APPENDICES

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

LABAUVE

[lah-BOHV]

ACADIA

Louis-Noël (de?) Labauve, called Noël, came to Acadia by 1678, the year he married Marie, daughter of René Rimbault and Anne-Marie ____ of Port-Royal.  They settled at Grand-Pré and then at Chignecto before moving back to the Minas Basin.  They had a dozen children, including seven sons, five of whom created families of their own.  Four of their daughters married into the Bastarache, Levron, Hébert dit Baguette, and LeBlanc families.  One of their daughters, the one who later married an Hébert, had a "natural" daughter at Port-Royal in 1713.  

Oldest son René dit Renochon, born probably at Minas in c1679, married Anne, daughter of Martin Lejeune dit Briard and Jeanne Kagigconiac, probably at Minas in c1702.  In 1708, Renochon and his family were counted at La Hève on the Atlantic side of the peninsula.  He and Anne had six children, including five daughters, four of whom married into the LeBlanc, Bourey, Tudal, Le Marchand, and Orillon dit Champagne families.  Two of the daughters settled on Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, by the 1730s.  Renochon's son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1703, does not seem to have created a family of his own, so only the blood of this family line survived in Acadia.  

Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1681, never married.  He died at Québec in May 1714, age 30.  

François, born probably at Minas in c1683, married Madeleine, daughter of Jacques Blou and Marie Girouard, at either Minas or Chignecto in c1712.  François and his family moved to Chignecto by 1714 and then moved on to Île St.-Jean in the 1730s.  They had six children also, half of them sons.  Two of their daughters married into the Poirier and Héon families.  Only one of François's sons, Louis, born probably at Chignecto in c1716, created a family of his own.  Louis married Marie, daughter of Jean Landry and Claire LeBlanc, at Beaubassin in October 1742.  By the early 1750s, they, too, had joined the rest of his kinfolks on Île St.-Jean.  

Louis, born at Chignecto in August 1684, married Anne LaVache in c1712.  They moved to Minas, back to Chignecto, and then back to Minas again.  They had nine children, including four sons who married into the Benoit, Dubois, Saulnier, La Vache, and Laurent dit Provencal families.  Two of Louis's sons settled at Chepoudy.  Two of their daughters married into the Gautrot and Dubois families.  

Antoine, born at either Chignecto or Minas in c1690, married Catherine, daughter of Pierre Lejeune dit Briard and Marie Thibodeau, at Grand-Pré in October 1718.  They moved on to the French Maritimes, settling on Île Royale, where Antoine died in April 1733, age 43.  Three of his daughters married into the Beaulieu, Varenne, and Legendre families.  Son Antoine, fils married into the Vincent family and emigrated to Louisiana in 1765.  

Jérôme, born probably at Minas c1692, did not survive childhood.

Youngest son Jean married Madeleine, daughter of François Levron and Catherine Savoie, at Port-Royal in August 1722. 

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

In 1755, descendants of Louis-Noël Labauve could be found at Annapolis Royal, Minas, Chignecto, Chepoudy in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, and in the French Maritimes.  

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

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

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Only two Acadian Labauve families emigrated to Louisiana, 20 years apart.  The first to arrive were among the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana.  They reached New Orleans from Halifax in 1765 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above the city where 20 Acadians from Georgia had settled the year before:

Antoine Labauve of Grand-Pré, age 39, came with wife Anne Vincent, age 27, two young sons, perhaps twins--Jean and Marin, age 6--and nephew Jean-Baptiste Labauve, age 22, son of his brother Charles.  Antoine and Anne had more children in Louisiana.  Jean-Baptiste created a family of his own, not on the river but on the western prairies.  

Descendants of Antoine LABAUVE, fils (c1726-1779; Louis-Noël)

Antoine, fils, son of Antoine Labauve and Catherine Lejeune, was born probably at Grand-Pré in c1726.  He escaped the British roundup of the Acadians in the fall of 1755 and went into exile on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where he married Anne Vincent in c1756.  In the late 1750s or early 1760s, he and his family fell into the hands of the British, who held them as prisoners at Halifax.  They appeared on a repatriation list there in August 1763.  They came to Louisiana via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in 1765 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1766 and 1769.  Antoine and Anne had many more children in Louisiana, including sons.  Their daughters married into the Doiron, Legendre, and Vincent families.  (Antoine's daughter Adélaïde married first cousin Louis-Joseph Legendre at St.-Jacques in December 1785 and again at New Orleans in January 1792; Louis's mother was Marguerite Labauve, Antoine's older sister!  Louis and Adélaïde settled at New Orleans.  Adélaïde's daughter Marie, called Maneta, Labauve was born at New Orleans in June 1802 but died in Assumption Parish on upper Bayou Lafourche, age 12, in October 1814, and son François Labauve was born in the city in July 1803.  Strangely, the priest who recorded the children's baptisms in September and November 1803 did not list Louis Legendre as the father and recorded the names only of the maternal grandparents.  One wonders who the father might have been and what motivated Adélaïde to leave the city and settle on upper Bayou Lafourche.)  Meanwhile, Antoine died at St.-Jacques in March 1779, in his early 50s.  Three of his five sons created families of their own.  Two of them settled at Baton Rouge, another at New Orleans.  Four of his grandsons moved to the western prairies in the early 1800s.  His other grandsons remained on the river, in the Baton Rouge area and in St. James Parish.  His fourth son's line was especially vigorous.  Some of his descendants were living in southeastern Texas during the late antebellum period. 

1

Oldest son Jean, perhaps a twin, born in exile in c1759, followed his family into the prison compound at Halifax and to Louisiana.  He was counted with his family on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabahannocer in January 1777, age 18, and then disappears from Louisiana records.  He probably did not marry.  

2

Marin, perhaps Jean's twin, married Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and Agnès Hébert dit Manuel, at St.-Jacques in February 1786.  Their son Marin-Joseph, called Joseph, was born at St.-Jacques in July 1787, Adolphe in July 1790, and Antoine at New Orleans in c1796.  Marin died a widower at New Orleans in February 1797; the priest who recorded his burial said that Marin was age 35 when he died, but he was probably closer to 37.  Two of his sons settled on the western prairies, and the other returned to St. James Parish.  A grandson also returned to the river. 

2a

Marin Joseph married Anne Marine, called Marine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Dupuis and his first wife Élisabeth Benoit, in the 1800s.  Their son Joseph Bernardin, called Bernard, was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1809.  They moved to lower Bayou Teche in the 1810s and had more sons there, but oldest son Bernard returned to the river.  

Bernard married Marie Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Bénoni Daigle and Anne Marie Dupuis and widow of Pierre LeTullier, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1837.  Their son Damas Cleopha, called Cleopha, was born near Baton Rouge in October 1838.  Their daughter married into the Baron family.

Cleopha married Julienne Aurore, daughter of fellow Acadians François Henry and Aureline Lejeune, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1859.  Cleopha died near Baton Rouge in September 1866, age 28.  His family line may have died with him. 

2b

Adolphe married Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Louis Hébert and Rose Richard of Côte aux Puces, or the Flea Coast, near New Iberia, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1812.  They settled on lower Bayou Teche.  Their older son, however, returned to the river, but his family line may not have survived. 

Théodule Clairville of St. Mary Parish married first cousin Marie Irma, daughter of Antoine Labauve and Anastasie Rome, his uncle and aunt, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1840.  One wonders if they had any children. 

2c

Antoine married Anastasie, daughter of Alexis Rome and Marie Charlotte Frederique, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1824.  Their son Adonis was born near Convent in June 1828, Damanche or Domas in June 1830, and St. Hilaire, called Hilaire, in January 1833.  Their daughters married into the Cantrelle and Labauve families.  Antoine died near Convent in March 1848, age 52.  In September 1850, the federal census taker in St. James Parish counted 5 slaves--2 males and 3 females, all black except for 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 16 to 4--on Wdw. Ant. Labauve's farm in the parish's Eastern District next to Sébastien Rome; these were the slaves of Antoine's widow, Anastasie Rome.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in St. James Parish counted 8 slaves--4 males and 4 females, 6 blacks and 2 mulattoes, ages 22 to 2, living in 3 houses--on Wd. Ant. Labauve's farm in the parish's Second District on the Left Bank of the river. 

Adonis married Marie Zulma, called Zulma, daughter of Jean Baptiste Cantrelle and Eugènie Simoneaux, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in February 1857.  Their son Alfred was born in St. James Parish in February 1859.  Adonis died near Convent, St. James Parish, in July 1869; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Adonis died at "age 38 years," but he was 41.  A daughter had been born the previous February. 

Hilaire died near Convent, St. James Parish, in July 1856, age 23, and probably did not marry. 

Domas married Louisa, daughter of Spanish Creole Prosper Plaisance and his Acadian wife Adèle Guidry, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in December 1870. 

3

Pierre, born at St.-Jacques in c1767, married cousin Henriette Renée, called Renée, daughter of fellow Acadians Daniel Benoit and his first wife Henriette Legendre, at Baton Rouge in February 1793.  Their son Isidore-Pierre, called Pierre, was born near Baton Rouge in August 1796, and Zénon in February 1801.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Trahan families, and one of them settled on the western prairies.  One of Pierre's sons also settled on the western prairies.  

3a

Isidore Pierre married Élise, called Lise, daughter of fellow Acadians Athanase Hébert and Félicité Breaux and widow of Placide Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1820.  They remained on Bayou Teche.  

3b

Zénon married first cousin Eulalie Élisabeth, called Elise or Eliza, daughter of fellow Acadians Isidore Labauve and Jeanne Granger, his uncle and aunt, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in March 1828; they had to secure dispensation for second degree of relationship in order to marry.  Their son Adison, Edison, or Olidon was born near Baton Rouge in August 1832, Isidore Labeo, called Labeo, near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in March 1847, John Fernand near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in April 1853, and Joseph Alberti in July 1857.  Zénon's daughters married into the Caneza, Haggerty, Lauve, Mille, and Scratchley families. 

Olidon married Ann Pamelia, called Pamelia, daughter of Foreign Frenchman Thomas Mille and his Acadian wife Pauline Dupuy, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in April 1853.  Their son Thomas Wilfrid was born near Plaquemine in September 1857, and Paul in October 1859.

Labeo married Hattie Emma, called Emma, McCoy perhaps at New Orleans in the late 1870s.  He was living alone at 270 Thalia Street, New Orleans, in 1875, so he likely married Emma after that date. 

4

Joseph-Isidore, called Isidore, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in December 1771, married Jeanne-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Granger and Anne Thériot of St.-Malo, at Baton Rouge in January 1798.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Jean-Ambroise, called Jean-Baptiste, J. B., and Ambroise, was born near Baton Rouge in September 1798, Joseph-Dominique or Dominique-Joseph in August 1799, Pierre-Marie in March 1803, Joseph Isidore, fils in November 1804, Victor in July 1806, Louis Onésime, called Onésime, in July 1814, and Simon in February 1821.  They also had a son named Guy.  Their daughters married into the Derichebourg, Hébert, and Labauve families.  Isidore died near Baton Rouge in February 1824, in his early 50s.  One of his sons settled on the western prairies.  The others remained in West Baton Rouge Parish.  One of his younger sons and a grandson were among the relatively few Acadians who settled in Pointe Coupee Parish.  His oldest son married five times!

4a

Jean Baptiste married Anne Virginie, called Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadian Magloire Dupuis and his Creole wife Henriette Surrette, probably at Baton Rouge in the late 1810s.  Their son Victorin was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1820, Nuan near Baton Rouge in August 1824, and Baptiste Ulysse in September 1828.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  Jean Baptiste remarried to Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis Hébert and Marguerite Chiasson of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1835.  They had a son named Numa.  Jean Baptiste remarried again--his third marriage--to fellow Acadian Eurasie Dupuis and  of West Baton Rouge Parish at the Baton Rouge church in June 1838, and remarried yet again--his fourth marriage--to Marie Felasie, Ferelie, or Forelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard Daigre and his Creole wife Agathe Betancourt of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in May 1842.  Their son Jean Alcide was born near Brusly in January 1849.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  In August 1850, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted 11 slaves--6 males and 5 females, all black except for one mulatto, ranging in age from 43 to 2--on John B. Labauve's farm next to brother Dominique.  At age 59, Jean Baptiste remarried a fourth time--his fifth marriage--to first cousin Alida Marthe, 24-year-old daughter of Louis Terence Derichebourg and his Acadian wife Mathilde Marguerite Granger at the Brusly church in February 1858; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  She gave him another daughter in May 1861, when he would have been age 62.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted 14 slaves--7 males and 7 females, all black except for 1 mulatto, ages 48 to 2, living in 4 houses--on Jean Bte. Labauve's farm. 

Victorin, by his father's first wife, married Augustine, another daughter of Édouard Daigre and Agathe Betancourt of West Baton Rouge Parish and sister of his stepmother, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in June 1846.  Was he the Victorin Labauve who settled in Lafourche Parish by the late 1850s?  If so, he remarried. 

Numa, by his farher's second wife, married Marie Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Foret and Athemise Landry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in July 1857.  Their son Homer was born near Brusly in May 1858, Jean Olidon in May 1861, and Henri in October 1869. 

4b

Dominique Joseph married Azélie, another daughter of Magloire Dupuis and Henriette Surrette, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1821.  Their son Isidore Dorval or Dorville, called Dorval, was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in December 1821.  Dominique remarried to Dorsille, daughter of fellow Acadians Victor Chiasson and Henriette Dupuy, at the Baton Rouge church in January 1829.  Their son Adolphe was born near Baton Rouge in September 1829.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  Dominique remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, another daughter of Alexis Hébert and Marguerie Chiasson, at the Baton Rouge church in October 1835.  Their son Joseph Isidore le jeune was born near Baton Rouge in July 1836, Joseph in March 1838, Joseph Gilbert was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, age unrecorded, in April 1840, Joseph Thelesmar was born in near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1849, and Joseph Aristide in February 1853.  In August 1850, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted 9 slaves--4 males and 5 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 1--on Dominique Labauve's farm next to brother John B.  Dominique's daughter Ulyssia was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1855, so Dominique may have moved his family there by then.  During the late 1850s, when he was in his late 50s, Dominique and younger brother Victor, who had settled on lower Bayou Teche, moved to the prairies of East Texas.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Jackson County, Texas, counted 8 slaves--4 males and 4 females, all black, ages 46 to 2, living in 1 house--on Dominique Labauve's farm next to brother Victor. 

Dorval, by his father's first wife, while a resident of West Baton Rouge Parish, married Émelie, daughter of Creoles Zenon Bergeron and Madeleine Picard, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in August 1842.  Their son Joseph Aloysius was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in October 1844 but died in December, Joseph Dominique Zénon, called Zénon, was born in September 1845 but died at age 5 1/2 in August 1851, Joseph Roselius was born in April 1847, and Joseph Louis Odilon in June 1849.  Their daughter married into the Bueche family.  Dorval died in Pointe Coupee Parish in August 1852; the priest who recorded his burial said that Dorval died at "age 32 years"; he was 30.  A daughter was born posthumously in early 1853. 

Adolphe, by his father's second wife, married Marie Séverine, called Séverine, daughter of fellow Acadian Séverin Lejeune and his Creole wife Séraphine Aillet, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, January 1848.  Their son Joseph Edgard was born near Brusly in November 1848, and Joseph Alcide in March 1851. 

4c

Pierre Marie married Henriette Coralie, called Coralie, yet another daughter of Magloire Dupuis, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in July 1831.  Their son Simon le jeune was born near Baton Rouge in December 1837, and Joseph Aulim near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1849.  Their daughters married into the Gassie, Hébert, Richard, Saurage, and Thibodeaux families.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted 6 slaves--4 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 50 to 14, living in 2 houses--on Pierre Labauve's farm; the probably was Pierre Marie. 

4d

Guy married Elisa, daughter of fellow Acadians J. B. LeBlanc and Rosalie Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1832.  Guy remarried to Emma, daughter of Antoine Serret and his Acadian wife his Acadian wife Eulalie LeBlanc of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church in June 1843.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted 12 slaves--6 males and 6 females, 10 blacks and 2 mulattoes, ranging in age from 50 to 3, living in 3 houses--on Guy Labauve's farm.  One wonders if he fathered any sons by either of his two wives. 

4e

Joseph Isidore, fils married Hélène, also called Melina, daughter of Jean Baptiste Juge and Aimée Porché, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in March 1833.  Their son Jules was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in February 1844 but died at age 3 1/2 in August 1847, Louis Albert, called Albert, was born in July 1846 but died at age 8 in September 1854, and Jean Baptiste le jeune was born in October 1848.  They also had sons named Léon and Numa.  Their daughter married into the David (French Creole, not Acadian) and Major families.  Joseph, a resident of Chenal, died in Pointe Coupee Parish in November 1850; he was only 46 years old.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Pointe Coupee Parish counted 18 slaves--11 males and 7 females, 6 blacks and 12 mulattoes, ranging in age from 61 years to 8 months, living in 5 houses--on Wdw. Jos. Labauve's farm; these were the slaves of Joseph Isidore's widow Hélène Juge. 

Léon married Julie, daughter of Creoles Bruno Lejeune and Odille Picard, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in February 1857.  Their son Joseph Jules, called Jules, was born near Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, in September 1863 but died age 2 in January 1866. 

Numa married Adèle Lelia, daughter of Creoles Lelio Lebeau and Adelphine Bergeron, at the Lakeland church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in February 1870. 

4f

Victor married Marie Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Dugas and his Creole wife Susanne Bonin, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1833.  They lived on lower Bayou Teche for decades before moving to southeastern Texas in the late 1850s.  

4g

Onésime married Doralise, daughter of fellow Acadians Ursin Landry and Emerante Hébert, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in March 1837.  Their son Louis Timoléon was born near Baton Rouge in April 1838, Joseph Simon in March 1840, and Pierre Armant in May 1848.  Onésime died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1849, age 34. 

5

Youngest son Paul, a twin, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in July 1776, probably died young.  

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Labauves came to the colony from France aboard at least two of the Seven Ships of 1785.  One settled at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, but no new family lines came of it:  

Marguerite Labauve, age 55, widow of François Legendre and older sister of Antoine, fils of St.-Jacques, crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July.  With her were two sons, ages 22 and 17.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their vessel to Manchac.  

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Other LABAUVEs on the River

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

Clémentine Labauve died "in West Baton Rouge parish" in May 1840, "age ca. 2 years."  The Baton Rouge priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's parents' names. 

Edgard Labove, as the recording priest called him, died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in June 1847, age 11.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give the boy's parents' names. 

Deresis Labauve died near Brusly in August 1848, age 10.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give boy's parents' names. 

In August 1850, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted a single slave--a 55-year-old black female--on Wdw. D. Labauve's farm.  Which D. Labauve was this?

Celimen Labauve died near Convent, St. James Parish, in August 1850.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Celimen died at "age 16 yrs."

"Mrs. Jean Baptiste Labauve" died near Brusly, age 33, in August 1855.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give her actual name.  Was this Marie Felasie Daigle, fourth wife of Jean Baptiste, son of Isidore? 

Jean Laboy, perhaps Labauve, married Marie Emma Guédry, place and date unrecorded.  Son Neuville Joseph was born in Ascension Parish in May 1853. 

In July 1860, the federal census taker in Iberville Parish counted 182 slaves on a plantation owned by "Hotard & Labauve."  Hotard was Alexander Hotard, but who was Labauve? 

Joseph Horce or Horace Labauve died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1864, age 5 months.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the parents' names. 

Paul Labauve, also called Labove, married Caroline Morgan, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Zoé was born near Baton Rouge in October 1866, and Marie Estella in August 1869.  Was Paul Acadian? 

Odile Labauve died near Convent, age 4, in October 1867.  The priest who recorded the burial, true to form, did not include the parents' names. 

Adolphe Labauve died near Convent, St. James Parish, in July 1869.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Adolphe died at "age ca. 35 years." 

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

During the late 1760s, Antoine Labauve's nephew, Jean-Baptiste Labauve, left the Acadian Coast, crossed the Atchafalaya Basin, and settled in the Attakapas District.  In c1770, he married and created a western branch of the family:

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste LABAUVE (c1743-1803; Louis-Noël, Antoine)

Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, son of Charles Labauve and Marie Hébert, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1743, followed his family into exile on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in 1755 and became an orphan soon afterwards.  He appeared on a repatriation list with the family of his uncle Antoine Labauve at Halifax in August 1763.  He followed his uncle to Louisiana in 1765 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river.  Later in the decade, he moved to the Attakapas District, where he married Françoise, daughter of Acadian resistance leader Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and Agnès Thibodeau, in c1769.  Their daughter married into the Benoit and Landry families.  Jean-Baptiste died at Attakapas in February 1803; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean-Baptiste died "at age 65 yrs.," but he probably was closer to 60.  He had only two sons, and only one of them married.  That son also had two sons, but only one of them married.  The grandson had many sons, however, so the line survived.  

1

Older son Jean-Baptiste, fils, called Jean, born at Attakapas in April 1771 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest later that month, probably died young.  

2

Younger son François, baptized at Attakapas, age unrecorded, in May 1776, married Marguerite dite Éloise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Françoise Hébert of New Iberia, at Attakapas in June 1795.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Placide, a twin, was born in February 1796, and Nicolas in July 1799 but died at age 2 in September 1801.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux and Landry families.  François remarried to Marie-Angèle, daughter of Jacques Fostin of Illinois and widow of Augustin Trahan, at Attakapas in June 1802.  François's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in April 1835; he would have been in his late 50s that year.  

Placide married Anne, called Annette and Manette, daughter of fellow Acadians Anselme Thibodeaux and Anne Trahan of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1817.  Their son Placide, fils was born "at Vermilion" in November 1818, David in September 1820, Émile Saule in January 1825, Toussaint was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 1 1/2 months, in October 1826, Celibate at age 10 months in August 1835, and Désiré was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in May 1841.  Their daughter married into the Venable family.   In December 1850, the federal census taker in Calcasieu Parish counted 12 slaves--6 males and 6 females, all black except for 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 50 to 3--on Placide Labauve's farm; was this Placide, père or Placide, fils?  In July 1860, the federal census taker in Calcasieu Parish counted 13 slaves--8 males and 5 females, 4 blacks and 9 mulattoes, ages 55 years to 4 months, living in 3 houses--on Placide Labauve's farm; again, which Placide was this? 

Placide, fils married Marie Nathalie, called Nathalie, daughter of fellow Acadians François Xavier Drosin Broussard and Marie Denise Duhon, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1843, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1847.  Their son Théogène was born near Grand Coteau in January 1849, David le jeune in September 1852, Jean near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1855, and Ozémé near Grand Coteau in March 1858.  They also had an older son named Placide III.  They were living near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in the mid-1860s. 

Placide III married Amelia, daughter of Dominique Gary and Célestine Leleux, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in February 1867.  Their son Joseph was born at Coulee Triffe, now Estherwood, Acadia Parish, in July 1867. 

Théogène married cousin Uranie, daughter of fellow Acadians Béloni Broussard and Josèphine Landry, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1867.  They settled near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish. 

Émile married Nancy, daughter of James Griffin and Catherine Laner or Larier, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1850.  Their son Émile, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in January 1855.

Désiré may have married fellow Acadian Mare Zelima Richard.  Their son Simon was born near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in September 1866. 

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During the early antebellum period, four Labauve cousins, including two brothers, moved from the river to the western prairies, adding substantially to that center of family settlement.  They settled on lower Bayou Teche near New Iberia or in St. Mary Parish: 

Descendants of Marin Joseph LABAUVE (1787-1865?; Louis-Noël, Antoine, Antoine, fils)

Marin Joseph, called Joseph, eldest son of Marin Labauve and Françoise Richard, born at St.-Jacques in July 1787, married Anne Marine, called Marine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Dupuis and his first wife Élisabeth Benoit, in the 1800s.  They lived near St. Gabriel on the river before moving to the western prairies in the 1810s.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Marin Joseph remarried to Marie, daughter of Anglo American William Perry and his French-Canadian wife Marguerite Roger of Carencro, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1822.  They settled on the lower Teche near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish.  Their daughters married into the Etie, French, and Miguez families.  Marin Joseph may have died near New Iberia in April 1865; the New Iberia priest who recorded the burial of "Mr. Labauve" said he died "at age 70 yrs.," but the priest did not mention a wife; if this "Mr. Labauve" was Adolphe, he would have been age 78 at the time of his death; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following August.  Marin Joseph's oldest son returned to the river and settled near Baton Rouge.  The others probably remained on the prairies. 

1

Oldest son Joseph Bernardin, called Bernard, from his father's first wife, born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1809, married Marie Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Bénoni Daigle and  Anne Marie Dupuis and widow of Pierre LeTullier, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1837.  They remained on the river.

2

Jean Baptiste, by his father's first wife, died at his parents' home on the Vermilion, age 1, in September 1815.  

3

Joseph Émile, called Émile and J. E., from his father's second wife, born in St. Martin Parish in February 1828, married Martha, daughter of William Cobbom, Colborm, or Carmon and Mary Aldridge and widow of ____ French, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in June 1867.  Their son Joseph Abner was born near New Iberia in October 1869. 

4

Marc Joseph, by his father's second wife, was born near New Iberia in October 1833. 

5

Youngest son Joseph, by his father's second wife, was born near New Iberia in October 1841. 

Descendants of Adolphe LABAUVE (1790-?; Louis-Noël, Antoine, Antoine, fils)

Adolphe, second son of Marin Labauve and Françoise Richard and Marin Joseph's younger brother, born at St.-Jacques in July 1790, married cousin Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Louis Hébert and Rose Richard of Côte aux Puces, or the Flea Coast, near New Iberia, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1812.  They settled in St. Mary Parish.  Their daughter married into the Curtis family.  Adolphe's older son returned to the river, but his younger son settled in the coastal marshes of what became Cameron Parish.  In 1855, Adolphe, in his mid-60s, testified in a lawsuit over who was the rightful owner of Île Dernière, or Last Island, a popular resort off the coast of Terrbonne Parish; the resort, popular among Teche valley planters, was destroyed by a hurricane in August 1856 with a frightful loss of life. 

1

Older son Théodule Clairville, born in St. Mary Parish in July 1815, married first cousin Marie Irma, daughter of Antoine Labauve and Anastasie Rome, his uncle and aunt, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1840.  One wonders if they had any children. 

2

Younger son Théogène, born probably in St. Mary Parish in April 1823, married French Creole Lise Ardoin.  Their son Hermogène was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in June 1852, Léo near Creole, then in Calcasieu but now in Cameron Parish, in June 1853, Alex McDonald in January 1859, Désiré in July 1860, and Joseph Philogène near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in September 1861. 

Descendants of Isidore-Pierre LABAUVE (1796-1848; Louis-Noël, Antoine; Antoine, fils)

Isidore-Pierre, called Pierre, son of Pierre Labauve and Henriette-Renée Benoit, born near Baton Rouge in August 1796, married Élise, called Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Athanase Hébert and Félicité Breaux and widow of Placide Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1820.  They settled at Le Grand Bois near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish.  Their daughter married into the Arceneaux family.  Pierre's succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in May 1824, years before he died.  Pierre died in St. Martin Parish in April 1848, age 51.  His post-mortem succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following July.

1

Oldest son Pierre Adolphe, called Adolphe, born in St. Martin Parish in September 1820, married Marie Pouponne, called Pouponne, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul David and Marcelline Vincent, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in November 1850.  Their son Pierre was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1852 but died at age 2 1/2 (the recording priest said 2 1/2 months) in October 1854, Joseph Thelimpe was born near New Iberia in April 1855, and Eugène in July 1859.  Their daughter married into the Breaux family. 

2

Telesphore, born in St. Martin Parish in September 1822, died in St. Martin Parish at age 11 in October 1833.

3

François Valcour, called Valcour, born in St. Martin Parish in December 1826, married Émilie, probably another daughter of Paul David and Marcelline Vincent, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in April 1857, nine years after a daughter was born to them in St. Martin Parish.  Their son François Oscar was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1860, and Demascart in December 1861. 

4

Joseph Théolin, called Théolin, born in St. Martin Parish in July 1829, died in St. Martin Parish in September 1853.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Théolin died "at age 22 yrs."; he was 24.  He probably did not marry. 

5

Jean Baptiste, born in St. Martin Parish in February 1834, if he survived childhood did not marry by 1870. 

6

François Ovide was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1837.  Was he the O. Labauve who held 2 slaves--both of them 22-year-old mulatto males--in the Western District of St. Mary Parish in June 1860? 

7

Youngest son Joseph Livaudais, born in St. Martin Parish in January 1841, married Marie Célestine, called Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadians Eugène Trahan and Elmire LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1861. 

Descendants of Victor LABAUVE (1806-?; Louis-Noël, Antoine, Antoine, fils)

Victor, also called Victorin, fifth son of Joseph Isidore Labauve and Jeanne-Marie Granger, born near Baton Rouge in July 1806, married Marie Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Dugas and his Creole wife Susanne Bonin, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1833.  They settled near New Iberia.  Their daughter married into the Broussard family.  Victor remarried to Joséphine Elina or Helina, daughter of Valcour Gonsoulin and his Acadian wife Élise Hébert, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in October 1844.  They remained near New Iberia until the late 1850s, when they followed Victor's older brother Dominique to southeastern Texas.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Jackson County, Texas, counted 10 slaves--4 males and 6 females, all black, ranging in age from 40 to 1, living in 2 houses--on Victor Labauve's farm next to brother Dominique. 

1

Oldest son Charles Auguste or Gustave Charles, by his father's first wife, born near New Iberia in November 1838, married Suzanne, daughter of fellow Acadian Sosthène Vincent and his Creole wife Hyacinthe Judice, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1858.  Their son Sosthène was born in St. Martin Parish in August 1859 but died at age 2 1/2 in February 1862, and Joseph Numa le jeune was born in March 1862.  When his father and uncle migrated to southeastern Texas in the late 1850s, Gustave and Suzanne remained in St. Martin Parish. 

2

Romain Dupré, by his father's first wife, born near New Iberia in February 1841, was granted emancipation by the St. Martin Parish court in November 1859, after he turned 18.  One wonders if this had anything to do with his father's migrating to southeastern Texas in the late 1850s. 

3

Victor Éloi, called Éloi, from his father's first wife, born near New Iberia in April 1843, died the following August. 

4

Victor, fils, by his father's second wife, was born probably near New Iberia in December 1851.

5

Odilon, by his father's second wife, was born near New Iberia in January 1857. 

6

Joseph Numa, by his father's second wife, was born probably near New Iberia in August 1858. 

7

Youngest son Charles William, by his father's second wife, was born near New Iberia in January 1859. 

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Other LABAUVEs on the Western Prairies

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

Marie Émilie, daughter of Edmond Labauve, died in St. Martin Parish in August 1843, age 15 months. 

Elina Labauve married French Creole Désiré Judice, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter married into the Dugas family in May 1870. 

Marie Labouve, as she was called, married Silas Vigé in a civil ceremony probably in St. Martin Parish in June 1847, and sanctified the marriage at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1852.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Rose Labauve, wife of Darcourt Landry, fils, died in St. Martin Parish in August 1855, age 18.  The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give her parents' names, but she probably was a daughter of Dominique Joseph Labauve of West Baton Rouge Parish who married on the river and then followed her husband to Bayou Teche. 

Bélisaire Labauve married cousin Marie Élisabeth Labauve, place and date unrecorded, and settled at the edge of the coastal marshes near Creole, then in Calcasieu but now in Cameron Parish.  Their son William was born near Creole in March 1851, René in July 1855, daughter Betsy in June 1853, Lucie in July 1858, and Hélène in May 1859. 

Mérant Labove, probably Méranthe Labauve, married Acadian Osémé Savois, probably Savoie, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Creole by the late 1850s. 

Jules J. Labauve died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in January 1862, age 10.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give his parents' names. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

Two of the Labauves who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, but no new family lines came of it:

Pierre, son of Jean Labauve and Agnès Sonnier, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1747, followed his family to Chepoudy and then to Île St.-Jean.  In 1758-59, the British deported him to Morlaix, France, where he married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Brun of Chignecto and Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in  September 1770.  They went to the interior of Poitou in the early 1770s and then retreated to Nantes after the Poitou venture failed.  Pierre remarried to Anne or Jeanne, daughter of Frenchman François Bonfils of St.-Martin de Cheix and widow of Jean Dugas, at St.-Martin de Chantenay, near Nantes, in October 1784.  They and a son by her first marriage came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785, which reached New Orleans in September.  Pierre and his first wife had a number of children in France, but they all died young.   He had no children by his second wife, so this line of the family did not survive in the Bayou State.  

Pierre's sister Marie Labauve, whose name appears on none of the Seven Ships passenger lists but who also came to the colony in 1785, age unrecorded, probably joined her brother on Bayou Lafourche. 

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During the late antebellum period, a Labauve, probably from the river, created a family line, finally, on Bayou Lafourche:

Descendants of Victorin LABAUVE (1820-; Louis-Noël, Antoine, Antoine, fils, Joseph-Isidore)

Victorin, son of Jean Baptiste Labauve and his first wife Anne-Virginie Dupuis, born in Iberville Parish in September 1820, married Augustine, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard Daigre and and his Creole wife Agathe Betancourt of West Baton Rouge Parish and sister of his stepmother, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in June 1846.  Augustine died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1847, age 22.  Victorin may have remarried to Amelia or Émelia Bélagie, probably Pélagie, Ansoward or Enswart and settled in Lafourche Parish by the late 1850s.

1

Older son John William was born in Lafourche Parish in September 1858.

2

Robert Isaac Moïse was born in Lafourche Parish in April 1860. 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

Church records reveal no non-Acadian Labauves living in Louisiana during the colonial period.  However, a Frenchman with the name lived on the Acadian Coast during the early antebellum period:

Alexis Thibout Joseph Labauve, "nat. of the Diocese of Poiteau[sic] in France," died near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1813.  The priest who recorded the burial said that Alexis was "age 64" when he died.  No Acadian Labauve would have been born in Poitou in c1749.  If Alexis had reached Louisiana not long before his death, his neighbors would have called him a Foreign Frenchman.  

CONCLUSION

The Labauves settled early in Acadia, and they were among the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana.  In 1765, Antoine Labauve, fils, his wife, two sons, and a nephew reached New Orleans from Halifax and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river.  The nephew, Jean-Baptiste Labauve, moved to the Attakapas District in the late 1760s, married, and started a western branch of the family.  Pierre Labauve and his small family came to Louisiana from France in 1785 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, but his line did not survive.  Meanwhile, during the late colonial period, some of Antoine Labauve's sons moved upriver to the Baton Rouge area; their descendants settled in what became East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, and Iberville parishes; several families moved to Pointe Coupee Parish, where few Acadians settled.  During the early antebellum period, four young Labauves from the river joined their cousins on the western prairies.  A Labauve from the river created a family line on Bayou Lafourche during the late antebellum period.  By then, the western branch of the family, scattered in St. Landry, Lafayette, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion, and Calcasieu parishes, and even on the prairies of southeastern Texas, nearly rivaled in size the eastern branch, centered in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Emulating their ancestors in Acadia, few Acadian families of South Louisiana were as peripatetic as the Labauves. 

Church records show that no non-Acadian Labauves established families in the Bayou State before the War of 1861.  Most, if not all, of the Labauves of South Louisiana, then, are descendants of Louis dit Noël of Port-Royal, Chignecto, and Minas.

Judging by the number of slaves they owned during the late antebellum period, some Labauves lived comfortably on their farms and vacharies along the river and on the prairies.  In 1850, brothers Jean Baptiste and Dominique Labauve held 11 and 9 slaves apiece on their adjacent farms in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Cousin Placide Labauve held a dozen slaves on his Calcasieu Parish farm that year.  A decade later, Jean Baptiste owned 14 slaves in West Baton Rouge Parish.  His younger brother Guy held a dozen slaves on his West Baton Rouge farm.  In nearby Pointe Coupee Parish, the widow of Jean Baptiste and Guy's brother, Joseph Isidore, fils, owned 18 slaves.  Out on the prairies of Calcasieu Parish, Placide Labauve now owned 13 slaves.  In St. James Parish, the widow of cousin Antoine Labauve held 8 slaves on her left-bank farm.  Amazingly, in Iberville Parish, a Labauve was co-owner of a huge plantation of 182 slaves also owned by German Creole Alexander Hotard; census records for 1860, however, do not reveal the identity of this wealthy Labauve.  Most remarkable of all, however--in 1860, two of Jean Baptiste and Guy's brothers, Victor and Dominique, held 10 and 8 slaves, respectively, in Jackson County, Texas.  ...

The family's name also is spelled Labauf, LaBauvre, Labeauve, Labeaux, Labeuve, Laboff, Laboffe, Labouve, Labove, LaBove, Laubauve, Lavauve, Lavob, LeBau.  This Acadian family should not be confused with the French Creole Lebeaus or Le Boeufs.  [For the Acadian family's Louisiana "begats," see Book Ten]

Sources:  1850 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Calcasieu, St. James, & West Baton Rouge parishes; 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Calcasieu, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. James, St. Mary, & West Baton Rouge parishes, & Jackson County, Texas; Arsenault, Généalogie, 610, 1007-08, 1195-98, 1660, 2519-20; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:105-06; Dixon, "Who Owned Last Island?," 431; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 262; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; <islandregister.com/1752.html>; Menn, Large Slaveholders of LA, 1860, 240, 244-45; NOAR, vols. 5, 6, 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family Nos. 33, 34; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Families No. 72, 181; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 100-01; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 775; White, DGFA-1, 884-90; White, DGFA-1 English, 188-89.

Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day civil parishes that existed in 1861 are in parentheses; 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, 19, calls him Antoine LA BAUVE; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1196, the Grand-Pré section, calls him Antoine-Zénon [LABAUVE] & says he was born in 1732; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2519, the LA section, calls him Antoine LABAUVE, says he was born in 1732 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says they were from Grand-Pré, that he married his wife in c1756 but does not give the place of marriage, says she was born in 1738 but gives no birthplace, that he & his family were at St.-Jacques on the Mississippi in 1766, that nephew Jean-Baptiste LABAUVE, born in 1758, and orphan François[sic] PITRE, born in 1763, were with them, that they occupied lot number 90 on the east bank of the Mississipi[sic] in 1769, & lists his children as Marin, born in 1759, Jean in 1763, Pierre in 1767, Adélaïde in 1770, Isidore in 1772, Ludivine in 1774, & Paul & Modeste in 1776, but give no birthplaces; BRDR, 2:401 (SJA-1, 63), his burial record, calls him Antoine [LA BAUVE], says he was buried 13 Mar 1779, does not give his wife's or parents' names, nor his age at the time of his death.  See also Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 166; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 13.

His estimated birth year is based on the ages given in the Cabanocé/St.-Jacques censuses in which he is found, not on Arsenault.

02.  Wall of Names, 19, calls him Jean LA BAUVE; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2519, says he was born in 1763.  See also Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 166; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 13.  

His estimated birth year is based on the Cabanocé/St.-Jacques censuses in which he is found, not on Arsenault.  Was he the twin of brother Marin?  Why was he not listed in the Cabanocé census of 1766, when he would have been only 7?

03.  Wall of Names, 19, calls him Baptiste LA BAUVE neveu [of Antoine LA BAUVE], & lists him with his uncle's family; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2519, calls him Jean-Baptiste LABAUVE, says he was born in 1750 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says he married Françoise BROUSSARD in c1770 but does not give her parents' names, lists his children as Jean, born in 1771, Anne in 1772, François in 1776, & Christine in 1782, but gives no birthplaces, & says he died "aux Attakapas" on 15 Feb 1803; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:410 (SM Ch.: v.4, #293), his death/burial record, calls him Jean-Baptiste LABAUVE of Acadia, m. to Françoise BROUSSARD, gives his parents' names, & says he died "at age 65 yrs."  See also Arceneaux, D. J., Attakapas Post in 1769, 7, 23, 37; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 166; De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 12; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 13.  

The Cabanocé census of 1766 says he was only age 8, obviously far off the mark.  His estimated birth year is based on the ages given in the Attakapas censuses of 1769, 1771, & 1777.  His burial record would have us believe that he was born in c1738. 

04.  Wall of Names, 19, calls him Jean-Baptiste LA BAUVE, & lists him singly.  I have found him in no other source, unless he is a double listing for either Jean-Baptiste or Jean LABAUVE. 

05.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls her Margueritte LABEAUVE veuve LEGENDRE, & lists her with 2 sons; BRDR, 1a(rev.): 103 (SGA-2, 71), perhaps her birth/baptismal record, calls her Margueritte LABAUVE, says her parents were Antoine LABAUVE & Magdeleine BRIARD, & that her godparents were Joseph BABIN, who signed the baptismal record, & Margueritte LEBLANC; Robichaux, Acadian in St.-Malo, 581-82, Family No. 657; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 262, 295, her marriage record, calls her Margueritte LABAUVE, called her husband François LEGENDRE, pecheur en chaloupe, gives her & his parents' names, says her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, that his parents demeurant à Maillard, évéché de Dol en Bretagne, says the marriage was recorded in the Notarial Acts, Series G3, Carton 2047, at Louisbourg, but gives no witnesses to the marriage; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 181, show that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, she, her husband, called Firmin LE GENDRE de Meillac, age 36, & 1 of their children, Henriette, age 8, survived, but that 2 of their children--son [Jean-]François, age 5, & daughter Anastasie[-Angélique], age 2--died at sea; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 10-11, calls her Margueritte LA BEAUVE, veuve LEGENDRE, age 55, on the embarkation list, Margarita LAVEAUX, viuda LEGENDRE, on the debarkation list, & Marguerite LABAUVE, widow LEGENDRE, age 55 on the complete listing, says she was in the 33rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with 2 sons, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, & says son Jean-Francois [LEGENDRE] was born 1 Aug 1754, & daughter Anastasie-Angélique [LEGENDRE] was born 25 Feb 1757.  See also De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:133. 

Briard was a dit in the LEJEUNE family, so her mother's full name may have been Catherine-Madeleine LEJEUNE dit Briard. 

06.  Not in Wall of Names.  Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 507, the Sep 1784 Spanish report at Nantes, calls her Marie LABAUVE & lists her with brother Pierre; Winzerling, Acadian Odyssey, 193, note 117, citing a Spanish record, calls her Maria LA BOUVE, "whom he [Intendant Martin NAVARRO] felt ought to be united with her brother, Pedro LA BOUVE," evidence that she, too, had reached the colony.  

Her parents' names are from Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 100-01, Family No. 186, which calls her mother Anne SAULNIER, & White, DFGA-1, 888, which calls her mother Agnès SAULNIER, used here.

07.  Wall of Names, 19, calls him Marin LABAUVE; BRDR, 2:402, 622 (SJA-2, 1), his marriage record, calls him Maren LAVOB (LA BAUVE), calls his wife Francisca RICHAR, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Acadia" & hers "of this colony," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Josef MIR & Felicitas BOBILA; NOAR, 6:160 (SLC, F4, 43), his death/burial record, calls him Marin LABOVE, "widower of Francisca RICHARD, native of Acadie, 35 yr., "& gives his parents' names.

The burial record of daughter Eulalie, a "little girl," dated 20 Oct 1796, in NOAR, 6:160 (SLC, F4, 39), shows that the family had been in the city for a while. Why, & when, did they leave St.-Jacques? 

08.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls him Pierre LA BOVE, & lists him with his second wife Anne BONFILS & a stepson; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 61, 262, the record of his first marriage, calls him Pierre LABAUVE de St.-Joseph en Québec, calls his wife Marie Magdalen BRUN de St.-Jacques-Québec, gives his & her parents' names, calls his mother Agnès SONNIER, but gives no witnesses to his marriage; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 100-01, Family No. 186, calls him Pierre LABAUVE, says he was born in c1748 "in the Parish of Saint-Joseph in Acadie," which was Rivière-aux-Canards, gives his parents' names, calls his mother Anne SAUNIER, details his first marriage, says they were married in c1767 but gives no place of marriage, that his first wife was born in c1745 but gives no birthplace, does not give her parents' names, says she died age 38 & was buried 10 Dec 1783 at St.-Martin de Chantenay, details his second marriage, gives his second wife's parents' names & her first husband's name, says she was born in c1753 "in the Parish of St.-Martin of Cheix, in this diocese" [Nantes], includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Marie-Madeleine by his first wife, died age 8 & buried 12 Mar 1778, St.-Martin de Chantenay, son Pierre-Marie by his first wife, baptized 16 Apr 1779, died age 5 & buried 8 Feb 1784, St.-Martin de Chantenay, daughter Jeanne-Eulalie by his first wife, baptized 19 Mar 1781, St.-Martin de Chantenay, died age 9 mos. & buried 11 Dec 1781, St.-Martin de Chantenay, & daughter Victoire-Reine by his first wife, baptized 3 Dec 1782, St.-Martin de Chantenay, died 12 Mar 1784, no place given but probably St.-Martin de Chantenay, & details his first family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as his second family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 52-53, calls him Pierre LABOVE, charpentier, age 36, on the embarkation list, & Pierre LABAUVE, carpenter, age 36, on the complete listing, says that he was in the 43rd Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his wife Anne BONFILS, age 32, & a stepson, & details his second marriage, including his & his second wife's parents' names, says they were married in 1784 but gives no place of marriage.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 40, 64, 101, 146, 172.  

White, DGFA-1, 888, calls his mother Agnès, not Anne, SAULNIER.  His estimated birth year is taken not from the passenger list of Le St.-Rémi but from an average of the ages given in the LA censuses in which he is found. 

Evidently by Sep 1784, when he was listed singly in the Spanish census of Acadians in France, his first wife & all of his children had died.  He had no more sons by his second wife, so none of the Acadian LABAUVEs of LA are descended from him.  Jeanne, called Juana, BONFILS died at New Orleans & was buried on 8 Sep 1801, age 50-something.  See NOAR, 7:33 (SLC, F4, 101).  Anne/Jeanne BONFIL's first husband's name also is in her son Jean DUGAS's marriage record in BRDR, 2:257 (ASM-2, 20).  

 

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