Marie Madeleine Terriot (1732 - 1811)

Born 21 Sep 1732 in Rivière-aux-Canards, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste Granger — married 1 Mar 1753 in Rivière-aux-Canards, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Died 1 Feb 1811 at age 78 in Sauzon, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Marie Madeleine was born on 21 September 1732. ^[1] She was the daughter of Jean Theriot and Marie Daigle.

She married Jean-Baptiste Granger, son of Joseph Granger and Marguerite LeBlanc, on 1 March 1753 at Rivière-aux-Canards. ^[1]

Children: ^[1]

1. Marie Josephe Madeleine GRANGER 1755-1789
2. Pierre Amand GRANGER 1758-
3. Anastasie Prudence GRANGER 1763-/1765
4. Jean Joseph GRANGER 1764-/1765
5. Jean Joseph GRANGER 1765-
6. Jean Francois GRANGER 1767-1767
7. Jean Francois GRANGER 1769-
8. Jean Baptiste GRANGER 1772-

On 5 September 1755, Jean-Baptiste was imprisoned along with hundreds of other Acadian men at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand Pré. On a list of prisoners, he was said to live in the village Jean Terriot with 2 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 5 bullocks, 7 cows, 8 young cattle, 40 sheep, 12 hogs, and 1 horse. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[2][3]

On 27 October 1755 Jean-Baptiste, Marie Madeleine and their daughters Marie-Josèphe and one whose name was lost to history, were deported to Virginia aboard one of the 14 ships that departed on that day. The colony was not welcoming to these Frenchmen who spoke a different language and worshiped differently. They were also considered a financial burden. So they sent the Acadians on to England where they were neglected and subjected to poor conditions. Many of them died from smallpox as a result. They left Virginia for England in May 1756, aboard the Fanny Bovey. ^[3] The ship transporting 204 Acadians arrived in Falmouth, England on 18 June 1756. ^[4] From there they were taken to Penryn, England. ^[3]

"The family was held at Falmouth, England; entered France at Morlaix. Three other children were born in Belle-Ile, where they were again in 1792. They were family #2 at Andrestol, Le Palais, Belle-Ile in 1765. " ^[5]

She passed away on 1 February 1811 at Bourg, Sauzon, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Bretagne (now département de Morbihan), France. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Marie Madeleine Theriot citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) p. 48

   Born (Belle-Ile-en-Mer Declaration) at St-Joseph of Riviere-aux-Canards on 21 Sep 1732. Married (Belle-Ile-en-Mer Declaration) at St-Joseph of Riviere-aux-Canards on 1 Mar 1753 to Jean-Baptiste GRANGER, son of Joseph & Marguerite LeBLANC. On list of passengers bound for France from Penryn-Falmouth, age 31 years. On 1765 Census - Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France age 34. Marie-Madeleine died (civil Register of Sauzon) on 1 Feb 1811.

2. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand Pre - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand Pre, September the 15th 1755," line # 48,

   Jean Granger at village Jean Terriot with 2 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), 5 bullocks, 7 cows, 8 young cattle, 40 sheep, 12 hogs, 1 horse.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 114
4. ↑ Paul Delaney, Chronologie des déportations et migrations des Acadiens (1755-1816). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 36, nos 2-3, septembre 2005, p. 52-86. https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/3602_total.pdf
   Translation at Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home Translation: "The Chronology of Deportations and Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816."
5. ↑ Donald J. Hebert, Acadians in Exile: 1755-1785, (Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980) p. 563