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From: "Lucie LeBlanc Consentino" <>
Subject: RE: Molaison (Moleson) and Doiron
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:19:22 -0500
In-Reply-To: <14b.1d487cda.2bac233d@aol.com>


Hi Heather,

Some Acadians were deported to France by the British from Ile St-Jean
[now Prince Edward Island] and Ile Royale [now Cape Breton] in 1758,
etc. Acadians on two of those ships drowned at sea.

The other Acadians who wound up in France had been sent to prisons in
England in 1755 when the governor of Virginia refused to allow them to
disembark and remain in Virginia. In 1763, these Acadians [or at least
those who were still alive] were repatriated to France. The bulk of
Acadians who went to Louisiana sailed from France in 1785 - so if you
check the ships' lists for those who sailed at that time, you will thus
have the bulk of Acadians who went to Louisiana though some were there
as early as 1765 but that was a smaller number.

These ships' lists are on my site and on other sites as well.

Moulaison is definitely an Acadian name and it has sometimes been
confused with Melanson which is another Acadian name. All of the
Acadian names are my Web site at www.acadian-home.org



Lucie LeBlanc Consentino
Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
www.acadian-home.org
Am-Can Gen Soc www.acgs.org
CMA 2004 - www.cma2004.com


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:12 AM
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Subject: Re: Molaison (Moleson) and Doiron

Hey you guys,

This kinda seems confusing to me. The Acadians were of French descent,
originally from France. Then, they move in Acadia, settle and live there
for
120 years or so, then they're kicked out of their country, and shipped
all
over the place, including back to their original France. Then, the ones
in
France came here to Louisiana. Now, the records here state these people
as
being from France. But with them all being French, it's hard to tell
from
here which were of Acadian descent and which were not. Unless you are
familliar with ALL the Acadian names, and even so, these first Acadians
most
likely had families left behind in France when they crossed over, which
would
mean that some, if not all, of these names had family branches that
never
left France at all. Which also means that those who appear to be Acadian
may
not be Acadian at all, just French.

I was having alot of trouble with this Molaison / Doiron family, trying
to
figure out if these people were Acadian or not. I knew that Doiron was
an
Acadian name, but I somehow didn't remember seeing Molaison amoung the
names.
At any rate, because they went back to France instead of here, I was
having
trouble connecting these people to the Acadians. I want to thank those
of you
who helped me with them. You have been a big help, and helped me find my

link. Thanks :-)

Heather LeCoq


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