Laurent Cyr (abt. 1752 - 1835)

Born about 1752 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie-Rebecca Vigneau — married 7 Nov 1784 in Miquelon, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1835 at about age 83 in St-Frederic de Drummondville, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Laurent was born about 1752 in Acadie. He was the son of Pierre Cyr and Magdeleine Poirier.

On 14 Aug 1763 Pierre Sire and his wife and children were enumerated living in the Colony of Massachusetts, having been deported from Acadie by the British. ^[1]

After the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the Acadians detained in the Anglo-American colonies were finally free to leave. Some decided to remain where they were but the majority headed toward Québec, the Antilles, Acadia, France, Saint- Pierre-et-Miquelon and Louisiana. The Cyr family chose to settle in the French territory of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland. According to Bona Arsenault, they reached Miquelon in 1763. ^[2] They appeared on a census in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon in 1767. ^[3]

In early October 1767, Acadians on Saint-Pierre et Miquelon were expelled on the order of Louis XV because of the overpopulation of the islands.^[4] Most were sent to France.

On November 13, 1767, Pierre Cyr, Madeleine Poirier, his wife and their children: Charles, Rosalie, Laurent, Victoire and Pierre Cyre arrived at St. Malo from St. Pierre and Miquelon on the Schooner, La Creole. ^[5] The following year, France permitted Acadians to return to the islands. On March 16, 1768, they returned to St. Pierre and Miquelon on the same ship.

In 1778, the islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon were attacked by the British because of France’s support for the American War of Independence. The homes were destroyed, and all of the residents were deported by the British to France. ^[6]

On November 6, 1778, Pierre Cyr, Madeleine Poirier, his wife and their children: Charles, Laurent, Victoire and Pierre Cyr arrived at St. Malo from St. Pierre and Miquelon on the Brigantine, La Jeannette.^[7]

By 1784, Laurent was back in Miquelon where he married Marie Vigneau on 7 November 1784. ^[8]

By 1790 they had settled in the Province of Québec where their daughter Marie Modeste was born.^[9]

Research Notes

This date and location for marriage was noted in this profile: 1778-02-20 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts. The source for this information appears to be the website Nos Origines https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Cyr_Laurent&pid=19216. No source is given. It is added that the marriage was revalidated in Miquelon in 1784.

This date is highly unlikely. The family left Massachusetts for Miquelon in 1763.

In the Marcel Walter Landry website, there is no mention of a marriage in Massachusetts in 1778.

PRDH indicates a marriage before 1787, no location given, with a first child, Hélène-Madeleine, born around 1787.

Sources

1. ↑ Milton P. Rieder & Norma Gaudet Rieder, The Acadian Exiles in the American Colonies, 1755-1768, (Metairie, LA: Authors, 1977); copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 20

   Text: On "General List of the Acadian Families Presently Distributed in New England:" Pierre SIRE, his wife Madelaine, with 3 male children & 3 female children.

2. ↑ Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 933 (Beaubassin); Pierre CYR, born 1713, son of Guillaume & Marguerite BOURG, married around 1739 to Madeleine POIRIER, daughter of Michel & Madeleine BOURGEOIS; eight children. Deported to Boston, this family was at Miquelon in 1763 and in 1776.
3. ↑ « Familles Acadiennes qui sont maintenant, aux îles St Pierre et Miquelon suivant le recensement d'icelles, fait le 15 mai 1767. » in Archives canadiennes pour l'année 1905. Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, 1909, Vol II, 3rd part, Document No 18 A.Acadian Families at Saint-Pierre et Miquelon 15 May 1767 , Image 797, Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, accessed April 2024

   Pierre Sire (came from Boston) age 55

   Madelaine Poirier, his wife, 46

   Charles, their son, 23

   Rosalie, their daughter, 17

   Laurent, their son, 15

   Victoire, their daughter, 14

   Pierre, their son, 7

   Jacques, their son, (came from Chédabouctou), 25

   Angélique Dugas, his wife, 22

   Adélaide, daughter of Jacques, 3

   Anastasie, daughter of Jacques, 1

4. ↑ Paul Delaney, "Chronologie des déportations et migrations des Acadiens,1755-1816," Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 36, nos 2-3, (septembre 2005) pp. 52-86; :https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/3602_total.pdf
   Translation at Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, Translation: "The Chronology of Deportations and Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816."
5. ↑ Michel Poirier Les Acadiens aux Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon 1758-1828 : 3 déportations, 30 années d'exil, (Moncton, N.-B. Éditions d'Acadie, 1984) p. 234 https://archive.org/details/lesacadiensauxil0000poir/page/234/mode/2up?q=Poirier
6. ↑ History of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Acadian.org, Website, https://www.acadian.org/history/history-saint-pierre-miquelon/
7. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN SAINT-MALO; 1758-1785; vol. 1, pt. 1, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; p. 229, family #282;
8. ↑ Archives Nationales d'outre-mer État civil, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon parish records, 1763-1905, Year 1784, p. 10 Marriage Laurent Sire & Marie Vigneay, 7 November 1784, accessed April 2924.
9. ↑ Birth, Death, Marriage, Parents PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Individu: 624352 Marie Modeste Cyr

See also:

• Marcel Walter Landry, Page for Laurent Cyr, Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed 2024 (login required)

• NosOrigines #19216 https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Cyr_Laurent&pid=19216
• PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Individu: 364238 Laurent Cyr