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Marie Anne (LeJeune) Dauphney (1794 - aft. 1851)

Marie Anne Dauphney formerly LeJeune aka Dauphney,Young, Duffenais, Duffney
Born in Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 5 Dec 1820 in Sydney, Nova Scotiamap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 57 in Port au Port, Newfoundlandmap
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Biography

Marie Anne LeJeune was recorded as Mary Ann Young and spouse of John Dauphney on marriage certificate. She seems to have been one of the first Duffneys to settle in Port au Port, Newfoundland.

In the baptism records of her children Isaac and Emily, she is listed as "Mary Ann Young"[1]

It is not known when she died. I have her death as after 1851 because she was still alive at the baptism of her daughter Genevieve on Aug 28 1851. The death records for the 1850s through to the 1880s are missing and she has not been found yet in those that have been transcribed.[2]


Research note

She is possibly the daughter of Joseph Christophe Lejeune and Radegonde Lejeune. [3][4]

DNA testing has revealed that Mary Ann is Indigenous. It is believed that she is either the daughter of Joseph Christophe and Radegonde or a child of one of the other Lejeune cousin marriages. This would mean that she is Mi'kmaq. Vachon does not name a primary record so it is possible that she has different parents


Sources

  1. Newfoundland GenWeb, Sandy Point Immaculate Conception R.C. Church: Baptisms 1851. Laverne Cormier & Steve Gillis. Accessed 2020.
  2. NL GenWeb. West Coast Region, Bay St. George District. Sandy Point Immaculate Conception RC Church. Baptisms 1858. Laverne Cormier and Steve Gillis. Accessed 2020.
  3. Vachon, André Carl, L'histoire de la famille Lejeune dit Briard, Sainte-Adele, Quebec, Klemt edition, 2014, p 400.
  4. Andre-Carl Vachon, confirmation of birth year and parents October 10, 2016, Facebook (Famille Lejeune dit Briard/Young) and details on how to obtain his book
  • Marriage: Lahey, Bob. Email August 22, 2003, sent to Rhon White.

Notes and copy of marriage certificate held in the files of Rhon White, from a journal at the Beaton, showing the records of Saint George on file. it appears that neither spouse could sign their name as there was an X in the signature.

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Andre Carl Vachon for posting reply to Rhon's query to confirm birth year and parents of Marie Anne Lejeune, posted to famille lejeune dit briard/young(facebook group) on October 10, 2016 and for information on how to obtain his book which is based on primary records.




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Hi, Rhon, the bio mentions that the parents might be other people. Cassiopeia Reed (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reed-23701) is linked through this profile to Unknown Bourg (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bourg-1721). But she does not share DNA with Unknown Bourg. Denis Savard says she should have T2b7a2 to be a match and she has X2b7 which is not a match.

Unknown Bourg is a new profile and family relationships were recently changed for Germain Doucet based on research by Carl Vachon and Denis Savard. I checked the parentage of everyone down from Unknown Bourg and I think this is the incorrect link. Could you review, please? We can loop Denis in if you need as he knows a lot more about it than I do. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Savard-914

We are trying to get the incorrect DNA links (the non T2b7a2) on Unknown Bourg removed and that needs to happen by correcting relationships. Appreciate your looking into it.

Thank you, Rhon! Cindy

Update, I may have found the improper links for Unknown Bourg further up in her ancestors (with Jeanne Lejeune), but possibly this question is still relevant.

posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
edited by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Hi Cindy, sorry I can't help. I don't know of any Bourg connections to Duffney/Duffenais. I could not find any further information on Antoine Bourg other than his wife and children. I don't know why the Reed profile and Bourg profile are linked. Perhaps Denis Savard can help you since it's his shared research that changed some family relationships. Good luck with sorting it out. Take care, Rhon
posted by Rhon White
Hi, Rhon, I kept going up the line and found that Jeanne Lejeune had questionable parents. She has Native DNA and both her parents were european. Denis checked and removed them. So the Unknown Bourg is out of the line for this profile now. Even if this profile might need different parents, our up-the-line problem has been fixed. Thank you for looking into it, I always appreciate a chance to work with you :)
posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Hi CIndy, I know someone who has a DNA project and therefore may have some information on Jeanne. I will ask her for help and let you know what she says. I know the LeJeunes of Bras d'Or are Mi'kmaq. I am related several ways so this question of Jeanne makes me curious. I have a feeling she would be connected somehow to Membertou. Hopefully, we will find another piece of the puzzle, if nothing more.

With regard to Bourg, I am now motivated to trace my line back to the first known ancestor. It is probably Antoine who married Antoinette Landry. Would be nice to know.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It's always nice to hear from you. Even if I cannot give much help, it makes me curious as to what we can find. Thanks for sharing. Best of luck in your searches too.

Take care Rhon

posted by Rhon White
Lejeune-11 and LeJeune-506 do not represent the same person because: Not the same birthday
posted by Pat Songe
between mary ann duffenais and barbe bajolet there is alot of confusion i find with lack of mtdna testing.
posted on Lejune-31 (merged) by Jessica Alexander
We can go ahead and merge them since the daughter has been merged. Now Edmee Joseph's profile suggests she has X2b7 as the mtDNA haplogroup. However, the Mothers of Acadia has confirmed that Edmee Joseph was haplogroup A2f1a which is consistent with native ancestry. You can find most of the results at http://www.acadian-home.org/Founding-Mothers-of-Acadia.html but it doesn't show the "ungrouped" individuals such as Marie Duffenais... you have to go to the actual project at FamilyTreeDNA to see that. I'm not sure if you must be a member but it is at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mothersofacadia?iframe=mtresults. I'm hoping the "public" in the url means you don't have to registered. In any case, one ancestor of Edmee and 3 ancestor's of Cecile Joseph have been tested. There must be some error or unknown event (adoption?) in the WikiTree maternal line from Alexander-16214 to Joseph-1633.
posted on Lejune-31 (merged) by Donna (Friebel) Storz
edited by Donna (Friebel) Storz
Lejeune and other family surnames are found in Mi'kmaq-Maliseet records. Being recorded in an Acadian record does not exclude someone from being recorded in a Mi'kmaq one. DNA is slow to catch up with genealogy research. We, in Newfoundland, who are Mi'kmaq, and obtained status, did so by genealogy and history so we know there are blood ties between most families on the west coast of Newfoundland to each other and to the families that were born and lived on traditional Mi'kmaq lands before Acadia was formed. So additionally, just because someone is not recorded as Mi'kmaq doesn't mean they are not. Historically, it has not always been safe to declare one was Mi'kmaq so paperwork can be sketchy, this is where DNA testing is really key. Intermarriage has blurred some lines but they are there for the finding. Both Alexander and Joseph are Mi'kmaq surnames.
posted by Rhon White
also people with Bennett/Benoit, Young/LeJeune,LeBlanc/White, Jesseau and all of the variants, Cormier, and other surnames in their family tree likely have a Mi'kmaq ancestor. If testing shows someone has DNA maternal line and the person tested has ties to the West Coast of Newfoundland, in most cases, that ancestor can be identified with documentation.
posted by Rhon White
My post above was to point out that her mtDNA as currently shown on WikiTree is incorrect and should be shown as native. DNA doesn't lie but some unusual event such as adoption or whatever has led to someone whose genealogy "on paper" shows her to be in the maternal line of Edmee having European mtDNA when it should not show that if she were truly in Edmee's maternal line. Clearly the person whose DNA was tested is not actually in Edmee's maternal line or else her mtDNA haplogroup would match that of other Edmee descendants and be native instead of European.
posted by Donna (Friebel) Storz
Hi Donna, thank you for pointing that out. It is important to get to the truth.
posted by Rhon White
Hi Donna. The X2b7 European for Marie Dauphinée is correct, as two descendants from two line triangulate her signature. There is therefore a wrong connection upstream, despite an otherwise solid lineage (factoring in dispensations). https://savart.info/AcadieADN/MarieDauphinee.pdf

André-Carl Vachon- expert on the Lejeune family - believes to have ID'd the wrong link at Leroy-924 : Martine's husband is specified «legitimate» at their marriage and she is not. The marriage is transcribed and translated on that profile. More later.

posted by Denis Savard
edited by Denis Savard
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posted on Lejune-31 (merged) by Donna (Friebel) Storz
deleted by Donna (Friebel) Storz
this is the same person, merge can proceed. the LeJeune line is Mi'kmaq as per MIcmac-Maliseet records. Not sure if any DNA results for her have been done. This is the first I have heard of it. But cool to see it. Marie Anne is my ancestor. please message me if you merge. thanks
posted on Lejune-31 (merged) by Rhon White

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