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Louisiana Legacy: History of the Daigle and Schexnayder Families
Edward Daigle
Synopsis "Louisiana Legacy: History of the Daigle and Schexnayder Families"
As New Orleans is celebrating its 300th anniversary, the Acadians are celebrating their 250th anniversary. The population of New Orleans in 1717 was under 500 people and two of those families were the Daigles and Schexnayders.After three hundred years, both families are prominent and prolific in modern day Louisiana. The story of Louisiana in the early 1700s is tied inextricably to these two families. Much of the history of Louisiana is typically told after 1750, and these two families were here from the beginning. Louisiana Legacy explores the early years of how the Catholic Church shaped the culture and dealt with slavery, the indigenous peoples, and the mixture of the French, Germans, Haitians, Indians, and Spanish which formed the South Louisiana culture before the arrival of the Acadians. Etienne D'Aigle III traveled to St. Louis, Missouri in 1777 and married Marie Anne Taillon. They moved to Plaquemine Brulée (Church Point, La.) and he is credited with founding Church Point. The original church was in fact built on land donated by two D'Aigle brothers, Etienne III and Joseph. This area of Louisiana was the center of the Daigle family for many years and is still the hub of the subsequent generations of Daigles. The Schexnayders remained predominately in the areas of the German Coast along the Mississippi River northwest of New Orleans. Following the Grand Derangement both families also populated the area along Bayou Lafourche down to the Gulf of Mexico. This book opens the eyes and minds of readers both old and young as it discusses such rich Louisiana culture and how both families survived and thrived. Dig deep and the story of the Daigle and Schexnayder families are really the story of their arrival in the early 1700s through the arrival of the Acadians from 1755 through 1785. After the arrival of the Acadians the story becomes one of many South Louisiana families which dominate the history of South Louisiana and adds to its vitality.
