Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE

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17 April 1726 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Pierre BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE Marguerite FOREST

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Born: 17 April 1726 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Pierre BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE

Mother: Marguerite FOREST

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Joannis BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE , Huguette Agathe VINCENT

Maternal grandparents: René FOREST , Françoise DUGAS

Jean Baptiste was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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Jean Baptiste married Marie Josephe COMEAU abt. 1751 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Josephe COMEAU was born abt. 1727 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Josephe died 21 June 1807 in Church Point, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marie Josephe was the child of Francois COMEAU and Marie-Anne LORD (LAURE).

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Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE married

Marie Josephe COMEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1751
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Marie Josephe COMEAU was the child of Francois COMEAU and Marie-Anne LORD (LAURE)

Marriage notes:

"White, Stephen A., "The genealogy of the thirty-seven host families of Retrouvailles 94", Cahiers de la Société Historique Acadienne , vol. 25, Nos. 2 and 3 (1994)," database,

September 2019; Pierre Bastarache and Marguerite Forest, their children and descendants; BASTARACHE dit BASQUE pages 68-70

Children of Jean Baptiste BASTARACHE and Marie Josephe COMEAU

Felicite BASTARACHE

Born: 22 November 1761, Annapolis, Acadie
Died: abt. 1823, Baie Saint Marie, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Jean Baptiste SAULNIER dit BECHE 1778

Joseph Tranquille BASTARACHE

Born: 10 June 1771, Baie Ste Marie, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: , Baie Ste Marie, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Cecile MAILLET 10 November 1794 Place: Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

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Birth — 1726
17 April 1726
Port Royal, Acadia

Baptism
18 April 1726 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Thanks to Deb Thomas Sheldon

Baptism

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

1761 Birth of Child
Felicite BASTARACHE was born 22 November 1761, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jean Baptiste was 35 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Joseph Tranquille BASTARACHE was born 10 June 1771, Baie Ste Marie, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jean Baptiste was 45 years old.

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