Anne Doucet (1713 - 1791)

Born 23 Mar 1713 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle France

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Garceau — married about 1730 in Acadie

Wife of Claude Arseneau — married 14 Feb 1774 in Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Province de Québec

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1791 at age 78 in Sorel, Richelieu, Province de Québec

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Biography

Anne Doucet was born on March 23, 1713 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle France. Her parents were René Doucet and Marie Broussard. She was baptized at birth by Abraham Bourg. A baptism with full ceremony was held on 22 April 1713. ^[1] Her sponsors were Mathieu Doucet and Isabelle Broussard. ^[2] Anne was the niece of the famous brothers Joseph and Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil, leaders of the resistance of the Acadians.

She married Daniel Garceau, son of Jean Garceau and Marie Levron, around 1730 in Acadie. ^[2]

Children:

1. Marguerite Garceau
2. Marie Josephe Anne Garceau
3. Jean Joseph Garceau
4. Anne Garceau
5. Jean Baptiste Garceau
6. Marie-Hypolite-Apolline Garceau
7. Charles Garceau
8. Pierre Garceau
9. Madeleine Garceau
10. Ludivine-Divine Garceau
11. Francois Garceau

All of their children were born and raised in Annapolis Royal where they were still residing at the beginning of 1755 based on baptism and marriage records. Later that year the family was deported to New York where they appeared on a census in 1763 with their eight children. ^[3][2][4]

In 1767 the Garceau family reached Canada, stopping first in Bécancour, before settling at Yamachiche, near Trois-Rivières, Province de Québec, more specifically in the seigneurie of Tonnancour. A road was named "Rang des Garceau" in the area where the family resided and where their 7 children and grandchildren would later own land.^[5][4]

After Daniel passed away in August 1772, Anne, 60 years of age, married 44-year-old Claude Arseneau, son of Pierre Arseneau and Marguerite Cormier, widower of Marie Comeau, on February 14, 1774 in Saint-Ours, Province de Québec. ^[6] (Marriage contract 2 February 1774, Notary Marin Jehanne). Claude had 6 children from his previous marriage. They had managed to escape deportation by seeking refuge in different locations, including the Iles-de-la-Madeleine and Isle Saint-Jean. In 1774, five of Claude's children and two of Anne's youngest children were unmarried and likely still living in the family home (Antoine Arseneau died young).

She died on April 14, 1791 in Sorel, Richelieu, Province de Québec, at 78 years of age, the record giving her the age of 80. She was buried as Marie Garceau, widow of Claude Arsenault, on 16 April 1791. ^[7]

A monument was unveiled in 1995 in Yamachiche, dedicated to Daniel Garceau and Anne Doucet, symbolizing gratitude for their new home after many displacements. ^[8]

Inscription on the monument: (Google translation)

After having been driven from our lands of Acadia in 1755 and sequestered in foreign countries under painful conditions, we are now free and choose this land as our new homeland. Our descendants will take root here and remember their origins.

An engraved illustration on the monument shows the journey of the Garceau family who emigrated from France to Acadia (Nova Scotia), then from Acadia to Quebec.

Research Notes

According to 2 sources,^[9][3] the family was first deported to Connecticut before going to New York. This is not mentioned by Stephen White in an article in Contact-Acadie. ^[4] More research is needed.

Sources

1. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26 page 119; online database with images, Anne Doucet Baptism, 22 April 1713, accessed October 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 544
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. New York Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home,"General List of the Acadian Families Actually Distributed in New England". Accessed October 2021

   Daniel GARCEAU, his wife, eight children

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Stephen A. White, "Rapport du secteur de généalogie", Bulletin Contact-Acadie no. 31, Études acadiennes, 2000, p. 17 of 54, accessed at https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/contact31.pdf
5. ↑ Rang des Garceau, Toponymie Trois-Rivières http://toponymie.v3r.net/fiche/632/rang-des-garceau.aspx
   Rang-des-Garceau on Google Map
6. ↑ Claude Arseneau and Marie Doucet Marriage Record: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899S-FYKX?cc=1321742&wc=HC8Y-K68%3A22102301%2C20430401%2C22102303 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Ours > Immaculée-Conception > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1750-1789 > image 424 of 1007; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
7. ↑ Marie Garceau Burial Record: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99Q-Q72Z?cc=1321742&wc=HCL5-MNL%3A22381401%2C22381402%2C22945501 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel > Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1749-1802 > image 460 of 583; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
8. ↑ Monument de la famille Garceau-Doucet, Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec, https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do;jsessionid=549EF51AA2E07D5AD82826B1E3C2C57D?methode=consulter&id=213930&type=bien
9. ↑ Zachary Garceau, "Expulsion from Acadia", Vita Brevis, American Ancestors by New England Historic Genealogical Society, Accessed at https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2015/06/expulsion-from-acadia/

See also:

• Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Anne dite Jeanne Doucet
• Marcel Walter Landry Page for Anne Jeanne Doucet at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed Oct 2021 (Login required)
• Ancestry.com Public Member Trees
• Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, vols. 1-6; 1630-1775; Quebec, Le Conseil de la Vie Francaise en Amerique, 1965; p. 508 (Port Royal)
• http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Anne_Doucet&pid=937367&lng=en
• Roberta Estes, "Acadian Refugee Households at Camp d'Espérance 1756-1761", DNA Explained, https://dna-explained.com/2021/07/12/acadian-refugee-households-at-camp-desperance-1756-1761-52-ancestors-338/