Alexandre Trahan (abt. 1692 - bef. 1746)

Born about 1692 in Les Mines, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Lejeune — married 28 Nov 1714 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died before 18 Jul 1746 before about age 54 in Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Alexandre was born about 1692. He was the son of Alexandre Trahan and Marie Pellerin. The family was in Minas by 1693^[1] and there again in 1701 Les Mines (La Riviere St. Croix)^[2] and 1703^[3] the family remained there in 1707^[4] and by 1714 had moved to Pisiguit ^[5]

He married Marguerite Le Jeune, daughter of Pierre Le Jeune and Marie Thibodeau, at Grand Pre on 28 November 1714.^[6][7]

He died before 18 July 1746.^[8]. He was noted as deceased in his son Claude's marriage on that date in Mines.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108

   Les Mines, Acadie (at Rivière de la Vieille Habitation, [is this Pisiguit River?]), age 22 years.

2. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 174-211.

   Les Mines (La Riviere St. Croix Alexandre TRAHAN, his wife, 6 boys, 1 girl, 8 arpents, 10 cattle, 9 sheep, 3 hogs, 1 gun.

3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220.

   Les Mines Alexandre TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls, 1 arms bearer.

4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 221-237.

   Minas: Alexandre TRAHAN, his wife, 2 boys 14 or older, 4 younger boys, 3 girls less than 12; 4 arpents, 12 cattle, 15 sheep, 8 hogs.

5. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 239-261.

   Pisiguit: Alexandre TRAHAN and wife, 8 sons, 5 daughters.

6. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869, roll 1, Image 578. Marriage for Alexandre Trahan and Marguerite Lejeune, 28 Nov 1714. Accessed 19 Oct 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
7. ↑ White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, p. 1547.
8. ↑ White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, p. 1538.
9. ↑ Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748748 - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Diocese, 1999, - The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. - pp. 123 & 194 - Claude TRAHAN, age ca. 27, son of Alexandre TRAHAN, deceased & Marguerite LEJEUNE, of the parish of l'Assomption de Pigigiet, married 18 Jul 1746 (consanguinity 4th degree) to Anne LEBLANC, age ca. 21, daughter of Claude LEBLANC & Magdeleine BOUDROT. Witnesses: Claude LEBLANC; J. B. TRAHAN; Charles LEBLANC; Jean Michel APART [signed]; bride & groom signed with X (SGA-3, 38b-39a).