Antoine Henry (abt. 1736 - abt. 1759)

Born about 1736 in Cobequid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died about 16 Feb 1759 at about age 23 in Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Antoine was born around 1736. He was the son of Pierre Henri and Anne Aucoin. ^[1]

He was listed at 16 years of age on the 1752 La Roque census at Anse de la Boullotierre, Isle St. Jean, Acadia (present-day Prince Edward Island) where the family had arrived 14 months earlier. They were the only family recorded in that village. There were 9 children in the household. ^[2]

He married Françoise Dugas, daughter of Joseph Dugas and Anne-Marie Hébert, around 1758, just before the deportation of thousands of Acadians from Isle Saint-Jean to France. ^[1]

Antoine, Françoise and Olivier Dugas, the 9-year-old son Baptiste, were deported to France in 1758. Antoine's parents and siblings were also deported. The conditions were horrific on the ship. They disembarked in Saint-Malo on 23 January 1759. ^[3] Antoine and Françoise died at the hospital a few days after arrival. ^[1]His mother Anne and his youngest sibling Marie Josephe died at sea during the crossing. His father and four of his siblings (Pierre, Timothé, Jeanne, Elisabeth) also died at the hospital within a few weeks.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Antoine Henry citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) p. 387

   No place given for birth. About 1758 : Marriage (with Francoise DUGAS). Death: Which date is correct? The original from Archives of the Port of St-Servan looks like he died 16 Feb. - Died 14 [sic] Feb 1759, age 22 years (Register St-Malo). Also: died St-Malo 24 Feb 1759 (Archives of Port St-Servan).

2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 119, image 268. 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. 445, Image 449

   Pierre Henry, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 46 years, he has been in the country 14 months. Married to Anne Aucoin, native of l'Acadie, aged 46 years.

   They have five sons and four daughters:-

   Pierre Henry, aged 19 years.

   Paul, aged 18 years.

   Antoinne, aged 16 years.

   Barthelemy, aged 7 years,

   Thimotée, aged 5 years.

   Jeanne, aged 14 years.

   Anastazie, aged 12 years.

   Elisabeth, aged 10 years.

   Marie Josette, aged 17 months.

   In stock they have: two oxen, two cows, one heifer, one calf, four sows, and five pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated on the Ance de la Boulottiere. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure, and on it they have made a clearing for the sowing of two bushels of grain the coming spring.

3. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 219, accessed Sept 2023]

   HENRY Antoine, fils de Pierre, 22 ans, mort à l'hôpital le 14 février 1759
   DUGAST Françoise, 20 ans, femme, morte à l'hôpital le 29 janvier 1759
   DUGAST Olivier, fils de Baptiste, 9 ans
   

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