As you can see , I am a Bilodeau. 
I was always brought up being told that the translation for our name was " a letter of enchantment" ...a love letter 
 
But what I wanted to tell you is that it is a question that appears in Trivial Persuit that was out in the late 80's "What is a billet doux?" the answer "A love letter"

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Family name history

Hi Jim 
 
I have in my possession a document that is sealed, authenticated and registered by The Historical Research Center about the origin of the family name Bilodeau, if you are interested I could send you the content of it. 
 
Please invite your visitors to come and see our Association's web site, we have over 93,000 names in our database right now. 
 
Jean-Claude

http://www.genealogie.org/famille/bilodeau

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wow

This is cool!!!

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our history

Our name from to " billot "and "d'eau" and became bilodeau. 
The firs bilodeau from to the Poitou in France and he established in St-petronille on Orleans island nears Quebec city.

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our history

Wow i didn't know how many of us there were

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WONDERING?

I am also a Bilodeau!!! I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I have never met anyone with my last name. It is awesome to know that are really people that i could be related to with the same last name as mine. All I was ever told about my last name is that it was "thought" to be canadian french.

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Origin of our name

Hello my friends, 
 
Billaudeau comes from "billaude", which was the tool used by the raftmans to work the floating logs. "Billot" means "log" and "D'eau" means "water". Only a handful of Bilodeau still live in France/Europe, most of the people sharing our patronym are french-speaking Quebecers. Some Bilodeau immigrated in New England in the late 19th century in order to flee the famine and find jobs in the US factories. At that time, the province of Quebec was under-developed. 
 
I also vaguely heard about another north american branch of Bilodeau, this one originating from a french immigrant running a sugar plant in the Carribeans (Haiti?), who moved to Louisiana after a slaves revolt. This needs more references, as im not quite sure of its authenticity. 
 
 
Hope that helps.

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Patronym origins

Hello my friends, 
 
Billaudeau comes from "billaude", which was the tool used by the raftmans to work the floating logs. "Billot" means "log" and "D'eau" means "water". Only a handful of Bilodeau still live in France/Europe, most of the people sharing our patronym are french-speaking Quebecers. Some Bilodeau immigrated in New England in the late 19th century in order to flee the famine and find jobs in the US factories. At that time, the province of Quebec was under-developed. 
 
I also vaguely heard about another north american branch of Bilodeau, this one originating from a french immigrant running a sugar plant in the Carribeans (Haiti?), who moved to Louisiana after a slaves revolt. This needs more references, as im not quite sure of its authenticity. 
 
 
Hope that helps.

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