Basile Gautrot (1741 - 1821)

Born May 1741 in Cobequid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Madeleine Girouard — married 23 Nov 1770 (to 11 Dec 1811) in Halifax, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1821 at age 80 in Tracadie, Antigonish County, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Basile, aka Basil or Bazille, Gautrot was born at Cobequid (now Truro), Nova Scotia in May 1741. He was the fourth child of Pierre and Agnes (LeBlanc) Gautrot. The name "Cobequid" was a shortened, Acadian name for "Wagobagitik," a Mi'kmaq name for the region meaning "end of the water's flow" (Wikipedia, source below).

When Basile was about nine years old, his father Pierre moved his family to Anse-à-Pinet, Ile-St. Jean, Prince Edward Island (PEI). His father appeared on the detailed La Roque census in 1752 at Anse-à-Pinet with his 2nd wife and 7 boys and 3 girls from their previous marriages. ^[1]The family resided there until the British took Louisbourg and expelled the Acadians from PEI. Pierre then removed his family to Miramichi, New Brunswick, and by 1760 had settled in nearby Restigouche. During the Battle of Restigouche, Basile was taken prisoner and imprisoned at Fort Edward, Windsor, Nova Scotia. This fort was built by the British to prevent Acadian Exodus from the region.

Basile was later sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and after the Peace Treaty, he married Marie Madeleine Girouard on November 23, 1770. ^[2][3] He later joined his father and rest of the family where they settled in a temporary settlement in Chedabouctou (now Guysborough), Nova Scotia. On October 26, 1787, Basile obtained a lot on the west side of the Tracadie River where he built a home.

Basile and Marie had several children including Eusebe b. 1781; Marguerite b. 1782; Basile b. 1787; Firmin b. 1789; and Marie Madeleine b. 1794.

Basile, Sr. passed away on October 4, 1821. He is buried at the Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery in Tracadie, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Research Note

In this transcription of the Bailly register, the marriage was recorded on 25 December 1770. ^[4] Marcel Walter Landry offers an explanation in his website: the marriage was on 23 November and the marriage contract was on 25 December.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 125 image 280. A transcription of the original census, in French, can be found at Census Transcription of Original Record “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 466, Image 470

   Pierre Gautreau, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 44 years, he has been in the country 15 months. Married to Elisabeth Terriaud, native of l'Acadie, aged 42 years.

   They have seven sons and three daughters:-

   Pierre Landry, aged 20 years.

   Theo, aged 14 years.

   Bazille, aged 11 years.

   Honoré, aged 9 years.

   Benoist, aged 3 years.

   Pierre Melançon, aged 17 years.

   Joseph, aged 15 years.

   Aniesse Gautreau, aged 18 years.

   Marie Joseph, aged 7 years.

   Roze, aged 5 years.

   They have in live stock: three oxen, two cows, two mares, one ewe, six pigs, and three fowls. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made on it a clearing for the sowing of three bushels of wheat and two bushels of oats in the coming spring.

2. ↑ Transcription : Nova Scotia Church Records - Acadia - Divers registres, 1755-1799, ( M.G. 10, B11, 2, 1, Vol 1) Image # 109, Marriage Basile Gautraud & Anne LeBlanc 23 November 1770, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, Ste-Anne de Restigouche P.Q. Parish register - 1449 , Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1449 accessed October 2020
3. ↑ Original record : Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Search: C > Caraquet > 1768-1899 > Image 16 of 1632. Accessed on ancestry.ca, October 2020.
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4. ↑ Registre de l'abbé Charles-François Bailly, 1768 à 1773 (Caraquet), transcrit sous la direction de Stephen A. White, Moncton, s.n., 1978, 221 pages, p. 96, Marriage Basile Gautraud & Anne LeBlanc 25 December 1770, accessed October 2020

   Le vingt cinq décembre 1770 à Halifax après trois publications de mariage faites aux prone d’entre basile gautraud fils de pierre gautraud et d 'anne Leblanc de Cobeguit et marie girouerd fille de jean girouerd et d magde Le blanc des mines naient decouvert aucun empêchement

5. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry Basile Gautrot at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed October 2020

• Lanctôt, L'Acadie Des Origines 1603-1771, Les Editions du Fleuve, Succursale Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, 1988, p. 219. [Repository: Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.]

• Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial ID #160370411, includes substantial biographical description, maintained by Diane, contributor #47878506: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160370411

• Gerrior, William D., Acadian Awakenings: Roots & Routes, International Links, an Acadian Family in Exile. Toronto: Real Property Association of Canada (aka RealPAC), 2012.

• Guthro, Peter Joseph. Gautreau to Guthro: 372 Years of Acadian History. [First Printing March 2, 2004; Revised February 28, 2005; February 27, 2006; December 31, 2006; and December 31, 2007]. Available at the St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia), Angus L. MacDonald Library, Specialized Collections, STFX Digital Collections or Gael Stream: Contact: 902-867-2228, or e-mail: circdesk at stfx.ca

• RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Avery & Deslauriers [and allied families], Entries: 171969; Updated: 2017-05-10 23:01:18 UTC (Wed); Owner: Eileen; Profile Manager Rosa Lane (descendant & Acadian Project member): Accessed 1/14/2019; Lists parents of Basile Gautrot I, Spouse & Children; Includes backup/sources: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ib4eexcept&id=I53; RootsWeb Sources: Lloyd Boucher: Research compiled from Antigonish Co.: Roman Catholic parish records of St. Peter’s, Tracadie, & St. Paul’s Havre Boucher; census records; civil records; and data from other researchers including Stephen A. White [SAW].

• Wikipedia (name of location): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia