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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FLAN

no marriages found

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FORET (Acadians only)

Analysis of FORET marriages, 1766-1861: 

Total marriages listed:             136         100.0%
Endogamous marriages:            79           58.1
Exogamous marriages:              57           41.9  

FORET Acadian connection:  ALLAIN, ARCEMENT, BABIN(3), BARRILLEAUX(2), BERGERON(4), BERNARD, BLANCHARD(2), BOUDREAUX(2), BOURG(3), BOURGEOIS(4), BREAUX(4), BROUSSARD, BUJOLE, DAIGLE, DOUCET, DUGAS(4), DUHON(2), FORET(6), GAUDIN(2), GUILLOT, HÉBERT(3), LABAUVE, LANDRY(7), LEBLANC(4), LEJEUNE(2), MARTIN(3), MIRE, MOLAISON, MOUTON, ORILLION, PITRE, RICHARD(2), ROBICHAUX(2), ROGER, THERIOT(3) 35

FORET non-Acadian connection:  ALEXANDRY, AROUSO, AUTHEMANT, AUTIN, BAROA/MAROI, BARRE, BARIOS, BELLARD, BELLO, BEZINE, BOURGEOIS, BRIEN, BUFORD, DEMAREST, DESTREVAL, DUPLANTIS, ESCAINE, FAIT, FALGOUT(2), FONTENOT(5), FUSELIER, GRABERT, GUÉNARD, HARDOUIN, HENRY, HIMEL, HOTARD, LAFLEUR, LAGAIN, LAGUIONIE, LEDET, MATHERNE, MAYET, MONIER, ORDONEAUX, PELEGRIN, PERCLE, PEREZ, PLIDE, POMPONEAU, ROUSSEAU(2), SANCHEZ, SAVANT, SCHWARTZ, SCHWEITZER, SOUDELLIER, TATE, TOUREL, TRUXILLO, VIGÉ, VILGEMENOL 51

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FOUQUET

Analysis of FOUQUET marriages, 1785:

Total marriages listed:           1          100.0%
Endogamous marriages:        0            00.0
Exogamous marriages:          1          100.0

FOUQUET Acadian connection:  none

FOUQUET non-Acadian connection:  GOMES

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