APPENDICES

Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s

DELAUNE

[de-lawn]

ACADIA

Jean, son of Eustache and Jeanne Delaunay, also Delaunois, was born at St.-Ca or La Casse, St.-Brieuc, Brittany, France, in c1702.  He came to the French Maritimes in c1724 probably as a young fisherman.  He married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Arseneau and Anne Boudrot, at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, the church for Havre-St.-Pierre, Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, in May 1735.  Marie-Madeleine's family was from Malpèque, also on Île St.-Jean.  Jean and Marie-Madeleine had eight children on the island:  Marie-Josèphe, baptized in October 1742, Eustache, born in February 1738, Susanne-Marie in November 1739, Jean-Jacques in August 1741, Marie-Élisabeth in November 1744, Polycarpe or Paul in September 1746, Jean, fils in November 1749, and Madeleine in c1751.  In August 1752, a French official counted Jean, Marie, and seven of their children at Havre-aux-Sauvages, near Havre-St.-Pierre.  Jean died probably at Havre-aux-Sauvages the following November 1752, age 50.  No member of this family emigrated to Louisiana. 

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Christophe Delaune, born at Periers, Avranches, Normandy, France, in c1705, probably no kin to Jean of Brittany, came to French Maritimes by c1729.  He married Marguerite, daughter of Acadians Jean Caissie and his second wife Cécile Hébert of Chignecto, on Île St.-Jean in c1738.  They had 10 children, seven sons and three daughters, all born on the island:  Pierre in December 1740, Marie-Henriette was baptized in October 1742, Jean was born in November 1743, Geneviève in c1745, Jacques in c1746, Jean-Baptiste in c1749, Christophe, fils in June 1750, Joseph in February 1753, Marie-Marguerite in May 1755, and Michel in February 1757.  In August 1752, a French official counted Christophe, père, Marguerite, and five of their children at Havre-de-la-Fortune on the east coast of Île St.-Jean.  Christophe, père died on the island by 1758, in his early 50s. 

[See also Book Four]

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

[For the families' travails during the Great Upheaval, see Book Six]

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Evidently Jean and Christophe Delaune and their families booked passage aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, but for some reason, probably the illness of a loved one, they missed the ship's departure in late August.  They sailed, instead, on La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships, which departed Nantes during the third week of October 1785.  Jean was age 42, his wife Marie-Anne age 34, son Pierre, age 1, and daughter Marie-Céleste, age 1.  Christophe, fils was age 35, his wife Marie-Josèphe age 30, son Jean-Baptiste, age 10, and Louis-Augustin, age 1.  

They reached New Orleans two months after their ship left Nantes and settled at nearby St.-Jacques.  Jean's son Pierre, if he survived the crossing, died at St.-Jacques.  Jean and Marie-Anne had more children in Louisiana, including another son, but they did not remain on the river.  Christophe, fils and Marie also had more children in Louisiana but no more sons, and they remained at St.-Jacques. 

Descendants of Christophe DELAUNE, fils (1750-1780s or 1790s)

Christophe, fils, younger son of Christophe Delaune of Normandy, France, and Marguerite Caissie of Chignecto, was born at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île St.-Jean, in June 1750.  He followed his widowed mother and siblings to Cherbourg, France, in 1758-59.  He became a navigator and ship's carpenter in France.  In 1773, he followed other exiles in the coastal cities to the interior province of Poitou, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Boudrot and his first wife Cécile Vécot, at Archigny south of Châtellerault in June 1774.  In October 1775, after two years of effort, Christophe, Marie, and their son retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.  In 1785, the family, now including two sons, sailed to Louisiana aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  They settled at St.-Jacques on the river, where they had a daughter but no more sons.  Their daughter married into the Aucoin family and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Christophe, fils died probably at St.-Jacques by June 1794, when he was listed as deceased in a son's marriage record.  His oldest son settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, but his youngest son remained on the river, where his line died out.  All of the Acadian Delaunes of Louisiana are descended from Christophe, fils's oldest son.  

1

Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, baptized at La Chapelle-Roux, Poitou, France, in June 1775, married Marie-Hyacinthe, called Hyacinthe, daughter of Joseph Michel and Marie Falgout of St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands, at St.-Jacques in June 1794.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche by the early 1810s.  

2

Michel, baptized at St.-Martin de Chantenay, France, in January 1777, died at Chantenay the following December.  

3

Christophe III, baptized at St.-Martin de Chantenay, France, in October 1782, died young.  

4

Youngest son Louis-Auguste or Augustin, called Auguste, baptized at St.-Martin de Chantenay, France, in June 1784, married Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Simon Dupuis and Ludivine Landry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in October 1809.  Their son Auguste, fils was born near St. Gabriel in August 1815, and Jean Théodule in June 1821.  Their daughter married into the Viel family.  Auguste, père remarried to Clotilde, also called Eliza, daughter of fellow Acadians Isaac LeBlanc and Félicité Melançon and widow of Alexis LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church in April 1827.  Their son Louis Alexandre was baptized at the St. Gabriel church, age unrecorded, in April 1829.  Auguste, père died near St. Gabriel in March 1851, age 68.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in Iberville Parish counted 7 slaves--4 males and 3 females, all black, ranging in age from 90 to 5, living in 1 house--on Widow Au. Delaune's farm; this was Auguste, père's second wife, Clotilde LeBlanc.  

4a

Auguste, fils, by his father's first wife, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1839, age 24, and did not marry.  

4b

Jean Théodule, by his father's first wife, married Armelise Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Sylvain Landry and Bathilde Babin of Ascension Parish, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1844.  Jean Théodule died near St. Gabriel in April 1858, age 36.  His line of the family, except for its blood, may have died with him.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in Iberville Parish counted 8 slaves--2 males and 6 females, all black, ranging in age from 21 years to 3 months, living in 1 house--on Widow T. Delaune's farm; this was Armelise Rose Landry.  

4c

Louis Alexandre, by his father's second wife, married Malvina, daughter of fellow Acadians Narcisse Bujole and Adeleine Orillion, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1850.

Other DELAUNEs on the River

Local church and civil records make it difficult to link at least one Delaune on the river with known Acadian lines of the family there:

Célestine Delaune gave birth to son Charles in Ascension Parish in January 1849.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.  Was Célestine Acadian or Foreign French? 

Eliza Desaunay, perhaps an Acadian Delaune, widow of Alexander Weber, died at Bayou Goula, Iberville Parish, "age 20 years and some months," in January 1850. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

By the mid-1790s, Spanish officials were counting Jean Delaune and his family on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Jean's nephew Jean-Baptiste also moved there by the 1810s.  All of the Acadian Delaunes of South Louisiana, in fact, are descended from Jean-Baptiste:

Marie Céleste, daughter of Jean Delaune and wife of Hyacinthe Aucoin, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1820, in her mid-30s.  

Descendants of Jean DELAUNE (1743-?)

Jean, elder son of Acadian family progenitor Christophe Delaune of Normandy, France, and Marguerite Caissie of Chignecto, was born at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île St.-Jean, in November 1743.  He followed his widowed mother and siblings to Cherbourg, France, in 1758-59.  He became a sailor and a carpenter in France and married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Eustache Part and Anastasie Godin dit Bellefontaine, at Cherbourg in February 1773.  He and his wife and their two surviving children sailed to Louisiana aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  They settled at St.-Jacques on the river, where they had more children, including another son.  They moved from St.-Jacques to upper Bayou Lafourche in the late 1780s or early 1790s.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin and Rousseau families.  Only one of their six sons, the youngest, born in Louisiana, survived childhood and created a family of his own, in Lafourche Interior Parish.  Except for its blood, however, this line of the family did not survive in the Bayou State. 

1

Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, baptized at La Chapelle-Roux, Poitou, France, in June 1774, died young.

2

Christophe le jeune, baptized at St.-Martin de Chantenay, France, in September 1776, also died young.

3

Pierre-Basile, baptized at St.-Martin de Chantenay, France, in December 1779, died at Chantenay, age 2, in February 1782.  

4

Louis-Auguste, baptized at St.-Martin de Chantenay, France, in October 1782, died at Chantenay, age 10 months, in August 1783.

5

Pierre, born probably at Chantenay in c1784, probably did not survive the voyage to Louisiana in late 1785.

6

Youngest son Jean Alexandre, called Alexandre, born at either Ascension or St.-Jacques in the late 1780s, married Marie Julie, called Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Marie Thibodeaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1820.  Their son, name unrecorded, died in Lafourche Interior Parish 4 hours after his birth in November 1827.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux, Chouabe, and Peltier families.  Alexandre remarried to Rosalie, daughter of French Creole Jean Olivier and Dorothée Lagrange of St. John the Baptiste Parish and widow of Dominique Boudreaux, at the Thibodauxville church in May 1837.  Their son Jean Augustin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1838 but died at age 7 1/2 in November 1845.  This family line, except for its blood, probably died with him.  

Descendants of Jean-Baptiste DELAUNE (1775-1855; Christophe père)

Jean-Baptiste, eldest son of Christophe Delaune, fils and Marie-Josèphe Boudrot and nephew of Jean Delaune, was baptized at La Chapelle-Roux, Poitou, France, in June 1775.  He accompanied his parents and younger brother to Louisiana aboard La Caroline, the last of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785 to St.-Jacques, where he married Marie-Hyacinthe, called Hyacinthe, daughter of Joseph Michel and Marie Falgout of St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands, in June 1794.  They moved to the upper Bayou Lafourche valley by the 1810s.  Their daughters married into the Bergeron and Boudreaux families.  Jean Baptiste remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Hébert and Nathalie Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1816.  Jean Baptiste died in Assumption Parish in August 1855, age 80, and one of the last of the Acadian immigrants to Louisiana to join our ancestors.  He had a dozen sons by his two wives.  Most of his sons married, and they all settled in Assumption Parish.  The Acadian Delaunes of Louisiana are descended from these sons, especially his oldest.  

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Oldest son Christophe le jeune, by his father's first wife, born at St.-Jacques in December 1796, married Marie Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians François Marie Gautreaux and Félicité Hébert, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1817.  Their son Jean Baptiste le jeune was born in Assumption Parish in December 1818, François Onésime in October 1820, Joseph le jeune in September 1827, and Mathurin Sylvain in November 1830.  Their daughter married into the Daigle family.  Christophe le jeune remarried to Léocadie Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Aucoin and Rosalie Gautreaux, at the Plattenville church in October 1834.  Their son Eugène Christophe Eusilien, called Eusilien, was born in Assumption Parish in July 1836, Alexis Sosthène in December 1837, Maxilien or Marcellin Jean Baptiste, sometimes called Jean Baptiste, in January 1840, and Désiré Aristide Théodule, called Aristide, in December 1845.  Their daughter married into the Lerille family.  In July 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 7 slaves--5 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 32 years to 1 month--on Christophe Delonde's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District.  In July 1860, the census taker in Assumption Parish counted 9 slaves--7 males and 2 females, all black, ages 57 years to 4 months, living in 2 houses--on Christophe Delaune's farm between Arsène Delaune and Widow Azélie Delaune in the parish's Ward 6.   

1a

Jean Baptiste le jeune, by his father's first wife, married cousin Julie, who also may have been called Denise, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Daigle and Rosalie Blanchard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1842; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  

1b

François, by his father's first wife, married Azélie, daughter of Jean Baptiste Colonne and his Acadian wife Marie Blanchard, at the the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1842.  Their son Apollinaire François was born in Assumption Parish in August 1843, Sylvestre Donable Ariele in September 1844, Ulysse in June 1852, and Octave Numa in March 1859.  Their daughter married a Bergeron cousin. 

Apollinaire François married cousin Elmire, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Delaune and Mathilde Boudreaux, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in March 1868; they had to secure a dispensation for __ degree of consanguinity in order to marry.  Their son Auber Savigne was born near Labadieville in September 1868. 

1c

Joseph le jeune, by his father's first wife, married Marie Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Rosémond Hébert and Marie Templet, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1848.  Their son André Étienne Philoclet was born near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in October 1860, and Alcée Amoleo in February 1863.  

1d

Mathurin, by his father's first wife, married fellow Acadian Aureline Daigle.  Their son Alfred was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1851.  Mathurin died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1852, age 22.  

1e

Eusilien, by his father's second wife, died in Assumption Parish in June 1854.  The priest who recorded his burial said that Eusilien was age 15 when he died, but he was just shy of 18.  He probably did not marry.  

1f

Alexis, by his father's second wife, married Louise, daughter of Louis Lerille and his Acadian wife Célestine Poirier and sister of his sister Victorine's future husband Louis, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1858. 

1g

Marcellin, by his father's second wife, married Armentine or Émelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Rosémond Bergeron and his Creole wife Augustine Barras, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1866.  They moved down bayou to Lockport, Lafourche Parish, later in the decade.  

1h

Aristide, by his father's second wife, married Amanda, daughter of fellow Acadians Homer C. Savoie and Honorine Guidry, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in April 1869; the marriage also was recorded at the Lockport church, Lafourche Parish, the following month.  Their son Homer Félicien was born near Lockport in September 1870.  

2

Jean-Pierre, by his father's first wife, baptized at New Orleans, age 18 months, in June 1800, probably died young.  

3

Louis-Auguste le jeune, called Auguste, from his father's first wife, born at St.-Jacques in March 1802, married Carmelite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Theriot and Françoise Guérin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1825.  Their son Auguste Carville or Clairville, called Clairville, had been born in Assumption Parish in September 1822, Auguste, fils in March 1829, Basile Théodule, called Théodule le jeune, in January 1831, Amédée Séraphin in September 1835, Joseph Justinien in July 1838, and Désiré Octave in December 1846.  Their daughters married into the Bolotte, Bourg, and Perque families.  Auguste, père died near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in October 1858, age 56.

3a

Clairville married fellow Acadian Azema or Irma Arceneaux probably in Assumption Parish in the late 1840s  Their son François Numa was born in Assumption Parish in October 1850, Gustave Joseph in October 1852, Clément Octave, a twin, in December 1854, and Victor died near Labadieville a day after his birth in December 1861.  During the War of 1861-65, despite his age, Clairville served in Company A of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in St. James Parish, which fought in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana.  He enlisted at Camp Pratt near New Iberia in October 1862, age 40, and was captured on Bayou Teche in April 1863.  His Confederate record then falls silent.  One wonders if he survived the war and returned to his family. 

Gustave Joseph may have died near Labadieville in December 1870.  The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Gustave died at "age 16 years."  Gustave Joseph would have been age 18.  He probably did not marry. 

3b

Théodule le jeune married Rosema, daughter of Olivier Cancienne and his Acadian wife Felonise Landry, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1856.  Their son Xavier Pierre was born near Labadieville in June 1858.  

3c

Joseph Justinien married Eliska, daughter of fellow Acadians Vincent Landry and Élise Arceneaux, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1861.  Their son Félix Octave was born near Paincourtville in January 1869. 

3d

During the War of 1861-65, Amédée served in Company C of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Assumption Parish, which fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  His first cousins Clodimir and François Delaune served in the same unit.  

4

Ursin, by his father's first wife, born at New Orleans in April 1803, married Clarisse Melisaire, called Melisaire, another daughter of Jacques Theriot and Françoise Guérin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1826.  Their son Théophile was born in Assumption Parish in February 1830, François Clodimir, called Clodimir, in October 1833, and François Léon, called Léonie, in April 1843.  Their daughter married into the Landry family on the lower Atchafalaya River.  His oldest son moved to lower Bayou Teche after the War of 1861-65. 

4a

Théophile married Caroline, daughter of Jean Laulan, Lollan, or Lovland and Iréné Falteman, at the Plattenville church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1853.  Their son Théophile Eugène was born in Assumption Parish in November 1853, and Joseph died near Labadieville, age 7 months, in April 1856.  They were living near Franklin, St. Mary Parish, on lower Bayou Teche, in the late 1860s. 

4b

Clodimir married distant cousin Zulma, daughter of Pierre Cancienne and his Acadian wife Rosalie Thériot, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1858.  During the War of 1861-65, Clodimir served in Company C of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Assumption Parish, which fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  His first cousins Amédée and François Delaune served in the same unit.  Clodimir remarried to Clementine, daughter of Charles Bolotte and his Acadian wife Marie Landry, at the Labadieville church in April 1864.  Their son Victor Clebert Charles was born in Assumption Parish in March 1865.  

4c

Léonie married Odile, daughter of Olivier Cancienne and Marie Louise Hunot, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1867. 

5

Jean-Baptiste, fils, by his father's first wife, born at St.-Jacques in April 1805, died in Assumption Parish, age 10, in July 1815.  

6

Sosthène or Faustin, by his father's first wife, born at St.-Jacques in May 1807, married Marie Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Aucoin and Marguerite Bourque, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1828.  Their daughters married into the Blanchard and Boudreaux families.  Faustin died in Assumption Parish in July 1834; the priest who recorded his burial said that Faustin was age 24 when he died, but he was 27.  

7

Théodule, by his father's first wife, born in Assumption Parish in February 1815, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Arceneaux and Mélanie Gautreaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1841.  Their son Jean François, called François, was born in Assumption Parish in January 1842, Eusilien in March 1846, Cyprien in January 1850, Placide Patrice near Labadieville in February 1857, Étienne Octave in November 1859, Appolone Oleus Octave in April 1862, and Norbert Justilien in November 1864.  

During the War of 1861-65, François served in Company C of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Assumption Parish, which fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  His first cousins Amédée and Clodimir Delaune served in the same unit.  François married Noemie, daughter of Jean Baptiste Gebelin and Julie Sibille, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in September 1866. 

8

Joseph, by his father's second wife, born in Assumption Parish in December 1818, married Marie Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadians Basile Boudreaux and Clémence Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1842.  Their son Simon Joseph Oville, called Oville and Onil, was born in Assumption Parish in October 1845, Alcide Ferdinand in June 1848, Théodore Joseph in December 1850, Victor Augustin in July 1854, Pierre Camille near Labadieville in April 1856, and a newborn son, name unrecorded, was buried in October 1858.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux and Venissat families.  Joseph died near Labadieville in November 1858, age 40.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 2 slaves--a 19-year-old black male, and a 17-year-old black female, living in 1 house--on Widow Azélie Delaune's farm in the parish's Ward 6 next to Christophe Delaune and near Arsène Delaune; this was Joseph's widow Azélie Boudreaux.  

Oville married Léontine, daughter of fellow Acadian Magloire Bourgeois and his Creole wife Azélie Himel, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1867.   Their son Arthur Joseph was born near Labadieville in September 1868. 

9

Simon Ursin, by his father's second wife, born in Assumption Parish in February 1821, married fellow Acadian Mathilde Boudreaux probably in Assumption Parish in the late 1840s.  Their son Joseph Émile was born in Assumption Parish in October 1849, Léon was baptized at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, age unrecorded, in March 1853, and Amand Octave, called Octave, was born in February 1855 but died at age 1 1/2 in November 1856.  Their daughter married a Delaune cousin. 

10

Ferdinand, by his father's second wife, born in Assumption Parish in March 1823, probably died young.  

11

Arsène, by his father's second wife, born in Assumption Parish in November 1826, married Marie or Marine, daughter of fellow Acadians Florentin Blanchard and Marie Émilie Arceneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1851.  Their son Anatole was born near Plattenville in July 1852, Augustin in October 1854, Oleu Félix in September 1863, Charles Oscar Octave near Labadieville in December 1864, and Sylvestre Joseph in December 1868.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 2 slaves--a 26-year-old black female and a 2-month-old black males, living in 1 house--on Arsène Delaune's farm in the parish's Ward 6 next to Christophe Delaune and near Widow Azélie Delaune.  

12

A second Jean Baptiste, fils, by his father's second wife, born in Assumption Parish in September 1829, may have married fellow Acadian Denise Daigle probably in Assumption Parish. 

Other DELAUNEs in the Lafourche Valley

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link at least some Delaunes in the Bayou Lafourche valley with known Acadian lines of the family there:

Adélaïde Delaune gave birth to son Léon in Assumption Parish in September 1809.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.  

Lucie Delaune gave birth to son Trasimond Alexandre in Assumption Parish in May 1845.  The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.  Was Lucie an Acadian Delaune?

Roseline Delaune married Jourdan Brown at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1868.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

Not all of the Delaunes of South Louisiana were Acadians.  A few Frenchmen and women with similar surnames lived in Louisiana during the colonial period, one of them during the earliest days of the colony:

Pierre de Launay, a Canadian voyageur, was among the first residents of Iberville's Fort Louis-de-la-Louisiana, at Old Mobile, in 1702.  He was till being carried on the settlement's rolls in 1706. 

Élisabeth Delonne of Versailles, widow of Louis Beignon, married Louis Jambot, a soldier from Montauban, France, and widower of Jeanne Bobas, at New Orleans in July 1727.  Élisabeth died at New Orleans in December 1729.  The priest who recorded her burial did not give her age at the time of her death.  

Louis-Alexandre Piot de Launay, a member of the colonial Superior Council, who had passed judgment on the Jesuits when they appeared before the Council in July 1763, was one of the purchasers in the public auction of Jesuit properties at New Orleans later that month.  In November 1766, de Launay was appointed councilor-commissioner on the Superior Council, and was part of the conspiracy against Spanish Governor Ulloa in October 1768.  Jeanne-Josèphe Piqueri of New Orleans, wife of Piot De Launay, "former councilor," died at New Orleans in March 1772.  Was M. de Launay a descendant of Pierre de Launay of Old Mobile? 

Mederic De Lonay married Julia Soniac, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Nicolas was born at New Orleans in July 1800.

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During the early antebellum period, non-Acadian Delaunes, who native Louisianians would have called Foreign French, appeared at Baton Rouge, on the old Acadian Coast, and even on the western prairies.  Foreign Frenchmen with similar-sounding surnames emigrated from France to New Orleans during the period:  

Georges, also called Ferjus, Delaune married Félicité Brusle, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Georges, fils married Marguerite Eloise Baily or Belly, Pierre was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in January 1825, and Alfred, born in c1817, died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, age 13 1/2, in 1831.  Their daughter married into the Chevalier family.

Antoine, son of Jean Baptiste Delaune and Françoise Decologne, married Marie Thérèse Henriette, daughter of French Creole Honoré Célestin Maxent, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1824.  

Édouard or Edward Delaune married Frances, called Fanny, Colton probably at Baton Rouge by the late 1820s.  Daughter Eudora Frances was born near Baton Rouge in February 1841.  In November 1850, the federal census taker in East Feliciana Parish, north of Baton Rouge, counted 5 slaves--2 males and 3 females, all black, ranging in age from 10 to 1--on Edward Delony's farm.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in East Baton Rouge Parish counted 2 slaves--a 29-year-old mulatto female and a 15-year-old black male--in Edward Delony's household in the City of Baton Rouge.  

De Launnay de la Blarduse, first name and occupation unrecorded, was age 63 when he reached New Orleans aboard the ship William out of Bordeaux, France, in October 1830.  

Regis Delaune married Acadian Eugénie Babin, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Louis was born near Baton Rouge in February 1831.  

A De Launey lived in St. Martin Parish in the early 1800s.  Germain De Launey married Louise Robert, place and date unrecorded.  He was mentioned in his wife's will, filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in June 1831.  

Elisa Delaunay, a 26-year-old milliner from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Austerlitz out of Le Havre, France, in November 1835.  

Eliza Delaunay, a 27-year-old "lady" from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Rubicon out of Le Havre in November 1837.  

Alex. Delaunie, a 35-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Mrs. Turner out of Belize, Honduras, in March 1841.

L. Delaunay, a 43-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Natchez out of Havana, Cuba, in April 1841.  

Henri Delaunay, a 12-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Pie IX out of Le Havre in February 1848.  

In October 1850, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted a single slave--a 30-year-old black female--in Louise Delaunay's household in Ward 5 of Municipality 1, New Orleans.  The same census taker counted 3 more slaves--a male and 2 females, all black, ages 29, 7, and 4--in Lse. Delaunay's household in the same ward.  

During the War of 1861-65, Gustave J. Delaunay served as a corporal in Company F of Coppens's Battalion Louisiana Zouaves, also known as the Confederate States Battalion of Zouaves, raised in Orleans Parish that served in Florida and Virginia.  L. and P. Delaunay of Natchitoches Parish, perhaps brothers, served in Company G of the 28th (Gray's) Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Winn Parish that fought in Louisiana.

Mrs. Kate Delauney died at Baton Rouge in July 1866.  The priest who recorded her burial did not give her parents' names, mention a husband, or give her age at the time of her death. 

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One Foreign-French family settled at Baton Rouge and in Ascension Parish, and some of them took Acadian spouses: 

Descendants of Jean-Nicolas DELAUNE (1775-1828)

Jean-Nicolas of Suresne, Paris, France, son of Nicolas Delaune and Renée-Brigitte Guygnard of Valdampiere, Bauvais, Picardie, France, born in c1775, married Marie-Isabelle Ferre in France.  She gave him two children, including a son.  Jean Nicholas remarried to Marie, daughter of Irish American James Adams of Manchac, at Baton Rouge in April 1808.  She gave him more sons.  Jean-Nicolas died in East Baton Rouge Parish in September 1828, age 53. 

1

Oldest son Lewis or Louis Nicolas, also called Drauzin, from his father's first wife, born in France in c1809, married Anglo American Elizabeth Philips in a civil ceremony probably in East Baton Rouge Parish in the 1820s.  Their son William Édouard or Edward was born near Baton Rouge in March 1825, Pleasant or Plaisant James, called James, in September 1835, Charles Washington in March 1840, Hewel or Ewell Dulton in October 1842, and daughter Françoise Eudose in c1845 and baptized at age 3 in October 1848.  The also had a son named Louis Nicolas, fils.  Their daughter evidently married into the Daigre/Daigle family.  In November 1850, the federal census taker in East Baton Rouge Parish counted 2 slaves--a 46-year-old black female and a 42-year-old black male--on Lewis Delone's farm next to William Delone in the parish's Ninth Ward.  During the 1850s, the family moved downriver to Ascension Parish.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Ascension Parish counted a single slave--a 50-year-old black male--on Louis M. Delone's farm in the parish's Ward 8 next to Louis M. Delone, Jr. and near William Delone.  Louis M., Jr. held only a single slave--an 11-year-old black male--and William also held only a single slave--a 15-year-old black male. 

1a

William Edward married Louisa Vining probably at Baton Rouge in the late 1840s.  Their son Harrison was born probably at Baton Rouge in April 1850.  In November 1850, the federal census taker in East Baton Rouge Parish counted 5 slaves--3 males and 2 females, all black, ranging in age from 29 to 1--on William Delone's farm next to Lewis Delone.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Ascension Parish counted a single slave--a 15-year-old black male--on William Delone's farm near Louis M. Delone and Louis M. Delone, Jr. in the parish's Ward 8. 

1b

In November 1850, the federal census taker in East Baton Rouge Parish counted a single slave--a 65-year-old black female--in James Delone's household in the parish's Ninth Ward; this may have been Pleasant James, unless it was his uncle Jacques.  Pleasant James married Serasine, daughter of Acadians Joseph Breaux and Henriette Dupuis, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1860. 

1c & 1d

During the War of 1861-65, Charles and Ewell served in Company B of the 7th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in East Baton Rouge Parish, which fought in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania--two of General R. E. Lee's Louisiana Tigers.  Both brothers died of disease early in the war. 

2

Jacques, by his father's second wife, was born near Baton Rouge in January 1810. 

3

Guillaume Eugène, by his father's second wife, was born near Baton Rouge in February 1818.

4

Youngest son Edmond or Édouard, called Edward, from his father's second wife, born near Baton Rouge in March 1823, married Arthémise, daughter of Acadians Joseph Daigle and Modeste Babin, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1851.  Daughter Marie Théodora was born near Baton Rouge in November 1852. 

CONCLUSION

If the Spanish government had not coaxed over 1,500 Acadians in France to emigrate to Louisiana, there probably would be no Acadian Delaunes in the Bayou State today.  They did not settle in Acadia until the early 1700s, and they lived on Île St.-Jean, not in Nova Scotia.  Their progenitor married a Caissie from Chignecto, however, so the family did have connections to the rest of Acadia through the maternal line.  After enduring life in the mother country for a quarter century, two Delaune brothers and their families came to Louisiana on the last of the Seven Ships from France in 1785 and settled at St.-Jacques on the river.  One brother stayed at St.-Jacques, but the other moved to upper Bayou Lafourche.  During the early antebellum period, the oldest son of the brother who stayed on the river joined his cousins on the upper Lafourche.  He fathered an astonishing 12 sons by his two wives; the Acadian Delaunes in Louisiana spring from these sons.  No Acadian Delaune settled west of the Atchafalaya Basin before the War of 1861-65, only along the river and on the upper Lafourche, with the largest center of settlement in Assumption Parish.  After the war, at least one Acadian Delaune appeared in St. Mary Parish on lower Bayou Teche. 

Meanwhile, non-Acadian Delaunes--who spelled their surname De Launay, De Launey, and Delone as well as Delaune--settled at Old Mobile, Baton Rouge, in Ascension and Iberville parishes, at New Orleans, and on Bayou Teche, but their numbers never came close to their Acadian namesakes.  However, one line that settled in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes was a fairly vigorous one, and some of them took Acadian wives. 

Judging from the number of slaves they owned during the late antebellum period, the Delaunes, both Acadian and French Creole, participated only peripherally in the South's antebellum plantation economy.  The largest slave holder in the family was Acadian Christophe Delaune of Assumption Parish, who owned seven slaves in 1860.  

Nearly a dozen Delaunes, Acadian as well as French Creole, served Louisiana in uniform during the War of 1861-65.  At least three of them, all non-Acadians from East Baton Rouge Parish, died in Confederate service. ...

The war hit hard those areas where Delaunes lived.  Even before Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect in January 1863, Federal commands along the lower Mississippi freed the slaves on every farm and plantation their forces could reach.  Meanwhile, Union navy gunboats shelled and burned dozens of houses along the river.  Successive Federal incursions devastated the Bayou Lafourche valley, and Confederate foragers also plagued the area when the Federals were not around. ...

The family's name also is spelled Delaney, Delanne, Delannois, Delanue, Delaunais, De Launay, De Laune, De L'Aune, Delauny, Delone, Delonne, Delhonde, Desaunay, Launay.  [See Book Ten for the Acadian family's Louisiana "begats"]

Sources:  1850 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, & Orleans parishes; 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, & Iberville parishes; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2084; Baudier, The Catholic Church in LA, 165; Booth, LA Confed. Units, 2:589-90; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 1:151, 2:87; Brasseaux, Foucault and the Rebellion of 1768, 58, note 3, 76-77, 79; BRDR, vols. 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:126-27, 141; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 103-04; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 3, 8, 9; Higginbotham, Old Mobile, 75, 271; <islandregister.com/1752.html>; NOAR, vols. 1, 3, 7; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 33, 99; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 53-54; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 4; Brad Johnson, descendant.  

Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day civil parishes that existed in 1861 are in parenthesis; hyperlinks on the abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):

For a chronology of Acadian Arrivals in Louisiana, 1764-early 1800s, see Appendix.

The hyperlink attached to an individual's name is connected to a list of Acadian immigrants for a particular settlement and provides a different perspective on the refugee's place in family and community. 

NOTES

01.  Wall of Names, 46 (pl. 12R), calls him Christophe DE LAUNE, & lists him with his wife, 2 sons, & a sister-in-law; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2084, his father's profile in the Île St.-Jean section, calls him Christophe [DELAUNE], says he was born in 1750, gives his parents' names & his father's birthplace in Normandie, details his parents' marriage, lists his siblings' names, says his father reached "the country" in 1729, lived at Havre-la-Fortune, & died in c1758, & details his mother's remarriage at Cherbourg in 1759; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 103 (Île St.-Jean: St.-Pierre du Nord, p.7), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Christoffe DELAUNE, gives his parents'  names, calls him mother Marguerite TILLE, & says his godparents were Pierre OUDY & Rosalie VECO; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 33, Family No. 66, calls him Christopher DELAUNE, says he was born in c1751 gives no birthplace, calls him "navigator and ship's carpenter, gives his parents' names, calls his mother Marguerite CAISSY, details his marriage, calls his wife Marie BOUDROT, says she was born in c1751 but gives no birthplace, calls her parents "deceased Pierre BOUDROT and deceased Cécile VECO," includes the birth/baptismal record of son Jean-Baptiste DELAUNE, baptized 8 Jun 1775, La Chapelle-Roux, godson of Jean-Baptiste DELAUNE & Magdeleine BOURG, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 54, Family No. 100; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls him Christophe DELAUNE, charpentier, age 34, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Christophe DELAUNE, carpenter, age 34, on the complete listing, says he was in the 8th Family aboard L'Amitié with his wife, 2 sister, & a sister-in-law, &, calling him Christopher DELAUNE, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, says they were married in 1774 but gives no place of marriage, & that son Jean-Baptiste was born in 1775 but gives no birthplace.

Why was he not counted with his family at Havre-de-la-Fortune, Île St.-Jean, in Aug 1752?  He would have been age 1 at the time, too early to have been living with another family.  See De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:127. 

As the debarkation list of L'Amitié & the embarkation/debarkation lists of La Caroline reveal, he & his family sailed to LA on the later ship, not the earlier one.  

02.  Wall of Names, 46 (pl. 12R), calls him Jean DE LAUNE, & lists him with his wife & 2 children; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2084, his father's profile in the Île St.-Jean section, calls him Jean [DELAUNE], says he was born in 1743, gives his parents' names, his father's birthplace in Normandie, details his parents' marriage, lists his siblings' names, says his father reached "the country" in 1729, lived at Havre-la-Fortune, & died in c1758, & details his mother's remarriage at Cherbourg in 1759; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 103 (Île St.-Jean: St.-Pierre du Nord, p.186), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Christophe[sic] DELAUNE, gives his parents' names, calls his mother Marguerite QUAISY, & says his godparents were Joseph JACQUEST & Marie-Madeleine PICHARD; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 104, 346, his marriage record, calls him Jean DE LAUNE, gives his & his wife's parents' names, says his father & her mother were deceased at the time of the wedding, but gives no marriage witnesses; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 33, Family No. 67, calls him Jean DELAUNE, says he was born in c1743 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, calls his mother Marguerite CAISSY, details his marriage, says his wife was born in c1750 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, calls her mother Anastasie de BELLFONTAINE, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Jean DELAUNE, baptized 22 Jul 1774, La Chapelle-Roux, godson of Eustache PART & Marguerite CAISSY, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 54, Family No. 101; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls him Jean DE LAUNE, charpentier, age 48, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Jean DELAUNE, carpenter, age 48, on the complete listing, says he was in the 4th Family aboard L'Amitié with his wife & 2 children, & details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names, & says they married in 1773 but gives no place of marriage.  See also De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:127; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 55, 83, 116; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 497, 528.  

His estimated birth year is not from the passenger list of L'Amitié or La Caroline, which gives him a birth year prior to his parents' wedding, but from Arsenault & the Lafourche valley censuses.  

As the debarkation list of L'Amitié & the embarkation/debarkation lists of La Caroline reveal, he & his family sailed to LA on the later ship, not the earlier one.  

How much work could he have gotten out of an engagé, or hired man, in his late 80s who lived with him & his family at Assumption in the late 1790s? 

03.  Wall of Names, 46 (pl. 12R), calls him Jean-Baptiste [DE LAUNE], & lists him with his parents, a brother, & a maternal aunt; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls him Jean Bte, son [Christophe DELAUNE's] fils, age 10, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Jean-Baptiste DELAUNE, his [Christophe DELAUNE's], son, age 10, on the complete listing, says he was in the 8th Family aboard L'Amitié with his parents, a brother, & a maternal aunt, & says he was born in 1775 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:234, 543 (SJA-2, 24 & 25), his marriage record, calls him Juan Bap. DELAUNE, calls his wife Hyacintha MICHEL, gives his & her parents' names, says his parents were from Nantes & hers from "St. John Bap. of the German Coast," says both fathers were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Luis FALGOUT & Josef MICHEL; BRDR, 8:181 (ASM-10, 151), his death/burial record, calls him Jean Baptiste DELAUNE, age 80 years, but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife or wives.

As the debarkation list of L'Amitié & the embarkation/debarkation lists of La Caroline reveal, he & his family sailed to LA on the later ship, not the earlier one.  

He was, along with brother Louis-Augustin, one of the last of the Acadian immigrants to join our Acadian ancestors.  Most of the DELAUNEs of Louisiana are descended from his many sons.  

04.  Wall of Names, 46 (pl. 12R), calls him Louis-Auguste [DE LAUNE], & lists him with his parents, a brother, & a maternal aunt; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 53, calls him Augustin DELAUNE; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls him Louis-Auguste, sa [Chrisotophe DELAUNE's] fils, age 1, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Louis-Auguste DELAUNE, his [Christophe DELAUNE's] son, age 1, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 8th Family aboard L'Amitié with his parents, a brother, & a maternal aunt; BRDR, 3:259, 301 (SGA-14, 79), the record of his first marriage, calls him Louis-Auguste DELAUNE, gives his & his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Marcel DUPUIS, Joseph LEBLANC, & Gedeon DUPUIS; BRDR, 4:163, 347 (SGA-14, 237), the record of his second marriage, calls him Auguste DELAUNE, calls his wife Clothilde LEBLANC, gives his & her parents' names & her first husband's name, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Joseph BLANCHARD, Maxil LEBLANC, & Julien ALLAIN; BRDR, 7:156 (SGA-8, 327), his death/burial record, calls him Auguste DELAUNE, "age 68 years," but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  

Louis-Auguste was also the name of a first cousin who died as an infant in August 1783.  See Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 54, Family No. 101.

As the debarkation list of L'Amitié & the embarkation/debarkation lists of La Caroline reveal, he & his family sailed to LA on the later ship, not the earlier one.  

Why doesn't the record of his second marriage mention his first wife? 

He was "only" 66 when he died & was, along with brother Jean-Baptiste, one of the last of the Acadian immigrants in LA to join our Acadian ancestors.  

05.  Wall of Names, 46 (pl. 12R), calls her Marie-Céleste [DE LAUNE], & lists her with her parents & a brother; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 54, Family No. 101, her birth/baptism record, calls her Marie-Céleste DELAUNE, gives her parents' names but not her godparents' names, & details her family's voyage to AL in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls her Marie-Céleste, sa [Jean DE LAUNE's] fille, à la mamelle, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie-Céleste DELAUNE, dgtr. [of Jean DELAUNE], a nursling, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 4th Family aboard L'Amitié with her parents & a brother; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:178 (Thib.Ch.: v. 1, p. 2), her burial record, calls her Marie Rose DELAUNE m. Jacinte AUCOIN, gives her parents' names, & says she was 33 years old when she died.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 55, 83, 116; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 528.

As the debarkation list of L'Amitié & the embarkation/debarkation lists of La Caroline reveal, she & her family sailed to LA on the later ship, not the earlier one.  

06.  Wall of Names, 46 (pl. 12R), calls him Pierre [DE LAUNE], & lists him with his parents & a sister; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 66-67, calls him Pre, son [Jean DE LAUNE's] fils, age 7, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Pierre DELAUNE, his [Jean DELAUNE's] son, age 7, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 4th Family aboard L'Amitié with his parents & a sister.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 497, 528.

So was he 1 or 7 in 1785?  As the debarkation list of L'Amitié & the embarkation/debarkation lists of La Caroline reveal, he & his family sailed to LA on the later ship, not the earlier one.  Since Robichaux found no birth/baptismal record for him, & he does not appear with the rest of his family in the Lafourche valley censuses of 1795-98, which provided ages, who can say what was his estimated birth year?  What happened to him in LA?  Did he die after 1788?  In that year he would have been either 4 or 10.  

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