"MY LOUISIANA LINEAGE"

Including Early Pointe Coupee & Avoyelles Colonists

...and their roots in Canada, France, Germany...

Port of LaRochelle.................La Fleche Church

ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF 'LONG JOURNEY HOME' - The Ancestry of the Bret, Coco, Drapeau, Goudeau, Gremillon and Tassin Families in France! Click here to find out how to order a copy!




Welcome to my Home Page! My name is Cathy. How's ya Momma and them doin?

Many of my ancestors were among the first colonists of Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles, Mobile, Opelousas, the German Coast as well as New France!! If you have ties to these areas, there's a good chance you'll find something here to interest you!!


My Ancestor Surname List

RECENT UPDATES I'VE MADE ON THIS SITE - YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK THEM OUT:
Nicolas de la Cour, parents and grandparents
Mathurin (Jean) Jouineau & Marie Billaud
Jean Etienne Preau & Anne Perrot
Noel Casse, Mathurin Casse & addition of his parents
Marie Valleau/Valeau (who married Andre Simon)
Jacques Tuillier (Le Tullier)
Picture of the portrait of Dominique Coco (1785-1864)
Jean Roy, Francoise Bouet & their connection to Jeanne Mance
4 March 1837 Succession of Pierre Ducote (h/o Henriette Josephe Rabalais)
Picture of the portrait of Marguerite Normand Bordelon(1815-c1892)
Helene Desportes and the Will of Samuel Champlain
1861 Newspaper Article - Estate Sale of Marie Eliza Ducote - widow of Jean Baptiste Lemoine
Death date of Joseph D. Coco - grandson of Dominique Coco from 'Long Journey Home' and his wife, Pauline Mayeux
Marriage Records: Francois Mayeux & Nicole Prevost, Jean Baptiste Lemoine & Catherine Simon
1670 and 1672 Documents of Surgeon Edme Goudeau in France



NEW!! The Guillaume Lemoine Page!!



Check out the new info I've posted on the Bordelon Family!!



My Paternal Great-Great-Grandparents:
Ovide Lemoine & Victoria Dufour
Joseph Lemoine & Azema Lemoine
Augustin Couvillion & Florence Couvillion
Leon Fernand Guillory & Angeline Mayeux


My Maternal Great-Great-Grandparents:
Zenon Vincent Mayeux & Armide Moreau
Joseph Coco & Pauline Mayeux
Augustin Bordelon & Constance Marcotte
Adolph P. Rabalais & Javelli Rabalais


LAGNIAPPE SECTION
For you non-Southern types, "lagniappe" means "a little somethin' extra"

Families on 1745 Pointe Coupee Census

Rouensa, Illiniwek Indian Chief

The Company of One Hundred Associates

La Grande Recrue de 1653

The King's Daughters (Filles du Roi)

Jean Roy & Francoise Bouet's Connection to Jeanne Mance

1666 Montreal Recensement

The Carignan-Salieres Regiment

Helene Desportes and the Will of Samuel Champlain

Avoyelles Soldiers of the American Revolution

Catholic Priests of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana 1796-1910

Guillory Family: The infamous "Margarita" case

Replica of original St. Francis Catholic Church, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

Current St. Francis Catholic Church, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

Understanding Place Names in France

Louisiana Lineage Research Book Suggestions



Civil War Pension Transcriptions

Document Page

Links to copies of marriage records & other colonial documents


Research in Avoyelles & Surrounding Areas

Transcriptions of Sacramental Registers of Avoyelles Churches, old newspapers & more


Tombstone Pictures

Ancestor Photographs



Joseph Ferdinand Mayeux, My Elusive Great-Grandfather



My name is Cathy Lemoine Sturgell and I'd love to hear from you!
Last updated on 5-17-2013
Comments?? Corrections??? Need a lookup?? E-MAIL ME AT: cathysturgell@yahoo.com

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