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Hi Alice,
Many books and documents are written about this branch of Chauvins who came to Louisiana via Canada, and also scattered all over, who were decendents of Pierre Chauvin, (Le Grand Pierre), born 1631 in Anjou, France, died in 1699, son of Rene Chauvin and Catherine Avard de Solense. One author giving details was the famous Louisiana historian, Charles Gayarre. His book, and others listed below were in the library on Tulane Avenue, downtown New Orleans. None of the Louisiana Chauvins are of Acadian ancestry; they all either came directly from France or from France through Canada. (John Calvin mentioned above was definitely a Chauvin from France who later changed his name and moved to Switzerland). Some of the first Chauvin's came to Canada in the late 1500's with Hugenots and Calvinists to avoid religious "happenings" on the west coast of France at that time. Not many christian churches today want to elaborate on the religious "happenings" during that time. "Huguenot Emigration to America", Vol. I, by Charles Baird, gives details of Henry IV sending Pierre Chauvin from Honfleur to colonize America in 1599. Another book, "Old Families of Louisiana" goes into details on this same Chauvin family branch. "Old Mobile" by Jay Higginbotham, describes details of the three (3) brothers in Mobile in 1709. "Kaskaskia Under The French Regime" gives details of parts of this branch of this Chauvin family at Fort Kaskasia, Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1740. Paul Chauvin of the same family settled in the Natchez, Misissippi region and was killed in the massacre by the Natchez Indians in 1729. Another account of this family is from "La Grande Recrue de 1653, by Roland Auger, gives details of this family in french. Another is "Dictionaire Genealogique Des Familles Canadienes", by Abbe Cyprien Tanguay, Vol I., 1608-1700, in french. There are many other articles, too many to mention.
Hopes this helps to answer some of your questions.
Henry L. Chauvin
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