A version of this article, written by Sindi Broussard Terrien, author of this blog site, was published in Je Me Souviens, Volume 42, Number 3, July-Sept 2019, pages 30-33, a publication of the American-French Genealogical Society. All photos were taken by the author. Châtellerault, Saint-Suliac, Nantes, Saint-Malo. These are some of the places in France…
Author: Sindi Broussard Terrien
Marguerite Boileau Serreau Saint-Aubin
My Ninth Great-Grandmother Marguerite Boileau Serreau Saint-Aubin, my 10th great-grandmother was born in Orches, Poitou, France in 1638. Orches is centered between Loudon and Chatellerault and south of Richelieu. Marguerite’s biography will be posted soon. Photos taken by Sindi Broussard Terrien while visiting France with the Acadia Tour de France offered by Les Voyages DiasporAcadie…
Genevieve Serreau-St. Aubin Petipas Bergeron
My Eighth Great-Grandmother (1667 to about 1739) Daughter of Jean Serreau St. Aubin and Marguerite Boileau First Husband Jacques Petitpas Second Husband Barthelemy Bergeron d’Amboise Mother of Nicolas Petipas; Bartellemy Bergeron (about 1696), Marie Bergeron (about 1697), Marie-Anne Bergeron (1706), and Marie-Anne Bergeron (1709) Genevieve Serreau, the first of her family to be born in…
Marie-Anne Bergeron d’Amboise Godin
My Seventh Great-Grandmother (1706 to 1779) Daughter of Barthelemy Bergeron dit d’Amboise and Genevieve Serrault Husband Joseph Godin dit Bellefontaine Mother of Anastasia and Michel and probably other children. Note: There are four women in this article with the name Marie-Anne: Marie-Anne Bergeron d’Amboise who married Joseph Godin dit Bellefontaine and her younger sister Marie-Anne…
Anastasia Godin dite Bellefontaine Part
(About 1730 to 1759) My Sixth Great Grandmother Daughter of Joseph Godin dit Bellefontaine and Marie-Anne Bergeron Husband Eustache Part Mother of Marianne Part, Laurent and at least two other unknown children The following is the author’s imagined account of a real event from a child’s point of view. The event was documented in a…
Marianne Part Delaune – three of three
An Acadian in Louisiana – The Golden Years Fifteen hundred Acadians bound for Louisiana left France in seven ships in 1785. Marianne Part Delaune, her husband, Jean, her daughter Marie Celeste and son Pierre were to have boarded L’Amitie to leave 20 August 1785 but they and Christophe Delaune’s family, Jean’s brother, did not board that…
Marianne Part Delaune – two of three
The Middle Years – Cherbourg, Poitou, Chantenay While living in France in the lat 1700s, Marianne Part, my fifth great-grandmother, may have been good friends of Acadian sisters Monique and Marguerite Commeau as she served as a witness to both their marriages. Before Marianne married Jean Delaune in Cherbourg, she witnessed Monique Commeau and Bazile…
Marianne Part Delaune – one of three
My Fifth Great-Grandmother (About 1749 to about 1812) Daughter of Eustache Part and Anastasie Godin dite Bellefontaine Husband Jean Delaune Mother of Jean (abt. 1774), Christopher (abt. 1776), Pierre-Basile (abt. 1779), Louis-Auguste (1782), Pierre (abt. 1784), Marie Celeste (abt. 1785), Marie Rose (abt. 1787), Margarita (abt. 1787), Adelaide (abt. 1790), Rosalia (1791), and Alexandre (abt. 1797)…
Agate Barriot Daigre Landry
My Sixth Great-Grandmother (About 1731 to about 1810) Probably daughter of Pierre Barriot (Barriaud) and Veronque Giroir Widow of Isadore Daigre Wife of Anselme Landry Mother of Firmin Daigre (1751), Marie Agathe Daigre (1752) Marguerite Blanche Daigre (1754), Alexis Daigre (1756) Marie-Olive Landry (1766), Charlotte-Blanche Landry (1770), Joseph Charles Landry (1771)] Introduction Like many of…
Marie Olive Landry Boudreaux
My Fifth Great-Grandmother 3 July 1766 to 12 May 1836 Daughter of Anselme Landry and Agate Barriot Husband: Paul-Dominique Boudreaux Mother of Paul Marie (1784), Joseph Marie (1786), Charles Romain (1787-1857), Mathurin (1789), Marie Francoise (1792), Florentin Janvier(1795), Zacherie (1799), Jean Pierre (1801), Anselme (1805), Celeste (1808), Paul (1811) When Marie Olive wanted to send…