KAPLAN – Shortly before 2 a.m. on July 28, Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a fatal two vehicle crash on LA Hwy 14 west of Odilon Road in Vermilion Parish.
The crash claimed the life of 54-year-old Torlin Williams of Abbeville.
The Hebert Family met on the banks of the Vermilion River in Abbeville this past Saturday.
L’Association des Hébert du Monde, based in Abbeville, was called to order by President John Hebert from Prairieville at 10 a.m.. Since 9 a.m., more than 30 members had been gathering, setting up tri-fold poster displays of family trees and laminated maps, carrying in heavy volumes of genealogy research, hanging banners and flags. The meeting opened with a prayer led by Byron Hebert of Abbeville.
Dwayne David during a Mi’kmaq ceremony at the Museum in Erath.
Dwayne David will travel to the Congrès mondial Acadien (CMA) 2019 this August, but it’s not his first Congrès. During CMA-Louisiane 1999, Dwayne participated in the David family reunion.
The descendants of Jean David, dit Saint Michel gathered on August 7, 1999, in St. James Parish to renew acquaintances and to discover all they could about their ancestors. At that reunion, Earl David of Dallas, Texas, shared his genealogy research about the David family.
COW ISLAND – At approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 18, Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a single vehicle fatal crash involving a motorcycle that occurred on LA Hwy. 35 near Lull Road in Vermilion Parish.
The crash took the life of 50-year-old Kendall Meyers of Kaplan.
Ray and Brenda Trahan with Louisiane-Acadie, a non-profit
association that works to bring all Cajuns and Acadians together.
The Worldwide Congress of Acadians, CMA 2019, opens in Canada in three weeks and Cajuns are well represented in the programming.
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