène was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in April 1836 but died at age 16 months in July 1837, Éloi was born in September 1838 but died at age 2 in October 1840, and Paul Phire was born in January 1848.  They also had a son named Antoine.  Their daughters married into the Sonnier and Thibodeaux families. 

Antoine married Azelima, daughter of fellow Acadians Aladin Vincent and Azema Trahan, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1867.  They settled on the lower Vermilion above Abbeville.  Their son Numa was born in November 1867. 

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Jean Marcel, born in St. Martin Parish in December 1813, died in Lafayette Parish at age 13 1/2 in June 1827.  

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Youngest son Athanase, born in St. Martin Parish in December 1815, married Célestine, daughter of William Vaughn and his Acadian wife Eulalie Templet, in a civil ceremony probably in Assumption Parish in August 1848, settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, and sanctified the marriage at the Pierre Part church, Assumption Parish, north of Lake Verret, in October 1858.   

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During the late colonial period, a Broussard with mysterious antecedents left the river and settled on the western prairies, but no new family line came of it:

Jacques BROUSSARD (late 1760s-?; François, Pierre, Joseph)

Jacques, second son of Charles Broussard and his first wife Bonne-Jacqueline-Françoise Castel, born at Cherbourg, France, in the late 1760s, may have come to Louisiana with his family aboard the first of the Seven Ships in 1785, or perhaps he sailed on a later vessel, since his name appears on neither the embarkation nor the debarkation list of Le Bon Papa.  He may have followed his family to, or found them at, Manchac below Baton Rouge.  After he came of age, and while his brothers remained at Baton Rouge or moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, Jacques crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Opelousas District, where he married Isabelle, daughter of Jacob Miller and Marie-Anne Theigen of Alsace and Maryland, in July 1791.  They seem to have been that rare Cajun couple who had no children.  Isabelle, called Élisabeth, evidently died at Manchac in August 1795, age 22, so Jacques may have rejoined his family there. 

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Other BROUSSARDs on the Western Prairies

Local church and civil records make it difficult to link many Broussards in the western parishes with known lines of the family there.  The priests at St. Martinville in the 1850s, at Abbeville during the late 1850s and well into the 1860s, and at Breaux Bridge, were especially negligent in their recordkeeping.  One suspects that some of the Broussards who lived on the western prairies during the immediate post-war period were Afro Creoles once owned by Acadian Broussards:

Pierre Broussard died at the home of Jean Melançon at La Pointe in May 1816.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial described Pierre as a "Creole from Baton Rouge," said he was age 23 when he died, but did not give any parents' names.  Pierre's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, the following September.  

Joseph, son of "Gessry" Broussard, born in c1824, was baptized at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, age 45, in July 1869.  

Dominique Broussard married Divine Valleaux probably in Lafayette Parish by the mid-1820s.  Their daughter Divine was born in Lafayette Parish in c1825 and died there at age 10 in June 1835.  One wonders how Dominigue was kin to the other Broussards on the Lafayette prairie. 

Céleste Broussard married Désiré Dubois, perhaps a fellow Acadian, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in November 1825.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Judique Broussard, widow of William Frutel, married French Creole Jean Baptiste La Caze in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1826.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Judique died in St. Landry Parish, a widow once again, in November 1857.  The Opelousas priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Judie, as he called her, died "at age 80 yrs,"  which would have given her an estimated birth year of c1777.  One wonders who were her parents and where she was born. 

Pierre Broussard married Marie Gravelle, place and date unrecorded, and settled in St. Landry Parish.  

An unnamed son of Onésime Broussard died in Lafayette Parish at age 2 in February 1835.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the mother's name.  

Joseph Broussard married cousin Anne Tarzille or Tarsile Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Portalice was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 4 months, in August 1839.  

Charles Broussard married Célestine LeBlanc, probably a fellow Acadian, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Eugénie was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1839.  Théodore Onésime, also called Théotiste Onésime, Broussard married fellow Acadian Célestine LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Marie Marcelite was baptized at Vermilionville, age 3 months, in May 1838, son Onésime was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1843, Albert near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in January 1855, and Clette Marcelle in April 1857.  Daughter Marie, probably Marie Marcelite, married into the Moore family at Abbeville in June 1854.  Were Charles and Théodore Onésime the same person?  How were they connected to the other Broussards on the prairies?

Lausaint Broussard married Marie Madeleine Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Laurenza was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1841;

Jean, son of Louis Jean Broussard, was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1841 but died the following January.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the mother's name. 

A succession for Zulma Broussard, wife of Joachim Prevot, was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in November 1841. 

Jules Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in March 1842.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Jules died "at age 17 yrs." 

Aurelie Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in August 1844, age 6.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's parents' names. 

Éloi Broussard married cousin Séraphine Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1843.  Was he the Éloi Broussard who died in St. Martin Parish in April 1863?  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Éloi died "at age 48 yrs." 

Onésime Broussard married fellow Acadian Clarisse Trahan, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Jean Adolphe was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in August 1844, and Anthime in April 1858. 

Pauline, daughter of Ursin Broussard, was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1845.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give her mother's name or her age at the time of her death.  One wonders which Ursin Broussard her father may have been. 

Marie S. Broussard married Joseph Landreneau, fils in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1845, and sanctified the marriage at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1846.  Neither the parish clerk nor the priest who recorded the marriage gave the couple's parents' names.  

Alphonsine Broussard married Fergus Decuir in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in July 1846.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Vital Broussard married Spanish Creole Françoise Hernandez, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Alcide was born near Charenton, St. Mary Parish, in January 1847. 

Adélaïde Broussard of Lafayette Parish married fellow Acadian Moïse Guidry of Vermilion Parish in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1847.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Léo, son of Arvillien Broussard, died in Lafayette Parish in November 1847.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Léo died "at age 56 yrs." 

Léon Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in October 1848.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Léon died "at age 40 yrs." 

Olidon "of Carencro" Broussard's child, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish, age unrecorded, in October 1848.  The Vermilionville priest did not give the infant's mother's name, so one wonders which of the many Olidon Broussards of Carencro this may have been. 

Eléonore Broussard married Pierre LeBlanc, probably a fellow Acadian, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1849.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Olidon Broussard's child, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish at age 9 days in January 1849.  The Vermilionville priest did not give the infant's mother's name, so one wonders which of the many Olidon Broussards this may have been. 

"Théotiste" or "Théotisse" Broussard married Célestine LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded (since Théotiste/Théotisse is a female name, one suspects that the groom had a different name).  Their daughter Célestine was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1849, and Amelina in October 1851 and baptised there "prior to 1854."  An older daughter, Marie, married into the Moore family at Abbeville in June 1854. 

Flavie Broussard died in St. Martin Parish, age 3 1/2, in January 1850.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names. 

Omer Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in January 1850.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Omer died "at age 5 or 6 yrs." 

Camille A. Broussard married Célima LeBlanc, probably a fellow Acadian, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Azéma was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1850, Odille in September 1855, and son Antoine in January 1858. 

Rosémond Broussard married fellow Acadian Marie Elina Dorsille Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Nicolas was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1850. 

Siphorin, Siphyroyen, Syproyen, probably Syphorien or Symphorien, Broussard married Célestine Laviolette in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in May 1850.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Eugène was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1855, Ozémé in July 1857, and Siphroyen, fils near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in June 1864. 

Don Louis Broussard married fellow Acadian Anathalia Landry, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Louis Edgard was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1851. 

Odile, also called Odite, Broussard married cousin André Vallérien, son of fellow Acadians Édouard Prejean and Marie Broussard in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1851.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Bélisaire Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in March 1852, age 15 days.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give any parents' names. 

Marie Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in April 1852, age 4 months.  True to form, the St. Martinville priest who recorded the girl's burial did not give any parents' names. 

Albert Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in September 1852.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Albert died "at age 10 mths."

Octave, son of Méandre Broussard, died in St. Martin Parish in October 1852.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give the mother's name and probably misspelled the name of the boy's father, said that Octave died "at age 15 mths." 

Ernestine Boussard died in St. Martin Parish in January 1853.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give Ernestine's parents' names, mention a husband, or give her age at the time of her passing. 

Dumas Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in April 1853.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, says that Dumas died "at age 4 yrs."

Lezin Broussard died near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in May 1853, age 7 months.  The priest who recorded the infant's burial did not give any parents' names. 

"Anonyme" Broussard died at birth in St. Martin Parish in May 1853.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not name the infant or give the parents' names.

Amélie Broussard married French Creole Francis Verret in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in June 1853.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Édouard Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in October 1853.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, says that Édouard died "at age 9 yrs."

"Anonyme" Broussard died in St. Martin Parish, age 26 days, in January 1854.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not name the infant or give the parents' names.

Émile Désiré Broussard married fellow Acadian Marguerite Firmin Duhon, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Jean was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in April 1854. 

Éloi Broussard's emancipation record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in April 1854.  The parish clerk who recorded the emancipation did not give the young man's parents' names. 

Édouard Broussard's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in April 1854.  The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not give a wife's name or any other information, so one wonders which Édouard Broussard this may have been. 

Paul Broussard died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in April 1854.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Paul died "at age 23 yrs." 

Raphaël Broussard married Aspasie Hébert, probably a fellow Acadian.  Daughter Carmélite was born in St. Landry Parish in June 1854.  

Jean Baptiste Broussard married Julienne Maillard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Jean Moleus was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1854, and daughter Nathanie near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1857. 

Théodore, also called Théotiste, Broussard married Célestine LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded.  Son Albert was born near Abbeville in January 1855, and Clette Marcelle in April 1857. 

Marcel Broussard married Carmélite Comeaux, place and date unrecorded.  Twins Marie Azéma and Moyse were born in Lafayette Parish in February 1855.  Was Carmélite the widow of Lessin Isidore Broussard, who died in March 1852?  Who was Marcel's father? 

Alexandre Broussard married cousin Marie Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in July 1855 but died there the following October.  Which Alexandre and which Marie were they? 

Léo Broussard married French Creole Celia or Zelia Simon, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville before moving to near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish.  Their daughter Amélie was born near Abbeville in September 1855, Amelia near Grand Coteau in April 1857, son Léo, fils in February 1863, and Édouard in December 1864. 

Louis Duclozel Broussard died in Lafayette Parish in March 1855.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Louis Duclozel died "at age 20 yrs." 

Jean Baptiste Broussard's child, name unrecorded, died in Vermilion Parish two days after his/her birth in July 1855.  The Abbeville priest who recorded the burial did not give the child's mother's name. 

Nicolas Broussard married fellow Acadian Nathalie Savoie, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Pierre was born near Abbeville in October 1855. 

Élisée Broussard married Nathalie, also called Odille, Loignon, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Dosithée was born near Abbeville in November 1855, St. Aubin near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in December 1858, Euphémon in February 1861, and daughter Maria in May 1863.  Élisée Broussard's child, name and age unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish "after being baptized" in November 1857.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial and the baptism did not give the child's mother's name.  Was she Nathalie/Odille Loignon? 

Demas, son of ____ Broussard and Camille[sic] Broussard, died near Abbeville in November 1855.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give the father's name, said that Demas died "at age 40 yrs." 

Césaire Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in November 1855.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or Césaire's age at the time of his death. 

Marie Broussard died in St. Martin Parish, age 3 months, in December 1855.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's parents' names. 

Oliva Broussard married Thomas Stouts in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1856.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Zéphirin, son of Pierre Broussard and Marguerite Vidrine, married Elisa, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Dugas, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in April 1856. 

Élise Broussard, called Leczman by the recording clerk, married fellow Acadian Janville Theriot in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in May 1856.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  They were living near Pierre Part, Assumption Parish, north of Lake Verret, by the late 1860s. 

Edward Broussard married Marie Labauve, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marcellieme was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1856.. 

Marcelite Broussard, wife of Joseph Lion, died in St. Martin Parish in August 1856.  Her succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in September.  The recording clerk did not give her parents' names. 

Massena Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in November 1856.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Massena died "at age 21 yrs."  His succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in March 1858.  One wonders if Massena was a victim of the yellow fever epidemic that struck South Louisiana during the summer and fall of 1857. 

Phamélon Broussard died near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in November 1856.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a spouse, said that Phamélon died "at age 40 yrs."  Was Phamélon male or female? 

Olézima Broussard married Jean Pierre Moreau at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1857.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names.  Olésima, as she was called by the recording priest, died in St. Martin Parish in July 1865, age 26. 

Oliva Broussard married Klebert, son of fellow Acadian Don Louis Thibodeaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1857.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names. 

Léopold Broussard's child, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish "at birth" in July 1857.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not give the child's mother's name. 

Siphroyen or Syphroyen Broussard married Célestin[e] Laviolette, place and date unrecorded.  Son Ozémé was born near Abbeville in July 1857, and daughter Marie Elizida near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in December 1859. 

Émile Broussard married Euphémie LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Séverin was born near Abbeville in January 1858.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin. 

Camille Broussard married Célima LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Antoine was born near Abbeville in January 1858, daughter Camilla in August 1861 but died at age 1 in September 1862, and Idolie born in November 1863. 

Omesime, probably Onésime, Broussard married Clarise Trahan, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Anthime was born near Abbeville in April 1858. 

Emelisa Broussard married Dupré Biabe in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in May 1858.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

A succession for Marie Constance Broussard, wife of Ozémé LeBlanc, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in June 1858. 

Céleste Broussard married fellow Acadian Désiré Hébert at the Abbeville church in November 1858.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names. 

L.J.T. Broussard's child, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish, age 14, in January 1859.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not give the child's mother's name or the father's given name. 

Émile Jean Broussard married Marguerite Guyon, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph Dupréville was born near Creole, then in Calcasieu but now in Cameron Parish, in June 1859. 

Euphémie Broussard married fellow Acadian Alcide Hébert at the Abbeville church in July 1859.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names. 

Élizabeth Broussard married Joseph C. Guidry, place and date unrecorded.  Her succession, naming her husband, was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in September 1859. 

Azina Broussard married Foreign Frenchman Jean Baptiste Constant, son of Jean Baptiste Clément of France and widower of Eve Théodora Girouard, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1859.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Victoire Broussard married Sarrazin Hébert at the Abbeville church in November 1859.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names. 

Nicholas or Nicolas Broussard married fellow Acadian Athalie or Nathalie Savoie, place and date unrecorded.  Son Pierre was born near Abbeville in October 1855.  The family settled near Creole in the coastal marshes by 1860.

Émile Broussard married Ursule Dronet at the Abbeville church in January 1860.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names.  Their son Aurelien was born near Abbeville in September 1861, and Aristide was baptized at age 5 months in August 1866. 

Louis Sarasin Broussard married fellow Acadian Marie Mathilde or Mathilda Bourg at the Pattersonville church, St. Mary Parish, in April 1860.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names.  Their son Louis Numa was born near Pattersonville in November 1864, Joseph Alcée in September 1867, and Edmund Félix in October 1870. 

Marie Philomène Broussard married Jean Euclide, son of fellow Acadian Charles Dominique Babineaux, fils, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in May 1860.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Drauzin Broussard married French Creole Melina Legros, perhaps the widow of Arvillien Biabe, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1860.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Jean Broussard's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in June 1860.  The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not give a wife's name or any other information, so one wonders which Jean Broussard this may have been. 

Aladin Broussard married cousin Belzire Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Gaulbert was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in August 1860. 

"Anonyme" Broussard died at birth in St. Martin Parish in September 1860.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not name the infant or give the parents' names.

Hortense Broussard married fellow Acadian Dolze LeBlanc at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in November 1860.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names. 

Adrien Broussard married Marie Célestine Lafontaine in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in December 1860.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Emadis, also called Aimedice, Emedice, and Emedisse, Broussard married Marie Adeline, called Adeline, Vincent, probably a fellow Acadian, at the Abbeville church in December 1860.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names.  They settled near Youngsville in Lafayette Parish.  Their son Oleus was born in July 1864. 

Marie Belzire Broussard married Simonet, son of fellow Acadian Philippe de Saint-Julien Lachaussée III, at the Abbeville church in January 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names. 

Eugénie, daughter of Onésime Broussard and Célestine LeBlanc, married Clémile, son of fellow Acadian Alexandre Duhon, at the Youngsville church in January 1861. 

Eugena Broussard, probably a woman, died in Vermilion Parish, age 32, in March 1861.  The Abbeville priest who recorded the burial, true to form, did not give any parents' names or mention a spouse. 

Odile Broussard married François C. Molbert in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in April 1861.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Tellside, perhaps Telcide, Broussard died near Abbeville, age 29, in April 1861.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents's names or mention a spouse. 

Martin Alauze Brouse, perhaps Broussard, married Mathilde Hartman, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Evelina was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in June 1861. 

Henri Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in June 1861.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names or the age of the deceased. 

A child, name unrecorded, died in Lafayette Parish, "at age a few weeks" in June 1861.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial gave no parents' names. 

Pélagie Broussard married Louis Mozart, called Mozart, son of fellow Acadian Ursin Joseph Bernard, at the Abbeville church in July 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names. 

Paulin Broussard married Marie Laviolette in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1861, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1863.  Neither the parish clerk nor the priest who recorded the marriage gave the couple's parents' names.  They settled near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, and then on the Mermentau River, near the boundary between St. Landry and Calcasieu parishes.  Their son Joseph was born in July 1864, and daughter Marie Alice in February 1865. 

Alexandre Broussard married cousin Angélique Émelie, daughter of Joseph Ursin Broussard, fils, at the Abbeville church in August 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give any parents' names.  Their daughter Cécile Mathilde was born near Abbeville in October 1862, and son Bertin Ulysses in September 1870. 

Émile Broussard married Ursule Dronet, place and date unrecorded.  Son Aurelien was aborn near Abbeville in September 1861. 

Ezilda Broussard married Césaire, son of either Éloi or Valéry LeBlanc, both fellow Acadians, at the Abbeville church in October 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Élise Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in November 1861, age 41.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give any paernts' names or mention a husband. 

Désiré Broussard married Marguerite Frederick, perhaps a German Creole, at the Abbeville church in January 1862.  True to form, the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Daughter Marie Ella was born near Abbeville in October 1862, and Marie Idea in September 1864. 

Joseph Léon Broussard married fellow Acadian Odile Prince, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Oscard was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1862, and Eugène in December 1867. 

Pierre A. Broussard married Louise Azéma, called Azéma, 14-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Leger, fils, at the Abbeville church in February 1862.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Ebrard or Hebrard was born near Abbeville in May 1864 but died at age 1 1/2 in October 1865, Pierre Oleus was born in August 1866, Deussa, perhaps a son, in October 1867, and Numa in October 1869. 

Clément Broussard married cousin Constance Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie was born near New Iberia in March 1862. 

Léonard Broussard's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in April 1862.  Who were his parents?  Was he married?  Was this a post-mortem succession? 

Marguerite Broussard married Louis Arvillien, son of fellow Acadian Pierre Jean Baptiste Trahan and widower of Marie Denise Hébert, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1862.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Louis Arvillien was age 47 at the time of the wedding.  One wonders how old Marguerite was. 

Marie Anaïs Broussard married Désiré Primeaux at the Abbeville church in May 1862.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Emelisa Broussard married Anglo American Dupré Beard at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1862.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Joseph Broussard married Azéma Mathieu at the Grand Coteau church in June 1862.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Emelisa and Joseph Broussard were married at the same place, on the same day, so one wonders if they were siblings. 

Adélaïde Broussard married Adolph Bernard, probably a fellow Acadian, at the Abbeville church in August 1862.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Henri Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in September 1862.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Henri died "at age 14 mths." 

Cécile Broussard died in St. Martin Parish, age 7, in October 1862.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, true to form, did not give any parents' names. 

Louise, daughter of Arvilien Broussard, died in Lafayette Parish, age 9, in October 1862.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's mother's name. 

Pierre, fils, son of Pierre Broussard, died near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in October 1862.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give the mother's name, said that Pierre died "at age 3 yrs."  So which Pierre Broussard was the father? 

Léo Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in February 1863.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Léo died "at age 25 yrs."  One wonders if his death was war-related. 

Théophile, son of Lessin Broussard, died near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in January 1863.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give the mother's name, said that Théophile died "at age 3 mths."  One wonders which Lessin Broussard was his father. 

André Victoire, perhaps Victor, Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in April 1863.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that André Victoire died "at age 20 yrs."  One wonders if the death was war-related. 

Elmire Broussard married Anglo American Théophilus, perhaps also called Ophy, Foreman in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in June 1863.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Elmire, widow of Ophy Foreman, probably Théophilus, remarried to Israël, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Chevalier Thibodeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1868.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the bride's parents' names. 

Emérante Broussard's succession was filed at the Abbeville courthouse, Vermilion Parish, in October 1863.  Was this a post-mortem succession?  If so, was Emérante's death war-related? 

Sosthène Broussard married Amélie Giroir, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Ozélime was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1863. 

Émile Broussard married Ursule Dronet, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Uméa was born near Abbeville in December 1863. 

Rosémond Broussard married Sophia Van Holst in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in February 1864.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Édouard Broussard married Aurelia Stevens, perhaps an Anglo American, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Albert was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in March 1864. 

Joseph Broussard married Delzinde _____, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Maurice was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in April 1864. 

Euphrosie Broussard married French Creole Dosithé Meaux at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in September 1864.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Erasme Broussard died in Lafayette Parish in October 1864.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the marriage, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Erasme died "at age 14 yrs."  One wonders if Erasme's death was war-related. 

Hippolyte Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in October 1864.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Hippolyte died "at age 9 yrs." 

Eugène Broussard married Marie Miller, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Rémy was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in October 1864, and J. Oresile in December 1869. 

Élisabeth Broussard, wife of Baptiste Courseau, died in St. Martin Parish, age 55, in December 1864.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give her parents' names. 

Théophile Broussard married fellow Acadian Adèle Savoie, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Cléoma was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in December 1864. 

Joséphine Broussard gave birth to son Abraham near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in January 1865.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the boy's father's name. 

Ernestine Broussard gave birth to son Jean near New Iberia in January 1865.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name. 

Joséphine, daughter of Jean Baptiste Broussard, died in Lafayette Parish, age unrecorded, in March 1865.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's mother's name, so one wonders which Jean Baptiste Broussard may have been the father. 

Gertrude Broussard, wife if Valière Pillet, died in Lafayette Parish, age 60, in April 1865.  Who were her parents?

Onésime Broussard married French Creole Marie Belzire Leleux at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Sylvain Adema was born near Abbeville in February 1866, and Joseph Olba in June 1869. 

Marie Julienne, daughter of Anne Carmélite Olézima Broussard, was baptized at the St. Martinville church, age unrecorded, in July 1865 and, called Julienne, may have died in St. Martin Parish, age 7 months, in September.  The priest or priest who recorded the baptism and burial did not give the girl's father's name nor the names of the mother's parents. 

Marie Célima Broussard married Aladin, son of fellow Acadian Édouard Comeaux, fils, at the Abbeville church in July 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Don Louis Broussard married Marie Adeline Primeaux, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Julie was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in September 1865. 

Belzire Broussard married Anglo Creole Jean Abshire at the Abbeville church in September 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Hebrard, son of Pierre Broussard, died in Lafayette Parish, age 16 months, in October 1865.  The Vermilonville priest who recorded the burial did not give the boy's mother's name. 

Élodie Broussard married Sevenne LeBlanc, probably a fellow Acadian, at the Abbeville church in November 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Adélaïde Broussard married Octave Hébert, probably a fellow Acadian, at the Abbeville church in November 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Eugénie Broussard married Anglo American Emanuel Sherman at the Abbeville church in November 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage, true to form, did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Josaphat Broussard married Virginie Cisness, also called Amand, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Matilde was born near Charenton, St. Mary Parish, in December 1865, and son Paul was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in March 1866.

A. C. Broussard married Clovie LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville by the late 1860s. 

Firmin Broussard married Azéma Trahan, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Jules Broussard married Annontiade Broussard, place and date unrecorded, and settled in Lafayette Parish by the late 1860s. 

Léon Broussard married Lodoiska Nunez, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville by the late 1860s. 

Onésime Broussard married Marieanne Boyel, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Pattersonville, St. Mary Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Camille Broussard married Élise Marie, place and date unrecorded, and settled near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, by the late 1860s.

Emethisse Broussard married Marie Adeline Vincent, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Adonis Broussard married Euphénine, probably Euphémie, Baudoin, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville by the late 1860s. 

Joseph Broussard married Sara Guidry, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville by the late 1860s. 

David Broussard married Elisadie Gonsoulin, place and date unrecorded, and settled near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Désiré Broussard married Philomène Fitcher, place and date unrecorded, and settled in Lafayette Parish by the late 1860s. 

Jean Baptiste Broussard married Marie Mouton, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Emma Broussard married Adolphe LeBlanc at the Abbeville church in January 1866.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Carmélite, daughter of Doris[sic] C. Broussard and Eléonore Guidry, married Neuville, son of H. David, perhaps a fellow Acadian, at the Abbeville church in February 1866.

François, son of Charles Broussard and Phelonise ____, married Arsène, daughter of Edmond Broussard and Julie ___, at the Abbeville church in March 1866.  The marriage record also "recognized" their six children, all daughters, ages 11 years to 3 months, so the couple either had married civilly, had not married, or had been unable to marry.

Émelia, daughter of Jean Baptiste Broussard and Marguerite Broussard, married Charles, son of Jumonville Guidry and Marie ___, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1866. 

Alexandre Broussard married cousin Angélique Émelie Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Joseph Cesarien was baptized at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, age 2 months, in November 1866, and Jean Eubaldo was born in July 1868. 

Benoît, also called Benoire O., Broussard married Anglo American Marie or Mary Ann Boyd at the Pattersonville church, St. Mary Parish, in January 1867.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Jean Baptiste Broussard married fellow Acadian Marice[sic] Mouton in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Alexandre Broussard married Mathilde Johnson in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Joseph Numa Broussard died near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in September 1867.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did give any parents' names, said that Joseph Numa died "at age 15 days." 

François Broussard died near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in October 1867.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that François died "at age 17 yrs." 

Mary, daughter of Pierre Maxille Broussard and Élisabeth ____, married Pierre, son of William Foote and Patience ____, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1867. 

Sosthène Broussard, son of Louise Fuselier, married Marie Louise Thibodeaux, daughter of Marie Doucet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1867.  The priest as well as the parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's fathers' names.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Adam was born in October 1869.  Was he the Sosthène Broussard who died in Lafayette Parish in December 1869?  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Sosthène died "at age 46 yrs." 

Théophile Broussard married Marie Eugénie, called Eugénie, Laine civilly in December 1867, and sanctified the marriage at the Lydia church, Iberia Parish, in June 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Léo was born near Lydia in December 1870. 

Adélaïde, daughter of Neuville Broussard and Armante Carmouche, married Joseph, son of Ozémé Ozémé and Joséphine Benoit, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1868. 

Baptiste, son of Céleste Broussard, married Tresille, daughter of Joe Melançon, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in February 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Sylvestre, fils, son of Sylvestre Broussard and Mélite Hébert, married Adoiska or Arisca, daughter of Drauzin Thibodeaux and Pélagie ____, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1868. 

Marot Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in April 1868.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Marot died "at age 8 yrs." 

Jules Broussard married Clémence or Clemena Kennison in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  They settled near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish. 

Aurelien Broussard married fellow Acadian Larcine Landry in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in July 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Paul, son of Jasmin Broussard and Marie Broussard, married Anatile, daughter of Washington Salmon or Salmone, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1868. 

Gabriel Broussard married Maria Aima Legros, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Aristide was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1868. 

Antoine Broussard married Célestine Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Zéphirin was born near New Iberia in October 1868. 

Jean Broussard married Ordalie, daughter of Acadian Alexandre Dupuis, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the groom's parents' names. 

Joséphine Broussard married Jean Martin in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the groom's parents' names. 

Liza Broussard married Sam Brooks in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the groom's parents' names. 

Théodore, son of Gabriel Broussard and Marie ____, married Élisabeth, daughter of Wilfred Romero and Rachel ____, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in April 1869.

Camille Broussard died in Lafayette Parish in April 1869.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Camille died "at age 43 years."  One wonders which of the many Camille Broussards this might have been. 

Flavins Broussard died in St. Martin Parish in April 1869.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Flavins died "at age 26 yrs." 

Joseph Broussard married Marcellite Thibodeaux at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in September 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Gustave Broussard married Élodie Mitchell, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Albert was born near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, in September 1869. 

Camille Broussard died near New Iberia in September 1869.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Camille died "at age 47 years."  One wonders which of the many Camille Broussards this might have been. 

Narcisse, fils, son of Théodore Narcisse, called Narcisse, Broussard and ____,  married Amélie, daughter of Joseph Collins Simien and Catherine Saucier or Similien, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1869.

Louise Broussard married Jean Pierre Georges, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Clarisse, daughter of Martin Broussard and Modeste ____, married Eugène, son of Joseph Bernard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1869. 

Edmond Broussard married Adèle Theriot at the New Iberia church in December 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  A daughter had been born to them the previous June, so they probably had been married civilly. 

Édouard, son of Césaire Broussard and Marcellite Landry, married Élisabeth, daughter of Gaspard Gobleur, at the New Iberia church in December 1869. 

Elisa, daughter of Élise Broussard, married Cyrille, son of Dominique Doucet and Marie ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1869.  The recording priest noted that the bride's mother and the groom's father were deceased, but he did not give the bride's father's name or the bride's mother's surname. 

Mary Broussard married Edmund Johnson at the New Iberia church in December 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Pierre Broussard married Marceliane Delcambre, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Homere was born near New Iberia in December 1869. 

Joseph Broussard died near Lydia, Iberia Parish, in December 1869.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Joseph died "at age 5 wks."

Joseph Broussard married Marie Thibodeaux in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in January 1870.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Jules Broussard married Léontine St. Julien, probably French Creole, not Acadian, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1870.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the groom's parents' names.  They were living in St. Martin Parish in 1870. 

Medaise Broussard married Edmond Pellerin, probably a French Creole, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1870.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Nicolas, son of Sylvestre Broussard and Émelite Hébert, married Célestine, daughter of Charles Lames, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1870. 

Jean Broussard died in Lafayette Parish in January 1870.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Jean died "at age 18 yrs." 

Suzanne Broussard gave birth to son William Durell in Lafayette Parish in January 1870.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Homère Broussard married Marcellite Royer or Boyer at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1870.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  A daughter had been born to them the previous July, so they may have been married civilly. 

Cléophas, son of Ursin Broussard and Élodie Broussard, married cousin Élodie, daughter of Émile Broussard, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1870. 

Elmire Broussard married Justilien Tauzin in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in May 1870.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Clara Broussard gave birth to son Armar in St. Martin Parish in June 1870.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Camille Broussard died near Abbeville in June 1870.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Camille died "at age 44 years."  One wonders which of the many Camille Broussards this might have been. 

Joseph Broussard married Madeleine Bessan, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Edmar was born near Abbeville in June 1870. 

Adam Naras Broussard married Amelie Colins, perhaps Collins, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Arthelus Marie was born near Eunice, St. Landry Parish, in July 1870. 

Sophie, daughter of Moïse Broussard and Euranie Hulin, married Dueri, son of Volerin Comeaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1870. 

Firmin Broussard married Azima, probably Azéma, Trahan, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Félix was born near Youngsville in October 1870. 

Théodore Broussard married Élisabeth ____, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Théodore, fils was born near New Iberia in October 1870.  Were they Acadian? 

Lucien Broussard married Euphémie Comeaux in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in November 1870.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

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A Broussard family living on the prairies during the antebellum and immediate post-war periods cannot be linked by church and civil records to other Broussards in the area:

Descendants of Théogène BROUSSARD (?-; François?)

Théogène, also called Théogerie, Broussard married Acadian Victorine Brasseaux, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the late 1850s. 

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Dorestan, perhaps their oldest son, born probably in the late 1840s, married Oliva, daughter of French Creole Philemon Dubois and his Acadian wife Sylvanie Thibodeaux, at the Abbeville church in February 1870, four days before his brother Désiré married. 

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Désiré, born probably in the late 1840s, married Ursule, daughter of Acadian Rosémond Boudreaux, at the Abbeville church in February 1870, four days after his brother Dorestan married. 

3

Adana, perhaps their son, was born near Abbeville in August 1866. 

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Broussards came early also to the river settlements, but in much smaller numbers.  A Broussard wife came to the colony from Halifax in 1765, but not with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party.  She and her family settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans where 20 Acadians from Georgia had settled the year before:

Anne-Félicité Broussard, age 33, came with husband Bruno Robichaux, age 40, and two sons, ages 14 and 1.  

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A Broussard family led by a widow, a Broussard wife who also was a widow, and three Broussard orphans came to Louisiana from Maryland in 1766 with the first continent of exiles from that colony.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques with their fellow Maryland exiles.  One of the orphans moved to the Attakapas District a decade after he reached Louisiana, but the other Broussards from Maryland remained on the river:

Anne Landry, age 34, widow of Jean Broussard, came with two sons--Firmin, age 14, and Jean, fils, age 6.  Anne was pregnant when she reached the colony and gave birth to son Paul at New Orleans in late November.  

Marguerite Broussard, age 46, widow of Jacques Melanson, came with three unmarried daughters, ages 22, 20, and 19.  

Augustin Broussard, age 7, came perhaps with the family of uncle Désiré LeBlanc.  He married on the river but moved to the Attakapas District in the 1770s.  

Descendants of Firmin dit Simon BROUSSARD (c1752-1785; François, Claude)

Firmin, also called Simon, eldest son of Jean Broussard and Anne Landry, born probably at Minas in c1752, was deported to Maryland with his family in 1755 and followed his widowed mother and brothers to Louisiana in 1766.  In 1769, Spanish officials counted him and younger brother Jean on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  He followed his mother to Ascension, just upriver from St.-Jacques, where he married cousin Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Abraham dit Petit Abraham Landry and his second wife Marguerite Flan, in May 1775.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Dugas families.  Firmin, père died at New Orleans in April 1785, age 34.  Three of his four sons married and settled in Iberville and Ascension parishes, but only two of their lines survived.  A grandson settled near his cousins in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

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Oldest son Simon, born at Ascension in January 1779, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter most likely of fellow Acadians Simon-Henry Richard and Marie-Rose Landry, at St.-Gabriel, just above Ascension, in February 1801.  Their son Simon Henri or Henri Simone, also called H. Simon, was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1809, Joseph Aubin in March 1812, and Louis Robert, called Robert, in April 1817.  Their daughter married into the Duplessis family.  Simon died near St. Gabriel in October 1824; the priest who recorded the burial said that Simon was age 50 when he died, but he was 45.  

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Simon Henri married Anne Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Raphaël Landry and Marie Madeleine Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1831.  Their son André Diogène was born near St. Gabriel in February 1832.  They also had a son named Joseph who died near St. Gabriel, age unrecorded, in September 1833.  Simon remarried to Marie Joséphine or Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Sébastien Guidry and Eulalie Braud, at the St. Gabriel church in April 1836.  Their son Louis Gustave was born near St. Gabriel in December 1839, Jean Octave in April 1840, Simon Floriant in January 1844 but died the following September, Simon, fils was born in September 1846, Olivier in c1848 but died at age 1 1/2 in September 1850, and Eugène Washington was born in November 1850.  They were living near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, by the early 1850s and near Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, a few years later.

Louis Gustave, by his father's second wife, married Marie Ermine, daughter of Louis Tibivilier and his Acadian wife Telside Hébert, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in June 1858.

Jean Octave, by his father's second wife, married fellow Acadian Aoit Nathalie, called Nathalie, Landry.  Their son Simon Octave was born near Gonzales, Ascension Parish, in May 1867. 

1b

Robert married Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Dupuy and Anne Marie Blanchard, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1839.  Their son Robert Maurice was born near St. Gabriel in October 1840, and  Joseph Robertson in July 1842 but died at age 5 months in January 1843.  Robert remarried to Marie Evelina, called Evelina, daughter of Célestin Frederick and Marie Louise Duvernais, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1844.  Louis Robert died near St. Gabriel in October 1847, age 31. 

2

François Thomas, born at Ascension in December 1782, died 15 days after his birth in January 1783.

3

Auguste or Augustin, born at Ascension in December 1783, married cousin Marie Émelie, Émelite, or Émerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Landry and Victoire Babin, at Ascension in June 1806; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Auguste Marcel, called Marcel, was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1812 but died at age 7 in October 1819.  Their daughters married into the Dugas family.  Augustin remarried to cousin Marguerite Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Hyacinthe Landry and Marguerite Landry and widow of Charles LeBlanc, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in October 1819.  Their son Firmin le jeune was born in Ascension Parish in September 1822 but died at age 3 1/2 in January 1826.  Augustin died in Ascension Parish in June 1843; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Auguste, as he called him, died at "age ca. 63 yrs.," but he was 59.  His line of the family, except for its blood, may not have survived. 

4

Youngest son Firmin, fils, born posthumously at Ascension in July 1785, married Anne Marine, called Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Breaux and Anne Monique Guidry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1810.  Their son Henri was born near St. Gabriel in March 1814 but died at age 3 in March 1817, Charles Magloire, called Magloire, was born in November 1816, and Simon Oreilly in January 1819.  Their daughters married into the Breaux and Kling  families.  Firmin, fils died near St. Gabriel in January 1821; the priest who recorded his burial said that Firmin was age 30 when he died, but he was 35.  

Magloire married Marie Marianne, called Marianne, daughter of John Sides and Signy Lee and widow of Valentin Henderson, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in October 1838.  Their son Simon Aurely le jeune was born near St. Gabriel in February 1842, Zenon Labauve in August 1844, and Jérôme in November 1846.

Jean BROUSSARD, fils (c1760-; François, Claude)

Jean, fils, second son of Jean Broussard and Anne Landry, born in Maryland in c1760, followed his widowed mother and brothers to Louisiana in 1766.  In 1769, Spanish officials counted him and older brother Firmin on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  He followed his mother and older brother to Ascension, just upriver from St.-Jacques, and married fellow Acadian Marguerite Cormier.  They may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.  

Paul BROUSSARD (1766-?; François, Claude)

Paul, youngest son of Jean Broussard and Anne Landry, was born at New Orleans in November 1766, two months after his widowed mother reached the colony from Maryland.  He appears in none of the censuses at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques with the rest of his family, so he probably died young.  

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Most of the Broussards who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to settle not among their cousins on the western prairies but at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where they created substantial family lines in what became West Baton Rouge, Iberville, and Pointe Coupee parishes:

Charles Broussard, age 44, crossed aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July.  With him was second wife Euphrosine Barrieau, age 37, four sons and a stepson--Jean-Charles-Joseph, age 20, François, age 18, Pierre, age 14, Joseph-Dominique, called Dominique, age 12, and Paul-Marie Boudrot, age 13.  (Another son, Jacques, who would have been in his late teens but is not on the ship's passenger lists, also may have crossed with the family, or he may have come to the colony later.)  They followed the majority of their fellow passengers to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Charles and Euphrosine had no more children in Louisiana.  They may have moved to upper Bayou Lafourche by the mid-1790s.  Two of Charles's sons settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish, two of his other sons settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, and son Jacques moved out to the Opelousas prairies.  

Descendants of François BROUSSARD (c1767-?; François, Pierre, Joseph)

François, third son of Charles Broussard and his first wife Bonne-Jacqueline-Françoise Castel, born in Normandy, France, in c1767, came to Louisiana with his father, stepmother, and brothers aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  He followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Marguerite-Toussainte, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Henry and Françoise Hébert, in February 1791.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their daughter married into the Lavigne family.  One of his sons lived for a time in Lafourche Interior Parish but returned to West Baton Rouge Parish.  His other sons remained in West Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes.  

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Oldest son Dominique le jeune, a twin, baptized at Baton Rouge, age 4 months, in September 1800, married Eléonore or Léonore, daughter of Frenchman Jean Charles LeTullier his Acadian wife Flore Adélaïde Daigre of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1828; Léonore's mother was a Daigre.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Joseph Ulysse, called Ulysse, was born in November 1828, Louis in April 1830, François Eusilien, called Eusilien, in January 1834, Théodule in February 1836, Auguste Adonis in May 1838, and Zéolide Adolphe was baptized at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, age unrecorded, in May 1842.  Their daughter married into the Guidry family.  Dominique le jeune died near Brusly in February 1854, age 54. 

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Ulysse married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Ambroise Bourg and Delvina Allain, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in July 1850. 

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Louis married Marie Pillaine, daughter of Emeneserie Greffin or Griffin and his Acadian wife Marie Pauline Daigre, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1854.  Their twin sons Camille Louis and Lillis Gervais were born near Brusly in July 1855 but Lillis, called Louis by the recording priest, may have died near Baton Rouge, "age ca. 3 years," in December 1858, and François Guy was born near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in March 1861. 

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François Eusilien married Élisabeth, daughter of William Gipson and his Acadian wife Zepheline Hébert, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1857.  Their son François Eusilien, fils was born near Brusly in January 1859. 

2

Louis-François, a twin, baptized at Baton Rouge, age 4 months, in September 1800, married Delphine, 29-year-old daughter of French Creole Jean Baudoin and Geneviève Andras of New Orleans and widow of Sylvain Tregre, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1825, and sanctified the marriage at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1829.  Their son Louis, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1826.  Their daughters married into the Ousset and Tullier families.  After his wife died in July 1831, Louis returned to the river and remarried to Rose or Rosalie, another daughter of Jean Charles Tullier and widow of Jérôme Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1832.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Victorin was born in August 1833, and Forestin, also called Forester, in October 1835.  Louis died probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in March 1837, age 36.  

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Louis, fils, by his father's first wife, married first cousin Marie Élodie, called Élodie, daughter of daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Onésime Broussard and Modeste Thibodeaux, his uncle and aunt, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1849; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Louis Evelius was born near Brusly in September 1853, and François Joseph in November 1855. 

2b

Forester, by his father's second wife, married cousin Hermine Eliska, daughter of Octave Altazin and his Acadian wife Seraphine Broussard, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish,  in May 1861; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.

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Victorin, by his father's second wife, married Marie Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Comeaux and his Creole wife Marie Emma Frechaux, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1863.

3

Hyacinthe, born at Baton Rouge in July 1802, may have died young.

4

Youngest son Joseph Onésime, born probably near Baton Rouge in c1813, married Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Thibodeaux and Madeleine Bourg, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1832.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Joseph Onésime, fils was born in February 1838, Paulin Damon in June 1840, and Adolphe in August 1843.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Tuillier families.  Joseph died probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in September 1853; the Baton Rouge priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Joseph died at "age ca. 40 years." 

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Joseph Onésime, fils married Zoë Séverine, daughter of Joseph Tullier and his Acadian wife Marguerite Aucoin, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish,  in February 1860.

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Adolphe married Coralie, daughter of fellow Acadian Eugène Daigre and his Creole wife Zéolide Tullier, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in June 1864.  Their son Adolphe, fils was born near Brusly in October 1869. 

Descendants of Pierre BROUSSARD (c1771-?; François, Pierre, Joseph)

Pierre, fourth son of Charles Broussard and his first wife Bonne-Jacqueline-Françoise Castel, born in France in c1771, came to Louisiana with his father, stepmother, and brothers aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  He followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Marie-Sophie, called Sophie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Molaison and Marie-Blanche Doiron, in March 1794.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their daughters married into the Esnard, Grass, and Petit families.  Two of his four sons created families of their own and settled in West Baton Rouge, western Iberville, and Pointe Coupee parishes. 

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Oldest son Charles-Louis, born at Baton Rouge in December 1794, may have died young. 

2

Eusilien, also called Lucien and Roselien, born probably near Baton Rouge in c1796, married cousin Marie Émerite, called Émerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Charles Thibodeaux and Madeleine Adélaïde Bourg, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1827; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Émile Eusilien was born in January 1828, Charles Amédée, called Amédée, in May 1835, and Jules was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, age 1 month, in January 1840.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard and Landry families.  Eusilien remarried to Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians François Theriot and Ursule Trahan and widow of Joachim Chevalier, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1851.  Their son François Eusilien Lucien was born near Brusly in December 1852.  Eusilien, "res. of Bayou Cirier," died near Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, in August 1866; the priest who recorded the burial said that Uzelien, as he called him, died at "age 70 years." 

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Émile Eusilien married cousin Céleste Delphine, called Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Prudent Molaison and his Creole wife Marie Peyronnin, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1854; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Pierre Émile was born near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in February 1861, and Louis Alfred near Baton Rouge in September 1869. 

2b

Jules married Louise or Louisa Célestine or Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Magloire Charles LeBlanc and Pauline Richard, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1862.  They were living near Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, in 1866.  Their son Joseph Henry Avit was born near Baton Rouge in June 1870. 

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Amédée married Élisabeth, called Élize, another daughter of Magloire Charles LeBlanc and Pauline Richard, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1862.  Their son Charles Amédée was born near Baton Rouge in January 1868, and Alcée Édouard in Pointe Coupee Parish in February 1870. 

3

Pierre, fils, born at Baton Rouge in February 1802, also may have died young. 

4

Youngest son Louis Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1810, married cousin Émelie Rosalie, also called Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Blanchard and Modeste Aimée Bourg, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in July 1832; they had to a dispensation for third degree of relationship in order to marry.  Their daughter married into the Estevan family.  Hippolyte remarried to Azéma or Emma Dodd, daughter of John Baptiste Rils and his Acadian wife Émerite Dupuy, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, October 1853.  Their son Louis Hippolyte was born near Plaquemine in July 1857 but may have died at age 5 in August 1862, Louis Gustave was born in August 1859, Joseph James in December 1862, and Jean Baptiste in April 1866. 

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In a reversal of the usual Acadian settlement pattern, a Broussard from Bayou Lafourche moved back to the river during the early antebellum period and settled near his cousins in West Baton Rouge Parish: 

Descendants of Jean Laurent BROUSSARD (1798-1857; François, Pierre, Joseph, Charles)

Jean Laurent, called Laurent, second son of Joseph Dominique Broussard and Pélagie Martin dit Barnabé, born at St.-Jacques in September 1798, followed his parents to upper Bayou Lafourche, and married Marie Marcelline, called Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadians Hippolyte LeBlanc and Marguerite Gaudet, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1820.  They lived in Lafourche Interior Parish before returning to the river.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish during the late 1830s.  Their daughters married into the Altazin, Pousalvez, and Trahan families.  Laurent died in West Baton Rouge Parish in October 1857; the Brusly priest who recorded his burial said that Laurent died at "age 56 years," but he was 59.  One of his sons settled near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish. 

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Oldest son Joseph died in Lafourche Interior Parish, age 9 days, in May 1830.

2

Laurent, fils, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1835, married Euphémie, daughter of French Creole Charles Tullier and his Acadian wife Scholastique Aucoin, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1856.  Their son Charles Philippe was born probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in August 1857, Joseph George in January 1859, Alfred Martin near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in November 1861, and Augustin Alfred near Baton Rouge in March 1866. 

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Youngest son Prudent was born near Baton Rouge in April 1839.    

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Other BROUSSARDs on the River

Local church and civil records make it difficult to link some Broussards on the river with known lines of the family there:

Jean Broussard, a weaver, died at Pointe Coupée in June 1797.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give Jean's parents' names, his age, or mention a wife.  He may have been a French Creole Broyard from New Orleans, not an Acadian Broussard.  

Joseph Broussard married cousin Clémence Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Adolphe was born near Baton Rouge in February 1823.  

Paulin Broussard married Euphrosine Guérin, place and date unrecorded, and settled in Pointe Coupee Parish, where few Acadians lived.  Daughter Mathilde was born there in September 1845.   

Marie Broussard died near Baton Rouge, age 1 month, in November 1850.  The Baton Rouge priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names.  Was her father Laurent of West Baton Rouge Parish?

Azélie Broussard died in Pointe Coupee Parish at age 7 in June 1852.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give any parents' names. 

A U. Broussard, age 57, held 66 slaves in five houses in Pointe Coupee Parish, in 1860.  Was he Acadian?   

Forestine Broussard died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, age 4, in July 1866.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's parents' names. 

Albert Bruser, called a Broussard, died near Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, in September 1866.  The priest who recorded the burial said that Albert died at "age 28 years."  Was he a Broussard, or a Bruser? 

Angélique, daughter of Rosalie Broussard, was born near Baton Rouge in October 1867.  The priest who recorded the baptism, in May 1868, did not give the girl's father's name nor the mother's parents' names. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

By the mid-1790s, Spanish officials were counting two Broussard brothers and their families on upper Bayou Lafourche.  They had come to Louisiana from France in 1785 and settled in the Baton Rouge area but, like many other river-community Acadians, moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche.  The older brother's line, except for its blood, did not survive, but the younger brother created a small center of family settlement in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley:  

Descendants of Jean-Charles-Joseph BROUSSARD (c1765-c1827; François, Pierre, Joseph)

Jean-Charles-Joseph, called Jean-Charles and Charles, eldest son of Charles Broussard and his first wife Bonne-Jacqueline-Françoise Castel, born in France in c1765, came to Louisiana with his father, stepmother, and brothers aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  He followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians André Templet and his second wife Marguerite LeBlanc, in November 1788.  They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche in the early 1790s.  Charles, at age 42, remarried to Anne dite Nanette, daughter of Guillaume Estevan, Stebens, Steven, Stieven, or Stiven and his Acadian wife Marie Babin, at Ascension in February 1807.  They settled at Assumption and in Lafourche Interior Parish.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Bavaret, Benoit (Foreign French, not Acadian), and Breaux families.  Jean Charles died by August 1827, when a public sale of his estate was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse; he would have been age 62 that year.  He fathered no sons by either of his wives, so this line of the family, except for its blood, did not survive.  

Descendants of Joseph-Dominique BROUSSARD (1772-?; François, Pierre, Joseph)

Joseph-Dominique, called Dominique, fifth and youngest son of Charles Broussard and his first wife Bonne-Jacqueline-Françoise Castel, born at Cherbourg, France, in May 1772, came to Louisiana with his father, stepmother, and brothers aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  He followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, but did not remain there.  He married Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Martin dit Barnabé and Marguerite Pitre, at St.-Jacques on the river in November 1795 and followed his oldest brother to upper Bayou Lafourche in the late 1790s.  Joseph-Dominique's daughters married into the Ainsworth, Boudreaux, Dias, Soublincon, and Thomson families.  Only two of his six sons married.  One of them returned to the river and settled in West Baton Rouge Parish by the late 1830s, but the other one remained in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley. 

1

Oldest son Joseph-Dominque, fils, born at St.-Jacques on the river in February 1797, died at age 7 months the following September.

2

Jean Laurent, called Laurent and also Louis Laurent, born at St.-Jacques in September 1798, married Marie Marcelline, called Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadians Hippolyte LeBlanc and Marguerite Gaudet, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1820.  They lived in Lafourche Interior Parish before returning to the river and settling in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

3

Jean-Baptiste, born at Assumption in August 1801, may have died young. 

4

Jean Antoine, born at Ascension in September 1805, also may have died young. 

5

Joseph Charles, born in Ascension Parish in December 1807, married Marie Louise, daughter of François Michel Jacques Bouquet, Buquet, Buguet, Biquet, or Bake and his Acadian wife Marie Anne Henry, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1837.  Their son Augustin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1840.  They moved down into Terrebonne Parish.  Their daughters married into the Babin and Pitre families. 

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Youngest son Eugène, born in Assumption Parish in November 1815, died in November 1832, age 17, and did not marry.  

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In a reversal of the usual Acadian settlement pattern, a Broussard from Bayou Teche settled on upper Bayou Lafourche during the late antebellum period:

Descendants of Athanase BROUSSARD (1815-?; François, Pierre, Joseph, Jean)

Athanase, fifth son of Jean Baptiste dit Petit Broussard and Céleste Hébert, born in St. Martin Parish in November 1815, married Célestine, daughter of William K. Vaughn, also called Van, Vane, Vanne, and his Acadian wife Eulalie Templet, in a civil ceremony probably in Assumption Parish in August 1848, and sanctified the marriage at the Pierre Part church, Assumption Parish, in October 1858.  They settled near Paincourtville on upper Bayou Lafourche before moving to Pierre Part, north of Lake Verret.  Their daughter married into the Aucoin family on lower Bayou Teche. 

1

Older son Jean Baptiste Olivier was born in Assumption Parish in December 1848. 

2

Younger son Julien Tiburce was born near Pierre Part, Assumption Parish, in July 1858.

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Other BROUSSARDs in the Lafourche/Terrebonne Valley

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some Broussards in the Bayou Lafourche/Bayou Terrebonne valley with known Acadian lines of the family there:

François Julien, son of Julien Broussard and Julie _____ and widower of Tersille Gotreau, died in Assumption Parish in December 1825.  The priest who recorded the burial said that François Julien was age 66 when he died.  If the church record was accurate, this would have given François an estimated birth year of c1759, so he may not have been Acadian.  

Simon Broussard married Marie Broussard, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Edmond was born near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in July 1864. 

Désiré J. Broussard married either Martha Haines or Mathey Lagrange in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in either March or April 1865.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Natalia, daughter of Baptiste Broussard and Marie Milere, married Louis, son of Jean Pierre Hu, at the Pierre Part church, Assumption Parish, in April 1865.  What kind of name is Hu?

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

The great majority of Broussards in South Louisiana are descendants of François Brossard of haute-rivière, Port-Royal, but a non-Acadian member of the family was an early settler in French Louisiana, which included present-day Mississippi and Alabama as well as Louisiana:

In August 1703, the supply ship Loire reached Mobile, the new capital of the colony.  Aboard the vessel were brick makers who had volunteered to serve at Fort Louis-de-la-Louisiane, Old Mobile, then part of French Louisiana.  Among them was Pierre Brossard of Poitou.  (So, was François Brossard of Port-Royal, Acadia, from Poitou and not nearby Anjou?  How common was the name Brossard in France at that time?)  Pierre married Marie-Thérèse Brochon, one of the so-called Pélican girls, at Fort Louis in late summer of 1704, and their first child was born the following summer.  A son, Pierre, fils, was born at Old Mobile in the spring of 1708. 

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Beginning in the late 1820s, Foreign-French Brossard/Broussards began arriving from France.  Most of them settled at New Orleans, but one of them moved on to Bayou Lafourche.  One wonders if they were descended from Acadian Broussards who had chosen to remain in France in 1785, or if they were from entirely different families.  A Broussard from Switzerland settled on the river during the antebellum period: 

Louis Broussard, a 42-year-old cooper from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Eclipse out of Tampico, Mexico, in April 1829.  

Mr. Broussard, no given name listed, a 38-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Emperor out of Tampico in February 1831.  

Pierre Brossard, a 40-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Brunswick out of Le Havre, France, in December 1848.  With him was wife Marie-Anne, no surname given, age 34, and sons Pierre, fils, age 8, and Julien, age 4.  

André Broussard, a 26-year-old clerk from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Oscar out of Bordeaux, France, June 1850.

François Broussard, "native [of] Parrentry, Canton of Berne, Switzerland," died in St. James Parish in November 1853.  The St. James priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parent's names or mention a wife, said that François died "at the home of Benjamin Webre," "age 56 yrs."  One wonders if the Swiss native was a victim of the yellow fever epidemic that struck South Louisiana that summer and fall. 

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A Foreign-French Broussard, whose surname was sometimes spelled Brosseart, created a family line in the Bayou Lafourche valley near Acadian Broussards during the early antebellum period: 

Descendants of Robert Mathieu BROUSSARD (?-?)

Robert Mathieu, son of Robert Broussard, also spelled Brosseart and Broneard, and Élisabeth Plateau of Reims, Department of the Marne, France, married Judith Pélagie, daughter of Acadians François Jean Benoit and Marie Modeste Pinet, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1820.  Their daughter married into the Gros family.  Was Robert of Reims a descendant of an Acadian Broussard who remained in France in 1785?

1

Oldest son Jean Valentin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1822. 

2

André Jean or Joseph, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1830, supposedly died at age 7 months in July 1831, but he may have been the André Broussard who married Anglo American Catherine Sidney Lee Ringgold, place and date unrecorded.  Their son André Ringgold was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1851.

3

Youngest son Adam was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1832.    

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Non-Acadian Broussards who lived on the western prairies during the late antebellum and immediate post-war period were a result of the family's participation in the South's peculiar institution:

A succession for Marie Broussard, free woman of color, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in August 1845.  Was she a former Broussard slave?

Uranie Broussard, freedwoman, married Onésime Babineaux, freedman, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in February 1866.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Clara Broussard, freedwoman, married David Anderson, freedman, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in January 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Emeritha or Merida Broussard, freedwoman, daughter of Clarisse Mathias, married Victor LeBlanc, freedman, son of Catherine Pierre, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1869. 

CONCLUSION

The Brossards, as the family name was spelled originally, were not among the earliest families to settle in Acadia, but they were among the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana.  In fact, the history of the Attakapas region west of the Atchafalaya Basin places the Broussards at center stage. 

Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and his older brother Alexandre brought the first large contingent of Acadians to Louisiana in February 1765.  In the decades that followed, the old freedom fighters' sons, grandsons, nephews, and grand nephews settled throughout the southwestern prairie region--on Bayou Teche from La Grand Pointe near present-day Breaux Bridge down to St. Martinville, Fausse Pointe, New Iberia, Île aux Cannes, Lydia, and St. Mary Parish; on the upper Vermilion at Grand Prairie, now downtown Lafayette; on the lower Vermilion from Lafayette through Maurice down to Abbeville and beyond; along Lake Peigneur, also called Le Lac and Lake Simonette, near Jefferson Island; on Bayou Petite Anse near Avery Island; at Broussard and Youngsville on the old Côte Gelée; around Carencro, Grand Coteau, and Church Point, north and west of Lafayette; along the Mermentau River; in the coastal marshes near Creole, Cameron Parish; near Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish--and in Jefferson County, Texas.  They were especially numerous in the lower Vermilion valley.  Members of one Broussard family who settled north of Opelousas during the 1770s drifted even farther north to the Avoyelles Prairie, where few Acadians settled, but then drifted back down into St. Landry Parish during the antebellum period.  Attesting to the closeness, as well as the size, of the family, an amazing number of Broussards married other Broussards, many of them first cousins. 

No other Acadian family created so many lines in a single region of the Bayou State.  And no other Acadian family contributed as much to the settlement of southwestern Louisiana.

Meanwhile, a Broussard family from Maryland reached the colony in 1766 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on what became known as the Lower Acadian Coast.  Their descendants spread out along the river, settling upstream at Ascension and St.-Gabriel d'Iberville on the Upper Acadian Coast.  A Broussard family arrived on the first of the Seven Ships from France in 1785 and settled in what became West Baton Rouge, western Iberville, and Pointe Coupee parishes.  During the 1790s, two of the Baton Rouge families moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, creating a small third center of family settlement there.  However, the eastern branch of the family never came close to matching in numbers their cousins on the prairies.  Beginning in the 1770s, in fact, Broussards from the Acadian Coast left the river and joined their kinsmen west of the Atchafalaya Basin, and a Broussard family from France chose to settle not along the river or on upper Bayou Lafourche but near their cousins on Bayou Vermilion. 

Church records reveal no non-Acadian Brossards or Broussards living in present-day Louisiana during the colonial period, though Pierre Brossard of Poitou was an early settler at Old Mobile, then a part of French Louisiana.  A hand full of Brossard/Broussards emigrated to Louisiana from France, Switzerland, and Mexico during the antebellum period; native Louisianians would have called them Foreign French.  One of them settled on upper Bayou Lafourche by 1820, and the one from Switzerland lived in St. James Parish on the Acadian Coast.  The others likely remained at New Orleans.  One wonders if any of them were descendants of Acadian Broussards who had chosen to remain in France.  ...

Judging by the number of slaves they owned during the late antebellum period, many Broussards lived well on their vacheries, farms, and plantations, especially on the southwestern prairies. ...

Dozens of Broussards served Louisiana in uniform during the War of 1861-65, and at least half a dozen of them died in Confederate service. ...

The family name also is spelled Brancan, Brancard, Branchard, Brankard, Brauzard, Brosscord, Broucard, Brouchar, Brouchard, Brouguard, Brousa, Brousard, Brusar, Brusard, Bruzal.  [See Book Ten for the Acadian family's Louisiana "begats"]

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 471-74, 1349-50, 1545-46, 2444-56; Bergerie, They Tasted Bayou Water, 53, 145; Bernard, Teche; Brasseaux, Founding of New Acadia, 33; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 1:82, 2:50, 3:43; Brasseaux, "Scattered to the Wind," 12-14; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; Clément Cormier, "BROSSARD, Jean-François," DCB, 2:105, & online; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:88; C. J. d'Entremont, "BROSSARD (Broussard), dit Beausoleil, Joseph," DCB, 3:87-88, & online; Faragher, A Great & Noble Scheme, 133-34; "Fort Cumberland, 24 Aug 1763"; "Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Fortier, Louisiana, 1:53; Griffin, Attakapas Country, 34, 39, 41; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 60; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Higginbotham, Old Mobile, 144, 179, 222, 271, 365; <islandregister.com/1752.html>; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152, 155, 249; Marshall, D., Acadian Resistance; Menn, Large Slaveholders of LA, 1860, 314n4, 316-17; Milling, Exile Without End, 12, 46; NOAR, vols. 2, 4, 5, 6; Perrin, W. A., Acadian Redemption, 143n3; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Reine_d_Espagne.htm>, Family No. 5; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 51, 52; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 38-39; Robichaux, Acadians in St. Malo, 173-78; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 41-43, 156-57; White, DGFA-1, 284-88; White, DGFA-1 English, 63-64; Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 103-04; Appendix. 

Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day civil parishes that existed in 1861 are 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, 33 (pl. 8L), calls her Agnès BROUSSARD, & lists her with her second husband, a son, & 4 stepchildren; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 44-45, Family No. 87, says she was born in c1753 but gives no birthplace, calls her parents Joseph BROUSSARD & Ursule LEBLANC, both deceased, details her first marriage & her & her husband's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 146, Family No. 263, calls her Agnès BROUSSARD, says she was born in c1753 but gives no birthplace, calls her parents Joseph BROUSSARD & Ursule LEBLANC, details her second marriage, & provides the birth/baptismal record of son François-Constant POITIER, baptized 9 Aug 1784, St.-Martin, Chantenay, France, & details the family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls her Agnès BROUSSARD, sa [Pierre POTIER's] femme, age 31, on the embarkation list, Ynes BRAUZARD, su [Pedro POTIEU's] muger, on the debarkation list, & Agnès BROUSSARD, his [Pierre POITIER's] wife, age 31, on the complete listing, says she was in the 14th Family on the embarkation list & the 13th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with her first husband, a son, & 4 stepchildren, details her first marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, & says son François-Constant POITIER was baptized in 1784 but gives no place of baptism; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:119,  (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-v.6, #84), a record of her second marriage, dated 2 Jan 1788, calls her Agnès BROUSSARD, "wid. of dec. POTIER," calls her husband Pierre VINCENT, "from Rivière-aux-Canards en Acadie, paroisse St.-J____" gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean & Pierre BROUSSARD, & Paul TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:119 (SM Ch.: v.4, #11), another record of her second marriage, dated 3 Jan 1788, calls her Agnès BROUSSARD "of Canada," calls her husband Pierre VINCENT "of Canada," gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were Pierre [BROUSSARD] & Marie DE DUR, that both of his parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Antoine TROUSAN & Joseph DUON; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:119 (SM Ch.: v.4, #31), her death/burial record, calls her Agnès BROUSSARD, "(record has Ignès), ... wife of Pierre VINCENT," calls her parents Joseph [BROUSSARD] & Ursule LEBLANC, & details the circumstances of her death. 

Why does one of the records of her third marriage, cited above, says her parents were Pierre BROUSSARD & Marie DE DUR?  I'm following Robichaux & her burial record here. 

02.  Wall of Names, 13 (pl. 2L), calls him Alexandre BROUSSARD, & lists him with his wife & 4 children; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1545, 2444-45, says he was born in 1703; White, DGFA-1, 285, says he was born in c1699; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:119 (SM Ch.: v.1, p.12; SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register, v.1, #21), his death/burial record, calls him Alexandre BROUSSARD, says he was buried 18 Sep 1765 "au camp d'enbas (at the lower burial location)," & that his burial was recorded on 22 Sep 1765. See also <thecajuns.com/cardmoney.htm>.

Arsenault, cited above, says that brother Joseph was born in 1702, which is true enough, but implies that Alexandre was the younger brother.   White, cited above, disagrees; his birth years for the BROUSSARD brothers are followed here.  For the Acadian censuses of 1700, 1701, & 1703, which contradict Arsenault & support White, see <acadian-cajun.com/acadia4.htm>.  

The English must have considered Alexandre & his nephew Victor dangerous fellows because the HMS Syren was a warship reserved for Acadian leaders.  For his adventures in SC & his trek across country to escape the British, see Faragher, Great & Noble Scheme, 383-88; Milling, Exile Without End, 12, 46.  For his surrender & detainment at Fort Cumberland, see Faragher, pp. 412-15.  

A letter from LA Gov. AUBRY to his superior, the duc de Choiseul-Stainville, dated 30 Sep 1765, describing the progress of the Acadian communities recently established on the Teche & written only a week & a half after Alexandre dit Beausoleil's death, says:  "We have every hope that in a very short time these [Acadian] settlements will become quite large, even though several Acadian leaders have died of extreme fatigue and heat."  No doubt Alexandre was one of them.  See Brasseaux, ed., Quest for the Promised Land, 52, source of second quote; Winzerling, Acadian Odyssey, 169, note 104, source of first quote.  See also Appendix.  

Arsenault, 2614, the LA section, says that Alexandre died on 22 Sep 1765, but, as his burial record shows, that was the day his burial was recorded.  

03.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Amand BROUSSARD; BRDR, 2:160, 427 (PCP-2, pt. 2, 116; PCP-4[2?], 76), the record of his first marriage, calls him Amant BROUSSARD "of Acadia," calls his wife Hélène LANDRY "of Acadia," says "all parties living at Attakapas," gives his & her parents' names, says all parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Firmin LANDRY & Baptiste LABOVE; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:46, 120 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.1, #25), the record of his second marriage, calls him Amand BROUSSARD, "of the parish of St.-Jean in Acadie and widr. of Hélène LANDRY," calls his wife Anne BENOIT, "native of Acadia, parish of St.-Jean [Jean-Baptiste of Port-Royal?]," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Michel MAU, Jacques FOSTAIN, Jean-Baptiste LABAUVE, Olivier TRAHAN, Pierre BROUSSARD, & Joseph LANDRY; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:150, his death/burial record, calls him Amand BROUSSARD, "native of Acadie, inhabitant at la fausse pointe," that he died "at age about 64 years at his home," & was buried "in the parish cemetery"; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:153, his succession, calls him BROUSSARD, Amand, "wid. is Anne BENOIT."  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 22; De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 11; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 12; <vermilionville.org/virtualtour.html>.  

His first marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because, although the St. Martinville church was founded in 1765, the Attakapas area had no resident priest during the late 1760s & early 1770s.  The nearest church at the time was St.-François at Pointe Coupée, so priests from there would administer the sacraments to the prairie settlements until Attakapas got its own priest again (the Opelousas church was not founded until 1776). 

His burial record, cited above, gives an estimated birth year of c1754.  The ages given in the Attakapas censuses are followed here.  The website for Vermilionville uses a birth year based on his burial record & includes a photo of his house preserved at the historical park.  

His cattle herding activities can be found in Dr. Carl A. Brasseaux's essay at <www.acadianmemorial.org/english/ensembleencoreset.html>.  

The website for Vermilionville is the source for his military service in the American Revolution & the War of 1812.  One doubts if he would have been allowed to march to New Orleans with the Attakapas militia in late 1814 & fight in the battle at Chalmette at such an advanced age; no offense, but this sounds like the stuff of family legend.

04.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Anne BROUSSARD; Hebert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:147 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1421), her death/burial record, calls her Anne BROUSSARD, "native of Acadie, spouse of Jean BERARD," says she died "at age about 77 yrs. at her home near the Church," says she was buried "in the parish cemetery," but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:147 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#404), her succession, calls her Anne BROUSSARD m. Jean BERARD, but does not give her parents' names.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 25, 37, 57-61; De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 15; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 10.

I have not found her marriage record.  Their oldest child on record was born in Dec 1770.  Husband Jean BERARD was a prominent resident of Attakapas; look how many slaves he owned in 1777.  Arceneaux, D. J., 60-61, notes that he was a district notary & a merchant as well as a planter & "esteemed colonist," & that he most likely was the Attakapas census taker in Dec 1769.  His son Jean-Baptiste became a military officer, & his daughter Christine married into the FUSILIER family, one of the most prominent in the area.  None of their children seem to have married Acadians, though one of their grandsons, another Jean-Baptiste, married a BREAUX in 1817.  Jean's succession & will are dated 11 Jul 1817.  See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:50-52, 1-B:44-45, 2-A:58-60.  She must have been a grand old lady, descendant of an Acadian hero.

Brasseaux, Founding of New Acadia, 172, in discussing the clash between Creole elites & Acadians on the Attakapas prairie, describes Jean BERARD as "a former St. Louis merchant whose wife was Acadian...."  In 1774, BERARD, along with Frenchman Claude BOUTTÉ, whose cattle herd also had been victimized by irresponsible Creole absentee owners the FLAMAND brothers, "slaughtered a significant number of the offending livestock," which the FLAMANDs had allowed to run wild.  The FLAMANDs demanded that BERARD & BOUTTÉ be arrested. 

05.  Wall of Names, 24, calls her Anne-Félicité BROUSSARD.

What was her relationship with the other BROUSSARDs?  Note that her older son Freme ROBICHAUX was counted with Simon, son of Alexandre BROUSSARD dit Beauseoleil, twice at Attakapas, in 1769 & 1771.  Did she & her husband before then?

06.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Anselme BROUSSARD; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1545-46, the Chipoudy/Petitcoudiac section, calls him Anselme [BROSSARD dit Beausoleil], gives his parents' names, & says he was born in 1734.  See also <thecajuns.com/cardmoney.htm>.

His son Théodore had been born "at sea."  Where is Anselme in the Attakapas census of Apr 1766?  Does he & his wife's not appearing in that census mean that they had died by then, perhaps undocumented victims of the Teche epidemic of 1765?  Their son Théodore is in the census, listed singly, although he was still an infant!  Théodore next appears with his paternal uncle Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD in the Attakapas census of December 1769, age 6, so Anselme & probably wife Marguerite died soon after reaching the colony.  See Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 17; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 124-25.

07.  Wall of Names, 14, Athanase BROUSSARD.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 124.

For his first name & relationship to Joseph dit Beausoleil, see Marshall, Acadian Resistance, 186, who mentions the birth of Timothée-Athanase's daughter Élisabeth/Isabelle at the prisoner of war camp on Georges Island, Halifax. 

Who was the unnamed boy in his household at Attakapas in Apr 1766?  Was it first cousin Anselme BROUSSARD's infant son Théodore, whose parents may have died in the epidemic of 1765, or did Athanase & Anne have a son of their own? 

08.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Augustin BROUSSARD, & lists him singly; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2447, the LA section, calls him Augustin BROUSSARD, says he was born in 1747 but gives no birthplace, says he was probablement son of Alexandre [BROUSSARD] & Marguerite THIBODEAUX, that he married Anne LANDRY in c1760 but gives no place of marriage nor his wife's parents' names & mentions a previous husband, says he died on 3 Sep 1810 at Donaldsonville, a 63 ans, & says his children were Françoise, born in 1770, Martin-Louis in 1772, Joseph in 1774, Appoline in 1775, Benjamin in c1776, Contance in 1778, Louis in c1779, Joseph in c1782, Hortense in c1784, & Augustin in 1785, but gives no birthplaces; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:118 (Opel. Ch.: v.1, p.112), his death/burial record, calls him Augustin BROUSSARD, "inhabitant at Attakapas," does not give his parents' names nor mention a wife, & says he was buried "at age about 63 yrs."; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:154 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#94), his succession record, calls him Augustin BROUSSARD, "widr. of Ann LANDRY," & lists 8 children--Louis, Joseph, Auguste, Benjamin, Françoise, Pollone, Constance, & Hortense.  See also Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 175; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 459; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 5; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 14.  

His estimated birth year used here is a compromise of the ages found in the Cabanocé census of 1769, the Ascension census of 1770, & the Attakapas census of 1777, as well as his burial record.  The census ages consistently give an estimated birth year of c1749, but the age given in his burial record puts it at c1747, which is Arsenault's date.  Augustin's parents (the ones I give him, not the ones in Arsenault) married in Jun 1746. 

There is some mystery surrounding this fellow.  If Augustin was a son of Alexandre dit Beausoleil, as Arsenault hints, surely he would have accompanied his father, mother, & siblings on the long voyage from Halifax via St.-Domingue to New Orleans in late 1764-early 1765.  So why does Wall of Names list him singly?  Why is he not listed in Wall of Names with Alexandre dit Beausoleil, his wife, & their other children?  If Augustin did come to LA in Feb 1765 with the BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil party, was he one of the Attakapas Acadians who fled the Teche valley in the late summer & early fall of 1765 to escape an epidemic?  Notice that he was at Cabanocé living with his uncle in Sep 1769.  If he did flee to Cabanocé in 1765, he would have been the only member of his immediate family & probably the only BROUSSARD to have done so.  Furthermore, note that he is not in the Attakapas census of Apr 1766, nor in the Cabanocé census of Apr 1766 for that matter.  His not appearing in a LA census until Sep 1769, & at Cabanocé and not Attakapas, gives one the impression that he came to the colony not from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765 but from MD in Sep 1766, from whence his future wife had come.  Other than Arsenault's probablement, what evidence is there that Augustin was a son of Alexandre dit Beausoleil?  Sad to say, not a single priest at Ascension or Attakapas who recorded the baptisms of Augustin's many children bothered to give the children's grandparents' names.  See BRDR, vol. 2; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 1-A. 

Here is an interesting twist on the question of Augustin's parentage.  Augustin's youngest son, Augustin, fils, married Anastasie, daughter of Claude BROUSSARD & his first wife Louise HÉBERT, at St. Martinville in May 1806.  Claude was a son of the long-departed Joseph dit Beausoleil, which would have made him Augustin's first cousin if Augustin was a son of Alexandre dit Beausoleil.  This would have made the newlyweds fairly close cousins--but their marriage record in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:118 (SM Ch.: v.5, #57), says nothing of a dispensation for degree of consanguinity.  Is this a clue that Augustin was not the son of Alexandre dit Beausoleil, that he was, in fact, a distant cousin of the Beausoleil BROUSSARDs & had not come to LA with them in 1765?  

Here's another clue.  In Sep 1769, Augustin was counted at Cabanocé in the household of his uncle, Désiré LEBLANC, whose parents were René LEBLANC & his first wife Élisabeth MELANÇON of Minas.  White, DGFA-1, 1010, shows that one of Désiré's younger half-sisters, Madeleine, married Charles, son of Pierre BROUSSARD (older brother of Alexandre dit Beausoleil & Joseph dit Beausoleil) & Marguerite BOURG, at Grand-Pré in Jun 1746, 2 years before Augustin's birth.  So were Augustin's parents actually Charles BROUSSARD & Madeleine LEBLANC of Grand-Pré, & Augustin was a grand-nephew of Alexandre dit Beausoleil, not his son?  Was Augustin exiled with his parents to MD at age 7 in 1755, lost his parents there, & came to LA in Sep 1766 as a teenaged orphan traveling alone?  This seems more plausible than Arsenault's tenuous link to Alexandre dit Beausoleil & trying to include Augustin with the 1765 arrivals.  The LA census records scream out that this fellow did not reach the colony until after the censuses of Apr 1766.  Since his name does not appear with the arrivals from MD in 1767 or 1768, who went to St.-Gabriel & Natchez, not to Cabanocé, it is likely that he came with the first wave of Acadians from MD in Sep 1766 & went with them to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  He may very well have come in with his uncle, Désiré LEBLANC.  (But why didn't the British authorities count him in MD in 1763, when he would have been 15?  See Jehn, Acadians Exiles in the Colonies, 150-58, index; Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 70-186.)

Arsenault's marriage year for him & Anne LANDRY--c1760--cannot be correct.  The ages given in the Cabanocé census of 1769, Ascension census of 1770,  & Attakapas census of 1777, & his burial record, verify Augustin's estimated birth year of c1748, so Arsenault's marriage date of c1760 would have made him only 12 at the time of their marriage; Arsenault's birth year for him, in fact--1747--makes him 13 at the time of his marriage!  So c1760 is probably a typo, or it could be the marriage date for Anne LANDRY & her first husband, Joseph MELANÇON.  Note that the estimated birth year for Anne's older child by Joseph, son Olivier MELANÇON, is c1760.  The marriage date of c1769 or c1770 for Augustin & Anne, used here, is derived from the fact that Anne was listed without a husband in the Cabanocé census of Sep 1769, & that the birth year of her first child by Augustin, daughter Françoise, was 1770, since she was baptized at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on 25 Dec 1770.  See BRDR, 2:162 (SJA-1, 5a).    

Son Martin-Louis's baptismal record, dated 22 Nov 1772, in BRDR, 2:163 (ASC-1, 5), says his parents were "of Parish of the Assumption church," which, interestingly, was not created until Apr 1793.  The Isleño, or Canary Island, community of Valenzuéla, in present-day Assumption Parish, did not exist until 1779.  Or perhaps the Ascension priest is saying that Anne was from Assumption Parish.  But which one?  Was there such a parish in MD?  One of the marriage records of daughter Françoise, dated 3 Oct 1789, in Hébert, D., 1-A:130 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.7, #86), says her parents were "natives of La Fourche of Assumption Parish," which may mean that when they lived at Ascension, their home may have been on upper Bayou Lafourche in an area that at the time was considered part of the Acadian community of Assumption in the Spanish District of Valenzuéla, where, as has been noted, a church did not exist until 1793.  Or the notation could be an error on the part of the clerk; the only church parish that existed on the upper Lafourche in Oct 1789 was Ascension at present-day Donaldsonville, not Assumption.  Son Louis's marriage record, dated 2 May 1800, in Hébert, 1-A:139 (SM Ch.: v.4, #196), says his parents were "of Acadia," & that he was "of Lafourche Parish on Mississippi," which was Ascension, also known as Lafourche des Chitimachas.  

To conclude the matter here, a BROUSSARD family website at <http://kandrtell.tripod.com/gen/broussard.html> says Augustin's parents were Charles BROUSSARD & Madeleine LE BLANC, & notes that his parents were third cousins.  See BRDR, 1a(rev.):44 (SGA-3, 38a), for the marriage record, dated 7 Jun 1746, which says that the couple, Charles BROSSARD, "age ca 26," & Magdeleine LEBLANC, "age 19," shared "consanguinity 3rd degree on one side, 3rd to 4th on other." 

Why does Arsenault say that Augustin died at Donaldsonville, which was Ascension, when the burial record is clear that he died in the old Attakapas District?  That his burial was recorded by an Opelousas and not a St. Martinville priest is another matter. 

09.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him Charles BROUSSARD, & lists him with his second wife, 4 sons, & a stepson; BRDR, 1a(rev.):43, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Charles BROUSSARD, gives his parents 'names, says his godparents were Abraham DUGAST & Anne BLANCHARD, & that his father signed the baptismal register; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 52, calls him Charles BROUSSARD, says he was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, does not give his parents' names, details his first marriage, calls his first wife Bonne-Jacqueline-Francoise CATEL, says they were married in c1764 but gives no place of marriage, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Louis, baptized 14 Feb 1774, La Chapelle-Roux, godson of Pierre AMIRAULT & Anne HÉBERT, &, calls his wife Bonne CATEL, details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him Charles BROUSSARD, charpentier, age 42, on the embarkation list, Carlos BROUSARD on the debarkation list, & Charles BROUSSARD, carpenter, age 42, on the complete listing, says he was in the 24th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his second wife, 4 sons, & a stepson, & details his second marriage, including the names of his & her parents.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 489, 527. 

His first wife's family name is variously spelled CASTEL, CASTELLE, CATEL, CATELLE, CHALET, CHALETTE, DUATELE.  See Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 52; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 38, Family No. 73; BRDR, 2:161-63, the marriage records of her 4 sons who came to LA with their father, which calls her Bonnot DUATELE (SJA-2, 27), Bonne-Jacqueline-Francoise CATELLE (PCP-19, 35), Bonne-Jacqueline-Francoise-Catherine CATEL (PCP-19, 20), & Bonne CHALETTE (SJO-3, 5).  In both of his works cited above, Robichaux calls her Bonne-Jacqueline-Françoise CASTEL, says she was born c1745 but does not give her birthplace, her parents'  names, or the date or place of her death.  According to both Robichaux volumes, she was still alive in Dec 1775 when she accompanied her husband & their 6 sons in the convoy from Poitou to Nantes.  According to Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, son Guillaume-Médard was baptized at Ste.-Croix, Nantes, in June 1776, &  another son, Jean, was baptized at St.-Martin, Chantenay, in Feb 1778.  So she probably died at Nantes or Chantenay in the late 1770s or early 1780s.  Her family was not Acadian, so she probably was a native of France.  She gave Charles 8 sons, but only 5 of them survived childhood & made it to LA.  The sons who died were Louis, baptized 14 Feb 1774 at La Chapelle-Roux, Vienne, while they were part of the Poitou settlement, but whose death date & burial place is not given; Guillaume-Médard, who died at age 2 mos. & was buried at St.-Jacques, Nantes, 28 Jul 1776; & Jean, who died at age 3 & was buried at St.-Martin, Chantenay, 16 Sep 1780.  See Robichaux's studies of the Acadians in France, cited above.  

His exile to VA & England & repatriation to France are pure guess work based on his birthplace.  Most of the Minas Acadians who ended up in France were the ones whom the British sent to VA in 1755. 

The marriage record of son Joseph-Dominique, dated 4 Nov 1795, in BRDR, 2:524 (SJA-2, 27), calls his parents Carlos BROUSSARD & Bonnot DUATELE "of Cherbourg, Normandy," so that is a clue as to where Charles married his first wife.  He & his family were deported from Île St.-Jean to Cherbourg in 1758-59.  Was she a native of that city? 

Who was the daughter with him & his second wife at Nantes in Sep 1784?  Was she a BOUDREAUX stepdaughter who, for some reason, did not accompany her mother & stepfather to LA?  See Voorhies, J., 489.  The 2 Robichaux vols. cited above mention no daughter of his from his first wife, & in Sep 1784 he & his second wife had not been married long enough (3 months) to have had a daughter of their own.  Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 19, Family No. 35, mentions no daughters, only 4 sons (Pierre, Paul, Jean-Louis, & François-Xavier) for François BOUDROT & Euphrosine BARRILLOT.  So what happened to the girl in the Sep 1784 report?  Was she a female orphan who went to LA with another family?  The Sep 1784 report lists orphans separately.  See Voorhies, J., 488.  

10.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Claude BROUSSARD; Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 22, 29, calls him Claude BROUSSARD, brother, & Claude (-Eloi), brother, & says he was age 21; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:125, 763 (SM Ch.: v.4, #79), the record of his second marriage, calls him Claude BROUSSARD, calls his wife Catherine TRAHAN "de la Cadie," gives his & her parents' names but not her mother's surname, does not mention his first wife, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Louis DESHORMAUX, Pierre HÉBERT, & ____ LABOVE; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:153 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1306), his death/burial record, calls him Claude BROUSSARD, "native of Acadie," says he died "at age about 75 yrs. at his home at Vermillion[sic]," that he was buried next day "in the parish cemetery," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:153 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#346), his succession, calls him Claude BROUSSARD m. Catherine TRAHAN.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 22.

His estimated birth year is based not on his burial record but on the Attakapas censuses in which he is found.  The Attakapas general census of 1769 hints that his full name may have been Claude-Éloi. 

Where is the record of his first marriage? 

11.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him Dominique [BROUSSARD], & lists him with his father, stepmother, 3 brothers, & a stepbrother; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 60, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph-Dominique BROUSSARD, gives his parents' names, calls his mother Bonne CASTEL, says his parents were tous Accadiens, & that his godparents were Dominique GIROIR & Monique BROUSSAR; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 52, calls him Dominique [BROUSSARD], gives his parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him Dominique, son [Charles BROUSSARD's] fils, age 12, on the embarkation list, Domingo, su [Carlos BROUSARD's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Dominique BROUSSARD, his [Charles BROUSSARD's] son, age 12, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 24th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his father, stepmother, 3 brothers, & a stepbrother; BRDR, 2:161, 524 (SJA-2, 27), his marriage record, calls him Domingo BROUSARD (BROUSSARD), calls his wife Pélagia MARTIN, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Cherbourg, Normandy," that her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Pablo MARTIN & Adam MATERNE. 

According to his baptismal record, his mother also was Acadian, but she was not.  She probably was a native of Cherbourg. 

12.  Wall of Names, 14, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:131, 559-60 (SM Ch.: Folio F), a record of her first marriage, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD, "born in Acadia," calls her husband Michel MAU, "born in parish of Chaillevette in Saintonge," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Simon BROUSSARD, François GREVEMBERG, Jean-Baptiste GREVEMBERG, & Jean TRAHANT, with the notation that the priest who recorded the marriage wrote on the record "je pretre Capucin, cure de la paroisse de St.-Jacque de la nouvelle acadie (I, a Capuchin priest, pastor of the parish of St. James in New Acadia)"; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:131, 560, 9:430, 438 (NI Ch.: OA Folio, #1), another record of her first marriage, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD, "born in Acadia," calls her husband Michel MAUX, "born in Chaillevette/Chailleveette, Saintonge, France," gives no parents' names in one copy & both her & his parents' names in another, but gives no witnesses to her marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:132 (NI Ch.: OA-#1), yet another record of her first marriage, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD, "born in Acadie," calls her husband Michel MAUX, "born at Chailleville, Saintonge, France," gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were "of l'Acadie" & "of Acadia" (obviously in error)," but gives no witnesses to her marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:131, 486 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.4, #95), the record of her second marriage, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD, "native of Acadia, widow of Michel MAUX," calls her husband Pierre LAPOINTE, "native of Montréal in Canada, widower of Josèphe FOVEN, gives her & his parents' names, says his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were ____ BROGNIER, Jacque JEUNE, René TRAHAN, Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD, & Alexandre Chevalier DECLOUET; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:131-32, 586 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.16, #96), a record of her third marriage, calls him Isabelle BROUSSARD, "of Acadie, wid. of Pierre LAPOINTE," calls her husband Thomas NIKELSON "from Boston," gives her & his parents' names, calls him a major son, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Olion BROUSSARD, François GONSSOULIN, D. BROUSSARD, & Francisco CASO Y LEUNGO; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:150, 596 (SM Ch.: v.4, #119), another record of her third marriage, calls her Zabelle BROUSSARD, "veuve de (widow of) Pierre LAPOINTE," calls her husband Thomas NICKELSON "of Boston, here for 3 yrs., veuf de (widower of) Rebecca CROSBY," gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD, Théodore BROUSSARD, Antoine MAU, Achille BERARD, & Francisco CUJO (CASO) y LUENGO; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:107 (Laf.Ch.: v.[?], p. 30), her death/burial record, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD m. (3) Thomas NIKELSON, says she died "at age 98 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 21; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 249. 

The age given in her burial record was much too high.  She likely died in her early 80s. 

13.  Wall of Names, 14 (pl. 2R), calls her Élisabeth BROUSSARD, & lists her with Madeleine BROUSSARD, implying that they were sisters.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 22; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 13.

See sister Madeleine's marriage records, dated 18 Jul 1772, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:140-41 (SM Ch.: v.1, -. 27; SM Ch.: Folio A-1, p.19), for their parents' names.  She does not appear in the census of Acadians in MD in Jul 1763, so she likely was born soon after the counting.  See Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152. 

She likely came to LA with her teenage sister in Sep 1766 & followed her to Cabanocé.  Why did Élisabeth follow her older sister to Attakapas at such a young age?  Did she marry?  This researcher suspects that Élisabeth & her "sister"--perhaps only another BROUSSARD orphan, not her sister--came to LA not from MD in 1766 but from Halifax with most of the other BROUSSARDs in Feb 1765.  Just a hunch. 

14.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Firmin BROUSSARD; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2448, the LA section, calls him Firmin BROUSSARD, says he was born in 1749 but gives no birthplace, calls his parents Jean [BROUSSARD] & Osite LANDRY of Pigiguit, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, & says his children were Simon, born in 1770, Henriette in 1780, Marie-Madeleine in 1781, François-Thomas in 1782, & Firmin in 1785 but gives no birthplaces; BRDR, 2:161, 443 (ASC-1, 130), his marriage record, calls him Firmin BRUSARD, calls his wife Marie-Magdelaine LANDRY, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Jean-Baptiste-Olivier LANDY & Jean-Baptiste GRANGÉ; NOAR, 4:42 (SLC, F2, 3), his death/burial record, calls him Firmino BRUSARD, "resident of La Fourche," does not give his parents' names or mention a wife, & says he was age 34 when he died.  See also Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 178; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 5, 16.  

"La Fourche" in 1785 was Ascension.  What was he doing in New Orleans at the time of his death?  Visiting?  On business?

15.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him François BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:160 (SM Ch.:  v.4, #1251), his death/burial record, calls him François [BROUSSARD], "native of Acadie," says he died "at age about 78 years at his home at Vermillion," & was buried "in the parish cemetery."  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 7, 22, 37; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 13. 

16.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him François BROUSSARD, & lists him singly.  

What happened to him in LA?

17.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him François [BROUSSARD], & lists him with his father, stepmother, 3 brothers, & a stepbrother; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 52, calls him Francois [BROUSSARD], gives his parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him Francois, son [Charles BROUSSARD's] fils, marin, age 18, on the embarkation list, Francisco, su [Carlos BROUSARD's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Francois BROUSSARD, his [Charles BROUSSARD's] son, sailor, age 18, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 24th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his father, stepmother, 3 brothers, & a stepbrother; BRDR, 2:161, 377 (PCP-19, 35), his marriage record, calls him François BROUSSARD "of Normandy, France," calls his wife Marguerite HENRY "of St.-Malo in Bretagne," gives his & her parents' names, says her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Charles BROUSSARD [his father] & Maximilien HENRY. 

His marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because Baton Rouge, where he settled did not have a church of its own until 1793.  Before then, priests from Pointe Coupée across the river or from St.-Gabriel downriver would administer the sacraments to the residents in the Baton Rouge area. 

18.  Wall of Names, 14, calls her Françoise BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:125 (SM Ch.: v.4, #243), her burial record, calls her Françoise BROUSSARD, gives her parents' & husband's name, & says she died "at age 50 yrs."  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 23, 37; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 13. 

Her estimated birth year is based not on her burial record but on the Attakapas censuses in which she is found & which give her age. 

19.  Wall of Names, 26, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 21, 37. 

20.  Wall of Names, 14, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:131, 498 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.2, #21), her marriage record, calls her Isabelle BROUSSARD, "of Acadie," calls her husband Comme LEBLANC, "of Acadie," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Olivier THIBAUDOT, Claude MARTIN, Joseph BROUSSARD, & Jean-Baptiste HÉBERT. 

21.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Jean BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:132-33, 139 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.4, #378), a record of his first marriage, calls him Jean BROUSSARD "from Halifax in the Province of Acadie," calls his wife Louise-Devine BROUSSARD "from Attakapas Post," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Simon BROUSSARD, Silvain BROUSSARD, ____ DELAHOUSSAYE, _____ BERARD, Pierre BROUSSARD, & Alexandre Chevalier DECLOUET; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:132, 139 (SM Ch.: v.3, #8), another record of his first marriage, calls him Jean BROUSSARD, calls his wife Louise BROUSSARD, says he was a minor son & she a minor daughter, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "d'Acadie" & hers were "d'Atakapa," but gives no witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:166, 918 (SM Ch.: v.5, #346), the record of his second marriage, calls him Jean BROUSSARD, "inhabitant of la côte gelée, native of Acadie, widower in a first marriage to dec. Ludivine Louise BROUSSARD," calls his wife Séraphie THIBAUDEAU, "native of this parish, widow in a first marriage to dec. Louis TRAHAN," calls him a major son & her a major daughter, gives his & her parents' names, says her father was "inhabitant at la pointe, their parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Jean BROUSSARD, fils [his son], Pierre BROUSSARD, Louis ST. JULIEN, Patrick COLWELL, & Louis CHEMIN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:107 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #213), his first succession record, calls him Jean BROUSSARD m. Seraphine THIBODEAUX, but does not give his parents' names or the name of his first wife; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:107 (Laf.Ch.: v.3, p.49), his death/burial record, calls him Jean BROUSSARD père m. Seraphine THIBODEAUX, says he was 73 years old when he died, but does not give his parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:107 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #268, #269), his postmortem succession record, calls him Jean BROUSSARD, but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife & children.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 17; De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 15; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 9; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 281. 

22.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Jean BROUSSARD.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.

He evidently did not marry. 

23.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls him Jean BROUSSARD, & lists him with a wife & son; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 60, 83, his marriage record, calls him Jean BROUSSARD, Acadien, calls his wife Marguerite COUMEAU, Acadienne, gives his & her parents' names, says both of his parents & his wife's mother were deceased at the time of the marriage, but gives no witnesses to his marriage; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 53, calls him Jean BROUSSARD, says he was born in c1745 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, says both of his parents were deceased at the time of the marriage, gives his wife's parents' names, says her mother was deceased at the time of the marriage, includes the birth/baptismal records of son Jean-Baptiste, baptized 11 May 1774, Monthoiron, godson of Honoré COMMAUX & Bonne-Jacquette-Francois CATEL, & son Joseph, baptized 21 Nov 1775, Monthoiron, godson of Charles BROUSSARD & Agnés BROUSSARD, & says his family resided in the parish of St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, near Nantes, on 2 Oct 1777; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 38-39, Family No. 74, calls him Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD, says he was born in c1743 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, calls his wife Marguerite COMMAUX, says she was born in c1753 but gives no birthplace, says they married in c1773 but gives no place of marriage, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial record of daughter Florence-Adélaïde, baptized 2 Oct 1777, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & son Pierre, baptized 2 Oct 1777 [twin of Florence-Adélaïde], St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, died age 10 mos. 30 Jul 1778, buried same day, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & details the family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls him Jean BROUSSARD, charpentier, age 40, on the embarkation list, Juan BAUSARD, on the debarkation list, & Jean BROUSSARD, carpenter, age 40, on the complete listing, says he was in the 2nd Family aboard L'Amitié with his wife & a son, lists the implements the Spanish gave him after he reached LA, details his marriage, including his but not his wife's parents' names, says they were married in 1773 but gives no place of marriage, & says son Jean-Baptiste was born in 1774 but gives no birthplace.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 495.

Monthoiron is in the Poitou region of France, near Châtellerault, so he & his family evidently were part of the Acadian settlement in that region in the early 1770s.  

What happened to son Joseph & daughter Florence-Adélaïde, who would have been 10 & 8, respectively, in 1785?  They did not go to LA with the rest of the family, so they must have died in France.  Note that neither of them was in the Spanish census of Acadians in France, taken in Sep 1784, so they must have died before then.  

It would have been unusual for a BROUSSARD to go anywhere else but the Attakapas District.  

24.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls him Jean BROUSSARD, & lists him with his parents & no siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 53, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD, gives his parents' names, & says his godparents were Honoré COMMAUX [probably his maternal grandfather] & Jacquette-François- CATEL [a maternal aunt], & that his family resided at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, near Nantes, in Oct 1777; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 38-39, Family No. 74, calls him Jean [BROUSSARD], gives his parents' names, & details his family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls him Jean, son [Jean BROUSSARD's] fils, age 11, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Jean BROUSSARD, his [Jean BROUSSARD's] son, age 11, on the complete listing, says he was in the 2nd Family aboard L'Amitié with his parents & no siblings, &, calling him Jean-Baptiste [BROUSSARD], says he was born in 1774 but gives no birthplace; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:133, 405 (SM Ch.: v.4, #89), his marriage record, calls him Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD, calls his wife Céleste HÉBERT, does not give any parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph DUON, ____ BENOIT De St. Clair, ____ PEYTAVIN Du Bousquet, Firmon DUON, & Nicolas HÉBERT; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:162 (Laf. Ch.: v.1, p.10), his death/burial record, calls him Jean Baptiste dit Petit BROUSSARD, "a native of Nantes," gives his father's but not his mother's name, mentions no wife, & says he was buried "in the parish cemetery."  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 495.  

His place of baptism, Monthoiron, is in the Poitou region of France near Châtellerault, so he & his family evidently were part of the settlement scheme in that region during the early 1770s. 

Who were his wife's parents?  Can we assume they were Acadian HÉBERTs? 

25.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2447, says he was born in 1740; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:133, 474 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-19-90), a record of his second marriage, calls him Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD "of Acadie," calls his wife Élizabeth LANDRY, "wid. of Joseph DUGAS," gives his but not her parents' names, & gives no witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:133, 473-74 (SM Ch.: v.4, #178), another record of his second marriage, calls him Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD, "widr. of Anna BRUN," calls his wife Élizabeth LANDRY "of St.-Malo, France, wid. of Amand LANDRY," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Jean BROUSSARD, son, Donat LEBLANC, Simon GRANGER, Charles DUGA, & Simon BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:162 (Laf. Ch.: v.2, p.13, #35), his death/burial record, calls him Jean Baptiste BROUSSARD, "native of Acadie, spouse of dec. Élisabeth DUGAT in a second marriage," that he "died at the home of his eldest son, Jean BROUSSARD at 7:00 p.m. at age 98 years," that he was "buried ... in the parish church cemetery," but does not give his parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:107 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #279), his succession, calls him Jean Baptiste BROUSSARD d. 1820's, does not give his parents' names or mention a wife but says he had 10 children.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 7, 17, 37; Brasseaux, ed., Quest for the Promised Land, 123-24; <thecajuns.com/cardmoney.htm>; De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 15; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 9; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 281. 

For his election as co-commandant, see Brasseaux, ed. 

26.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him Jean-Charles [BROUSSARD], & lists him with his father, stepmother, 3 brothers, & a stepbrother; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 52, calls him Jean-Charles-Joseph [BROUSSARD], gives his parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him Jean-Charles, son [Charles BROUSSARD's] fils, marin, age 20, on the embarkation list, Juan Carlos, su [Carlos BROUSARD's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Jean-Charles BROUSSARD, his [Charles BROUSSARD's] son, sailor, age 20, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 24th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his father, stepmother, 3 brothers, & a stepbrother; BRDR, 2:162, 685 (PCP-19, 20), the record of his first marriage, calls him Jean-Charles BROUSART, calls his wife Élisabeth TEMPLÉ, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Jean TEMPLÉ & Jacque TEMPLÉ; BRDR, 3:174, 802 (ASC-2, 151), the record of his second marriage, calls him Carolos BROUSSARD, "widower Élizabeth TEMPLAIS," calls his wife Nanette STEVEN, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Servant TEMPLAI, Michel PEDERY, & Pierre FRESSINE. 

 His first marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because Baton Rouge, where he lived at the time, did not have a church of its own until 1793.  Before then, priests from Pointe Coupée across the river or from St.-Gabriel downriver would administer the sacraments to the folks at Baton Rouge. 

His second wife's father was Louis-Williams STEBENS of Nantes, France, via Boston, MA.  He was twice a widower when he married Nanette's Acadian mother at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, near Nantes, in Jan 1783.  He may have been German or Polish or Dutch.  Her mother was a Minas BABIN born at Southampton, England, in Sep 1760. 

27.  Wall of Names, 14 (pl. 2R), calls him Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, & list him with no wife, 3 sons, & a daughter; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2444-45, calls him Joseph BROSSARD dit Beausoleil, says he was born in 1702 but gives no birthplace, that he was de Chipoudy, Acadie, gives his parents' names, calls his father Jean-François, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, says he was commandant des Acadiens aux Attakapas, that he died at St.-Martinville on 5 Sep 1785, & says his children were Jean-Grégoire, born in 1726, Victor in c1728, Raphaël in 1733, Timothée in 1741, & Amand in c1745, but gives no birthplaces; White DGFA-1, 285, calls him Joseph BROUSSARD/BROSSARD dit Beausoleil, says he was born in c1702 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, calls his father François, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, & says he was buried on 20 Oct 1765, no age given, "inh camp Beausoleil (acte inscrit 25 Nov 1765)."  

Quotes from Brasseaux, ed., Quest for the Promised Land, 34, 52.  See also Rev. C. J. d'Entremont, "BROSSARD (Broussard), dit Beausoleil, Joseph," DCB online; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:137.  Perrin, W. A., Acadian Redemption, chap. 3, details Beausoleil's disputes with his fellow Acadians & questions the move to Chepoudy.  Father d'Entremont says that the BROUSSARDs settled at "Le Cran (Stoney Creek, south of Moncton, NB)," on the Petitcoudiac; Perrin, W. A., p. 19, locates the BROUSSARD settlement on the upper Petitcoudiac "near Boundary Creek (now the Village of Salisburg) on the north bank of the Petitcoudiac River ten miles from present-day Moncton, New Brunswick."  Beausoleil's  participation in the Acadian resistance to British rule during King George's War, in which he earned a 50-pound-sterling price on his head, can be found in Faragher, A Great & Noble Scheme, chap. 8; Jobb, The Cajuns, 78; & Marshall, Acadian Resistance.  See also Faragher, p. 356.  Faragher, chap. 14, details Beausoleil's adventures in the 1760s as a leader of the Acadian resistance in present-day southeastern NB.  For details of Beausoleil's adventures in Acadia & LA during & after Le Grand Dérangement, see Appendix.  Rev. C. J. d'Entremont, "BROSSARD (Broussard), dit Beausoleil, Joseph," says nothing of BROUSSARD's capture at Restigouche & claims that Joseph dit Beausoleil was still resisting the British in 1761 & did not surrender to COL Joseph Frye, commander at Fort Cumberland, until Nov 1761.  Father d'Entremont also says that Joseph dit Beausoleil "was buried on 20 October at Beausoleil, near the site of the present-day town of BROUSSARD, a few miles south of Lafayette," but the Attakapas Acadians did not settle the Côte Gelée area, where the town of BROUSSARD is located, until after Beausoleil's death.  

A group of archaeologists & students from ULL, led by Dr. Mark Rees and including descendants of Joseph dit Beausoliel, as part of Projet Nouvelle Acadia/New Acadia Project, are searching for the Acadian hero's burial place along the Teche.  When they find him, they also will likely find the resting place of dozens of other members of his party.  See Appendix; ..

A short on-line history of Beausoleil BROUSSARD at <wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Broussard> claims that Joseph's middle name was Gaurhept, & that he & his wife had 11 children.  The article, citing C.A. Pincombe & E.W. Larracy, Resurgo: The History of Moncton, 1:30, published at Moncton in 1990, also asserts that in 1764 the British at Halifax permitted Beausoleil "to travel with several other Acadians to Dominica.  Unable to adapt to the climate, he led the group to settle in Louisiana."  Perhaps the author & his source are confusing Dominica, or Dominique, a French-controlled island ceded to Britain in 1763, with St.-Domingue, or Haiti, which the French kept in 1763 & to where the BROUSSARDs did go.  Anyone familiar with Beausoleil BROUSSARD's attitude toward the British would know that he would not have chosen a British island on which to settle his people.  The author also claims that BROUSSARD "was among the first 200 Acadians to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765 aboard the Santo Domingo," & cites the on-line source <carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/LafayetteParish/Broussard.htm>.  Not even Dr. Carl A. Brasseaux, the best informed scholar on the Acadians in LA, has identified the ship, or ships, on which the BROUSSARD party sailed.  Perhaps the author of the Wikipedia article confused the ship with the island of Santo Domingo, or St.-Domingue.  Close students of Acadian history know, of course, that the first Acadians to come to LA arrived from GA in Feb 1764, exactly a year before the BROUSSARD party reached New Orleans.  Is this article a case of "factoid drift?"

A recent & detailed treatment of Beausoleil's life is Marshall, Acadian Resistance.  It is especially thorough on Beausoleil's activities during & after King George's War.  Unfortunately, the only documentation in the book is a bibliography; there are no footnotes or endnotes.  One would have appreciated specific documentation on Beausoleil's involvement in the massacre at Dartmouth, near Halifax, NS, in May 1751, in which English women & children perished at the hands of Acadian resistance fighters & their Mi'kmaq allies.  Marshall's description of the incident paints my paternal ancestor as more of a terrorist than a freedom fighter! 

28.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Joseph BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:134 (SM Ch.: v.4, #37), his burial record, calls him Joseph BROUSSARD m. Marguerite SAVOIE, says he died "at age 62 yrs. "'de fluxion de Peche' (chest flu [cold] or pneumonia)," but does not give his parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:134 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-19-157), his succession record, calls him Joseph BROUSSARD m. Marguerite SAVOY, says he was buried in Dec 1788, & lists his children as "Enfant du premier lit (child from the first marriage [literally the first bed])" René, "Enfants du second lit (children of the second marriage [literally the second bed])" Marguerite m. Jean BERNARD, Louise m. Jean BROUSSARD, Astazie m. Michel BROUSSARD, Magdelaine m. François BERNARD, & Elfroy BROUSSARD.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 7, 22, 37; De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 11; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 13; "Fort Edward, 1761-62."

His ages in the Attakapas censuses of 1771 & 1777 make no sense; they are the same age recorded 6 years apart!  His parents were still living on the river above Port-Royal in c1727, so he likely was born there, at the village of Beausoleil in the parish of St.-Laurent, not at Chepoudy or Petitcoudiac, where his parents lived from the 1730s.  The ages given in the Attakapas census of 1769 & his burial record are used here to determine his birth year. 

There is some confusion about which Joseph BROUSSARD, fils went to LA.  Arsenault, Généalogie, 1545-56, the Chepoudy/Petitcoudiac section, says that Joseph-Grégoire [BROUSSARD], born in 1725, was son of Alexandre BROSSARD dit Beausoleil & Marguerite THIBODEAU; Arsenault, 2446, the LA section, says the Joseph BROUSSARD in LA was born in 1725, son of Alexandre [BROUSSARD] & Marguerite THIBODEAUX, that he married Anastasie LEBLANC in c1750 but gives no place of marriage nor her parents' names, that he remarried to Marguerite SAVOIE in c1763 but gives no place of marriage nor her parents' names, lists his children as, from his first marriage, René, born in c1752, from his second marriage, Louise-Ludivine, born in 1764, Marguerite in 1765, with the note that she was born on 3 Apr & baptized on 24 Apr "lors du passage de cette famille à Pointe-Coupée en route pour se fonder un nouveau foyer aux Attakapas," Édouard in c1768, Anastasie in c1770, Madeleine in 1772, Éloi in c1773, Joseph in 1774, François-Alexandre in 1777, & Elroy in c1780 but give no birthplaces, & says he was buried at St. Martinville on 20 Dec 1788.  <gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/acadian>, a baptismal record for Joseph-Grégoire BROSSARD, dated 3 Apr 1725, says he was baptized "at the house by Guillaume BLANCHARD," that he was son of Alexandre BROSSARD & Marguerite TIBAUDEAU, & that his godparents were Joseph BROSSARD, son of the late François BROSSARD, & Agnès THIBAUDEAU, daughter of Michel TIBAUDEAU.  However, Marshall, Acadian Resistance, 24, insists that Joseph-Grégoire dit "Petit Joe" was an older son of Joseph, not Alexandre BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, & says, on 186, that Joseph-Grégoire, son of Alexandre, died at Georges Island, Halifax, in 1763.  A BROUSSARD family genealogy website at <kandrtell.tripod.com/gen/broussard.html> agrees:  Joseph-Grégoire, "b 1 Jan[sic] 1725 in Acadia," son of Alexandre & husband of Ursule TRAHAN, died at Halifax before Aug 1763, which means that the Joseph-Grégoire who came to LA had to be a son of Joseph, not Alexandre.  The family genealogy website also says that Joseph dit Beausoleil's son Joseph-Grégoire "was born in 1726," probably taken from Petit Jos's age in his burial record, cited above.  However, the family genealogist gives a precise birth date of 25 Jun 1726 for Joseph dit Beausoleil's oldest son Jean-Grégoire, who died during Le Grand Dérangement, so Petit Jos had to have been born later in the decade.  It's unfortunate that the priest at Attakapas in 1788, Fr. Bernardo de Deva, who recorded Petit Jos's burial, was not more diligent in his recordkeeping.  All he had to do was give the deceased Joseph's parents' names, & there would be no confusion in the matter.  I will ignore Arsenault & follow the family genealogist here, while awaiting Acadian genealogist Stephen A. White's imprimatur in the matter. 

Update:  here is a fine Acadian National Day gift from Stephen A. White via Lucie LeBlanc Consentino's FaceBook blog, dated 15 Aug 2012 (italics added):  "Joseph-Grégoire BROUSSARD was born and baptized at Port-Royal in 1725.  His baptismal record shows his parents were Alexandre BROUSSARD and Marguerite THIBODEAU.  Joseph-Grégoire married Ursule TRAHAN.  Joseph-Grégoire is not the Joseph BROUSSARD who was known as Petit Jos, however.  Petit Jos was his double first cousin, the son of Joseph BROUSSARD and Agnès THIBODEAU.  Petit Jos was born about 1728 or so. (His burial record, in 1788, says he was sixty-two at the time of his death, but his brother Jean-Grégoire's baptismal record shows that he was born in June 1726, and as they weren't twins it is thus unlikely that Joseph was born any earlier than 1727.)"  Case closed. 

29.  Wall of Names, 14 (pl. 2R), calls him Joseph BROUSSARD, & lists him with his widowed mother, Ursule TRAHAN, & a sister; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2445, 2447, the LA section, calls his parents Joseph BROUSSARD & Ursule LEBLANC; BRDR, 2:142, 162 (ASC-1, 133 & 134), his marriage record, calls him Joseph BROUSSARD, calls his wife Anna BRAUD, gives his & her parents' names, calls his parents Joseph [BROUSSARD] & Ursule TRAHAN, "Acadians, res. at Attakapas," says her parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to his marriage were François BROUSARD [a cousin] & Simon BROUSARD [an uncle]; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:163 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ. #474), his "Last Will," calls him Joseph [BROUSSARD], but gives no wife or heirs; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:164 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1554), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph BROUSSARD, "native of Acadie, inhabitant of La fausse pointe, died suddenly during the evening of either the 14 or 15 Feb. 1823 at age about 72 years at the house of Philippe, homme de couleur," & that he was buried "in the parish cemetery," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:163 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#474), his succession, calls him Joseph BROUSSARD, says he died on 15 Feb 1823, but does not give his parents' names, mention a wife, or list any heirs.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 17; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 13; See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 249. 

Wall of Names calls his parents Joseph-Grégoire BROUSSARD & Ursule TRAHAN.  Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:131-32 (SM Ch.: Folio F; NI Ch.: OA Folio, #1; SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.4, #95; SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.16, #96)), the marriage records of his sister Isabelle, dated 14 Feb 1770, 29 Nov 1785, & 7 Aug 1795, as well as his own marriage record, cited above, call their parents Joseph BROUSSARD & Ursule TRAHAN/TRAHANT, so Arsenault got their mother's surname wrong.  (Keep in mind that brothers Alexandre & Joseph dit Beausoleil each had older sons named Joseph-Grégoire & that this Joseph's father was a son of Alexandria, not Joseph dit Beausoleil.  Joseph dit Beausoleil's son Joseph-Grégoire was called Petit Jos &, unlike his first cousin, who died in NS, came to LA with his family.)  Wall of Names says that Ursule TRAHAN was a widow when she reached LA, so the reference in his marriage record which says his parents were "Acadians, res. at Attakapas" is only partly correct.  His mother remarried to Joseph GIROUARD in Apr 1765, soon after they reached the colony, but she died at Attakapas in Oct 1765, during an epidemic, 11 years before her son married at Ascension.  Her second husband also succumbed to the epidemic in October 1765.  Joseph's biological father, remember, did not live long enough to come to LA.  So perhaps the recording priest at Ascension, who likely was Spanish Capuchin Fr. Angelus de Revillagodos, meant that Joseph's mother & stepfather had been "res. at Attakapas." 

His marriage was recorded at Ascension, now Donaldsonville, because that's where his wife was from.  So how did a boy from the prairies hook up with a girl from the east bank of the river?  Her parents had come to LA from MD in 1766.  Anne was 12 then & had been born probably at Minas, so she & Joseph would not have known one another during Le Grand Dérangement.  Perhaps their families, both from the Minas Basin, knew one another in the old country.  

Arsenault, following Joseph's burial record, says that he was born in 1741, but the Attakapas census of 1777, followed here, says otherwise.  

30.  Not in Wall of Names.  Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:132, 571 (Opel.Ch.: v.1-A, p.35), his marriage record, calls him Jacques BROUSSARD "of Manchak," calls his wife Isabelle MILLER, gives his & her parents' names, calls his parents Paul [BROUSSARD] & Isabelle CHALET, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Jacob MILLER [either her father or brother], Benjamin SMITH, John TYSON, & Joseph CHARP. 

Who knows why he is not on either of the passenger lists of Le Bon Papa with the rest of his family.  See Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, for his family's inclusion on the ship's embarkation & debarkation lists.  It is for this reason that he does not appear on the Acadian Memorial's Wall of Names.  However, there are compelling clues that place him in Charles BROUSSARD's family:

First, Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 52, says "Charles BROUSSARD and Bonne CATEL, his wife and six children:  Jean-Charles-Joseph, François, Jacques, Pierre, Dominique and Louis were in the Third Convoy leaving Châtellerault for Nantes on December 7, 1775."  This same notation can be found in Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 38, Family No. 73.  The Nantes study also shows that Charles and Bonne had 2 more sons at St.-Martin de Chantenay near Nantes--Guillaume-Médard, baptized in Jun 1776, & Jean, baptized in Feb 1778, but both of them died young, in Jul 1776 & Sep 1780, respectively.  Bonne also does not appear on the passenger list of Le Bon Papa because she died at Nantes in the late 1770s or early 1780s, & Charles remarried to Euphrosine BARRILLOT at St.-Martin de Chantenay in Jun 1784.  Louis, by Charles's first wife, also does not appear on the passenger list of Le Bon Papa; he likely died at Nantes after the family got there; there is no evidence that he, too, went to LA.  But back to Jacques.  If he was born at Cherbourg in the late 1760s, he would have been in his late teens in 1785, when his family set sail from Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes, in May 1785.  Note how many sons the Spanish counted with Charles BROUSSARD & his second wife at Nantes in Sep 1784--6 of them.  Jacques could have been the sixth son with the family at Nantes in Sep 1784.  See Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 489.  How Jacques was overlooked when the passenger lists of Le Bon Papa were compiled is anyone's guess.  Note that his marriage record says he was "of Manchak," which is where Charles et al. settled after they reached LA.  The Opelousas priest called Jacques's father Paul, which, when pronounced in the French, sounds a lot like Charles.  Jacques's mother's name, Isabelle, is probably a redundancy of his wife's name.  One of the most compelling clues is the surname the Opelousas priest gave his mother--CHALET.  This is one of the many forms of his mother's actual surname, CASTEL, found in LA records.  The biggest clue, however, is that Jacques exists, that he was a BROUSSARD in LA who cannot be accounted for in any other BROUSSARD family line there.  I will add him to this list, as part of Charles BROUSSARD's family, until more compelling evidence forces me to remove him. 

Though I am convinced that Jacques was a son of Charles BROUSSARD, I must concede that he may not have crossed with Charles et al. aboard Le Bon Papa.  Like his older brothers Jean-Charles-Joseph and François, Jacques could have been a sailor, but, unlike them, he may not have been in France in May 1785 when the family left Paimboeuf on Le Bon Papa.  Wishing to be with them in LA, he could have taken one of the 6 other ships that sailed from France to New Orleans thru the third week of Oct that year, perhaps as a stowaway or as a crew member, hence his not appearing on a passenger list of any of the Seven Ships.  Or, as a sailor, he could have reached LA on his own hook in the late 1780s.  That he got to LA & found his family at Manchac is clear from the notation in his marriage record.  Why he left Manchac & moved to the Opelousas District is anyone's guess.  His father Charles died by Dec 1795, when his second wife was listed in the Assumption census on upper Bayou Lafourche without a husband.  Two of Jacques's brothers, François & Pierre, remained at Manchac/Baton Rouge, but the other two, Jean-Charles-Joseph & Joseph-Dominique, moved to upper Bayou Lafourche in the 1790s, perhaps following their father & stepmother.  Jacques, on the other hand, simply did his own thing & headed west across the Basin to the Opelousas prairies, where he married a daughter of the author's maternal ancestor, Jacob MILLER of Alsace & MD. 

31.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Louis BROUSSARD, & lists him singly.

When did he reach the colony & from where?  Why did he move north to the Avoyelles prairie in the mid-1790s?  Very few Acadians went there. 

32.  Wall of Names, 14 (pl. 2R), calls her Madeleine BROUSSARD, & lists her with sister Élisabeth; BRDR, 2:163, 346 (PCP-2, pt. 2, 140), one of her marriage records, calls her Magdelene BROUSSARD, calls her husband François GUILBAU, gives her & his parents' names, calling her mother Anne LEBLANC, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Augustin GREVEMBERG & Gerlad de VERBOIS; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:140, 379 (SM Ch.: v.1, p.27), another of her marriage records, calls her Magdeleine BROUSSARD, calls her husband François GUILLEBAUT, gives her & his parents' names, calling her mother Anne LEBLANC, & says the witnesses to her marriage were ____ BORDA, ____ de VERBOIS, _____ BERARD, Augustin GREVEMBER, François GREVEMBER, ____ DURIEN, & Joseph LANDRY; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:141, 379 (SM Ch.: Folio A-1, p.19), yet another of her marriage records, calls her Magdelene BROUSSARD "of Attakapas," calls her husband François GUILBAU "of Attakapas," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were _____ BERARD, Augustin GREVEMBER, Françoise[sic] GREVEMBER, _____ DURIEU, & Joseph LANDRY; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:167 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1503), her death/burial record, calls her Magdeleine [BROUSSARD], "native of Acadie, spouse of Francois GUILBAUD, inhabitant of la pointe," says she died "at age 70 years at her home," & that she was buried "in the parish cemetery," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 22; De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 12; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152. 

She does not appear in the Attakapas census of Apr 1766, so she evidently came to LA from MD with her sister in Sep 1766.  They went to Attakapas in the late 1760s.  François BROUSSARD, with whom she & her sister stayed, was a son of Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil & perhaps the younger brother of their father Jean.  This having been said, this researcher suspects that Madeleine & her "sister" Élisabeth--perhaps only another BROUSSARD orphan, not her younger sister--came to LA not from MD in 1766 but from Halifax with most of the other BROUSSARDs in Feb 1765.  Just a hunch.  Madeleine's, but not Élisabeth's, father could have been Joseph dit Beausoleil's oldest son Jean-Grégoire, who married an Anne LEBLANC & who died in exile in c1758.  Stephen White says that 1 of Jean-Grégoire's daughters went to LA.  This could have been Madeleine, but, again, not Élisabeth, who may have been a cousin. 

Her marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because, although the church in St. Martinville can trace its beginnings to 1765, during the late 1760s & early 1770s there often was no priest at Attakapas, so priests from the nearest parish, which was Pointe Coupée at the time, would cross the Atchafalaya Basin &, as missionaries, administer the sacraments to the settlers in the Attakapas & Opelousas districts (Opelousas had no church of its own until 1776). 

Husband François died the following Sep, "at age about 72 yrs.," & his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in Nov.  See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:168 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ. #461). 

33.  Wall of Names, 25, calls her Madeleine BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:140 (SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register, v.1, #2), one of her death/burial records, calls her Magdeleine BROUSSARD, "wife of Olivier THIBAUDAUT," but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:140 (SM Ch.: v.1, p.6), another of her death/burial records, calls her Magdalene BROUSSARD, "wife of Olivier THIBAUDEAU," but does not give her parents' names. 

See AGE, May 2006, p. 13, in which genealogist Stephen A. White speculates that the most likely parents of Madeleine were Alexandre dit Beausoleil & Marguerite THOBIDEAUX.  Arceneaux, D. J., "The Initial Acadian Settlement (2019)," 47n11, states however, that "For years, Magdeleine BROUSSARD was believed to be the daughter of Alexandre.  According to information provided to the author by Stephen White on April 4, 2017..., recent DNA results fora female-line descendant of Mageleine indirectly prove that she was a daughter of Claude, Alexandre's brother."  Arseneaux also notes:  "Olivier [THIBODEAUX] and Madeleine are my direct ancestors."   Madeleine has the dubious distinction of being the first of the BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil party in the Attakapas to die there, or at least the first recorded as having died there.  So why is she #2 in the St. Martinville church Slave Funeral Register, vol. 1?  Her infant daughter Marguerite-Anne THIBODEAUX, who died on 16 May, is #1. 

34.  Wall of Names, 15, calls her Marguerite BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:169 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1446), her death/burial record, calls her Marguerite [BROUSSARD], "wid. of Charlitte DUGAST, native of Acadie," says she died "... at the home of the widow Francois BERNARD at la fausse pointe," & was buried "in the parish cemetery," but does not give her parents' names  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 24, 37; De Ville, Attakapas Census, 1771, 13; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 13; Hébert, D., 1-A:821; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 280.  

Her estimated birth year is from the Attakapas census of 1777.  

35.  Wall of Names, 14, calls her Marguerite BROUSSARD; BRDR, 1b:29 (PCP-1, 279; PCP-3, 189), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marguerite BROUSSARD, gives her parents' names, describes them as "both Acadians going to establish a new settlement at Attakapas," & says her godparents were René TRAHAN, proxy for André MASSE, & Isabelle LEBLANC; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:56, 141 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.3, #177), one of her marriage records, calls her Marguerite BROUSSARD, "native of Atacapas," calls her husband Jean-Baptiste BERNARD "from the parish of Acadie," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were François BROUSSARD, Claude BROUSSARD, Silvain BROUSSARD, Simon LEBLANC, & Alexandre Chevalier DECLOUET; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:56, 141 (SM Ch.: v.2, #76), another of her marriage records, calls her Marguerite BROUSSARD, calls her husband Jean-Baptiste BERNARD, does not give any parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean-Baptiste BERNARD [the groom], Marguerite BROUSSARD [the bride], Jean Gilhorpe MERTERTIGO, Baptiste LAVOR, & Pierre BERNARD. 

It is significant to the history of the Attakapas region that Marguerite's birth & baptism were recorded not at New Orleans but at Pointe Coupée.  The notation in her baptismal record that her parents were "both Acadians going to establish a new settlement at Attakapas" hints that Marguerite was born either on the movement of the BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil party from New Orleans to Bayou Teche via the bayous & rivers of the central Atchafalaya Basin, or on the Teche soon after they got there.  After leaving New Orleans, the BROUSSARD party would have cleared the settlements of the two German Coasts & the small enclave of fellow Acadians at Cabanocé before reaching the confluence with Bayou Plaquemine, gateway to the Attakapas region.  There they would have turned westward into the Basin & made their way via Bayou Plaquemine, Grand River, & the Atchafalaya River to Bayou Courtableau, which would have taken them to the head of Bayou Teche.  See Brasseaux, ed., Quest for the Promised Land, 40-41; map,  If Marguerite's baptism had been recorded at New Orleans, the BROUSSARD party likely would have still been in the city on the day of her birth, Apr 23, weeks after the party's leaders had signed the DAUTERIVE agreement on Apr 4 & Marguerite's paternal grandfather, Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, was commissioned captain & commandant of the Attakapas District.  That her baptism was recorded at Pointe Coupée hints that the party was on their way to the Teche or had already gotten there by the third week of Apr.  One can safely say, then, that Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil took his party of 200 Acadians to the Teche in Apr, a few weeks after they made the deal with Jean-Antoine-Bernard DAUTERIVE & 2 months after they reached the colony. 

Note that Marguerite was not baptized by the BROUSSARD party's priest, Capuchin Father Jean-François de CIVRAY, whom the church authorities in New Orleans attached to them.  (Is this a clue that Fr. Jean-François did not accompany the party thru the Basin but came later?  His first notation in his carefully kept burial record for the party was made on May 16, days after the party would have reached Fausse Pointe.)  In the BROUSSARD party's movement thru the Basin & on to the Teche, the nearest parish would have been St.-François of Pointe Coupée, upriver from the confluence of the Mississippi with Bayou Plaquemine, hence the recording of the baptism there.  Marguerite likely was the first child born in La Nouvelle-Acadie, as Fr. Jean-François called the new Acadian settlement on the Teche, or at least the first child there whose birth was recorded.  (For early use of the term La Nouvelle-Acadie, see the burial record of Alexandre BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, little Marguerite's great uncle, in which Fr. Jean-François describes himself as curé de la nouvelle Acadie; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:119 [SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register, v.1, #21].)  Little Marguerite's baptismal sponsors were Isabelle LEBLANC, wife of her uncle Victor BROUSSARD, & René TRAHAN, husband of Isabelle BROUSSARD, one her aunts.  René stood proxy for André MASSÉ, a major cattle rancher of the Attakapas District & partner of Jean-Antoine-Bernard DAUTERIVE.  MASSÉ would help the BROUSSARDs get settled on the lower Teche.  See Book Eight.  Happily, the baby survived the rigors of childhood to become a young bride, a mother, & a grandmother. 

36.  Wall of Names, 23, calls her Marguerite BROUSSARD veuve Jacques MELANSON.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 151.

37.  Wall of Names, 14 (pl. 2R), calls her Marie BROUSSARD, & lists her singly; BRDR, 4:106, 405 (SMI-2, 87), the record of her second marriage, calls her Marie BROUSSARD, "wid. Bonaventure GAUDIN," calls her husband Paul Olivier MELANSON, does not give her or his parents' names but gives her husband's first wife's name, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Cenac LANDRI, Étienne DUGAS, & Medard DELATTRE; BRDR, 4:106 (SMI-4, 74), her death/burial record, calls her Marie BROUSSARD, "age 65 yrs., wife of Paul MELANÇON," but does not give her parents' names.  See also Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 176; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 13; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 124.  

Wall of Names lists her singly & not with her parents & older sister perhaps because the Attakapas census of 1766 included the names of only the heads of households, so she cannot be definitively linked to Athanase BROUSSARD via that source.  But if that is the case, why did they link sister Isabelle with Athanase BROUSSARD & Anne BOURGEOIS and not Marie?

Marie BROUSSARD is first named in LA records at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in 1769 with the family of Joseph BOURGEOIS at age 2 & again in 1777 at age 10, so her mother probably was a BOURGEOIS, or kin to the BOURGEOISs.  A Marie BROUSSARD, daughter of Timothée-Athanase BROUSSARD & Anne BOURGEOIS, married Bonaventure GAUDIN dit Bellefontaine by 1802.  The baptismal record of Hortense GAUDIN, dated 9 Feb 1802, in NOAR, 7:147 (SLC, B14, 181), says Marie BROUSSARD, the girl's mother, was "native of this city" & daughter of Atanasio BROUSSARD & Ana BOURGEOIS.  If this Marie BROUSSARD was the daughter of Timothée-Athanase BROUSSARD & Anne BOURGEOIS who came to LA with the party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Timothée-Athanase's father, Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, in Feb 1765, she must have been born in New Orleans soon after they reached the city.  Or perhaps she does not belong on a list of Acadian who emigrated to LA.  The age given in her burial record--65--gives her an estimated birth year of c1762 & only complicates the story.  

The most likely story is:  Timothée-Athanase BROUSSARD & Anne BOURGEOIS were living at Attakapas in the spring of 1766 with a son & 2 daughters, but they may have died soon afterwards.  Marie, still very young, was parceled out to maternal relatives at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  Joseph BOURGEOIS & his wife Marie-Madeleine GIROUARD had come to LA in Feb 1765 with the BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil party but retreated to Cabanocé in the fall of 1765 to escape the Teche epidemic.  They did not return to the western prairies but remained on the river, as did Marie, who married twice there & lived for a time in New Orleans.  She died less than 6 years after her remarriage. 

38.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him Mathurin BROUSSARD.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 17. 

The orphan listed in the Attakapas census of 1777 was Canadian, not Acadian, son of Louis LALONDE & Louise PECARD "of La paroisse aux Cedres en Canada."  See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:466-67.  The LALONDE's of the Opelousas District also were Canadians from Québec; their progenitor, Guillaume, was in fact Jean-Baptiste's brother.  See Hébert, D., 1-A:466-67.

Did Mathurin ever marry?

39.  Wall of Names, 14 (pl. 2R), calls him Paul BROUSSARD, & lists him with his widowed mother & 2 brothers; NOAR, 2:35 (SLC, B5, 149), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Paul BROUSSARD, gives his parents' names, says his father was deceased at the time of his birth, & says his godparents were Ephrem BA(L/B)AGNE & Anne BIGEOT.  

His widowed mother obviously was pregnant when she reached New Orleans in Sep 1766.  Her husband probably died in MD on the eve of their departure from that colony.  

Who was the Paul BROUSSARD, orphan, with the Joseph CASTILLE family in MD in Jul 1763?  See Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 155.  The CASTILLEs came to LA in 1767, not 1766, & went to St.-Gabriel, not Cabanocé.  In a marriage record dated 7 Jul 1791 in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:132 (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.35), the groom, son of Paul BROUSSARD & Isabelle CHALET, is called "Jacques of Manchak."   "Manchak" was St.-Gabriel.  The Paul born at New Orleans in Nov 1766 would have much too young to be Jacques's father.  So who was Paul of Manchak?  

40.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Pierre BROUSSARD; BRDR, 2:163, 538 (SJA-1, 38), the record of his first marriage, calls him Pierre BRUSARD, calls his wife Marie MELANZON, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Acadia," that her parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Jean-Baptiste BRUSARD [probably his brother] & Euphreme ROBISCHO ; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:146, 372-73 (SM Cte.Hse.: OA-18-149), a record of his second marriage, dated 11 Apr 1798, calls him Pierre BROUSSARD "of Acadie," calls his wife Marguerite GUÉDRY "of Opel.," gives his & her parents' names, but give no witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:146, 373 (SM Ch.: v.4, #150), another record of his second marriage, dated 16 Apr 1798, calls him BROUSSARD "of Acadia, widr. of Marie MELANÇON," calls his wife Marguerite GUIDRY "of Atakapas," gives his & her parents' names, says his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, that her father was "of Acadia" & her mother "of Virginia in U.S.A.," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Thomas CONARD, sacristan, Augustin GUIDRY, & Achille BERARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-C:138 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1945), his death/burial record, calls him Pierre BROUSSARD, "native of Acadie," says he died "at age about 75 years at his home at la grand pointe," & that he was buried next day "in the parish cemetery," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 18; De Ville, Attakapas Census, 1771, 15; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 9; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 281.   

Why did he marry his first wife at St.-Jacques?  Did he get around that much?  How did they meet?  She, too, came to LA from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765, but in a later party; she was only 12 years old then, but he was just 14.  Had they known one another in Nova Scotia?  

41.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him Pierre [BROUSSARD, & lists him with his father, stepmother, 3 brothers, & a stepbrother; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 60, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre BROUSSARD, gives his parents' names, calls his mother Bonne COLETTE, says his parents were tous Acadiens, & that his godparents were Pierre MOULAISON & Agnès BROUSSARD; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 25, Family No. 52, calls him Pierre [BROUSSARD], gives his parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him Pierre, son [Charles BROUSSARD's] fils, age 14, on the embarkation list, Pedro, Su [Carlos BROUSARD's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Pierre BROUSSARD, his [Charles BROUSSARD's] son, age 14, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 24th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his father, stepmother, 3 brothers, & a stepbrother; BRDR, 2:164, 550 (SJO-3, 5), his marriage record, calls him Pedro BROUSARD, calls his wife Maria Sophia MOULAISON, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Charbour, France," that her parents were "of Nantes, France," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Baptiste BOUSELL, Pedro BLANCO, & Domingo BROUSARD [his brother]. 

42.  Wall of Names, 14, calls him René BROUSSARD; Hébert, Southwest LA Records, 1-A:147, 480 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.1, #24 & #53), the record of his first marriage, calls him René BROUSSARD, "inhabitant of Atakapas," calls his wife Marie-Magdeleine LANDRY, "native of Atakapas," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph BROUSSARD, Amand BROUSSARD, Firmin LANDRY, & Joseph LANDRY; Hébert, Southwest LA Records, 1-A:147, 345 (SM Ch.: v.1, p.65), a record of his second marriage, calls him René BROUSSARD, "de l'Acadie, veuf (from Acadia, a widower) of Magdeleine LANDRY, calls his wife Anne GAUDIN, "d'Acadie," gives his & her parents' names, calls his parents Firmin LANDRY/BROUSSARD & Françoise THIBAUDEAU, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Aman PREJEAN, Jacques FOSTIN, & Jean GUILLEBAUT; Hébert, Southwest LA Records, 1-A:147, 345-46 (SM Ch.: Folio B-1), another record of his second marriage, calls him René BROUSSARD, "of Acadia, widower of Magdeleine LANDRY, calls his wife Anne GEAUDIN "of Acadia," gives his & her parents' names, calls his parents Firmin LANDRY/BROUSSARD & Françoise THIBODO, & says  the witnesses to his marriage were Aman PREJEAN, Jacques FOSTAIN, & Jean GUILBO; NOAR, 6:36 (SLC, F4, 63), his death/burial record, calls him Renato BROUSSARD, "native of Acadia in the country of Canada, 40 yr., sp. Anna GAUDET[sic]," but does not give his parents' names.  See also "Acadian Prisoners, 1761-1762 at Fort Edward, Pigiguit"; Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 22, 37; De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 11.   

The Attakapas priest who recorded his second marriage in 1779 must have hit the wine a little hard during the wedding ceremony; he gave René his dead wife, Madeleine LANDRY's, parents.  Why was René in New Orleans in 1799?  Had he moved there, or was he only visiting or on business there at the time of his death?

43.  Wall of Names, 13 (pl. 2L), calls him Simon BROUSSARD, & lists him with the family of Alexandre BROUSSARD; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2446, says he was probablement son of Joseph BROUSSARD & Agnès THIBODEAUX; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 171, & Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 425, his marriage record, calls him Simon BROUSSARD, calls his wife Marguerite/Margueritte BLANCHARD, & gives no witnesses to his marriage.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 7, 17, 28, 37.

Wall of Names, not Arsenault, is followed here for the identity of his parents.

He & his wife were married at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques probably because that is where she & her younger brother Victor, who were orphans, settled after they reached LA, probably from Halifax in 1765 (but in a later party, not the one led by Simon's father & uncle).  Did Simon & Marguerite know one other from the prison compound at Halifax?  If she came to LA in 1765, she was only age 14 at the time; he was 20 that year.  Something compelled him to re-cross the Atchafalaya Basin & travel downriver to Cabanocé to marry this teenaged girl.  There is the possibility that he left the Teche valley in late 1765 with dozens of other Acadians who escaped the epidemic that killed his father, uncle, & dozens of other Teche Acadians, followed them to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, met the recently-arrived Marguerite, & waited until she was a few years older to marry her.  The only problem with this scenario is the Attakapas census of Apr 1766, which shows him at La Pointe on upper Bayou Teche with no one else in his household.  If he retreated to Cabanocé in late 1765, he obviously returned to the Teche by Apr 1766.  My guess is that he remained on the Teche with the other BROUSSARDs despite the epidemic of 1765 & went to Cabanocé in 1768 simply to marry the girl he loved, who he may have known at Halifax. 

44.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Sylvain BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:139 (SM Ch.: v.4, #343), probably his burial record, calls him Sylvain BROUSSARD, but does not give his parents' names, mention a wife, or give his age at the time of his death.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 7, 17, 37; De Ville, Attakapas Census, 1771, 14; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 9; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 281.   

45.  Wall of Names, 13, calls him Théodore BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:149, 767 (SM Ch.: v.2, #162), the record of his first marriage, calls him Théodore BROUSSARD, calls his wife Henriette TRAHAN, says she was a minor daughter, gives his & her parent's names, says his parents were "of Halifax" & hers of Fausse Pointe," & that the witness to his marriage was Jean-Marie LE MERCIER; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:139, 702 (SM Ch.: v.5, #86), the record of his second marriage, calls him Théodore BROUSSARD, "of Vermillion, of Acadia," calls his wife Silesie THIBAUDEAU, gives his & her parents' names, says he was a major son & she a minor daughter, says nothing of his first wife, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Frédéric MOUTON & Célestine PREJEAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:176-77 (SM Ch.: v.4, #1309), his death/burial record, calls him Théodore  BROUSSARD, inhabitant at Vermillion, says he died "at age 55 yrs. at his home," & that he was buried "in the parish cemetery," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 17; De Ville, Attakapas Census, 1771, 15; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 9; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 281. 

The marriage record of daughter Clotilde, dated 2 Aug 1813, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:157 (SM Ch.: v.5, #312), says Théodore was "born at sea."  That means he was born either on the first leg of the long voyage of the BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil party from Halifax to Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in Nov-Dec 1764 or Jan 1765, or on the much shorter leg from Cap-Français to New Orleans in Jan-Feb 1765.  Judging from ages given in Attakapas censuses, he was born probably on the first leg of the family's voyage. 

Was he the Théodoro BROUSSARD listed singly in "District of the Pointe," Attakapas, in Apr 1766?  Does the census taker imply that Théodoro was an adult?   This Théodore would have still been an infant!  Very strange.  Note that Théodore's parents are not in the census.  See Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 124ff.  At age 15 months or so, Théodore certainly would have been living with another family, probably relatives, in Apr 1766, so perhaps the census taker, by listing him separately, was saying that the boy survived whatever had killed his parents.  Were they undocumented victims of the Teche valley epidemic that killed dozens of their fellow Acadians in the summer & fall of 1765?  Perhaps they had survived the epidemic but died that winter or in the spring, leaving Théodore an orphan.  Wall of Names & this researcher have found no other Théodore BROUSSARD at Attakapas in 1765-66.  Note that Joseph-Thédore, called Théodard, appears as a 6-year-old orphan with uncle Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD's family at Attakapas in 1769.  He evidently remained in his uncle's household until his marriage. 

47.  Wall of Names, 19 (pl. 4L), calls her Théotiste BROUSSARD veuve Joseph HUGON; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:149-50 (SM Ch.: v.1, p.8; SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register v.1, #8-A), her death/burial record, calls her Théotiste BROUSSARD, "spouse of Augustin GUEDRY," & says that she was buried on 26 Jul "au dernier camp d'enbas."  

A previously proposed scenario--that she & her daughter came to LA directly from French St.-Domingue, where she & her family had gone from SC in 1763 or 1764 & where her husband died, that being a BROUSSARD, when the party from Halifax led by kinsman Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil came through Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in late 1764 on their way to New Orleans, she, now a widow, her teenage daughter, & brother-in-law Jacques HUGON, a widower, probably hooked up with her relatives and moved on to LA in Feb 1765--is negated by the fact that her daughter Anne-Marie, called Marie in LA, was born at Petitcoudiac on 19 Feb 1756, a year after the deportations to SC, & was baptized at Petitcoudiac on 16 Jun 1757.  How could Théotiste have gotten to SC in 1755 if she was still at Petitcoudiac in 1756 birthing a baby?   One can only conclude that she did not go to SC in 1755 or sojourn in French St.-Domingue in the early 60s but that she & her daughter came to LA with the BROUSSARDs from Halifax & only transshiped at Cap-Français on their way to New Orleans.  See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-C:[21]; & the footnote to her daughter's profile. 

How was she kin to the Beausoleil BROUSSARD brothers?  Arceneaux, D. J., "The Initial Acadian Settlement (2019)," 50, citing a French-language census of Halifax prisoners, dated 12 Aug 1763, & a French-language Canadian genealogy published in 1911, says she was not only the widow of Joseph HUGON, but also a daughter of Alexandre dit Beausoleil.  Arceneaux says, "We know that Joseph [HUGON] had died before August 12, 1763," implying that he died at Halifax & that his widow came to LA with the BROUSSARD party from Halifax via Cap-Français.  Arceneaux also insists that Jacques HUGON was her son, not her brother-in-law (see Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-C:[21], a conclusion, likely in error, made by Stephen White in a communication with Fr. Hébert), & that the Théotiste BROUSSARD who died at Attakapas on 26 Jul 1765 & was buried the next day at dernier camp d'en bas was the widow of Joseph HUGON.  However, Fr. Jean-François's burial record is clear:  the Théotiste BROUSSARD who died at Attakpas in Jul 1765 was called "spouse of Augustin GUEDRY," not the widow of Joseph HUGON, & that only 1 Théotiste BROUSSARD died during the time of the 1765 epidemic.  See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:149-50 (SM Ch.: v.1, p.8; SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register v.1, #8-A). 

But if the widow of Joseph HUGON survived the Teche valley epidemic of 1765, then where was she in 1766, 1769, 1771, & 1777, when censuses were taken at Attakapas & she appears in none of them?  This, along with her daughter Marie living with the family of Jean BERARD at Attakapas in 1769, when she would have been age 13, hints strongly that the Théotiste BROUSSARD who died in the Teche valley epidemic was not the wife of a GUÉDRY but Marie-Théotiste BROUSSARD, widow HUGON.  Note that the wife of Jean BERARD was Anne-Henriette, daughter of Alexandre BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil--perhaps Marie HUGON's maternal aunt.  If Marie's mother was still alive in 1769, she likely would have been living with her & her putative stepfather.  Marie was still with the BERRARDs in 1771.  In light of this, Théotiste BROUSSARD, wife of Augustin GUÉDRY, should be eliminated from this list. 

Still, one should be reluctant to question Fr. Jean François's record keeping.  There was only 1 Théotiste BROUSSARD at Attakapas in 1765, but perhaps she was also the wife of Augustin GUÉDRY.  It's entirely possible that Marie-Théotiste BROUSSARD, widow HUGON, married Augustin GUÉDRY at Halifax after her husband died, or at New Orleans after they reached the city, or at Attakapas before she took sick.  Again, note that Fr. Jean François calls her "spouse of Augustin GUEDRY" in her burial record.  But note also that he records no marriage between the two during his time at Attakapas, so if the marriage occurred, it likely would have been before the couple reached the lower Teche.  The editors of Wall of Names seem to agree with Fr. Jean François' assertion in Théotiste's burial record that she married the fellow, though they list her not with Augustin GUEDRY (see Wall of Names, 18 [pl. 3R], where he is listed alone), but as "veuve Joseph HUGON" with a daughter.  If Théotiste had married Augustin in Halifax, wouldn't they have been placed together as a family on the Acadian Memorial's Wall of Names?  NOAR, vol. 2, which covers the years 1751-1771, shows no marriage between a GUEDRY & a BROUSSARD at New Orleans during that time.  Moreover, one is hard put to find any other evidence of an Augustin GUÉDRY of this generation in LA beyond the good priest's burial entry. 

Most confusing.

48.  Wall of Names, 14 (pl. 2R), calls him Victor BROUSSARD, & lists him with a wife & no children; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2444-45, the LA section, calls him Victor BROUSSARD, says he was born in c1728, & that his father was Joseph dit Beausoleil.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 251; Milling, Exile Without End, 46; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 124. 

He is a somewhat mysterious fellow.  Arsenault & at least 2 other secondary sources, without citing a primary source, insist that Victor was the son of Joseph dit Beausoleil.  See Perrin, W. A., Acadian Redemption, 24, citing Faragher, A Great & Noble Scheme, 356.  Faragher, 384, & also Perrin, W. A., 25, repeat the assertion that Victor was Joseph's son & call him Victor-Grégoire besides.  Where did they find this middle name?  Arsenault, 2444, the LA section, says Victor had an older brother named Jean-Grégoire, so perhaps they transposed the middle name to Victor.  Note that in 1 of the 2 burial records of Victor BROUSSARD's wife Isabelle LEBLANC in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:499-500 (SM Ch.: v.1, p. 14; SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register v.1, #29), she is described as "m. [married] to Victor BROUSSARD," but in the other record Fr. Jean-François calls her "wid. [widow] of Victor BROUSSARD."  She was buried on 29 Oct 1765.  If she was his widow, had he died before then?  If so, how could he have appeared in the Attakapas census of Apr 1766?  Or is this another Victor BROUSSARD?  What happened to the 2 children of Victor BROUSSARD at Halifax in Aug 1763?  No baptismal or marriage record in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, lists Victor BROUSSARD as the father.  

A BROUSSARD family website at <kandrtell.tripod.com/gen/broussard.html> calls him Victor-Grégoire, gives his wife's parents' names, says wife Isabelle was "born in 1732 in Grand-Pré, Acadia," & that their children, none of whom evidently made it to LA, were:  twins Jean & Joseph, born 15 Sep 1753, probably Village-des-Beausoleil, Petitcoudiac, & Agnès, born 15 Mar 1757, probably Miramichi.  Perhaps all 3 children were among the many Acadians who died at Miramichi during the terrible winter of 1756-57.  In fact, some accounts insist that all of the Acadian children at Miramichi died that winter. 

All this having been said, Acadian genealogist Stephen A. White believes that Victor was a son of Alexandre dit Beausoleil, not Joseph dit Beausoleil, BROUSSARD.  A short article entitled "Alexandre & Victor BROUSSARD" found on White's page of <acadian-home.org> quotes him as saying:  "Regarding the escape of Alexandre and Victor Broussard from South Carolina, all that is quite true. Dr. Milling's book quotes the announcement from the South Carolina Gazette of Feb. 19, 1756, that said Alexandre and Victor were missing and were being sought as fugitives.  But Alexandre and Victor weren't among the Acadians who came up the coast from Georgia.  Instead, they went inland, through the river system, eventually reaching Québec and returning to Acadia from there.  Alexandre's route is confirmed by Gamaliel Smethurst's journal, written in 1761, which was first published in 1774, and republished in the Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society in 1906.  Alexandre and his son Victor and their families were later among the Acadians who were held at Halifax, where they were all listed in 1763.  From Halifax they went to the West Indies, and then on to Louisiana, where they arrived early in 1765."  Italics added. 

Since he cannot be found in the Attakapa census of 1769, can we assume that he died between Apr 1766 & Dec 1769? 

49.  Not in Wall of Names.  Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:124-25 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-Vol.1, #79), her marriage record, calls her Catherine BROUSSARD, "native of Acadia," calls her husband Andres Lopes DE ACUNA, "native of Pont Verre in Gallice," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph CASTILLE, Rose LANDRY, Antoine RODRIGUE, Joseph ZONARES, Jean-Baptiste BROUSSARD, & Olivier THIBAUDAU; BRDR, 3:175 (SJO-4, 79), perhaps her death/burial record, calls her Margarita BROUSSARD, age 45 yrs., wid. Andres LOPEZ, but does not gives her parents' names.

The age in her burial record gives her an estimated birth year of c1769, which means she was only 9 years old when she married André Lopes DE ACUNA at Attakapas?  And why does the burial record call her Marguerite & not Catherine?

Why is she not on the Acadian Memorial's Wall of Names?  Was her surname something other than BROUSSARD?  

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