Victor Gregoire Broussard (abt. 1728 - aft. 1766)

Born about 1728 in Chipoudy, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Elisabeth LeBlanc — married about 1752 in Acadie

Died after 1766 after about age 38 in Louisiana, New Spain [uncertain]

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Biography

VICTOR BROUSSARD is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 2 Right. Listed with him is Isabelle Le Blanc, his wife.^[1]

Victor Gregoire Broussard, son of Alexandre Broussard and Marguerite Thibodeau, was born about 1728 in Chipoudy, Acadia.^[2]

About 1752 he married Elisabeth (Isabelle) LeBlanc in Port Royal, Acadia. The young couple was listed in the 1755 census at Petcoudiac with one son.^[3] They were living next to Alexandre Broussard, his sister Marguerite, and Joseph Broussard, dit Beausoleil. ^[4] In 1755, Victor and his father were deported to South Carolina without their wives and children. ^[4]They were forced aboard the Syren which departed Chignectou on 13 October 1755 with 21 passengers, and arrived in South Carolina about 19 November 1755. ^[5]

In 1763 the family was on a list of prisoners in Halifax, Acadia.^{[6] [7]}

Victor Broussard and his wife Elisabeth (or Isabelle) were among the first Acadian immigrants to Louisiana; they would have come with the "Beausoleil" Broussard party, many of whom died very shortly after their arrival due to illnesses.

In 1765, Victor, second son of Joseph dit Beausoleil [sic] & Agnes THIBODEAU [sic], was among the eight Acadians who signed a contract in New Orleans dated 3[sic] April 1765 with Antoine Bernard D'AUTRIVE to settle in the Attakapas District and raise cattle on shares. Victor BROUSSARD was the last of the eight Acadian chiefs to be listed in the agreement dated 4 April 1765 in New Orleans. None of them could sign their names. Victor died in Louisiana in 1766.^[8]

In 1765 Elisabeth died and was buried at Attakapas, Louisiana on October 29, 1765.^[9]

They had two children, Jean Joseph and Agnes, who died young. "Victor Grégoire did not remarry, so his family line died with him."^[10]

Research Notes

Some of the above statements about Victor are contradictory. The Victor imprisoned in Charleston c1761 with his "Father" Alexandre is quite possibly a lie to cover the fact that he was actually Alexandre's nephew, the son of the "Wanted Outlaw" Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard. It is almost certain that Victor is Joseph dit Beausoleil's oldest surviving son and more "proof" is that he is party to the April 1765 Dauterive Compact at a time when "primogeniture" was greatly in practice. Note: Joseph had a number of other adult sons also available in New Orleans to be parties to the Compact. Regards, George F. Bentley

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, eds., (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 14.
2. ↑ Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens, (Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.) p. 1545 (Chipoudy)
3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, website by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; p. 7/32 1755 Census

   Victor Brossard, 1 man, 1 woman, 1 son

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 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) pp. 182-185. Alexandre Broussard, (son of Alexandre DGFA #4) married Isabelle LeBlanc (daughter of René DGFA #32) around 1752. On 1755 census in Petcoudiac 1 son. Deported to South Carolina alone. Prisoner at Halifax. Settled at Attakapas.
5. ↑ Paul Delaney, "The Acadians Deported from Chignectou to 'Les Carolines' in 1755: Their Origins, Identities and Subsequent Movements," Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historiques, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed., (Moncton, NB: Chaire d’études acadiennes, 2005) p. 276-277, 288, 337
6. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. List of Acadian Prisoners at Halifax, August 12, 1763, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, original record, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada/ France, Fonds des Archives nationales: Série C12. Correspondance générale; Saint-Pierre et Miquelon : C-9146, vol. 1, f. 22-26. Images 33-47, accessed October 2020

   Victor Brousare

7. ↑ Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, "List of Acadian Families & Individuals at Halifax between 1759 & 1764, " Appendix to "Acadians in Halifax and on Georges Island, 1755-1764," http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsgrdpre/documents/dossiers/Ronnie-Gilles/Halifax-Families-1759-1764-rev-Sept-2013-(English).pdf p. 9

   Broussard Victor Grégoire, (son of Alexandre), wife LeBlanc Isabelle (daughter of René), on 1755 census at Petitcodiac, on the prisoners list in 1763, family of 4, settled at Saint-Martinville after 1763.

8. ↑ Donald J. Arceneaux "THE INITIAL ACADIAN SETTLEMENT-A New Look at the Initial Acadian Settlement Location in the Attakapas," The Attakapas Historical Association, Vol. 3, 2014; Online: [Attakapas Settlement]

   Attakapas Settlement, Louisiana

   The Acadians had experience raising crops and cattle in their old, north-temperate-climate homeland. A contingent of the Beausoleil group consisted of former residents of the Isthmus of Chignecto region, where profitable Acadian cattle ranching had been well established for decades.[9] After only about a week in New Orleans, the new immigrants were apparently offered land in the far western Attakapas frontier. Frenchmen Antoine-Bernard Dauterive and André Masse were Attakapas land partners. On 2 March 1765 in the City, the partners relinquished title to their frontier land, presumed to have been along Bayou Teche in the vicinity of present-day St. Martinville. In exchange for this ceded tract, the partners were given a large expanse of land named La Prairie du Vermillion located well west of St. Martinville. It is written that the Acadians were to settle specifically on the partners’ ceded east-bank land opposite St. Martinville. It is also reported that the partner’s relinquished land extended from the east-bank all the way to the mouth of Bayou Portage. Dauterive had cattle in the Attakapas. On 4 April in New Orleans, he made a compact with eight Acadian “chiefs” including: Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard, Alexandre Broussard, Joseph Guilbeau, Jean Dugas, Olivier Thibodeau, Jean-Baptiste Broussard, Pierre Arseneau and Victor Broussard. These eight leaders were possibly also acting for their comrades not present at the formal meeting attended by the governor. Dauterive agreed to furnish five cows and one bull to each willing Acadian, once the newcomers were on the western frontier. After six years, Dauterive would get half their herds’ increases. From their shares, the Acadians would also return to Dauterive his initial investments....

9. ↑ "Southwest Louisiana Records", Rev. Donald Joseph Hebert, Volumes 1-30 digitized on CD; Claitor’s Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

   LEBLANC, Isabelle m. to Victor BROUSSARD bur. 29 Oct. 1765. Fr. Jean FRANCOIS, "cure de la nouvelle Acadie" [pastor of the new Acadia] (SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register v.1, #29)

   LEBLANC, Isabelle wid. of Victor BROUSSARD bur. 29 Oct. 1765. Fr. Jean FRANCOIS (SM Ch.: v.1, p.14)

10. ↑ Steven A Cormier, Appendices, Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s, BROUSSARD, Accessed October 2020