Biography Daigle Marie
Marie Daigle was the daughter of Oliver Daigle or Daigre and Marie
Gaudet. She was their eighth child, born about 1677 at Port Royal,
Acadia. She was married to Pierre Sibeleau by the time the Census of
1698 was taken. There were no children born of this union. Pierre was
born about 1675 and must have died before 1703 (my guess per the next
chapter in Marie's life).
Marie's first child, Marie, was born 20 Apr 1703 and baptized 13 May
1703 at Port-Royal, Acadia; baptism note "père inconnu" indicates father
unknown. The father of this child was Gabriel Moulaison dit Rencontre,
Marie and Gabriel were not married. The child, Marie Moulaison (also,
Moulezon and Oulizon) was married about 1726 to John (Jean) Henshaw
(Hansole). This Marie continued her mother's tradition of having
"enfants naturels", children born out of wedlock, according to the
Minutes of the Council of Annapolis, a petition, read 12 May 1726,
indicates that Marie had a daughter (what was her name and what became
of her?) by Beausoleil (alias Joseph Brosard). He had denied maintenance
and responsibility, but was ordered to pay three Shillings and nine
Pense every week until the child was eight years old. Is this Joseph
Broussard dit Beausoleil, son of François and Catherine Richard, born
about 1702, married 11 Sep 1725 at Port-Royal, Acadia, to Angela
Thibodeau, daughter of Michel and Agnès Dugas; buried St-Martinville
(St-Martin-de-Tours-de-Martinville, Louisiana?) 20 Oct 1765?
Marie's second child, Anne, was born about the end of Dec 1708 in
Pisiquit, Acadia, and baptized 14 Apr 1709 in Grand-Pré, Acadia; baptism
note "père inconnu" indicates her father was also unknown. Her father
was Louis Blain (Blin or Hablin), also, not married to Marie. Anne Blain
married Michel Picot on 15 Feb 1731 at Port-Royal, Acadia; indicating
that she was the daughter of Louis Blin of Québec. They had the
following children:
- Marie-Marguerite (born abt 1735 at Port-Royal,
Acadia; married abt 1749 to Jean-Baptiste Guidry, son of Pierre and
Marguerite Brasseau; buried 10 Sep 1792 at St-Jacques-de-L'Achigan,
Québec),
- Marie-Anne (born on 16 Apr 1735 at Port-Royal, Acadia; married about 1761 in exile
in Massachusetts and revalidated 12 Jul 1767 at L'Assomption, Québec, to
Joseph Brault, son of Joseph and Elisabeth Thibodeau;
- Isabelle (born 3 Feb 1737 at Port-Royal)
- Jean (born when and
where; married 10 Nov 1775 at Maskinonge, Québec, to Helene Desportais;).
Finally, Marie, the widow of Pierre Sibeleau, married for the second
time. About 1711, she married Jacques Gouzil. They had four children:
- Louis (born 17 Feb 1712 at Port-Royal, Acadia)
- Marie-Josèphe (born 16 Apr 1713 at Port-Royal,
Acadia; married at Port-Royal 9 Nov 1733 to Pierre Després, son of
Pierre and Nicole Biard)
- Marguerite (born 3 Feb 1715 at Port-Royal,
Acadia; married at Port-Royal 22 Nov 1734 to François Lecul dit Guy, son
of Jean and Marguerite Corporon)
- Brigitte (born and died in Dec
1719 at Port-Royal, Acadia, 15 days old).
Sources:
Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes,
1634-1714, 2 volumes (N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de
Moncton, Aug 1999); pages 157, 447, 1236, 1466
Rev. Clarence J. D'Entremont & Rev. Hector J. Hébert, S.J.,
"Reverand Parkman's Diary", French Canadian and Acadian Genealogical
Review, Vol. 1, No. 4, (Winter 1968) pp. 241-294. Footnote #155: "This
Anne Blin is one of the very rare children born in Acadia out of
wedlock."
Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, 1908, pages 112-113; See: all of the
translation in Le Réveil Acadien [Feb 1998], Don Boudreau, Editor, "Anne
(Blain) Picot, Elusive Acadian Ancestor" by Myrtle Pletos and Michael
McDermott; pages 4-7
Thomas J. Laforest, editor, Our French-Canadian Ancestors (LISI Press,
Palm Harbor FL) [translations of Fr. Lebel's genealogies of
French-Canadian families, Nos Ancestres] (Vol XX, Chap. 3, pages 23-31,
"François Blain") "After 1703, we find him (Louis) at Port-Royal where
he was swept into the love nets of Marie Daigle, widow of Pierre
Sibilau. The latter rewarded him with one child, of whose destiny I am
unaware" [this is Anne Blain or Blin].
The information on the children of Anne Blain and Michel Picot is from Janet Jenn, Editor, Acadian Genealogical Exchange
Clarence T. Breaux and Robert Brault, compilers, A Beau Genealogy,
Descendants of the Pioneer Acadian, Vincent Brault (1629-1686) thru the
seventh generation (Metairie, LA: privately printed, 1999). Family
numbers 145 and 1452
(Selon un message dans un forum par Mike McDermott, San Jose, Ca)
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