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re: Your random but interesting family history
Posted on 6/28/18 at 4:39 pm to Pectus
Posted on 6/28/18 at 4:39 pm to Pectus
My great great grandpa wrote this book
Synopsis
THE AUSTRALIAN CAPTIVE; or, An Authentic Narrative of Fifteen Years in the Life of William Jackman. In which among various other adventures, is included a forced residence of a year and a half among the cannibals of Nuyts' Land, on the coast of the great Australian Bight. Also including, with other appendices, Australia and Its Gold, from the latest and best authorities. Edited by Rev I Chamberlayne was published 1853 in Auburn by Derby and Miller.
Synopsis
THE AUSTRALIAN CAPTIVE; or, An Authentic Narrative of Fifteen Years in the Life of William Jackman. In which among various other adventures, is included a forced residence of a year and a half among the cannibals of Nuyts' Land, on the coast of the great Australian Bight. Also including, with other appendices, Australia and Its Gold, from the latest and best authorities. Edited by Rev I Chamberlayne was published 1853 in Auburn by Derby and Miller.
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 4:52 pm
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Posted on 6/28/18 at 4:53 pm to Pectus
A great grandfather, great-great grandfather, and a great-great-great grandfather all served in Company F "Caddo Lake Boys", 17th Louisiana Infantry. All three were captured and paroled at Vicksburg. The older two sort of forgot about that parole thing and later joined the Confederate Navy. They served on the ironclad steamer CSS Missouri and surrendered to Union forces at Alexandria in June of 1865. A grand daughter of the GGG Grandfather married a son of the GG Grandfather and subsequently birthed one of my great grandfathers.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 5:01 pm to tonydtigr
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According to Ancestry.com "Sometime between 1759 and 1767 Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois and his four 2nd cousins moved from Acadia to St. James Parish. The brothers were the sons of Paul Bourgeois and Marie- Josephe Brun of Acadia. Their names were Paul (1731), Joseph (1734), Michel (1741), and Pierre (1745).
These 5 immigrants all decendents of Charles Bourgeois and Ann Dugas of the second generation may have been among the earliest settlers to occupy St. James Parish, having settled in the area prior to the establishment of the Parish."
It sounds like there may have been a bit of confusion as to who traveled to the area earliest. I am related to Paul Bourgeois by the way.
My great something grandfather arrived in St James in 1765 with his widowed mother and 3 younger brothers. He died and was buried in St James, but his younger brothers and his sons all relocated to Attakapas (present day Breaux Bridge/ St Martinville area). He was in the local militia and was a part of the Galves army that ousted the British from Bayou Manchac and Baton Rouge during the Revolutionary War. His picture is on the Acadian mural and his name is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Museum in St Martinville.
And our last name is not any of the French names mentioned iN this thread, but is a pretty well known name.
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 6/28/18 at 5:23 pm to tonydtigr
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It sounds like there may have been a bit of confusion as to who traveled to the area earliest
Agree. Which is why I said documented. Several families claim to be among the first, but so far, from what I understand, they have no documents to prove it. But I seem to remember reading that a professor of History had found the very first documented Acadian in LA. He was a fairly powerful person living in NOLA. It's an interesting topic.
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I am related to Paul Bourgeois by the way.
I'm supposed to be a descendent of Landry family I mentioned and one of the Bourgeois' you mentioned as well. Both on my mother's side. So I guess we're distantly related!
Posted on 6/28/18 at 5:50 pm to AU_251
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I am related to this guy quote: William Barret "Buck" Travis (August 1, 1809 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American lawyer and soldier. At the age of 26, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army. He died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Travis County and Travis Park were named after him for being the commander of the Republic of Texas at the Battle of the Alamo.
No shite? He's my great-great-great-great-great uncle.
What's up cuz?
Posted on 6/28/18 at 5:52 pm to Pectus
I have a uncle that was lost at sea during WWII
Posted on 6/28/18 at 6:01 pm to danfraz
Former Bucks center Jack Sikma is a distant cousin.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 6:11 pm to Pectus
My great 3x grandfather owned the Destrehan plantation in NOLA pre civil war. There was a slave revolt in the area and he and his father in law Jean Noel Destrehan led the tribunal council and had 11 of the slaves decapitated and their severed heads put on a stick along the Ms river
Posted on 6/28/18 at 6:14 pm to Pectus
My Grandfather ran around with Al Capone's gang.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 6:14 pm to Pectus
My mother’s mother’s line is descended from William the Bastard.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 6:16 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Jim Bowie is a direct relative
we're related.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 6:28 pm to Pectus
Had a few family members that were part of organized crime in Youngstown, OH back in the prohibition days. Youngstown was the half-way stop when driving between New York and Chicago and it also oversaw the organized crime in the Detroit area.
Some relatives may or may not have still been involved as late as the 1970’s. I deny any knowledge about Jimmy Hoffa.
Some relatives may or may not have still been involved as late as the 1970’s. I deny any knowledge about Jimmy Hoffa.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 6:46 pm to Pectus
Grandfather's father rode with Pancho Villa. Grandmothers family was wealthy. Villistas killed her parents and burned down their house. Kidnapped her. A few years later she and my grandfather ran away together.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 7:24 pm to Pectus
My Great Uncle was the President of UT. Also, my family was kicked out of NC, SC and Bama because the men refused to quit wearing kilts.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 7:49 pm to Pectus
My great grandparents on my mom's side (sodbusters in Oklahoma) probably shot at my great grandparents on my dad's side (Choctaws and Cherokees) and vice-versa.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 7:55 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Jim Bowie is a direct relative. Pretty cool looking at our family tree to pick baby names for our son due in September and seeing him on it.
I was randomly reading up on him the other day. Even though history has put quite a shine on him, he was actually quite a scoundrel according to many accounts. So I wouldn’t get too boastful.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 7:58 pm to Pectus
One of my great grandfathers came here from a Scandinavian country in the late 1800’s. The guy at the immigration office thought that his last name was too confusing and instead used a portion of the name of my relative’s home town to register him. For example, if your name was Joe Boudreaux from Madisonville, you’d be Joe Madison. Welcome to America, ya dirty foreigner!
Posted on 6/28/18 at 8:00 pm to Pectus
My Grandmothers family built the first Lutheran Church West of the Alleghenies
Posted on 6/28/18 at 8:00 pm to deltaland
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My great 3x grandfather owned the Destrehan plantation in NOLA pre civil war. There was a slave revolt in the area and he and his father in law Jean Noel Destrehan led the tribunal council and had 11 of the slaves decapitated and their severed heads put on a stick along the Ms river
Ha again I mentioned earlier I was reading about the Thibodaux Massacre of 1887.
The book details the Revolt of 1811 well. The slaves came down from Donaldsonville growing in numbers burning and pillaging everything on way to Nola as slaves outnumbered the entire free population of the area by 30%.
So, White folks land owners and families fled to Nola. Then athe Fed troops came back up river and stopped them short. And yes they did make an example of leaders. Very interesting history.
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 6/28/18 at 8:01 pm to BobABooey
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One of my great grandfathers came here from a Scandinavian country in the late 1800’s. The guy at the immigration office thought that his last name was too confusing and instead used a portion of the name of my relative’s home town to register him. For example, if your name was Joe Boudreaux from Madisonville, you’d be Joe Madison. Welcome to America, ya dirty foreigner!
Makes sense. My moms side is Swedish but most of the surnames are common English names.
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