Madeleine Doiron (1732 - 1803)

Born 31 May 1732 in Grand Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Landry — married before 1752 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1803 at age 70 in Yamachiche, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Magdeleine Doueron was born 31 May 1732. She was the daughter of Philippe Doiron and Marie Guedry. She was baptized 25 Aug 1732 at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia. Her godparents were Joseph Deschans and Judique Doueron.^[1]

She married Joseph Landry, son of Jean Landry and Madeleine Melanson, around 1752 in Acadie.

On 5 September 1755, Joseph was imprisoned along with hundreds of other Acadian men at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand-Pré. On a list of prisoners, he was said to live in the village des Antoine. No children or livestock were recorded on the list for him (wives were not included on the list).. He was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[2][3]

Between 13 and 20 December 1755, Joseph and Madeleine were deported to Massachusetts, as well as Joseph's parents and siblings. A total of 1034 Acadians were deported to Massachusetts in 1755. They were not especially welcome in this colony, because they spoke a different language and worshiped differently, and were also considered a financial burden by some. In order to control the Acadian prisoners, a law was passed by the Massachusetts legislature in 1755 to distribute the Acadians in different towns and to place the children as servants or apprentices in Anglo-Protestant families. Several Acadians demanded, in April 1756, in a petition addressed to the authorities, that their children be returned to them. Jean Landry from Chelmsford (likely Joseph Landry’s father) was one of them. ^[4] A few days later, after review by a local committee, it was recommended that the following be provided to each family: a house, work with a reasonable salary, and tools for work and for making their own clothes. Also, any apprenticeship had to be approved by two justices of the peace, to make sure that the conditions were humane. Finally, within three months, the children were returned to their families. However, for seven years, the exiles were not allowed to leave the limits of the village assigned to them, otherwise they could be arrested and pay fines. ^[5]

Joseph and Madeleine appeared on a list of Acadians cared for in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, dated October 24th, 1757 with their two-year-old son Jean, sick and weak, and their five-month-old daughter Marie-Madeleine. His parents and siblings Paul, Charles, Simon and Anselme were recorded on the same list. ^[6][7]

Jean Landrie, a man, 62 years

Maudlin his wife, 60, weekly (sic) & unable to labour & labouring under the misfortune of a broken arm & the charges there of now

Paul Landrie his son, 22, able to labour

Charles Landrie his son, 20, sickly & not able to labour

Simon Landrie his son, 18, able to labour

Asam Landrie his son, 16, able to labour

Joseph Landrie a son of the said Jean Landrie, 26 years, healthy & able to labour

Maudlin his wife, 26 years, healthy & able to labour

Jean their son, 2 years, sickly & weakly

Murray Maudlin their daughter, 5 months

They also appeared in censuses in 1763, ^[8] 1764 and 1766 in Massachusetts. ^[3]

After the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the Acadians detained in the Anglo-American colonies were finally free to leave. On 1 March 1765, James Murray, Governor of the Province of Quebec, issued a proclamation offering free land to new immigrants. Between 1765 and 1775, 1306 Acadians deported to New England immigrated to Quebec. ^[5] Joseph was on a list, dated 2 June 1766 in Boston, of French Neutrals wishing to emigrate to Quebec. ^[9]

In June 1767 Joseph and Madeleine boarded one of three schooners that left Boston and docked at the port of Quebec City on 23 July 1767. Travelling with them were their children Jean-Baptiste (age 12), Madeleine (age 10), Joseph (age 9), Marguerite (age 4), Pierre (age 3) and Paul (age 1). The first mention of the family in Quebec records was when their children were baptized in Yamachiche on 23 August 1767. ^[5]

Madeleine died on 24 Mar 1803 and was buried the next day in Yamachiche, Bas-Canada. She was given about 75 years of age. ^[10]

Timeline

• 1732 May 31 - Birth of "Madeleine Doiron"', Grand Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia.
• 1752 before - Marriage with "'Joseph Landry'".
• 1755 - Birth of 1st son "Jean-Baptiste Landry"'.
• 1755 Sept. 5 - Husband Joseph taken prisoner of the English troops of Charles Lawrence and William Shirley (Grand-Dérangement)
• 1755 Dec. 13-20 - Joseph and Madeleine were deported to Massachusetts with 1 child sick.
• 1757 May - Birth of 2nd child "'Madeleine Landry'" - Province of Massachusetts Bay.
• 1758 Oct. - Birth of 3rd & 4th children "'Joseph Landry'" and Paul Landry - Province of Massachusetts Bay.
• 1759 - Death of 4th child Paul Landry (age 1).
• 1760 - Birth of 5th child "'Pierre Landry'" - Province of Massachusetts Bay.
• 1764 - Birth of 6th child "'Marguerite Landry'" - Province of Massachusetts Bay.
• 1766 - Birth of 7th child "'Paul Landry II'" - Province of Massachusetts Bay.
• 1767 June - The family of Joseph & Madeleine moved to Yamachiche, Bas-Canada from Massachusetts traveling through Quebec city.
• 1767 August 23 - Multiple baptism of "'Joseph'", "'Marguerite'" , "'Pierre'" and "'Paul'" in the parish of Sainte-Anne, Yamachiche, Bas-Canada[1]
• 1767 Oct. 4 - baptism under condition of "'Jean-Baptiste'" and "'Madeleine'" in the parish of Sainte-Anne, Yamachiche, Bas-Canada[2]
• 1768 about - Birth of 8th child "'Marie-Josèphte Landry'" - Yamachiche, Bas-Canada
• 1772 - Birth of 9th child Antoine Landry - Yamachiche, Bas-Canada.
• 1773 Oct. 16 - Birth of 10th child "'Simon-Pierre Landry'" - Yamachiche, Bas-Canada.
• 1775 - Birth of 10th child Charles - Yamachiche, Bas-Canada.*
• 1779 June 11 - Birth of 11th child "'Marie-Louise'" - Yamachiche, Bas-Canada.
• 1787 March 21 - Death of husband "'Joseph Landry Sr'" (age 54).
• 1788 Jan. 5 - Death of child "'Madeleine Landry'" (age 30).
• 1791 Jan 26 - Death of child "'Marie-Josèphte Landry'" (age 24).
• 1791 March 21 - Death of child "'Antoine Landry'" (age 18)
• 1797 Feb. 1 - Death of child "'Marguerite Landry'" (age 33).
• 1798 Jan. 8 - Marriage of last child "'Marie-Louise'" with "'Joseph Champoux'"
• 1803 March 24 - Death of "'Madeleine Doiron"', Baie-du-Febvre, Bas-Canada (age 70).

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 318): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/318?r=0&s=4
2. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand-Pré - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand-Pré, September the 15th 1755," line # 182,

   Jos Landry

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 283
4. ↑ Pascal Poirier, Acadiens déportés à Boston en 1755; (Un épisode du Grand-Dérangement), Des mémoires de la société royale du Canada, volume 2, section 1, 1909, image 17, p. 134 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.80155/17
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} André-Carl Vachon, Les Acadiens déportés qui acceptèrent l'offre de Murray, (Tracadie-Sheila, N-B., La Grande Marée, 2016 Kindle edition), p. 31-34, 128, 246-247

   On the following lists in Massachusetts: 14 Aug 1763, 8 Feb 1766, 2 June 1766.

6. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, Acadians Exiled to Chelmsford, Massachusetts Chelmsford Oct 24, 1757, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, accessed at http://www.acadian-home.org/Chelmsford.html
7. ↑ Rev. Wilson Waters, History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, (Lowell, MA : Citizen Company, 1917) p. 167, image 166, available at Internet Archive
8. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Family name Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, Acadians in Massachusetts by Robert Dafford. Accessed Jan 2023

   Joseph LANDRY - wife Magdeleine - 2 sons - 2 daughters

9. ↑ Archives Collection, Volumes 23 and 24, French Neutrals, 1755-1758 and 1758-1769. Sec.state.ma.us. (n.d.). Retrieved Jan 2023, from Massachusetts Archives vol 24, p. 565A
10. ↑ Burial Madeleine Douairon "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99M-B3VK?cc=1321742&wc=HCMB-L29%3A25310801%2C25310802%2C25310803 : 16 July 2014), Yamachiche > Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1728-1806 > image 640 of 730; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

See also:

• Inventaire des biens de la communauté de Madeleine Douairon, veuve de Joseph Landerie, du fief Gatineau, 18-06-1787. Jean-Baptiste Badeaux, 1763-1803, surtout 1767-1796, BAnQ Trois-Rivières, Fonds Cour Supérieure. District judiciaire de Trois-Rivières. Greffes de notaires, (04T,CN401,S5). Images 1279-1288 https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4294563?docref=qe3LPGLMe7XuwhP9jk-whA
• PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Famille: 989556.
• PRDH: BAPTISÉE LE 25 AOÛT 1732. SOURCE: LE REGISTRE PAROISSIAL DE ST-CHARLES-DES-MINES, IMAGE D1P_33101003.JPG DU FONDS DROUIN
• Peter Landry, The Landrys of Old Acadia http://www.blupete.com/Genealogy/LandryOA.htm