APPENDICES

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

GAUTREAUX

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ACADIA

Francois Gautrot, whose surname also was spelled Gautreau, Gauthreau, Gotro, and Gottreau, born probably at Martaizé, near Loudun, south of the Loire valley in France, in c1613, and his first wife, Marie, whose family name has been lost to history, were among the first French settlers in Acadia, reaching the colony aboard St.-Jehan in 1636.  They had two children, a daughter, Marie, born probably in France in c1636, and a son, Charles, later called l'âiné, born at Port-Royal in c1639, one of the first French children born in Acadia.  Daughter Marie married into the Potet and Dupuis families.  Francois remarried to Edmée or Aimée Lejeune, sister of Catherine, wife of Francois Savoie, at Port-Royal in c1644.  Edmée gave him nine more children, including three sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own.  Their four daughters married into the Thériot, Labat dit Le Marquis, Girouard, and Lanoue families.  Francois died at Port-Royal in c1693; he was 80 years old.  In December 1705, French authorities expropriated a lot "adjoining the side of the old fort" at Port-Royal "for the extension of the fort."  The lot belonged to Francois's heirs.  

Oldest son Charles l'âiné, by his first wife, who used the surname Gottreau, did not settle in his native Acadia.  In October 1665, he married Francoise, daughter of Martin Cousin, at Québec.  They settled at Charlesbourg in the St. Lawrence River valley, where he died in December 1714, in his 70s.  

Francois, fils, by his second wife, born in c1657, married Marie, also called Sébastienne, daughter of Vincent Brun, at Port-Royal in c1677.  They had one child, a son, Francois III, who married into the Aucoin family and moved to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, by the early 1750s.  Francois, fils died at Port-Royal before 1683, in his 20s.

Claude, born in c1659, married Marie, daughter of Bonaventure Thériot, at Port-Royal in c1684.  They had 13 children, including two sons who married into the LeBlanc family.  They settled at Minas on Rivière-des-Gaspereaux, at nearby Grand-Pré, and at Village-des-Claude.  Nine of their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Hébert, Brun, Landry, Babin, Daigre, Benoit, Breau, and Richard families.  Claude died at Minas in March 1733, in his 70s. One of his daughters settled at Pigiguit, and a number of his children moved to Île St.-Jean and Rivière-des-Habitants, Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, by the early 1750s.  

Youngest son Charles le jeune, born in c1661, married Francoise, daughter of René Rimbault, at Port-Royal in c1684.  They also settled at Minas and had 11 children, including five sons who married into the Vincent, Blanchard, Landry, Bugeaud, Lejeune, and Hébert families.  Four of their daughters married into the Célestin, Breau, Daigre, and Hébert families.  Charles, le jeune died probably at Minas in the early 1720s, in his 40s.  Some of his children moved to Île St.-Jean by the early 1750s, and one daughter lived at Louisbourg on Île Royale.  

In 1755, the descendants of Francois Gautrot of Martaize could be found at Port-Royal, at Minas, including Pigiguit, at Cobeguit, on Île St.-Jean, and on Île Royale.  

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

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

The Gautrots on the Maritime islands enjoyed the benefit of living in French-controlled territory while their kinsmen in Nova Scotia were being driven into exile.  Their respite from British oppression was short-lived, however.  After the fall of the French fortress at Louisbourg in July 1758, the victorious British swooped down on the islands, rounded up most of the Acadian habitants there, and deported them to France.  The Gautrots suffered terribly in the crossing to St.-Malo. ...

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

Gautrots were among the first families of Acadia, and a Gautrot was among the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana:  

Pierre Gautrot, age unrecorded, and wife Louise Thibodeau, her age also unrecorded, reached New Orleans in early February 1765 with the party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil.  On 22 February 1765, at the baptism of their 10-month-old daughter Marie-Josèphe, the New Orleans priest noted in the baptismal record that Pierre was deceased.  When the Broussard party exchanged their Canadian card money for Louisiana currency in April, it was Louise, not Pierre, who appeared on the list.  That spring, Louise and Marie-Josèphe followed the Broussard party to the Atakapas District, where they helped create La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche.  Louise never remarried.  Marie-Josèphe married Jean-Baptiste, son of fellow Acadian Charles Duhon, at Atakapas in c1782 and remained on the western prairies.  She died in Lafayette Parish in January 1833, in her late 60s.  

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Beginning in the 1780s, two daughters of Amand-Paul Gautreaux of St.-Jacques on the river married at Atakapas.  Marguerite married Charles, son of fellow Acadian Francois Hébert of St.-Gabriel on the river, at Atakapas in December 1787, but they returned to St.-Gabriel.  Younger sister Sophie married Pierre-Olivier dit Pierrot, son of fellow Acadian Charles Dugas, at Atakapas in February 1795.  They remained on the western prairies.

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Pélagie-Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Gautrot and Anne Lejeune, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in April 1770, came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships from France, with the family of her uncle Eustache Lejeune.  She followed her relatives to St.-Gabriel de Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, but did not settle there.  She married Pierre, son of fellow Acadian Honoré Trahan and widower of Anne Brasseaux, at Opelousas in May 1789.  

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Not until about the time of the Louisiana Purchase did a Gautreaux family line appear on the western prairies.  The only son of one of the first of the family to reach the colony, Jérôme Gautreaux, following his older, married sisters, left his home at St.-Jacques and settled on land his father had acquired on Bayou Vermilion.  During the antebellum period, his sons fanned out to Grand Coteau, to upper Bayou Teche, and to Bayou Plaquemine Brulée on the St. Landry prairie:

Descendants of Jérôme GAUTREAUX (1778-)

Jérôme, son of Amand-Paul Gautreaux and Marie Landry, born at Ascension on the river in September 1778, married Marie Sophie, called Sophie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Dugas, probably at Atakapas in the late 1790s.  They settled on the lower Vermilion River before moving upstream to La Butte, east of present-day Lafayette.  Their daughter married a Dugas cousin.  ...

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Oldest son Jérôme, fils, born on the lower Vermilion in August 1803, married Arsènne, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Cormier of Carencro, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1831.  They settled near Grand Coteau.  ...

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Pierre, born at La Butte in October 1809, married Louise, daughter of French Creole Joseph Angèle, St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1836.  They settled on upper Bayou Teche near present-day Breaux Bridge.  ...

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Jean, born at La Butte in November 1811, probably died young.  

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Symphorien Roseaimé, born at La Butte in November 1813, married Marie Irène, called Irene, daughter of fellow Acadian Raphael Landry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1835.  They settled on upper Bayou Teche near present-day Breaux Bridge. ...

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Joseph Armélien, born at La Butte in June 1818, married Azeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Richard, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in November or December 1838.  They settled near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in February 1840.  ...

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Youngest son Onésime, born in Lafayette Parish in February 1821, married Anastasie, another daughter of Pierre Richard, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1840.  They settled near Grand Coteau.   ...

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

In 1765, another Gautrot reached Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue, but not with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party:

Simon Gautrot of Grand-Pré, age 29, came with wife Marie-Madeleine Breau, age 22.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans where 20 Acadians from Georgia had settled the year before, and there they remained.  

Descendants of Simon GAUTREAUX (c1736-1814)

Simon, younger son of Charles Gautrot and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, was born probably at Grand-Pré in c1736.  He escaped the British roundup at Minas in 1755 that sent his family into exile in Maryland and married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Ambroise Breau of Chepoudy, during Le Grand Dérangement.  They were childless when they reached New Orleans in 1765, so all of their children were born in the colony.  Their daughters married Breaux and Gautreaux cousins.  "Through grant and purchase Simon acquired a plantation of some 500 acres on the west bank of the Mississippi above the present community of Welcome.  Called St. Joseph, the property remained in the family for more than a century as a producer of sugar-cane, and before the Civil War it was worked with 64 slaves."  Welcome is a few miles below the Ascension Parish line.  Simon died in St. James Parish in November 1814; the priest who recorded his burial said that Simon was "age about 80 yrs." when he died.  His line of the family was the most successful one, and not just materially; all eight of his sons created families of their own.  All but one of them remained on the river in either St. James, Ascension, or Iberville Parish.  His youngest son moved to the Bayou Lafourche valley and settled in what became Terrebonne Parish.  

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Oldest son Jean-Louis, called Louis, born at Cabanocé in c1766, married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul LeBlanc, at St.-Jacques in January 1786.  Their son Louis-Urbin, called Urbin, was born at St.-Jacques in April 1792, Pierre-Paul in December 1793 but died at age 7 in December 1800, Urbin-Anatole, called Anatole, was born in March 1803, and Simon Vital, called Vital, in April 1809 but died at age 3 1/2 in September 1812.  Their daughters married into the Bernais, Boudreaux, Bourgeois, and Lanoux families.  Louis died near Convent, St. James Parish, in January 1832; he was 66 years old.  

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Urbin married Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Gaudin, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in June 1814.  Their son Zenon was born near Convent in June 1817, and Justilien was baptized at the Convent church, age 6 weeks, in July 1821 but died the following October.  ...

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Anatole married cousin Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Gravois, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1828; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. ...

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Jean-Baptiste, born at Cabanocé in the late 1760s, married distant cousin Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Charles Breaux, at St.-Jacques in January 1788.  Their son Jean-Baptiste, fils was born at Ascension in February 1792, and Simon le jeune in July 1794.  Their daughter married into the Thibodeaux family.  Jean-Baptiste, père died at Ascension in February 1797, in his early 30s.  

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Jean Baptiste, fils seems to have married Marie Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of Acadian Joseph Landry, in the early or mid-1810s.  Their son Jean Baptiste Norbert was born in Assumption Parish in February 1816 but died near Convent, St. James Parish, age 15, in December 1830, Charles Arsène was born near Convent in January 1818, and Joseph in March 1828. ...

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Simon le jeune married Madeleine Pétronille, called Pétronille, daughter of Benjamin Stout, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1816.  Their son Simon Florien was born near Convent in February 1821 but died at age 2 1/2 in October 1823, Simon Jules was born in December 1827, Louis Justinien in March 1829, Louis Benjamin, called Benjamin, in January 1831 but died at age 1 1/2 in August 1832, and Paul Marcellin was born in April 1833 but died at age 14 months in July 1834. ...

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Charles, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in June 1770, married Marie-Marthe, called Marthe, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Richard of St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, at St.-Jacques in February 1790.  Their son Simon Allain, called Allain, was born at Ascension in April 1792, Jean-Louis le jeune in April 1795, Charles-Julien in January 1797 but died at age 10 in July 1807, twins Charles, fils and Joseph-Perfect were born in October 1802 but Charles, fils died at birth, and Valentin Rosémond was born in March 1806.  Their daughters married into the Graneau or Granois, Guidry, Lambert, LeBlanc, Lucenty, McCann, and Melançon families.  Charles remarried to Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Melançon, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in January 1818.  Their son Guillaume Séraphin was born in Ascension Parish in September 1818 but died at age 6 in October 1824.  ...

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Allain, by his first wife, married Marie Eugènie, called Eugènie, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Landry and widow of Emmanuel Villeneuve, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in October 1821.  They must have lived near the boundary between Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their son Simon Charles was born in Assumption Parish in August 1822, and Faustin in Ascension Parish in December 1829.  ...

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Jean Louis le jeune, by his first wife, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvain LeBlanc, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in October 1829.  Their son Augustin Vincent, also called Octave, was born in Ascension Parish in July 1830 but died at age 1 in September 1831.  Jean Louis le jeune died in Ascension Parish in July 1836; he was only 41 years old.  His widow married his first cousin Simon Gautreaux III.  

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Simon, fils, born at Ascension in August 1772, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Duhon, at St.-Jacques in December 1793.  Their son Simon Rosémond was born at Ascension in February 1805 but died the following July, and Simon Alexandre, called Alexandre, a twin, was born in September 1806.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Frederick, LeBlanc, Melançon, Michel, and Usé families, and some of them settled on Bayou Lafourche.  Simon, fils remarried to Henriette Élisabeth, called Élise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Melançon, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1811.  Their son Jean Vaceur was born in Ascension Parish in December 1811, and Simon III in February 1817.  Their daughter married into the Hernandez family.  Simon, fils died in Ascension Parish in September 1815; he was 43 years old.  

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Alexandre, by his first wife, married cousin Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadian Donat LeBlanc, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1829; they had to receive a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  They must have lived near the boundary between St. James and Ascension parishes.  Their son Joseph Adolphe was born in Ascension Parish in January 1832, Alexandre Dorilio in St. James Parish in November 1833, and Valmond in Ascension Parish in January 1836.  ...

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Jean Vaceur, by his second wife, married Élisabeth, daughter of French Creole Hippolyte Carmouche, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1837; Élisabeth's mother was a LeBlanc.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

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Simon III, by his second wife, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvain LeBlanc and widow of his first cousin Jean Louis Gautreaux le jeune, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1839.  Their son Simon Omere was born in Ascension Parish in September 1839.  ...

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Amand le jeune, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in February 1778, married Francoise Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Marin Landry, at St.-Jacques in November 1798.  Their son Charles-Valéry was born in Ascension Parish in April 1803 but died at age 8 in August 1811, Simon Ursin was born in May 1807 but died at age 1 1/2 in February 1809, and Michel Narcisse, called Narcisse, was born in March 1809.  Their daughters married into the Gaudin, Melançon, and Theriot families.  Amand le jeune remarried to Marie, another daughter of Jacques Melançon, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in July 1811.  Their son Pierre was born in Ascension Parish in August 1812, Simon Théodore in March 1818, Joseph Hercules in February 1826, and Antoine Auguste posthumously in August 1828.  They also had a son named Élien or Étienne.  Their daughters married into the Gaudin and Landry families.  Amand died in Ascension Parish in May 1828; he was 50 years old.  

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Narcisse, by his first wife, married Marie Mathilde, called Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques LeBlanc, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1830.  Their son Félix was born near Convent in September 1837.  ...

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Élien, by his second wife, married Rosalie Ursule, called Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Simon Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1835.  Their son Prudent Amand was born in Ascension Parish in April 1838.  ...

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Raphaël, born at St.-Jacques in c1782, married distant cousin Marie Constance, called Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Breaux, at Ascension in February 1804.  Their son Simon Eugène, called Eugène, was born in St. James Parish in July 1807, Joseph Siméon or Simon Joseph in March 1809, Olesin Valentin near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1813, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 1 1/2 in March 1824, Simon le jeune was born in February 1822, Joseph Jules, called Jules, in December 1824 but died near St. Gabriel, age 2 1/2, in June 1827, and Joseph Ovide was born in October 1827 but died at age 7 in October 1834.  Their daughters married into the Bourg, Elizer, Gonzales, Hébert, and Roth families.  Raphaël died in Ascension Parish in February 1835; he was 52 years old.  

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Eugène married cousin Marie Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Urbin Breaux, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1835; they had to secure as dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Simon Eugène was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in April 1836.  ...

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Simon Joseph married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Amédée dit Madé Bourg, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1836.  Their son Joseph Jules was born in Ascension Parish in November 1836, and Vincent Adélard in July 1838.  ...

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Joseph, born at St.-Jacques in the early 1780s, married Henriette-Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Abraham Landry, at Ascension in August 1805.  Their son Joseph Gervais, called Gervais, was born in Ascension Parish in August 1808, Simon Joseph or Joseph Simon in St. James Parish in October 1816, Joseph Richard in April 1819, Joseph Justin in November 1824, Joseph Léon in Ascension Parish in April 1827, and Joseph Cyprien in October 1829 but died at age 5 in October 1834.  ...

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Gervais married Marie Louise, called Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Donat LeBlanc, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1828.  They must have lived near the boundary between Ascension and St. James parishes.  Their son Gervais Valcourt was born in Ascension Parish in May 1829, Jules Richard in St. James Parish in April 1832, and George Félix in Ascension Parish in April 1839.  ...

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Joseph Simon married distant cousin Marie Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1837. ...

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Youngest son Michel, born at St.-Jacques in July 1787, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin and widow of Joseph Roger, in civil ceremonies in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1816.  They settled in what later became Terrebonne Parish.  ...  

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Three more Gautrots--a young head of family, his infant daughter, and a widow--came to Louisiana with first contingent of exiles from Maryland in September 1766:  

Euphrosine Gautrot of Grand-Pré, age 42, widow of Pierre Granger, came with three children, ages 23, 21, and 14.  They settled at Cabanocé, where Euphrosine remarried to fellow Acadian Pierre dit Pierrot à Jaque Landry in the late 1760s, and then moved to nearby Ascension.  Euphrosine died perhaps at Ascension by February 1778, when her husband remarried  there.    

Amand-Paul Gautrot, age 35, came with wife Marie Landry, age 28, and their year-old daughter Anne.  Amand-Paul was the older brother of Simon Gautrot, who had come to the colony from Halifax the year before.  Amand also settled at St.-Jacques, near his brother.  

Descendants of Amand-Paul GAUTREAUX (1732-?)

Amand-Paul, elder son of  Charles Gautrot and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, and Simon's older brother, was born at Grand-Pré in January 1732.  Unlike his younger brother, he did not escape the British roundup at Minas in 1755.  He ended up in Maryland, where he married fellow Acadian Marie Landry in c1758.  They came to Louisiana with the first contingent of Maryland exiles in 1766 and settled at St.-Jacques, where younger brother Simon had settled the year before.  They had more children in Louisiana.  By the early 1770s, Amand and Marie had drifted upriver to the Ascension district, where they still were being counted in the late 1770s.  In the 1790s, Amand "was dealing in land on the upper Bayou Vermilion in the Attakapas...."  His daughters married into the Allain, Brasseaux, Dugas, and Hébert families.  One of his daughters moved upriver to St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish.  Several of his daughters and his only son settled on the western prairies. 

Jérôme, born at Ascension in September 1778, married Marie Sophie, called Sophie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Dugas, probably at Ascension in the late 1790s.  Jérôme moved to the Atakapas District in c1802 and created a western branch of the family.  

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The arrival date of one Gautrot is difficult to determine, but it had to be before May 1767, when she appears in a Spanish record at New Orleans:

Rose-Osite, called Osite, Gautrot, widow of Olivier Forest, came with a daughter.  After Osite remarried to fellow Acadian Michel Bourgeois, a widower, at New Orleans in May 1767, they settled at St.-Jacques.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river there in 1777.  Osite died in St. James Parish in August 1824; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 93 years old when she died.  

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A Gautrot widow came to Louisiana in 1768 from Port Tobacco, Maryland, with the large extended family led by brother Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit.  Spanish governor Ulloa forced them to settle at Fort San Luis de Natchez, far up the river, across from present-day Natchez, Mississippi, but they did not remain there:

Marguerite Gautrot, age 63, widow of Pierre Breau, came with two grown daughters, ages 22 and 20.  When Ulloa's successor allowed them to leave the isolated post, they moved downriver to Ascension on the Acadian Coast.  Marguerite never remarried at died at Ascension in August 1773, in her late 60s.  

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If the Spanish government had not coaxed over 1,500 Acadians in France to emigrate to Louisiana, the Gautreaux family in the Bayou State would be a much smaller one today.  The great majority of the Gautrots who settled in Louisiana--40 members of the family in all--arrived a generation after brothers Simon and Amand-Paul reached the colony in the mid-1760s.  They came aboard five of the Seven Ships from France in 1785: 

Two orphan teenage sisters crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, and followed their relatives to the Baton Rouge area:

Marie-Geneviève Gautrot, age 19, crossed with the family of uncle Grégoire Lejeune.  She remained on the river and may have married Nicolas Goloa of the German Coast in March 1786.  

Pélagie-Marie Gautrot, age 15, Marie-Geneviève's sister, crossed with the family of uncle Eustache Lejeune.  She moved to the Opelousas District later in the decade, where she married Pierre, son of fellow Acadian Honoré Trahan and widower of Anne Brasseaux, in May 1789.

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Two families, two siblings, and a lone bachelor crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Ascension:

Pierre Gautrot of Grand-Pré age 55, crossed with wife Marie-Louse Duplessis, age 46, and daughter Marguerite-Adélaïde, age 11.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche and had no more children in Louisiana.  Their daughter married into the Friou family of Paimboeuf, France, and also settled on the Lafourche.  

Marin Gautrot, age 40, crossed with wife Gertrude Bourg, age 38, and two children--Jean-Louis, age 11, and Marie, age 9.  They had more children in Louisiana.  After Gertrude died at Ascension, Marin remarried and moved his family to Bayou Lafourche.  

Pierre-Joseph Gautrot, age 22, Marin's half-brother, crossed with half-sister Agnès, age 29.  They also settled on Bayou Lafourche, where Agnès married an Hébert and Pierre-Joseph also married.  

Joseph-Benoît Gautrot, age 17, crossed alone.  He married twice, at New Orleans and Ascension, and settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

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Four families, one led by a widow, two Gautrot wives, and a young woman, crossed on  Le St.-Remi, the fourth of the Seven Ships.  They, too, followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Ascension:  

Marie-Madeleine Gautrot, age 66, crossed with second husband Charles LeBlanc, age 68, and a 20-year-old daughter. ...

Joseph Gautrot of Cobeguit, age 63, crossed with second wife Anne Pitre, age 45, and six children--Rose-Sébastienne, age 22, Joseph-Marin, age 15, Pierre-Olivier, age 13, Charles, age 10, and twins Francois and Jean, age 8.  Joseph died at Ascension by January 1788, when his wife was called a widow in the census there.  His sons followed their widowed mother to upper Bayou Lafourche.  

Marguerite Gautrot, age 59, crossed with third husband Simon Landry, age 50, and no children.

Marguerite Hébert, age 59, widow of Alexandre Gautrot, crossed with two children and a grandson--Jean-Alain, age 21, Victoire-Andrée, age 16, and grandson Charles Gautrot, age 18.  The son and grandson married and remained on the river, but the daughter married into the Boudreaux family and moved to Bayou Lafourche.  

Charles Gautrot, age 44, crossed with wife Pélagie Trahan, age 39, and five children--Jean-Charles-Joseph, age 19, Marie-Madeleine-Pélagie, age 18, Jean-Marie, age 7, Pierre-Isidore, age 4, Anastasie-Marguerite-Marie, age 2, and infant Jean-Baptiste-Simon, who may not have survived the crossing.  Charles and Pélagie settled on Bayou Lafourche and had no more children in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the LeBlanc and Havard or Navarre families and settled on the Lafourche, as did Pierre-Isidore, the only one of their sons who married.  

Pierre-Grégoire Gautrot, age 25, Marguerite Hébert's son, crossed with wife Marie-Madeline Michel, age 21, and daughter Martine, who was born aboard ship.  They had more children in Louisiana, including sons, and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  

Rose-Marie Gautrot, age 22, crossed with her mother Anne Naquin and stepfather Charles Dugas.  Rose-Marie married into the Daunis family at St.-Jacques and died by January 1791, when her husband was listed in an Ascension census without a wife.  

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A Gautrot wife, two siblings, and a young bachelor crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  They, too, went to Ascension:

Jean-Charles Gautrot, age 22, crossed with the family of Alexis Breau.  He married at Ascension in February 1786 but died by February 1793, when his wife remarried there.  

Marie-Marguerite-Pélagie Gautrot, age 21, crossed with sister Madeleine-Rosalie, age 20.  Marie-Marguerite-Pélagie married into the Molaison family at Ascension and settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

Marie-Anne Gautrot, age 19, crossed with husband Charles Boudrot, age 21, and an infant son.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  

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A family and a grown orphan crossed on La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships.  The family went to Ascension, but the orphan did not:

Charles Gautrot, age 49, crossed with second wife Marie-Madeleine Melanson, age 49, and two children--Francois-Marie, age 14, and Rosalie, age 5.  Charles remarried to Luce-Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Bourg and widow of Pierre Hébert and Félix Boudreaux, at Ascension in November 1789 and settled on Bayou Lafourche.  He had no more children in Louisiana.  Daughter Rosalie married into the Aucoin family and settled on the Lafourche.  

Anne-Angélique Gautrot, age 20, crossed with the family of uncle Ambroise Hébert.  She followed her relatives to San Bernardo, an Isleno settlement south of New Orleans.  

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Most of the Gautrots who came from France settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, but a few of them remained on the river.  None of these lines seems to have survived, however:

Jean-Alain GAUTREAUX (1764-?)

Jean-Alain, son of Alexandre Gautrot and Marguerite Hébert, born at Pleslin, France, near St.-Malo, in September 1764, sailed to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785 with his widowed mother, an aunt, and a nephew.  He married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Pitre, at New Orleans in January 1786.  Madeleine had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France.  They followed their families to Ascension and may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.  

Jean-Charles-Joseph GAUTREAUX (1765-?)

Jean-Charles-Joseph, eldest son of Charles Gautrot and Pélagie Trahan, was born at St.-Martin-des-Champs, Morlaix, France, in June 1765.  He became a block maker in France and followed his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He was still a bachelor and living with them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Ascension in 1788.  Evidently he never married.  

Charles GAUTREAUX (1766-1836)

Charles, son of Francois-Hilaire Gautrot and Hélène-Catherine Daigle, and nephew of Jean-Alain Gautrot, was born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in January 1766.  He followed his widowed grandmother, uncle Jean-Alain, and an aunt to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, followed them to Ascension, and married Marie-Francoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Pitre, at New Orleans in June 1789.  They settled at Ascension and also may have had no children.  Charles died in Ascension Parish in June 1836; he was 70 years old.  His line of the family died with him.  

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Other GAUTREAUXs on the River

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some Gautreauxs on the river to known lines of the family there:

Leufroi Gautreaux, described by the recording priest as "married," died at Ascension in December 1777.  The priest did not bother to record Leufroi's parents' names or his wife's name.  Leufroi may not even have been a Gautreaux.  

Joseph Gautreaux died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in July 1816.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 85 years old when he died.  The priest did not record Joseph's parents' names or mention a wife.  One wonders if the dead Joseph was Jean-Charles-Joseph, son of Charles Gautreaux, and if the priest recorded the wrong age for him at his death.  

Raphaël Gautreaux died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1826.  He was only 16 years old.  The priest who recorded Raphaël's burial did not bother to give his parents' names.  

The infant son of "Joseph the Blacksmith" Gautreaux died in Ascension Parish in March 1832 a few months after his birth.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not bother to give the mother's name.  

Valmont Gautreaux died in Ascension Parish in July 1833, only 3 years old.  The priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give the boy's parents' names.  

Nicolas Gautreaux married Marguerite Matherne.  Their daughter Marguerite Asemach was born in Ascension Parish in May 1839.  

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

During the late 1780s or early 1790s, Spanish officials were counting Acadian Gautreauxs, all of them from France, on upper Bayou Lafourche valley.  In the early antebellum period, a large center of family settlement arose in the valley despite the early demise of a number of lines there: 

Charles Gautreaux of Rivière-aux-Canards and France, died at Assumption in February 1796.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was 54 years old when he died, but he was 60.  

Pierre Gautreaux of Grand-Pré and France, died at Assumption in March 1804.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was 75 years old when he died, but he was "only" 73.  

Marguerite Adélaïde Gautreaux, Pierre's daughter and wife of Francois Friou, died in Assumption Parish in September 1810; she was only 35 years old.  

Marie-Anne Gautreaux, wife of Charles Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1831, in her mid-60s.  

Marie-Marguerite-Pélagie Gautreaux, widow of Joseph Molaison, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1835.  The priest who recorded her burial said that she was 77 years old, but she was "only" 71.

Descendants of Marin GAUTREAUX (c1747-1808)

Marin, son of Honoré Gautrot and his first wife Marguerite Robichaud, born probably at Cobeguit in c1747, followed his family to one of the Maritime islands and survived the deportation to St.-Malo, France, in 1758-59.  He became a carpenter in France and married Gertrude, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Bourg, at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in May 1768.  They were at Nantes in September 1784.  He took his wife, a son, and a daughter to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at Ascension in 1788 and in 1791.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourhce and had more children in Louisiana.  Their daughter married into the Barrilleaux family.  Marin remarried to Marguerite-Ange, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph-Ange Dubois and widow of Jean Daigle and Charles-Benoît Granger, at Ascension in January 1792.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughter married into the Granger family.  Marin died in Assumption Parish in May 1808; the priest who recorded his burial said that Marin was 65 years old when he died, but he was closer to 61.  Amazingly, none of his six sons seems to have married, so this line of the family, except for its blood, may have died with him.  

1

Oldest son Jean-Francois, by his first wife, born at St.-Suliac, France, in March 1771, probably died young.

2

Joseph-Marin, by his first wife, born at St.-Suliac, France, in August 1773, also probably died young.  

3

Jean-Louis, by his first wife, born in France in c1774, may have died young.

4

Élias, a twin, by his first wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in February 1786, may have died young.

5

Joseph, Élias's twin, by his first wife, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in February 1786, may have died young.

6

Youngest son Marin-Louis, by his second wife, born at Assumption in February 1796, died in Assumption Parish in November 1815.  He was only 19 years old and did not marry.  

Descendants of Jean-Charles GAUTREAUX (1761-1790s)

Jean-Charles, elder son of Honoré Gautrot and his second wife Jeanne Lebert, and half-brother of Marin, was born at Pleslin, France, near St.-Malo, in November 1761.  He became a sailor in France.  He sailed to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785 with the family of kinsman Alexis Breau and followed them to Ascension, where he married Francoise-Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Blanchard, in February 1786.  Francoise-Hélène also was a native of the St.-Malo area and had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, so they probably had met in France.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Jean-Charles died probably at Ascension by February 1793, when his wife remarried there.  Neither of Jean-Charles's sons seems to have married, so this line of the family may have died with them.  

1

Older son Jean-Francois, baptized at Ascension, age unrecorded, in February 1788, probably died young.

2

Younger son Joseph-Nicolas, born at Ascension in November 1789, died in Assumption Parish in May 1833.  He was 43 years old and does not seem to have married. 

Descendants of Pierre-Joseph GAUTREAUX (1763-1816)

Pierre-Joseph, younger son of Honoré Gautrot and his second wife Jeanne Lebert, was born at Pleslin, France, near St.-Malo, in March 1763.  He sailed to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with an older  half-sister and followed her to Ascension.  Spanish officials counted him there on the right, or west, bank of the river in 1788 and 1791.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Pierre-Joseph married Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Giroir, at Assumption in March 1796.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin and LaFontaine families.  Pierre-Joseph died in Assumption Parish in August 1816; he was 53 years old.  Only one of his four sons seems to have married, but he, too, failed to create a family of his own, so this line of the family may have died with him.

1

Oldest son Louis-Pierre, born at Assumption in February 1797, died at age 2 in June 1799.  

2

Another Louis, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in February 1800, died in Assumption Parish in December 1836.  He was only 36 years old and evidently did not marry.  

3

Jean-Baptiste-Baradato, called Baptiste, born at Assumption in February 1802, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Marie Theriot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1834.  Baptiste died in Assumption Parish in February 1835; the priest who recorded his burial called him Baptiste dit Marquis and said he was 35 years old when he died, but he was only 32. 

4

Youngest son Hubert Charles, born at Assumption in January 1806, ...

Descendants of Pierre-Grégoire GAUTREAUX (1760-)

Pierre-Grégoire, son of Alexandre Gautrot and Marguerite Hébert, born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in March 1760, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of probably fellow Acadian Pierre Michel, probably at Nantes, France, in late 1784 or early 1785.  They came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  Their daughter Martine, named after Louisiana's intendant Martin Navarre, her honorary godfather, was born aboard ship, baptized at New Orleans, and probably died young.  Pierre-Grégoire and Madeleine had more children, including sons, in Louisiana.  They went to Ascension, where Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1788 and 1791.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughter married into the Waguespack family.  Pierre-Grégoire remarried to Sophie Marie or Marie Sophie, also called Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert and widow of Mathurin Comeaux, at Assumption in May 1805.  Sophie Marie also was a native of St.-Malo and had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi.  Their daughter married into the Chataignier family.  ...

1

Oldest son Étienne, by his first wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in September 1788, may have died young.

2

Pierre-Simon, by his first wife, born at Ascension in February 1790, may have died young.  

3

Alexis Leufroi, called Leufroi, from his second wife, born at Ascension in May 1806, died in Assumption Parish in July 1833.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Leufroi was 22 years old when he died, but he was closer to 27.  He did not marry.  

4

Youngest son Michel, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in June 1814, ...

Descendants of Joseph-Benoît GAUTREAUX (c1768-1832)

Joseph-Benoît, called Benoît, son of Charles Gautrot and his first wife Marie-Madeleine Melanson, was born in France in c1768, where he became a plowman.  He sailed to Louisiana alone aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  Spanish officials counted him on the right, or west, bank of the river at Ascension, living with his widowed father and siblings, in 1788; his father and two sisters had crossed on La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships.  Joseph-Benoît married Francoise, daughter of Guillaume Montet, at New Orleans in May 1789, and remarried to Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Germain Bergeron, at Ascension in November 1790.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Cedotal, Daigle, Mazerolle, and Theriot families.  Benoît died in Assumption Parish in November 1832; he was 65 years old.  

1

Older son Jean-Charles-Viltique, called Viltique, by his second wife, born at Assumption in March 1795, married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Eusèbe Arceneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1818.  Their son Augustin Philogène was born in Assumption Parish in December 1819, and Grégoire Théodule in September 1821.  Viltique died in Assumption Parish in January 1834; the priest who recorded his burial said that Viltique was 40 years old when he died, but he was only 38.  

2

Younger son Auguste-Arsène, by his second wife, born at Assumption in July 1801, married Marie Madeleine, daughter of Antoine Coupelle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1825.  Their son Augustin Honoré was born in Assumption Parish in June 1826, Zephirin Marcellin in June 1827, Adrien Désiré in August 182[8?] but died at age 1 in August 1829, Pierre Anselme was born in April 1832 but died at age 2 in August 1834, and a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in October 1833.  ...

Descendants of Joseph-Marin GAUTREAUX (1769-)

Joseph-Marin, eldest son of Joseph Gautrot and his second wife Anne Pitre, born at St.-Suliac, France, near St.-Malo, in November 1769, crossed with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, followed them to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  He married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Theriot and widow of Firmin-Charles Thibodeaux, at Ascension in February 1793.  Madeleine had come to Louisiana with her first husband and two young children also aboard Le St.-Rémi; she was several years older than Joseph-Marin.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Aycock, Boudreaux, and Crochet families.  ...

1

Oldest son Joseph-Olivier, born at Assumption in October 1795, married Rosalie Scholastique, called Scholastique or Colastie, daughter of French Creole Étienne Pelletier, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1816.  Their son Iréné, also called Eusilien, was born in Assumption Parish in June 1817, Azelme in January 1821, Trasimond Olivier in October 1822, Cleopha Alexis in August 1826, Joseph Drosin in December 1828 but died 6 days after his birth, and Nicaise Olivier was born in December 1829. ...

Eusilien married Céleste, daughter of French Creole Désiré Boyer, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1839. ...

2

Charles-Rosémond, called Rosémond, born at Assumption in September 1798, married Francoise, daughter of French Creole Francois Percle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1819.  Their son Jean Théophile was born Assumption Parish in August 1822, Ulysse Victor in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1824, Rosémond died in Assumption Parish at age 2 months in May 1826, Séraphin Aurelien was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1827, Belanor Joseph in February 1830, a twin child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died 3 hours after its birth in October 1832, and a second Rosémond was born in April 1834.  Their daughter married into the Lirette family.  Charles Rosémond died in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1835; he was only 36 years old.  

3

Francois-Zenon, born at Assumption in October 1800, married Josephine, daughter of French Creole Hyacinthe Rousseau, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1831.  Their son Joseph Séraphin or Séraphin Joseph was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1832 but died at age 1 in October 1833.  ...

4

Jean Valéry, called Valéry, born at Assumption in October 1805, married Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Louviere, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1829.  ...

5

Youngest son Joseph Séraphin, born at Ascension in July 1807, ...

Descendants of Pierre-Olivier GAUTREAUX (1771-)

Pierre-Olivier, called Olivier, second son of Joseph Gautrot and his second wife Anne Pitre, born at St.-Suliac, France, near St.-Malo, in November 1769, crossed with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, followed them to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Julie-Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Arcement, at Assumption in June 1794.  Julie-Céleste had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships from France.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Juneau, and Mire families.  ...

1

Oldest son Pierre-Olivier, fils, baptized at Assumption, age unrecorded, in October 1796, married Marie, daughter of French Creole Pierre Berthelot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1817.  Their son Pierre Marcellus was born in Assumption Parish in May 1818, Valéry Adrien in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1820, and Francois Sylvain in March 1828.  ...

Pierre Marcellus married Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Aucoin, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1839. ...

2

Élie-Léonard, born at Assumption in May 1800, married Agathe, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Aucoin, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1828.  Their son Trasimond Olivier Thomasin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1828, Jean Baptiste in May 1832, and Théophile in April 1836. ...

3

Jean David, born at Assumption in November 1805, married Adele Rosalie or Rosalie Adele, daughter of French Creole Nicolas Metra, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1830; Adele's mother was a Bergeron.  Their son Jean, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1832, Drosin Omer in April 1836, and Auguste Jean Baptiste Valentin in Assumption Parish in February 1838.  ...

4

Youngest son Joseph Célestin, called Célestin, born in Assumption Parish in September 1809, married Marie Delphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Mire, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1831.  Célestin died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1833; he was only 24 years old.  

Descendants of Charles GAUTREAUX (1774-)

Charles, third son of Joseph Gautrot and his second wife Anne Pitre, born at Archigny, Poitou, France, in June 1774, crossed with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785 and followed them to Ascension.  He married distant cousin Marie-Madeleine-Louise, called Madeleine, daughter of Simon Gautreaux, at St.-Jacques on the river in April 1801.  Madeleine was a native of St.-Jacques.  They settled on the river before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughter married into the Roger family.  Charles remarried to Marie Madeleine, daughter of Jean Borne of St. John the Baptist Parish and widow of André Kerne, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1839; he was 65 years old; his new wife was the mother-in-law of two of his sons.  ...

1

Oldest son Raphaël Aserin, by his first wife, born at Ascension in February 1802, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1829.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Raphaël was 20 years old when he died, but he was 27.  He probably did not marry.  

2

Charles Placide, called Placide, from his first wife, born at Ascension in March 1804, married Virginie, daughter of André Kerne of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1831.  Their son Charles Placide, fils was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1832, Drosin in Assumption Parish in October 1834, and Joseph Leufroi in December 1837.  Placide died in Assumption Parish in January 1839; he was only 34 years old.  

3

Charles Sylvestre, called Sylvestre, by his first wife, born at Ascension in June 1807, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Louis Louviere, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1835.  ...

4

Simon Joseph, by his first wife, born in Ascension Parish in March 1810, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1829.  He was only 19 years old and did not marry.  

5

Youngest son Charles Valéry, by his first wife, born in Ascension Parish in July 1813, married Félicité, another daughter of André Kerne, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1834.  ...

Descendants of Francois GAUTREAUX (c1777-1823)

Francois, fourth son of Joseph Gautrot and his second wife Anne Pitre, and Jean's twin, born at Nantes, France, in c1777, crossed with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, followed them to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  He married Marie-Charlotte, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Ozelet, at Assumption in February 1803.  Marie-Charlotte also was a native of the Poitou region of France and had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships.  Francois died in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1823; he was 46 years old.  Evidently he and his wife had no children.  

Descendants of Jean GAUTREAUX (c1777-)

Jean, also called Guillaume, fifth son of Joseph Gautrot and his second wife Anne Pitre, and Francois's twin, born at Nantes, France, in c1777, crossed with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, followed them to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Francoise-Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Aucoin, at Assumption in February 1800.  Francoise-Victoire had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships from France.  Their daughter married into the Boudreaux family.  ...

1

Oldest son Florentin-Francois, born at Assumption in January 1802, married Thérèse, daughter of French Creole Joseph Roussel, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1830.  Their son Victor was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1833, and Augustin Léonard in November 1839. ...

2

David, born at Assumption in May 1804, married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Dominique Boudreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1828.  Their son Trasimond was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1831.  David remarried to Marie Gertrude, daughter of French Creole Auguste Honoré, at the Thibodauxville church in January 1836; Marie's mother was an Arcement.  Their son Narcisse Maurice was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1836.  ...

3

Jean Pierre, born at Ascension in December 1806, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1831.  He was only 25 years old and probably did not marry.  

4

Youngest son Alexandre Jean Baptiste, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1821, ...

Descendants of Francois-Marie GAUTREAUX (c1771-1824)

Francois-Marie, son of Charles Gautrot and his first wife Marie-Madeleine Melanson, born in France in c1771, followed his family to Louisiana aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, and went with them to Ascension, where he married Félicité-Jeanne, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Hébert, in March 1792.  Félicité-Jeanne had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Aucoin, Daigle, and Delaune families.  Francois Marie died in Assumption Parish in December 1824; the priest who recorded his burial said that Francois was 50 years old when he died, but he was closer to 53.  

1

Oldest son Jean-Charles, called Charles, born at Assumption in June 1799, married Élise Melanie, daughter of Antoine Coupelle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1828.  Their son Jean Baptiste was born in Assumption Parish in August 1831, and Désiré Jean in October 1837.  ...

2

Francois, fils, born at Assumption in January 1804, married Felonise Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1832.  Their son Rosémond Francois was born in Assumption Parish in March 1835.  ...

3

Philemon, born at Ascension in May 1806, ...

4

Youngest son Angel died in Assumption Parish, age unrecorded, in January 1814.

Jean-Marie GAUTREAUX (1777-1836)

Jean-Marie, second son of Charles Gautrot and Pélagie Trahan, born at St.-Martin-des-Champs, Morlaix, France, in May 1777, crossed with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, followed them to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  He died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1836; he was 59 years old.  Evidently he never married.  

Descendants of Pierre-Isidore GAUTREAUX (1780-1830s)

Pierre-Isidore, called Isidore, third son of Charles Gautrot and Pélagie Trahan, born at St.-Martin-des-Champs, Morlaix, France, in September 1780, crossed with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, followed them to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  He married Marie Rosalie, daughter of French Creole René Silvy, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in February 1809.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux and Thibodeaux families.  Pierre Isidore died probably in Terrebonne Parish by April 1835, when a petition for a family assembly was filed at the Houma courthouse; he would have been 55 years old that year.  

1

Oldest son Pierre Furcy, called Furcy, born in Assumption Parish in January 1818, ...

2

Jean Pierre, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1824, ...

3

Youngest son Isidore Neuville, called Neuville, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1831, ...

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During the early antebellum period, at least one Gautreaux from the river moved down into the Bayou Lafourche valley:

Descendants of Jean Vaceur GAUTREAUX (1811-)

Jean Vaceur, older son of Simon Gautreaux, fils and his second wife Henriette Élisabeth Melançon, born in Ascension Parish in December 1811, married Élisabeth, daughter of French Creole Hippolyte Carmouche, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1837; Élisabeth's mother was a LeBlanc.  They settled on Bayou Lafourche.  ...

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

French Creoles with a similar-sounding names settled in Louisiana decades before the first of his Acadian namesakes reached the colony:

Jean-Francois Gautreau witnessed a wedding in New Orleans in February 1729.  According to a recent study, Jean-Francois "had the post of 'royal store-keeper' at New Orleans probably from 1732 to 1744, when he returned to France.  In 1743 he sold his plantation on the Mississippi, south of Lake Pontchartrain, together with 28 Negro slaves."  

Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, Gautherot dit Tarascon and "surnamed La Musique," a voyageur, married Marie-Élisabeth Laurens perhaps in New Orleans.  Baptiste served as master cantor of St.-Louis Parish in the city.  Their son Jean-Baptiste, fils was born at New Orleans in March 1744, Pierre-Alexandre in February 1749, Simon-Jacques was baptized at New Orleans, age unrecorded, in November 1751, Claude was born in March 1754, a second Jean-Baptiste, fils was baptized at New Orleans, age unrecorded, in October 1756, Laurent was born in June 1759, and Honoré in February 1762. 

In 1763, a Gautreau, called a "singer," lived at New Orleans.  

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Beginning in the late colonial period, a family from Canada with a similar-sounding surname settled at Pointe Coupée, not far from Acadian Gautreauxs:

Joseph, son of Joseph Godreau and Marie, also called Angélique, Constantinot of Beauséjouis, Canada, married Marie-Louise, daughter of French Creole Joseph Bergeron, at Pointe-Coupée in February 1789.  Their son Joseph, fils, was baptized at Pointe-Coupée, age unrecorded, in April 1792, Francois, at age 5 months in January 1797, Paulin, was born in August 1806, and Achille in August 1808.  Joseph, père died in Pointe Coupee Parish in March 1821; he was 70 years old.  Francois married Clémence Bergeron probably in the 1820s.  

Simon Godreau died at nearby St.-Gabriel in September 1792.  The priest who recorded Simon's burial did not give his parents' names or his age at the time of his death.  

Célestin, son of Nicolas Godreau and Marthe B. _____, married Julie Céleste Croizet at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in November 1821.  

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After the Louisiana Purchase, a Foreign-French Gautraud emigrated to Louisiana:

Frederick Gautraud, a 22-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship St. Paul out of Le Havre, France, in May 1835.  

CONCLUSION

Gautrots were among the first families of Acadia, and one of them was among the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana.  Pierre Gautrot, his wife, and infant daughter came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil.  Pierre died either on the voyage to Louisiana or in New Orleans soon after the party reached the colony.  His wife and 10-month-old daughter followed the Broussards to upper Bayou Teche, where the daughter grew up and married into the Duhon family.  A Gautrot family line did not appear on the western prairies, however, until the time of the Louisiana Purchase.  Meanwhile, two Gautrot brothers from Minas came to Louisiana in 1765 and 1766 and settled on the river at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  The younger brother, Simon, remained at St.-Jacques and created a substantial, well-to-do, line of the family there.  Older brother Amand had only one son, and it was he who went to the Atakapas District and created a western branch of the family in c1802.  

If the Spanish government had not coaxed over 1,500 Acadians in France to emigrate to Louisiana, the Gautrot family would have remained a fairly small one in the Bayou State.  That changed in 1785, when 40 Gautrots in over half a dozen families came to the colony from France.  A few of them remained on the river at Ascension near their St.-Jacques cousins, but those lines died out.  The majority of the immigrants from France settled on Bayou Lafourche, creating a large center of family settlement.  One is struck, however, by the number of family lines there that died out early.  

Non-Acadian Gautreaus lived in the colony decades before the first of their Acadian namesakes arrived, and at least one Foreign-French Gautraud came to Louisiana in the early 1820s.  None of them established a large family line.  Nearly all of the Gautreauxs of South Louisiana, then, are descendants of Francois the Acadian. ...

In Louisiana, the name evolved from Gautrot to Gautreaux.  The family's name also is spelled Gaudrau, Gaudreau, Gaudreault, Gautereau, Gauteros, Gauterot, Gautherot, Gauthreaux, Gautraux, Gautreaut, Geautreau, Goderot, Godreau, Gotereau, Gothraux, Gotraud, Gotreaux, Gotro, Gottereau, Portreau.  This family should not be confused with the Godreaus or Goudreaus, French Canadians who settled at Pointe Coupée, a predominantly-French Creole community.  

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 566-67, 1170-74, 1388-89, 1488-90, 1658, 2235, 2339-40, 2490-92; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 1:233; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.); Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 150-52; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vol. 1; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3; NOAR, vols. 1, 2, 4, 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 43, 91, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 191; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 41-44; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 69-70; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 338-53; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 77-78, 168-69; White, DGFA-1, 691-705; White, DGFA-1 English, 145-48. 

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

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

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

NOTES

01.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7L), calls her Agnès GOTREAU sa soeur [of Pierre GOTREAU], & lists her with a brother; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 191, reveals the fate of her family in the crossing to St.-Malo, 1758-59, detailed in the footnote for her brother's profile below; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 345, Family No. 418, calls her Agnès GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, says she was born c1753, & that her family resided at Pleslin, France, from 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls her Agnès, sa [Pierre GOTREAU's] soeur, age 26, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Agnès GAUTROT, his [Pierre GAUTROT's] sister, age 26, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 32nd Family aboard La Bergère with a brother; BRDR, 2:315, 364 (ASC-2, 2), her marriage record, calls her Anne[sic] GAUTREAU, an Acadian, says her husband was an Acadian, does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witness to her marriage was Marin GAUTREAU [her brother].  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1777-98, 42, 60, 94, 144, 174.  

Her estimated birth year is taken not from the ships passenger lists of 1758-59 & 1785 but from an average of the ages given in the Ascension censuses of 1788 & 1791, the Assumption censuses of 1795 & 1797, & the Lafourche census of 1798.  

02.  Wall of Names, 17, calls him Amand GAUTEROT; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1173, 2490-91, calls him Amand GAUTREAUX, says he was born in 1732, gives his parents' names, says they were from Grand-Pré, gives his wife's name, says she was born in 1738 but does not give her parents' names, says they married in c1758 but does not give a place of marriage, says they occupied lot number 83 on the west side of the river at St.-Jacques in 1769, that orphan Madeleine GAUDET, born in 1755, lived with them them, & lists his children as Anne, born 1765, Marguerite in 1768, Marie-Sophie in 1773, Théodore[sic] in 1775, Jérôme in 1778; & Théotiste in c1780, but gives no birthplaces, & says nothing of Marie-Madeleine, who was with him in MD in 1763; BRDR, 1a(rev.):73 (SGA-2, 115), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Amans-Paul GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, & says his godparents were Charles GOURDON & Francoise LEBLANC.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 150; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 176; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 5, 14.  

Why is his wife called "La Blanche" in the British report in MD?  That is a strange dite for Marie.  See Jehn, p. 150.

The marriage record of daughter Marguerite, dated 28 Dec 1787, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:347, 406-07 (SM Ch.: v.4, #10), says that her parents were "of Canada."  Evidently the St. Martinville priest, Spaniard Fr. Joseph Antonio Dias MASEDA, did not know the difference between Acadians & Canadians.  

03.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Aspasie [GAUTRAU], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 150 (Morlaix: St.-Martin-des-Champs), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Anastasie-Marguerite-Marie GAUTREAU, gives her parents' names but not her godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls her Aspasie, sa [Charles GAUTRAU's] fille, age 2, on the embarkation list, & Aspasie GAUTROT, his [Charles GAUTROT's] daughter, age 2, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 4th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 3:353, 660 (ASM-2, 91), her marriage record, calls her Anastasia GAUTRAUX of St.-Martin, Morlaix, France, calls her husband Juan Maria NAVARRE of St.-Similien, Nantes, France, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Ambrosio HÉBERT & Joson HÉBERT.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 31, 54, 82, 117, 119, 163.

Her husband's father's surname is spelled AVARE on the Sep 1784 Spanish census of Acadians in France.  See Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 501.  On the passenger list of L'Amitié, the ship from France in 1785 on which he stowed away, it is spelled AVARAT.  Jean-Marie & his Acadian mother sailed on the earlier ship, Le St.-Rémi, but they do not appear in Wall of Names, which, on p. 42, spells Jean-Marie's father's surname AVARET.  See Winzerling, Acadian Odyssey, 193, note 117, for mention of María BOUDREAU, wife of the absent Francisco AVARAT & her infant son, Juan María AVARAT.  Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 83, Family No. 157, calls Jean-Marie's father Jean-Francois HAVARD, says he was born & baptized 14 Dec 1760 at St.-Donatien, Nantes, so he was a Frenchman, not an Acadian, says he married Marie BOUDROT, daughter of Jean-Charles BOUDROT & Agnès TRAHAN, 26 Aug 1783 at St.-Similien, Nantes, that Jean-Marie HAVARD was born 2 Feb 1785 on the rué du Martray, & baptized the next day at St.-Similien, Nantes, & includes the notation:  "In Louisiana, the name became NAVARRE, as it remains today."  So her husband's family--NAVARRE--were French Creoles in LA.  It should not be confused with the large Spanish Creole family that also spells its surname NAVARRE.  

04.  Wall of Names, 47, calls her Angélique GOTREAU niece [of Ambroise HÉBERT]; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 69, Family No. 130, calls her Anne-Angélique [GAUTROT], gives her parents' names, & details her family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s.

According to Robichaux, cited above, her mother, born in c1742, daughter of Jean LEJEUNE & Francoise GUÉDRY, married her father, a seaman, born in c1741, son of Claude GAUTREAUX & Geneviève HÉBERT, 11 Sep 1764, at St.-Servan, France, which is a suburb of St.-Malo.  Anne LEJEUNE died at age 40 & was buried 20 Nov 1782 at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, a suburb of Nantes.  Robichaux gives no death date for Jean-Baptiste GAUTREAUX, who did not go to LA.  Ambroise HÉBERT's wife was Félicité LEJEUNE.  So it all adds up.  This is her.  

05.  Wall of Names, 17, calls her Anne GAUTEROT; BRDR, 2:2, 315 (ASC-1, 169), probably the record of her first marriage, calls her Ana GOTREAU, an Acadian, calls her husband Pedro ACHERON, an Acadian, does not give any of the parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Pierre ALLAIN & Pierre LANDRY; BRDR, 2:315,  (SGA-14, 19, #63), the record of her second marriage, calls her Anna GAUTREAUX, gives her & her husband's parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Pedro LANDRY & Bélonie HÉBERT; BRDR, 4:228 (SGA-8, 128), her death/burial record, calls her M.[Madame?] GAUTREAUX, age 50 yrs., wife of Charles HÉBERT, but does not give her parents' names.  

I have found no marriage record for Anne GAUTREAUX & Pierre ALLAIN III, unless it is the marriage record in BRDR, cited above.  There was no Acadian family named ACHERON, but the record states clearly that the groom was "an Acadian."  Note that one of the witnesses was Pierre ALLAIN; this probably was the groom's father.  I have a sneaky suspicion that the priest at Ascension was ... strange.  The best clue of her marriage to Pierre ALLAIN, fils, is the birth/baptismal record of Margarita Coleta, or Marguerite-Colette, ALLAIN, dated 19 Jul 1789, in BRDR, 2:11 (SGA-11, 38, #138), which calls the girl's parents Pedro [ALLAIN] & Genevova Anna GAUTREAU.  The child's godmother is Margarita GAUTREAU, who had an older sister named Anne.  The parents of Marguerite & Anne were ... Amand GAUTREAUX & Marie LANDRY.  So, voila, this is her.  Was her full name Anne-Geneviève?

Interestingly, Anne's younger sister Marguerite also married a Charles HÉBERT, this one son of Francois HÉBERT & Marie-Marguerite LEBLANC, also from MD & only a year younger than Anne's Charles HÉBERT.  Small world.  

06.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him Charles GAUTRAU, & lists him with his wife & 6 children, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls him Charles GAUTRAU, charpentier, age 44, on the embarkation list, & Charles GAUTROT, carpenter, age 44, on the complete listing, says he was in the 4th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his wife & 6 children, says son Jean-Baptiste-Simon was born 19 Jun 1784, son Jean-Charles-Joseph 23 Jun 1765, & son Jean-Louis-Laurent 10 Aug 1771 but gives no birthplaces.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 513; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 117, 119.   

What happened to son Jean-Louis-Laurent, born in France in Aug 1771?  He would have been only 14 years old when the family sailed to LA in 1785.  Did he die in France?

Why were none of his children counted in the Sep 1784 Spanish report at Morlaix with him & his wife, who were listed as though they were childless?  Is this a misprint?  See Voorhies, J., p. 513.

What is a "minor premise"?  

Why are he & his family listed twice in the Lafourche valley census of 1798?  In the first listing, Pélagie is called his daughter, & he has 8/50 arpents.  In the second listing she is properly called his wife, & he has 8/40 arpents.  See Robichaux, pp. 117, 119.

07.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Charles [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his widowed mother[sic] & 2 siblings[sic]; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 344, Family No. 417, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Charles GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Alexandre GAUTROT [his grandfather?]) & Marie-Josèphe GAUTROT, & says his family resided at Trigavou from 1764-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Charles, son [Marguerite HÉBERT, veuve GAUTRAU's] fils[sic], age 18, on the embarkation list, & Charles GAUTROT, his[sic, Marguerite HÉBERT, widow GAUTROT's] son[sic], age 18, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 10th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his widowed mother[sic] & 2 siblings[sic]; NOAR, 4:145, 250 (SLC, M5, 64), his marriage record, calls him (*__ Carlos?) GODRO, "native of St. (*) in France," calls his parents Francisco Hilario [GODRO] & Helena (*), gives his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Antonio XIMENEZ & Vicente LLORCA; BRDR, 5(rev.):255 (ASC-4, 275), his death/burial record, calls him Charles GAUTREAUX, age 70 yrs., but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 495; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 29.

As his birth/baptismal record shows, & despite what the Ascension census of 1788 says, he was the grandson, not the son, of Marguerite HÉBERT, widow of Alexandre GAUTREAUX.  Why did his parents & siblings not go to LA?  Did they all die in France or just choose to remain there while their teenage son chose to go to LA with his grandmother, aunt, & uncle?  

He & his wife evidently had no children.  

08.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Charles [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 43, Family No. 85, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Charles GAUTROT, says his godparents were Charles GIROIRE & Sebastienne GAUTROT, & details his family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Charles, son [Joseph GAUTRAU's] fils, age 10, on the embarkation list, & Charles GAUTROT, his [Joseph GAUTROT's] son, age 10, on the complete listing, says he was in the 11th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings, & that he was born in 1774 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:315, 318 (SJA-2, 54), the record of his first marriage, calls him Carlos GOTHRAUX, gives his & his wife's parents' names, says his parents were from Poitiers, France, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph GOTHRAUX & Juan GOTHRAUX [his brothers]; BRDR, 5(rev.):83, 255 (ASM-7, 329), the record of his second marriage, calls him Charles GAUTREAUX, widower of Magdeleine GAUTREAUX, of Archini, Poitou, France, says his wife was from St. John the Baptist Parish, gives his & her parents' names & her first husband's name, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Ursin LANDRY, M. MELANÇON, & Leufroi LEBLANC.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 176.  

Where was he in 1795 & 1797, when he would have been 21 & 23?  He was not with his widowed mother & younger brother Jean.  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 60, 92.  Was he an engagé on a neighbor's farm until he married?  

His wife's family came to LA in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, & she was born in LA in 1774, the same year he was born in faraway Poitou, France.  See her birth/baptismal record in BRDR, 2:320 (SJA-1, 26), dated 1 Jan 1775, which calls her Marie-Magdelaine-Louise.  They doubtlessly were cousins, but it was a huge family, & they evidently needed no dispensation to marry.  

If he was not in the Assumpiton/Lafourche census records of the 1790s & married at St.-Jacques, he probably remained at Ascension while his widowed mother & brothers moved down the valley of Bayou Lafourche to Assumption, which the Spanish called Valenzuéla.  

09.  Wall of Names, 47, calls him Charles GOTREAU; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 341, Family No. 412; BRDR, 2:124, 313 (ASC-2, 27), the record of his third marriage, calls him Carlos GAUTRO, widower of Maria Magdelena MELANÇON, gives his & his wife's parents' names & his wife's first husband's name, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Ambroise HÉBERT & Pierre LANDRY; BRDR, 2:315 (ASM-3, 8), his death/burial record, calls him Carlos GAUTREAUX, widower of Lucia BOURQUE, & says he was 54 when he died.

10.  Wall of Names, 17, calls her Euphrosine GAUTEROT veuve Pierre GRANGER; BRDR, 1a(rev.):74 (SGA-2, 49), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Eufroise GAUTREAU, gives her parents' names, & says her godparents were René BLANCHARD & Marie LEBLANC; BRDR, 1a(rev.):74, 88 (SGA-3, 7a), the record of her first marriage, calls her Euphrasine GOTEROT, gives her & her husband's parents' names, says his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, that they had to secure dispensation for 3rd & 4th degrees of consanguinity in order to marry, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph GRANGÉ, Charles GRANGÉ, Jacques LEBLANC, Pierre DOUCET, René BLANCHAR, Charles GAUTREAUT, & Jean GAUTROT, who all signed.

11.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Francois [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Francois, son [Joseph GAUTRAU's] fils, age 8, on the embarkation list, & Francois GAUTROT, his [Joseph GAUTROT's] son, age 8, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 11th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:316, 573 (ASM-2, 78), his marriage record, calls him Francisco GAUTRAUX of St.-Nicolas in Nantes, France, calls his wife Maria OSSELLET of Châtelrau, St. Juan Evangeline Parish in Poitou, France, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Pedro GAUTRAUX [his brother] & Juan PITRE; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:234 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.6), his death/burial record, calls him Francois GAUTREAUX, says he was 47 years old when he died, but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.

Was he brother Jean's twin?  Where was he in 1795 & 1797, when he would have been 18 & 20?  He was not with his widowed mother & brother Jean.  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 60, 92.  Was he an engagé on a neighbor's farm until he married?  

He & his wife seem to have had no children.

12.  Wall of Names, 47, calls him Francois-Marie GOTREAU; BRDR, 2:316, 359 (ASC-2, 45), his marriage record, calls him Francisco GOTRO, gives his & his wife's parents' parents, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Simon MAZROLLE [her stepfather] & Jean ÉBERT [her brother].

13.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Jean [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his widowed mother & 2 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 338-40, Family No. 409, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Alain GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, says he was godson of Jean-Pierre BOURG & Hélène-Catherine DAIGLE, & that his family resided at Pleslin from 1763-69 & at Trigavou from 1769-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Jean, son [Marguerite HÉBERT, veuve GAUTRAU's] fils, marin, age 21, on the embarkation list, & Jean GAUTROT, his[sic, Marguerite HÉBERT, widow GAUTROT's] son, sailor, age 21, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 10th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his mother & 2 sisters; NOAR, 4:145, 250 (SLC, M5, 45), his marriage record, calls him Juan GODREAU, native of St.-Malo in France, says his wife also was native of St.-Malo, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Vicente LLORCA & Josef MARTINEZ.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 495.

Pleslin is a suburb of St.-Malo, so he & his wife were born in the same place.  

14.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Jean [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Jean, son [Joseph GAUTRAU's] fils, age 8, on the embarkation list, & Jean GAUTROT, his [Joseph GAUTROT's] son, age 8, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 11th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:35, 317 (ASM-2, 51), his marriage record, calls him Juan GAUTRAUX, gives his & his wife's parents' names, says all parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Pierre HÉBERT & Ambroise HÉBERT.  

Was he brother Francois's twin?  

His wife's burial record, dated 8 Mar 1858, in Hébert, D., South LA Records, 3:15 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #546), calls him Jean Guillaume. 

15.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him Jean-Baptiste [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls him Jean-Bte, son [Charles GAUTRAU]'s fils, à la mamelle, on the embarkation list, & Jean-Baptiste GAUTROT, son [of Charles GAUTROT], nursling, on the complete listing, says he was in the 4th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings, & that he was born 19 Jun 1784 but gives no birthplace.

What happened to him?  Did he even survive the crossing from France to LA?  Unfortunately, the debarkation list for Le St.-Rémi did not survive.  

16.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him Charles [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 151 (Morlaix: St.-Martin-des-Champs), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Charles-Joseph GAUTREAU, gives his parents' names, & says he was the godson of Alexis TRAHAN & Marguerite LEBLANC; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls him Charles, son [Charles GAUTRAU's] fils, pulier, age 19, on the embarkation list, & Charles GAUTROT, son [of Charles GAUTROT], blockmaker, age 19, on the complete listing, says he was in the 4th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings, &, calling him Jean-Charles-Joseph [GAUTROT], says he was born 23 Jun 1765 but gives no birthplace.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1777-98, 31.

17.  Wall of Names, 40 (pl. 10L), calls him Jean GOTREAU cousin [of Alexis BROD], & lists him with his cousin & his cousin's family; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 345, Family No. 418, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Charles GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Charles HÉBERT & Francoise BOURG, & that his family resided at Pleslin from 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 72-73, calls him Jean GOTREAU, cousin au dit [Alexis BROD], marin, age 22, on the embarkation list, Juan GAUTREAU, on the debarkation list, & Jean GAUTROT, his [Alexis BRAUD's] cousin, sailor, age 22, on the complete listing, says he was in the 29th Family aboard L'Amitié with his cousin & his cousin's family, & lists the implements the Spanish gave him after he reached LA;  BRDR, 2:94, 317 (ASC-1, 166), his marriage record, calls him Juan Carlos GOTRO, does not give his or his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Eudox GIROIRE, Marie BLANCHARD, & Marie Rose GUROIR.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 497; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1777-98, 41.  

18.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls him Jean [POTREAU], & lists him with his parents & a sister; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 16-17, calls him Jean POTREAU, son [Marin POTREAU's] fils, age 14, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Jean GAUTROT, his [Marin GAUTROT's] son, age 14, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 23rd Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & a sister.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 27, 88.  

19.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him Jean-Marie [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 151 (Morlaix: St.-Martin-des-Champs), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Marie GAUTREAU, gives his parents' names but not his godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls him Jean-Marie, son [Charles GAUTRAU's] fils, age 7, on the embarkation list, & Jean-Marie GAUTROT, his [Charles GAUTROT's] son, age 7, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 4th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:235 (Thib.Ch.: v. 1, #743), his death/burial record, calls him Jean-Marie GAUTREAUX, gives his parents' names, & says he died "at age 58 yrs." but says nothing about a wife.  

Did he ever marry?

20.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Joseph GAUTRAU, & lists him with his second wife & 6 children; White, DGFA-1, 699, calls him Joseph GAUTROT, says he was born c1723 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, lists his residences in France, details his marriages, gives both his wives' parents' names & his second wife's first husband's name, & says he & his second wife received "disp 3-4 cons" when they married; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 102, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59 he & his first wife, called Marie HÉBERT, age 28, survived along with her brother Jean-Baptiste HÉBERT, age 12, but all 5 of their own children--daughter Marie-Francoise, age 15 days, who died 25 Feb 1759 probably in the hospital at St.-Malo, & daughters Hélène, age 9, Marguerite, age 7, & Marie-Josèphe, age 2, & son Joseph, age 4, who died at sea--did not survive the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 43, Family No. 85, calls him Joseph GAUTROT, says he was born c1723 but gives no birthplace, does not give his parents' names, details his marriages, says he married his first wife, Marie-Josèphe HÉBERT, c1748 but gives no place of marriage, says she was born c1734 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, & says she died age about 30 & was buried 12 Feb 1764, St.-Suliac, gives his second wife's father's name but not her mother's name, gives her first husband's name, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Charles by his second wife, baptized 26 Jun 1774, Archigny, Vienne, godson of Charles GIROIRE & Sebastienne GAUTROT, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s, saying that his family consisted of him, his wife, & 7 persons on the convoy to Nantes; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Joseph GAUTRAU, journalier, age 63, on the embarkation list, & Joseph GAUTROT, day laborer, age 63, on the complete listing, says he was in the 11th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his second wife & 6 children, details his second marriage, including his first wife's name & his wife's father's name, & says son Charles was born in 1774 & daughter Rose in 1763 but gives no birthplaces.  

He & his first wife & their children probably were among the Acadians who fled Cobeguit to Île St.-Jean in the fall of 1755 to escape the British roundup in Nova Scotia.  After the fall of the French fortress at Louisbourg in Jul 1758, Le Grand Dérangement caught up to them when the British deported them to France.  Note how many children he & his first wife lost on the terrible crossing to St.-Malo.  

The family just above his on the passenger list of Le St.-Rémi was that of his older brother Alexandre's widow, Marguerite HÉBERT.  

If he died in the late 1780s, as indicated by the Ascension/Lafourche valley censuses of 1788, 1791, 1795, & 1797 that show his second wife as a widow, who was the Joseph GAUTREAUX, age 85, whose death/burial record is in BRDR, 3:355 (SGA-8, 80), dated 4 Jul 1816?  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 60, 92, 176, for the census records.  

21.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Joseph [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Joseph, son [Joseph GAUTRAU's] fils, age 15, on the embarkation list, & Joseph GAUTROT, his [Joseph GAUTROT's] son, age 15, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 11th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:317, 690-91 (ASC-2, 54), his marriage record, calls him Joseph GOTRO, gives his & his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Carlos BOUDRO & Joseph THÉRIO.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45, 55, 83, 116.

Although his marriage record, cited above, does not call his wife a widow at the time of their marriage, other records show that she was married before.  Note the ages of the children listed with him & his wife at Assumption in 1795; most of them could not have been from the 1793 marriage.  The census taker in 1795 did not bother to record the relationship of the children to Joseph GAUTREAUX; however, the census taker at Assumption in 1797 & 1798 does call them his sons & daughters, but the older ones obviously were his stepchildren.  See Robichaux, pp. 55, 83, 116.

22.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls him Joseph-Benoît GOUDREAU, & lists him singly; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 26-27, calls him Joseph-Benoît GOUDREAU, laboureur, age 17, on the embarkation list, "apparently not listed," on the debarkation list, calls him Joseph-Benoît GAUTROT, plowman, age 17, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 71st "Family" aboard La Bergère with no one else; NOAR, 4:145, 215 (SLC, M5, 63), the record of his first marriage, calls him Josef-Benoît GODREAU, calls his wife Francisca MONTE, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Belisle-en-Mar in France," fails to give her parents' nativity, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Charles GAUTRO, the groom's father, A(ntonio) (XIMENEZ), & Josef-Benoît GODREAU [who must have signed the marriage document]; BRDR, 2:76, 317 (ASC-2, 35), the record of his second marriage, calls him Joseph-Benoît GOUTRO, gives his & his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Francisco GOUTRO & Juan BOUDRO; BRDR, 5(rev.):255 (ASM-3, 227), his death/burial record, calls him Benoît GAUTREAUX, age 65 yrs., but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.

Why did he travel to LA aboard a different ship from his parents & siblings, who traveled on a later vessel, La Caroline?  Did they miss the earlier vessel, but he did not?

23.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 10L), calls her Magdeleine GOTREAU, & lists her with her second husband & a daughter, with the notation:  suplement a la liste des Acadiens embarques dans le navire Le St. Remy pour la Nouvelle Orleans [additional list of Acadians embarked on the ship Le St.-Rémi bound for New Orleans]; BRDR, 1a(rev.):79 (SGA-2, 12), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Magdelaine GAUTREAU, gives her parents' names, & says her godparents were Joseph BUGEAULD & Anne GAUTREAU; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 252, Family No. 309, calls her Marie-Madeleine GAUTROT, says she was born 25 Apr 1719, St.-Charles-des-Mines, Acadie, gives her parents' names, details her first marriage, says her first husband was born in c1715 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names but not his death date or place, gives her second husband's name, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son Jean-Baptiste-Amans DAIGLE, born 22 Mar 1744, St.-Charles-des-Mines, son Joseph DAIGLE, born 25 Dec 1745, St.-Charles-des-Mines, son Joseph DAIGLE, born 30 May 1747, St.-Charles-des-Mines, godson of Charles DAIGLE & Marguerite GAUTROT, died age 1 Apr 1748, Grand-Pré, daughter Rose DAIGLE, born in c1751 but gives no birthplace, & son Paul DAIGLE, born in c1752 but gives no birthplace, & says that she & her second husband, her sons Jean & Paul [DAIGLE], & her daughter Rose [DAIGLE], "disembarked at St.-Malo on May 22, 1763 from the ship, L'Ambition," & that they resided at St.-Servan from 1763-72; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 554-555, Family No. 628, calls her Madeleine GAUTROT, says she was born in c1722 but gives no birthplace, does not give her parents' names, gives her first husband's name, details her second marriage, including her second husband's parents' names, says he was born in c1717 but gives no birthplace, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of children by her second husband, son Joseph LEBLANC, born in c1759 but gives no birthplace, son Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC, born in c1760 but gives no birthplace, died 3 Mar 1768, age 8, buried 4 Mar 1768, St.-Servan, son Simon LEBLANC, born 27 Oct 1761, England, died 10 Nov 1771, buried 21 Nov 1771, St.-Servan, daughter Francoise LEBLANC, born 24 Oct 1763, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Francois MICHEL & Madeleine LEBLANC, & daughter Marguerite-Geneviève LEBLANC, born 11 Sep 1765, baptized 12 Sep 1765, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Simon LANDRY & Marguerite BOUDROT, says that she, her second husband, stepdaughters Madeleine & Marie LEBLANC, stepson Charles LEBLANC, sons Joseph, Jean-Baptiste, & Simon LEBLANC, sons Jean & Paul DAIGLE, & daughter Rose DAIGLE "disembarked at St.-Malo from England on May 22, 1763 from the ship, L'Ambition," & that the family resided at St.-Servan from 1763-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 111-12, Family No. 206, calls her Madeleine GAUTROT, says she was born in c1722 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names & her first husband's name, details her second marriage, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 60-61, calls her Magdeleine GOTREAU, sa [Charles LEBLANC's] femme, age 68, on the embarkation list, & Magdelaine GAUTROT, his [Charles LEBLANC's] wife, age 68, on the complete listing, says she was in the 4th Family on Supplément à la liste des Acadiens embarqués dans le navire Le Saint-Rémi pour la nouvelle-orleans [Additional list of Acadians embarked on the ship Le Saint-Rémi bound for New Orleans] with her second husband & a daughter, & details her second marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, & says she & her second husband were married in 1758 but gives no place of marriage.  

According to Robichaux's study of the Acadians at St.-Malo, she had 5 children by her first husband & 5 children by her second husband.  Only her youngest child, Marguerite-Geneviève LEBLANC, came to LA with her.  None of her DAIGLE children seem to have gone to LA.  Oldest son Jean-Baptiste-Amans, called Jean, DAIGLE married fellow Acadian Marguerite-Ange DUBOIS at St.-Servan in Jan 1770, participated in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s, but died before the Acadian exodus to LA in 1785.  See Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 242, Family No. 295.  Jean's widow & son Jean-Louis crossed aboard Le Beaumont, & Marguerite-Ange remarried twice in LA, first to Charles GRANGER probably at Baton Rouge, then to Marin GAUTREAUX at Ascension in Jan 1792.  Son Jean-Louis DAIGLE married Marie-Isabelle RICHARD at Assumption, in the Bayou Lafourche valley, in Aug 1799.  Marie-Madeleine's youngest daughter, Marguerite-Geneviève LEBLANC, married soon after they reached LA in 1785 & followed her husband to San Bernardo, below New Orleans. 

What happened to her in LA?  Considering their ages, did she & her second husband even survive the crossing from France?  The debarkation list of Le St.-Rémi did not survive, unfortunately.  The New Orleans priest who recorded her daughter Marguerite-Geneviève LEBLANC's marriage on 4 Dec 1785 did not say that her parents were deceased, so this may be a clue that Marie-Madeleine & her husband survived the crossing from France, or just a case of sloppy record keeping.  See NOAR, 4:186 (SLC, M5, 42).

24.  Wall of Names, 42, calls her Magdeleine GOTRAUD soeur [of Marie]; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 340-41, Family No. 410; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 41-42, Family No. 83; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 69, Family No. 129.

What happened to her in LA?

25.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Marguerite GAUTEROT veuve Pierre BREAU; White, DGFA-1, 695, calls her Marguerite GAUTROT, provides her approximate birth year, parents' names, marriage information, death/burial dates, & age at the time of her death; BRDR, 1a(rev.):43, 78 (SGA-2, 239), her marriage record, calls her Margueritte GOTROT, gives her & her husband's parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Antoine BRAUX, ____ BOURG, who signed, Jean LEBER, who signed, Pierre LANDRY, who signed, Claude GOTROT, who signed, Joseph BUGEAUD, who signed, Alexandre BRAUX, who made his mark, Chas BABIN, who signed, & says she & her husband made their marks on the marriage document; BRDR, 2:318 (ASC-1, 172e), her death/burial record, calls her Margarita GAUTREAUX, age 67 years, widow of Pierre BRAUD, but does not give her parents' names.  

26.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 10L), calls her Marguerite GOTREAU, & lists her with her husband but no children, with the notation:  suplement a la liste des Acadiens embarques dans le navire Le St. Remy pour la Nouvelle Orleans [additional list of Acadians embarked on the ship Le St.-Rémi bound for New Orleans]; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 365, Family No. 451, calls her Marguerite GAUTROT, says she was born in c1723 but gives no birthplace, does not give her parents' names, calls her husband Joseph GRANGER but does not give his birth year, birthplace, or parents' names, says son Charles-Benoist GRANGER was born in c1751 "in the parish of St. Charles in Acadie," which was Grand-Pré, that son Joseph GRANGER was born in c1753 but gives no birthplace, that she was widow of Joseph GRANGER & wife of Simon LANDRY when she, he, & the 2 GRANGER sons "disembarked ... at St. Malo from England on May 22, 1763 from the ship, L'Ambition, & that her family resided at St.-Servan from 1763-72; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 544, Family No. 613, calls her Marguerite GAUTROT, says she was born in c1723 but gives no birthplace nor her parents' names, says husband Simon LANDRY was born in c1735 but gives no birthplace, that they married in c1761 but gives no place of marriage, says son Jean LANDRY was born 6 Apr 1772 but gives no birthplace, says she, her husband, sons Jean-Baptiste LANDRY, Olivier LEROY, Charles GRANGER, & Joseph GRANGER, "sons of Marguerite GAUTROT from previous marriages, disembarked at St.-Malo from England on May 22, 1763 from the ship, L'Ambition," & that her family resided at St.-Servan from 1763-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 60-61, calls her Margueritte GOTREAU, sa [Simon LANDRY's] femme, age 59, on the embarkation list, & Marguerite GAUTROT, his [Simon LANDRY's] wife, age 59, on the complete listing, says she was in the 2nd Family on Supplément à la liste des Acadiens embarqués dans le navire Le Saint-Rémi pour la nouvelle-orleans [Additional list of Acadians embarked on the ship Le Saint-Rémi bound for New Orleans] with her husband & no children, & details her marriage, saying that she married her husband in c1761 but gives no place of marriage, nor does it give his or her parents' names.  

27.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7L), calls her Adélaïde [GOTREAU], & lists her with her parents; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 44, Family No. 86, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marguerite-Adélaïde GAUTROT, & says her godparents were Alexis GAUTROT & Marie LEBLANC, wife of Jean GUEDRY; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 19-19, calls her Adélaïde, sa [Pierre GOTREAU's] fille, age 9, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Adélaïde GAUTROT, his [Pierre GAUTROT's] daughter, age 9, on the complete listing, says she was in the 33rd Family aboard La Bergère with her parents, & that she was born in 1774 but gives no birth place; BRDR, 2:286, 314 (ASC-2, 43), her marriage record, calls her Adélaïde GOUTRO, calls her husband Francisco FERIOU, says her parents were Pedro [GOUTRO] & Maria Luisa DUPLESSIS, that his parents were Francisco FERIOU & Susana ROBICHO, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Pedro GOUTRO & Andres BOURQUE; BRDR, 3:356 (ASM-3, 62), her death/burial record, calls her Margarita Adélaïde GAUTREAUX, age 35 yrs. of Acadia, married to Francisco FERIOU (FRIOUX), & gives her parents' names but calls her father Francisco.

The birth/baptismal record of her son Juan Bautista FRYOUX in BRDR, 2:286 (ASM-1, 222), says that Francisco was from "Pain Bouef," which was the port for Nantes, France.  Francois's mother, a ROBICHAUX, was Acadian, but his father probably was French.  

There is a bit of mystery around the name FRIOU.  Why does BRDR, vol. 2, list the name in 2 places--first FRYOUX (sometimes FRIOUX, FERIOU) on p. 286, then FRIOUX (sometimes FRELOU, FRILOT, FRILIEU, FRIO) on p. 301?  On p. 286, in the birth/baptismal records of 3 of the children of Francois FRIOU & Marguerite-Adélaïde GAUTREAUX--daughters Josef Maria Carmen (ASM-1, 156), Maria Hortensia (ASM-1, 71), & Romana (ASM-1, 101)--the names of the grandparents were recorded by the priest at Assumption, & the paternal grandfather was listed as Francisco FERIOU ... Acadian.  I have not found the surname FERIOU/FRIOU or any of its other variations in Arsenault, Généalogie or White, DGFA-1.  Until I do, I will call this family French Creole here.  

28.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls her Marie [PORTREAU], & lists her with her parents & a brother; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 16-17 calls her Marie, sa [Marin PORTREAU's] fille, age 9, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie GAUTROT, his [Marin GAUTROT's] daughter, age 9, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 23rd Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & a brother; BRDR, 2:60, 319 (ASM-2, 26), her marriage record, calls her Maria GAUTRAUX, gives her & her husband's parents' names, says both sets of parents were Acadians, that her mother was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan Luis DAIGLE, Marin GAUTRAUX [her father], & Ambrosio HÉBER [frequent witness to Assumption marriages].

29.  Wall of Names, 42, calls her Marie GOTRAUD; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 340-41, Family No. 410; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 41-42, Family No. 83; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 69, Family No. 129; BRDR, 2:320, 536 (ASC-2, 3), her marriage record, calls her Marie GOTREAUX, calls her husband Joseph MELANÇON of Acadia, but does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witness to her marriage was Marie COMMO; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:235 (Thib.Ch.: v. 1, #696), her death/burial record, calls her Marie GAUTREAUX m. Joseph MALESON, but does not give her parents' names.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 33, 65, 102, 122, 165.  

That she married a MOLAISON, not a MELANÇON, is attested to by the many LA censuses in which they are found, & the baptismal records of 2 of their daughters in BRDR, 2:550.  

30.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls her Marie GOTREAU, & lists her with her husband & a son; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 347-50, Family No. 421, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Anne GAUTROT, gives her parents' names, says she was goddaughter of Honoré GAUTROT & Marie PITRE, & says her family lived at St.-Suliac from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 43, Family No. 85, gives her parents' names & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 17-18, Family No. 32, calls her Marie GAUTROT, says she was born in c1766 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, says she married Charles BOUDROT in c1784 but gives no place of marriage, says he was born in c1764 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says he was a carpenter, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Charles-Marie BOUDROT, baptized 12 Mar 1785, St.-Nicolas, Nantes, & details the family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 68-69, calls her Marie GOTREAU, sa [Charles BOUDREAU's] femme, age 19, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie GAUTROT, his [Charles BOUDROT's] wife, age 19, on the complete listing, says she was in the 15th Family aboard L'Amitié with her husband & a son, & details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, says they were married in c1785 but gives no place of marriage; Hébert, D.,, South LA Records, 1:235 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.65), her death/burial record, calls her Marie GAUTREAUX m. Charles BOUDRAUX, says she was 64 years old when she died, but does not give her parents' names.  

31.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls her Marie-Geneviève GOTREAU niece [of Grégoire LEJEUNE], & lists her with her uncle, aunt, & 3 cousins; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 346-47, Family No. 420, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Geneviève GAUTROT, twin [of Anne-Angélique], gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Olivier TRAHAN & Marie RICHARD, & that her family resided at St.-Servan from 1763-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 69, Family No. 130, calls her Marie-Geneviève [GAUTROT], & details her family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 6-7, calls her Marie-Geneviève GOTREAU, sa [Grégoire LEJEUNE's] niece, age 19, on the embarkation list, Maria Genoveva GOTREAU, sobrina [of Juan Bautista (sic) EL JOVEN], on the debarkation list, & Marie-Geneviève GAUTROT, his [Grégoire LEJEUNE's] niece, age 19, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 20th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her uncle, aunt, & 3 cousins; BRDR, 2:317, 327 (SJA-2, 2), her marriage record, calls her Genoveva GOTRO, calls her husband Nicolas GOLOA, calls her parents Juan [GOTRO] & Ana LECHON of St. Malo, calls his parents Miguel [GOLOA] & Maria ACHOLON of St. Charles Parish, & says the witnesses to her marriage were David ROM & Francisca SAVA.  

According to Robichaux, cited above, her mother, born in c1742 or c1745, no birthplace given, daughter of Jean LEJEUNE & Francoise GUÉDRY, married her father, a seaman, born in c1741, son of Claude GAUTREAUX & Geneviève HÉBERT, on 11 Sep 1764 at St.-Servan, France, which is a suburb of St.-Malo.  Anne LEJEUNE died at age 40 & was buried on 20 Nov 1782 at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, a suburb of Nantes.  Robichaux gives no death date for Jean-Baptiste GAUTREAUX, who did not go to LA.  Geneviève went to LA with 2 of her sisters, twin Anne-Angélique, & Pélagie-Marie, one of the author's maternal ancestors.  

32.  Wall of Names, 17, calls her Marie-Josèphe GAUTEROT; NOAR, 2:138, her birth/baptismal record, gives her parents' names, says that her father was deceased at the time of her baptism, & that her godparents were Aman TIBEAUDAU & Gertrude BOURQUE [who were married in New Orleans 5 days later, the earliest recorded Acadian marriage in LA]; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-C:339 (Laf. Ct.Hse.: Succ.#113), her succession record, calls her Marie GAUTHREAUX m. Baptiste DUHON, lists her heirs, but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:275 (Laf.Ch.: v.3, p.27), her death/burial record, calls her Marie GAUTHREAUX m. d.Jean Baptiste DUYON, says she was 71 years old when she died, but does not give her parents' names.  

Arsenault, Généalogie, 2483, a profile of her husband Jean-Baptiste DUHON in the LA section & the source of her marriage at St. Martinville c1782, calls her Marie-Josèphine GAUTREAUX, daughter of Charles GAUTREAUX & Louise THIBODEAUX.  The only Charles GAUTREAUXs who came to LA arrived in 1785.  None of them was married Louise THIBODEAUX.  Consider the source.  The marriage of Jean-Baptiste & Marie-Josèphe is not in the church records of the Atakapas District for this stretch of time.  See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 1-A.  Arsenault, as usual, bases his estimated marriage date on the birth of the couple's first child, Jean-Baptiste, born at Atakapas in 1783.  See p. 2483; & Hébert, D., 1-A:282 (SM Ch.: v.2, #105), the birth/baptismal record of the boy, which calls his mother Marie-Josèphe GAUTROT.  Jean-Baptiste DUHON, fils was born 2 Jan 1783, so a marriage for his parents of early 1782 is not unreasonable.  

She was the first GAUTREAUX to settle on the western prairies.  

33.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Magdeleine [GAUTRAU], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 152 (Morlaix: St.-Martin-des-Champs), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Magdalen-Pélagie GAUTREAU, gives her parents' names, & says she wa goddaughter of Paul TRAHAN & Marie-Magdalen LEBLANC; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls her Madeleine, sa [Charles GAUTRAU's] fille, age 18, on the embarkation list, & Magdelaine GAUTROT, his [Charles GAUTROT's] daughter, age 18, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 4th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:319, 468 (ASC-2, 14), her marriage record, calls her Maria GOTRO, does not give her or her husband's parents' names but says her husband's parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Charle RICHARD & Alexis LE BRON. 

34.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls him Marin POTREAU, & lists him with his wife & 2 children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 191, shows that in the crossing to St.-Mao in 1758-59, his widowed father, called Honoré GAUTROT, fils de Francois, age 43, his brother Jean-Simon, age 10, & sister Agnès, age 5, survived the crossing; but his paternal aunt, Madeleine GAUTROT, fille de Francois, age 31, died in the hospital probably at St.-Malo 28 Feb 1759 a month after they reached France; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 16-17, calls him Marin POTREAU [Gotreaux], charpentier, age 38, on the embarkation list, Marie GOTREAU, on the debarkation list, & Marin GAUTROT, carpenter, age 38, on the complete listing, says that he was in the 23rd Family aboard La Bergère with his wife & 2 children, details him marriage, including the names of his & his wife's parents, lists the implements the Spanish gave to him & his family after they reached LA, & says he owned 6 arpents of land but does not say when or where; BRDR, 2:250, 320 (ASC-2, 43), the record of his second marriage, calls him Marin GOUTRO, calls his wife Margarita Angel DUBOIS, says "all natives of Bayou LaFourche," does not give his or her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph GRANGER & Luc LANDRY; BRDR, 3:358 (ASM-3, 53), his death/burial record, calls him Marin GAUTREAUX, age 65 yrs., but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 57, 88, 139.  

I have found no birth/baptismal record for a daughter named Marie-Luce--see the Lafourche census of 1798--but he did have a son named Marin-Louis, born at Assumption in February 1796.  See BRDR, 2:320 (ASM-1, 63).  Very confusing.  

35.  Not in Wall of Names because of the circumstance of her birth.  NOAR, 4:152, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Martina GOTREAU, says she was born 3 Aug (Le St.-Rémi sailed 27 Jun), does not give her father's name, calls her mother Magdalena MIGUEL, & says her godparents were Gilverto L__ & Margarita BROUTIN.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43.

She was one of the newborns named after Martin NAVARRO, Spanish intendant of LA, whom the Acadians adored because he treated them with fairness & respect & stood as honorary godfather to their newborns.  

36.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls her Pélagie GAUTREAU niece [of Eustache LEJEUNE], & lists her with her uncle, aunt, & 4 cousins; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 346-47, Family No. 420, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Pélagie-Marie GAUTROT, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Étienne FOREST & Élizabeth LEJEUNE, & that her family resided at St.-Servan from 1763-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 69, Family No. 130, calls her Pélagie [GAUTROT], & details her family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 6-7, calls her Pélagie GAUTREAU, sa [Eustache LEJEUNE's] niece, age 15, on the embarkation list, Pelagia GOTREAU, su [Eustachio EL JOVEN's] sobrina, on the debarkation list, & Pélagie  GAUTROT, his [Eustache LEJEUNE's] niece, age 15, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 18th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her uncle, aunt, & 4 cousins; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:347, 775 (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.24), her marriage record, calls her Pélagie GAUTREAU, Acadian, does not give the names of her or her husband's parents, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Blaise LEJEUNE [probably a cousin], Philippe TRAHAN(?)[sic], & Louis SIMARD.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 359.

According to Robichaux's study of the Acadians in Nantes, her mother, born in c1742, daughter of Jean LEJEUNE & Francoise GUÉDRY, married her father, a seaman, born in c1741, son of Claude GAUTREAUX & Geneviève HÉBERT, 11 Sep 1764 at St.-Servan, France, which is a suburb of St.-Malo.  Anne LEJEUNE died at age 40 & was buried 20 Nov 1782 at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, a suburb of Nantes.  Robichaux gives no death date for Jean-Baptiste GAUTREAUX, who did not go to LA.  

Her husband was 20 years older than she was.  

Pélagie-Marie is one of my maternal ancestors.  

37.  Wall of Names, 17, calls him Pierre GAUTEROT, & lists him with his wife & daughter, which means he came to LA with them.  NOAR, 2:138, the birth/baptismal record of daughter Marie-Josèphe, lists him as "dec.," or dead, when she was baptized at New Orleans 22 Feb 1765.  The BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil party reached New Orleans in early Feb, so he must have died soon after he arrived.  Louise appears on the Apr 1865 card money list in New Orleans, 1 of only 2 women on the list, implying that she was a widow.  See <thecajuns.com/cardmoney.htm>.  Why does Arsenault, Genealogie, 2492, in referring to his daughter's marriage, call him Charles?

38.   Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7L), calls him Pierre GOTREAU, & lists him with his wife & a daughter; BRDR, 1a(rev.):80, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, & says his godparents were Pierre-René RICHARD & Marie-Josèph[e] LEBLANC; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 97, shows that on the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, his wife Marie, age 18, was pregnant, that son Nicolas was born 30 Mar 1759, 2 months after they reached St.-Malo, but died 19 Jun 1759 probably at St.-Malo when he was less than 3 months old, & that they had no other children with them on the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 351-53, Family No. 426, calls him Pierre GAUTROT, says he was born in c1732 but gives no birthplace, does not give his parents' names, & calls him a ploughman; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 44, Family No. 86, calls him Pierre GAUTROT, says he was born in c1732 but gives no birthplace, does not give his parents' names, calls him a ploughman, & says he was married in c1758 but gives no place of marriage; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 69-70, Family No. 131, calls him Pierre GAUTROT, says he was born in c1732 but gives no birthplace, does not give his parents' names, calls him a farmhand & carpenter, & says he was married in c1758 but gives no place of marriage; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls him Pierre GOTREAU, laboureur, age 53, on the embarkation list, Pierre GOTRAU, on the debarkation list, & Pierre GAUTROT, plowman, age 53, on the complete listing, says he was in the 33rd Family aboard La Bergère with his wife & a daughter, details his marriage, including the names of his wife's parents but not the names of his parents, says that daughter Adélaïde was born in 1774 but gives no birthplace, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to him & his family after they reached LA; BRDR, 3:359 (ASM-3, 41), his death/burial record, calls him Pedro GAUTREAUX, age 75 yrs., married to Marie DUPLESIR (DUPLESSIS), but does not give his parents' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 495; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 40, 64, 101, 146.    

39.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7L), calls him Pierre GOTREAU, & lists him with a sister; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 345, Family No. 418, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre-Joseph GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, says his godparents were Pierre BOURG & Anne-Josèphe LEBERT, & that his family resided at Pleslin, France, from 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls him Pierre GOTREAU, garçon, charpentier, age 22, on the embarkation list, Pierre GOTRAU, on the debarkation list, & Pierre GAUTROT, young man, carpenter, age 22, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 32nd Family aboard La Bergère with a sister; BRDR, 2:320, 324 (ASM-2, 18), his marriage record, calls him Pedro GAUTREAU, gives his & his wife's parents' names, says his parents were "of Parish of Pleslien [Plouër], Diocese of St. Malo, France," & hers were from the same parish as his, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Pedro BOURG & Marino GAUTREAU; BRDR, 3:359 (ASM-3, 119), his death/burial record, calls him Pedro GAUTREAUX, age 54 yrs., married to Genoveva GIROIRD, but does not give his parents' names.

40.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Pierre GAUTRAU, & lists him with his wife & no children; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 338-40, Family No. 409, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre-Grégoire GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, says he was godson of Noël DAU & Hélène BLANCHARD, & that his family resided at Trigavou from 1759-63, at Pleslin from 1763-69, & at Trigavou again from 1769-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Pierre GAUTRAU, charpentier, age 25, on the embarkation list, & Pierre GAUTROT, carpenter, age 25, on the complete listing, says he was in the 9th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his wife & no children, & says son Étienne was born 1 Sep 1788, daughter Marguerite-Rosalie was born 10 Sep 1794, & daughter Marie-Magdalen was born 2 Feb 1793, but gives no birthplaces; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:236 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: year 1805), a succession inventory prior to his remarriage, calls him Pierre Grégoire GAUTREAUX m. Marie Madeleine MICHEL; BRDR, 3:359, 427 (ASM-2, 107), the record of his second marriage, calls him Pedro Gregorio GAUTRAUX of St.-Malo, France, widower of Maria Magdalena MICHEL, does not include his & his second wife's parents' names but does name his second wife's first husband, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Henry S. THIBODAUX & Josef HÉBERT.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 495; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 175.

His widowed mother's family was just below his on the passenger list of Le St.-Rémi.  

Judging from the Ascension census of 1788, his infant daughter Martina/Martine, born aboard ship on the way to LA & named after Spanish intendant Martin NAVARRO, did not survive infancy, poor baby.  

The Henry S. THIBODAUX who witnessed his second marriage in 1805 was the future governor.  

41.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him Pierre [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 152 (Morlaix: St.-Martin-des-Champs), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre-Isidore GAUTREAU, gives his parents' names but does not give his godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls him Pierre, son [Charles GAUTRAU's] fils, age 4, on the embarkation list, & Pierre GAUTROT, his [Charles GAUTROT's] son, age 4, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 4th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 3:359, 789 (ASC-2, 185), his marriage record, calls him Pierre Isodore GAUTEREAU, calls his wife Marie Rosalie SIVILLE, gives his & her parents' names, calls his mother Anne Pélagie TRAHANT, says his mother & his wife's father were deceased at the time of the marriage, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Pierre SIVILLE & Pélagie LEBLANC; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:236 (Houma Ct.Hse: Succ. #48), a petition for family assembly, calls him Pierre GAUTREAUX m. Marie SIVILE, & lists his children as Eugènie, Furcy, Terzile, Marie, Jean, Pauline, Azélie, Neuville, Roseline, Pélagie, Melite m. Orelien BOUDREAUX.

42.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls him Pierre [GAUTRAU], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls him Pierre, son [Joseph GAUTRAU's] fils, age 13, on the embarkation list, & Pierre GAUTROT, his [Joseph GAUTROT's] son, age 13, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 11th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:31, 321 (ASM-2, 8), his marriage record, calls him Pedro Olivier GAUTRAUX, calls his wife Julia ARSEMENT, gives his & her parents' names, says they were all of Acadia, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Pedro LANDRY & Enrrique ROBICHAUX.   

43.  Wall of Names, 47, calls her Rosalie GOTREAU; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 152, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Rosalie-Charlotte GAUTREAU, gives her parents' names, says her father was a laboureur, & that her godparents were Charles GAUTRO, fils & Rosalie MELANÇON; BRDR, 2:38, 321 (ASM-2, 44), her marriage record, calls her Rosalia GAUTRAUX of Belisle en Mer, Parish of Lomaria, Diocese of Vanne in Britany, France, gives her & her husband's parents'  names, says his parents were from Saint Nogata, Diocese of St. Malo, france, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Michel AUCOIN & Francois AUCOIN [his brothers].

44.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Rose [GAUTRAU], & lists her with her father, stepmother, & 5 half-brothers; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 347-50, Family No. 421, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Rose-Sébastienne GAUTROT, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Pierre MICHEL & Marie-Rose BOURG, & that her family resided at St.-Suliac from 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls her Rose, sa [Joseph GAUTRAU's] fille, age 22, on the embarkation list, & Rose GAUTROT, his [Joseph GAUTROT's] daughter, age 22, on the complete listing, says she was in the 11th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her father, stepmother, & 5 half-brothers, & that she was born in 1763 but gives no birthplace.  

What happened to her in LA?  Did she even survive the crossing from France to LA?  Unfortunately, the debarkation list for Le St.-Rémi did not survive. Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 64, citing Winzerling, Acadian Odyssey, 139-40, notes that 3 women aboard Le St.-Rémi died of scurvy but gives no names.  There is also the note:  "Upon arriving smallpox claimed 16 more victims ...."  The problem was that the ship was large & grossly overcrowded & got stuck in the channel below New Orleans in the heat of early September.  This is when smallpox struck.  Rose GAUTREAUX may have been among the victims.  

45.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Rose GAUTRAU fille a la femme [of Charles DUGAT], & lists her with her mother, stepfather, & a female minor; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 342-43, Family No. 415, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Rose-Marie GAUTROT, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Nobleman Joseph BOURDE, Sr. de Champs, & Marie LEBLANC, & lists her family's residences in the St.-Malo area, 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 48-49, calls her Rose GAUTRAU, fille à la feme [of Charles DUGAT], age 20, on the embarkation list, & Rose GAUTROT, [Charles DUGAT's] wife's daughter, age 20, on the complete listing, says she was in the 31st Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her mother, stepfather, & a female minor, & says she was born in 1762 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:246, 318-19 (SJA-2, 1), her marriage record, calls her Maria GOTRO, does not give her or her husband's parents' names, calls her husband Maturen DONI, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Juan Miguel GULLOT & Maria BURG.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45, 178.

Her husband remarried to Anne-Théodose, daughter of Théodore Bourg, at Ascension in Oct 1791, not long after the 1791 census was taken in Jan.  

46.  Wall of Names, 16, calls her Rose-Osite GAUTEROT veuve Olivier FOREST; BRDR, 4:233 (SMI-8, 60), her death/burial record, calls her Ozite GAUTREAUX, age 93, spouse of Michel BOURGEOIS, but does not give her parents' names.  

Where was daughter Marie FORET in 1769?

47.  Wall of Names, 17, calls him Simon GAUTEROT; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2491, says he was born in 1736; BRDR, 1a(rev.):80 (SGA-2, 154), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Simon GAUTROT, gives his parents' names, & says his godparents were Joseph LEBLANC, maternal uncle, & Marie-Josèph[e] GAUTROT; BRDR, 3:360 (SJA-4, 39a), his death/burial record, calls him Simon GAUTREAUX, age about 80 yrs., nat. of Acadia, but doe not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 164, 174; Stanly LeBlanc PDF.

Why does the baptismal record of son Simon, fils, dated 1 Nov 1772, in BRDR, 2:321 (ASC-1, 4) say that the boy's parents, Simon, père & Madeleine BREAUX were "Acadians of the Parish of Assumption," when the census records show that they remained at St.-Jacques?  Did they temporarily move to Assumption, down in the Lafourche valley, then back up to St.-Jacques in the early 1770s?  Note that Simon, fils was baptized at Ascension, present-day Donaldsonville, on the river above St.-Jacques, but the family could have been living below Ascension on upper Bayou Lafourche in the vicinity of Assumption.  Or the priest at Ascension could have been wrong.  

His having 3 slaves on the river in 1779 hints that he was an affluent farmer compared to most of his Acadian neighbors at that time.  

48.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Victoire [GAUTRAU], & lists her with her widowed mother & 2 brothers; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 338-40, Family No. 409, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Victoire-Andrée GAUTROT, gives her parents' names, says she was goddaughter of Honoré GAUTROT & Victoire HÉBERT, & that her family resided at Pleslin from 1763-69 & at Trigavou from 1769-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 44-45, calls her Victoire, sa [Marguerite HÉBERT, veuve GAUTRAU's] fille, age 16, on the embarkation list, & Victoire GAUTROT, his[sic, Marguerite HÉBERT, widow GAUTROT's] daughter, age 16, on the complete listing, says she was in the 10th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her mother & 2 brothers, & says she was born in 1766 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:111, 321 (ASC-2, 11), her marriage record, calls her Victoire GOTREAU, does not give her or her husband's parents' names but says they all "were Acadians at Valenzuéla," & that the witness to her marriage was Manuel ORDONEZ.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 495.

Valenzuéla was the same place as Assumption, in the upper Bayou Lafourche valley.  

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