Pierre Lebert (1748 - 1778)

Born 20 Jun 1748 in Rivière-aux-Canards, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Boudrot — married 6 Feb 1770 in Plouër, Bretagne, France

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1778 at age 29 in La Gour Bannien, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Pierre Lebert was born on 20 Jun 1748 and baptized on 29 Jun 1748 in Grand Pré.^[1] He was buried 24 March 1778, Plouer, Côtes-d'Armor, France. He was the son of Paul Lebert and Madelene LaPierre.

On 27 October 1755, Pierre, his parents, and his siblings Marguerite, Marie-Josèphe and 2 unnamed children, were deported to Virginia. In May 1756, on the Industry, they were deported again, from Virginia to England. ^[2] The ship transporting 243 Acadians arrived in Liverpool, England on 26 June 1756. ^[3]

After the 1763 Treaty of Paris, the Acadians were released and those in England were repatriated to France. He is found on the [English] roll of the 53 Acadian families detained at Liverpool, and embarked on board the royal sailing barge “L'Esturgeon” commanded by Sieur Louis BELON, dated 7 Jun 1763. They are Family #43 headed by Pierre's father Paul Le Ber. ^[4]

He married Marguerite Boudrot (born in Riviere aux Canards, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia; daughter of Michel Boudrot and Claire Comeau) on 6 February 1770 in Plouër, Côtes-d'Armor, France and the couple had 6 known children. The family lived in Plouër (Côtes-d'Amor), in Châtellerault then in Nantes where they seem to have settled. The both died in the spring of 1778, about the time of the smallpox epidemic.^[5]

Their children were: ^[6]

1. Marguerite Marie Lebert (1770– ) .
2. Pierre Jean Joseph Joachin Lebert (1772–1823) .
3. Marie Jeanne Lebert (1773– ) .
4. Anne Lebert (about 1776– )
5. Unknown LEBERT 1777-1777
6. Joseph LEBERT 1778-

Pierre died on 23 March 1778 in La Gour Bannien, Bretagne, (now Cotes d'Armor). His burial took place the next day in Plouër. ^[5]

Research Notes

On his baptism in the DOBR his last name is written Hebert, as weas his father. But both karen Theriot Reader and Marcel W Landry give his name as Lebert.(Bourque-573 15:24, 13 August 2022 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869, roll 1, Image 532. Baptism for Pierre Hebert. 29 Jun 1748, accessed 16 Oct 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
2. ↑ Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 246
3. ↑ 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."
4. ↑ Milton P. Rieder and Norma Gaudet Rieder, The Acadians in France, vol. II (Metairie, LA: Authors, 1972) p. 120.

   On the [English] roll of the 53 Acadian families detained at Liverpool, and embarked on board the royal sailing barge L'Esturgeon commanded by Sieur Louis BELON, dated 7 Jun 1763:

   Family #43.

   Paul LE BER:

   Madeleine [LAPIERRE] LE BER;

   Pierre LE BER:

   Marguerite LE BER;

   Marie Josephe LE BER:

   Jean Baptiste LE BER:

   Joachim LE BER;

   Charles LE LANDE.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Gérard-Marc Braud, Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785, (Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999) - A genealogical approach. - p. 177
6. ↑ Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Pierre Lebert]

See Also:

• BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES-DEATH-BURIAL: Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-17 85; pt 1, vol. II, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; p . 552, family #623; personal copy.