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re: Cajun surnames
Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:10 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:10 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
Breaux?
I’m not going to say what it is because it’s not super common, it’s actually much more common in France than it is here (something like 10x+ more people there with the last name than here), but it’s not Breaux.
This post was edited on 2/6/22 at 8:56 pm
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Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:11 pm to Bamafig
Lafayette originally had a lot of Broussards, Moutons, and a few others. Now it has a lot more variety. After NAFTA, a lot of the surrounding parishes lost a lot of factory jobs and a lot of them moved to Lafayette. You'll find a lot of surnames that are common in St. Landy/Acadia and then you'll see a lot names that are common in Iberia/St. Mary. My dad has a German surname from Acadia parish that used to be nonexistent in Lafayette but now there's tons.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:14 pm to Bamafig
Melancon
Posted on 2/6/22 at 9:34 pm to Bamafig
They were not allowed to speak even off the school grounds, regardless how fluent in class. they had already assimilated quite well.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 10:06 pm to upgrade
quote:
Some of them never even left Acadia.
Why didn't they go to Quebec?
Posted on 2/6/22 at 10:37 pm to Bamafig
There are only 108 people in the USA with my last name according to the site listed. And it is 100% French.
But I’m half Fontenot
But I’m half Fontenot
This post was edited on 2/6/22 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:05 pm to Bamafig
LeBeouf spelled three different ways rotating “eou”
Sevin
Verdin
Braud/ sounds same as Breaux
Frioux
Comeaux
Billiot
Sevin
Verdin
Braud/ sounds same as Breaux
Frioux
Comeaux
Billiot
Posted on 2/7/22 at 2:12 am to Bamafig
Breaux
LaRue
Richard (Ree-shard)
David (Dah-veed)
Trahan
Laverne
Comeaux
Deshotel
Ardoin
Many many more
LaRue
Richard (Ree-shard)
David (Dah-veed)
Trahan
Laverne
Comeaux
Deshotel
Ardoin
Many many more
Posted on 2/7/22 at 4:40 am to Limitlesstigers
The Mouton family multiplied like rabbits for decades. Mom had 64 first cousins with the mom or dad from the Mouton lineage.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 5:02 am to CommieHater
quote:
My dad was beaten every single day at school in first grade,
My Grandpa who was cajun from Eunice. You figure out the cajun name
Did say it was common for kids to be punished for speaking cajun french in school in the early 1920's/1930's. Its ashame really because a lot of the cajun French has died along with them.This post was edited on 2/7/22 at 5:04 am
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:50 am to MsandLa
quote:
It all appears what part of South Louisiana where you are from. My wifes dad side is a Rabalais from plaucheville/cotton port area. That phone book is full of Rabalais, plauche, and dupont. Mom side from Port Barre and Washington. Heavy on guilbeau
We are probably cousins if have relatives in Port Barre
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:51 am to FLObserver
quote:My mother said this was common in her part of Evangeline growing up. She had never even heard English spoken until first day of first grade. None of my 4 grandparents could speak very much English at all. My paternal grand mother would rehearse a few lines for when we first walked in, then the rest of the visit was 100% French. My mother thought in French her entire life.
Did say it was common for kids to be punished for speaking cajun french in school in the early 1920's/1930's.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 11:31 am to Saskwatch
quote:
My grandfather told me that when Acadians we're pushed from Canada they had to sign paperwork in America. These immigrants/refugees couldn't spell so they'd "make their mark" and apply an "X". That's how the x ended up at the end of Cajun surnames.
Not sure how factual that is but it makes sense
i believe this is false, doesn't really make much sense if you think about it. if they marked x as a signature, why would they haphazardly add it to the end of a name? i think it has something to do with x being the plural of a word ending in eau.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 11:42 am to Bo Rein 80
quote:
LeBeouf
Calls to mind the famous Wendy's commercial that asked, "oú est le boeuf?"
Posted on 2/7/22 at 11:51 am to ShoeBang
quote:
But I’m half Fontenot
S'up cuz?
Posted on 2/7/22 at 11:53 am to Bullfrog
*Boudreaux
Posted on 2/7/22 at 12:42 pm to Texas ellessu
quote:
Waguespacks.
Germans.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 3:21 pm to CitizenK
quote:
Show me how they are Cajun and not French from elsewhere or STFU
My grandmother was a Couvillion. Can't show you, but according to research my dad had done, Couvillions came from Acadia.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 3:30 pm to FLObserver
quote:
Did say it was common for kids to be punished for speaking cajun french in school in the early 1920's/1930's. Its ashame really because a lot of the Cajun French has died along with them
My great grandma from Houma didn’t speak English until she went to first grade - then the school burned down in 3rd grade and it wasn’t rebuilt
then my great grandpa from NOLA went to work at the sugar mill and they met somehow - but they moved back to Nola and she only spoke French to her family. 
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