I have the following on Antoine Borda, surgeon's daughter Scholastique who is buried in St. Martinville beside her husband Joseph Castille. they have one of the oldest markers in the cemetery. It is on the main aisle leading up to the cross and has a beautiful obelisk Rosemary (Blanchard) Kelley Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records , p 81, vol 1-A , BORDA, Scholastique dau of Antoine Borda, surgeon of the Post & Marguerite Martin, b. 18 Feb. 1770, bt 24 April 1771. Spon: Jean Baptiste Grevember, represented by Amant Broussart & Magdelene Broussart. Fr. Irenee, Capucin priest of Pointe Coupee at Attakapas, where there was no pastor. (SM Ch.: Folio A-1, p8) BORDA, Scholastique (Antoine, "chirurgien en ce poste"[Surgeon in this Post] & Marguerite MARTIN) b. 18 Feb 1770. Spons: Jean Baptiste GREVEMBERG, ref. par Amand BROUSSARD & Magdeleine BROUSSARD. Fr. Irenee (SM Ch: v.1, p19). Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777-Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts, (1987 Ville Platte, La.), 14, Antoine Bordas, 56. 24-cattle, 7-horses, 25 hogs, 0-sheep. Marguerite Barnabe, wife, 46. Filles: Genevieve Robichot, 18; Marthe, 8; Colastie, 7; Modeste, 5. Slaves: 1. In a message dated 2/6/2010 4:22:57 P.M. Central Standard Time, pleblan@aim.com writes: T We may have missed this before Deville Winston; Attakapas Post: The Census of 1771 p 13 Antoine Borda 50; wife ?4; Madeleine Robicho 15; girls 12, 2, 1; Negro 30; 18 cattle; 7 horses; 12 arpents without title. I wonder if Madeleine Robicho is a relative or a hired girl (child nurse etc)? on the page before (pg 12) are Claude Martin & Joseph Martin who may be related to the wife. Paul Le B l'Ascension Louisiane -----Original Message----- From: Stanley LeBlanc Terry, The only other info I have is from the book France's Forgotten Legion BORDA (sometimes BORDAS, BORDAT), Antoine. On the royal payroll as a surgeon at New Orleans, 1759–1763. SOURCE(S): Dossier, Antoine Borda. AC, E 41: n.p Stanley ------------------------------- To check our Archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message