Acadian/Cajun Marriages in Louisiana, 1765-1861

The marriages listed below are from "official" marriage citations found in South Louisiana church and civil record collections [Bourgeois, Cabanocey & Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians (C-V); Baton Rouge Diocesan Records (BRDR); Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records (SWLR); Hébert, D., South LA Records (SLR); & New Orleans Archdiocesan Records (NOAR)], not from inferences to a marriage found in those collections.  Same-family marriages--e.g., CORMIER = CORMIER--are accounted for in the totals.

[The hyperlink attached to a family's name takes you to that family's totals; the hyperlink attached to an individual's name takes you to the individual's profile in the list of Acadian immigrants to Louisiana or to an AIG unit roster.]

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BIJEAUX/BUJOLE (Acadians only)

Analysis of BIJEAUX/BUJOLE marriages, c1768-1860:

Total marriages listed:            44            100.0%
Endogamous marriages:          22             50.0
Exogamous marriages:            22             50.0

BIJEAUX/BUJOLE Acadian connection:  BABIN(2), BLANCHARD(2), BOURG(2), DELAUNE, FORET, GAUDIN, GUIDRY, LANDRY(5), LEBLANC(2), MELANÇON(2), ORILLION, RICHARD, RIVET 13

BIJEAUX/BUJOLE non-Acadian connection:  BERTRAND, BRUGERE, BUQUOY, CASTILLE, COLLINS, CONSTANT, DEVILLIERS, FOURRIER, JONES, LAMBREMONT, LEVEQUE, MARTINEZ, PATIN(2), PICOU, PREVOST, ROTH, SENETIERE, VERRET, VIVES, WILTZ, YOUNGBLOOD 21

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BILLERAY

No marriages found

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BLANCHARD (Acadians only)

Analysis of BLANCHARD marriages, 1768-1861:

Total marriages listed:               301        100.0%
Endogamous marriages:            192          63.8
Exogamous marriages:              109          36.2

BLANCHARD Acadian connection:  ALLAIN(2), ARCEMENT, ARCENEAUX(8), AUCOIN(12), BABIN(2), BARRILLEAUX(2), BERNARD(2), BIJEAUX/BUJOLE(2), BLANCHARD(6), BOUDREAUX(5), BOURG(7), BREAUX(7), BROUSSARD(4), CLOUÂTRE, COMEAUX(3), CORMIER, CROCHET, DAIGLE(7), DELAUNE(2), DUGAS(2), DUHON, DUPUIS/DUPUY(6), FORET(2), GAUDIN, GAUTREAUX(2), GIROUARD(2), GUIDRY(4), GUILLOT(4), HÉBERT(9), LAMBERT, LANDRY(20), LEBERT, LEBLANC(16), LEJEUNE(2), MARTIN(2), MELANÇON, MICHEL(3), MOÏSE, MOUTON, ORILLION, PITRE(2), POIRIER, PREJEAN, RICHARD(9), ROBICHAUX(3), ROGER, SAVOIE(2), TALBOT, TEMPLET(3), THERIOT(3), THIBODEAUX(4), TRAHAN(5) 52

BLANCHARD non-Acadian connection:  ADAM, AILLET (2), ALEXANDRE, ANGEL, ARNAUD, ARTAUX, BARASS(3), BARNETT(2), BERCEGEAY, BERGERON(2), BERNARD du MONTIER, BERTEAU, BORGAS, CAHIER, CAHIL/COMBE, CAMPO, CANCIENNE(4), CAPDEVILLE(2), CASSADEY, CAZES(2), CHAMPAGNE(2), CHARPENTIER, CHUSTZ, CLAVERIE, COHEN, COLONNA, COONY, COPEL, COURTIN, DIES, DODD, DORÉ, DROZGREY, DUCHARM, DUPLANTIS, DUPLESSIS, DUPRÉ, ESCUREIX, ESNARD, FOLLEY, FONTENOT, FORESTIER, FRAYARD, FRYOUX, FULCHER, GALLAND, GASPARD, GASSIE, GRAHAM, HOTARD, LACROIX, LEBLANC, LEBOEUF(6), LEGRAND, LEMARIE, LENDOR, LORMAND, MAJOR, MARS, MARTIN, McFADDIN, McLIN, McNEIL(2), MENARD, MOLLERE(3), MONDON, MONTET(2), NEWELL, NOLAN, ORDENEAU(2), OUBRE(2), PELLEGRIN, PELLETIER, PICOU, ROBERT, RODRIGUE, ROTH, SAUSE, SCOTT, SICARD, TACNEAU, TALLEY, TULIER, VIOLIN, WARREN, WHITE, ZIMBERMAN  87

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