Acadian
Immigrants to Baton Rouge/Manchac, 1785
As a Spanish report entitled "Acadians, Fort Bute, Bayou Manchac 1788"
in Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 524-25,
reveals that most, if not all, of these immigrants settled just north of Bayou
Manchac near old British Fort Bute, which was at the southern edge of the Baton
Rouge District. Tate & De Ville, Baton Rouge & New Feliciana,
hints that no Acadians went to Baton Rouge itself until after Nov 1786.
| Le Bon Papa | First ship; 280-ton frigate; left Paimboeuf 10 May 85; arrived New Orleans 29 Jul 85; 81 days at sea; 156 on board |
| La Bergère | Second ship; 300-ton frigate; left Paimboeuf 14 May 85; arrived New Orleans 15 Aug 85; 93 days at sea; 273 on board |
| Le Beaumont | Third ship; 180-ton frigate; left Paimboeuf 11 Jun 85; arrived New Orleans 19 Aug 85; 70 days at sea; 176 on board |
| Le St.-Rémi | Fourth ship; 400-ton frigate; left St-Malo 27 Jun 85; arrived New Orleans 10 Sep 85; 75 days at sea; 341 on board |
| L'Amitié | Fifth ship; 400-ton frigate; left Paimboeuf 20 Aug 85; arrived New Orleans 8 Nov 85, 80 days at sea; 270 on board |
| La Ville d'Archangel | Sixth ship; 600-ton frigate; left St.-Malo 12 Aug 85; arrived New Orleans 3 Dec 85; 113 days at sea; 309 on board |
| La Caroline | Seventh ship; 200-ton brig; left Nantes 19 Oct 85; arrived New Orleans 17 Dec 85; 64 days at sea; 77 on board |
Ages are as of 1785. Individuals with surnames in bold are male family heads or the eldest sons of widows. Hyperlinks take you to individual histories in the Acadians-to-Louisiana Alpha List, which contain many more details of each person's life. Non-Acadian spouses are linked to their Acadian spouses on the Acadian family pages.
| Name | Ship | Age | Birthplace | Relationships & Comments |
| Joseph ACOSTA | Le Beaumont | ? | St.-Tropez, France | stowaway; married aboard ship; not Acadian |
| Marie-Marguerite TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 24 | Penryn, England | Daughter of Anne GRANGER |
| François ARBOUR | Le Beaumont | 45 | Québec | may have been French Canadian, not Acadian; at Baton Rouge, 1788 |
| Marie HENRY | Le Beaumont | 40 | ? | Wife |
| François-Henry ARBOUR | Le Beaumont | 18 | Le Havre, France | Son |
| Frédéric-Édouard ARBOUR | Le Beaumont | 13 | Le Havre, France | Son |
| Jean-Louis-Firmin ARBOUR | Le Beaumont | 15 | Le Havre, France | Son |
| Simon-Magloire BABIN | L'Amitié | 23 | Southampton, England | Stowaway?; at Baton Rouge, 1788 |
| François-Xavier BOUDREAUX | Le Beaumont | 25 | Trigavou, France | |
| Marguerite DUGAS | Le Beaumont | 26 | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Fr. | Wife |
| Joseph BREAUX, fils | Le Beaumont | 23 | Bristol, England | at Baton Rouge, 1788 |
| Marie-Blanche TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 19 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Wife |
| Charles COMEAUX | Le Beaumont | 37? | Île Royale | |
| Marie-Madeleine CLOSSINET | Le Beaumont | 58? | Île St.-Jean | Wife |
| Marie-Josèphe MARTIN | Le Beaumont | 47 | Annapolis Royal | Widow of Louis COURTIN, a French surgeon |
| Charlotte-Louise COURTIN | Le Beaumont | 11 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Daughter |
| Jacques-Marie COURTIN | Le Beaumont | 16 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Son |
| Marie-Françoise COURTIN | Le Beaumont | 22 | Ireland | Daughter; married Juan GARCIA aboard ship |
| Mathurine-Olive COURTIN | Le Beaumont | 20 | Morlaix, France | Daughter |
| François-Marie DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 45 | probably Minas | Father of François-Alexandre |
| Jeanne HOLLEY | Le Beaumont | 47 | Cherbourg, France | Wife; not Acadian |
| Flore-Adélaïde DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 15 | Le Havre, France | Daughter |
| Louis-François DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 18 | Cherbourg, France | Son |
| Marie-Jeanne-Jacqueline DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 16 | Cherbourg, France | Daughter |
| Marie-Louise DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 10 | France | Daughter |
| François-Alexandre DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 22 | Cherbourg, France | Son of François-Marie |
| Rose-Adélaïde BOURG | Le Beaumont | 19 | France | Wife |
| Émilie-Adélaïde DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 1 | Chantenay, France | Daughter |
| François-Joseph DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | infant | Chantenay, France | Son |
| Marguerite-Ange DUBOIS | Le Beaumont | 31 | Cap-Sable? | Widow of Jean DAIGLE |
| Jean-Louis DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 10 | Châtellerault, France | Son |
| Jean-Baptiste DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 45 | ? | |
| Marie-Claudine VALET | Le Beaumont | 31 | ? | Wife; not Acadian |
| Jean-René DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 1 | France | Son; died at sea or soon after reaching LA |
| Olivier DAIGLE IV | Le Beaumont | 53 | Rivière-aux-Canards | Widower; brother of Simon-Pierre; remained at New Orleans before going to Manchac? |
| Eulalie DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 6 | Le Palais, BÎeM, France | Daughter; remained in New Orleans with her father? |
| François DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 19 | Le Palais, BÎeM, France | Son |
| Honoré DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 3 | Le Palais, BÎeM, France | Son; remained at New Orleans with his father? |
| Jean-Baptiste DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 15 | Le Palais, BÎeM, France | Son; remained at New Orleans with his father? |
| Marie-Geneviève DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 11 | Le Palais, BÎeM, France | Daughter; remained at New Orleans with her father? |
| Pélagie DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 9 | Le Palais, BÎeM, France | Daughter; remained at New Orleans with her father? |
| Simon-François DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 18 | Le Palais, BÎeM, France | Son |
| Victor DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 23 | Falmouth, England | Son |
| Simon-Pierre DAIGLE, père | Le Beaumont | 50 | Rivière-aux-Canards | Brother of Olivier IV |
| Anne MICHEL | Le Beaumont | 51 | Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit | Second wife |
| Anne-Geneviève DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 24 | Falmouth, England | Daughter |
| Édouard DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 21 | Morlaix, France | Son; at Baton Rouge, 1788 |
| Élisabeth DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 13 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Daughter |
| Joseph-Michel DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 9 | Bangor, BÎeM, France | Son |
| Marie-Madeleine DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 11 | Sauzon, BÎeM, France | Daughter; died Manchac 9 Oct 1785, soon after arrival |
| Marie-Marguerite DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 26 | Falmouth, England | Daughter |
| Simon-Pierre DAIGLE, fils | Le Beaumont | 18 | Sauzon, BÎeM, France | Son |
| Jean DOIRON | Le Beaumont | 57 | L'Assomption, Pigiguit | Widower |
| Marguerite-Josèphe DOIRON | Le Beaumont | 21 | St.-Énogat, France | Daughter |
| Paul-Olivier DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 18 | Locmaria, BÎeM, France | "Minor", orphan |
| Jean-Baptiste DOIRON | La Caroline | 25 | St.-Énogat, France | son of Jean |
| Rose DOIRON | Le Beaumont | 35 | Pigiguit | Wife of Jean-Baptiste LOISELEUR, who was non-Acadian & remained in France |
| Jean-Pierre DUGAS | Le Beaumont | 20 | Boulogne-sur-Mer,Fr. | Son of Marguerite-Josèphe DOIRON |
| Jeanne CABON | Le Beaumont | 34 | ? | Wife; not Acadian |
| Marguerite-Josèphe DOIRON | Le Beaumont | 50 | ? | Widow of Jean-Baptiste DUGAS |
| Jean-Baptiste DUHON | Le Beaumont | 25 | ? | |
| Pierre FORET | Le Beaumont | 25 | ? | |
| Charles-Benoît GRANGER | Le Beaumont | 33 | Grand-Pré | Widower |
| Joseph DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 14 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Nephew |
| Jean-Marie GRANGER | Le Beaumont | 19 | France | |
| Charles GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 59 | Annapolis Royal | Widower |
| Anne-Laurence GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 26 | aboard Supply | Daughter |
| Jacques-Servais GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 15 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Son |
| Jean-Pierre GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 17 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Son |
| Joseph GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 18 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Son |
| Pierre-Jean GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 23 | La Gouesnière, France | Son of Charles |
| Louise BLANDIN | Le Beaumont | 27 | ? | Wife; not Acadian |
| Pierre-Janvier GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 31 | L'Assomption, Pigiguit | |
| Marie-Josèphe LEBERT | Le Beaumont | 31 | Rivière-aux-Canards | Wife |
| Jean-Pierre GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 4 | Chantenay, France | Son |
| Joseph-Firmin GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | infant | Chantenay, France | Son |
| Marie-Rose GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 6 | Nantes, France | Daughter |
| Pierre-Joseph GUIDRY | Le Beaumont | 10 | Châtellerault, France | Son |
| Pierre-Jean-Joseph-Joachim LEBERT | Le Beaumont | 13 | Plouër-sur-Rance, Fr. | Nephew-in-law |
| Anne BENOIT | Le Beaumont | 55 | ? | Widow of Pierre & Jean-Baptiste HÉBERT |
| Jean-Charles HÉBERT | Le Beaumont | 13 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Son |
| Jean-Pierre HÉBERT | Le Beaumont | 32 | ? | also called Jean-Baptiste |
| Anne-Dorothée DOIRON | Le Beaumont | 24 | St.-Énogat, France | Second wife; daughter of Jean |
| Anne-Marguerite HÉBERT | Le Beaumont | infant | Paimboeuf, France | Daughter |
| Charles HENRY | Le Beaumont | 53 | Cobeguit | supposedly went to Attakapas but went to Manchac; at Baton Rouge, 1788 |
| Marie LEBLANC | Le Beaumont | 45 | ? | Third wife |
| Jean-Baptiste HENRY | Le Beaumont | in utero | Baton Rouge | Son; born 28 Oct 1785 |
| Marie-Madeleine HENRY | Le Beaumont | 23 | Cherbourg, France | Daughter |
| Rose-Anastasie HENRY | Le Beaumont | 14 | France | Daughter |
| Ursule HENRY | Le Beaumont | 10 | France | Daughter |
| Charles ROBICHAUX | Le Beaumont | 17 | France | Stepson |
| Pierre HENRY | Le Beaumont | 61 | probably Cobeguit | at Baton Rouge, 1788 |
| Marguerite TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 54 | Minas? | Wife |
| Cyrille-François HENRY | Le Beaumont | 18 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Son |
| Jean-Baptiste LA GARENNE | Le Beaumont | 55 | Île St.-Jean | |
| Anne-Hippolythe DOIRON | Le Beaumont | 46 | Pigiguit | Wife |
| Marie-Pélagie DOIRON | Le Beaumont | 31 | ? | Widow of Joseph LALANDE |
| Émilie LALANDE | Le Beaumont | 11 | Châtellerault, France | Daughter |
| Jean-Édouard LALANDE | Le Beaumont | 8 | Nantes, France | Son |
| Pierre LAVERGNE | Le Beaumont | 54 | Port-Royal | at Baton Rouge, 1788 |
| Marie-Madeleine LAVERGNE | Le Beaumont | 18 | Le Havre, France | Daughter |
| Pierre-Benjamin LAVERGNE | Le Beaumont | 17 | Le Havre, France | Son |
| Victoire-Bellarmine LAVERGNE | Le Beaumont | 22 | France | Daughter |
| Paul LEBLANC | Le Beaumont | 40 | probably Minas | at Baton Rouge, 1792 |
| Anne BOUDREAUX | Le Beaumont | 38 | Grand-Pré | Wife |
| Adélaïde-Marguerite LEBLANC | Le Beaumont | 3 | Chantenay, France | Daughter |
| Rose/Rosalie LEBLANC | Le Beaumont | infant | Chantenay, France | Daughter |
| Rose TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 23 | England or France | Niece |
| Colette RENAUD | L'Amitié | 45 | St.-P.-du-N., Île St.-J. | Widow of René LE TULLIER, who was non-Acadian |
| Adélaïde LE TULLIER | L'Amitié | 16 | Cherbourg, France | Daughter |
| Isidore LE TULLIER | L'Amitié | 14 | France | Son |
| Jean-Charles LE TULLIER | L'Amitié | 19 | France | Son |
| Jacques MOLAISON, fils | Le Beaumont | 38 | Cap-Sable | at Baton Rouge, 1788 |
| Marie-Blanche DOIRON | Le Beaumont | 41 | Pigiguit | Wife |
| Jacques MOLAISON III | Le Beaumont | 6 | Nantes, France | Son |
| Marie-Rose MOLAISON | Le Beaumont | 10 | Cenan, Poitou, France | Daughter |
| Marie-Sophie MOLAISON | Le Beaumont | 9 | Nantes, France | Daughter |
| Pierre RICHARD | Le Beaumont | 72 | Annapolis Royal | |
| Françoise DAIGLE | Le Beaumont | 55 | Rivière-aux-Canards | Second wife |
| Anselme RICHARD | Le Beaumont | 20 | Morlaix, France | Son |
| Simon-Joseph RICHARD | Le Beaumont | 18 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Son |
| Marie-Jeanne RICHARD | Le Beaumont | 14 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Daughter |
| Pierre-Auguste RICHARD | Le Beaumont | 11 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Son |
| Anne GRANGER | Le Beaumont | 49 | Rivière-aux-Canards | Widow of Joseph TRAHAN; sister of Marie-Josèphe |
| François-Marie TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 12 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Son |
| Joseph TRAHAN, fils | Le Beaumont | 21 | Morlaix, France | Son |
| Marie-Anne TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 16 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Daughter |
| Marie-Julie TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 14 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Daughter |
| Joseph TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 35 | L'Assomption, Pigiguit | at Baton Rouge, early 1790s |
| Marguerite LAVERGNE | Le Beaumont | 32 | Chignecto | Wife |
| Antoinette TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 2 | Nantes, France | Daughter |
| François-Antoine TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | in utero | Manchac | Son; born 2 Dec 1765 |
| Joseph-Rémi TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 4 | Nantes, France | Son |
| Marie-Madeleine LEBLANC | Le Beaumont | 54 | Minas | Widow of Pierre-Isidore TRAHAN |
| Alexis-Romain TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 11 | Châtellerault, France | Son |
| Marie-Jeanne TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 16 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Daughter |
| Paul-Isidore TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 21 | Morlaix, France | Son |
| Rosalie TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 9 | Nantes, France | Daughter |
| Simon-Augustin TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 13 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Son |
| Jean-Marie TRAHAN | ? | 20 | Morlaix, France | at Baton Rouge, 1790s |
| Jean-Paul TRAHAN | L'Amitié | 16 | St.-Servan, France | Nephew of Joseph TRAHAN; Baton Rouge, late 1780s |
| Marie-Josèphe GRANGER | Le Beaumont | 46 | Rivière-aux-Canards | Widow of Pierre-Simon TRAHAN; sister of Anne |
| Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 25 | Falmouth, England | Son |
| Marie-Marguerite TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 8 | Paimboeuf, France | Daughter |
| Marie-Renée TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 13 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Daughter |
| Paul-Raymond TRAHAN | Le Beaumont | 19 | Morlaix, France | Son |
| 146 individuals, including 11, possibly 15, non-Acadians/32 families | ||||
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