François Arseneau (abt. 1710 - abt. 1767)

Born about 1710 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Bourgeois — married about 1739 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about 1767 at about age 57 in Cocagne, Colony of New Brunswick

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Biography

François dit Petit François Arseneau was born around 1710 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. His parents were Pierre Arseneau and Marie Anne Boudrot. ^[1] He was listed on the 1734 census at Malpeque, age 24, with his family. ^[2]

He married Anne Bourgeois around 1739. No location was given by Stephen White. ^[1]

Children: ^[3][4]

1. Pierre ca 1739-
2. Marie-Madeleine 1740-1827
3. Anne1743-1770
4. Marguerite 1746-
5. Unknown girl (Marie?)
6. Henriette
7. Anastasie
8. Anne Adelaide
9. Apollonie

Residence: ^[5]

• 1750 Mésagouèche (Beaubassin) 6 children ^[6]
• 1752 refugees at Baie-Verte with 5 boys, 2 girls ^[7]
• 1755 Baie-Verte 3 boys 4 girls

Great Upheaval:
It is believed that they they fled to Camp d'Espérance on the Miramichi, in present-day northeastern New Brunswick, which was established at the end of the summer of 1756 to protect from famine and from the roundups of the British soldiers the 1 376 Acadians who were refugees there. They suffered greatly because of diseases and lack of food at the camp. ^[8] They were prisoners at Fort Beauséjour. ^[3][9] On February 10, 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years War. Many Acadians in exile decided to return to Canada or emigrate to French colonies. The family chose to go to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. François was on the 1767 census at Miquelon, age 56 years with Anne age 51, and their six children. There was also an orphan named Fidèle with them. ^[1][10]

That year, the French government expelled the Acadians from the island. François and his son-in-law Joseph Gueguen bought a schooner and sailed for Halifax, where they landed in October. ^[11]The family settled in Cocagne and Richibouctou-Village in 1767. ^[3] According to Placide Gaudet, he passed away in Cocagne and was buried "in the old cemetery between the church and the house of Maximilien Guéguen." [Note: Bona Arseneau speculated that he had emigrated to Louisiana and died shortly after arrival, but that has since been disproven.]^[12]

Biographie

"François Arsenault, frère de Joseph ci-dessus, a lui aussi laissé une certaine descendance au Nouveau-Brunswick. Né vers 1710, François s'est marié vers 1739 à Anne Bourgeois, fille de Claude Bourgeois et d'Anne Blanchard. Ils sont passés du fort Beauséjour à Miquelon en 1763, pour revenir s'établir à Cocagne en 1767." ^{[3] [1]}

"Selon p Gaudet, François fut enterré 'dans l'ancien cimetière entre l'église et la maison de Maximilien Guéguen". ^[1]

Research Notes

Research: Find out if this is the François mentioned in the following letters regarding an inheritance from Le Loutre. p. 278-279

https://books.google.ca/books?id=4Jg-AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA278&hl=en#v=snippet&q=Loutre&f=false

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 25, 262
2. ↑ Dave Hunter; Transcription of the September 1734 Acadian Census at Isle Saint-Jean, Acadie " Recensement de l'Isle Saint-Jean au mois de septembre 1734" Original census can be found at Originals on microfilm F-768, pages 242 to 252, p. 12-13. "Acadie Recensements 1671-1752," Library and Archives Canada, MG 1, G1, volume 466, no. 40

   Pierre 62; his wife 60; 4 sons 24, 18, 15, 10; 1 girl age 20; 5 cattle, 4 cows, 4 heifers, 4 bulls, 8 sheep, 7 lambs.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Arsenault)

   François Arsenault, frère de Joseph ci-dessus, a lui aussi laissé une certaine descendance au Nouveau- Brunswick. Né vers 1710, François s'est marié vers 1739 à Anne Bourgeois, fille de Claude Bourgeois et d'Anne Blanchard. Ils sont passés du fort Beauséjour à Miquelon en 1763 , pour revenir s'établir à Cocagne en 1767.

4. ↑ Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for François Arseneau
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, p. 240-241

   Family was at Camp d'Espérance and later settled in Cocagne and Richibouctou-Village

6. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1750/1751 Census 1750/1751 Census Transcribed.

   Francois ARSENEAU, his wife and 6 children.

7. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Image 290.

   Francois ARSENEAU, dit Bresle, his wife, 5 boys, 2 girls.

8. ↑ ( On list of additional families whose presence at Camp Espérance is uncertain but likely, p. 22) Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, “List of Refugee Acadian Households at Camp Espérance on the Miramichi, 1756-1757: Appendix to ‘The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761’”. English translation & glossary of place name by John Estano DeRoche. Accessible online for download at The Official Blog of the Association des Acadiens-Métis Souriquois, March 30, 2018, https://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/aams-blog/news-and-reflections-the-acadian-refugee-camp-on-the-miramichi-1756-1761-march-30-2018
9. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; Acadian Prisoners at Fort Beauséjour (renamed Fort Cumberland) as of August 24, 1763 citing: Historique Acadienne for their permission to post this article. "La Socièté Historique Acadienne, March 1965", Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The source noted by La Socièté Historique Acadienne for this information was Archives nationales, Fonds des Colonies, C. 12 (Correspondance gènérale, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, vol. 1, f. 22-26.

   (He is the only François Arseneau on the list) Names of families at Isle aux Perdrix: Francois Arsenaux

10. ↑ « Familles Acadiennes qui sont maintenant, aux îles St Pierre et Miquelon suivant le recensement d'icelles, fait le 15 mai 1767. » in Archives canadiennes pour l'année 1905. Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, 1909, Vol II, 3rd part, Document No 18 A.Acadian Families at Saint-Pierre et Miquelon 15 May 1767 p. 233 / Image 797, Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, accessed Dec 2021

    François Arseneau (venu id) meaning from Halifax 56

    Anne Bourgeois , his wife 51

    Pierre, their son 25

    Marguerite, their daughter 22

    Henriette, their daughter 20

    Fidèle, their daughter's cousin, an orphan 15

    Astasie daughter 13

    Adélaide daughter 10

    Appolonie daughter 7

11. ↑ Régis Brun, “GUEGUEN, JOSEPH,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 20, 2021, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gueguen_joseph_6E.html.
12. ↑ Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 829 (Beabuassin); Published by Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org.

    Born 1706, married around 1738 to Anne BOURGEOIS; eight children listed. Francois was at Miquelon in 1767, coming from Halifax where he had been kept prisoner by the English. In addition to some members of his family he had with him his orphaned nephew Fidele ARSENAULT, born 1739, son of Jean & Anne-Marie HEBERT. Also on pp. 2203-2204 (Miquelon): "We believe that he left for Louisiana [sic], where he died a short while after arriving in the region of St. Martinville."[sic]

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