Madeleine Geneviève Thériault (abt. 1748 - 1825)

Born about 1748 in Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Daughter of Alexis (Thériault) Thériot and Madelaine Robichaud

Wife of Paul Gervais Girouard — married about 21 Jul 1766 in Halifax, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died Jul 1825 at about age 77 in Canada

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Biography

Madeleine-Geneviève Thériault, daughter of Alexis Theriot and Madeleine Robichaud, was born about 1748 in Acadia. She died July 1825 in Canada and was buried at Bouctouche, New Brunswick. Madeleine was 4 years old on the census of 1752 at Isle St. Jean, Acadie. Madeleine LeBlanc and Paul Gervais Girouard were married about 1766 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.^{[1] [2]}

Her family was found in Baddeck on Isle Saint Jean in 1752. The census of La Rocque said of him: "resident laborer, native to Acadia, aged 26 and there is two he is in the country, married with Magdeleine Robichaud, native to Acadia, aged 26. They have at this moment three children: Magdeleine Geneviève, 4 years old, PIERRE ALEXIS, 3 years old, Louis, 17 months old.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #DGFA

   Text: Paul-Gervais GIROUARD, son of Louis & Marie THIBODEAU, married around 1766, rehabilitated on 21 Jul 1768 at Halifax (Register Bailly [Caraquet]), to Madeleine-Geneviève

2. ↑ Title: Registre de l'abbé Charles-François Bailly, 1768-1773 (Caraquet); Author: Stephen A. White, transcriber

   Text: The first entry in the register kept by Charles François Bailly, missionary priest of the Indians and Acadian subjects of his Britannic majestry at Halifax. On 21 Jul 1768 he blessed the marriages of six couples: Paul Ger[vais] GIROERD & Magdeleine THERIAU were the fifth. Banns were dispensed for all, witnesses were Louis PETIT PAS, Alex[is] TERIAU [the bride's father], and several others.

3. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ”

   Alexis Terriaud, ploughman, nattive of l'Acadia, aged 26 years, he has been in the country two years. Married to Magdelaine Robichaud, native of l'Acadie, aged 26 years.
   They have three children, two sons and one daughter:-
   Pierre Alexis, aged 3 years.
   Louis, aged 17 months.
   Magdelaine Geneviève, aged 4 years.
   In live stock they have two oxen, two cows, one calf, one horse, and four pigs.
   The land on which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case, and was given to them by Monsieur de Bonnaventure, They have made no clearing having been constantly ill.

• Source: DGFA Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. p. 76

• Familles Girouard

• Source: Genealogy of Canada

Madeleine-Genevieve Theriault

• Rootsweb.com

Madeleine Genevieve Theriot

• Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports mtDNA Test Results (Accessed 8 Dec 2023), Kits: tester1 IN116045 tester2 956072. EKA: Renee Breau - Spouse of Vincent Brun. Haplogroup: H13a1a4.
• Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports this diagram depicting matrilineal descent, from the Mothers of Acadia DNA Project for more information.

DNA Confirmations

• mtDNA Tester M. Castonguay is a grandchild of Alice Marie Roy who is a 8x ggd of Renee Breau through daughter Madeleine Brun (abt.1645-abt.1700).
• mtDNA Tester UNK is a great grandchild of Honora Clavel, who is a 6x ggd of Renee Breau through daughter Francoise Brun (abt.1653-abt.1725).
• Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. M. Castonguay FTDNA kit # IN116045, (a grandchild of Alice Marie Roy) and her maternal line cousin UNK (a great grandchild of Honora Clavel), FTDNA kit # 956072, have an Genetic Distance = 1 in HVR2 at 309.2C, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Renee Breau the 10x great grandmother of M. Castonguay and the 9x grandmother of UNK.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on mitoYDNA.org. M. Castonguay, mitoYDNA kit # T16972, and half her 10th cousin, Rita (Cavanaugh) Carpenter, mitoYDNA kit # T17699, (compare kits), have an HVR1, HVR2, CR match with a minor mismatch in the Coding Region, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Madeleine Brun, the 9x great grandmother of both M. Castonguay and Rita (Cavanaugh) Carpenter. DNA test taker M. Castonguay is the 5x great granddaughter of Madeleine Geneviève Thériault, the daughter of Madelaine Robichaud, the great granddaughter of the common ancestor Madeleine Brun.