Marguerite Gaudet (1764 - 1807)

Born 1 Aug 1764 in Halifax, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Antoine Ledoux — married 25 Nov 1791 in St James, St James, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died Feb 1807 at age 42 in St James, Louisiana, New Spain

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Acadians Project WikiTree [send private message], Louisiana Families Project WikiTree [send private message], Rayburn Clipper [send private message], and Jude Wickham [send private message]

Marguerite Gaudet is an Acadian. Join: Acadians Project Discuss: ACADIA

Marguerite Gaudet lived in Louisiana. Join: Louisiana Families Project Discuss: louisiana

Biography

Descendant of Abenaki Unknown Abenaki.

Descendant of Penobscot Germain Doucet.

PIERRE GAUDET is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinsville, Louisiana Plaque 3 Left. Listed with him are his spouse Madeleine Doucet and their daughter Marguerite Gaudet. ^[1]

Birth/Christening
Marguerite Gaudet, daughter of Acadians Pierre Gaudet and Madeleine Doucet was born right at the time some Acadians who had been imprisoned at Halifax were leaving for Louisiana. She was either born in Halifax or on the way to New Orleans. She was baptized in New Orleans 1 Dec 1765^[2]

Census 1 January 1777, Parish of St. James at Cabahannocer. ^[3]

Marguerite, age 12, living with Abraham ROY & his wife Madelaine DOUCET on the left bank of the Mississippi River.

Marriage
Marguerite (27) married Antoine Ledoux (~28) on 25 Nov 1791 in St James, Louisiana. ^[4]

Their children were:

1. Charles Alexandre Ledoux (1792 - 1840)
2. Marie Madeleine LeDoux (1795 - )
3. Unknown LeDoux (1797 - )
4. Antoine Auguste Ledoux (1800 - <1850)
5. Pierre Ignace LeDoux (1802 - )

Death
Marguerite died in February 1807 in St James aged ~42. She was buried on 22 February 1807 in St James. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Title: The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Author: Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; Personal Copy. p. 16
2. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records Volume 2, 1751-1771, Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, (New Orleans, 1988, p. 134

   Margueritte (Pierre, Acadian, and Magdeleine D(ouce?)t), b. Dec. 1, 1765, bn. Aug. 1, 1764, s. Louis Armand and Margueritte [*] (SLC, B5, 108)

3. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois, Cabanocey, (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957; reprinted Pelican Publ., 1998). p. 189

   Marguerite, age 12, living with Abraham ROY & his wife Madelaine DOUCET on the left bank of the Mississippi River.

4. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records Vol 2, 1770-1803 Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge) p. 308

   Margarita [Gaudet](Pedro & Magdalena Duse of Acadia) m. 25 Nov. 1791, Antonio Ledu (Ledoux) (Ignacio & Monica Landro (Veroniques Languedoc) of Baren) wit. Carlos Gode & Francisca Berto (SJA-2, 13)

5. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819 (Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1982) p. 347 - Marguerite [GAUDET], age 40 years, wife of Antoine LeDOUX, buried 22 Feb 1807. (SJA-4, 29).

Acknowledgements

• Research and sources provided by Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, page for Marguerite Gaudet