Cécile Boudreau

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Category:Grand-Pr%C3%A9, Acadie

Biography

She was the daughter of Michel Boudrot and C%C3%A9cile LeBlanc. :Marriage 2 Pierre PELLERIN 3 Nov 1762 in Lotbiniere, Quebec, Canada <ref>Title: Programme de recherche en démographie historique; Repository: Internet; No. 210053:Text: Pierre PELLERIN, widower of Marie Josephe BELLIVEAU, originallyfrom Port-Royal in Acadie, married on 3 Nov 1762 at Ste-Croix (Lotbinière) to Cecile BOUDROT, widow of Baptiste PITRE, originally from Port-Royal in Acadie. Witnesses: Joseph Jean HAMEL; Francois BERGERON. Priest was Francois CARPENTIER.</ref>

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed, [Th%C3%A9riot-100|Jeanne Thériot aka Theriault] is a common ancestor, by a triangulated group consisting of [[Morales-671|

Kevin Paul Morales]] GEDmatch M579136, Barbara Ann Mageau GEDmatch A713327and Kevin Charles Lajiness GEDmatch M658673 sharing segment on chromosome 20 from 12930672 - 34674266 (19.5089 cM) Overlapwith previous match 16540474 - 34674266

• Paternal relationship is confirmed, [Th%C3%A9riot-100|Jeanne Thériot aka Theriault, Terriot ] is a Common Ancestor, by a triangulated group consisting of John Nash GEDmatch A710955, Robert Joseph Landry GEDmatch M695728 and Kevin Lajiness GEDmatch M658673 sharing a 10.8 cM segment on chromosome 1 from232938635 - 236793313 (10.394 cM), 232938635 - 236788800 Overlap withprevious match
• Paternal relationship is confirmed, [*Maternal and Paternal relationship is confirmed, [Michel Boudrot] is a Common Ancestor, by a triangulated group consisting of John Nash GEDmatch A710955, Robert Joseph Landry GEDmatch M695728 and Kevin Lajiness GEDmatch M658673 sharing a 10.8 cM segment on chromosome 1 from 232938635 - 236793313 (10.394 cM), 232938635 - 236788800 Overlap with previous match] is a Common Ancestor, by a triangulated group consisting of John Nash GEDmatch A710955, Robert Joseph Landry GEDmatch M695728 and Kevin Lajiness GEDmatch M658673 sharing a 10.8 cM segment on chromosome 1 from 232938635 - 236793313(10.394 cM), 232938635 - 236788800 Overlap with previous match
• Paternal relationship is confirmed, [Th%C3%A9riot-100|Jeanne Thériot akaTheriault] is a common ancestor, by a triangulated group consisting of Kevin Paul Morales GEDmatch M579136, Barbara Ann Mageau GEDmatch A713327and Kevin Charles Lajiness GEDmatch M658673 sharing segment on chromosome 20 from 12930672 - 34674266 (19.5089 cM) Overlap with previousmatch 16540474 - 34674266

Sources

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• BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGES-DEATH-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 207.

::Death*Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. Copy in possession of Girouard-4019; p. 207::Text: Cecile Boudrot, daughter of Michel Boudrot and Cecile Le Blancwas born about 1714 according to P. Gallant. She married (1) about 1733 Jean-Baptiste Pitre son of Francois & Anne Prejean); married (2)Pierre Pellerin, son of Bernard & Marguerite Gaudet 2 Novv 1762 accordingto the register of Ste-Croix de Lotbiniere. d/s Register of Nicolet 13/14 January 1811 at 97 years.::Text: Died/was buried on 13/14 Jan 1811, age 97 years (Register Nicolet). [see corrections for death age]

• Title: Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, "Ajouts et corrections"; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online; Correction for p. 207 (Aug 2007)::Text: Died at age 104 years (sic) [contribution of Bertrand Desjardins, PRDH, Univ. of Montréal].
• Title: Programme de recherche en démographie historique; Repository:Internet; No. 794258::Text: Cecile BOUDRAUT, widow of Pierre PELERIN, originally from Acadie, resident of Nicolet, was buried at the age of 104 years [sic] on 14 Jan 1811, died the day before. A note says she was widow in the first marriage to Jean Baptiste LEPITRE; settled in this parish since the fall of Québec. She was 104 years and 1 month.

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• From the Canadian Biography a remarkable woman indeed! :BOUDREAU (Boudreault, Boudreaux, Boudrot), CÉCILE (Pitre; Pellerin),b. c. 1714 in Annapolis Royal, N.S., probably the daughter of CharlesBoudrot and Marie-Josephe Landry; m. there c. 1731 Jean-Baptiste Pitre, and they had 11 children; m. secondly October 1762 Pierre Pellerin in Nicolet (Que.); d. there 13 Jan. 1811. :Having escaped the massive and cruel deportation of 1755 [see CharlesLawrence*], Cécile Boudreau, her husband, and her children joined about 200 Acadian families who scattered into the woods bordering the Memramcook, Shepody, and Petitcodiac rivers (N. B.). Fortunately these families were able to count on the aid of missionary François Le Guerne* and of Charles Deschamps* de Boishébert, a captain in the colonialregular troops. The two men worked together to ensure the survival ofthe Acadians, provide for their sustenance, and organize their resistance to the British. :Foreseeing the second phase of the expulsion, which would be carried out in 1758 [see Robert Monckton*] any of the families, including Cécile Boudreau’s, moved up the coast to Miramichi in 1757. They were exhausted, and suffered from starvation as a result of poor crops and from epidemics. Several of them then resigned themselves to following Boishébert’s troops, which had been recalled to Québec for the winter of 1757–58. :The situation at Quebec seemed little brighter. There was a dearth ofsupplies and a severe famine. The Acadians had to make do with cod and rotten meat. According to the testimony of several persons, these poor living conditions brought about the death of a number of Acadians. On 9 June 1758, amid the general gloom and inactivity, Cécile Boudreau had to bury her husband, who had fallen victim to the smallpox epidemic raging at the time. A month earlier she had done the same for her son Jean, barely eight years of age, and four days after her husband’s interment she buried one of her daughters. :It was for such reasons that the Acadian refugees then sought to fleeQuebec. Some joined Le Guerne, who had become parish priest of Saint-François, on Île d’Orléans. Others settled in the Beauce or in the regions of Saint-Joachim and Bellechasse. In 1758 a large number went to Saint-Grégoire (Bécancour); others, including Cécile Boudreau’s family, chose Nicolet. This locality, which their missionaries andthe Abenakis had drawn to their attention, turned out to be a good place for a settlement. It was situated near the St Lawrence, which gaveaccess to the gulf and to Acadia, where everyone hoped to live once again. The region offered an abundance of woods and lakes that enabled them to ensure their subsistence; moreover it was remote and tranquillity was easily found. :When along with other Pitres and Boudreaus, Orillon-Champagnes, Gaudets, Laurts, Melançons, Bastaraches, Commeaus, and Rouisse-Languedocs,Cécile Boudreau arrived in this new setting to find fresh hope and take root, she still had five children with her; one of them, François, would receive a commission later as captain in the militia. She married Pierre Pellerin in 1762 and was widowed 30 years later. She apparently reached the age of 97, still strong, lucid, and courageous. An unfortunate fall then forced her to take to her bed. After 18 days during which she was willing to drink “only a little water and two shots of rum,” she died. :A long way from Nicolet the Quebec Gazette, a major paper of the province, printed a paragraph about this strong and incomparable woman which formed a longer and better tribute than any cold tombstone could offer. It told of the circumstances of her death and concluded: “This venerable Acadian constantly retained all her mental faculties with remarkable freshness and good health until the accident which brought her to the grave.”