Joseph
Saulnier
Born about in Petitcodiac, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Jacques Saulnier
and Anne (Hebert) Hébert
Brother of
Marie Joseph (Sonier) Saulnier, Pierre Saulnier, Jean (Saunié) Saulnier, Marguerite Saulnier and Marie-Anne Saulnier [half]
Husband of
Marie Pitre
— married
1755 in Acadie
Husband of
Marie Landry
— married
6 Nov 1767 in Cabanocey, Louisiana
Husband of
Marie Anne (Breaux) Breau
— married
4 Aug 1777 in Cabahannocer, Louisiana, New Spain
Descendants 
Died
at about age 73
in Louisiane, États-Unis d'Amérique
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Biography
- Joseph Saulnier is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 5R.[1]
- Burial (31 December 1812) Saint James, St. James, Louisiana, United States
Research Note
- born c 1739, probably Petitcoudiac
- married (#1?) _____
- Aug 1763: on list of Acadian prisoners at Halifax, NS, called Joseph SAUNIAE, with unnamed wife & 2 unnamed children
- 1765: arrived LA, age 26
- 1766: in Cabanocé census, left (east) bank, JUDICE's Company, Cabanocé Militia, called Joseph SAUNIER, age 27, with no wife listed so probably a bachelor (or a widower) with sister Anne SONNIER, widow, BABIN age 2, 0 slaves, 5 arpents, 0 cattle, 0 sheep, 0 hogs, 1 gun
- 6 Nov 1767: married (# 2?), age 28, Marie, daughter of Pierre LANDRY & Claire BABIN, & widow of Alexis GRANGER, Cabanocé
- 1769: in Cabanocé census, occupying lot number 125, left (east) bank, age 34, with wife Marie age 40, daughter Margueritte age 1, stepdaughter Magdelaine GRANGER age 12
- 1777: in St.-Jacques census, left (east) bank, age 45, with no wife so probably a widower, daughter Marguerite age 8, stepdaughter Magdelaine GRANGER age 19
- 4 Aug 1777: married (#3?), Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste BREAUX & his first wife Élisabeth HENRY, & widow of Amand RICHARD, St.-Jacques
- 1779: in St.-Jacques census, called Joseph SONNIER, with 9 unnamed whites, 3 slaves, 12 qts. rice, 60 qts. corn
- Aug 1779: in JUDICE's Company, Acadian Coast Militia, called Joseph SAUNIER, fusileer
- 25 April 1785: Land - Cabahannocer (Lower), LA [2][3]
- 31 Dec 1812: died (buried) St. James Parish, age 82 [sic] [4]
Joseph Saulnier
- Naissance vers 1735
- Père: Jacques Saulnier, Mère: Anne Hébert
- Décès déc 1812
- Sépulture 31 déc 1812 St-Jacques de Cabahannocer, Louisiane
- Mariage # 1 vers 1756
- Marie Pitre
- Naissance 27 mars 1734 Beaubassin, Cumberland, Nouvelle-Écosse, Baptême 14 mai 1734 Beaubassin, Cumberland, Nouvelle-Écosse
- Décès entre 1763 & 1767
- Père Pierre Pitre, Mère: Agathe Doucet
- Mariage # 2: 6 nov 1767 St-Jacques de Cabahannocer, Louisiane
- Marie Landry
- Naissance vers 1730
- Décès avant 15 Avr 1777
- Père: Pierre Landry, Mère: Anne Babin
- Mariage #3: 4 août 1777 St-Jacques de Cabahannocer, Louisiane
- Anne Marie Breau
- Naissance vers 1742
- Décès juil 1826 (âge ~ 84 ans)
- Sépulture 26 juil 1826 St-Michel de Cantrelle, Ascencion, Louisiane
- Père: Jean Baptiste Breau, Mère: Élisabeth Henry [5]
Sources
- ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 25. Joseph Saulnier
- ↑ Ensemble Encore, "Life Lines" - Acadian Memorial Foundation - Database of Acadian immigrants to Louisiana. [www.acadianmemorial.org/english/ensembleencoreset.html Saunier]. On April 25, 1785, a Joseph Saulner (Saunier) purchased a tract of land in Ascension Parish with ten arpents frontage on the Mississippi River. The foregoing property was bounded below by the land of Joseph Saulnier.
- ↑
Sidney Albert Marchand, Jr., An Attempt to Re-Assemble the Old Settlers in Family Groups (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Book Store, reprint 1978) p. 92
- 620: Joseph SAUNIER on 25 Apr 1785 purchased a tract of land [in Ascension Parish] with ten arpents [frontage on the Mississippi River] bounded above by the vendor, and below by the vendee [land of Joseph Saulnier]. (Cites C-597)
- ↑ Acadians in Gray Joseph Saulnier
- ↑ Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde Joseph Saulnier
See also:
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 March 2019, 16:51), entry for Joseph Saulnier(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LV5D-S16); contributed by various users.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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