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  Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Avoyelles Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana.
The parish seat is Marksville and as of 2000, the population is 41,481.
In the parish the population is spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 9.20% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who are 65 years of age or older.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Avoyelles_Parish,_Louisiana   (537 words)

  
 Concordia Parish Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The County seat is Vidalia, Louisiana and as of 2000, the population is 20,247.
In the parish the population is spread out with 27.80% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 25.60% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.70% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the parish is $22,742, and the median income for a family is $28,629.
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 Avoyelles Parish Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The County seat is Marksville, Louisiana and as of 2000, the population is 41,481.
The racial makeup of the parish is 68.47% Race (U.S. census), 29.49% Race (U.S. census) or Race (U.S. census), 1.01% Race (U.S. census), 0.17% Race (U.S. census), 0.00% Race (U.S. census), 0.19% from race (U.S. census), and 0.66% from two or more races.
Avoyelles Parish is famous for its Cajun (French language) history, with rich traditions in music and food.
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 Avoyelles Family Name Origins
Avoyelles Parish was settled by predominently direct French Immigrants and their descendants.....long before the Acadians came to Louisiana, the ancestors of Avoyelles were settled here.
The Avoyelles Broussard's ancestor's roots are traced back to LaFleche, Anjou, France, and apparently not related to the cadian Broussard's who descend from Francois Broussard, whose son was considered a hero by the Acadians in 1765, but whose native area has not been confirmed in France as of yet.
Joseph's son, Pierre Celestine Moreau moved to Avoyelles, married a Goudeau and settled in Southern Avoyelles Parish and are the ancestors of the Avoyelles line of Moreau.
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 Daigrepont Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Plaucheville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
Buried in the Pythian Cemetery in Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
According to the Edward B Messick map of Avoyelles of 1939 this tract is just east of the town of Mansura extedning to the edge of the Mansura Hills on Grand Ecore Bayou.
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 Avoyelles Parish Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While Avoyelles Parish offers all of the business amenities and services which appeal to commercial establishments, it also affords its residents a high quality of life with good schools, low crime rates and abundant recreational opportunities.
While the parish is home for many commuters, Avoyelles Parish provides an excellent location for lighter industries that convert the raw materials produced in those areas, such as seafood processing and petrochemical products.
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day Avoyelles Parish is divided between Rapides County and Opelousas County.
www.enlou.com /parishes/avoyelles-parish.htm   (433 words)

  
 Louisiana Parishes, Louisiana (More Information)
The parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, is Lake Charles.
The parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, is Baton Rouge.
The parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, is Franklinton.
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 Morgan's Genealogy - Person Page 16
Jerome Laborde married Marie Louise Jeansonne, daughter of Neuville Jeansonne and Rosaline Laborde, on 21 December 1858 at Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Jos Mayeux, Simeon Bordelon, and Jas.
Charles Jeanson II married Helene Joffrion, daughter of Hyppolite Joffrion and Manette Mayeux, on 30 April 1829 at Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Narcisse Couvillion was a witness.
Helene Joffrion married Charles Jeanson II, son of Charles Jeansonne I and Josephine Guillory, on 30 April 1829 at Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Narcisse Couvillion was a witness.
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 Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Published weekly with news of general interest of Avoyelles Parish, including a weekly historical and genealogical column.
Total market coverage of Avoyelles Parish Market area....covering all of Avoyelles, all of upper Pointe Coupée, and parts of Rapdies, Evangeline and St.
Avoyelles Parish was settled by predominently direct French Immigrants and their descendants.....long before the Acadians came to Louisiana, the anestors of Avoyelles were settled here.
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 Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana LA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Avoyelles Parish, LA Avoyelles Parish is one of 64 parishes in Louisiana.
This was an increase of 1.21% from the 2000 census.
Avoyelles Parish supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
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 wilenzick - pafg81 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marieanne Louise Malbert.Marieanne married Joseph Rabalais on Oct 20 1784 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
The presence of a high plateau located in the Avoyelles country was known to Indian natives of this area for many years and they had established homes along this bluff.
According to the Edward B. Messick map of Avoyelles of 1939, this tract is just east of the town of Mansura and extending to the edge of the Mansura Hills (bluff) on Grande Ecore Bayou.
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 Genealogy.com: MARCOTTES OF LOUISIANA
His son Alexix Marcotte II was born on 5/8/1815, in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
His son Frederick Acicde Marcotte, from second marriage was born on 9/15/1844 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
His son John Rusk Marcotte was born January 1871 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
www.genealogy.com /genealogy/users/j/u/d/Marleen-M-Judd   (495 words)

  
 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Michael Nugent
She was born December 25, 1904 in Effie, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, and died October 10, 1974 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
She was born January 19, 1877 in Louisiana, and died October 23, 1945 in Louisiana.
She was born June 28, 1888 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, and died May 15, 1979 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
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 Avoyelles Parish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of the 22 Acadiana parishes, Avoyelles Parish is located in central Acadiana and has Marksville as its parish seat.
It boasts a population of 40,567 (1995 est.) and is 832.5 square miles in size.
21.85 percent of Avoyelles’ population is Cajun (1990).
www.cajunculture.com /Places/avoyellesparish.htm   (109 words)

  
 wilenzick - pafg79 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
It is impossible to say that all the Joffrions of Avoyelles Parish are descended from him.
Suzanne Joffrion [Parents] was born on Jan 27 1761 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
Antoine Duplechin.Antoine married Marie Louise Joffrion on Aug 12 1790 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
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 Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Genealogical Records Information
A chain of mounds along Red River and in the vicinity of Marksville, the remains of the early residents of the area, were thoroughly explored in the 1930s.
Many of the first settlers of Avoyelles Indians area were French "coureurs de bois" [literally, 'Woods runner'] and Indian traders who were living in the area by 1720.
One such resident was Jacques CHALIN whose daughter Marie Therese, was born "aux Avoyelles" in 1722, and is believed to the one of the first, if not the first, white child born at Avoyelles.
www.mylouisianagenealogy.com /la_county/av.htm   (621 words)

  
 hansel family tree - aqwg07
Roseline DAUZAT was born 19 Mar 1794 in Opelousas, Louisiana.
Jean Baptiste JEANSONNE was born 9 Oct 1809 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
Marcelene(Marcelline) MAYEAUX was born about 1811 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
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 Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Avoyelles Parish is a parish located in the U.S. State of Louisiana.
It is named after the Avoyel Indian tribe.
www.music.us /education/A/Avoyelles-Parish,-Louisiana.htm   (564 words)

  
 I Dream of Genealogy Databases - Moreau Family Genealogy Records
Helena Bordelon 02 Jun 1846 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Children: Victor Moreau, Filbert Moreau, Oscar Moreau, Elise Ann Moreau.
S.D. Edwards 29 Nov 1871 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Ancestry: Daughter of Celestin Moreau III and Helena Bordelon; Siblings: Victor Moreau, Filbert Moreau, Oscar Moreau
Ines Gagnaud 18 Sep 1890 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
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 AllRefer.com - Avoyelles, Louisiana (LA) - (parish) - Facts and Information
Northernmost of the Acadian parishes of S La. Agr.
Wildlife Refuge in N. Named after the Avoyelle Native tribe.
Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
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 The Political Graveyard: Avoyelles Parish, La.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to parishes is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current parish names and boundaries.
Any corrections to parish locations would be greatly appreciated.
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 Briggs Family of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
This is the first known record of a member of this particular Briggs family being in Central Louisiana.
A few months later, on July 24, 1843, George Briggs, who was just a few days short of his 20th birthday, married 15-year old Louisa Fowler before the same justice of the peace also in Avoyelles Parish.
The last indication of Zara Briggs came in 1850, when he is found in the 1850 census for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~dstuart101/briggs/briggs.html   (984 words)

  
 Spurlock Photo Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Spurlock and Eliza Hunt; wife of Elam Rusk; 1844-1927; buried Bayou des Glaises Baptist Church Cemetery, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Courtesy of Hank Johns.
Thomas Jefferson Spurlock, Avoyelles Parish, LA Son of Allen and Frances Traylor Spurlock; 1811-1878; buried at Bayou des Glaises Baptist Church Cemetery, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Courtesy of Hank Johns.
Thomas Jefferson Spurlock, Sr., Avoyelles Parish, LA Son of Thomas Andrel and Cornelia Claudia Rush Spurlock; 1881-1940; buried Bayou des Glaises Baptist Church Cemetery, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Courtesy of Hank Johns.
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in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, md. Melanie TASSIN 18 August 1898 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Eugene TURNER, b.
in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, md. Regina LEMOINE 4 October 1899 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana=09 Leonard TURNER, b.
December 1895 in Cottonport, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana,=20 d.
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 The Fulgence Z. Lemoine Family of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
The first Lemoine important to Avoyelles Parish history is Guillaume Lemoine, born in the French port city of LeHavre in the Parish of Notre Dame, in the year 1699.
According to Gremillion, "the Lemoine family is important to Avoyelles genealogy, not only because Lemoines populated early Avoyelles Parish in large numbers, but also because the descendants of the women are also prominent in Avoyelles history."
The son of Guillaume Lemoine and Marie Sanmarine who was responsible for the Lemoine name in Avoyelles Parish was Jean Baptiste Lemoine.
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 Avoyelles Parish Page Locale
Avoyelles Parish, the "Cajun Crossroads of Louisiana," is rich in French/Acadian
The Cochon-de-Lait Festival is held each May in Mansura, the Louisiana Corn Festival is held each June in Bunkie, and Cottonport has an exciting Christmas Parade each December.
Avoyelles Parish is located at latitude 31.07 degrees North, longitude 92.00 degrees West.
www.lapage.com /parishes/avoye.htm   (204 words)

  
 USGenWeb Archives: Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Parish History
Louisiana State Seminary of Learning, 1867 - 1868
We are looking for people to donate transcriptions of cemeteries, deeds, censuses, Bible records, etc.
If you have a parish file you'd like to donate to help other genealogists and the USGenWeb Archives Project, submit it to http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ For details on how to submit your files click here.
www.rootsweb.com /usgenweb/la/avoyelles/history.htm   (89 words)

  
 Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Founded in 1843, Oldest Weekly Newspaper in the State of Louisiana.
Delivered free to every home in the greater Avoyelles area.16,6000 circulation.
July 4th Fesitval...Marksville, the oldest continous Independence Day festival in the state of Louisiana.
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