This project was produced in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts from the School of Visual Communication in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.
Master’s Project Committee:
Timothy Goheen, Chair
Julie Elman
Gary Kirksey
This work was produced for educational purposes and is not for resale.
All rights reserved. © 2021 Victor Lowe
Louis Chachere is my great-great-great-great-great grandfather on my mother's side, and as such, his story has always fascinated me when it has been recounted by family members throughout my life. Chachere is my mother's maiden name, as well as my middle name, so after my lifelong fascination with the Louis Chachere odyssey, I felt that visualizing his story and learning about the origin of my name was an important undertaking.
Delving into his history, as well as the broader history of French immigration to America and Louisiana, has always been something that I have wanted explore since I first heard this story.
Below is a family tree that starts at Louis and Catherine Chachere and their son Lisle's line of descendents, ending with myself.
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By Henry Jougla Society of the Great Armorial of France Publishers, 1938
Genealogical Documents of the House of Charette Collection
By the Count Alexander de Monti of Reze Emile Grimand, printer and editor, 1891
St. Landry History from the 1690’s: Louis Chachere a Mystery
Opelousas Daily World, pg. 15-16. July 29, 1982
Rethinking New Acadia: Recent Interpretations of the Acadians' Dispersal and Arrival in Louisiana
Edited by Michael S. Martin, Universsity of Louisiana at Lafeyette Press, 2019
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By Jean François Mouhout, translated by Russel Desmond, Universsity of Louisiana at Lafeyette Press, 2018
