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.
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
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
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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François Jean BLANCHARD
(1731, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - January 1794, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
Françoise BLANCHARD
(May 1705, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 23 May 1785, Bernantec, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)
Françoise BLANCHARD
(1732, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 30 November 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)
Françoise BLANCHARD
(25 December 1746, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 26 August 1813, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA)
(René BLANCHARD & Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))
(René BLANCHARD & Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))
Germain BLANCHARD
(1722, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - 27 March 1798, Bas-Champs, France)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
Helene BLANCHARD
(25 October 1718, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - 1782, Nantes, Bretagne, France)
(Pierre BLANCHARD & Francoise BRAULT)
(Pierre BLANCHARD & Francoise BRAULT)
Isabelle BLANCHARD
(20 July 1721, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1773, St Pierre, Martinique, France)
(Antoine BLANCHARD & Elisabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))
(Antoine BLANCHARD & Elisabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))
Isabelle Élisabeth BLANCHARD
(25 May 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 14 January 1786, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre))
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)
Jean BLANCHARD
(6 February 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(René BLANCHARD & Marie SAVOIE)
(René BLANCHARD & Marie SAVOIE)
Jean BLANCHARD
(1718, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 2 September 1789, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska))
(Martin BLANCHARD & Isabelle Elisabeth DUPUIS)
(Martin BLANCHARD & Isabelle Elisabeth DUPUIS)
Jean Baptiste BLANCHARD
(25 August 1745, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) - 20 May 1799, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil))
(Jean BLANCHARD & Catherine FOREST)
(Jean BLANCHARD & Catherine FOREST)
Joseph BLANCHARD
(1694, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 1758, , France)
(Martin BLANCHARD & Marguerite GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU))
(Martin BLANCHARD & Marguerite GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU))
Joseph BLANCHARD
(6 January 1712, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , )
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)
Joseph BLANCHARD
(11 April 1719, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(René BLANCHARD & Marie SAVOIE)
(René BLANCHARD & Marie SAVOIE)
Joseph BLANCHARD
(1720, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 16 February 1759, St. Malo, Bretagne, France)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
Joseph BLANCHARD
(25 May 1722, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 15 May 1804, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception))
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)
Joseph BLANCHARD
(1731, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 2 December 1783, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France)
(Martin BLANCHARD & Isabelle Elisabeth DUPUIS)
(Martin BLANCHARD & Isabelle Elisabeth DUPUIS)
Josephe BLANCHARD
(16 June 1731, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - , )
(René BLANCHARD & Marie SAVOIE)
(René BLANCHARD & Marie SAVOIE)
Madeleine BLANCHARD
(1692, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 30 October 1759, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France)
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Huguette GOUGEON (GOUJEON))
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Huguette GOUGEON (GOUJEON))
Madeleine Edwidge BLANCHARD
(15 January 1736, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 23 November 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)
(Guillaume BLANCHARD & Jeanne DUPUIS)
Madeleine Marguerite BLANCHARD
(1727, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia) - 15 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
Marie BLANCHARD
(28 August 1709, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1756, Penryn, Cornwall, England)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)
Marie Josephe BLANCHARD
(1719, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - May 1782, Rezé, Bretagne, France)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
(Joseph BLANCHARD & Anne DUPUIS)
Marie Madeleine BLANCHARD
(1749, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - July 1823, Saint Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana, USA)
(René BLANCHARD & Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))
(René BLANCHARD & Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT))
René BLANCHARD
(1701, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 27 September 1788, Ascension, Louisiana, USA)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)
(René BLANCHARD & Anne LANDRY)
Ursule BLANCHARD
(29 April 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 23 May 1786, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup))
(René BLANCHARD & Marie SAVOIE)
(René BLANCHARD & Marie SAVOIE)
Marie BONNEVIE
(12 May 1706, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 13 December 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Jacques BONNEVIE & Françoise MIUS D'AZIT dite BEAUMONT)
(Jacques BONNEVIE & Françoise MIUS D'AZIT dite BEAUMONT)
Françoise BONNEVIE dite BEAUMONT
(1702, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 13 December 1758, Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean (at sea)*)
(Jacques BONNEVIE & Françoise MIUS D'AZIT dite BEAUMONT)
(Jacques BONNEVIE & Françoise MIUS D'AZIT dite BEAUMONT)
Marie Rosalie BONNIERE
(29 May 1739, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia) - , )
(Pierre BONNIERE & Madeleine Josephe FOREST)
(Pierre BONNIERE & Madeleine Josephe FOREST)
Anselme BOUDREAU
(30 July 1737, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - , )
(François BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Anne Marie THIBODEAU)
(François BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Anne Marie THIBODEAU)
Augustin Remi BOUDREAU
(1745, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Pierre BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Marie DOIRON)
(Pierre BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Marie DOIRON)
Brigitte BOUDREAU
(1732, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Pierre BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Madeleine HÉBERT)
(Pierre BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Madeleine HÉBERT)
Felicite BOUDREAU
(6 December 1754, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 15 June 1836, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie))
(Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Marie Josephte LEBLANC)
(Antoine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Marie Josephte LEBLANC)
Felix BOUDREAU
(1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1764, )
(Jean Baptiste BOUDREAU LANDRY & Marguerite COMEAU)
(Jean Baptiste BOUDREAU LANDRY & Marguerite COMEAU)
Francois BOUDREAU
(10 August 1710, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 24 November 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Michel BOUDROT & Cecile Marie LEBLANC)
(Michel BOUDROT & Cecile Marie LEBLANC)
François BOUDREAU
(1740, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 17 January 1825, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic))
(Jean Baptiste BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Agnès PITRE)
(Jean Baptiste BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Agnès PITRE)
Françoise BOUDREAU
(1742, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 9 July 1809, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade))
(Francois BOUDREAU & Marguerite PITRE)
(Francois BOUDREAU & Marguerite PITRE)
Hilaire BOUDREAU
(24 April 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 21 October 1808, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
(Pierre BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) dit GRAND PIERRE & Madeleine MELANSON)
(Pierre BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) dit GRAND PIERRE & Madeleine MELANSON)
Jean BOUDREAU
(1739, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 1784, , France)
(Jean Baptiste BOUDREAU LANDRY & Marguerite COMEAU)
(Jean Baptiste BOUDREAU LANDRY & Marguerite COMEAU)
Marguerite BOUDREAU
(12 October 1725, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 20 October 1764, , Haiti)
(Michel BOUDROT & Cecile Marie LEBLANC)
(Michel BOUDROT & Cecile Marie LEBLANC)
Marguerite BOUDREAU
(24 July 1747, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - , )
(Joseph BOUDREAU & Helene LANDRY)
(Joseph BOUDREAU & Helene LANDRY)
Marie BOUDREAU
(1737, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) - 6 March 1826, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre))
(Jean Baptiste BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Agnès PITRE)
(Jean Baptiste BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Agnès PITRE)
Marie BOUDREAU
(1750, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean) - 21 May 1838, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer))
(Joseph BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Rosalie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU))
(Joseph BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) & Rosalie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU))
Olivier BOUDREAU
(20 May 1728, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) - 1 November 1782, , Louisiana, USA)
(Michel BOUDROT & Cecile Marie LEBLANC)
(Michel BOUDROT & Cecile Marie LEBLANC)
Rosalie BOUDREAU
(1738, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) - 20 September 1768, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers))
(Jean Baptiste BOUDREAU LANDRY & Marguerite COMEAU)
(Jean Baptiste BOUDREAU LANDRY & Marguerite COMEAU)
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