Marguerite Clémenceau (1717 - 1756)

Born 21 Jan 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste (Lejeune) Lejeune dit Bréard — married about 1742 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1756 at age 39 in St-Jean, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Descendant of First Nations Christine Aubois.

Marguerite was born in Port Royal, Acadie in 1717 to Jean Clémenceau and Anne Roy.

She married Jean-Baptiste Lejeune around 1742 in Acadie. Their first child Joseph was born around 1743.

Known children: ^[1]

1. Joseph LEJEUNE DIT BRIARD, b. ca 1743
2. Jean Baptiste LEJEUNE DIT BRIARD, b. ca 1745,
3. Marie LEJEUNE DIT BRIARD, b.ca 1747
4. François Olivier LEJEUNE DIT BRIARD, b. ca 1749,
5. Victor LEJEUNE DIT BRIARD, b. 15 Feb 1752,
6. Marguerite Pélagie LEJEUNE DIT BRIARD, b. 7 Oct 1754, Port-Lajoie,

Around 1750 the family settled on Isle Saint-Jean (in present-day Prince Edward Island). They were recorded on the 1752 La Roque census at Anse-au-Matelost with 4 sons and 1 daughter. ^[2]

"The years between 1749 and 1758 were very difficult ones on the Island for the Acadian refugees as well for the older settlers. Various disasters destroyed the crops, cattle was lost through sickness and lack of fodder, and seeds were difficult to obtain. The colony was most often on the brink of famine. A letter written in 1753 by the parish priest of Point Prime, abbé Jacques Girard, very well illustrates the conditions under which many people were living: "Our refugees do not lose courage and hope by working to be able to live; but the nakedness which is almost universal and extreme affects them sore; I assure you they cannot protect themselves from cold, either by day or night. Most ot the children are so naked that they cannot cover themselves. [...] All are not reduced to this extremity, but almost all are in great need." ^[3]

In 1756, they decided to seek a better life in Canada, Nouvelle-France (now Québec). In doing so, they managed to escape the deportation of thousands of Acadians on Isle Saint-Jean in 1758. The family was aboard one of two ships that left the island in the fall of 1756 and arrived at the port of Québec around 18 October 1756. Travelling with Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite were their children Jean-Baptiste, François-Olivier, Victor and Marguerite-Pélagie. From there they were sent to Île d'Orléans. ^[4]

Death

Marguerite Clémenceau, aged around 35, was buried on 24 Nov 1756 in St-Jean, Île d'Orléans ^[5], listed as Acadian, wife of Jean Baptiste Lejeune, she died the day before. Her husband was named as present at the funeral^[6].

Note: On the same page as this record is the funeral of Victor Lejeune, her son, who died the same day as her.

Research notes

Records found for the family:

1. Victor Lejeune, born 15 Feb 1752, baptised 25 Mar 1752, Île St-Jean^[7] ; buried 24 Nov 1756, St-Jean, Île d'Orléans^[8]
2. Marguerite Bréard, died 17 Feb 1758, buried 18th St-Charles de Bellechasse, aged 2, daughter of Jean Baptiste Bréard and Marguerite Clémenceau.^[9], her father is listed as deceased. Acadian also noted in text.
3. Jean Lejeune, son of Jean Baptiste Lejeune and Marguerite Beaulieu, both deceased, married Marie Louise Forgue, daughter of Charles Forgue and Marie Louise couture (deceased), on 10 Nov 1766 in St-Charles de Bellechasse^[10]
4. Olivier Lejeune, son of Jean Baptiste Lejeune and Marguerite Beaulieu, both deceased, married Françoise Forgues, widow of François Raté, on 12 July 1774 in St-Charles de Bellechasse^[11]

1. Jean Baptiste Bréard, widower of Marguerite Clémenceau, died 10 Feb 1758, buried 11th St-Charles de Bellechasse, aged around 40^[12]

Possible sources to search for further data:

http://mwlandry.ca/genealog/familygroup.php?familyID=F5478&tree=03 Landry

Indication of possible other marriage of Jean Baptiste in this page: http://bergeroy.net/tng/familygroup.php?familyID=85320U&tree=BH [Broken link as of March 2021]

https://books.google.ca/books?id=w9vN1chq0i0C&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=Jean+lejeune+%26+marguerite+cl%C3%A9menceau&source=bl&ots=4bdYyXMd98&sig=iHNR8fgaMxh-0SzCE4M6PPGXvAE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj83Z-QxLjYAhWGOCYKHeH-ATsQ6AEITjAH#v=onepage&q=Jean%20lejeune%20%26%20marguerite%20cl%C3%A9menceau&f=false Excerpt image of book Histoire des Acadiens pg 241

Older lineage data in here, to be double-checked with Acadian project: http://forum.autochtones.ca/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1514 (Broken link)

Sources

1. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry, Page for Marguerite Clémenceau dit Beaulieu, Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed July 2022 (login required)
2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 112, image 254. A transcription of the original census, in French, can be found at Census Transcription of Original Record “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 418, Images 422

   Jean Baptiste Lejeune, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 30 years, he has been in the country two years, married to Margueritte Clémenceau, native of l'Acadie.

   They have four sons and one daughter:-

   Joseph Lejeune, aged 9 years.

   Jean-Baptiste, aged 7 years.

   François Olivier, aged 3 years.

   Victor, aged 9 months.

   Marie, aged 5 years.

   And in stock, one cow, one calf, and four sows. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases, it was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of two bushels of wheat.

3. ↑ Arsenault, Georges, "The Acadians Of Prince Edward Island." [online] Acadian Home. Available at: http://www.acadian-home.org/Georges-Arsenault-pen.html Accessed 4 June 2020.
4. ↑ André-Carl Vachon, Les réfugiés et miliciens acadiens en Nouvelle-France 1755-1763, Tracadie, La Grande Marée, 2020, p.249, 251 Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite are the ancestors of the author Vachon.
5. ↑ Funeral IGD
6. ↑ [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/239443 IGD burial]
7. ↑ IGD baptism in Acadia - Families database
8. ↑ [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/239443 IGD burial]
9. ↑ Funeral Marguerite Bréard IGD
10. ↑ marriage Jean & Marie Louise Forgue IGD
11. ↑ Marriage Olivier & Françoise Forgue IGD
12. ↑ JB Bréard funeral IGD

• "Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979" Database with Images. FamilySearch. Burial, typewritten transcription: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899Q-99J1-Y?i=258&wc=9RLF-K6D%3A21130301%2C16769902%2C21890501&cc=1321742 accessed 1 Jan 2018. Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 > Saint-Jean > Saint-Jean-Baptiste Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1731-1781, p259 of 498. National Archives of Quebec, Montreal.