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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JEANSONNE (Acadians only)

Analysis of JEANSONNE marriages, 1790-1861:

Total marriages listed:               34           100.0%
Endogamous marriages:              4             11.8
Exogamous marriages:              30             88.2

JEANSONNE Acadian connection:  PITRE(4)

JEANSONNE non-Acadian connection:  ANDRÉPONT, BILLAUDEAU, CLARK, DESMARETS(2), DEVILLE(2), DOUCET, FONTENOT(2), FRUGÉ, FUSELIER, GASPARD, GUILLORY(3), HARGRAVE, JOUBERT, LACASSE, LAVERGNE(2), LEBARGE, LEDOUX, MCCAULEY, REED, RIDER/RITTER(2), SAUCIER, SMITH, VASSEUR 23

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JOSSET

no marriages found

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