This website is for all who are searching for information about the Vidrine Family in Louisiana, which descends from Jean Baptiste Pierre Lapaise de Védrines (1712-1788) and Elizabeth de Moncharvaux (1744-1816) who originally settled in Louisiana.
It is not common for a family in Louisiana to have so much information about its history and heritage, thanks in large part to Jacky Olivier Vidrine (1929-2018) who did the bulk of the foundational work of research for our family’s roots and history.
Marginal note of Fr. Bernard Barrière on the Baptism record of Lisandre Jean Baptiste Vidrine (1791-1840) which reads: “Read De Vidrenne. This family is noble and was known particularly by me at Bordeaux in 1770.” He wrote this to correct the Spanish Pastor, Fr. Pedro Zamora’s mistaken spelling of the family name. Courtesy of the St. Landry Church Archives in Opelousas, LA