René Trahan is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 6 Left. Listed with him is his wife Isabelle Broussard and their son Olivier. [1]
Olivier Trahan was born 27 Apr 1756. He was the son of René Trahan and Isabelle Broussard. He was baptized 16 June 1757. His godparents were Olivier Brossard and Anne Bourgeois.[2]
↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 25
↑ Attakapas Post in 1769--The First Nominal Census of Colonial Settlers in Southwest Louisiana; Author: Donald Joseph Arceneaux; Claitor's Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2014; p. 21
Entry # [23] [folio] 231
Text: Rëné Traans, 42
His wife
Ollivier, his son, 13
Rëné, his son, 2
Magdeleine, his new-born daughter
Elizabet Broussard, 18
Enselme Tibodeau, 20
Marie Louise Tibodeau, 5
There were Oxen, 2; Cows, 10; Suivant 6; Bulls and heifers, 8; Horses, 6; Suivant, 2; Pigs, 20.
↑ Winston De Ville, Attakapas Post: The Census of 1771 (Author: 1986). p. 12.
Text: Rene TRAHAN, age 42, with his wife, age 38, and a boy, age 4; two girls, age 7 and 2. There is also Olivier TRAHAN , age 16; Madeleine BROUSSARD, age 16 [a niece of his wife] ; Claude BROUSSARD, age 23 [brother of his wife]. They have 60 cattle, 10 (?) horses and 4 sheep, on 12 arpents of land, without title.
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