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Belgians Settlements in LOUISIANA at the time of the Civil War
En 1860,
environ 300 Belges sont établis en Louisiane. La plupart à la Nouvelle-Orléans
et une partie non négligeable au nord-ouest de l'Etat.
Sabine County
The first permanent Catholic settler, Peter F.
Buvens, a native of Belgium, located near Many in 1837
Source : Inventory of the parish archives of
Louisiana.Baton Rouge, La.: Dept. of Archives, Louisiana State University, 1942,
162 pgs