Jean Baptiste Legrand
Riffel, Judy![Jean Baptiste Legrand](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/196/19622390/CHSBZCOP0319622390.jpg)
Judy Riffel is a native and life-long resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She and her mother, Ann, became interested in genealogy during the United States Bicentennial. In tracing their roots, they discovered that all but one of their ancestors came to Louisiana prior to 1800. The latecomer was Judy's maternal grandmother's grandfather, a Frenchman named Jean Baptiste Legrand. Arriving in New Orleans in 1848, he settled on the banks of the Atc...