APPENDICES

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

TRAHAN

[TRAH-honh in South Louisiana, TRAY-han in East Texas]

ACADIA

Guillaume, son of Nicolas Trahan and Renée Desloges of St.-Pierre, Montreuil-Bellay, Anjou, France, born in c1601, was an edge-tool maker who had been residing at nearby Bourgueil when he came to Acadia aboard the St.-Jehan in 1636.  With him was wife Françoise Corbineau, two young daughters, and a valet--among the first French families to settle in Acadia.  Guillaume and Françoise had been married at St.-Étienne, Chinon, Touraine, France, in July 1627.  Their daughters were Jeanne, born in c1629 probably at Chinon, and a girl whose name has been lost to history, born perhaps at Bourgueil.  Jeanne married Jacques dit Jacob Bourgeois at Port-Royal in c1643, and the younger daughter married widower Germain Doucet dit La Verdure at Port-Royal in c1654, both important early settlers.  The edge-tool maker himself became a shaker and a mover in the Port-Royal community.  In July 1640, Guillaume, with future son-in-law Germain Doucet de La Verdure, testified in an inquiry against former governor Charles de La Tour.  When the British seized Port-Royal in 1654, Guillaume was syndic of the settlement and, as head of the Port-Royal council, signed the capitulation document.  Meanwhile, Françoise died at Port-Royal in c1664, and in c1666, when he was 65 years old, Guillaume remarried to Madeleine, 21-year-old daughter of Vincent Brun.  Madeleine gave the old fellow seven more children, including three sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own.  Three of their daughters married into the Doiron, Vincent, and Léger dit LaRosette families.  Guillaume died at Port-Royal in c1684; he was 83 years old. 

Oldest son Guillaume, fils, by his second wife, born in c1667, married Jacqueline, or Jacquette, daughter of Martin Benoit and widow of Michel Forest, at Port-Royal in c1691.  They moved to Pigiguit in the Minas Basin and had eight children, including five sons who married into the Comeau, Blanchard, Melanson, Hébert, and Thériot families.  Their two daughters married into the LePrince and LeBlanc families.  Guillaume, fils died at Pigiguit in September 1755, in his late 80s.  

Jean-Charles, by his second wife, born in c1668, married Marie, daughter of Charles Boudrot, at Port-Royal in c1693.  They also moved to the Minas Basin, settling at Rivière-aux-Canards.  They had a dozen children, including six sons who married into the Darois, Hébert, Thériot, Daigre, Aucoin, and Levron families.  Five of their daughters married into the Saulnier, Aucoin, Dupuis, and Thibodeau families.  Jean-Charles died at Rivière-aux-Canards in October1729, in his early 60s.

Youngest son Alexandre, by his second wife, born in c1670, married Marie, daughter of François Pellerin, at Port-Royal in c1689.  They, too, settled in the Minas Basin, where they had 14 children, including eight sons who married into the Girouard, Roy, Lejeune, Tillard, Melanson, Boudrot, and Thériot families.  Their five daughters married into the Lejeune, Hébert, Massier, Breau, and Benoit families.  Alexandre and some of his children moved from Minas to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, by the early 1750s.  Alexandre died at Port-Lajoie on the island in May 1751, in his early 80s.  

In 1755, descendants of Guillaume Trahan the edge-tool maker could be found in the Minas Basin at Rivière-aux-Canards, Grand-Pré, and Pigiguit; at Chepoudy; and on Île St.-Jean. 

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

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

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

Trahans were some of the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana.  The first of them, three closely-related families and two wives--13 Trahans in all--reached New Orleans in February 1765 with the Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, today's Haiti.  After a brief respite in the city, where some of them exchanged their Canadian card money for Louisiana funds, they followed the Broussards to the Attakapas District, where they helped create La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche:

Jean Trahan of Grand-Pré, age 47, widower of Marguerite Broussard, came with three children--Madeleine, age 15, Germain, age 13, and Marguerite, age 10.  Jean did not remarry.  He died at Attakapas in April 1799; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean was 95 years old when he died, but he was "only" 80.  Daughter Madeleine, wife of Joseph-Pepin Hébert, died at Attakapas in January 1803; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 60 years old when she died, but she was closer to 53.  Daughter Marguerite, widow of René dit Petit René LeBlanc, died in St. Martin Parish in July 1832; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 80 years old when she died, but she was closer to 77.  Jean's son Germain married but produced no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, did not survive in the Bayou State. 

René Trahan, age 36, came with wife Isabelle Broussard of Petitcoudiac, age 32, daughter of Joseph dit Beausoleil, and 10-year-old son Olivier.  René and Isabelle had more children in Louisiana, including a son, but their line, except for its blood, also did not survive. 

Michel Trahan of Grand-Pré, age 39, Jean's brother, came with wife Anne-Euphrosine Vincent of Port-Royal, age 34, and four children--Paul, age 13, Françoise, age 12, Jean-Athanase, called Athanase and Thanase, age 11, and Marie-Françoise, age 2.  They settled on the lower Vermilion River.  Michel died "at Vermilion" in January 1784, in his late 50s.  Daughter Françoise, widow of Jacques Fostin, fils and Simon-Pierre Daigle, fils, died in Lafayette Parish in December 1826, in her early 70s.  Daughter Marie Françoise, wife of cousin Jean-Baptiste Trahan, died in Lafayette Parish in June 1832, in her late 60s; her succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse that month.  Michel's sons Paul and Athanase settled on Bayou Vermilion in what became St. Martin and Lafayette parishes; they and their many sons produced vigorous family lines. 

Ursule Trahan, age unrecorded, Jean and Michel's sister and widow of Joseph-Grégoire Broussard of Pigiguit, came with two children, ages 12 and 11.  She remarried to Joseph, son of fellow Acadian Jacques Girouard of Port-Royal, at New Orleans in April 1765, soon after they reached the colony; theirs was one of the earliest Acadian marriages recorded in Louisiana.  Ursule died in October 1765, probably a victim of the epidemic that struck the Bayou Teche Acadians that summer and fall.  Her new husband died 12 days after she did. 

Anne Trahan, age 26, came with husband Charles Guilbeau of Port-Royal, age 29.  Anne died by November 1775, when her husband remarried at Attakapas. 

Descendants of René TRAHAN (c1729-c1790?)

René Trahan, born perhaps at Petitcoudiac in c1729, married Isabelle, daughter of probably Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil, either before or during Le Grand Dérangement.  They escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and followed her family into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick.  With her family, they ended up as prisoners of war in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s; British officials counted them at Halifax in August 1763.  As part of the expedition led by her father, they went to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in 1764-65 and followed her family to the Attakapas District.  They settled on Bayou Tortue, a tributary of the Vermilion River, and had more children, including sons.  Their daughter married a Broussard cousin.  René's succession record was filed at what became the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in 1790; he would have been in his early 60s that year.  His younger son married but had no children of his own, so this line of the family, except for its blood, did not survive in the Bayou State. 

1

Older son Olivier, born perhaps at Petitcoudiac in c1755, probably died young. 

2

Younger son Louis-Joseph, born at Attakapas in August 1772 and baptized by a Pointe Coupée priest in August 1773, married Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Thibodeaux, at Attakapas in November 1792.  Louis's succession record, in which "He obliges himself to the heirs of the wid. Théodore Broussard [his sister Henriette, who had died in March 1805]" was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in February 1808.  Louis died "at his home" on the Vermilion in October 1811, a widower; he was only 39 years old.  His will was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse a few days before he died, and his postmortem succession record was filed there in May 1812.  He and his wife evidently were that rare Acadian couple who had no children, so his line of the family, except for its blood, died with him. 

Descendants of Germain TRAHAN (c1752-1784)

Germain, son of Jean Trahan and Marguerite Broussard, born in Acadia in c1752, escaped the British roundup of 1755 with his family but, with them, ended up as a prisoner of war in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s.  British officials counted him with his widowed father and sisters at Halifax in August 1763.  They came to Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party in early 1765 and followed the Broussards to Bayou Teche, where Germain married Marie-Marthe, daughter of Joseph Castille, in February 1781.  Marie-Marthe's father was from the island of Menorca, near Spain, and her mother was Acadian; they had come to Louisiana from exile in Maryland in 1767.  Germain died at St.-Gabriel on the river in September 1784, in his early 30s.  He and wife seem to have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children, so his line of the family died with him. 

Descendants of Paul TRAHAN (c1752-1799)

Paul, elder son of Michel Trahan and Anne-Euphrosine Vincent, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1752, was taken to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore during Le Grand Dérangement.  His family ended up as prisoners of war in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s, came to Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party in early 1765, and followed the Broussards to Bayou Teche, where Paul married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hugon, in July 1772; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of affinity in order to marry.  Marie and her family, from Chignecto, had been exiled to South Carolina in 1755 but went from there to St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, in the early 1760s, where her father died.  She, her widowed mother, who was a Broussard, and a paternal uncle, hooked up with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party as it came through Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in late 1764 and followed them to Louisiana, so Paul and Marie may have known one another since their early teens.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Bertrand (French Creole, not Acadian), Broussard, Campbell, Hébert, Pavie, Racca, Regassoni, and Trahan families.  Paul died probably on the Vermilion in December 1799; the Attakapas priest who recorded his burial said that Paul was 45 years old when he died.  Four of his five sons married, and three of them created vigorous lines in what became St. Martin, St. Landry, Lafayette, and Vermilion parishes. 

1

Oldest son Paul dit Hippolyte à Petit, baptized at Attakapas, age unrecorded, in May 1776, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of Frenchman Guillaume Montet, at Attakapas in November 1796; Marguerite's mother, also, was a Vincent.  Marguerite had come to Louisiana from France in 1785 aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, with her orphaned siblings.  She and Paul settled on the Vermilion.  Their son, name unrecorded, died at age 6 days in November 1797, Jean-Baptiste was born in January 1799, Joseph Hippolyte in January 1806, François in August 1808, and Onésime in June 1811.  Their daughters married into the Hargrave, Hébert, Odem, and Vincent families.  Paul, fils died in Lafayette Parish in January 1830; he was only 53 years old; his succession records were filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in July 1823 and June 1830. 

1a

Jean Baptiste married Claire or Clarisse, daughter of Frenchman Pierre Dubois, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1819.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Marcillien was born in July 1823, Bélisaire in March 1830, Ozenne in April 1833, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died 5 days after its birth in January 1840, and son Hilaire was born in October 1841.  Their daughters married into the Aulie, Babineaux, Chiasson, Granger, and Sellers families. 

Ozenne's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in March 1867.  He would have been 34 years old that year.  One wonders if he married. 

Hilaire died in Lafayette Parish in May 1868.  He was only 26 years old.  Did he marry? 

1b

Joseph Hippolyte married Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of French Canadian Auguste Royer, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1825, and sanctified the marriage at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1826; the wedding was performed at the groom's home; Marcellite's mother was a Cormier.  Their son Pierre Onésime Hippolyte was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1829, Alexis in c1833, Joseph Hippolyte, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in February 1837, Lasty at age 6 months in September 1838, Valentin was born in January 1840, Ursin in July 1841, perhaps a second Ursin in July 1842, Augustin near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in February 1848, and Paul le jeune in December 1850.  Their daughter married into the Banks family. 

Pierre Onésime Hippolyte married Nathalie, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Manceaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in August 1855; Nathalie's mother was a Vincent.  Their son Honoré was born near Abbeville in June 1863, and Émilien in December 1866. 

Joseph Hippolyte, fils married cousin Marie Aurelia, called Aurelia, daughter of French Canadian Augustin Royer, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in October 1858, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1860; Aurelia's mother was a Bourque.

Lasty married Bathilde, daughter of French Canadian Casimir Lavergne, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1861.

Alexis may have married French Creole Eulalie or Euranie Leleux and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the early 1860s.  If so, their son Élisée was born near Abbeville in November 1866, and Placide near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in January 1868. 

Paul married Marie, daughter of Guillaume Mathieu, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1869, and sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, the following November; Marie's mother was a David.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, a year after their marriage. 

2

Pierre, born probably on the Vermilion in January 1786, married Françoise, daughter of Anglo Creole Benjamin Hargroder of Vermilion, at Attakapas in December 1805.  They may have been that rare Cajun couple who had no children. 

3

Joseph, born probably on the Vermilion in February 1790, married cousin Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Duhon of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1818; Joséphine's mother was a Trahan.  They settled in what became Lafayette Parish.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in February 1821, Treville in March 1824, Émile was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 1, in September 1826, Hilaire died at age 3 1/2 in September 1830, Théodule was born in June 1830, and Aladin in November 1831.  Their daughter may have married into the Richard family. 

3a

Joseph, fils, also called Joseph Paul, may have married Divine Azélie, called Azélie, Bertrand.  If so, their son Joseph III was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1849, and Adrien near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in March 1853.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in the early 1860s. 

3b

Aladin married Émilie or Amelie, daughter of French Creole Sylvestre Bertrand, in a civil ceremony in 1856, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1857.  Their son Eusèbe Aladin was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1861, and Vespalien near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in January 1867. 

3c

Théodule may have married Lanalie Guyon and settled near Creole, then in Calcasieu but now in Cameron Parish, by the late 1850s.

4

Olivier, born probably on the Vermilion in the 1790s, married cousin Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Vincent of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1811.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Olivier, fils was born in October 1817, Joseph Valsin, called Valsin, in January 1821, Jean Baptiste Treville in October 1822, Jean Baptiste le jeune died at age 7 days in October 1824, Valentin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 4 1/2 months, in August 1826, Armand was born in February 1828, and Léo or Léon in January 1830.  They also had a son named Laurent or Laurence.  Their daughters married into the Bertrand (French Creole, not Acadian), Racca, Roy, and Trahan families. 

4a

Olivier, fils married cousin Adélaïde, daughter of French Creole Charles Manceaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in March 1836; Adélaïde's mother was a Trahan.  Their son Olivier III was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 1/2 months, in April 1837, Charles at age 3 months in October 1839, and Duclin was born perhaps on the Mermentau River in December 1841.  Olivier, fils "of Mermentau" died perhaps on that river in September 1842; he was only 25 years old. 

Olivier III may have married Anglo Creole Eremise Abshire at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1862.  Their son Aristide was born near Abbeville in December 1866. 

4b

Jean Baptiste Treville married fellow Acadian Suzette Elina, Melina, Hélène, or Helena Benoit, widow of John Winkley or Weekly, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1843.  Their son Ozémé was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1843, Pierre Dupréville in St. Martin Parish in April 1850, Aladin Dupléon in Lafayette Parish in July 1852, and Olivier Lovinski in August 1854. 

4c

Joseph Valsin married Marie Adveline, Adeline, or Adélaïde, daughter of Jean Primeaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in March 1843; Marie's mother was a Mire.  Their daughters married into the Doucet and Leger families.  Joseph Valsin remarried to Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Louviere, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in July 1849.  Their son Ovide was born in St. Martin Parish in May 1850, and Adam in Lafayette Parish in May 1863. 

4d

Valentin married double cousin Marie Nathalie, called Nathalie, Trahan, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in April 1845; Nathalie's mother was a Trahan.  Their son Valentin, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1849, Lasty near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in December 1863, and Adam in December 1867.  Their daughter married into the Bertrand (French Creole, not Acadian) family. 

4e

Armand married Marie Octavie, Octavine, or Octorine, another daughter of Jean Primeaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in March 1847, and sanctified the marriage at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in October 1854.  Their son Adrien was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in March 1852, Élisée was baptized at the Abbeville church, age unrecorded, in October 1854, and Aurelien was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in October 1864. 

4f

Léo married Aglae, daughter of fellow Acadian Élisée Mire, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in April 1848.  Their son Jean was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1849, and Marcel in Lafayette Parish in January 1851.  Léo died by November 1852, when his wife remarried in Lafayette Parish; he would have been in his early 20s at the time of his death. 

Jean's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in March 1866.  He was only 17 years old, so one wonders why he needed such a record. 

4g

Laurent married Marie Honorine, called Honorine, daughter of French Creole Louis Armand Racca, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1854, and sanctified the marriage at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in March 1855.  They were living near Youngsville in 1861.  Laurent's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in March 1866.  Did Laurent father any sons? 

5

Youngest son Timothée, born probably on the Vermilion in December 1796, may have died young. 

Paul's daughter Christine's "natural son" Treville, born in c1822, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 16, in February 1838.  Christine had other "natural" children by a man whose name does not appear in local church records. 

Descendants of Jean-Athanase TRAHAN (c1754-c1836)

Jean-Athanase, called Athanase or Thanase, younger son of Michel Trahan and Anne-Euphrosine Vincent, born probably at Grand-Pré in c1752, escaped the British roundup at Minas in 1755 and was taken to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  His family ended up as prisoners of war in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s.  They came to Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party in early 1765 and followed the Broussards to the Bayou Teche valley, where Athanase married fellow Acadian Madeleine Thibodeaux in the 1770s.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Duhon and Manceaux families.  Athanase's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in 1836; he would have been in his early 80s that year.  All six of this sons married; five of them created vigorous lines in St. Landry, St. Martin, and Lafayette parishes. 

1

Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, born probably on the Vermilion in the late 1770s or early 1780s, married Marie-Martine, called Martine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Mius d'Entremont IV of Pobomcoup and Ascension, at Attakapas in July 1802.  Martine's family had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, and she was born aboard the vessel.  She and Baptiste settled at La Grosse Île on the Vermilion.  Their son Eusèbe was born in August 1806.  Jean-Baptiste remarried to Marie Josèphe, Joséphine, or Josette, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathurin Casimir Aucoin, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1815.  They settled on the upper Vermilion.  Their son François Xavier, called Xavier, was born in January 1819, Joseph Treville, called Treville, in April 1821, and Sylvère in July 1829.  Their daughters married into the Granger and Hargrave families.  Jean Baptiste's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in July 1844; he would have been in early 60s that year. 

1a

Eusèbe, by his first wife, married cousin Marie Émilite, called Melite, daughter of Olivier Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1829.  Their son Onésime or Ozémé was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1829, and Sarasin in October 1831.  Eusèbe died in Lafayette Parish in September 1839; the priest who recorded his burial said that Eusèbe was 35 years old when he died, but he was only 33; Eusèbe's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in July 1843, the day of his wife's remarriage. 

Ozémé married cousin Mélaïde, Mélanie, or Mélasie, daughter of French Creole Alexis Bertrand, fils, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in March 1849; Mélaïde's mother was a Trahan.  Their son Eusèbe le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1852.  Ozémé may have remarried to French Creole Anastasie Gaspard in the 1860s.

Sarasin married cousin Azéma, daughter of Jean Baptiste Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1854.  Their son Ignace was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1861, Jean near Youngsville in April 1866, and Onésippe in September 1870. 

1b

Xavier, by his second wife, married Adélaïde, called Délaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Lejeune, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in July 1838.  Their son Athanase le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1841.  Their daughter married into the Miller family.

1c

Treville, by his second wife, married Azélie Noël, daughter of French Canadian Noël Roy III, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in May 1843, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1847.  Their son Joseph Treville, fils was born near Grand Coteau in April 1849, Désiré in May 1851, and Joseph Leisure in December 1852.  Their daughter married into the Stelly family. 

2

Joseph, born probably on the Vermilion in February 1782, married Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Granger of Opelousas and Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1813.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Joseph, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 4 1/2 months in June 1830 but died in July.  Their daughter married into the Langlinois family.  This line of the family, except for its blood, may not have survived. 

3

Pierre dit Jani or Tani, born probably on the Vermilion in July 1783, married Susanne, called Suzette and also Ursule, daughter of French Creole Louis Boulet of Lafourche, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1809.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Athanase le jeune was born in July 1813, Pierre, fils in January 1815, and Don Louis in February 1823.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Fontenot, Roy and Trahan families.  Pierre may have remarried to fellow Acadian Adélaïde Hébert, widow of Jean Boulle, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in December 1834.  Pierre's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in November 1837; he would have been 54 years old that year. 

3a

Pierre, fils married Célestine or Céleste, 21-year-old daughter of French Creole Antoine Marcantel, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1837.  Their son Pierre III was born in St. Martin Parish in March 1843, Lasty was baptized at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, age 4 months, in March 1848, and Athanase was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1851.  Their daughters married into the Kidder, Montet, and Stoute families. 

3b

Don Louis married Julienne, 18-year-old daughter of French Creole Cyprien Montet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1844.  Their son Jean was born near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in December 1847, Don Louis, fils in Lafayette Parish in May 1852, Albert near Breaux Bridge in December 1861, and Alcée in July 1864.  They also had a son named Martin.

During the War Between the States, Martin, who, according to his Confederate service record was a resident of St. Landry Parish, served in Company C of the 7th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, a front-line unit raised in South Louisiana that spent much of its time fighting local Jayhawkers.  Martin married Élodie, daughter of fellow Acadian Sosthène Hébert, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1867.  Their son Elea was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in January 1868, and Cleopha in August 1870.

4

Michel le jeune, born probably on the Vermilion in March 1785, married Susanne, called Suzette, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier dit Canada Guidry of Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1809.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Michel, fils was born in February 1810 but died at age 15 in March 1825, Jean Baptiste le jeune, called Jean, was born in May 1812, Onésime in November 1819, Maxille in August 1821, Treville in January 1823, twins Émile and Stainville were baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in October 1826, Edmond or Édouard was born in November 1832, and Valsin was baptized at age 8 months in December 1836.  Their daughter married into the Leger family.  A succession record for Michel Trahan was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in September 1862; if this was him, he would have been 77 years old that year. 

4a

Jean Baptiste married first cousin Marguerite or Marie Aspasie, called Aspasie, daughter of French Creole Charles Manceaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1832; Marguerite's mother was Jean's aunt Madeleine Trahan.  Their son Jean Baptiste, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1834, Eugène in December 1836, Clémile was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 months, in April 1839, and a second Eugène was born in March 1852.  Their daughters married into the Boutin, Hébert, Racca, and Trahan families. 

Jean Baptiste, fils married cousin Laclaire, daughter of fellow Acadian Delphin Duhon, père, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1855; Laclaire's mother was a Trahan.

Eugène married Rosa, daughter of French Creole Eugène Ducharme, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1859; Rosa's mother was a Templet.  Their son Joseph Eugène was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1863.  They may have had a son named Ambroise who died at age 7 in September 1867. 

Clémile married cousin Marie Aureline, called Aureline, daughter of Edmond Athanase Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1861.  During the War Between the States, Clémile served, probably as a conscript, in Company A of the Miles' Legion Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Orleans Parish that fought in Mississippi and Louisiana.  His son Albert was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1870. 

4b

Onésime married cousin Carmelite, daughter of Pierre Jean Baptiste Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1837.  Onésime died in Lafayette Parish in October 1847; the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial said that Onésime died "at age 29 yrs.," but he was only 27; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in November.  Did he father any sons? 

4c

Treville married Claire, also called Laclaire, 20-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Placide Bourg, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1842.  Their son Florentin was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1853.  They also had a son named Placide.  Treville's succession record at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in January 1866; he would have been 43 years old that year. 

Placide married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Chevalier Duhon, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1865; Marguerite's mother, also, was a Bourg.  Their son Maximilien was born near Youngsville in August 1869. 

4d

Maxille married cousin Marie Joséphine, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Guidry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1842, and remarried to 19-year-old Anastasie, another daughter of Placide Bourg, at the Vermilionville church in February 1845.  Their daughter married a Bourque cousin.  Did Maxille father any sons? 

4e

Stainville married first cousin Marie Sidalise, called Sidalise, daughter of his uncle Pierre Trahan and perhaps widow of Placide Simon Fontenot, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in March 1847.  Their son Pierre Neuville was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1851, Théoville in September 1852, Eugène in April 1854, and Pierre Stainville in January 1864.  Their daughter married into the Martin family.  Stainville's succession record, which calls him Estinville, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in November 1865; he would have been 39 years old that year. 

Pierre Neuville married Cidalise, daughter of Anglo American Francis Robertson, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1869.  Their son Darmas was born near Youngsville in December 1870. 

4f

Émile married Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joachim Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1848.  Their son Alexandre was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1851, and Armand Eugène in March 1853.  Émile remarried to cousin Belzire, daughter of Delphin Duhon, père, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1860; Belzire's mother was a Trahan. 

4g

Édouard married Marie Azélia, daughter of fellow Acadian Delphin Duhon, fils, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1855. 

4h

Valsin married cousin Amelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Achille Roy, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1857; Amelie's mother was a Trahan.  Their son Léozin was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1861, and Merasin near Youngsville in December 1864. 

5

Athanase, fils, born probably on the Vermilion in January 1787, married Marie Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Marie Landry of Iberville Parish, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1810.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Ferdinand or Edmond Athanase was born posthumously in December 1810.  Athanase, fils died "at this parents" on the Vermilion in November 1810; he was only 23 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in August 1818. 

Edmond Athanase married Marie Amelina, Emilina, or Aurelina, also called Louise, daughter of French Creole Pierre Ducharme, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1833; Marie's mother was a Rivet.  Their son Richard Alcide, called Alcide, was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1840, and Jean in December 1842.  Their daughters married into the Vouax and Whittington families.  Edmond Athanase remarried Marie Celanie, Selanie, Silvanie, or Zelmire, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Claude Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1845.  Their daughter married a Trahan cousin. 

Alcide married cousin Marguerite Aspasie, called Aspasie, daughter of Jean Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1859.  During the War Between the States, Alcide served in Company A of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafayette Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  He enlisted in the company in March 1862, at age 22, but was discharged for disability the following September, before his unit saw any action.  He and Marguerite Aspasie were living near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in 1865. 

6

Youngest son Julien, born probably on the Vermilion in May 1789, married Marie Emerite, called Merite, another daughter of Joseph Marie Landry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1815.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Julien, fils was born in April 1820.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Lepine, and Manceaux families.  Julien, père's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in August 1822; he would have been 33 years old that year. 

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More Trahans came to the western prairies in the late 1760s.  Their journey to Louisiana was unrivaled in hard luck and suffering:

A Trahan family and two Trahan wives--four more members of the family--left Port Tobacco, Maryland, in early 1769 aboard the ill-fated British schooner Britannia.  With them were other Acadian families and eight German Catholic families who also chose to settle in Spanish Louisiana.  The English ship captain somehow missed the mouth of the Mississippi River, and the Britannia ran aground on the Texas coast near Espiritu Santo Bay.  Spanish officials, who feared that these ragged refugees were smugglers or spies, held them at La Bahía for six long months, until word reached the presidio commander that the crew and passengers of this vessel were harmless.  After a harrowing overland trek from La Bahía to Natchitoches, which they reached in October, the Trahans chose to settle in the Opelousas District, north of Attakapas: 

Honoré Trahan of Pigiguit, age 43, came with wife Marie Corporon, age 50, their 18-year-old son Pierre, and a 13-year-old Lejeune nephew.  Honoré and Marie had no more children in Louisiana.  Honoré died at Attakapas in July 1791; he was 65 years old. 

Marie Trahan, age 22, Honoré's daughter, came with husband Antoine Bellard of Picardy, France, age 30, and a 2-year-old son.

Anne Trahan, age 38, Honoré's sister and widow of Jean-Baptiste Benoit, came with second husband Louis Latier, age 39, three Benoit children, ages 22, 15, and 9, and three Latier children, ages 9, 6, and 4.  Anne remarried to François Campo at Ascension in September 1772 and remained on the river; brother Honoré was a witness at her wedding.  She may have moved on to Bayou Lafourche during the antebellum period. 

Descendants of Pierre TRAHAN (c1750-)

Pierre, son of Honoré Trahan and Marie Corporon, born at Louisbourg, Île Royale, now Cape Breton Island, in c1750, was exiled to Maryland in 1755, so his family probably had returned to Pigiguit by 1755.  British officials counted him with his family at Port Tobacco, Maryland, on the lower Potomac, in July 1763.  They came to Louisiana in 1769 aboard the British schooner Britannia.  After their harrowing ordeal in Texas and their long trek overland to Natchitoches in Louisiana, they settled on the western prairies, where Pierre married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Cosme Brasseur dit Brasseux of Grand-Pré, in the 1770s.  Their daughter married into the Duplechin and Simar families.  Pierre remarried to Pélagie-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Gautreaux, at Opelousas in May 1789.  Pélagie, a native of St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, had come to Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships.  She gave Pierre more children, including a son.  Their daughter married into the Garcia family.  Four of Pierre's six sons created families of their own.  Two of the older ones from his first wife settled in St. Landry Parish, but one of them moved to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Pierre's youngest son by his second wife settled in St. Martin Parish, but his sons moved over into Lafayette and Vermilion parishes. 

1

Oldest son Alexandre-Romain, by his first wife, born probably at Opelousas in c1776, died in October 1788.  He was only 12 years old. 

2

Charles, by his first wife, born at Opelousas in October 1777, married Céleste or Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Blaise Lejeune, at Opelousas in July 1800.  Their son Solange or Soulange was baptized at Opelousas, age 20 months, in December 1803, Charles, fils was born in December 1806, and Jean in January 1814.  Their daughters married into the Hébert and Quebedeaux families.  Charles, père remarried to French Creole Marianne Duplechin of Opelousas in the late 1810s. 

2a

Soulange, by his first wife, married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Simon Fontenot, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1824.  Soulange died in St. Landry Parish in December 1851; he was only 50 years old; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse a week after his death.  Did he father any sons? 

2b

Charles, fils, by his first wife, married Marie Eurasie or Erasie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Placide Sonnier, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1831.  Their son Charles III was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in December 1838, and Placide in Lafayette Parish in September 1844.  Their daughter married into the Gatt family.  Charles's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in May 1868; he would have turned 62 years old that year. 

Placide married cousin Marie, daughter of Joseph Sonnier, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in February 1868.  Their son Placide, fils was born near Church Point in April 1867. 

2c

Jean, by his first wife, married Céleste, Célise, or Celina, daughter of French Creole Jean Pierre Baptiste Fontenot, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1836.  Their son Jean, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in March 1838.  They were living near Grand Coteau by the early 1840s and near Opelousas later in the decade.  Their daughters married into the Gaspard family and perhaps into the Doucet family as well. 

Jean, fils married cousin Meline, daughter of Auguste Fontenot, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February 1860.

3

Étienne-Simon, by his first wife, born at Opelousas in January 1782, married cousin Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Daigle of Assumption, at Ascension on the river in June 1806; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry; Anne's maternal grandmother was a Corporon.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche before moving to Terrebonne Parish. 

4

Pierre, fils, by his first wife, born probably at Opelousas in the 1780s, married Hélène, daughter of French Creole Jean-Baptiste Duplechin of Avoyelles, at Opelousas in January 1806.  Their son Onésime was baptized at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, age 13 months, in July 1810, and Honoré le jeune was born in January 1821.  Their daughters married into the Arnaud, Beard, Bertrand (French Creole, not Acadian), Daum, Hollier, Quebedeaux, and Rayon families. 

4a

Onésime married Émilie or Émilite, daughter of Joseph Primeaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1828.  Their son Onésime, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1830, Joseph in November 1831, Pierre Ozémé in February 1836, Don Louis in April 1839, Jean D'Arcour or Dalcourt in June 1844, and Aurelien near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in November 1852.  Their daughters married into the Bouillon, Gautreaux, and Woods families. 

Onésime, fils married Adeline Plaisance at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1848.  Their son Nicolas was born near Grand Coteau in July 1849.  Onésime, fils remarried to Céleste, daughter of Anglo Creole James Caruthers or Credeur at the Grand Coteau church in January 1854; Céleste's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Alexandre was born near Grand Coteau in March 1863. 

Nicolas married Azelima or Celima, daughter of Anglo American Hervillien, also called Jean, Beard, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in November 1868.

Pierre Ozémé married Marie Nathalie, daughter of French Canadian Augustin Royer, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in April 1854, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, the following August; Nathalie's mother was a Bourque.  They were living near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in 1870. 

Joseph married Anglo Creole Marie Caroline Caruthers, widow of Charles Halloway, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in November 1858, and registered their marriage in St. Landry Parish in March 1860.  Some of their children, including son Cyprien, were born years earlier.  Son Octave, a twin, was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1866.  Their daughter married into the Melançon family. 

Cyprien married Josette, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Guidry, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in February 1870.  Their son Ernest was born near Church Point in November 1870. 

Jean Dalcourt married French Canadian Zélima or Celima Royer at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1862.  Their son Joseph was born near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in February 1866. 

4b

Honoré le jeune married fellow Acadian Marguerite Landry at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1842.  Honoré le jeune may have remarried to Anglo American Louise or Louisa Robertson in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1859, though they were "married" years before the civil union; they sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in March 1868.  Their son Onésime le jeune had been born near Grand Coteau in April 1845, Aurelien in January 1849, and Joseph Neuville was born in June 1864.  They were living at Anse Quebedeaux, near Church Point, in 1867. 

5

A son, by his first wife, name and age unrecorded, died at Opelousas in January 1786. 

6

Youngest son Alexandre, by his second wife, born at Attakapas in July 1795, married Céleste or Célestine, daughter of Joseph Primeaux of the lower Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1814.  Their son Alexandre, fils was born in St. Martin Parish in February 1823.  They also had a son named Zéphirin.  Their daughter married into the Clement (French Creole, not Acadian) family. 

6a

Alexandre, fils married Marie Eliza, daughter of Doralise Hargrave, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1842.  Did Alexandre, fils father any sons? 

6b

Zéphirin married Marie, daughter of Anglo Creole Théophile Abshire, in a civil ceremony in c1854, and sanctified the marriage at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1856.  Their son Maurice was born near Abbeville in September 1862, and Théophile in June 1870. 

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A Trahan perhaps from Maryland came to Louisiana probably in the late 1760s and settled on the river before moving to the prairies:

Descendants of Joseph TRAHAN, fils (c1762-1793)

Joseph, fils, son of Joseph Trahan and Élisabeth Aucoin, born probably in Maryland in c1762, first appears in South Louisiana church records in June 1783, when he married Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Modeste Pitre, at Attakapas.  Joseph, fils probably had come to the colony as a young orphan in the late 1760s and lived on the river before crossing the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District.  He and Françoise settled on the Vermilion.  Their daughter married into the Landry family.  Joseph died probably on the Vermilion in February 1793, in his early 30s.  His sons and grandsons settled in what became Lafayette and Vermilion parishes.  They were especially numerous around Abbeville on the lower Vermilion. 

1

Oldest son Joseph III, born "between Jan.-June 1784 and baptized at Attakapas in June 1784, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Landry of the Vermilion, at Attakapas in January 1806.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Magloire was born in September 1806, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 7 days in November 1808,  Joseph IV was born in February 1810, Leufroi in August 1812, Similien or Syphorien in October 1813, and Charles le jeune in April 1816.  They also had a son named Maximilien or Maxilien. 

1a

Magloire married cousin Marie Arsènne, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Hébert, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1825; Marie's mother, also, was a Landry.  Their son Théogène was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1841. 

1b

Joseph IV married Marie, daughter of Frenchman Pierre Dubois, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1833.  Their son Léo was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1836, and Camille in July 1841. 

1c

Syphorien married Olive, also called Alix, another daughter of Pierre Dubois, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1833.  Their son Syphorien, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 11 months, in August 1839, and Adrien was born in January 1841.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the early 1850s.  Their daughter married into the Thibodeaux family. 

Syphorien, fils may have married French Creole Marie Dartes at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in December 1865.  Their son Jules was born near Abbeville in October 1866. 

1d

Maximilien married cousin Marie Olive, called Olive, daughter of fellow Acadian Maximilien Landry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1835.  Their son Émile was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 1 month, 20 days, in March 1839, Clairville was born in March 1840, Aurelien in October 1854, and Marcel near Youngsville in January 1866.  They also had sons Camilien and Jules. 

Jules married Emma, daughter of Germain Bouguinais, Bourguinais, or Bourguini, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1867; Emma's mother was a Boudreaux.

A succession record for Camilien Trahan was filed at the Abbeville courthouse, Vermilion Parish, in 1866, but it probably was not postmortem.  Camilien, perhaps Clairville, married Arthémise, daughter of French Creole Timothée Delcambre, at the Abbeville church in February 1869.  Their son Clémile was born near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, in February 1869. 

1e

Charles le jeune may have married Valsaine Primeaux.  If so, their son Joseph was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1844, and Gustave in September 1853.  Their daughter married into the Frederick family. 

2

Charles, born probably at Attakapas in the late 1780s, married Marie Louise or Éloise, daughter of fellow Acadian René LeBlanc of Vermilion, at Attakapas in January 1807.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Éloi was born in June 1812, Onésime, called Lésime, in May 1814, Chevalier in July 1816 but died at age 11 in October 1827, and Evariste was born in March 1821.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, LeBlanc, and Lemaire families.

2a

Éloi married Eveline, Evelina, Valine, or Valini, daughter of Pierre Marthe Lee, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1834.  Their son Joseph le jeune was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 1, in March 1840, John was born in March 1842, Éloi Polk in January 1845, Alcide in April 1847, Charles le jeune near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1848, Austin Lasty in January 1850, Marc Éloi in July 1861, and Jesse Edvin in January 1863.

2b

Onésime married Marie Eliza, called Eliza, daughter of French Creole Mathias Luguet or Luquet, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1835; Marie's mother was a Mouton.  Their son Charles Achille was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1839, Paul Clemise in April 1841, and Horace in April 1851.  They also had a son named Florien.

Florien married Mélanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Béloni Broussard, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1869.

2c

Evariste married Adélaïde or Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Hippolyte Savoy, fils, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1841.  Their son Désiré was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1845, and a child, name and age unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in December 1848.  Their daughter married into the Bernard family. 

During the War Between the States, Désiré served in Company A of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafayette Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  Désiré married Amelina or Aurelina, daughter of French Creole Ursin Langlinais and widow of Vilcor LeBlanc, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1866; Amelina's mother was an Acadian Roy.  Their son Françoise[sic] Désiré was born near Youngsville was born in January 1867.  Désiré died probably near Youngsville in October 1868; he was only 23 years old; his succession record had been filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, the previous July, so one wonders if he died of a lingering illness or perhaps from a wound he suffered during the war. 

3

Youngest son Jean dit Petit Jean, born probably at Attakapas in c1789, married Césaire, daughter of French Creole Pierre Baudoin of St. Charles Parish, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1810.  The settled at Grosse Île on the Vermilion.  Their son Evariste was born in February 1815.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Duhon, and Hébert families.  Petit Jean died at Grosse Île in October 1822; he was only 33 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in June 1823. 

Evariste married Louise Zoë, called Zoë and also called Pouponne, daughter of French Creole François Marceaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1834.  Their son Oscar was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 3 1/2 months, in June 1838, Jean was born in June 1842, and François Evariste, called Evariste, fils, in August 1847.  Evariste died in Lafayette Parish in September 1847; the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial said that Evaris, as he called him, died "at age 26 yrs.," but this Evariste would have been 32. 

Oscar married Maria, daughter of fellow Acadian Syphorien Boudreaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1866.

Evariste, fils married cousin Azéline, daughter of Auguste Marceaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1870.

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A young Trahan seems to have come to Louisiana from France before the first of the Seven Ships arrived in July 1785.  If so, one wonders how he got to New Orleans, and when.  He settled in the Attakapas District:

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, fils (c1761-1840)

Jean-Baptiste, fils, eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Trahan and Madeleine-Modeste Hébert of Minas, born at Liverpool, England, in c1761, would have been repatriated to France with his family in the spring of 1763.   Perhaps as a sailor, he came to Louisiana by January 1785, when he married cousin Marie-Françoise, daughter of Michel Trahan, at Attakapas.  Marie-Françoise was a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and had come to Louisiana with her family in 1765.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Duhon and Simon families.  Marie's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in June 1832; she would have been in her late 60s that year.  Jean-Baptiste, fils remarried to Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Modeste Pitre and widow of Joseph Trahan, fils, Jean-Joachim Desormeaux, and Pierre Labombarde, fils, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in November 1832; he was 71 years old and she was 68 at the time of the wedding!  Needless to say, she gave him no more children.  Jean-Baptiste, fils died in Lafayette Parish in June 1840; he was 80 years old.  His was the only line of his father's family to survive in the Bayou State; his younger brothers, who came to Louisiana from France in 1785, married, and settled in the Attakapas District, produced no sons who had sons of their own.  Though Jean Baptiste had at least five sons, only two of them seem to have created families of their own, so the survival of his line was a close thing. 

1

Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, by his first wife, born probably on the Vermilion in June 1785, probably died young. 

2

Michel, by his first wife, born probably on the Vermilion in December 1786, also may have died young. 

3

Pierre-Jean-Baptiste, by his first wife, born probably on the Vermilion in September 1789, married Marie Marcellite, called Marcellite, daughter of Anglo Creole Matthew Sellers of Bayou Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1811; Marcellite's mother was an Aucoin.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Pierre, fils was born in August 1813, Louis Arvillien in March 1815, Jean in April 1817, Jean Charles in February 1821, and Henry or Henri, called Henrion, Henricar, and Emicar, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 5 months and 20 days, in May 1827.  They also had sons named Ferdinand and Maximilien. Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Duhon, Landry, Simon, and Trahan families.  Pierre Jean Baptiste died in Lafayette Parish in September 1833; he was only 44 years old; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in September 1834.  His widow remarried to his youngest brother Firmin. 

3a

Louis Arvillien married Marie Denise, called Denise, daughter of fellow Acadian Frédéric Hébert, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1832.  Their child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in Lafayette Parish at age 4 1/2 months in October 1833, son Raymond was born in August 1838, and Désiré in September 1851.  Their daughters married into the Duhon, Hébert, and Stival families.  Louis Arvillien remarried to fellow Acadian Marguerite Broussard in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1862; he would have been 47 years old at the time of the wedding.  Their son Mozart was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1863, and Darmas in January 1868. 

Raymond, by his first wife, married double cousin Marie Zelmire, daughter of Antoine Denis Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1861; Marie's mother, also, was an Hébert.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in 1865.  Their son Gérard was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1866.  Raymond likely remarried to Virginie Simon in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1868.  Their son Ignace was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1869. 

3b

Maximilien married Marie Zéolide or Zéonide, daughter of fellow Acadian Maximilien Landry, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish, in September 1837.  Their son Maximilien, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1841, Pierre le jeune near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in October 1843, Béloni in September 1845, and Martial in March 1846.  Their daughters married into the Beaudoin, Bourg, and Miguez families. 

During the War Between the States, Maximilien, fils served with brother Béloni in Company A of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafayette Parish that fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

During the War Between the States, Béloni served with brother Maximilien, fils in Company A of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry.  Béloni married Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadian Gérard Thibodeaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1866.  Their son Gérard was born near Youngsville in September 1869. 

3c

Pierre, fils married Marie Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Claude Broussard, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1837.  Their son Émile was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 50 days, in June 1839.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the mid-1860s. 

A succession record for Émile, son of Pierre Trahan, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in April 1863.  This Émile would have been 24 years old that year.  One wonders if he married and if his death was war-related. 

3d

Ferdinand married Aspasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Edmond Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1839.  They were living near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the early 1850s.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Duhon, and Landry families.  Ferdinand remarried to Laclaire, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Duhon, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1865.  Did Ferdinand father any sons? 

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Henri married Azéma, 16-year-old daughter of French Creole Zenon Simon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in September 1842; Azéma's mother was a Boudreaux.  Their son Simon was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1843, Henri, fils in March 1845, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at birth in June 1852, and Arsène was born in February 1854.

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Louis, by his first wife, baptized at Attakapas, age 14 months, in April 1795, may have died young. 

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Youngest son Firmin, a twin, by his first wife, born probably on the Vermilion in October 1805, married fellow Acadian Marie Carmelite Duhon in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in March 1824.  Their son Alexandre was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 18 days, in January 1826.  They also had a son named Jean Baptiste.  Their daughter married into the Meaux family.  Firmin remarried to Marcellite, daughter of Anglo Creole Matthew Sellers and widow of Firmin's older brother Pierre Jean Baptiste Trahan, at the Vermilionville church in April 1853; Firmin was 47 years old at the time of the wedding.  Firmin remarried again--his third marriage--to Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Guidry and widow of Gédéon Hébert, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in July 1860; Firmin was 54 years old at the time of the wedding.  Firmin died near Abbeville in June 1861, 13 days after his daughter Osea was born; Firmin was 56 years old when he died; his succession record was filed at the Abbeville courthouse the day after his death. 

Jean Baptiste, by his first wife, married Marie, daughter of Jean Baptiste Denisse or Denaise, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1865. 

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Three of the Trahan families who emigrated to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to settle not on the Mississippi or on upper Bayou Lafourche but near their cousins on the prairies west of the Atchafalaya Basin:  

Marie-Sophie Prince, age 43, widow of Joseph Trahan, her 19-year-old son Antoine-Joseph, and a 26-year-old Prince half-sister, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in mid-August.  Antoine-Joseph settled on upper Bayou Vermilion. 

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Jean-Baptiste Trahan of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 50, crossed with wife Madeleine-Modeste Hébert of Pigiguit, age 44, and four children--Jean-Michel, called Michel, age 21, Pierre, age 18, Marie-Louise, age 16, and Jeanne-Félicité, age 14--aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September.  Their daughters married into the Bourg family at Attakapas.  Their oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils seems to have come to the colony from France on his own before 1785.  Jean Baptiste, père died "suddenly at the residence of Charles Bourg, his son-in-law of Vermilion," in November 1808; the St. Martinville priest who recorded his burial said that Jean-Baptiste was 77 years old when he died, but he was 73; his succession record had been filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, the previous September.  Only the line of his oldest son survived in the Bayou State. 

Pierre Trahan of Pigiguit, age 48, wife Marguerite Duhon, age 44, and six children--Geneviève, age 23, Élisabeth- or Isabelle-Apolline, age 18, Catherine-Marguerite, called Marguerite, age 16, Anne, age 12, Marie-Françoise, called Françoise, age 10, and Joseph-Marie, age 8--also crossed on Le St.-Rémi.  Pierre died at Attakapas in September 1803, in his late 60s.  Daughter Geneviève, wife of Jean-Baptiste Morin, died at Attakapas in October 1787; she was only 25 years old.  Daughter Marguerite, wife of Joseph Hébert, died at Attakapas in August 1804, in her late 30s.  Daughter Anne, widow of Jean Anselme Thibodeaux, died "of a long illness" in Lafayette Parish in March 1824; she was only 51 years old; her succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following May.  Daughter Élisabeth Apolline, wife of Joseph Boudreaux, died in Lafayette Parish in June 1835; she was 68 years old; her succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in July.  Daughter Françoise married Joseph dit Josaphat, son of Amand Broussard.  Son Joseph-Marie may not have married, so this line of the family, except for its blood, probably did not survive in the Bayou State. 

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Marie-Isabelle Trahan, age 25, Pierre's oldest daughter, crossed with husband Lucien Bourg, age 21, on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November.  They settled on upper Bayou Vermilion.  Marie died in Lafayette Parish in April 1835; the priest who recorded her burial said that Marie was 66 years old when she died, but she was 76; her succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in May. 

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Only one of the Trahans who came to Louisiana from France on the Seven Ships and settled on the western prairies produced a family line that survived: 

Descendants of Jean-Michel TRAHAN (1764-)

Jean-Michel, called Michel, second son of Jean-Baptiste Trahan and Madeleine-Modeste Hébert of Minas, born at Morlaix, France, in August 1764, crossed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Attakapas, where he settled on the lower Vermilion River.  He married cousin Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Jacques Fostin, at Attakapas in January 1791; her mother was a Trahan.  Their daughter married into the Benoit and Ellender families.  Jean-Michel remarried to another cousin, Marie-Renée, daughter of Paul Trahan, at Attakapas in November 1796.  She does not seem to have given him any more children, at least no more sons.  His only son by his first wife died an infant, so this line of the family, except for its blood, did not survive in the Bayou State. 

A son, name unrecorded, from his first wife, died at age 14 days in November 1793. 

Pierre TRAHAN (c1767-c1808)

Pierre, third and youngest son of Jean-Baptiste Trahan and Madeleine-Modeste Hébert of Minas, born probably at Morlaix, France, in c1767, crossed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them Attakapas, where he married Anne-Augustine, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Aucoin, in January 1795.  He and his wife seem to have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.  Pierre's succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in December 1808; the document called his wife a widow; Pierre would have been in his early 40s that year. 

Descendants of Antoine-Joseph TRAHAN (c1766-1834)

Antoine-Joseph, called Joseph, son of Joseph Trahan and Marie-Sophie Prince, born on Île d'Aix, La Rochelle, France, in c1766, came to Louisiana with his widowed mother and a widowed aunt aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Attakapas, where he married Marie-Françoise-Élisabeth or -Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Mire of St.-Jacques and Côte Gelée, in September 1798.  They settled on the upper Vermilion.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  Antoine Joseph died in Lafayette Parish in February 1834; he was 68 years old. 

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Older son Joseph-Zéphirin, called Zéphirin, born probably on the upper Vermilion in July 1799, married cousin Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Landry of Côte Gelée, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1820; Geneviève's mother, also, was a Mire.  Zéphirin remarried to Marie Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Claude Broussard, probably in St. Martin Parish in the early 1820s.  Their son Joseph Lessin, perhaps called Lessin, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in October 1835.  Their daughter married into the Vincent family.  Zéphirin may have remarried to fellow Acadian Clémence Guidry.  ...

Lessin may have married cousin Clémence Trahan at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in November 1857.  If so, their son Demosthène was born near Abbeville in October 1861. 

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Younger son Antoine-Denis, called Denis, born probably on the upper Vermilion in March 1803, married Marguerite, also called Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Hébert, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1829.  Their son Jean was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 1 month, in October 1830 but died a few days later, Joseph was baptized at age 2 months in August 1832, Pierre Denis at age 1 1/2 months in November 1837, Onésime Denis at age 3 months in May 1840, Lessin le jeune was born in September 1842, Alexandre in August 1850, perhaps another Onésime in October 1851, and Antoine Olivier in November 1852.  Their daughters married into the Cormier and Trahan families. 

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Pierre Denis married French Creole Élizabeth Simon at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1858.  Their son Pierre, fils was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1861, Antoine in January 1864, and Gustave in December 1868. 

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Onésime Denis married cousin Marie Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Cyprien Leger, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1859; Marie's mother, also, was an Hébert.  Their son Éloi was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1862, and Lazare Numa in September 1866. 

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Lessin le jeune married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadian François Cormier, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1870.

Joseph-Marie TRAHAN (1777-)

Joseph-Marie, son of Pierre Trahan and Marguerite Duhon, born at Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in April 1777, sailed to Louisiana with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Attakapas.  One wonders if he married and created a family of his own. 

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During the late colonial and early antebellum periods, Trahans, including two brothers, left the river or upper Bayou Lafourche and joined their cousins west of the Atchafalaya Basin.  Most of them produced successful lines that remained on the prairies:  

Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan, widower of Marguerite Landry and Marie-Madeleine Duhon, came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, with two sons and four daughters.  He took them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he seems to have died a year or two after he reached the colony.  His two sons and a daughter settled in the Attakapas District by the late 1780s.  His daughter married into the Broussard dit Beausoleil and Meaux families.

Françoise Trahan, widow of Pascal or Pierre Hébert and wife of Charles Dugas, died at Attakapas in November 1799.  She was only 52 years old. 

Marie-Jeanne Trahan, widow of Joseph Boutin and wife of Balthazar Marks, died at Opelousas in January 1803, in her early 30s.  Her succession record was filed at what became the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in December 1804. 

Marie-Madeleine Trahan, wife of Firmin Duhon, died at Attakapas in December 1803.  She was only 35 years old. 

Marie-Marguerite Trahan, widow of Pierre Donnet and wife of Étienne Ardoin, fils, moved from Baton Rouge to St. Martin Parish by the 1820s.  She died "at her home at la fausse pointe," St. Martin Parish, in April 1829, in her early 50s; her succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following June. 

Descendants of Charles dit Charlitte TRAHAN (c1766-1838)

Charles, fils, also called Charles dit Charlitte, younger son of Charles Trahan and his second wife Marguerite Thibodeau, born in Maryland in c1766, came to Louisiana with his family in February 1768 with the Breau party from Port Tobacco and followed them to the distant settlement of Fort San Luìs de Natchez, far above Baton Rouge.  When the Acadians were allowed to abandon Natchez, Charles dit Charlitte's family moved probably to the Acadian Coast, south of Baton Rouge; his father may have died by then.  In the 1780s, Charles dit Charlitte crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District, where Spanish officials counted him with the militia there in August 1789.  He married Marie, daughter of François, sometimes called Pierre, Andro, Landrau, Landraud, Landrot, or Landroz of Bordeaux, France, at Attakapas in August 1789; Marie's mother was an Hébert.  They settled on the lower Vermilion River and on Bayou Teche at Grand Bois sur la Pointe Claire, L'île des Cypres or Cypress Island, now Lake Martin, L'île Labbé, L'Anse à Michaud, and Lîle des Cignes.  Their daughters married into the Allemand, Cluseau or Clusiaux, Gaz, Landry, Laviolette, Martin (Scots, not Acadian), Melançon, and Theriot families.  Charles dit Charlitte died in St. Martin Parish in February 1838; the St. Martinville priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was 84 years old when he died, but he was "only" in his early 70s. 

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Oldest son Édouard, born at Attakapas in c1793, died on the lower Vermilion at age 20 months in July 1795. 

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Nicolas-Denis, called Colas and Denis, born at Attakapas in August 1796, died in St. Martin Parish in September 1834.  He was 40 years old and may not have married, unless he was the Nicolas Trahan who married French Creole Marie Laviolette.  If so, they had a son named Désiré.

Désiré married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Blanchard, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1856.  Their son Pierre Philosie was born near Grand Coteau in December 1862. 

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Hilaire, born at L'île Labbé in July 1804, married Célestine, daughter of French Creole Éloi Picard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1833.  Their son Charles le jeune was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1835, Hilaire Ovile in May 1836, Paulin in June 1840, and Éloi in January 1849.  Hilaire died in St. Martin Parish in December 1869; the St. Martinville priest who recorded his burial said that Hilaire died "at age 75 yrs.," but he was "only" 65. 

Paulin likely married cousin Marie Céline or Celima Picard in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in May 1862.

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Youngest son Guillaume or William, born at La Pointe in July 1812, married Céleste or Célestine Caroline or Coralie, daughter of French Creole Jean Baptiste Boullion, Bouillon, or Bouillion of Iberville Parish, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1834.  Their son Louis Sylvain, called Sylvain, was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1835 but died at age 1 in October 1836, Julien was born in May 1840, and Jules in January 1850.  Their daughters married into the Alleman, Doré, and Guidry families.  ...

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Julien may have married fellow Acadian Azélie Guidry.  Their son Désiré was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1861, Joseph near Breaux Bridge in March 1864 but may have died at age 6 1/2 in September 1870, and Joseph Léonard, called Léonard, was born in August 1866 but died at age 1 in August 1867. 

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Jules married Celimene, daughter of German Creole Alexandre Wiltz, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1869.  Their son William le jeune was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1870. 

Descendants of Augustin TRAHAN (c1767-1800)

Augustin, elder son of Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan and his second wife Marie-Madeleine Duhon, born at Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in c1767, sailed to Louisiana with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Augustin moved to the Attakapas District in c1790 and married cousin Marie-Angèle, called Angèle, daughter of French Creole Jacques Fostin, at Attakapas in July 1793; Angèle's mother was a Trahan.  Augustin died at Attakapas in December 1800, in his early 30s.  Although his only son created a family of his own, the line, except for its blood, did not survive.

Joseph-Leufroi or Leufroi-Auguste, also called Jacques, born at Attakapas in March 1797, married Julie, daughter of French Creole Étienne Ardoin of Pointe Coupee and Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1817.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their daughters married into the Robillard and Ternant families of Pointe Coupee.  Joseph Leufroi's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in May 1823, with the sad notation:  "... he is 26 yrs. old and insane for 5 years; he has 2 children [daughters]; he dangerously wounded his wife who was caring for him, who immediately abandoned him; his mother [who had remarried to François Labauve in June 1802] now cares for him and often has to chain him."  Leufroi died in Lafayette Parish in November 1840; the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial said that Leufroi was 40 years old when he died, but he was 43.  He and his wife had no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, died with him. 

Descendants of Jean-Marie TRAHAN (c1775-1804)

Jean-Marie, younger son of Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan and his second wife Marie-Madeleine Duhon, born probably at Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in c1775, sailed to Louisiana with his family aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Jean-Marie, probably following his older brother Augustin, moved to the Atakapas District by the 1790s and married cousin Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian François Duhon, at Attakapas in August 1796; Isabelle's mother was a Trahan; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Isabelle was a native of Louisiana whose family had come to the colony in 1765.  Jean-Marie died at Attakapas in February 1804, only in his late 20s. 

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Oldest son Joseph-Euphroie, born at Attakapas in November 1796, died at age 13 months in December 1797. 

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Jean-Onésime, called Onésime, born at Attakapas in November 1800, married French Creole Angèle Terzille, called Terzille, Blanchet probably in Lafayette Parish in the early 1820s.  Their son Claireville or Clerville was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1824, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 1 month in July 1829, another child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 3 weeks in July 1830, son Julien was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 2 months, in June 1834 but died in August, and Onésime, fils was baptized at age 10 months in July 1836.  Their daughter married into the Broussard family. 

Clerville died in Lafayette Parish in August 1843.  He was only 19 years old and probably did not marry. 

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Youngest son Pierre, born at Attakapas in October 1802, may have died young. 

Simon-Augustin TRAHAN (1772-1806)

Simon-Augustin, second son of Pierre-Isidore Trahan and Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in June 1772, sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 with his widowed mother and siblings.  He followed them to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where Spanish officials counted them near old Fort Bute in 1788.  He and his mother moved to the Attakapas District in the late colonial period.  Simon probably did not marry.  He died "at Carencros at the home of Louis Renotte" in January 1806; he was only 33 years old. 

Descendants of François-Antoine TRAHAN (1785-)

François-Antoine, younger son of Joseph Trahan and Marguerite Lavergne, born at Manchac or Baton Rouge in December 1785, came to Louisiana with his family aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  As his birth demonstrates, he came to the colony in utero.  He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian François Theriot, probably at Baton Rouge in April 1808, and remarried to Anne-Renée or Renée Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Labauve, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in March 1811.  They moved to St. Martin Parish later in the decade and settled at Grand Bois on Bayou Teche.  Their daughters married into the Dugas and Louviere families.  According to a church record, François worked as a "bookkeeper at the farm of the widow Gabriel Fuselier" in St. Martin Parish; this may have been the widow of the man who, during Spanish rule of Louisiana, had served as commandant of both the Attakapas and Opelousas districts; Gabriel Fuselier de la Claire, in fact, was the first commandant of the Attakapas District.  Only one of François Antoine's sons created a family line that survived. 

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Oldest son Angèl, by his second wife, died near Baton Rouge at age 9 months in April 1815.

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Romuald Philogène, also called Théodore Philasie, Philosi, Philosie, Philosia, or Felonide, from his second wife, born at Grand Bois in November 1818, married Caroline, daughter of fellow Acadian Éloi Josaphat Broussard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1840.  Their son Joseph Damon was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in August 1842, François Philosie in March 1843, Lucien in July 1850, and Optave in June 1854.  Philosie died in St. Martin Parish in January 1869; he was only 50 years old. 

François died near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in August 1864.  He was only 21 years old.  One wonders if his death was war-related.  He probably did not marry. 

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A son, name unrecorded, from his second wife, died at the home of Widow Gabriel Fuselier in St. Martin Parish, age 7 months, in September 1821. 

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Youngest son François Eugène, called Eugène, from his second wife, born in St. Martin Parish in November 1822, married Anastasie Elmire, called Elmire, daughter of fellow Acadian Colin LeBlanc, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in February 1844.  Their daughter married a Labauve cousin.  Eugène died in St. Martin Parish in August 1848; he was only 25 years old; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following December.  Did Eugène father any sons? 

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A Trahan who settled on the western prairies and created a vigorous line of the family there cannot be linked by area church and civil records to any known line of the family in the area:

Descendants of Pierre TRAHAN (?-)

Pierre Trahan married fellow Acadian Marie Urasie, Urasine, Euphrasie, Émilie, or Serasie Prejean and settled in Lafayette Parish.  Their daughters married into the Gisclard and Meaux families. 

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Oldest son Onésime was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, at age 3 months in October 1837. 

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Demosthène, baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months in August 1839, may have married Ursule Gisclard at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1859.  Their son Onésiphore was born near Abbeville in November 1865, and Demosthène, fils in July 1868. 

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Youngest son Jean Venance, called Venance, born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in January 1845, married fellow Acadian Marie Comeaux.  Their son Joseph Adonis was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in June 1869. 

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Other TRAHANs on the Western Prairies

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link a great many other Trahans in the western parishes with known lines of the family there.  The priests at Abbeville from the mid-1850s into the 1860s, Fathers S. J. Foltier and J. A. Poyet, were especially negligent in their recordkeeping:

Rosalie Trahan had a daughter named Euranie, who gave birth to "natural son" Onésime in St. Martin Parish in January 1812; the St. Martinville priest who baptized the boy the following March did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.  Young Onésime died "at Raca dit Tambour" in April, age 3 months; again, the St. Martinville priest who recorded the boy's burial "in the parish cemetery" said nothing of the father and the mother's parents. 

Marguerite Trahan gave birth to "natural son" Jean in c1817.  The boy was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 12, in September 1829.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. 

Pierre dit Pinot Trahan's succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in May 1821.  The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not mention a wife, so one wonders which Pierre Trahan this might have been. 

François dit Cadet Trahan married ____ Mallet probably in St. Martin Parish by the early 1830s. 

Marguerite Trahan married Firmin Onésime, called Onésime, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Firmin Duhon, fils, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1835.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Philomène Trahan married fellow Acadian Marge Carmelite Duhon probably in Lafayette Parish by 1840.  (Philomène is usually a feminine name.)

Louise, daughter of John Trahan and Mary ____, married Anglo Creole Isaac Hargrave in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February 1842.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the bride's mother's surname nor the groom's parents' names. 

Jean Baptiste Trahan married fellow Acadian Marie Zélie Hébert and settled in Lafayette Parish by the early 1840s.  Which Jean Baptiste was this? 

Marie Marcellite Trahan married Onésime, probably son of fellow Acadian Michel Leger III, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1846.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Trahan's succession record, describing her as "an interdicted person, also a widow," was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in 1847.  The record states that her "interdiction" was dated 21 April 1804, whatever that means. 

Mary Trahan married Charles Martin, perhaps a fellow Acadian, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1847.  The priest who recorded the marriage, and who did not bother to give any parents' names, noted that the couple had been "Married 14 yrs. civilly."  Their full names were Marie Célesie and Jean Charles. 

Jean Trahan married Anglo Creole Merante Hargrave.  Their son Charles, born in c1851, was baptized at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, "at age 5" in April 1856. 

Marie Cloide Trahan married François Mathieu at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1851.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names. 

Charles Dosilien Trahan married French Creole Marcellite Doré in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in September 1851.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Charles Dupré was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in August 1852. 

A marriage contract for Marie Victoire Élisabeth, daughter of Joseph Trahan, and Prosper Aristide Renaud, a merchant, was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in October 1851.  Which Joseph Trahan was this?

Joseph Trahan married French Creole Mélanie Meaux and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the early 1850s.  Their son Olivier was born near Abbeville in October 1866, and Arvillien in January 1870. 

Jean Trahan married Adeline Quebedeaux.  Their son Terville was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in January 1853. 

Joseph Trahan's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in April 1853. 

Émeline Trahan married Anglo American Octave Conrad in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in June 1853.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Maxilien Trahan married fellow Acadian Anastasie, called Nastasie, Bourg.  Their son Maxilien, fils was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in January 1854.   

Onésime Trahan, fils married fellow Acadian Zelmire LeBlanc.  Their son Augustin Oville was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in May 1854 but died the following July, Valentin Désiré in February 1863, and Onésime Columbus in June 1865.  Which of the many Onésime Trahans was Onésime, fils's father? 

Susette Trahan married Julien Mayard in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1854.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Anastasie Trahan married Alexis Tourneux at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1856.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names. 

Cécilia Trahan married David Lacombe in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in May 1856.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Sydalise Trahan married Anglo American David Berwick at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1856.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names. 

Angélique Trahan married Don Louis Gaspard at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in October 1856.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not bother to give the couple's parents' names. 

Clementine Trahan married Demosthène Corner at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in October 1856.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Lezima Trahan married fellow Acadian Théosime Hébert at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1857.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Azéma Trahan married Adrien, son of fellow Acadian Auguste Brasseaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1858.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Adélaïde Trahan married Jean Vital Lapointe in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1858.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Duplessis Trahan married fellow Acadian Marie Eulodie, Élodie, or Evoide Leger at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1859.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Jean Oneill was born near Abbeville in April 1863, Euphémon in August 1865, Jean Delmat in March 1867, and Adoniel Joseph in February 1869. 

Marie Anaïs Trahan married Sylvain Frederick at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1859.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Celima Trahan married Manuel Marie Meunier in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1859.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marguerite Émilie Trahan married Jean Duprélon Blanchet at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1860.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Corine Trahan married Joseph Courtelle in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1860.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Joseph Simon Trahan married fellow Acadian Cécile Hébert and settled in Lafayette Parish by the early 1860s. 

Valentin Trahan married French Creole Aurelia Leleux and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the early 1860s. 

Marie Alexandre or Alexandrine Trahan married Désiré, son of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Vincent, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Jules, son of Julius Trahan, died near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in May 1861, only 5 years old.  The priest who recorded the boy's burial did not give the mother's name.

Amelia or Émilia Trahan married Louis Lejeune, probably a fellow Acadian, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1861.  Neither the parish clerk nor the priest who recorded the marriage gave the couple's parents' names. 

Numa Trahan died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in July 1861, only 15 months old.  The priest who recorded the burial did not bother to give the boy's parents' names. 

Anastasie Trahan married fellow Acadian Jules Hébert at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in March 1862.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Symphorien Trahan married Belzire Nunez.  Their son Adrien was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in June 1862. 

Charles Trahan's succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in November 1862.  Which Charles was this?

Adélaïde Trahan married Jean Vital La Pointe of St. Landry Parish at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1863.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Célestine Trahan married Jean Pugeot in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in August 1863.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marie Émelia Trahan married fellow Acadian François Bourque at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in October 1863.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Celima Trahan married fellow Acadian Alexis Duhon, fils in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in February 1864.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Jean Baptiste Trahan died in Lafayette Parish in October 1864.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, did not give Jean Baptiste's age at the time of his death, so one wonders which Jean Baptiste this was.  One also wonders if Jean Baptiste's death was war-related. 

A succession record for Valsin Trahan was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in 1865.  One wonders which Valsin Trahan this may have been. 

Martin Trahan married Émelie Desormeaux at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Sevenne Trahan married fellow Acadian Émelia Bourque at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Aureline Trahan married Anglo American Joseph T. Smith in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1865.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

A succession record for Eugène Trahan, married to Rosa Trahan, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in November 1865.  Which Eugène was this?

Axele or Oxele Trahan married fellow Acadian Belzire Hébert at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in December 1865.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Joseph Cléomer was born near Abbeville in September 1868 but died the following December, and Ode Joseph was born in December 1869. 

Susan and Susanna Trahan, widow of Julien Royer, remarried to Jean Baptiste Hahns or Hans in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1866, and sanctified the marriage at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish in February 1867. 

Lucile Trahan married Édouard Jules in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in July 1866.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Aurelia Trahan married fellow Acadian Michel Legé in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1866.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Célestine Trahan married Anglo American Charles Jackson in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in December 1866.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Another Célestine Trahan married fellow Acadian Joseph Richard in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Émile Trahan married Ozea Wickley.  Their son Duplessis was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in June 1867, and Philosi in April 1869. 

Aureline Trahan married Anglo American Joseph Théophile Smith at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in July 1867.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Martial Trahan married Marie Zulema Simon in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in November 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their son Ferdinand was born near Youngsville in December 1868. 

Joseph Trahan married fellow Acadian Elina Hébert.  Their son Victor was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1867. 

Magloire Trahan married Laurence Perret and settled near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Henri Trahan married fellow Acadian Marguerite Broussard and settled near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Edmond Trahan married fellow Acadian Aspasie Bourg.  Their son Hippolyte was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in April 1868. 

Treville Trahan married Marie M. Vincent.  Their son Valentine was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in June 1868. 

Henderson Trahan married Anglo American Tanny Rawlins in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Donatile Trahan married Cevenne, probably Sevenne, Roy, an Acadian, widower of Olivia Lormand, in a civil ceremony in Vermilion Parish in December 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Aurelia Trahan married fellow Acadian Euphémon Cormier at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1870.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Charles Trahan married Marie Ameliene __omeaux.  Their son Odvelin was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in March 1870. 

Aureline Trahan married Norbert Donguine at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1870.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Célasie, daughter of Evariste Trahan and Emerande ____, married Léon Lorins at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1870. 

Pierre Trahan died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in October 1870.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Pierre died "at age 60 yrs."  Which Pierre was this? 

Marie Scolastie Trahan married fellow Acadian Placide Thibodeaux in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1870.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

None of the Trahans who came to Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765 settled on the river.  Only after the Acadian exiles from Maryland reached the colony in the late 1760s did Trahans appear on what was being called the Acadian Coast.  In July 1767, a Trahan widow came to Louisiana from Maryland:

Marie-Josèphe Trahan, age 45, widow of Michel LeBlanc, came with an 18-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son.  She settled with her children at the new Acadian community of St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, south of Baton Rouge, where the other 1767 arrivals had gone:

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In February 1768, a Trahan family, two Trahan wives, and a Trahan widow--seven more members of the family--reached Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, with the large extended family led by brothers Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit.  Spanish Governor Ulloa, caring nothing of Acadian sensibilities, ordered the Breaus and their allied families to the new Acadian settlement of San Luìs de Natchez, far upriver and across from British-controlled territory.  The Breaus protested the location, so distant from their fellow Acadians, but the governor was adamant that they go there and threatened to deport them and their families if they did not comply with his order.  In 1769, after a Creole-led revolt toppled Ulloa, Spanish General Alejandro O'Reilly, Ulloa's successor, allowed the Acadians at San Luìs de Natchez to abandon the settlement.  None of them remained there:

Claire Trahan, age 61, widow of Charles Breau, came with four children.  She died at Natchez in June 1768, soon after she got there. 

Madeleine Trahan, age 45, came with husband Alexis Breau of Pigiguit, age  44, a leader of the expedition, and six children, ages 21 to 3.  Madeleine and her family went to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the Acadian Coast after the Spanish allowed them to leave Natchez. 

Charles Trahan, age 37, came with second wife Marguerite Thibodeau, age 26, and three children--Brigitte, age 11, Firmin, age 4, and Charles dit Charlitte, age 2.  Marguerite was pregnant when they reached the colony; their daughter Marie-Madeleine was born in early June 1768 and baptized at New Orleans a week later.  Charles, père may have died at either San Luìs de Natchez or on the Acadian Coast by September 1769, when Spanish officials counted his daughter Brigitte with another family at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques and called her an orphan.  Brigitte married into the Landry, Boudier, and Gousman families at Ascension and San Bernardo and remained on the river.  Charles's son Firmin was counted in a census at Ascension on the left, or east, bank of the river in 1777 with sister Brigitte and her first husband, so he, too, remained on the river, but he may not have married.  Charles's younger son Charles dit Charlitte moved to the Attakapas District, where he married in the late 1780s.  Marie-Madeleine probably died young. 

Anne-Madeleine Trahan, age 36, came with husband Honoré Breau of Pigiguit, age 37, the other leader of the expedition, and three children, ages 14, 3, and 1.  Anne-Madeleine and her family also went to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques. 

Firmin TRAHAN (c1764-?)

Firmin, elder son of Charles Trahan and and his second wife Marguerite Thibodeau, born probably in Maryland in c1764, came to Louisiana with his family in February 1768 and followed them to the distant settlement of San Luìs de Natchez.  When the Acadians were allowed to abandon the settlement, some of Firmin's family moved to the Acadian Coast, where Spanish officials counted him with his elder sister Brigitte and her husband Étienne Landry on the left, or east, bank of the river at Ascension in 1777.  One wonders if Firmin married and created a family of his own. 

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The arrival date of one Trahan who settled on the river is difficult to determine: 

Madeleine Trahan, born in c1733, does not appear in Louisiana records until January 1771, when she married François, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert and a widower, at St.-Jacques.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1777.  Several of Madeleine's siblings came to the colony but not until 1785.  Her husband had come to Louisiana in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue. 

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Not until the great influx of Acadians from France in the mid-1780s did significant numbers of Trahans appear on the river, and not until then did Trahan family lines emerge there.  After enduring a quarter century of poverty and neglect in the mother country, at least 98 members of the family crossed to Louisiana on six of the Seven Ships of 1785.  Only the Héberts outnumbered the Trahans on the Seven Ships expedition.  Most of the Trahans from France went to upper Bayou Lafourche, but some chose to settle on the river: 

Marie Trahan, age 51, crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July.  With her was second husband Simon LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 62, and three children, ages 20, 15, and 13.  They went to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  Marie died a widow near St.-Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1815, age 80. 

Marie-Modeste Trahan, age 36, crossed on Le Bon Papa with husband Jean-Baptiste Boudrot, age 32, and three children, ages 8, 6, and 2.  Marie-Modeste survived the crossing to Louisiana but died soon after reaching the colony, as evidenced by her husband remarrying at Manchac in February 1786. 

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Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, age 54, widow of Isidore Trahan, crossed with five children--Paul-Isidore, age 21, Marie-Jeanne, age 16, Simon-Augustin, age 13, Alexis-Romain, age 11, and Rosalie, age 9--aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Baton Rouge.  Daughter Marie-Jeanne moved to the Opelousas District in c1789 and married into the Boutin and Marks families.  Son Simon-Augustin moved to the Attakapas District.  Marie-Madeleine went there, too.  Paul-Isidore and Alexis-Romain probably remained at Baton Rouge, but there is no evidence in the church records that they created families of their own. 

Marguerite Trahan, age 54, crossed on Le Beaumont with husband Pierre Henry, age 61, and an 18-year-old son.   They also went to Baton Rouge. 

Anne Granger, age 49, widow of Joseph Trahan, crossed on Le Beaumont with four children--Joseph, fils, age 21, Marie-Anne, age 16, Marie-Julie, called Julie, age 14, and François-Marie, age 12.  They settled near old Fort Bute at Manchac, between Baton Rouge and St.-Gabriel.  Anne did not remarry.  Her daughters married into the Costa, Daigle, and Prevost families and settled at Manchac.  Anne's sons also remained at Manchac. 

Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, Trahan, age 24, Anne Granger's oldest daughter, crossed on Le Beaumont with new husband Joseph Acosta, age unrecorded, whom she married aboard ship.  Marguerite died at Baton Rouge in November 1814; she was only 54 years old. 

Marie-Josèphe Granger, age 46, widow of Pierre-Simon Trahan, crossed on Le Beaumont with four children--Jean-Baptiste, age 25, Paul-Raymond, called Raymond, age 19, Marie-Renée, age 13, and Marie-Marguerite, age 8.  Her daughters married into the Ardoin, Comeaux, Donnet, and Lelong families and, with their brothers, remained in the Baton Rouge area.  Marie-Renée, widow of Élie Marie Comeaux and Joseph Lelong, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1851; she was 79 years old. 

Joseph Trahan of Pigiguit, age 35, crossed with wife Marguerite Lavergne of Chignecto, age 32, and two children--Joseph-Rémi, age 4, and Antoinette, age 2--aboard Le Beaumont.  Marguerite was pregnant on the voyage over and gave birth to son François-Antoine in early December, probably at Baton Rouge or Manchac.  They may have moved to the Attakapas District later in the decade. 

Rose Trahan, age 23, crossed on Le Beaumont with the family of her uncle Paul LeBlanc.  She went to Baton Rouge. 

Marie-Blanche Trahan, age 19, crossed on Le Beaumont with husband Joseph Breau, age 23.  They settled at Baton Rouge, where Marie-Blanche died in September 1826, age 60. 

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Jean-Paul Trahan, age 16, crossed alone on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November.  He did not follow the majority of the passengers from his ship to upper Bayou Lafourche but went to Baton Rouge, where he married at age 19. 

Anne-Geneviève Trahan of Pigiguit, age 44, crossed on L'Amitié with husband Honoré Duhon of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 47, and three sons, ages 20, 17, and 13.  Instead of following their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, they went to San Bernardo, an Isleño community south of New Orleans. 

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Madeleine Aucoin, age 69, widow of Charles Trahan, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December.  With her were two unmarried daughters--Marie, age 47, and Marguerite, age 40.  They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge, but moved to upper Bayou Lafourche when the Acadians abandoned the settlement.

Madeleine Trahan, age 48, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel with husband Charles Aucoin, age 50, a 28-year-old son, a 24-year-old kinswoman, and Françoise Trahan, age 38, widow of Pascal or Pierre Hébert, perhaps Madeleine's sister.  One wonders if Madeleine survived the crossing from France.  Françoise did survive the crossing, moved from Bayou des Écores to the western prairies in the late 1780s or 1790s, and remarried to a Dugas there. 

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Jean-Marie Trahan, who would have been 20 years old in 1785, came to Louisiana probably aboard one of the Seven Ships but appears on none of their passenger lists.  He married probably at Baton Rouge in February 1790. 

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Most of the Trahans from France who went to river communities settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  Some of their lines survived, though not all of them remained there:   

Descendants of Joseph TRAHAN (c1750-)

Joseph, son of Claude Trahan and Anne LeBlanc, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1750, ended up in France, where he worked as a carpenter and a domestic servant.  He participated in the failed Acadian settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s and, after retreating with his fellow Acadians to Nantes, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Lavergne, at St.-Nicolas, Nantes, in October 1778.  They sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed her family and the majority of the passengers from their ship to the Baton Rouge area.  Neither of Joseph's sons seems to have survived childhood, so this line of the family may have died with them. 

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Older son Joseph-Rémi, born at Nantes, France, in November 1780, may have died young. 

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Younger son François-Antoine, born probably at Baton Rouge in December 1785, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN (c1760-1824?)

Jean-Baptiste, elder son of Pierre-Simon Trahan and Marie-Josèphe Granger, born probably at Falmouth, England, in March 1760, was repatriated with his family to France in the spring of 1763.  He became a carpenter in the mother country and was a young bachelor in 1785 when he crossed to Louisiana with his widowed mother and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships.  He followed them to Baton Rouge, where he married Anne-Geneviève, called Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon-Pierre Daigle, in May 1786.  Anne also had come to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont.  They settled in the Baton Rouge area.  Their daughters married into the Bourg, Breaux, Ferbos, and Theriot families.  Jean-Baptiste may have died at Baton Rouge in August 1824; if so, he would have been 64 years old that year.  Neither of his sons seems to have survived childhood, so this line of the family may not have survived in the Bayou State. 

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Older son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born probably at Baton Rouge in June 1789, may have died young. 

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Younger son Joseph, born probably at Baton Rouge in July 1792, also may have died young. 

Descendants of Paul-Raymond TRAHAN (c1766-)

Paul-Raymond, called Raymond, younger son of Pierre-Simon Trahan and Marie-Josèphe Granger, born at Morlaix, France, in August 1765, sailed to Louisiana with his widowed mother and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to Baton Rouge, where he married Élisabeth or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon-Pierre Daigre, in November 1789.  Isabelle was the younger sister of Paul's older brother Jean-Baptiste's wife Geneviève.  Paul and Élisabeth's daughters married into the Betancourt, Freoux, and Tullier families.  Their older son did not create a family of his own, and their younger son settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, so this family line did not remain on the river. 

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Older son François, baptized at Baton Rouge, age 1, in September 1800, may have died young. 

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Younger son Joseph Firmin or Raymond, born near Baton Rouge in August 1806, married Eléonore, called Léonore, daughter of German Creole Pierre Hoffenagel, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1830.  They lived for a while near Baton Rouge before returning to upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Descendants of Joseph TRAHAN, fils (1763-)

Joseph, fils, elder son of Joseph Trahan and Anne Granger, born at Morlaix, France, in September 1763, lived with his family at Belle-Île-en-Mer and became a day laborer in France.  He sailed to Louisiana with his widowed mother and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled near old Fort Bute, Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where Joseph, fils married Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Doiron and widow of Victor Daigre, at Manchac in January 1800; Joseph, fils was in his late 30s at the time of the wedding.  Marguerite also had come to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont.  Their daughter married into the Daigre and Maillet families.  ...

Jean-Valéry, called Valéry, baptized at Baton Rouge, age 10 months, in April 1802, married Marie Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1822.  Their son Duvalcourt or Devalcour Edmond, called Edmond, was born near Baton Rouge in March 1824, Furcy in January 1826, and Valéry Babolia posthumously in June 1830 but died at age 15 1/2 in December 1845.  Valéry, père died near Baton Rouge in February 1830; he was only 28 years old.  One wonders if this line of the family, except for its blood, survived. 

Edmond married Marie Euphrosine or Euphrasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Henry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1846.  Their son Jean Baptiste Cleopha was born near St. Gabriel in February 1847 but died the following October.  Edmond died near St. Gabriel in September 1847; the priest who recorded his burial said that Edmond died at "age 22 years," but he was 23 1/2; he was buried "in St. Raphaël's cemetary[sic]."  One can only imagine what Marie Euphrosine endured in the early autumn of 1847. 

Furcy married Adoiska, another daughter of Joseph Henry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1848.  Their daughter married into the McCabe family.  Did Furcy father any sons? 

Descendants of François-Marie TRAHAN (1773-1823?)

François-Marie, younger son of Joseph Trahan and Anne Granger, born at Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in August 1773, also worked as a day laborer in France.  He sailed to Louisiana with his widowed mother and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled near old Fort Bute, Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where François married Marie-Madeleine, called Manon, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, in March 1804.  They settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.   Their daughters married into the Landry and Templet families.  François may have died in West Baton Rouge Parish in March 1823; if so, he would have been only 50 years old that year. 

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Oldest son Surville Béloni, born probably at Manchac in January 1805, married Marie Zéolide, called Zéolide, daughter of Frenchman Jean Charles Tullier of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1830; Marie's mother was a Daigre.  Their son Joseph Philogène, called Philogène, was born probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in August 1831.  Their daughters married into the Friou and Tuillier families. 

Philogène married Marie Victorine, called Victorine, daughter of fellow Acadian Laurent Broussard, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1854.  Their son Adamis Surville was born near Brusly in November 1854, Barthélémy Amos in January 1858, and Prudent in August 1860. 

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François Élie, born probably at Manchac in June 1810, may have died young. 

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Norbert, born probably at Manchac in c1811, married Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Louis Landry, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in December 1833.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Joachim Théodore, called Théodore, was born in March 1837, Jean Louis Apollinaire in May 1839, and François Evariste in April 1845.  Norbert died near Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1849; he was only 38 years old. 

Théodore married fellow Acadian Adèle Bourg.  Their son Arcade Ambroise was born near Baton Rouge in November 1860, and Oscar in November 1861.

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Ursin Joseph, born probably at Manchac in April 1813, may have died young. 

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Youngest son Firmin, born probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in March 1819, also may have died young. 

Paul-Isidore TRAHAN (1764-)

Paul-Isidore, eldest son of Pierre-Isidore Trahan and Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, born at Morlaix, France, in March 1764, followed his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled near old Fort Bute, Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  One wonders if Paul-Isidore created a family of his own. 

Alexis-Romain TRAHAN (1774)

Alexis-Romain, third and youngest son of Pierre-Isidore Trahan and Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, born at Châtellerault, France, in March 1774, followed his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  They settled near old Fort Bute, Manchac, south of Baton Rouge.  One wonders if Alexis-Romain created a family of his own. 

Descendants of Jean-Marie TRAHAN (1765-1803)

Jean-Marie, son of Louis Trahan and Marguerite LeBlanc, born at Morlaix, France, in June 1765, came to Louisiana probably aboard one of the Seven Ships in 1785.  He went to the Baton Rouge area, where he married Adélaïde, daughter of Frenchman René LeTullier of Roville, Normandy, France, in February 1790; Adélaïde's mother was an Acadian Renaud.  Adélaïde, a native of Cherbourg, France, had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, with her widowed mother.  Their daughter married a LeBlanc cousin.  Jean-Marie died at Baton Rouge in November 1803; he was only 38 years old. 

Jean-Joseph, called Joseph, born at Baton Rouge in June 1793, married Adéle, daughter of French Creole Pierre David Renaud, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in July 1818.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their daughters married into the Cleber, Comeaux, Guidry, and Tullier families.  Did Joseph father any sons? 

Descendants of Jean-Paul TRAHAN (c1769-)

Jean-Paul, called Paul, son of Jean Trahan and Marguerite Clément, born in France in c1769, came to Louisiana alone aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He may have gone to San Bernardo, an Isleño community south of New Orleans, before moving to the Baton Rouge area, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Lejeune, in March 1788.  They had many children.  Their daughters married into the Barnett, Daigre, Lejeune, and Thibodeaux families.  ...

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Oldest son Paul-Isidore, born at Baton Rouge in October 1790, may have died young. 

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Joseph-Constant, baptized at Baton Rouge, age unrecorded, in April 1794, also may have died young. 

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Julien-Valentin, called Valentin, born near Baton Rouge in December 1795, married Émilie, called Melie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Thibodeaux, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in October 1816.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Valentin, fils was born in October 1819, and Lewis or Louis in February 1824.  Their daughters married into the Bourg and Leclerq families.

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Valentin, fils married Eléonore, daughter of fellow Acadian Bouvier Daigre of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1840.  They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish.  Their son Édouard was born in April 1846, Joseph Alcée in January 1850 but died at age 1 1/2 in May 1851, Lucien Athanase was born near Brusly in May 1852, and Jean Baptiste in July 1854.  Their daughter married into the Vallega family. 

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Louis married Marie Modeste, daughter of Augustin Seguin, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in March 1845; Marie's mother was a Longuépée.  Louis remarried to Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Louis Landry, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1850.

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Philippe, born at Baton Rouge in March 1801, may have died young. 

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Jean, baptized at Baton Rouge, age 4 months, in April 1802, also may have died young. 

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In a reversal of the usual Acadian settlement pattern, a Trahan from upper Bayou Lafourche moved to St. James Parish in the 1830s and fathered many sons:

Descendants of Auguste Drosin TRAHAN (1811-)

Auguste Drosin, third son of Joseph Trahan and Marie Henriette, called Henriette LeBlanc, born in Assumption Parish in July 1811, married Marie Stephanie, daughter of French Creole Hugue Serre, at the bride's widowed mother's home in St. James Parish in November 1835; the marriage was recorded at the St. James church; Marie's mother was a Bergeron.  They remained in St. James Parish.  Their daughter married into the Chiquet family. 

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Oldest son Rémy or Henry Camille, called Camille, was born in St. James Parish in October 1836.

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Séverin was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in February 1839.

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Augustin Thelesmar, called Thelesmar, born in St. James Parish in June 1844, died at age 22 months in March 1846. 

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Joseph Victor was born in St. James Parish in October 1846. 

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Jean Baptiste Oscar was born in St. James Parish in April 1848 or 1849.

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Youngest son Jean Félix was born in St. James Parish in June 1851.

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Other TRAHANs on the River

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

Ines, probably Agnès, Trahan, "widow of Josef LeBlanc of St. Charles Parish in Acadia," died at Manchac in July 1786.  The St.-Gabriel priest who recorded her burial did not give her age at the time of her death.  One wonders if she had come to Louisiana the year before on one of the Seven Ships from France. 

Marie Trahan died at Manchac in February 1794.  The St.-Gabriel priest who recorded her burial did not give her parents' names, mention a husband, or even give her age at the time of her death. 

Faustine Trahan of West Baton Rouge Parish married Henry V., son of fellow Acadian Joseph Casimir Babin of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in June 1838.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Marie Trahan died in West Baton Rouge Parish in November 1839.  The Baton Rouge priest who recorded her burial did not give her parents' names, mention a husband, or even give her age at the time of her death.  One wonders if she was an Acadian immigrant or a native of Louisiana. 

Eugène Trahan "of West Baton Rouge Parish" died "at Port Hudson," probably a soldier in the garrison there, in November 1862.  He was 36 years old.  The Baton Rouge priest who recorded Eugène's burial did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife. 

Baptiste Trahan died near Baton Rouge in June 1867.  The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, did not give Baptiste's age at the time of his death. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

Most of the Trahans who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, which became a third center of family settlement: 

Jean Trahan, age 35, crossed alone on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July.  Most of the passengers from his ship went to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, but he chose to go to the upper Lafourche, where he may have married in his late 30s. 

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Joseph Trahan, age 59, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August.  With him was wife Marie Boudrot, age 57, and three children--Anselme-Marie, age 19, Marie-Madeleine, age 17, and Marguerite-Aimée, age 11.  Their older daughter moved to the Attakapas District and married into the Duhon family, and their younger daughter married into the Blanchard family on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their son remained on the bayou. 

Mathurin Trahan, age 24, Joseph's oldest son, crossed on La Bergère with French wife Pérrine-Marguerite Orry, age 19.  Mathurin remarried to a fellow Acadian at Lafourche in July 1786 and settled on the upper bayou, where his children were born. 

Marie Trahan, age 54, crossed on La Bergère with husband Gabriel Moreau, age 61, a Frenchman, and two children, ages 24 and 18. 

Marguerite Trahan of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 38, crossed on La Bergère with husband Simon Mazerolle of Grand-Pré, age 42, and four children, ages 18 to 8.  Marguerite died at Lafourche in November 1786; she was only 39 years old. 

Olivier Trahan, age 54, a widower, crossed on La Bergère with two children--Anne-Marie, age 22, and Grégoire-Olivier, age 18.  Olivier remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Brasseur, at Lafourche in January 1788, but she gave him no more children.  Daughter Anne-Marie married into the Desormeaux family.  Son Grégoire-Olivier did not create a family of his own.  Olivier died in Assumption Parish in June 1819; the Plattenville priest who recorded his burial said that Olivier was 96 years old when he died, but he was probably closer to 90. 

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Pierre Trahan of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 62, crossed aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September.  With him was fourth wife Marie Clémenceau of Grand-Pré, age 32, and their year-old daughter Louise-Renée.  Pierre and Marie had another daughter in Louisiana, who married into the Pichoff family, but they had no sons.  daughter Louise-Renée probably died young. 

Augustin Trahan, age 50, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with wife Bibienne LeBlanc, age 40, and their 12-year-old daughter Marie-Modeste.  Augustin became a widower on the upper bayou in the early 1790s and did not remarry.  Marie-Modeste married into the Maurice family when she was in her early 40s and died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1851, in her late 70s. 

Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan of Pigiguit, age 50, a widower, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with six children--Anne-Isabelle, age 21, Augustin, age 18, Marie-Félicité, age 14, Catherine, age 12, Jean-Marie, age 10, and Marie-Vincente, age 1.  Joachim-Hyacinthe did not remarry.  His two sons and one of his daughters, who married a Broussard, moved to the western prairies.  Two of his other daughters married into the Boudreaux and Breaux families and remained on the upper bayou.  Youngest daughter Marie-Vicente probably died young. 

Marguerite Trahan, age 50, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Michel Levron, age 55, and two children, ages 22 and 17. 

Another Marguerite Trahan, age 49, widow of Joseph Trahan, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with her 12-year-old daughter Augustine-Pélagie.  Marguerite did not remarry. 

Françoise Trahan of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 47, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Pierre LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 51, and four children, ages 22 to infant. 

Madeleine Trahan, age 45, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Étienne Darois, age 47, and four daughters, ages 24 to 8.  Madeleine died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1830; she was 90 years old. 

Paul Trahan of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 42, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with wife Marie-Josèphe Trahan of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 44, and two sons--Paul-Alexis, age 16, and Pierre-François, age 5. 

Eustache Trahan of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, age 40, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with wife Marie LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 58. 

Marin Trahan, age 40, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with second wife Marguerite Juon, age 20, a Frenchwoman, and six children from his first marriage--Madeleine, age 23, Jean-Baptiste, age 21, Marie-Marguerite, age 16, Françoise-Barbe, age 11, Jean-Joseph-Marie, age 8, and Francois-Marie, age 7.  Marin's second wife gave him no more children, at least none who survived infancy.   His daughters by his first wife married into the Durocher and Lejeune families and, with their brothers, remained on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Françoise-Barbe, wife, of Alexis Lejeune, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1833; she was 59 years old; her succession inventory record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in August. 

Rosalie Trahan, age 40, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Charles LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 52, and six children, ages 21 to infant. 

Anne-Pélagie, called Pélagie, Trahan, age 39, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Charles Gautrot, age 44, and six children, ages 19 to infant. 

Pierre Trahan, age 28, crossed alone on Le St.-Rémi. 

Anne Trahan, age 24, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Alexis Levron, age 24.  Their children were born on the upper bayou. 

Marie Trahan, age 20, crossed alone on Le St.-Rémi. 

Marie-Josèphe Trahan, age 19, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with husband Charles Richard, age 31.  Their children were born on the upper bayou. 

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Chrysostôme Trahan, age 44, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November.  With him was wife Anne-Françoise Granger, age 41, and seven children--Anne-Julie, called Julie, age 20, Marie-Madeleine, age 18, Marie-Marthe, age 11, Jean-Chrysostôme, age 10, Joseph, age 7, Marguerite, age 5, and infant Renée-Sophie.  They had no more children in Louisiana.  Most of their daughters settled on the bayou.  Daughter Anne-Julie, however, married into the LeBlanc family and died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1808, in her early 30s.  Marie-Madeleine, wife of François Boudeloche, fils, died in Terrebonne Parish in April 1832, in her mid-60s; her succession record was filed at the Houma courthouse in July 1833.  Marie Marthe, wife of Joseph Daigle, died in Assumption Parish in November 1832; the Plattenville priest who recorded her burial said that she was 60 years old when she died, but she was 62.  Meanwhile, daughter Marguerite married Frenchman Joseph Maitrejean at Assumption in August 1802.  Renée-Sophie married fellow Acadian Hilaire Breaux, a widower, probably in Assumption Parish in the 1810s; she died in Assumption Parish in November 1856, age 72, among the last of the Acadian immigrants in Louisiana to join our ancestors.  Chrysostôme died in Assumption Parish in November 1815; he was 75 years old.  His two sons remained on the bayou and created vigorous family lines. 

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Sadly, like their kinsmen who went to river communities, many of the Trahans from France who settled on Bayou Lafourche failed to create lasting family lines: 

Marie Félicité Trahan, widow of Joseph Honoré Breaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January or June 1842.  The Thibodaux priest who recorded her burial said that she died "at age 77 yrs.," but she was "only" 72.  Her succession inventory record, listing her Breaux children, was filed at the Thibodaux courthouse in early July. 

Marie-Josèphe Trahan, widow of Charles Richard, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1844.  She was 78 years old. 

Jean TRAHAN (c1750-)

Jean Trahan, born in Acadia in c1750, ended up in France, where he became a sailor.  He sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and went to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he may have married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Richard, in May 1788.  Élisabeth had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  Jean died at Lafourche by January 1791, when his wife remarried there.  He and Élisabeth may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children. 

Pierre TRAHAN (c1757-1786)

Pierre Trahan, born in Acadia or England in c1757, ended up in France, where he became a carpenter.  Spanish and French officials counted him at Morlaix in September 1784; he was still single.  He sailed to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and went to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he died, still a bachelor, in May 1786.  He was only 29 years old. 

Descendants of Mathurin TRAHAN (1760-1793)

Mathurin, eldest son of Joseph Trahan and Marie Boudrot, born at Bristol, England, in October 1760, was repatriated to France in 1763.  He became a calico printer in the mother country and married Pérrine-Marguerite, daughter of Frenchman Charles Orry, at Nantes in November 1784.  They sailed to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and went to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Mathurin remarried to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard, in July 1786.  Marie-Madeleine also had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère.  Their children were born on the upper bayou.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Landry, and Pelicon families.  Mathurin died at Assumption in November 1793; he was only 31 years old.  His family line, except for its blood, did not survive in the Bayou State. 

Firmin-Mathurin, born at Assumption in October 1793, died at Assumption in April 1807.  He was only 13 1/2 years old.  His line of the family died with him. 

Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN (c1764-1835)

Jean-Baptiste, eldest son of Marin Trahan and his first wife Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, born probably at Morlaix, France, in c1764, crossed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Remi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Pinet dit Pinel, in January 1789.  Madeleine, a native of Cherbourg, France, had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  They were that rare Acadian couple who had no children of their own, or at least none who survived childhood.  Jean Baptiste died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1835; he was 70 years old; his succession inventory record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse in October. 

Descendants of Jean-Joseph-Marie TRAHAN (1766-1833)

Jean-Joseph-Marie, called Jean-Marie, second son of Marin Trahan and his first wife Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, born at Morlaix, France, in October 1766, crossed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Anne-Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Lejeune, at Assumption in January 1799.  Adélaïde, a native of Chantenay, France, had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Doiron, Thibodeaux, and Trahan families.  Jean-Marie remarried to Marianne, daughter of French Creole François LeBoeuf and widow of Narcisse Marcel, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1832; Jean-Marie was 56 years old at the time of the wedding.  She gave him another daughter but no more sons.  Jean Marie died probably in Terrebonne Parish in June 1833; he was 56 years old; his succession inventory record was filed at the Houma courthouse in July. 

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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar, by his first wife, born at Assumption in June 1802, may have died young. 

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François Hubert or Hubert François, by his first wife, born at Assumption in April 1805, married Azélie, 16-year-old daughter of French Creole Joseph Morvant, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1828; Azélie's mother was a Bernard.  Their son Joseph Napoléon was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1829.  Hubert died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1830; he was only 25 years old. 

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Zéphirin, by his first wife, born in Assumption Parish in August 1813, likely married Carmelite Dubois, perhaps an Acadian.  Their son Sylvanie was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1841.  They were living on Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, later in the decade.  Their son William Wollis was born in Lafourche Parish in December 1857, and Rémi in Terrebonne Parish in January 1863.  Their daughters married into the Domingue, Gagnoux, Ledet, and Part families.  An "Appt. of Adm." in Zéphirin's name was filed at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, in November 1866; he would have been 53 years old that year. 

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Youngest son Michel Surville, called Surville, from his first wife, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1824, married Marie Joséphine, daughter of German Immigrant George Charles Bedford, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in March 1844, and sanctified the marriage at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in June 1852; Marie's mother was a Benoit.  Their son George Washington, called Washington, was born in Terrebonne Parish in February 1848.

George Washington married Anglo American Julia Beal or Bell at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1870.  Their son George Victoria had been born in Terrebonne Parish in December 1869. 

Descendants of François-Marie TRAHAN (1779-)

François-Marie, third and youngest son of Marin Trahan and his first wife Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc, born at Morlaix, France, in May 1779, crossed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Josèphe or Rose Aimée or Amada, called Joséphine and Josette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Joseph Nicolas Thibodeaux, at Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in June 1815.  Their daughters married into the Daigle, Doiron, Naquin, and Usé families. 

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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born in Assumption Parish in May 1817, may have been the Jean Baptiste Marin, called Marin, who married German Creole Marie Adèle, called Delphine, Waguespack.  If so, their son François Augustave, called Auguste, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1844, Jacques Marin in May 1846, Jean Lovinci, called Lovinci, on Bayou Petit Caillou, Terrebonne Parish, in October 1848, Jean Baptiste near Montegut in March 1854, Onésime in April 1859, and Joseph in June 1860.  Their daughter married into  the Hébert family. 

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Auguste married Émelie, called Milly, daughter of French Creole James Lirette, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in July 1867; Milly's mother was a Thibodeaux.  Their son Pierre Vileor was born near Montegut in August 1868, and Wallace Léopold in October 1870. 

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Jacques married Mathilde, fellow Acadian Benjamin Thibodeaux, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in October 1869.

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Lovinci married Anglo American Mary Hutchinson in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in May 1870.

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Louis, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1823, died at age 2 1/2 in December 1825. 

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Augustin, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1829, also may have died young. 

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Sylvestre, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1831, died at age 1 1/2 in June 1833. 

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Youngest son François Aurelien, born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1834, may have married Céleste Verdin and settled in Terrebonne Parish by the late 1850s.  Their son Joseph was born in Terrebonne Parish in March 1862.

Anselme-Marie TRAHAN (c1766-)

Anselme-Marie, son of Joseph Trahan and Marie Boudrot, born at Mordreaux, France, near St.-Malo, in January 1766, crossed to Louisiana with his family aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche.  One wonders if he married and created a family of his own. 

Grégoire-Olivier TRAHAN (1766-)

Grégoire-Olivier, son of Olivier Trahan and his first wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Lejeune, born at St.-Servan, France, near St.-Malo, in March 1766, became a shoemaker in France.  He sailed to Louisiana with his widowed father and an older, unmarried sister aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche.  One wonders if he married and created a family of his own.

Paul-Alexis TRAHAN (1768-)

Paul-Alexis, elder son of Paul Trahan and Marie-Josèphe Trahan, born at St.-Martin-des-Champs, Morlaix, France, in November 1768, crossed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, if he survived the crossing from France.

Pierre-François TRAHAN (1779-)

Pierre-François, younger son Paul Trahan and Marie-Josèphe Trahan, born at St.-Martin-des-Champs, Morlaix, France, in November 1779, crossed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, if he survived the crossing from France.

Descendants of Jean-Chrysostôme TRAHAN (1774-1847)

Jean-Chrysostôme, elder son of Chrysostôme Trahan and Anne-Françoise Granger, born at Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in August 1774, sailed to Louisiana with his family aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785.  He followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Guidry, at Assumption in October 1802.  Madeleine was a native of Louisiana.  They settled near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes.  Their daughters married into the Daigle, Gross, and Maîtrejean families.  Jean Chrysostôme, called Chrysostôme Thomas by the priest who recorded his burial, died near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in July 1847; he was 73 years old.   Either during or after the War Between the States, three grandsons moved from the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley to lower Bayou Teche, but his other descendants remained in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley, some settling as far down bayou as Terrebonne Parish. 

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Oldest son Lacroix Narcisse, called Narcisse, born at Assumption in May 1804, married Marcellite, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Daigle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1823.  Their son Joseph Nicéphore, called Nicéphore, was born in Assumption Parish in February 1828, Joseph Victorin, called Victorin, in September 1833, Joseph Ceolfride, called Ceolfride, in March 1836, Jules Joseph Lacroix was baptized at the Plattenville church, age unrecorded, in May 1837, Jean Joseph was born in May 1841, Joseph Ignace in February 1843, and Joseph Anatole in September 1847.  Their daughters married into the Alleman, Blanchard, Daigle, and Friou families.  Narcisse remarried to Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Benoit Gautreaux and widow of François Templet, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1852.  One of his sons moved to lower Bayou Teche either during or soon after the War Between the States.  The other remained in Assumption Parish. 

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Nicéphore, by his first wife, married Marie, daughter of French Creole Romain Friou, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1849; Marie's mother was a Dugas.  Their son Anatole was born near Paincourtville in July 1851, and Félix Xavier in March 1853.  Nicéphore died near Paincourtville in October 1855; he was only 27 years old. 

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Victorin, by his first wife, married Maria or Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Hébert, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1855.  Their son Victor Xavier was born near Pierre Part, north of Lake Verret, in February 1861, and Joseph Narcisse near Paincourtville in October 1865.  They were living near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, on  lower Bayou Teche, by 1867. 

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Ceolfride, by his first wife, married Rosema, daughter of fellow Acadian François Crochet and widow of Pierre Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1867.

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Valéry Trasimond, called Trasimond, born at Ascension in December 1805, married Geneviève Virginie, called Virginie, daughter of French Creole Hippolyte Carmouche, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1826; Virginie's mother was a LeBlanc.  Their son Valéry Frumence was born in Assumption Parish in October 1826 but died at age 6 1/2 in September 1833, Alexandre Ulgère was born in June 1829, Joseph Numa in April 1843 but died at age 10 1/2 in December 1853, and a son, name unrecorded, died a day after his birth in September 1848.  They also had a son named Edmond.  Their daughters married into the Ayo, Babin, and Truxillo families.  Trasimond died in Lafourche Parish in October 1860; he was only 54 years old; a petition for succession inventory was filed in his name at the Thibodaux courthouse in December. 

Alexandre Ulgère may have married Rosalie Merite and settled near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, by the late 1850s.  According to his father's succession inventory record, Alexandre died in December 1860; he would have been only 31 years old.       

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Simon Anaclet, called Simonette and Simonin, born in Assumption Parish in January 1808, married cousin Émilie, called Melite and also Marie, daughter of Jean Marie Trahan, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in March 1835.  Their son Jean Noveret, called John and also Jean Baptiste, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1836, Simon Martial in February 1839, Ozémé Neutropes in April 1840, Eleuter or Eleuthere Trasimond in September 1842, Gratien Washington in December 1845, and Apollinaire Élisée, called Élisée and also Ellis, at Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1849.  Two of their sons moved to lower Bayou Teche either during or soon after the War Between the States, but their other sons remained in Terrebonne Parish. 

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John married Victorine, daughter of fellow Acadian Auguste Giroir of Terrebonne Parish, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1859.  They were living near Charenton, St. Mary Parish, on lower Bayou Teche, in 1867.

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Simon Martial, called Siméon, may have married French Creole Rosalie Friou.  If so, they were living near Brashear City, now Morgan City, in the early 1860s, but they may not have remained there.  Son Numa Joseph was born near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in August 1864, and Alcide near Lydia, Iberville Parish, in November 1869. 

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Ozémé married Eunice or Émée, daughter of Anglo American John H. Fields and widow of Frank Grinage, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in March 1867.  Their son Rendolph Simon was born in Terrebonne Parish in December 1868, and Frank in March 1870. 

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Eleuthere married Evelia, daughter of fellow Acadian Drosin Breaux, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1868. 

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Élisée married Sidolie, daughter of fellow Acadian Eusèbe Bergeron, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in March 1870.

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Lucien Auguste, born in Assumption Parish in January 1818, may have died young. 

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François Siliaque, born in Ascension Parish in March 1820, may have married Céleste Verdin and settled in Terrebonne Parish by the late 1850s. 

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Youngest son Hippolyte, born in Assumption Parish in January 1822, may have died young. 

Descendants of Joseph TRAHAN (c1778-1815)

Joseph, younger son of Chrysostôme Trahan and Anne-Françoise Granger, born probably at Nantes, France, in c1778, sailed to Louisiana with his family aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Joseph married Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvain LeBlanc, at Ascension in June 1804.  Henriette was a native of Louisiana.  Their daughter married into the Étienne family and settled on lower Bayou Teche.  Joseph died in Assumption Parish in July 1815; he was only 36 years old.  One of this sons moved to St. James Parish on the river, but the other two remained on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

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Oldest son Joseph Narcisse or Narcisse Joseph, born in Assumption Parish in September 1808, married Marie Eléonore, called Eléonore, daughter fellow Acadian Alexandre Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1829.  Their daughter married into the Laffitte family.  Narcisse died near Plattenville in February 1844; the priest who recorded his burial said that Narcisse died at "age 40 years," but he would have been only 35.  Did he father any sons? 

2

Auguste Drosin, born in Assumption Parish in July 1811, married Marie Stephanie, daughter of French Creole Hugue Serre, at the bride's widowed mother's home in St. James Parish in November 1835; the marriage was recorded at the St. James church; Marie's mother was a Bergeron.  They remained in St. James Parish.

3

Trasimond, called Trasimond dit Berez, born in Assumption Parish in February 1812, married Clementine or Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Savoy, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1839.  Their son Joseph died near Plattenville 4 days after his birth in October 1845, Joseph Arcade Théogène, called Théogène, was born near Paincourtville in January 1847, and Joseph Oscar in August 1853.  Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family. 

Théogène died near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in October 1867.  He was only 20 years old and probably did not marry. 

4

Youngest son Antoine Adolphe, born in Assumption Parish in December 1813, may have died young. 

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During the late colonial and antebellum periods, Trahans from the river and the western prairies moved to the Bayou Lafourche/Bayou Terrebonne valley and established new family lines there:

Marguerite Trahan, who had come to Louisiana from France in 1785 and settled at Bayou des Écores, died in Assumption Parish in November 1815.  The Plattenville priest who recorded her burial said that she was 74 years old when she died.  She probably never married. 

Anne Trahan, perhaps widow of Jean-Baptiste Benoit and Louis Latier and wife or widow of François Campo, fils, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1821.  Strangely, the Thibodauxville priest who recorded her burial said that she died at "age 24 or 94 yrs."  If this was the Anne Trahan married to Jean-Baptiste Benoit et al., she would have been closer to 90 years old that year.  And if she was that Anne Trahan, she had come to Louisiana aboard the ill-fated vessel Britannia from Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1769 and settled at Ascension on the river before moving to Bayou Lafourche.

Descendants of Étienne-Simon TRAHAN (1782-)

Étienne-Simon, third son of Pierre Trahan and his first wife Anne Brasseaux, born at Opelousas in January 1782, married cousin Anne-Marguerite, called Manette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Daigle of Assumption, at Ascension on the river in June 1806; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche before moving to Terrebonne Parish.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard, Gerbeau, and LeBoeuf families.  Only two of their five sons created families of their own and settled on Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish.  One of his grandsons moved to the western prairies soon after the War Between the States, but his other grandsons remained in Terrebonne Parish, at least during the 1860s. 

1

Oldest son Auguste or Augustin, called Justin, born probably in Assumption Parish in c1810, married Élise, also called Émelie and Elise, daughter of fellow Acadian Isaac Doiron, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1832.  Their son Auguste Victorin was born in Assumption Parish in July 1835, Pierre Valsin in April 1839, Joseph Jean Baptiste in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1842[sic], Clairville Amédée in August 1842[sic], and Trasimond Étienne on Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in July 1849.  They also had a son named Paul.  Their daughters married into the Clement (French Creole, not Acadian), Hébert, and Lancon families.  Augustin died probably on Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in November 1856; he was only 46 years old; a petition for succession inventory was filed in his name at the Houma courthouse in August 1859. 

1a

Auguste Victorin married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Olivier Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in May 1859; the marriage was recorded also in Terrebonne Parish.  Their son Augustin Jean Baptiste was born in Terrebonne Parish in June 1860, Joseph Gustave in November 1863, Paul Pierre in Lafourche Parish in January 1867, and Joseph Pierre in Terrebonne Parish in March 1869. 

1b

Paul married Emma, daughter of French Creole Zéphirin Olivier, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in April 1870; Emma's mother was a Bergeron.

1c

Clairville married Armelise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Robichaux, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in October 1870. 

2

Charles Dufrosai, born in Assumption Parish in September 1817, married Théotiste Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Jean Baptiste Hébert, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1839 while residing in Terrebonne Parish.  Their son Émile Joseph was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1841, Élie Cléodomy in April 1842, Onésiphore in December 1843, Osermie Jean Baptiste probably on Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1854, David Charles in June 1857, and Adam Émile in April 1865.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux (French Canadian, not Acadian) and Malbrough families.  One of his sons moved to the western prairies during or soon after the War Between the States. 

2a

Émile married Helena, daughter of French Creole François LeBoeuf of Terrebonne Parish, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1863; Helena's mother was a Blanchard.  Their son Onésippe Justilien was born in Terrebonne Parish in May 1866, Trasimond Treville in March 1868, and Joseph Oleus in December 1869. 

2b

Onésiphore married Victoria, daughter of Anglo Creole Victorin Credeur, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, on the western prairies, in February 1867.  They remained in Lafayette Parish. 

3

A son, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish a day after his birth in June 1823. 

4

Jean Pierre Valéry, born in Assumption Parish in November 1824, died at age 1 1/2 in August 1826. 

5

Their youngest son, name unrecorded, died in Assumption Parish at age 8 days in April 1829. 

Descendants of Joseph Firmin or Raymond TRAHAN (1806-)

Joseph Firmin or Raymond, younger son of Paul Raymond Trahan and Élisabeth or Isabelle Daigre, born near Baton Rouge in August 1806, married Eléonore, called Léonore, daughter of German Creole Pierre Hoffenagel, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1830.  They lived for a while near Baton Rouge before returning to upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Breaux, and Simoneaux families.  Their sons settled near Pierre Part, north of Lake Verret. 

1

Older son Déosilin or Dorsilis, born near Baton Rouge in January 1832, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Mazerolle, at the Pierre Part church, Assumption Parish, in October 1861. 

2

Younger son Pierre Prudent, called Prudent, born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in April 1839, married Joséphine, also called Laisa, daughter of fellow Acadian Henry Breaux, at the Pierre Part church, Assumption Parish, in September 1860.  Their son Joseph Henri was born near Pierre Part in July 1861, Joseph Rodolphe, called Rodolphe, in December 1863 but died the following April, and Désiré Nicolas was born in December 1865. 

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Other TRAHANs in the Lafourche/Terrebonne Valley

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

Eugène Trahan married German Creole Émilite Exnicios and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish by the early 1820s. 

Joseph Trahan married Mélasie Arceneaux.  Their son Joseph Jule was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in December 1853.   

Amédée Trahan married Marguerite Sevin and settled in Lafourche Parish by the early 1850s. 

Zéomé Trahan married Napoléon, son of fellow Acadian Jean or Joseph Napoléon LeBlanc, at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in March 1859.  Both the parish clerk and the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Sylvanie Trahan married Augustin A. Roger, perhaps a fellow Acadian, in civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in March 1860.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Mary Rose Trahan married Albert Randal in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in January 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Caroline, daughter of Pierre Trahan, married Silas Vige, fils at the Lockport church, Lafourche Parish, in May 1867.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's mothers' names. 

Engelina Trahan married fellow Acadian Célestin Landry in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in January 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

Désiré Trahan married Celarice Vincent, probably a fellow Acadian.  Their son Joseph Désiré was born near Plattenville, Assumption Parish, in March 1870. 

Euranie Trahan married Amédée Pichoff in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in September 1870.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couples' parents' names. 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

At least one Trahan family in South Louisiana may not have been Acadian.  They settled near Baton Rouge during the late colonial period: 

Simon Trahan married Catherine Michel, who also may not have been Acadian.  Their son Simon, fils married Marie-Eve, called Eve, daughter of Nicolas Ory of Germany.  The Orys had come to Louisiana from Maryland aboard the ill-fated British ship Britannia with seven other German Catholic families and seven Acadian families, including Trahans, in 1769.  Eve was only 4 years old when her family reached the colony.  Simon, fils and Eve's son Emericus Adams was born near Baton Rouge in January 1801.  ...

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During the late antebellum period, a Frenchman with a similar-sounding surname emigrated to the Bayou State.  Native Louisianians would have called him a Foreign Frenchman:

M. Trahon, A 24-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Medemseh out of Bordeaux, France, in December 1851.

CONCLUSION

Trahans were among the first families of Acadia and some of the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana.  Three closely-related families led by two brothers and a son reached the colony in February 1765 with the party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil.  They followed their Broussard kin to Bayou Teche, but only one of the lines, that of Michel Trahan, survived the test of time; most of Michel's descendants settled along the Vermilion.  More Trahans came from Maryland in the late 1760s and settled at St.-Gabriel and San Luìs de Natchez on the river.  After the Spanish allowed the Acadians to abandon the faraway settlement at Natchez, the Trahans there moved to Ascension on the Acadian Coast, but none of them created lines there.  Meanwhile, in 1769, a Trahan family from Maryland reached the colony aboard the ill-fated Britannia.  After their harrowing adventures in Texas and a long overland trek to Natchitoches on the Red River, Honoré Trahan, his wife, and teenaged son Pierre settled on the Opelousas prairies.  Pierre married twice to fellow Acadians and created another vigorous line on the western prairies.  In the 1770s and 1780s, Trahans from the river crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and settled among their cousins in the Attakapas District. 

Even if the Spanish government had not offered the Acadian exiles in France the chance for a new life in faraway Louisiana, the Trahans would have been a fairly large family in Louisiana.  The Seven Ships' expedition of 1785 dramatically increased the family's presence in the colony.  Only the Héberts outnumbered the Trahans on the ships from France.  Dozens of Trahans--nearly 20 more families--sailed to Louisiana aboard six of the Seven Ships.  Most of them settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  A large number, especially from Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, went to the Baton Rouge area, creating another center of family settlement in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.  During the late colonial and early antebellum periods, Trahans on the Lafourche moved down bayou as far as the Terrebonne country.  Meanwhile, three families from La Bergère and Le St.-Rémi, the second and fourth ships, chose to join their cousins on the western prairies. 

By the late antebellum period, Trahans could be found in three centers of family settlement across South Louisiana.  By far the largest, and earliest, family center was on the western prairies, from Opelousas down to the lower Vermilion valley in present-day St. Landry, St. Martin, Lafayette, St. Mary, Vermilion, Iberia, and Acadia parishes.  They were especially numerous near Youngsville in Lafayette Parish, Abbeville in Vermilion Parish, and Church Point in present-day Acadia Parish.  Trahans also could be found on the southeastern bayous from upper Bayou Lafourche, especially in present-day Lafourche Parish, down into the Terrebonne coastal marshes.  The smallest family center was on the river, in West Baton Rouge and St. James parishes.  During or soon after the War Between the States, several Trahans, including two brothers, from the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley moved to lower Bayou Teche, and another to Lafayette Parish on the southwestern prairies.

Few non-Acadian members of the family settled in South Louisiana, so the great majority of Trahans in the Bayou State are descendants of Guillaume the edge-tool maker of Montreuil-Bellay and Port-Royal.  ...

The family's name also is spelled Drahan, Rahan, Strahan, Thrahan, Traan, Traham, Trahand, Trahans, Trahant, Trahen, Trahent, Trahon, Trajan, Traon, Traughan, Trauhan, Trean, Trohan, Truan, Truhan.

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 816-17, 1308-13, 1441-54, 1581, 2389-95, 2602-11; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 3:290; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 420-28, 575-79; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Massignon, "Trahans of Acadia"; NOAR, vols. 2, 4, 6; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family No. 35; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 13; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>, "Family" No. 12; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 19, 129; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 96-98; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 161-70; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 760-70;  West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 140-42, 192-93; White, DGFA-1, 1535-48; White, DGFA-1 English, 323-27.

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, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Alexis-Roman [TRAHAN], & lists him with his widowed mother & 4 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 96, Family No. 187, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Alexis-Romain TRAHAN, godson of Alexis GAUTROT & Hélène DUMONT, & details his family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s but does not give the names of the children; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 162-63, Family No. 293, details his family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s but does not give the names of the children; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, does not include him on the embarkation list, calls him Alexo, su [Magdalena LEBLANC, viuda TRAHAM's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Alexis TRAHAN, her [Magdelaine LEBLANC, widow TRAHAN's] son, no age given, on the complete listing, says he was in the 48th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his mother & 4 siblings, &, calling him Alexis-Romain TRAHAN, says he was born in 1774 but gives no birthplace.

Why are he & his family not on the embarkation list of Le Beaumont?  Were all of them stowaways?  Unlikely.  

02.  Wall of Names, 18, calls her Anne TRAHAN.  

03.  Wall of Names, 21, calls her Anne TRAHAN; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2415, gives her parents' names; BRDR, 2:171, 703 (ASC-1, 119), the record of her third marriage, calls her Anna TRAHAN, calls her husband François CAMPO, gives her & his parents' names, calls her parents Stephen TRAHAN & Françoise RHEN, "Acadians," says his parents were "of St.-Gabriel," mentions none of her previous husbands, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Honoré TRAHAN [her brother], Petrum [Pierre] PREMOT, & Joannus CROC; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:519 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p. 2), perhaps her burial record, calls her Anne TRAHAN, says she died at either "age 24 or 94 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names or mention a husband.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; <thecajuns.com/britania.htm>, "Passengers on the Ship 'Britania."  

Her first husband's name comes from Arsenault, pp. 2415, 2456, which calls her Marie-Anne TRAHAN.  All other sources call her simply Anne.  

The names of her parents in the record of her third marriage, though poorly spelled, makes it conclusive that she was the one who had come to LA aboard Britannia in 1769 with Louis LATIER.   Who knows why the Ascension priest did not mention her previous husbands.  Note that 2 of the witnesses to her marriage, one of them her older brother, were fellow passengers from the Britannia who settled on the western prairies.  Did she & her third husband remain at Ascension?

Was her third husband's mother--Catherine VIGÉ--an Acadian?  The VIGÉ family lived at Cap-Sable & on the Maritime islands before Le Grand Dérangement, but none of them appear on the Acadian Memorial's Wall of Names.  What was her third husband's nationality?  Spanish?  He probably was not Isleño--the Canary Islanders did not reach LA until later in the decade. 

04.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls her Anne [TRAHAN], & lists her with her widowed father & brother; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls her Anne, sa [Olivier TRAHAN's] fille, age 22, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Anne TRAHAN, his [Olivier TRAHAN's] daughter, age 22, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 54th [50th] Family aboard La Bergère with her widowed father & brother; BRDR, 2:238, 703 (ASC-1, 162), her marriage record, calls her Ana TREAN (TRAHAN), calls her husband Luis SORMON (DESORMAUX), "of St. James," gives her parents' names, calls her mother Ysabel LESSIN, gives only his father's name, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Ignace HAMON & Jean METIO.

05.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Anne TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & no children, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 305, 420, her marriage record, calls her Anne TRAHAN, gives her & her husband's parents' names, but lists no witnesses to her marriage; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 58-59, calls her Anne TRAHAN, sa [Alexis LEVRON's] femme, age 24, on the embarkation list, & Anne TRAHAN, his [Alexis LEVRON's] wife, age 24, on the complete listing, says she was in the 15th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with her husband & no children, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, & says they were married 7 Feb 1785 but gives no place of marriage.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 31, 54, 82, 117, 163.

Why does the marriage record of her daughter Delphine LEVRON, dated 21 Oct 1816, in BRDR, 3:562 (ASM-2, 269), call her Ana RICHARD & not TRAHAN?  Was Anne TRAHAN a half-sister of the RICHARD sisters Élisabeth/Isabelle, Marguerite, & Marie?  Note that her mother & the RICHARD sisters' mother bore the same name--Françoise THÉRIOT.  The RICHARD sisters were the family just above hers on the embarkation list of Le St.-Rémi, widow Élisabeth RICHARD was living with Anne & her husband at Lafourche in 1791, & in 1795 they were next door neighbors.  

06.  Not in Wall of Names.  Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 420, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Anne TRAHAN, & gives her parents' names but not her godparents' names; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 165, Family No. 297, calls her Anne [TRAHAN], gives her parents' names, & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls her Anne, sa [Joachim TRAHAN's] fille, age 21, on the embarkation list, & Anne TRAHAN, his [Joachim TRAHAN's] daughter, age 21, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 34th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her father & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:112, 703 (ASC-1, 167 & 168), probably her marriage record, calls her Ana TRAHAN, "an Acadian,", calls her husband Josef BUDREAU, "an Acadian," but gives no parents' names or witnesses to her marriage.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 66, 104.  

Why is such a well-documented Acadian immigrant not on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville?  See Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), for the rest of her family.  

Was she the Anne TRAHAN who married Joseph BOUDREAUX at Lafourche in Feb 1786 & was counted with him & a hand full of children in the Lafourche valley censuses of 1795 & 1797?  She was called Isabelle in the 2 censuses, so her name may have been Anne-Isabelle, & the ages sort of fit.

07.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Anne [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2604, her father's profile in the LA section, calls her Marie-Anne [TRAHAN], & says she was born in 1772 but gives no birthplace; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 170, Family No. 306, calls her Anne [TRAHAN], & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls her Anne, sa [Pierre TRAHAN's] fille, age 12, & Anne TRAHAN, his [Pierre TRAHAN's] daughter, age 12, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 35th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:749, 762 (SM Ch.: v.4, #75), her marriage record, calls her Anna TRAHAN, calls her husband Jean-Anselm THIBAUDAU, "widr. of Marguerite MELANÇON," gives her but not his parents' names, says her parents were "de Bretagne in France," & that the witnesses to her marriage were August TRAHAN, Charles DUON, & Jean BRUSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:745, 762 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vo. 14, #11), another record of her marriage, calls her Anne TRAHAN "from Belle-isle-en-mer, France," calls her husband Anselme THIBODEAU "from Piecoudechac, Acadie," gives her & his parents' names, says his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Olivier LANDRY, Pierre DUGAS, Louis DAUTILLY Batin, Philippe WISSE, & Francisco CASO Y LUENGO; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:911 (Laf. Ch.: v.1, p.19), her death/burial record, calls her Anne TRAHAN, "married to Enselme (Anselme) THIBODEAU," says "she died of a long illness," that she was buried "at age 48 yrs. in the parish cemetery," but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:911 (Laf. Ct.Hse.: Succ.#42), her succession record, calls her Anne TRAHAN, "wid. of Anselm THIBODEAUX," says she had "seven legitimate children," & gives their spouses & ages. 

The succession record of her husband Anselme THIBODEAUX, dated 13 Mar 1822 in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:917 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#287), calls her Marie Anne, which is probably where Arsenault got the name.  All other sources call her Anne.  Anselme was from Petitcoudiac, the name of which was butchered by the St. Martin Parish clerk in one of their marriage records, cited above. 

08.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Anne TRAHAN.  See also Hebert, D., Acadians in Exile, 560.

09.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Anne-Julie TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 420, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Anne-Julie TRAHAN, gives her parents' names, calls them Acadiens, & says her godparents were Julien GUEGUAN & Anne TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 575; BRDR, 2:469, 705 (ASC-2, 10), her marriage record, calls her Julie TRAHANT, calls her husband Joseph LE BLANC, gives her & her his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Chrisostôme TRAHANT [her father or brother] & Jan Battis LEBLANC [his brother].  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 154.  

Where was her husband in Jan 1791?  Notice that she was not listed with her family in the Valenzuéla census of Jan 1788, a few months after her marriage, which makes sense.  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 66.  But there she is with her parents & siblings again 3 years later with no mention of a husband.  He was still very much alive then.  Was he visiting somewhere?  Her daughter Marie-Angélique LE BLANC was baptized at New Orleans in Nov 1790, so they may have lived in the city for a time.  See NOAR, 4:187 (SLC, B11, 111). Perhaps she was the one who was not with her spouse & children in Jan 1791 but was on a visit to her parents at Lafourche when the census there was taken.  

A strangely worded burial record, dated 6 Jan 1808, in BRDR, 3:540 (SGA-8, 43), describes the deceased as "Joseph [LEBLANC] Madame, age 34, called Agnos."  Her husband's dit was Agros.  Was this her?  Is so, whoever gave the recording priest her age missed it by a mile. 

10.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Anne-Madeleine TRAHAN.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153.

11.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls him Ancelme [TRAHAN], & lists him with his parents & 2 sisters; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls him Ancelme, son [Joseph TRAHAN's] fils, journalier, age 19, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Anselme TRAHAN, his [Joseph TRAHAN's] son, day laborer, age 19, on the complete listing, says he was in the 52nd Family aboard La Bergère with his parents & 2 sisters, & that he was born in 1766 but gives no birthplace.

12.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7L), calls him Antoine-Joseph [TRAHAN], & lists him with his widowed mother & an aunt; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 767, Family No. 902, calls him Antoine-Joseph TRAHAN, says he was born in c1766 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, & says "Marie LEPRINCE, widow of Joseph TRAHAN, and Antoine-Joseph TRAHAN, her son, arrived at St.-Malo from Rochefort with a passport dated September 17, 1772"; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 18-19, calls him Antoine-Joseph, son [Marie LEPRINCE, veuve TRAHAN's] fils, journallier[sic], age 19, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Antoine-Joseph TRAHAN, son [of Marie LEPRINCE, widow TRAHAN], day laborer, age 19, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 29th Family aboard La Bergère with his widowed mother & an aunt; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:577, 762 (SM Ch.: v.4, #159), his marriage record, calls him Antoine-Joseph TRAHAN "of St.-Martin parish 'de l'isla' (from the Island of) De, diocese of La Rochelle, France," calls his wife Marie-Élizabeth MIRE "of St. James at Cabonoces on the Mississippi," gives his & her parents' names, says both of his parents were deceased at the time of the marriage, & that the witnesses to his marriage were François BROUSSARD, Basile LANDRY, Pierre MIRE, & Jacques FOSTIN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:635 (Laf. Ch.: v.3, p.50), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph TRAHAN "m. Marie Françoise Isabelle MIRRE," but does not include his parents' names. 

His widowed mother stood as godmother to a TRAHAN cousin at St.-Jacques, Châtellerault, Poitou, France, in Aug 1775.  He was only 9 years old at the time, so he must have been living with her there.  See Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 98, Family No. 191.

13.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls her Antoinette [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & a brother; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 167, Family No. 300, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Antoinette TRAHAN, but does not list her godparents; Hébert, D., Acadians Families in Exile 1785, 34-35, calls her Antoinette, sa [Joseph TRAHAN's] fille, age 2, on the embarkation list, Antonia, su [Josef TRAHAM's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Antoinette TRAHAN, his [Joseph TRAHAN's] daughter, age 2, on the complete listing, says she was in the 18th Family aboard Le Beaumont with her parents & a brother, & that she was baptized in 1782 but gives no place of baptism.

What happened to her in LA?  Did she survive the crossing from France?

14.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Augustin TRAHAN, & lists him with his wife & a daughter; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 161, Family No. 290, calls him Augustin TRAHAN, says he was born c1733 but gives no birthplace, does not give his parents' names, says he married his wife c1770 but gives no place of marriage, does not give her parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son Félix, baptized 18 Mar 1766, St.-Nicolas, Nantes, daughter Rosalie-Bibianne, baptized 3 Mar 1778, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, died 9 Jul 1778, probably St.-Martin, Chantenay, son Jacques-Augustin, baptized 15 May 1779, St.-Martin, Chantenay, died 1 Sep 1779, probably St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & son Pierre, died age 8 & buried 20 Feb 1784, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 282, 420, his marriage record, calls him Augustin TRAHAN, 28 yrs. old, calls his wife Bibienne LEBLANC, 20 yrs. old, gives his & her parents' names, says her father was deceased at the time of the marriage, & does not list the witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 46-47, calls him Augustin TRAHAN, charpentier age 50, on the embarkation list, & Augustin TRAHAN, carpenter, age 50, on the complete listing, says he was in the 20th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with is wife & a daughter, & details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, but does not give the place of marriage.  

Nicolas-Gabriel ALBERT, who lived with him & his daughter at Lafourche in 1795 was son of Nicolas-Gabriel ALBERT, père, a Frenchman from Île d'Oléron, & Marie-Marthe BENOIT, an Acadian.  They had come to LA from France in 1785 aboard the last of the Seven Ships, La Caroline, & settled at the established Acadian community of St.-Jacques, on the river above New Orleans.  Nicolas-Gabriel, fils, born at Châteauneuf in Poitou, was 12 when he came to LA.  See Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 108-09.  In Nov 1800, at age 26, Nicolas, fils married Madeleine, daughter of Jean BOURG, also a refugee from France, at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche, & began a new line of the ALBERT family in the Bayou State.  

15.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Augustin [TRAHAN], & lists him with his father & 4 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 165, Family No. 297, calls him Augustin [TRAHAN], & details his family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls him Augustin TRAHAN, son [Joachim TRAHAN's] fils, age 18, on the embarkation list, & Augustin TRAHAN, his [Joachim TRAHAN's] son, age 18, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 34th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his father & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:326, 762-63 (SM Ch.: v.4, #84), his marriage record, calls him Augustin TRAHAN, calls his wife Angela FOSTIN, gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Paul TRAHAN, Jacques FOSTIN, & Jean TRAHAN [probably his brother]; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:762 (SM Ch.: v.4, #225), his death/burial record, calls him Auguste TRAHAN, "of Belle isle en Mer, in France," gives his parents' names, says he was buried "at age 35 yrs.," but mentions no wife.  

His wife's parents' names can be found in son Jacques's baptismal record, dated 6 Aug 1797, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:767 (SM Ch.: v.4, #914).  How was Augustin kin to his mother-in-law? 

16.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Augustine-Pélagie TRAHAN, & lists her with her widowed mother & no siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 420, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Augustine-Pélagie TRAHAN, & gives her parents' but not her godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile, 58-59, calls her Augustine-Pélagie, sa [Marguerite TRAHAN, veuve's] fille, age 12, on the embarkation list, & Augustine-Pélagie TRAHAN, her [Marguerite TRAHAN, widow's] dgtr., age 12, on the complete listing, says she was in the 13th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with her widowed mother & no siblings, & that she was born 28 Aug 1772 at Morlaix.

What happened to her in LA after Jan 1788?

17.  Wall of Names, 25, calls her Brigitte TRAHAN; BRDR, 2:423, 703 (ASC-1, 133), the record of her first marriage, calls her Brigita TRAHAN, calls her husband Étiene LANDRY, gives her & his parents' names, calls her mother Brigita LANDRY, says his parents were "Acadians," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Vincent LANDRY & Pierre LEBLANC; BRDR, 2:139, 703 (ASC-2, 8), the record of her second marriage, calls her Brigitte TRAHANT, "widow of Estevan LANDRI," calls her husband Philippe BOURIER (BOUDIER) of Paris," gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Grégoire LEBLANC & Pierre LANDRY.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 151a; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 176; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 4, 17.

Her estimated birth year is from the ages in the Cabanocé & Ascension censuses or 1769, 1770, & 1777, not the Spanish report of Feb 1768.  

Note that the Ascension priest who recorded her first marriage calls her mother Brigita LANDRY, not Marguerite THIBODEAUX.  Evidently Brigitte LANDRY was her father's first wife.   Note also that in 1769 & 1770, Brigitte, still a girl and now an orphan, was living with the family of Vincent LANDRY, probably her maternal uncle.  Vincent's parents were probably Pierre LANDRY & Anne-Marie DOUCET of Pigiguit, so Brigitte's mother likely was from Pigiguit.  Brigitte's father may have been from that settlement, too. 

Her third husband, Jean GOUSMAN, was Acadian by virtue of his having lived at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, on the eve of Le Grand Dérangement.  He married his first wife, Marie BARRIEAU, there and remarried to his second wife, Rose BONNEVIE, also an Acadian, at Restigouche in Jan 1760.  They ended up as prisoners at Halifax &, after the war ended in 1763, went to the French island of Miquelon.  The French, thinking Miquelon was too crowded, transported Jean, his family, & other Acadians on the island to St.-Malo in 1772.  They did not return to Miquelon, as many islanders did, but emigrated to LA on one of the Seven Ships in 1785.  Marsha Schneider Ladner, a GOUSMAN descendant, has found no marriage record for Jean & Brigitte, but they did have a son named Jean, born at San Bernardo in c1793.  Jean III married into a prominent French Creole family and settled in St. Tammany Parish, north of New Orleans, in the early 1820s--the only Acadian, as far as I know, who settled there during the antebellum period.  Mrs. Ladner has found a civil record in St. Bernard Parish that refers to "'Widow Gusman, Brigitte TRAPAN, of St. Bernard, in the City (New Orleans) for this day,' when she gran[ted] her power of Atty to Renato LEROUX (her son in law) in July 1801."

18.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Catherine [TRAHAN], & lists her with her father & 4 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 420, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Catherine TRAHAN, gives her parents' names, & says her godparents were Charles DROUAL & Catherine QUEREL; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 165, Family No. 297, calls her Catherine [TRAHAN], & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls her Catherine, sa [Joachim TRAHAN's] fille, age 12, on the embarkation list, & Catherine TRAHAN, his [Joachim TRAHAN's] daughter, age 12, on the complete listing, says she was in the 34th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her father & 5 siblings, & says she was born 24 Apr 1773 but gives no birthplace; Hébert., D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:125, 763 (SM Ch.: v.4, #79), the record of her first marriage, calls her Catherine TRAHAN "de la Cadie," calls her husband Claude BROUSSARD, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Louis DESHORMAUX, Pierre HÉBERT, & ___ LABOVE; Hébert., D., Southwest LA Records, 3:633 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Mar. #83), the record of her second marriage, calls her Catherine TRAHAN, "wid. of Grand BROUSSARD," calls her husband François MEAUX, but gives no parents' names or witnesses to her marriage.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 28.

Why is she not in the Lafourche census of Jan 1788 with her other unmarried siblings?  She would have been only 15 years old then.  

Her first husband was a son of famous Acadian freedom fighter Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil.  Did she move from the river to Bayou Teche not long before their marriage? 

19.  Wall of Names, 25, calls him Charles TRAHAN.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 151a; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 437.

His first wife's name can be found in the record of daughter Brigitte's first marriage, dated 2 May 1776, in BRDR, 2:703 (ASC-1, 133), which calls the bride's parents Charles [TRAHAN] & Brigita LANDRY.  In 1769 & 1770, Brigitte was a young orphan living with the family of Vincent LANDRY, who was from Pigiguit.  If Vincent was Brigitte's maternal uncle, it is likely that Brigitte's parents also were from Pigiguit. 

His wife Marguerite was pregnant on the voyage from Port-Tobacco, MD, to New Orleans & gave birth to daughter Marie-Madeleine on 4 Jun 1768 at either New Orleans or Fort San Luìs de Natchez, which the BREAU party reached in Mar.  The baby was baptized at New Orleans a week after her birth, so Charles & his family may have remained at New Orleans, unless a New Orleans priest accompanied the Acadians to Fort San Luìs.  After Spanish General Alejandro O'REILLY released the Acadians from Natchez in early 1769, we find daughter Brigitte as a 12-year-old orphan in the household of Vincent LANDRY at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in Sep; her mother was a LANDRY, so Vincent probably was her uncle.  See Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 176.  Does that mean that Charles & Marguerite were dead by then?  

The Carlos TRUHAN on the Attakapas militia list is probably Charles dit Charlitte, his son, not Charles père, because Charles père, if he were still living, would have been 58 year old that year, too old for the militia.  And what evidence is there that Charles, père even went to Attakapas?

20.  Wall of Names, 25, calls him Charles TRAHAN; Hébert., D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:470, 763 (SM Ch.: v.4, #34), his marriage record, calls him Charles TRAHAN "of Maryland in New England," calls his wife Marie LANDRAU, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph MODENA, Baptiste LABAUVE, & Iside (perhaps Isidore) BROUSSARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:633 (SM Ch.: v.5, p.79, #5), his death/burial record, calls him Charles TRAHAN "of Marilland m. Marie LANDROZ," but does not give his parents' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 418, 437. 

His dit can be found in daughter Marie Anastasie's marriage record, dated 6 Feb 1826, in Hébert., D., Southwest LA Records, 2-C:755 (SM Ch.: v.7, #18). 

Where was he between 1768 & 1789?  His family came to LA with the BREAU party from Port Tobacco, MD, in Feb 1768.  Spanish Gov. ULLOA forced them to go to the distant settlement of Fort San Luìs de Natchez, which the BREAU party reached in Mar; Charles appears on the list of Acadians at San Luìs de Natchez, dated Feb 1768.  However, Charles dit Charlitte's mother was pregnant on the voyage from MD to LA & gave birth to sister Marie-Madeleine in Jun.  The baby was baptized at New Orleans a week or so after her birth, so Charles dit Charlitte & his family may have remained in the city, unless a New Orleans priest accompanied the BREAU party to Fort San Luìs.  ULLOA's successor, General Alejandro O'REILLY, released the Acadians from Natchez in early 1769.  Older sister Brigitte was counted as a 12-year-old orphan in the household of Vincent LANDRY at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques in Sep 1769.  See Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 176.  Where was Charles dit Charlitte, who would have been only 3 years old then?  Brigitte married Étienne, son of Abraham LANDRY, at Ascension, upriver from St.-Jacques, in 1776.  A year later, in 1777, she was counted with her husband at Ascension, and with her was brother Firmin, age 12.  But where was Charles dit Charlitte, who would have been only 11 year old that year?  He does not reappear in LA records again until Aug 1789, on a militia record at Attakapas, & in his marriage record at Attakapas that same month.  When did he move from the river to Attakapas, & why?  He turned 21 in c1787, so he probably did not go to the prairie district until the 1780s. 

Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 1-A & subsequent vols., prefers the spelling LANDRAUD for his wife Marie's family.  Her mother, Geneviève HÉBERT, came to LA from MD in 1767 & married her father probably at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river, where he was called François ANDRO in the 1769 census.  See Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 178.  He was not Acadian.  The baptismal record of son Nicolas-Denis, dated 1 Nov 1796, in Hébert., D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:764 (SM Ch.: v.4, #813), calls the boy's maternal grandfather François LANDRAUD.  (Nicolas-Denis's baptismal record also says that his father was "of Maryland.")  However, the baptismal records of Charles's daughters Dénise & Claire, dated 25 Dec 1798 & 5 Apr 1801, in Hébert., D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:764 (SM Ch.: v.5, #110; SM Ch.: v.5, #356), call the girls' maternal grandfather Joseph DEROUAN & DEROUEN "of Canada."  So what was Charles's father-in-law's name, François ANDRÉ/ANDRO/LANDRAUD or Joseph DEROUEN?  Very confusing. 

21.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Chrisostôme TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 575; BRDR, 3:832 (ASM-3, 108), his death/burial record, calls him Chrisostomo TRAHAN, "age 75 yrs. of Acadia, widower of Ane GRANGE," but does not give his parents names.

22.  Wall of Names, 13, calls her Claire TRAHAN veuve Charles BREAU.  See also White, DGFA-1, 1539; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 436.

23.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls him Eustache TRAHAN, & lists him with his wife & no children, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 287, 421 (Morlaix: St.-Martin-des-Champs), his marriage record, calls him Eustache TRAHAN de l'Assomption en Acadie, which was Pigiguit, gives his but not his wife's parents' names, says she was from St.-Charles en Acadie, which was Grand-Pré, & gives her first husband's name; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls him Eustache TRAHAN, charpentier, age 40, on the embarkation list, & Eustache TRAHAN, carpenter, age 40, on the complete listing, says he was in the 2nd Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his wife & no children, & details his marriage, including his but not his wife's parents' names, & says he & his wife were married in 1766 but gives no place of marriage.  

What happened to him & his wife in LA?  Did they survive the crossing from France?  The debarkation list for Le St.-Rémi has not survived, unfortunately.  Did they die soon after reaching the colony? 

24.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls her Félicité [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & 3 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 164, Family No. 295, calls her Félicité [TRAHAN], & details her family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 52-53, calls her Félicité, sa [Jean TRAHAN's] fille, age 14, on the embarkation list, & Félicité TRAHAN, his [Jean TRAHAN's] daughter, age 14, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 42nd Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 3 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:97-98, 764-65 (SM Ch.: v.4, #164), her marriage record, calls her Félicité TRAHAN "of Belle-Isle-en-Mer, France," calls her husband Joseph-Laurent BOURG "of Chantenay, of Diocese of Nantes, France," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean TRAHAN, "bride's father," Lucien BOURQUE, "hermano major ([his] oldest brother)," Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, & William HARGRAVE.

Her full name can be found in daughter Marguerite BOURG's marriage record, dated 26 Apr 1814, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:122-23 (SM Ch.: v.5, #331).

She & her sister Marie-Louise married brothers on the same day at the same place. 

25.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Félicité [TRAHAN], & lists her with her father & 4 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 424, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Félicité TRAHAN, gives her parents' names, calls her mother Marie-Josèphe DUON, & says her godparents were Pierre LE GAULT & Marie-Blanche TRAHAN (her older half-sister); Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 165, Family No. 297, calls her Félicité [TRAHAN], & details her family's voyage to LA; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls her Félicité, sa [Joachim TRAHAN's] fille, age 14, on the embarkation list, & Félicité TRAHAN, his [Joachim TRAHAN's] daughter, age 14, on the complete listing, says she was in the 34th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her father & 5 siblings, &, calling her Marie-Félicité, says she was born 16 Jan 1770 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:146, 704 (SJA-2, 6), her marriage record, calls her Félicitas TRAHAN, calls her husband Horé & Honoré BRO, gives her & his parents' names, calls her parents Guese [TRAHAN] & Marie DUON "of Belle Isle," says his parents were "of Maryland," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Horé BRO & Maria BRO.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 28, 55, 84, 118, 162; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 2:385 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #21-A), her death/burial record, calls her Marie Félicité TRAHAN m. Joseph Honoré BRAUX, & says she died "at age 77 yrs." on 22 Jan 1842, but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 2:385 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1842), her succession inventory record, calls her Marie Félicité TRAHAN m. d.Joseph Honoré BRAUX, says she died on 22 Jun 1842, & lists her children.

Notice that she did not move to the Attakapas District with her brothers Augustin & Jean-Marie & her sister Catherine.  Her sister Anne also remained on the Lafourche.  

Her marriage at St.-Jacques seems to be the only break from her residence on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Her father-in-law was one of the leaders of the BREAU party that came to LA from Port Tobacco, MD, in 1768 & ran afoul of Spanish Gov. ULLOA.  How closely kin was she to her husband, whose mother was a TRAHAN? 

26.  Wall of Names, 25, calls him Firmin TRAHAN.  

27.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls him François-Marie [TRAHAN], & lists him with his widowed mother & 4 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 421, his birth/baptismal record, calls him François-Marie TRAHAN, gives his parents' names but not give godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls him François-Marie, son [Anne GRANGER, veuve TRAHAN's] fils, journallier, age 12, on the embarkation list, Franco, hijo de Anan GRANCHER, on the debarkation list, & François-Marie TRAHAN, son [of Anne GRANGER, widow TRAHAN's], day laborer, age 12, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 7th Family aboard Le Beaumont with is mother & 4 siblings; BRDR, 3:550, 833 (SGA-14, 50), his marriage record, calls him Francisco TRAHAN, calls his wife Maria/Marie Magdeline LEBLANC, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Jean Baptista TRAHAN, Jean Baptiste DAIGLE, & François DILHAC; BRDR, 4:532 (SJO-11, 5), perhaps his death/burial record, calls him François TRAHAN, but does not give his parents' names, mention a wife, or give his age at the time of his death.   

28.  Wall of Names, 26, calls her Françoise TRAHAN; BRDR, 2:297, 704 (PCP-2, part 2, 140), the record of her first marriage, calls her Françoise TRAHAN, calls her husband Jacques FORTIN "of Illinois," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Augustin GERVENBERG & Gérald de VERBOIS; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:326, 765 (SM Ch.: v.1, p.27), another record of her first marriage, calls her Françoise TRAHAN, calls her husband Jacques FOSTIN "of Illinois," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were ____ BORDA, ____ de VERBOIS, _____ BERARD, Augustin GREVEMBER, François GREVEMBER, ____ DURIEN, & Joseph LANDRY; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:326-27, 766 (SM Ch.: Folio A-1, p.20), yet another record of her first marriage, calls her Françoise TRAHAN "of Attkapas," calls her husband Jacques FOSTIN "of Illinois and now of Attakapas," gives her & his parents' names, says the witnesses to her marriage were ____ BERARD, Augustin GREVEMBER, François GREVEMBER, ____ DURIEU, & Joseph LANDRY, & that the presiding priest was Fr. IRENEE of Pointe Coupée; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:214, 766 (SM Ch.: v.4, #149), the record of her second marriage, calls her Françoise TRAHAN "of Acadie, wid. of Jacques FOSTIN," calls her husband Simon-Pierre DAIGLE "of Belle Isle en Mer," gives her & his parents' names, calls her mother Euphrosine FOSTIN, says all parents were "of Acadia/Acadie," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Michel TRAHAN, Basile LANDRY, & Louis CHEMIN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-C:752 (Laf. Ch.: v.2, p.36, #107), her death/burial record, calls her Françoise TRAHAN, "spouse in a second marriage to Simon DEGLE (DAIGLE)," says she died "at 7:30 at age 81 years," that she was buried "in the church cemetery," but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-C:752 (Laf. Ct.Hse.: Succ.#125), her succession record, calls her Françoise TRAHAN, "m.1st to dec. Jacques FOSTIN, Sr.  m.2nd to dec. Simon DAIGLE."   See also De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1785, 6. 

Her first marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because, even though Attakapas had a parish of its own since 1765, it did not always have a resident priest, especially from the late 1760s into the early 1780s, so the Pointe Coupée priest acted as a missionary to the prairie settlements during that time.  

De Ville, cited above, speculates that "Jh" in the Attakapas census of 1785 meant Joseph, but her husband's name was Jacques.

29.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 10L), calls him Françoise TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & 4 children, with the notation:  suplement a la liste des Acadiens embarques dans le navire Le St. Remy pour la Nouvelle Orleans [additional list of Acadians embarked on the ship Le St.-Rémi bound for New Orleans]; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 120, Family No. 220, calls her Françoise TRAHAN, says she was born in 1737 at Rivière-aux-Canards, gives her parents' names, details her marriage, says her husband was born 3 Aug 1734 at St.-Charles-aux-Mines, gives his parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Anne LEBLANC, died at age 4 years & buried 4 Aug 1777, St.-Jacques, Nantes, daughter Françoise LEBLANC, baptized 13 Jul 1778, Ste.-Croix, Nantes, daughter Anne-Marie LEBLANC, baptized 22 Jun 1780, St.-Sébastien, Nantes, daughter Mathurine-Françoise LEBLANC, baptized 8 Nov 1784, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & son Yves LEBLANC, died age 13 & buried 20 Dec 1784, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 60-61, calls her Francoise TRAHAN, sa [Pierre LEBLANC's] femme, age 47, on the embarkation list, & Françoise TRAHAN, his [Pierre LEBLANC's] wife, age 47, on the complete listing, says she was in the 3rd Family on Supplément à la liste des Acadiens embarqués dans le navire Le Saint-Rémi pour la nouvelle-orleans [Additional list of Acadians embarked on the ship Le Saint-Rémi bound for New Orleans] with her husband & 4 children, & details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, says they married in c1758 but gives no place of marriage.

What happened to her in LA?  Did she survive the crossing from France?

30.  Wall of Names, 44, calls her Françoise TRAHAN veuve Pasqual HÉBERT; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:271, 765 (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio D, #16), investigation for her second marriage, dated 25 Jun 1797, calls her Françoise TRAHAN "of this parish, of Acadia, widow of Pierre TRAHAN (record says Pierre HÉBERT in another place)," says it is "'Informacion de Solteria Producdia' (Marriage Investigation regarding the freedom to marry)," calls her husband Charles DUGA, "in this parish, of Acadia, widower of Marguerite GRANGER," gives her & his parents' names, says all parents were "of Acadia," that the "Assistant Wits" to the marriage investigation were Jean BERARD & Louis CHEMIN, "sacristan," & that the witnesses were Jean BABIN & Joseph GRANGER; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:271, 766 (SM Ch.: v.4, #145), the record of her second marriage, calls her Françoise TRAHAN, "wid. of Pierre HÉBERT, of Acadie," calls her husband Charles DUGA, "veuf of Marguerite GRANGER," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean-Louis CHEMIN, "sacristan," Pierre RICHARD, & Pierre TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:270, 765 (NI Ch.: OA-#4), 9:442 (NI Ch.: OA Folio #4 & SM Ch.: v.4, #145), another record of her second marriage, calls her Françoise TRAHANT, "born in Acadie, widow of Pierre TRAHAN, calls her husband Charles DUGAS, "born in Acadie, widower of Marguerite GRANGER," gives her & his parents' names, says all parents were "of Acadie," but gives no witnesses to her marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:765-66 (SM Ch.: v.4, #190), her death/burial record, calls her Françoise TRAHAN "of Acadie, ... m.(2) Charles TRAHAN[sic]," & gives her parents' names.

When did she leave the river & move to the western prairies? 

Why does a record of her second marriage call her first husband Pierre & not Pasqual HÉBERT & another calls him Pierre TRAHAN?  Strange. 

31.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Barbe [TRAHAN], & lists her with her father, stepmother, & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 421, her birth/baptismal record, recorded at St.-Martin-des-Champs, Morlaix, calls her Françoise-Barbe TRAHAN, & gives her parents' but not her godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-56, calls her Barbe, sa [Marin TRAHAN's] fille, age 11, on the embarkation list, & Barbe TRAHAN, his [Marin TRAHAN's] daughter, age 11, on the complete listing, & says s he was in the 3rd Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with her father, stepmother, & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:493, 704 (ASM-2, 5), her marriage record, calls her Francisca-Maria-Barbara TRAHAN, calls her husband Alexo LEJEUNE, gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of Morlaix in Britany, France" & his "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan LEJEUNE [his brother] & Juan Bautista TRAHAN [her brother]; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:519 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1835), her succession inventory record, calls her Barbe TRAHAN m. Alexis LEJEUNE, gives her death date, lists her children & their spouses, & gives her husband's death date.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 84, 117.  

Only her marriage records adds Marie to her name.  Her baptismal record is followed here. 

Note the remarkable contrast in her name, her ages, & the gender of her child in the Lafourche valley censuses of 1797 & 1798.  It is as though there were 2 different women here, but there is no evidence that Alexis LEJEUNE remarried.  See BRDR, 2:493-94 (ASM-1, 208), for the baptismal record of son Alexis-Jean-Baptiste LEJEUNE, born to this couple at Assumption in Jun 1801.  Alexis died in Lafourche Interior Parish in Nov 1835, 2 1/2 years after Barbe died.  See Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:519 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1835), his succession record, which calls her Barbe TRAHAN, gives her death date as well as his, & lists their children. 

32.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Geneviève [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2604, her father's profile in the LA section, calls her Geneviève [TRAHAN], & says she was born in 1762 but gives no birthplace; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls her Geneviève, sa [Pierre TRAHAN's] fille, age 23, on the embarkation list, & Geneviève TRAHAN, his [Pierre TRAHAN's] daughter, age 23, on the complete listing, & was in the 35th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:584, 766 (SM Ch.: v.3, #152), her marriage record, calls her Geneviève TRAHAN "of Neder Prelle(?), 'la vieille Angleterre' (old England)," calls her husband Jean-Baptiste MORIN "du Canada, Paroisse St.-Pierre," gives her & his parents' names, says she was a minor daughter & he a minor son, that his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were François BOUDRO, Paul TRAHAN, Joseph HÉBERT, & Joseph DUHON; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:766 (SM Ch.: v.4, #13), her death/burial record, calls her Geneviève TRAHAN, "of France m. Jean-Baptiste MORIN," does not give her parents' names, & says she died "at age 25 yrs."  

Her family was at Liverpool, England, in 1762, so that is her likely birthplace.  According to Arsenault, p. 2604, she was her parents' second child.  

Considering her age at the time of her death & the fact that she died not quite 11 months after her wedding date, she probably succumbed to complications of childbirth.  Her husband remarried in Sep 1788, less than a year after her death.  His second wife, Marie-Marguerite MARKS, a German Creole, gave him many children.  

33.  Wall of Names, 26, calls him Germain TRAHAN; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2602, 2605, says he was born in 1758; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:172, 766 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.2, #218), his marriage record, calls him Germain TRAHAN, "resident of this Post," calls his wife Marie-Marthe CASTILLE, "native of Maryland in English America," gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "native of the Province of Acadie," calls him a major son, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Silvain BROUSSARD, Charles GUILBEAU, Mr. DUCRET, "major of this Post," & Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC;  BRDR, 2:704 (SGA-5, 55), his death/burial record, calls him Germain TRAHAN, "age about 30 years, husband of Marthe CASTILLE," but does not give his parents' names.  See also De Ville, Attakapas Post Census, 1771, 15; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 10.

Had he moved to St.-Gabriel after his marriage?  If not, what was he doing there at the time of his death?  His wife remarried to Laurent DUCREST in Apr 1787.  One wonders if this was the Major DUCREST who witnessed his marriage. 

34.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls him Grégoire [TRAHAN], & lists him with his widowed father & sister; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls him Grégoire, son [Olivier TRAHAN's] fils, cordonnier, age 18, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Grégoire TRAHAN, his [Olivier TRAHAN's] son, shoemaker, age 18, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 54th [50th] Family aboard La Bergère with his widowed father & sister.

What happened to him in LA after Jan 1788?

35.  Wall of Names, 26, calls him Honoré TRAHAN; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1449, 2603, calls him Honoré TRAHAN, says he was born in 1726, son of Jean [TRAHAN] & Marie GIROUARD of Pigiguit, says he married Marie CORPORON, daughter of Martin [CORPORON] & Marie JOSEPH in c1746 but gives no place of marriage, that he was deported to MD, was counted there in 1763 with his wife, their children, & young orphan Antoine LEJEUNE, that he died at Attakapas in 1791, & lists his children as Marie, born in 1747, Pierre in 1750, Marguerite in 1752, Jean in c1753, & Joseph in c1754, but gives no birthplaces; <thecajuns.com/britania.htm>, "Passengers on the Ship 'Britania," says Honoré's parents were Étienne TRAHAN & Françoise ROY; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:767 (Opel. Ch.: v.1, p.14), his death/burial record, calls him Honoré TRAHAN, but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152; De Ville, Mississippi Valley Melange, 1:40; De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 25.

White, DGFA-1, 415, profile of his wife, says that Marie, daughter of Martin CORPORON & his second wife Marie-Josèphe VIGER, married Honoré TRAHAN, son of Étienne TRAHAN & Françoise ROY, in c1746 but gives no place of marriage, so Honoré's parents were not Jean TRAHAN & Marie GIROUARD, as Arsenault claims.  Actually, Jean was Étienne's twin brother.  Arsenault simply mixed up the families.  The same holds true for Honoré's sister Marguerite, mother of the LEJEUNE orphans.  See Arsenault, pp. 1443-44; White, p. 1538. 

When did Honoré & Marie leave the Minas Basin & go to Île Royale?  Soon after their marriage?  Son Pierre was born at Louisbourg in c1750.  The Acadians on Île Royale were deported to France in late 1758, after the fall of Louisbourg that Jul, so Honoré must have taken his family back to Pigiguit before 1755.  How else would they have ended up in MD?

He served as witnesses to the third marriage of sister Anne at Ascension in Sep 1772.  Was he already living on the prairies & crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to attend the wedding, or was he living near her at Ascension & did not move to the prairies until later?  Note that he does not appear in an Opelousas census until Oct 1774. 

The Oct 1774 census at Opelousas did not list wives, only children, slaves, cattle, horses & mules, & swine. 

36.  Wall of Names, 26, calls him Jean TRAHAN; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2602, says he died 10 Aug 1799; BRDR, 1a(rev.):194 (SGA-2, 12), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean TRAHAN, calls his parents René TRAHAN & Élisabeth DAROIS, & says his godparents were Jacques LEBLANC & Marie BOUDROT; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:767, his death/burial record, calls his mother Isabelle JÉRÔME.  See also De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1785, 7.  

Jérôme was his mother's father's given name & the dit for that branch of the DAROIS family.  

Why does his burial record exaggerate his age by 15 years?  Was this the fault of family members who did not know the true age of their patriarch?  How common was this ignorance?  

37.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls him Jean TRAHAN, & lists him singly; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls him Jean TRAHAN, marin, age 35, on the embarkation list, Juan TRAHAM, on the debarkation list, & Jean TRAHAN, sailor, age 35, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 25th "Family" aboard Le Bon Papa with no one else; BRDR, 2:622, 705 (ASC-2, 14), perhaps his marriage record, calls him Juan-Bautista TRAHANT, calls his wife Isabelle RICHARD, does not give any parents' names but says all parents "were Acadians," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Charle RICHARD [her brother] & Alexis LE BRON.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 31.  

The priest at Ascension in the late 1780s generally did not bother to give parents' names in the marriages he recorded, so Jean TRAHAN's marriage to Élisabeth/Isabelle RICHARD is only an educated guess.  His age is right for the union, & all other Jean/Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN's are accounted for.  If he was the Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN who married Élisabeth RICHARD at Lafourche in May 1788, he would have been the father of her children Pierre TRAHAN, born in c1788, Jean TRAHAN in c1794, & Anne TRAHAN in c1792, based on ages found in the 1795 Lafourche valley census, though his wife's being called a widow in the 1791 Valenzuéla census makes no sense in light of the ages given for Jean & Anne 4 years later.  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 54, 163.

38.  Wall of Names, 26, calls him Jean-Athanase TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:632 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #318), his succession record, calls him Athanase TRAHAN m. Magdeleine THIBODEAUX.   

Where is his marriage record?  Who were his wife's parents?

39.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls him Jean-Baptiste [TRAHAN], & lists him with his widowed mother & 3 siblings; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2604, calls him Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, says he was born in 1760 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says his mother was Josephine GRANGER & that his parents were from Belle-Île-en-Mer, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, but lists no children for them; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 577-78, the Belle-Île-en-Mer section; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 30-31, calls him Jean-Baptiste, son [Marie-Josèphe GRANGER, veuve TRAHAN's] fils, charpentier, age 25, on the embarkation list, Juan Bautista TRAHAM, hijo de Maria Josefa GRANCHER, on the debarkation list, & Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, son [of Marie-Josèphe GRANGER, widow TRAHAN], carpenter, age 25, on the complete listing, says he was in the 6th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his mother & 3 siblings, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, but does not give the place of marriage; BRDR, 2:212, 705 (SGA-14, 3, #7), his marriage record, calls him Juan-Baptiste TRAHANT, calls his wife Ana-Genovefa DAIGLE, gives his & her parents' names, says all parents were "of England," but gives no witnesses to his marriage; BRDR, 4:532 (SJO-11, 12), perhaps his death/burial record, calls him J. Bapt. TRAHAN, but does not give his parents' names, mention a wife, or give his age at the time of his death.  See also Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 170, Family No. 307; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 524.  

He & his wife were living at the southern edge of Baton Rouge District when they married.  It was recorded at St.-Gabriel because there was no church at Baton Rouge until 1793, so couples in the Baton Rouge area were married by priests either from Pointe Coupée, upriver, or St.-Gabriel, downriver, until it got its own church.  

40.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls him Jean TRAHAN, & lists him with his wife & 4 children; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 163-64, Family No. 295, calls him Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, details his birth, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, says she was born in 1741 at Pigiguit, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son Charles-Marie, died age 13 mos. & buried 1 Mar 1778, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & daughter Marguerite-Jeanne, baptized 29 Aug 1779, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, died 23 Sep 1780, place not given but probably St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & details the family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 52-53, calls him Jean TRAHAN, laboureur, age 43[sic], on the embarkation list, & Jean TRAHAN, plowman, age 49, on the complete listing, says he was in the 42nd Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his wife & 4 children, says son Jean-Michel was born 21 Aug 1764 but gives no birthplace, & daughter Marie-Louise was born 27 Aug 1768 but gives no birthplace; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:711 (SM Ch.: v.4, #542), his death/burial record, calls him Jean TRAHAN, "of Acadia," says he died "suddenly at the residence of Charles BOURG, his son-in-law of Vermillion ... at age 77 yrs.," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:711 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ. #29), his succession record, calls him Jean Baptiste TRAHAN. 

Son Jean-Michel was born at Morlaix in Aug 1764.  Two of his daughters, Marie-Louise & Félicité, were born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1769 & c1771.  The family probably was still on the island in the early 1770s when Acadians at St.-Malo & other port cities participated in the Poitou settlement scheme.  

41.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, & lists him singly, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 58-59, calls him Jean-Bte TRAHAN, charpentier age 34, on the embarkation list, & Pierre[sic]-Baptiste TRAHAN, carpenter, age 34, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 10th "Family" of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with no one else; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:767, 771 (SM Ch.: v.3, #36),  the record of his first marriage, dated 3 Jan 1785, calls him Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN "of la veille Angleterre (old England - Britain)," calls his wife Marie-Françoise TRAHAN "d'Acadie," gives his & her parents' names, says he was a minor son of Jean TRAHAN & Magdelaine HÉBERT, says his wife was a minor daughter, that her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, but lists no witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:519, 635 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Mar. #81), the record of his second marriage, calls him Jean Baptiste TRAHAN, "widr. of Marie TRAHAN," calls his wife Françoise PITRE, "wid. of Joseph TRAHAN," but does not give any parents' names or list any witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:635 (Laf.Ch.: v.3, p.145), his death/burial record, calls him Jean Baptiste TRAHAN, says he died "at age 80 yrs.," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 417.  

But there are some serious conflicts in the sources cited above that must be sorted out.  The marriage date--3 Jan 1785--for Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, fils & Marie-Françoise TRAHAN of Attakapas, cited above, & the baptismal record of son Jean-Baptiste III, dated 25 Dec 1785, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:767 (SM Ch.: v.3, #89), which says the boy was born on 2 Jun 1785, pose a problem with Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, fils's arrival date.  If he married at Attakapas in Jan 1785 & his son was born there the following Jun, then he could not have come to LA in Sep 1785 aboard Le St.-Rémi.  If he had married a girl who had come to the colony from France, one could conclude that they were "married" in France before they left the mother country & that their son was born just before they left St.-Malo & was not baptized until after they reached LA.  But that was not the case.  Marie-Françoise TRAHAN was a native of LA whose family had come to the colony in 1765. 

There are other nagging conflicts in the evidence cited above:  Why does Father Hébert in his "complete listing" of Acadian Families in Exile 1785, p. 58, change the first name of Jean Bte TRAHAN to Pierre-Baptiste but gives no reason for the change in his "other references" section on p. 59?  If the single-listed Jean-Bte./Pierre-Baptiste TRAHAN who came to LA on Le St.-Rémi was, as the embarkation list says, age 34 in 1785, that would give him an estimated birth year of c1751, which means that, if he were Acadian, he would have been born somewhere in Acadia.  But Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, père & Marie-Modeste HÉBERT were married in Jan 1757 at Liverpool, England.  Is the age given on the embarkation list, cited above, a notation or transcription error?  Was Jean-Bte./Pierre-Baptiste TRAHAN of Le St.-Rémi actually 24 in 1785, not 34, & was born in c1761, not c1751?  What happened to Pierre-Baptiste TRAHAN?  No such name appears on the Acadian Memorial's Wall of Names. 

So the question must be asked:  Were the Jean-Baptiste of Attakapas, son of Jean TRAHAN & Madeleine HÉBERT & husband of Marie-Françoise TRAHAN, & the Jean-Bte./Pierre-Baptiste TRAHAN who came to LA in Sep 1785 aboard Le St.-Rémi, the same fellow, or were they different people?  As the embarkation list for Le St.-Rémi shows, Jean-Baptiste, fils, son of Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, père & Madeleine-Modeste HÉBERT, was not listed with the family--No. 42--that included his parents & siblings.  See Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 52-53.  If the Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN who married at Attakapas in Jan 1785 & the Jean-Baptiste/Pierre-Baptiste TRAHAN on Le St.-Rémi were not the same person, when did Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, fils, husband of Marie-Françoise TRAHAN, come to LA?  Was he a sailor in France who came to the colony on his own in the early 1780s?  If so, he would have been a rare Acadian indeed. 

No matter, there is plenty of evidence to conclude that Jean-Baptiste, fils, son of Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, père & Marie-Modeste HÉBERT, did come to LA; when he got there is the mystery.  And the evidence is clear that he was the one who married Marie-Françoise TRAHAN.  Baptismal records of Jean-Baptiste, fils & Marie-Françoise's daughters Marie-Isabelle, Marguerite, Rosalie, & Pélagie, dated 27 May 1798, 7 May 1800, & 11 May 1801, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:771-72, 1-B:715-16 (SM Ch.: v.5, #53, #258, #259, & #375), say that the girls' father was from Liverpool, England, & that their paternal grandparents were Jean TRAHAN & Madeleine HÉBERT of Acadia.  Liverpool, remember, was where Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, père & Madeleine-Modeste HÉBERT were married in Jan 1757.  The godparents of Jean-Baptiste, fils's daughter Marguerite were Pierre TRAHAN & Augustine AUCOIN.  Guess who were the parents of Pierre TRAHAN, husband of Anne-Augustine AUCOIN?  Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, père & Marie-Modeste HÉBERT.  Note also that in the marriage records of Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, père & Marie-Modeste HÉBERT's other children--Jeanne-Félicité, Jean-Michel, Marie-Louise, & Pierre, all found in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 1-A--their parents are almost invariably called ... Jean TRAHAN & Madeleine HÉBERT. 

The Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN in the Aug 1789 Attakapas militia list was most likely fils & not père because père would have been 54 in 1789, too old for the militia.  Jean-Baptiste, fils would have been 29 years old that year. 

42.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him Jean-Baptiste [TRAHAN], & lists him with his father, stepmother, & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-56, calls him Jean-Bte, son [Marin TRAHAN's] fils, charpentier, age 21, on the embarkation list, & Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN, his [Marin TRAHAN's] son, carpenter, age 21, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 3rd Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his father, stepmother, & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:591, 705 (ASC-2, 15), his marriage record, calls him Juan-Bautista TRAHAN, calls his wife Marie-Magdelena PINETTE, gives hers but not his parents' names, says his parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Eustache TRAHAN & Jean-Baptiste DAIGLE; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:520 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #709), his death/burial record, dated 30 Sep 1835, calls him Jean Baptiste TRAHAN, says he died "at age 70 yrs.," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:520 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1835), his succession inventory record, calls him Jean Baptiste TRAHAN, says he died on 29 Sep 1835, does not give his wife's name, says "Many heirs are listed, none are his own children," & lists them as [Marie] Marguerite TRAHAN [his younger sister] m. d.André DUROCHER, Marianne DUROCHER [his niece] m. Florentin BOUDRAUX, d.Barbe TRAHAN [his younger sister] m. Alexis LEJEUNE, Constance LEJEUNE [his niece] m. Joseph MOLAISON, Rosalie LEJEUNE [his niece] m. Joseph August HÉBERT, Marie LEJEUNE [his niece] m. Joseph LEBLANC, Madeleine LEJEUNE [his niece] m. Nicolas THIBODAUX, Melanie TRAHAN [his niece] m. Marcellin THIBODAUX, Constance TRAHAN [his niece] m. Uberville ARCENAUX, & Carmelite TRAHAN [his niece] m. Simonet TRAHAN.

Note that he was a year older than his stepmother.  He & his wife were that rare Acadian couple who had no children of their own, at least none who survived childhood. 

43.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Jean-Chrisostôme TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 422, his birth/baptismal record, recorded at Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, calls him Jean-Chrisosthôme TRAHAN, gives his parents' names, calls his father Jean-Chrisosthôme, but does not gives his godparents' names; BRDR, 2:340-41, 705 (ASM-2, 71), his marriage record, calls him Juan-Bautista/Bautiste TRAHAN "of Nantes, France," calls his wife Magdalena GUÉDRY "of St. James Parish," gives his & her parents' names, calls her mother Ysabel BRAUX, says her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Thomas de VILLANEUVA & Simon SIMONEAUX; BRDR, 6:622 (ASM-10, 75), his death/burial record, calls him Chrisostôme Thomas TRAHANT, "age 73 years," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.

His wife's mother was Élisabeth COMEAUX, not BREAUX.  

Where did the Plattenville priest who recorded his burial get Thomas as his middle name? 

44.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him François [TRAHAN], & lists him with his father, stepmother, & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 421, his birth/baptismal record, recorded at St.-Martin-des-Champs, Morlaix, calls him François-Marie TRAHAN, & gives his parents' but not his godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-56, calls him François, son [Marin TRAHAN's] fils, age 7, on the embarkation list, & Francois TRAHAN, his [Marin TRAHAN's] son, age 7, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 3rd Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his father, stepmother, & 5 siblings; BRDR, 3:820, 833 (ASM-2, 235), his marriage record, calls him Francisco TRAHAN "of St.-Martin Parish, Morlaix, France," calls his wife Joseph[sic] Amada THIBODAUX, gives his & her parents' names, says his father was deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Juan Maria TRAHAN [his brother], Joseph DUROGER (DUROCHE) [perhaps his brother-in-law], & François TUREYRA.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1777-98, 30.

Why did he wait so long to marry?  Why is he not in the Lafourche valley censuses of the 1790s?

45.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Jean-Marie [TRAHAN], & lists him with his father & 4 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls him Jean-Marie, son [Joachim TRAHAN's] fils, age 10, on the embarkation list, & Jean-Marie TRAHAN, his [Joachim TRAHAN's] son, age 10, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 34th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his father & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:281, 768 (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio D, #3; SM Ch.: v.4, #131), his marriage investigation record, dated 1 Jun 1796, calls him Jean-Marie TRAHAN "of Belle-isle-en-Mer in France, in this parish many years, a Catholic, 20 yrs. old," calls his wife Isabelle DUON "of Lafourche," give his but not her parents' names, says his parents were "of Acadia," that he & his prospective wife received dispensation from third degree of consanguinity, that "three banns [were] published or proclaimed at Attakapas on 10 Jul 1796," & that the witnesses to his marriage investigation were Louis CHEMIN, "bedo (sacristan)," Joseph BABIN, Olidon BROUSSARD, & Jean-Baptiste BRUSARD, "of this parish"; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:282, 768 (SM Ch.: v.4, #131), his marriage record, calls him Jean-Marie TRAHAN, calls his wife Izabelle DUON, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "de Belisle en mer, Europe in France," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Auguste TRAHAN, "hermonos del desposado (brother of the groom), Joseph BOUDREAUD, Jacques FOSTIN, & Paul TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:711 (SM Ch.: v.4, #341), his death/burial record, calls him Jean Marie TRAHAN of this parish, & gives his parents' names but not his wife's name.  

His birthplace is based on the whereabouts of his family in France in the late 1760s, 1770s, & early 1780s.  

Where was he in Jan 1788 if he was not with his older siblings at Lafourche?

46.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls him Jean-Marie [TRAHAN], & lists him with his father, stepmother, & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 422, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Joseph-Marie TRAHAN, & gives his parents' but not his godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-56, calls him Jean-Marie, son [Marin TRAHAN's] fils, age 8, on the embarkation list, & Jean-Marie TRAHAN, his [Marin TRAHAN's] son, age 8, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 3rd Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with his father, stepmother, & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:493, 705 (ASM-2, 38), the record of his first marriage, calls him Juan-Maria TRAHAN, calls his wife Adélaïde LEJEUNE, gives his & her parents' names, calls his father Juan-Maria, says all parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Juan LEJEUNE [her brother] & François HÉBERT; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:353, 520 (Thib.Ch.: v. 1, #395), the record of his second marriage, calls him Jean Marie TRAHAN, "native of Morlais, parish of St. Martin in France, widr. of Adélaïde LEJEUNE," calls his wife Marie Anne LEBEUF, "native of St. James on the River, wid. of Narcice MARCEL," gives his & her parents' names, but gives no witnesses to his marriage; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:520 (Houma Ct.Hse.: Succ. #39), his succession inventory record, calls him Jean Marie TRAHAN m. (1)d.Anne Adélaïde LEJEUNE, m.(2) Marianne LEBOEUF," & gives his death date.

47.  Wall of Names, 42, calls him Jean-Paul TRAHAN, & lists him singly; BRDR, 2:496, 704 (SGA-14, 10), his marriage record, calls him Jean TRAHAN, calls his wife Maria-Josefa LEJEUNE, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of St.-Malo, France" & hers "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Servand LEJEUNE & Charles BRAUX.  

Baton Rouge did not have a church of its own until 1793.  Before then, priests from Pointe Coupée, upriver, & St.-Gabriel, downriver, administered the sacraments to the settlers around Baton Rouge until it had a church of its own. 

48.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Joachin TRAHAN, & lists him with 5 children; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 165, Family No. 297, calls him Joachim TRAHAN, gives his birth date & place & his parents' names, calls him a ploughman, details his marriages, including his wives' parents' names, says his first wife died at Liverpool in 1757 but does not give her age at the time of her death, that his second wife, born in c1737, died at age 48 & was buried 5 Apr 1785 at St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, only 2 1/2 months before he & his children set sail for LA, provides the birth/baptism & marriage record of daughter Marie-Blanche by his first wife, born 29 Sep 1755, L'Assomption Pigiguit, married Germain CAILLO, 16 Nov 1785, St.-Similien, Nantes, & details the family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls him Joachim TRAHAN, laboureur, age 50, on the embarkation list, & Joachim TRAHAN, plowman, age 50, on the complete listing, says he was in the 34th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with no wife & 6 children, calls his wife Marie-Magdalen DUHON, says daughter Marie-Victoire was born 9 Jul 1781 & died 25 Feb 1782 but gives no birth or death place, daughter Catherine was born 24 Apr 1773 but gives no birthplace, daughter Marie-Félicité was born 16 Jan 1770 but gives no birthplace, & daughter Marie-Vincente was born 28 Apr 1784 but gives no birthplace.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 28.  

His older daughter Marie-Blanche & her husband seem to have stayed in France in 1785.  

The brochure that accompanies the Robert Dafford Mural, Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville, insists that his middle name was Hyacinthe.  See daughter Catherine's marriage record, dated 34 Apr 1793, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:763 (SM Ch.: v.4, #79), which calls him Hiacinthe [TRAHAN], the only primary source where I have found this name.  

49.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls him Joseph TRAHAN, & lists him with his wife & 3 children; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls him Joseph TRAHAN, journalier, age 59, on the embarkation list, Joseph TRAHAN, on the debarkation list, & Joseph TRAHAN, day laborer, age 59, on the complete listing, says he was in the 52nd Family aboard La Bergère with his wife & 3 children, details his marriage but does not give his or his wife's parents' names nor the place of marriage, says son Anselme was born in 1766 but gives no birthplace, & lists the implements the Spanish gave to him & his family after they reached LA.  

When did he die?  Where?  Note that he is not in any of the Lafourche valley censuses of 1788-98. 

50.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls him Joseph TRAHAN, & lists him with his wife & 2 children; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 162, Family No. 291, profile of his parents' family, calls him Joseph TRAHAN, says he was born c1750 "in the Parish of L'Assomption in Acadie," which was Pigiguit, that he was a domestic & resident of "the Parish of Saint-Nicolas below La Fosse," which was in the city of Nantes; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 166-67, Family No. 300, calls him Joseph TRAHAN, says he was born c1750 at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, gives his parents' names, says he was a carpenter & "resident since several years in the Parish of Saint-Nicolas of Nantes," details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, says his wife was also "resident since several years in the Parish of Saint-Nicolas below La Fosse," includes the birth/baptismal records of son Joseph-René, baptized 11 Nov 1780, St.-Nicolas, Nantes, & daughter Antoinette, baptized 17 Nov 1782, St.-Nicolas, Nantes, & details the family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 34-35, calls him Joseph TRAHAN, age 44, on the embarkation list, Josef TRAHAM, on the debarkation list, & Joseph TRAHAN, no occupation listed, age 44, on the complete listing, says he was in the 18th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his wife & 2 children, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names but gives no place of marriage, & says daughter Antoinette was baptized in 1782 but gives no place of baptism.

He was probably a domestic when he was young, & a carpenter when he was grown.

The passenger list of Le Beaumont does not have a special note that Joseph & his family went to the Attakapas District, as it does for several other families from that ship, because he & Marguerite went to Baton Rouge/Manchac first, with the majority of the passengers from their ship (including Marguerite's family) before moving to Attakapas.  See the baptismal record of son François-Antoine, dated 29 Dec 1785, in BRDR, 2:704 (SGA-11, 4, #9), which says the boy was born on 2 Dec 1785, probably at Manchac.  This means that Marguerite was pregnant on the voyage over.

51.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls him Joseph [TRAHAN], & lists him with his widowed mother & 4 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 576, the Belle-Île-en-Mer section, calls him Joseph TRAHAN, gives his birth date but not his birthplace, gives his parents' names, & says his family "was held at Falmouth, England, entered France at Morlaix," says that five other children were born at Belle-Île" & that "members of this family left for Louisiana in 1785 on the Beaumont"; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls him Joseph, son [Anne GRANGER, veuve TRAHAN's] fils, journallier, age 21, on the embarkation list, Josef TRAHAM, hijo de Anan GRANCHER, on the debarkation list, & Joseph TRAHAN, her [Anne GRANGER, widow TRAHAN's] son, day laborer, age 21, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 7th Family aboard Le Beaumont with is mother & 4 siblings; BRDR, 2:704-05 (SGA-14, 27, #102), his marriage record, calls him Joseph TRAHAN, calls his wife Margarita DOVERON, "widow of Victor DEGLE," gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were "of Morles in France" & hers "of St.-Malo, France," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Jose LEGON & Miguel GAREY. 

His parents, both natives of the Minas Basin who were exiled to VA in 1755 & deported to England in 1756, & and 2 of his older sisters, both born in England, were repatriated from Falmouth, England, to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763, months before he was born.  They were not counted at Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, until 1765, so Joseph, fils likely was born at Morlaix before the family went to the island. 

His wife was a DOIRON, not a DOVERON. 

52.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Joseph [TRAHAN], & lists him with his parents & 5 sisters; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2604, his father's profile in the LA section, calls him Joseph-Marie [TRAHAN], & says he was born in 1777 but gives no birthplace; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 423, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph-Marie TRAHAN, gives his parents' names, calls his father a laboureur, but does not give his godparents' names; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 170, Family No. 306, calls him Joseph [TRAHAN], & details his family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls him Joseph, son [Pierre TRAHAN's] fils, age 8, on the embarkation list, & Joseph TRAHAN, his [Pierre TRAHAN's] son, age 8, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 35th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 5 sisters.  

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

53.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Joseph TRAHAN; BRDR, 3:537, 834 (ASC-2, 113), his marriage record, calls him Joseph TRAHANT, calls his wife Henriette LEBLANC, gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Simon LEBLANC, Paulin MELANÇON, & Narcisse LANDRY; BRDR, 3:833 (ASM-3, 100), his death/burial record, calls him Josef TRAHAN, "age 36 yrs., married to Enrrieta LEBLANC," & gives his parents' names.    

54.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls him Joseph-Rémi [TRAHAN], & lists him with his parents & a sister; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 167, Family No. 300, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph-René TRAHAN, but does not give his godparents' names; Hébert, D., Acadians Families in Exile 1785, 34-35, calls him Joseph-Rémi, son [Joseph TRAHAN's] fils, age 4, on the embarkation list, Josef Remigio, su [Josef TRAHAM's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Joseph-Rémi TRAHAN, his [Joseph TRAHAN's] son, age 4, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 18th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his parents & a sister.

What happened to him in LA?  Did he survive the crossing from France?

55.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls her Julie [TRAHAN], & lists her with her widowed mother & 4 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls her Julie, sa [Anne GRANGER, veuve TRAHAN's] fille, age 14, on the embarkation list, Julia, hijo de Anan GRANCHER, on the debarkation list, & Julie TRAHAN, her [Anne GRANGER, widow TRAHAN's] daughter, age 14, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 7th Family aboard Le Beaumont with her mother & 4 siblings; BRDR, 2:5a, 15a, 3:236, 835 (SJO-3, 2), her corrected marriage record, calls her Marie-Julia TRAHAN, calls her husband Juan-Bautista DEGRE, gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were "of Acadia," that the witnesses to her marriage were Félipe ANGELHEART, Simon Pedro DEGRE, Francisco GUIDRY, & Maria Julia TRAHAN [sic], & says "On this record, incorrect bride was published in Vol. 2 [of BRDR]."

See BRDR, 2:216, for the erroneous marriage record. 

56.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls her Louise-Rennée [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & no siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 169, Family No. 305, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Louise-Renée TRAHAN, gives her parents' names not her godparents' names, & details the family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 54-55, calls her Louise-Rennée, sa [Pierre TRAHAN's] fille, age 2, on the embarkation list, & Louise-Renée TRAHAN, his [Pierre TRAHAN's] daughter, age 2, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 48th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & no siblings.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 499; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 46.  

If she was baptized in Jan 1784, why did she not appear in the Sep 1784 Spanish census of the Acadians at Nantes with her parents?  Nor does she appear with them at Lafourche in 1788, when she would have been 4 years old.  Did she survive the crossing from France, or did she die in the colony soon after her family arrived?  

57.  Wall of Names, 26, calls her Madeleine TRAHAN; BRDR, 2:363, 706 (PCP-2, part 2, 110; PCP-4, 71), her marriage record, calls her Magdelene TRAHAN, calls her husband Joseph HÉBERT, gives her & his parents' names, says all parents were "of Acadia,"" & that the witnesses to her marriage were ____ MERCIER & Jean BERARD; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:410, 770 (SM Ch.: Folio A-1, p.10), another record of her marriage, calls her Magdelene TRAHAN, "native of Acadia, resides in Attakapas," calls her husband Joseph HÉBERT "of Acadia, living at Attakapas," gives her & his parents' names, says the witnesses to her marriage were Jean BERARD, ____ GREVEMBER, ____ GAIGNARD, & ____ MERCIER, & that the priest who recorded the marriage was "of Pointe Coupée"; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:713 (SM Ch.: v.4, #292), her death/burial record, calls her Magdeliene TRAHAN "of Acadia" ... m. to Joseph HÉBERT, gives her parents' names, & says she died "at age 60 yrs."

Her marriage was recorded at Pointe Coupée because the Attakapas parish, though it dated from 1765, did not have a resident priest from the late 1760s into the early 1780s, so the Pointe Coupée priest served as a missionary to the prairie districts during that period. 

58.  Wall of Names, 12, calls her Madeleine TRAHAN; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2438-39, 2440, calls her Marie-Marguerite.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 153; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 174; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 447.

59.  Wall of Names, 26, calls her Madeleine TRAHAN, & lists her singly; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2508; BRDR, 2:360, 706 (SJA-1, 13), her marriage record, calls her Magdelaine TRAHANT, calls her husband François HÉBERE, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were André LEBLANC & Josephe DUPUIS.  See also De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 19. 

When did she reach LA?  Judging by her age (38) & his (36) at the time of their marriage, plus the age of his children in the St.-Jacques census of 1777, François must have been married before.  Madeleine may have been a widow as well at the time of her marriage to François. 

60.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls her Magdeleine TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & 4 daughters; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 30, Family No. 61, calls her Madeleine TRAHAN, says she was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, does not give her parents' names, details her marriage, says they were married in c1759 but gives no place of marriage, does not give her husband's parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Rose DARROIS, baptized 1 Aug 1775, Pouthume, Châtellerault, goddaughter of Pierre TÉRIOT & Élisabeth DARROIS, her sister, died age 5 weeks & buried 5 Sep 1775, Pouthume, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 50, Family No. 97, calls her Madeleine TRAHAN, says she was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, does not give her parents' names, details her marriage, says they were married in c1759 but gives no place of marriage, does not include her husband's parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Marie-Élizabeth DARROIS, baptized 17 Sep 1776, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, son Joseph-Étienne DARROIS, baptized 20 Sep 1780, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, died age 1 & buried 10 Sep 1781, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & son Jacques-Étienne DARROIS, baptized 29 Mar 1783, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, died age 11 months & buried 13 Feb 1784, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 52-53, calls her Magdeleine TRAHAN, sa [Étiene DAROIS's] feme, age 45, on the embarkation list, & Magdalaine TRAHAN, his [Étienne DARROIS's] wife, age 45, on the complete listing, says she was in the 40th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her husband & 4 daughters, details her marriage but does not include her or her husband's parents' names, says they were married in c1759 but gives no place of marriage, & says daughter Marie-Élizabeth [DAROIS] was baptized in 1776 but gives no place of baptism; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:520 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, p.59), her death/burial record, calls her Madelaine TRAHAN m. Éthienne DAROIS, but does not give her parents' names.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 503; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 31, 66, 104, 120, 163.

So who were her parents?  The baptismal records of 5 of her children place her in St.-Martin Parish, Morlaix, France, in 1766-73.  See Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 99. 

61.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Magdeleine [TRAHAN], & lists her with her father, stepmother, & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-56, calls her Madeleine, sa [Marin TRAHAN's] fille, age 23, on the embarkation list, & Madelaine TRAHAN, his [Marin TRAHAN's] daughter, age 23, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 3rd Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with her father, stepmother, & 5 siblings. 

What happened to her in LA?  She does not appear in the Valenzuéla census of Jan 1788 with the rest of her siblings.  See Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 30.  Did she survive the crossing from France?  Unfortunately, the debarkation list for Le St.-Rémi did not survive.  

62.  Wall of Names, 44, calls her Magdelaine TRAHAN.  

What happened to her in LA?  Did she survive the crossing from France?

Françoise TRAHAN, widow of Pascal HÉBERT, crossed to LA with her & her husband.  Francoise's parents were Pierre TRAHAN & Jeanne DAIGLE.  If Madeleine & Françoise were siblings, voila. 

63.  Wall of Names, 26, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:636 (SM Ch.: v.5, p.17, #29), her death/burial record, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN, "m. d.René LEBLANC," says she died "at age 80 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names.    

64.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls her Margueritte TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & 4 children; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 762, Family No. 893; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 612, Family No. 706; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls her Margueritte TRAHAN, sa [Simon MIEROLLE's] femme, age 38, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN, his [Simon MAZEROLLE's] wife, age 38, on the complete listing, says she was in the 6th Family aboard La Bergère with her husband & 4 children, details her marriage, including the names of her & her husband's parents, & says daughter Élizabeth-Marie was born in 1769; BRDR, 2:706 (ASC-1, 200e), probably her death/burial record, calls her Margarita TRAHAN, an Acadian, but does not give her age or her parents' or husband's names.

Her husband remarried in Jan 1788, so the burial record cited above is probably hers.  The only other possibility would be Marguerite TRAHAN, wife of Michel LEVRON; all other Marguerite TRAHAN's at Lafourche--& there were 4 more of them--appear in church or census records after 1786.  

65.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls her Margueritte [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & 2 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls her Margueritte, sa [Joseph TRAHAN's] fille, age 11, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN, his [Joseph TRAHAN's] daughter, age 11, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 52nd Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & 2 siblings; BRDR, 2:92, 706 (ASM-2, 32), her marriage record, calls her Margarita TRAHAN, "of St.-Malo," calls her husband Belonio BLANCHARD "of St.-Malo," gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Luis VERRET & Ambrosio HÉBERT. 

Where was she in the late 1780s & early 1790s?  Why is she not in the Valenzuéla censuses of 1788-98? 

66.  Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls her Margueritte TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & a son; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 129, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, her 2 young sons died, detailed in the footnote for her husband's profile; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 504-05, Family No. 562, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN, says she was born in c1729 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, details her marriage, including her husband's parents' names, says he was born in c1734 but gives no birthplace, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son François-Guillaume HENRY, born & baptized 10 Feb 1759, St.-Servan, godson of François HUET & Guillemette-Pélagie SEMIDON, died age 3 days 10[sic] Feb 1759, buried next day, St.-Servan, son Pierre-Marin HENRY, born & baptized 23 Feb 1760, St.-Servan, godson of Pierre CIARDIN & Marie ROULIN, son Jean-Félix HENRY, born 17 May 1761, baptized next day, St.-Servan, godson of Michel CAISSY & Anne KIMINE, son Joseph-Philippe HENRY, born 18 Jul 1762, baptized next day, St.-Servan, godson of Philippe VIBERT & Rosalie TRAHAN, son Amant HENRY, born & baptized 15 Jul 1764, St.-Servan, godson of Amant HENRY & Marie CONVENANCE, daughter Marguerite-Sophie HENRY, born & baptized 6 Oct 1765, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Félix BRAUD & Marguerite HENRY, son Cyrille-François HENRY, born 19 Aug 1767, baptized next day, St.-Servan, godson of Cyrille TÉRRIOT & Françoise CROIZOL, son François-Michel HENRY, born & baptized 24 Feb 1769, St.-Servan, godson of Augustin BENOIST & Rosalie BEAUMONT, & daughter Adélaïde-Marie HENRY, born & baptized 31 Mar 1770, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Michel BEAUMONT & Françoise TÉRRIOT, says she & her husband "disembarked at St. Malo on January 23, 1759 from one of the 'Five ships'," & that her family resided at St.-Servan from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 97-98, Family No. 180, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN, says she was born in c1729 but gives no birthplace, details her marriage but does not give her or her husband's parents' names, says she & her husband were married in c1758 but gives no place of marriage, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Marie-Sophie HENRY, died age 13 & buried 17 Jan 1778, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & son Joseph-Philippe HENRY, born c1762, St.-Servan, seaman, "resident of the Parish of Saint-Martin of Chantenay since many years," & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, calls her Margueritte TRAHAN, sa [Pierre HENRY] femme, age 54, on the embarkation list, Margarita TRAHAM, su [Pedro HENRIQUE's] muger, on the debarkation list, & Marguerite TRAHAN, his [Pierre HENRY's] wife, age 54, on the complete listing, says she was in the 45th Family aboard Le Beaumont with her husband & a son, details her marriage but gives no parents' names, says she & her husband were married in c1758 but gives no place of marriage, & says son Cyrille-François [HENRY] was born in 1767 but gives no birthplace.  

Son Cyrille-François HENRY accompanied her & her husband to LA.  Son Joseph-Philippe HENRY went to LA with his wife & 2 stepsons on a different ship.  But what of her other children born in France--Pierre-Marin, Jean-Félix, Amant, François-Michel, & Adélaïde-Marie HENRY, who would have been ages 25, 24, 21, 16, & 15, respectively in 1785?  Did the older ones marry & remain in the mother country?  What happened to the younger ones?  

67.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls her Marguerite TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & 2 children, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN, sa [Michel LEVRON's] feme, age 50, on the embarkation list, & Marguerite TRAHAN, his [Michel LEVRON's] wife, age 50, on the complete listing, says she was in the 1st Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with her husband & 2 children, & says daughter Marie-Josèphe-Françoise [TRAHAN] was born 22 Oct 1762 but gives no birthplace.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 513.

Did she & her husband survive the crossing from France?  BRDR, 2:706 (ASC-1, 200e), perhaps her death/burial record, calls the deceased Margarita TRAHAN, an Acadian, but does not give her age or her parents' or husband's names.

68.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Marguerite TRAHAN veuve, & lists her with a daughter, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 58-59, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN, veuve, age 49, on the embarkation list, & Marguerite TRAHAN, widow, age 49, on the complete listing, says she was in the 13th Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with a daughter, says she married Joseph TRAHAN but does not give the date or place or her & her husband's parents' names, says daughter Augustine-Pélagie [TRAHAN] was born 28 Aug 1772 at Morlaix, son Pierre-Grégoire [TRAHAN] was born 23 Nov 1769 but gives no birthplace, daughter Marie-Josèphe [TRAHAN] was born 3 Mar 1766 at Morlaix, & son Paul-Joseph [TRAHAN] was born 30 Jul 1768 at Morlaix.

Her daughter Marie-Josèphe TRAHAN's family is several families above hers on the embarkation list of Le St.-Rémi.  Daughter Augustine-Pélagie TRAHAN crossed to LA with her.  None of her other children made it to LA.  

69.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Marguerite [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2604, her father's profile in the LA section, calls her Marie-Marguerite [TRAHAN], & says she was born in 1768 but gives no birthplace; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 170, Family No. 306, calls her Marguerite [TRAHAN], & details her family's voyage to LA; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls her Marguerite, sa [Pierre TRAHAN's] fille, age 16, on the embarkation list, & Marguerite TRAHAN, his [Pierre TRAHAN's] daughter, age 16, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 35th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:410, 763 (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio C, #2), her marriage investigation record, calls her Catherine-Marguerite TRAHAN, "22 yrs. old of Belle Isle en Mer in Bretagne, France, bt. at St. Peter Church, Bengor," calls her husband Joseph HÉBERT, "over 18 yrs. old, of Attakapas, bt. this parish," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage investigation were Jean HÉBERT, "38 years old," & Charles DUGAT; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:410, 771 (SM Ch.: v.4, #44), her marriage record, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN "of Belle-ise-en-Mer in Bretagne," calls her husband Joseph HÉBERT, gives her & his parents' names, says his father was "of Acadia," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph DUHON, Michel TRAHAN, Augustin TRAHAN, Joseph BOUDREAU, & A. DE COIRIN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:714 (SM Ch.: v.4, #363), her death/burial record, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN "of Belle Isle-en-Mer, France, ... m. to Joseph HÉBERT," gives her parents' names, says they were "of Acadia in this parish," & that she was buried "at age 37 yrs."  

Note that her husband's mother was a TRAHAN, so she & her husband were distant cousins, but how distant?  

70.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Marguerite [TRAHAN], & lists her with her father, stepmother, & 5 siblings, with the notation:  ceux de Morlais arrives a Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le meme navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 425, probably her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Marguerite TRAHAN, gives her parents' names, says they were demeurant rue Longue Bourret, & that she was goddaughter of Marguerite TÉRIO but does not give her godfather's name; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-56, calls her Marguerite, sa [Marin TRAHAN's] fille, age 15, on the embarkation list, & Marguerite TRAHAN, his [Marin TRAHAN's] daughter, age 15, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 3rd Family of ceux de Morlais arrivés à Paimboeuf pour s'embarquer sur le même Navire [those from Morlaix arriving at Paimboeuf in order to embark on the same ship] Le St.-Rémi with her father, stepmother, & 5 siblings; NOAR, 6:266 (SLC, F4, 37), perhaps her death/burial record, calls her Margarita TRAHAN, "native of Acadian Coast (in Louisiana), 26 yr., sp. Andrés DUROCHER," & calls her parents Marin TRAHAN & Magdalena GAUTIER.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 51, 76.

I have not found her marriage record, but she is the only Marguerite TRAHAN whose estimated birth year fits the ages of André DUROCHER's wife in the Lafourche valley censuses of 1795 & 1797.  DUROCHER is not an Acadian name, so I will assume that he was French Creole, unless his name was DESROCHES/DEROCHE, which was Acadian, but there is no evidence that an Acadian named André DESROCHES/DEROCHE came to LA.  

How could she have been counted in the Lafourche valley census of Apr 1797 if she was buried at New Orleans in Oct 1796?  Why did the New Orleans priest who recorded her burial call her mother Magdalena, or Madeleine, GAUTIER when she was a LEBLANC?  

I need a TRAHAN family historian to help me here.  

71.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Margueritte TRAHAN; BRDR, 2:512, 706 (ASM-2, 68), her marriage record, calls her Margarita TRAHAN "of Nantes, France," calls her husband Joseph MAITREJEAN, "res. New Orleans, native of Belleisle in Mer," gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Juan TRAHAN & Ambroise HÉBERT. 

Her husband's mother was an Acadian DUHON who married his father at Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in Jun 1777.  Antoine MAITREJEAN's parents--Joseph's paternal grandparents--were Jacques MAITREJEAN & Christine LA ROCHE of Dijon, so Antoine was probably from Dijon.  Antoine was an employe au ferme du Roy, whatever that was.  See Hébert, Acadians in Exile, 314.  Marie DUHON's parents--Joseph's maternal grandparents--Honoré DUHON & Anne-Geneviève TRAHAN (so Marguerite & Joseph were distant cousins)--came to LA aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 & went to San Bernardo, an Isleño settlement below New Orleans.  When did Joseph come to LA?  Did he come with his parents?  His mother is not on the Acadian Memorial's Wall of Names, & he appears on no passenger lists of the Seven Ships expedition, so he may have come to LA alone & after 1785.     

72.  Wall of Names, 44, calls her Marguerite TRAHAN; BRDR, 3:834 (ASM-3, 108), her death/burial record, calls her Margarita TRAHAN, "age 74 yrs. of Acadia," gives her parents' names but mentions no husband. 

Did she ever marry?  If not, why not?  Her old sister Marie also seems to have remained unmarried. 

73.  Wall of Names, 11, calls her Marie TRAHAN.  See also Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152.

74.  Wall of  Names, 27 (pl. 6R), calls her Marie TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & 3 children; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 570; Hébert. D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 4-5, calls her Marie TRAHAN, sa [Simon LEBLANC's] femme, age 51, on the embarkation list, Maria TRAHAN, su [Simon LEBLANC's] muger, on the debarkation list, & Marie TRAHAN, his [Simon LEBLANC's] wife, age 51, on the complete listing, says she was in the 7th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her husband & 3 children, & details her second marriage, including the names of hers & his parents; BRDR, 3:547 (SGA-8, 75), her death/burial record, places her in the LEBLANC family section, calls her Marie, "age 80 yrs., wid. Simon LEBLANC," but does not give her parents' names. 

I have no doubt that this is her burial record.  The ages, & her second husband's name, tell it all. 

75.  Wall of Names, 30 (pl. 7L), calls her Marie TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & 2 children; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 16-17, calls her Marie TRAHAN, sa [Gabriel MOREAU's] femme, age 54, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie TRAHAN, his [Gabriel MOREAU's] wife, age 54, on the complete listing, says she was in the 27th Family aboard La Bergère with her husband, called Gabriel MOREAU, journalier, age 61, on the embarkation list, Gabriel MOREAU, on the debarkation list, & Gabriel MOREAU, day laborer, age 61, on the complete listing, & 2 children, son Maximin MOREAU, a printer, age 24, & daughter [Marie-]Anne[-Barbe] MOREAU, age 18, says that son Francois-Marie [MOREAU] was born 31 Jul 1796 but gives no birth place, that son Germain-Marie [MOREAU] was born in 1767 but also gives no birth place, that daughter Marie-Anne [MOREAU] was born in 1765 but gives no birth place, that son Pierre-Vincent [MOREAU] was born in 1764 but gives no birthplace, & says that upon arrival in LA the Spanish gave the family 1 each of shovel & meat cleaver, & 2 each of axe, hatchet, & hoe.

I have not found her husband in either Arsenault, Généalogie, or White, DGFA-1, so I am assuming that she married him in France & that he was not Acadian.  See Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 331-32, for the baptismal records of four of their children, all born at Morlaix:  Pierre-Vincent, born  in 1764, Marie-Anne-Barbe in 1765, Germain-Marie in 1767, & François-Marie in 1769.  Of these children, only Marie-Anne-Barbe, called Anne, accompanied her parents to LA.  Even son Maximin, whose age on the passenger list of La Bergère gives a birth year of c1761, would have been born in France if his mother had arrived there in early 1759, though most of the TRAHANS who ended up in France came from England in 1763.  

In LA, the MOREAU family would be classified as French Creoles since they were not Acadian, not French Canadian, & they came to LA before 1803.

What happened to her in LA?  Did she survive the crossing from France?

76.  Wall of Names, 31 (pl. 7R), calls her Marie [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & 2 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 22-23, calls her Marie, sa [Joseph TRAHAN's] fille, age 18, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie TRAHAN, his [Joseph TRAHAN's] daughter, age 18, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 52nd Family aboard La Bergère with her parents & 2 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:282, 772-73 (SM Ch.: v.4, #18), her marriage record, calls her Marie-Magdeleine TRAHAN "of St.-Malo," calls her husband Joseph DUHON, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph MODENA, François ____, & Joseph BOUDREAUX; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:715 (SM Ch.: v.4, #331), her death/burial record, calls her Marie-Magdeleine TRAHAN, "m. to Firmin DUON," but does not give her parents' names or her age at the time of her death. 

The Valenzuéla census of 1788 was conducted in Jan, & she married at Attakapas in Jul, so that pinpoints her move to the prairies.  One can see in the 1788 census that she & older brother Anselme were probably orphans by then.  Joseph-Firmin, called Firmin, DUHON was a native of LA, his family having come to LA from Halifax in 1765 & moved to Attakapas from St.-Jacques in the 1770s, a decade before Marie-Madeleine came to LA.  Why did she leave Lafourche for the prairies?  How did she meet Firmin?  This is just one of those little mysteries we may never solve.  She gave him many sons & daughters.  Notice how young she was when she died; her son Jean-Baptiste DUHON was born 8 days before her death, so his birth probably killed her.  Jean-Baptiste survived.  Firmin remarried in Feb 1805, but most of his children came from Marie-Madeleine. 

77.  Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls her Marie TRAHAN, & lists her with her husband & no children; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 36, Family No. 68, calls her Marie-Blanche TRAHAN, says she was born c1766 "in the Parish of Sauzon on Belle-Isle-en-Mer," details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, & details their voyage to LA in 1785; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 167, Family No. 301, calls her Marie-Blanche TRAHAN, says she was born c1766 at Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, says her father was born Feb 1734 "in Pisiguit, Parish of L'Assomption in Acadie," that he was son of Francois TRAHAN & Angélique MELANSON, that her mother was born in 1738 but gives no birthplace & was daughter of Joseph LEBLANC & Madeleine LALANDE, that her parents married 17 Dec 1756, in Liverpool, England, that her mother remarried 26 Nov 1782 "in the Church of Saint-Martin of Chantenay" to Jean SCOTT, & details her marriage to Joseph BRAUD; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 36-37, calls her Marie TRAHAN, sa [Joseph BROD's] femme, age 19, on the embarkation list, Maria TRAHAM, su [Josef BREAUD's] muger, on the debarkation list, & Marie TRAHAN, his [Joseph BRAUD's] wife, age 19, on the complete listing, says she was in the 29th Family on the embarkation list & the 30th Family on the debarkation list of Le Beaumont with her husband & no children, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, but gives no place of marriage; BRDR, 4:533 (SJO-11, 18), her death/burial record, calls her Marie Blanche TRAHAN, "age ca. 60 yrs., wid. BRAU," but does not give her parents' names.  

78.  Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls her Marie [TRAHAN], & lists her with her widowed mother & 4 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 96, Family No. 187, details her family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s but does not give the names of the children; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 162-63, Family No. 293, details her family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s but does not give the names of the children; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, does not include her on the embarkation list, calls her Maria, su [Magdalena LEBLANC, viuda TRAHAM's] hija, on the debarkation list, & Marie TRAHAN, her [Magdelaine LEBLANC, widow TRAHAN's] daughter, no age given, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 48th Family aboard Le Beaumont with her mother & 4 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:103-04, 772 (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.30), the record of her first marriage, calls her Marie-Jeane/Jeanne TRAHAN, calls her husband Joseph BOUTIN, gives her & his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were ____ DEBORDE, Jean TRAHAN, J. GUIDRY, & Rensuval MIRS(?); Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:542, 772 (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.79), the record of her second marriage, calls her Marie-Jeane TRAHAN "of St.-Servan, France, widow of Joseph BROUTIN (perhaps/probably BOUTIN)," calls her husband Balthazar MARKS "of St. John Baptiste parish on the Mississippi," gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to her marriage were François STELLY & Baptiste STELLY; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:715 (Opel. Ch.: v.1, p.60), her death/burial record, calls her Marie-Jeanne TRAHAN, "spouse of Baltazar MAX (MARKS)," says she was buried "at age about 32 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:715 (LSAR: Opel.: 1804), her succession record, calls her Marie Jeanne TRAHAN, "wid. of Balthazar MARC." 

Why are she & her family not on the embarkation list of Le Beaumont?  Were they all stowaways?  Unlikely.  The census at Fort Bute & her first marriage record reveal that she moved to Opelousas in c1789. 

Her second husband's first wife's name can be found in the baptismal records of his children by his first wife in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:541-42.  According to the priest at Opelousas at that time, Fr. Michel BARRIERE (formerly of Attakapas), Balthazar & André MARKS' surname was also spelled AMAT, MARQUES, MAX, & MAZSC.  The brothers evidently were German Creoles from the Upper German Coast. 

79.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls her Marie TRAHAN, & lists her singly; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 54-55, calls her Marie TRAHAN, fille, age 20, on the embarkation list, & Marie TRAHAN, young girl, age 20, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 52nd "Family" aboard Le St.-Rémi with no one else.

Who was she?  What happened to her in LA?  Did she survive the crossing from France?

80.  Wall of Names, calls her Marie TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 577, a list of the Acadian families at Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, calls her Marie-Élisabeth TRAHAN, gives her parents' names, her father's birthplace, her birth date but not birthplace, & says "The family was held at Liverpool, England; entered France at Morlaix; seven other children were born at Belle-Île. ..."; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:637 (Laf. Ch.: v.3, p. 72), her death/burial record, calls her Marie TRAHAN m. Louis BOURG, says she died "at age 66 yrs.," but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:637 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Succ.#298), her succession record, calls her Marie TRAHAN m. Lucien BOURQUE. 

It can be safely deduced that she was born at Liverpool.  So says the baptismal record of son Placide BOURG, dated 7 May 1797, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:100-01 (SM Ch.: v.4, #858).

Her burial record misses her actual age by exactly a decade.  One wonders if it is a misprint. 

81.  Wall of Names, 44, calls her Marie TRAHAN.  

What happened to her in LA?  Did she survive the crossing from France?

82.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls her Marie-Anne [TRAHAN], & lists her with her widowed mother & 4 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 32-33, calls her Marie-Anne, sa [Anne GRANGER, veuve TRAHAN's] fille, age 16, on the embarkation list, Mariana, hijo de Anan GRANCHER, on the debarkation list, & Marie-Anne TRAHAN, her [Anne GRANGER, widow TRAHAN's] daughter, age 16, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 7th Family aboard Le Beaumont with her mother & 4 siblings; BRDR, 3:715, 834 (SJO-3, 42), her marriage record, calls her Maria Anna DRAHAN, calls her husband Juan PREVOT, gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were "of Baton Rouge," & says the witnesses to her marriage were Jose DRAHAN [TRAHAN, probably her brother] & Jose SHARP.

Why did she wait so long to marry?

83.  Wall of Names, 25, calls her Marie-Françoise TRAHAN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:767, 771 (SM Ch.: v.3, #36), her marriage record, calls her Marie-Françoise TRAHAN "d'Acadie," calls her husband Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN "of "'la vieille Angleterre' (old England, Britain), gives her & his parents' names, says she & her husband were minor children, & that her father was deceased at the time of the wedding, but gives no witnesses to her marriage; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:637 (Laf. Ch.: v.3, p.15), her death/burial record, calls her Marie TRAHAN, "m. Jean Baptiste TRAHAM," but does not give her parents' names; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:633, 637 (Laf.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #227), her succession record, calls her Marie TRAHAN m. Baptiste TRAHAN.   

See the footnote to her husband's profile for a lonnnng discussion on his identity. 

84.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Marie-Françoise [TRAHAN], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2604, her father's profile in the LA section, calls her Marie-Françoise [TRAHAN], & says she was born in 1774 but gives no birthplace; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 424, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Françoise TRAHAN, gives her parents' names but not her godparents' names; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 170, Family No. 306, calls her Marie-Françoise [TRAHAN], & details her family's voyage to LA; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 50-51, calls her Marie-Françoise, sa [Pierre TRAHAN's] fille, age 10, on the embarkation list, & Marie-Francoise TRAHAN, his [Pierre TRAHAN's] daughter, age 10, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 35th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:134, 765 (SM Ch.: v.4, #87), her marriage record, calls her Françoise TRAHAN, calls her husband Joseph BROUSSARD, does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph TRAHAN, Louis DELAHOUSSAYE, & Aman BROUSSARD.

Her husband was a grandson of Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, the famous Acadian resistance fighter. 

85.  Wall of Names, 21, calls her Marie-Josèphe TRAHAN veuve Michel LE BLANC.  The Spanish report of Jul 1767 & the St.-Gabriel census of 1777 differ dramatically in her age & therefore her estimated birth year.  The earlier record is followed here.  See Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 429, 432; De Ville, St. Gabriel Census, 1777, 2.

86.  Wall of Names, 38 (pl. 9R), calls her Marie-Josèphe TRAHAN, & list