Félicité Barrieau (abt. 1728 - 1794)

Born about 1728 in Acadie

Ancestors

Died 6 Dec 1794 at about age 66 in Trois-Rivières, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Félicité was born about 1728. She is the daughter of Antoine Barrieau and Angélique Pelagie Thibodeaux.

Around 1750, Félicité's parents decided to seek a better life on Isle Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island). The family was listed on the 1752 census at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie with 3 sons and 4 daughters. Félicité was recorded at 24 years of age. ^[1]

She passed away on 6 Dec 1794 and was buried on 8 Dec 1794 in Trois-Rivières. She was given the age of about 60 in the register. ^[2][3] No spouse, parents or relatives are mentioned.

Sources

1. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census. p. 104, image 238. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean” p. 388, image 392

   Antoinne Barriau, senior, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 55 years, he has been two years in the country. Married to Angelique Thibaudeau, native of l'Acadie, aged 48 years.

   They have three sons and four daughters:-

   Simeon Barriau, aged 21 years.

   Jean Charles, aged 16 years.

   Hustache, aged 14 years.

   Félicité, aged 24 years.

   Marie, aged 19 years.

   Marie Blanche, aged 12 years.

   Margueritte Joseph, aged 10 years.

   And in live stock, two oxen, two calves, and one sow. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case, it was given verbally to them by Monsieur de Bonnaventure, on which said land they have made a clearing of three arpents in extent on which they have sown five bushels of wheat.

2. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry, Page for Félicité Barrieau, Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed Oct 2022 (login required)
3. ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899Q-HGST?cc=1321742&wc=HC5Z-7M9%3A25042301%2C25229401%2C26676701 : 16 July 2014), Trois-Rivières > Immaculée Conception > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1749-1797 > image 716 of 786; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.