Julien M. Angot was born in 1820 in the little hamlet of La Marquerais, Brittany, France. This lies south of the city of Saint-Malo & just east of the town of Pleurtuit where his great grandfather (Nicolas) had settled after they had been forced out of Acadia so many years ago.
In his teens he worked with his father learning his trade & becoming the latest entrant into what was now a long line of Carpenters & builders. Julien, however, had other dreams & wanted a life of adventure & possibly a return to the New World where he might recapture some of what his family had lost.
In 1840, at the age of 20 he joined the French Navy and set out to make a name for himself & to begin his exploration of the world. By 1841 tensions were building in the Baltic Sea & the French & British were increasing their naval presence in the region in preparation for all-out war against the Russians. The Crimean War did not officially start until 1852 but in reality there were ongoing skirmishes as British, French & others tested the resolve of the Russian Navy by sailing their vessels into the Baltic Sea into the Black Sea, around the Crimean Peninsula. According to his marine record, Julien was sent to the Baltic Sea but the record does not give any details of his service or the length of stay on this campaign. There is no way of knowing what he saw & did as part of his duties or how he was affected, but it does seem likely that there was involved in active conflict. In January of 1842, Julien was married to Marie Perrine Michelle VAUDELET. At the time, he was 22 & she was 24. About 10 months later on the 17th of November 1842 she gave birth to their daughter, Celenie Marie Anne ANGOT.
By 1844 Julien enrolled in the Officers’ Training Program & was moving up the ranks. In that year he was certified as a “3rd Class Seaman”. He reached 2nd Class in 1846 & by 1847 he had earned the status of 1st Class Seaman.
However, around 1848 Julien made a complete career switch by moving from Navy Service to the fishery on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. By 1850 he was routinely traveling to the Grand Banks off St. Pierre & Miquelon, leaving home around March of each year & returning in September or October. For the next 8 years he continued with this routine. It is worth noting that in 1854 his first cousin, Guilluame Monnier was killed in action in the Black Sea as part of the Crimean War, an event which may have played a part in the decisions Julien would make in the next few years.
The French Census of 1856, shows that both his wife Marie & his daughter Celenie were living in the community of Le Poriou on the Rance River & I have to assume that this was also his residence as well on his return trips back home. It seems that there were problems back home as Marie was listed as working as a Barmaid which was unusual because married women did not typically work outside of the home.
His Marine Record indicates that by 1858 Julien no longer returned to France for the winter months & from that point forward he stayed in St. Pierre & Miquelon & fished year round.
It is now evident that Julien had started a new life in the New World. In fact, it was in this same year that Modeste Jugan, his new wife to be, gave birth to Jean Emile Jugan in St. Pierre & Miquelon. Julien had been living a dual life & now he chose to stay on this side of the Atlantic leaving his old life (& family) behind in France.
By 1860 another change is noted as he had begun fishing on vessels from Newfoundland. This was the year that he & Modeste had their first child born in St. John's Bay, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland (Julien Jr.).
The French sailing records continue to show that Julien was living & fishing in Newfoundland/Terra Neuve until 1864, which is when he disappeared from the records completely.
Back in France there was likely an assumption that, like many other fishermen, he had died while working on the Grand Banks.
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