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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BRASSEAUX/BRASSET

Analysis of BRASSEAUX/BRASSET marriages, 1772-1858:

Total marriages listed:                    50                100.0%
Endogamous marriages:                 29                  58.0
Exogamous marriages:                   21                  42.0

BRASSEAUX Acadian connection:  ARCENEAUX(2), AUCOIN, BABIN(2), BOUDREAUX, BROUSSARD, CORMIER, DUGAS(4), GAUTREAUX, GRAVOIS, HÉBERT, HENRY, LANDRY(4), LANOUX, LEBLANC(3), RICHARD(3), TRAHAN(2) 16

BRASSEAUX non-Acadian connection:  BEGNAUD, BOUSH, CAPDEVILLE, CARMOUCHE(2), DESORMEAUX, HAMILTON, JANISE, LAVERGNE, LEONARD(2), MARRIONNEAUX(2), PORCHE, PRATHER, PREVOST, PREWETT, PRIMEAUX, REAUX, SMITH, WOODS 18

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BREAUX (Acadians only)

Analysis of BREAUX marriages, 1768-1861:

Total marriages listed:              619         100.0%
Endogamous marriages:           410           66.2
Exogamous marriages:             209           33.8

BREAUX Acadian connection:  ALLAIN(2), ARCENEAUX(11), AUCOIN(4), BABIN(24), BABINEAUX(5), BENOIT(6), BERGERON(7), BERNARD(5), BERTRAND, BLANCHARD(8), BOUDREAUX(4), BOURG/BOURQUE(4), BOURGEOIS(3), BREAUX(28), BROUSSARD(12), CLEMENT, CLOUÂTRE(2), COMEAUX(8), CORMIER(2), DAIGLE/DAIGRE(6), DANTIN, DAVID, DOUCET(3), DUGAS(13), DUHON(2), DUPUIS/DUPUY(14), FORET(4), GAUDET(3), GAUDIN, GAUTREAUX(5), GIROUARD, GRANGER(2), GRAVOIS, GUIDRY(18), GUILBEAU(2), GUILLOT(4), HÉBERT(29), HENRY(2), LALANDE, LANDRY(48), LEBLANC(23), LEGENDRE, LEGER, LEJEUNE, LONGUÉPÉE, LOUVIÈRE, MARTIN(4), MELANÇON(9), MIRE(4), MOÏSE, MOUTON(3), ORILLION, PART(2), PITRE(2), POIRIER(3), PREJEAN(3), PRINCE, RICHARD(19), RIVET(3), ROBICHAUX(4), ROGER(3), SAVOIE, SONNIER(6), TEMPLET(2), THERIOT(4), THIBODEAUX(6), TRAHAN(4) 67

BREAUX non-Acadian connection:  ADOLPHE, ALBERT, ALDRIDGE, ANGLADE, ARAIZA, BADEAU(2), BARBIER, BARQUE, BARRAS, BEGNAUD(3), BERARD, BERGERON(2), BERTEAU(2), BERTRAND, BILLINGS, BILLON, BLAIRE, BLOOMFIELD, BLOUIN, BONIN(3), BOUCH, BOUCHEREAU, BOUDELOCHE(3), BOULET, BOURDIER, BOURGEOIS, BURNHAM, CAMBRE(2), CANCIENNE, CAPDEVILLE, CARMOUCHE(2), CARUTHERS(2), CATOIRE, CEDOTAL(2), CHAIGNEAU, CHAUVIN(2), CHENEVERT, CIRE/ST. CYR(2), CLEMENT(2), COLLE, COLLET, COMES(3), COUPELLE(2), CROUCHETTE, DARDENNE, DECUIR, DELAUNE, DELHOMME, DENOUX(2), DONGIEUX, DUPLANTIER, DUPLESSIS(2), DURHAM, FABRE, FALGOUT(2), FALLON, FAUSTIN, FERCHAUD, FORTIER, FREDERICK, GAUBERT(3), GODEFROY, GOURDAIN(2), GUIDROY, HAASE, HAMILTON(2), HANKS, HATCH, HATKINSON, HAYES, HERNANDEZ, HIGGINBOTHAM, HUGUET, HUMBOT, HUNT, ISTRE, JOLY, JUDICE(2), KNIGHT, LAMBREMONT(10), LANCLOS, LANOIX, LATIOLAIS, LAVERGNE(5), LEBLEU(2), LEDET(4), LELUSSEAU, LEROY, LETULLIER/TULLIER(3), LIRETTE, LOUPS, MAGGIOLO, MALBROUGH, MALLET(3), MARTIN, MATHERNE, MATHIEU(2), MAYER/MEYER(4), MENSLAGE, MILLE, MOLLERE(3), MOREAU, MORVAND, NAVARRE, NERO/NEROUE(3), NEWELL, ORY, PARENT, PATIN, PELLETIER/PELTIER(5), PETETIN, PICOU(2), PLACENCIA, PORTIER, POURCIEAU, PROVOST, PRUDHOMME, QUINTERO, QUQUERIER, RAGA [RACCA], REES, ROMAGOSA, ROTH, ROUSSEAU, ROYER, SCRANTON, SEGUINAUD, SEVIN, SHARON, SIMONEAUX(2), SOMPAYRAC(2), STAUB(2), STELLY, STOPP, SUIRE, TOUPS(3), TRABAUD, TREGLE, VERRET, VIGÉ(2), WALKER, WALSH 142

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BROUSSARD (Acadians only)