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Pierre Saulnier (abt. 1717 - 1755)

Pierre Saulnier
Born about in Acadiemap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married about 1738 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 31 Jul 1753 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Father of , , , and
Died at about age 38 in Fort Beauséjour, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

Pierre Saulnier was born around 1717 in Acadie. His parents were Pierre Saulnier and Madelaine Comeau. [1]

He married Madeleine Haché around 1738 in Acadie. [1]

Children: [2]

  1. Anne Saulnier
  2. Marie Magdeleine Saulnier
  3. Joseph Saulnier
  4. Francoise Saulnier
  5. Marguerite Saulnier
  6. Jean Baptiste Saulnier
  7. Unknown Saulnier bef 1752
  8. Unknown Saulnier bef 1752

In 1752, Pierre and Madeleine were counted on a census in Petcoudiac with 4 boys and 4 girls. [3][4]

He married Marguerite Hébert on 31 July 1753 in Annapolis Royal. [1][5] The witnesses were Charles Forest, Alexandre Hebert, Joseph Forest and Pierre Maillet.

Children: [2]

  1. Joseph Saulnier b 22 Jul 1754 Petitcoudiac

Pierre and Marguerite appeared on a census in 1755 at Petcoudiac. (See research notes) [6][4]

He died on 15 June 1755 at Fort Beauséjour, Acadie, killed by the explosion of a bomb. [7]

According to historian André-Carl Vachon, Pierre's sister Marie-Anne, widow of Jean-Baptiste Aucoin, boarded a ship that left Miramichi in August 1757 and arrived at the port of Quebec around 18 August 1757. Travelling with her were her children Alexandre, Jean-Baptiste, Marie-Josèphe and Elisabeth, as well as the orphan children of her brothers Pierre Saulnier and Olivier Saulnier. [8]

Pierre is listed as deceased in the marriage record of his daughter Francoise Saulnier, 24 Jun 1767, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy. [9]
Pierre is listed deceased when his son Jean married at St. James, Louisiana.[10]

Research Notes

There are discrepancies concerning the number of children recorded on the 1755 census at Petcoudiac. Stephen White's book Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). indicates that no children were listed while on the original record, p. 6, a note was added to Pierre Saulnier, husband of Marguerite Hébert, had 5 boys and 2 girls in the family home. [4] In the book, these 5 boys and 2 girls are linked to Pierre married to Marie Boudrot.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (Source provided by Karen Theriot Reader) BIRTH-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES: Arsenault, Histoire et Genealogie, p. 1285 (Grand Pré), he settled at Petitcoudiac. On pp. 1570-1571 (Chipoudy & Petitcoudiac), he was born around 1717, son of Pierre & Madeleine COMEAU, married 1st around 1738 to Madeleine HACHÉ-GALLANT, daughter of Michel & Madeleine LeBlanc of Beaubassin; eight children. He married 2nd at Port Royal on 31 Jun [sic] 1753 to Marguerite HÉBERT, daughter of Antoine & Jeanne CORPORON; son Joseph born 1754. Two of his sons, Joseph and Jean, settled in Louisiana. His first three daughters died at Quebec in 1757.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcel Walter Landry, Page for Pierre Saulnier, Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed August 2022 (login required)
  3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Image 283.
    Pierre SAUNIER, his wife, 4 boys, 4 girls.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Stephen A. White, Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p. 394-395
    Pierre Saulnier (son of Pierre #4 DGFA) married Marie-Madeleine Haché (daughter of Michel DGFA #2) around 1738. On 1752 census at Petcoudiac, 4 boys, 4 girls. Married Marguerite (daughter of Antoine DGFA #7) in 1753 at Port-Royal. On 1755 census at Petcoudiac No children. Family appeared in records in Québec in November 1757. Members of this family settled in Saint-Jacques-de-Cabahannocer, New Orleans, Lauzon.
  5. ↑ (It is written 31 June in the register, but the preceding entries are in July, and the following one is in August.) The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26a page 493; online database with images, Pierre Saunier and Marguerite Hebert marriage, 31 June (sic) 1753, accessed August 2022.
  6. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census image 7 of 32
    Pierre Saulnier, his wife
  7. ↑ Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Pierre Saulnier citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) SAULNIER no. 3 a. - Pierre died (in journal of T. Pichon) at Fort Beauséjour on 15 Jun 1755, killed by the explosion of a bomb.
  8. ↑ André-Carl Vachon, Les réfugiés et miliciens acadiens en Nouvelle-France 1755-1763, Tracadie, La Grande Marée, 2020, p.259-260
    1. Marie-Anne Saulnier, widow of Jean-Baptiste Aucoin
    2. Alexandre Aucoin her son
    3. Jean-Baptiste Aucoin her son
    4. Marie-Josèphe Aucoin her daughter
    5. Isabelle/Elisabeth Aucoin her daughter
    6. Jean-Baptiste Saulnier her nephew (orphans of Olivier Saulnier & Anne Savoie)
    7. Anne Saulnier her niece
    8. Joachim Saulnier her nephew
    9. Marie-Magdeleine Anne Saulnier her niece (orphans of Pierre Saulnier & Marie-Magdeleine Haché)
    10. Unknown Saulnier her niece
    11. Françoise Saulnier her niece
  9. ↑ Marriage record, Francoise Saulnier:: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-FKM7?cc=1321742&wc=HC17-PTL%3A21350401%2C21350402%2C21861601 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy > Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1736-1771 > image 263 of 298; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
  10. ↑ Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Author: Catholic Church; Vol 2, 1770-1803; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; pp. 655 & 678
    Text: Jan SOGNIE, son of Pierre & Magdelaine HACHE, both deceased, married on 23 May 1773 to Marie ROY, daughter of Habram & Anne HOUBOI [AUBOIS]. Witness: CANTRELLE. Recorded at St. James Catholic Church, St. James, LA (SJA-1, 44).




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[Living St Amand]
Unable to add 2nd wife Hébert-4719 due to PPP

source on her profile.

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Girouard-4019 Jacqueline Girouard
Sonnier-80 and Saulnier-149 appear to represent the same person because: Same name (different spelling), same parents and birth date.
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Ward-9858 Stephanie Ward
Saulnier-151 and Saulnier-149 appear to represent the same person because: very little info, but the names and DOB identical
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Rejected matches › Pierre Saulnier (abt.1716-1765) › Pierre Sonier (1729-)

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