Friday, June 24, 2011

Surname Saturday: PREJEAN

PREJEAN is the surname of my great-great-grandmother, Virginia (Prejean) TRAHAN. This is one of my many Acadian/Cajun lines. Virginia and my great-great-grandfather, Oscar TRAHAN, divorced sometime around 1920, so I lost her whereabouts for awhile. From what I understand, my great-grandfather, Bienvenue, only had sporadic contact with his mother after his parents divorced. When I first started doing genealogy research, I could have sworn that my paternal grandmother, Bienvenue's daughter-in-law, did not have any info on Virginia's death because Bienvenue had lost contact with his mother. Several years later, I found a Virginia SCHENKEL with the same birth date in the SSDI with a last residence in the right area of Louisiana. After a little asking around on Acadia Parish message boards, I found a person who actually remembered growing up as a child next door to Virginia SCHENKEL, and someone else even offered to find her obituary for me. Sure enough, it was my Virginia. It actually mentioned Bienvenue as a surviving child. I brought it to my grandmother, and she was like, "Oh, I thought I had given you all of that info. I remember going to her funeral. They did reconnect later in life before Virginia died."

Virginia PREJEAN
Born 12 Jul 1889 in Carencro, Lafayette, Louisiana
Married Oscar TRAHAN 18 Jan 1908 at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Scott, Lafayette, Louisiana
Married Louis SCHENKEL 4 Nov 1932 in Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Died 3 Mar 1977 in Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana
Buried in Crowley Cemetery

Paul Lucius PREJEAN
Born 11 Feb 1866
Baptized at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana
Married Marie Alicia BERNARD 22 Jan 1885 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Carencro, Lafayette, Louisiana
Died 10 Mar 1938 in Carencro, Lafayette, Louisiana
Buried 11 Mar 1938 in Carencro, Lafayette, Louisiana (probably St. Peter Catholic Church cemetery)

Ursin Theomile PREJEAN
Born 26 Nov 1831
Baptized at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana
Married Adenysa LEGER 20 Nov 1854 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana
Died 22 Feb 1888
Buried at St. Peter Catholic Church Cemetery in Carencro, Lafayette, Louisiana

Maximilien PREJEAN
Born 11 Jan 1797
Baptized 26 Jan 1797 at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana
Married Marie Tarsille BREAUX 10 Jul 1816 at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana
Married Marie Phelonise THIBODEAUX 25 Nov 1822 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana
Died 13 Jan 1834
Buried at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Cemetery in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana

Dominique PREJEAN
Born 20 Oct 1774
Baptized 2 Nov 1774 at Ascension Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana
Married Marie Madeleine SAVOIE 25 Oct 1793 at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana
Died 6 Feb 1846
Buried at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Cemetery in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana

Amand PREJEAN
Born abt 1724 in Chipoudy, Acadia
Married Marie Madeleine MARTIN 21 Jul 1749 in Port Royal, Acadia
Married Marie THERIOT 07 Nov 1773 at Ascension Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana
Buried 4 Dec 1787 at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Cemetery in St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana
Read more about Amand and his journey from Acadia to Louisiana here.

Joseph Cristome PREJEAN
Born about 1700 in Port Royal, Acadia
Married Marie Louise COMEAUX 28 Sep 1723 in Port Royal, Acadia
Died 1756 in Acadia

Jean PREJEAN dit Le Breton
Born about 1651, probably in Brittany, France
Married Andree Marie SAVOIE abt 1683 in Port Royal, Acadia
Died 06 Jun 1733 in Port Royal, Acadia

1 comment:

  1. Now you are in *my* neck of the genealogy woods. Though I do not have any Prejean in my tree, I am very familiar with the name and even the Lafayette restaurant.

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