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Marie Théotiste Vigneault (1744 - 1755)

Marie Théotiste Vigneault aka Vignot
Born in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Died at age 11 in Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-Francemap
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Marie Théotiste Vigneault died young.

Marie Théotiste Vignot was born 11 January 1744, a daughter of Jean Baptiste Vigneault and Agnès Poirier. She was baptized the same day at Beaubassin. Her godparents were Francois Poirie and Marguerite Vignot.[1][2][3]

Around 1751-1752, her parents, Jean-Baptiste and Agnès, decided to settle on Ile Royale (now Cape Breton), seeking a better life for the family. In 1752, six months after their arrival, they were recorded on the detailed La Roque census at Port Toulouse, Ile Royale, with two sons and four daughters. Théotiste was eight years of age at the time. They were given land and rations for two years, but had not built a house yet nor cleared the land. [4] Since living conditions were difficult there, and the rocky soil not conducive to farming, they decided to return to their homeland where they were recorded on the 1755 census, in Baie-Verte with 4 daughters. [5]

In 1755, her family was deported to Georgia. [6] According to historian André-Carl Vachon, Théotiste was not deported with the family. She fled to Canada, Nouvelle-France aboard a ship, possibly l'Actif, that left Fort Gaspareau on 17 June 1755 with 75 passengers and docked at the port of Québec around 5 July 1755.[7]

She died shortly after her arrival, on 13 November 1755. She was buried the same day at Notre-Dame-de-Québec.[8] It was noted that she was twelve years of age, the daughter of Vignau dit Maurice of La Baye Verte in Acadie. Her mother was not named in the record. Jean Valé was present.

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 112) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/112?r=0&s=6
  2. Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, Acadian Church Records, vol. II, (Metairie, LA: Authors, 1976) p. 93.
  3. Robert Dafford, "Acadians in Massachusetts," Acadian-Home.org, database by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, (http://www.acadian-home.org/acadians-massachusetts.html): accessed 21 Aug 2013), entry for Jean Baptiste Vigneau family.
  4. Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, pp. 20-21.
    Baptiste Vigneau, native of Port Royal, aged 25 years, married to Anne Poirier, native of la Cadie, aged 28 years, They have been in the colony half a year, and have been granted rations for two years.
    They have two sons and four daughters:
    Jean Baptiste aged 10 years
    Amant, aged 6 years
    Marie, aged 12 years
    Téotiste, aged 8 years
    Marguerite, aged 4 years
    Nastazie, aged 1 year
    In animals, one cow, one calf, one sow, eleven fowls and a bateau. They have no dwelling place. The land on which they are settled was marked out for them by M. de Villejoint. They have made no clearing.
  5. Stephen A. White, "Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755)," Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, pp. 406-407.
  6. Paul Delaney, "The Acadians Deported from Chignectou to 'Les Carolines' in 1755: Their Origins, Identities and Subsequent Movements," Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historiques, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed., (Moncton, NB: Chaire d’études acadiennes, 2005) p. 263-270, 345
  7. André-Carl Vachon, Les réfugiés et miliciens acadiens en Nouvelle-France 1755-1763, (Tracadie, La Grande Marée, 2020) p. 238
  8. "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99Q-MNZM?cc=1321742&wc=HCRF-JWL%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C26766901 : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1752-1757 > image 294 of 416; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.




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Merci Gisele for finding more info about Marie Theotiste...this will add a tragically real element to my story. I believe I have Vachon's book back home and will check for the ship she may have been on.

Any ideas why this one child would be separated from her large family in Baie Verte? I have many in my imagination, but if there is a true one, that takes precedent.

posted by Ann Forcier
As for the ship, Vachon believes that it could be L'Actif. I cannot understand why, at 11 years of age, she was separated from her family. In the passenger list reconstituted by Vachon, she is listed alone, not travelling with a family member. Jean Valé, who was present at her burial, was not among the passengers on the ship, and doesn't seem to be part of the family either. Usually, young children are taken care of by other family members when one or both parents are deceased, which is not the case here. You might be able to find more information in the following document: Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historiques - Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed. - Moncton, NB: Chaire d'études acadiennes, 2005 - pp. 265-270 Article by Paul Delaney, "The Acadians Deported from Chignectou to 'Les Carolines' in 1755: Their Origins, Identities and Subsequent Movements."
posted by Gisèle Cormier

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