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Acadian Expulsion


Starting in 1755, about 6,000 Acadians were forcibly removed from their colonies. The British military ordered the Acadians' communities to be destroyed and homes and barns were burned down. The people were dispersed among the 13 American colonies, but many refused them and sent them on to Europe. Families were torn apart and many lost everything they owned.

As a result of the deportation and the subsequent migrations, the Acadians ended up in the New England States and all along the eastern seaboard, as far south as Georgia. Many were put in jail, and many died at sea. Others ran away to Quebec, hid with the Mi'kmaqs in Nova Scotia, or went to present-day New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island.

Source:www.cbc.ca/ acadian/ timeline.html

Approximately 6,000 Acadians were deported from mainland Nova Scotia in 1755 and several hundred more after the fall of Louisbourg in 1758. If they were not demolished or burned by British troops, churches and chapels gradually disappeared from the landscape,. In some cases, accidental discoveries or archaeological digs have revealed the location of former parish cemeteries. Saint-Charles-des-Mines cemetery, for example, is located in Grand-Pré National Historic Site, although the exact dimensions are still not known. In the year 2000, when excavation work was being done for a housing development in Falmouth (formerly Pisiquid), several graves belonging to the old Sainte-Famille parish cemetery were unearthed by chance.

Of that 6,000+, approximately 1,500 were deported to Virginia, 450 were deported to Pennsylvania, 2,000 were sent to Massachusetts, 1,027 bound for South Carolina (some stayed in Boston), 900 were sent to Connecticut, 250 to Maryland and 450 to Georgia.
There is no proof that the Acadians who lived in Port-Royal, Grand-Pré or elsewhere, used stone monuments to mark their graves. The same is true with regard to the thousands of French men and women who inhabited the fortress town of Louisbourg on Isle Royale (known today as Cape Breton Island) in the 18th century. A 1686 map of Port-Royal provides the only known visual representation of a 17th century Acadian church and cemetery. The cemetery is surrounded by a fence which served to keep animals out and to delineate the sacred ground. Inside the fence, one can see seven small wooden crosses and a central cross mounted on a base of stones. Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses.

Source: http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-333/Acadian_Cemeteries_in_Nova_Scotia.html#1

These ancestors were likely a part of the Grand Derangement which took place in 1755. NOTE: This is not a complete list. As we find more, we will continue to add them.

Acadian Surnames at the Time of Deportation, 1755:


Allain, Allard, Amirau, Arostegny, Arsenault, Aubin, Aucoin, Babin, Babineau, Baguette, Baptiste, Barrios, Barnabe, Bastarache, Beaudoin, Beaulieu, Beaumont, Beauregard, Bellefontaine, Bellineau, Belliveau, Benoit, Bergeron, Bernard, Berthelot, Bertrand, Bideau, Bisson, Blanchard, Blondin, Blou, Bodart, Boisseau, Bodin, Bonneville, Bonvillain, Bourque, Bouche, Boudrot, Bourg, Bourgeois, Boutin, Boye, Brasseaux, Breau, Broussard, Brun, Bugeau, Cadet, Cahouet, Cailler, Carre, Cathary, Celestin, Chamagne, Chauvert, Chiasson, Clmenceau, Cochu, Colars, Comeau, Cormier, Caperon, Cotard, Coussan, Crosse, Daigle, Darbone, Darois, David, De Bellisle, De Foret, De La Tou, Denis, D’Entremont, Deraye, De Saulniers, Deslauriers, Deveau, Donat, Douaron, Doucet, Druce, Dubois, Dubreuil, Dugas, Duon, Dumont, Dupont, Dupuis, Durocher, Emmanuel, Estevin, Fardel, Forest, Foret, Galant, Garreau, Garso, Gaudet, Gauthereau, Gentil, Giasson, Gicheau, Gilbert, Girouard, Godin, Goudeau, Gousille, Granger, Gravois, Gros, Guerin, Guidry, Guilbeau, Guillot, Hache, Hamon, Hebert, Henry, Heon, Herpin, Houel, Hugon, Jasmin, Jeansonne, Kuessy, Labarre, Labasque, Labauve, Lacroix. Lafont, Lagosse, Lalonde, Laliberte, Lamarquis, Lambert, Lamontagne, Landry, Langlois, Lanoue, Languepee, Laperriere, Lapierre, Lariche, Laurier, Laurent, Lavallee, Lavergne, Lavoye, LeBlanc, Lebreton, Lefranc, Leger, Lejeune, Lemaistre, Leonard, Leprince, Lesperance, Lessoile, Levron, Lort, Lounais, Maillard, Maillet, Maisonnat, Marceau, Martel, Martin, Mathieu, Maurice, Mayer, Melanson, Mercier, Michel, Mignault, Mirande, Mire, Monnier, Morvant, Morin, Mouton, Moyse, Nuirat, Ondy, Olivier, Parisien, Pellerin, Perinne, Petitpas, Pinet, Pitre, Poirier, Poitier, Pothier. Prejean, Primeau, Prince, Provencal, Raymond, Rembaud, Richard, Rivet, Robichaud, Rosette, Roy, Saint-Scene, Saint-Martin, Samson, Saulnier, Sauvage, Savary, Savoye, Sendou, Simon, Sire, Surette, Surot, Theriot, Thibeau, Thibodeau, Tournageau, Toussain, Trahan, Usez, Veco, Vigneau, Villatte, Vincent, Voyer, Yvon
Source: umaine.edu
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Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite HEBERT (1722, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1757, Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada)
(Jean-Emmanuel HÉBERT & Madeleine DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite HEBERT (1726, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Guillaume HÉBERT & Marie Josephe DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite HEBERT (1726, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 7 December 1798, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche))
(Jean Baptiste HÉBERT & Elisabeth GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite HÉBERT (1736, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Pierre HÉBERT & Madeleine GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite HÉBERT (1747, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 3 February 1808, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada)
(Olivier HÉBERT & Cecile Josephe DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite HÉBERT (1751, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 11 February 1832, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada)
(Jacques HÉBERT & Marie LANDRY)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie HÉBERT (23 April 1682, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1758, , France)
(Étienne HÉBERT & Jeanne COMEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie HÉBERT (1695, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 30 October 1778, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
(Antoine HÉBERT & Jeanne CORPORON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie HÉBERT (1714, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 17 May 1770, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud))
(Rene HÉBERT & Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie HEBERT (1734, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 11 March 1828, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie HEBERT (1741, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 11 June 1800, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche))
(Jean Baptiste HÉBERT & Elisabeth GRANGER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie HEBERT (1741, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 18 January 1810, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada)
(Pierre HÉBERT & Madeleine GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie HEBERT (1743, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(François HEBERT dit CANADIEN & Marie Anne ARSENAULT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  girl ancestor  Marie Anne HEBERT (18 September 1741, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) - 7 September 1756, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(François HÉBERT & Marie Anne BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Anne HEBERT (1744, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Pierre HÉBERT & Madeleine GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Elisabeth Isabelle HEBERT (January 1741, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 17 July 1775, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Pierre Simon HÉBERT & Elisabeth DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephe HEBERT (1709, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Joseph HÉBERT & Marie Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephe HEBERT (1730, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1760, )
(Joseph HÉBERT & Marie Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephte HÉBERT (5 January 1713, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(Jean-Emmanuel HÉBERT & Madeleine DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephte HEBERT (1734, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1804, , Canada)
(Jean HÉBERT & Isabelle BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephte HEBERT (1751, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 12 April 1823, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Olivier HÉBERT & Cecile Josephe DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Ozíthé HEBERT (1748, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1793, )
(François HEBERT dit CANADIEN & Marie Anne ARSENAULT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie-Anne HEBERT (1735, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 24 October 1810, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*)
(Jacques HÉBERT & Jeanne GAUTROT (GAUTREAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie-Christine HEBERT (1755, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 27 December 1834, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons))
(Joseph HEBERT & Marie CHIASSON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie-Eustache HEBERT (7 February 1725, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 15 March 1801, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan))
(Alexandre HÉBERT & Marie DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marthe HEBERT (12 June 1710, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 22 February 1803, Ste-Anne-du-Ruisseau, Nova Scotia, Canada)
(Antoine HÉBERT & Jeanne CORPORON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Michel HEBERT (1703, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Michel HÉBERT & Elisabeth Isabelle PELLERIN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Michel HÉBERT (28 January 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 6 May 1796, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation))
(Jean-Emmanuel HÉBERT & Madeleine DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Nathalie HEBERT (3 May 1734, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 5 April 1808, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*)
(Alexandre HÉBERT & Marie DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Olivier HÉBERT (8 March 1723, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 13 August 1798, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Rene HÉBERT & Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Osithe HEBERT (1730, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 31 August 1805, St James Parish, Louisiana, USA)
(Jacques HÉBERT & Marguerite LANDRY)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  girl ancestor  Osithé HÉBERT (1750, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 6 December 1758, )
(Pierre HÉBERT & Madeleine GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul HEBERT (1717, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia) - 26 July 1805, St-Gabriel-d'Iberville, Louisiana, USA)
(Jean HÉBERT & Jeanne DOIRON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul HEBERT (1720, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 2 October 1774, )
(Michel HÉBERT & Elisabeth Isabelle PELLERIN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul HÉBERT (1725, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Pierre HÉBERT dit LAPRADE & Marie Josephte BELOU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul HEBERT (1739, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) - 31 March 1779, St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France)
(Jean HÉBERT & Isabelle BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul HEBERT (20 January 1748, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) - 7 January 1805, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) )
(François HEBERT dit CANADIEN & Marie Anne ARSENAULT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul Gaston HEBERT (13 April 1712, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 25 July 1805, St-Gabriel-d'Iberville, Louisiana, USA)
(Guillaume HÉBERT & Marie Josephe DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul Olivier HÉBERT (1755, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 4 September 1830, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie))
(Charles HÉBERT & Ursule FOREST)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre HEBERT (23 February 1713, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 18 October 1764, , Haiti)
(Étienne HÉBERT & Anne DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre HÉBERT (1716, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1773, )
(Joseph HÉBERT & Marie Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre HEBERT (1730, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 11 July 1776, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis))
(Jacques HEBERT dit BOUDICHE & Anne ARSENAULT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre HEBERT (1732, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 26 April 1759, Châteauneuf, France)
(Jean HÉBERT & Marie Madeleine DOIRON)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre HEBERT (1737, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1775, , Louisiana, USA)
(Joseph HEBERT & Anne POIRIER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre HÉBERT (5 June 1751, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 6 March 1833, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada)
(Pierre HÉBERT & Jeanne BASTARACHE)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre Simon HÉBERT (24 April 1710, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 29 February 1788, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Rene HÉBERT & Marie BOUDROT (BOUDREAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Rene HÉBERT (1689, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 29 August 1768, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Jean Baptiste HÉBERT & Marie Anne DOUCET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Rosalie HEBERT (1753, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 7 July 1815, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada)
(Pierre HÉBERT & Madeleine GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Simon HEBERT (1709, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 22 October 1764, , Haiti)
(Étienne HÉBERT & Anne DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Simon Pierre HÉBERT (1750, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 23 June 1807, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
(Pierre Simon HÉBERT & Elisabeth DUPUIS)

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