Path of Migration of family names to Avoyelles
ANDRIES
Belgium Avoyelles
ARMAND Lorraine, France Canada Pointe Coupee Avoyelles
AYMOND Alsace, France
BARBIN Melun, France New Orleans Monroe Avoyelles
BAUDIN Marseille, France Avoyelles
BEAUREGARD Wales LaRochelle, France New Orleans Avoyelles
BERIDON Bordeaux, France Avoyelles
BERNARD Canada
BIELKIEWICZ LaHavre, France San Francisco Avoyelles
BIZE Nestier, France Avoyelles
BONNETTE Saintonge, France Avoyelles
BORDELON LaHavre, France New Orleans Pointe Coupee Avoyelles
BORREL France
BRINGOL Lorraine, France New Orleans Avoyelles
BROU LeMans Avoyelles
BROUILLETTE Angouelme, France Canada Illinois Natchez Avoyelles
BROUSSARD Anjou, France Quebec Opelousas Avoyelles
CAILLETEAU France (St.Prix)
CASTERAN France (Pyrenees)
CAUBARREAUX France (Pyrenees)
CAYER France (Normandy)
CHARRIER France (Poitou)
CHATELAIN Unknown
CHAZE France (Nantes)
CHENEVERT France (Poitou)
CHRISTOPHEL Germany Hamburg, Avoyelles
COCO (Balwin) France (Nice, formerly in Italy)
COUVILLION France (Normandy) 1672 Canada Pt Coupee Avoyelles
DAIGREPONT France (Bourbon) 1810 Pointe Coupee 1819 Avoyelles
DeCUIR Belgium (Hainaut ) 1720 Louisiana 1720s Pt. Coupee 1810s Avoyelles
DeNUX France (Gars) 1860s Avoyelles
LEMOINE France (LeHavre) 1720s New Orleans Pt. Coupee Avoyelles
MARCOTTE France (Normandy) 1667 Quebec German Coast Avoyelles
MAYEUX France (Flanders) 1720 Arkansas Natchez Pt.Coupee Avoyelles
MOREAU France (Poitier) 1660s Quebec
NORMAND France (Normandy) 1650 Quebec 1770s German Coast 1790s Avoyelles
 
Avoyelles families which came through Canada
According to legend recorded by Ira Couvillion, at least two families traveled together down from Canada to Louisiana: the Joffrions and the Couvillions
.
ARMAND Lorraine, France Canada Pointe Coupee Avoyelles
BERNARD Canada
BROUILLETTE Angouelme, France Canada Illinois Natchez Avoyelles
BROUSSARD Anjou, France Quebec Opelousas Avoyelles
COUVILLION France (Normandy) 1672 Canada Pt Coupee Avoyelles
MARCOTTE France (Normandy) 1667 Quebec German Coast Avoyelles
MOREAU France (Poitier) 1660s Quebec
NORMAND France (Normandy) 1650 Quebec 1770s German Coast 1790s Avoyelles

 

18th century French immigrants The first immigrants
While most residents of Avoyelles in the 1790s were from Pointe Coupee and from French Ancestry, the sons or grandsons of the 1720s immigrants, there were a few direct European natives who lived at Avoyelles including these families: COCO
ELICHE ITALY (Venice)
GAGNARD FRANCE (Nantes)
LaBORDE FRANCE (Landes)
LaCOMBE FRANCE (Paridord)
MOULARD (Switzerland)


19th century French immigrants The Mansura French

This group of the last major wave of migration of direct French immigrants to Avoyelles have been termed as the mansura french by noted genealogist Nelson Gremillion, as many of these famlies settled in the Mansura area. Mansura was supposedly named after Mansura, Egypt, by some of Napolean's soldiers. We have not been able to prove this. However, more likely we find that the first post master of Mansura was Adolph Lafargue, whose father was a soldier under Napolean. Apparently, Lafargue honored his father's service with Napolean and chose the name of the town through the first Post office. Many of these families were from the Pyrannees Mountain area of southern France.
BAUDIN

BERIDON
BIELKIEWICZ
BIZE
BONNETTE
BORREL
BRINGOL
BROU
CAILLETEAU
CASTERAN
CAUBARREAUX
DAIGREPONT
DELAVALLADE
DESCANT
DEWAILLEY
DIDIER
DOMAS
DROUIN
DUBEA
DURAND
ESCUDE
GOUX
GRANDPIERRE
INGOUF
IZARD
JANET
LaFARGUE
LUBARRE
MAILLET
MONCLA
MONIN
NECK
PORET
PORTERIE
REBOUCHE
REGARD
REYNAUD
RICAUD
ROULE
SAYER
THEVENOTE
VOINCHE (Ducatte)


Avoyelles families from early 18th century New Orleans
BORDELON LaHavre, France New Orleans Pointe Coupee Avoyelles
LEMOINE France (LeHavre) 1720s New Orleans Pt. Coupee Avoyelles
Avoyelles families which came through Natchez
LaCour
Mayeux
Mrs. Rabalais
Avoyelles families from Germany & Alsace-Lorraine
ARMAND
Lorraine, France Canada Pointe Coupee Avoyelles
CHRISTOPHEL Germany Hamburg, Avoyelles
 
Avoyelles families from Natchitoches
GAUTHIER
FRANCE (Normandy) 1719 Lousiana 1742 Natchitoches Pointe Coupee 1792, Avoyelles
Avoyelles families from Italy
COCO (Balwin)
France (Nice, formerly in Italy)
ELICHE ) Italy, Venice
Avoyelles families from Switzerland
Avoyelles families from Belgium
CHENEVERT
France (Poitou)

DAIGREPONT France (Bourbon) 1810 Pointe Coupee 1819 Avoyelles
DeCUIR Belgium (Hainaut ) 1720 Louisiana 1720s Pt. Coupee 1810s Avoyelles
DeNUX France (Gars) 1860s Avoyelles
 
MAYEUX France (Flanders) 1720 Arkansas Natchez Pt.Coupee Avoyelles