Paul Thibodeau (abt. 1740 - 1826)

Born about 1740 in Acadie

Ancestors

Died 17 Mar 1826 at about age 86 in Saint Jacques, L'Achigan, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Paul was born about 1740 in Acadie. He was the son of Basile Thibodeau and Anne Josèphe Leprince.

His parents Basile and Anne-Josèphe were deported from Pisiguit to Pennsylvania in 1755. ^[1] Their children were on a list of French Neutrals in Pennsylvania in 1756. Basile and Anne-Josèphe were recorded as deceased. ^[2]

After the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the Acadians detained in the Anglo-American colonies were finally free to leave. On 1 March 1765, James Murray, Governor of the Province of Quebec, issued a proclamation offering free land to new immigrants. Between 1765 and 1775, 1306 Acadians deported to New England immigrated to Quebec. ^[3]

He passed away on 17 March 1826 and was buried on 20 March 1826 in Saint-Jacques-de-l'Achigan. The fact that his parents were named in the burial record, but no spouse, indicates that he was single. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 1081, 1082

   Anne-Josèphe Leprince (Antoine & Anne Trahan), married around 1739 to Basile Thibodeau (no parents given). Died before the 1756 census.

   Note by Stephen White: Nous croyons que tous les enfants de François Leprince ont quitté la région de Pisiguit pour aller s'établir à l'Île Saint-Jean vers 1749. Nous présumons alors que tous les Leprince qui sont restés en Acadie péninsulaire et qui ont été déportés de Pisiguit en 1755 étaient les enfants d'Antoine Leprince, soit Charles, Madeleine, Jean et Anne-Josèphe, transportés en Pennsylvanie, Olivier, envoyé au Maryland, Tranquille, Anne, Marguerite et Cyprien, en Virginie et par la suite en Angleterre.

2. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Pennsylvania 1756 Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home,"Liste (sic) of the Newtrall French remaining in Pennsylvania." (Original: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, vol XII, 2nd part, p. 107 and the following). Accessed Nov 2022,

   The child of Basil Tibaudo deceased his Wife and 5 children

3. ↑ André-Carl Vachon, Les Acadiens déportés qui acceptèrent l'offre de Murray, (Tracadie-Sheila, N-B., La Grande Marée, 2016 Kindle edition), p. 128
4. ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99Q-99WW-L?cc=1321742&wc=HCMT-DP8%3A21117401%2C21117402%2C21117403 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Jacques > Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1808-1832 > image 458 of 688; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

   Text: (Translation) On 23 March 1826 was buried in the cemetery of this parish Paul Thibodeau who died on the 17th of the said month, age 86, son of Basile Thibodeau and Marie Josephte Leprince, farmers from ancient Acadie. Were present Germain and Louis Dupuis, his nephews, who were unable to sign.

• Marcel Walter Landry Paul Thibodeau at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed 2022 (login required)

• Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Paul Thibodeau