Jacques Bertaud (abt. 1718 - 1778)

Born about 1718 in Saint-Pierre, Isle Royale, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Madeleine Quimine — married 26 Apr 1741 in Beaubassin, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia

Died 31 Oct 1778 at about age 60 in At Sea

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Biography

Descendant of First Nations Anne "dit Petitous" Ouestnorouest.

Jacques was born about 1718. He was the son of Pierre Bertaud and Marie Martin.^[1]

He was listed in the 1734 census at Havre-Saint-Pierre, Isle Saint-Jean at age 16 with his parents and siblings. ^[2]

At age 24 married Marie Magdeleine Quimine, age 23, daughter of Jacques Kimmin and Marie Chiasson of Beaubassin 26 April 1741 at Beaubassin. ^[3]

Children:^[1][4]

1. Anne BERTAUD 1742-
2. Marie Rose BERTAUD 1745-
3. Gregoire BERTAUD ca 1747-
4. Jean Baptiste BERTAUD ca 1749-
5. Joseph BERTAUD ca 1751-
6. Louis Bertaud b 27 Dec 1753 St-Pierre-du-Nord
7. Jacques Aubin Bertaud b 10 June 1756 St-Pierre-du-Nord
8. Jean Joseph Bertaud b ca Dec 1758

In the 1752 La Roque census at Saint-Pierre-du-Nord, Jacques, a fisherman and ploughman, and Marie-Madeleine were counted with 4 children. The land upon which they were settled was held in half shares with his step-father Mathieu Glain. ^[5]

In 1758, during the Great Upheaval, the family was deported to France. They disembarked at Saint-Malo on 9 March 1759 with 6 children including a newborn who died 2 months later, as well as their 3-year-old son Jacques Aubin. ^[6]

Censuses:^[7]

• 1762 Saint-Servan, France
• 1776 Saint-Pierre de Terre-Neuve

He died at sea around 31 October or 1 November 1778 aboard a British ship. Witnesses were his son and his son-in-law. The first name of the deceased, his wife and witnesses are omitted. Identified by Stephen A. White in DGFA p. 132 and correction for that page indicating that the burial was recorded in the Miquelon register.^[8][7][9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Karen Theriot Reader Page for Jacques Bertaud at Geneanet citing :
   • Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 132
   • Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-1785; pt 1, vol. II, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; p. 626, family #725
2. ↑ Dave Hunter; Transcription (Searchable database in English) of the 1734 Acadian Census at Isle Saint-Jean, Acadie 1734 census at Isle Saint-Jean Transcript on microfilm C-2574 (volume 467) of the National Archives of Canada "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle Saint-Jean, divisé par havres et rivières, pour l'année 1734 ...," images 259 to 266, p. 263 Original census can be found at Originals on microfilm F-768, No 41, pages 253 to 259, p. 2 "Acadie Recensements 1671-1752," Library and Archives Canada, MG 1, G1, volume 466, no. 41

   at Havre-Saint-Pierre, Mathieu Glain 34, his wife 42, 2 sons age 16 and 5; 4 girls age 14, 12, 7, 12.

3. ↑ Library and Archives Canada Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime [La Rochelle, France] : C-1207 Registres de Beaubassin - reel_c1207 MG 6 A 2 (Image 80) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/80?r=0&s=6
4. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry Page for Jacques Bertaud dit Montaury at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed December 2020
5. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 139 / image 308. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” Image 525

   Jacques Montaury, fisherman and ploughman, native Havre Saint-Pierre on Isle Royale, aged 31 years, he has been in the country 25 years. Married to Magdelaine Quimine, native of l'Acadie, aged 31 years. They have four children, three sons and one daughter:-
   Grégoire Montuary, aged 5 years.
   Jean Baptiste, aged 3 years.
   Joseph, aged one year.
   Marie Rose, aged 6 years.
   Their live stock consists of the following: eight oxen, three cows, two calves, five ewes, seven pigs, five geese, six fowls, and twelve chickens. The land upon which they are settled is situated on the aforesaid harbour of Saint-Pierre of the Ile Saint Jean and they hold it in half shares with Mathieu Glain of Rivière de Peugiguit. The said Montaury has another piece of land at a place called les Etangs, where they have made a clearing and have sowed there eight bushels of wheat and four bushels of peas, and still have fallow land sufficient for the sowing of twelve bushels of grain.

6. ↑ "Rôle du Supply, arrivé à Saint-Malo le 9 mars 1759," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the Supply, disembarked at Saint-Malo on March 9, 1759 image 81, accessed Oct 2023

   MONTAURY Jacques, de l'Isle Saint Jean, 40 ans
   QUIMINE Madeleine, 39 ans, femme
   MONTAURY Marie Rose, 14 ans, fille
   MONTAURY Grégoire, 12 ans, fils
   MONTAURY Jean Baptiste, 10 ans, fils
   MONTAURY Louis, 5 ans, fils
   MONTAURY Jacques Aubin, 3 ans (+ le 20 mai 1759)
   MONTAURY Joseph (né en mer ; + le 19 mai 1759)

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} White, Stephen A. Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 132
8. ↑ Archives Nationales d'outre-mer État civil, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon parish records, 1763-1905, Year 1778, P. 28 Burial at sea ----- Montauri, 1 November 1778, accessed December 2020.
9. ↑ White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, "Ajouts et corrections" Ajouts et corrections; University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online

   p 132 (août 2007) b. Jacques. Sur la cinquième ligne, au lieu de «St-Pierre de Terre-Neuve», lire «Miquelon».