(From “The Acadian Miracle” by Dudley J. LeBlanc)
NAMES OF THE MEN AT OPELOUSAS, LA. IN 1771
Jean Louis ZERINGUE 33 Pierre JOUBERT dit BELLEROSE 39
Alexandre HARANG 30 Francois PITRE 23
Francois MANNE 60 Pierre Joseph FONTENO 36
Laurent BAILLY 48 Philip FONTENO 47
Jean Baptiste BOYER 18 Louis FONTENO 20
Ranch of Widow Decuir Joseph FONTENO 16
Francois SUISSE 40 Jacques FONTENO 18
Jean CARE’ 32 Baptiste GELEMI 42
Michel CORMIER 28 Joseph CARREAU 34
Jean Baptiste CORMIER 30 Charles LA CASSE 34
Michel COMO 36 Jacques GAIGNARD 25
Pierre RICHARD 40 Antoine PILLET 40
Gobien RICHARD 16 Antoine LANGLOIS 18
Victor RICHARD 13 Pierre MALLET 26
Silvain SONNIER 32 Francois MARCANTEL 40
Olivier SONNIER 18 Pierre LEDOUX 25
Louis BOURG 22 Gabriel FUSELIER 48
Joseph BOURG 20 Baptiste COLIN 40
Pierre THIBODAU 48 Noel SOILEAU 26
Joseph SONNIER 16 Jean Baptiste SOILEAU 20
Andre MONDON 16 Charles BARE’ 20
Charles COMO 29 Jacques PATIN 33
Pierre SAVOYE 26 Donato BELLO 33
Jacques LAFLEUR 30 Antoine BILLET 60
Batiste LAFLEUR 26 Charles LABEAU 45
Celestin MOREAU 62 Andre ROULLET
Joseph MIRANDE, Sr. 43 Jacques BRINIAC 35
Joseph MIRANDE, Jr. 20 Michel BRINIAC 30
Joseph PENEL 43 Antoine BOISDORE 33
Francois RIVARD 50 Augustin SOILEAU 20
Fr. GUEMARD 22 Joseph BIGRA 55
Amable BERTRAND 31 Jean SABASKIER 43
Henri FONTENO 29 Luc HOLLIER 36
Louis FONTENO 40 Jacques SAINT MONT
Pierre DOUCET 22 Ranch of la Pointe
Baptiste DOUCET 19 Michel Clermont 50
Ranch of Widow Gerard and Joseph DESMOULINS 60
Mr. Richard & Alain Brothers Jean TISSON 41
Jacques COURTBLEU 50 Joseph CRETIEN 47
Jacques DESBORDES 17 Francois BABIN 41
Jean DESBORDES 15 Philip DUPLECHIEN 40
MIQUEL 50 Jean Baptiste SAUCIER 28
Philip LANGLOIS 30 Gregoire GUILLORY 58
Ranch of Simon Lacour Baptiste GUILLORY 25
Antoine CAMOLE 25 Ranch of Mr. Mayeaux
Ranch of Mr. Mayeaux Claude GUILLORY 23
Pierre FRUGE’ 50 Joseph GUILLORY 21
Joseph FRUGE’ 18 Louis GUILLORY 19
RECAPITULATION
Over 14 Under 14
Men 92 Boys 55
Women 48 Girls 52
Cattle 3432
Horses 643
Sheep 288
NAMES OF THE MEN AT ATTAKAPAS OR ST. MARTINSVILLE, LA. OF 1771
Jean Baptiste HEBERT 36 Antoine JOSEPH 29
Joseph HEBERT 23 Amand THIBODAU 32
Charles HEBERT 19 Olivier THIBODAU 38
Francois BROUSSARD 25 Antoine BONIN, Sr. 55
Armand BROUSSARD 22 Antoine BONIN, Jr. 28
Louis GRAVENBERT 36 Paul BONIN 25
Augustin GRAVENBERT 26 Jean LOUIS 22
Jean Baptiste GRAVENBERG 25 Claude MARTIN 35
Francois GRAVENBERT 22 Joseph BABIN 16
Bartholemi GRAVENBERG 17 Joseph PRINSE 15
Jean DARTEZ 19 Michel DOUCET, Sr. 57
Baptiste PEIGNER 43 Joseph DOUCET 20
Jean Baptiste ANDRIEN 55 Michel DOUCET, Jr. 18
Dautive’s Cattle Ranch Pierre DOUCET 15
Francois MERCIER 36 Bonaventure MARTIN 18
Joseph BROUSSARD 42 ——-COLETTE 43
Rene LEBLANC 18 Francois COLETTE 18
Louis LEVRON dit LUCI 49 Baptiste COLETTE 17
Pierre DUGAS 22 Joseph COLETTE 15
Rene TRAHAN 42 ——aric TRAHAN 53
Olivier TRAHAN 16 Germain TRAHAN 20
Claude BROUSSARD 23 Francois GUILLEBAU 19
Firmin LANDRY 43 Jean GUILLEBAU 13
Joseph LANDRY 18 Simon LEBLANC 32
Saturnin LANDRY 16 Charles BABINO 39
Batiste LABAUVE 28 Paul THIBODAU 40
Joseph MARTIN 45 Charles GUILLEBAU 32
Jean Baptiste SEMER 27 Michel BERNARD 36
Anselme THIBODAUX 22 Silvain BROUSSARD 29
Victor BLANCHARD 20 Joseph BROUSSARD 16
Charles DUGAS 35 Andre MASSE 71
Antoine BORDA 50 Pierre BROUSSARD 40
Michel TRAHAN 45 Jean Batiste BROUSSARD 40
Paul TRAHAN 20 Mathurin BROUSSARD 21
Jean TRAHAN 16 Simond BROUSSARD 27
Joseph SOREL 35 Etienne BRUNO 20
Gregoire PELLERIN 45 Jean BERARD 30
Jean Francois LEDEE 53
RECAPITULATION
Over 14 years Under 14 years Cattle 1050
Men 77 Boys 31 Horses 450
Women 56 Girls 33 Sheep 268
I am grateful to Joe Crochet who provided the above-noted information for the… “In Search of Our Acadian Roots” CD-ROM ©1994 (now available in Windows Version).
* with corrections by Yvon Cyr