Étienne COMEAU

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abt. 1650 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

21 January 1723 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Pierre COMEAU Rose BAYOL

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Born: abt. 1650 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Pierre COMEAU

Mother: Rose BAYOL

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Étienne married Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE abt. 1670 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE was born 18 April 1650 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Marie-Anne died abt. 1686 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).

Étienne married (2) Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY abt. 1694 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY was born abt. 1648 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette died 26 October 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette was the child of René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] and Perrine BOURG.

Étienne COMEAU died 21 January 1723 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Étienne COMEAU married

Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE
Marriage date: abt. 1670
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia

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"Oldest son Étienne, born in c1650, married first to Marie-Anne, daughter of Martin Lefebvre of La Rochelle, France, at Port-Royal in c1670. They had three children, including a son, Alexandre, who married a Doucet. Their two daughters married into the Michel dit Saint-Michel and Doucet families. Étienne remarried to Marie, daughter of René Landry and widow of Germain Doucet, at Port-Royal in c1698, but they had no children. Étienne died at Port-Royal in January 1723, age 73."

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"Etienne was born in 1650 and died at Port-Royal on 21 January 1723. he married Marie-Anne Lefebvre about 1670. She was the daughter of Martin and of Barbe Bayols, (also known as Bajolet, Bayol, Beholle and Bayou). He remarried about 1694 to Marie Landry, daughter of Rene and of Perrine Bourg. Etienne had two daughters and two sons from his first marriage."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VIII, Page 75

Children of Étienne COMEAU and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE

Catherine COMEAU

Born: October 1671, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jacques MICHEL dit ST-MICHEL 1688 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Alexandre COMEAU

Born: abt. 1674, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 21 July 1725, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Marguerite DOUCET 1702 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie COMEAU

Born: abt. 1676, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN 1696 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Étienne COMEAU married

Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY
Marriage date: abt. 1694
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Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY was the child of René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] and Perrine BOURG

Children of Étienne COMEAU and Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY

Alexis COMEAU

Born: abt. 1695, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal, Acadia
Pierre COMMEAUX, cooper, 75, wife, Rose BAYOLS; Children (1 married): Etienne 21, (not married): Pierre 18, Francoise 15, Jehan 14, Pierre 13, Anthoine 10, Jeanne 9, Marie 7, Jehan 6; cattle 16, sheep 22.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Birth of Child
Catherine COMEAU was born October 1671, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1678 Port Royal
Est(ienne) Commau & Marianne Lefevre

2 acres 12 cattle

1 boy 4 1674 Alexandre 1672

2 girls 7 1671 Catherine 1674

2 1676 Marie 1676

1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Estienne COMO 35, Marie-Anne LAFEUBINE 35; children: Catherine 14, Alexandre 12, Marie 10; 1 gun, 3 arpents, 10 cattle. 15 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III
In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read full story

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY died 26 October 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

Death - St. Jean Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, Acadia
22 January 1723
Burial
Etienne Comeau, about seventy-three years old

www.gov.ns.ca/ nsarm/ cap/ acadian/ registers_image.asp?ID=1555&Search=etienne%20comeau&fieldSelect=name
The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

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Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Website: From ameriquefrancaise.org: "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."

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