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From: Martha Guthrie <>
Subject: MARCHAND and ROLLET surnames
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 11:24:20 -0400


I have found a few mentions of MARCHAND and ROLLET in some surname lists
related to Acadia and New France.

Is there anyone who has these names? I am particularly interested because
these are my husband's primary maternal lines. His mother was a French war
bride from Brittany. I am attempting to connect us - at least that's one of
my projects. My surnames are the garden (Jardin?) variety Cajun/Acadian -
Thibodeaux, Bourg, Moulaison, LeBlanc, Henry, Lebert, Hebert, Melanson,
Gaudet, Martin, Potet, Landry, Coumeau, Robichaux, ad infinitum.

I am under the impression that Marchand and Rollet were similar in social
class to the Acadians - weren't most Acadians of the highest of the three
French peasant classes? I love the very idea of a higher peasant caste -
that's me, all right!

Martha Hardcastle Guthrie

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