This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kEB.2ACI/295.1.1.1 Message Board Post: my gggrandmother was emma prejean (b.1885)...she married benjamin petry (b.1884) and had 6 or 7 children (one of which is my ggreat grandfather, joseph b. 1919, who is still alive). you should try searching jefferson county in texas...there are plenty of prejeans there...i know of a prejean who owns a small corner store in beaumont also...she operates it out of her home.