Jeanne Caissie (abt. 1729 - abt. 1758)

Born about 1729 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste Buteau — married 19 Feb 1748 (to about 1758) in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Died about 13 Dec 1758 at about age 29 in at sea during the crossing to France

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Biography

Jeanne Caissie was born around 1729 in Beaubassin, Acadia (New France) to Jean Caissie and Cecile Hebert. ^[1]

On 19 Feb 1748, at the age of 19, she married Jean-Baptiste Butteau, son of Francois Butteau and Marie Guichaux[sic]. Witnesses: Charles Heon, who signed and Francois Arsenau.^[2][3][4]

In 1752 the family was recorded on the La Roque census at Port-Toulouse, Ile Royale (now Cape Breton). ^[5] In the family home were their daughter Marguerite, age 8 months, and Anne Clémenceau, age 7 years. They had been granted rations by the King for two years. They only had one ox for livestock, and their two arpents of land were unsuitable for growing grain due to the rocky soil and fog.

In 1758, the whole family was deported and put aboard one of two ships bound for France, the Violet and the Duke William. They all died at sea during the sinking of both ships. ^[1]

Research Notes

Anne Clémenceau is possibly the daughter of Anne Caissie, Jeanne's sister: Anne Clémenceau (abt.1745-)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), p. 308-309 No place given for birth.

   Nous comptons Jacques Caissie, Marie-Blanche Caissie, Jeanne Caissie, leurs époux et tous leurs enfants parmi les familles acadiennes des Îles St Jean et Royale disparues sans aucune trace après 1758. Après une étude approfondie du sujet, nous croyons qu'ils figuraient parmi les malheureux passagers à bord d'un des deux transports anglais qui ont sombré en mer.

2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime [La Rochelle, France]:C-1207 Registres de Beaubassin-reel_c1207 MG 6 A 2 (Image 161) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/161?r=0&s=6
3. ↑ Acadian Church Records, vol. II - Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder - Metairie, LA: Authors, 1976 - p. 126
4. ↑ Mariage - registre paroissial de Beaubassin - 1712-1748 - Vue 339/360
5. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 21, image 72

   Jean Bte Bouteau, of Port Toulouse, native of la Cadie, aged 27 years. Married to Jeanne Quéry, native of Port Royal, aged 23. They have been in the country for 18 months and have been granted rations for two years. They have Margueritte, their daughter, aged 8 months, and Anne Clémenceau, aged 7 years. One ox forms their whole stock. They land which they have improved was given them by M. de Villejoint. They have cleared about two arpents to make a meadow and a garden; for as regards grain not only is the nature of the soil unsuitable for its growth but the fogs that prevail in the spring prevent it from being productive.

See also:

• http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Caissie_Jeanne&pid=424388&lng=en

• Birth, Marriage: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 888 (Beaubassin);