Mathurin Picard
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Mathurin Picard (abt. 1717 - aft. 1757)

Mathurin Picard
Born about in Pléhérel, Bretagne, Francemap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1749 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 40 [location unknown]
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Biography

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Mathurin Picard migrated from France to Acadia.
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Mathurin Picard was born at Pléhérel, Bretagne (today Fréhel, Côtes-d'Armor), France. He was the son Bertrand Picard and Anne Bouquin. [1]

Mathurin was noted as being 35 years old on the census report of 1752 (from which his birth is calculated to be about 1717). [2]

Mathurin Picard is listed at St. Esprit with his wife, but no children in July-Aug 1753. [3]

He was still alive in August 1757 when his son Jean Baptiste was baptized in Louisbourg. [4]

Research Notes

There was a Mathurin Picard in the Compagnie Ste-Marie in Louisbourg in 1759:

Les Troupes de Louisbourg faites prisonnières et ramenées ou déportées à Saint Malo et autres lieux par les Anglais
"Mathurin Picard - Canonnier (Cannon shooter: Sailor in charge of the shooting of the guns.) - Arrivé à bord du Guillaume et Marie -Débarqué le 28/03/1759" [5]

Sources

  1. Karen Theriot Reader Maturin Picard citing Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 175
  2. Report Concerning Canadian Archives
    Mathurin Picard, fisherman, native of Pléhérel, bishopric of St. Brieux, aged 35 years - married to Angélique Romain [sic], native of St. Esprit, aged 21 years [no children listed]
    1752 Census of Sieur de LaRoque/Petit Degrat
  3. Héritage Canadiana: Dépôt des papiers publics des colonies; état civil et recensements, image 588 1753 Census of Isle Royale/St. Esprit
  4. Eric Krause Reports: Fortress of Louisbourg: Parish Records 1713-1758 Original Baptism Record for Jean Baptiste Picard
  5. Migrations.fr Compagnies détachées des colonies/Compagnie Ste-Marie

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