BREAUX FAMILY REUNION

Planning Ahead:
Congres Mondial Acadien
2014
http://cma2014.org/en
 August 8-24, 2014
Madawaska, Maine & New Brunswick
Acadian National Day
(per the CMA2014.org website)
Thursday, August 15, 2014
St.-David (Maine)
Zachary Richard will headline
BREAUX FAMILY REUNION:
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Place:
CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Chapel St. Pierre
145, Rice Street, Edmundston, New Brunswick
http://patrimoinemadvic.com/en/religieux.php?
cat=Cathedral+of+Immaculate+Conception+Parish+(E
dmundston)
Mass in English – 9:15 a.m.
Mass in French – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee will be served after the 9:15 a.m. Mass, and a
buffet-style luncheon will be served after the 11:00 a.m.
Mass. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
A few reservations have already been
confirmed from Louisiana, Texas, and New Brunswick.
Breaux genealogist Robert Brault will be
there, and Gayle Breaux Smith will make a power
point presentation “Footsteps in Time” covering her
travels to France, Nova Scotia, the Boston area, and, of
course, Louisiana. Please plan to join us.
Additional details will be provided in a future
newsletter.
Link to the list of 122 families planning reunions:
http://www.cma2014.com/rencontres-de-familles-prog
LOUISIANA DAY:
Monday, August 18, 2014.
Now is the time to plan your trip.

CAMP PARAPET DAY

 

Title:		Camp Parapet Day
Date:		Saturday October 12, 2013
Time:		10:00 am - 2:00 pm (GMT-06.00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Location:		Causeway Blvd at Arlington, Camp Parapet
Notes:		Flyer with details will be posted as soon as received.

Camp Parapet was part of a Confederate military fortification constructed in 1861 to protect New Orleans from a northern invasion coming down the Mississippi River. The fortification was a zig-zag earthen embankment running from the river to Lake Pontchartrain, roughly parallel to present-day Causeway Boulevard.
The fortification was intended to protect the city of New Orleans from Union attack from upriver. Because the Union fleet took the city by sailing in from below, the fortification was never used.
After the capture of New Orleans, U.S. forces manned and expanded the fortifications to defend against a Confederate counter-attack, which never came.
The only remaining structure of the fortification is the powder magazine, of brick enclosed in an earth mound. It is preserved in a small park and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

http://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2011/11/civil_war_site_camp_parapet_op_1.html

BREAUX DU MONDE

Nouvelle Breaux du Monde
La Famille Breaux du Monde Association
A newsletter for all Breaux – Breau– Brault – Breault – Braud –Brot –Brow
September 23, 2013
Email:  breauxdumonde@cox.net               Facebook Group:  Breaux du Monde
October note:
Please RSVP

Breakfast with Breaux cousins in Texas!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Paige and Darrin Bigler – both Breaux descendants – of Bridge City, TX have
graciously agreed to help organize a Breaux family breakfast before the 11:00
a.m. Mass noted below.
WHERE:  Senior Citizen Center – 101 Parkside Drive (behind the Community Center)
– Bridge City, Texas.
       Note:  The Senior Citizen Center is 14 miles from the Clocation, about a 20 minute drive.
DONATION:  A $5.00 per person donation is suggested for the breakfast.
“FOOTSTEPS IN TIME”:  Gayle Breaux Smith will make a powerpoint presentation
tracing our Breaux ancestor Vincent Brault from the Poitou area of France to
Acadia to deportation in Massachusettes to Breaux Bridge, LA.  Gayle will also
cover highlights of her recent trip to France.  Her talk will begin at 8:45 a.m.
     Please plan to join us.
BREAKFAST RSVP:
Paige & Darrin Bigler – Texas area
 Email:  paigeleleaux@gmail.com
 Phone:  409-718-5988
Calice Breaux – Lafayette area
 Email:  calbreaux@aim.com
Phone:  337/334-3747
Gayle Breaux Smith – Baton Rouge
 Email:  smith.john.gayle@cox.net or breauxdumonde@cox.net
 Phone:  225/766-8970
Sunday, October 20, 2013 – 11:00 a.m.
Mass in Port Neches, Texas
Beausoleil Broussard House
       A Mass will be said by Fr. Gary Schexnayder of Lafayette on the front
porch of La Maison Beausoleil in the Port Neches Park.  After the Mass there
will be music and food including chicken/sausage gumbo, boudin, and sweets.
Bring your lawn chairs!
Les Acadianes du Texas
Port Neches, Texas
Since about 1988 a Mass has been said annually on the front porch of the
Beausoleil Broussard House.

The links below will provide more information about La Maison Beausoleil and the
Port Neches Park:
http://www.ci.port-neches.tx.us/
http://www.ci.port-neches.tx.us/?page_id=632
Note:  In case of rain, Mass will be indoors at the Port Neches KC Hall, 700
Central Drive, Port Neches, TX. (phone 409/772-1883).

THE GRAND DERANGEMENT

 

 

 

Aline Cormier

DID YOU KNOW THAT:

 On July 28, 1755, Colonel Charles Lawrence, Lieutenant Governor of British-governed Nova Scotia, signed the order to begin the deportation of the Acadian people.  

The Acadians had refused to sign an oath of allegiance to Britain, an oath that would change the Acadians’ status from French-neutrals to affirm their loyalty to the British Crown.

From 1755 to 1764, more than 6,000 Acadians were forcibly removed from Acadie and deported to the 13 colonies of the United States, as well as Britain and France, 

 Not included in this number were those who sought refuge in the woods with the Mi’kmaq or who made their way to Québec.

Between 10,000 and 18,000 Acadians were displaced during the Grand Dérangement, or Great Upheaval, and thousands more died. .


MAY THEY REST IN PEACE..

 

BREAUX FAMILY NEWSLETTER

Nouvelle Breaux du Monde
La Famille Breaux du Monde Association

A newsletter for all Breaux – Breau– Brault – Breault – Braud –Brot – Brow                       July-August, 2013

Email:  breauxdumonde@cox.net               Facebook Group:  Breaux du Monde

 Researchers seeking to fill gaps in early Acadian history
http://theadvocate.com/home/6411060-125/researchers-seeking-to-fill-gaps
        Above is the link to a July 12, 2013, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA article about the University of Louisiana at Lafayette project to try and locate early Acadian settlement in south Louisiana.  The focus is on “Beausoleil” Broussard and the search centers around Loreauville, LA.  Many Breaux’s in south Louisiana have “Beausoleil” Broussard ancestry and are particularly interested in this research.   The Advocate story will explain!

 LA PAROLE
Newsletter of the Acadian Museum
By: Chairman Warren A. Perrin
Acadian Heritage and Culture Foundation, Inc.
        If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, please contact Warren Perrin’s secretary Darylin at darylinb@plddo.com to be placed on the email list.

 Day of Remembrance
Sunday, July 28, 2013
This is the day in 1755 British Governor John Lawrence signed the deportation order setting in motion Le Grand Derangement.  In 2003 Queen Elizabeth II set aside this date that the world should pause to remember the suffering of the Acadians.

Acadian Culture Day
Sunday, August 11, 2013
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
FREE admission
Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park
http://www.bayouvermiliondistrict.org/
300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA
Phone:  337/233-4077
National Day of the Acadians
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Acadian Memorial
http://www.acadianmemorial.org
121 South New Market Street
St. Martinville, LA 70582
Phone:  337/394-2258

Acadian Heritage Tour
September 5 – 19, 2013
Louisiana, Canadian, and French Acadians will join together in France to walk the footprints of the pioneer Acadians.   Signed up for this trip are persons from Louisiana, Texas, the Boston region, and South Carolina, USA, and also from Canada, Vancouver, Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
Claire Taylor, report with The Advertiser, Lafayette, LA, will be on this trip and will post a Blog.  When that Blog is set up, Breaux du Monde readers will be advised so that everyone can follow along!
Breakfast with Breaux cousins
in Texas!

Sunday, October 20, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Paige and Darrin Bigler – both Breaux descendants – of Bridge City, TX have graciously agreed to help organize a Breaux family breakfast before the 11:00 a.m. Mass noted below.

WHERE:  Senior Citizen Center – 101 Parkside Drive (behind the Community Center) – Bridge City, Texas.
       Note:  The Senior Citizen Center is 14 miles from the Port Neches Mass location, about a 20 minute drive.

DONATION:  A $5.00 per person donation is suggested for the breakfast.

“FOOTSTEPS IN TIME”:  Gayle Breaux Smith will make a powerpoint presentation tracing our Breaux ancestor Vincent Brault from the Poitou area of France to Acadia to deportation in Massachusettes to Breaux Bridge, LA.  Gayle’s talk will begin at 8:45 a.m.
     Please plan to join us.

BREAKFAST RSVP:
Paige & Darrin Bigler – Texas area
        Email:  paigeleleaux@gmail.com
        Phone:  409-718-5988
Calice Breaux – Lafayette area
        Email:  calbreaux@aim.com
Phone:  337/334-3747
Gayle Breaux Smith – Baton Rouge
        Email:  smith.john.gayle@cox.net or breauxdumonde@cox.net
        Phone:  225/766-8970


Sunday, October 20, 2013 – 11:00 a.m.

Mass in Port Neches, Texas
Beausoleil Broussard House
       A Mass will be said by Fr. Gary Schexnayder of Lafayette on the front porch of La Maison
Beausoleil in the Port Neches Park.  After the Mass there will be music and food including chicken/sausage gumbo, boudin, and sweets.   Bring your lawn chairs!

Les Acadianes du Texas
Port Neches, Texas
Since about 1988 a Mass has been said annually on the front porch of the Beausoleil Broussard House.

The links below will provide more information about La Maison Beausoleil and the Port Neches Park:
http://www.ci.port-neches.tx.us/
http://www.ci.port-neches.tx.us/?page_id=632

Note:  In case of rain, Mass will be indoors at the Port Neches KC Hall, 700 Central Drive, Port Neches, TX. (phone 409/772-1883).

 Planning Ahead:

Congres Mondial Acadien 2014
http://cma2014.org/en
 August 8-24, 2014
Madawaska, Maine & New Brunswick

Acadian National Day
(per the CMA2014.org website)
Thursday, August 15, 2014
St.-David (Maine)
Zachary Richard will headline

 BREAUX FAMILY REUNION:
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Place:
CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Chapel St. Pierre
145, Rice Street, Edmundston, New Brunswick
http://patrimoinemadvic.com/en/religieux.php?cat=Cathedral+of+Immaculate+Conception+Parish+(Edmundston)
Mass in English – 9:15 a.m.
Mass in French – 11:00 a.m.

Coffee will be served after the 9:15 a.m. Mass, and a buffet-style luncheon will be served after the 11:00 a.m. Mass.  Reservations are required.
A few reservations have already been confirmed from Louisiana, Texas, and New Brunswick.
Breaux genealogist Robert Brault will be there, and Gayle Breaux Smith will make a power point presentation “Footsteps in Time” covering her travels to France, Nova Scotia, the Boston area, and, of course, Louisiana.  Please plan to join us.
Additional details will be provided in a future newsletter.


Link to the list of 118 families planning reunions:
http://www.cma2014.com/rencontres-de-familles-prog


LOUISIANA DAY:
Monday, August 18, 2014.

Now is the time to plan your trip.

PASSPORT:  You will need a passport to enter Canada.  Renewal or application should be made now.  The U.S. Post Office has information or go to http://uspassportonline.com/forms for forms and information.


Acadian Culture in Maine
http://acim.umfk.maine.edu/

History of the Madawaska Acadians
http://members.tripod.com/~Scott_Michaud/Madawaska-history.html

 BOOKS of Acadian interest:

The Acadian Diaspora, an Eighteenth-Century History by Christopher Hodson, 2012

The Scattered, Thirty years of exile, A lifetime of lost.  “The triumph of a simple man.”  By Richard Holledge, 2012
        Note:  This historic novel gives a personal voice to the story of our dispersed ancestors.

Genealogy assistance:
Don Boudreaux passed away recently.  Don was a good friend who was always so generous with his time to assist anyone trace their Acadian ancestry.  He is missed.  Our condolences to his family.

What is your BREAUX lineage?
YOU NEED TO KNOW!!!!!

Let us assist you trace your Breaux family lineage.  Contact us at breauxdumonde@cox.net and we’ll help!!!!

Other contacts for assistance are:
•       Calice Breaux calbreaux@aim.com
•       Paul LeBlanc pleblan@netscape.net

 2013 Breaux du Monde Officers:

President:  Gayle Breaux Smith
   7251 Palmetto Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
   Phone:  225/766-8970
Vice President:  Daniel (Dan) Breaux
   4027 St. Joseph St., Lake Charles, LA 70605
   Phone: 337/540-2313
Secretary:  Calice Breaux
    7300 Landry Rd., Duson, LA 70529
    Phone:  337/334-3747
Treasurer:  Roy Breaux
    102 Hagan Rd., Youngsville, LA 70592
    Phone:  337/856-0082

Board members:

Bercie Breaux Alleman, Duson, LA
    P. O. Box 142, Duson, LA
James Bourque,
     1340 Détente Rd., Youngsville, LA 70592
Chad Breaux, Lafayette, LA
    413 N. Locksley Dr., Lafayette, LA 70508
    Phone:  337/233-1657
Gloria Breaux Sanchez
    P. O. Box 552, Duson, LA 70529
    Phone:  337/277-9107

Breaux du Monde Association
    The Breaux du Monde Association was originally formed just prior to the 1999 Congres Mondial held in Louisiana.  The Great Acadian Awakening in October, 2011 was an opportunity to revitalize the Breaux du Monde Association.

NOTE:  The June 2013 Breaux du Monde newsletter was sent to the postal mailing list.  Because of copy and postage costs, the Board agreed that the June newsletter would be the FINAL postal mailing.  The newsletter requested the e-mail of a family member or friend who might share the newsletter, and everyone receiving this email newsletter is urged to share the newsletter information with family and friends.
We thank those who have sent e-mail addresses.

 Breaux du Monde Contacts:
Email:  breauxdumonde@cox.net
Facebook Group:  Breaux du Monde

Please share this newsletter with your Breaux family contacts and friends.   Postings will also be made on the Breaux du Monde Facebook Group.
     Please free to contact any officer for information.

 Membership Dues
Dues are $10 per family.  Checks should be made payable to “Breaux du Monde Association” and mailed to Gayle Breaux Smith, 7251 Palmetto Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808.

 NOTE:  Yvonne Breaux Carter died July 22, 2013.  Yvonne was a long time member of Breaux du Monde and a past Secretary.  Yvonne was DAR based on her Firmin Breaux lineage.  http://www.vincentfuneralhome.net/fh/obituaries/home.cfm?fh_id=11197#.Ue8j6monyeE.email
        Above is a link to her obituary.  Services will be Thursday and Friday in Gueydan.  Our sincere condolences to her family.

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LAFOURCHE HERITAGE SEMINAR

On Sat Aug 3rd Lafourche Heritage Seminar in Thibodaux.

See registration form for full description & details

Four speakers

 Miki Pfeffer -1884/1885 Cotton Centennial Expo....

 Stella Carline Tanoos - Lost LA history lost Louisiana Cattle brands....

 Sand Marmillion - Development Cultural Landscape along the Mississippi River & Bayous of

Southern Louisiana.

 Patty Whitney - Researching Slave Ancestry

Book Vendors and Genealogical Displays 

Email me or below for Registration Form - pleblan@aim.com.  

More info

 Clifton Theriot @ 985-448-4621, Clifton.Theriot@nicholls.ed

 Patty Whitney @ 985-859-3214, pattywhitney@hotmail.com

ACADIANS, CAJUNS, AND CREOLES

 Summer Series on Acadians, Cajuns, and Creoles

Hosted by Louisiana State Museum/Capitol Park Museum,
 660 N. 4th St, Baton Rouge.

 On July 11

“The Creole Trail: Genealogical Ties"   
Unite Pointe,Coupee, Avoyelles, Rapides, Natchitoches Parishes,”
presented by Brian J. Costello of New Roads.

 On July 18

 “Preserving the Heritage: Bayou Pidgeon, Louisiana-Spirit of  Atchafaylaya,”
presented by Cliff LaGrange, Adam Landry, Geraldine Settoon, Jimmy Landry, Patricia Settoon
and Stan Routh with Cajun music by Calvin LeBlanc.

Frank Bordelon
  7:32am Jul 10


Website for Louisiana State Museum is www.crt.state.la.us/museum/properties/LSMbr.aspx.

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  State Museum is www.crt.state.la.us/museum/properties/LSMbr.aspx.


 

CONGRES MONDIAL ACADIEN 2014

Presently, there are 117 families scheduled to hold family reunions in the three regions.

1) Albert - Lejeune, QC 2) Allard - St-Quentin, NB 3) Arseneau-lt - Saint-Michel-de-Squatec, QC 4) Asselin - Pohénégamook, QC 5) Ayotte - Frenchville, ME 6) Babin - Ste Agathe, ME 7) Babineau - Saint-Jacques, NB 8) Baker - Baker Brook, NB 9) Barrillot / Barrieau - Saint-Basile, NB 10) Beaulieu - Saint-Honoré, QC 11) Beaupré - Grand Isle, ME 12) Bélanger - Fort Kent, ME 13) Belliveau - Notre-Dame-du-Lac, QC 14) Bérubé - Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha!, QC 15) Blanchette - Eagle Lake, ME 16) Bouchard - Fort Kent, ME 17) Boucher - Lac-des-Aigles, QC 18) Boudrot,eau,eault - Notre-Dame-sur-le-Lac, QC 19) Bourgeois - Edmundston, NB 20) Boutot - Portage Lake, ME 21) Breaux / Breau / Brault - Edmundston, NB 22) Broussard - Rivière-Verte, NB 23) Caissie - Drummond, NB 24) Caron - Madawaska, ME 25) Carrier - Grand Isle, ME 26) Charest - Lac Baker, NB 27) Chassé - , ME 28) Chevarie / Chavarie / Cheverie - Madawaska, ME 29) Corbin - Grand Isle, ME 30) Cormier - Edmundston, NB 31) Côté - Grand Isle, ME 32) Cyr - Madawaska, ME 33) Daigle - Madawaska, ME 34) Deschaines / Deschênes - Madawaska, ME 35) Desjardins - Saint-André, NB 36) Deveau - Cyr Plantation, ME 37) Dionne - Biencourt, QC 38) Doucette - Grand Isle, ME 39) Dubé - Saint-Juste-du-Lac, QC 40) Dubois - Portage Lake, ME 41) Dugal - Madawaska, ME 42) Dumont - Fort Kent, ME 43) Forest - Madawaska, ME; Ste. Agathe, ME 44) Fournier - Edmundston, NB 45) Gagnon - Madawaska, ME 46) Gallant - Kedgwick, NB 47) Gardner - Allagash, ME 48) Gaudet - , QC 49) Gautreau - Edmundston, NB 50) Gauvin - Van Buren, ME 51) Gendreau - Grand Isle, ME 52) Girouard - , QC 53) Godbout - Grand-Sault, NB 54) Grondin - Dégelis, QC 55) Guédry / Labine / Petitpas - Van Buren, ME 56) Guerette - Ste Agathe, ME 57) Hachez - Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, QC 58) Hébert - Madawaska, ME 59) Jackson - Allagash, ME

60) Kelly - Allagash, ME 61) Lagacé / Lagassé - Madawaska, ME 62) Lajoie - Cyr Plantation, ME 63) Landry - Saint-François-de-Madawaska, NB; Rivière-Bleue, QC 64) Lang / Long - Clair, NB 65) Lavertu - Grand Isle, ME 66) Lavoie - Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha!, QC 67) Lebel / Robitaille - Saint-Eusèbe, QC 68) LeBlanc - Edmundston, NB 69) Léger / Légère / Trahan - Saint-Jacques, NB 70) Lejeune / Briard / Young - Lejeune, QC 71) Levesque - Fort Kent / Lille, ME; Van Buren, ME 72) Lizotte - Grand Isle, ME 73) Madore - Van Buren, ME 74) Maillet - Saint-Basile, NB 75) Malenfant - Edmundston, NB 76) Mallet / Mallais / Malley - Edmundston, NB 77) Marquis - Madawaska, ME 78) Martin - Madawaska, ME 79) Mazerolle - Grand-Sault, NB 80) McBreairty - Allagash, ME 81) Michaud - Ste Agathe, ME 82) Morin / Madgin - Saint-Elzéard-de-Témiscouata, QC 83) Morneault - Ste Agathe, ME 84) Morrow - Hamlin, ME 85) Nadeau - Lac Baker, NB 86) O'Leary - Allagash, ME 87) Ouellet.te - Saint-Hilaire, NB 88) Paradis - Frenchville, ME 89) Parent - Van Buren, ME 90) Pellerin - Saint-Eusèbe, QC 91) Pelletier - Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long, QC 92) Perron - , QC 93) Picard - Ste Agathe, ME 94) Pinet / Pinette - Edmundston, NB 95) Plourde - Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, QC 96) Poitras - Saint-André, NB 97) Querry - Saint-Quentin, NB 98) Raymond - Dégelis, QC 99) Richard - Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, QC 100) Rioux - Grand-Sault, NB 101) Robert - Auclair, QC 102) Roussel - Saint-Jacques, NB 103) Roy - Frenchville, ME 104) Saindon / Sindon / St-Don - Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, QC 105) Savoie - Saint-Quentin, NB 106) Sirois / Lalancette - Saint-Joseph, NB 107) Soucy - Saint-Basile, NB 108) St-Onge - Saint-Jacques, NB 109) St-Pierre - Van Buren, ME 110) Talbot / Gervais - , ME 111) Thériault - Fort Kent, ME 112) Therrien - Rivière-Verte, NB 113) Thibodeau - Rivière-Verte, NB 114) Turcot / Turcotte - Dégelis, QC 115) Valcourt - Packington, QC 116) Violette - Van Buren, ME 117) Zangio Dako - ,

 

The New Acadia Project

Proget Nouvelle Acadie

 The New Acadia Project is a multidisciplinary research effort designed to systematically locate, identify, and investigate the eighteenth-century homesteads and unmarked gravesites of Acadian exiles in south-central Louisiana.

In 1765 Joseph Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, led a group of 193 Acadians to New Orleans.

The colonial government of Louisiana provisioned the Acadian families and directed them to settle in the Attakapas District along the banks of the Bayou Teche.

Within months of their arrival they were afflicted with a virulent epidemic, possibly yellow fever. As many as 34 died between the summer and winter of 1765, including Beausoleil and his brother, Alexandre Broussard.

These pioneers and founders of Nouvelle Acadie were buried at the places they had initially settled, known as le dernier camp d'en bas, premier camp d'en bas, and camp Beausoleil.

The Acadian camps and gravesites are thought to be located on the Teche Ridge, between St. Martinville and New Iberia, in the vicinity of the present-day village of Loreauville.

New Acadia Project Steering Committee
Acadian Heritage & Culture Foundation, Inc.
203 South Broadway - Erath, Louisiana 70533
337-233-5832

http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mar4160/nap.html

NEW MARYLAND HISTORICAL SIGN

RECOGNITION GIVEN TO MARYLAND’S ACADIAN HERITAGE

Nearly 260 years ago a small group of refugees landed on the shores of Maryland against their will.

The year was 1755, during the outset of the French and Indian War, but a different war was being waged against the French Catholics – known as Acadians – as they were expelled from their lands in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Four shiploads, carrying about 900 Acadians, were unloaded on the shores of Maryland in November 1755 and by 1770 the majority of these displaced Acadians left by ship to Louisiana.

Rarely discussed in history books, these Acadian people were the early settlers of Oxford, Newtown (today Chestertown), Georgetown, Fredericktown, Baltimore, Annapolis, Upper Marlboro, Lower Marlboro and Port Tobacco and many of their names are found in the Maryland 1763 Acadian census. -

See more at: http://delmarvatowncrier.com/archives/maryland-historical-trust-sign-being-unveiled-celebrating-acadian-heritage/#sthash.Rw7K8te9.dpuf 


 The dedication of the Acadian Heritage Sign will be Sunday, July 28, 2013

 at 3:00 pm in Princess Anne, Maryland.

It will take place at the Manokin River Park which is at 30300 Manokin Avenue.

You are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Several folks from Louisiana will be attending and speaking at the event as well as a large contingent

from Maryland and the surrounding area.

Martin Guidry

An Acadian Parish Remembered

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

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Baptism	Marie Joseph La Bauve	9 June 1713
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LIVERPOOL'S FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY

On June 26, 1756, the noise of the stevedores and sailors, prostitutes and drunks who worked and caroused in Liverpool’s docks was briefly stilled. They stopped to watch as an 86 ton sloop, ‘The Industry’, tied up alongside. Below decks there was not the shipment of rum they might have expected; no coffee or cotton, tobacco or timber, not even a consignment of slaves on which so much of the city’s wealth was based.

These unfortunates were known as Acadians, descendants of French settlers who had sailed to Nova Scotia 150 years before and lived there peaceably until they were subjected to British rule and forcibly expelled in 1755.

In his book, ‘Crucible of War’, an account of the battle for power in North America between France and Britain, historian Fred Anderson, described the expulsion as ‘chillingly reminiscent of modern ethnic cleansing operations…executed with a coldness and calculation rarely seen in other wartime operations.’

The Acadians were no threat, in fact, they prided themselves on their neutrality, refusing to fight for either France or Britain but, quite simply, they were in the way. Almost the entire population was ‘removed’, as the British governor put it, and of a population of about 18,000, as many as 14,000 were exiled. Some estimate that eventually 8,000 died. As Henry Longfellow wrote in ‘Evangeline’, his verse saga about a young couple split by the expulsion: ‘Waste are those pleasant farms, and the farmers forever departed! Scattered like dust and leaves…’

In 1785, when the handful of the exiles who had survived the 30 years since the Great Expulsion had given up hope of a free and fair existence, a French businessman offered to resettle them in Spanish-owned Louisiana. Many had been offered schemes like this before and died in their thousands working like slaves in the French colonies of Haiti and Guyana, even the Falkland Islands. Nevertheless so miserable was their lot that, reluctantly, sceptically, they sailed to New Orleans.

For once, their doubts were unfounded. There were settlements as they had been promised but by the time LeBlanc and his family settled on a bayou off the River Mississippi in the summer of ’85 he had spent more than half his life as an exile. He died within a year aged 56.

In time, the name Acadian became corrupted. Today the descendants of LeBlanc and his exiled comrades are known as Cajuns.

•Richard Holledge has written a novel about the Acadian Expulsion and the time Jambo LeBlanc and his comrades spent in Liverpool. ‘The Scattered’ is available on Amazon and Kindle.

http://www.thelancashiremagazine.co.uk/community/liverpools-forgotten-tragedy/

HOME AT LAST

Title: GACHGS meeting Date: Tuesday May 28, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (GMT-06.00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Location: St. John the Baptist Parish Library, 2920 HWY 51, LaPlace, LA

Notes: What a great meeting is planned for May 28th!!

In the summer of 1755 English soldiers rushed into the Martin cabin in Nova Scotia, with guns drawn. It was the beginning of an 11 year ordeal that took the Martin family from Canada, to the American colonies, to the Acadian Coast of Louisiana. Their story is told in Home at Last: An Acadian Journey, by Ollie Porche Voelker of Destrehan..

Mrs. Voelker states in "The Times-Picayune" article that while travelling to Nova Scotia visting the places of her ancestors she noticed that there were not a lot of writings on this subject for children ages 8-16, so she decided to begin her writing. Mrs. Voelker is a retired teacher as well as educational diagnostician, and her works of non-fiction have appeared in Nature Friend magazine for ages 8-16.

In "Home at Last - An Acadian Journey", Voelker called on her rich supply of family history and research to show the Martin family s journey as they go from an idyllic life farming in Canada to one of poverty in Maryland, and their struggle to reach the untamed land of what is now St. John and St. James parishes, as chronicled by oldest son, Pierre who is 11 years-old when their troubles begin.

Pierre paints a vivid picture as he longs for his old life.
Mrs. Voelker created the maps included in "Home at Last - An Acadian Journey" and shot the cover photograph along Airline Highway. Her daughter, Heidi Voelker and granddaughter, Tess Davis, supplied additional artwork.

Home at Last: An Acadian Journey, is available through Barnes and Noble and Amazon online.

BREAUX WORKSHOP

Bonjour y'all,

Our next genealogy workshop at the Acadian Memorial will be Wednesday, May 29th from 10am to 11:30am.
We'll be serving coffee at 9:30am, so come little early to meet and greet everyone.
This month's guest presenter will be Gayle Breaux Smith, president of the Breaux du Monde family association,
and she will be presenting "Footsteps in Time," a history of the Breaux family.
As before, please call or email us if you plan to attend. Although
the workshop is free to the public, seating is limited and we want to accommodate for everyone.
For more information or to sign up for workshop, contact us at 337-394-2258 or info@acadianmemorial.org

Bien merci!

Michelle Verret Johnson, Curator/Director
Acadian Memorial
121 S New Market St.
P.O. Box 379
St. Martinville, LA 70582
(337)394-2258
(337)394-2260 fax
www.acadianmemorial.org
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ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH

 

Reminder for upcoming GACHGS meeting, Tuesday, March 26^th @ 7:00 p.m.

Just a reminder of the upcoming March 26^th meeting of GACHGS which begins at 7:00 p.m. at the St. John Library, 2920 Highway 51, Laplace.

Randy DeSoto, director of the library, will speak about the many changes of the library collections, the new technology, and new layout at the central library, which includes the Louisiana collection, as well as how the library is continuing to bring the rich history of St. John the Baptist parish to the many users of the library. Included in Randy’s talk will also be his ideas about digitizing the library’s collections of photographs and making those available online.

 

This should be a very enlightening presentation, and we hope to see you there.

ACADIAN FESTIVAL & WOODEN BOAT CONGRES

Media Release

February 21, 2013
9th Annual Acadian Memorial Heritage Festival and Wooden Boat Congrès

*St. Martinville, La.*—On Saturday, March 16, 2013 the Acadian Memorial
will host its 9th annual heritage festival under the Evangeline Oak and
along the Bayou Teche. The festival is a celebration of Louisiana’s
distinct Cajun culture and heritage. It is free to the public and will
begin at 10am and last until 4pm, followed by a Cajun music jam session at
the Evangeline Oak until dusk. This year, we will honor the *Melancon
*and *Theriot
* <http://www.cafa.org/Theriot&CrochetFamilies.htm>families, and we invite
any and all representatives of those families to attend and participate in
this year’s festival.

Special guests include the International Acadian Festival of Plaquemines,
Louisiana’s Queen Evangeline, Miss Annette Stassi and her Princesses.
Representatives of the Melancon and Theriot families will be in attendance
and participate in the reenactment on the Bayou Teche along with members of
the Atakapa Ishak Nation and La Compagnie Franche de la Marine, who will
hold rifle musket and cannon fire demonstrations throughout the day.

Entertainment includes live Cajun music by La
Récolte<http://larecolteband.com/index>,
performances by Renaissance Cadienne
<http://www.renaissancecadienne.org/>and Théâtre Acadien, a wooden
boat Parade on the Bayou Teche, Reenactment
of the Arrival of the Acadians on the Bayou Teche, children’s hands-on
Mardi Gras with Cheri Armentor, Boussilliage Workshop by Lake Fausse
Point<http://lakefaussepointesp.wordpress.com/interpretive-center/>Ranger
Patricia Hauth. Festival goers will also enjoy boudin and cracklin
cooking demonstrations, Cajun arts & crafts, free boat rides on the bayou,
antique car show, and antique wooden boat displays.

The Acadian Memorial Foundation has for the last eight years recognized the
historical value of the Pirogue by featuring it at its annual Wooden Boat
Congrès and in the Re-Enactment of the Arrival of the Acadians*.* Last
year, the Legislature of the State of Louisiana passed, on May 14, 2012,
House Concurrent Resolution 746 declaring *The Pirogue as The Official Boat
Of Louisiana,* so the Acadian Memorial Foundation has issued a Proclamation
declaring 2013 a*s The Year of the Cajun Wooden Pirogue*.

The Wooden Boat Congrès, brainchild of Director Eddie Bienvenu, began as a
means of honoring and displaying traditional South Louisiana vessels,
especially those indigenous to the Atchafalaya Swamp region like pirogues,
dugout canoes and chalons, known locally as "putt-putt" boats. Each year
boat enthusiasts come from all over Louisiana and even other states to
display their antique boats. A Re-enactment of the Arrival of the Acadians*
*is always a part of this festival, with costumed Acadians paddling
pirogues.

Also each year, the event honors someone who has shown outstanding
achievement in preserving or restoring traditional South Louisiana vessels.
Boaters are asked to vote and the winner is named *Monsieur ou Madame
Bateau de Bois – *Mr. or Ms. Wooden Boat*. *Yes, we do have several women
who bring their boats.

A Christening of The Pirogue will be conducted at the festival and an
authentic handmade Cajun Wooden Pirogue will be raffled. Raffle tickets are
$10 a chance and can be purchased from our board members and at the Acadian
Memorial. You can also purchase a ticket from the Acadian Memorial by phone
or online by using our PayPal donation button and typing “pirogue tickets”
in the notes box. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased right up
until the drawing on March 16th at 4pm.

All proceeds from the pirogue raffle will be used to fund an oral history
project in conjunction with the ULLafayette’s Center for Cultural and
Eco-Tourism <http://ccet.louisiana.edu/>. The project aims to record and
preserve the stories of those men and women who locate, remove, restore,
and rebuild the wooden boats of our ancestors found in the Atchafalaya
Basin area. Our project plans currently include developing educational
programs from the interviews in order to ensure that future generations
have the tools they need to preserve this aspect of our cultural heritage.

Additional details and updates can be found on our website,
www.acadianmemorial.org. Anyone interested in participating in this
cultural event, or for further information, please contact Michelle Johnson
at 337-394-2258 or email info@acadianmemorial.org

*The mission of the Acadian Memorial is to memorialize and document the
nearly 3,000 individuals of the Acadian Exile who came to Louisiana in the
mid-eighteenth century, found refuge and established a new life and a
distinct culture. *
--
Michelle Verret Johnson
Curator/Director of the Acadian Memorial
121 S. New Market St.
P.O. Box 379
St. Martinville, LA 70582
(337)394-2258
(337)394-2260 fax

GENEALOGY SERIES FOR BEGINNERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 15, 2012

CONTACT
Chris Smith
Manager, Adult Programming, Jefferson Parish Library
(504) 889-8143
wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us

GENEALOGY SERIES FOR BEGINNERS OFFERED

AT WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY

METAIRIE, LA – Sal Serio, curator of the Italian American Research Center at the East Bank Regional Library in Metairie, will lead a series of six genealogical seminars for beginners after Mardi Gras 2013.

The sessions are designed as introductions to basic genealogical research. They are open to the public and are free of charge. All occur at 1 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons at the West Bank Regional Library, 2571 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey.

The courses will focus on the following genealogical issues. Some of the courses will be presented by Serio and some will be presented by guest speakers.

1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
“Introduction to Family Research and Forms” and “Vital Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 6, 2013
“Census” and “Cemeteries”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, 2013
“Immigration and Ship Manifests” and “Italian Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, 2013
“French Records” and “German Records”

1 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, 2013
“Military Research – Revolutionary to World War II” and “Military Research – World War II Individuals”

1 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, 2013
“Photographs – What They Tell Us” and “Libraries and Genealogy Societies”

For more information regarding this presentation, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.

In accordance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Jefferson Parish shall not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. Library patrons that require auxiliary aids or devices or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA should submit requests to the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours in advance or as soon as possible. A 72-hour notice is needed to request Certified ASL interpreters. ADA Coordinator / Office of Citizens with Disabilities, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 210 Jefferson, LA 70123; (504) 736-6086; ADA@jeffparish.net

The Jefferson Parish Library system consists of 16 locations that stretch from the Lakeshore Branch on the edge of Lake Pontchartrain to the Grand Isle Branch just steps away from the Gulf of Mexico. The library system consists of two large regional libraries and seven branches on each side of the Mississippi River. The East Bank Regional Library (4747 W. Napoleon Avenue, Metairie) serves as library headquarters. The Jefferson Parish Library is the second largest system in the state of Louisiana. More than 200 employees work for the Jefferson Parish Library including librarians, administration and support staff. JPL is supported by a vibrant volunteer organization, the Friends of the Public Library. For more information, contact the library at (504) 838-1100 orwww.jefferson.lib.la.us.

BREAUX DU MONDE NEWSLETTER

Acadian Memorial Festival

Saturday, March 16, 2013 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Evangeline Oak Park – FREE

121 S. New Market Street, St. Martinville, LA

www.acadianmemorial.org

(337) 394-2258

Theriot and Melancon families will be honored this year. Additional information can be found at the Acadia Memorial website noted above.

Also being celebrated is the mural's 20th anniversary of its twinning with the mural in Nantes.

Breaux family presentation

“Footsteps in Time”

– by Gayle Breaux Smith

Gayle’s power point presentation will include trips to France and Nova Scotia as she traced her ancestors’ “footsteps.”

Thursday, March 21, 2013 – 6 p.m.

Lafayette Genealogical Society

South Regional Library, 6101 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA 70503 – 337-981-1028

 

Planning Ahead:

Congres Mondial Acadien 2014

http://cma2014.org/en

August 8-24, 2014

Madawaska, New Brunswick & Maine

BREAUX FAMILY REUNION:

CMA2014 has officially approved a Breau/Breaux/Brault/Breault reunion. We will be joining with our Canadian cousins in planning a one-day event. Date and place to be announced.

Link to the 108 families planning reunions:

http://www.cma2014.com/rencontres-de-familles-prog

 

LOUISIANA DAY: Date to be announced.

Now is the time to plan your trip.

PASSPORT: You will need a passport to enter Canada. Renewal or application should be made now. The U.S. Post Office has information or go to http://uspassportonline.com/forms for forms and information.

HISTORY OF THE KING CAKE

Stanley LeBlanc

• History of the "King Cake"
  
  The story of the King Cake began in 12th century France where the cake would be baked on the eve of January 6 to celebrate the visit to the Christ Child by the three
  Kings. A small token was hidden in the cake as a surprise for the finder.
  
  But the origins go back a little further than that and as you would guess, it has something to do with the catholic church.... The King's Cake has its roots in
  pre-Christian religions of Western Europe. It was customary to choose a man to be
  the "sacred king" of the tribe for a year. That man would be treated like a king for the year, then he would be sacrificed, and his blood returned to the soil to ensure that the harvest would be successful. The method of choosing who would have the honor of being the sacred king was the King's Cake. A coin or bean would be placed in the cake before baking, and whoever got the slice that had the coin was the chosen one.
  
  When Christianity extended its influence and began overshadowing the religions that
  came before it, many of the local customs were not outright abolished, but instead
  were incorporated into Christian tradition and given a new spin. This even happened
  to the tradition of Mardi Gras, and from what we have researched so far seems to be
  the case, but that's another story. Catholic priests were not predisposed to human sacrifice, so the King's Cake was converted into a celebration of the Magi, the three
  Kings who came to visit the Christ Child.
  
  French settlers brought the custom to Louisiana in the 18th century where it remained
  associated with the Epiphany until the 19th century when it became a more elaborate
  Mardi Gras custom. In New Orleans, the first cake of the season was served on January 6. A small ceramic figurine of a baby was hidden in the cake. Whoever found the baby was allowed to choose a mock court and host the next King Cake party the following week (weekly cake parties were held until Mardi Gras ).
  
  In 1870, the Twelfth Night Revelers held their ball, with a large king cake as the main attraction. Instead of choosing a sacred king to be sacrificed, the Twelfth Night Revelers used the bean in the cake to choose the queen of the ball. This tradition has carried on to this day, although the Twelfth Night Revelers now use a wooden replica of a large king cake. The ladies of the court pull open little drawers in the cake's lower layer which contain the silver and gold beans. Silver means you're on the court; gold is for the queen.
  
  The classic king cake is oval-shaped, like the pattern of a racetrack. The dough is
  basic coffee-cake dough, sometimes laced with cinnamon, sometimes just plain. The
  dough is rolled out into a long tubular shape (not unlike a thin po-boy), then shaped
  into an oval. The ends are twisted together to complete the shape (HINT: if you want to find the piece with the baby, look for the twist in the oval where the two ends of the dough meet. That's where the baby is usually inserted.) The baby hidden in the cake speaks to the fact that the three Kings had a difficult time finding the Christ Child and of the fine gifts they brought. The cake is then baked, and decorated when it comes out. The classic decoration is simple granulated sugar, colored purple, green, and gold (the colors of Carnival). King cakes have gotten more and more fancy over the years, so now bakeries offer iced versions (where there's classic white coffee cake glaze on the cake), and even king cakes filled with apple, bavarian cream, cherry, cream cheese, or other kinds of coffee-cake fillings. A more-or-less standard slice of king cake is about three inches wide. The ceramic babies have been replaced with plastic ones, but many places now sell both pink and brown babies.