THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF JEAN BAPTISTE JACQUET
A narration of
THE HISTORY OF THE BLACK JACQUET FAMILIES IN LOUISIANA
A Black History Story
With Timetable
FROM 18TH CENTURY FRANCE,
THROUGH SLAVERY,
TO 21st CENTURY AMERICA
Volume One: from François Hyacinthe Jacquet to Oscar Jacquet
Volume Two: from Angèle Jacquet to Hyppolite Jacquet
Researched and written by Russell LaMar Jacquet-Acea
Astronomy, Music and Physical Education teacher for the Seattle School district
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The Sons and Daughters of Jean Baptiste Jacquet: A History of the Black Jacquets in Louisiana
Researched and written by Russell LaMar Jacquet-Acea
First Printing of Volume one: September 1995 – 55 copies
First Printing of Volume two: August 2005 – 300 copies
Copyright © 2005
Russell Jacquet-Acea
All Rights Reserved
ISBN: 0–9771919–6-6
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005906979
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Front Cover:
The Grand Jacquet Family History Scroll and the State of Louisiana.
Frontispiece:
Julius Jacquet, Johnny Linton Jacquet and Gilbert Joseph Jacquet (3rd, 4th and 5th from front right) and other
relatives and friends of the band dining and enjoying the music entertainment at Houston’s El Dorado Nightclub
circa 1948 – 1952. Gilbert’s other two sons Robert Russell Jacquet and Illinois Jacquet are playing with their jazz band at the show.
Back Cover:
The author on Jacquet road in Cade, Louisiana;
The Evangeline Oak Tree, (immortalized by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) between the Bayou Teche and the
old Berard house in St. Martinville, Louisiana;
The author with research friend Marie Anne Jacquet at the Bibliothéque National Archives in Paris, France;
The author up more than 16,000 feet in elevation at the ancient Inca Palace in Ingapirca, Cañar, Ecuador;
The author on Grand Turk Island of the Turks & Caicos Islands, in the Caribbean.
The International Star Registry has recognized the star in the constellation Scorpio located at RA 16h 7m 59.81s,
Dec 22o 15m 22.03s with the name RJacquetAcea, Copyright © 16 May 2004. The star is slightly east of Delta () Scorpius (the head) and below Beta () Scorpius.
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Table of
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Contents
Volume 2
CHAPTER DISCOURSEPAGE
- Introduction …………………………………………………………………..xii
Part 2 -Jean Baptiste Jacquet, first patriarch of the Black Jacquets…………………………151
- The Children of Jean Baptiste Jacquet ………………………………………158
Part 2 - François Hyacinthe Jacquet and French origins. ……………………………………161
- The first Jacquets in New Orleans, Louisiana ……………………………..171
Chapter 4 - Angela Jacquet……………………………………………………………..……179
- The descendants of Angela Jacquet …………………………………………180
Chapter 5 - The continuation of “The children of
Jean Baptiste Jolivet Alexandre Jacquet and Rosa Jean Louis”..………………183
‘- Jean Louis Jacquet ……………………………………………………………..193
- Roseline Jacquet ……………………………………………………………….196
- Albert Jacquet ………………………………………………………………….197
- William Alexandre Jacquet ………………………………………………….199
- Martin Jacquet …………………………………………………………………201
- Pierre St.Ville Jacquet …………………………………………………………203
- Athanaise Jacquet ……………………………………………………………..206
Chapter 5-L- Gilbert Joseph Jacquet………………………………………………………..207
- Marguerite Trahan and the Trahan family ………………………..211
- The Sioux Indian Nation ………………………………………….212
- Pierre Trahan and his descendants ………………………………216
- Acadia, Original home of “The Cajuns” …………………………218
- Emerande, the mother of Pierre Trahan …………………………222
- The Descendants of Pierre Trahan ………………………….230
- The brother & sister of Pierre Trahan, Jean & Célasie …….235
- The descendants of Jean Trahan & Rosemma ……………..245
- The Genealogy of the Durousseau Family …………………249
- Evariste Trahan & Trahan, LeBlanc Ancestries of France ……..259
- The Descendants of Gilbert Jacquet & Marguerite Trahan ……………….266
- Origins of Jazz Music ………………………………………………...267
- Julius Jacquet ………………………………………………………….270
- Isabella Jacquet ………………………………………………………..270
- Johnny Linton Jacquet ………………………………………………..271
- Mary Jacquet ………………………………………………………….271
Chapter 5-L-v- Robert Russell Jacquet………………………………………………273
- The Descendants of Robert Russell Jacquet …………………….276
- The Neveu Family …………………………………………………278
- Elizabeth Egas ……………………………………………………..285
- John Adriano Acea & the Acea family ………………………….294
- The Descendants of Adriano Acea …………………….297
- The genealogy of Elizabeth Egas and
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- The Egas, Mallory, Cox and Acea families ……………………..305
- Descendants of Alexander Mallory of Grand Turk Island ……311
- The Garland Family of Grand Turk Island ……………………..318
- History of the Mallory name on Grand Turk Island ……………324
- Descendants of Alexander Cox & Caroline Harriott of GTI
and a Brief History of the Turks & Caicos Islands ……………330
- Brief History of Ecuador and Guayaquil…………………………342
- Origin and History of the Egas name ……………………………348
Chapter 5-L-viJean Baptiste “Illinois” Jacquet, the world’s greatest Jazz saxophonist357
- Marie Rose Jacquet……………………………………………………………371
- Helouise Jacquet ………………………………………………………………374
- Lo Lo Louis Jacquet …………………………………………………………...376
- Mitchel Jacquet, last child of Rosa Jean-Louis and Jolivet Jacquet ………379
Chapter 6 - Charles Jacquet……………………………………………………………………..383
- The end of the Civil War and Slavery ………………………………………385
Chapter 7 - Edouard Jacquet ……………………………………………………………………389
- The descendants of Edouard Jacquet ……………………………………….391
Chapter 8 - Marie Zoée Jacquet …………………………………………………………………399
- The Great Flood of 1927 ………………………………………………………402
- The descendants of Marie Zoée Jacquet …………………………………….403
- Prosper Berard and the Berard family ………………………………………404
Chapter 9 - Pierre Jacquet ……………………………………………………………………….407
- The descendants of Pierre Jacquet …………………………………………..408
- The descendants of Marie Rita Jacquet ……………………………………..416
- Reverend Mark O. Figaro, the Priest of St. Martinville ……………………417
Chapter 10 - Marie Josephine Jacquet ………………………………………………………….423
- The descendants of Félicité de Kerlégand ………………………………….425
Chapter 11 - Oscar Jacquet ………………………………………………………………………429
- The descendants of Oscar Jacquet Sr. ……………………………………….432
Chapter 12 - Marie Rose Jacquet…………………………………………………………………435
- The descendants of Jacquet Wilson ………………………………………….441
- The descendants of Marie Rose Jacquet & Joseph Farin Malveaux ……..444
Chapter 13 - Hyppolite Jacquet …………………………………………………………………447
- The descendants of Hyppolite Jacquet ……………………………………...449
Chapter 14 - Albert Narcisse Jacquet, the enigmatic son of Jean Baptiste Jacquet…………453
- The descendants of Albert Narcisse Jacquet ……………………………….456
Chapter 15 - Jules Narcisse Jacquet, another enigmatic son of Jean Baptiste Jacquet……..459
- Victorine Narcisse - mother of Albert, Jules and Oscar Jacquet …………460
- The descendants of Victorine Narcisse …………………………………….462
- Volume One Updates and Corrections………………………………………………464
- Jacquets in the St. Martin de Tours Church Cemetery in St. Martinville, La ……475
- Jacquet-Acea’s Louisiana Slave Index (1750 – 1864) ……………………………….476
- Why I Am just an American! …………………………………………………………496
- References ………………………………………………………………………………498
- Index of Names ……………………………………………………………………….507
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Dedications and Acknowledgments
To Marie Bernice Jacquet Wiltz,
28 July 1894 – 6 April 2000
The late Matriarch of the Jacquet Family
Who served as curator of information
during her three centuries of life.
To Jean Baptiste Illinois Jacquet
31 Oct 1919 – 22 July 2004
The great family musician who fulfilled his promise:
“I know I’m not going to live forever,
I just want to contribute something.”
To the Reverend Donald J. Hebert
8 April 1942 – 22 Feb 2000
Louisiana researcher and creator of
“Southwest Louisiana Records”,
A monumental work for which this author
owes the writing of his history and this book to.
To the Ascended Masters East and West
The Preservers of Truth throughout the ages
To Sister Lucia the last of the Fatima children
And to beloved Pope John Paul II
18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005
Although he did not consecrate Russia to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary as instructed by Sister Lucia,
We do so ourselves:
“In the name of my Mighty I Am Presence and Holy Christ Self,
I Consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I Consecrate every Son & Daughter of God in Russia,
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I Consecrate every Child of God in Russia
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
Illustrations, Photos and Charts in Volume 2
DescriptionPage
Jacquet Music Show & Dinner Photoi
Map of present day Parishes of Louisianaiv.
Map of the local Acadiana area centered on Chronology of Louisiana Historyix
The Lafayette/St. Martinville areax
Original Marriage License between Jean Baptiste Jacquet & Céleste Augustin154
Photo of the French ship Le Tonnent and the Berard House in St. Martinville165
Original death certificate of François Hyacinthe Jacquet168
“Sign that Document!” Original signatures of Jolivet Jacquet’s estate.202
Family Photo of Pierre Trahan 215
Trahan Direct descendant line from Nicolas Trahan (born in 1570 France)217
Family photo of Jean Trahan, Baptiste Trahan & their wives.242
Gabriel Abat Family Photo247
Durousseau Family photo250
Durousseau Ancestor Lineage from France251
Genealogy chart of Evariste Trahan265
Photo of Jacquet & Trahan family Gravesites272
Photo of Russell Jacquet’s band “The California Playboys.”275
Genealogy Chart of Lenola Neveu277
Wedding Photo of Russell Jacquet & Lenola Neveu282
Photo of Russell Jacquet’s three children284
Photo of Adriano Acea and Elizabeth Egas292
Photo of the four sons of Elizabeth Egas299
Photo of the children & grandchildren of Elizabeth Egas Booth304
Descendants of Omelia Parker & Nathaniel Rigby of Grand Turk Island316
Photo of Garland family relatives of Grand Turk Island320
Chart of the descendants of William Knight Rycraft Mallory of Grand Turk323
History of the Mallory name on Grand Turk Island324
Photo of the ships “Iroquois” and “Yuna” dedication shipwreck plaque326
Chart of the descendants of Alexander Cox & Caroline Harriott of Grand Turk330
Photo of the Delvitt, Egas & Acea families at Coney Island334
Egas family photo340
Genealogy Chart of Elizabeth Egas356
Photo of Illinois Jacquet playing with President Bill Clinton365
Illinois Jacquet discography366
The Jacque Rabbits hit record on Ara records367
Genealogy Chart of Illinois Jacquet & Russell Jacquet370
Outline of the 200 acres of land bought by the five Jacquet brothers in 1884.391
Family photo of the Berard family406
Family photo of Lionel Jacquet & Florida Regis409
Lafayette graduates of Immaculate Heart of Mary School in 1923413
Father Mark Figaro celebrates 25 years of Priesthood 418
Résumé of Father Mark O. Figaro419
Photo of Louise Jacquet Malveaux Thompson446
Possible genealogy of Victorine Narcisse461
Jacquets in the St. Martin de Tours Church Cemetery in St. Martinville475
Volume one-update photos - Jacquets, Steiner family, Henri Gaspard471
Your Personal Ancestry Chart Last book page
Sections from “The Grand Jacquet Scroll Chart.” Pages 160, 182, 192, 422, 434, 458
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