Hi Margy, I hope I get how to post to the board correctly this time. --------------------------------------------------------- We were born in La. & now are retired in San Antonio, TX Esther Comeaux Howard and Jack Vincent Howard's, (Jack's mother was a Vincent), Acadian family lines: Martin Aucoin m. Marie Denys Salle---1 family line Antoine Babin m. Marie Mercier---4 lines Jean Bpt. Blanchard m.Radegibde Lambert---2 lines Michel Boudreaux m. Michelle Aucoin---4 lines Jacques Bourgeois m. Jeanne Trahan---4 lines Antoine Bourque m. Antoinette Landry---4 lines Vincent Breaux m. Marie Bourque---4 lines Francois Broussard m Catherine Richard---5 lines Jean Louis Champagne m. Marie Forrest---1 line Pierre Comeaux m. Rose Bayols---6 lines Thomas Cormier m. Madeleine Girouard---1 line Philippe d'Entremont m Madeleine Heilie---1 line Jerome Darois m. Marie Gareau---2 lines Germain Doucet m Marie Bourgeois---2 lines Abraham Dugas m Marguerite Carrsonne---1line Jean Bpt. (Duon) Duhon m Agnes Hebert---2 lines Michel Dupuis m Mari Francoise (Gautrot) Gautreaux---2 lines Jean Gaudet m (Unknown wife)---3 lines Francois (Gautrot) Gautreaux m Edmee LeJeune---2 lines Firm Girouard m Marguerite Cormier---2 lines Pierre Godin m Jeanne Rousseliere---2 lines Laurent Granger (English) m Marie Henriette Landry---1 line Pierre Guilbeaux m Catherine Terriot---3 lines Antoine Hebert m Genevieve LeFrance---1 line Etienne Hebert m. Marie Gaudet---4 lines Martin Henry m. Marie Hebert---2 flines Rene Landry m. Marie Bernard---4 lines Daniel LeBlanc m. Francoise Gaudet---4 lines Pierre Martin m Catherin Vigneau---2 lines Pierre Melancon (English) m. Percilla (unknown last name)---2 lines Jacques Michel m Catherin Comeaux---2 lines Francois Savoie m Catherine LeJeune---3 lines Louis (Saulnier) Sonnier m Louise Bastineaud---2 lines Jean Terriot m Perrine Breaux--- 5 lines Pierre Thibodeaux m Jeanne Terriot--- 5 lines Guillaume Trahan m Francoise Corbineau---1 line Guillaume Trahan m Marie Madelene Burn---2 lines Pierre Clement Vincent m Ann Gaudet--- 2 lines ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of the above family lines, these are our main family names that were first Acadians, in that family line, to arrive in La: 4 family lines from the children of Francois Broussard & Catherine Richard Marie Broussard m Rene Doucet Alexandre Broussard m Marguerite Thibodeaux Joseph Broussard m. Agnes (Nanette) Thibodeaux Pierre Broussard m Marguerite Bourque Charles Comeaux (his parents were Jean Bpt. & Brigitte Marguerite Savoie) m. Anastasie Savoie (her parents were Paul & Judith Mitchel) Michel Cormier (his parents were Pierre Cormier & Cecile Thibodeaux) m. Anne Marie (Saulnier) Sonnier (her parents were Jacques & Ann Hebert) Michel Trahan (his parents were Rene & Eliz. Darios) m. Ann Euphrosine Vincent (Her Parents were Michel Vincent & Anne Marie Doiron Jean Trahan, (brother of Michel Trahan) m Marguerite Broussard ( her parents were Alex. & Marguerite Thibodeaux) Pierre Vincent arrived in 1788, after 30 years of exile (his parents were Joseph & Marguerite (Bodart) or Cotard) 1st. m. Agnes Broussard. 2nd time m. a girl living at the German coast. She was from Brunswick County, Va., Catherine ------------------------------------------ Please, if you care to share corrections, I would appreciate it.