St. Michel's Catholic Church is in Convent, LA. It is named after Michel Cantrelle, the commandant, who lived across the Mississippi River about 2-3 miles south of St. James, LA in St. James Parish, LA. Martin Guidry I On Monday, March 20, 2017, John E DeRoche via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Can anybody tell me whether St Michel de Cantrelle was where the town of > Convent is now, in St. James County? I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia, & > unfamiliar with Louisiana. > > . > ------------------------------- > 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 <javascript:;> 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 <javascript:;> with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Martin Guidry 6139 North Shore Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70817 225-571-9726 (cell) guidryrmartin@ <guidryrm@cox.net>gmail.com Les Guédry et Petitpas d'Asteur, Inc. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/clotiaux http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/butaud

Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: ACADIAN [mailto:acadian-bounces+jderoche=eastlink.ca@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of R. Martin Guidry via ACADIAN Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 3:32 PM To: Acadian <acadian@rootsweb.com> Cc: R. Martin Guidry <guidryrm@cox.net> Subject: Re: St Michel de Cantrelle St. Michel's Catholic Church is in Convent, LA. It is named after Michel Cantrelle, the commandant, who lived across the Mississippi River about 2-3 miles south of St. James, LA in St. James Parish, LA. Martin Guidry I On Monday, March 20, 2017, John E DeRoche via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Can anybody tell me whether St Michel de Cantrelle was where the town > of Convent is now, in St. James County? I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia, > & unfamiliar with Louisiana. > > . > ------------------------------- > 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 <javascript:;> 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 <javascript:;> with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Martin Guidry 6139 North Shore Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70817 225-571-9726 (cell) guidryrmartin@ <guidryrm@cox.net>gmail.com Les Guédry et Petitpas d'Asteur, Inc. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/clotiaux http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/butaud . ------------------------------- 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

St James (St-Jacques) (civil) Parish (ie county) was named after the patron (name) saint of Jacques Cantrell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Parish,_Louisiana German & Acadian Coast H&GS list of Churches http://www.gachgs.com/stjames.php?cid=79 It was Cantrell's two sons-in-law (Verrett & Judice) who were the 1st co-commandants when the Acadians arrived. I believe it was Jacques son's Michel's sons was commandant after the death of Nicholas Verrett(e). Paul 5th GGson of Nicholas Verret 6th GGson of Jacques Cantrell (one of the survivors of the Natchez Massacre) -----Original Message----- From: R. Martin Guidry via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> St. Michel's Catholic Church is in Convent, LA. It is named after Michel Cantrelle, the commandant, who lived across the Mississippi River about 2-3 miles south of St. James, LA in St. James Parish, LA. Martin Guidry I On Monday, March 20, 2017, John E DeRoche via ACADIAN <acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Can anybody tell me whether St Michel de Cantrelle was where the town of > Convent is now, in St. James County? I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia, & > unfamiliar with Louisiana.

St. Michael church was founded in 1809, & the BMD records are published in the *Diocese of Baton Rouge* books, beginning in vol.3 (1804-1819). For earlier records, you would probably want to peek in *DofBR* v.2 (1770-1803) for the St. James church records. On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 1:32 PM, R. Martin Guidry via ACADIAN < acadian@rootsweb.com> wrote: > St. Michel's Catholic Church is in Convent, LA. It is named after Michel > Cantrelle, the commandant, who lived across the Mississippi River about 2-3 > miles south of St. James, LA in St. James Parish, LA. > > Martin Guidry > > I > > On Monday, March 20, 2017, John E DeRoche via ACADIAN < > acadian@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > Can anybody tell me whether St Michel de Cantrelle was where the town of > > Convent is now, in St. James County? I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia, & > > unfamiliar with Louisiana. > > > > . > > ------------------------------- > > 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 <javascript:;> 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 <javascript:;> with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > Martin Guidry > 6139 North Shore Drive > Baton Rouge, LA 70817 > 225-571-9726 (cell) > guidryrmartin@ <guidryrm@cox.net>gmail.com > Les Guédry et Petitpas d'Asteur, Inc. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/clotiaux > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/butaud > . > ------------------------------- > 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