René Granger (1703 - abt. 1756)

Born 15 Apr 1703 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Angelique Comeau — married 20 Feb 1727 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about 16 Sep 1756 at about age 53 in Penryn, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England [uncertain]

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Biography

René Granger was born 15 April 1703 to parents René Granger and Margueritte Terriot. He was baptized on 29 April 1703 by Father Felix Pain. His godparents were René LeBlanc, habitant of the parish of Mines and Anne Granger.^[1]

René Granger and Angélique Comeau were married 20 Feb 1727 in Grand Pré, Acadia^{[2] [3]}

Children: ^[4]

1. Francois GRANGER ca 1731-1756
2. Alexis GRANGER ca 1733-/1763
3. Marie Blanche GRANGER ca 1735-
4. Madeleine GRANGER ca 1739-
5. Laurent GRANGER 1741-
6. Anne GRANGER 1743-ca 1756
7. Simon Clemenseau GRANGER ca 1745-/1767
8. Marguerite GRANGER ca 1747-

On 5 September 1755, René 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 Granger with 2 sons and 5 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 4 bullocks, 3 cows, 3 young cattle, 12 sheep, 12 hogs, and 1 horse. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[5][6]

On 27 October 1755, René and possibly Angélique, as well as their children Laurent, Madeleine, Anne, Marguerite and 1 unnamed son and 2 unnamed daughters were deported from Grand-Pré to Virginia aboard one of the 14 ships that departed on that day. The Acadians were held over winter in Virginia. In May 1756, on the Fanny Bovey, they were deported again to England. ^[6] The ship transporting 204 Acadians arrived in Falmouth, England on 18 June 1756. ^[7] From there they were taken to Penryn, England. ^[6]

René died while in exile in England ^[8]and was buried on 16 September 1756 at the St Gluvias Churchyard, Penryn, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, RG 1 Vol. 26 p.5 Baptism: René Granger Note: text posted by Karen Theriot Reader at Geneanet.org for Rene Granger.

   "René ce vingt neufieme jour d avril de granger l annee 1703 moy soussigne faisant les fonctions curiales dans cette paroisse ay fais les ceremonies du baptesme a Rene granger ayant ete ondoye. née année. fils de Rene granger et de margueritte terriot legitimement conjoins. el a eu pour parain René le blanc habitant de la paroisse de mines et pour maraine anne ---granger en foy de quoy j ay signé; aui la paraine la marain ayent decclare ne savois signe a mesme jour et an que dessus.

   Rene le blank Felix Pain

   Récollet"

   Rough translation: René Granger was baptized twenty-ninth day of April 1703 having been previously baptized at home. He was born April 15th 1703. His parents Rene Granger and Daisy Terriot were legitimately married. Sponsors: godfather: René LeBlanc inhabitant of the parish of mines and godmother: Anne ---Granger

2. ↑ 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 627): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/627?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ Title: Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748 Author: Diocese of Baton Rouge Publication: Diocese, 1999, Note: The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA.; pp. 49-50 & 88

   Text: (SGA-2, 233).

4. ↑ Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for René Granger
5. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand Pre - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand Pre, September the 15th 1755," line # 26,

   Rener Granger, Village des Granger, 2 sons, 5 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), 4 bullocks, 3 cows, 3 young cattle, 12 sheep, 12 hogs, 1 horse

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020), p. 96
7. ↑ Paul Delaney, Chronologie des déportations et migrations des Acadiens (1755-1816). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 36, nos 2-3, septembre 2005, p. 52-86. https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/3602_total.pdf
   Translation at Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home Translation: "The Chronology of Deportations and Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816."
8. ↑ "Some Acadian Burials, Baptisms and Marriages During Exile in England", St. Gluvius Church Penryn, England, Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, http://www.acadian-home.org/St-Gluvias-Penryn.html

   Burial Sept 16 1756, Rene Grangé, neutral

9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 October 2018), memorial page for Rene Granger (15 Jun 1703–16 Sep 1756), Find A Grave Memorial no. 144432404, citing St Gluvias Churchyard, Penryn, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England ; Maintained by AW (contributor 47829810) .Rene Granger (1703-1756) on Find A Grave: Memorial #144432404 retrieved 30 October 2018 Note FAG birthdate does not match other sources of White and Arsenault

• Source: DGFA Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. Copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard