Hi Stanley, To further complicate the discussion, Jean-Baptiste Baudreau, born in Montreal in 1671 married twice in Mobile to Indian ladies. His marriages were recorded in Mobile, Louisiana Territory in 1705 and 1627. Jean Baptiste was the son of my 9th g grandfather, Urbain Baudreau dit Graveline Charlie King Stanley wrote: Lucie, This is interesting. Most of the French in MS [Ft. Toulouse] and those in Mobile moved into Louisiana [Opelousas] in 1764. This could explain how some Acadians who weren't with the 1765 Broussard group got to Opelousas. Stanley __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Charlie, The book Old Mobile by Jay Higginbotham has lots of interesting info re J-B Baudreau de Graveline and his only son of the same name. J-B was a private settler and an entrepreneur at Massacre Island [Dauphine Island]. He may have married Indian Ladies but he also had a Protestant wife whom he married on a trip to La Rochelle, France. He built a two-story home on what is today called Graveline Bay. Graveline brought Cattle to Massacre Island from Havana so he could be considered the first Cattleman in Colonial Louisiana! There were several other Baudreau de Gravelines at Mobile: Gabriel, Marie-Louise, Paul, Urbain. There are entries on about 40 pages in the book. Contact me off-list if you want me to check further. Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns.com -----Original Message----- From: Charlie King [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Mobile Marriages Hi Stanley, To further complicate the discussion, Jean-Baptiste Baudreau, born in Montreal in 1671 married twice in Mobile to Indian ladies. His marriages were recorded in Mobile, Louisiana Territory in 1705 and 1627. Jean Baptiste was the son of my 9th g grandfather, Urbain Baudreau dit Graveline Charlie King Stanley wrote: Lucie, This is interesting. Most of the French in MS [Ft. Toulouse] and those in Mobile moved into Louisiana [Opelousas] in 1764. This could explain how some Acadians who weren't with the 1765 Broussard group got to Opelousas. Stanley __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== 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. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx