Rosalie Henry (abt. 1738 - 1759)

Born about 1738 in Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Died 9 Feb 1759 at about age 21 in St-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Biography

Rosalie Henry was born about 1738. She was the daughter of Germain Henry and Cécile Deveau.

She was listed in the 1752 La Roque census at Port La Joye with her parents and siblings, age 14.^[1]

During the French and Indian War, the siege of Louisbourg Fortress in 1758 resulted in the British expelling the Acadians from Ile Saint-Jean and Ile Royale. As French subjects they were deported to France.

Rosalie was on the list of arrivals in St-Malo, France, in the roll of the Duke William which disembarked on 1 Nov 1758. Her father Germain and brother Joseph had died at sea during the crossing. She was in the hospital soon after from Nov 25th to December 4th, 1758. ^[2][3]

She died soon after in St-Servan, France on 9 Feb 1759 and was buried the next day. The age given on the burial record was 21 years. Present at the burial were Jean Baptiste Henry (her brother) and Michel Quersy (her brother-in-law).^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ 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”.

   Germaine Henry, native of l'Acadie, aged 66 years; he has been two years in the country. Married to Cecille Desveaux, native of l'Acadie. They have four sons and two daughters.
   Jean Baptiste, aged 25 years.
   Pierre, aged 18 years.
   Joseph, aged 11 years.
   Armand, aged 7 years.
   Rozalie, aged 14 years.
   Magdeleine, aged 9 years.
   Jean Cayssy, orphan, native of l'Acadie, aged 27 years.
   They have in live stock, one bull, one mare, three sows, four pigs, five geese, and eight fowls. They own no land.

2. ↑ "Etat des gens de mer, habitans et autres qui ont débarqué à St Malo du paquebot Anglois le Duc Guillaume," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the Duke William, disembarked at Saint-Malo on November 1, 1758 image 136, accessed 3 Jan 2024

   Family # 28
   HENRY Germain, died at sea
   DEVEAU Cécile, his wife, resides in St Servant in the courtyard of the Giraudais, very old
   HENRY Rose, 16 years old, daughter in the hospital from 25/11 to 4/12/1758
   HENRY Madeleine, 15 years old, daughter
   HENRY Armand, 13 years old, son
   HENRY Joseph, son, died at sea.

3. ↑ Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), Print. p.508.
4. ↑ Archives départementales d'Ille-et-Vilaine; 10 NUM 35313 889 - SAINT-SERVAN - 1759 - 1759 - Sépultures - GREFFE, image 4 of 34, Burial for Rosalie Henry, 10 Feb 1759.
5. ↑ Marcel W Landry Rosalie Accessed 7/18/2020.