President’s Corner

By Richard Paul Broussard
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my thanks and the thanks of the Famille
Beausoleil Association to all those who attended our meeting and crawfish boil. I would also
extend our thanks to the cooks, who did an outstanding job once again. Tremendous,
that is the best way I can describe the meeting and the meal.

It was a time that afforded the family an opportunity to thank two of our members, Charles
and Don Louis, and their wives for the job they have done in serving as our President and
Treasurer.

This was also a time to recognize new members, and young members, and to recognize the
Achievements of two of our young members, both of whom were recipients of recent awards;
Tristen Broussard and Jency Broussard, daughters of Kim Broussard. Tristen recently won a
Scholarship to St Anne’s University in Nova Scotia, and Jency was winner for her presentation
“Life and times of Beausoleil Broussard”.

We were privileged to have Donald Arceneaux bring us up to date on latest information on
Broussard Ancestors.

I would also like to mention that our next gathering is November 5, 2005 in Maurice,
at the Woodmen Of the World Hall. Please join us.

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It is time once again to call your attention to your address label on the cover sheet of this newsletter. If the year shown is not 2005 (and you are not a Lifetime, Honorary or Golden Member) it is time to send in your yearly dues of $10.00. Please make your check payable to Famille Beausoleil Association and mail to Kim Viator Broussard, Treasurer, 214 Highland Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506. If your 75^th birthday occurs in 2005, you will become a Golden Lifetime Member with receipt of your 2005 dues, and will no longer be required to pay yearly dues. Please advise us on your renewal if you will become 75, that we can make necessary change.

Present your children, your siblings, your nieces and nephews with a Gift of a lifetime. Buy them a membership into Famille Beausoleil (application form is enclosed within Newsletter).

For dues payments or general information or inquiries:

Kim Viator Broussard, 214 Highland Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506
Ph: 337-984-3752 E-mail: crbrouss@bellsouth.net

MAILING ADDRESS INFORMATION

Our mailing address shown on the cover sheet is our permanent association address. This address can be used at all times for all purposes. However, in the interest of expediting, we suggest you use the following postal and e-mail addresses when time is important.

For merchandise orders:  Mrs. Velma Broussard, 1466 La Neuville Rd., Lafayette, LA 70508.
Phone : 337-856-5652. I would remind each of you that the Broussard Web Site has photographs and prices of our merchandise, and can be accessed via www.cafa.org and listed under index of Acadian Families.

For general information regarding the Broussard Association:
Bea B. Frederick, 15037 South Cougar, Abbeville, LA 70510
Ph: 337-893-6023 E-mail: bfredfoto@bellsouth.net

For genealogy submissions or questions:
J. Harvey Broussard, 107 Bob White Loop, Lafayette, LA 70508
E-mail: 107lafayette1951@cox-internet.com Ph: 337-981-6664

or:

Mitch Conover, 300 Strasbourg Dr., Lafayette, LA 70506
E-mail: whiskey6@cox.net Ph: 337-989-0319

GEORGE’S ISLAND BOOK

Dianne Marshall’s book “GEORGE’S ISLAND; The Keep in Halifax Harbour” is available for purchase. The price of this book as previously announced is $29.95. This is the book that not only tells the complete story of the reasons behind the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadie and includes the account of the imprisonment of the resistance fighters after their surrender. There is special mention of Joseph “dit Beausoleil” Brousssard. For those of you who have ordered copies, they may be picked up at 235 Grand Ave., Lafayette or at the membership meeting in Maurice at the WOW Hall on March 5, 2005. Copies can be mailed to you at additional mailing cost of $5.00. For information call Don Louis Broussard 337-984-9955. 
 

Acadian Redemption: From Beausoleil Broussard to the Queens Royal Proclamation
By Warren A. Perrin

The first part of this book defines the society into which Beausoleil was born and speaks of
his early life events and his militant struggles with the British who had, for years, wanted
to lay claim to the Acadians’ rich and profitable lands. Subsequent chapters discuss his
epic odyssey during which Beausoleil led a group of one hundred ninety three Acadians to
Louisiana, the New Acadia, with the hope that his beloved Acadian Culture would survive.
The last half of the book discusses the repercussions of Beausoleil’s life that ultimately
led a ninth generation descendant, Warren A. Perrin, to begin a legal action against the
Queen of England called a “Petition”. The “Petition” was resolved by the signing of the
Queen’s Royal Proclamation on December 9, 2003.

Thanks to the generosity of the author and the Acadian Heritage and Culture Foundation, Inc., all proceeds of this book are donated to the Acadian Museum of Erath, Louisiana.

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