Jean Cormier (abt. 1751)

Born about 1751 in Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Elisabeth Morel — married 6 Feb 1783 in Jean-Rabel, St. Domingue, Haiti,

Descendants

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Biography

Jean was born about 1751. He is the son of Alexis Cormier and Madeleine Daigre.

Jean, at around age 4, was recorded in the 1755 census at Aulac with his father and his step-mother whose name is unknown. ^[1][2][3]

Jean and his parents were deported from Chignecto. "...they traveled on the Edward Cornwallis, which departed 13 October 1755 and arrived at South Carolina 17 November 1755. However, they were not allowed to disembark until 4 December 1755. Alexis and his second wife most probably died in South Carolina." ^[3]

Jean, an orphan, was on a list of Acadians in South Carolina dated 12 August 1763 with his aunt Anne Cormier and her husband Marin LeBlanc. ^[4]

He married Elisabeth Morel, daughter of Jean Baptiste Morel and Agnes Danigrand, on 6 February 1783, at Jean-Rabel, Saint-Domingue, (Haiti). ^[4]

Children: ^[3][5]

1. Jean Baptiste Cormier
2. Rose Marguerite Cormier b. Jean-Rabel, Haïti
3. Marie Victoire Cormier b. Jean-Rabel, Haïti
4. Marie Renée Cormier

Sources

1. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census image 23

   Alexis Cormier, his wife, 1 boy

2. ↑ White, Stephen A. 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, p. 286-287.

   Alexis Cormier (Pierre DGFA #8) m Madeleine Daigre (Paul DGFA #7) ca 1750. Census 1752 Aulac a widower with 1 girl. M ca 1753 an unknown woman. Census 1755 Aulac with wife (unknown) and 1 boy. Deported to South Carolina. After 1763 settled in Jean-Rabel (Saint-Domingue - present-day Haiti)

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Melanson, Michael B. Cormier Genealogy: Generations 1-7. (Dracut, Massachusetts: Lanesville Publishing, 2021) p. 99, 161-162
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Jean Cormier citing:
   • Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) LE BLANC #94 -

     1763 census: Marain LEBLANC, listed with Anne CORMIE, and Magdelaine LE BLANC, age 8 years; Marie LE BLANC, age 2; and an orphan Jean CORMIER, age 12 years.

   • Donald J. Hebert, Acadians in Exile, (Cecilia, LA: Hebert Publications, 1980) pp. 84 & 332

     Jean CORMIER of Pointe in Beausejour, son of deceased Alexis & Madeleine de LIGLEN, married on 6 Feb 1783 Elisabeth MOREL, of Pointe-de-Paix, daughter of deceased Jean Baptiste Louis & deceased Agnes DANIGRAND (St. Domingue: Jean-Rabel).

5. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry Page for Jean Cormier at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed July 2021 (Login required)