Chitimacha basket maker, Clara DARDEN, born c. 1830, daughter of Alexandre DARDEN, who served as chief of the Chitimacha in the mid-19th century, near Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Source: New Orleans Public Radio.
ABAT
Jean Alphonse ABAT and Marie-Louise DROZ‘s descendants
St. Martinville and New Iberia
BOULERISSE
Jean-Baptiste BOULERISSE and Marie NEUVILLE’s descendants
St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary and Vermilion Parishes
BOUTTÉ
(1) Philippe “Philippeaux” BOUTTÉ fils and Marianne-Pélagie GRÉGOIRE‘s descendants
(2) Charles Silvain Pierre BOUTTÉ and Louise ESCLAVON‘s descendants
Grand-Marais/Patoutville/Olivier, Iberia Parish
BRUNO
Jean-Charles BRUNO and Anastasie BOULERISSE’s descendants
St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary and Vermilion Parishes
CHAPDUC
Hyacinthe “Aîné” CHAPDUC fils and Marie Michelle Fillette LAPLANCHE‘s descendants
New Orleans and St. James Parish
CHASTAIN
Joseph CHASTAGNIER & Marie Clarisse BOULERISSE‘s descendants
St. Landry Parish
DECLOUET
Alexandre Charles Louis Brognier DECLOUET and Clara LÓPEZ de la Peña‘s descendants
New Orleans and Cienfuegos, Cuba
DERBANNE/DARBONNE/TERREBONNE
François GUYON or DION des Prés d’Erbonne and Jeanne DE LA GRANDE-TERRE‘s descendants
Their descendants use GUYON, DION, DIONNE, DESPRÉS, DESPRÈZ, DUPRÉ(E), DARBONNE, DERBONNE and TERREBONNE as surnames
Natchitoches Parish1Gary Mills and Elizabeth Shown Mills, The Forgotten People: Cane River’s Creoles of Color ed. 2 (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2013), pp. 76-77, 415.
DROZ
Aimé DROZ of France & Adélaïde PISTOLET‘s descendants
Lafayette, St. Martin, and Iberia Parishes
DUGAS
*This family moved off of the reservation in the early 20th century.
Aristide DUGAS and Marie Charlotte NEVEU’s descendants
Charenton, St. Mary Parish
ESCLAVON
André ESCLAVON of France and Marie-Françoise-Vénus‘s descendants
St. Landry and Calcasieu Parishes
*They are a different family from the St Martinville-based ESCLAVONs
FONTENETTE/PICZO/PIOU
Térence FONTENETTE, also known as Térence PICZO’s descendants
St. Martin and St. Mary Parishes
GAUBERT/GOBERT
(1) Victor Joseph GAUBERT and Héloïse BILLIOT‘s descendants
(2) Jean Théodule GOBERT and Marcéline FITCHE‘s descendants
St. Landry and Iberia Parishes
GODEAU/GOUDEAU/GAUDAU
Auguste GOUDEAU and Divine RAMÓN‘s descendants
Avoyelles, Point Coupée and St. Landry Parishes
GRAPPE
Alexis GRAPPE and Louise Marguerite GUÉDON‘s descendants
Natchitoches Parish2Ibid., p. 112.
GRÉGOIRE
Grégoire “Yoyo” MASSE and Marianne-Cécile‘s descendants
St. Martin and St. Mary Parishes
GRÔLÉE & DÉJEAN
Lise FONTÉNOT‘s descendants with Dr. Benoît GRÔLÉE and also with Auguste DÉJEAN/DESGENS
St. Landry Parish
GUILLORY
Joseph GUILLORY fils and Louise TESSIER‘s descendants
St. Landry Parish
LASTRAPES
André LASTRAPES and Marie Jeanne CHRÉTIEN‘s descendants
St. Landry Parish
LECOMPTE/LECOMTE
Ambroise LECOMPTE and Thérèse‘s descendants
Natchitoches Parish3Ibid., p. 96.
LEFORD/LEFORT
Jacques LEFORT and Marie-Louise SÉNETTE‘s descendants
St. Martin, Iberia, and St. Mary Parishes
LINDOR
Lindor DE LA HOUSSAYE and Angélique LE NORMAND’s descendants
St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish
MANADÉE
Lucien Pierre MANADÉE and Élizabeth VERRET‘s descendants
Iberville Parish
MARTIN
Guillaume MARTIN and Marie Gertrude DEL CASTILLO
St. Landry Parish
MATTÉO
Augustin Séverin MATTÉO and Marie-Josèphe RAMÓN‘s descendants
St. Landry Parish
MÉTOYER
Louis MÉTOYER and Marie-Thérèse LECOMPTE‘s descendants
Natchitoches Parish4Ibid., 77.
MEUILLON
Jean-Baptiste MEUILLON and Ernestine BERTRAND
Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish – this is a totally different family from the historic one in St Landry
MORA
Auguste MORA fils descendants with (1) Marie TALAMON (2) Arthémise ARMELIN
Charenton, St. Mary Parish
MORALES
Juan MORALES and Marianne Marguerite SAZÉMÉ‘s descendants
St. Martin, Lafayette, St. Mary, St. Landry Parishes
NELSON
William NELSON and Thérèse Arthémise DARDEN‘s descendants
Charenton, St. Mary Parish; New Iberia, Iberia Parish
PAUL
Paul MASSE and Françoise JUPITER‘s descendants
St. Martin and St. Mary Parishes
PIERRE-AUGUSTE
Pierre-Auguste MALLET and Gabrielle TESSIER‘s descendants
St. Landry Parish
PIOU
François PIOU and Pauline JUPITER‘s descendants
St. Martin, Iberia, and St. Mary Parishes
PITRE
Léandre PITRE fils‘s descendants
St. Landry Parish
ROCHON
Charles ROCHON and Henriette COLON‘s descendants only
Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; St. Martinville, New Iberia, Charenton
ROMERO
Joseph Dorsino ROMERO and Joséphine DARBY‘s descendants
Iberia Parish
ST. ANDRÉ
Antoine Choteau ST. ANDRÉ and Anastasie RAMÓN‘s descendants
St. Landry Parish
SÉNET/SÉNETTE/SEINET
Jean-Baptiste SÉNET fils and Marie JUPITER‘s descendants
Lafourche, Terrebonne, and St. Mary Parishes
STANSBURY
George Robert STANSBURY and Olive BOULERISSE‘s descendants
Iberia and Vermilion Parishes
THOMPSON
Pierre THOMPSON and Georgina JOSEPH‘s descendants
St. Mary and Iberia Parishes
TRICHEL
Henri TRICHELL and Marie DUMONT‘s descendants
Natchitoches Parish5Ibid., 112.
VERDUN/VERDIN
(1) Jean-Pierre VERDUN and Marie Magdeleine GRÉGOIRE‘s descendants
(2) Alexandre VERDUN and Marie GRÉGOIRE‘s descendants
(3) Romain VERDUN fils and Marie ESCLAVON‘s descendants
Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Mary, Iberia Parishes
Ovide VERRET and Fanélie LASSUS‘s descendants
St. Martin and Iberville Parishes
References
| 1. | ↑ | Gary Mills and Elizabeth Shown Mills, The Forgotten People: Cane River’s Creoles of Color ed. 2 (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2013), pp. 76-77, 415. |
| 2. | ↑ | Ibid., p. 112. |
| 3. | ↑ | Ibid., p. 96. |
| 4. | ↑ | Ibid., 77. |
| 5. | ↑ | Ibid., 112. |