JUNEAU
The JUNEAU family of Avoyelles can be traced back to Claude Juneau called Latulippe, son of Augustin Juneau and Elizabeth Blanchon, natives of Montreal, Canada. Census records show him born about 1706. He married on September 9, 1755, at Pointe Coupee Post a Francoise Lemoine, the daughter of Guillaume Lemoine and Marie Sanmerine.
Claude and his family were early settlers of Avoyelles. Records show them to be there in 1782. Claude's son-in-law, Jacques Gagnard, was the first Commander of the Avoyelles Post.