Acadian Immigrants to Nueva Gálvez/San Bernardo, 1785-86
Spanish reports show that in 1785-86 1 person from Le St.-Rémi, 17 families from L'Amitié, and 6 families from La Caroline chose to go to Nueva Gálvez, below New Orleans. The settlement also was called San Bernardo, which evolved into the name of the civil parish where the settlement was located. See Appendix.
| 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 |
| Anne OLIVIER | L'Amitié | 64 | Port-Royal | Widow of Jean-Baptiste ACHÉE |
| Madeleine-Apolline ACHÉE | L'Amitié | 10 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Niece; orphan |
| Joseph AUCOIN | L'Amitié | 33 | ? | |
| Marie-Josèphe RICHARD | L'Amitié | 30 | Grand-Pré | Widow of François BASSET, a Frenchman; at New Orleans until the early antebellum period |
| Marie BASSET | L'Amitié | 5 | France | Daughter |
| Marie-Geneviève RICHARD | L'Amitié | 32 | ? | Sister; remained at New Orleans |
| Jean-Charles BENOIT | La Caroline | 39 | probably Pigiguit | settled near English Turn, below New Orleans |
| Anne-Marie ACHÉE | L'Amitié | 36 | ? | Wife; daughter of Anne OLIVIER |
| François-René BENOIT | L'Amitié | 7 | Nantes, France | Son |
| Jean-Marie BENOIT | L'Amitié | 14 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Son |
| Paul-Frédéric BENOIT | L'Amitié | 9 | Châtellerault, France | Son |
| Sophie-Renée BENOIT | L'Amitié | 2 | Nantes, France | Daughter |
| Joseph BÉNARD | L'Amitié | 46 | Russia | not Acadian |
| Jeanne RICHARD | L'Amitié | 40 | ? | Wife |
| Anne BÉNARD | L'Amitié | 2 | France | Daughter |
| Marie BÉNARD | L'Amitié | 19 | France | Daughter |
| Martin BÉNARD | L'Amitié | 7 | France | Son |
| Charles DOUCET | L'Amitié | 40 | ? | |
| Michel DOUCET | La Caroline | 45 | ? | |
| Marie-Blanche COUSIN | La Caroline | 37 | Ministigueshe, Cap-Sable | Wife |
| Eléonore-Honorine DOUCET | La Caroline | 17 | Le Havre, France | Daughter |
| Jean-Baptiste-Michel DOUCET | La Caroline | 12 | France | Son |
| Marguerite-Bénoni DOUCET | La Caroline | 9 | Cenan, France | Daughter |
| Honoré DUHON le jeune | L'Amitié | 47 | Rivière-aux-Canards | |
| Anne-Geneviève TRAHAN | L'Amitié | 44 | Pigiguit | Wife |
| Augustin-Marie DUHON | L'Amitié | 20 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Son |
| Honoré-Jacques-Marie-Louis DUHON | L'Amitié | 17 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Son |
| Jean-Charles DUHON | L'Amitié | 13 | Belle-Île-en-Mer, France | Son |
| Jean-Aubin FOUQUET | L'Amitié | 52 | St.-P.-du-N., Île St.-Jean | |
| Marguerite QUIMINE | L'Amitié | 50 | Chignecto or Île St.-Jean | Third? Wife |
| Jeanne-Madeleine FOUQUET | L'Amitié | 11 | France | Daughter |
| Marie-Charlotte FOUQUET | L'Amitié | 15 | France | Daughter |
| Charles GIROIR | L'Amitié | 56 | probably Minas | |
| Michelle PATRU | L'Amitié | 58 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Wife; not Acadian |
| Jean GOUSMAN | L'Amitié | 56 | Andalusia, Spain | |
| Rose BONNEVIE | L'Amitié | 44 | Port-Royal | Second wife |
| Jean-Thomas GOUSMAN | L'Amitié | 2 | Chantenay, France | Son |
| Rosalie-Charlotte GOUSMAN | L'Amitié | 21 | Halifax | Daughter |
| Ambroise HÉBERT | La Caroline | 54 | Cobeguit | |
| Félicité LEJEUNE | La Caroline | 45 | Grand-Pré | Wife |
| Gertrude-Anne HÉBERT | La Caroline | 16 | Pleslin, France | Daughter |
| Anne-Angélique GAUTREAUX | La Caroline | 20 | St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Fr. | Niece |
| Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC | L'Amitié | 44 | Rivière-aux-Canards | to Opelousas? |
| Élisabeth/Isabelle AUCOIN | L'Amitié | 50 | probably Minas | Wife; remarried at Opelousas, Aug 1797 |
| Marie-Marguerite SEMERE | L'Amitié | 19 | France | Niece; married New Orleans, Jan 1786, & may have remained |
| 45 individuals, including 6 non-Acadians/11 families | ||||
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