Jean Metra (abt. 1738 - aft. 1795)

Born about 1738 in Metz, Lorraine, France

Husband of Marguerite Bourg — married 5 Feb 1765 in Pleudihen, Bretagne, France

Died after Dec 1795 after about age 57 in Louisiana

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Biography

Jean Metra is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 10-Right. Listed with him is his Acadian wife Margueritte Bourg and their daughter Anne Margueritte.^[1]

Jean Metra was born about 1738. He was the son of Jacques Metra and Jeanne Veuvre.

He married Acadian exile Marguerite Bourg, widow of Jean-Baptiste Guillot, on 5 February 1765 in Pleudihen. ^[2] Charles Boudraut and Étienne Boudraut were among the 4 witnesses, who signed.

Their children were:

1. Anne Marguerite METRA 1767-/1788

In September 1784, they were on a list of Acadian families in Nantes who wished to establish themselves in Louisiana. ^[3]

Jean, Marguerite and their daughter Anne-Marguerite left France in August 1785 aboard L'Amitié and reached New Orleans in November after three long months at sea. ^[4]

In December 1795, Jean and Marguerite were listed on a census in Lafourche. ^[5]

Juan METTRA, age 52;

Margarita BOURQUE, 73.

He passed away after 1795.

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. 40
2. ↑ Archives départementales des Côtes d'Armor, Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil, Pleudihen-sur-Rance 1756 - 1765, images 291-292 / 327 Marriage Jean Metra & Marguerite Bourque
3. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 493

   On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty," dated Sep 1784 (cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575).

   On list from NANTES: Jean METRA, with wife Marguerite BOURG, 1 daughter, and 1 orphan, for a total family of 4.
4. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index, (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995), pp. 80-81

   Jean MÉTRA, a German ("aleman") day laborer, age 46, traveling with his wife Marguerite BOURG, age 52, and a daughter, as the 61st family (of 3 persons) aboard the ship "L'Amitié" which embarked in France on 20 Aug 1785 and arrived in Louisiana on 8 Nov 1785. On the Spanish list of debarkation his is shown as Juan MAITRAI, who received 1 each of axe, shovel, hatchet and knife, and 2 hoes.

5. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798 (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980) - Louisiana census records. - p. 65 -

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