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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