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Jerome Guerin (abt. 1665)

Jerome "Giraud" Guerin aka Giraud
Born about in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
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Biography

Jerome Guerin was born about 1665 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of François Guérin (~1635 - ~1670) and Anne Blanchard (~1645 - ~1714).[1]

It seems likely that he was listed as Frivoline (per Tim Heberts translation) age 7 in the 1671 census. This is an unusual name and somewhat open to interpretation. White gives the translation at Hierosme. His mother at age 26 was already a widow.[2]

He was not listed in the new family in 1678, when his mother was entered with her new husband and the three boys born after that second marriage.[3]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Giraud [sic], aged 20, was living with his step-father, Pierre GAUDET, aged 35, and his mother Anne BLANCHARD, aged 41, and seven half-siblings: Bernard, aged 13. Pierre, aged 11, Claude, aged 9, Abraham, aged 7, Marie, aged 4, Magdelaine [sic], aged 4, and Jeanne, aged 2. They were living on 4 arpents of cultivable land with 10 hogs.[4]

In 1695, he also used this name Giraud when he took the Oath of Allegiance to the King of England.[5][6]

Jerome married Isabelle Aucoin (~1679 - >1752) in 1698 in Port Royal, Acadie. This date is estimated because they are shown in 1698 as a couple with no children.[7] Their children were:

  1. Judith Guerin (~1698 - )
  2. Marie Guerin (~1699 - 1758)
  3. Isabelle Guerin (1704 - 1758)
  4. Marguerite Guérin (~1707 - 1758)
  5. Françoise Guerin (1710 - >1785)
  6. Pierre Guerin (1712 - )
  7. Henriette Guerin (~1713 - 1759)
  8. Jean Baptiste Guerin (1719 - 1771)
  9. François Guérin (~1720 - )
  10. Dominique Guerin (1721 - 1785)
  11. Unknown Guerin (~1723 - )
  12. Charles Guerin (~1725 - 1759).

In 1703, he was listed in Cobequit as Giraut GUERIN[8]

In 1767, he was noted as the father-in-law of Charles Pitre, named Jerome. Charles also said this Jerome was the son of Jerome and Marie Blanchard.[9]

Research Notes

Name iterations
Frivoline in 1671 census Heberts interpretation
Heriosme in 1671 census Whites Interpretation (age 7, 1664)
Giraud in 1686 census, in the first copy of the census say Jerome in side note, age 20 (b 1666)
Not in 1693 census, also not in mothers household
Giraud in 1695 Oath
Jerome in 1698 census, married to Elisabeth Aucoin (age 33, b. 1665)
(Cobequit not listed in 1700 census)
Giraud in 1701 (no wife mentioned, no age)
Giraut in 1703 census (wife not named, no age)
Girault in 1707 census with Isabelle Aucoin (no age)
Jerome in 1714 (wife present not named, no age)
Not found in Isle St. Jean 1728 or 1730, 1734, 1739
Almost no one in Cobequid in 1751
No Guerin in 1752 Acadie census
1752 Elisabeth (wife) was living with son Charles in Isle St. Jean, no spouse. All the Guerins had been at Isle St. Jean only 2 years.
1767 Decl Belle Isle en Mer says Jerome and Elisabeth Aucoin had daughter Elisabeth i 1704 (who married Claude Pitre who was giving this testimony).
Same also says his father was Jerome m to Marie Blanchard (two Jeromes)

No corrections to Whites DGFA as of 2003

Sources

  1. ↑ White, Stephen A. “Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes” 2 vols.,Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes,1999, p 776
    Jerome n.v. 1665 (Rc PR 1671 Hierosme 7a, 1686 Giraud Gaudet 20a, 1698 33a); m.v. Isabelle (Élisabeth) AUCOIN (Martin & Marie Gaudet).
  2. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Image 36.
    Widow Francois GUDCIN (GUERIN), 26; Children: Anne 12, Marie 9, Frivoline 7, Huguetta 5, Francois 2; cattle 6, sheep 3, 6 arpents
  3. ↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census
  4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada "Acadie Recensements 1671 - 1752," Images 15-60;
    at Port Royal: Pierre GAUDET 35, Anne BLANCHARD 41, children: Giraud 20, Bernard 13, Pierre 11, Claude 9, Abraham 7, Marie 4, Magdelaine 4, Jeanne 2; 4 arpents, 10 hogs. The side notes added to the original 1686 census said "Jérome Guérin issu du premier mariage d'Anne Blanchard et de Francois Guérin" (and were initialed). Jérome Guérin from the first marriage of Anne Blanchard and Francois Guérin. Madeleine was listed as Magdelaine.
  5. ↑ White, Stephen A. English Supplement to the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes ,Part I 1636 to 1714; Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 2000, Print. P. 159
    Biographical Note for Jerome (Giraud) Guerin & Isabelle (Elisabeth) Aucoin Aug 1695 (old style): Giraud Guerin took the oath of allegiance to the King of England at Port Royal; he made his mark on the document.
  6. ↑ Roberta Estes, "Acadian 1695 Loyalty Oath Signatures – 52 Ancestors #395." DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy, Posted on April 22, 2023, accessed online on XXXX at https://dna-explained.com/2023/04/22/acadian-1695-loyalty-oath-signatures-52-ancestors-395/
  7. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 110-150;
    Port Royal: Jerome GUERIN 33; Elisabeth AUCOIN his wife 18,
  8. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220.
    Cobequit: Giraut GUERIN, his wife, 3 girls, 1 arms bearer.
  9. ↑ Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org Jerome. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C.
    On 28 February 1767, appeared Claude PITRE, living in the village of Arpens de Triboutons, Sauzon Parish. Who, in presence of . . . . Claude PITRE married at Cobeguit, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, on 12 June 1724 to Elizabeth GUREIN, born at Cobeguit on 29 September 1704 of' Jerome GUERIN and Elisabeth AUCOIN.' Jerome GUERIN issued from another Jerome GUERIN, who came from France and married Marie BLANCHARD. Jerome died at Port Royal, Marie at Beaubassin. Elizabeth AUCOIN was born at Beaubassin of Martin, who came from France and married at Port Royal to Marie GAUDET. Both died there. From the first marriage of Claude PITRE with Elizabeth GUERIN, was born at Cobeguit, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, on 17 December 1726, a boy named Joseph PITRE, who married there to Anne BOURG, daughter of Ambroise BOURG and Elizabeth MELANCON, from Ile St. Jean in North America, Bishopric of Quebec. Elizabeth GUERIN died at sea with the rest of her family in 1758 on an English vessel that shipwrecked transporting a part of the Acadian families from Isle St. Jean to Europe.
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Bourque-573 Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Addressing the name Jerome in the Declarations, he names two Jeromes: this one and the father. So that doesn't take away that he thought this one was named Jerome. This was his father-in-law, so Charles was likely to be correct. Whether he correct about his wife's grandparent - maybe or maybe not. The evidence supports that both the name Jerome and some version of Giraud were used by this man. See dates listing under research notes. Also about to add the Belle-Isle-en-Mer source for reference as to the exact wording. My take is that Hierosme/Frivoline might be the same person and there was a Jerome/Giraud that did exist, born about 1665 or 1666. If not these parents, then we need another set of parents for him. All the professional genealogists we use (White, Landry, Reader) have him connected to these parents, and they do not have a different additional child named Frivoline or Heriosme. So could the grand parent in law also be Jerome as in Francois Jerome? We would have to examine other evidence to determine that. One last thought, could Heirosme sound a little like Jerome in old french, to an uneducated census taker, even to a child?

Will look at the other issues next.

posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Guerin-1054 Kenneth Guerin
From perusing the transcribed Acadian census records at acadian-home.org, it looks like ¨Giraud¨ was used for his first name, not his last.
posted by Kenneth Guerin
edited by Kenneth Guerin
Bourque-573 Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Hi, Ken, I also got your followup message and had similar thoughts. It's a very good question! Looking at White's entry for his father, it says "Jerome n.v. 1665 (Rc PR 1671 Hierosme 7a, 1686 Giraud Gaudet 20a, 1698 33a); m.v. Isabelle (Élisabeth) AUCOIN (Martin & Marie Gaudet)."

White entry for Jerome says"JEROME (GIRAUD) Guerin (Francois (1) & Anne Blanchard) n v 1665. Married to Isabelle (Elisabeth) Aucoin" and has many children. White also has some Notes that are included in his English Supplement. There he references the Declarations of Belle en Mer in which Charles Pitre says Jerome Guerin was the first of this family, but White corrects this saying Francois was the forebear. Also in the Supplement, he has an entry for Jerome with a biographical note "Aug 1695 (old style): Giraud Guerin took the oath of allegiance to the King of England at Port Royal, he made his mark on the document."

There is a Jerome Guerin age 33 married to Elisabeth Aucoin. in the 1698 census.

I'll add all of these to the profile and make a biography also.

Do you have a source for the name Francois Jerome? Maybe a look at the Declarations of Belle en Mer would be useful, too.

Cindy

posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Guerin-1054 Kenneth Guerin
I have no information regarding the proposition that Francois, and not Frivoline, is Jerome. It´s all supposition on my part. I think that misnaming Jerome as Frivoline is less probable than Francois´ full name being Francois jerome. Given the French-Canadian penchant for naming their first-born son after themselves, it seems more probable that Frivoline was a girl and not Jerome. While the ages match if you compare Frivoline´s age in the 1671 census and Jerome´s age in the 1698 census, Huguette´s age is completely wrong, as is Anne´s. It´s pretty thin as evidence goes.

Another interesting take on the Francois Jerome hypothesis is that Claude Marc Pitre confuses Jerome´s father´s name in his deposition in the Belle en Mer Declarations. He states that Jerome´s father was Jerome, when it was Francois. Perhaps, he knew that the father´s and son´s names were the same and he simply picked the wrong one in his deposition? It makes a certain bit of sense.

Anyway, just my tuppence...

PS: another wrinkle shows up in the 1707 Acadian census. In Beaubassin, there is a Marie Guerin married to a Lejeune Poirier. The transcribed record shows: Lejeune POIRIER and Marie GUERIN, 1 boy 14 or older, 4 younger boys. 3 girls less than 12; 4 arpents, 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 8 hogs.

(Source: http://www.acadian-home.org/census1707.html)

This is not the Marie Guerin who is married to Pierre Arsenault. She´s also in the 1707 census. Perhaps this Marie is ¨Marie Frivoline¨? I have not been able to find this Lejeune Poirier in any of the online sources I´m aware of, but it´s an interesting lead.

posted by Kenneth Guerin
edited by Kenneth Guerin
Bourque-573 Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
The Marie Guerin who married Pierre Arsenault is the child born in 1662, based on the listing of the 1671 census. She was 9 at that age, Frivoline/Hierosme was 7. All the censuses support birth year of about 1662. So unlikely to be Frivoline.

However, there were several Poirier families in Beaubassin. Lejeune would mean the younger Poirier. Of which Family? I did not find any Marie Guerin married to any Poirier in the usual places either. This couple was not listed in the 1714 census. All the Poiriers then were married to other women. Going to the Poirier men, I found none married to a Marie anyone who had 8 children by 1707 in Landry.

Another thought on Frivoline/Hierosme - could she/he have died young? But then why wasn't Jerome listed in that slot? 1665 fits very well with Jerome's age.

I'm at the end of what my brain can handle today! You brought up a very good point and at least the profile of Jerome has a very full biography and many sources now, thanks to your initial questions! I've appreciated working on this with you.

posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper

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