1731 and 1736 Census Riviére St. Jean

Date: 1731 to 1736
Location: Riviére St-Jean, Acadie
Surname/tag: Acadia

citation:<ref>Thériault, Fidèle. Le Village Acadien de la Pointe-Sainte-Anne (Fredericton). Le Petit Courrier, bulletin of La Société d’histoire de la rivière Saint-Jean (Fredericton, NB) April 1995. [https://threeacadiangenerations.weebly.com/ Three Acadian Generations, The First Bergeron d’Amboises in the Americas</ref>

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[Numbers added for formatting]
1731 Census of Point Saint Anne by René LeBlanc

1. The old Bergeron dit d’Amboise
2. Barthelemy Bergeron
3. Michel Bergeron
4. Augustin Bergeron
5. François Roy
6. The Old (Godin) Bellefontaine
7. Louison Bellefontaine
8. (Godin) Beauséjour
9. (Godin) Bellefeuille
10. (godin) Maincour
11. (Godin) Bois jolly
12. (Godin) Préville
13. Bonaventure (Godin)
14. A Dugas
15. A Forest du Cap Breton
16. (Godin) Valecour
17. I (René LeBlanc) also declare that there was a Jesuit (Jean-Pierre Daniélou) come the past autumn to the River Saint John, sent by Canada - him which should winter with the French who lived there.”

[from F. Thériault, p.32-33]

1736 Census of Point Saint Anne by Father Jean-Pierre Daniélou

Married men and women boys girls

1. Joseph Bellefontaine and his wife (Marie-Anne Bergeron) 3 1
2. Michel Bergeron and his wife (Marie Dugas) 3 3
3. Barthelemi Bergeron and his wife (Marguerite Dugas) 5 4
4. Augustin Bergeron and his wife (Marie-Rose Melanson) 2
5. François Roy and his wife (Marie Bergeron 5 4
6. Jean Dugas and his wife 2
7. Louis Bellefontaine and his wife (Françoise Bergeron) 1
8. Jacques Bellefontaine and his wife (Anne Bergeron) 1
9. René Bellefontaine and his wife (François Dugas) 1
10. Pierre Bellefontaine and his wife (Marie-Anne Bourg) 2 2
11. Jean Bellefontaine and his wife 3 1
12. Charles Bellefontaine and his wife (Marie Landry) 1
13. Jean Pair (Laforet dit Paré) and his wife
14. Pierre Pair and his wife
15. Pierre Robert and his wife 28 19

[the number of boys and girls seems to work until this last entry and the next]
Total d’hommes 15 In all 77 souls apart from of women 15 the missionary priest of boys 28 of girls 19
Might mean 15 men, 15 women, 28 boys, 19 girls (Bourque-573 22:00, 14 April 2024 (UTC))

Jean Pierre Daniélou [from F. Thériault, p.33-34]