Marie Anne Guilbeau (1733 - bef. 1775)

Born 2 Dec 1733 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Daughter of Joseph Guilbeau and Madeleine Michel

Wife of Michel Bernard — married 25 Jan 1761 in Ristigouche, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died before 1775 before age 41 in Attakapas, Spanish Louisiana

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Biography

Michel Bernard is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 1 Right. Listed with him is spouse, Marie Guilbeau, and their three sons Jean Baptiste, Francois and Michel. ^[1]

Marie Guillebaut, daughter of Joseph Guillebaut and Magdelaine Michel, was born on 2 December 1733 and baptized the same day at Annapolis Royal. ^[2] Her godparents were Charles Michel and Marie Guillebaut. Priest: Fr. De St. Poncy de la Vernede;

Marie and her family were among the Acadians who escaped the 1755 Deportation by seizing, with other passengers, the boat Pembroke, which was supposed to transport them from Annapolis Royal to exile in North Carolina. ^[3]

She married, at age 26, Michel Bernard, son of Jean-Baptiste Bernard and Cécile Gaudet of Chignecto, 25 Jan 1761, in Ristigouche, Bay of Chaleurs. ^{[4][5] [6]}

Children

1. Jean Baptiste Bernard b: ABT 1762 in Canada
2. Pierre BERNARD b: ABT 1763
3. Michel Bernard II b: ABT 1765 in Acadia
4. Felicite Bernard b: ABT 1767 in Atakapas, St. Martin, LA
5. Francois (dit MIcheaud) Bernard b: ABT 1769 in , St. Martin,
6. Marie Anne Bernard b: 7 Sep 1770 in St. Martin, LA c: 24 Apr 1771 in Atakapas, St. Martin, LA
7. Marie Anne Bernardb: BEF 30 Oct 1774 in Attakapas, St. Martin, LA c: 4 Dec 1774 in St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA

In the summer of 1761 the young couple had fled to Nepisiguit (present-day Bathurst, N.B.) ^[7] In November 1761 they were counted again at Baie des Chaleurs with other refugees, a total of 3 people in the family. ^[8]

By 1761 many of the Acadian refugees around Baie des Chaleurs were captured by British forces who wished to rid the area of "French Vermin", and were imprisoned in Halifax or Fort Edward. ^[9] In 1763 the family appeared on a list of prisoners in Halifax with one child. ^{[10] [11][12] [13]}

The prisoners in Halifax were released after the treaty of 1763. The British authorities permitted Acadians to remain in the Colony of Nova Scotia as long as they took an oath of allegiance. However the majority of the prisoners rejected their offer and left the colony by their own means by leasing vessels since the British refused to pay their passage to other colonies. Many chose to go to French-controlled colonies like Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and Saint-Domingue (Haiti) but quickly left the dire conditions there and travelled north, most of them settling in Louisiana in the spring of 1765. ^[11]

They immigrated to Louisiana in 1765. ^[14] Arrived LA Feb 1765, age 30, with husband Michel Bernard, age 31, and two sons, age 3 and 1; with party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil. ^[15]

In Atakapas census, 1766, District of the Pointe, unnamed, but probably the woman in the household of Miguel BERNARDO;

In Atakapas census, 1771, age 36, with husband, 3 sons, & 1 daughter;

Died by Oct 1774, when her husband is listed in the Atakapas census without a wife

Residence

Residence: 1765 Carencro, St. Martin, LA ^[16]

Census: 25 Apr 1766 La Pointe, St. Martin, LA ^[17][18]

Census: 1769 Attakapas, St. Martin, LA ^{[19] [20]}

Census: 1771 Attakapas, St. Martin, LA ^[21]

Census: 30 Oct 1774 Attakapas, St. Martin, LA ^[22][23]

Event: Militia Company of Attakapas Military Service 1 May 1777 Attakapas, St. Martin, LA ^[24][25]

Census: 15 Apr 1785 Attakapas, St. Martin, LA ^[26]

Census: 1788 Carencro, St. Martin, LA ^[27]

Probate: 26 Mar 1810 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA ^{[28][29] [30] [31]}

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 10.
2. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26a page 115; online database with images, Marie Guillebaut Baptism, 2 December 1733, accessed March 2021.
3. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Pembroke Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, Pembroke Passenger List Reconstructed by Paul Delaney, translated by Karen Theriot Reader. Accessed November 2021. Originally published in Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne vol. 35, nos. 1 & 2 (Jan-Jun 2004) Family # 3, p. 26 of 82 https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/3501_total.pdf
4. ↑ Marriage Record: "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-WPXV?cc=1321742&wc=HCV9-MNL%3A17745701%2C17745702%2C17745703 : 16 July 2014), Ristigouche > Sainte-Anne-de-Ristigouche > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1759-1795, 1842-1870 > image 40 of 531; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
5. ↑ ACADIAN-CAJUN at rootsweb.com; Posting by Roger Rozendal on 2 Apr 2005.

   Text: In the Registres of Ste. Anne de Ristigouche, Michel Bernard appears twice: Entry 129 (Emard p. 54) is the marriage of Michel and Marie Guilbeau on 25 January 1761. The act was signed by Michel Bernard, Marie Guilbeau, Joseph Guilbeau and Jean-Baptiste Bernard. Witnesses were Lachaussé [Philippe], Michel, and Pere Ambroise [priest]. Entry 62 (Emard p. 40) Michel Bernard is godfather at the baptism on 13 January 1761 of Jean, son of Paul Bernard and Marguerite Gaudet (SW p. 682). Paul Bernard, son of Joseph Bernard and Marie-Josephe Gaudet) was Michel's cousin.

6. ↑ Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens; Bona Arsenault; Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; pp. 598 (Port Royal) & 2421 & 2502 (Louisiana)

   Text: Michel BERNARD, born 1734, son of Jean-Baptiste & Cécile GAUDET of Beaubassin, Acadia. He married at Ristigouche, Bay des Chaleurs on 25 Jan 1761 to Marie GUILLEBEAU, born 1733, daughter of Joseph & Madeleine MICHEL of Port Royal; seven children (1 set of twins). This family settled in Louisiana; Michel died at St. Martinville [St. Martin parish, LA], on 31 [sic] Aug 1809.

7. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Census, original record 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Original Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12837, Images 176-184

   Michel Bernard, 2 people

8. ↑ 1761 Acadians Inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not Surrendered at Fort Cumberland Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12838, Image 1855

   Michel Bernard 3 people

9. ↑ Judith Beattie and Bernard Pothier, The Battle of the Restigouche, Parks Canada Canadian Heritage, 1996 p. 41 http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/restigouche.pdf
10. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. List of Acadian Prisoners at Halifax, August 12, 1763, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home. Transcription, digital images, Roy, J.-Edmond. "12 Août 1763: Liste des françois Accadiens demeurants prisonniers a halifax port d'amérique Septentrionale Sous le gouvernement de Sa majesté Britannique" in Rapport sur les archives de France relatives à l'histoire du Canada. Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, 1911 accessed at BANQ numérique page 630/image 632], , accessed April 2022

    michel bernar, his wife, 1 child.

11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} LeBlanc, Ronnie-Gilles « Les Acadiens à Halifax et dans l’île Georges, 1755–1764 ». Port Acadie no 22-23 (2012) https://doi.org/10.7202/1014976ar p. 73 of article.Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, "List of Acadian Families & Individuals at Halifax between 1759 and 1764", Appendix to "Acadians in Halifax and on Georges Island, 1755-1764 with English translation and glossary of place names by John Estano DeRoche. List of Families & Individuals at Halifax, 1759-1764. Originally published in French: Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, “Les Acadiens à Halifax et dans l’île Georges, 1755–1764.” Port Acadie: revue interdisciplinaire en études acadiennes/ Port Acadie: An Interdisciplinary Review in Acadian Studies, No22-23 (automne 2012-printemps 2013 / fall 2012-spring2013):43-76. Translated by John Estano DeRoche, Halifax, and corrected by R.-G. LeBlanc, August 2013.
12. ↑ ACADIAN-CAJUN; rootsweb.com

    Note: Posting by Roger Rozendal on 2 Apr 2005.

    Text: In the 12 August 1763 list of prisoners at Halifax, Michel is listed with his wife and his son, Jean-Baptiste. born ca 1762.

13. ↑ Acadian Exiles in the Colonies; Janet Jehn; Publication: Covington, KY; 1977; p. 255

    Text: Proposed as the head of the family of Michel BERNAR [sic] who with wife and one child was on the List of French Acadians kept prisoner by the British at Halifax dated 12 Aug 1763.

14. ↑ ACADIAN-CAJUN; rootsweb.com; Note: Posting by Andy Scott on 1 Apr 2005. Text: Michel's family came to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard where on 5 April 1765 it is shown that he received a receipt for 171 livres in ordonnances and 363 livres in billetes in Canadian money (Receipts).
15. ↑ ACADIAN-CAJUN at rootsweb.com; Posting by Andy Scott on 1 Apr 2005.

    Text: Michel's family came to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard where on 5 April 1765 it is shown that he received a receipt for 171 livres in ordonnances and 363 livres in billetes in Canadian money (Receipts).

16. ↑ Acadian Genealogy Exchange; Author: Jehn, Janet, ed.; Page: vol. XXVII, no. 1 (Jan 1998); p. 15; Note: Translation from article in HERITAGE ACADIEN (Jan 1996). Text: Michel and his family settled on arrival [in LA] in the area of Carencro in the Attakapas, on the east side [sic] of the Mississippi.
17. ↑ Source: #JKVoorhies p. 124

    Text: "Census and list of Militiamen and Acadian householders recently established at the Atakapas, " in section labeled "District of the Pointe:" Miguel BERNARDO, with 1 woman; 2 boys.

18. ↑ Louisiana History; Author: Louisiana Historical Association; Note: Quarterly journal; p. 96;

    Text: "Census and list of Militiamen and Acadian householder recently established at the Attakapas according to the survey of April 25, 1766." District de la Pointe:

    Michel BERNARD.

19. ↑ Attakapas Post in 1769--The First Nominal Census of Colonial Settlers in Southwest Louisiana; Author: Donald Joseph Arceneaux; Claitor's Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2014; p. 18

    [11] Michel Bernard, age 34

    His wife [identified by the compiler on p. 37 as Marie Guilbeaux] citing SWLAR, 1A, page 56.

    Jean, his son, 7

    Michel, his son, 5

    François, his son, 1

    Fellisité, his daughter, 1

    Marie Marquis, 19

    Livestock:

    Cows, 4

    Suivant 4,

    Horses, 3

    Pigs, 10

20. ↑ Source: #DRFT p. 416

    Text: Age 34 years.

21. ↑ Attakapas Post: The Census of 1771; Winston De Ville; Provincial Press, Claitor's Publishing, Reprint 2010; Author copyright 1986. Note: Transcription of Papales Procedentes de Cuba (in the Archives of the Indies, Seville, Spain), Legajo 188C, on microfilm at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwest Louisiana, in Lafayette, LA.; p. 14

    Text: Michel BERNARD, age 36, with wife, age 36, and three boys, ages 9, 3 and 2; 1 girl, age 8 (months?). They have 16 cattle and 7 horses, on 12 arpents of land, without title.

22. ↑ Source: #JKVoorhies p. 280

    Text: Listed on Atakapas General Census: Michel BERNAD [sic], with 6 children [no wife listed]. They have 47 cattle, 10 horses and mules, 40 pigs.

23. ↑ Source: #DeVille

    Text: Michel BERNAD [sic]; with 6 children, 0 slaves, 47 cattle, 10 horses or mules; and 40 hogs.

24. ↑ Attakapas Gazette; vol. IX, no. 3 (Sep 1974), p. 127; Note: Eligible for Revolutionary War patriot status. Michel Bernard

    Text: He was a patriot listed on the roster of "La Compagnie de Milice des Attakapas." (Cites: C. Robert Churchill, S.A.R. SPANISH RECORDS: SPANISH-ENGLISH WAR 1779-1783; pp. 289-290)

25. ↑ Acadian Genealogy Exchange; Author: Jehn, Janet, ed.; vol. 5, p. 24;

    Text: Listed on the "Etat de Revue de la Compagnie de Milice des Attakapas," dated 1 May 1777 (cites Archivo General de Indias, in Seville, Spain; PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA; legajo 161): Michel BERNARD.

26. ↑ Southwest Louisiana Families in 1785: The Spanish Census of the Posts of Attakapas and Opelousas; Author: Winston De Ville; Publication: Provincial Press, Claitor’s Publishing Co.; Baton Rouge, LA; 2010; Note: Recorded in AGI, PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA, Legajo 2360, folio 21; p. 12

    Text: M. BERNARD: [Michel BERNARD was age 50, with two sons age 18 and 20. His wife Marie GUILBEAU was age 51; two daughters were age 14 & 16; one daughter age 10. There are two adult slaves, a male and female, with one male child slave. Next door is his son J'n BERNARD, with wife and son.]

27. ↑ Source: #JKVoorhies p. 339

    Text: On census called Opelousas Post General Census, at "Carancro:" Mil. BERNARD, among a group of eight related households with no details given for ages of persons, or slaves or livestock , each having 10 arpents of land facing the river.

28. ↑ Source: #DJH CD

    Text: BERNARD, Michel Succ. 26 March 1810. Children: Jean Francois, Marie wife of Andre PREJEAN, Felicite wife of Isaque THIBODEAU, Anne wife of Olidon BROUSSARD (SM Ct. Hse.: Succ. #54)

29. ↑ Source: #DeVille

    Text: #124: His estate was opened at St. Martin Parish Courthouse on 26 Mar 1810 (#154 [sic]).

30. ↑ Source: #DJH CD p. 50

    Text: Michel BERNARD's succession dated 26 Mar 1810 names children: Jean Francois [sic, should be Jean; Francois]; Marie wife of André PREJEAN; Felicite wife of Isaque THIBODEAU; Anne wife of Olidon BROUSSARD. Recorded at St. Martin Parish Courthouse, St. Martinvile, LA (SM Ct.Hse. : Succ. #54).

31. ↑ Land Records of the Attakapas District, vol. II, part 2: Attakapas-St.Martin Estates, 1804-1818; Glenn R. Conrad; Lafayette, LA: Univ. of Southwestern LA, 1993; Note: Contains Attakapas-St. Martin Estates, 1804-1818. pp. 29-30;

    Text: Estate No. 54, Michel BERNARD, succession sale dated 26 Mar 1810. Four slaves were sold for a total of $2,465. Total grossed was $3,883.63. Five heirs are named.

• Source: DJH CD Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Donald J. Hébert; Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; CD 101.

• Source: DRFT Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.com; citing: "Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780"; Stephen A. White; Publication: Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version;

• Source: JKVoorhies "Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians"; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Publication: Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973

• Source: DeVilleMarriage Contracts of the Attakapas Post, 1760-1803; Author: Winston DeVille; Publication: St. Martinville, LA: Attakapas Historical Assoc., 1966; Note: Special Publication No. 1. Also includes "1774 Census of Attakapas" by Jane Guillory Bulliard & Leona Trosclair David.

• Source: S3 Public Archives of Nova Scotia - St. Jean Baptiste Ch. Register, Annapolis 1702-1755 Publication: Location: https://archives.novascotia.ca/acadian/

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match between this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for Donna (Friebel) Storz and this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test of her maternal line cousin Mary-Lucille (Andrus) Sims.