Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
10.5.15
Don't eat God's crawfish
Happy Mother's Day. I bought some crawfish yesterday at the Crawfish Corner in Eunice. Very good place. We visited Pine today and talk got around to crawfish stuff. It drifted to crawfish in the yard and how cats would sit by a hole and "fish" for the crawfish. And then Dad told me something new to me. He said you're not to eat that crawfish because that's God's crawfish. And Mom said the same thing. It's something well known around here but I had never heard that. Leave the crawfish in your yard alone because they are special.
7.3.15
Creole Western Story
What was life like way, way back here in the Opelousas Post area? The best book I read was Winston DeVille's Opelousas: The History of a French and Spanish Military Post in America, 1716-1803. There are several interesting things such as "Social conduct in early Opelousas was typically that of a rough frontier settlement." (DeVille, 119) It makes me think of a western show or movie but with Louisiana Creoles as the cowboys and cowgirls speaking in French and eating gumbo on the prairie.
I will get a machine to listen to Paw Paw Adan tell stories in French told to him from Pepere Hypolite. Dad has the tapes. Hypolite probably told stories also told from his Dad, Joachim. Maybe, probably, from his Mouman also, Divine Fontenot. She died in Eunice and is buried in Pointe aux Tigre area, in the Ashford cemetery. Joachim was born in 1803 in Opelousas. His Poupa was Joachim also. He was born in 1781 in Pointe Coupee. His first wife, the line I'm from, was Emilie Gagnard. Gagnard sounds like Gaa-nyay. That's my best way of trying to sound it out. Her Mom and Pop were Jacques Gagnard and Ursula Juneau. Now maybe some stories were passed down from even Joachim's Dad, Francois. Francois came from Martigny Le Comte in Burgundy France. He came to Louisiana with his brother, Phillip. Francois, line I'm from, married Marie Marcantel in Pointe Coupee. She was born in 1756 and I think in Louisiana. Her Mom and Pop were Francois Marcantel and Ann Rondo. They, I think, were in Louisiana for a long time compared to Francois coming to Louisiana from France. Phillip signed Francois and Marie's wedding contract in 1771 Pointe Coupee. Dad has a copy of the actual contract.
It would be great to read or hear about life back then about the prairie Creoles. The Opelousas Post was not all rich, rich plantation owning aristocrats. Not at all. Sure, they had some like that, just like in St. Martinville, but the majority of the people were small farmers, ranchers and things like that. From what I know, my family were not big time plantation types. A lot were military types that changed to farming and ranching. Simple country western Louisiana Creole cowboys.
I will get a machine to listen to Paw Paw Adan tell stories in French told to him from Pepere Hypolite. Dad has the tapes. Hypolite probably told stories also told from his Dad, Joachim. Maybe, probably, from his Mouman also, Divine Fontenot. She died in Eunice and is buried in Pointe aux Tigre area, in the Ashford cemetery. Joachim was born in 1803 in Opelousas. His Poupa was Joachim also. He was born in 1781 in Pointe Coupee. His first wife, the line I'm from, was Emilie Gagnard. Gagnard sounds like Gaa-nyay. That's my best way of trying to sound it out. Her Mom and Pop were Jacques Gagnard and Ursula Juneau. Now maybe some stories were passed down from even Joachim's Dad, Francois. Francois came from Martigny Le Comte in Burgundy France. He came to Louisiana with his brother, Phillip. Francois, line I'm from, married Marie Marcantel in Pointe Coupee. She was born in 1756 and I think in Louisiana. Her Mom and Pop were Francois Marcantel and Ann Rondo. They, I think, were in Louisiana for a long time compared to Francois coming to Louisiana from France. Phillip signed Francois and Marie's wedding contract in 1771 Pointe Coupee. Dad has a copy of the actual contract.
It would be great to read or hear about life back then about the prairie Creoles. The Opelousas Post was not all rich, rich plantation owning aristocrats. Not at all. Sure, they had some like that, just like in St. Martinville, but the majority of the people were small farmers, ranchers and things like that. From what I know, my family were not big time plantation types. A lot were military types that changed to farming and ranching. Simple country western Louisiana Creole cowboys.
2.3.15
Old Heberts from L'Anse Grise
We went visit Mom and Dad yesterday. Dad told me if his Dad were alive today he would be 121 years old. That's a long time ago. Then he said if his pepere were alive today he would be 190 years old. I thought about it and then asked him to explain that a little. Hypolite was 69 years old when Adan was born. Adan was 49 when Dad was born. I thought that was outrageous but Dad said it common back then. People had a bunch of kids and of course nobody cared about birth control. More kids the better. Hypolite was born in 1825. Louisiana became part of America in 1812. My Hebert family goes way back into the 1700s Louisiana. I wish I could find a recorder to play my Pepere Adan and Memere Elia's talking in French that Dad had recorded. Because that French goes way back in the L'Anse Grise area with few of newer influences.
I decided to stay all text from now on. No more images, links or embedded material in my blog. I much prefer that style. I also changed the template default to the classic style because I felt that what I have is a personal style blog, not a magazine or news site. And no more blogging from a phone. I felt like I was falling into the Facebook style of doing things. I even "tweeted" several times here because one sentence or two is what tweeting (micro-blogging) does. I told Denise that we can write things down on paper and then I'll type them up later. And of course, blog sober. I was getting into a bad habit of posting something while lit up and then deleting it the next day when I thought about it. No more of that. I got upset at a site that was re-blogging my posts on their site but I emailed them and they took it down. I didn't like that at all. It was full posts displayed on their site. And some were posts I had edited, deleted or saved to draft. But they're cool and took it down. Merci beaucoup. I was about to notify Google about that.
I decided to stay all text from now on. No more images, links or embedded material in my blog. I much prefer that style. I also changed the template default to the classic style because I felt that what I have is a personal style blog, not a magazine or news site. And no more blogging from a phone. I felt like I was falling into the Facebook style of doing things. I even "tweeted" several times here because one sentence or two is what tweeting (micro-blogging) does. I told Denise that we can write things down on paper and then I'll type them up later. And of course, blog sober. I was getting into a bad habit of posting something while lit up and then deleting it the next day when I thought about it. No more of that. I got upset at a site that was re-blogging my posts on their site but I emailed them and they took it down. I didn't like that at all. It was full posts displayed on their site. And some were posts I had edited, deleted or saved to draft. But they're cool and took it down. Merci beaucoup. I was about to notify Google about that.
20.7.14
L'Anse Grise flooded by Miller's Lake in Evangeline Parish
Mom and Dad have pictures of L'Anse Grise flooded by Miller's Lake sometime in the 50s. A levee had broke around the North Landing.
13.7.14
tchoc gumbo and ecureuil gravy
Blackbird gumbo and squirrel gravy. In L'Anse Grise, when we would visit Memere, Mon Mon (spelling for Maw Maw ? because it doesn't sound like Paw Paw) and Paw Paw, they would have sometimes this to eat. I didn't like that and always ate sausage and rice or whatever else was available.
Paw Paw and others liked to hunt tchoc at Miller's Lake. The tchoc would eat all day in the fields and then fly at sunset across the Platin towards Miller's Lake to sleep. They would then ride out in boats and shoot a bunch of them. Come back and cook a sauce or gumbo. I don't think they ever fried them. It looked drole to me, seeing miniature "chickens" in the pot.
As for squirrel, in Evangeline Parish, it's a delicacy. Brain and all that in a gravy. Going out, camping and shooting them in the woods. Many cut the tail off and tie them to their truck antennas.
Tchoc, I've read, is a Native American word. Gumbo is African. Ecureuil is French. Cocodrie is Native American? I can't remember right now. Anyway, Paw Paw Elbay, a Fontenot from Ville Platte, hunted cocodrie at Miller's Lake with his padnas (spell check wanted pandas hee hee) Manuel and others.
Paw Paw, "Mon Mon," and Memere spoke French better than English. Dad's Mom couldn't speak English. Both parents couldn't read English. They died in the early 60s in Ville Platte. They lived all their life in Evangeline Parish.
10.7.14
Pointe Aux Pins
I passed by Pointe Aux Pins. I asked about the place and Mom on the phone didn't know. Dad, after me calling later, told me he didn't know much. But Paw Paw Elbay's family, not all, but a lot, are buried there. There used to be a lot of people there. Small farmers. It's very quiet in that area. Between Mamou and Ville Platte. Close to Point Blue. Of course all those areas were called by their French names.
15.9.13
country Creole family
Denise and I were added to the wall of marriages at Mouman and Poupa's house. We're a new addition to the Dooley, Soprano and Morris families. Last night we visited our Rainville and Fusilier families. OK, now they kid me a lot about being cousin to everybody, however, I got beaucoup names in my family. It's all good. My family is very "French" and are an old Louisiana family. I sometimes use Cajun, but it's actually Creole. I'm including here our Spanish heritage. They married into the French and began speaking French too.
Our Spanish ancestors were mainly military people. Ortego lived around Pine Prairie and Chicot. Joachim Ortego was a soldier and lived or served in Pensacola before settling around here. Antonio DeSoto served in Texas and he also settled in the Chicot and Pine Prairie area. There’s a lot of Ortego around here but I don’t see too many DeSoto. Ortego, if I remember right, was an Ortega and the name changed later to Ortego. Emanuella Sanchez was born in Mexico and she was the grand-daughter of a commander at the Spanish Post on the Rio Grande.
Ortego DeSoto Sanchez
Joachim Ortego married Marie Damesainte DeSoto
Joseph Marie (his Mom’s name) Ortego married Marie Josephe Guillory
Marie Aglaée Ortego married Victorin Deshotels
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Joachim Ortego married Marie Damesainte DeSoto (yes, same people)
Marie Mathide Ortego married Phillip La Rose Fontenot
Phillip La Rose Fontenot ll married Marie Doralise Guillory
Marie Azelie Fontenot married Henri Guillory
Aurelien Guillory married Onezia Deshotels
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Manuel Antonio DeSoto married Marie des Neiges Juchereau
Marie Damesainte DeSoto married Joachim Ortego
Joseph Marie Ortego married Marie Josephe Guillory
Marie Aglaée Ortego married Victorin Deshotels
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Emanuella Sanchez married Louis Juchereau
Marie des Neiges Juchereau married Manuel Antonio DeSoto
Marie DeSoto married Joachim Ortego
Joseph Marie Ortego married Marie Josephe Guillory
Marie Aglaée Ortego married Victorin Deshotels
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Mike marries Denise in 2013.
21.2.13
Paw Paw
Matthew interviewed Paw Paw several years ago for a school project. They filmed it in L'Anse Grise where Paw Paw and Maw Maw lived. They're in a nursing home now. Mr. Elbay is the only Paw Paw we know or knew. Mom's Dad, Leo Guillory, died before we were born and Dad's father, Adan Hebert died a long time ago in Ville Platte. We're still looking for someone that has one of those old time recorder players or whatever they're called because Dad had recorded Adan and his Mom Elia in French. They were old school Evangeline Parish people, ones that couldn't speak English except for a few words. Leo Guillory was in WWll too. He served in the Air Force. Paw Paw was in the Army.
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| Adan Hebert lived in L'Anse Grise, L'Anse Jeansonne, Caney Creek and Ville Platte. |
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| Paw Paw, on right, hunted cocodrie or alligator at Miller's Lake. |
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| Leo Guillory was a mechanic in the Air Force (WWll) and he was from and lived in L'Anse Grise |
19.2.13
The Milans
This is the start of of our Hebert/Milan line. The Milan nickname has to be because Milan is in northern Italy and it's close to Burgundy. I'm simply guessing but it would make sense. We're from Francois and his son Joachim and his first wife Therese Gagnard. She died when she was 23 years old. Joachim then married Marie Fontenot. She was Elizabeth's sister. Joachim's brother, Joseph, had married Elizabeth. All these people were living in Louisiana before Louisiana was part of America. A lot of information was shared between Dad and Rosie Morein Wells and this information is part of it. The connections confuse me but I think we're also blood connected to Marie Fontenot's family even though we're directly from Therese Gagnard's.
Generation No. 1
1. Francois Hebert of Martigny le Comte in Burgundy, France (Philippe & Marguerite Lambert, both dec'd.)
m. 9 Apr. 1771 Marie Anne Marcantel (native of Pointe Coupee) (Francois & Anne Rondot, dec'd.)
Wits: Marcantel & Philippe Hebert (brother to Francois)
Children of Francois Hebert & Marie Marcantel:
1) Joseph Hebert, b. unknown
2) Joachim Hebert, Sr. b. Bef. May 07, 1781, Ouachita, Territory of New Orleans; d. Bef. July 02, 1823, St. Landry Parish (LSAR: Opel.: 1823)
3) Dorothy (Cecile) Hebert, b. Abt. 1770, St. Landry Parish, d. Abt. 1797, St. Landry Parish
Generation No. 2
2. Joseph Hebert (Francois, Philippe) was b. unknown. He married Elizabeth Fontenot September 09, 1816, Opel. Ch., d/o Francois Fontenot and Therese Hingle. She was b. November 29, 1799, Opel. Ch., d. August 17, 1839, Opel. Ch.
3. Joachim Hebert, Sr. (Francois, Phillippe) was born Bef. May 07, 1781, Ouachita, Territory of New Orleans and died Bef. July 02, 1823 in St. Landry Parish (LSAR: Opel.: 1823).
He married (#1) Therese Gagnard, d/o Jacques Gagnard and Ursule Juneau. Therese Gagnard was born. Abt. 1782, and died July 21, 1806 in St. Landry Parish, bur. age 23 yrs. Opel. Ch.
Joachim m. (#2) Marie Fontenot January 27, 1811, Opel. Ch., d/o of Francois Fontenot and Therese Hingle. She was b. Bef. December 14, 1794, Opel. Ch.
4.2.13
Créole Marriage Certificate from Pointe-Coupée
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| Francois Hébert married Marie Marcantel
This is part of the marriage certificate of Francois Hébert and Marie Marcantel in Pointe Coupée in 1771. Marie's parents were Francois Marcantel and Anne Rondo. A friend gave a copy to Dad. They got it from the Pointe Coupée Courthouse. Phillip and Francois were the two Milans that came to Louisiana. My family is from Francois.
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31.1.13
Jeansonne sometimes became Johnson
My Acadian Jeansonne line sometimes turned Johnson, just
like my Hébert cousins turned into “He-burts” when they married into the
Scot-Irish families. But looking at this
line I see they stayed French so I don’t know what happened. These two lines connect with the
Fontenots. I see some Belaire, PZ, and PB. The Fontenots
were some serious virile and fertile people.
And from what I know, they still are.
I see a classic Fontenot-Fontenot marriage in this line!
Jean Louis Fontenot married Louise Henry.
Joseph Belaire Fontenot married Marie Jeanne Brignac
Marie Jeanne Fontenot married Louis Guillory
Marie Guillory married Augustin Jeansonne
Babolin Johnson married Avelina LaVergne
Heberit Johnson married Caleb Louis LaBarge
Mary LaBarge married Jeruse Guillory
Wilbon Guillory married Odette Deville
Leo Guillory married Vergene Berzas
Calvalene Guillory married Roland Hébert (Milan)
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Jean Louis Fontenot married Louise Henry
Jean Baptiste Fontenot married Marie Louise LaGrange
Pierre Baptiste Fontenot married Celeste LaFleur
Zenon P.B. Fontenot married Delphine Foret
Pierre Zenon Fontenot married Irene A.J. Fontenot
Lorlis P.Z. Fontenot married Theophile Deville
Theophile Deville married Marie Fontenot
Odette Deville married Wilbon Guillory
Leo Guillory married Vergene Berzas
Calvalene Guillory married Roland Hébert (Milan)
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30.1.13
keep it in the family
This connection to Fontenots on Mom’s side will be the same
down the Guillory and Pitre connection.
This line kept it in the family.
Jean Louis Fontenot married Louise Henry
Joseph Belaire Fontenot married Marie Jeanne Brignac
Marie Jeanne Fontenot married Jean Louis Guillory
Pierre Guillory married Edvise Deshotels
Pierre Guillory married Emelie Pitre
Jean Louis Fontenot married Louise Henry
Joseph Belaire Fontenot married Marie Jeanne Brignac
Marie Jeanne Fontenot married Jean Louis Guillory
Eugenie Guillory married Francois Pitre
Emelie Pitre married Pierre Guillory
Emelie Pitre and Pierre Guillory had the same Paw Paw? Caw!
The rest of the family spread out.
(Emelie Pitre and Pierre Guillory)
Arcade Guillory married Lelecie Fontenot
Jeruse Guillory married Mary LaBarge
Wilbon Guillory married Odette Deville
Leo Guillory married Vergene Berzas
Calvalene Guillory married Roland Hébert (Milan)
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Fontenot, Berzas, Deshotels
There are a lot of Fontenot connections on Mom’s side. At first Dad thought there were 15 and now it
looks close to 18. It should be obvious
why I’m interested in Fort Toulouse and all those people who were there.
I went to the Alexandria library the other day and checked
out Robert C. West’s An Atlas of Louisiana Surnames of French and Spanish
Origin. I browsed through it before and
I like to go through it and read up on it.
It’s perfect for getting the gist of where some of the most common
surnames originated. I learn stuff all the time. I read how the Chauvins were one of the earliest
people on the Gulf Coast. Places like
Biloxi and Mobile have a lot to do with Louisiana Creole culture.
I’ll post as I go because there are too many.
Jean Louis Fontenot married Louise Henry
Phillip Fontenot married Marie Nicole Brignac
Francois Fontenot married Therese Hingle
Marie Fontenot married Samuel Reed
Absalom Reed married Marguerite Young
Geneviene Reed married Arcius Deshotels
Dejean Deshotels married Adella Vidrine
Eness Deshotels married Enell Berzas
Vergene Berzas married Leo Guillory
Calvalene Guillory married Roland Hébert (Milan)
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Jean Louis Fontenot married Louise Henry
Henri Fontenot married Marie L. Doucet
Isabell Fontenot married Augustin Berzas
Gabrie Berzas married Marie Auline Meunier
Gabrie Berzas married Pauline Doguet
Augustin Berzas married Marie Eveline Fontenot
Enell Berzas married Eness Deshotels
Vergene Berzas married Leo Guillory
Calvalene Guillory married Roland Hébert (Milan)
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15.1.13
Espagnol
The Spanish and French have, to me, the best names. Our Spanish ancestors were mainly military
people. Ortego lived around Pine Prairie
and Chicot. Joachim Ortego was a soldier
and lived or served in Pensacola before settling around here. Antonio DeSoto served in Texas and he also
settled in the Chicot and Pine Prairie area.
There’s a lot of Ortego around
here but I don’t see too many DeSoto.
Ortego, if I remember right, was an Ortega and the name changed later to
Ortego. Emanuella Sanchez was born in
Mexico and she was the grand-daughter of a commander at the Spanish Post on the
Rio Grande. I’m not an expert and I’m not a scholar - I
learn stuff here and there and I get stuff mixed up sometimes. I would appreciate any feedback if anything
is inaccurate. The name Marie comes up
a lot as a first name in this line.
Ortego DeSoto Sanchez
Joachim Ortego married Marie Damesainte DeSoto
Joseph Marie (his Mom’s name) Ortego married Marie Josephe
Guillory
Marie Aglaée Ortego married Victorin Deshotels
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Joachim Ortego married Marie Damesainte DeSoto (yes, same
people)
Marie Mathide Ortego married Phillip La Rose Fontenot
Phillip La Rose Fontenot ll married Marie Doralise Guillory
Marie Azelie Fontenot married Henri Guillory
Aurelien Guillory married Onezia Deshotels
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Manuel Antonio DeSoto married Marie des Neiges Juchereau
Marie Damesainte DeSoto married Joachim Ortego
Joseph Marie Ortego married Marie Josephe Guillory
Marie Aglaée Ortego married Victorin Deshotels
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Emanuella Sanchez married Louis Juchereau
Marie des Neiges Juchereau married Manuel Antonio DeSoto
Marie DeSoto married Joachim Ortego
Joseph Marie Ortego married Marie Josephe Guillory
Marie Aglaée Ortego married Victorin Deshotels
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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14.1.13
Les Allemands
I'm interested in our German heritage. You don’t hear much about them. These Germans contributed to the culture of
our area. I lived on Shuff road behind
Weelos in Ville Platte and only vaguely knew how I was related to these German
people. It’s amazing when you look at
history and genealogy. You begin to
really see how absurd tourism culture is in our area of “Acadiana.” That might make no sense at all. I’m tired because it rained all day. I drove a tractor-trailer all day and worked
in the rain. I got soaking wet and it’s
cold. I’m burnt and frozen.
Hiers Hingle Sanmarine Schoff (Shuff) Boftz
Marguerite Hiers married Jean Baptist Guillory
August Guillory married Marie Elise Landreneau
Henry Guillory married Marie Azelia Fontenot
Aurelien Guillory married Onezia Deshotels
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Jacob Hingle married Marthe Paquet
Therese Hingle married Francois Fontenot
Divine Fontenot married Joachim Hébert ll (Milan)
Hypolite Hébert married Marie Aglaée Deshotels
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Marie Ann Sanmarine married Guillaume Lemoine
Antoinette Lemoine married Joseph Berzas
Marie Ann Berzas married Nicolas Deshotels
Maximilien Deshotels married Lise Veillon
Victorin Deshotels married Marie Aglaée Ortego
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Jacob Schoff married Elizabeth Darrow
Jacob Schoff married Anna French
Eli Shuff married Eliza Gardner (Louisiana)
William Shuff married Clara Bundick
Annie Eliza Shuff married Treville Deshotels
Onezia Deshotels married Aurelien Guillory
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Daniel Boftz married Annemarie Werich
Annemarie Boftz married Pierre Landreneau
Joseph Landreneau married Helene Juneau
Marie Elise Landreneau married August Guillory
Henri Guillory married Marie Azelia Fontenot
Aurelien Guillory married Onezia Deshotels
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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13.1.13
Simon Guillory was from France Francois Guillory was from Québec
Dad gave me more Guillory connections on his side of the
family. He had given me only one before
that. There are a lot of
connections. Dad’s Mom has the Jean
Baptist line and Pierre line. Dad’s father has only the Pierre Guillory line. Mom has the Jean Louis line. This stuff confuses me.
Simon Guillory came from Blois, France. He went to Québec. His son, Francois, was born there. Francois made his way down to French Mobile
and Gregoire was born. Gregoire left
Mobile when the British took over and he went to Louisiana. His sons scattered about the Avoyelles, Evangeline
and St. Landry areas. Dad said Jackie
Vidrine of Evangeline Parish has a lot of information on the Guillory families.
Rosie Wells Morein does too and Rosie
gave Dad more information on the Héberts and Guillorys.
Simon Guillory married Louise Bouchard
Francois Guillory married Jeanne Montfort
Gregoire Guillory married Marie LaCasse
Jean Louis is on Mom's side. Pierre and Jean Baptist is on Dad's side.
Pierre Guillory married Marie Fontenot
Marie Guillory married Joseph Ortego
Marie Aglaée Ortego married Victorin Deshotels
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory (Jean Louis line)
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Jean Baptist Guillory married Marie Sophie LaFleur
Marie Doralise Guillory married Phillip (La Rose) Fontenot
Marie Azelie Fontenot married Henri Guillory
Aurelien Guillory married Onezia Deshotels
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory (Jean Louis line)
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Marie Guillory married Joseph Ortego
Marie Aglaée Ortego married Victorin Deshotels
Treville Deshotels married Annie Shuff
Onezia Deshotels married Aurelien Guillory
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory (Jean Louis line)
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Bundick – English connections
We have English ancestry.
Bundick is one of them. It might
be the only one but I’m not sure. He
left Virginia and settled in French Mobile.
He married an Englishwoman there.
OK, they must have been Americans.
Why did these Americans leave “America” to live in a French colony? I don’t know the whole story but Dad did say
when the British took over the Mobile area, Bundick and several other Americans
left rather than live under the British and moved to French New Orleans. Or maybe it was Spanish New Orleans at the
time? I get confused with all that.
William Bundick married Mary Hay
William Bundick married Sarah Corkran
Stephen Bundick married Marguerite Marcelline Fontenot
Clara Bundick married William Shuff (German Creole)
Annie Eliza Shuff married Treville Deshotels
Onezia Deshotels married Aurelien Guillory
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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12.1.13
Landreneau and Deshotels
Dad gave me more information on our Créole heritage. I’m learning, sharing and getting ready for Créole events coming soon: book releases (by John La Fleur) and reunion (formed by Mardell Sibley).
Francois Landreneau came straight from France and Jacques Deshotels
came from Québec. I still wonder why
Landreneau kept the eau in their name and Fonteneau changed to Fontenot.
Landreneau
Francois Landreneau married Jeanne Jannette
Pierre Landreneau married Ann Marie Boftz
Joseph Landreneau married Helene Juneau
Marie Elise Landreneau married Auguste Guillory
Henri Guillory married Marie Azelie Fontenot
Aurelien Guillory married Onezia Deshotels
Elia Guillory married Adan Hébert (Milan)
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Deshotels
Jacques Deshotels married Ann Stephan
Nicolas Deshotels married Marie Ann Berzas
Maximilien Deshotels married Lise Veillon
Victorin Deshotels married Marie Aglaée Ortego
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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11.1.13
Lemoine Berzas Juneau Gagnard Sanmarine
Dad gave me these connections in our family. I put those five names in the title of my
post because they all connect. Most of
our ancestors were military people but Dad said he wasn't sure, except for Jacques
Gagnard. All of these people have
stories and if someone comes across this note and has information to share, let
me know. Let me know also if something
is inaccurate. Dad told me that one of
Claude Juneau’s cousins settled in Alaska and the city is named after him. He’s not sure if that’s true. Many, if not all, of these people were Pointe
Coupee settlers. The families then went
to Avoyelles, St. Landry and the Evangeline Parish areas. These people called themselves Créoles.
Guillaume Lemoine was from Normandy, France. He was called “Le Normand.”
Marie Ann Sanmarine was from Palatinate, Germany.
Claude Juneau was from Montreal, Canada. (France)
Joseph Berzas was from Trois Rivieres, Canada. (France)
Jacques Gagnard came from France.
Guillaume Lemoine married Marie Ann Sanmarine
Francoise Lemoine married Claude Juneau
Ursula Juneau married Jacques Gagnard
Emelie Gagnard married Joachim Hébert (Milan)
Joachim Hébert married Divine Fontenot
Hypolite Hébert married Marie Aglaée Deshotels
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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Guillaume Lemoine married Marie Ann Sanmarine
Antoinette Lemoine married Joseph Berzas
Marie Ann Berzas married Nicolas Deshotels
Maximilien Deshotels married Lise Veillon
Victorin Deshotels married Marie Aglaée Ortego
Marie Aglaée Deshotels married Hypolite Hébert (Milan)
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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9.1.13
Jacques Gagnard - Commander of the Avoyelles Post
Dad gave me some info on our Gagnard connections. Jacques Gagnard was the first commander of
the Avoyelles Post and he served until 1790 or 1791. He wasn’t sure about the dates. Avoyelles was named for the Avoyel
tribe. I still want to know if it’s true
that Mansura was named by the Napoleonic soldiers. The story says these French soldiers saw the
prairies around Mansura and it reminded them of the war in Egypt. I’ve
been to Mansura, Louisiana. I’ve never
been to Egypt. But I’ve seen Egypt in
pictures and on TV. Mansura does not
look like Egypt. So, the question is,
were the soldiers drunk?
Jacques Gagnard married Ursula Juneau
Emilie Gagnard married Joachim Hébert (Milan)
Joachim Hébert married Divine Fontenot
Hypolite Hébert married Marie Aglaée Deshotels
Adan Hébert married Elia Guillory
Roland Hébert married Calvalene Guillory
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