Maturin Thébeau (1747 - bef. 1813)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Mathurin Thébeau was born 12 Apr 1747. He was the son of Jacques-François Thebeau and Anne Melanson. He was baptized the day of his birth at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia. His godparents were Charles Hebert and Osithe Leblanc.^[1][2]

When he was a child, his family fled their home in the Great Upheaval of 1755. They made their way to northern New Brunswick, where he likely met Catherine Duval, whose family had likely fled Port LaJoie (near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) around 1758. According to Placide Gaudet, Catherine was an Amerindian. Others found on family trees include: Marie (2), Barbe, and Etienne.

Mathurin (22) married Catherine Duval (19) (born in Caraquet, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia) in 1770.

Their known children were^[2] :

1. Anne (1770)
2. Madeleine Thibault (about 1776 – before Nov 1830) .
3. Charlotte Thebeau (Dec 29 1776 – unknown) .
4. Pierre Thibeau (Mar 24 1783 – unknown) .
5. Marie Christine Thebault-thebeau (Oct 10 1793 – unknown) .
6. Barbe Thebeau-thebault (1794 – unknown) .
7. Helene Thebault (about 1795 – before 1840)

Mathurin was godfather to Mathurin Grant, son of his daughter Anne, in 1776. He was note as grandfather.^[3]

Mathurin died at the beginning of October 1813 in the Caraquet mission, as noted in the register (no specific date given), and the burial ceremony was implemented on October 24, 1813 in Caraquet, New Brunswick.^[4] Were present René Chiasson and Joseph Poulin. His wife was not listed as deceased in the record.

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 512): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/512?r=0&s=4
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Gaudet, Placide, Genealogy notes concerning the family of Jacques Thébeau and Anne Melanson, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, Fonds Placide-Gaudet.
3. ↑ Drouin Genealogical Institute (membership required) Baptism of grandson
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007) Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Search: C Caraquet 1768-1899 > image 183 of 1632. Accessed on ancestry.ca, September 2021.
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See also:

• Gaudet, Placide, Genealogy notes concerning the family of Mathurin Thébeau and Catherine Duval, U Moncton CEA, Fonds Placide-Gaudet.
• "Les Descendants de Francois Gionet" by Alexandre Jean Gionet 1984"
• Rick Sinclair, Families of Metisse's Acadiennes Text: MyHeritage.com family tree
• New Brunswick, Gloucester County, Caraquet - Church records, St. Pierre Aux Liens Parish, burial record per Drouin Collection on Ancestry. Accessed 25 Jan 2024 https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/529761:1110?ssrc=pt&tid=21130182&pid=422052893177

Mathurin Thebeau's death record lists his wife as Catherine Duval. Pierre Grant's baptism record lists his parents as "Jean Grant écossais" and "Anne Mathurin Thebaut du Petit Nipisiguit" Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Search: B Bathurst-Ouest 1798-1885 > image 13 of 882. Accessed on ancestry.ca, 25 Jan 2025.