Ambroise Comeau (1704)

Born 18 Feb 1704 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Cormier — married about 1732 in Acadie

Descendants

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Biography

Ambroise and his son François were among the founders of Tracadièche, (now Carleton, Province of Quebec). ^[1]

Ambroise was born on 18 February 1704 in Port Royal to parents Pierre Comeau and Jeanne Bourg. He was baptized on 24 March 1704 by Father Felix Pain. His godparents were André André [sic] dit la Londe and Marie Alain.^[2][3][4]

Ambroise Comeau and Marguerite Cormier, daughter of Germain Cormier and Marie LeBlanc, were married about 1732. ^[5][2]

Their children were: ^[6]

1. Marie Comeau (~1733–1772)
2. Marguerite Comeau (~1738– )
3. Catherine Comeau (1741–1817)
4. Jean Baptiste Comeau dit Leclerc (~1743–1780)
5. François Comeau (~1745– )
6. Magdeleine Comeau (1746– )
7. Agnes Annette Comeau (~1748–1778)
8. François Comeau (~1750–~1832)
9. Unknown Comeau ca 1752-1755

In 1752 ^[7] and 1755, ^[8] Ambroise and Marguerite were living in Chipoudie (now Hopewell Hill, N.B.). ^[9]

During the winter of 1756-1757, they fled the turmoil in the Beaubassin region and were among the refugees at Camp d'Espérance on the Miramichi. ^[10] They suffered greatly because of diseases and lack of food at the camp. This forced them to move further north to the Baie des Chaleurs area. They were recorded on lists of refugees in Restigouche in 1760 with 4 children ^[11], and again in Nepisiguit (Bathurst, New Brunswick) in July 1761 with 2 boys and 2 girls. ^[12] That same year, in November, they appeared on a list of refugees with 6 people in the family. ^[13]

By 1765 they were residing in Bonaventure with 2 girls and 1 boy, ^[14] and later settled in Tracadièche (now Carleton, Québec) where they found a permanent home. ^[15]

Research Notes

Removed 16 Jan 1778 Miquelon, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon from death date and location fields. This information was added to the profile without sources.

No burial record found for Ambroise in the parish register of Miquelon for 1778. Stephen White does not give a date or location of death in DGFA nor in the DGFA corrections. Cormier-1939 13:22, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ LeBlanc, Ronnie-Gilles, Le voyage de Rameau de Saint-Père en Acadie, Québec, Éditions du Septentrion, 2018, p. 353 citing Bona Arsenault “Les registres de Carleton” p. 21
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, Hector-J. Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) Copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard
   • p.376, Citing Port-Royal register for birth and christening.
   • p.408 Text: Marguerite (Rc Bbn 1714); m v 1732 Ambroise Comeau (Pierre l'aîné & Jeanne Bourg).
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives. An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, RG 1 Vol. 26 p.15. Baptism: Ambroise Comeau https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=48
4. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5S-NVJ : 7 February 2020), Pierre Comeau in entry for Ambroise Comeau, 1704.
5. ↑ Bona Arsenault. Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens. 6 vols. Montreal, Canada: Lemeac, 1978. p . 1546
6. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry Ambroise Comeau at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed June 2023
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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 277-308.

   Ambroise COMMEAU, his wife, 3 boys, 3 girls.

8. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census p. 2 of PDF

   Ambroise Coumau, his wife, 3 boys, 4 girls

9. ↑ 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. 282-283.
10. ↑ 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. PDF accessible online for download at The Official Blog of the Association des Acadiens-Métis Souriquois, dated 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
11. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; Restigouche Census

    Ambroise Commeau, 6 people total

12. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Census, original record 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Original Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12837, Images 176-184

    Ambroise Caumeau, his wife, 2 boys, 2 girls

13. ↑ original record 1761 Acadians Inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not Surrendered at Fort Cumberland Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12838, Images 1855-1857

    Ambroise Como, 6 people total.

14. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1761 Baie de Chaleurs Census p. 1

    Ambroise Commeau, his wife, 2 girls, 1 boy under the age of 15.

15. ↑ Michael B. Melanson, Cormier Genealogy: Generations 1-7. (Dracut, Massachusetts: Lanesville Publishing, 2021) p. 79

See also:

• Karen Theriot Reader Ambroise Comeau at Geneanet
• PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Famille: 33427