This is a very cool photo posted in the Facebook group Souvenirs d’Amérique française today. The title is Officier des Compagnies Franches de la Marine (Officer of the Companies of the French Marines) painted in France by Joseph Vernet in 1754. In this same year – 1754 – Jean Baptiste
The Vidrine Family prepares to celebrate the 275th anniversary of Jean Baptiste Lapaise de Védrines’ departure from France and arrival of LA in 2018. During these Fall months as we prepare for 2018 and the 275th anniversary, we can remember how the months leading up to their journey were filled
In the 1800’s a son of Etienne Vidrine, Edouard Vidrine, and his family went from the Ville Platte or Grand Prairie area to settle in the Pointe aux Tigre community in Ward 2 of Evangeline Parish (off Old Basile Road, about 7 miles from Eunice). He built a log cabin
(Vue de la Rivière du Fort Saint-Pierre de la Martinique Bassot, 1765, Bureau du patrimoine, Conseil régional de la Martinique) This is a very cool painting of the island of Martinique in 1765, which the Védrines family has connections to. On a document from Barsac, France during the French Revolution,
This past Tuesday – July 4 – was the anniversary of Fr. Pensier’s tragic death. May he rest in peace! Fr. PL (Pierre) Pensier was born in France around 1846. Like many of the clergy at the time, he responded to the call to be a Missionary Priest in