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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  male ancestor  Joseph BENOIT (1749, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec))
(Claude BENOIT & Anne Helene GIROUARD)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite BENOIT (28 April 1721, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 6 June 1780, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche))
(Claude BENOIT & Jeanne HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie BENOIT (1703, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1765, Rochefort, France)
(Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE & Elisabeth LEJUGE)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie-Josephe BENOIT (1723, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - December 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Jean BENOIT dit LABRIERE & Marie-Anne BRAULT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Paul BENOIT (1704, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 13 December 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE & Elisabeth LEJUGE)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre BENOIT (1754, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Geoffroi BENOIT & Madeleine BABIN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Rosalie BENOIT (1738, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 19 March 1770, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage))
(Claude BENOIT & Marie COMEAU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Catherine BENOIT dite LABRIERE (1689, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 26 January 1760, , France)
(Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE & Marie CHAUSSEGROS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Jacqueline BENOIT dite LABRIERE (1673, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - October 1755, , Virginia, USA)
(Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE & Marie CHAUSSEGROS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne Marie BERGERON (24 September 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1 January 1770, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
(Barthelemy BERGERON & Geneviève SERREAU dite ST-AUBIN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  David BERGERON (1749, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 30 August 1813, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*)
(Pierre Nantes BERGERON & Marguerite BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine BERGERON (1748, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Michel BERGERON dit NANTES & Marie Jeanne HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine BERGERON (1753, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 8 May 1793, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) )
(Pierre Nantes BERGERON & Marguerite BOURG)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite BERGERON (1723, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 2 May 1786, Cabahannocer, Louisiana, USA)
(Barthelemy BERGERON & Marguerite DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie BERGERON (1727, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 21 April 1808 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere))
(Michel BERGERON dit NANTES & Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie BERGERON (1743, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 25 July 1822, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse))
(Pierre BERGERON & Marie-Anne GAUTHIER)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie BERGERON (1750, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 4 April 1828, St James, Louisiana, USA)
(Michel BERGERON dit NANTES & Marie Jeanne HÉBERT)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Anne BERGERON (24 June 1706, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - 15 September 1779, Cherbourg, France)
(Barthelemy BERGERON & Geneviève SERREAU dite ST-AUBIN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre Nantes BERGERON (1723, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 19 November 1804, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*)
(Michel BERGERON dit NANTES &  UNKNOWN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Françoise BERGERON D'AMBOISE (1729, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 4 February 1809, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada)
Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph BERGERON D'AMBOISE (1731, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 6 October 1808, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte))
(Michel BERGERON dit NANTES & Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Anne BERGERON D'AMBOISE (1740, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 17 January 1828, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*)
(Michel BERGERON dit NANTES & Marie DUGAS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Michel BERGERON dit NANTES (1702, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1766, , Louisiana, USA)
(Barthelemy BERGERON & Geneviève SERREAU dite ST-AUBIN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Charles BERNARD (1739, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 19 July 1822, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer))
(Joseph Charles BERNARD & Marie Josephte GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  François BERNARD (6 October 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) - 18 August 1820, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
(Jean Baptiste BERNARD & Marie Cecile GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean BERNARD (1727, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 22 September 1829, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis))
(René BERNARD & Anne BELOU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean Baptiste BERNARD (1696, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 19 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(René BERNARD & Madeleine DOUCET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Joseph BERNARD (5 September 1724, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) - 1771, Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada)
(Joseph Charles BERNARD & Marie Josephte GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Louis BERNARD (1752, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1801, )
(Joseph Charles BERNARD & Marguerite ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Madeleine BERNARD (1734, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 12 November 1814, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
(Jean Baptiste BERNARD & Marie Cecile GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie BERNARD (1720, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 31 May 1807, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
(Jean Baptiste BERNARD & Marie Cecile GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie BERNARD (2 November 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) - , )
(Michel BERNARD & Marie BRASSEUR)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Josephe BERNARD (12 July 1744, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) - , )
(Joseph Charles BERNARD & Marie Josephte GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marie Osithe BERNARD (1747, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Jean Baptiste BERNARD & Marie Cecile GAUDET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Pierre BERNARD (1737, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 25 February 1815, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis))
(René BERNARD & Anne BELOU)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  René BERNARD (1690, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 26 November 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(René BERNARD & Madeleine DOUCET)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Angélique BERTRAND (1705, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 18 January 1768, Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Bretagne, France)
(Claude BERTRAND & Catherine PITRE)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Jean BERTRAND (1692, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 20 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Claude BERTRAND & Catherine PITRE)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Marguerite BERTRAND (1732, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 14 September 1798, Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville))
(Jean BERTRAND & Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Suzanne BÉZIER dite JOAN LARIVIÈRE (1685, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 11 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Pierre Joan BÉZIER & Madeleine BRUN)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Alexis Marin BLANCHARD (1725, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - 3 February 1759, Nantes, France)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Angelique BLANCHARD (1707, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 25 January 1759, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne BLANCHARD (May 14 1732, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , )
(René BLANCHARD & Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne Helene BLANCHARD (24 September 1724, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 27 December 1757, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec))
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  female ancestor  Anne Marie BLANCHARD (1736, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1759, Ille-et-Vilaine, France)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Anselme BLANCHARD (1717, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - 27 September 1759, St-Louis de Rochefort, France)
(Martin BLANCHARD & Isabelle Elisabeth DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Anselme BLANCHARD (18 May 1741, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 25 November 1799, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
(René BLANCHARD & Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Benoni BLANCHARD (1741, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - July 1821, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Charles BLANCHARD (1733, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - 1786, , Louisiana, USA)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)

Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement  male ancestor  Etienne BLANCHARD (20 June 1729, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 9 April 1759, Saint Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)

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