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Facts and Events
| Name |
Basile Prejean |
| Alt Name |
Bazile, Bazil, Pierre, PRÉJEAN Basille |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Abt 1744 |
, , , Acadia |
| Census[2] |
9 Apr 1766 |
Upper Cabahannocer, Ascension, LA |
| Marriage |
Bef 14 Sep 1769 |
, , LAto Marie Josephe Godin, dit Lincour |
| Census[3] |
23 Apr 1777 |
Cabahannocer, St. James, Louisiana, United States |
| Census[4][5] |
1810 |
, Ascension, LA |
| Death? |
Jan 1823 |
, Ascension, LA |
| Burial[1] |
6 Jan 1823 |
Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA |
EDUCATION: He could not write his own name.
NAME: He was called Pierre on son Louis' baptismal record.
!BIRTH-RESIDENCES-MARRIAGE: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 2571 (Louisiana); own copy. Basile PRÉJEAN, born in 1744, son of Joseph & Marie-Louise COMEAUX of Chipoudy, Acadia. Basile was in Louisiana in 1766. He married around 1768 to Marie-Josephe GODIN dit LINCOUR; three children. Basile in 1769 occupied lot number 31 on the west bank of the Mississippi at St. James parish. He died on 4 Nov 1805 [sic].
Also: Pierre [sic] PRÉJEAN, born around 1750, "Probably" the son of Joseph & Marie-Louise COMEAUX of Chipoudy, Acadia. He married around 1772 to Marie-Josephe GODIN [no parents given]; son Louis born 1773. He was at Ascension [parish, LA].
!CHRISTENING-SPONSOR: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES, 1714-1780; draft version; Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada: Univ. of Moncton, photocopy sent in Dec 2006. Note at bottom of GODIN family no. 10 says: Basile PREJEAN was godfather for Rosalie BÉLAIR, daughter of François BÉLAIR & Louise-Françoise de SAINT JULIEN de La Chaussée on 13 Aug 1791 at St. James of Cabahannocer (Register). Louise-Françoise was the daughter of Françoise GODIN...
References
- ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 4, 1820-1829. (Diocese,)
p. 464.
Bazile [PREJEAN], age 90 years [sic], buried 6 Jan 1823 at Ascension Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-4, 165).
Why was he buried in Ascension Parish? Living with youngest daughter Constance?
- ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois. Cabanocey. (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957.)
p. 164.
On the right [sic] bank of the Misssissippi River:
Bazille PRÉJEN, 22 [listed as only member of household] on 6 arpents of land and 1 gun [no animals]. [Next to his holding was 46 arpents of river frontage lying fallow. On other side was his older brother Amand PRÉJEN and his family.]
- ↑ Albert Robichaux. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798. (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980)
p. 9.
Basil PREJEAN, age 33, lliving with his wife Marie LINCOUR, age 32, and three children and two stepsons (Uzebe ARSENEAUX, 15 and Pierre ARSENEZUX, 13). They constitute Household #1 on the right bank of the river. They have 6 arpents of land, 11 cattle, 4 horses, 8 sheep, 10 swine plus 2 guns. There are no slaves. Recorded as PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA, Legajo 190.
- ↑ Robert Bruce L. Ardoin, comp. Louisiana Census Records, vol. III. (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977)
p. 3.
Bazil PREJEAN
Free White Males Free White Females Other Slaves
0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
- ↑ U.S. federal census
p. 3 (11).
Line [5], Bazil Prejean:
Free White Males Free White Females Others Slaves
0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
[Basile would be around 66 years old, his wife about the same. The two young men could be Louis PREJEAN, age 37, and Antoine Celestin PREJEAN, age 33. The young woman would be Constance PREJEAN, age 18.]
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