Marguerite Susanne Thériot (abt. 1740 - abt. 1817)

Born about 1740 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Died about 3 May 1817 at about age 77 in Carleton, Bonaventure, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Marguerite Susanne was born about 1740. She was the daughter of Joseph Theriot and Francoise Melanson. Marguerite was on the Census of 1752 taken at Isle St.Jean, Acadie. She married Claude dit Chaillot Arseneau around 1766. She passed away in 1817 at age 78 and was buried 3 May 1817 in Carleton, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada. ^[1]

Census by the Sieur de LA ROQUE of Isle St. Jean in 1752.^[2]

"Joseph TERRIAUD, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, age 53 years, has been in the country two years. Married to Francoise MELANCON, native of l'Acadie, age 44 years; seven children, five sons and two daughters:

Estienne TERRIAUD, aged 21 years;

Jasques, aged 15 years;

Thomas, aged 9 years;

Ambroise, aged 4 years;

Paul, aged one year;

Margueritte Suzanne, aged 12 years;

Marie Magdeleine, aged 7 years.

They have livestock: 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 heifer, 1 calf, 2 sows, 1 pig. The land on which they are settled is situated on the north side of the Riviere du Ouest, and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de BONNAVENTURE; ready to sow 4 bushels of wheat. But they will leave this locality to go to Bedecq to live, leaving this lot to Charles HENRY, son-in-law."

Sources

1. ↑ Birth, Census, Marriage, Burial: Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, updated: 2019; Accessed on 16 October 2019, citing Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes 1714 à 1780, Moncton, NB : Centre d’Etudes Acadiennes, draft version
2. ↑ Title: Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, vol. II, pt. A; Author: Public Archives of Canada; Publication: 1905; reprint Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, 1994.; Note: Appeared as Sessional Paper No. 18. Includes LaRoque census. p. 81.