Acadia

[@gonzacadian]

Since I was a little boy growing up on the coast of New Brunswick. My grandfather used to talk to us about this man. Our first ancestors who ever brave the Atlantic. His name was Jacque Bourgeois. The first and only surgeon in Acadie.

[@lilcajunqueen888]

Jacques Bourgeois and his wife Jeanne Trahan are my great grandparents 8xs removed. ❤

[@sinclairlanier4081]

Moi aussi 🙂

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

I'm a registered Micmac Indian, there was no French and Indian War. We lived among these People Peacefully !!!

[@EdinburghFive]

The 'French and Indian War' was not between the French and Indians. It was the French and their Indian allies fighting the British and their Indian allies.

[@RandyBoBandy9498]

@EdinburghFive you beat me to it. That's why the rest of the world calls it the 7 years war 😂

[@EdinburghFive]

@@RandyBoBandy9498 Good to hear from you. Technically the French and Indian War is a subordinate part of the Seven Years War and of course is confined to that part of the war in North America. The French and Indian War commenced prior to the onset of the wider Seven Years War. An aside: I always find it interesting and odd that Americans claim it was George Washington who sparked the Seven Years War (via the French and Indian War). Not so sure I would proud of that fact. Clearly there is either a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of what was happening between France and Britain after the War of the Austrian Succession and the opening of the Seven Years War.

[@NotLeftarded1]

It's Mi'kmaq not Micmac I am doubting your credibility.

[@MarioDoiron]

...And still good neighbors to this day.

[@jeannettemoyen9278]

My grandparents : Malvina Boudreau and Alphonse Moyen. Searching down the Boudreau line at the Quebec Archives online led me to Port Royal and the first Boudreau married to an Aucoin! It was facinating !!! I thought I was french Canadian (on my fathers side) but soon discovered we are Acadian !!! what a joy.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@mooners544 That is true in the more generic sense of the word 'French' Canadians but that is not how most Canadians us the term. French Canadians being those from Quebec and descended from same, versus the French speaking colonists and their descends from Acadia.

[@NotLeftarded1]

Interesting my grandmother was named Malvina Boudreau as well . She was married to a guy named Emmanuel La Croix however. Big families in the old days.

[@NotLeftarded1]

​@@EdinburghFiveThat's because the Quebecois see themselves as pure wool and Acadians as burnt wood. A gift from the racist old days. I personally enjoy having a mixed heritage. Racial purity is for idiots because no one is pure.

[@cthibault8225]

Maine was part of Acadia too. Named after the province of Maine in France.

[@NotLeftarded1]

Still has a huge Acadian community there currently too ,I've been there to visit from New Brunswick.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

Look up the deportation...😉

[@rondesrosier4160]

I'm a direct ancestor of the Acadians.

[@madmartigan7502]

Coincidentally i was researching the Guidry branch of my family when I stumbled upon your video and was in shock when you began speaking of the people I was researching at the time. Great video and much respect for the amount of time you have clearly spent putting together our family's story. Thank you!

[@bpcj4891]

That's always the best. The ancestors guided you to this video to let you know they are grateful you're finding them to tell their story so their legacy can live on!!!

[@jillop2614]

I'm a direct descendent of the Herbert..Savoie..Guadet family.

[@jacquesrenou2850]

I'm a descendant of Louis Hebert and Marie Rollet as well as the Martins and Morin families.Guillaume and Guillaumett Hebert and Coullinard.Im very proud of our history and it's people.⚜️💙

[@sabrybroussard6832]

I am direct descendent of Joseph Broussard

[@geraldthibeaut1618]

Amazing to learn my family is from Acadia after 64years.

[@lilcajunqueen888]

Jacques Bourgeois and his wife, Jeanne Trahan, are my 12th generation grandparents. He was a surgeon and also founded Beaubassin

[@tadolph82]

I feel like if you are watching this, we are probably related;)) Hey!

[@breauxdose]

aaee

[@breauxdose]

Much love to my fellow Acadians. Pride!

[@amycampbell93]

We have the same grandparents ❤️

[@blaine.666]

Just recently traced my ancestry back to Franćos Savoie and Margaret Boutin. Immigrated from France to Nova Scotia and now we are in Louisiana . Awesome video

[@danhughes6373]

Part of the 1755 expulsion?

[@EdinburghFive]

Excellent video. Generally you are correct about the region that comprised Acadia with the exception that you need to also include the Gaspé region of Québec and Maine to the Kennebec River. The first time Acadia shows up on a map in not Verrazano's 1524 map. He labeled the region around Virginia as 'Arcadia'. One theory is that the 'Arcadia' label over time moved northeastward on maps, evidentially dropping the 'r' and was applied to the French colony. This idea was prompted by nineteenth-century historians, notably Ganong, who tended to ignore Indigenous people in their histories except in very subordinated and prereferral ways. The 'Arcadia" origins completely ignore the word 'acadie' or 'cadie' in the Mi'kmaq language. It was widely used to designate a place, for example Shubenacadie and Benacadie. This is the more likely origin of the name Acadia. Some tried to be as "neutral as they could", but a significant number supported the French with men & arms, and allied themselves with the French. They fought against the British in times of war and peace. Hundreds for example were caught at Fort Beauséjour.

[@calleerobinson4796]

We traced our ancestry back to Claude Petitpas when he left La Rochelle with Pierre and Samuel in the 1600’s. So cool to go back that far

[@twinkiecrunch6344]

Im tracing my ancestry now. I just learned my family left France and went to Nova Scotia then to Louisiana. Im so excited to learn more. I inherited an old store coin from that area that I'm going to look into. Its so interesting to see what led to me being here today. Some of us on this thread could be related!

[@ceciliacrocker390]

You have names of these ancestors???

[@ConstantineofRome]

My family on Belrose and LeBlanc is in the record books:)

[@glblb3030]

had ancestors in grand pre deported in mass,,some came back at saint marys bay

[@jeanlucchasse3571]

Baie-Verte, 1690-1755, burned 1756. Main entry door from Louisbourg toward Quebec in Winter, and Fort Beausejour.

[@jeanlucchasse3571]

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[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

Why was Daniel LeBlanc dispised ? My direct ancestor was Daniel LeBlanc, the 'Abraham' of all, Acadian LeBlancs. Recently claims have been made that he was born in France but on what evidence I don't know. Curiously, against all French tradition none of his sons or grandsons were given that name. Some believe he was the child of a Scot (William Alexander Jr or another) and a MicMac maiden, concieved when the Scot remained behind as a hostage while the local Port Royal native chief went to Scotland with other to meet with Sir William Alexander. As far as I know Daniel LeBlanc's name is absent from all records of both pre and 1649 passenger names lists. Seems there was a three generational shame with the name. Ain't it a mystery? Could all LeBlanc have a claim on the Alexander estate in Scotland ?

[@HalifaxPeacock]

The LeBlancs have always had powerful political leadership positions within BRITISH-RULED Acadian communities and still do. That’s a big hint.

[@UrDriverDaniel]

Wow, look at all my cousins here. Lol.

[@JAlex-dg5mk]

- St-Jacques-de-l’Achigan changed name for St-Jacques-de-Montcalm - St-Jacques-de-l’Achigan/ St-Jacques-de-Montcalm is now 4 different villages (St-Jacques-de-Montcalm, Sainte-Marie-Salomé, Saint-Liguori and Saint-Alexis-de- Montcalm) - La « Nouvelle-Acadie » (New-Acadia) in Lanaudière is St-Jacques-de-Montcalm, Sainte-Marie-Salomé, Saint-Liguori and Saint-Alexis-de- Montcalm; - At 30:06 it’s a picture of Saint-Alexis-de- Montcalm Church; - Pictures of the 4 churches of “Nouvelle-Acadie” (now 1 parish) www.paroisse-notre-dame-de-l-acadie.ca/ (translate with Google) - Picture of the Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm church www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=115304&type=bien (translate with Google) - In St-Jacques-de-Montcalm, there is 1 of the 16 Acadian Odyssey Monuments. Page down to "Saint-Jacques, Lanaudière" click on « texte commémoratif » acadiensduquebec.org/monuments.php (translate with Google) - Achigan : means Bass (fish). A First Nation word meaning « the fighting one” - Lanaudière is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Québec. I’m an Acadian descendant.

[@dominiquedalbiez]

Émouvant de trouver ici une référence à mon ancêtre Claude Guédry dit Laverdure

[@dominiquedalbiez]

Passionnant...

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

We were a Nomadic People, and as the seasons changed we moved inland to less Hostile regions.

[@thanight705]

i am both Mi'kmaq and also personne d'origine acadienne

[@andrelabine6816]

La fin du nom Labine n'est pas prononcé comme le nom Anglais `wine` mais fini comme le nom Anglais Ìnn'.

[@JAlex-dg5mk]

J'ignore d'où vous êtes mais ceci pourrait vous intéressé. Juste sous " 4. MÉMORIAL ACADIEN DE SAINT-LIGUORI " : lanaudiere.ca/fr/blogue-lanaudiere/nouvelle-acadie-territoire-meconnu-lanaudiere/

[@marioncottell7285]

Acadian - Cajun 😊

[@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643]

Message to all people being of Acadian ascendance: learn and speak french if your want to be faithful to your ancestors.

[@EdinburghFive]

Did you mean 'descendants'?

[@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643]

@@EdinburghFive Nope. Your ancestors are your ascendants. You’re a descendant of them.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643 You are correct. I read the comment too quickly.

[@NotLeftarded1]

Which French because even in France there is not one standardized French? If you want to be true to your roots and you're an Acadian you're going to have to learn the langue d'oc not the attempts at langue d'oil I hear around Canada. France wasn't exactly France when we left it we were considered Occitan when we left.

[@beadingbusily]

​@@EdinburghFiveLes deux!

[@chouinardfrancais]

acadian a cadian a cadjan a Cajun Cajuns

[@leonceboudreauxwolf]

Yep, many of our Ancestors ended up in the Bayou Country of Louisiana, my dad was a Boudreaux.

[@janejack3541]

I descend from the Melanson's.

[@HalifaxPeacock]

Melan-son Melan as in Melanin.. and melanated…. meaning black or dark (skinned). People who lived in French Acadie were not all from the same ethnicity.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

Columbus, really, 🫠🙄🫣😝

[@EdinburghFive]

Verrazano used the word Arcadia not Acadia.

[@bpcj4891]

That was an alternative name back in the day, but it's out of use now.

[@EdinburghFive]

Hey @J. P. - No, it really wasn't. Verrazano used Arcadia for the region around Virginia. With time the name moved northeastward but it never was used for the region of what is today the Atlantic region of Canada. I believe it was William Francis Ganong who then used Arcadia as the origins of Acadia. This completely ignores the French settled their colony in the lands of the Mi'kmaq who used the term 'acadie' or 'cadie' in many place names. Ganong traces the movement of Arcadia on maps toward the northeast, I do not recall he demonstrated a solid link, but uses a bit of a leap of faith to connect the (European) dots to Acadia. European fisherman and fur traders became very familiar with the Mi'kmaq and their language, very quickly understanding Acadia had a meaning describing the place. Not too many of those fisherman and fur traders were likely familiar, given they were largely illiterate, with the word Arcadia let alone what it meant in Greek myths. Ganong comes from an era at the height of British imperialism. This was a period in Europe and North America which was highly racists in its views of the world. A society that more often than not ignored the contributions, achievements, and even the presence of the Indigenous people. These antiquarians translated the world around them in European terms.

[@JAlex-dg5mk]

A finding for you: Just under " 4. MÉMORIAL ACADIEN DE SAINT-LIGUORI " : lanaudiere.ca/fr/blogue-lanaudiere/nouvelle-acadie-territoire-meconnu-lanaudiere/ Reminder: St-Jacques-de-l’Achigan/ St-Jacques-de-Montcalm is now 4 different villages (St-Jacques-de-Montcalm, Sainte-Marie-Salomé, Saint-Liguori and Saint-Alexis-de- Montcalm)

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

What would you do with the current Global Warming Situation?

[@chiefjoseph8154]

Pretend there is one

[@theStac1620]

😴😴😴😴

[@kaseybryan8715]

At 11:56 I had to stop listening, because this man's mouth parts are so dry you can here the click of the suction of his mouth in HD.

[@antiquedori]

Seriously

[@lindahibbert1279]

I'm a direct descendant of Barnabé Martin. I do know the Acadians did not war with the Natives in the area. They lived and worked side by side with the Natives.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

Until they didn't...😮😢