Person:Joseph Bergeron (2)
Joseph Augustin Bergeron
b.ABT 1702/1704 , , , Acadia
d.30 Aug 1765 , St. Martin, LA
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1695
  1. Marie Josephe Bergeron1696 - 1740
  2. Barthelemy Bergeron1696 - Bef 1766
  3. Marie BergeronAbt 1698 -
  4. Michel Bergeron dit de NantesAbt 1700 - Bef 1764
  5. Joseph Augustin Bergeron1702 - 1765
  6. Marie Anne Bergeron, dite "d'Amboise"1706 -
  7. Anne Marie Bergeron, dite "d'Amboise"1709 - 1770
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph Augustin Bergeron1702 - 1765
  • W.  Marie DugasAbt 1711 - Bef 1777
m. Abt 1730
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Facts and Events
Name Joseph Augustin Bergeron
Alt Name Augustin _____
Gender Male
Birth? ABT 1702/1704 , , , Acadia
Marriage Abt 1730 , , , Acadiato Marie Dugas
Death[1] 30 Aug 1765 , St. Martin, LA
Burial[2][3] 31 Aug 1765 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA
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!PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CENSUS-DEATH-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 122; own copy. #(5): Augustin BERGERON, son of Barthélemy dit d'AMBOISE & Geneviève SERREAU de SAINT-AUGIN, married around 1730 to Marie DUGAS, daughter of Claude & Marguerite BOURG. He was on the 1763 census at Halifax.

!CENSUS: 1714, Port Royal, Acadia. One of three boys and three girls in family.

!BIRTH-NAME-MARRIAGE-CHILD-RESIDENCES: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 428 (Port Royal, father's entry) & 1615 (River St. Jean); own copy; each volume has genealogies within a specific area. Joseph-Augustin, born 1710. On p. 2418 (Louisiana), he is listed with name Augustin BERGERON, born 1710, son of Barthelémy & Genevieve SERREAU dit SAINT-AUBIN. He married around 1730 to Marie-Rose MELANSON [no parents given]; daughter Elizabeth born 1752. At the peace treaty of 1763 he was prisoner of the English at Halifax with his wife and five children. He died at St. Martinville [?], LA on 31 Aug 1765.

MARRIAGE: FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW; 1665-1827; vol. II, no. 4 (winter 1969); p. 242; collection of Peggy Walker. Rose MELANSON, daughter of Paul & Marie THÉRIOT, married at Grand-Pré circa 1751 to Augustin BERGERON [not this man?]

!BURIAL: Donald J. Hebert, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS; 1750-1800; vol. 1-A, rev. ed., Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1996; pp. 52-53; own copy; contains church and civil records. Two entries: Augustin [BERGERON] was buried on 30 Aug 1765, date entered 31 Aug 1765 by Fr. Jean FRANCOIS at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville, LA (SM Ch.: v.1, p. 11). 

    Also: Augustin [BERGERON], died on 30 Aug 1765 "au premier camp d'en bas [at the first place of location below]," buried on 31 Aug 1765 by Fr. Jean FRANCOIS, "cure de la nouvell Acadie," [pastor of the new Acadia]. Recorded at St. Martin Church (SM Ch.: Slave Funderal Register, v.1, #17). [Did he died along the Mississippi, on the Acadian Coast, where his widow and daughter were on the 1766 census?]
References
  1. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk number 101. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001).

    BERGERON, Augustin d. 30 Aug. 1765 au premier camp d'en bas [at the first place or location below], bur. 31 Aug. 1765. Fr. Jean FRANCOIS, "cure de la nouvelle Acadie" [pastor of the new Acadia] (SM Ch.: Slave Funeral Register v.1, #17)

  2. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
    p. 122.

    His death/burial on 30/31 Aug 1765 is recorded in (St. Martinville Register) with note that he was buried "premier camp d'en bas." [Would that be in St. James Parish today, along the Acadian Coast on the Mississippi River? His widow and daughter were there on the 1766 census.]

  3. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk number 101. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001).

    BERGERON, Augustin bur. 30 Aug. 1765, date entered 31 Aug. 1765. Fr. Jean FRANCOIS (SM Ch.: v.1, p.11)

    Was the burial really on 31 Aug 1765?

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