Marie BERNARD

(b. abt. 1645 , Acadia, Canada d. 11 January 1719 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Marie BERNARD was born abt. 1645 in Acadia, Canada

Marie BERNARD was the child of Andre (Rene) BERNARD and Marie-Andree GUYON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married René LANDRY LE JEUNNE abt. 1659 in France . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
René LANDRY LE JEUNNE was born abt. 1634 in France. René died abt. 1692 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).

Marie BERNARD died 11 January 1719 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Marie BERNARD married

René LANDRY LE JEUNNE-- Date: abt. 1659 Place: , France

Children of René LANDRY LE JEUNNE and Marie BERNARD:

Antoine LANDRY (b.abt. 1660, Port Royal, Acadia d. , , Acadia, Canada )
m. Marie THIBODEAU 1681 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Claude LANDRY (b.abt. 1663, , Acadia, Canada d. 4 September 1747 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Catherine THIBODEAU 1684 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Marie BABIN 1725 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Jeanne CÉLESTIN dite BELLEMÈRE 15 May 1741 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Cecile LANDRY (b.abt. 1664, , Acadia, Canada d. 18 October 1741, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Pierre THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 1678 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Etienne RACOIS dit DE ROSIER 12 August 1725 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Jean LANDRY (b.abt. 1666, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Cecile MELANÇON (MELANSON) 1687 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

René LANDRY (b.abt. 1668, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Anne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 1691 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie LANDRY (b.abt. 1670, Port Royal, Acadia d. 20 September 1746, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Martin DUPUIS 1686 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite LANDRY (b.abt. 1672, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre RICHARD 1685 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Germain LANDRY (b.abt. 1674, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Madeleine MELANÇON (MELANSON) 1694 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jeanne LANDRY (b.abt. 1676, , Acadia, Canada d. 21 May 1710, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 1691 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Abraham LANDRY (b.abt. 1678, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1740, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) 5 October 1701 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre LANDRY (b.abt. 1680, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine BROUSSARD (BROSARD) 7 January 1704 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Catherine LANDRY (b.abt. 1682, Pisiquit, Acadia d. October 1754, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Jacques LEBLANC 08 October 1702 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Anne LANDRY (b.abt. 1684, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. René BLANCHARD 1700 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Charles LANDRY (b.abt. 1686, Port Royal, Acadia d. 5 November 1722, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Catherine BROUSSARD (BROSARD) 29 October 1708 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Isabelle LANDRY (b.abt. 1690, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

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'Marie Bernard was born ca.1645 probably in Beauvoir-Sur-Mer, France. There is some question also as to who her parents were. There is considerable proof that her mother was 'Marie' Andree Guyon (Guidon). Professor White in his 'Dictionaire genealogique des families acadiennes, partie I (1636-1714) ' states .....'Marie Bernard d/ o (?? Bernard) & Andree Guion , born 1645'. However, Bona Arcenault's 'Histoire et genealogie des Acadians', Vol 2, p428-429, states that Marie Bernard's father was Andre Bernard:

ANDRE BERNARD, born 1620, Macon, originating in Beauvoir-sur-Mer, arrived in Acadia in 1641, 'pour aller servir en l'habitation' for Charles de Latour, a Jemseg, on the river Saint-Jean in New Brunswick. He is the father of Jeanne, born 1643; Marie, born 1645; Nicholas, born 1662; and Rene, born 1663. 'Apres la prise du fort de Jemseg par D'Aulnay', in 1645, he returned to France to return to Acadia 'apres la rehabitation de Charles de LaTour, par la cour de France.' According to...Read MORE...

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'Marie R. Bernard was born circa 1645 at Jemseg, Acadia.'

Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 916.

Source: Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen A. White

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1678 Port Royal
Rene Landry & Marie Bernard

20 cattle & 12 acres

4 boys 17 1661 Antoine

14 1664 Claude

5 1673 Germain

2 1676 Abraham

6 girls 15 1663 Cecile

13 1665

11 1667

3 1675 Marguerite

1 1677 Jeanne

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

1686 Port Royal
Rene LANDRY 52, Marie BERNARD 42; children: Claude 23, Jean 20, Rene 18, Germain 12, Abraham 8. Pierre 6, Cecile 22, Marie 16, Marguerite 14, Jeanne 10, Catherine 4, Anne 2; 2 guns, 10 arpents, 16 cattle, 20 sheep.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal, Acadia
Port Royal Census 1693: Marie Bernard (widow of Rene Landry) 48, Germain 19, Jeanne 17, Abraham 15, Pierre 13, Catherine 11, Isabel 3, Rene Landry, Ann Teriot (his wife) 20, Marie 1; 25 cattle, 40 sheep, 14 pigs, 30 arpents and 2 guns.
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

1698 Port Royal
Port Royal Census 1698: widow (of Rene Landry); Abraham 20, Pierre 19, Catherine 16, Ann 14 and Charles 10, 14 cattle, 18 sheep, 10 hogs and 32 arpents.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1701 Marriage of Child
Abraham LANDRY married 5 October 1701, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

1702 Marriage of Child
Catherine LANDRY married 08 October 1702 , Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Jacques LEBLANC

1704 Marriage of Child
Pierre LANDRY married 7 January 1704, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Madeleine BROUSSARD (BROSARD)

1707 Port Royal
Port Royal Census 1707: Marie Bernard, widow, 1 boy 14 or older.

1708 Marriage of Child
Charles LANDRY married 29 October 1708 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Catherine BROUSSARD (BROSARD)

1710 Death of Child
Jeanne LANDRY died 21 May 1710, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Death
Registre RG 1 Vol. 26 p.361 Register

Justinien Durand Priest

11 January 1719 Registration date

Burial Event

Marie Bernard, widow of René Landry
The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

Marie is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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."

Added: 5/11/2009 7:03:03 PM - Updated: 8/30/2019 9:16:24 AM