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The Gallants of southeast New Brunswick are descendants of Michel Haché's three sons: Pierre, François and Jacques.[1]
Pierre and Cécile were counted on the 1734 census at Port-Lajoie with their 4 children. He was a farmer and owned 4 head of cattle.[5] There was a second census that year in which they appeared. [6]
Widowed Pierre also appeared on the 1752 census at Rivière du Nord-Est, south side, at age 51 with his 8 children. He was listed as a ploughman and a navigator.[7]
He died before June 03, 1760, date of his daughter Marie Anne's marriage, when he was identified as deceased in the marriage record. No location for death is given by Stephen White. [2]
Sources
↑ White, Stephen A. "La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94," online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), HACHÉ DIT GALLANT, page 3
↑ 2.02.12.2 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. 792; #(5)
:Notes: born about 1701, Beaubassin, Acadie; on the census of 1714 Bbn; census of 1734 Port-Lajoie; married about 1726 Cecile Lavergne; died before 3 June 1760, on the census of 1752 La Roque, age 51
at Beaubassin: Michel HACHE and Anne CORMIER his spouse; the widow Cormier; Children: Joseph, Marie, Jean-Baptiste, Charles, Pierre, Anne, Marguerite, Francois, Magdelaine, Jacques.
↑ Marcel Walter Landry Pierre Haché at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed June 2020
at Port-la-Joye: Pierre Haché from Acadie; profession : local resident and farmer; 1 wife, 2 boys, 2 girls. Owns 4 head of cattle.
↑ 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. 260 Original census can be found at Originals on microfilm F-768, No 41, pages 253 to 259, item 1 "Acadie Recensements 1671-1752," Library and Archives Canada, MG 1, G1, volume 466, no. 41
at Port-la-Joye: Pierre age 33, his wife 25, 2 boys age 8 and 6; 2 girls age 4 and 2. Owns 4 oxen and 1 cow
↑Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905 1752 La Roque Census, p. 93/Image 216. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” Images 353-354
Pierre Haché Galland, widower, ploughman and navigator, native of l'Acadie, aged 51 years, has been 30 years in the country. In live stock they have six oxen, four cows, two bulls, two calves, two mares, five wethers, eleven ewes, seven cows, two pigs, and twenty-three fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated on the south side of the Rivière du Nord-Est on Port La Joye. They hold it by grant, and have made a clearing on which they have sown thirty-two bushels of wheat, one bushel of oats, and have made fallow land for the sowing of sixteen bushels."
He has three sons and five daughters:-
Louis Haché, aged 25 years. [1726]
Pierre, aged 23 years. [1729]
Jean Baptiste, aged 17 years. [1735]
Geneviève, aged 21 years. [1731]
Marie Anne, aged 19 years. [1733]
Louise, aged 15 years. [1737]
Anne, aged 13 years. [1739]
Marie Joseph, aged 8 years. [1744]
See also:
Généalogie des Familles Acadiennes de L'Ile du Prince Edouard circa 1764-1900 Volume 4 Gallant book 2 page 2633 by Mr. Jean Bernard PEI Acadian genealogist
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pierre by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
The date of death was changed from "before June 03, 1760" to "before 19 December 1743". His wife was buried on 19 December 1743 but he was not listed as deceased in her burial record. Pierre appeared on the 1752 census therefore he died after that. Could you provide a source for this change?
Gallant-1571 and Haché-366 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate-Haché is preferred surname for the Acadian Project. Please merge.
Hache-377 and Haché-366 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, birth year same. Born in Beaubassin as all the children after him were as well.
Haché-Gallant-22 and Hache Gallant-9 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, parents....spouse needs to be merged into last name Lavergne
The date of death was changed from "before June 03, 1760" to "before 19 December 1743". His wife was buried on 19 December 1743 but he was not listed as deceased in her burial record. Pierre appeared on the 1752 census therefore he died after that. Could you provide a source for this change?
Same death date and place.
Difference in dates to be noted in the biography until a source can be added.
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