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Etoile Acadienne ~ Special Photo Edition A Boudrot Family Newsletter/ Le Bulletin de la Famille Boudrot

Vol. 13 Issue 4 Date : May 10, 2011 / 10 mai 2011

L’Etoile Acadienne U.S.A. / Etats Unis Issued by: The Boudreaux Family Association

En Louisiane nous sommes fiers d’être Acadien

Boudreaux / Boudreau Family Logo

The Boudreaux / Boudreau family logo is

divided into four parts by a gold cross in the center

that represents our Catholic and Christian faith. The

two flags represented are the Acadian flag of

Louisiana and Canada signifying the unity of the

Acadians. The Acadian flag of Louisiana is a tricolor

flag with three fleurs de lys on a blue filed that

represents France, the maternal county of our

ancestors; the gold castle of Castile on a red field

represents Spain, the country that came to the aid of

the Acadians living in France in 1785 giving them

refuge in Louisiana; and the gold star on a white field

represents our patroness Notre Dame, Our Lady of

the Assumption, who guided the exiled Acadians

spiritually through their long and dreadful ordeal of

exile and who remains eternally dear to our hearts.

The Acadian flag of Canada is a red, white and

blue banner with a gold star representing Our Lady of

the Assumption. The two other quarters of the logo

have symbols of Acadiana. The Evangeline Oak

represents the strength of the Acadians during the

deportation and their determination to survive the

terrible ordeal of exile. The magnolia flower

represents the peaceful ways and gentleness of the

Acadian people.

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7th

Annual Acadian Memorial

Festival ~ March 19, 2011

The 7

th annual Acadian Memorial Festival took

place on Saturday, March 19, 2011, in St.Martinville,

Louisiana. The festival honored our Acadian

ancestors who found refuge in Louisiana after their

deportation from their homeland of Acadie, renamed

Nova Scotia by the conquering English.

Each year two Acadian families are honored as

founding families of Acadiana. This year the

Boudreaux/Boudreau and Guillot families were

honored. Our Boudreaux/Boudreau Family

Association was well represented by members of our

organization. President Don Boudreaux of Lafayette

and Larry Boudreaux of City of Central, Louisiana,

dressed in period costumes took part in the

reenactment of the first Boudreau families to arrive in

the Attakapas District (now Acadiana). Charles

Boudreaux addressed the festival crowd and gave a

short history of the first Boudreau families in

Louisiana.

The weather was perfect for such a wonderful

event! Following are photos of the festival and the

reenactment of the arrival of the Acadians.

The day began with entertainment by the group

Renaissance Acadienne. In period costume the group

sang songs that were popular in the 18th and 19

th

centuries.

The group also performed dances that were popular

with the Acadians.

Renaissance Acadienne has been performing for a

number of years at all kinds of events. They

performed at the Boudreaux/Boudreau Family

Reunion in 1999 in New Iberia during Le Congres

Mondial Acadien ’99.

After their performance members of Renaissance

Acadienne greeted festival goers. Below: In the

background is the blue tent of the Boudreaux Family

Association whose members also greeted those

attending the Acadian Memorial Festival.

Attending the Acadian Memorial Festival were

members Joseph Floyd Boudreaux and Irleen Theriot

of Metairie, Louisiana.

The legendary Bayou Teche, a water highway for the

arriving Acadians in the 1760’s.

Above: Acadian family banners.

On display in the background are antique Cajun

boats. 3

Shirley Boudreaux Ducote and Don Boudreaux

Don Boudreaux with members Jack and Bonnie

Sinclair of Lafayette, Louisiana.

Boudreaux Family Association booth

Don Boudreaux, Charles Boudreaux and Floyd

Boudreaux in Acadian

costumes.

New members Lester & Gail Boudreaux of Breaux

Bridge, Louisiana.

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Don Boudreaux and Larry Boudreaux in foreground

are joined by the members of the Guillot Family and

escorted by a member of the Attakapas in the

reenactment of the arrival of Acadians in Louisiana.

The arriving Acadians are greeted by the people of

St.Martinville.

The arriving Acadians are given a hand with their

canoes.

Guillot and Boudreaux family members with their

banners lead the procession to the Memorial.

Larry Boudreaux and Don Boudreaux with the family

banner. 5

Charles Boudreaux tells the story of the first

Boudreau families in Louisiana.

And Preston Guillot tells the story of the Guillot’s

family refuge in Louisiana.

Many attending the Acadian Memorial Festival

dressed in Acadian costumes.

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Pictures above is Irleen Theriot, Metairie, La,;

Richard Landry, Lafayette, Charless Boudreaux,

Kingwood, Texas, and Natial d’Augereau, Lafayette.

Jane G. Bulliard, Acadian Memorial member of the

board with the Boudreaux Family

logo.

Charles Boudreaux with his mother Lucy L.

Boudreaux and brother Patrick Boudreaux of

Humble, Texas.

Acadian Memorial Director, Brenda Trahan waves as

she watches children in the Easter Egg “Paques-ing “

contest.

Barbara T. Benoit and Dorothy T. Boudreaux with

their family banner.

Many were treated to a boat ride on Bayou Teche.

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New Members Lester & Gail Boudreaux – 3 years

Breaux Bridge, Louisiana Jeffery L. Boudreaux family - 3 years

Lake Arthur, Louisiana

Helen LaVina Morgan Boudreau

Celebrates her 100th

Birthday

Helen LaVina Morgan Boudreau, Medosto,

California, celebrated her 100th birthday on 12 April

2011 with family and friends.

She was born 12 Aprl 1911 in Portland, Oregon.

She was the daughter of George Morgan,

granddaughter of Henry H. Morgan and great

granddaughter of David Morgan.

Helen married Fred George Boudreau on August

19, 1941. George’s family genealogy is as follows:

(George William 8, Charles Joseph Emile 7, Joseph

Edmond Boudreau II 6, Joseph Agapite Boudreau

(Boudrot) 5, Etienne I 4, Anselme 3, Michel II 2, and

Michel & Michelle Boudrot 1). Her husband Fred

George died on September 1, 1996.

Helen’s son, David Boudreau, is a member of the

Boudreaux/Boudreau Family Association.

We send Helen our warmest best wishes!

Meet Rogers Romero Member of the Boudreaux Family Association

Inducted into Sons of the American Revolution

My genealogy search began a few years ago after one of

our Romero reunions held in Biloxi, MS, the place of my

birth. My cousin Patsy Huffaker handed each of our

cousins a chart with our ancestors going back to the first

ancestors who first came to Louisiana. Patsy had a lot of

help from her sister Maxine Sablich and another of our

cousins, Deanie Bradford. That chart was the catalyst for a

long and hard road leading to many more of my ancestors.

In August 2004, my wife and I traveled to Nova Scotia

to attend the World Acadian Congres (CMA2004).

While traveling up the Bay of Fundy coast, I began to see

many names that I remembered seeing on the chart that

Patsy had given to me. Each home that we passed on the

way to Grand Pre, Nova Scotia had a sign painted with the

Acadian Flag, along with their family names on the signs,

posted in their front yard. That experience fascinated me

and had me excited at the same time.

Again in 2009, while traveling to New Brunswick for

the World Acadian Congres (CMA2009), I saw the same

signs with some of the same names along with a few others

in my ancestry. By then I had worked on my genealogy

and improved the number of ancestors on my charts

to include up to 15 generations. Since I have gained

all those generations I have set out to find the source of

that information and still have a long way to go.

Since returning from my second trip to Canada, I have

attempted to find some of those ancestors who might have

fought in some of the wars associated with our country and

my ancestors. I found one of my ancestors who fought

in the War Between the States (sometimes known as the

civil war). That ancestor was Adolph Romero, who was

my great grandfather and my father's namesake. With the

necessary records and information going back to Adolph, I

was able to join the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).

Then I set out to see if I had an ancestor who might have

fought in the American Revolution.

This is where my story begins. A few years ago I

submitted my DNA to FamilyTreeDNA.com. It is a

company that processes DNA and as a result proved my

father's line which is taken from my Y-Dna.

Being male, they are able to extract my mothers line

through my Mt Dna. It was through my mother's DNA that

I was able to prove out and find my line that lead me to

Claude Broussard. Claude Broussard was married to my

4th great grandmother, Catherine Trahan, thereby making

Claude my 4th great grandfather. Each female from my

mother on through to that great grandmother, meaning, my

mother's mother, her mother's mother and so on down the

line until I reached Catherine.

Once I knew that Claude was the person I was to use for

my induction into the Sons of the American Revolution

(SAR), I had to prove all ancestors through that line up to

Catherine. It took some searching through birth, death,

marriage and baptismal certificates; secondary sources

such as Southwest Louisiana Records (known as Father

Hebert's books), DAR Patriot Index, Histoire Et

Genealogie Des Acadiens by Bona Arsenault, Louisiana

Soldiers in the American Revolution by Winston DeVille,

a military list based on the Charles Robert Churchill

Collection. The records and books, gave me the basis for

the information I needed to fill out the application to be

approved.

I also needed 2 sponsors who I am grateful for, who

were John Francois and Clarence Bonin, members of

SAR. After waiting approximately 4 months for approval

from the local, state and national societies, I was finally

approved on December 30, 2010. Along with those

mentioned above, I would like to give credit to other

people who helped me accomplish this task. Those

additional people were: Dottie Burleigh, Pat Snyder,

Julaine Schexnayder along with Lucie Consentino and

Stephen White, who helped find my ancestors through my

DNA submitted to them.

It has a been a long journey, but one that I have

enjoyed traveling.

There are more ancestors who I would like to submit to

both societies, but my next objective is to see if I can prove

one that fought in the Mexican/American War, who I

believe will be Francisco Segura. Wish me luck.

Rogers Romero

New Iberia, Louisiana 8

Father Ken Domingue (standing at right) president of

the SAR Atttakapas Chapter of the Sons of the

American Revolution, presents Rogers Romero with

his certificate at the induction ceremony on February

17, 2011.

Our congratulations to Rogers!

Calendar of Upcoming Events

May 28-July 9 2011 –Smithsonian Journey

Stories – Exhibition at Maison Duchamp,

including local lecture series.

July 28, 2011 – Day of Remembrance –

Afternoon ceremony at Acadian Memorial

followed by a French Mass at St. Martin de

Tours Catholic Church.

August 15, 2011 – National Day of the Acadians-

Activities at the Acadian Memorial & flag

procession to St.Martin de Tours Catholic

Church for French Mass.

October 15, 2011 – Grand Reveil Acadian (

Great Acadian Awakening) – Activities in St.

Martinville, including Reenactment of the

Arrival of the Acadians.

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And More Acadian Memorial Photos

On display were antique boats from across Acadiana.

Great Cajun music!

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Statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,

author of “Evangeline”

Replica of the Deportation Cross in the Acadian

Memorial Garden, St.Martinville, Louisiana

L’Etoile Acadienne Issued by:Boudreaux / Boudreau Family Association

U.S.A. / Etats Unis

Web Site: Boudreauxfamilies.org

Association Officers:

Don Boudreaux - President / Treasurer

Family Genealogist

124 Claremont Circle

Lafayette, Louisiana 70508

E-mail: donboudreaux@earthlink.net Joseph Floyd Boudreaux

Vice-President

E-mail: Floyd@boudreauxfamilies.org

Dana Boudreaux Guidry

Secretary

E-mail: Dana@boudreauxfamilies.org

Larry Boudreaux

Web Master

E-mail: Larry@boudreauxfamilies.org

Charles Boudreaux - newsletter

4038 Cedar Forest

Kingwood, Texas 77339-1332

Tel. 281-361-3172

E-mail: crboudreaux@aol.com 11