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There were also reported instances of Acadian settlers marrying Indigenous spouses according to Marriage à la façon du pays, and subsequently living in Mi'kmaq communities. [6] Settlers also brought French wives with them to Acadia, such as La Tour's second wife, Françoise-Marie Jacquelin, who joined him in Acadia in 1640.
Maison Olivier, designated a National Historic Landmark (as Acadian House) in 1974, is a plantation home built c. 1815 by Pierre Olivier Duclozel de Vezin, a wealthy Creole at the time. The structure is an excellent example of a Raised Creole Cottage, a simple and distinctive architectural form which shows a mixture of Creole, Caribbean, and ...
Stanislas F. Perry became the first Acadian representative from Prince Edward Island in 1854. He later held the position of Speaker of the House from 1870 to 1874 before being elected to the new Canadian House of Commons, becoming the first Acadian Liberal Member of Parliament. He returned to provincial politics in 1879 and then to federal ...
The settlers whose descendants became Acadians primarily came from the west-central region of France, such as the rural areas of Poitou-Charentes. [ 9 ] During the French and Indian War , (known in Canada as The Seven Years' War) [ 10 ] British colonial officers suspected that Acadians were aligned with France, after finding some Acadians ...
The Springfield History Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, with extended hours on First Fridays. Admission is free. Miranda Cyr reports on education for The Register-Guard.
The Acadian monument in Quebec depicts a lighthouse surmounted by a star. The willow is said to represent the site of an ancient Acadian settlement. [8] Grand-Pré features centuries-old willows that inspired the novel Le saule de Grand-Pré by René Verville. The history of Acadia is replete with examples of heroic figures.
Non-Acadian French Creoles in rural areas were absorbed into Cajun communities. Some Cajun parishes, such as Evangeline and Avoyelles, possess relatively few inhabitants of actual Acadian origin. Their populations descend in many cases from settlers who migrated to the region from Quebec, Mobile, or directly from France (French emigration ...
From 1749–55, there was massive Acadian migration out of British-occupied mainland Nova Scotia and into French-occupied Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island), Île Royale (Cape Breton) and present-day New Brunswick. A prominent Acadian who transported Acadians to Île St. Jean and Île Royal was Joseph-Nicolas Gautier.