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ABADIE
Pronunciation: AB-uh-dee
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BOUDREAUX, HEBERT, RIVET
Comments:
ABRIBAT
Pronunciation: AB-ruh-bot
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: GAUDET
Comments:
ABSHIRE
Pronunciation: AB-share, AB-shire
Origin: German
Arrived in Louisiana: by the 1780s
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: John
ABCHER
Settled: Atakapas District, now St. Martin,
Lafayette, Iberia, & Vermilion parishes
Acadian connection: COMEAUX
Comments: John ABCHER, whose name evolved
into ABSHIRE, was a blacksmith from Germany who settled "at Vermillon"
by the 1780s. He married Francoise HARGRAVE, daughter of Benjamin
HARGRAVE & Rebecca GOLTNE [probably GWALTNEY] from Virginia. John
and Francoise had at least 10 children, 6 boys and 4 girls, the oldest of
whom, daughter Louise, was born in August 1781.
Sources: Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records,
1-A:1-3, which does not list John ABCHER's parents in any of the birth records
of his children.
ACHÉE
Pronunciation: AH-shay, ah-SHAY
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
ACKESON
Pronunciation: ACK-eh-son
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LEGER
Comments:
ACOSTA
Pronunciation: uh-KOSS-tuh
Origin: French Creole
Arrived in Louisiana: August 1785
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Joseph ACOSTA
Settled:
Acadian connection: TRAHAN, BOUDREAUX
Comments:
ADAM/ADAMS
Pronunciation: ah-DONH, AD-um, AD-ums
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: AUCOIN, BENOIT, BERNARD,
BLANCHARD, BOUDREAUX, BOURG, GRANGER, GUILLOT, HEBERT, LEVRON, ROGER
Comments:
ADDISON
Pronunciation: ADD-ih-son
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: RICHARD
Comments:
AGUILLARD
Pronunciation: AG-ih-lard, AG-wih-lard
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: SAVOIE
Comments:
AILLET
Pronunciation: Ah-YAY
Origin: French Creole
Arrived in Louisiana: December 1785
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Thomas &
Louis AILLET
Settled: probably Bayou des Écores, now Thompson
Creek, present-day East Baton Rouge Parish; West Baton Rouge Parish
Acadian connection: DOIRON, DUGAS, LANDRY, LEJEUNE
Comments: Thomas AILLET, age 10, & Louis
AILLET, age 6, sons of deceased Thomas AILLET & his widow, Victoire DUGAS,
arrived at New Orleans with their mother aboard La Ville d'Archangel
from St.-Malo on 3 December 1785. They probably followed other Acadian
families from the La Ville d'Archangel to Bayou des Écores, north of
present-day Baton Rouge. Eventually, they moved across the Mississippi
to West Baton Rouge Parish. Thomas married Maria Juliana MARRIAUX,
daughter of Louis MARRIAUX & Juliana GAUTIER, in Baton Rouge, 16 July
1800. Louis married Marie Victoire LEJEUNE,
daughter of Jean Baptiste LEJEUNE & Marie DOIRON, 4 Dec 1805, in Baton
Rouge. Thomas died 21 July 1839, age 64, in West Baton Rouge
Parish. Louis was dead by 1848, when he is listed as deceased in the
marriage record of his son Louis (born 1824). Louis Sr.'s son Sosthene,
born 1822, who married Zulma LANDRY,
daughter of Elie Onesime LANDRY & Jeanne Zerbine DUPUY, at Brusly Landing,
West Baton Parish, 1 February 1853, was a veteran of the Mexican War and served
as 1Sgt, Jr2LT, & CPT of Company H, 4th Regiment Infantry (the West Baton
Rouge Tirailleurs) in the War Between the States. Another descendant of
the AILLET brothers, Louis
Alphonse, called Alphonse, AILLET, born 1 September 1842, son of Augustin AILLET
& Appoline AILLET, first cousin of Sosthene, was killed in action at the
Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, 31 August 1864, while serving as 2Cpl with the West
Baton Rouge Tirailleurs.
Sources: Hébert, T., Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History;
BRDR, 2:7, 3:6-7, 4:4; 5(rev.):7, 7:5, 8:5-6;
Richey, Tirailleurs, 167, 214.
ALBARADO
Pronunciation: Al-buh-RAH-do
Origin: Hispanic Texan
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1804
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Joseph Antoine
ALBARADO
Settled: Attakapas Post area, present-day St.
Martin & Lafayette parishes
Acadian connection: MELANCON
Comments: Joseph Antoine ALBARADO, son of
Jose ALBARADO & Rosalie Flores of Meluejor, province of Texas, settled in
the Attakapas area by the early 1800s. Joseph Antoine married Madeleine Francoise
Avila, daughter of Jose Joachin De Avila & Marie ISTRE of Opelousas, 30
Jul 1804, in the St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas.
Source: Hebert, D., Southwest La. Records,
1-B:20.
ALBERT
Pronunciation: al-BEAR; AL-bert
First Family:
Origin: French Creole
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Second Family:
Origin: French Creole
Arrived in Louisiana: December 1785
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Nicolas-Gabriel
ALBERT, père, & Nicolas-Gabriel ALBERT, fils
Settled: St. James Parish; Assumption Parish
Acadian connection: ARCENEAUX, BOUDREAUX,
BOURG, BREAUX, HÉBERT, RICHARD, THIBODEAUX
Comments:
ALEXANDRE/ALEXANDRIE
Pronunciation: al-ex-AN-dur, al-ex-AN-dree
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LANDRY
Comments:
ALLAIN
Pronunciation: ah-LANH
First Family:
Origin: French Creole
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1738
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Jean-Francois ALLAIN
Settled: Pointe Coupée
Comments: Jean Francois ALLAIN, son of
Jean Francois ALLAIN and Marie CERTAIN, was a native of La
Tortiniere, Parish of Vegnier, Touraine, France. He married Marie-Augustine HAUSSY, widow of Antoine ANOTIAUX, at Pointe
Coupée, 14 July
1738. He served as CPT of the Pointe Coupée militia. His son,
Jean Francois ALLAIN, married Marie-Francoise RICARD and served as LT of the militia.
Source: BRDR, 1b:3-4, 85.
Second Family:
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
ALLEMAND
Pronunciation: AH-lay-mon, AL-eh-mon, al-eh-MON
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: TRAHAN
Comments:
ALMINDINGER
Pronunciation: ALL-min-ding-ur
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: AUCOIN
Comments:
ALONZO
Pronunciation: uh-LON-zo
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LANDRY
Comments:
ALVAREZ
Pronunciation: AL-vuh-rez
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LEBLANC
Comments:
AMMAN
Pronunciation: AM-un
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: THIBODEAUX
Comments:
AMY
Pronunciation: ah-MEE
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LANDRY, RICHARD
Comments:
ANCELET/OZELET
Pronunciation: onz-eh-LAY, AN-seh-let, ahz-eh-LAY,
AHZ-eh-let
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
ANDRÉ
Pronunciation: OHN-dray, AHN-dray
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BABIN, POTIER
Comments:
ANDREPONT
Pronunciation: onh-dray-PONT
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: JEANSONNE, LEJEUNE,
PITRE
Comments:
ANDRUS
Pronunciation: AN-drus
Origin: Scots; Anglo-American ... South Carolina
Arrived in Louisiana: c.1780 from Carolina
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Benjamin
ANDREWS
Settled: Bayou Plaquemine Brulée, southwest of
Opelousas, near present-day Church Point, Acadia Parish; Grand Côte,
between present-day St. Martinville & Lafayette; Calcasieu River, north of
present-day Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish; Bayou Cannes, near present-day
Evangeline, Acadia Parish; Bayou Nezpique, north of present-day Jennings,
Jefferson Davis Parish; west bank of Mermentau River, between present-day
Jennings & Lake Arthur, Jefferson Davis Parish
Acadian connection: ARCENEAUX, GUIDRY,
HÉBERT, JEANSONNE, LEGER, MOUTON, PREJEAN, RICHARD, ROGER, SAVOIE
Comments: The name evolved in Louisiana from
Andrews to ANDRUS, evidence of the gallicization of the family's name. The
ANDRUSs remain a prominent family in Jefferson Davis Parish.
Sources: Hébert,
D., Southwest LA Records, CD; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 145-46.
ANGELLE
Pronunciation: Ohn-JHELL
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BLANCHARD, DUPUIS,
GUIDRY, HEBERT
Comments:
ANSELM
Pronunciation: Ohn-SELM
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LAVERGNE
Comments:
ARABIE
Pronunciation: ah-ray-BEE
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: GUIDRY, MARTIN
Comments:
ARBOUR
Pronunciation: ar-BORE
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
ARCEMENT
Pronunciation: AR-seh-monh
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
ARCENEAUX
Pronunciation: AR-seh-no
First Family:
Origin: French Canadian
Arrived in Louisiana: c1752
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Michel
ARCENEAUX
Settled: German Coast, present-day St. John the
Baptist Parish; lower Lafourche valley, present-day Terrebonne Parish
Comments: Michel ARCENEAUX, native of Cap
de Madeleine, Québec, & his wife, Marie-Anne ANDRÉ, settled on the German
Coast above New Orleans in the early 1750s. His son Gabriel
married Catherine LEBOEUF in 1796, moved from the Mississippi to the lower
Lafourche area, & settled near Houma & Bayou Black in present-day
Terrebonne Parish. His sons Hubert & Norbert settled
there also.
Second Family:
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
ARDOIN
Pronunciation: ARD-wanh
Origin: French Canadian
Arrived in Louisiana: late 1770s or early 1780s,
from Kaskaskia, Illinois, via Detroit
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Etienne, Sr.,
Etienne, Jr., Joseph, Francois ARDOUIN
Settled: False River, Pointe Coupée; Grande
Prairie, Opelousas District, now St. Landry Parish; Atakapas District, now
St. Martin, Lafayette, & Vermilion parishes
Acadian connection: BROUSSARD, FORET, TRAHAN
Comments:
Sources: Hébert,
D., Southwest LA Records, CD; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 18-19.
ARMAND/ARMANT
Pronunciation: ar-MON, AR-mont, ar-MONT
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: POTIER, RICHARD
Comments:
ARNAUD
Pronunciation: AR-no, ar-NODE
First Family:
Origin: French Creole
Arrivied in Louisiana: December 1785
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Rene ARNAUD
Settled: Ascension Parish
Acadian connection: DOUCET
Comments: Rene ARNAUD, son of Pierre
ARNAUD and Marie RAIMON of Vouneil, France, married Anne-Perrine ALBERT,
daughter of Nicolas-Gabriel ALBERT and Marie-Marthe BENOIT, an Acadian, at
Cenan, France, in November 1780. Rene and Anne-Perrine had at least one
son, Pierre, who died at age 17 days. Anne-Perrine may have died as a
result of childbirth. Now a widower, Rene sailed to Louisiana aboard La
Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships of 1785, as an immigré.
Soon after reaching New Orleans, he married a fellow passenger on La
Caroline, Marie-Marguerite DOUCET,
daughter of Joseph DOUCET and Marguerite MOLAISON, 1 January 1786, in
St. Louis Catholic Church. They probably settled at Ascension, where
Marie-Marguerite's widowed father settled.
Sources: Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault,
3; Wall of Names, 47.
Second Family:
Origin: Foreign French
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1808
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Jacques
ARNAUD
Settled: Opelousas area
Acadian connection: BLANCHARD, BROUSSARD, DUGAS,
FORET
Comments: Joseph Vincent ARNAUD of Josiers,
diocese of Embrun, France, near Turin, married Elisabeth OLIVIER in
France. Their son, Jacques, fathered a son (Pierre Rosemond)
in 1808 with Anne DUGAS,
daughter of Pierre DUGAS and Anne THIBODEAUX
of Acadia. Jacques settled in the Grande
Prairie area of the Opelousas District and married Marie LALONDE,
daughter of Baptiste LALONDE and Marie DUCRE, 16 January 1810, in St. Landry
Catholic Church, Opelousas.
Source: Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records,
1-B:17-18.
ARRIEUX
Pronunciation: AH-ree-oh
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: DUGAS
Comments:
ASHFORD
Pronunciation: ASH-ferd
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: HEBERT
Comments:
AUBERT
Pronunciation: OH-bear
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BERGERON, LEVRON, THIBODEAUX
Comments:
AUBIN
Pronunciation: aw-BANH
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: DOIRON
Comments:
AUCOIN
Pronunciation: OH-kwanh
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
AUGÉ
Pronunciation: Aw-JAY
First Family:
Origin: French Canadian via Illinois
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1803
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Joseph AUGER
Settled: Opelousas area, present-day St. Landry
Parish
Comments: Joseph AUGER, son of Joseph
AUGER & Madeleine TURPIN of islas negras, now Illinois, married
Célestine DELAFOSSE, daugher of Romain DELAFOSSE and Rosalie BENOIT
of the Opelousas area, 8 February 1803, in St. Landry Catholic Church,
Opelousas. The Joseph AUGÉ of Company K, 10th Louisiana Infantry
probably was a descendant of this couple.
Second Family:
Origin: French Creole or Immigrant
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1806
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Charles
Rene Gatien AUGER
Settled: Attakapas region, now St. Martin, Lafayette
& Vermilion parishes
Acadian connection: PELLERIN
Comments: Charles René Gatien AUGER, son
of Jacques OGER and Marie-Anne MIVAULT of Ponce, in Vendomoin, France,
married Eugenie PELLERIN,
daughter of Gregoire PELLERIN and Cecile PREJEAN,
28 July 1806, in St. Martin Catholic Church, St. Martinville, then called
Atakapas Post.
Source: Hébert, D., Southwest La. Records,
1-B:20.
Comment: Despite two separate families, the name
may have disappeared from South Louisiana.
AUGERON
Pronunciation: AW-juh-ronh, Aw-juh-RONH
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BENOIT, BERNARD, BOUDREAUX,
GUIDRY, LANDRY, MIRE
Comments:
AUTIN
Pronunciation: aw-TAN
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BERGERON,
FORET, GUIDRY, THERIOT
Comments:
AVERY
Pronunciation: AVE-ree
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: SIMON
Comments:
AYCOCK
Pronunciation: AY-cock
Origin: Anglo-American ... North Carolina
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1808
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Burrell
AYCOCK
Settled: Assumption Parish
Acadian connection: GAUTREAUX
Comments: Burrell, also called Borel,
AYCOCK, son of Simon AYCOCK and Elizabeth BENETTE, married Anne
Appoline GAUTREAUX, daughter of Joseph GAUTREAUX
and Marie Madeleine
THERIOT, 27 June 1808, in the Assumption Church at Plattenville. The
church record lists him as a blacksmith from North Carolina.
Sources: BRDR, 3:44-45.
AYMOND
Pronunciation: AY-mon
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: ACHEE, BERGERON, DUPUIS, GRANGER,
LEJEUNE
Comments:
AYO
Pronunciation: EYE-oh
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BERGERON,
BOUDREAUX, BOURG, NAQUIN
Comments:
AYRAUD
Pronunciation: AY-rode
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: ACHEE, LE BLANC
Comments:
BABIN
Pronunciation: Bah-BANH
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
BABINEAUX
Pronunciation: BAH-beh-noh, BAB-eh-noh
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
BADEAUX
Pronunciation: BAH-doh, BA-doh
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BREAUX, GUIDRY
Comments:
BAILLE
Pronunciation: BAY-lee
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: VINCENT
Comments:
BARBAY
Pronunciation: bar-BAY
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: GAUDET
Comments:
BARBIER
Pronunciation: bar-bee-AY
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BOUDREAUX
Comments:
BARKER
Pronunciation: BAR-kur
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: HEBERT
Comments:
BARRAS
Pronunciation: BAH-rah, bah-RAH
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: AUCOIN,
BOUDREAUX,
BOURG, CORMIER, DOUCET, GUILBEAU, HÉBERT, LEBLANC, LEJEUNE, THIBODEAUX
Comments:
BARRE
Pronunciation: Bah-RAY, BAR
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: ACHEE, FORET, GUIDRY
Comments:
BARRILLEAUX/BARRIOT
Pronunciation: BAH-reh-yoh, BEAR-ee-yoh
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
BARRIOS
Pronunciation: BEAR-ee-oh, BEAR-ee-os
Origin: Spanish Creole
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled: Ascension Parish
Acadian connection: ARCENEAUX
Comments:
BARTHELEMY
Pronunciation: bar-THAY-luh-mee
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: ARCENEAUX, LANDRY
Comments:
BAUDOIN
Pronunciation: BODE-wanh
Origin: Flemish-Belgian Creole
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Nicolas
Baudouin
Settled: St. James Parish
Acadian connection: BOUDREAUX, BOURG, BOURGEOIS, BREAUX,
BROUSSARD, GAUDET, HEBERT, LEJEUNE, MOUTON, TRAHAN
Comments: Nicolas BAUDOUIN of Flanders,
part of present-day Belgium, married Marguerite BREAUX
probably in St. James Parish.
Source: Hébert, D., Southwest La. Records,
1-B:33.
BAYARD
Pronunciation: bah-YARD
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BABINEAUX
Comments:
BAYE/BAYHI
Pronunciation: bah-YAY, BAY
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BERNARD, VINCENT
Comments:
BEAMAN
Pronunciation: BEE-mun
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LANDRY
Comments:
BEAUREGARD
Pronunciation: BO-rih-gard
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: GUIDRY, MARTIN
Comments:
BEAUVAIS
Pronunciation: BO-vay
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BOUDREAUX, RICHARD
Comments:
BEGNAUD
Pronunciation: BEG-noh
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: DOIRON
Comments:
BELANGER
Pronunciation: Beh-LAWN-jay, BELL-in-jer
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: COMEAUX, GUIDRY, LAMBERT, THIBODEAUX
Comments:
BELLARD
Pronunciation: BELL-ard
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
BELLO
Pronunciation: BELL-oh
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: ROY, SONNIER
Comments:
BELLON
Pronunciation: BELL-awn
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: MARTIN
Comments:
BELSON
Pronunciation: BELL-sonh, BELL-sun
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BREAUX
Comments:
BENOIT
Pronunciation: BEN-wah
First Family:
Origin: French Creole
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1751
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled: Pointe Coupée
Source: BRDR, 1b:45.
Second Family:
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
Comments: Although not all of the BENOITs of
South Louisiana were Acadians, they will be listed here as Acadian.
BENZ
Pronunciation: Binz
Origin: German Immigrant
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: GUIDRY
Comments:
BERARD
Pronunciation: Buh-RARD
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BREAUX, BROUSSARD
Comments:
BERAUD
Pronunciation: Buh-RODE
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: HEBERT
Comments:
BERGERON
Pronunciation: BA-jeh-ronh, BER-jeh-ronh
First Family:
Origin: French Creole
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1744
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Guillaume
BERGERON dit St. Onge, native of St. Sulpice Parish, Diocese of Xaintes,
France
Settled: Natchitoches, Pointe Coupée
Comments:
Source: BRDR, 1b:18-19, 103.
Second Family:
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
Comments: Although not all of the BERGERONs of
South Louisiana were Acadian, this family is listed with the Acadians.
BERCEGEAY
Pronunciation: bur-seh-GAY ... I think
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LANDRY
Comments:
BERLUCHAU
Pronunciation: bur-leh-SHO
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: GUILLOT
Comments:
BERNARD
Pronunciation: ber-NARD, bear-NARD, bear-NAH
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
BERTEAU
Pronunciation: BUR-toe
Origin: Acadian [ see Family
History]
BERTHELOT
Pronunciation: BER-theh-lo
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BOUDREAUX, BOURG, DUGAS, GAUTREAUX,
HÉBERT, LEBLANC
Comments:
BERTRAND
Pronunciation: BER-tran
First Family:
Origin: French Creole
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1745 from Paris
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Pierre,
Frederic BERTRAND
Settled: First German Coast, present-day St. Charles Parish;
Atakapas District, present-day St. Martin, Lafayette & Vermilion parishes; Mermentau District of Old Imperial Calcasieu Parish,
present-day Acadia & Jefferson Davis parishes
Second Family:
Origin: French Canadian
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1751 from Montréal
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Antoine, Sr.,
Antoine, Jr., Alexis, Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, Vincent BERTRAND
Settled: First German Coast; Atakapas District; lower Vermilion Bayou near present-day Abbeville; present-day Acadia
Parish near Rayne
Sources: West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 29,
says that Antoine, Sr. was "native of Morel, southern Switzerland,"
but Velia Bertrand, Jr., a family genealogist, says "None [of the
BERTRANDs] are of Swiss descent. Antoine BERTRAND came from Morel,
diocese of Montréal, to the Louisiana territory." I follow V.B.,
Jr. here.
Third Family:
Origin: French Canadian
Arrived in Louisiana: by 1766 from Québec
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Amable dit
Beaulieu, Joseph, Pierre, Jean-Baptiste, Louis BERTRAND
Settled: Plaisance, Opelousas District, present-day
St. Landry Parish; present-day Ville
Platte, Chataignier, Eunice, Evangeline Parish
Fourth Family:
Origin: French Canadian
Arrived in Louisiana: 1770s from Montréal
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana: Jacques
BERTRAND
Settled: Opelousas District, present-day St.
Landry & Evangeline parishes; present-day Ville
Platte, Eunice, Evangeline Parish
Fifth Family:
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
Comments: Although only one of the five BERTRAND families
listed here was Acadian, this name is listed with the Acadians.
Sources: Velia Bertrand, Jr., descendant (Bertrands
in Louisiana); West, Atlas of LA Surnames,
29-30.
BERWICK
Pronunciation: BUR-wick
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LEJEUNE
Comments:
BERZAS
Pronunciation: BUR-za
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BERTRAND
Comments:
BESLIN
Pronunciation: bez-LANH
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: CORMIER
Comments:
BESSE
Pronunciation: BESS ... I guess
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LANDRY
Comments:
BESSON
Pronunciation: BESS-onh
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BOURG
Comments:
BETANCOURT
Pronunciation: BET-in-core
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LAVERGNE
Comments:
BIENVENU
Pronunciation: bee-AN-veh-noo
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BOURG, BROUSSARD, GUILBEAU,
MARTIN, MOUTON, POTIER, THERIOT
Comments:
BIGOT
Pronunciation: BIH-go
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BOURG, LANDRY
Comments:
BIHM
Pronunciation: BIM
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LEJEUNE
Comments:
BIJEAU/BUJOLE
Pronunciation: BEE-jo, BOO-zho, BOO-zhole
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
BILES
Pronunciation: BYLES
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: THIBODEAUX
Comments:
BILLAUD/BILLEAUD
Pronunciation: bih-LODE
Origin: Foreign French
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LANDRY
Comments:
BILLEAUDEAU
Pronunciation: BILL-uh-doh
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: OZELET
Comments:
BILLINGS
Pronunciation: BIH-lings, BILL-ings
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: HEBERT
Comments:
BINGAY
Pronunciation: bin-GAY?
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: LANDRY
Comments:
BISSETT/BIZETTE
Pronunciation: bih-SET, bih-ZET
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BERGERON, BREAUX, LAVERGNE, ROY
Comments:
BLANC
Pronunciation: BLON, BLONC
Origin:
Arrived in Louisiana:
Pioneer Ancestor(s) in Louisiana:
Settled:
Acadian connection: BABIN, BOURG, BOURGEOIS
Comments:
BLANCHARD
Pronunication: blonh-SHARD, BLAN-cherd
Origin: Acadian [see Family
History]
BLANCHET
Pronunciation: Blonh-SHET, Blan-CHET
