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Rita, When Jean-Baptiste Semer wrote his famous letter to his father in Le Havre, France both Jean Semer married to Marguerite Saulnier and Germain Semer married to Marie Trahan were there so this is not definitive. Jean-Baptiste Semer who came to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard married ca. 1768 Marie Thibodeau, daughter of Paul Thibodeau & Marguerite Trahan. To this union a daughter was born: SEMER, Victoire (Jean Baptiste & Marie Tibaudau) b. 27 April 1774 Spons: Joseph Broussard & Marie Surrette (SM Ch.: Folio B-1) Hebert SWLAR v. 1-A p. 707) Francoise Semer married Joseph Boudreaux: SEMER, Francoise born at Havre, widow Boudreaux (Germain & Marie Trahan of Acadie) m. 23 Aug. 1796 William Norris, of Penn. (NI Ch.: OA Folio, #3) Hebert SWLAR v. 1-A p. 705. To this union was born: BOUDREAUX, Louis (Joseph & Marie Francoise SEMAIRE) b. 15 May 1789, bt. 7 Oct. 1789 Spons: Louis ST. JULIEN & Victoire SEMAIRE - "prima" [cousin]. Fr. de DEVA (SM Ch.: v.4, #382) Hebert SWLAR v. 1-A p, 90. If "prima" in Spanish means first cousin, then Jean-Baptiste and Francoise were siblings and the children of Germain Semer & Marie Trahan. However, Rev. Hebert eclosed "prima" in quotes and put his interpretation in brackets [cousin]. Was there some question? Could it be it should have been second-cousin? then we are back to the beginning. However, on the basis of the above, I plan to change Jean-Baptiste's parents in my data base, but append a question mark, hoping for further evidence. Does any one have more definitive proof? Roger A. Rozendal rogroz@swbell.net > Thanks, Roger, for the lead on the "dit BOYE" name for Germain Semer. As > posted by Lucie, Stephen White agrees with the entry in Surette's book, but > to have a second source is nice, Thanks. > > In regards the this entry of Surette's book: > << B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 > Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] > 1) Germain born ca 1752 > 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard]>> > > I strongly suspect that the Jean Baptiste Semer who came to Louisiana with > Joseph Broussard is not the son of this J.B. & Elizabeth Saulnier, but that > he may turn out to be the son of Germain & Marie Trahan, if the record below > is to be considered: > > "BOUDREAUX, Louis (Joseph & Marie Francoise SEMAIRE) b. 15 May 1789, bt. 7 > Oct. 1789 Spons: Louis ST. JULIEN & Victoire SEMAIRE - "prima" [cousin]. > Fr. de DEVA (SM Ch.: v.4, #382)[source SWLR CD 101] > > Victoire, the godmother of this child is named as "prima" [cousin]...{1st > cousin???}, then that would make Victoire's father, Jean Baptiste [came to > LA with Broussard group] a brother to Louis Boudreaux's mother, Marie > Francoise Semer...making J. B. of Broussard's group, the son of Germain > Semer & Marie Trahan, would it not? Feedback on this is Welcome! Thanks > > Rita

Francis James Hicks m. Minnie Ola Lout on June 1924, Shreveport, Louisiana. Francis died February 11, 1945 in Shreveport, La. He was the son of William M. Hicks and Marie Hecla Dalferes Can someone please help me find this person? Thanks! mj

Not all Acadian Progenitors were French - de Forest, for example, was a Dutch Line [per Le Dictionnaire]! Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com

It was 1809 and there were a few Acadians with the Santo domingo [Haiti] refugees. See Arrival of the Acadians on my site at http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: SwampQueen CHAUVIN [mailto:CAJUN-BAYOU@webtv.net] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 3:46 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] LAST ACADIANS TO LA? i read the last Acadians to come to La. was in 1805..wonder who they were? alice ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the person who posted. Your concerns will be addressed. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

i read the last Acadians to come to La. was in 1805..wonder who they were? alice

The book "Scattered to the Wind" by Carl Brasseaux has an interesting story re Semer on pgs. 61-62. It reads in part: "...At the time of the initial St. Pierre and Miquelon colonization efforts, some Acadians looked to Louisiana for resettlement. In September 1766, one Semer, an Acadian residing in LeHavre, received a letter from his son, Jean-Baptiste, who had recently settled at the Attakapas post in Louisiana. The younger Semer described Louisian in glowing terms and his father spread reports of his son's good fortune throughout the communities of exiles in France..." My records indicate that the son was Jean-Baptiste, who died bef 2/4/1799 m. to Marie Thibodeaux. Marie's 1st husband was Pierre Surette. Based upon Roger's post, the La. Jean-Baptiste was the son of Jean-Baptiste and Elisabeth Saulnier. Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: Rita [mailto:grannyharg@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 2:25 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer Thanks, Roger, for the lead on the "dit BOYE" name for Germain Semer. As posted by Lucie, Stephen White agrees with the entry in Surette's book, but to have a second source is nice, Thanks. In regards the this entry of Surette's book: << B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] 1) Germain born ca 1752 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard]>> I strongly suspect that the Jean Baptiste Semer who came to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard is not the son of this J.B. & Elizabeth Saulnier, but that he may turn out to be the son of Germain & Marie Trahan, if the record below is to be considered: "BOUDREAUX, Louis (Joseph & Marie Francoise SEMAIRE) b. 15 May 1789, bt. 7 Oct. 1789 Spons: Louis ST. JULIEN & Victoire SEMAIRE - "prima" [cousin]. Fr. de DEVA (SM Ch.: v.4, #382)[source SWLR CD 101] Victoire, the godmother of this child is named as "prima" [cousin]...{1st cousin???}, then that would make Victoire's father, Jean Baptiste [came to LA with Broussard group] a brother to Louis Boudreaux's mother, Marie Francoise Semer...making J. B. of Broussard's group, the son of Germain Semer & Marie Trahan, would it not? Feedback on this is Welcome! Thanks Rita -----Original Message----- From: Roger A. Rozendal [mailto:rogroz@swbell.net] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:18 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer Rita, Surette in his book "Petitcoudiac" has the following, [....] are my insertions: SEMER, dit Boye (Bois) [also LEMER] Jean Semer b. ca 1680 [son of Jean Semer & Marguerite Héron] married [22 Nov.] 1717 Marguerite Vincent [born ca 1695], daughter of Michel Vincent [& Marie-Josephe Richard] A) Germain Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1720 married ca 1745 Marie Trahan, daughter of Rene Trahan [& Isabelle Darois] 1) Boy born ca 1748 2) Simon born ca 1750 3) Grégoire-Dominique-Gérard born ca 1768 died 1837 B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] 1) Germain born ca 1752 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard] Reference: Stephen White "Dictionnaire" pp. 1448 & 1578. Hope this helps. Roger A. Rozendal rogroz@swbell.net > From: "Rita" <grannyharg@bellsouth.net> > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:38:03 -0500 > To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer > Resent-From: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:38:09 -0600 > > Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain > Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their > daughter, Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot]. > > > 1) Listed as passengers on Convoy No. 1 from Chatellerault to Nantes > on Oct. > 24, 1775 are: > Germain Semer - age 55, charpentier[b. abt 1720]; > Marie Trahan - wife - age 50, tricoteuse [b. abt. 1725]; Madeleine > Marie - dau., age 27 [b. abt 1748]; Françoise - dau., age 13 [b. abt. > 1762]; Grégoire Dominique - son - age 7 [b. abt 1768]; > [source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/divers/convoi1.htm] > > > 2) In the "Acadians in France 1762-1776" by Milton Rieder, Jr. and his wife > Norma Gaudet, ...page 88: [Is this census taken abt 1772 ???] Germain > Semer 51, farmer, carpenter and a sawer, of Havre [b. abt 1721] > Marie Trahan, 51, his wife, knits and dews, invalid [b. abt 1721] > Madeleine 25, their daughter, dressmaker [b. abt 1747] > Simon, 22, their son, seaman [b. abt 1750] > Claire 20, their daughter, lacemaker [b. abt. 1752] > Marie Francoise 10, apprentice seamstress > Gregoire Dominique Giraud, 4, their son > [source: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com; 2/0/03; RE: Joseph & Germain > Semer by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino] > > Question No. 1: > Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les > Mines: > > Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721, bt. > 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27) > [source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195] > > Question(s) No. 2: > In the 1752 census of PETITCODIAC, we find the following, [partial listing] > > Simon DARROIS, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls > Jean DARROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls > Silvain BREAU, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [Isabelle Darois remarried to > BREAU in 1734] Germain BOYE, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls [is this > Germain SEMER and his wife Marie, > daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois???] > Paul TRAHAN, his wife, 1 girl [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Jean TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 3 girls [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Rene TRAHAN and his wife [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > > Several names down the list we find: > > Jean BOYE, his wife, 1 girl [is this Jean SEMER, father > of Germain???] > [source for census info: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html] > > Question No. 3: > If, indeed Germain & Jean BOYE turn out to be Germain & Jean > Semer...any suggestions on how/why the surname "SEMER" would be listed > here as "BOYE"???? > > Whewwww, I apologize for the lengthiness of my message, but would very much > appreciate ANY feedback, THANKS. > > Rita ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== The number one rule of this list is no flaming. 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Thanks, Roger, for the lead on the "dit BOYE" name for Germain Semer. As posted by Lucie, Stephen White agrees with the entry in Surette's book, but to have a second source is nice, Thanks. In regards the this entry of Surette's book: << B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] 1) Germain born ca 1752 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard]>> I strongly suspect that the Jean Baptiste Semer who came to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard is not the son of this J.B. & Elizabeth Saulnier, but that he may turn out to be the son of Germain & Marie Trahan, if the record below is to be considered: "BOUDREAUX, Louis (Joseph & Marie Francoise SEMAIRE) b. 15 May 1789, bt. 7 Oct. 1789 Spons: Louis ST. JULIEN & Victoire SEMAIRE - "prima" [cousin]. Fr. de DEVA (SM Ch.: v.4, #382)[source SWLR CD 101] Victoire, the godmother of this child is named as "prima" [cousin]...{1st cousin???}, then that would make Victoire's father, Jean Baptiste [came to LA with Broussard group] a brother to Louis Boudreaux's mother, Marie Francoise Semer...making J. B. of Broussard's group, the son of Germain Semer & Marie Trahan, would it not? Feedback on this is Welcome! Thanks Rita -----Original Message----- From: Roger A. Rozendal [mailto:rogroz@swbell.net] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:18 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer Rita, Surette in his book "Petitcoudiac" has the following, [....] are my insertions: SEMER, dit Boye (Bois) [also LEMER] Jean Semer b. ca 1680 [son of Jean Semer & Marguerite Héron] married [22 Nov.] 1717 Marguerite Vincent [born ca 1695], daughter of Michel Vincent [& Marie-Josephe Richard] A) Germain Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1720 married ca 1745 Marie Trahan, daughter of Rene Trahan [& Isabelle Darois] 1) Boy born ca 1748 2) Simon born ca 1750 3) Grégoire-Dominique-Gérard born ca 1768 died 1837 B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] 1) Germain born ca 1752 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard] Reference: Stephen White "Dictionnaire" pp. 1448 & 1578. Hope this helps. Roger A. Rozendal rogroz@swbell.net > From: "Rita" <grannyharg@bellsouth.net> > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:38:03 -0500 > To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer > Resent-From: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:38:09 -0600 > > Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain > Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their daughter, > Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot]. > > > 1) Listed as passengers on Convoy No. 1 from Chatellerault to Nantes on Oct. > 24, 1775 are: > Germain Semer - age 55, charpentier[b. abt 1720]; > Marie Trahan - wife - age 50, tricoteuse [b. abt. 1725]; > Madeleine Marie - dau., age 27 [b. abt 1748]; > Françoise - dau., age 13 [b. abt. 1762]; > Grégoire Dominique - son - age 7 [b. abt 1768]; > [source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/divers/convoi1.htm] > > > 2) In the "Acadians in France 1762-1776" by Milton Rieder, Jr. and his wife > Norma Gaudet, ...page 88: [Is this census taken abt 1772 ???] > Germain Semer 51, farmer, carpenter and a sawer, of Havre [b. abt > 1721] > Marie Trahan, 51, his wife, knits and dews, invalid [b. abt 1721] > Madeleine 25, their daughter, dressmaker [b. abt 1747] > Simon, 22, their son, seaman [b. abt 1750] > Claire 20, their daughter, lacemaker [b. abt. 1752] > Marie Francoise 10, apprentice seamstress > Gregoire Dominique Giraud, 4, their son > [source: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com; 2/0/03; RE: Joseph & Germain > Semer by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino] > > Question No. 1: > Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les > Mines: > > Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721, > bt. 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27) > [source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195] > > Question(s) No. 2: > In the 1752 census of PETITCODIAC, we find the following, [partial listing] > > Simon DARROIS, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls > Jean DARROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls > Silvain BREAU, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [Isabelle Darois remarried > to BREAU in 1734] > Germain BOYE, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls [is this Germain SEMER and > his wife Marie, > daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois???] > Paul TRAHAN, his wife, 1 girl [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Jean TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 3 girls [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Rene TRAHAN and his wife [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > > Several names down the list we find: > > Jean BOYE, his wife, 1 girl [is this Jean SEMER, father > of Germain???] > [source for census info: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html] > > Question No. 3: > If, indeed Germain & Jean BOYE turn out to be Germain & Jean Semer...any > suggestions on how/why the surname "SEMER" would be listed here as > "BOYE"???? > > Whewwww, I apologize for the lengthiness of my message, but would very much > appreciate ANY feedback, THANKS. > > Rita ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== The number one rule of this list is no flaming. 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Hi Rita..this is from Stephen White and you were certainly on the right track - good for you! <<The Semer-Trahan query seems only to ask for information about Marie Trahan, so I shall confine myself to that. At the outset I must point out that there appears to be a typo in your letter; Germain Semer and Marie Trahan were both fifty-one years of age in the 1772 (and not 1762) census. This is important because fifty-one was indeed Marie Trahan's age at that time. She had been born Aug. 17, 1721, at Rivière-aux-Canards, and was baptized Oct. 12, 1721, at Grand-Pré. Her parents were René Trahan and Isabelle ( or Élisabeth) Darois. Sometime in the early 1730's the family moved from Rivière-aux-Canards to the Petitcodiac River. It is believed that they settled near where the Champlain Mall is in Dieppe today. In fact, I think there is a plaque that mentions them somewhere at the edge of the Canadian Tire store across the street from the mall. In any event, it appears that René Trahan died around the same time, probably shortly after the move because it seems unlikely that his widow would have undertaken to go to a new area with her large number of small children without a husband. In 1734 Isabelle remarried. Her second husband was Sylvain Breau. It is under the name of this second husband that the family is listed at Petitcoudiac in the 1752 census. Immediately following Sylvain in the census are Germain "Boye" (Semer dit Boye), Paul Trahan, Jean Trahan, René Trahan, and Joseph Broussard. The three Trahans were all sons of René Trahan and Isabelle Darois, and Joseph Broussard was the husband of Ursule Trahan, the younger of René and Isabelle's two known daughters. Germain Semer was of course the husband of the elder daughter, Marie, whom he appears to have married about 1744. The listing of these families all together makes it clear that this was the case, that Germain had married the same Marie Trahan whose date of birth in 1721 corresponds to the age of fifty-one years given for his wife in 1772. Marie Trahan, wife of Germain Semer, died at the Hospice du Sanitat in Nantes on Oct. 25, 1776, aged fifty-six. She was buried there the next day, according to the hospice's register. It is this record of her death and burial that says that Marie was originally from (that is, was born at) Rivière-aux-Canards.>> Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home www.acadian-home.org Am-Can Gen Soc www.acgs.org CMA 2004 - www.cma2004.com Grand-Pré - http://www.grand-pre.com/ www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html -----Original Message----- From: Rita [mailto:grannyharg@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:38 AM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their daughter, Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot].

"Old Mobile Fort Louis de la Lousiane 1702-1711" URL FOUND AT BOTTOM >From the book "Old Mobile Fort Louis de la Lousiane 1702-1711" by Jay Higginbotham, (University of Alabama Press): Describes their shipboard experiences and the travel to Mobile. It also tells whom they actually married, and there are some children named when it was known or documented. Jay Higginbotham is the archivist in Mobile, Alabama. There are notes which reference the resource where the information was found, dates etc.. Some of the young ladies died of illness after arrival or fell ill aboard ship. Recruitment in Paris excerpt: "Screening the prospects in the summer of 1703, the bishop approved twenty girls reared in virtue and piety.. who are accustomed (also) to labor and diligence.." Some of the girls had been locally connected with parisian religious communities, such as the "filles du Reverend Pere Barre'" (a charitable and education order closely associated with the Seminaire des Missions Etrangeres), the Communaute de l'Annonciation on the rue du Bac and the Couvent de Notre-Dame la victorie de Lepante a Picpus. "Responsibilities of supplies and niceties for the girls was fell to the wife of the man who was to captain the ship carrying them to Louisiana, Madame Guymont DUCOUDRAY. Some of the Girls were: Louise - Marguerite HOUSSEAU had come from a town outside of Paris- Tours. Married Guilliame BOUTIN. Renee GILBERT had come from a town outside of Paris- Chantilly. Married Jean ROY.  Marie-Catherine PHILIPPE was sixteen yeras of age, daughter of Charles PHILIPPE, a respected resident of Meaux-en-Brie.... Gabrielle SAVARAY, daughter of Pierre SAVARY and Jeanne FAUTISSE, had been born the 285h of January 1684 in parish of Saint-Denis where her godfather, Plomier DESELUSE had been an important merchant. Married Jean Baptiste SAUCIER. For more about this couple visit Early Families of the French Colony Mobile.  Marie-Marguerite DUFRESNE, aged fourteen was a daughter of Charles DUFRESNE, Seiur Dumotel, a squire of the parish of Saint-Germain. Married Jean Baptiste ALEXANDER. For more about this couple visit Early Families of the French Colony Mobile.  Marie Therese BROCHON, "...not as well born, perhaps, but of no less piety.". Married Pierre BROSSARD. Angelique DROUIN "...not as well born, perhaps, but of no less piety." Married Jean B. La CROIX dit GRIMAULD Jeanne- Louise BURELLE, aged twenty Genevieve BURELLE, aged seventeen. Married Claude TREPANIER. Marguerite BURELLE, aged fifteen. Married Gilbert DARDENNE. The three BURELLE girls ."..needed no endorsement by Saint-Vallier, for they were to be accompanied by their parents, Etienne BURELLE and Marguerite ROUSSEAU, as well as by their yhounger brother Louis.The elder BURELLE, by profession a pastry cook, was no stranger to the New World. Born in Paris (Saint-Severin, Ile-de-France) in 1656, he had emigrated to Cap Saint-Ignace in Canada at an early age where he married Marguuerite, widow of Mathurin DUCHERON, dit DESLAURIERS, on Nov 10, 1682. Siring four children, BURELLE migrated to Quebec from Capt Saint-Ignace, where a son Vital, was born, after which he returned to Paris with his family about the turn of the century. Eager to return to the New World, the pastry cook seized the opportunity for free passage after learning of Saint-VALLIER's search for Colonists." Jeanne-Elisabeth Le PINTEAUX * Jeanne-Catherine de BERENHARDT * Marie-Francoise de BOISENRAUD (la fille superieure) * * "...acted with some authority over the slightly younger girls, in concert with Sister Marie Malbecq (chosen by Saint Vallier himself) and Monsieur Le ROUX." Louise-Francoise LeFEVRE died of yellow fever after arrival at Fort Louis, buried that same afternoon. For a cmplete list of names of the Girls and their Spouses and some of the offspring, visit Marriages of the Pelican Girls Names and genealogies of the Cassette Girls--"Pelican Girls" who came to Mobile    as brides for the French Marines in 1704. http://www.rootsweb.com/~almobile/mobfm1.html

Rita, Surette in his book "Petitcoudiac" has the following, [....] are my insertions: SEMER, dit Boye (Bois) [also LEMER] Jean Semer b. ca 1680 [son of Jean Semer & Marguerite Héron] married [22 Nov.] 1717 Marguerite Vincent [born ca 1695], daughter of Michel Vincent [& Marie-Josephe Richard] A) Germain Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1720 married ca 1745 Marie Trahan, daughter of Rene Trahan [& Isabelle Darois] 1) Boy born ca 1748 2) Simon born ca 1750 3) Grégoire-Dominique-Gérard born ca 1768 died 1837 B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] 1) Germain born ca 1752 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard] Reference: Stephen White "Dictionnaire" pp. 1448 & 1578. Hope this helps. Roger A. Rozendal rogroz@swbell.net > From: "Rita" <grannyharg@bellsouth.net> > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:38:03 -0500 > To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer > Resent-From: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:38:09 -0600 > > Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain > Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their daughter, > Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot]. > > > 1) Listed as passengers on Convoy No. 1 from Chatellerault to Nantes on Oct. > 24, 1775 are: > Germain Semer - age 55, charpentier[b. abt 1720]; > Marie Trahan - wife - age 50, tricoteuse [b. abt. 1725]; > Madeleine Marie - dau., age 27 [b. abt 1748]; > Françoise - dau., age 13 [b. abt. 1762]; > Grégoire Dominique - son - age 7 [b. abt 1768]; > [source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/divers/convoi1.htm] > > > 2) In the "Acadians in France 1762-1776" by Milton Rieder, Jr. and his wife > Norma Gaudet, ...page 88: [Is this census taken abt 1772 ???] > Germain Semer 51, farmer, carpenter and a sawer, of Havre [b. abt > 1721] > Marie Trahan, 51, his wife, knits and dews, invalid [b. abt 1721] > Madeleine 25, their daughter, dressmaker [b. abt 1747] > Simon, 22, their son, seaman [b. abt 1750] > Claire 20, their daughter, lacemaker [b. abt. 1752] > Marie Francoise 10, apprentice seamstress > Gregoire Dominique Giraud, 4, their son > [source: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com; 2/0/03; RE: Joseph & Germain > Semer by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino] > > Question No. 1: > Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les > Mines: > > Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721, > bt. 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27) > [source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195] > > Question(s) No. 2: > In the 1752 census of PETITCODIAC, we find the following, [partial listing] > > Simon DARROIS, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls > Jean DARROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls > Silvain BREAU, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [Isabelle Darois remarried > to BREAU in 1734] > Germain BOYE, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls [is this Germain SEMER and > his wife Marie, > daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois???] > Paul TRAHAN, his wife, 1 girl [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Jean TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 3 girls [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Rene TRAHAN and his wife [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > > Several names down the list we find: > > Jean BOYE, his wife, 1 girl [is this Jean SEMER, father > of Germain???] > [source for census info: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html] > > Question No. 3: > If, indeed Germain & Jean BOYE turn out to be Germain & Jean Semer...any > suggestions on how/why the surname "SEMER" would be listed here as > "BOYE"???? > > Whewwww, I apologize for the lengthiness of my message, but would very much > appreciate ANY feedback, THANKS. > > Rita

I'm really enjoying the site. Thanks. Margaret -----Original Message----- From: Paul Nichols [mailto:pauli007@pacbell.net] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 10:18 AM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Re: Progenitors' bios Hi. The following is a good site with lots of stuff about what you are researching. http://www.comeaugen.com/chrono/1600.htm Good luck. Paul of San Diego ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-caj un This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I don't know who all of the original progenitors who came to Acadia were. Haven't researched that. It was just a matter of interest. Just thought it would be interesting to have a brief bio of each one thinking that with so many people on the list we would probably be able to cover most of them. Thanks, Margaret -----Original Message----- From: Paul Nichols [mailto:pauli007@pacbell.net] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 10:18 AM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Re: Progenitors' bios Hi. The following is a good site with lots of stuff about what you are researching. http://www.comeaugen.com/chrono/1600.htm Good luck. Paul of San Diego ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-caj un This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Rita, You said << Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les Mines: Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721, bt. 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27) [source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195]>> Marie Trahan, wife of Germain Semer is listed in the 1762 census in the "Acadians in France" by the Rieders as being 51 years of age. Therefore, this eliminates the possibility of the Marie Trahan you list here as being the daughter of Rene and Elisabeth Darois since she would have had to be born abt 1711 rather than 1721. I will do a search and post if nobody else finds this information before I do ;o) Best regards, Lucie Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home www.acadian-home.org Am-Can Gen Soc www.acgs.org CMA 2004 - www.cma2004.com Grand-Pré - http://www.grand-pre.com/ www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html -----Original Message----- From: Rita [mailto:grannyharg@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:38 AM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their daughter, Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot]. 1) Listed as passengers on Convoy No. 1 from Chatellerault to Nantes on Oct. 24, 1775 are: Germain Semer - age 55, charpentier[b. abt 1720]; Marie Trahan - wife - age 50, tricoteuse [b. abt. 1725]; Madeleine Marie - dau., age 27 [b. abt 1748]; Françoise - dau., age 13 [b. abt. 1762]; Grégoire Dominique - son - age 7 [b. abt 1768]; [source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/divers/convoi1.htm] 2) In the "Acadians in France 1762-1776" by Milton Rieder, Jr. and his wife Norma Gaudet, ...page 88: [Is this census taken abt 1772 ???] Germain Semer 51, farmer, carpenter and a sawer, of Havre [b. abt 1721] Marie Trahan, 51, his wife, knits and dews, invalid [b. abt 1721] Madeleine 25, their daughter, dressmaker [b. abt 1747] Simon, 22, their son, seaman [b. abt 1750] Claire 20, their daughter, lacemaker [b. abt. 1752] Marie Francoise 10, apprentice seamstress Gregoire Dominique Giraud, 4, their son [source: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com; 2/0/03; RE: Joseph & Germain Semer by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino] Question No. 1: Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les Mines: Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721, bt. 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27) [source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195] Question(s) No. 2: In the 1752 census of PETITCODIAC, we find the following, [partial listing] Simon DARROIS, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls Jean DARROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls Silvain BREAU, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [Isabelle Darois remarried to BREAU in 1734] Germain BOYE, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls [is this Germain SEMER and his wife Marie, daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois???] Paul TRAHAN, his wife, 1 girl [son of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois?? ] Jean TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 3 girls [son of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois?? ] Rene TRAHAN and his wife [son of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois?? ] Several names down the list we find: Jean BOYE, his wife, 1 girl [is this Jean SEMER, father of Germain???] [source for census info: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html] Question No. 3: If, indeed Germain & Jean BOYE turn out to be Germain & Jean Semer...any suggestions on how/why the surname "SEMER" would be listed here as "BOYE"???? Whewwww, I apologize for the lengthiness of my message, but would very much appreciate ANY feedback, THANKS. Rita ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian -cajun This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their daughter, Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot]. 1) Listed as passengers on Convoy No. 1 from Chatellerault to Nantes on Oct. 24, 1775 are: Germain Semer - age 55, charpentier[b. abt 1720]; Marie Trahan - wife - age 50, tricoteuse [b. abt. 1725]; Madeleine Marie - dau., age 27 [b. abt 1748]; Françoise - dau., age 13 [b. abt. 1762]; Grégoire Dominique - son - age 7 [b. abt 1768]; [source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/divers/convoi1.htm] 2) In the "Acadians in France 1762-1776" by Milton Rieder, Jr. and his wife Norma Gaudet, ...page 88: [Is this census taken abt 1772 ???] Germain Semer 51, farmer, carpenter and a sawer, of Havre [b. abt 1721] Marie Trahan, 51, his wife, knits and dews, invalid [b. abt 1721] Madeleine 25, their daughter, dressmaker [b. abt 1747] Simon, 22, their son, seaman [b. abt 1750] Claire 20, their daughter, lacemaker [b. abt. 1752] Marie Francoise 10, apprentice seamstress Gregoire Dominique Giraud, 4, their son [source: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com; 2/0/03; RE: Joseph & Germain Semer by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino] Question No. 1: Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les Mines: Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721, bt. 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27) [source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195] Question(s) No. 2: In the 1752 census of PETITCODIAC, we find the following, [partial listing] Simon DARROIS, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls Jean DARROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls Silvain BREAU, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [Isabelle Darois remarried to BREAU in 1734] Germain BOYE, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls [is this Germain SEMER and his wife Marie, daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois???] Paul TRAHAN, his wife, 1 girl [son of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois?? ] Jean TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 3 girls [son of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois?? ] Rene TRAHAN and his wife [son of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois?? ] Several names down the list we find: Jean BOYE, his wife, 1 girl [is this Jean SEMER, father of Germain???] [source for census info: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html] Question No. 3: If, indeed Germain & Jean BOYE turn out to be Germain & Jean Semer...any suggestions on how/why the surname "SEMER" would be listed here as "BOYE"???? Whewwww, I apologize for the lengthiness of my message, but would very much appreciate ANY feedback, THANKS. Rita

Hi Sorry bout that - just discovered some incorrect dates, therefore please ignore the last query. Thanks Andy

Hi Don, Well my goodness what a surprize. :-) However it makes sense looking at the time frame. I am attempting to find the parents of Michel MORVANT, b. bef 1765 in the Quachita District of La. and his wife, Catherine ROME, b. bef 1794. He must have been a riverman or trapper. The Romes at that time were found on the German Coast of the Mississippi River which explains their meeting. Anyway, if anyone has anything they care to share ... Thanks all Andy Scott

Date:   Fri, 8 Oct 1999 13:13:49 -0700 From:   Maria Heemskerk Subject: BRETAGNE Genealogy - The Acadians and Belle Ile en Mer This whole site seems to have a lot of our names listed, so far I have check 'The colonist's' and Links. There are leBlanc's Landry's, Trahan's etc. Hope this connects lots of us to France. Maria Heemskerk ============================== ======= Our ancestors who kept a strong oral tradition alive, could, from generation to generation, trace back to their origins. It was quite common to see two or three generations living together. Maybe, the change in our way of life explains the current enthusiasm for genealogy. Acadia, the first French colongy in North America was located at the eastern corner of Canada. The first French colonists (120 volunteers) arrived in Acadia in 1604 with Champlain. They were mainly soldiers and craftsmen. Others arrive in 1606 and were for the most part farmers. They founded PORT-ROYAL, now Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia. In 1620, England seizes Acadia and Canada for the first time, which were later given back to France by the Treaties of Suze and of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1632. It was at this time that the French decided to settle 300 elites in Acadia conducted by Isaac de RAZILLY, who came from Auray in Bretagne. Cousin of RICHELIEU, nominated governor of Acadia, he was accompanied by Charles de MENOU de CHARNISAY, sire d'AULNAY. The first families arrived in successive waves, recruited in the provinces of the West of France. They only realy settled from 1636.           Port-Royal was taken by the English during the war which took place from 1654 to 1667. At the end of the hostilities, Acadia was given back to France by the Treaty of Breda. This is where begins the story of a family dragged along by the flow of history, to live every day amidst the consequences of the wars between France and England. Laurent Granger who arrived in Acadia as a sailor on an English vessel, is the first Granger of this direct line of descent. The following censuses recorded the enlargement of the family and it's properties. By order of Richelieu, the colonists who were populate Acadia had to be French and catholic, this was not the case of Laurent GRANGER who renounced his protestant religion in order to marry Marie LANDRY. The missionnaries incited Acadian couples to have serveral children, and in April 1666 a Court order declared « All inhabitants of New France having 10 living children, born in legitimate marriage, neither priests, nor nuns, will be paid deniers by His Majesty ». >From the union of Laurent GRANGER and Marie LANDRI 9 children were born :              Marie Marguerite, Pierre, Jacques, joseph, René, Claude, Marie, Anne et                   Laurent. One of the first census' of Port Royal in 1671 notes that Laurent Granger was a thirty year old sailor, Marie Landri his wife was twenty four, they then had two children, Marguerite, three years old and Pierre 9 months old. They had five horned animals, six ewes and four acres of workable land. In the same year, Colbert sent about fifty new colonists to Acadia and the foundation of Beaubassin, Grand-pré, Ducks River, Pisiguit and Cobéquid could be witnessed. They can still be found in Nova Scotia. En 1693, the census of Port Royal indicates that fivie children of the GRANGER/LANDRI couple were still living at the family home. They then had 15 horned animals, 20 ewes, 12 pigs, 12 acres and 2 shotguns. The war between France and England continued and Acadia was given back to the French by the Treaty of Ryswick (1697). Laurent GRANGER died during this period. His wife died in 1719. She was 70 years old. René GRANGER 1676-1740 Laurent's fifth child, founded in turn his family by marrying Marguerite THERIOT. Nine children were born from this union :                                       Ma rie, Marguerite Françoise, René, Joseph, Claude, François Marie,                   Chales and Jean Baptiste. The different census' record the evolution of the family as well as their livestock.   In 1707, they had two sons over 14, three daughters under 12, 19 horned animals, 17 ewes, 8 pigs, 4 acres and 1 shotgun. In 1713 Acadia becomes definitively English, only Royal Island and St Johns Island remain in French possession. However, in the former Acadia, now Nova Scotia, the Acadians refuse to take an oath of neutrality. In 1714 René GRANGER is noted as «near the fort » with 5 sons and 3 daughters. Indeed, on a 1710 map his farm can be found located on the other side of the river facing the Port-Royal fort. He died in November 1740 at Ducks River, St Joseph's parish in Acadia. This was the period when the English ceased to accept the « neutrality » of the Acadians. Some families who didn't want to submit, were forced to go into hiding to survive. Marie Louisa Pauline GRANGER Laurent GRANGER et Marie LANDRY Mariés en Acadie vers 1666 René GRANGER et Marguerite THERIOT Mariés en Acadie en 1725 Joseph GRANGER et Marguérite Le BLANC Mariés en Acadie en 1725 Joseph Simon GRANGER et Marie Josephe THERIOT Mariés en Acadie en 1748 Félix GRANGER et Jacquette GUELLEC Mariés à Belle-Ile-en-Mer en l'an 13 Joseph Marie GRANGER et Séraphine TRAHAN Mariés à Belle-Ile-en-Mer en 1833 Jean Simon GRANGER et Marie Elodie LHERMITE Mariés à Belle-Ile-En-Mer en 1876 Marie Louisa GRANGER Epouse Hyppolite ROHAN Joseph GRANGER 1705-1757 fifth child of, got married to Marguerite Le BLANC in 1725 in the Parish of St. Charles in a place called the Mines. They had 4 children : Joseph Simon, Jean Baptiste, Amand and Marie Marguerite. The Counsel of Nova Scotia decided on the 28th of July 1755 to depart the French population. Nearly six thousand had already fled to the Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and New York, between 1749 and 1752. In 1755, Joseph and his family are vicitms of this "Great disturbance" and were deported to the English colonies of North America. Some colonies such as Virginia, refused to accept them. They were then deported tp England with 7500 other Acadians. They died in England in Falmouth in 1757. His wife and his 3 children settled in Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1765, after a brief stay in Morlaix, the town that accepted them in 1763 following the Treaty of Paris which gave up Canada to the English. Joseph Simon GRANGER 1727-1792 Was born in Acadia and married Marie Josephe THERIOT in 1748. They had 12 children : Jean Baptiste Toussaint, Elizabeth, born in Acadia, Joseph Simon, Pierre, Auguste Vital Baydé, born in England, Félix, Marie Geneviève, born and deceased in M orlaix, Félix, Jean Marie, Jean Simon, Marie Françoise and Pélagie Félicité, born in Belle-Ile-En-Mer. He was the inventor of a plough specially adapted for clearing and ploughing the Belle-Ile soil. He died in Belle-Ile in the village of Antoureau in 1792 and today nearly 1500 descendents can be counted. 10 GRANGER families settled in Belle-Ile, and they are all descendents of René GRANGER ancestor of Joseph Simon. SETTLEMENT IN BEL LE-ILE-EN-MER At this time, Louix XV was looking for farmers to populate Belle-Ile which had been partially destroyed by English occupation. When they arrived in Belle Ile in September and October 1765, the 78 Acadian families were settled in the seigneuries' warehouses (355 people), while awaiting the designation of their settlements in the villages, after the "afféagement" (the division of noble lands in exchange for a certain fee - feudal system). They started to settle around April 1766 and each family received about 30 measures of land (which a farmer could plough in a day) and a dwelling place, stables, animals as well as farming utensils, just like the other Belle-Ile colonists. This was a difficult period for both for the people of Belle Ile who had just been subjected to the invasion of the English and were now asked to be tolerant and to make efforts to cohabitate, and for the Acadians who had to adapt themselves to a new life and a new language. During the troubled period of the Great disturbance the baptism, marriage and death registers held by the missionaries were sometimes destroyed. When the Acadians arrived, they were asked to reconstitute their genealogie. Some of these declarations contained obvious errors but for the most of them they were the account of the Acadian genealogie from their arrival to the first colongists in Acadia (Nova Scotia). Félix GRANGER 1766-1839 is the first child of the GRANGER/THERIOT couple to be born in Belle Ile some time after the arrival of the "Acadian troops". The 24th Floréal of the year 13 he married jacquette GUELLEC of Belle Ile, born in Le Palais. The family lived in Antoureau where they exploited part of the lands coming from the "afféagement" which had been given to Jospeh Simon in 1766. Six children were born of this union : Jean Nicolas Stanislas, Marie Josèphe Zélie, Jean Martin, Joseph Marie, Joséphine and Françoise Félicité. Joseph Marie GRANGER 1811-1894 fourth child of the GRANGER/GUELLEC couple. He married Séraphine TRAHAN in 1833 at Belle-Ile, who was also a descendent of the Acadian family settled in Belle-Ile. Twelve children were born in the village of Kervarigeon in Bangor, from this couple : Séraphine, Rosalie, Célestine, Marie Eugénie, Marie Josèphe, Prosper Martin, Jean Simon, Marie Josèphe Elisa, Marie Caroline, Marie Céline Honorine, Anne Marie and Léon Eugène. Jean Simon GRANGER 1847-1916 A sailor, he breaks a little with the family tradition, being faithful to the land for several generations. He married Marie Elodie LHERMITTE in 1876. They had 7 children : Simon Gustave Joseph, Marie Elise Léonie, Louis Marie Simon, Marie Elise Léonie, Louis Marie Simon, Marie Louisa Pauline, Caroline Alise Augustine, Hélène Léonie Clémentine and Marguerite Berthe Eugénie. Belle-Ile counted 5000 inhabitants in 1782, and double in 1872. At this time, coastal fishing and sardine fishing generated great activity. In 1869, in the "Belle-Ile quarter", 218 boats and 883 men used this little fishing harbour. Marie Louisa Pauline GRANGER 1883-1958 born at the end of the last century, married Hyppolite ROHAN, who worked on the railways. They family left to settle in Vannes. Sarah Bernhardt while on an excursion to discover Belle-Ile, fell in love with it. She quickly undertook negociations for the buying of the little fort located at the cape of Poulains at Sauzon. From 1896 she spent her first holidays here and came regularly every summer until her death in 1922. As well as the little fort, she bought land, a farm and the manor of Penholt. In 1910 the ROHAN/GRANGER couple came to settle in Sauzon to manage Sarah Bernhardt's farm. Two children were born at the Poulains farm, now transformed into Club-House for the golf course. During these last hundred years, the tourist vocation of Belle Ile en Merhas developed greatly. This has not been without consequence on the life of the people of Belle Ile and their activities. Fishing and agriculture has greatly diminished contrary to the seasonal activities. May those who love Belle-Ile, discover it in every season, since one cannot really understand and love Belle-Il, without having seen it struggle against the winter storms or lighten up with the multitude of Spring colours.

OUCHITA PARISH Located on the Ouachita River, Ouachita Parish is located at latitude 32.48 degrees North, longitude 92.16 degrees West. Monroe and West Monroe offer a taste of Louisiana history, art, entertainment, food and family fun. Begin your adventures at the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Foundation, consisting of a Bible Museum and Research Center, the family home, and Elsong Gardens. Browse through the Masur Museum of Art, a gothic home of permanent collections as well as special exhibits. Discover West Monroe's Antique Alley, a three-block array of interesting shops in 1880s buildings. Enjoy a cruise aboard the Twin City Queen on the Ouachita River or a family outing at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo. Experience unforgettable food: stewed vegetables, smoked meats, steaming biscuits, a cool slide of pie...the southern blue-plate feast. With a medley of attractions and quality hotels, Monroe and West Monroe have a menu sure to satisfy your vacation cravings. For more information, contact: Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau, P.O. Box 6054, Monroe, LA 71211-6054, (800) 843-1872, (318) 387-5691. Credit: Louisiana Office of Tourism. http://www.lapage.com/parishes/ouach.htm