Looking for The Templet Acadians?

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Looking for The Templet Acadians?

Looking for info on Andre Templet B: abt 1728, Menibeux sailed to Nova Scotia and was deported

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Andre and his family are actually pretty well-known for their tragic odyssey after the Grand d'Arrangement. My own Acadian ancestors were related to the Templais/Templet family several times over. Some ended up in Miquelon, though many also ended up slaves in the American colonies. But Andre and his family were sent first to Virginia, which refused them entry, so their ship was diverted to England. France tried to intercede, but the Spanish ambassador didn't act quickly enough. Eventually they did end up in Louisiana, but not until they'd spent time in the Acadian equiv. to a Jewish concentration camp.

Here's a passage that may explain:
Several sources have published information first contained in The Acadian Odyssey by Oscar William Winzerling that the Count d'Arana had arranged for 2 Acadian families, composed of 22 persons. to be sent to Louisiana from France in 1777. According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. in The Acadian Exiles in Nantes 1775-1785, p. viii, this didn't occur. He states:

"...In 1777, the Count d'Aranda, Ambassador of Spain in Paris, was asked if his government had any objections to the transporting of the families of Jean Jacques LeBlanc and Andre Templais, composed of 22 persons, to Louisiana. Although earlier historians have mistaken the request as having been fulfilled, the documents prove that the French government abandoned the idea on the grounds that the cost would be too great; therefore, no Acadians came to Louisiana from France in 1777..."

In 1785, the Acadians who had been exiled to England and then France and those who had been sent to France directly in 1758/59 were allowed to go to Louisiana . These included Nathalie Pitre, widow of Jean-Jacques LeBlanc with a son and a daughter; and, Andre Templet and his family. Of the 1500 Acadians who had been sent to England in 1755 when Virginia refused to allow them to enter, only about 753 survived to join their fellow Acadians in France in 1763. Approximately 1574 Acadians (about 70% of the Acadians in France) boarded the seven ships bound for New Orleans between Mid-May and Mid-October 1785. See Report on Acadian Immigrants Who Came To Louisiana From France for the number of families and persons who embarked in France; the number of births and deaths on the voyage; the number of families and persons who landed in Louisiana; the added number of births, deaths and desertions in Louisiana; marriages contracted there; and places where they settled. [Source: Annual Report of The American Historical Association 1945 in Four Volumes; Vol. III Spain in the Mississippi Valley 1765-1794, Part II, Post War Decade 1782-1791, p. 169]. The lists of individuals on each ship are published in several sources. See image of the ship L'Amiti㩠which was one of the seven ships.

I don't know how much research you've done on Andre and his line, but the resources at the Acadian Centre at the Universite de Moncton should be very valuable to you:
http://www3.umoncton.ca/udem_menu1.cfm?w...

If you need any specific help with the line, I have considerable experience with the resources you need. Drop me an email through my profile.