Roy Ancestory Name Chatellerault

Noel Roy the last Chatellerault Noel Roy was the last generation to carry the name "Chatellerault". This name was carried from France with Michel and was handed down from father to son. It is assumed that the name must have carried a certain pride of respect for the town in France from which the family name came. . Noel Roy married Celeste Wyble on November 9, 1802 in the Opelousas area. Their marriage certificate is written in Spanish. Spain had ceded control for Louisiana back to France in 1800. Evidently the priest at the St. Joseph Church was of Spanish descent or education. The Spanish influence would continue even after 1803 when the territory was sold to the United States. . Noel and Celeste had 14 children. There are indications that Noel was a farmer most of his life. It was probably cotton since cotton was the main money crop of that time with possibly cattle. . No date was found for his death but it is estimated between 1860 and 1865. With the passing of Noel thus the name "Chatellerault" ended.

French American Song

The songs and music of French Americans are tied to a complex history, which resulted in a diaspora of French-speaking people in several regions of what is now the United States. The story is further complicated through contact among French-speaking people of different histories, as well as subsequent contact with settlers from other countries and their descendants. The French began establishing their formal claim to the Mississippi River basin in the late seventeenth century, with the first settlement of Cahokia, in present-day Illinois, in 1699. Prior to this, French fur trappers had made use of the river and established trade relations with American Indian tribes, and missionaries had arrived to preach to them. As the British and Spanish established colonies on the southern and eastern coasts of North America, forcing the French out of most of the ports through prior claims and warfare, the French focused their attention on colonizing the Mississippi and maintaining control of its port in present day New Orleans, Louisiana. The French retained their settlements in Newfoundland, the surrounding shores of the Hudson Bay, and part of the area they had called "Acadia," specifically the southern peninsula of what is now Nova Scotia and adjacent ports in New Brunswick. They ceded these regions to Great Britain in 1713 (though in subsequent battles they attempted to re-establish French ports in Nova Scotia), but retained their colonies in what are now Cape Breton Island (Nova Scotia), Prince Edward Island, and Quebec until 1763. The French territory in what became the United States included the Mississippi Valley and all of its tributaries extending from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, a vast area that was called Louisiana. Referring to this original territory, the descendents of French colonists who settled along the Mississippi River in what is now Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana still call their region "Upper Louisiana." Upper Louisiana included the earliest successful settlements of the French in what is now the United States. French is still spoken by descendents of the original settlers in the region, and the music includes both tunes and songs composed by French Americans and music colonists brought with them from France. Bands that preserve this music usually include a variety of stringed instruments and voice. The people refer to themselves as "French Creoles," meaning French people born in the new world, and the music is by extension called "French Creole Music." (Some make a further distinction between "French songs" brought from France and "French Creole songs" composed in North America, but this distinction is not universally recognized.) The French-language music and songs of the central Mississippi basin were influenced by the music of settlers from other countries who followed the French, particularly the Irish and English settlers. Other "home grown" adaptations are apparent in the use of various stringed instruments. Some, like the violin and bass fiddle, were commonly used by the French, Irish, and English, while the Italian mandolin and the African American banjo were instruments that became widely available by mail order in about 1900 and began to be used by many ethnic groups other than those that originated them, including the French. The songs of the region include traditional dance songs performed at "boullions," or house parties, as well as ballads that tell stories of the French settlers in the region. Though this key region of French culture in America is often overlooked, the saying of the people in this region is "On est toujours icitte: We are still here!" This presentation includes the webcast of a concert at the Library of Congress by Dennis Stroughmatt and his band, l'Espirit Creole, in 2012. As he began his career as a musician, Stroughmatt's ambition was to learn to perform music, songs, and ballads that would help revitalize the musical heritage of the descendants of French settlers in the Central Mississippi River region. He studied his own musical heritage extensively by performing with local musicians of previous generations and recording their folk songs and stories. He also made expeditions to study French folk music and song in New Orleans and Quebec, Canada. The vital port city of New Orleans was established in 1718. As a result of its defeat in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), France ceded the territory west of the Mississippi to Spain and the areas east of the river to Great Britain in 1763. During this period Spain took control of the strategic port of New Orleans, briefly giving the United States the right to use the port between 1795 and 1798. As a result of a war between France and Spain, France took back the province of Louisiana in 1800. The volatility of relations between France and Spain, the value of the Mississippi as a waterway for transportation and commerce, repeated negotiations to use the port at New Orleans, and the desire to establish settlements in the territory all led to a strong United States interest in Louisiana. In 1803 the territory changed hands for the last time, when the United States bought Louisiana from France. African Americans who settled in what is now Louisiana came from diverse backgrounds. Some were brought as slaves during the French and Spanish colonial period or brought in by settlers after the Louisiana Purchase. Under Spanish rule, slaves were allowed to buy their freedom, leading to an early population of free Blacks in southern Louisiana. People of African descent also came from the Caribbean, including French-speaking islands. During the revolution in Haiti between 1789 and 1791, French-speaking Haitians who fled the violence often chose the Louisiana coast as a destination. People of African descent in Louisiana today often also have French or Spanish ancestry, or both, and one of the meanings of "Creole" in Southern Louisiana is people of this mixed heritage, sometimes called "Black Creoles" to distinguish them from the French "Creoles," American-born French who do not have African ancestry. French-speaking African Americans in Louisiana have a developed a unique variety of musical styles that bring together elements of African, Caribbean, and French music and song, and sometimes influences of other ethnic groups of the region. Some French folk songs are shared among the French-speaking people of different backgrounds. For example, a Black Creole version a folk song that originated in France, "Je veux me marier," sung by Jimmy Peters, was collected by John and Alan Lomax in Louisiana in 1935. An English-language version of a Black Creole funeral shout also recorded by the Lomaxes, "Rockaway," sung by a group led by Jimmy Peters in 1934, provides an example of the African Caribbean drumming style that has been incorporated into the Black Creole repertoire. The next chapter in French American music and song is also the next chapter in Canadian and American colonial history. After France ceded its claims to the Maritime Provinces of what is now Canada in 1713, French settlers in the region, called Acadians, lived under British rule for forty-five years. But during a campaign against the French colony of New France, the British carried out what came to be called the Great Expulsion (or Le Grand Dérangement) of 1755–1763. Approximately 11,500 Acadians were expelled from the Maritime Provinces, their lands confiscated, and in some cases their houses were burned. Some of these settlers were deported to France and some put on boats to find their own way to a port that would accept them. Some fled to the wilder reaches of New Brunswick and Maine, where they were in danger of being expelled once again by the British. Others sought the regions where other French settlements could be found. Some went to Quebec, where the British chose a policy of assimilation of French setters rather than expulsion. Others migrated to settlements along the Mississippi River and in southern Louisiana. In the New England colonies, French settlers were also deported. But as the danger of further expulsions abated, and especially after the American Revolution, some of those who had fled British persecution migrated into New England along with settlers from Quebec who felt they would do better in the new United States. Northeastern French American music originates with the settlers from Canada. The music and song brought to this region draws upon the folk culture of the French settlers of Canada's Maritime Provinces and Quebec. Ties between people of French descent in the two countries has led to an ongoing exchange of music and songs. "La Soupe aux Pois," sung in French by Romeo Berthiaume of Rhode Island, is an example of such a song. It was composed by a Frenchman, Albert Larrieu (1872-1925), who toured extensively in Canada where his compositions were picked up and passed on among the French in both Canada and the United States. For more examples of French songs from the Northeast, view the video of the group Le Bon Hommes do Nord, consisting of Patrick Ross, Jean Theroux, Dalton Binette, and Bow Thayer presented a concert of French-Canadian fiddle music and songs from New Hampshire at the Library of Congress in 2012.[1] Cajun music is a style of French American music characteristic to southwestern Louisiana and the adjacent region of Texas. "Cajun" derives from the word "Acadian." The original French settlers in this region had the same culture as those who settled farther north on the Mississippi River. The French "Creole" music of these settlers combined with that of the Acadians who settled in Louisiana after being expelled from Canada. Many of the Acadians settled in the bayous of southern Louisiana forming cultural enclaves where they developed music and other cultural features unique to their group. In Louisiana today there are people of French ancestry who identify themselves as "Creole," descended from the original French settlers, and others who identify themselves as "Cajun," or "Acadian," descended from the people expelled from Canada. Black Creoles may have Creole or Cajun ancestry, or both, or may have French Caribbean and another European ancestry. Also, because New Orleans was a vital port city for both the French and the Spanish before it was acquired by the United States, the music of the region has a number of influences from Spanish and other ethnic groups who settled there. The instrumentation used for early Cajun music was often simple, with the fiddle being used as the original lead instrument. As diatonic button accordions became available in the later nineteenth century, they were adopted into the music and became the most popular lead instrument by the turn of the twentieth century. As was true for French Creole music elsewhere, fretted stringed instruments became readily available in the early twentieth century. They were added to the mix, with the guitar becoming particularly characteristic of Cajun music. Old-time music of the 1920s and 1930s by their non-French neighbors also became an influence, as did swing music. During the Great Depression and World War II, Cajuns in Louisiana were preoccupied with assimilation into mainstream American culture. This, and the limited availability of German-made accordions, encouraged Cajun musicians to adopt a style influenced by Western Swing, in which fiddle and steel guitar took the lead and the accordion faded briefly from the scene. In the aftermath of the war, Cajuns who had been in the armed forces returned home with a new sense of ethnic pride, and the older style of accordion-led music came back to the fore. John and Alan Lomax recorded a wealth of Cajun songs for the Library of Congress in the 1930s. They made recordings of members of the Hoffpauir family in New Iberia, Louisiana in 1934. The three Hoffpauir sisters, Elita, Mary, and Ella performed the ballad "Six ans sur mer" (Six years at sea), which has origins in Europe. The narrative tells of people lost at sea who nearly resort to cannibalism to survive. The young man who is the intended victim spies land at the last moment and is saved. Folklorist Barry Jean Ancelet has speculated that this story might have appealed to the descendants of the Acadian exiles who suffered a similarly harrowing experience when they were put in boats in 1755 and denied entry or assistance in British-held ports along their long journey. Cajun music went through many changes as it responded to the influences of twentieth-century popular music and newly available instruments, such as electric guitar, pedal steel, and saxophone. A characteristically Cajun style of rock music, known as "swamp pop," developed in the 1950s in response to these new ideas and influences, and country stars such as Hank Williams, Sr., greatly influenced many Cajun singers. In the 1960s and 1970s a revitalization of traditional Cajun music began, which again used the accordion, triangle, fiddle, and acoustic guitar. Today it is possible to find a broad range of the varieties of Cajun music that has been developed over many years. In this presentation, a 2010 Library of Congress concert by Marce Lacouture, David Greeley, and Kristi Guillory presents the oldest part of the tradition, ballads and songs in the traditional Cajun style. These performers research the history of the songs that they perform and have learned many of them from recordings of Louisiana singers made by the Lomaxes for the Library of Congress in the 1930s. They have also sought out older performers of these traditional songs in order to find the earliest examples that are still being sung today. Marce Lacouture apprenticed with ballad singers Lula Landry and Inez Catalon in order to learn to perform authentic examples of early Cajun songs. Among the Black Creoles, a style of singing for dancing called juré was popular when the Lomaxes made their field recordings in the 1930s. An example is "J'ai fait tout le tour du pays," performed by Jimmy Peters and a group of dancing singers in 1934. A phrase in the song, "les haricots ne sont pas salés," is one that appears in many juré songs, including this one. It translates as "the snap beans aren't salty," meaning that the character in the song is too poor to afford salt pork to season the beans. The juré style of singing, combined with Cajun music and African American blues, gave rise to a new form of popular dance music and song in Louisiana in the 1950s, called "zydeco." According to most experts (including David Greely in the webcast linked to below), the word "zydeco" derives from the Creole pronunciation of the phrase "les haricots" in the juré song about unsalted beans. In the early twentieth century, the word "zydeco" appeared in many variant spellings, including "zodico," "zordico," and "zarico," until the spelling was standardized in the 1960s. In the webcast of the concert by Marce Lacouture, David Greeley, and Kristi Guillory, David Greely sings another version of "Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés" (introduced at time code 30:58). Still another version of this song was adapted from tradition by Clifton Chenier, recorded under the title "Zydeco Sont Pas Salés," and became popular enough to standardize the name of the genre as "zydeco." Zydeco developed in the Black Creole community from the combination of Cajun and African Caribbean musical styles, with influences from rock, blues and other forms of music. The lead instrument was the piano accordion, significantly different from the button accordion used in Cajun music. In addition, a washboard (called a "frottoir" in Creole French) became a common zydeco instrument, perhaps as a substitute for rasping gourds used in African Caribbean music. Electrified instruments were also added to the mix as they became available. Zydeco has a raucous beat with the songs sung in French, English, or some combination of the two. While it arose in house parties in the Black Creole community, zydeco today has influences from the many ethnic groups and styles of traditional music found in Louisiana, from American popular musical forms (such as blues, rock, and hip-hop), and from Caribbean popular music styles that have made their way into the United States (such as reggae). It has a broad appeal and is popular among Americans far removed from Louisiana. In the classical tradition, French opera has always been popular in the United States. During the early twentieth century Victor produced French language recordings of stars on tour from France, Canada, and Belgium singing arias from operas and art songs. In some cases these stars chose to remain in the United States. One of the most famous of these was the French singer Jeanne Gerville-Réache. Born in France, she was of French and Spanish heritage and grew up in Martinique. After training in France and beginning her career on the French opera stage, she toured the United States in 1907 and stayed. Here she sings "O ma lyre immortelle," from the French work Sapho. Blanche Aral, who immigrated to the United States from Belgium, was another popular opera singer of the early twentieth century. In this selection she sings, "Valse d'oiseau," (Birds of the forest) composed by Louis Varney. As World War I began, performers from Europe came to the United States to try to use inspiring songs to win support for the war. In 1915, composer Lucien Cailliet, at the time a bandmaster in the French Army, toured the United States with the French Army band and recorded this performance of his arrangement of a medley of French patriotic songs, "La Bataille," sung by Torcom Bézazian. After the war Cailliet immigrated to the United States and worked for the Philadelphia Orchestra as a clarinetist, saxophonist, and arranger. He also had a long career composing and arranging music for Hollywood films. The worlds of French opera and French American folksong came together in the person of Eva Gauthier, a Canadian mezzo-soprano who sang operatic roles but specialized in recitals and concerts of arias and art songs. A world traveler as well as a singer, she sang throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand before World War I, and lived in the United States during and after the war. She performed both classical and popular music, and at one historic recital in New York in 1923 sang classical songs alongside works by Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin, accompanied on piano by Gershwin himself. She was also influential on American song by introducing American popular songwriters to European classical composers; she was particularly proud of having introduced Maurice Ravel to Gershwin in 1928. From 1916 to 1918, the Victor corporation, which was pioneering the recording of ethnic songs for niche markets throughout the country, recorded Gauthier singing light classical arrangements of French Canadian folksongs for the New England and Canadian markets. The songs included old ballads such as "Isabeau S'y Promene," and children's songs such as "Alouette" and "Sur le pont d'Avignon." Gauthier also recorded classical art songs by Claude Debussy, Ferdinand Hérold, and others. She lived in New York until her death in 1958, bringing together French, French-Canadian, and American song. SOURCE http://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197453 Note 1.This concert is mainly instrumental, but Patrick Ross and Jean Theroux introduce and sing the song "Le Petit Oiseau" ("The Little Bird") at about 36 minutes into the video recording. [back to article] 2.Ancelet, Barry Jean. Liner note for "Six ans sur mer" in Cajun & Creole Music: 1934/1937 a CD recording in the series Alan and John A. Lomax: The Classic Louisiana Recordings. Rounder Records 1999, p. 9. [back to article] Resources • "Basque American Song" (Songs of America) •See more articles about Ethnic Song in America

Avoyelles Parish Marriages 19th Century

Roy Ray, Marguerite Goudeau, Emile Mar 3, 1870 Roy, Abel Lemoine, Philomene Feb 7, 1887 Roy, Abraham Gajsan, Rose Mar 16, 1893 Roy, Adelaide Lemoine, Ambroise May 23, 1837 Roy, Adele Gremillion, Bruno Jan 2, 1844 Roy, Alcee Riche, Michael May 28, 1850 Roy, Ameline Guillory, Jean Baptiste Jr Dec 4, 1833 Roy, Angelica Guillot, Horace Aug 23, 1888 Roy, Apolonia Lemoine, Leandre Dec 7, 1869 Roy, Arcade Gremillion, Clara Nov 20, 1888 Roy, Arcade Gremillion, Clara L Nov 20, 1888 Roy, Armas Ponthrew, Leontine Dec 15, 1897 Roy, Azelie Graham, Theophile Jan 24, 1887 Roy, Azelie Mayeux, Jules Oct 9, 1856 Roy, Azilia Juneau, August Feb 3, 1835 Roy, Celeste Chatlain Dubroc, Noel Oct 28, 1842 Roy, Celine Aminthe Bordelon, Arthur Nov 23, 1893 Roy, Clarisse Lemoine, Simeon G Aug 5, 1858 Roy, Constance Desell, Bazil Apr 4, 1820 Roy, Cyrigue Gauthier, Inez Jan 25, 1899 Roy, Doralice Ducote, Milien Nov 3, 1840 Roy, Edevise Roy, Cyrile Jan 28, 1886 Roy, Edmond Guillory, Clara Nov 4, 1889 Roy, Edmond Guillory, Clara Nov 27, 1889 Roy, Eleonore Laborde, Alcee Jan 3, 1854 Roy, Elizabeth Frederick, Jean Jan 21, 1769 Roy, Elvira Dibbler, Ebenezer Dec 25, 1872 Roy, Elzira Deshauletter, Joseph Dec 15, 1891 Roy, Emelie Guillory, Cyprien Aug 1, 1815 Roy, Emelie Kimball, James C Nov 25, 1847 Roy, Emite Mayeux, Loretta Jan 7, 1886 Roy, Ferrier Lemoine, Ernestine May 24, 1887 Roy, Florestine Michaud, Jean Bte Jan 8, 1884 Roy, Fontenelle Chatelain, Louisianna Dec 7, 1898 Roy, Francois Ducote, Mary Aug 30, 1824 Roy, Helen Morasse, Antoine Dec 9, 1826 Roy, Helene Mrs Lafon, Joseph Jun 21, 1859 Roy, Hemandez Nickel, Anna Nov 25, 1894 Roy, Heno Angelhard, Ernestine May 13, 1891 Roy, Ida Mayeux, Onile Jul 14, 1895 Roy, Ida Normand, Bartholemy Jul 25, 1897 Roy, Inez J Couvillion, T H Feb 16, 1897 Roy, Isac Ducote, Celeilia Dec 28, 1896 Roy, James Guillot, Eliza Dec 29, 1881 Roy, Janelie Roy, Ferrier Dec 9, 1880 Roy, Jean Baptist Guillot, Marie Dec 27, 1853 Roy, John Lockwood, Laura Jan 5, 1882 Roy, Jos. J Guillory, O Feb 12, 1867 Roy, Joseph Jr Ducote, Azilia Jan 26, 1847 Roy, Joseph Jr Guillory, Edvige Oct 22, 1839 Roy, Joseph Jr Guyotte, Emelia May 18, 1819 Roy, Joseph V Laborde, Paulina Aug 19, 1890 Roy, Joseph Belome, Marie Louise Jul 26, 1769 Roy, Joseph Bizet, Julie Jun 19, 1776 Roy, Joseph Bordelon, Anne May 11, 1770 Roy, Joseph Couvillon, Brigitte Mayeux Sep 8, 1835 Roy, Joseph Frette, Fannie Oct 30, 1894 Roy, Joseph Guillot, Celesie Jan 14, 1845 Roy, Josette Mayeux, Zenon Nov 29, 1828 Roy, Julia Mayheur, Hypolite May 23, 1810 Roy, Julie Guillory, Gustave A Dec 23, 1869 Roy, Lea Beyt, Francois Jan 16, 1873 Roy, Lea Bordelon, Leander H Oct 2, 1855 Roy, Leandre Jr Cailleteau, Adeline Jun 12, 1851 Roy, Leandre Couvillon, Adrienne Oct 20, 1826 Roy, Lewis P Gauthier, Noemie Dec 28, 1886 Roy, Lodoisca Moras, Alcide T Mar 28, 1880 Roy, Lodviska Ducote, Edgar Jun 17, 1869 Roy, Louis P Coco, Ernestine Jul 14, 1896 Roy, Louis Guillory, Anna Nov 12, 1895 Roy, Lydia Moreau, Cyprien Sep 20, 1888 Roy, Maria Eliza Lemoine, Gerard Jan 18, 1872 Roy, Marie L Able, John W Dec 27, 1866 Roy, Marie Guillot, Jean Baptiste Dec 23, 1873 Roy, Marie Lemoine, Baptiste Aug 26, 1845 Roy, Marie Roy, Fulgence Jun 24, 1862 Roy, Marquerite C Bordelon, Edmond Jun 2, 1859 Roy, Martin Ducote, Julie Feb 26, 1887 Roy, Mary Chatelain, Joseph Jul 12, 1825 Roy, Noemie Guillot, Tesea Oct 13, 1896 Roy, Oliver W Mckey, Mary M Jan 12, 1883 Roy, Olyphus Chatelain, Rosa Dec 15, 1880 Roy, Onil Richi, Leonie Nov 11, 1890 Roy, Ophelia Coulon, Arthur O May 23, 1865 Roy, Oscar Laborde, Celamie Jan 25, 1892 Roy, Ovide Bordelon, Victoria Nov 23, 1880 Roy, Pascalis D Goudeau, Henrietta May Feb 23, 1881 Roy, Paudence Guillot, Fulgence Sep 26, 1865 Roy, Philomene Kimball, Zachariah Jr Apr 25, 1854 Roy, Remi Mayeux, Irene Jan 18, 1898 Roy, Rosalie Aymond, Jean Pierre Jun 2, 1846 Roy, Rosaline Desheautels, St James May 12, 1846 Roy, Severine Guyote, Leon Oct 20, 1818 Roy, Tesla Porterie, Josephikne Jan 11, 1894 Roy, Thomas A Regard, Elise Mrs Aug 28, 1890 Roy, Valare Ducote, Josephine Dec 18, 1888 Roy, Valerien Riche, Azema Sep 14, 1847 Roy, Valery Abel Roy, Alicia Sep 9, 1886 Roy, Valire Ducote, Josephine Dec 18, 1888 Roy, Vallery Cottonham, Julia Sep 8, 1859 Roy, Vetaline Mayeuso, Peirre May 2, 1890 Roy, Victor Gaspard, Adilicia Dec 20, 1898 Roy, Villeneuve Guillot, Pauline Dec 9, 1844 Roy, Villeneuve Juneau, Doralis Feb 4, 1835 Roy, Vitaline Guillory, Donatien Dec 6, 1859 Roy, William Joffrion, Elisa Feb 15, 1848 Roy, Zenon Berzat, Eloise Apr 15, 1845

St. Landry Parish Marriages 19th Century

Roy Fruge, Francois Dec 14, 1836 Roy, Adelaide Landry, Emerand May 18, 1847 Roy, Adelie Ney, Benoit May 6, 1848 Roy, Adeline Nezat, Antoine Dec 7, 1842 Roy, Alcide Alemand, Rosa Jan 18, 1886 Roy, Alexandre U Nezat, Philomene Nov 25, 1865 Roy, Alicia Anderson, Benjamin F Jan 24, 1887 Roy, Alicia Durio, Alexandre Sep 10, 1883 Roy, Amelia M Mornhinveg, John M Jul 18, 1876 Roy, Amelia Bello, Sustain Aug 3, 1839 Roy, Antoinette Devillier, F C Jan 5, 1877 Roy, Armoga Breaux, Polin Apr 6, 1882 Roy, Arthur Fontenot, Eugenie Feb 2, 1884 Roy, Aureline Carriere, Irene Dec 10, 1866 Roy, Azelie Mayer, Victorin Aug 8, 1854 Roy, Celeste Lambert, Zephirin Aug 14, 1828 Roy, Celestine Miller, Jean Baptiste Aug 30, 1839 Roy, Charles A Garvin, Adah Feb 15, 1881 Roy, Charles Caruthers, Ordalie Nov 26, 1869 Roy, Clarisse Ritter, Jean Baptiste Apr 13, 1838 Roy, Cora Latour, Emile Aug 7, 1871 Roy, David Guillory, Pauline Jul 26, 1880 Roy, David Istre, Adelina Aug 30, 1854 Roy, Delaide Richard, Rayond Apr 8, 1884 Roy, Divine Bordelon, Michel Jun 23, 1814 Roy, Divine Nezat, Lastie Jan 2, 1836 Roy, Don Louis Fontenot, Celestine Jan 21, 1845 Roy, E W Bonnet, Cecile Dec 9, 1878 Roy, Edouard Bertrand, Lezida Pascalie Aug 29, 1861 Roy, Eliza Comeaux, Cleophar Feb 26, 1873 Roy, Elodie Lejeune, Rosemond Jul 6, 1867 Roy, Elydia Prejean, Oneal Mar 6, 1876 Roy, Emena Lejeune, Jean Mar 27, 1833 Roy, Ernest Dejean, Elgina May 13, 1873 Roy, Ernest Hinckley, Mary Helena Jan 14, 1871 Roy, Ernest Moreau, Eudalie Dec 27, 1869 Roy, Estelle Comeaux, Cleopha May 17, 1860 Roy, Eugene D Lafosse, Marie Sep 19, 1877 Roy, Eugene Myers, John Sep 18, 1869 Roy, Eugenie Fontenot, Augustin Marcell Aug 4, 1851 Roy, Eulalie Dejean, Antoine Apr 12, 1847 Roy, Eulalie Healey, John Mar 15, 1866 Roy, Euphrasie Hollier, Lin Feb 11, 1851 Roy, Euphroisine Bergeau, Francois Dec 31, 1835 Roy, Euphrosine Lasage, Uzelien Nov 29, 1855 Roy, Fanchonette Fontenot, Pierre Aug 13, 1808 Roy, Fanchonette Fontonot, Pierre Aug 13, 1808 Roy, Felicia Davy, Yves Jan 6, 1883 Roy, Felicia Hollier, Raphael Jul 1, 1858 Roy, Felicien Bellome, Lucia E May 2, 1885 Roy, Felicite Aurelia Bergeron, Joseph Jan 21, 1870 Roy, Felix Roy, Aline Feb 7, 1891 Roy, Froizen Miller, Carmelite Jan 30, 1845 Roy, Henry V Richard, Dora Jan 12, 1886 Roy, Henry Bails, Charlotte Apr 25, 1891 Roy, Hervante Leger, Francois Jul 26, 1876 Roy, Homere Frank, Marie A Dec 13, 1874 Roy, Irene Richard, Alfred Jan 10, 1871 Roy, James Humphrey, Amelia Oct 15, 1822 Roy, Jean Baptiste Lanclos, Marie Louise Apr 8, 1890 Roy, Jean Baptiste Robin, Eugenie Nov 26, 1863 Roy, Jesse Francois, Elonore Nov 25, 1871 Roy, Jesse Peace, Nancy Aug 24, 1813 Roy, John P Martell, Armadine Feb 2, 1884 Roy, John S Doucet, Alicia Feb 4, 1885 Roy, John Fontenot, Domelise Feb 19, 1873 Roy, John Fontenot, Domelise Feb 25, 1873 Roy, John Rivette, Marie Sydalise Oct 27, 1842 Roy, Joseph P Coreil, Marie Louise Jun 5, 1865 Roy, Joseph Alleman, Mathilde Apr 25, 1885 Roy, Joseph Bordelon, Uranie Aug 12, 1835 Roy, Joseph Carrier, Marie Z Sep 11, 1845 Roy, Joseph Dejean, Felicianne May 19, 1859 Roy, Joseph Farrar, Seraphine May 19, 1851 Roy, Josephine Fisette, Pierre Aug 14, 1834 Roy, Josephine Perrodin, Humbert Aug 19, 1878 Roy, Julie Devilliers, Francois Coulon Oct 13, 1856 Roy, Julie Mccutchen, John G Mar 13, 1834 Roy, Leocadie M Lynche, Bernard M Jul 18, 1874 Roy, Louis Clay, Aimee Aug 8, 1860 Roy, Lydia Bennet, Napoleon Oct 11, 1875 Roy, Marie D Geantreaux, Jules Dec 6, 1882 Roy, Marie Delphine Ozere, Pierre Mar 31, 1826 Roy, Marie Delphine Ozere, Pierre Apr 1, 1826 Roy, Marie Felicia Guillory, Theophile Mar 8, 1890 Roy, Marie H Richard, Placide P Jul 15, 1871 Roy, Marie Olina Courville, Louis Nov 22, 1859 Roy, Marie Uranie Istre, Celestin Sep 4, 1858 Roy, Melanie Donnel, Victor Apr 25, 1848 Roy, Michel Marcantel, Desire Feb 4, 1831 Roy, Noel Arcade Le Boeuf, Marie Octavie Sep 21, 1874 Roy, Noel Arcade Leboeuf, Marie Octavie Sep 5, 1874 Roy, Noel Bertla, Cidalise Aug 30, 1871 Roy, Noel Menard, Eugenie Feb 7, 1826 Roy, Octave Hollier, Clara Feb 26, 1867 Roy, Octave Latour, Marie Ophelia Jul 21, 1870 Roy, Olympe Hollier, Raphael May 7, 1861 Roy, Oscar Bertheard, Mary A Apr 1, 1891 Roy, Phrosine Nezat, Alexis Nov 24, 1820 Roy, Phrozine Miller, Joachim Jun 9, 1874 Roy, Pierre S Doucet, Marie Cora Sep 3, 1874 Roy, Pierre Ulger Mistric, Azema Jun 14, 1865 Roy, Pierre Dejean, Octavie Dec 2, 1853 Roy, Pierre Dupre, Cleophine May 1, 1840 Roy, Pierre Dupre, Cleophine May 7, 1841 Roy, Sally Gunter, Frederick W Aug 1, 1826 Roy, Scholastie Malveaux, Sam Feb 6, 1871 Roy, Sophie Rousseau, Louis Dec 30, 1865 Roy, Syfroy Bertrand, Oreline Jun 21, 1848 Roy, Sylvestre Roy, Suzanna Apr 22, 1871 Roy, Theodule Doucet, Emma Sep 27, 1886 Roy, Theotiste Gonor, Joseph D Feb 5, 1883 Roy, Therese Bello, Louis Sep 3, 1813 Roy, Ulger Nezat, Nanette Aug 26, 1831 Roy, Ulysse Carriere, Marie Sep 23, 1889 Roy, Uranie Begnaud, Joseph Lucus Jan 2, 1879 Roy, Urgin Fontenot, Alexandre August Aug 4, 1851 Roy, Urgine Fontenot, Alexandre August Aug 4, 1851 Roy, Valery Devilliers, Sophie Feb 6, 1860 Roy, Valery Holloway, Saranza Oct 29, 1891 Roy, Valery Roy, Theotise Aug 30, 1842 Roy, Valery Roy, Theotiste Aug 30, 1842 Roy, Vallere Hollier, Divine Jul 22, 1850 Roy, Victoria Clark, Thomas Dec 30, 1885 Roy, Virginia Myers, John Sep 18, 1869 Roy, Virginie Comeaux, Edmond Mar 26, 1866 Roy, William Moore, Jane Oct 26, 1887

Huguenot History

Ancestors Past and current members have joined the Huguenot Society of America by right of descent from the following Huguenot ancestors who qualify under the constitution of the Society. A Agee, Mathieu Allaire, Alexander Angevine, Zacharie Arnaud, Andre Augustine, Jean Aymar, Jean Ayrault, Nicholas B Bacot, Pierre Badeau, Pierre Ballinger, Henry Ballou, Robert Barre, Pierre Bascom, Thomas Basse, Humphrey Bassett, François Baton, Isaac Baudoin, Jacques Baudoin, Pierre Bayard, Balthazar Bayard, Nicholas Bayard, Petrus Bayeux, Thomas Beaver, DeWald Bedloe, Isaac Belconger, John Belleville, Jean Bellinger, Henry Belon, Françoise Benezet, Jean E. Benoist, Marie Bernon, Gabriel Berrien, Cornelius Bertaud, Pierre Bertine, Pierre Bertolet, Jean Bertrand, John Bevier, Louis Bieber, Dewalt Billiou, Pierre Bissell, Sr., John Blanchan, Matthew Blanchard, François Bodine, Jean Boissevain, Lucas Bolles, Joseph Boncoeur, Guillaume Bondurant, Jean Pierre Bonneau, Antoine Bonnefoy, David Bonnet, Daniel Bontecou, Pierre Boudinot, Elias Bouquet, François Bourdet, Samuel Bouton, John Bouvin, Philippe Boyer, Christopher Boyer, George Bovie, Matthys Brasseuir, Benjamin Brasseur, Robert Brevard, Jean Broucard, Bourgon Bullitt, Joseph C Cabanis, Henri Canon, Andre Cantine, Moses Carre, Louis Carstang, Gideon Casier, Philippe Caudebec, Jacques Cazneau, Paix Chadaine, Jean Chaille, Pierre Chamois, Pierre Champlin, John Chapelear, Isaac Chardavoyne, Elie Chardon, Madeleine Chastain, Pierre Chevalier, Jean Chevalier, Pierre Collin, Paul Conde, John Cortelyou, Jacques Cossart, Jacques Couillandeau, Pierre Couillandeau, Suzanne Coursen, Pierre Cousson, Marie Coutant, Jean Couturier, Daniel Cresson, Pierre Crispel, Anthony Crocheron, John Crommelin, Daniel Curvellier, Adrienne D D'Ailley, Jean Das, Pierre Dashiell, Jacques D'Aubigne, Cornelius D'Aubigne, Jean D'Aubigne, Robert D'Aulnis, Pierre David, Jean de Bessonet, Charles de Bonrepos, Elias de Camp, Laurent de Chezaulx, Jean Etienne de Crocketagne, Joseph de Croy, Jean de Forest, Henri de Forest, Isaac de Harcourt, Susanna de Honeur, Guillaume de Kay, William de la Calme, Marquis de la Chaumette, Jean de la Fontaine, Mary Ann de la Grange, John de la Maistre, Claude de la Montagne, Johannes de la Motte, Jean H de Lancey, Etienne de Languet, Arent F. de Lannoy, Jean de la Noy, Abraham de la Noy, Philippe de la Plains, Nicholas de la Tourrette, Jean de la Vergne, Dr. Nicholas de Lobel, Mary de Lorme, Marie de Luze, Jacques de Mandeville, Gillis Jansen de Merle, Herail de Montenac, Francis de Morin, François de Mun, Peter de Nismes, Godfrey de Normandie, Andre de Nyse, Teunis de Peyster, Johannes de Pre, Jan de Rapalje, Joris Jansen de Remy, Abraham de Ressiquier, Alexander de Richebourg, Rev. Claude de Ronde, Hendrich de Rosset, Armand de Ruine, Simon de Saussure, Henri Desha, Robert de Sille, Nicasius des Marest, David de Tourneur, Daniel de Triquet, Pierre de Turck, Isaac de Turk, Jacob de Vaux, Catherine de Vaux, Nicholas de Veaux, Frederick De Votion, Edward Deyo, Christian Dilgard, Jacob Dole, Robert Dominique, George Doublett, Jean Dozier, Leonard Droilhet, Paul Du Bois, Françoise Du Bois, Jacques Du Bois, Louis Du Bois, Pierre Du Bourdette, Etienne Du Bruill, Christopher Du Chesne, Susanna Du Cloux, Marie Du Mont, Margaret Dumont, Wallerrand Du Puy, Bartholomew Du Puy, François Du Puy, Jean Du Puy, Nicholas Durand, François Durand, Jean Durie, Joost du Sauchoy, Marc du Tois, Pierre du Trieux, Philippe du Trou, Jan Duval, Mareen Dwinnell, Michael E Erouard, Pierre Eschauzier, Jean Espy, George F Faison, Pierre Farrand, Nathaniel Faucherand, Marie Fauconnier, Pierre Faure, Jacques Fayssoux, Daniel Ferree, John Flandreau, Jacques Flournoy, Jean Fontaine, James Fontaine, Peter Fort, Elias Fouace, Sarah Fougee, Louis Fouquet, Guillaume Foushee, James Frere, Hugo Fresneau, Andre Froment, Paul G Gachet, Henri Gaillard, Alice Gaillard, Joachim Gaillard, William Gaineau, Etienne Gallatin, Albert Gallaudet, Pierre Gano, Etienne Garnier (Gurnee), Isaac Garrigues, Matthieu Gaston, Jean Gaston, Joseph Gautier, Jacques Germain, Jean Germaine, Marie Ghiselin, Cesar Gilet, Eliphalet Gilet, Sarah Gillette, Jonathan Girardeau, Jean Giraud, Andre Giraud, Etienne Gosset, Jean Gouin, Suzanne Gouverneur, Nicholas Pierre Grasset, Augustus Grenelle, Matthew Grimm, Johan Gideon Guenon, Jean Guerry, Anne Guimar, Pierre Guion, Louis Guyon, Jacques Guyton, Samuel H Hardin, Mark Hardin, Matthew Harty, Hans J. Hasbrouck, Abraham Hasbrouck, Jean Hegeman, Adrian Herpin, John Het, Rene Heurtin, Guillaume Hierome, Jacques Huger, Daniel Huyett, Franz Carl J Jacques, Marie Jadon, Daniel Jain, Pierre Jaquett, Jean Paul Jaquith, Abraham Jay, Augustus Jay, Pierre Jerauld, Jacques Jermain, Samuel Jerome, Timothy Johannot, Daniel Joline, Andre Jorisse, Madeleine Jouett, Matthew Juzan, Pierre L Laborie, Jacques La Dou, Pierre La Grone, Adam Lorenz La Groves, Nicholas Lambert, Daniel La Motte, Jean Henri Lamoureaux, Andre Lanier, John Lanier, Nicholas La Rue, Jacques Lascelle, Meribe Lasty, Jacques La Touche, Jeremie La Tourette, Jean Laurier, Christian Lazalere, Jacques Le Baron, Francois Le Blanc, Marie Le Boyteaux, Gabriel Le Compte, Antoine Le Conseille, Jean Le Conte, Guillaume Le Conte, Jean Le Favor, Thomas Le Febre, Magdalena Le Fevre, Simon Le Grand, Pierre Le Maitre, Claude Le Moine, Moise Lequier, Jean Le Roux, Abraham Le Roux, Bartholomew Le Roux, Peter Le Roy, Daniel Le Roy, Esther Le Roy, Pierre L'Escuyer, Jean Le Sueur, Jeanne Le Tellier, Jean L'Hommedieu, Benjamin Lispenard, Anthony Losher, Sebastian Lozier, François M Mabille, Pierre Magny, Jean Magny, Jeremie Mahieu, Hester Mahieu, Jacques Mallet, Jean Manigault, Pierre Marchand, Henri Marche, Eulalia Mariner, Reverend John Marion, Benjamin Martiau, Nicholas Martin, Etienne Mascarene, Jean Paul Maupin, Gabriel Maury, Matthew Mauze, John Maynadier, Daniel Mayraut, Nicholas Mazyck, Isaac Melyn, Cornelius Mercereau, Daniel Mercereau, Joshua Mesier, Peter Jansen Messerole, Jean Michaux, Abraham Michelet, Jean Jacques Micou, Paul Minet, Ambroise Minet, Isaac Monnet, Isaac Monnett, Pierre Montfoort, Jan Montfoort, Pieter Moragne, Pierre Morin, Peter Motte, John Abraham Muse, James N Nardin, Marc Naudain, Elias Naudain, Marie Naudin, Andre Nazro, Mathew Neufville, John Noel, Jacob Noue, Pierre P Pairan, Charlotte Papillon, Pierre Papin, Susanne Pardee, George Parisis, Jacqueline Parmentier, Pierre Parys, John Pasquereau, Magdalene Pechin, Pierre Peiret, Pierre Pelletreau, Elias Perlier, Jean Perot, Jacques Perrault, Charles Perrin, Daniel Perrin, John Perrine, Daniel Petit, Benjamin Petit, Joshua Petit, John Piatt, John Piatt, Rene Piaud, Judith Pineau, Jacques Pintard, Antoine Poillon, Jacques Poinset, Pierre Pra, Pierre Provost, David Q Quantin, Isaac Quantin, Moses Quereau, Joshua Quintard, Isaac R Ravenal, Rene Rayneau, Daniel Renaud, Louis Renaudet, Jacques Requa, Claude Requa, Gabriel Rezeau, Rene Richard, Paul Riche, Denis Riverdy, Pierre Rivoire, Apollos Roberdeau, Daniel Robert, Daniel Robert, Pierre Rochette, Susanne Roquemore, James Roy, Joseph Runyon, Vincent Rutan, Abraham S Sabine, William St. Julian, Henri St. Julien, Rene Sanxay, John See, Isaac See, Jean Seguine, Jacques Seleu, Philip Shumway, Peter Sibout, Henry Sicard, Ambroise Sigourney, Andre Sohier, François Soulice, Jean Souplis, Andrius Stelle, Poncet Streing, Daniel T Taine, Marie Thelaball, James Tiebout, Jan Tiers, Daniel Tourneur, Daniel Trabue, Antoine Traphagen, William Trego, Pierre Tremble, Jean Trico, Catalyntje Triquet, Pierre U Uys, Johannes Uzille, David Uzille, Jacques Uzzy, Judith V Vairin, Jean Valleau, Esais Van Doveracke, Henryk Fayson Vassall, John Vautrin, Abraham Venables, Abraham Vermaille, Jean Vermilye, Isaac Vernouy, Cornelius Vielle, John Vigne, Guillaume Vigne, Guleyn Vignolles, François Villeponteux, Pierre Vincent, Adrian Vincent, François Vincent, Jean W Wiltsee, Philippe Maton Wittmeyer, Andre

Acadian "Dit" Names

Acadian Family Names The following list consists of the names of all families, including those of couples who left no surviving descendants, who resided in continental Acadia between 1700 and 1755. These are all the families known to us who were (or, who might have been) among the approximately 13,000 Acadians involved in the Dispersion, whether deported or displaced in that tragic occurrence. Such a list cannot but be incomplete, due to the loss during Dispersion or subsequently of a substantial number of the documentary sources that would normally identify the individuals who made up the Acadian population throughout the half century. Particularly significant is the absence of census records for Acadia after 1714. Researchers have been able to reconstruct parts of the population of the colony through consultation of surviving parish records, but recourse to a wide variety of other sources has been, and as research goes on , continues to be necessary, to fill-in gaps in our knowledge. Such families, especially those who only settled in Acadia in the last quarter century before the disaster of 1755, are only identified as Acadians by documents concerning the exiles in Québec, France, the British American colonies, the West Indies, French Guyana or Louisiana. Many of these documents are just now coming to light, due to the assiduous searching of certain descendants determined to trace their Acadian connections. In some cases it is nonetheless still quite difficult to determine whether the family name actually would have been known in Acadia, or whether it only was added to the roster of Acadians during the long years of wandering in exile. It must be noted that this list (found in the section "Those Who Disappeared" below), includes the names of only those families who were part of the civilian population of Acadia, those of the families of the military who left long before the Depression in 1710 having been intentionally. The origin of our Acadian families, especially the oldest and largest among them, are but little known. For the entire period for which Acadia was colonized, only two passenger lists dating from 1636 and 1641, and one church register covering the years 1679 to 1686, are available to us. Our censuses, beginning in 1671, permit us to reconstruct the first three or four generations of each of our principal families, but they provide no information, contrary to the censuses of Plaisance and some later enumeration, for example, regarding origins, except in very exceptional instances. For genealogical purposes the absence for the early period of the records of marriages, or marriage contracts which normally form the most reliable sources of such information, is the chief difficulty one encounters. The marriages recorded at Port-Royal from 1702, at Grand-Pré from 1707, and Beaubassin from 1712, provide us with some samples of what we would find if all the registers had survived. Unfortunately, none of these three parishes just named, had all of its records and no registers survived at all for Cobeguit, the two churches at Pisiquit, the Rivière-aux-Canards, Chipoudy, the Pointe-de-Beauséjour, Tintamarre, Chebogue, or any of the lesser missions of old Acadia. Of course most Acadian families are of French origin. Even in the case of those for no precise origin is known, proof of this is given in many instances, by the Déclarations of the Acadians settled on Belle-Ile-en-Mer, wherein a substantial number of the first ancestors to live in Acadia, are uniformly described as "having come from France" (for example, Babin, Blanchard, Daigre, Dupuis, Terriot). Click here for details on the DAIGLE and THERIAULT Family Genealogy CD-ROMs, now available Nevertheless, the exceptions to this rule are perhaps more interesting than those conforming to the norm. Among these exceptional families of Basque origin (Arosteguy, Bastarache, Ozelet) as well as one that is Spanish (Gousman) and two that are Portuguese (Mirande, Rodrigue). There are also several Irish families (Caissy/Casey, Guénard/Gainer, Long, Onel/O'Neale), three English (Druce, Granger, Hensaule/Henshaw), one Scottish (Jeanson/Johnson), one Flemish (Pitre), one from the Channel Islands (Semer), and even one from Croatia (Mathieu). It is also interesting to note that at least two families that may not seem to be French (Egan, Melanson) are nonetheless, of proven French origin! A number of names on the list would be immediately recognized as Acadian names everywhere Acadians have settled. These included the names of the families with the most numerous descendants such as the LeBlanc's, the Landry's, the Hebert's, the Boudrot's and the Richard's. These families are of course quite important on a statistical basis. There also appear on the list, the names of a number of families whose members played extraordinary roles in Acadian history. Besides the families of the hereditary nobility, or the seigneurial class (d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin, D'Amours, Denys, Le Borgne de Bélisle, LeNeuf de La Vallière, Mius d'Entremont and Turgis de Saint-Étienne de la Tour), who bring a certain amount of blue, even royal blood into the veins of some Acadians, there are families of the corsairs (Guyon, Maisonnat, Morpain), those of the heroes of the resistance against the British (Broussard, Maillet), as well as those of several victims of the French Revolution (Granger, Le Prince). Nicknames ("Dit" Names) Even the casual observer will notice that a substantial number of these Acadian families bore one or more nicknames. Some among these suggest that probable origins of the families, such as Amirault dit Tourangeau, Cellier dit Normand, Deveau dit Dauphiné, Duon dit Lyonnais, Guillot dit Langevin, Le Jeune dit Briard, Levron dit Nantois, Orillon dit Champagne, Préjean dit Le Breton and so on. These nicknames provide only clues to the origins of some families where such origins cannot otherwise be documented, but conversely, narrow-down the field of possible origins of the original seventeenth century recruits, since such nicknames would make little sense unless referring to something distinctive about these families. Other nicknames betray the military past of the family's founder. For a substantial period during which no official efforts were made to attract new colonists, most of the new settlers in Acadia were former soldiers whose years of service were sufficient to permit their retirement and marriage to local girls. In the case of Berrier dit Machefer, Bonnevie dit Beaumont, Creysac dit Toulouse, Garceau dit Tranchemontagne, La Lande dit Bonappetit, Léger dit La Rozette, Marchand dit Poitiers and a few others, documentary evidence of military service exists. In the case of several others, including LeBert dit Jolycoeur, Lord dit La Montagne, Mazerolle dit Saint-Louis and Richard dit Sansoucy, the sort of nickname borne by the family bespeaks a military background, even in the absence of proof. A relatively uncommon Christian name might also be perpetuated as a replacement for the original family name. Thus the Brasseurs were called Mathieu; the Caissys, Roger; the Henrys, Robert; and the Vigreaus, Maurice, from the given name of the first ancestor of each line. In other cases, a branch of a large family might adopt the first name of the founder of the branch in place of the family name, to distinguish itself from other branches of the same clan (Hébert dit Manuel, Pitre dit Marc, Vincent dit Clément), or the descendants of one family might employ their ancestor's given name in the same way, to set themselves apart from another family with the same last name (Martin dit Barnabé). Some nicknames reflect the ancestor's occupation. Thus the descendants of the blacksmith Thomas Sauvage, came to be known as the Forgeron family, while those of the butcher André Simon, called themselves Bouchers. In other cases, the nickname was most likely suggested by the ancestor's occupation, but documentary evidence of the latter is lacking (Calvé and Guérin, both dit Laforge). Over all, the list includes the names of families whose members occupied a wide spectrum of social and economic levels, from the upholders of justice (Boudrot, Desgoutins) down to those who appear to have come here to evade its execution (Denis, Mangeant dit Saint-Germain, Sauvage dit Forgeron, Serreau de Saint-Aubin). Those Who Disappeared Nearly three-fourths of the families whose names comprise this list did not reappear in Acadia after the Dispersion (1755). Of these, a certain number disappeared naturally either because the couple in question had no surviving children at all (Gisé, Lambourt, Poupart, Racois for example), or at least no surviving sons (Belou, Bézier, Flan, Forton, Gadrau, Gentil, Gouzille, LeJuge and so forth). Others perished as a direct result of their deportation (Apart, Froiquingont, Oudy, Tillard), especially in group disasters such as shipwrecks and epidemics. Other families saw their numbers drastically reduced in these tragedies, but were not entirely extinguished (Arcement, La Vache, Le Prieur). Certain families survived and even flourished in the new Acadia into which they were eventually transplanted, but their names came to be found only in those areas, and may consequently appear to be somewhat alien to Acadians from other regions. Among the names that persist only among the Cajuns in Louisiana, are Arcement, Gravois, Heusé/Usé, Hugon, Mouton and Naquin. Only in Québec does one find Fontaine, Garceau, Gourdeau, Grandmaison, Héon, Long, Lord, Lucas, Messaguay, Poitevin, Rousse and Saindon. The Cloistre, Orillon dit Champagne and Part families, carry on in both Louisiana and Québec, but not in Acadia. Marcadet and Pugnant dit Destouches persisted in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon until the Napoleonic Wars. Even in Acadia itself, certain families re-established themselves only in certain areas. The Bugeauds were thus only to be found on Chaleurs Bay. The Bastarache dit Basque family survived only in New Brunswick and northern Nova Scotia. The Bruns were almost exclusively in southern New Brunswick and northern Nova Scotia. The Caissys and the Guéguens became distinctly New Brunswick Acadians too, although a few spread from there into other provinces. Many Acadians from New Brunswick think of Boutin, Forgeron, Marchand, Martel and Samson, as French-Canadian names and the Acadians of the first, fourth and fifth families just named, can indeed trace their ancestry back to Québec, but these are also the names of important Acadian families in southern Cape Breton. Amirault (Mius) d'Entremont and Moulaison, are concentrated in western Nova Scotia. Corporon, DeCoste (formerly Coste), Poitier (or Pothier) and Trahan, are also names that could only be found in Nova Scotia after the Dispersion. Similarly, mention of Bernard, Buote, or Longuépée families in a genealogy, necessarily means that the Acadians of Prince Edward Island, must be involved in the lineage. A few families dropped out of sight because they apparently chose to remain in exile. The Bodard, Boisseau and Célestin dit Bellemère families, come to mind in this regard. Branches of some well-known widespread Acadian families, stayed in certain British American colonies, but they changed or modified their names. There were Acadians named Doiron, Dupuis and LeBlanc in Maryland, but they became Gold, Wells and White. In Pennsylvania, some Trahans became Strahans. Further south in the Carolinas, Lanoue became Lanneau, while Deschamps was transformed into Dishongh. Turcots, who were refugees in Québec, crossed over into New York where they they changed to Tarkets. A Michel family in Connecticut, began using the name Mitchell and across the state line in Massachusetts, Dugas changed to Dugar and Robichaud to Robertshaw. Three generations later, innumerable name changes resulted from Acadian emigration to New England. In this second dispersion, Benoit became Bennett; Bourg, Burke; Doiron, Durant; Fougère, Frazier; Hébert, Hubert; Langlois, Langley; LeJeune, Young; Petitpas, Pitts; Pitre, Peters; Poirier, Perry; Roy, King; and Vigneau, Veno. The list of Acadian family names, provide the careful reader with some interesting and valuable insights into Acadian history. The small tragedies of normal human existence and the over-overwhelming tragedies of the Acadian Diaspora, have left their marks on this list, to the extent that any present-day Acadian, from any area, will find but few familiar names here; the others were scattered to far-off destinations, or destroyed altogether, through the dangers and hardships of the great trauma inflicted on our people. In a way, the following list stands as a tribute and a monument to them. For after two centuries, we still strive to preserve the memory of those who suffered the loss of their property, their country and even their lives... because of their loyalty to their ideals and faith. More Variations/Derivatives of French surnames Aba(i)r(e) = Hébert Asselin = Ashla, Aslaw, Ashlaw, Aslin, Ashlin, Ashlow Aubin = Obin Audet(te) = Odet(te) Austin = Ostiguy Barrette=Borett Bean = Lefebvre Beaulac = Bolack Beaudoin = Boardwine Benoit = Benway Benway = Benoit Boardwine = Beaudoin Bobo = Bourbeau Boileau = Drinkwater Boivin = Drinkwine Boisvert = Greenwood Bolack = Beaulac Bolduc = Bolduke Bolduke = Bolduc Boncoeur = Bunker, Goodheart Bonenfant = Goodchild Boucher = Bushey Bourbeau = Bobo Bousquet = Buskey Boutain = Button Bouthillier = Butler Boutin = Button Branconnier = Brockney Brault = Brow Brockney = Branconnier Brooks = Rousseau Brow = Brault Buckwheat = Sarrazin Bunker = Boncoeur, Goodheart Bushey = Boucher Buskey = Bousquet Butler = Bouthillier Button = Boutain, Boutin Chagnon = Shonyo Chainey = Sheni Chantal = Shontelle Charbonneau = Cole Charron = Sharron Chauvin = Shover Chicoine = Shequin Cinq-Mars = St. Mars Cir = Cyr Clokey/Clouckie = Cloutier Cloutier = Clokey/Clouckey Cole = Charbonneau Comeau = Como Como = Comeau Corbeau = Corbo Corbo = Corbeau Cota = Côté Côté = Cota Courchesne = Cushion Courtemanche = Shortsleeves Cousineau = Cousino Cousino = Cousineau Cummings = Viens Cushion = Courchesne Cyr = Sire, Cyre, Cir, Sears, Sear Dabat = LaBatt Danis = Dany, Downey Deaette = Deyette de St-Pierre = Dessin-Pierre Demarais = Demarey Demars=Dumas Demarey = Demarais Demers=Dumas Denault = Denno Denno = Denault Derouin = Drouin Déry=DeRye, D'Hery, Derry, Deary Deschamps = Fields, Dechand, DuChen Desautels = Dezotelle Desnoyers=Hickory Desparts = Desport Desport = Desparts Dessin-Pierre = de St-Pierre D(e)uso = Duss(e)ault Deyette = Deaette, Diette Dezotelle = Desautels Dion(ne)=Young Downey = Danis Drinkwine = Boivin Drinkwater = Boileau Drouin = Derouin Duchaine = Duchesne Duchanno = Duchesneau Duchene = Duchesne Duchesne = Duchaine, Duchene Duchesneau = Duchanno Dumas=Demers, Demars Dussault = Deuso Farnsworth = Phaneuf Favero = Favreau Favreau = Favero Fields = Deschamps Fisher=Poisson Fleury = Flowers Flowers = Fleury Foisy = Foizie Foizie = Foisy Fontaine = Fountain/Spring Fournier = Fuller Frappiea = Frappier Frappier = Frappiea Fuller = Fournier Gaboury=Gabourie, Gabori, Gadourie Gagné = Gonyea Gagnon = Gonyeau Gareau = Garrow Garrow = Gareau Gaultier = Gotchy Gebo = Gibeau(lt) Gerard = Girard/Girouard Gero = Giroux Gibeau(lt) = Gebo(w), Jebo(w) Gingras = Jangraw, Shangraw, Jeangras, Jeangraw Girouard = Girard/Gerard Giroux = Gero Godreau = Goodroe/Gaudreau Gonlah = Gumlaw Gonyea = Gagné Gonyeau = Gagnon Goodchild = Bonenfant Goodheart = Bunker, Boncoeur Goodroe = Godreau/Gaudreau Goosie = Gousy Gotchy = Galtier Grandchamp(s) = Grashaw Grashaw = Grandchamps Greenia = Grenier Greenwood = Boisvert Grégoire = Grigwire Grenier = Greenia Grew = Groulx Grigwire = Grégoire Groulx = Grew Guindon=Yandow Gumlaw = Gonlah Hébert = Aba(i)r(e) Hulburt=Jalbert Jacks = Jacques Jacques = Jacks Jalbert=Hulburt Jangraw = Gingras Jaquin=Jaqueen, Jackins, Jakins Jeangra(s)w = Gingras Jebo(w) = Gibeau(lt) Kenville=Quenneville King = Roy LaBatt = Dabat Laf(f)ler = Lafleur Laflamme=Laflim Lafleur = Lafloor, Laflour, Laf(f)ler, Lef(f)ler, Lof(f)ler, Laflin Laflin = Lafleur Lafloor = Lafleur Laflour = Lafleur Lajeunesse = Young Lanctôt = Languedoe, Langdo, Loncto, Lonto, Laucto, Longtoe Landreville = Lunderville Landry = Laundry Lang(ue)do(e) = Lanctôt Langevin = Longway Lareau = Laroe/Larrow Larivière = Rivers Laroe = Lareau/Larrow Larrow = Lareau/Laroe Larocque = Larock, LaRock Launcto = Lanctôt Laundry = Landry Lavigne = Lev(i)en(e), Laveen Lafave = Bean, Lefave Laviolette = Lovelette Lavoie = Levoy Lefave = Bean, Lafave Lefebvre = Lefave, Lafave, Bean Lef(f)ler = Lafleur Legault=Leguolt, Legoat L'Em(e)lin = Lemelin Lemoine = Luman Lecuyer=LeQuea Letourneau = Litno, Turner Levesque = Levick Levick = Levesque Levi(e)n(e) = Lavigne Levoy = Lavoie Litno = Letourneau Lof(f)ler = Lafleur Longtoe = Lanctôt Longway = Langevin Lonto = Lanctô Lovelette = Laviolette Luman = Lemoine Lunderville = Landreville Maison = Mas(s)on Marsha=Mercier Mas(s)on = Maison Maurice = Morris Maynard = Ménard Meilleur = Miller/Millar Ménard = Maynard Mercier=Marsha Miller/Millar = Meilleur Moreau = Mor(r)o(w) Mor(r)o(w) = Moreau Morris = Maurice Nadeau=Neddo, Nadae, Nada Obin = Aubin Odet(te) = Audet(te) Ostiguy = Austin Ouellette = Willet(te), Wellet(te) Paradee = Paradis Paradis = Paradee Parenteau = Paronto Pariseau = Parizo Parizo = Pariseau Paronto = Parenteau Patenaude = Patno(de) Patno(de) = Patenaude Patry = Peartree = Poirier Peartree = Patry = Poirier Pecor = Picard Pelkey = Pelletier Pelletier = Pelkey Perr(e)ault = Perro Perro = Perr(e)ault Phaneuf = Farnsworth Picard = Pecor Ploof = Plouffe Poirier = Patry, Peartree, Purrier, Puariea, Peiria Poisson=Fisher Potvin = Pudvah Proulx = Prue Prue = Proulx Pudvah = Potvin Purrier = Poirier Quémeneur=Kemener, Kimeneur, Timeneur, Kemneur, Kemener, Kimenir, Temenaire, Timenaire Quenneville=Kenville Quesse=Caisse Rabtoy/Robtoy = Robitaille Racicot = Rasco(e) Racine = Root Rasco(e) = Racicot Renaud/Renault = Reno Reno = Renault/Renaud Riendeau = Yando Rivers = Larivière Robitaille = Rabtoy/Robtoy Rochefort = Rockford, Rochfort, Rochford Rocheleau = Rushlow Rockford = Rochefort Rondeau = Rondo Rondo = Rondeau Root = Racine Rouiar = Rouillard Rouillard = Rouiar Rousseau = Brooks Roy = King Rushlow = Rocheleau Sampierre = St. Pierre Sans Laurent = St. Laurent Santaw = St. Onge Sarault = Serreault, Sarrault, Serault, Sarau, Sereau Sarrazin = Buckwheat Sear(s) = Cyr Seymard = Simard Shangraw = Gingras Sharron = Charron Sheni = Chainey Shequin = Chicoine Shontelle = Chantal Shonyo = Chagnon Shortsleeves = Courtemanche Simard = Seymard Spring = Fontaine St. Laurent = Sans Laurent St. Mars = Cinq-Mars St. Pierre = Sampierre St. Onge = Santaw Tailleur = Taylor Taillon = Tyo Tarien = Therrien Tatro = Tétreault Taylor = Tailleur Teboh = Thibeau Tétreault = Tatro Tereo = Theriault Terrien = Therrien Theriault = Tereo Therrien = Tarien, Terrien Thibeau = Teboh Tremblay = Trombley Trombley = Tremblay Tro(t)tier=Trotchie, Trutchie, Trouchia Trudeau = Trudo Trudo = Trudeau Turner = Letourneau Tyo = Taillon Vanslatte = Vincelette Veron=Verron, Varon, Biron Viens = Cummings Vincelette = Vanslatte Wellet(te) = Ouellette Willet(te) = Ouellette Yandow=Guindon Yando = Riendeau Young = Lajeunesse, Dion(ne) Contributed by Yvon Cyr, updated by others. 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Roy Ancestors in Lousiana

Roys settled early in Acadia, and a descendant of Jean Roy dit La Liberté of St.-Malo was among the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana. Widower Abraham Roy and two of his children came to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Broussard party from Halifax via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue. They followed the Broussards to the Bayou Teche valley, but they did not remain there. By early 1766, they had moved to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans probably to escape an epidemic along the Teche that killed dozens of their fellow Acadians. Abraham remarried to a fellow Acadian, a widow, at Cabanocé soon after he got there, and his new wife gave him another son. His two sons settled at St.-Jacques and had sons of their own. Beginning in the 1810s, Abraham Roy's three grandsons and two of his great-grandsons abandoned the river and "returned" to the western prairies, where they settled in St. Martin and Lafayette parishes. By the 1840s, no Acadian Roys remained on the river. Roys from France and Canada lived in Louisiana from the earliest days of the colony. A French Canadian widower who had lived at Detroit and Kaskaskia, Illinois, settled at Pointe Coupée in the 1740s, but his sons by his second wife did not remain there. In the 1780s, they crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Opelousas prairies, where their lines proliferated. Most of them remained in what became St. Landry Parish, but some of them moved down into the old Attakapas District, complicating the family's genealogical picture there. By the late antebellum period, these French Canadian Roys greatly outnumbered their Acadian namesakes on the western prairies. Other, smaller Roy families settled in the western parishes. Meanwhile, another French Canadian family, no relation to the Roys of St. Landry and St. Martin, moved from Pointe Coupée to the Avoyelles prairie in the 1790s and created a new center of family settlement there. During the antebellum period, dozens of Roys, called Foreign French in Louisiana, came to New Orleans from France and the Caribbean Basin; most of them probably remained in the city. No Roy family appeared in the Bayou Lafourche valley until late in the antebellum period; they probably were not Acadian. Judging by the number of slaves they owned during the late antebellum period, some Roys, both Acadians and non-Acadians, lived well on their plantations and farms on the western prairies. By the time of his death in late 1847, Acadian Charles Roy amassed a holding of two dozen slaves on his Lafayette Parish plantation. His eldest son Désiré must have inherited most of his people; Désiré held only three slaves on his Lafayette Parish farm in 1850, but a decade later he owned 36. Some of their French-Canadian namesakes in nearby St. Landry and St. Martin parishes did almost as well. Noël Roy's widow held 30 slaves on her plantation in St. Landry Parish in 1860. Her husband's cousin Pierre Ulgère Roy, who was her neighbor, owned 14 slaves. Cousin Alexandre Roy held 13 slaves on his farm in St. Martin Parish. In Avoyelles Parish, French Canadian François Roy owned 14 slaves in 1850 and 19 a decade later. His cousin Villeneuve Roy, also of Avoyelles, held 15 slaves in 1860. The largest slaveholder with the name, however, lived nowhere near his prairie namesakes. Frédéric Roy, a native of France, held 44 slaves on his St. Bernard Parish plantation in 1850; a decade later, he owned 50 slaves--enough to qualify him as a "large planter." But most Roys, like most Southerners, did not own slaves and participated only peripherally in the South's antebellum plantation economy. Dozens of Roys, both Acadian and non-Acadian, served Louisiana in uniform during the War of 1861. ... The family's name also is spelled Leroy, Le Roy, Roi, Roye.