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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HENRY (Acadians only)

Analysis of HENRY marriages, 1786-1860:

Total marriages listed:                86       100.0%
Endogamous marriages:             56          65.1
Exogamous marriages:               30          34.9

HENRY Acadian connection:  ARBOUR, AUCOIN, BERGERON, BOUDREAUX(9), BOURG/BOURQUE(2), BOURGEOIS, BRASSET, BREAUX(2), BROUSSARD, CHIASSON, COMEAUX(2), DAIGLE(4), DUBOIS, DUPUIS, GODIN, GUIDRY, GUILLOT, HÉBERT, HENRY(2), LABAUVE, LANDRY(5), LEBLANC, LEJEUNE(2), LONGUÉPÉE(2), NAQUIN, RICHARD, ROBICHAUX, TALBOT(3), THERIOT, THIBODEAUX, TRAHAN(2), USÉ 32

HENRY non-Acadian connection:  AUTHEMENT(3), BORNE, BOUDELOCHE, BOUQUET, BRUNO, CAPDEVILLE, DARCE(2), DUBOIS, DUPRÉ(3), FOURNIER, FREMIN, LAPEYROUSE(2), LENAIN, MAHIER, MARS, OURBANE, PERCLE(2), PORCHÉ, QUERNE, ROTH, SANCHEZ, SAPIA, TRONE 23

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HUGON (Acadians only)

Analysis of HUGON marriages, 1772:

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

HUGON Acadian connection:  TRAHAN

HUGON non-Acadian connection:  none

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