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Dear Brian,
Look for the book "LeDoux: A Pioneer Franco-American Family" by LaVerne Thomas III. The book is out-of-print, however, I know there is a copy of the book in The Evangeline Parish Library in Ville Platte, LA; in the Archives in Baton Rouge; and at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. Ask your librarian if a library near you has a copy of the book. I suspect there is a copy of the book at the genealogy library in Lake Charles.
My maternal grandfather, Villeneuve LeDoux, and his first wife, Azema Ardoin, are listed in the book with their 8 children. After Azema Ardoin died, my grandfather married my maternal grandmother, Adelaide Simon Fontenot. Adelaide and her children are not listed in the LeDoux book with Villeneuve. My mother, Alcina LeDoux Morein (1909-2000) and her sister, Alcedia LeDoux Fuselier (1902-1983), were the only children born to Villeneuve LeDoux and Adelaide Simon Fontenot who survived. Three more girls died in infancy.
There is a Father LeDoux from New Orleans who writes a column that is published in The Catholic Week. The Catholic Week is published in Birmingham, AL for the Diocese of Birmingham. This may be the father LeDoux you are looking for. He is a talented writer.
Go to the Pointe Coupee Parish GenForum and look for the name Michelle LeDoux, Msg. #227, posted 12/10/2000. Michelle may have the answer to your questions. In the PC GenForum, look also for LaVerne "Pike" Thomas' correspondence with Michelle and others.
The progenitor of the LeDoux family in Louisiana was Pierre LeDoux, b. Abt. 1713 in Boucherville, Canada. Pierre was a woods-runner (trapper) who met and married Cecile Rondeau, the wid. Decuir, in St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Catholic Church. Information on Pierre and Cecile and their children can be found in the "Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records."
I had the good fortune of corresponding with a gentleman named Kevin Rankin who shared his research with me. I also corresponded with Joan LeDoux Lucas who has/had a Home Page at Genealogy.com. Joan told me she used Drouin, Jette', and Tanguay in her research. In our library, we have Msgr. Tanguay's first volume only. Kevin told me his research came from Drouin's marriages of Quebec.
Pierre LeDoux and Cecile Rondot (Rondeau) had two sons who grew to maturity. I descend from their younger son, Francois LeDoux, who joined the Spanish Militia in Natchitoches, LA, where he met and married Marguerite Rougeau. Sometime later, Francois and Marguerite migrated to the St. Landry/Evangeline Parish area of Southwest Louisiana. Information on Francois and Margueriete can be found in "Natchitoches: 1729-1803" by Elizabeth S. Mills and "Southwest Louisiana Records" by Rev. Donald J. Hebert (deceased). You can see Fr. Hebert's obit and a list of his publications at hebertpublications.com
Pierre and Cecile's older son, Jean Pierre LeDoux, joined the Pointe Coupee Militia. He married Marguerite Barron. For a time, their descendants remained in the Pointe Coupee area.
Jean Pierre and Marguerite had three sons, one of whom had a son named Jean Jacques Jemais LeDoux with a slave. Jean Jacques Zemais LeDoux's descendants believe the father was the son called Valerian. In the LeDoux book, LaVerne Thomas included a short chapter re. Jean Jacques Zemais LeDoux.
The Lake Charles fire of 1910 destoryed the Catholic Church's records and the Court House records. Records in that area are hard to find. Calcasieu Parish was created in 1840 from St. Landry Parish. Some of the families living in the area of St. Landry Parish that went to create Calcasieu did not move - only the parish lines moved! It took me a while to figure out this one.
Recently, The Birmingham News reported, The Birmingham Library was rated the second best library in the nation for genealogy research. I got lucky!
I learned by reading the census that my paternal 2nd great-grandfather, Pierre Felix Morin, was born in Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe. Family history says our Morin/Morein family was deported to Martinique by Napoleon. One family member who is one generation closer to Pierre Felix Morin told me our ancestor was a draft-dodger who left France to avoid serving in Napoleon's army.
I learned from the service and pension records of my husband's great-grandfather, William Edward Wells, that he was wounded at Chickamauga during the Civil War and that the Wells' family moved from Muscogee Co., GA to Crenshaw County, AL in 1866.
Avec mes meilleurs sentiments
(with my very best wishes)
Rosie Morein wells
Birmingham, AL
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