Genealogy And Lineage Of The Naquin Families Of The Bayou Lafourche And Bayou Terrebonne Areas Of South Louisiana

Lafourche is a parish rich in history and culture known for its close-knit, family-centered communities. The towns and communities of Lafourche were settled along its namesake, Bayou Lafourche, which bisects the parish from its northern boundary to its southern boundary at the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the continuous pattern of homes and businesses built along the bayou, many refer to the bayou as the Longest Street in the World. The parish was originally inhabited by Native American tribes and later by European, African, and English settlers. Many of the residents of Lafourche can trace their ancestry back to these early settlers, strengthening the sense of community that is distinctive to southern Louisiana. The fertile bayou delta fostered small vegetable farms as well as large sugarcane plantations that continue to thrive. The numerous waterways and marshes of the parish produce bountiful catches of fish, seafood, and other wildlife, giving rise to its reputation as a sportsmen s paradise. The parish s economy is also made up of a shipbuilding industry and the onshore and offshore oil industry."

Originally published in 1941, Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees is the definitive guide to the important plantation homes of the Pelican State, as well as the socially and historically prominent families who lived in them. Volume I of the two-volume, boxed set describes structures in several diverse sections of the state, from traditional, Spanish-moss-hung plantations in south Louisiana to the African-inspired structures on the rounds of Melrose Plantation in Natchitoches Parish. The first volume features many rare photographs of historically significant townhomes, plantations, and outbuildings--many no longer extant--and provides detailed genealogical and anecdotal information on a genteel society and lavish lifestyle that is now only a cherished memory. Some of the great houses discussed include D'Estrehan, Tezcuco, Seven Oaks, Parlange, Asphodel, Evergreen, and Rosedown. Volume II traces the history of several important families and features numerous portraits, coats of arms, and archival photographs. It also contains a wealth of genealogical and biographical information about many of the most prominent families in Louisiana history. Some of the family names included are La Frenier, De Livaudais, Forstall, Fortier, Schmidt, S�ghers, Milliken, Parlange, De Brierre, D'Herbigny, Butler, Pipes, Ellis, Percy, Plauch�, Barrow, Bringier, Kenner, Stauffer, Knox, Semmes, Walmsley, Ranlett, Smyth, Sully, De Marigny, De La Ronde, Almonaster, De Dreux, Villere, Beauregard, Matthews, Rathbone, De Buys, Hicky, Duggan, De Macarty, vonPhul, Cade, Du Brocca, Allain, D'Estrehan des Tours, De La Barr�, Koch, Muller, Bruce, Boehm, Seebold, De Bachell�, De Vilbiss, De Beaulieu de Marconnay, Konzelman, Parker, Pitkin, Levert, Ware, Prudhomme, Wilkinson, and Stewart.

As New Orleans is celebrating its 300th anniversary, the Acadians are celebrating their 250th anniversary. The population of New Orleans in 1717 was under 500 people and two of those families were the Daigles and Schexnayders, according to Louisiana Legacy: History of the Daigle & Schexnayder Families in Louisiana, a new book by Edward O. Daigle. After three hundred years, both families are prominent and prolific in modern day Louisiana. The story of Louisiana in the early 1700s is tied inextricably to these two families. Much of the history of Louisiana is typically told after 1750, and these two families were here from the beginning. Louisiana Legacy explores the early years of how the Catholic Church shaped the culture and dealt with slavery, the indigenous peoples, and the mixture of the French, Germans, Haitians, Indians, and Spanish which formed the South Louisiana culture before the arrival of the Acadians.Etienne D'Aigle III traveled to St. Louis, Missouri in 1777 and married Marie Anne Taillon. They moved to Plaquemine Brulée (Church Point) and he is credited with founding Church Point. The original church was in fact built on land donated by two D'Aigle brothers, Etienne III and Joseph. This area of Louisiana was the center of the Daigle family for many years and is still the hub of the subsequent generations of Daigles.The Schexnayders remained predominately in the areas of the German Coast along the Mississippi River northwest of New Orleans. Following the Grand Derangement both families also populated the area along Bayou Lafourche down to the Gulf of Mexico.This book opens the eyes and minds of readers both old and young as it discusses such rich Louisiana culture and how both families survived and thrived. Dig deep and the story of the Daigle and Schexnayder families are really the story of their arrival in the early 1700s through the arrival of the Acadians from 1755 through 1785. After the arrival of the Acadians the story becomes one of many South Louisiana families which dominate the history of South Louisiana and adds to its vitality.

Winner of a 2017 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year Award This book represents the first time that the known history and a significant amount of new information has been compiled into a single written record about one of the most important eras in the south-central coastal bayou parish of Terrebonne. The book makes clear the unique geographical, topographical, and sociological conditions that beckoned the first settlers who developed the large estates that became sugar plantations. This first of four planned volumes chronicles details about founders and their estates along Bayou Terrebonne from its headwaters in the northern civil parish to its most southerly reaches near the Gulf of Mexico. Those and other parish plantations along important waterways contributed significantly to the dominance of King Sugar in Louisiana. The rich soils and opportunities of the area became the overriding reason many well-heeled Anglo-Americans moved there to join Francophone locals in cultivating the crop. From that nineteenth century period up to the twentieth century’s side effects of World Wars I and II, Hard Scrabble to Hallelujah, Volume I: Bayou Terrebonne describes important yet widely unrecognized geography and history. Today, cultural and physical legacies such as ex-slave-founded communities and place names endure from the time that the planter society was the driving economic force of this fascinating region.

Originally published in 1931, Old Families of Louisiana was compiled in response to a demand for a comprehensive series of genealogical records of the foundation families of the state--families whose ancestors settled with Bienville in New Orleans at the time the famous old city was laid out in the crescent bend of the Mississippi River. This book also answers the call for information on those who came to Louisiana when the golden lilies of France, the castellated banner of Spain, the Union Jack of Great Britain, or the flag of fifteen stars and fifteen stripes waved over the land.During the compilation of the original data it became apparent that the present book would be greatly augmented in interest and value by the addition of genealogical records of other prominent foundation families besides the French and Spanish. For this reason, information was included on the English, Scottish, and Irish lineages whose representatives now form an integral part of the present-day population of Louisiana.In the seventy years since its first publication, Old Families of Louisiana has exceeded the original scope intended. In order to set a limit to its range, it was agreed that only those families settling in Louisiana before and up to the time of the beginning of the American domination in 1803 should be included. Old Families of Louisiana traces the genealogy of such traditional Louisiana families as Fortier, Claiborne, Kenner, Percy, Wiltz, Chalmette, Landry, Derbigny, Butler, St. Martin, and Wilkinson.

Nicolas Herbert was born in 1703 in Jard-Sur-Mer, France. He married Marguerite Berbudeau in 1728. His son, Nicholas Albert and wife, Marie Marthe Benoit migrated from France to Louisiana in 1785. They had previously been colonists in Acadia and French Guiana. Descendants lived in Louisiana, Tennessee, and elsewhere. Prior to 1766, the family name was "Herbert".