Élisabeth Cyr (1719 - abt. 1774)

Born 12 Mar 1719 in Grand-Pré, St-Charles-des-Mines, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Gautrot — married 1735 in Pigiquid, Acadie

Descendants

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Biography

Elisabeth Sire was born 12 Mar 1719. She was the daughter of Louis Sire and Marie-Josephte Michel. She was baptized the next day at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia. Her godparents were Claude Boudrot and Marie Bourg.^[1]

In 1752 Jean, Élisabeth and and their 5 children were residents of Anse au Comte-Saint-Pierre on Isle Saint-Jean. He was a ploughman, 43 years of age, and owned farm animals. Marie Josèphe’s parents and brother Jean lived on the neighbouring lots.^[2]

In 1756, Jean, Élisabeth and their 4 daughters Marie-Josèphe, Marguerite, Marie-Françoise and Marie-Rose left Isle Saint-Jean aboard one of two ships that left the Island at the end of September and disembarked at the port of Quebec about 3 weeks later. ^[3]

After Jean's death, she married Jacques Hamel, widower of Madeleine Frenet, 23 Feb 1767 in Kamouraska. ^[4]

At least 2 of her daughters were married in Quebec Province, both in Trois-Rivières (Source: IGD):

1. Marie Josèphe, m. 1772 to Jacques FLIBOT, son of Gabriel and Jeanne BRINDAMOUR
2. Marie, m. 1774 to Joseph BEAUSOLEIL, son of Jean Baptiste BEAUSOLEIL and Claire DUMAS, both deceased.

She is still alive in 1774.

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 110): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/110?r=0&s=5
2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 108/ image 246 . The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” Images 406

   Jean Gaudrot, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 43 years, he has been in the country one year. Married to Elisabeth Sire, native of l'Acadie, aged 34 years. They have one son and four daughters:-
   Charles Gautrot, aged 2 years.
   Marie Joseph, aged 15 years.
   Anne, aged 13 years.
   Margueritte Tersille, aged 8 years.
   Françoise, aged 6 years.
   Their live stock consists of three pigs and ten fowls. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case, it was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of three bushels of wheat.

3. ↑ Vachon, André-Carl. Les réfugiés et miliciens acadiens en Nouvelle-France 1755-1763, Tracadie, La Grande Marée, 2020, p. 251
4. ↑ Second Marriage IGD

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