The names of the Island Acadian founding families (who arrived between 1720-1850) are inscribed in stone in front of the Acadian Museum. With the help of genealogist Stephen White, the list of names was established as follows:
1. The names of 27 household heads according to
the 1798 Census
2. Two other names that did not appear in the 1798 Census, but who were indeed present on
the Island in 1798, were added
3. Five of the wives of the 27 household heads according to the 1798 Census whose
ancestors were on Isle Saint-Jean before the Deportation
4. Ten other families who arrived on the Island between 1827 and 1850
| Arsenault Aucoin Bernard Blanchard Blaquière Bourque Buote Cheverie Chiasson |
DesRoches Doiron Doucet Downing Gallant Gaudet Gauthier Gautreau Landry |
LeBrun LeClair Longuépée Martin Pineau Pitre Poirier Richard Roussel |
| Cormier |
| Daigle |
| Belliveau: Three sisters who married Doucet, LeClair and Buote. |
| Boudreau: Importance of the nine Boudreau sisters in the Island's Acadian families. |
| Carret: The female ancestor of Martin. |
| Comeau: The female ancestor of certain Blaquière and Gautreau families. |
| Petitpas: Wife of a Bourque. |
| Family | Date of the 1st mention in parish registers |
| Caissie | 1827 |
| Haché | 1830 |
| Maillet | 1835 |
| Thibodeau | 1835 |
| LeBlanc | 1836 |
| Barriault | 1839 |
| Robichaud | 1840 |
| Thériault | 1844 |
| Duguay | 1845 |
| Maddix | 1851 |
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