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From: "James R Le Blanc" <>
Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Acadians from France to Louisiana in 1777?
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:28:29 -0500
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Hi Andy, Stanley, & Lucie,

Yes, he is my Andre' Temple' (later, Templet, in La.). He
& his 2 nd family went to Nantes' in the 4 convoys from the
Chatellerault area in 1775. I had not come across this
incident before (thanks), but he, Margeurite, and the remaining
8 of their 12 children were the 2nd family registered as Andre
Trample on the first of the 7 ships, Le Bon Papa, which sailed
on May 10, 1785, and arrived in New Orleans on July 29, 1785.

Stanley, et al, I met another of our main line last Saturday at
Bluebonnet Regional Library... she, Jenny LeBlanc Hanner,
was one of the presenters at its Genealogy Conference. I told
her of you and your great web-site... and I will also pass on
to her about yours, Lucie. She was the last presenter and we
just visited for a moment.

Jim Le Blanc



----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy"
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:48 PM
Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Acadians from France to Louisiana in 1777?


> Hi Stanley,
>
> Just out of curiosity, where were these 22 Acadians residing at that time
in
> France? Our cousin Jim LeBlanc is looking for Andre Templet and I was
> wondering if this is the person he is seeking?
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stanley LeBlanc
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:15 PM
> Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Acadians from France to Louisiana in 1777?
>
> Several sources claimed that the Count d'Arana had arranged for 2 Acadian
> families composed of 22 persons to be sent to Louisiana from France.
>
> According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. in The Acadian Exiles in Nantes
> 1775-1785, p. viii, this didn't occur. He states:
>
> "...In 1777, the Count d'Aranda, Ambassador of Spain in Paris, was asked
if
> his government had any objections to the transporting of the families of
> Jean Jacques LeBlanc and Andre Templais, composed of 22 persons, to
> Louisiana. Although earlier historians have mistaken the request as having
> been fulfilled, the documents prove that the French government abandoned
the
> idea on the grounds that the cost would be too great; therefore, no
Acadians
> came to Louisiana from France in 1777..."
>
> Stanley LeBlanc
> http://www.thecajuns.com

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