Marie Madeleine Quimine (abt. 1718 - 1790)

Born about 25 Oct 1718 in Beaubassin, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Jacques Bertaud — married 26 Apr 1741 in Beaubassin, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia

Died 28 Jun 1790 at about age 71 in Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Biography

Marie Magdeleine Quimine was born about 1718. She was the daughter of Jacques Quimine and Marie-Josephe Chiasson. She was baptized 25 Oct 1718 at Beaubassin. There was no birth date recorded, so providing baptism date here. Her godparents were Louis Hugon and Marie Blanchard.^[1]

At age 23, she married Jacques Bertaud dit Montory, age 24, son of the late Pierre Montory and Marie Martin of Isle St Jean. Witnesses: Jacques Kimmin, father of the bride, Jacques Arssenaud, godfather of the groom, Abraham Arssenaud, Henry Lhostillier and many others.^[2]

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

Censuses:^[5]

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

Marie-Madeleine died at age 70 at Saint-Pierre, in the archipelago of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, on 28 Jun 1790.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 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 04) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/4?r=0&s=6
2. ↑ 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
3. ↑ 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.

4. ↑ Ship at St-Malo Roll of the Supply, disembarked at Saint-Malo on March 9, 1759. Accessed December 2020, family # 3

   
   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)

5. ↑ 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
6. ↑ Landry, Marcel Walter. Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde. Database: “Acadiens avant 1825.” Person ID #8936. Updated to 25 Oct 2019. Search page: ]http://mwlandry.ca/genealog/searchform.php].