Acadian expulsion family names

Others perished as a direct result of their deportation apart, froiquingont. Since only 36 new surnames appear in the 1686 census, some of them may have left acadia by that time. After the capture of the fort, british forces attempted to convince acadians of the beaubassin region to sign the oath of allegiance demanded by the british crown. A little history of the acadian deportation which started in 1755. The arrival of the acadians in louisiana by robert dafford. The sad history of statesponsored ethnic cleansing in north america begins with the story of the. Such families, especially those who only settled in acadia in the last quarter century before the disaster of 1755, are only identified as acadians by documents. Todays acadians are descended from the first european settlers in nova scotia. The acadian expulsion discovering the historic merrimack valley. Prince edward island acadian records genealogy familysearch. These families are of course quite important on a statistical basis. The expulsion of the acadians also known as the great upheaval, the great expulsion, the deportation, the acadian expulsion, le grand derangement was the forced removal by the british of the acadian people from present day canadian maritime provinces.

Acadian genealogy is important to us and three generations of my family have worked hard to create a library of the acadian surnames and their family connections. Our stunning mural entitled the arrival of the acadians in louisiana by robert dafford, measures 12 x 30 feet. The year 2005 marked the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the deportation of the acadians from nova scotia and adjacent areas to points around the atlantic rim. Oh yes, and theres one more thing id better explain and thats about dit names. With the signing of the treaty of utrecht in 17, acadia was given away to great britain, with the exception of ile saintjean prince edward. Melansons and the acadian expulsion empty nest genealogy.

Information in this census has been supplemented with information provided by lucie leblanc. These included the names of the families with the most numerous descendants such as. Numerous acadian family associations were born and started to comprehensively research their ancestral origins. Acadian genealogy and acadian heritage links acadian. Cochu, cottard, desorcis, dubreuil, fardel, and martil. There were acadians named doiron, dupuis, and leblanc in maryland, but they became gold, wells, and white. Barks were squaresterned vessels, usually flush decked, and like the pinks had no special rig.

Later, in 1686 and 1710, we find families with the names of dubois, herpin, leger, marceaux, mouton, simon, baudoin, primeau, duhon, picard and guidry at nova scotia. Most french canadian and many acadian family names and their ditname equivalents are listed in. Acadian genealogy homepage the first 1991 the acadian cajun resource site on the internet, providing visitors information of available specific family genealogy cdroms, a graphic image of your own family crest and tons of acadian cajun historical text information. Family names such as dentremont, amirault, muise, leblanc, deon, theriault, samson, and many others fill the telephone books and make for wonderful summertime family reunions. Predominant family names include amirault, babin, belliveau, boudreau. How to tell if your french canadian ancestors include acadians. These are all the families known to us who were or, who might have been among the approximately,000 acadians involved in the dispersion, whether deported or. Acadian and quebec metis by susan stevens february 06, 2000 at 11. A map of the acadian deportation clearly shows that some. Common acadian family names in south west nova scotia amirault babin belliveau blanchard boudreau comeau corporon dentremont deon deveau doucet doucette fougere gaudet landry leblanc leger maillet melanson moulaison muise poirier poitier robichaud saulnier surette theriault thibault thibodeau. The british thought the acadians were a threat to appropriation of the land.

This database contains a list of surnames and alternate spellings. Those who disappeared acadian genealogy historical acadian. Acadian family names 1700 to 1755 and variations acadian. Prince edward island names, personal genealogy familysearch. Followed, they will tell you whether your french canadian ancestor has acadian roots. The acadian memorial monument acadien has an eternal flame. The last raid happened on april 20, 1759 at lunenburg, when the mikmaq killed four settlers who were members of the trippeau and crighton families. The acadian expulsion discovering the historic merrimack. He shares great insight into our acadian family names, how and why some of them have changed or disappeared altogether.

Some dit names were clan designations, such as beausoleil in the broussard family. We find that a number of departments began records in 1563. England did little to settle the area and the frenchspeaking acadians were the majority until about 1750. If you are having trouble finding a name, enter your spelling. By the time of the first census in 1671, there were 47 acadian surnames that left descendants. The acadian people arrived in louisiana from 1765 to 1788. This event, known as the expulsion of the acadians began in 1755 and continued. In order of blois may 1579, item 181 states that registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths must be kept. See her web site on the links page of this web site. Acadian and frenchcanadian family crests francois to kirouac surnames.

There were 150 acadian families relocated to towns throughout middlesex county. After much resistance and many attempts to avoid expulsion, nearly 11,500 acadians were driven out of nova scotia. Following are descriptions and illustrations of the different types of sailing vessels that made up the fleet, or convoy, of ships used for the acadian expulsion of 1755. Arsenault documented acadian family names to a painful degree of detail. Family names such as dentremont, amirault, muise, leblanc, deon.

Acadian genealogy information historical acadiancajun. The 1755 bay of fundy campaign resulted in the beginning of the expulsion of acadians by the british. One of the greatest benefits of y and mtdna dna testing with our acadian amerindian ancestry dna project is that we are able to see through the gaps in our family lines tracing back to the time of the acadian expulsion, and find lost links that connect us back to our earliest ancestors. In addition, 6 of the names that appeared in the 1686 census never showed up again. Germans, frenchcanadians, french, islenos, american indians, and spanish. The question for researchers who trace their ancestors from the us back into canada becomes, how can i tell if my ancestors include acadians. I am a little new to this, and not familiar with some of the naming conventions, but it is so confusing. The area comprising todays new brunswick, nova scotia, and prince edward island was once known as arcadie. Nationalities that added people and traits to the acadians were. Difficulty with names, the acadian expulsion edition. Acadian genealogy historical acadiancajun resources.

The most common names at grand pre and gaspereau in order of frequency were. Dec, 2016 expulsion of the acadians by lewis parker c. Of some 3,100 acadians deported after the fall of louisbourg in 1758, an estimated 1,649 died by drowning or disease, a fatality rate of 53 per cent. These earliest acadian settlers to leave descendants are in the following table. In 1563, another order was made that godfathers names also be kept. Family names historical acadian village of nova scotia. Jul 28, 2016 the acadians subsequent migration, which lasted until the end of the 18 th century, is mapped in detail in the the acadian migrations published in the july 1970 issue of the canadian geographical journal. Monuments to the acadian expulsion gave been erected at several sites in the maritime provinces, such as at georges island, nova scotia, and at beaubears island. So we need to look at the material associated with these people, also. French acadian submitted names home submitted names. Acadians from throughout the world showed incredible interest in their family genealogy. As a french colony it ceased to exist in 17, but its spirit lives on and thrives in nova scotias acadian french population. The poem brought to light a very dark history in new england history. See the popularity of the boys name acadian over time, plus its meaning, origin, common sibling names, and more in babycenter s baby names tool.

France still retained ile saintjean now prince edward island and cape breton island now part of nova scotia, where louisbourg became the capitol. In fact, its how i proved my first acadian connection through the lore family but thats a story for another time. Those in france were often disappointed because the french government did not live up to promises of land and support for the refugees. Acadians exiled to connecticut at the acadian ancestral home. In his booklet patronymes acadiensacadian family names stephen white says. A defining moment in the history of the acadian people, the deportation also changed irrevocably the human geography of what is today canadas maritime provinces. The acadian expulsion 17551764 was the forced deportation of the citizens of acadia an area that was spread out across modern day nova scotia, new brunswick, and prince edward island by british soldiers. The names of the acadians imprisoned in the church were written by colonel winslow andor his soldiers. Among this list of families present in acadia at the time of the deportation. With more than halfamillion lineagelinked individuals available, we are the number one source on the web of acadian genealogy information. Once the acadian farms were no longer occupied, over 10,000 yankee farmers settled the rich farmland in nova scotia. These are all the families known to us who were or, who might have been among the.

There were acadians named doiron, dupuis and leblanc in maryland, but they became gold, wells and white. The british did not speak french so the names were written by sound. The area was first settled by the french, who established port royal presentday annapolis in 1605. How to tell if your french canadian ancestors include.

Total numbers deported from grandpre by family name 2. Soldiers rounding up terrified civilians, expelling them from their land, burning their homes and crops. The mikmaq and the acadians were allies through catholicism and through numerous intermarriages. The expulsion of the acadians, also known as the great upheaval, the great expulsion, the great deportation and le grand derangement, was the forced removal by the british of the acadian people from the presentday canadian maritime provinces of nova scotia, new brunswick, prince edward island and northern maine parts of an area also known as acadia. Acadian deportation, migration, and resettlement canadian. The territory passed back and forth from french to english hands many times. Migrations of acadians acadian genealogy historical. Settlers, laborers and tradesmen, often brought in by successive english and french governors, were establishing themselves at various locations throughout acadia and they included people of french, english and irish origin. Other people, ancestors of todays cajuns, also arrived in louisiana in the 18th century. As the decades progressed, a french speaking, roman catholic population slowly began to emerge in acadia. Many of todays acadiancajuns go back to these families. According to a 1911 lowell sun article about the acadian expulsion, acadians arrived in boston in 1755.

Acadian genealogy information historical acadian cajun resources several myths surround the expulsion and wanderings of the acadians. These included the names of the families with the most numerous descendants such as the leblancs, the landrys, the heberts, the boudrots and the richards. These included the names of the families with the most numerous descendants such as theleblanc s, the landry s, the hebert s, the boudrot s and the richard s. Branches of some wellknown, widespread acadian families stayed in certain british american colonies, but they changed or modified their names. In the great expulsion known by french speakers as le grand derangement, after the battle of fort beausejour beginning in august 1755 under lieutenant governor lawrence, approximately 11,500 acadians threequarters of the acadian population in nova scotia were expelled, their lands and property confiscated, and in some cases their homes burned. A frenchcanadian is a person of french ancestry born in the saint lawrence valley. In 1670, the acadian population consisted of 400 people. The following list consists of the names of all families, including those of couples who left no surviving descendants, who resided in continental acadia between 1700 and 1755. Sorting out the families and separating myth from fact has become much easier with the advent of genetic genealogy. The name bark was not applied to the rig, but to the hull type. The following comes from his booklet published by editions dacadie in 1992 and helps us to understand the diverse origins of the family names which could be found in acadia between 1700 and 1763. A very few acadian families settling in postdeportation argyle had not actually been. Steadily, the population grew and the territory expanded to include nova scotia, capebreton island, newbrunswick and prince edward island. It wasnt annoying to see multiple paragraphs of names listed alphabetically, but i did find the juxtaposition of french and english place names, like ile saintjean prince.

There was already a long history of acadian and wabanaki confederacy resistance to the british occupation of acadia during the four french and indian wars and two local wars father rales war and father le loutres war before the expulsion of the acadians. The bourg, brau, cormier, dupuy, girouard, hebert, landry, leblanc, robicheau and thibeaudeau families came from around vienne in southeast france. If you are having trouble finding a name, enter your spelling into the alternate spellings box and search for a corresponding surname. Nova scotia, new brunswick, and prince edward island an area also known as acadie. Nearly threefourths of the families whose names comprise this list did not reappear. A large number of the acadians were deported by the english from 1755 to 1760. Mapping the acadian deportations canadian geographic. Nov 01, 2017 sorting out the families and separating myth from fact has become much easier with the advent of genetic genealogy.

The family names, or surnames in this database all come from the original french spellings. Acadian memorial the arrival of the acadians mural. Mystic, connecticut harbor on december 15, 1755 the sloop dove left pointe des boudros arriving in connecticut, date unknown, with 114 acadians aboard. Acadian surnames 1604 1755 acadian family names archived website may be unavailable, incomplete, or slow to respond. The acadian expulsion took place in 1755 under the direction of massachusetts royal governor william shirley and nova scotia governor charles lawrence. Further south in the carolinas, lanoue became lanneau, while deschamps was transformed into dishongh. Other nicknames identified a persons geographical origins. I have slowly been putting together a tree and disconnected branches thereof of acadian and canadian metis, using various sources, an acadian cd, and my knowledge of names currently in the maine tribes. Dec 27, 2017 a little history of the acadian deportation which started in 1755.

Acadian family names of the 18th century liste des passagers du st jean. Inventory of quebec family names from the beginning to 1825. Long before i started my own family research, there was one thing that i knew for certain. These names are a subset of french names used more often in the province of new brunswick in canada. Around the time of acadian expulsion from canada, the lack of records is further complicated by dit names, extremely popular saints names, and in some cases, descendents whose surnames differ from the parents listed on existing records. Both the acadian motto and the insignia were adopted in miscouche, prince edward island in 1884, during the second acadian. Although it was part of the british military campaign against france during the. A number of names on the list would be immediately recognized as acadian names everywhere acadians have settled. It is from an affidavit sworn by her that much of the information about the family migrations is known. The poem tells the fictional story of an acadian girl, evangeline, and her lost love gabriel during the acadian expulsion. Acadian boys name meaning, origin, and popularity babycenter. This list of approximately 300 family names was drawn from parish records, census records and other documents from acadianova scotia in the first half of the 18th century. The materials presented in the genealogical section of this program pertain exclusively to the acadian exiles who braved south louisianas forbidding wilderness to carve out a new homeland for themselves and their descendants, now known as cajuns. Little physical evidence remains of preexpulsion acadia.