Marguerite Amirault (1704 - 1796)

Born 9 Dec 1704 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Jacques (Mius) Mius de Pobomcoup — married 30 Sep 1723 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1796 at age 91 in Pubnico, Nova Scotia Colony

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Biography

Marguerite Amirault was born 9 December 1704 at Cap de Sable, Acadia. She was the daughter of François Amireau and Marie Pitre. She was baptized on 24 December 1704 by Jacques de Pobomkou and by Felix Pain on 22 May 1705 at St-Jean-Baptiste du Port-Royal, Acadia. Her godparents were Maurice Vigneau and Anne de Pobomkou.^[1]

She married Jacques Mius de Pobomcoup, son of Jacques Mius de Pobomcoup and Anne de St. Etienne 30 September 1723 at Port Royal, Acadia. Signed by Jacques Mius and Charles Mius d' Entrement.^[2][3]

Their known children were:

1. Jacques Mius (about 1729 – about 1760) .
2. Marie Mius (about 1730 – unknown) .
3. Anne d'Entremont (Feb 28 1732 – before 1824) .
4. Joseph Mius (about 1739 – May 20 1783) .
5. Paul d'Entremont (about 1743 – Jul 19 1841) .
6. Benoni D'Entremont (about 1745 – Feb 21 1841)
7. Marguerite /Mius-d'Entremont b. 1737

She died on 18 October 1796 at West-Pubnico, Nova Scotia.^[4]

Argyle's First Post-Deportation Acadian Families: Resettling Argyle and the Founding of New Communities [Acadian Families of Argyle] ^[5]

In 1767, a small group of settlers arrived in Pubnico from Massachusetts. They were 24 in number and included the following families:

Charles Amirault, his wife Claire Dugas, and four of their children. One of the four, their daughter Marguerite, had married Pierre LeBlanc while in exile in Massachusetts.

Jacques Amirault (a brother of Charles), his wife Jeanne Laure, and several of their children, some of whom were married adults.

Charles Belliveau, his wife Agnes Gaudet, and seven of their children.

Charles Belliveau (son of the above Charles), his wife Marguerite Bastarache, and three of their children.

Marguerite (Amirault) d'Entremont, widow of Jacques d'Entremont (who had died in Massachusetts in 1759), with five of her children, three sons and two daughters. Some of those children had been married while in exile.

Sources

1. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Marguerite Amiraut baptism 9 December 1704 RG 1 volume 26 page 35 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=104
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 184) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/184?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Jacques Mius de Pobomcoup and Marguerite Amiraud marriage RG 1 volume 26 page 334 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1373
4. ↑ Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SRXZ-ZN4 : accessed 2014-12-11), entry for Marguerite /Amirault/.
5. ↑ Title: "Paroisse acadienne rappelée, Une"/"An Acadian Parish Remembered"; Author: Public Archives of Nova Scotia; Note: An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755.

See also:

• BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES-DEATH-BURIAL: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 1596 (Cap de Sable)

• BIRTH-CHRISTENING-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 18

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=davilia1&id=I109678