Marguerite Doucet (abt. 1728 - 1758)

Born about 1728 in Acadie

Ancestors

Wife of Jean-Baptiste Barrieau — married 1750 in Pisiquid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1758 at about age 30 in Quebec, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Marguerite was born in approximately 1728 to Jean and Marie Doucet. She married Jean-Baptiste Beriault 1750 in Pisiquid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia.

Known children of this marriage: ^[1]

1. Unknown Barrieau, 1751-1751
2. Marie Barrieau, about 1752-1802
3. Hélène Barrieau, about 1754-1794
4. Anne Apolline Barrieau, 1756-1758

Around 1750, they decided to settle on Isle Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island). They were listed on the 1752 census at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie, with their newborn daughter Marie. ^[2]

Marguerite Doucet acadienne, wife of Jean Bariault and with a given age of thirty years, died the night of 4 Jan 1758 and was buried the following day in the cemetery of Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique.
2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census. p. 104, image 238. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean” p. 390, image 394

   Jean Barriaud, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 22 years, he has been two years in the country. Married to Margueritte Duaron (sic), native of l'Acadie, aged 20 years.

   They have Marie Barriaud, their daughter, aged 21 days.

   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 which said land they have made a clearing of three arpents.

3. ↑ Burial record: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899Q-MKWS?cc=1321742&wc=HC3D-ZNL%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C26879601 : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1757-1759 > image 131 of 259; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

See also:

• http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Doucet_Marguerite&pid=473154
• https://www.geni.com/people/Marguerite-Doucet/6000000029937387730