The interesting thing about Quebec (genealogically) is that the records are so good. There are still problems due to naming patterns and large families though, but in all versions Manseaus (my family through the female line) were very early settlers and even came with Cartier in one...
> I never said the Gaelic school was in Acadiana. It was in New Orleans. > > > There was a huge Irish presence in New Orleans. The New Basin Canal > (Now the Pontchartrain Expressway and West End Boulevard) was dug by > Irish immegrants. There is a Celtic Cross memorial on the neutral > ground of West End Boulevard. A large portion of Uptown New Orleans > is referred to as the Irish Channel. The first diocesean Catholic > Church built outside of the French Quarter in Orleans Parish was St. > Patricks. > > The Acadians entered Louisiana primarily at the port of Plaquemines > and indirectly St. Martinville, 70 miles or so upriver from New > Orleans. They had a distinct culture from the French Creoles in New > Orleans, but it was very close to the German Coast settlers of St. > John, St. James and St. Charles Parishes. Many of these people > settled in Louisiana after thier parents settled near Quebec. Most > moved south before 1740. The Madere family was in Natchitoches in > 1699 and the Duhe' family was in Quebec in 1699 and Edgard in 1730. > > > If James Lee Burke is to be trusted, there was an Irish colony in > New > > Orleans at one point, but these are not the acadians. I can see why > > > you would think that because there *are* actually some gaelic > speakers > > in Nova Scotia, but nope. Les acadiens were French-speaking and > matter > > of fact the word "Cajun" is thought to derive from "Canadian". Or > else > > every thing I learned in high school history was wrong. ::shrug:: > > COuld be possible I suppose. I don't think so though. > > > > > The Gealic school was Irish/Scottish settlers in New Orleans who > > > wanted to twist the tail of a very unpopular British Consulate. > > When > > > he was replaced the school started teaching in in English again. > > > > Interesting story that I only found in a newspaper article. I > need > > to > > > see if I can find the article, but the microfilm I used went under > > > > water. > > > > > > The really odd story is the Germans who settled in St John the > > Baptist > > > Parish. Thier town was called Des Allemands, but they spoke > French > > or > > > English after 1790 or so. They completely gave up thier German > > > heritage to assimilate with the local farmers and traders. These > > > are > > > the Himmel and Freidriche families in my ancestry. > > > > > > >Many of the "acadians" were from Nova Scotia, I'd have to > research > > > > > the > > > >details but there was a migration of Scottish Gaelic speaking > > > Canadians who > > > >migrated from Nova Scotia (New Scotland) to Southern Louisiana in > > > the > > > mid to > > > >late 1800's > > > > > > > >They brought their language and culture with them. > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Scott Stewart > > > >ColdFusion Developer > > > > > > > >SSTWebworks > > > >7241 Jillspring Ct. > > > >Springfield, Va. 22152 > > > >(703) 220-2835 > > > > > > > >http://www.sstwebworks.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:39 AM > > > >To: CF-Community > > > >Subject: Re: English in America in trouble? > > > > > > > >In 1910 Louisiana you would find the schools taught in both > French > > > > > and > > > >English in the river parishes and Acadiana. You will also find > > that > > > many of > > > >the newspapers of the time and area were printed in both > languages. > > > > > >However, in New Orleans you would find schools that taught in > > > English > > > >exclusively and a few that taught in French. I also remember > > reading > > > of one > > > >that taught in Gaelic, but that was to piss off the British > > Consulate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233732 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
