Are there any Broussards on here? Do you know the history of this surname or the genealogy?

Im trying to learn about my fathers side of the family tree and Broussard is his mothers maiden last name. From what I got off the internet or what I could get for free was that it is French, yeah thats it. Im told she might have been from Texas and had some native american ancestery. Her full name was Marguerite Louise Broussard.

Are there any Broussards on here? Do you know the history of this surname or the genealogy?
Weird- I've never answered a question on here before and stumbled upon yours. My last name is Flocke (it's German), but my maternal great-great-grandma was a Broussard. Since my family's pretty connected I still know my (second?) (third?) cousin Joe Broussard and his dozen stupid kids. The EXTRA freaky thing here is that you might be right on the money about a story I never believed. Here's the deal: The French explorer LaSalle shipwrecked off the coast of Texas back in the 16th century. His men were pissed off about how crappy things were going with the expedition. Half of them decided to push on through the continent to find Mexico so the Spanish could get them back to France. The other half said "forget it." They were comfortable where they had wrecked and the native Karankawa indians were nice to them. That much is historical fact worthy of 7th grade Texas history class. So is the part where when more Europeans arrived in Texas later they found that some members of the Karankawa tribe had blue eyes and spoke French. These were the descendents of LaSalle's expedition. I always doubted that the Broussard side of the family was came from these doomed sailors and indians, in part because my Grandma was full of stories (she was always seeing ghosts, UFOs, etc). But now that I think about it, Cousin Joe told a similar story, so I guess they must have recieved it from the woman who was his mother and my grandmother's grandmother. The rest of the Broussard clan that I know of is still located not far from where they landed- in Texas. There are tons particularly in the central Texas area- all the small towns around Austin-San Antonio are swarming with them. Unfortunately I've never heard of a Marguerite Louise Broussard, but maybe if you do a people-search and send out a mass e-mail to other Broussards, they might know more than me.





Also, don't get your hopes up about the story I told- like I said, I really don't know if it's true or not.
Reply:I'm not a Broussard. This may help, however.





http://genforum.genealogy.com/broussard/


has 631 posts about the Broussard surname.





The YA "Genealogy" category has many more than 631 posts, bu many of them say "My boyfriend of 8 weeks left me and I don't know how I will ever heal my heart. I'm 13 years old and my life is ruined. What should I do?"





You'll have to decide for yourself which is a better place to post for genealogy date on the Broussard surname.





If you post on GenForum, they expect you to have at least one solid date and county; birth, death or marriage. All three are even better.





As to surname meaning,





http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/defa...


says


Broussard


Southern French: variant of Brossard.


and





Brossard


French: nickname from brosse ‘brush’ + the pejorative suffix -ard.





Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4





These are my standard suggestions for beginners. Most lose interest when I tell them it will take time and energy to trace their roots.





http://www.cyndislist.com/


(240,000+ links, all cross-indexed.)





http://www.familysearch.com


(Mormon's mega-site)





http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...


(450,000,000+ entries, of varying quality)





http://www.usgenweb.net/


(Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.)





http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-b...


(Social Security Death index - click on "Advanced".)





http://find.person.superpages.com/


(US Phone book, for looking up distant cousins)





http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/defa...


Surname meanings and origins





Three warnings:





There isn't a magic site that will take your name in and give you a 12-generation pedigree. Genealogy takes time.





You won't find living people on any of the sites except the phone book one. You will have to find your grandparents' or great grandparents' birth dates and maiden names somewhere besides the Internet.





The free sites are supported by advertising, just like TV. You can't watch the Super Bowl without seeing a beer commercial, and you can't surf for dead relatives without seeing an Ancestry advertisement. Don't complain about advertisements. They bring you the "free" sites. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Reply:I went to high school, in Houston, Texas, with some Broussards. There were boys and girls, I was in class with one of the girls. I don't remember the names of her siblings.





I hope this helps.





Go to Zabasearch - see what you find.





I'll be glad to provide any info I find.





I went to high school with Rosemary Broussard, Class of '67.

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