Marie Anne Comeau (abt. 1745 - abt. 1788)

Born about 1745 in Acadie

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste Doucet — married 11 Jan 1773 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died about 14 Aug 1788 at about age 43 in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

CHARLES COMEAU is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on plaque 2-Right. Listed with him are three children, Marianne, Charles, and Firmin Comeau, and an orphan named Elisabeth.^[1]

Marie Anne Comeau, daughter of Charles Comeau and Madeleine Landry was born about 1745 in Acadie.

In October 1755, Marie Anne and her family were deported aboard the Dolphin which carried 230 passengers from Pisiguit, Acadie to Port Tobacco and Upper Marlborough, Maryland. ^[2]

On 7 July 1763, after the end of the Seven Years War, her widowed father Charles was on a list of exiled Acadians in Port Tobacco with her and her brothers, Charles and Firmin.^[3]

On 27 July 1767, Charles age 58, his children Anne, Charles, Firmin and a 9-year-old orphan named Isabelle, were recorded on a list of arrivals in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[4] The following month they appeared on a census in St Gabriel. ^[5]

Marie Anne married Jean Baptiste Doucet on 11 January 1773 in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. ^[6]

Their known children were: ^[7]

1. Pierre Doucet (1774-1803)
2. Marie Anne Adelaide Doucet (1777 - 1853)
3. Firmin Maurice Doucet (1779-)

Marie Anne died in 1788. She was buried on 14 August 1788 in St. Gabriel, aged ~43.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 15.
2. ↑ Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed., Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historique, (Moncton, NB: Chaire d'études acadiennes, 2005) - p. 244 (Source provided by Karen Theriot Reader) Article by Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, "Pigiguit: l'impact du Grand Dérangement sur une communauté de l'ancienne Acadie."

   He was on the ship "Dolphin" which carried 230 passengers from Acadia destined for Port Tobacco and Upper Marlborough, MD.

3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1763 Maryland Refugees Census

   charle commost veuf (widower),

   anne commost,

   charle commost,

   firmin commost

4. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colony, 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 433

   On "LIST OF ACADIAN FAMILIES WHO CAME TO LOUISIANA TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1767," signed by Julian Alverez, found in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 114: 34.

   Carlos COMMO, widower, age 58;

   Carlos COMMO, son, 18;

   Fermen COMMO, son, 14;

   Maria Ana COMMO, daughter, 22;

   Isabel, orphan, 9.

5. ↑ R. E. Chandler, End of an Odyssey: Acadians Arrive in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, (Louisiana Historical Association, vol. XIV, no. 1 (winter 1973), pp. 69-87 - Originals in Seville, Spain: General Archives of the Indies, Section 5, Government, Audiencia of Santo Domingo, Legajo 2585, pp. 81 & 86;

   Carlos COMMEAU (Charles COMEAU), with three children and an orphan girl, on 6 arpents of land.

   On "List of the Acadian Families That Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Province of Louisiana and an Account of Their Belongings:"

   Carlos COMMO, widower age 58, with 2 trunks;

   Carlos, age 18 years;

   Fermin, age 14;

   Mariana, age 22;

   Isabel, orphan, age 9.

6. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1980) p. 247
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Marie-Anne Comeau

See also:

• Her grandchild found in Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records (1750-1900), CD-ROM, (Rayne LA: Hebert Publications, n.d.); “DUPUIS, Marie Adveline (Hypolite - inhabitant at la grand pointe & Anne Marie Josephe Adelaide DOUCET) b. 29 Jan. 1816, bt. 29 July 1816 Pats: Jean Baptiste DUPUY & Elizabeth BENOIST; Mats: Jean Baptiste DOUCET & Marie COMMEAU; Spons: Antoine GUEDRY & Julie BROUSSARD - spouse of Eloy DUGAS. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.7, #7)”
• Jehn, Janet, Acadian Exiles