Marie Pitre (abt. 1722 - 1759)

Born about 1722 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Alexis Marin Blanchard — married 29 Oct 1753 in Port Lajoie, Ile St. Jean, Acadie

Died 11 Feb 1759 at about age 37 in Hotel Dieu, Nantes, France

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Biography

Marie Pitre was born about 1722 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, daughter of Jean Baptiste Pitre and Marguerite Theriot.

Marie was listed at age 30 in her parents' household in the 1752 census on the north side of Riviere du Ouest, Isle Saint-Jean. ^[1]

Marie married Alexis Marin Blanchard on October 29, 1753 in Ile de St-Jean ^[2][3]

The family was deported to France in 1758. They disembarked at St. Malo on 23 Jan 1759 from one of the "Five ships." Immediately after disembarkation, they were hospitalized at Hotel-Dieu of St. Malo, where their daughter Nicole was born. No member of this family survived. Alexis died on 3 Feb 1759 at Hotel-Dieu, St. Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France, at the age of about 34 years. Marie was hospitalized on 5 February 1759 and died at the hospital on 11 February 1759. ^[4][5]

Her burial was recorded in the Saint-Malo register. ^[6] The date of her burial was not noted in the register.

Sources

1. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 82/Image 194 . The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 309/ Image 313/

   Jean Pitre, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 55 years, has been in the country fourteen months. Married to Margueritte Terriaud, native of l'Acadie, aged 51 years. They have six children, three sons and three daughters:-
   Jean Pitre, aged 20 years.
   Pierre, aged 18 years.
   Enselme, aged 14 years.
   Marie, aged 30 years.
   Elizabeth, aged 28 years.
   Anne, aged 15 years.
   They have the following live stock: two oxen, two calves, one wether, three ewes, one sow, and four pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case and was given to them verbally. They have made a garden on it.

2. ↑ Regristres Paroissaux d'Acadie, Drouin collection, La Prairie, Québec Subscription required
3. ↑ Hebert, Timothy. Acadian Church Records: Port LaJoye, Ile St. Jean, 1749-1758: St. Jean LEvangeliste Parish. Acadian-Cajun Geneaology & History, 2000, p 46. The original record can be found at Archives Nationales d'outre-mer État civil, Ile Saint-Jean (Port La Joye) Parish Records 1721-1758, 1753, p. 2 Marriage, 10/29/1753, accessed 5/12/2020.

   Alexis BLANCHARD & Marie PITRE Married: October 29, 1753 Groom's parents: Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS Bride's parents: Jean PITRE & Marguerite TERIAU

4. ↑ Albert Robichaux, Jr., THE ACADIAN EXILES IN SAINT-MALO; 1758-1785; Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981, Part I, Vol. I; pp. 62-63, family #78;
5. ↑ "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 175, accessed September 2023

   BLANCHARD Alexis, 33, plowman, died at the hospital on 3 February 1759, image 175

   PITRE Marie, 35, his wife, died at the hospital on 11 February 1759

   BLANCHARD Simon, 4, son, died at sea

   BLANCHARD Isabelle Geneviève, 3, daughter, died at sea

   BLANCHARD Marie Anne, 16 months, daughter, died at sea

   BLANCHARD Nicole, daughter, was born at the hôpital on 4 February 1759 and died the same day

6. ↑ Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, 10 NUM 35288 732 > SAINT-MALO > 1759 > Sépultures > COMMUNE, image 9 of 41 Marie Pitre Burial