This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: paullleblanc Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.trahan/241.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is what one author has said. Copied from The LeJeunes of Acadia and the Youngs of Southwest Louisiana, pp 57, 58. John Austin Young Jean-Baptiste, born 1728, the son of Paul LeJeune and Marie Benoit married Marguerite Trahan in 1748. Marguerite, born ca 1728, was the daughter of Etienne Trahan and Francoise Roy. Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite, apparently trying to distance themselves from the English, moved, along with their parents and other families, to Baie des Espagnoles, ile Royale sometimes prior to 1750. On the 1752 census of ile Royale they are shown with three children: Jean (Baptiste), age 3 (b. ca. 1749); Blaise, age 2 (b. ca. 1750); and Marguerite, age 2 months (b. 1752). Jean-Baptiste is listed as a ploughman, and had made a clearing of half an arpent square on his land. Their only livestock consisted of two pigs. Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite had two additional children after 1752, Joseph and Nanette, possibly twins whose date of birth can only be guessed at. The two children were born after the 1752 census of ileRoyale was taken and prior to the time the July 7, 1763, census of PortTobacco, Maryland was taken. It is unknown if these two children were born in Acadia or after the family was deported to Maryland. Bona Arsenault, without listing documentation, suggests that Joseph was born about 1760. If this 1760 date is correct, then Joseph was probably born in Maryland. Other information, presented later, suggests a birth for Joseph (and Nanette) of 1756, in which case they would have been born in Acadia. Sometimes after the birth of these two children and prior to the census at Port Tobacco, Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite Trahan died. On the 1763 census their children are shown as orphans and living with various relatives or friends. Also shown on the 1752 census immediately preceding Jean-Baptiste LeJeune and Marguerite Trahan are the families of Etienne Trahan and his wife Francoise Roy, Marguerite's father and mother. In the dwelling immediately following that of Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite is the family of Paul LeJeune and his wife Marie Benoit, Jean-Baptiste's father and mother.It is difficult to understand why only the families of Jean-Baptiste LeJeune and Honore Trahan would be exiled to Maryland. As previously noted, Jean-Baptiste's mother and at least two of his sisters were deported to France as were most all other inhabitants of ile Royale. The most probable reason for this appears to be that Jean-Baptiste and Honore and their families attempted to escape deportation by hiding out. Source: Copied from The LeJeunes of Acadia and the Youngs of Southwest Louisiana, pp 57, 58. John Austin Young Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.