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Breaux History 
"The first Breaux(s) to arrive in Louisiana in 1765 were Athanase (m.1961 Marie Leblanc) and his distant cousins Jean Baptiste (m.1752 Marie Rose Landry) and Firmin Breaux. "Athanase and Jean Baptiste settled along the Mississippi River on the Acadian Coast. "Firmin later moved long the Bayou Teche, settling in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana." from BREAUX DU MONDE Family Reunion |
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Joseph A. Breaux "JOS. A BREAUX
Attorney at Law Practices his profession in the Courts of the 3rd and 8th Judicial Districts. Office in Vermillionville, La. Feb.9th 1866 "Advertisement for Jos. A.Breaux, in French, appears beneath this ad." From "The Meridional," Abbeville, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana. Saturday, December 21, 1967. Vol.XI; no.47. |
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Breaux Bridge "Known originally as Pont Breaux, Breaux Bridge was founded by acadian pioneer Firmin Breaux, who in 1799 built a footbridge aross the Bayou Teche at the towns present-day site. By 1816 the bridge was widened to permit the passage of a wagon or cart, but the town itself did not spring up until 1829, when Firmin's widowed daughter-in-law, Scholastique, sold off her land in lots to settlers. Breaux Bridge bills itself as "La Capitale Mondiale des Escrivisses" (Crawfish Capitol of the World). "
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAJUN CULTURE http://www.cajunculture.com/Places/breauxbridge.html |
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