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Thank you for your reply. The St. Jean you listed is the son of St. Jean husband of Arsene. I have been checking and I found a New Orleans City Directory listing of John (shortened and Americanized) and Arsene Barabino. The spelling variants for the name are still amazing me. However, I cannot rule out the information you have given me. I know the family bounces back between Louisiana and Mississippi. I also received information that may have my particular Arsene hailing from Jackson County versus Hancock which along with New Orleans is about the most stable places for the black Barabinos. The family all are Barabino via blood. Some are white, some pass for white and the Mississippi family were Free People of Color and remained so.
The Barabinos are from Genoa, Italy. There are quite a few Barabinos still there. However, some Barabinos came from France via Genoa. There are quite a few Barabinos living in France too. The surname is also deemed Italian Jewish.
For the most part the Barabinos have been in Louisiana since about 1700's in St. Mary Parish and an area called Plattenville.
The earliest name I have is Joseph Barabino listed in the the 1830 Census. He lived in St. Mary Parish and owned slaves.
There is more but, it is very confusing since names change but, it's the same person and they often had a habit of naming siblings' children the same names. What I thought would be a couple of months perusal, I see could seriously take years to sort out.
Again thanks, it's another piece of a puzzle I'll store away until it makes sense.
Deborah
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