Baptiste Olivier Doiron (abt. 1734)

Born about 1734 in Acadie

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Biography

Baptiste Olivier was born about 1734 in Acadie. He is the son of Louis Mathieu Doiron and Madeleine Pitre.

Around 1750, his parents decided to settle on Isle Saint-jean (in present-day Prince Edward Island). In 1752, the La Roque census shows that they were residing at Pointe Prime, Isle Saint-Jean. Their son Jean-Baptiste age 18 was living with them, also an orphan niece Émilienne Perpétue Doiron, age 12.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 120 image 270. A transcription of the original census, in French, can be found at Census Transcription of Original Record “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 449, Image 453

   Louis Mathieu, ploughman, native of Baston, aged 48 years, he has been 26 months in the country. Married to Magdelainne Pitre, native of Cap de Sable, bishopric of Quebec, aged 47 years.

   They have Baptiste Olivier Douaron, their son, aged 18 years.

   Hemilienne Perpétuite Douaron, their niece, orphan, native of l'Acadie, aged 12 years.

   In live stock, they have: four oxen, three cows, two calves, three sows, and two pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of 16 bushels of grain in the coming spring.