Sarpy

[Michael Mccafferty]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Koontz John E wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Koontz John E wrote:
> > Anyway, I have noticed that Pierre Abadie a/k/a Peter A.'s middle name
> > Abadie (which resembles his mother's maiden name L[']abbadie and is
> > probably derived from it) is at least as likely a source of Bac^c^i as
> > Jean Baptiste.  It may actually be more plausible, given that we have OP
> > Badi'ze for Baptiste elsewhere and given that Abadie is the form that
> > actually goes with Peter's known nomenclature.  There is certainly a
> > pattern of the Sarpy men using their middle names or nicknames, e.g.,
> > (Sylvestre) Delor(d), (Pierre) dit Lestang, (Gregoire) Beral(d),
> > (JB)(de)Lille, and so perhaps (Pierre) Abadie or even 'Badie.
>
> Anybody know what the origins of Abadie or Labbadie are?
>
> It occurs to me to wonder how Abadie [abadi'] or [abadsi'] might manifest
> with d as c^c^ as in Bac^c^i, while Baptiste/Battiste with (t)t has that
> come out as d in Badi'ze.

John, I can't quite understand the statement or question, but it didn't
occur to me that Abadie/Labbadie was part of the mix. That name could
certainly be the source of something like Bac^c^i. Abadie would be
[abadzi].


Michael