Columbus Day today is a holiday that observes the date when the famous Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the New World of the Americas on an expedition sponsored by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. Columbus banked on the islands of what today is the Bahamas before going to
Cost: $15 per shirt Color: sapphire with white image on front (see images) Sizes: Adult Small to 6x Payment: check/cash/paypal (jvidrine@hotmail.com) Deadline to order: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 The design contains Jean Baptiste Pierre Lapaise de Vedrines’ cattle brand (registered in
Today is the 111th anniversary of the death of Fr. Ernest Forge. He served as the Pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Ville Platte from 1868-1873, where he ministered to many in the Vidrine Family. These are some of the many: Baptisms: Louis Arsena Vidrine (1868), son of Leon Levi
Today is the 184th anniversary of the death of Fr. Michel Benard Barrière who died on this day in 1832. He was a Priest from France who fled the French Revolution and spent his exile serving in south LA – at the Attakapas Post (St. Martinville), then the Opelousas Post,
I enjoyed a tour of the St. Louis Cemeteries 1 & 2 today in New Orleans. It was really neat to see in these old cemeteries the names of those who served with Jean Baptiste Lapaise de Vedrines in the French Marines or their ancestors, like de Moncharvaux, de Villiers,
Last month, I posted about the Cajun musician Leo Soileau, who descends from Jean Bapstiste Lapaise de Vedrines and Marie de Mocharvaux’s oldest child, Marie Jeanne de Vedrines (1761-1812) and her husband Jean Baptiste Richaume Soileau 1752-1854) through their son, Godefroy Soileau Sr. I recently discovered that his partner and