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Vol. 008 Issue No. 001
Bilingual Newsletter / Bulletin Bilingue
LES MÈRES DU
PEUPLE ACADIEN
Recherche faite par Ken Landry
Montréal, Québec
On l’a dit avec raison : l’homme
fait les lois, la femme fait les mœurs.
C’est la femme qui façonne l’âme de
l’enfant, cet homme de demain.
C’est elle qui fixe au sol nouveau les
races déplacées, avec leur coutumes,
leurs souvenirs, leurs chansons du
berceau.
Dans l’œuvre de
colonisation, elle est l’élément
conservateur. Pendant que l’homme
marche vers l’avenir, la femme ne
perd pas de vue le passé. Telle est la
femme
qui
ose
dès
1611,
s’embarquer pour l’Acadie inconnue,
sur une coquille de bois, tel sera le
peuple intrépide qui poussera ses
racines parmi les saules et les
pommiers de Port- Royal. Le peuple
Acadien fut, dès ses origines une tige
vivace, forte dans sa foi et de ses
espérances.
Ces
premières
fondatrices du peuple acadien sont
venues surtout du Poitou, du Berri,
de Bretagne ou de la verte Touraine.
Le premier recensement de
l’Acadie, œuvre du P. Molin, en
1671, malgré maigre de détails, nous
a transmis les noms de la plupart des
mères de famille qui besognaient
alors sous les toits de chaume des
deux versants de Port-Royal fondé
par Poutrincourt dès 1605.
Citons-les à l’honneur, un
honneur qui leur a été rarement
accordé.
(Voyez « Les Mères » page 8)
Thibodeau Village
Presentation at
Acadian Memorial
Dearest
Cousins
and
Friends,
Heads-up Dick Thibodeau and
Sara Beanlands are coming to
Louisiana. Now is your opportunity
to visit, ask your questions and share
the
memories
with
them.
This is opened to anyone interested
even if you are not a Thibodeau(x).
If you are in the area please take
the opportunity to come and share an
afternoon
with
them.
Hope to see you there.
Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc
Lafayette, Louisiana
Acadian Memorial, April 23, 2006
-2:00 P.M.
Guest speakers Dick Thibodeau
and Sara Beanlands will share their
experience
of
Thibodeau
Village,Nova Scotia. Admission
$10.00 per person. Limited space!
Call
the
Acadian
Memorial,
337.394.2258
Reservations
are
required.
For
the
hundreds
of
Thibodeau(x)'s' who attended the
Thibodeau(x) reunion in Nova Scotia
during Congres Mondial Acadien
2004, nothing could have been more
of a surprise, nor more exciting than
to learn of the existence of what had
been “Thibodeau Village” prior to
(See “Acadian Memorial” on page 2)
Date: April 2006/ avril 2006
Acadian Family Day
Saturday, April 22
At the Annual CAFA meeting
during November 05, we agreed to
update our CAFA mailing and
contact list.
For the family
organizations with a member
presently serving on the CAFA board
we do have a contact list. However,
if you have a new officer or board
members we certainly want to add
them to what we already have. We
also would like for you to give us email addresses if possible.
At the November meeting it was
also suggested that we have a social
type meeting for all family
organizations with special attention
given to inviting family organizations
that are not very active at present.
We will have that meeting on
Saturday April 22, 2006 at the WOW
in Maurice from 10:00 am until about
2:00 pm with a noon meal served.
Cost will be $5.00 per meal. We will
have a special presentation by Dick
Thibodeau and Sara Beanlands from
Nova Scotia on the Thibodeau
Village which was located on the St.
Croix River prior to the deportation.
Please invite your officers and board
members as well as other family org.
members to attend this meeting.
A CAFA newsletter will be going
out with more details.
Merci et au revoir.
James Bourque
Lafayette, Louisiana
CAFA President
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Coordinator
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Lafayette, Louisiana 70508-8123
E-mail: [email protected]
We Would Like to hear ( “Acadian Memorial”,
cont. from page 1)
from you
. . . won’t you drop us a line! the deportation of their ancestors
in
1755. Thibodeau Village, located on
the St. Croix River in Poplar Grove,
Nova Scotia some 25 miles west of
Grand-Pré, is today owned and farmed
by the Shaw family, "New England
Planters." The Shaw family acquired
the land six years after the deportation
by a British Crown Land Grant in
1761.
Tell us what you like about the
newsletter and what you would
like to see more of : genealogy,
history, news articles, articles and
stories
about
Boudreaux
/
Boudreau / Boudreault families
from across the U.S., Canada, and
France, etc. Take up your pen and
write an article yourself. It is one
Thibodeau and the Shaw family are
easy way
to participate in the only families to have ever
the organization without even occupied the land.
leaving home.
The two families have formed a
bond that neither they nor anyone else
could ever have imagined. Many
were to say that if nothing else had
This is a gentle reminder for happened during their trip this one
all members whose renewal date event made the entire journey
fell during the year 2005, your worthwhile.
Membership Dues
renewal date was January 2006.
Receiving
our
newsletter
L’Etoile Acadienne (Acadian Star)
is a great way to keep abreast of
what is happening in the Acadian
community and with our own
grand Boudrot Family.
Our organization is non-profit;
the dues are used for printing and
mailing the quarterly newsletter
and for support of the French
Immersion Program in Louisiana’s
public schools.
Renewal
date
for
all
members now falls in January of
each year.
Annual membership
dues remain at $10.00 or receive a
3 year membership for $25.00.
Make
check
payable
to
Boudreaux Family Association.
Send to:
Don Boudreaux (treasurer)
124 Claremont Circle
Lafayette, Louisiana 70508
Dick Thibodeau, from Maine, had
made the discovery many years ago
inlocating and identifying the site. He
informed the Shaw family that they in
fact occupied what had once been
Thibodeau Village in Acadian times.
Sara Beanlands, daughter of Hope
Shaw Beanlands, sister of Allen and
David Shaw present owners of the
Shaw Farm will explain what it has
meant to theShaw family to learn that
their land at one time during the
Acadian era was Thibodeau Village.
Dick and Sara collaborated for nearly
two years in preparation for their joint
presentation during the Thibodeau
Reunion.
The demonstration of emotion and
appreciation on the part of the 150
Thibodeau(x)'s who accepted an
invitation from Sara was a sight to
behold and the memory of which is to
be cherished forever.
As a reminder we will still print For more information call the Acadian
Memorial 337-394-2258.
your renewal date on your address
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label.
A Culture
Devastated
By GORDON DELANEY / Valley
Bureau -The Halifax Herald Limited
Halifax, Nova Scotia
GRAND PRE - It's a breathtaking site
by the Minas Basin.
A muddy shore blends in the distance
with Cape Blomidon, capped by a
huge expanse of cloud-brushed blue.
A seagull glides over the meandering
river and a light breeze plays on the
purple flowers and lush grass of the
dike lands as far as the eye can see.
There's nothing to hint at the human
tragedy that unfolded here 250 years
ago when thousands of Acadian men,
women and children were forcibly
marched to the shore and loaded onto
British ships to take them into exile or
death.
Events today will mark the 250th
anniversary of the actual Council of
Nova Scotia order on July 28, 1755, to
deport the Acadians. The order
resulted in 10,000 men, women and
children being forcibly removed from
their homes and their land, which
they'd farmed for a century, and
shipped to far-flung lands around the
world.
The Annapolis Royal resident doesn't
think people today can be blamed for
what happened in the past.
"You can't rewrite history. What
happened occurred," he said.
"It's more important today to work
toward positive relations for the
future."
Their homes and possessions were But Nova Scotia Senator Gerald
burned and their land given to settlers Comeau thinks there should be an
investigation or an inquiry to
loyal to the British crown.
determine who authorized the
Alan Melanson is a direct descendant expulsion.
of Acadian ancestors who arrived in "Let's look at the circumstances
Nova Scotia in 1657 and later were behind the deportation," he said in an
swept up in world events and deported interview from his home in Meteghan
from Annapolis Royal, where 1,664 this week. "Let's see what caused it
Acadians were carried off in eight
and why."
ships on Dec. 8, 1755.
Ambroise Melanson was one of 232 a human "cargo of French neutrals,"
the Boston Gazette reported - who
were held captive in the hold of the
British ship Pembroke. There were 37
women, 33 men and 162 children.
Mr. Comeau said a royal proclamation
by the federal government on the
expulsion in 2003 created the false
impression that the wrongs have been
formally recognized.
He'd like to see governments in
Canada and the United Kingdom
investigate to determine who was
responsible for the hardships Acadians
endured over the years from the
deportation order.
They were being shipped to North
At least 5,000 died of disease or Carolina. But while at sea, the men
deprivation or in shipwrecks.
overpowered the British crew and
took over the ship. They turned the
"A few ships full of exiles sank on the vessel around and sailed it to the
high seas with their human cargo," mouth of the St. John River in New
says a passage from the Canadian Brunswick, hoping to find it still in He questions if the order was made
because of the war between France
Encyclopedia.
French hands.
and England or whether it was simply
Lt.-Col. John Winslow, who was in Melanson and his two sons, along a desire to take over the best and most
charge of the removal of Acadians with the rest of the Acadians, hid in fertile lands.
from Grand Pre on Oct. 8, 1755, the woods from British parties
described a scene of confusion, fear searching for them. Eventually they Regardless, people are taking more
interest in the historic events around
and grief.
walked to Quebec. Ambroise died in the expulsion, said Mr. Comeau, a
1756, but his two sons returned to direct descendant of Pierre Comeau,
The
Acadians
were
marched
Nova Scotia following the Treaty of who arrived in Port Royal in 1624.
"unwilling, the women in great
Paris of 1763.
His ancestors fled to New Brunswick
distress carrying off their children in
their arms, others carrying their Alan Melanson, who has traced his during the expulsion but later
decrepit parents in their carts and all ancestry all the way back to early returned. Today's events, he said, are
their goods moving in great confusion settlement,
thinks
today's significant for remembering the tragic
events. "It's important to never forget
and appeared a scene of woe and commemoration is a good idea.
distress," he wrote.
"It's a point of history that's important the past, because as the old saying
Today Acadians the world over will to all Canadians that needs to be goes, those who forget the past are
doomed to repeat it."
hold
the
first
International recognized and acknowledged."
Commemoration of the Great
(See“Culture Devastated”, page 4)
Upheaval, or Le Grand Derangement,
as they call it.
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(“Culture Devastated”, cont. from
page 3)
But today's authors are using new, and
modern, words to describe the events
of 1755 - words like genocide and
ethnic cleansing and holocaust.
In his new book The Acadians, A
People's Story of Exile and Triumph,
author and journalist Dean Jobb
describes the expulsion as "one of the
great crimes of history, a brutal act of
genocide."
Particularly surprising, he writes, is
that "this crime was committed in
Canada, a country built on the
principles of democracy and the rule
of law."
"A lot of people have no concept of
just how brutal and ruthless this was,"
he said. "It has been perpetuated over
time, a belief that this was somehow
justified or inevitable.
"It was wartime or it was a brutal age.
I mean, all of those justifications have
been trotted out, and you can always
find facts to support that. . . . But it's
only recently that writers have started
to use words like ethnic cleansing and
genocide."
The words may be new, but it's
important to realize that the behaviour
isn't, Mr. Jobb said.
Commentary:
Series of events
led to exile
In November 1714, Samuel Vetch, the
British overseer in Acadie, wrote to
his superiors in England: "It is to be
considered that one hundred of the
Acadians, who were born upon this
continent, and are perfectly at home in
Jim Bradshaw
the woods, can march upon
Lafayette, Louisiana
snowshoes and understand the use of
birch canoes, are of more value and
In 2005 we commemorated the service than five times their number of
250th anniversary of the dispersion of raw men newly arrived from Europe.
the Acadians, an exile that eventually
brought them to Louisiana.
"So their skill in the fishery, as well as
the cultivating of the soil must make
That exile was not something that at once of Cape Breton the most
"just happened." There was a long powerful colony the French have in
history behind it. It was entangled America, and to the greatest danger ...
with a struggle between the French to all the British colonies as well as
and English for supremacy on the the universal trade of Great Britain."
Atlantic Seaboard that began almost
as soon as both nations established In sum, the British needed the
North American outposts.
Acadians on the land and did not want
them to build up a nearby French
But the proximate cause of the exile settlement. But they also feared them.
might be traced to April 1713, when a They knew that England and France
tide began in old Acadie that would would likely go to war again, as had
eventually, and perhaps inevitably, happened over and over for a century
assure the Acadians' banishment from or more. They were afraid that when
the place that had been their home for the next conflict came, these French
150 years.
Acadians would fight on the wrong
side.
That tide would take 40 years to come
to full crest in 1755, when the (Jim Bradshaw is a columnist for The
Acadians were rounded up by their Daily Advertiser. He can be reached
British overlords, put into ships and at 289-6315, by fax at 289-6443 or by
sent into exile. The event that began it e-mail at
all was a treaty signed in 1713 that, [email protected].)
after years of rule by one then the
other, definitively transferred the
Acadian peninsula to English rule.
The definition of ethnic cleansing is
an attack on an identifiable people and
BOUDREAU AND
a culture, and that's what people don't These new Protestant rulers had never
METIS CONNECTIONS
realize about the deportation."
particularly liked the Catholic,
Acadians,
even
Some 10,000 Acadian people were French-speaking
Our first known "Boudrot"
uprooted from their homes and sent though they had to put up with them at ancestor was Michel Boudrot who
into exile supposedly because of their first. It was purely a question of was born around 1600 and supposedly
economics.
neutrality during the war.
around La Rochelle, France because
that is where he came from when he
"But they weren't all disloyal, far from The 1713 treaty said the Acadians left for Acadia around 1639. His birth
were free to leave Acadie if they
it," said Mr. Jobb.
wanted to - and a good number of and ancestry has never been found and
"In fact, it was their neutrality that them did go to Cape Breton, which no one knows for sure, so we can only
saved Nova Scotia for the British time was still under French rule. This was speculate. Even the world renown
and time again.
bad for the British for two reasons: genealogist Mr. Stephen White has
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First, it built up a neighboring, and not been able to find any
potentially hostile, French region. documentation on him.
Have patience with all the world,
Second, the British needed the
They were the original family of
but first of all, yourself.
Acadians on the land if Acadie was to
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St. Francis de Sales
prosper.
Boudrots in Nova Scotia and the
progenitor of all Boudreauxs (all
spellings) today. In the 1671 Census
of Port Royal he is shown as having 6
arpents of land, 9 horned cattle, and
13 sheep. They had 11 children born
between 1642 and 1666. In 1686 he
was the Lieutenant General of Port
Royal and an officer of justice. He
was empowered to pass judgement in
civil and criminal cases. He had been
confirmed to this position by the
Sovereign Council, which shows he
held a very esteem position in Port
Royal, so was obviously well
educated somewhere in France. It is
interesting that he held such an
important position yet his death date
and place is not known. His wife
Michelle is shown as a widow in 1693
living with their 28 year old son
Francois, and his wife Magdeleine
Belliveau. Michelle died in 1706 at a
very old age for that period,
considering the hardships they faced.
They had only primitive tools and
they survived on hunting, fishing and
farming their land under harsh
conditions. They had to chop down
trees to build a place to live, as well as
to use to keep warm in the long cold
winter months, find water and haul it
to use for every day cooking and
washing, they had find food for
themselves and their animals to last
them throughout the winter months.
They had to shear the sheep and spin
the wool for cloth. They also had to
provide protection from some of the
Indians in the surrounding area. Even
with all these hardships they were able
to persevere.
There is a lot of speculation in
some families as to whether any of
their ancestors had children for
Indians that lived in their surrounding
areas. There were several tribes
including the Metis. This is about a
Metis girl that was adopted by a
Boudreau family.
Boudrot Ancestry of
Odilon Boudreau:
Michel Boudrot B:1600 La Rochelle
France M:1641 Michelle Aucoin
Claude B:1663 M1:1682
Anne Marie Thibodeau
Michel B:1687 M1:1708
Cecile Leblanc
Letters
Francois B:1710 M:1731
Marguerite Pitre
We left Lake Charles, La. Sept. 22,
2005 with our Travel Trailer to get
away from Rita. We arrived in
Greenville Miss. that same day made
the trip fine not too much traffic.
Some friends of ours had invited us to
stay at there home where they had
hook up for a camper. On the night of
Sept. 24 2005 three Tornado's hit
Greenville Miss. one of them hit our
Travel Trailer while we where
sleeping. We woke up when we felt
the trailer being picked up two or
three times. We woke up our friends
to let us in there home.
Next morning after the weather had
calmed down we checked the Travel
Trailer and found water in the
bedroom and Kitchen. The Tornado
had pulled the rubber roof loose at the
seams. We patched up the roof and
left for Lafayette where we had found
a Mr. Broussard owner of a fire
Safety Co. that had set-up three spots
for Campers . We stayed with them
for three weeks until which time they
would let us back in Lake Charles La.
We had some roof damage to our
home and water damage from the roof
leaking. We had all the drywall
sealing and the dining room walls
replaced and had the whole house
painted which the Insurance paid a
good part of it.
As for our Fifth Wheel Travel Trailer
the insurance totaled it and gave us a
good settlement.
We have a lot to be thankful for and
when the next one comes we will go
even further north.
Fri. Mar. 17 2006 we went to New
Iberia and visited some with Charles
and Goldie LeBlanc they are doing
fine had some water damage but no
water got in the house.
Saturday, March 18, 2006 we went
to St. Martinville for the Acadian
Memorial Festival. We enjoyed the
the re-enactment the Broussard's and
The Hebert families put together of
the arrival of Acadians by wooden
boats on the Bayou Tech.
Preston and Anne Boudreaux
Lake Charles, Louisiana
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Joseph Athanaise B:1736 M:1759
Felicite Orillon
Joseph Athanaise Jr. B:1765 M:1792
Elizabeth Bugeaud
Hyppolite Osias B:1795 M:1817
Marie Boudreau
Odilon B:1824 M:22 Nov 1841
Marie Vienneau
Odilon and Marie had 11 children,
one of which was adopted. This is the
one we are spotlighting. They had 6
children and the 7th was adopted, then
they had 3 more. The 7th was
baptized Rose, but went by the name
her mother had given her Exelda, she
was born in 1858. There are two
stories about who was the mother of
Exelda. One group of her children said
she was the daughter of a Metis girl
that worked for them named Madlin,
and the other group says she was the
daughter of a cousin, who was also a
Micmac, who lived in the USA. There
is no dispute that the father was Lewis
Tomma, who also worked for the
Odilon Boudreau family. Lewis was
the son of a famous Metis Chief from
Chapelle Island. The Tomma families
went thru numerous name changes
from Tomma, to Thomma, to Bill, to
Williams. Lewis and Medlin Tomma
are listed in the 1851 Census on
Native residents of New Brunswick.
I could not get any more
information on this family because it
is in Ancestry on the internet website
by subscription only and I don't
subscribe to it. The following is a
picture of Exelda Boudrot (Tomma).
This information was sent to me by
someone who did not want to be
named, so I do not have any
information on Exelda's children and
grandchildren. Below is a picture of
Exelda, not very good but shows what
appears to be quite a lady.
Don Boudreaux
Lafayette, Louisiana
Hurricane Rita
Boudreaux/Boudreau
Family Association
Makes Donation to
Daspit Elementary
The Boudreaux/Boudreau Family
Association made its annual donation
to the French Immersion Program at
Daspit Elementary School of New
Iberia, Louisiana on Wednesday,
March 15, 2006. The donation was
presented by Don Boudreaux and
Inez Barras, both of Lafayette.
The materials purchased for Daspit
are: $200.00 for (2) one year
subscriptions to Animation Factory,
a computer educational website for
different age groups to do video
animation to create video/movies. One
was for Kindergarten and the other for
3rd grade.
For first grade: Arcsoft DVD Slide
shows computer software $ 50.00
book- Le Monde Secret du Père
Noel, 30.00,
book- Mon Premier
Corps Human supergenial 15.00
Shipping and handling - $5.00
for a total of $100.00
For second grade:
Book - Graphison 1 1st année
$30.00
book - Graphison 2 2nd année
$30.00
book-Objects à Trouver
$30.00
book - Savoir Lire volume one
$35.00
shipping and handling
18.00
The above figures are Canadian
dollars. The cost to us in US dollars
was $124.12
One Pinnacle System Studio
computer software $99.99 plus $8.00
tax for a total of $108.00 but we had a
rebate for $20.00 which was sent in
and received so our total cost for this
was $87.99.
The Pinnacle Studio software will
be used by all grades to make
video presentations.
The students and teachers of the
French Immersion Program at Daspit
Elementary are immensely grateful for
our donations and send their heartfelt
thanks to all of the members of the
organization.
News from CODOFIL
The week of March 12 -18 we
celebrate Francophone Week.
At
the same time that we celebrate the
existence of French in the world, we
particularly take time to thank our
French-speaking friends and cousins
from all around the world for their
thoughts, for their generosity, for their
hope and for their love. It's been six
months since the arrival of the 2
hurricanes.
The French-speaking
world did not forget Louisiana, and
we are very proud to be a part of such
a wonderful and open people.
contact
Jacqueline
[email protected].
Labat
at
Alliance Française de Lafayette will
offer a new beginner's French course
beginning April 8. For more
information, send an e-mail to
Faustine
Hillard
at
[email protected].
You can listen to German,
African and Cajun tales Saturday from
10a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Acadian
Cultural Center of the Jean Lafitte
Park in Lafayette. Josie Davis, Mary
Ann Leonard, Jennifer Miller and
Allen Simon will share stories from
their individual cultures.
The
programm is free, and everyone is
invited. You can contact Jodie
Bacqué at the Park, 337-232-0789
(x17), [email protected], for
more information.
Congratulations to J.B. Borel and
his gang from CODOFIL West
Bank. In spite of the challenges of
last year, they have re-started their
first Saturday of the month breakfasts,
they have welcomed several guest
speakers to their monthly meetings,
To access educational and cultural
and the Mass in French sponsored by programs free of charge and
the organization was a great success.
particularly to teachers of French, visit
the web site www.frenchmedia.org of
www.mondesfrancophones.com was the French Consulate. When you
launched March 19, 2006 in Baton click on Media-Cinema, you will find
Rouge, Louisiana. The on-line site information on what is available as
will include all of the spheres of well as instructions to download or
thought and creativity in French order them.
thanks to cutting edge technology.
The Codofil Collection in the
Visit the web site of Louisiana Folk
Roots, www.lafolkroots.org, for
information on Dewey Balfa Heritage
Week and the new workshops!
The Department of French and
English at McGill University in
Montreal offers every year free
registration to an intensive summer
course in French. A competence
corresponding
to
the
highest
intermediate level on the ACTFL
scale is required. The scholarship
covers tuition and registration fees
(worth about $2200 CA). It does not
include transportation, room and
board in Montreal, insurance or
personal expenses. The scholarship is
reserved for a high school Louisiana
teacher of French.
The first
scholarship winner was unable to
accept the scholarship. Therefore, the
scholarship is again available, and so,
if you are also available, please
University
of
Louisiana
at
Lafayette's Center for Louisiana
Studies' Archives of Cajun and
Creole Folklore includes audio,
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visual, and paper documents. The
Codofil Radio Show from the early
1980s includes interviews of native
Cajun speakers such as Lionel Leleux,
Revon Reed, Fred Tate and Johnny
Janot. Codofil has also donated
hundreds of slides. These slides
include documentation of sugarcane
farmers, the Atchafalaya Basin,
Acadian Village, Festivals Acadiens
1981 and 1986, La Fete Nationale des
Acadiens and Festival Internationale
1991. Paper documents include
newspaper clippings documenting
Cajun folkways as well as the Codofil
newsletter, La Gazette.
The Archives of Cajun and Creole
Folklore of the Center for Louisiana
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Studies at the University of Louisiana
at Lafayette and holds the largest
collection of field recordings of the
Cajun language and music, dating
back to the 1930s. They are not
supported
financially
by
the
university, and are in desperate need
of your financial assistance. Contact
Jennifer Cooper or Kristi Guillory at
337-482-6027 for more information.
Our Director, David Cheramie, just
got back from New York on the
invitation of the Ambassador from the
International
Francophone
Organization to the United Nations to
discuss Louisiana's participation in the
OIF, as well as the teaching of French
in Louisiana. We will send you more
details at a later time. David visited
Quebec on the invitation of the
Council for French Life in America
during the later part of March to do a
presentation of the effects of the
hurricanes
on
Louisiana
for
International
Francophone
Day.
Bravo David!
We just welcomed Bernard
Bermosser,
Daniel
Modard and
Jerome Devars, of the Regional
Center of Teaching Documentation
(CRDP) in Rouen, for the filming
of ''Lettres de Louisiane'', 2 new
episodes in the series ''Lettres de la
Francophonie''. You can download
other episodes of this series,
including ''Lettres
du
Maroc''
and ''Lettres du Canada'', from the
French
Consulate's
web
site,
www.espacefrancophone.org. Accom
panying teaching materials are
available from the CDRP. Please
consult
their
web
site
at www.ac.rouen.fr/crdp/region/fle/in
dex.htm for prices and ordering
information. The team will next be in
Romania to film ''Lettres de la
Roumanie''.
The
episodes
of
Louisiana and Romania will be
available in 2007.
Elaine F. Clément
Relations Communautaires
Conseil pour le Développement du
Français en Louisiane
CODOFIL
217 rue Principale Ouest
A Rosary was prayed Thursday at
7 p.m. in the Martin & Castille
Funeral Home in Scott.
Pallbearers are Francis Boudreaux,
Billy Boudreaux, Darrell Richard,
Scott Ferguson, Douglas Sonnier and
Johnny
Brandin.
Honorary pallbearers are James
Boudreaux, Ned Boudreaux, Zachary
CHARLES A. BOUDREAUX Richard, Claude Sonnier, Richard
Broussard, Neal Hills, Jay Caldwell,
SCOTT - Funeral Services was held at Tuney Arceneaux and Larry Hebert.
2 p.m. Friday, April 7, 2006 at a Mass
of Christian Burial at Sts. Peter &
Paul Catholic Church in Scott for
ExpoAcadie 2006
Charles A. Boudreaux, age 95, who
died Thursday, April 5, 2006 at Lady
Le
Centre
International
de
of the Oaks Retirement Manor.
Lafayette
invites
you
to
participate
in
Interment was in Sts. Peter & Paul
ExpoAcadie,
a
conference
and
Cemetery
in
Scott.
matchmaker between
Reverend Glenn Meaux will be business
the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and organizations and businesses from
will conduct the Funeral Services. Eastern Canada, primarily New
Jodi Bollich, organist, will sing for the Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and
Funeral Services, "Amazing Grace", Louisiana. The first ExpoAcadie was
"Here I Am Lord", "J'irai la voir un organized during the Congres Mondial
jour" and "On Eagles' Wings". Acadien of 2004 in Halifax. Lafayette
Survivors include his extended will have the priviledge of hosting the
family, niece, Pat Ferguson, whom he second conference, Thursday April 27
considered his daughter and her to Sunday, April 30.
In addition to the Thursday
husband, Scott Ferguson, of Scott;
conference,
ExpoAcadie will organize
also Claire Ferguson Goutierrez and
“Place
de
l’Acadie”, a tented
her husband, Hagan Goutierrez and
Emma Ferguson; his sister, Pauline showcase of Acadian culture, crafts,
"Polly" Richard; nephews, Francis music and food products on the corner
Boudreaux and his wife, Lou, Zachary of Main and Jefferson Street in
Richard and his wife, Claude, Ned downtown Lafayette, as part of
Boudreaux and his wife, Karen, James Festival International de Louisiane
Boudreaux; several
godchildren, from noon on Saturday, April 29 to
numerous great nieces and nephews. Sunday April 30.
The conference and business
He was preceded in death by his wife,
will
focus
on
Iris Sonnier; his parents, Andre' and matchmaker
aguaculture,
agriculture
&
food;
Julie Martin Boudreaux; his brothers,
Emick Boudreaux, Eddy Boudreaux, economic development & tourism;
Edvar Boudreaux, C.C.Boudreaux and cultural tourism; arts, crafts &
one
sister
Eula
Boudreaux. giftware; cultural & ethnic products;
A native of and lifelong resident of and construction & environment.
The registration fee is $30 which
Scott, Mr. Boudreaux was a member
includes
luncheon at noon on April
of the Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic
27.
There
will also be a reception at
Community. He loved fishing and
Cite
des
Arts,
109 Vine Street, on
enjoyed telling humorous jokes to
Friday,
April
28
at 5:00 PM to
make people laugh and be happy. He
will
be
dearly
missed. showcase Acadian artists and the
Prior to his retirement he was opening of Sue Mill’s photographic
employed as a supervisor with the exhibit. It is open to the public and
Department of Transportation for free of charge. For more information
thirty years. He was also a member of call Le Centre International in
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the
Conservation
Corps. Lafayette at 337-291-5474.
Lafayette, LA 70501
337-262-5810; 800-259-5810 (gratuit
aux E-U- toll-free in the US)
337-262-5812 (fax)
www.codofil.org
[email protected]
In Memoriam
Français
LES MÈRES DU
PEUPLE ACADIEN
(Suite de page 1)
Regroupons ici les mères du peuple
acadien nées en France, qui furent
compagnes d’arrivée des pionniers de
notre peuple entre 1632 –1635, sous la
conduite du chevalier de Razilly et qui
vivent encore en 1671. Bons nombre
de ses femmes sont évidemment
nées en terre acadienne, ce qui ne
diminue guère leur mérite.
Voici , en une simple nomenclature,
les noms des « mères du peuple
Acadien » que conservent des feuilles
de gros papier jauni, aux archives de
la Marine (ministère des Colonies), à
Paris.
Martine Gauthier, femme de
Denis Gaudet, fut l’aieule de tous les
Gaudet acadiens d’Amérique. Née en
France elle se maria à Port-Royal en
1645, deux ou trois ans après son
arrivée sur un vaisseau d’Aulnay.
Denis Gaudet était venu en Acadie dès
1632, avec son père Jean qui avait 96
ans en 1671 et qui s’était remarié à
Nicole Colson, du groupe écossais
établi à Port-Royal (Scotch Fort) en
1629.
Marie Gaudet, fille de Jean Gaudet,
le père de Denis Gaudet, avait épousé
Etienne Hébert à Port-Royal en 1650.
Elle était veuve en 1671 à l’age de 38
ans. Elle préparait l’avenir de ses 10
orphelins.
L’une de ses filles
Marguerite Hébert, deviendra la
femme de Jacques Prince à Port
Royal, en 1678, et par conséquent
l’aieule de tous les Prince acadiens, y
compris le premier évêque de SaintHyacinthe.
Françoise Gaudet, autre fille de Jean,
née en France en 1624, épousa Daniel
Leblanc à Port-Royal vers 1650. Elle
devait compter trois évêques acadiens
dans sa descendance. Le notaire René
Leblanc, de Grand-Prée, immortalisé
par Longfellow, fut son petit-fils,
étant l’enfant de René Leblanc et Girouard. Ce sont les deux grandd’Anne Bourgeois.
mères de tous les Boudrot et de tous
les Girouard acadiens. Françoise
Marie Gaudet, fille de Denis et de Boudrot, fille de Michel et de
Martine Gauthier, épousa Olivier Michelle Aucoin, a épousé, vers 1663,
Daigle.
Elle sera la grand-mère Étienne Robichaud, ancêtre direct de
Excellence
Monseigneur
pionnière d’une nombreuse lignée de Son
Robichaud,
archevêque
de
Moncton.
Daigle.
Anne Gaudet, autre fille de Denis et
de Martine Gaudet, épousa Pierre
Vincent. Sa fille Huguette devint à
Port Royal en 1684, madame Jean de
Bastarache, aieule de tous les
Bastarache dont les origines se
rattachent au pays Basque.
Jeanne Trahan, femme de
Jacques Bougeois, médecin de Port
Royal. Née en France en 1631, fille
de Guillaume Trahan, Elle arriva en
1632. Elle se maria a douze ans à
Port-Royal et vécut jusqu’en 1700.
Elle inscrivit 10 enfants vivants au
recensement de 1671. Elle fut témoin
de toutes les vicissitudes acadiennes
de la fin du dix-septième siècle,
auxquelles son mari fut intimement
mêlé (il était à la fois médecin et
marchand, bien connu à Boston,
propriétaire à Beaubassin).
Madeleine Trahan, beaucoup
plus jeune que sa sœur Jeanne,
deviendra à Port Royal, en 1694, la
femme de Jacques Léger, premier du
nom en Acadie. Jacques comme soldat
portait le sobriquet de La Rosette.
Radegonde Lambert, femme de Jean
Blanchard, avait six enfants en 1671.
Elle était déjà grand-mère. Sa fille
aînée, Madeleine Blanchard, 28 ans,
femme de Michel Richard, premier du
nom comptait sept enfants. L’une des
sept, Catherine Richard, épousera
François Brossard, ancêtre de tous les
Brossard ou Broussard d’Amérique.
La veuve de François Aucoin, qui à
26 ans et cinq enfants en 1671, a gardé
le secret de son propre nom. Elle s’est
mariée à 13 ans et sa fille aînée, Anne
Aucoin, a 12 ans. C’est la seule
famille Aucoin à Port Royal. Deux
belles-sœurs demeurent dans le
voisinage : Michelle Aucoin, femme
du lieutenant général Michel Boudrot,
et Jeanne Aucoin, femme de François
Les deux sœurs Gauterot, filles de
François Gauterot et d’Edmée
Lejeune, nées en Acadie, ont chacune
quatre enfants en 1671. l’une Marie,
est la femme de Michel Dupeux
(Dupuis), l’autre de Claude Terriau.
Celle-ci atteindra 85 ans, et son mari
mourra à Port-Royal à 90 ans. L’un
de leurs fils Pierre Terriau, marié à
Céline Landry, sera le fondateur de
Grand-Prée avec Pierre Melanson, en
1680. Le vieux Jean Terriau, père de
Claude, et sa femme Perrine Beau
(Brau?), vivent encore à Port Royal en
1671.
Catherine Vigneau, femme de
Pierre Martin, inscrit cinq enfants au
recensement. Le ménage est venu en
Acadie au temps d’Aulnay. Leurs fils,
Mathieu Martin, deviendra le premier
seigneur du fief de Cobequid ou
Truro. Sa sœur Andrée est la femme
de François Pellerin, premier du nom
en Acadie. Une autre fille de Pierre
Martin et de Catherine Vigneau,
Marie, sera bientôt la femme de
Pierre Morin et élèvera une
nombreuse famille à Beaubassin.
Antoinette Landry, 65 ans,
femme d’Antoine Bourg (Bourque),
élève une famille de 11 enfants. Le
village des Bourque, sur la rive nord
est à faible distance du fort de PortRoyal, fait face au village des
Belliveau qui grandit sur la rive sud.
Antoine Belliveau, chef de famille, a
pour femme Andrée Guyon.
Pierre Comeau, le vieux tonnelier
de 75 ans, et sa femme Rose Bayols,
ont neuf enfants.
Barbe Bayols,
veuve de Savinien de Courpon, a
laissé huit enfants en France pour
venir en Acadie où sont mariées deux
Madame Pierre
de ses filles :
Comeau, et Madame Jean Pitre.
Il y a deux René Landry à Port Royal,
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en 1671. L’ainé a épousé Perrine
Bourg, l’autre a pour femme Marie
Bernard, venue de France. C’est de
la seconde tige surtout que naîtra la
nombreuse famille des Landry. Marie
Bernard eut quatorze enfants, dont
huit garçons qui fondèrent tous des
foyers. Sept comptèrent parmi les
fondateurs de la colonie de Grand-Pré,
alliés aux Thibaudeau, Terriau,
Melanson,
Dupuis,
Richard,
Guillebeau, Broussard.
Louise Doucet est la femme
d’Abraham Dugas, l’armurier de PortRoyal. Leurs descendants s’établira
par Claude Dugas, né en 1652, marié a
Françoise Bourgeois, fille de
Jacques, et par Abraham Dugas, né en
1661, marié à Jeanne Guillebeau.
Un jeune anglais de Plymouth,
Laurent Granger, est venu en Acadie
sur un vaisseau de Thomas Temple,
en 1657.
Il se convertit
au
cathollicisme pour épouser Marie
Landry, fille de René et de Perrine
Bourg. Le ménage Granger à deux
enfants en 1671.
Il serait trop long de suivre ainsi
jusqu’au bout, en le truffant de
quelques
détails,
le
premier
recensement de l’Acadie, riche des
noms que connaîtra Diéreville, en
1700. Bornons-nous maintenant à
mentionner les noms d’autres « mères
du peuple acadien » qui, elles aussi,
ont droit à notre souvenir. Ce sont :
• La mère des Forest : Marie
Hébert, femme de Michel de
Forêt.
• La mère des Caissy : Marie
Poirier, femme de Roger
Casey, jeune irlandais qui sera
un
des
fondateurs
de
Beaubassin. (Michel Poirier,
frère de madame Caissy,
éposera Marie Boudrot en
1673, à Port Royal où il est
né, en 1651, de Jean Poirier et
Jeanne Chabrat.)
• La mère des Babin : Marie
Mercier, femme d’Antoine
Babin.
• La mère d’un groupe des
Hébert : Geneviève Lefranc,
femme d’Antoine Hébert.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
La
mère
des
Savoie :
Catherine Lejeune, femme
de François Savoie.
La mère des Colpron :
Françoise Savoie, fille de
François, femme de Jean
Corperon.
La mère des Gauterot :
Edmée Lejeune, femme de
François Gauterot.
La mère des Cyr : Marie
Bourgeois, femme de Pierre
Sire.
La mère des Thibaudeau :
Jeanne Terriau, femme du
meunier Pierre Thibaudeau.
La mère des Petitpas,
Catherine Bugard, femme de
Claude Petitpas.
La mère des Guillebeau :
Catherine Terriau, femme
de Pierre Guillebeau.
La
mère
des
Doucet :
Henriette Peltret, femme de
Pierre Doucet, qui était fils de
Germain Doucet, dit La
Verdure, ancien lieutenant
d’Aulnay et tuteur de ses
enfants.
La mère des Brot (Brault) :
Marie Bourg (Bourque),
femme de Vincent Brot.
La mère des Bertrand :
Huguette Lambelot, femme
de Clément Bertrand.
La mère des Arseneau, Marie
Guérin, femme de Pierre
Arseneau.
La mère des Cormier,
Madeleine Girouard, femme
de Thomas Cormier.
Les
deux
mères
des
Melanson :
Marie
Mius
d’Entremont, femme de
Pierre Melanson, fondateur de
Grand-Prée, et Marie Dugas,
femme de Charles Melanson,
frère de Pierre (tous deux
venus d’Écosse en 1657, avec
le gouverneur Temple).
La mère des d’Entremont :
Madeleine
Elie
(Hélie),
femme de Philippe Mius
d’Entremont, seigneur de
Pubnico.
•
La
mère
des
Allain :
Marguerite Bourg, femme
de Louis Allain.
Et, d’autres encore, qu’omet de
souligner le recensement de 1671 et
que nous fait connaître le recensement
de 1686, œuvre de l’intendant de
Meulles.
A toutes ces héroines inconnues,
le peuple acadien doit un fidèle tribut
d’admiration et de reconnaissance. Il
tient d’elles, avec la vie physique, ce
qu’il possède de meilleur en son âme :
la foi chrétienne, une invincible
espérance qui l’a rendu plus grand que
son malheur, et un esprit de famille
qui soutient ses forces de résistance
française dans les diverses régions où
continuent de se multiplier les vieux
noms acadiens de 1671 – 1700.
Au début du dix-huitième siècle,
le petit peuple acadien, avec ses deux
générations nées au pays, formait déjà
une entité ethnique caractérisée par
des traits personnels qui le
différenciaient du Français de France,
et même de son frère le Canadien du
Saint-Laurent.
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
1. ANTOINE
BERNARD,
C.S.V. –L’Acadie Vivante.
Montréal, 1945. (le curé de
Saint-Viateur, de souche
acadienne tient un docteur ès
lettres et a été couronné par
l’Académie française, prix
Montyon 1936. Il a élaboré
« L’ACADIE
VIVANTE,
HISTOIRE DU PEUPLE
ACADIEN
DE
SES
ORIGINES À NOS JOURS ».
Il a été
professeur à
l’Université de Montréal).
Nouvelles de CODOFIL
Nous avons fêté la Semaine de la
Francophonie le 12 à 18 mars. En
même temps que nous fêtons le fait
français dans le monde, on prend le
temps particulièrement pour remercier
nos amis et cousins francophones tout
partout dans le monde pour leurs
pensées, pour leur générosité, pour
leur espoir et pour leur amour. Ca fait
six mois depuis l'arrivée des deux
ouragans. La francophonie n'a pas
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oublié la Louisiane, et nous sommes
bien fiers de faire partie d'un peuple si
magnifique et ouvert. Bonne Semaine
de la Francophonie!
Félicitations à J.B. Borel et sa
gang du CODOFIL Rive Ouest!
Malgré les défis de l'année passée, ils
ont
recommencé
les
petits
déjeuners du premier samedi du mois,
ils ont accueilli quelques invités
spéciaux à leurs réunions mensuelles,
et la Messe en français parrainé par
l'organisation était un grand succès.
allemands, africains et cadiens samedi
de 10 a.m. à 3 p.m. au Centre
Culturel Acadien du Parc Jean
Lafitte à Lafayette. Josie Davis,
Mary Ann Leonard, Jennifer Miller et
Allen Simon raconteront les histoires
de leur propre culture. Le programme
est gratuit, et tout le monde est invité.
Vous pouvez contacter Jodie Bacqué
avec le Parc, 337-232-0789 (x17),
[email protected], pour plus
d'informations.
Pour l'accès aux programmes
éducatifs, culturels et gratuits pour les
professeurs de français, visitez le site
web www.espacefrancophone.org du
Consulat français.
Quand vous
cliquez sur Média-Cinéma, vous
trouverez les informations sur ce qui
est disponible ainsi que les
instructions pour les télécharger ou
Visitez le site web de Louisiana Folk pour les commander.
Roots, www.lafolkroots.org, pour les
informations
sur
la
Semaine
La collection CODOFIL des
d'Héritage Dewey Balfa et les Archives du Folklore Cadien et
nouveaux ateliers!
Créole
du
Centre
d'Études
Louisianaises de l'Université de
Le Département de langues anglaise Louisiane à Lafayette comprend la
et française de McGill University à documentation écrite, audio et
Montréal offre chaque année une visuelle.
L'émission
de
radio
inscription gratuite à un cours intensif CODOFIL des années 80 compte des
d'été (français).
Il faut une interviews des Francophones qui
compétence qui correspond au niveau parlent le cadien tels que Lionel
intermédiaire élevé sur l'échelle Leleux, Revon Reed, Fred Tate, et
d'ACTFL. La bourse couvre les droits Johnny Janot. CODOFIL a aussi fait
de scolarité et les frais d'inscription don aux Archives des centaines des
(une valeur d'environ $2200 CA). diapositifs. Parmi ces diapositifs sont
Elle ne comprend pas le transport, la documentation des habitants de la
l'hébergement à Montréal, les canne
à
sucre,
du
bassin
assurances
et
les
dépenses d'Atchafalaya, du Village Acadien,
personelles. La bourse est réservée à des Festivals Acadiens 1981 et 1986,
un-e enseignant-e louisianais-e de de la Fête Nationale des Acadiens et
français au niveau secondaire ou du Festival International 1991. La
collégial. La première boursière a du documentation sur papier compte des
désister.
Donc, la bourse est articles de journaux sur la vie des
disponible, et puis, si vous êtes Cadiens aussi bien que le bulletin du
disponible, veuillez
contacter CODOFIL, La Gazette de Louisiane.
Jacqueline Labat at [email protected].
Les Archives ont aussi la plus
grande collection des enrégistrements,
Alliance Française de Lafayette
enrégistrée dans la communauté à
offrira un nouveau cours de français
partir des années 30. Les Archives
débutant commençant le 8 avril. Pour
n’ont pas de support financier de
plus d'informations, envoyez un
l'université, donc, on a fortement
courriel à Faustine Hillard à
besoin de votre aide. Contactez
[email protected].
Jennifer Cooper ou Kristi Guillory à
www.mondesfrancophones.com
a
été lancée le 19 mars 2006 à Baton
Rouge, Louisiane, États-Unis. Le
site mettra en réseau l’Internet et tous
les domaines de la pensée et de la
création en langue française grâce à
une technologie de pointe.
Vous pouvez écouter des contes
337-482-6027
d'informations.
pour
plus
Notre
Directeur,
David
Cheramie, vient de revenir de New
York sur l'invitation de l'ambassadeur
de l'Organisation Internationale de la
Francophonie aux Nations-Unies pour
discuter la participation de la
Louisiane et l'enseignement du
français en Louisiane. On vous
enverra plus tard les détails. David a
reparti à mi-mars pour le Québec sur
l'invitation du Conseil de la Vie
Française en Amérique pour faire une
conférence sur les effets des ouragans
sur la Louisiane pour la Journée
Internationale de la Francophonie.
Bravo David!
On
vient
d'accueillir
Bernard
BERMOSSER, Daniel MODARD et
Jerome DEVARS, du Centre Régional
de la Documentation Pedagogique
(CRDP) de Rouen, pour le tournage
de "Lettres de Louisiane", deux
nouvelles épisodes dans la série
"Lettres de la Francophonie". Voux
pouvez télécharger les autres épisodes
de cette série, incluant ''Lettres du
Maroc'' et ''Lettres du Canada'', du site
web
du
Consulat
français,
www.espacefrancophone.org.
Les
matériaux
pédagogiques
qui
accompagnent
ces
séries
sont
disponsible du CDRP. Veuillez
consulter
le
site
web
à www.ac.rouen.fr/crdp/region/fle/ind
ex.htm pour les prix et comment
commander les matériaux. L'équipe
sera prochainement en Roumanie pour
tourner ''Lettres de la Roumanie''.
Les épisodes sur la Louisiane et sur la
Roumanie seront disponibles en
2007.
Bonne semaine!
Elaine F. Clément
Relations Communautaires
Conseil pour le Développement du
Français en Louisiane
CODOFIL
217 rue Principale Ouest
Lafayette, LA 70501
337-262-5810; 800-259-5810 (gratuit
aux E-U- toll-free in the US)
337-262-5812 (fax)
www.codofil.org
[email protected]
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