I am real happy to find your postings regarding Johnson Bayou. I hope sincerely that your families and all my cousins in Johnson Bayou are well and safe in the wake of Hurricane Rita.

I am the great-grandson of Robert Olivier Trahan, born April 29, 1859 in Abbevile, the son of John Onezime Trahan, Jr. I am the grandson of his son John Trahan, born about 1888 in Johnson Bayou. John's siblings were Uncle Hill (Hilliard?) and Aunt Lennie. John's sons were John Curtis (my father) and Ray Kenneth (my uncle).

I am very interested in any information you might be able to share with me about Robert Olivier and his family. I am of course happy to share with you any information I have about the Trahan family.

We are all descended from Guillaume Trahan who arrived in Acadie (now Nova Scotia) from France in 1636. I have the entire history back to Guillaume.

My full name is John Curtis Trahan, Jr.

I hope this communication finds you in the best of health, and all of our family well and safe.

Your cousin,

Curt Trahan

Curt -

I believe you and I are cousins...

My great great grandmother was Jemima Matilda Trahan, sister of John Trahan ( at least according to my records she had a brother named John). I have her siblings listed as Oreah, Bo, Robert, Joseph, T Tet, Mary, Ken, Stack, Jude and John.

All of my info is unverified and in this case, I'm sure it erroneously includes some spouses... am working on it. Some info from family records, some census, some from other's research...

At any rate, if your name is Trahan and your family is from JB I'm sure we're related somehow!