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Wife Angèle PITRE 272
Born: 10 Sep 1795 272
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Buried: 16 Sep 1800 272
Father: Michel PITRE Dit Nordest (1763-1817) 272,426
Mother: Marguerite BOUDREAU (Abt 1770- ) 272,426
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Wife Anne PITRE 272
Born: 30 Aug 1725 272
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Father: François PITRE Dit Nordest (Abt 1682-1725) 272
Mother: Anne PRÉJEAN Le Breton (1687- ) 272
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Wife Anne PITRE 272
Born: 15 Feb 1744 - Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada 272
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Father: Jean Baptiste PITRE (1711-1758) 272
Mother: Cécile BOUDREAU (1714-1811) 272
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Wife Calixte Isaie PITRE 272
Born: 1 Sep 1825 272
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Father: Charles Olivier PITRE (1772- ) 272
Mother: Céleste COMEAU ( - ) 272
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Husband John YOUNG 272
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Mother: Madeleine ( - ) 272
Marriage: 1 Apr 1802 272
Wife Cécile PITRE 272
Born: 28 May 1779 - Nicolet, , Québec, Canada 272
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Father: Michel PITRE (1735-1808) 272
Mother: Marie Josephe ORILLON Dit Champagne (1736-1808) 272
Other Spouse: François LE BRETON ( - ) 272
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Wife Cécile PITRE 272
Born: 5 May 1778 - Nicolet, , Québec, Canada 272
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Father: Michel PITRE (1735-1808) 272
Mother: Marie Josephe ORILLON Dit Champagne (1736-1808) 272
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Husband Charles Modeste PITRE 272
Born: 21 Dec 1737 - Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada 272
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Father: Jean Baptiste PITRE (1711-1758) 272
Mother: Cécile BOUDREAU (1714-1811) 272
Marriage: Abt 1759 272
Wife Madeleine VINCENT 272
Born: Abt 1739 272
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General Notes: Husband - Charles Modeste PITRE
His family was found in Louisiana 272
Husband Charles Olivier PITRE 272
Born: 27 Nov 1772 - Nicolet, , Québec, Canada 272
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Father: Michel PITRE (1735-1808) 272
Mother: Marie Josephe ORILLON Dit Champagne (1736-1808) 272
Marriage: 28 Apr 1812 - Bathurst, , New Brunswick, Canada 272
Other Spouse: Céleste COMEAU ( - ) 272 - 4 Apr 1796 - Caraquet, , New Brunswick, Canada 272
Wife Marie Rose THÉRIOT 272
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Father: Victor THÉRIOT ( - ) 272
Mother: Julie ( - ) 272
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Husband Clotilde PITRE 272
Born: 1 Nov 1814 272
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Father: Charles Olivier PITRE (1772- ) 272
Mother: Céleste COMEAU ( - ) 272
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Wife Euphrosine PITRE 272
Born: 12 Sep 1807 272
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Father: Alexis PITRE (1776- ) 272
Mother: Marie Anne HÉBERT ( - ) 272
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Husband François PITRE Dit Nordest 272
Born: Abt 1682 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
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Father: Jean PITRE (Abt 1636-1693) 272
Mother: Marie PESSELEY (Abt 1641-1707) 272
Marriage: 27 Jul 1705 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
Wife Anne PRÉJEAN Le Breton 272
Born: 1687 272
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Father: Jean PRÉJEAN Dit Le Breton (1651- ) 272
Mother: Andrée SAVOIE (Abt 1667- ) 272
Other Spouse: Michel BOUDREAU (1687-1731) 272 - 16 Apr 1732 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
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1 M Antoine PITRE
Born: 19 Jul 1706 272
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Marr: Abt 1731 272
2 F Marie Josephe PITRE 272
Born: 28 Dec 1708 272
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Spouse: Charles SIMON Dit Boucher ( - ) 272
Marr: 12 Feb 1730 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
Spouse: Charles GIROUARD (Abt 1689- ) 272
Marr: 16 Jun 1744 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
Spouse: Charles BOURGEOIS ( - ) 272
Marr: After 1751 272
3 M Jean Baptiste PITRE 272
Born: 1711 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
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Cause of Death: during the smallpox epidemic in Quebec City
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Spouse: Cécile BOUDREAU (1714-1811) 272
Marr: 28 Oct 1733 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
4 F Marie Madeleine PITRE 272
Born: 1 Mar 1713 272
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Spouse: Pierre GAUDET ( - ) 272
Marr: 30 May 1728 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
5 F Marguerite PITRE 272
Born: 16 Jun 1715 272
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Spouse: François BOUDREAU Dit Lami ( -1757) 272
Marr: 1731 272
Spouse: Simon PROVENCHER Dit Villebrun ( - ) 272
6 M Simon Eustache PITRE
Born: 20 May 1717 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
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Spouse: Anne Marie HÉBERT ( - ) 272
Marr: Abt 1737 272
7 F Agnès PITRE 272
Born: 10 Jun 1719 272
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Spouse: Jean Baptiste BOUDREAU ( -1760) 272
Marr: 1738 272
8 F Judith PITRE 272
Born: 13 Oct 1721 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada 272
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Spouse: René BOUDREAU ( -Abt 1756) 272
Marr: Abt 1745 272
Spouse: Joesph LORD Le Jeune ( - ) 272
Marr: 10 Nov 1760 - Saint-Joachim, , Québec, Canada 272
9 M François Joseph PITRE
Born: 31 Jul 1723 272
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10 F Anne PITRE 272
Born: 30 Aug 1725 272
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11 M Théotiste PITRE 272
Born: 30 Aug 1725 272
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General Notes: Husband - François PITRE Dit Nordest
Son of Jean Pitre and Marie Pesselet, François dit Nordest was born around 1682 in Port-Royal. He was still young in 1690 when Phipps and his Soldiers arrived in his region. At the age of 11, in 1693, he lost his father and his family lived through difficult times.
By 1697, peace returns to Acadia with the Treaty of Ryswick , which makes Acadia French soil again and the New Englanders leave.
François lived during the period considered as the Golden Age of Acadian History. At the age of twenty-three, François Pitre marries Anne Préjean in Port Royal on July 27th, 1705. The young couple settles in Port Royal where all their children are born. François Pitre and Anne Préjean are not found in the census of 1707 or 1710 but it is most likely that they lived with or near Anne's family. They are listed on the 1714 census as the immediate neighbours of Jean Préjean dit le Breton.
After five years, this family finds itself in danger again when the New Englanders seized Port-Royal. Even with the resistance of 258 soldiers, the Fort was lost in mid-October of 1710. The 481 inhabitants again surrendered to the English.
Three years later, by the Treaty of Utreck in 1713, Acadia becomes Nova Scotia but the surrounding Ile Royale (Cap Breton) & Ile St-Jean (P.E.I.) and part of what is now New Brunswick, remained part of France. Acadians were given the right to practice their religion, own and keep their properties, but they became British Subjects.
As British Subjects, François Pitre and his family lived a relatively peaceful life for the next few years.
However on December 6th, 1725, François passed away leaving his wife and ten children in mourning. Like his father before him, he died young, at only 43 years old. 272
General Notes: Wife - Anne PRÉJEAN Le Breton
Anne would have been 18 years old when she married François Pitre in that summer of 1705 in Port Royal. She was the daughter of Jean Préjean le Breton and Andrée Savoie.
Anne was 38 when her husband of 20 years dies on December 6, 1725. He left her with ten children. Anne had just burried her twin babies, Théotiste and Anne who were born in August. Théotiste had died after one month and Anne after 2 months.
On April 16, 1732, a widow for seven years, Anne Préjean marries a widower named Michel Boudreau, the son of Claude & Marie Thibodeau. The previous year, one of Anne's daughters Marguerite had married François dit Lami Boudreau, son of the same Michel Boudreau. Later, one son and two other of Anne's daughters, married children of her second husband.
Marguerite Pitre married François dit Lami Boudreau around 1731
Jean-Baptiste Pitre married Cecile Boudreau around 1733
Agnès Pitre married Jean-Baptiste Boudreau around 1738
Judith Pitre married René Boudreau around 1745 272
General Notes: Child - Jean Baptiste PITRE
Son of François dit Nordest Pitre and Anne Préjean le Breton, Jean-Baptiste was born in 1711 in Port-Royal. He was only 14 when he lost his father.
He was married on October 28, 1733 to the nineteen year old Cécile Boudreaux. Although this marriage took place in Port-Royal, the following year the young couple lived in the Parish of Saint-Charles des Mines in Grand-Pré. It is there that their son Michel is born in 1735. By 1737, their young family is living in Beaubassin.
The fact that Jean-Baptiste & Cécile moved farther inland with their families was a symptom of the times they were living in Acadia. The Acadian population was growing fast much to the concern of the British authorities, Acadians were forced to find new areas to settle. By the end of the 17th century, new settlements developed in Les Mines (Grand Pré) and later in Beaubassin.
Like Jean-Baptiste's father, many acadians had taken the oath of allegeance to the King of England between 1719 and 1730. Because of this oath and the fact that they lived under British Authority, the Neutral Acadians were no longer trusted by France. Also at that time in history, Britain distrusted all catholics and felt that Acadians could ally themselves with France in a conflict. This left our ancestors in the precarious position of being mistrusted by both political powers.
From 1749 to 1755, the increase of English settlers in Nova Scotia added tensions for the Acadians. The native Micmacs who conducted raids on the British settlements, were said to have close links with the Acadians. England wanted Nova Scotia as their territory because of its strategic military location. The Governor of Massachusetts coveted this area for its access to Québec and the French Fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. Louisbourg was the commercial and administrative centre of the French Colonies in Acadia at the time.
These would become the decisive factors in the eventual Deportation Order.
Source: Centre Acadien, Université Sainte-Anne, N.S.
Escape from Deportation
Acadians in the areas of Memramcook, Chipoudy, and Petitcodiac rivers were hearing rumors of deportation in August of 1755 and on the advice of their Missionnary L'Abbé François Le Guerne, hundreds took refuge in the woods of what is now part of New Brunswick. They were forced to remain hidden in the forest as the British authorities had put a price on their heads. Some of these Acadians were successful in reaching their destinations but many died along the way from starvation & exhaustion.
Jean-Baptiste Pitre and his family were among 200 Acadian families from the areas of Memramcook, Chipoudy, and Petitcodiac rivers who had followed this advice and hid in the forest.
They were fortunate that Charles Deschamps de Boishébert, a captain in the French colonial regular troops, was nearby. Accompanied by a group of natives, the 125 French soldiers surprised about 200 English soldiers who were about to set fire to the 250 houses in Petitcoudiac. Both L'Abbé Le Guerne and Lieutenant Boishébert are credited for having ensured the survival of the Acadians.
The acadians foresaw the second phase of the expulsion of 1758 and Jean-Baptiste Pitre's family accompanied others up the coast to Miramichi in 1757. Exhaustion and lack of provisions took its toll on the Acadians and many died of starvation. As a result, several decided to follow Boishébert's troops recalled to Québec for the winter of 1757-58.
Unfortunately, the circumstances in Québec City were not much better. The war had brought on a lack of supplies and famine, the Acadian refugees became an extra burden and were fed cod and rotten meat. It is said that these unfortunate living conditions caused the death of many Acadians.
There are approximately 1,500 Acadian refugees when the City is hit by a smallpox epidemic. Already weakened by their journey, hundreds succumbed to this illness. Jean-Baptiste Pitre and his family were among this ill-fated group and on June 9th, 1758, our ancestor passed away in Quebec at the age of 47.
Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biographies, Vol. V, 1801-1820
The following are some of our ancestor Jean Baptiste Pitre's relatives who were deported, disappeared or died with their families during the deportation years of 1755 to 1763.
* Charles-Modeste Pitre (son) His family is found later in Louisiana
* Antoine Pitre, (Brother) died sometime between 1755 and 1763
* Marie-Josephe Pitre, (Sister) & Family deported to South Carolina
* Joseph Pitre (Cousin) (of Claude & Anne Henry) deported alone on the ship Endeavour to South Carolina. His wife escaped to Quebec where many descendants are alive today.
* Françoise Pitre & Family (Cousin) deported to Europe
* Angélique Pitre & Family (Cousin) deported to Europe , died in France on August. 24, 1757
* Marie-Marguerite Pitre, (Cousin) & Family deported to Europe , died in France on December 28, 1758
* Jean Pitre, (Cousin) & Family deported to Europe , died at sea during the crossing in 1758
* Joseph Pitre (Cousin) (of Jean & Françoise Babin) & Family deported to Europe , died at sea during the crossing in 1758
* Michel Pitre (Cousin)(of Jean & Françoise Babin) & Family, deported to Europe , died at sea during the crossing around December 13, 1758
* Madeleine Pitre (Cousin) & Family deported to Europe , died at sea on the Duke William, during the crossing to France
* Cécile Pitre (Cousin) & Family deported to Europe , died at sea on La Violet, during the crossing to France
* Germain (Cousin) dit Germain-Jean Pitre, died in Le Mirebalais, St-Domingue, West Indies on October 20, 1764
* Amand Pitre (Cousin) & family deported to Europe on list of passagers to Louisiana in 1785
* Claude Pitre (Cousin) & family deported to Europe to England, died in Sauzon, France on March 7, 1775. His family later emigrated to Louisiana in 1785
* Jean Pitre (Cousin) & Family deported to Europe , on list of passager to Louisiana in 1785
* Jean (dit Jean Marc) Pitre (Cousin) died at Fort Edward in Nova Scotia, July/August 1762
* Marie Pitre (Cousin) & Family, deported to France, died at sea during the crossing to France 272
Husband François Joseph PITRE
Born: 31 Jul 1723 272
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Father: François PITRE Dit Nordest (Abt 1682-1725) 272
Mother: Anne PRÉJEAN Le Breton (1687- ) 272
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