ACADIAN-CAJUN Genealogy: The German Coast

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History of the Cajuns
The German Coast of Louisiana

John Law

    John Law made a deal to settle Louisiana. He circulated thousands of pamphlets (like those at right). Thousands of Germans signed up, but most of them died and only a few hundred made it to the New World.
    John Law, and the Company of the Indies, settled Germans along the Mississippi River (in present-day St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parish) in 1721. When the Company of the Indies folded in 1731, the Germans were released from their obligation and became independant land-owners.
     The Germans were in important source of produce for the small town of New Orleans, founded (in 1718) just a few years before their arrival.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Print by Law's company advertising Louisiana

This print was circulated by John Law's company to illustrate trade in Louisiana.

1724 German Coast Census
NAME	AGE	NAME	AGE
Simon Lambert Conrad Friedrich Georg Troxler Georh Beck Wilhelm Ziriac Johann Callander Stephan Kistenmacher Jeremias Wagner Leonhard Magdolff Andreas Schantz Johann Georg Petz Johann Adam Matern Caspar Dubs Ambros Heidel Jacob Ritter Michael Vogel Sebastian Funck Michael Horn Balthasar Monthe Johann Georg Raeser Johann Jacob Bebloquel (?) Johann Cretzmann Balthasar Marx Bernhard Wich Johann Rommel Catharine Weller Anna Kuhn Madalene Fronbergel Margarete Reynerd (Reinhard?) Catharine Hencke	40 50 26 38 50 26 39 27 45 25 32 26 40 22 28 40 30 39 42 37 36 46 27 46 24 49 ? 50 46 ?	Christian Grabert Andreas Hecker Jacob Oberle Andreas Schenck Marcus Thiel Moritz Kobler D'Arensbourg Andreas Traeger Jacob Lueck Andreas Hofmann Mathias Friedrich Bernhard Reusch Paul Klomp (Klump) Chapel & Graveyard Adam Schmitz Johann Rodler Anton Distelzweig Guillaume Pictot Friedrich Merkel Peter Muench Andreas Struempfl Johann Adam Riehl Jacques Poche Joseph Wagenspach Sibylle Heil Johann Adam Edelmeyer Philipp Zahn Johann Jacob Foltz Bernhard Anton	23 36 35 35 43 64 31 37 45 27 29 52 30 44 35 29 50 30 49 33 45 45 23 37 50 25 26 30
Blume, p. 27

The German Coast

The area of the Germans was called des Allemands or Carlstein.

German Coast Resources

Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana (Deiler)
The German Coast During the Colonial Era, 1722-1803 (Blume)
German Coast Families (Robichaux)

German Coast LINKS
The German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society Steve Fleming's Ancestry German Coast Families of Louisiana

Other Nationalities in Louisiana
French The German Coast French-Canadians Spanish Canary Islanders American Indians