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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LABAUVE

Analysis of LABAUVE marriages, 1785-1861:

Total marriages listed:            73        100.0%
Endogamous marriages:         46          63.0
Exogamous marriages:           27          37.0

LABAUVE Acadian connection:  ARCENEAUX, BENOIT(2), BOUDREAUX, BROUSSARD(2), CHIASSON, DAIGLE(3), DAVID(2), DUGAS, DUPUIS/DUPUY(3), FORET, GRANGER, HÉBERT(8), HENRY, LABAUVE(4), LANDRY(4), LEBLANC, LEGENDRE(2), LEJEUNE, RICHARD(2), THIBODEAUX, TRAHAN(2), VINCENT(2) 22

LABAUVE non-Acadian connection:  BARON, BERGERON, CANTRELLE, CURTIS, DAVID, DERICHEBOURG(2), ETIE, FOSTIN, FRENCH, GONSOULIN, GRIFFIN, HAGGERTY, JUGE, LAUVE, LEJEUNE, MAJOR, MIGUES, MILLE(2), PERRY, ROME, SAURAGE, SCRATCHLEY, SERRET, VENABLE, VIGER 25

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LACHAUSSÉE (Acadians only)

Analysis of LACHAUSSÉE marriages, 1766-1861:

Total marriages listed:             13       100.0%
Endogamous marriages:           12        92.3
Exogamous marriages:               1         7.7

LACHAUSSÉE Acadian connection:  BERNARD, BOURGEOIS, BROUSSARD, GRAVOIS, GUIDRY, LEBLANC(4), MELANÇON, PREJEAN, RICHARD 9

LACHAUSSÉE non-Acadian connection:  BELER/BELAIRE

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LAFAYE

no marriages found

LA GARENNE

no marriages found

LAGRESSE

no marriages found

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LALANDE (Acadians only)

Analysis of LALANDE marriages, 1797-1858:

Total marriages listed:            19         100.0%
Endogamous marriages:           7           36.8
Exogamous marriages:           12           63.2

LALANDE Acadian connection:  BREAUX, BROUSSARD(2), LANDRY, LEBLANC, LOUVIERE, RICHARD 6

LALANDE non-Acadian connection:  FABRE(2), GARIGUE[GARY], GASPARD, GUILBERT, HULIN, LAPOINTE, MOREAU, MORVANT(2), SCHEXNAYDER, VALLOT 10

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LAMBERT (Acadians only)

Analysis of LAMBERT marriages, 1766-1859:

Total marriage listed:                 35       100.0%
Endogamous marriages:             17         48.6
Exogamous marriages:               18         51.4 

LAMBERT Acadian connection:  BABIN(2), BELLEMÈRE, BENOIT, BLANCHARD, BOUDREAUX, BOURGEOIS, DAIGLE, DOIRON, GAUTREAUX(2), GUIDRY(2), RIVET, THIBODEAUX(2), VINCENT 13

LAMBERT non-Acadian connection:  AYDEL, BELLANGER, BERTEAU, BONVILLAIN, CHARPENTIER, DESCAREAUX, DONALDSON, DONI, LABYS, MARS, MICHEL, MORON, OUBRE, PETIT, POCHÉ, SALASSI, VICKNAIR, VILLENEUVE 18

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LAMOUREAUX (Acadians only)

no marriages found

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LANDRY (Acadians only)