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Passenger List for La Caroline
     The La Caroline was a 200 ton ship under the command of Captain Nicolas Baudin. It left France on October 19, 1785 and made the crossing in 64 days. After the 28 families (80 people) were let off, the ship took on a load of wood and headed back to Nantes.
     While in New Orleans, the group had 3 births, 2 marriages, and 5 additional adults. There was also 1 death and 1 person deserted. From this group, 6 families went to the Galveztown area, and 18 families went to the Lafourche area.
     This page contains the transcribed list and the actual images of the ship list.
    Jean DELAUNE, ship's carpenter - 48
       Marie PART, wife - 34
       Pierre DELAUNE, son - 1
       Marie Celeste DELAUNE, daughter - infant

    Christophe DELAUNE, ship's carpenter - 34
       Marie BOUDROT, wife - 30
       Jean Baptiste DELAUNE, son - 10
       Louis Auguste DELAUNE, son - 2
       Celeste BOUDROT, Marie's sister - 20

    Louis LAMOUREUX dit ROCHEFORT, sailor - 44
       Marie HEBERT, wife - 36
       Jean Louis LAMOUREUX, son, sailor - 20
       Adelaide LAMOUREUX, daughter - 10

    Louis GAUDET, carpenter - 57
       Marie HEBERT, wife - 54
       Francois Louis GAUDET, son - 12
       Magdelaine GAUDET, daughter - 28
       Marguerite GAUDET, daughter - 20

    Michel DOUCET, carpenter - 45
       Marie Blanche COUSIN, wife - 37
       Jean Baptiste DOUCET, son - 12
       Eleonore DOUCET, daughter - 15
       Marguerite DOUCET, daughter - 9

    Joseph DOUCET, plowman - 53
       Ange DOUCET, son - 15
       Marie Marguerite DOUCET, daughter - 19
       Magdelaine DOUCET, daughter - 17

    Olivier BOUDROT, plowman - 74
       Anne DUGAS, wife - 52
       Jean BOUDROT, son - 17
       Marie BOUDROT, daughter - 18

    Ambroise HEBERT, foreman - 54
       Felicite LEJEUNE, wife - 45
       Gertrude HEBERT, daughter - 16
       Angelique GAUTROT, niece - 20

    Charles BLANCHARD, shoemaker - 51
       Souillac BLANCHARD, son, carpenter - 20
       Charles BLANCHARD, son, sailor - 16

    Basile CHIASSON, cooper - 36
       Monique COMEAUX - 38
       Charles CHIASSON, son - 3
       Adelaide CHIASSON, daughter - 11

    Nicolas ALBERT, carpenter - 45
       Marie Marthe BENOIT, wife - 40
       Gabriel ALBERT, son - 12

            Ignace BOUDROT, carpenter - 36
              Anne PIERSON, wife - 26
              Charles BOUDROT, son - 2

    Martin PITRE, carpenter - 22
       Joseph HEBERT, brother - 15
       Marie HEBERT, sister - 17

    Claude Louis LEGAGNEUR, day laborer - 50
       Marie Josephe HALLIER, wife - 50

    Joseph THERIOT, sailor - 27

    Jean Baptiste DOIRON, sailor - 25

    Joseph BOUDROT, sailor - 22
       Juliene MOINE, wife - 20

    Charles GAUTROT, plowman - 49
       Marie Magdelaine MELANCON, wife - 49
       Francois Marie GAUTROT, son - 14
       Rosalie GAUTROT, daughter - 5

    Pierre MONTET, plowman - 22
       Joseph MONTET, brother, plowman - 16
       Jean Baptiste MONTET, brother, plowman - 13
       Pierre Paul MONTET, brother - 7
       Francois MONTET, sister - 19
       Marguerite MONTET - 10

    Joseph DUON, plowman - 19

    Claude Marie LEBLANC, plowman - 20

    Basile Marie RICHARD, plowman

    Marie BOUDROT, widow of Charles THERIOT - 40

    Jean Charles BENOIT, sailor - 36

    Etienne Francois ANGILBERT, stranger, printer in Lauze - 32
       Felicite HEBERT, wife - 28
       Marie Adelaide ANGILBERT, daughter - infant

    You may find many of the passengers on this ship on a previous passenger list (like the L'Amitie). Evidently they couldn't make that ship and took the La Caroline.

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