Path of Migration of family names to Avoyelles
18th century French immigrants
The first immigrants
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.
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