Person:Pierre Arseneau (4)

BIRTH: Was he born in Halifax, Acadia? Family had probably arrived by 4 Apr 1765 in Louisiana with Joseph BROUSSARD's group. Born after parents arrived in Lousiana? Marriage contract says "native of America," when it might have said native of Acadia or Canada if born there.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILD-DEATH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 2404 (Louisiana); own copy. Born 1765, son of Pierre & Marie-Josephe GODIN dit LINCOUR, he married at St. Martinville [sic] on 5 Apr 1799 [sic] to Angelique BOURGEOIS, daughter of Michel & Anne LANDRY; son Nicolas born 1799. Pierre died in 1799. His widow married at St. Martinville on 26 Nov 1799 to Francois LOUVIERE of Boston (widower of Marie-Louise THIBODEAU), son of Jean-Baptiste & Genevieve BERGERON.

!LAND: Ascension Parish Courthouse, Donaldsonville, LA; old land records; pp. 83-85; photocopy in possession of Karen Theriot Reader. Land sale before Commandant Louis JUDICE dated 2 Jan 1789 has Pierre ARSENEAUX, resident of the District of La Fourche des Chetimachas, Ascension Parish, selling a plot of land of 4 arpents for 250 piastres to Jacque THERRIOT, also a resident. It was bounded above by Baptiste BERGERON and below by [his brother] Uzebe ARSENEAU. Pierre signed with his ordinary mark, but Jacques TERRIOT signed.

!MARRIAGE: Eileen Larre' Behrman, trans.; ST. JAMES PARISH, LOUISIANA, COLONIAL RECORDS; 1782-1787; Cut and Shoot, TX, Clan MacBean Press, 1980; pp. 53-54; Salt Lake City Family History Library, US/CAN 976.331 R2b. Marriage Contract dated 14 Apr 1787 (abstract 201, on pp. 395-398, #340), between Pierre ARCENEAUX, son of the late Pierre & Marie Joseph GAUDIN, native of America, resident of the Parish of Ascension of LaFourche, and Angelique BOURGEOIS, daughter of Michel & Anne LANDRY, native of this parish. Witnesses: Uzebe ARCENEAUX, groom's brother; Michel GAUDIN, his cousin; Joseph BOURGEOIS, bride's uncle; Bonnaventure GAUDIN, her cousin; assisted by their father, step-father, and mothers. Both parties have 50 piastres, the bride's given by her parents as dowry, the groom's by his step-father Bazile PREJEAN. Signed by Miguel CANTRELLE; Michel GAUDIN; Bonnaventure GAUDIN; others made marks, including bride and groom.

!MARRIAGE: Diocese of Baton Rouge, BATON ROUGE PARISH RECORDS; 1770-1803; Baton Rouge, Parish, 1980; vol. 2, p. 27; Sutro, California State Library, F377 B3 C3 vol.2. Two entries: Pedro [ARSENAULT], son of Pedro & Maria GODE [GODIN], married 6 Apr 1786 to Pelagia BABE [sic], daughter of Santiago [BABIN] & Margarita LANDRI of Lafourche. Witnesses: Josef BUSUA [BOURGEOIS]; Francisca SABA [SAVOIE?]. Recorded in St. James Church, St. James, LA (SJA-2, 3).

    The very next entry shows a marriage of Pedro [ARSENAULT] (parents not given) on 24 Apr 1787 to Angela BURSUA [BOURGEOIS] (parents not given) (SJA-2, 3). [The marriage register has the entries with no other between.]

!MARRIAGE: Donald J. Hebert, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS; 1750-1800; vol. 1-A, rev. ed., Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1996; pp. 19-20 & 101; own copy; contains church and civil records. Two entries: Pierre [ARCENEAUX] married on 24 Apr 1787 to Angela BURSUA [BOURGEOIS]. Witnesses: Miguel GODE; Eleonor PRESAN [PREJEAN]. (Reference: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; v.2, p. 27, recorded at St. James Church (SJA-2, 3).

    Also: Pierre, of the Mississippi [River], son of Pierre ARSONNAU & Marie Josephe GAUDIN, married to Angelique BOURGEOIS, was buried on 5 Jan 1799 at age 34 years. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE presided at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville, LA (SM Ch.: v.4, #171).

!MARRIAGE: George A. Bodin, SELECTED ACADIAN AND LOUISIANA CHURCH RECORDS; 1765-1850; St. Martinville, LA, Attakapas Historical Assoc., 1968; p. 4; Sutro State Library, F377 A8B5. Pierre ARCENEAUX, son of Pierre & Marie GODET--GODIN in other records, married on 6 Apr 1786 to Pelagie BABIN at (SJ)=St. James Church, St. James parish, LA, in Baton Rouge Diocesan Archives.

!BURIAL-MARRIAGE: Donald J. Hebert, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS; 1750-1800; vol. 1-A, rev. ed., Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1996; pp. 19-20 & 101; own copy; contains church and civil records.

    Also: Pierre married 24 Apr 1787 to Angela BURSUA. Witnesses: Miguel GODE; Eleonor PRESAN. (Reference: Baton Rouge Diocese, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; vol. 2, p.27--SJA-2, 3.)

1. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 1-A, 1750-1800. (Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1996)
   pp. 19-20.

   Pierre of the Mississippi (River), son of Pierre ARSONNAU & Marie Josephe GAUDIN, married to Angelique BOURGEOIS, was buried 5 Jan 1799 at age 34 years. Recorded by Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE at St. Martin Church (SM Ch.: v.4, #171).

   Was he born "on the Mississippi," that is, in Louisiana? Or just baptized in St. James Parish, LA?

2. ↑ Jane G. Bulliard, Chair. Acadian Exiles in Louisiana. (St. Martinville, LA: Acadian Memorial Foundation, 1998)
   p. 9, plaque 1.

   Pierre ARSENEAU 2
   Marie LINCOUR
   Eusebe
   Pierre

   Listed as an immigrant, he was more likely born soon after parents arrived in Louisiana.

3. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois. Cabanocey. (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957.)
   p. 162.

   Pierre ARSENAUD, age 31, no slaves, 6 arpents of land, with 5 hogs and 1 gun;
   Marie LICOURT, his wife, 22;
   Usebe, his son, 4;
   Pierre, son, 1.

4. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
   ARSENEAU no. 39 b.

   Age 5 years.

5. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois. Cabanocey. (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957.)
   p. 174.

   On the 1769 census of the Acadian Coast, dated 14 Sep 1769, on the right bank, household #31: Bazille PREJEAN, age 24, with wife Marie LINCOURT, age 25, and two stepsons--Uzebe ARSENEAUX, age 7, and Pierre [ARSENEAUX], age 5. (Reference: Archivo General de Indias, PAPELES DE CUBA; 187 A)

6. ↑ Albert Robichaux. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798. (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980)
   p. 9.

   Pierre ARSENEAUX, age 13, stepson of Basil PREJEAN & his wife [Pierre's mother] Marie LINCOUR, living with them, his brother Uzebe, 15, and three younger half-siblings on the 1777 census of the Parish of Ascension of Lafourche des Chetimachas.

7.   West, Robert Cooper, and Louisiana State University. An atlas of Louisiana surnames of French and Spanish origin. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Geoscience Publications, Louisiana State University, 1986)
   pg. 17-18.

   Pierre ARCENEAUX, Jr., son of Pierre & Marie LINCOURT, married in 1787 to Angélique BOURGEOIS. He remained on the Mississippi [River] until about 1797, when he moved his family to the Attakapas, apparently settling along the [Bayou] Teche near St. Martinville (footnote). Three of his four sons established there.