Élizabeth Gauthier (1751 - 1807)

Born 20 Oct 1751 in Rivière-du-Nord-Est, Ile-St-Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Died 23 Apr 1807 at age 55 in Caraquet, Gloucester, Nouveau-Brunswick Colony

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Biography

Élizabeth was born on 20 October 1751. She was the daughter of Joseph Gauthier and Marguerite Bujold. ^[1]

She was listed, at 11 months of age, in the 1752 La Roque census at Rivière-du-Nord-Est, Isle Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island). Her father, Joseph Gauthier, a navigator age 35, had arrived on Isle Saint-Jean around 1749. In the household there was her older brother Joseph and a boy named Baptiste Allain. Her maternal grandparents were living on the neighboring lot.^[2]

Death

April 23, 1807 Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ Hebert, Timothy. Acadian Church Records: Port LaJoye, Ile St. Jean, 1749-1758: St. Jean L’Evangeliste Parish. Acadian-Cajun Geneaology & History, 2000, p. 27. The original record can be found at Archives Nationales d'outre-mer État civil, Ile Saint-Jean (Port La Joye) Parish Records 1721-1758, 1751, p. 17 Elizabethe

   Elizabethe GAUTIER Baptized: December 6, 175.1 ; Born: October 20, 1751 Parents: Joseph GAUTIER & Marguerite BUGAULD of Riviere du Nord Godparents: Joseph GAUTIER, Elizabeth BUGAULD

2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 87, image 204 . A transcription, in French, can be found at Census Transcription “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 328, Image 332

   Joseph Gautier, senior, navigator, native of l'Acadie, aged 35 years, has been in the country three years. Married to Demoiselle Margueritte Bugeaud, native of l'Acadie, aged 24 years. They have one son and one daughter : —

   Joseph Gauthier, aged 3 years ;

   Elisabeth, aged 11 months.

   Baptiste Allain, native of l'Acadie, aged 12 years, lives with them.

   In livestock they have three oxen, five cows, two heifers, one horse, four calves, four ewes, three sows, three pigs, eight geese, thirty fowls, and one vessel of 45 to 50 tons. The land on which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made a clearing on which they have sown six bushels of wheat, and hope to sow twelve bushels next spring.

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Acknowledgments

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