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My Acadian Roots
Bourgeois, Hébert, Landry, Mélanson,
Poirier, Trahan, Thibodeau
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My Acadian Roots
Jacques Jacob Bourgeois
(1620-1699)
Jacques Jacob Bourgeois, son of Nicolas
Grandjean and Marguerite Bourgeois, was born January 8, 1620/21 in La-Ferét-Gaucher,
France. He married Jeanne Trahan in 1643 in Port Royal, Acadia.
By his own account, Jacques Bourgeois,
the pioneer of the Bourgeois family in Acadia, came to Acadia as a surgeon
in 1642, during the governorship of Charles d'Aulnay.
Jacques Jacob Bourgeois is my ninth
great grandfather.
There are several databases of the descendants
of Nicolas Grandjean and Marguerite Bourgeois
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Etienne Hébert
(1623-1676)
Etienne Hébert, born in Touraine,
France in 1623, came to Acadia with his brother Antoine. In 1650, he
married Marie Gaudet in Port Royal.
However, the names of their parents are not known.
Arsenault says, in the Port-Royal volume of Histoire et généalogie
des Acadiens, that Antoine and Étienne Hébert were the
sons of Jacques and Marie Juneau. However, the Corrections to Arsenault
states that they are not the sons of this couple, giving no further
information. Steve White also says that these were not their parents.
Etienne Hébert is
my eight great grandfather.
There are several databases of the descendants
of Etienne Hébert and Marie Gaudet
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René Landry (1618-)
René Landry, born in La Ventrouze, Tourouvre, Perche,
France in 1618. He married Perrine Bourg in 1645 in Port-Royal.
They had six children. René is the son of Jean-Claude Landry
with his first wife (4 children) who remarried and had two more. All
six children appear to have been born in France and moved to Acadia
later on. Two sons propagated the Landry name in the new world from
Québec to Louisiana.
René Landry is my eight
great grandfather.
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Charles Mélanson
(Mélançon) (1643-1700)
The Arrival : The two Mélanson brothers, Pierre Mélanson
dit Laverdure, a stonemason, born in 1632, the spouse of Marie Marguerite
Muis d'Entremont, the daughter of the Lord of Pomcoup, Philippe Mius
d 'Entremont, and Charles Mélanson dit Laverdure, born
in 1643, the husband of Marie Dugas, daughter of Armourer Abraham Dugas
and Marguerite Doucet of Port Royal, arrived in Port Royal in 1657 accompanied
their parents aboard the ship the Satisfaction, with Sir Thomas Temple,
the new English Governor of Acadia .
The Mélanson Settlement: For almost a century, until
the deportation of the Acadians in 1755, the settlement was the place
of residence of Charles Mélanson, his wife Marie Dugas, and their
descendants and associates. The Melanson Settlement is one of the principal
Canadian archeological sites illustrating the way of rural life in Acadia
in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a mirror of the various aspects
of the daily life, their homes, material culture and their prosperity.
1755: Deportation: In the Autumn of 1755, 1660 Acadians
of the region of Port Royal embarked on the ships towards exile.
Charles and his son Ambroise took refuge in Quebec, while Jean Mélanson
and his family were refugees in France with a group of Acadians from
Cape Sable.
Others were deported to Maryland and other States. The Mélanson
like hundreds of other Acadians were imprisoned in the military fortresses
which were neither more or less than concentration camps. At gun point,
English soldiers forced them to work for them. The Mélansons
were imprisoned at Forts Cumberland and Edward.
Today, this large Acadian family the name of [MELANSON] MELANSON
- MELANCON - MALANSON - MALONSON can be found in all of Canada, the
United States and in France. These Acadians all descendants of Pierre
and Charles Mélanson arrived in Acadia 3 ½ centuries ago.
The majority of Charles' descendants returned to the former Acadia,
resettling in Nova Scotia and Southern New Brunswick, and in the USA
in the States of Maine and Massachusetts, most continuing to spell their
name Mélanson, but some have changed to Malanson and Malonson.
The majority of Pierre's descendants however did not return, resettling
in Louisiana, Québec, and Northern New Brunswick, in the Bathurst
region. It is this branch of the family that today predominately spells
their name MELANCON. The only descendent of Pierre known to have returned
to Nova Scotia was Charles Marie who settled in Pomquet after returning
with his mother from exile in France.
Charles Mélanson is my seventh
great grandfather.
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Jehan (Jean) Poirier
(1621-1654)
Jehan Poirier, born around 1621 in La
Chaussée, Poitou France arrived in Port-Royal around 1649, having
married Jeanne Chabrol (Chabrat), daughter of Antoine and
Françoise Chaumeret, in 1648. His descendants are quite numerous,
especially in New Brunswick and the Gaspé Peninsula.
Jehan Poirier is my ninth
great grandfather.
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Guillaume Trahan (1611-1682)
Guillaume Trahan, born in Bourgueil, Anjou, France in 1611 married
Francoise Corbineau on 17 Jul 1627 in Touraine, France and came
to Acadia with their daughter in 1636.
He later married Magdeleine Brun in 1666 in Port-Royal. I am connected
via both his wifes, but closer to Magdeleine Brun (eight vs tenth).
Guillaume Trahan is my eight
great grandfather.
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Pierre Thibodeau (Thibaudeau)
(1631-1708)
Pierre Thibodeau arrived from France aboard the ship Châteaufort,
and settles in 1654 in Acadia at La Pré-Ronde (also called the
Village des Thibodeau), close to Port-Royal (renamed Annapolis-Royal
by the English). In 1659, he marries Jeanne Theriot (daughter
of Jehan and Perrine Brault from Poitou, France). His descendants live
in the area for over a century.
Pierre Thibodeau is the founder of the village of Chipoudie.
Several of his children settle there and also in the area of Grand-Pré,
in Pigiguit, la Rivière aux Vieux Habitants et la Rivière
aux Canards.
Pierre Thibodeau is not a hero or a historical character of great
scale. He is one of those which contributed to their way, to build Acadia
and America.
Pierre and Jeanne had at least 18 children. The Deportation of
1755 is the cause of the descendants being spread everywhere in the
world, especially in North America, as well in Canada as in the United
States, mainly in Quebec, in New Brunswick, in Maine and in Louisiana.
Pierre Thibodeau is my eight
great-grandfather.
Further Thibodeau Readings
- Maurice Thibaudeau
- Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc
- Troy Thibodeaux
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