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re: LSU folk - how many of you can tie your lineage back to original Acadians?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:19 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:19 pm to SummerOfGeorge
German ancestors from Alsace-Lorraine in La since 1740's. Had no problem assimilating into the French culture being from a territory that had been disputed between Germany & France for ages. Grew rice on the Cote des Allemands (The German Coast which is basically the E Bank of the River Parishes). Germans were some of the earliest settlers in LA. Also explains why so much cooking in S. LA is done with sausage (INB4CORNDOG).
So much of the culture of S La. is because of the melting pot of nut jobs that decided the swamps, mosquitos, and hurricanes weren't enough of a reason to leave the endless natural resources. Also because so many were driven out of where they were originally from, they were more accepting of other races & nationalities than most in those times. Payed off in the kitchen for sure.
Nice diversion Summer
So much of the culture of S La. is because of the melting pot of nut jobs that decided the swamps, mosquitos, and hurricanes weren't enough of a reason to leave the endless natural resources. Also because so many were driven out of where they were originally from, they were more accepting of other races & nationalities than most in those times. Payed off in the kitchen for sure.
Nice diversion Summer
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Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:19 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Arkansas fan here. Figured that I'd join in.
My dad's side is almost purely Welsh. Come over from Wales in the 1650s. Moved to Virginia, then to Georgia and eventually to Woodruff County, Arkansas in 1850.
My mother's side is from Lee County MS. Last name is Irish, but still unknown. Been there since they started keeping records.
I'm a Southerner any way you slice it. My family on oth sides has been in the South for over 250 years.
My dad's side is almost purely Welsh. Come over from Wales in the 1650s. Moved to Virginia, then to Georgia and eventually to Woodruff County, Arkansas in 1850.
My mother's side is from Lee County MS. Last name is Irish, but still unknown. Been there since they started keeping records.
I'm a Southerner any way you slice it. My family on oth sides has been in the South for over 250 years.
This post was edited on 10/30/18 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:24 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Full French on dads side, not Cajun. Although most in Louisiana would say my name last name is Cajun
Full German on moms side, the part of the influx that came over to Louisiana as part of what they call the German Coast
Full German on moms side, the part of the influx that came over to Louisiana as part of what they call the German Coast
This post was edited on 10/30/18 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:24 pm to Rohan Gravy
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I also banged your Mom.
That hole in your bed doesn't count as a woman Rohan. We've been over this.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:25 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I can.
My father’s lineage traces back through Haiti and to Lyons France. My mother’s lineage traces back through Nova Scotia. Her family is listed on the register at New Iberia.
My grandparents never spoke English. My parents learned English when they started school but still speak French fluently.
My father’s lineage traces back through Haiti and to Lyons France. My mother’s lineage traces back through Nova Scotia. Her family is listed on the register at New Iberia.
My grandparents never spoke English. My parents learned English when they started school but still speak French fluently.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:39 pm to LSUgrad88
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Very few in Louisiana can.
20% of the Louisiana population is estimated to be part Cajun. That’s more than very few
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:40 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I can trace my Acadian lineage back to Firmin Girouard who left Pisiquit, Acadia, via New Brunswick, in the same boat as Joseph “Beausoleil” Broussard to come to Louisiana in 1765, eventually settling in Cote Gelee at the age of 17. He would be my great-great-great-great-great grandfather
It was Firmin's great-great grandfather, Francois Girouard, who left La Chausse, France around 1645 to settle in Port Royale, Acadia.
It was Firmin's great-great grandfather, Francois Girouard, who left La Chausse, France around 1645 to settle in Port Royale, Acadia.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:41 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Mostly Cajun, born in Lafayette
Little bit German
Little bit German
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:41 pm to gumbeaux
My dad only knew French till he went to Catholic school. He and his friends were whipped by nuns for talking French in school. Yes Same with my mom . Yea I 100% Coonass??
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:42 pm to SummerOfGeorge
My Grandpa x 7 is on the SAR rolls.
A Great Uncle is buried in the founders cematery in Portland. He has a great Oregon Trail story and involved in a lot of public works projects in Portland and died as one of the richest men in all of Oregon.
That's all I got...well almost.
A Great Uncle is buried in the founders cematery in Portland. He has a great Oregon Trail story and involved in a lot of public works projects in Portland and died as one of the richest men in all of Oregon.
That's all I got...well almost.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:43 pm to vl100butch
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Pepe
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:45 pm to IotaTiger
Yes...back then you were considered backward and trashy if you spoke French.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
My Dad's side is nearly 100% Cajun. My Mom's side is Irish, settled in New Orleans in the late 19th Century.
I was able to trace my Dad's family back to 1820 through census records. The story I've always heard is our ancestors settled in Nova Scotia in the 1630s and probably got expelled in the mid-18th century.
I was able to trace my Dad's family back to 1820 through census records. The story I've always heard is our ancestors settled in Nova Scotia in the 1630s and probably got expelled in the mid-18th century.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:48 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I have no Acadian lineage, but I am the proud son of a hard-working God-fearing plant baw.
This post was edited on 10/30/18 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:50 pm to SummerOfGeorge
One Swedish great grandfather. Aside from him... Cajun through and through.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 4:52 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Dad's dad's side came from France after the Civil War and my 6th great grandfather on my dad's mom's side was born in Pisiguit, Nova Scotia in 1708 and died in St. James in 1795.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:04 pm to SummerOfGeorge
70% English
20% Scandinavian
10% Irish
20% Scandinavian
10% Irish
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:10 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I can via Nova Scotia
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:24 pm to Dawgy49
Georgia.......Where a cultural war is going on trying to decide whether the state's predominant heritage is African or Mexican.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:27 pm to SummerOfGeorge
If he named it SoG's Mom, I say we give it to him... Small victories.
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