François Cormier (1719 - aft. 1772)

Born 9 Oct 1719 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Chaisson) Chiasson — married 2 Jul 1742 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

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Biography

François Cormier, born 9 October 1719, son of Pierre Cormier & Catherine LeBlanc, baptized same day. Godparents: Claude Arsenau & Catherine Cormier.^[1][2].

"Francois Cormier, son of the deceased Francois Cormier & Catherine Le Blon, married on 2 July 1742 Anne Chiasson, daughter of Jacques Chiasson & Marie Arssenaud, inhabitants of this parish. Witnesses: Prudent Robichaud; Jean Clemenseau" in Beaubassin, Acadia^{[3][4] [5]}

Children: ^[6]

1. Nicolas Cormier
2. Pierre Cormier b 29 Jan 1745
3. Jean Cormier b 19 Mar 1747
4. François Cormier b ca 1749
5. Guillaume dit Big Bill Cormier b ca 1750
6. Basile Cormier b ca 1752

Censuses:

• 1750 Vechkok (Ouescoque now Amherst Point, NS) ^[7]
• 1752 Baie-Verte (New Brunswick) ^[8]
• 1755 refugees at Baie-Verte (New Brunswick)^[9]

In 1763, François and Anne were residing at Tracadie, Isle Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island) with 8 other families. They were on a list of Acadians wishing to be repatriated to a territory administered by France. ^[6] Nine children were counted, but not named on the list. ^[10] The majority of the inhabitants of Tracadie, many of them from the Chiasson clan, left for the French colony of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the summer of 1765, except for François and his family who stayed, but these families returned to Isle Saint-Jean within 2 years, dissatisfied with the conditions there. In 1772 records show François and his sons François, Jean, Basile and Nicolas leasing land from David Higgings in Trois-Rivières (near present-day Lower Montague, Prince Edward Island). From there, François probably returned to Tracadie where his sons François and Basile were residing in 1787. These two would later settle in Chéticamp. ^[11]

Research Notes

François' death was listed in this profile in Margaree, Colony of Nova Scotia about 1780, without any source to support this claim. Stephen White in the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, Michael Melanson in his book Cormier Genealogy, as well as several reliable family trees, do not give a date or location for François' death.

Sources

1. ↑ Beaubassin 1712-1723 original Parish register, Baptism François Cormier Héritage, Genealogy collection, Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime [La Rochelle, France]; Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1207, "Register des Baptemes, mariages et sepultures de la paroisse de Beaubassin en Accadie de 9 juilles 1712 an 9 juilles 1723," p. 10, image 06
2. ↑ Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, geneanet.org. citing 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. p. 7. Note: Signe: F Vincent Coucuelt Recollet.
3. ↑ 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 102) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/102?r=0&s=6
4. ↑ Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 407 #(19)

   Text: Married on 2 Jul 1742.

5. ↑ published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, Inc. 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. Page: p. 82.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Melanson, Michael B. Cormier Genealogy: Generations 1-7. Dracut, Massachusetts: Lanesville Publishing, 2021, p. 119-120 citing Dennis Boudreau, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, 1760-1948, Société de généalogie de Québec, 2000 (revised), Cormier I tenant list identification crediting S.A. White; White, Stephen A. "Who was Simon Cormier?", In Le Réveil Acadien, vol. XVII, no. 3 (August 2002), 60-66.

   "Six of their sons have been identified through île St-Jean tenant lists drawn up in 1772, 1773, and 1774."

7. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1750/1751 Census 1752 Census Transcribed.

   Francois CORMIERS, his wife and 5 children

8. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 277-308.

   Francois CORMIER, dit Palet, his wife, 4 boys. (Veskak)

9. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; p. 21 1755 Census

   François Cormier, 1 male, 1 female

10. ↑ Liste of Inhabitants from Isle St Jean at Port LaJoye on 17th September, 1763 Letter to the King. List (Archived link) transcribed by Karen Theriot Reader (used with permission granted 5/22/20). Transcription and original published by Acadian.org "Rare list of P.E.I. Acadians intrigues N.B. researchers",

    François Cormier, Anne Chiasson, 9 children

11. ↑ Arsenault Georges et W. Earle Lockerby, « Les Acadiens à l'Île Saint-Jean et aux Îles de la Madeleine dans les années 1760 », Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 47, n° 3 (septembre 2016) p. 138, 139, 140, 149 accessed at https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/vol-47-no3.pdf

    Pierre et Jean Cormier étaient les fils de François Cormier et d’Anne Chiasson qui se trouvaient à Tracadie en 1763 et à Trois-Rivières en 1765.

See Also

• White, Stephen A. “Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p. 290.
• BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, vols. 1-6; 1630-1775; Quebec, Le Conseil de la Vie Francaise en Amerique, 1965; p. 915 (Beaubassin); Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, Rootsweb.com

Born 1719, married at Beaubassin on 2 [sic] Jul 1742 to Anne CHIASSON.

• Georges Arsenault, “The Saga of Alexis Doiron” at [www.acadian-home.org/George-saga-alexis-doiron.html].
• https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&section=details&person=L6DR-TY3&spouse=LCKF-NWK
• Karen Theriot Reader Francois citing numerous records.
• https://www.genealogie-acadienne.net/?action=indiDetails&I=13110