Charles Doiron (abt. 1674 - 1758)

Born about 1674 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Françoise Gaudet — married 1694 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 1758 at about age 84 in At sea

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Biography

Charles was born around 1674 in Acadie. He is the son of Jean Doiron and Marie-Anne Canol.^[1]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Charles, aged 12, was living with his parents, Jean DOUARON [sic], aged 37, and Marianne [sic] CANOL, aged 35, and his six siblings: Abraham, aged 14, Jean, aged 8, Philippes [sic], aged 4, Pierre, aged 6, Jeanne, aged 8, and Noel, aged 2. The family owned 1 gun, 7 cattle, and 10 sheep.^[2]

Census: 1693, Les Mines, Acadia, age 18 years.

He married Françoise Gaudet after the 1693 census. ^[1]

Their children were:^[1]

1. Charles Doiron (about 1694–1751)
2. Unknown girl DOIRON ca 1696-
3. Charlotte Angelique Marie Doiron (about 1698–before 1760)
4. Marie Doiron (about 1704–before 1752)
5. Marie Madeleine Doiron (1710–about 1750)
6. Madeleine Josèphe Doiron (about 1712–1758)
7. Paul dit Petit Paul Doiron (about 1716–1804)

Charles and Françoise were residing at Rivière-Kenescout, Les Mines, in 1701, with 1 son and 2 daughters.^[3]. They were recorded again at Les Mines in 1707, with 1 son (aged 14 or over), and 3 daughters under the age of 12.^[4] In 1714, the family was recorded in Pisiguit with five girls.^[5]

Charles was on the Census of 1752 at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie, Ile-Saint-Jean, (now Prince-Edward Island) Acadia, age 90 [sic]. He and Françoise were counted in the household of their daughter Madeleine-Josèphe, her husband Paul Boudrot, and their children^[1][6]

In 1758, Charles and Françoise, as well as the family of their daughter Madeleine-Josèphe, were put aboard the ship Duke William and deported from Ile Saint-Jean.^[7]

They both died at sea while crossing to France.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), p. 513
2. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Jean DOUARON 37, Marianne CANOL 35; children: Abraham 14, Charles 12, Jean 8, Philippes 4, Pierre 6, Jeanne 8, Noel 2; 1 gun, 7 cattle, 1 sheep. In the 1686 census at Port Royal, Doiron was listed as Douaron, Marie-Anne was listed as Marianne, and Philippe was listed as Philippes.

3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 174-211;

   Charles DOUARON, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls 6 arpents, 13 cattle, 4 sheep, 10 hogs, 1 gun

4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 221-237;

   Charles DOURIRON, his wife. 1 boy 14 or older, 3 girls less than 12; 2 arpents, 6 cattle. 10 sheep, 10 hogs.

5. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-261;

   Charles DOUARON and wife, 5 daughters.

6. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 102/Image 234. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ”

   at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie Paul Boudrot, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 49 years, he has been two years in the colony. Married to Marie Joseph Duaron, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years. They had two sons and three daughters:- Jean Charles Boudrot, aged 12 years.
   Bazille, aged 4 years.
   Margueritte, aged 17 years.
   Françoise, aged 14 years.
   Anne, aged 7 years.
   Charles Douaron, her father, native of l'Acadie, aged 90 and infirm.
   Married to Françoise Godet, native of l'Acadie, aged 85 years.
   They have in live stock five oxen, four cows, one sow, and four pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated on the Rivière des Blancs; it has been given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made a clearing on it of five arpents to the extent that they have sown seven bushels of wheat and eight bushels of oats.

7. ↑ "Etat des gens de mer, habitans et autres qui ont débarqué à St Malo du paquebot Anglois le Duc Guillaume," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the Duke William, disembarked at Saint-Malo on November 1, 1758 image 133, accessed 7 Dec 2023

   Family # 14
   DOUERAND Charles, died at sea
   GODET Josèphe, his wife, died at sea
   (father and mother of Josèphe, wife of Paul Bouderot)

See also:

• Léandre Maillet, Généalogie acadienne, http://genealogie-acadienne.net/?action=indiDetails&I=10950