JOSEPH HENRY is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 6-L, Le Bon Papa, arrive le 29 juillet 1785. Listed with him are his wife, Cecille Braud, and children Jean Laurent, Joseph, Pierre, Marie Josephe, Anne Francoise, and Magdelene Apolline.[1]
Joseph Henry was born around 1743 in Cobequid, Acadia, Nova Scotia Colony, a son of Francois Henry (c.1716 - c.1758) and Marie Dugas (c.1722 - 1764).
Around 1751, his parents François and Marie decided to settle on Ile Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island), in search of a better life. In 1752 they appeared on the detailed La Roque census in Grande Ascension, Ile Saint-Jean, with two sons and three daughters. Joseph was listed at 9 years of age. [2]
Basille Henry, aged 11 years
Joseph, aged 9 years
Margueritte Joseph, aged 7 years
Elizabeth, aged 4 years
Victoire, aged 16 months
The family did not escape deportation. They were among the 1033 Acadians who were put aboard five British ships that left Acadie in the fall of 1758, destined for France. Of the 1033 passengers listed, 339 died at sea, and 156 died not long after arriving in France. His father Francois and his three youngest siblings died about 1758 at sea during the crossing to France. Joseph, his mother, and his siblings Basile (with his wife), Anne Marguerite Josèphe and Elisabeth, disembarked at St. Malo on 23 Jan 1759. [3]
The family resided at St. Suliac 1759-1761, until his mother's remarriage to Antoine Braud (see family #194).[4]
Joseph married his step-sibling Marie Cecile Breau , daughter of Antoine Breau and Cécile Bourg, on 15 May 1764 in Saint-Suliac, Bretagne (now Ille-et-Vilaine), France. [5] The witnesses were Antoine Breau, Emilian Segoillot, Jean Breau, Mathurin Bourg who signed.
In 1772 they were recorded on a census at St. Malo, France, with sons Jean-Laurent and Joseph-Julien. [7]
1772 census Saint-Malo
Joseph Henry, 27, laborer, of St. Malo
Cecile Bros, 25, his wife, spins and cuts
Jean Laurens, 7, their son
Joseph Julien, 1 1/2, their son (likely Joseoh Suliac)
In September 1784, Joseph and Cécile, and their six children (three sons, three daughters), appeared on a list of Acadians in Nantes, France who wished to immigrate to Louisiana.[8]
In May 1785, the family of eight boarded the ship Le Bon Papa, bound for Louisiana. They disembarked at the port of New Orleans on 29 July 1785.[9]
Joseph died in Aug 1821 in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana, United States, aged about 76. [10]
Sources
↑The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 27.
↑Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 117, image 264. A transcription of the original census, in French, can be found at Census Transcription of Original Record “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 435, Image 439
Francois Henry, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 36 years, he has been in the country 13 months. Married to Marie Dugast, native of l'Acadie, aged 30 years.
They have two sons and three daughters :
Basille Henry, aged 11 years
Joseph, aged 9 years
Margueritte Joseph, aged 7 years
Elizabeth, aged 4 years
Victoire, aged 16 months
And in stock, three oxen, two cows, four heifers, three ewes, one sow, three pigs and ten fowls. The land on which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of two bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
Family #113 HENRY François, died at sea DUGAST Marie, 35, his wife HENRY Bazile, 18, his son DUGAST Eulalie, 21, wife of Bazile HENRY Joseph, 14, his son HENRY Anne Marguerite Josephe, 14, daughter HENRY Elisabeth, 8 ans, daughter HENRY Alexis, 5, his son, died at sea HENRY François, 2, his son, died at sea HENRY Victoire, 6 ans, fille, died at sea
↑ Albert J. Robichaux, The Acadian Exiles in St. Malo: 1758-1785, pt 1, vol. II, (Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981), pp. 487-488, family #544.
Francois HENRY, born about 1717, married about 1740 to Marie DUGAT; seven children. He died at sea during the crossing to France; his widow disembarked at St. Malo on 23 Jan 1759 with four children. They resided at St. Suliac 1759-1761, until her remarriage to Antoine Breau (see family #194)
↑ Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, 10 NUM 35314 75 > SAINT-SULIAC > 1764 > Baptêmes/Mariages > COMMUNE, image 9 of 18 Marriage Joseph Henri & Cecile Braux
↑ Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Joseph Henry
↑ Milton P. Rieder and Norma Gaudet Rieder, The Acadians in France, 1762-1776; rolls of the Acadians living in France distributed by towns for the years 1762 to 1776. (Role of the Truly Acadian families - September 15, 1772). ( Metairie, La. : M. P. Rieder, 1967), p. 69, image 135 available online at https://archive.org/details/acadiansinfrance0000ried/page/135/mode/2up?q=136
1772 census Saint-Malo
Joseph Henry, 27, laborer, of St. Malo
Cecile Bros, 25, his wife, spins and cuts
Jean Laurens, 7, their son
Joseph Julien, 1 1/2, their son (likely Joseoh Suliac)
↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 507;
On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His Catholic Majesty, dated Sep 1784 (cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575):
Joseph HENRY, with wife Cécile BRAUD, 3 sons, 3 daughters, for a total of 8 in family.
↑ Donald J. Hébert,
Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index, (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995) pp. 2-3;
Jean Laurent HENRY, a carpenter age 19, son of Joseph & wife Cécile BRAUD, traveling with them and five younger children as the 3rd family (of 8 persons) aboard "Le Bon Papa." They embarked in France on 10 May 1785 and debarked in Louisiana on 29 Jul 1785.
↑Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 4, 1820-1829, (Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1983) p. 283.
Joseph [HENRY], age 78, buried 30 Aug 1821 (SGA-8, 100).
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