Pierre Berteau (abt. 1738 - 1813)

Born about 1738 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France

Husband of Rosalie Savoie — married 25 Aug 1766 in Cabahannocer, St. James, Louisiana, New Spain

Husband of Madeleine Bourgeois — married 22 Nov 1796 in St. James, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1813 at about age 75 in Convent, St. James, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Pierre Berteau is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 1-Right. He is listed alone.^[1]

Pierre Berteau migrated from France to Louisiana.

Pierre Berteau, son of Francois Berteau and Louise Ernaudine,^[2] was born about 1739^[3] in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France,^[2] predating the Acadian deportations to that location. Critical information is missing from the time of his birth to the time his name appears on the Wall of Names in St. Martinville, Louisiana with the Acadians, as an early arrival to Louisiana, on Plaque 1 Right. He is listed alone as head of his own household.^[4]

He is recorded in Louisiana early enough to have been a member of the Beausoleil party, arriving from Halifax via St. Domingue c.1765. He was counted in the census of 8 April 1766 in Cabahannocer, St. James, Louisiana with a woman, a child, and one slave.^[5]

However, as Steven Cormier explains on his website, Acadians in Gray:

Spanish officials counted Pierre, son of François Berteau and Louise Ernaudine of Nantes, France, at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans in April 1766. In his household lived a woman, a girl, and one slave. Pierre remained at Cabahannocer and remarried to two Acadians from the Savoie and Bourgeois families there. His being at Cabahannocer in April 1766 implies that he was an Acadian who had come to Louisiana with 600 other exiles from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in 1765. However, when one considers his birth at Nantes in c1738 (based on the age given in the Cabahannocer census of January 1777), one suspects that he was a French immigrant, not an Acadian, who chose to live away from the bustle of New Orleans.^[6]

He officially married Acadian Rosalie Savoie on 25 August 1766 at Cabahannocer, St. James, Louisiana.^[7][8][9]

Known children of the marriage:

1. Francoise Berteau (c.1766)
2. Jean Charles Berteau (c.1768)
3. Joseph Berteau (c.1772)
4. Marie Berteau (1773)^[10]
5. Marie Margueritte Berteau (1775)^[11]
6. Elisabeth Berteau (c.1776)
7. Anne Berteau (1778)^[12]
8. Pierre Berteau (1781)^[13]

He served in the Louisiana Militia in 1770 along the Acadian Coast of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. By then he was 29. ^[14]

By January of 1777, still in Cabahannocer (St. James, Louisiana), he and Rosalie had six children.^[3] On 5 May 1782 at St. James, Louisiana, Pierre was listed as one of the buyers at the sale of property and effects of estate of the late Michel Gaudin.^[15]

Rosalie died, and Pierre married a second time, to Magdalena Bourgeois, widow of Josef Terriot, on 22 November 1796.^[2][16] No known children.

They were counted on the census of 1810 in St. James, Louisiana. ^[17]

He died, probably the day before he was buried on August 10, 1813 at Convent, St. James, Louisiana.^[18][19]

Research Notes

• There is some confusion as from where, when, and why he immigrated to Louisiana. From the comments, KTR seems to have some information, but the link and/or citation are not included. With a record showing him married in Louisiana in 1766, readers can only assume that he arrived at the Beausoleil party c.1765. An earlier arrival date could mean a unique history.

• Burial (10 August 1813) St. James, Louisiana, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 11
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol 2, 1770-1803 (Baton Rouge, LA: Archdiocese of Baton Rouge, ___) p. 86 "BERTEAU."

   "Pedro, widower of Rosalia Savoy (Francisco & Luisa Ernaudine of Nantes, France) m. 22 Nov. 1796, Magdalena Bourgeois, widow of Josef Terriot (Pedro & Maria Cormier of Acadia) wit. Pedro Michel, Josef Cormier, Josef Berteau (SJA-2, 36)"

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Winston DeVille, "The Parish of St. James in the Province of Louisiana: Abstracts from the Spanish Census of 1777" (Ville Platte, LA: Author, 1987) p.19 (or 190)

   Census taken 1 Jan 1777 of the Parish of St. James at Cabahannocer.

   "Berteau, 38;

   Roze Savoy, his wife, 36;

   Charles, son fils, 9;

   Joseph, son fils, 5;

   Francoise, sa fille, 10;

   Marie, sa fille, 4;

   Margueritte, sa fille, 3;

   Elizabeth, sa fille, 1"

4. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 10.
5. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies,Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796 (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 115

   Text: VERRET'S COMPANY, Census and count of the Acadians... of the Kabakan Coast on both banks of the [Mississippi] river twenty leagues from the city [of New Orleans]: Resident Pedro BERTEAU, with 1 woman, 1 girl, 1 slave. [10 households later is Joseph TERIO, with his wife, future wife of Pierre BERTEAU.]

6. ↑ Steven Cormier, Acadians in Gray, Appendices http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-BERTEAU.htm
7. ↑ Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens, (Montreal: Lemeac, 1978) p. 2423 (Louisiana)

   Text: Pierre BERTEAU (also MONTORY), born around 1730[sic], "probably"[sic] the son of Pierre BERTAUD dit MONTORY of Isle St. Jean, married Natalie[sic] SAVOIE; daughter Marie born 1775.

8. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois, Cabanocey: the History, Customs and Folklore of St. James Parish (Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1998) p. 171

   Text: On "List of the Acadians Married Since the Establishment of Kabahannossé (Cabahannocer):" Pierre BERTO married 25 Aug 1766 to Rose SAVOY.

9. ↑ Voorhies, p. 424

   "LIST OF THE ACADIANS WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KABAHANOSSÉ," dated 14 Feb 1768. Pierre BERTO and Rose SAVOY.

10. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-RD6 : 14 January 2020), Pierre Berteau in entry for Marie Berteau, 1773.
11. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-RDN : 14 January 2020), Pierre Berteau in entry for Marie Marguerite Berteau, 1775.
12. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-TXM : 14 January 2020), Pierre Berteau in entry for Anne Berteau, 1778.
13. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-X77 : 14 January 2020), Pierre Berteau in entry for Pierre Berteau, 1781.
14. ↑ Winston DeVille, Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution (Provincial Press, 1991); p. 93

    "Pierre BERTAU, 29, Acadia[sic], married."

15. ↑ Eileen Larré Behrman, transcriber, "St. James Parish, Louisiana, Colonial Records, 1782-1787" (Conroe, TX: Clan MacBean Press, 1981) p. 7

    "Pierre BERTEAUX dit Beausoliel [sic, for Beausoleil], was listed as one of the buyers at the sale of property and effects of estate of the late Michel GAUDIN. Total sale amounted to 434 piastres, 5 reaux. Although he bid on the habitation, that was sold to Xavier THERIOT for 605 piastres on 8 May 1782."

16. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK18-NMT : 14 January 2020), Pedro Berteau, 1796.
17. ↑ US census online Bertaud Prre

    Text: Line [#18], P'rre BERTAUD: Free White Males Free White Females Other Slaves 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45 + 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 00 1 6 [Pierre & Madeleine BOURGEOIS are both over age 45; there are six slaves.]

18. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 3, 1804-1819, (Baton Rouge, LA: Archdiocese of Baton Rouge, 1982) p. 96

    "Pierre [BERTEAU], age 85[sic], buried on 10 Aug 1813 at St . Michael Church, Convent, St. James, LA (SMI-8, 17)."

19. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, posted on December 26, 2020 at his FamilySearch profile page, "Although called age 85 at his burial in 1813, he was stated age 38 on the census dated 1 Jan 1777." [1777-38=born in 1739. Agrees with the militia list. 1813-1739=74 years old at death. Ward-9858 22:07, 8 January 2022 (UTC)]

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 November 2022, 10:20), entry for Pierre Berteau (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6J3-8ZB ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 April 2022, 15:16), entry for Pierre Berteau (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6J3-8ZB ); contributed by various users.

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 February 2021, 19:00), entry for Pierre Berteau (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6J3-8ZB ); contributed by various users.