Marie Gareau (abt. 1677 - abt. 1755)

Born about 1677 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Jerome Darois — married about 1698 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 1755 at about age 78 in Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Marie Gareau was born about 1677 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, daughter of Dominique Gareau (1626–bef. 1699) and Marie Gaudet (abt. 1626–1710).^[1]

Marie was first noted in the census of 1678, with 4 older step-siblings.^[2]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Elarie [recte Marie] Garault [sic], aged 9, was living with her parents, Dominique GARAULT [sic], aged 60, and Marie GODET [sic], and her two stepbrothers: Michel, aged 20, and Antoine, aged 16. Her stepbrothers were the children of her mother and Emanuel [recte Etienne] HEBERT. The family lived on 3 arpents of cultivable land with 4 sheep and 4 hogs.^[3]

Marie (20) married Jerome Darois (27) (born in 1670 in Paris, France) about 1698 in Port-Royal.^[1] Their known children were:

1. Isabelle Darois (abt. 1698–1765)
2. Jean Darois (abt. 1700–1757)
3. Etienne Darois (abt. 1703–abt. 1763)
4. Marie Josephte Darois (1709–1753)
5. Joseph Darois (1711– )
6. Anne Darois (abt. 1717–aft. 1763)
7. Magdeleine Darois (1719–abt. 1767)

Marie died about 1755 in Colony of Virginia, aged 77.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, p665
2. ↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census

   Dominiq Garrau & Marie Godet; 2 boys: 13, 1665; 11, 1667; 3 girls: 18, 1660; 13, 1665; 2, 1676

3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Dominique GARAULT 60, Marie GODET; children of Marie (and Emanuel HEBERT): Michel 20, Antoine 16; and Elarie Garault 9; 3 arpents, 4 sheep, 3 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Gareau was listed as Garault, Gaudet was listed as Godet, Etienne was listed as Emanuel, and Marie was listed as Marie but transcribed as Elarie.

4. ↑ Death: Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree,The Generations Network, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA,
   Page: Database online.
   Record for Jerome Darois FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.), Database online.