Brossard

Also written: Broussard, Beausoleil.

Jean François Brossard born in 1654, arrived from France in 1671. Ten years later he married Marie Catherine Richard and they had 10 children.
Jean Brossard, born in 1727, and his family were deported to Maryland. Several members of the Brossard moved to Louisiana after the Deportation.

More information on Acadian history and genealogy is available at the Centre Acadien, Université Sainte-Anne, Church Point, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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