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All these men were cousins, lived in the Beaubassin area and were born around the same time. They all have nicknames. Two of them married women with surname Cyr. There continues to be confusion with their children, parents and spouses.
Pierre Cormier and Cécile Thibodeau are the ancestors of all the Cormiers in southeastern New Brunswick[1]
Pierre Cormier was born some time after the 1703 census [2] and before the one in 1707[3] near Beaubassin (now Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada) on his parents' homestead in Ouescoque (Amherst Point).[4] He was Pierre Cormier and Catherine LeBlanc's eldest child in a family of 11 children: 4 boys and 7 girls. His nickname was Palette, like his father's.[4] Pierre was mentioned for the first time in records in the 1707 census in which he was listed with his parents and a sibling in Beaubassin. No age was given for the members of the family in the census. His uncles François , Germain and Alexis Cormier were living nearby.
His grandparents, Thomas Cormier and Madeleine Girouard, were among the first pioneers at Beaubassin and had a large farm at Ouescoque. « The Cormiers made Beaubassin their legacy. For at least three quarters of a century, many settled there and at nearby Rivière-des-Hébert ». [5]
When Pierre was around twenty-five years of age, he married seventeen-year-old Cécile Thibodeau, daughter of Jean Thibodeau and Marguerite Hébert. They were married on 17 July 1730 in Grand-Pré (now Nova Scotia, Canada).[6][7] They settled on a farm at Ouescoque, as his father was able to provide land for all of his children.[4]
The couple's 11 children , 8 boys and 3 girls, were born between about 1733 and 1751, mostly in the Beaubassin area: Jean Baptiste; Pierre called Pierrot à Nanette; Marie; François; Joseph; Michel; Marie-Joseph; Charles; Marie-Cecile; Jacques; and Amand.[1] This generation was the most affected by Father Le Loutre's War and The Great Upheaval. While the children were born in Beaubassin, they would die elsewhere.[1]
The family was counted in the 1750-1751 census at Ouescoque (Vechkok).[8]
In 1750, Beaubassin was the center of a boundary dispute between the French and English.[4] French soldiers erected small forts on the north side of the Mesagoueche River (the border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) including one at Beauséjour ridge. When the British Commander Lawrence tried to gain a foothold on the river, the priests LeLoutre and Germain burned the Beaubassin church and forced the villagers to burn their houses. The British retreated but eventually built fortifications on the south side (Fort Lawrence). The French soldiers ordered the Acadian families in the southern villages to move to the north side for their protection. Virtually no one complied with the order, including Pierre's family, whose Ouescoque homestead was located south. To force them to move, the soldiers and Mi'kmaq warriors (of the fanatical priest Jean-Louis Le Loutre burned the southern villages, including Ouescoque, where the Cormiers had lived for three generations. The attitudes of the southern villagers are described below:
The missionary Le Loutre thought that they were ready to abandon their land, and even to take up arms against the British... They were, however, perhaps not as determined to emigrate as Le Loutre maintained. Since 1713 the Acadians had always accommodated themselves to the British régime, and it was difficult for them to leave fertile lands that they had cleared and settle in French territory without being assured that sooner or later it would not become British. On behalf of the French government Le Loutre promised to establish and feed them for three years, and even to compensate them for their losses. They were not easily convinced, and the missionary apparently used questionable means to force them to emigrate – threatening them, among other things, with reprisals from the Indians. The Acadians who moved, whether of their own free will or not, found themselves in an unenviable situation. Both on Île Saint-Jean and in the Fort Beauséjour region it was difficult to produce sufficient food to meet the needs of the new arrivals.[9]
After the destruction of their home, Pierre's family sought refuge with relatives who lived on the French side at Le Lac (Aulac) across from Jolicoeur (Jolicure NB).[10][4]
At Le Lac, several refugees died "from the shock of their upheaval or from the ill treatment they endured."[4] This included 46-year-old Pierre Cormier, spouse of Cecile Thibodeau who was listed as a widow in the 1752 census at Le Lac, with 5 children.[11] Cécile was only 40 years of age.
Although he suffered an early death, Pierre Cormier left a profound legacy. His widow Cécile and many of his children would stick together in their perilous exile to the French territories (New Brunswick and Quebec). Many of the children would eventually settle in Cormier's Cove, New Brunswick.
What happened to Pierre's beloved Ouescoque? He would likely approve that most of Amherst Point now is a bird sanctuary, a place of peace, owned by the people.
There are discrepancies concerning the places where Pierre lived after he married, and his date of death. The website Our Maritime Ties, hosted by Annette and Arthur Owen, lists these differences and their sources.[18]
Pierre Cormier, dit Palette, est né après le recensement de 1703[2] et avant celui de 1707[3] à Ouescoque (aujourd'hui Amherst Point, Nouvelle Écosse, Canada) qui est près de Beaubassin (Amherst).[4]
Il épousa Cécile Thibodeau, fille de Jean Thibodeau et Marguerite Hebert, en 1730 à Grand Pré.[7] Ils se sont installés à Ouescoque parce que le père de Pierre avait assez de terres pour tous ses enfants.
Entre 1733 et 1751, le couple a eu 11 enfants nés pour la plupart à Beaubassin: Jean Baptiste, Pierre (Pierrot à Nanette), Marie, Francois, Joseph, Michel, Marie-Joseph, Charles, Marie-Cécile, Jacques, et Amand.[1]
Cette génération a été la plus touchée par la guerre de Père LeLoutre et le Grand Dérangement. Bien que les enfants soient nés à Beaubassin, ils vont mourir ailleurs.[1]
Pierre est mort entre 1750 et 1752 après l'incendie de Beaubassin par Père LeLoutre et ses guerriers Indiens.[7] Malgré sa mort prématurée dans la quarantaine, l'héritage de Pierre est profonde. II est l'ancêtre de tous les Cormiers du sud-est de Nouveau-Brunswick.[1]
Qu'est-il arrivé à Ouescoque? Pierre aurait probablement approuvé que Amherst Point soit devenu un sanctuaire d'oiseaux, un havre de paix.
- Pierre CORMIER and his wife, 1 arms bearer.
- Pierre CORMIER,
- Catherine LEBLANC,
- 2 boys less than 14; 6 arpents, 9 cattle, 10 sheep, 8 hogs.
Pierre CORMIER, his wife and 10 children.
The widow CORMIER, 2 boys, 3 girls.
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Pierre is the fifth great grandfather of Jeannette 1. Jeannette is the daughter of Joseph Stanislaus Martin [confident] 2. Stanley is the son of Suzane (Colette) Martin [unknown confidence] 3. Suzane is the daughter of Maglorie Collet [unknown confidence] 4. Maglorie is the son of Marie Anne Boucher [confident] 5. Anne is the daughter of Marie Cormier [unknown confidence] 6. Marie is the daughter of Jacques Cormier [unknown confidence] 7. Jacques is the son of Pierre Cormier II [unknown confidence] This makes Pierre the fifth great grandfather of Jeannette.
There are so many new DNA connections today! Thanks ...
Jeannette (Martin-Brideau) Saladino
However my document (Chart of father Clement Cormier) states date of birth as 1704
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