APPENDICES

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

GUÉRIN

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ACADIA

François Guérin, perhaps from Poitou, France, married Anne, a daughter of Jean Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1659.  She gave him five children, including two sons, Jérôme, born at Port-Royal c1665, and Francois, fils, born at Port-Royal c1669.  Their three daughters married into the Godin dit Châtillon dit Beauséjour, Arseneau, and Doucet families.  François, père died at Port-Royal before the first Acadian census was taken in 1671.  Anne remarried to Pierre Gaudet l'aîné at Port-Royal c1672.  Younger son François Guérin, fils probably died young, but older son Jérôme came of age and fathered many children of his own. 

Jérôme married Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of  Martin Aucoin, at Port-Royal in c1698.  They settled at Cobeguit in the early 1700s and had 13 children.  Seven of their daughters married into the Bourg, Thériot, Pitre, Boudrot, and Dugas families.  Their five sons, all born at Cobeguit, created families of their own in that settlement, and all of them left Cobeguit and moved to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, or Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, before 1752:

Oldest son Pierre, born in June 1712, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Bourg, probably at Cobeguit in c1734. 

François le jeune, born in c1718, married Geneviève, daughter of Joseph Mius, in c1746.

Jean-Baptiste, born in c1719, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Francois Bourg, in c1749.  They were counted at La Pointe-à-La-Jeunesse on Île Royale, in 1752

Dominique, born in c1721, married Anne, daughter of Jacques à Francois LeBlanc, in c1746.  They also were counted at La Pointe-à-La-Jeunesse on Île Royale, in 1752

Youngest son Charles, born in c1725, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Henry, in c1746.  They were counted at Rivière-du-Ouest on Île St.-Jean in 1752. 

By 1755, most, if not all, of François Guérin's descendants were living on Île St.-Jean or Île Royale.  

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Another Guérin, Pierre dit LaForge, son of Étienne Guérin and Marie Ranet, probably no kin to François, married Jeanne, daughter of Jean Bourg, at Port-Royal in October 1705.  They do not seem to have produced any children.

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

When the British began to round up Acadians in Nova Scotia in the autumn of 1755, the Guérins of Île St.-Jean, living on an island controlled by France, were safe for now.  Their respite from British oppression was short-lived, however.  After the fall of the French fortress at Louisbourg in July 1758, the victorious British rounded up most of the Acadians on Île St.-Jean and deported them to France.  The crossing devastated the family. 

Marguerite Guérin, daughter of Jérôme and Isabelle and wife of Pierre Thériot, lost her husband and three of five children aboard the British transport Duke William, which left Acadia in late summer and reached St.-Malo at the beginning of November despite a terrible explosion aboard; Marguerite died at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, soon after she reached France.  Françoise, wife of Pierre Thériot, uncle of Marguerite's husband, died along with her husband and nine of their 12 children on the same vessel.  Six children of Pierre Guérin also sailed on the Duke William; two of them--Josèphe and Agricole--perished; Gertrude, Joseph, Louis, and Pierre, fils survived the crossing; Louis and Pierre, fils moved from St.-Malo to Lorient in January 1759 to work as sailors.  Pierre's sister Isabelle Guérin and her family also died aboard the Duke William.  François Guérin, his wife Geneviève Mius, and all their children perished on a British transport that was lost at sea.  François's sister Henriette Guérin, age 45, wife of Olivier Boudrot, age 47, sailed with her family aboard one of the five British transports that left the Gut of Canso in late November and reached St.-Malo in late January 1759; like her brother François, her sister Françoise, and so many of her nieces and nephews, Henriette also perished on the voyage, along with four of her own children; only husband Olivier and a 15-year-old daughter survived.  Jean-Baptiste Guérin, age 36, his wife Marie-Madeleine Bourg, age 35, and four of their children also sailed on one of the five ships; Jean-Baptiste & Marie-Madeleine survived the crossing, but two of their children, daughter Marie-Madeleine, age 4, and son Xavier, age 2, perished; sons Jean-Pierre, age 9, and Jérôme, age 6, survived.  Jean-Baptiste's younger brother Dominique, age 36, his wife Anne LeBlanc, age 31, and six of their children sailed aboard one of the five ships; Dominique and Anne survived the crossing, but two of their children, daughters Anastasie, age 10, and Françoise, age 3, died at sea, and two more daughters, Anne-Josèphe, age 12, and Marie, age 3 months, died in the hospital at St.-Malo soon after reaching France; only daughter Marguerite, age 8, and son Joseph, age 6, survived the crossing.  Charles Guérin, age 34, his wife Marguerite Henry, also age 34, and four of their children also sailed aboard one of the five ships; Charles died in a St.-Malo hospital two months after reaching France; Marguerite survived the crossing, but half of their children--sons Marin, age 8, and Alexis, age 5 months--died as a result of the deportation; only daughters Tarsile, age 11, and Marguerite-Josèphe, age 5, made it to France.  Marie, age 59, one of Jérome Guérin's oldest daughters and wife of Claude Thériot, ended up not at St.-Malo but at Rochefort, where she died at the Hôpital des oprhelins soon after she reached that city. 

The Guérins who survived the terrible ordeal of 1758-59 lived in France for over a quarter century, enduring along with hundreds of other Acadians the indignities of life in the mother country: 

After brothers Louis and Pierre, fils Guérin left St.-Malo for Lorient in January 1759, they disappear from history, unless Louis was the one who went to St.-Domingue and died there in January 1776. 

Dominique Guérin and wife Anne LeBlanc settled first at Ploubalay, near St.-Malo, and then at nearby Trigavou and had more children in France:  Élisabeth, or Isabelle, was born at Trigavou in October 1760, another Françoise in May 1763, another Anastasie in February 1766 but died at age 1 1/2 in June 1767, and Brigide was born in August 1769.  During the early 1770s, Dominique and his family were part of the Acadian settlement near Châtellerault in the Poitou region and were among the Acadians who retreated to the port city of Nantes in March 1776 after the Poitou venture failed.  Dominique, Anne, and their younger children lived in the parish of St.-Jacques at Nantes and survived on government handouts and whatever work Dominique could find as a day laborer.  Son Joseph lived in the nearby parish of St.-Similien, where he married Agnès, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Pitre, in April 1776.  Two daughters were born to them at Nantes:  Marie-Joséphine at St.-Similien in January 1777, and Françoise at St.-Jacques in April 1784.  Meanwhile, Dominique's wife Anne died at St.-Jacques in May 1782; she was 56 years old.  Daughter Françoise married Jacques, son of fellow Acadian Étienne Thériot, at St.-Jacques in November 1784. 

Dominique's older sister Françoise, widow of François Thériot, settled at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo. 

Dominique's older brother Jean-Baptiste and wife Marie-Madeleine Bourg settled at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, where they had more children:  Joseph, born in September 1760, and Ambroise in August 1762.  Jean-Baptiste died at St.-Suliac in December 1771; he was 50 years old.  His son Jérôme le jeune married fellow Acadian Marie Pitre perhaps at St.-Suliac in the late 1770s. 

Dominique's niece Tarsile married Jacques, fils, son of fellow Acadian Jacques Forest, at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, in August 1774.  Jacques, fils also had come to France aboard one of the five British transports.  The fate of Tarsile's younger sister Marguerite-Josèphe is lost to history. 

Gabriel, son of Jacques Guérin and Anne Guillot, married cousin Marie-Rose, daughter of Acadian René Guillot, at Cenan, Poitou, in October 1780; the priest who recorded the marriage noted that Gabriel's father was deceased at the time of the wedding.  One wonders if Gabriel and Marie-Rose had been part of the failed Acadian settlement scheme in Poitou during the early 1770s and were among the few Acadians who remained there when the other Acadians left for Nantes in 1775-76.  One also wonders how Jacques and Gabriel were kin to the other Guérin's in France. 

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Father Donald J. Hébert's study of the Acadians in exile documents other Guérins who lived at Rochefort, on Îles St.-Pierre and Miquelon, and on St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, during Le Grand Dérangement.  One wonders how, or if, they were kin to the Guérins of Île St.-Jean and Île Royale: 

Marie-Agathe Guérin or Guirin, widow of Pierre Monineau, married day laborer Mathieu, son of Claudien Lekom of Schetenborg, Haute Alsace, at Notre-Dame, Rochefort, in August 1763. 

Marguerite Guérin, widow of Pierre Masson, married day laborer Pierre, daughter of Jean Soleau of Breuil, Magne, at Notre-Dame, Rochefort, in July 1765.  

Antoine Guérin, a journalier or day worker, married Jeanne Peraudeau.  Their son Jean was born at Notre Dame, Rochefort, in May 1768. 

Jeanne, daughter of Pierre Guérin, a tisserand or weaver, and Marie Marsais, was born at Geay in the parish of St.-Louis, Rochefort, date unrecorded.  She had been living in the parish of Notre-Dame, Rochefort, for seven years when she married Pierre Tesse, widower of Henriette Recteau, at Notre-Dame, Rochefort, in May 1769. 

Marie, daughter of Pierre Guérin and Élisabeth Moreau, married Hubert dit Lafleur, son of Nicaise Collin, on either Île St.-Pierre or Île Miquelon in April 1772. 

Louis Guérin, described as a garçon navigateur or sailor "of Mines," died at the home of Joseph Casselin at Môle St.-Nicolas, St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, in January 1776.  Louis was only 34 years old.  Judging by his age, he could have been the Louis, son of Pierre Guérin, père of Cobeguit and Île St.-Jean, who went with his brother Pierre, fils to Lorient in January 1759. 

Honoré Guérin, a navigateur, married Françoise Lapierre.  Their son Louis-Olive was born at Môle St.-Nicolas, St.-Domingue, in October 1780. 

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In the early 1780s, the Spanish government offered the Acadians in France a chance for a new life in faraway Louisiana.  Fed up with living in a mother country that neglected its Acadian children, several of the Guérins, including Dominique, a sister, and a nephew, agreed to take it.  Other members of the family chose to remain in France. 

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

All of the Acadian Guérins who emigrated to Louisiana came from France in 1785 aboard three of the Seven Ships.  Only one of them chose to settle on the river:

Françoise Guérin, age 75, widow of François Thériot, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, with the family of Charles Henry and Marguerite Thériot, probably her daughter and son-in-law, and reached New Orleans in December.  They went to the Baton Rouge area. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

Most of the Guérins who came from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, but no line of the family survived there:

Dominique Guérin, age 63, now a widower, sailed to New Orleans aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August 1785.  With him were two of his unmarried daughters--Élisabeth, or Isabelle, age 25, and Brigide, age 15.  (Dominique in fact may have died on the voyage over or in New Orleans soon after the ship arrived; he appears in no Louisiana census.)  Élisabeth married Jean-Pierre, son of fellow Acadian Prosper Landry, at Lafourche in February 1786 but died by 1790, when her husband remarried at Lafourche; Jean-Pierre also had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, so they probably had known one another in France.  Brigide married François-Jean, son of fellow Acadian Blaise Thibodeaux, at Assumption in July 1796; François-Jean also had come to the colony from France, aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships.  Brigide died in Assumption Parish in April 1830; the Plattenville priest who recorded her burial said that she died at "age 66 yrs.," but she was "only" 60. 

Joseph Guérin, age 33, Dominique's son, crossed on La Bergère with wife Agnès Pitre, age 38, and their year-old daughter Françoise.  Did Françoise survive the crossing?  Joseph and Agnès had another daughter, Agnès, at Lafourche in September 1787, but they had no sons.  Joseph died in Assumption Parish in December 1813, in his early 60s. 

Françoise Guérin, age 22, Dominique's middle daughter, crossed on La Bergère with husband Jacques Thériot, age 25, and an infant daughter.  Françoise died a widow in Assumption Parish in October 1849; the Plattenville priest who recorded her burial said that she died at "age 47 years," but she was 86!

Jérôme Guérin, age 35, Dominique's nephew, crossed with wife Marie Pitre, age 38, and infant son Jean-Pierre on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September.  Jean-Pierre either did not survive the crossing from France or died in Louisiana soon after they arrived.  Jérôme and Marie had a daughter in Louisiana whom they named Marie-Anne, but they had no more sons.  Jérômes date of death is unrecorded.

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

Guérin is a common surname in France, so it is no surprise that a substantial number of them came to the colony, some of them decades before their Acadian namesakes arrived:  

Jacques, son of Étienne Guérin, married Catherine St. Laurent at Old Biloxi, now in the state of Mississippi, in June 1721.  Biloxi at the time was part of the French colony of Louisiana and was in fact the first French settlement on the Gulf Coast, established in 1699.  

At least one Guérin family of early Louisiana was part of the French aristocracy.  Claude-Agnian, called Agnian, son of Alexandre-François Guérin of Orleans, France, Lord of Brez, royal counselor and commissioner general, was serving as an infantry lieutenant in the naval regiment of the garrison at New Orleans when he married Jeanne Trudeau there in August 1726.  The list of witnesses to Agnian's marriage in the church record reads like a who's-who of 1720s Louisiana.  Agnian died at New Orleans in October 1731; the city's church records do not reveal any children he may have fathered.  

Brieux Guérin, born in France in c1720, died at Pointe Coupée in November 1741.  

Pierre Guérin and his wife Marie-Jeanne Foucheaux were innkeepers at New Orleans in the 1770s.  Their son François was born in New Orleans in September 1774.  

Honoré, son of Nicolas Guérin and Perette Gautier of Lion Lesaunier, Franche-Comté, France, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Dubessay, surgeon of Mortel, Dauphine, France, at New Orleans in February 1778.   

François-Mathurin Guérin married Jacobe-Anne Bramble.  They lived in New Orleans during the late colonial period and had at least three sons, all born at New Orleans:  François-Louis, born in January 1787, lived until August 1835, Louis-Auguste was born in May 1789, and Édouard-Thomas in January 1791. 

Jacques, fils, son of Jacques Guérin and Catherine Garcia of Coin, Paris, France, was a soldier in the first company of grenadiers of the stationary regiment of Louisiana when he died at New Orleans in June 1792.  He had no wife.  The priest who recorded his burial did not give Jacques, fils's age at the time of his death. 

Louis Guérin, native of Ingrandes, Department of Maine-et-Loire, France, was married to Catherine Lebeau of Nantes, France, when he died at New Orleans, age 42, in October 1794.  

A unnamed Gueren, probably a Guérin, native of Rodez, Department of Aveyron, France, an unmarried carpenter who had just arrived "from Los Écores Amargaux or the the fortress of Las Barrancas with Vizente Folque, commandant of that fortress and presently governor of Pensacola," had begun work on the house of a Monsieur Masedt in New Orleans when he died there in September 1796.  The priest who recorded his burial did not give the carpenter's age at the time of his death. 

Jean-Simon, son of Pierre Guérin of Joinville, Besançon, Burgundy, France, was married to Geneviève Sebret when he died at the charity hospital at New Orleans in September 1801.  

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Perhaps the most prolific Guérin family of South Louisiana settled at Pointe Coupée in the 1750s and was still there over a century later: 

Descendants of Guillaume dit St.-Aubin GUÉRIN (?-?)

Guillaume dit St.-Aubin, son of Michel Guérin of Provins en Brie, Sens, France, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Pierre Oliveau, at Pointe Coupée in February 1758.  Their daughters married into the Bosseron, Chenevert, Donne, Joffrion, Lejeune, Major, and Porche families.  Guillaume dit St.-Aubin died at Pointe Coupée in February 1795; he was 76 years old.  Only one of his sons married, but he had many sons of his own who settled in Pointe Coupee Parish. 

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Their oldest son, name and age unrecorded, died at Pointe Coupée in April 1759.

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Georges, born at Pointe Coupée in December 1762, may have died young.

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Youngest son Guillaume, fils, born at Pointe Coupée in April 1772, married Marie-Anne, called Manon, daughter of French Creole Joseph Bergeron, at Pointe Coupée in February 1793.  Their son Paulin was born at Pointe Coupée in January 1794, Zeno or Zenon in December 1795, Guillaume III was baptized at Pointe Coupee, age 3 months, in June 1803, and Terence was born in May 1805.  They also had a son named Émile.  Guillaume, fils died in Pointe Coupee Parish in May 1842; the priest who recorded his burial said that Guillaume, "Sr." died at "age 75 yrs.," but he was "only" 70.  At least five of his sons, perhaps more, settled in Pointe Coupee Parish. 

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Paulin married Euphrosine, daughter of French Creole Pierre Robillard, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in May 1817.  One wonders if they had any children. 

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Zenon married Arthémise Lebeau probably in Pointe Coupee Parish in the late 1810s or early 1820s.  Their daughter married into the Bergeron (French Creole, not Acadian) family.  Zenon died in Pointe Coupee Parish in May 1829; he was only 33 years old. 

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Guillaume III married Armeline, daughter of Alexis Lebeau, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in December 1825.  Their child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died in Pointe Coupee Parish, "age 3 or 4 mos.," in November 1835.  Guillaume III died in Pointe Coupee Parish in September 1859; he was 57 years old.  His line of the family probably died with him.

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Émile married Julie Lezine, daughter of French Creole Jean Pierre Bergeron, in a civil ceremony in Pointe Coupee Parish in October 1831, and sanctified the marriage at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in March 1858.  Their son Anius P. was born probably in Pointe Coupee Parish in c1837, and Émile, fils in June 1840.  They also had an older son named Clément.  Their daughter married into the Lebeau family. 

Clément married Rosella, daughter of French Creole Desolive Lejeune, in a civil ceremony in Pointe Coupee Parish in June 1852, and sanctified the marriage at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in March 1858.  Their son François Homer was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in May 1853, and Bernard near Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, in January 1857, but died at age 5 1/2 in August 1862.  Clément remarried to Geneviève Gauthier at the Lakeland church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in March 1861.  Their son Joseph Anius was born near Lakeland in July 1865. 

During the War Between the States, Émile, fils served in the Pointe Coupee Battalion Louisiana Light Artillery, a front-line unit that fought gallantly in Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Georgia.  Émile, fils, along with his unit, was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in July 1863.  He accepted parole from the federals and remained at home.  Émile, fils married Philomène, minor daughter of Pervis Major, at the Lakeland church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in February 1867. 

Anius died near Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, in March 1863.  He was only 26 years old and does not seem to have married.  One wonders if his death was war-related. 

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Terence married Jeanne or Julia Bizette probably in Pointe Coupee Parish in the 1850s; if so, he would have been in his 50s.  Their son Joseph was baptized at the Lakeland church, Pointe Coupee Parish, age 10 months, in April 1861.  Terence died near Lakeland in January 1865; he was 59 years old. 

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Other Guérins who lived in Pointe Coupee Parish probably were descendants of Guillaume dit St.-Aubin, but area church records make it difficult to establish their exact place in the family:

Sergeas or Sergeat Guérin married Eveline Major at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in December 1844.  Their son François Onésiphore, called Onésiphore, was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in September 1853 but died at age 9 in August 1862, François Auguste was born in April 1856, Joseph Batis, called Batis, in July 1858 but died at age 4 in August 1862, and François Joseph was born near Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, in June 1861.  During the War Between the States, Sergeas served in the Fausse River Guards Company of Militia, which operated in Pointe Coupee Parish.

Euphrosine Guérin married Paulin Broussard, perhaps an Acadian from West Baton Rouge Parish, and settled in Pointe Coupee Parish by the mid-1840s. 

Valérien Guérin married Irma Gremillion.  Their son Lucien was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in January 1847. 

Gerand, Gerant, or Gerard Guérin married Julie Aguillard.  Their son John Ulpha was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in June 1852, Adolphe Olivier in November 1856, Gerant Duglas in January 1859, and Joseph Mozart in September 1863.  Their daughter married into the Sicard family. 

Auguste Guérin, widower of Eléocadie Guérin, probably his cousin, died at "Isle of False River," Pointe Coupee Parish, in July 1855; he was only 28 years old.  Eléocadie had died at Chenal, Pointe Coupee Parish, only the month before.  Sadly, their daughter Marie Melodie, called Melodie, died at "Isle of False River," age 7 months, the following September. 

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More Guérins came to Louisiana from France during the antebellum period.  Native Louisianians would have called them Foreign French.  Some of them settled on the old Acadian Coast, in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley, and on the western prairies, but most of them, if they stayed in Louisiana, probably remained in the New Orleans area:

François-Louis Guérin married Marie-Martine Delery and settled in St. James Parish by the 1810s.  Their son Louis, born in c1811, died in St. James Parish, age 3, in November 1814, another son, name unrecorded, died in St. James Parish, age 3, in October 1815, and Mathurin, born in c1817, died near Convent, St. James Parish, age 18 months, in September 1818.  The line of the family seems to have died with the early deaths of François-Louis's three sons.  

Christophe Guérin, born at Nantes, Brittany, in c1783, settled at St. Martinville on Bayou Teche, where he died "at age about 40" in June 1823.  The priest who recorded his burial did not give Christophe's parents' names or mention a wife and children.  One wonders if he was kin to the Guérins who had come to Louisiana from France in 1785. 

P. Guérin, a 27-year-old mariner from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Adrienne out of Havana, Cuba, in September 1825.  He probably returned to Havana. 

____ Guérin, a 28-year-old native of France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Marengo out of Le Havre, France, in November 1837. 

Melanie Guérin, a 20-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Ville de Bordeaux out of Le Havre in April 1843. 

Marie Guérin, a 23-year-old "farmer" from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Narragansett out of Le Havre in November 1845. 

Marie Anne Guérin married Félix Birg in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in December 1845.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names. 

Pierre Guérin, a 26-year-old butcher from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Radius out of Bordeaux, France, in December 1848. 

Eugènie Guérin, age 27, and Émilie Guérin, age 20, probably sisters, both listed as "farmers," reached New Orleans aboard the ship S. E. Howell out of Le Havre in December 1848. 

Fredic. Guérin, a 41-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Alkinaar out of Le Havre in February 1849. 

____ Guérin, a 30-year-old servant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Maria Eugenio out of Marseilles, France, in July 1850.   On the same ship was L. Guérin, a seaman, age unrecorded.  One wonders if the they were related. 

François Guérin, a 42-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Lemuel Dyer out of Le Havre in May 1851. 

Pierre Guérin, a 36-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Leonidas out of Le Havre in May 1851.  On the same ship was Joséphine Guérin, age 41, and Clarisse Guérin, age 9, probably his wife and daughter. 

Jacques Guérin, a 48-year-old landlord from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Hulburt out of Le Havre in December 1851.  Also on the same ship was Augustin Guérin, a 40-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, and Louise Guérin, age 22, occupation unrecorded.  One wonders how they were related. 

Armand C. Guérin, a 17-year-old clerk from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Uttica out of Bordeaux in December 1851. 

Victor Guérin, a 24-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Empire City out of Havana in January 1852. 

Baptiste Guérin, a 29-year-old farmer from France, New Orleans aboard the ship Brunswick out of Le Havre in June 1852. 

Claude-Gabriel, son of Jean-Claude Guérin of Department of Haute-Saône, France, was 25 years old when married Jeanne Rose, called Rose, 14-year-old daughter of Acadian Hippolyte Pitre, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in July 1852.  He remarried to Marie David probably in Assumption Parish in the early 1860s, and died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in September 1864; the priest who recorded his burial said that Claude Gabriel died at age "39 years."  One wonders if his death was war-related. 

Marie Guérin, wife of Étienne Fermier, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1852.  A petition for succession inventory, filed in her name at the Thibodeaux courthouse 10 days after her death, reveals that her daughter Hélène Élisabeth Fermier was married to Acadian Hermogène Boudreaux. 

Alemenne Guérin, a 32-year-old female merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Robert Kelly out of LeHavre in November 1852.  Also on the same ship was female merchant Constance Guérin, age 30, probably Alemenne's sister. 

Joseph Guérin married Fredonia Trauth.  Their son Georges was born near Raceland, Lafourche Parish, in April 1862. 

Séraphin Guérin married Amelia Fonrouge and settled in Lafayette Parish by the 1860s. 

CONCLUSION

Guérins were early settlers in Acadia, but, compared to other Acadian families, they came "late" to Louisiana.  Three families reached the colony from France in 1785.  None of the Guérin family heads who came to Louisiana had sons who survived childhood, so only the blood of this long-suffering family from the Maritimes survived in the Bayou State.  The Guérins of South Louisiana, then, are descendants of French Creoles or Foreign French, not Acadians.  

Judging by the number of Guérins who served in Louisiana units during the War Between the States, quite a few French-Creole and Foreign-French members of the family lived in South Louisiana during the antebellum period.  Guérins could be found in Confederate units from Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles, and Assumption parishes, but most of them served in companies and batteries from New Orleans and the surrounding area. ...

The family's name also is spelled Guairin, Guéren, Guéri, Guérrin, Guieran.

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 594-95, 1492-93; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 1:256, 2:147-48, 3:136; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.),1b, 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 172; NOAR, vols. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 2-B, 4, 7; NOAR, vols. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6; <perso.orange.fr./froux/St_malo_arrivees/Antelope.htm>, Family No. 10; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family Nos. 1, 3,  4; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 22, 94, 98, 104; Robichaux, Acadians in Chattelerault, 47; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 77-78; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 381-85; White, DGFA-1, 775-79; White, DGFA-1 English, 158-59. 

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, 29 (pl. 7L), calls her Brigide [GUÉRIN], & lists her with her widowed father & sister; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 382-83, Family No. 469, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Brigide GUERIN, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Joseph GUERIN & Brigitte APART, & says her family resided at Trigavous from 1760-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 77, Family No. 145; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls her Brigide, sa [Dominique GUÉRIN's] fille, age 15, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Brigide GUÉRIN, his [Dominique GUÉRIN's] daughter, age 15, on the complete listing, says she was in the 8th Family aboard La Bergère with her widowed father & sister, & that she was born in 1769 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 5(rev.):278 (ASM-3, 215), her death/burial record, calls her Brigitte GUÉRIN, "age 66 yrs., wife of Francois THIBODAUX," but does not give her parents' names.

As most of the records in which she is found demonstrate, the usual spelling of her given name is Brigitte, but her baptismal record in France calls her Brigide. 

02.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls him Dominique GUÉRIN, & lists him with 2 daughters; White, DGFA-1, 777; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 98, shows that he & his wife Anne, age 31, took 6 children to St.-Malo in 1758-59 & lost most of them--daughter Anne-Josèphe, age 12, died in the hospital at St.-Malo 26 Mar 1759, 2 months after they reached the port city, & daughters Marie, age 3 mos., Anastasie, age 10, & Francoise, age 3, died at sea, that only daughter Marguerite, age 8, & son Joseph, age 6, survived the terrible crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 382-83, Family No. 469; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 77, Family No. 145; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls him Dominique GUÉRIN, journalier, age 63, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Dominique GUÉRIN, day laborer, age 63, on the complete listing, says he was in the 8th Family aboard La Bergère with 2 daughters, details his marriage but does not give his or his wife's parents' names, & says daughter Isabelle was born in 1760 but gives no birthplace, & daughter Brigide was born in 1769 but gives no birthplace.

Note that he is not on the debarkation list of La Bergère as receiving the implements that the Spanish issued to them while they waited in New Orleans for transportation to Lafourche; daughter Élisabet/Isabelle received the implements instead.  Does this mean that Dominique died on the voyage to LA or in New Orleans, or that he was too infirm (he was 63) to receive the implements?  He does not appear in the Lafourche valley census of Jan 1788, so he was probably dead by then.  If I find evidence that he died on the voyage over, despite his listing in Wall of Names, I will remove him from this listing.

03.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls her Françoise GUÉRIN, & lists he with her husband & a daughter; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 382-83, Family No. 469; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 77, Family No. 145; Hébert, Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls her Françoise GUÉRIN, sa [Jacques TÉRRIOT's] femme, age 22, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Françoise GUÉRIN, his [Jacques THÉRIOT's] wife, on the complete listing, says she was in the 7th Family aboard La Bergère with her husband & daughter, details her marriage but does not give her or her husband's parents' names, & says daughter Françoise-Élizabeth was baptized in 1785; BRDR, 7:231 (ASM-10, 104), her death/burial record, calls her Françoise GUAIRIN, "age 47 years, widow of Jacques TERRIAULT," but does not give her parents' names. 

Where was she in 1788 & 1791, when Lafourche valley censuses were taken?

She actually was 86 when she died!

04.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls her Françoise [GUÉRIN], & lists her with her parents; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls her Françoise, sa [Joseph GUÉRIN's] fille, à la mamelle, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Françoise GUÉRIN, his [Joseph GUÉRIN's] daughter, nursling, on the complete listing, says she was in the 9th Family aboard La Bergère with her parents, & that she was baptized in 1784 but gives no place of baptism.

Did she survive the crossing from France?

05.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Françoise GUÉRIN veuve François THÉRIOT; White, DGFA-1, 777.

There is the possibility that she & her daughter's family did not go to Bayou des Écores with the majority of the passengers from their ship but went straight to Baton Rouge/Manchac from New Orleans. 

What happened to her in LA?

06.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls her Isabelle [GUÉRIN], & lists her with her widowed father & sister; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 382-83, Family No. 469; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 77, Family No. 145; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls her Iabelle [Isabelle], sa [Dominique GUÉRIN's] fille, age 22, on the embarkation list, Élisabet GUÉRIN, on the debarkation list, & Isabelle GUÉRIN, his [Dominique GUÉRIN's] daughter, age 22, on the complete listing, says she in the 8th Family aboard La Bergère with her widowed father & sister, that she was born in 1760 but gives no birthplace, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to her & her family after they reached LA; BRDR, 2:339, 432 (ASC-1, 167), her marriage record, calls her Isabel GUERI, places her in the GUIDRY family section, calls her husband Juan Pedro LANDRY, does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witness to her marriage was Simon LANDRY.

Note that she & not her widowed father received the implements from the Spanish official at New Orleans before they moved upriver to Ascension.  Was he dead by then, or just too infirm (he was 63) to receive the implements?

07.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Jean-Pierre [GUÉRIN], & lists him with his parents & no siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 46-47, calls him Jean-Pierre, son [Gérôme GUÉRIN's] fils, à la mamelle, on the embarkation list, & Jean-Pierre GUÉRIN, his [Jérôme GUÉRIN's] son, a nursling, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 21st Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & no siblings.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 493; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 176.

The debarkation list for Le St.-Rémi, unfortunately, did not survive, so little Jean-Pierre GUÉRIN may not have survived the crossing from St.-Malo to New Orleans.  If I find evidence that he died en route, despite his listing in Wall of Names, I will remove him from this listing.  

A Jean-Pierre GUÉRIN appears on the Spanish list of Acadians at Nantes, France, in Sep 1784, as one of the young men who have "attained their majority," but this is Jérôme's brother, not his infant son.  See Voorhies, J., 493; footnote 08., below.  The brother did not go to LA.

08.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Jérôme GUÉRIN, & lists him with his wife & a son; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 94, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, 2 of his siblings, sister Marie-Madeleine, age 4, & brother Xavier, age 2, died at sea, but his father, mother, & brother Jean-Pierre, age 9, survived the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 384-85, Family No. 471; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 46-47, calls him Gérôme GUÉRIN, journalier, age 32, on the embarkation list, & Jérôme GUÉRIN, day laborer, age 32, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 21st Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his wife & a son.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 493; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 60, 93, 135, 176.

He was the only member of his immediate family who went to LA. 

09.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls him Joseph GUÉRIN, & lists him with his wife & daughter; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 98, reveals that he & a sister were the only survivors of the 6 children of his parents on the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59 & that his parents also survived the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 382-83, Family No. 469; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 77, Family No. 145; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 77-78, Family No. 146; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls him Joseph GUÉRIN, journalier, age 40, on the embarkation list, Joseph GUÉRIN, on the debarkation list, & Joseph GUÉRIN, day laborer, age 40, on the complete listing, says he was in the 9th Family aboard La Bergère with his wife & daughter, details his marriage but does not give the names of his or his wife's parents, says daughter Francoise was baptized in 1784 but gives no place of baptism, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to him & his family after they reached LA; BRDR, 3:383 (ASM-3, 85), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph GUÉRIN, "age 63 yrs. of Acadia, widower of Ines PITRE," but does not give his parents' names.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 42, 174.  

The census taker for Valenzuéla in 1788 & 1791 must have enjoyed too much liquid refreshment when he visited this household, the ages for Joseph are so far off.  

Where was his daughter Agnès in 1788?  Her baptismal record, dated 19 Mar 1789, in BRDR, 2:344 (SJA-3, 22), says she was born on 2 Sep 1787.  Is the baptismal record wrong as to the year of her birth?  And why was she baptized at St.-Jacques & not Ascension, which was the church for upper Bayou Lafourche until 1793?  The church at Ascension had been there since 1772.  She does not appear in subsequent censuses with the family either, nor in any other church record, so she may have died young, as did older sister Françoise.  

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