Steve Cormier's Louisiana Acadian Immigrant Ancestors
Direct Ancestors Only
If we share any of these ancestors, guess what ...
Charles-Dominique BABINEAUX was the father of Céleste BABINEAUX, who married my paternal great-great grandfather, Pierre CORMIER of Carencro. Charles-Dominique came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil.
Louis-Charles BABINEAUX was the father of Charles-Dominique BABINEAUX and paternal grandfather of Céleste BABINEAUX, one of my paternal great-great grandmothers. Louis-Charles came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party. This makes me a cousin of Kathleen BABINEAUX BLANCO, former governor of Louisiana. Like I said, All Cajuns Are Related.
Anne BOUDREAUX, widow of Charles BOURG of Île St.-Jean, was the mother of Gertrude BOURG, who was the wife of Amand THIBODEAUX, the father of Marguerite THIBODEAUX, who was the mother of Céleste BABINEAUX. Anne came to Louisiana in 1765 probably with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party.
Gertrude BOURG was the wife of Amand THIBODEAUX. She came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party. Her marriage to Amand at New Orleans in February 1765 is the first recorded Acadian marriage in Louisiana.
Paul BOUTIN was the father of one of my maternal grandfather's paternal great-grandmothers. Paul came to Louisiana from Maryland in 1767.
Pierre-Paul BOUTIN was the father of Paul BOUTIN, who was the husband of Anne Spesse TELLER/TAYLOR, who was German, not British, and father of Marie-Madeleine BOUTIN, second wife of Jean-Baptiste MILLER, père, German, not British, my mother's father's paternal great-great grandfather. Pierre-Paul came to Louisiana from Maryland in 1767.
Claude BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, a son of Joseph dit Beausoleil, came to Louisiana with his father in February 1765. Claude married twice in Louisiana. One of his daughters by his first wife, Louise, HÉBERT, married a son of Charles DUHON.
Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil, leader of the February 1765 expedition from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, to Louisiana, and the most famous Acadian of them all, was the father of Claude BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil.
Michel CORMIER was my great-grandfather Joachim CORMIER's great-grandfather and the first of my line of CORMIERs to arrive in Louisiana. Michel came to Louisiana in 1765. The great majority of the Acadian CORMIERs of Louisiana are descended from Michel.
Marie CORPORON was Honoré TRAHAN's wife and the mother of my maternal ancestor, Pierre TRAHAN. Marie came to Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1769 aboard the ill-fated vessel Britannia. She died at Opelousas in August 1810, de cent ans et plus, or over 100 years old age, the recording priest insisted, but she was closer to 90.
Amand DUGAS was the father of Rosalie DUGAS, who was the wife of Pierre CORMIER of Opelousas, my paternal great-grandfather Joachim CORMIER's grandfather. Amand came to Louisiana perhaps from France in the 1770s.
Charles DUHON came to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 with his wife Marie-Josèphe PREJEAN and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, now St. James Parish, on the river before moving to the western prairies. Their son Charles dit Charlitte DUHON, born on the river, married a daughter of Claude BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil by Claude's first wife, Louise HÉBERT. Charlitte's daughter, Denise, married Jean, youngest son of René dit Petit René LE BLANC, and they are the grandparents of my father's maternal grandmother, Paula LE BLANC.
Pélagie-Marie GAUTREAUX was Pierre TRAHAN's second wife. She came to Louisiana in 1785 aboard the first of the Seven Ships from France, Le Bon Papa. As far as I know, she is the only one of my Acadian ancestors who came to Louisiana on one of the Seven Ships.
Ursule GUIDRY was the wife of Pierre-Paul BOUTIN and the mother of Paul BOUTIN, one of my mother's father's paternal great-great-grandfathers. Ursule came to Louisiana from Maryland in 1767.
Anne GUILBEAU was the wife of Louis-Charles BABINEAUX and the paternal grandmother of Céleste BABINEAUX, one of my paternal great-great grandmothers. Anne came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party.
Joseph GUILBEAU dit L'Officier was the husband of Madeleine MICHEL and was Anne GUILBEAU's father. He came to Louisiana in February 1765 with Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil.
Louise, also called Lise and Lisette, HÉBERT, came to Louisiana with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party in February 1765. She was the first wife of Joseph dit Beausoleil BROUSSARD's son Claude. One of their daughters married a son of Charles DUHON.
René dit Petit René LE BLANC came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party. He married Marguerite, daughter of Jean TRAHAN, both of whom also came to Louisiana with the BROUSSARDs. René's son Jean married Denise, a daughter of Charles dit Charlitte DUHON. Jean and Denise are the great-grandparents of my paternal grandmother, Marie Zulma ISTRE.
Marguerite MARTIN dit Barnabé was the wife of René ROBICHAUX and the mother of Geneviève ROBICHAUX, who was the mother of Rosalie DUGAS, one of my paternal great-great-great grandmothers. Marguerite came to Louisiana in February 1765 with Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil. After her husband died, she remarried to French-born physician Antoine BORDA at what is now St. Martinville and, through this second marriage, became the mother-in-law of Jean dit Chapeau MOUTON, founder of what became the City of Lafayette; Marguerite, thus, was the maternal grandmother of Louisiana governor and U.S. Senator Alexandre MOUTON. Marguerite is "thought to be the centenarian grandmother referred to by Judge Felix Voorhies in the book, Acadian Reminiscences." She is depicted on Robert Dafford's mural at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville.
Madeleine MICHEL was the wife of Joseph GUILBEAU dit L'Officier and the mother of Anne GUILBEAU, one of my paternal great-great-great grandmothers. Madeleine came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party.
Marie-Josèphe PREJEAN came to Louisiana in 1765 with her husband, Charles DUHON.
Geneviève ROBICHAUX was the wife of Amand DUGAS and the mother of Rosalie DUGAS, one of my paternal great-great-great grandmothers. Geneviève came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party.
René ROBICHAUX was the first husband of Marguerite MARTIN dit Barnabé and the father of Geneviève ROBICHAUX. He came to Louisiana with Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil in February 1765.
Amand THIBODEAUX was the husband of Gertrude BOURG and father of Marguerite-Blandine THIBODEAUX, who was the mother of Céleste BABINEAUX, one of my paternal great-great grandmothers. Amand came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party. Amand and Gertrude's wedding at New Orleans in February 1765 was the first recorded Acadian marriage in Louisiana.
Honoré TRAHAN was the husband of Marie CORPORON and Pierre TRAHAN's father. Honoré came to Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1769 aboard the ill-fated vessel Britannia and settled in the Opelousas District.
Jean TRAHAN, father of Marguerite, came to Louisiana in February 1786 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party.
Marguerite TRAHAN, daughter of Jean, came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Beausoleil BROUSSARD party. She married René dit Petit René LE BLANC, who also came to Louisiana with the BROUSSARDs.
Pierre TRAHAN and his second wife Pélagie-Marie GAUTREAUX were the paternal grandparents of Pélagie TRAHAN, my maternal grandmother's paternal grandmother. Pierre came to Louisiana from Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1769 aboard the ill-fated vessel Britannia. Interestingly, my mother's paternal ancestor, Jacob MILLER, an Alsatian-German Catholic, also came to Louisiana aboard the same vessel, at the same time, with his wife and several children.
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