Jean Sonier was born in 1707 and was baptized 13 May 1708 in Saint Charles des Mines. He was the son of Louis Sonier and Louise Bastineaux. His godparents were Jean Terriot and Marguerite Lapierre. [1][2][3]
He lived with his family in 1714 in the River of Old Habitation, together with his 4 brothers and 5 sisters. His older brother Marcel was married and had two children living nearby. They made up two of the five families in this village.[4]
↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Acadian Records, Revised - Registers of St. Charles Aux Mines in Acadia. Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999, vol. 1a Revised, p. 178
Jean Sonier (Louis Sonier and Louise Bastinaux) bn. 22 Dec. 1707 bt. 13 May 1708 spo. Jean Terriot and Marguerite LKaPierre (SGA-1, 3)
↑ Karen Theriot Reader Jean citing Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes - Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 1447 - Sponsors: Jean THE'RIOT (who signed) & Marguerite LAPIERRE.
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