born ~1832 · Louisiana · line: LEBLANC_CANDIDATE
Existence: found (RECORD (named as father on Uranie Arceneaux 1879 baptism))
| Link | Person | How sure | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| parent of | Uranie "Winie/Eurine" Arceneaux (candidate mother of Mary LeBlanc Handy) 1879 | found (RECORD (1879 Carencro baptism HSRJ-R43Z names father Zenon Arceneaux)) | added 2026-11-04 leblanc-junction |
| spouse of | Marie Josephine Boulerisse (Boutrisse) 1857 | found (RECORD) | added 2026-11-04 leblanc-junction |
| About | What the record says | How sure | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| race 1870 | Mulatto (1870 census, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish; first wife Juliette, eldest child Julia b.~1857 -> married by ~1856, i.e. a free family before emancipation or freed early) | found (RECORD (census index)) | 1870 U.S. Census, Vermilionville (Lafayette), Lafayette Parish LA, p.60 line 16, household |
| race 1880 | Mulatto, farmer, 1st Ward Lafayette (ED 21) with Josephine 22 and ten children/step-children | found (RECORD (census index)) | 1880 U.S. Census, 1st Ward, ED 21, Lafayette Parish LA, sheet 390B: Zenon Arcenaux 49 (b.~ |
| landowner 1879 | Owned a tract in Lafayette Parish (Carencro area) by 1879-80 adjoining the white Pierre Emile Arceneaux family (east/south: Pierre E. Arceneaux; north: Edgar Arceneaux, Gabriel Bernard) - St. Landry conveyance, exchange Richard/Arceneaux, image 663 | found (RECORD (OCR transcript; image not yet read by eye)) | St. Landry Parish Conveyance Records 1877-1879, image 663 of 715 (FamilySearch full-text, |
| alias | JUPITER Arcenaux (name of the husband in the death-index entry for Juliette Mathieu, 2 Aug 1876). Jupiter is a common slave-era name - possible sign Zenon was enslaved or born to an enslaved mother, which would conflict with the free-family-before-1860 reading. UNRESOLVED. | maybe (MEDIUM (index entry, not seen)) | WikiTree profile Arceneaux-619: Zenon Arceneaux (b.1831 Lafayette Parish) - quotes Hebert |
| land 1911 | Lafayette Parish tax-sale list, WARD SIX-COLORED: Zenon Arceneaux, 33 acres, bounded north by J. Staymen and south by R./H. Breaux, tax+cost $10.79 (Lafayette Advertiser 19 and 26 May 1911). Could be Zenon Sr (79) or Zenon Jr (b.~1868); 1900 census puts Zenon Sr in Police Jury Ward 6. The land chain (conveyance books) is a route to the parents. | found (RECORD (newspaper OCR, identity Sr vs Jr unresolved)) | The Lafayette Advertiser, 19 May 1911 p.2 (repeated 26 May 1911 p.4): parish tax-sale list |
| marriage | m.(2) 25 Jan 1877 Carencro church, Marie Josephine BOURLISSE; Zenon described as widower of Juliette MATHIEU. Hebert SWLR: ARCENEAUX, Zenon widr. of Juliette MATHIEU m. 25 Jan. 1877 Marie Josephine BOURLISSE (Carencro Ch.: v.1, p.74). Abstract gives NO parents for Zenon (widower entry). | found (RECORD (published abstract, Hebert SWLR quoted on WikiTree; original register not seen)) | WikiTree profile Arceneaux-619: Zenon Arceneaux (b.1831 Lafayette Parish) - quotes Hebert |
| first wife | Juliette MATHIEU, b.~1841, d. 2 Aug 1876 Lafayette (SW LA Deaths Index 1861-1905, FHL film 6010609, where the husband is indexed as JUPITER Arcenaux); her succession #1505, Lafayette Courthouse, dated 18 Jan 1877 (Hebert SWLR) - the succession packet should list heirs and community property | found (RECORD (published indexes quoted on WikiTree)) | WikiTree profile Arceneaux-619: Zenon Arceneaux (b.1831 Lafayette Parish) - quotes Hebert |
| namesake caution | A WHITE Zenon Arceneaux lived in Lafayette Parish at the same time (m. Euphemie LEBLANC; dau. Madeleine Alphonsine b. 17 Sep 1860, per archive.org lhistoireetlagen0000grav). The 1879 Lafayette Advertiser rows (venire juror Zenon Arceneaux 3rd Ward; land of Pierre Emile and Zenon Arceneaux) most likely belong to him, NOT to #417. Do not use them as #417 land evidence. #417 is the colored Zenon of the 1880 1st Ward / 1900 Ward 6 / 1911 Ward Six-Colored tax list. | maybe (MEDIUM (disambiguation; the 1879 identity is not proven either way)) | source held by the researcher |
| fan freedmens bureau 1867 | Toussaint Arceneaux (candidate father, 1870 hh 1148) is on a Freedmen's Bureau labor contract dated 1 Feb 1867 (M1905 roll 48, image 754 of 884, ark 3:1:3QS7-99G2-KNNB): a one-year plantation contract (first-class men $15/month, women $6/month, half paid monthly and the balance at year's end, employer to furnish quarters and rations), laborers signing by mark incl. William x Phelan?, Robert x Dublin, Joseph x Robb?, Hyppolite x Paul, Toussaint x ..., Pierre x ..., Carrie x Anderson 6.00, Mary x Anderson 6.00 - image read at 4x zoom 2026-11-04, page rotated, employer and parish line not yet leg | found (RECORD (image partly read) - employer/parish still unread) | 1870 U.S. Census, Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish LA - Black Arceneaux households: hh 114 |
| holder family context | The white Arceneaux of Carencro descend from Louis Pierre Arceneaux (Acadian, settled 1765) through Louis Penault Arceneaux and his sons Pierre and Louis (houses c.1790 at Beau Bassin, east of Carencro). A "Louis Arceneaux" witnessed the 1802 Boulris land sale "au quartier du Carencro" (source #997). Zenon (mulatto, b.1832, no free-census trace, surname Arceneaux, landholder at Carencro by 1879 if the deed is his) was most plausibly born on or near these Arceneaux holdings - the 1850/1860 Lafayette slave schedules (FamilySearch image groups 004198717 and 005170010, browsable) are the free test | maybe (HYPOTHESIS (holder-family context; no record names Zenon's owner or parents)) | Carencro founding Arceneaux family (web, 2026-11-04): City of Carencro - first settler Lou |
| enslaver candidate 1860 | Francois Arceneaux, Lafayette Parish (1860 slave schedule: 28 M mulatto, 27 M mulatto, 28 M mulatto, 26 M mulatto rows inside a mulatto family cluster; none in 1850) | maybe (HYPOTHESIS (age+colour+surname fit; unnamed schedule)) | 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedule, Lafayette Parish LA, image 858-859 of 913: Francois Arcen |
| birth 1900 | November 1832, Louisiana; both parents born Louisiana (1900 census, Carencro town) | found (RECORD (census, self-reported)) | 1900 U.S. Census, Carencro town, Ward 6, ED 46, Lafayette Parish LA, sheet 16A line 17: Ze |
| race 1900 | Black (1900 census; mulatto in 1870 and 1880) | found (RECORD) | 1900 U.S. Census, Carencro town, Ward 6, ED 46, Lafayette Parish LA, sheet 16A line 17: Ze |
| household 1900 | Carencro town, Ward 6: wife Josephine 43 (m. 23 yrs = 1877), children Gostave 19, Madeline 15, Emma 12, Elvina 9, Bienvineu 7, Theophile 6, Paul 3 | found (RECORD) | 1900 U.S. Census, Carencro town, Ward 6, ED 46, Lafayette Parish LA, sheet 16A line 17: Ze |
| familysearch tree id | G3QH-QMY (FamilySearch Family Tree profile Zenon Arceneaux Sr 1832-1930, attached to the 1900 census record) | found (RECORD (pointer; tree content is COMPILED, verify each fact)) | 1900 U.S. Census, Carencro town, Ward 6, ED 46, Lafayette Parish LA, sheet 16A line 17: Ze |
| enslaver candidate identity | Francois Arceneaux (2 Sep 1824 - 9 Jan 1860), son of Francois and Marie Mouton of Carencro, m. 24 Oct 1850 Marie Amelia Thibodeaux; widow = Mrs. Francois Arceneaux of the 1867 Bureau report | maybe (HYPOTHESIS (holder identity HIGH; link to Zenon unproven)) | Louviere Database (rootsweb) person page 495: Francois Arceneaux #17478, b. 2 Sep 1824 Laf |
| namesake candidate | Zenon Broussard (m. 1838 Marie Cleonise Savoie, widow Thibodeaux) - stepfather of Marie Amelia Thibodeaux, wife of the 1860 holder candidate Francois Arceneaux; Francois acted as his attorney in 1853 | maybe (HYPOTHESIS (naming-pattern lead; family links documented in church abstracts)) | Louviere Database (rootsweb) person page 495: Francois Arceneaux #17478, b. 2 Sep 1824 Laf |
| Result | What was searched | Open next |
|---|---|---|
| looked, not there | Zenon #417 - Widow A. Thibodeaux and Hypolite Savoie 1850 (Amelia Thibodeaux kin) hold no mulatto | |
| looked, not there | Zenon #417 - Zenon Broussard 1850/1860 slave schedules read for colour: NOT the source of the Francois Arceneaux mulatto family | Systematic option: the 1850 Lafayette slave schedule is only 95 images - scan every holder for the cluster (man ~45, man ~30, woman ~28, boys 18/17/18/16, 12, 8, all mulatto) to find the 1850 holder of the family that was under Francois Arceneaux by 1860; and the Francois Arceneaux succession (1860) inventory at a FamilySearch Center |
| maybe | Zenon #417 - Zenon Broussard 1850 slave schedule: age fits for the family later under Francois Arceneaux | |
| maybe | Zenon #417 - the NAME: Zenon Broussard was the stepfather of the holder's wife | |
| maybe | WHO the holder Francois Arceneaux was (candidate enslaver of Zenon #417) | |
| looked, not there | Bureau report 20 Nov 1867 (Mrs. Francois Arceneaux) - continuation names no laborer | Vermilionville field office registers of complaints / labor contracts 1866-1868 in the same Louisiana Freedmens Bureau Records volumes - search full-text for Arceneaux within those volumes |
| maybe | Francois Arceneaux acting for Zenon I. Broussard, Lafayette, 1853 (naming-pattern FAN lead for #417) | Zenon I. Broussard of Lafayette: relation to Francois Arceneaux (brother-in-law?) via Lafayette marriages; his 1850/1860 slave schedule |
| maybe | Francois Arceneaux (holder candidate for #417): Freedmens Bureau 1867 - Mrs. Francois Arceneaux and her laborers, Vermilionville | Read the rest of the report (images 1137+) for laborer names; search Lafayette Parish successions 1860-1867 for Francois Arceneaux (inventory would name the enslaved as of his death if before 1865); Freedmens Bureau Vermilionville labor contracts 1866-1867 under Arceneaux/Comeau |
| looked, not there | Zenon Arceneaux Sr #417 - 1850 slave schedules of Francois and Pierre S. Arceneaux: no mulatto male of his age | The mulatto family under Francois Arceneaux in 1860 was acquired between 1850 and 1860: search Lafayette Parish conveyances 1850-1860 and successions for a sale/inheritance to Francois Arceneaux of a mulatto family (man ~45-50, man ~30, woman ~28, boys ~16-18) |
| maybe | Zenon Arceneaux Sr #417 - Pierre S. Arceneaux 1860 slave schedule, colour column read | Pierre S. Arceneaux succession / 1860s conveyances; compare against the 1850 list (all Black) |
| maybe | Zenon Arceneaux Sr #417 (mulatto, b.~1832) - Francois Arceneaux 1860 slave schedule, colour column read | The same holder held NO mulatto in 1850 (finding below): find the 1850s transfer of this mulatto family to Francois Arceneaux (Lafayette conveyances 1850-1860, succession of his father/father-in-law, marriage contract), then his widow succession c.1860s (Freedmens Bureau 1867 names Mrs. Francois Arceneaux + her laborers) |
| maybe | 1850/1860 slave schedules, every Arceneaux holder in Lafayette Parish: a male of Zenon #417's age (b.~1832) sits under FRANCOIS ARCENEAUX (1850 M20 and M15; 1860 M28, M27, M28, M26) and under PIERRE S. ARCENEAUX (1850 M20, M24, M25; 1860 M27, M30) - the two large Arceneaux holdings of the parish (16-27 people each) | |
| maybe | A JUPITER, Igbo, aged 45, was held by the ARSENAUX estate of St. Martin in 1793 - the same holder family and the same rare name that the 1876 death index gives Zenon Arceneaux #417 ("Jupiter Arcenaux", claim #1157) | |
| maybe | searched, not there (details held by the researcher) | Read the 1879 deed image for a colour marker ("f.m.c." / "col."); check the 1880 census for a white Zenon Arceneaux in Lafayette; search Carencro/Grand Coteau slave baptisms 1832 for JUPITER, mulatto |
| maybe | searched, not there (details held by the researcher) | 1860 slave schedule Lafayette Parish for Pierre E. Arceneaux (FamilySearch collection United States Census Slave Schedule 1860, browse by owner name); Hall rows with holder Arceneaux in engine ds_ tables; Hebert vol. 5-6 Carencro/Grand Coteau baptisms 1832 |
| maybe | FAN: a Zeno Joseph Arceneaux (Texas, 20th c., descendant of Zenon #417 via son Zeno b.1868) married Clement Elizabeth SIMIEN (Texas Birth Index, child Michael Edward Arceneaux) | If the Charlot/Simien junction is ever tested through the Arceneaux side, start with Zenon's first wife Juliette Mathieu (d.1876) and the Simien households of Carencro 1870-1900 |
| maybe | FAN lead for Zenon Arceneaux #417 parents: two BLACK Arceneaux elders side by side in 1870 Vermilionville - Toussaint (b.1802, field hand) + Mary (b.1810) hh 1148, and Jean (b.1805) + Rachael hh 1147; plus a second "Z Arceneaux" b.1826 Black hh 291 | (1) Open the two 1867 Freedmen's Bureau contract images (M1905 roll 48) and read every name; (2) Hall Louisiana slave database (engine ds_ tables) for mulatto Zenon b.~1832 under Arceneaux owners in Lafayette; (3) Hebert SW LA Records: Carencro/Grand Coteau slave baptisms 1832-33, "Zenon, mulatto, of X" |
1 further research notes are held by the researcher (they name living people or working notes).
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