Pierre Vigneau, son of jacques (dit Jacob) Vigneau and Marguerite Arseneau, was born about 1727 in Beaubassin, Acadia. [1] He married Madeleine Cyr 15 Feb 1746 in Beaubassin, Acadia. Witnessed by Charles Heon and Pierre Derayer who both signed.[2][3]
Pierre Vignaux "legitimate mariage" to Magdeleine Sire is mentioned in the parish register of Miquelon 1771 (marriage of their daughter Rosalie to Charles Hebert.[1][4]
In 1755 the family was deported to Georgia aboard the Jolly Phillip and then went to South Carolina where one of their children was born. [5][6] They then made their way to Massachusetts where another child was born.
Sources
↑ Arsenault, H&G, p. 1072 (Beaubassin). Deported to Boston, MA, he was at Miquelon in 1763. MARRIAGE: Arsenault, H&G, p. 934. Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, Rootsweb.com;
↑ Title: Acadian Church Records, vol. II; Author: Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder; Publication: Metairie, LA: Authors, 1976; Note: Covers year 1712-1748. Also available as microfiche #6087649. Includes transcripts of Beaubassin, Acadia church registers, now at the Archives of the Mayor of La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France. Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, Rootsweb.com; p. 110
↑ Paul Delaney, "The Acadians Deported from Chignectou to 'Les Carolines' in 1755: Their Origins, Identities and Subsequent Movements," Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historiques, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed., (Moncton, NB: Chaire d’études acadiennes, 2005) p. 344
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