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Madeleine Modeste Mius (abt. 1742 - 1826)

Madeleine Modeste Mius aka D'Entremont
Born about in Baccaro, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married about 1758 in Massachusettsmap [uncertain]
Wife of — married 16 Jan 1772 in Salem, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , and
Died at about age 84 in Hubbard's Point, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

Madeleine Modeste Mius was born around 1742 in Baccaro, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia. Her parents were Charles Mius and Marie Marthe Hébert. [1]

Sheila Hubbard Macauley recorded the following in the introduction to The Hubbard Family of Nova Scotia: [2]

"Magdeleine Modeste Mius and her family had been forced to leave Nova Scotia during the Acadian Expulsion of 1755. She married first, Dominique Doucet, another Acadian refugee, sometime before 1763, probably in the Gloucester or Salem area of Massachusetts. Their names are included in a list of French who desired to go to France in August of 1763, according to records of the Canadian Archives. [3] Magdeleine Modeste was left a widow probably around 1770. It is thought that John Hubbard and Magdeleine Modeste Mius returned to Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia shortly after their marriage in 1772."

She married Dominique Doucet around 1758. [1]
Children: [4]

  1. Anne Doucet b. 15 Jan 1759, Massachusetts
  2. Isidore Doucet
  3. Dominique Doucet b. 20 May 1768, Baie Ste-Marie

She married John Hubbard (O'Bird) on January 16, 1772 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [5][1]
Children:

  1. Jean O Bird d. 12 Aug 1817, Ste-Anne-du-Ruisseau, Yarmouth,
  2. Marie Osite O'Bird b. Vers 1775, d. 1865 (Age ~ 70 years)
  3. Marie Venerante O'Bird
  4. Joseph Hubbard dit Pelotte
  5. Angelique Hubbard died bef. 1842.
  6. Charles O'Bird
  7. Madeleine O'Bird

Madeleine was alive as of June 13, 1786, when she appeared in front of Rev. Fr. Joseph-Mathurin Bourg and gave consent to her daughter Anne's marriage.[6] She was alive as of September 4, 1799, when her son, Dominique's marriage was revalidated.[7]

She passed away on 10 February 1826, the record giving her about 83 years of age. Her grave was blessed on 12 July 1826. In the record, the declaration of her daughter Magdelaine (an infirm) was noted by the priest Sigogne. She explained that the widow of Jean Oburd was buried on 12 February in the cemetery of parish, in the absence of a priest. [8]

Research Notes

Although several family trees show her parents as Jean Baptiste Muis (brother to Charles Amand) and Marie Joseph Surette, other reliable sources from respected researchers indicate that her parents were Charles Amand Mius and Marie Marthe Hébert.

  • Researcher Marcel Walter Landry [4]
  • Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc in Le voyage de Rameau de Saint-Père en Acadie: [1]

Notes for Madeleine Modeste Muise: Transcript of document found in Benjamin Muise's papers" Salem, 16 Jan 1772 Jean Hobord m: Magdeleine Mius, widow of Dominique Doucet. "...promising to subject themselves to Loix of the laws of the apostolic and Roman Cathlic Church; at one that God their will make the grace to find a priest... Louis robichaud according to the capacities agreement by Charles François Bailly, priest and vicar-general of Halifax. More About Dominique Doucet: Fact 1: August 28, 1733, Port Royal, Nova Scotia Notes for John (O'Bird) Hubbard: Although Hubbard was an Irish name, John Hubbard's marriage into a French family and settlement in a French community, resulted in French being the first language of the subsequent generations of this family.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, Le voyage de Rameau de Saint-Père en Acadie, Les Éditions du Septentrion, Québec, 2018, p. 385
    Pioneer Families of Yarmouth County: Dominique Doucet (son of Joseph #35 in DGFA) married Madeleine-Modeste Mius (daughter of Charles #17 in DGFA) around 1758. They were in Massachusetts in 1763 (family of 3). Dominique died in Massachusetts in 1772. Madeleine-Modeste Mius married John Hubbard in 1772 in Massachusetts. Settled in Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau.
  2. ↑ Macauley, S.H. (1996) The Hubbard Family of Nova Scotia (introduction), Gateway Press.
  3. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Family name Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, Acadians in Massachusetts by Robert Dafford. "Dominique DOUSSET - wife Magdelaine - 1 son"
    Possibly Dominique DOUCET, s/o Joseph/Anne SURETTE, m. to Madeleine MIUS, d/o Jean-Baptiste/Marie-Josephe SURETTE. Children: Dominique (1768); Isidore (ca. 1769). At Baie Ste-Marie, Nova Scotia 1767. No mention of deportation.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Marcel Walter Landry, Page for Madeleine Modeste Mius, Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed April 2022 (login required)
    She married (1) Dominique Doucet in 1758. Their first child was born in 1759 in Massachussets. She married (2) Jean (John) O'Bird in Salem, Mass. on 16 Jan 1772. She passed away on 10 February 1826 in Ste-Anne-du-Ruisseau. No sources provided.
  5. ↑ An Acadian Parish Reborn, https://archives.novascotia.ca/acadian/reborn/catholic/
    Nova Scotia Archives - 'An Acadian Parish Reborn' records the spelling of her name as Magdalene Modeste Mius, as it appears on the original marriage record between her and John Hubbard (spelled 'Hoborde'), which took place at Salem, Massachusetts, 16 January 1772.
  6. ↑ Missionary Priests in Argyle Nova Scotia Archives
  7. ↑ Acadie1755.tripod.com
  8. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives Marie Modeste Miuce Burial (grave blessed), An Acadian Parish Reborn, RG 1 Vol. SA4 p.7, Accessed April 2022 Transcription: Le douze juillet mil huit cens vingt six aparu devant moi Magdelane fille infirme du vieux Jean Oburd décédé laquelle m’a declaré que la ve (veuve) du dit jean Oburd Marie Modeste Miuce était décédée le dix fevrier Dernier agée d"environ 83 ans & quelconque avoit été Inhumé Dans le cemetier de Cette Paroisse le douze du même mois en présense de plusieurs persones parens & amis de la defunte. (Translation: On the twelfth of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, Magdelane appeared before me, crippled daughter of the deceased old Jean Oburd, who declared to me that the widow of said Jean Oburd Marie Modeste Miuce had died the tenth of February last aged about 83 years & some had was buried in the cemetery of this parish on the twelfth of the same months in the presence of several relatives & friends of the deceased.)

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Cormier-1939 Gisèle Cormier
Mius-119 and Mius-109 appear to represent the same person because: Even though there are conflicting opinions concerning her parents, (some believe they were Jean-Baptiste & Marie-Josephe Surette), several reliable sources indicate that she was born to Charles & Marie-Marthe Hébert and was married to Dominique Doucet and Jean Hubbard. (see research notes in Mius-109). Her death in 1826 at age 83 (estimated birth in 1742) is sourced.
posted by Gisèle Cormier
Heidi Berry
Have flagged possible merge between Mius-109 and Mius-119. Entries indicate possible marriage to both Dominique Doucet and John Hubbard. May be confusion with fathers?
posted by Heidi Berry
Pyne-84 Nina Pyne
I just do not have access to enough info to know what is the most accurate. I have no objection if the Acadian Project wants to take over this profile.
posted by Nina Pyne
edited by Nina Pyne
Cormier-1939 Gisèle Cormier
I agree with this merge proposal. Respected researcher Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc links her to parents Charles Mius and Marie-Marthe Hébert and mentions Dominique Doucet's death in MA in 1772, and her remarriage to Hubbard in 1772. (Source is in "Research Notes" section). The biography of Mius-119 also mentions both marriages. The link to Nova Scotia Archives in the biography names Magdelaine Mius widow of Dominique Doucet.

Any objections, Nina, if I remove her from these parents and propose a merge?

posted by Gisèle Cormier
edited by Gisèle Cormier
Pyne-84 Nina Pyne
Looks like there's enough info to make the change.
posted by Nina Pyne
Pyne-84 Nina Pyne
Thanks for drawing attention to this. I hope someone can come up with some definitive info.
posted by Nina Pyne
Steven Holloway
There seems to be a disagreement among WT, Ancestry and Family Search as to MMM's parents. All three agree her paternal grandfather is Joseph Muis-66 but they get there thru different brothers. Instead of Jean-Baptiste, Ancestry member trees and Family Search have here father as his brother Charles Armand. This also gives her different mothers - Marie M HEBERT instead of Marie J Surrette. Anyone else notice this and have comments?
posted by Steven Holloway

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