Jeanne (Braud) Breau (1776 - 1799)

Born 14 May 1776 in Bretagne, France

Ancestors

Died Sep 1799 at age 23 in Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

HONORE BRAUD is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Plaque 7 Right, La Bergere. Listed with him is his wife, Elisabeth LeBlanc, and children, Pierre, Charles, Olive Elisabeth, Marie Magdeleine, Jeanne, and Rose Marie. ^[1]

Jeanne Braud was born on 14 May 1776 in Bretagne (now Loire-Atlantique), France, daughter of exiled Acadians Honoré (Breaux) Braud and Elisabeth LeBlanc. She was baptized the same day in the parish of Sainte-Croix, Nantes. ^[2] Her sponsors were Jean Brousard and Marie Hébert.

In September 1784, her parents and their seven children appeared on a census in Nantes of Acadians who wished to settle in Louisiana. ^[3]

On 14 May 1785, Jeanne, age 8, her parents, and five siblings left France aboard La Bergère and disembarked in New Orleans on 15 August 1785. ^[4]

Jeanne died in Sep 1799 in Louisiana, New Spain aged ~23. Her burial took place on 15 September 1799 in New Orleans. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, compilers (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller The Printer, USA, 2015) p. 30
2. ↑ Archives départementales Loire-Atlantique, Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil, Nantes, Sainte-Croix, BMS, 1776, Collection départementale, image 35 of 93 Jeanne Braud Baptism
3. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 489.

   On list of "Acadians in France, September 1784," found in document in A.D.S. Legajo 2575, which shows the Acadian families who wanted to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty. Honoré BRAUD, with wife Elisabeth LeBLANC, 3 sons, 4 daughters, for a total of 9 in family.

4. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index , (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995) pp. 18-19.

   Jeanne BRAUD, age 8, daughter of Honoré BRAUD & his wife Élizabeth LEBLANC, traveling with them and five siblings as the 36th family (of 8 persons) aboard "La Bergère."

5. ↑ Sacramental Records, vol. 6, 1796-1799, New Orleans: Archdiocese, Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County, Gene Soc LOUIS.36, vol. 6 - p. 35.

   Juana [BRAUD], daughter of Honorato & Isavel LE BLANC, residents of St. Gabriel Parish in the Iberville district of this province, native of Nantes in France, 22 years old, unmarried, died in Charity Hospital, buried 15 Sep 1799 (SLC, F4, 77).