Started By
Message
re: LSU folk - how many of you can tie your lineage back to original Acadians?
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:28 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:28 pm to SummerOfGeorge
My American lineage is German, French and Spanish. My paternal grandmother hails from St. Bernard Parish around Delacroix and she has the mixture of the Isleno (Canary Island Spanish) and old French in her background. The Islenos have been down there since the early 1700's and hey sort of inter-married with the French. My Paternal Grandfather is very much German who came over right after the Civil War.
Mom's side is a mixture of English (Grandfather) and Greek from Melbourne Australia. Papa was sent to Melbourne during WWII and met a nice Greek girl before being shipped out and serving in Borneo mostly.....got back to Melbourne towards the end of the war, stuck around for a while married Ma Ma and then took her to Auckland where he was from.
Mom's side is a mixture of English (Grandfather) and Greek from Melbourne Australia. Papa was sent to Melbourne during WWII and met a nice Greek girl before being shipped out and serving in Borneo mostly.....got back to Melbourne towards the end of the war, stuck around for a while married Ma Ma and then took her to Auckland where he was from.
1
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:33 pm to SummerOfGeorge
My family on my dad's side came from Switzerland, My Great grandparents on my grandmothers side, came from Hungary all in the 1800's. On my wife's side Total French and Spanish heritage. More French, they spoke English and French. Most got kicked out of Nova Scotia. On my mothers side, her great great great grandfather fought the Americans in the war for independence. He was from Germany. I am not sure when the family moved to LA.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:37 pm to KiwiHead
My 5th great grandfather on my dads side was born in southwestern Normandy in 1701 and he was sent here as a soldier in 1720.
His future bride arrived here from eastern Brittany in 1740 and they were married in Natchitoches. They settled in Point Coupee then their children moved to Avoyelles.
I’ve never studied my moms side. Her last name is still very common in Avoyelles.
His future bride arrived here from eastern Brittany in 1740 and they were married in Natchitoches. They settled in Point Coupee then their children moved to Avoyelles.
I’ve never studied my moms side. Her last name is still very common in Avoyelles.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:42 pm to StringMusic
All very cool.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 5:57 pm to StringMusic
I always grew up knowing I was an 8th Cherokee and the rest was pretty much a French/Spanish mix until my grandma did DNA tests and apparently I’m more Irish than anything.
Not that anyone cares, and Alabama ruined college football.
Not that anyone cares, and Alabama ruined college football.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:26 pm to Retrograde
So you have more Native American DNA then Elizabeth Warren. Welcome to our tribe!
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:27 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Irish-German. Maybe some French Huguenot. No Acadian.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:29 pm to Retrograde
I meant to add —- congratulations! You can march with the Hibernians.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:30 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Mother’s side, yes.
Father’s side are carpet bagging Yankees from Illinois
Father’s side are carpet bagging Yankees from Illinois
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Traced it back there. Southeastern France (and Italy), through Canada, to LA.
This post was edited on 10/30/18 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:39 pm to vl100butch
Actually “Creole” initially meant someone who was born in the colonies of France or Spain of French ancestry.
And my ancestry is Scottish on my father’s side and English on my mother’s. Both sides predate the American Revolution.
And my ancestry is Scottish on my father’s side and English on my mother’s. Both sides predate the American Revolution.
This post was edited on 10/30/18 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:41 pm to BornAndRaised_LA
Following lineages is pretty cool. Mine are both English by way of Virginia in the late 1600s and you can progressively see the generations move farther West through the Carolinas and Georgia until settling in West Alabama in the mid-1800s.
Its incredible to think how many Americans who come from 1700/1800 settlers are related in some way or another.
It also always make me realize how young a country it is.
Its incredible to think how many Americans who come from 1700/1800 settlers are related in some way or another.
It also always make me realize how young a country it is.
This post was edited on 10/30/18 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:47 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Pretty similar to my mother’s side. My father’s side came through the Carolinas from Scotland. My grandfather graduated from Alabama in 1888. His younger brother played on Alabama’s very first football team. Both moved to Louisiana in the late 19th century. But I’m a Tiger.
This post was edited on 10/30/18 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 10/30/18 at 7:48 pm to tigerinridgeland
quote:
My grandfather graduated from Alabama in 1888. His younger brother played on Alabama’s very first football team. Both moved to Louisiana in the late 19th century. But I’m a Tiger.
Wow, that's awesome
Posted on 10/30/18 at 8:07 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I'm Louisiana French, but not Cajun French. Two lineages of Frenchmen from the old country who settled in Cajun Country and multiplied like rabbits. Throw in some Choctaw, Scots-Irish, Nicaraguan, and voila! Mois.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 8:08 pm to SummerOfGeorge
This guy. Through and through.
Posted on 10/30/18 at 8:08 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Half were the Acadians kicked out of Quebec/Nova Scotia, other half direct from France 
Posted on 10/30/18 at 8:20 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Not LSU Folk but with the birth of my children they are the 10th generation to be born in North America on my mom side of family. Would need to go to France to go any further back for my linage
Bon Soir
Bon Soir
Posted on 10/30/18 at 8:20 pm to SummerOfGeorge
In mom family Acadians, dad’s family officer in Napoleons army
Posted on 10/30/18 at 8:21 pm to Cold Drink
Straight from France...7th Great Grandfather got off the boat in New Orleans in 1718 at age 11.
Survived the Natchez Indian massacre in 1729 by hiding up a tree...
Moved back to New Orleans and became the Royal Quartermaster (keeper of the King’s warehouse.) Family has been in Louisiana since.
Survived the Natchez Indian massacre in 1729 by hiding up a tree...
Moved back to New Orleans and became the Royal Quartermaster (keeper of the King’s warehouse.) Family has been in Louisiana since.
Page 3 of 4
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News