SETTLEMENTS AND SETTLERS: SOME ACADIAN PIONEERS

From Lives of Quiet Desperation by Gary M. Lavergne

Note: The following information is found in Appendix B of Carl Brasseux's The Founding of New Acadia. The appendix found in The Founding of New Acadia has been edited here to include only those names relevant to this genealogy. Brasseux's work is the definitive work on the history of the Acadian people; one of a very few accurate historical studies of the Grand Derangement.

WEST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER Opelousas District

Bayou Des Cannes: Fabien Richard, Louis Richard

Bayou Mallet: Jean Baptiste David

Bayou Plaquemine Brulee: Michel Comeau

Bayous Blaize Lejeune and Des Cannes: Blaize Lejeune, fils Blaize Lejeune, pere Joseph Lejeune Pierre Trahan

Grand Coteau Area: Augustin Boudreau Paul Leger Pierre Richard

North Plaquemine Brulee Area: Michel Comeau

Opelousas: Michel Comeau Pierre Richard Victor Richard Pierre Savoie Pierre Thibodeau

Praire Bellevue: Augustin Comeau Fabien Richard Louis Richard Victor Richard Cyrile Thibodeau Pierre Thibodeau

Praire Des Coteaux: Michel Comeau Louis Richard

Attakapas District

Bayou Carencro: Augustin Boudreau Paul Thibodeau

Bayou Tortue: Firmin Breaux Pierre Dugas

Lafayette Area: Augustin Boudreau

La Manque: Michel Doucet

La Pointe: Paul Thibodeau

EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER

1764 Immigrants from New York: Francois Savoie

Ascension Parish: Armand Prejean

Assumption Parish: Armand Prejean Lafourche

Des Chetimaches: Francois Savoie

St. Gabriel: Joseph Richard Marie Richard

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