Looking for the parents/birthdate of Louis Teller who m. 1829 to Carmelite Leger, d/o Jean and Marie Elise (Savoie) Leger, probably in Opelousas LA. Thanks! Gordon

An interesting article published in the Beaumont Enterprise, of Beaumont, TX. Might be of interest to those with 'Atakapas District' roots, in Louisiana. (present day St Martin, Iberia, Vermilion and Lafayette Parishes). It is in reference to the 'extinct' Atakapas Indian culture, and their attempt to be recognized as being active. _http://beaumontenterprise.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18792974&BRD=2287&PAG=461& dept_id=512588&rfi=6_ (http://beaumontenterprise.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18792974&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6) _The Beaumont Enterprise - Lost tribe says their culture is still alive_ (http://beaumontenterprise.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18792974&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept _id=512588&rfi=6) Cindy (mailto:LALAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com) "Perhaps there are no stars in the sky, but rather, openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy." --Eskimo legend ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Looking for the parents of Eleanor Sonnier, b. 1898 probably in Rayne, LA, m. ca 1925 to Robert Comeaux, b 25 Oct. 1909 in Church Point, LA, son of Honore and Effie (Murrell) Comeaux. Thanks... Gordon

Gordon, The name was Claude Francois Seraphin Renaud. He was from France. Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: acadian-cajun-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:acadian-cajun-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Bonnet Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 4:40 PM To: acadian-cajun@rootsweb.com Subject: [Acadian-Cajun] Seraphin/Castille Looking for the parents/birthdate of Claude Francois Seraphin, m. 1865, probably in Grand Coteau, LA to Azelie Castille, d/o Jean Baptiste and Azelie (Stelly) Castille. Thanks! Gordon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Looking for the parents/birthdate of Claude Francois Seraphin, m. 1865, probably in Grand Coteau, LA to Azelie Castille, d/o Jean Baptiste and Azelie (Stelly) Castille. Thanks! Gordon

Does anyone know the identity of the ___ Robertson, who married (as his second wife) Jean Baptiste Triche, probably ca. 1825 in Edgard LA? They had two children I know of, Marie Odile (b. ca. 1827) m. Jean Baptiste Roselfort Templet, 13 Oct 1845 in Plattenville; and Edmond Adrien, b. 5 Apr. 1832 in Edgard, m. (I don't know the date) Marie Zulma LaSeigne. thanks for any help... cheers, Gordon

I found two Rat(t)els in St. Landry Parish, LA, both born in the 1830s, and I suspect they were siblings, but I have no birth or parent information for them. There was Celestine Ratel who m. Hypolite Bogard, and Jean Baptiste Emile Rattel who married Elodie Carriere. Does anyone have further information? This is a surname I'm completely unfamiliar with. Thanks! Gordon Bonnet Trumansburg NY

Does anyone know the identity of the Jean Olivier who married  Delphine Bernard, born at 1817? d/o Joseph and Constance (Breaux) Bernard?   Delphine age 23 ? d. 15 oct 1840 in Thibodaux, LA. no marriage record, could be in BR DIOCESE ? Jean Olivier SLR vol 1, 1794-1840 pge 61 pierre zephiri and marie delphine exnicios looks like they had 3 jeans, middle names different jean silvanie b 1 aug 1827 jean louis b 1831 jean piere b 1834 ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hello Gordon The family name Ratel is a name that came to Louisiana from Quebec. But.....the two you are looking for info on were surnamed Ritter (a name that came from Germany as Reider/Reyder). Cecil Van Duzee ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Bonnet<mailto:jaggy227@fltg.net> To: acadian-cajun@rootsweb.com<mailto:acadian-cajun@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:37 PM Subject: [Acadian-Cajun] Rat(t)el I found two Rat(t)els in St. Landry Parish, LA, both born in the 1830s, and I suspect they were siblings, but I have no birth or parent information for them. There was Celestine Ratel who m. Hypolite Bogard, and Jean Baptiste Emile Rattel who married Elodie Carriere. Does anyone have further information? This is a surname I'm completely unfamiliar with. Thanks! Gordon Bonnet Trumansburg NY ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bonjour, cousine, First, a bit of Western Massachusetts local lore: Mount Holyoke is the name of a mountain peak overlooking the towns of Hadley and South Hadley, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also the name of a college for women in South Hadley. There is a city named Holyoke on the opposite bank of the Connecticut River, in Hampden County. My great-grandfather and great-grandmother trekked to Holyoke from Crookston, Minnesota in the 1890s. They had gone to Minnesota from Laprairie County, Quebec some years earlier, when the US Government was offering land grants to settlers in the western Great Lakes region. I mention all these facts of my family history because, when I looked up the name Ludger Dugas in Ancestry World Tree Projects, I found a story much like that of my own family -- with a few interesting twists and turns! ======================================================= The following is by Eugene Dugas, grandson of Ludger Dugas and Emelie Boisjoli: Ludger Dugas and wife, Emelie Griveau Boisjoli and Eurgille Boisjoli, (Emelie's Brother) and his wife Marcelline Bonneau lived at St. Jacques l'Achigan, a small town about 25 to 30 miles north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Both were farmers. In the winter time they worked in the woods. They would go where they received the most pay. They worked in Ontario as far as Lake Superior. It is there that they learned that the United States had added a new state to the union, Minnesota, and that any one who wanted to go live there would be given 160 acres homestead and would also get help to obtain seed and tools. Ludger Dugas went back to St. Jacques, sold his farm and in 1858 moved to Little Falls, MN. He bought a farm one mile north of Little Falls near the bluff. Eurgille Boisjoli did not sell his farm. He moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts, where his children worked in the cotton mills. They kept corresponding with Ludger Dugas at Little Falls. After a few years Eurgille Buosjoli moved to Little Falls, but they stayed only a few years, then moved back to their farm at St. Jacques. While in Little Falls Eurgille's daughter, Lumina Boisjoli married Eugene Dugas, Oct. 28, 1884 at Belle Prairie, MN (son of Ludger Dugas and Emelie Griveau Boisjoli). Eugene Dugas died at the age of 32 and was buried at Belle Prairie. Then Lumina Dugas took her family and returned to St. Jacques and made her home with her mother. Her father Eurgille had died Sep. 2, 1878 at St. Jacques. Her mother also died there Dec. 2, 1898. One of her sons died in 1913 at the age of 22 years. Lumina Boisjoli Dugas and the rest of her family moved to Springfield, Mass. Lumina died there in 1931. ==================================== PEDIGREE OF LUDGER DUGAS : /Abraham DUGAS b: 1616 d: WFT Est. 1659-1708 /Martin DUGAS b: 1656 d: 1679 | \Marguerite Louise DOUCET b: WFT Est. 1610-1634 d: WFT Est. 1659-1722 => /Abraham DUGAS b: 1677 d: 3 MAY 1720 | \Marguerite PETITPAS b: WFT Est. 1636-1662 d: WFT Est. 1681-1751 /Joseph DUGAS b: 1705 d: 5 APR 1788 | | /Claude LANDRY b: WFT Est. 1621-1660 d: WFT Est. 1663-1741 | \Marie Madeleine LANDRY b: WFT Est. 1663-1686 d: WFT Est. 1708-1774 | \Marguerite TERRIOT b: WFT Est. 1629-1662 d: WFT Est. 1663-1747 /Alexandre DUGAS b: 1732 d: 14 SEP 1789 | \Marguerite ROBICHAUD b: WFT Est. 1690-1713 d: WFT Est. 1735-1802 /Issac DUGAS b: 1769 d: 18 FEB 1865 | | /Jean Baptiste BROSSARD b: WFT Est. 1680-1720 d: WFT Est. 1723-1800 | \Marie Josette BROSSARD b: WFT Est. 1723-1746 d: 19 AUG 1784 | \Cecil BABIN b: WFT Est. 1688-1722 d: WFT Est. 1723-1806 Ludger DUGAS b: 12 MAY 1826 d: 4 MAR 1906 | /Joseph THIBIDEAU b: WFT Est. 1733-1762 d: WFT Est. 1787-1847 \Marie THIBIDEAU b: 14 OCT 1784 d: 1870 \Isabelle LABLANCE b: WFT Est. 1742-1765 d: WFT Est. 1787-1853 PEDIGREE OF EMILIE BOISJOLI: /Antoine Griveau BOISJOLI b: WFT Est. 1776-1805 d: WFT Est. 1830-1890 Emelie Griveau BOISJOLI b: 10 OCT 1827 d: 31 MAY 1883 \Julie BOUQUET b: WFT Est. 1785-1808 d: WFT Est. 1830-1896 -----Original Message----- From: Jacqueline Doty <jadot@brainerd.net> To: QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com; acadian-cajun@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:21 am Subject: [Q-R] LUDGER DUGAS m. EMILINE BOISJOLI Came to Minnesota from Mount Holyoke, MA; Ludger Doucette m. Emiline Boisjoli m abt 1850-1854, probably in Mount Holyoke. Came to Minnesota by covered wagon abt1860. Daughter Emiline b. abt 1855 m. Antoine Bellefeuille (Rivard) in 1878 in Belle Prairie. Trying to connect back to Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, first ancestors in Acadia. Thanks Jackie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

Came to Minnesota from Mount Holyoke, MA; Ludger Doucette m. Emiline Boisjoli m abt 1850-1854, probably in Mount Holyoke. Came to Minnesota by covered wagon abt1860. Daughter Emiline b. abt 1855 m. Antoine Bellefeuille (Rivard) in 1878 in Belle Prairie. Trying to connect back to Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, first ancestors in Acadia. Thanks Jackie

I'm looking for the parents/birth of Elizabeth Olivier, who married  13 apr 1868 in Houma LA to Trasimond Portier.  I had her placed with  the wrong family (dates were impossible), so I'd like to correct. VOL. 4 1861-1870 PGE475 ELIZABETH OLIVIER (CAMILLE & LORENA BABIN) MARRIED 13 APRIL 1868 TRASIMOND PORTIER HOUMA CT. HSSE MAR V. 7 #270 ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I have a mystery Pontiff... I'm looking for the identity of Esther Pontiff and her husband, ____ Cross. They had one child I know of, Esther Cross, b. ca. 1902 probably in Schriever, Lafourche Parish, LA, who married on 18 Jan 1917 in Schriever to Joseph Ferdinand Meyer. Does anyone know who these folks are, or have more information about them? Thanks... Gordon

Hello Gordon Celimene Picard and Dupre Morvant were married 30 Jan 1870 in Lafayette and then had marriage blessed at St. Anne's in Youngsville on 4 Mar 1872. Celimene (Jean Louis Eloi- Henriette Oliva Pomier) was 1st married and had children with Jean Darcourt Lopez. Cecil Van Duzee ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Bonnet<mailto:jaggy227@fltg.net> To: acadian-cajun@rootsweb.com<mailto:acadian-cajun@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: [Acadian-Cajun] Picard/Morvant Looking for the parents of Celimene Picard who m. in 1872 in Youngsville, LA to Dupreville Morvant, s/o Francois and Marie Genevieve (Granger) Morvant. Thanks! Gordon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Looking for the parents of Celimene Picard who m. in 1872 in Youngsville, LA to Dupreville Morvant, s/o Francois and Marie Genevieve (Granger) Morvant. Thanks! Gordon

I just wanted to post to the entire list a Thank You for putting up with my eight million queries over the last few weeks. As is probably obvious, I'm trying to clean up some obvious mistakes and fill some holes in my database, and unfortunately (being a Cajun exiled in the frozen north) I have zero access to Louisiana records up here and have to rely on the good nature of the list to help me out. I'm putting all of this stuff online as soon as I'm done (hopefully soon) so everyone will have access to it. But I couldn't do it without you, and I want to say that I truly appreciate all the help. Y'all are the best! cheers, Gordon Bonnet Trumansburg NY

Looking for the parents of Ozeme Parks who m. ca. 1880 to Marie Rozema Olivier, daughter of Jean Valery and Marie Melicere (Navarre) Olivier, prob. in Thibodaux, LA. Thanks... Gordon

Gordon - Here is what I have: First Generation 1. Marie Elizabeth OLIVIER: born on 24 Oct 1844 in vic Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA. Second Generation 2. Commings "Camille" OLIVER: born in New York; married on 20 Jul 1843 in Court House, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA. 3. Marie Madeleine Lorenza BABIN. Third Generation 4. Anthony OLIVER: married. 5. Elizabeth OLIVER. 6. Francois BABIN: born on 9 May 1774 in vic Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA; married on 16 Oct 1809 in St Gabriel, Iberville Parish, LA; died about 4 Jan 1850 in vic Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA. 7. Marguerite Marceline Marcellite CLOUATRE: born on 13 Apr 1788 in St Gabriel, Manchac, Iberville Parish, LA; died in 1833. Banks Edwards -------------- Original message from Gordon Bonnet <jaggy227@fltg.net>: -------------- > Hi... > > I just found another mistake in my database... I'm one volume short > of Hebert's SLAR to get the information I need, hope some kind soul > can do a quick lookup for me. > > I'm looking for the parents/birth of Elizabeth Olivier, who married > 13 apr 1868 in Houma LA to Trasimond Portier. I had her placed with > the wrong family (dates were impossible), so I'd like to correct. > > Thanks! > > cheers, > > Gordon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone know the identity of the Jean Olivier who married Delphine Bernard, d/o Joseph and Constance (Breaux) Bernard? Delphine d. 15 oct 1840 in Thibodaux, LA. Thanks... Gordon

Hi... I just found another mistake in my database... I'm one volume short of Hebert's SLAR to get the information I need, hope some kind soul can do a quick lookup for me. I'm looking for the parents/birth of Elizabeth Olivier, who married 13 apr 1868 in Houma LA to Trasimond Portier. I had her placed with the wrong family (dates were impossible), so I'd like to correct. Thanks! cheers, Gordon