Person:Laurent Granger (1)

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-CENSUS-OCCUPATION-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 761; own copy. #1: Laurent GRANGER, born (Belle-Ile-en-Declaration) at Plymouth, England around 1643, he was a sailor. Died (Belle-Ile-en-Mer Declaration) between 1700 & 1703.

   Some notes of P. GALLANT state: It is possible that the Plymouth where Laurent was declared to be born was in New England instead. Other suppositions cited on his origin.

!NAME-BIRTH-OCCUPATION-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, vols. 1-6; 1630-1775; Ottawa, Lemeac, 1965; p. 583 (Port Royal); own copy. Laurent GRANGER, he was a seaman ("matelot"), born in 1637, originally from Plymouth, England. He arrived in Acadia around 1659, married around 1666 to Marie LANDRY, daughter of Rene' & Perrine BOURG; eight children are listed.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Adrien Bergeron, LE GRAND ARRANGEMENT DES ACADIENS AU QUEBEC; 1600-1889; vol. 1; p. 47 & 51; copy sent by Gisele Gregoire-Rustenburg in Jun 1995. Lawrence [Laurent on p. 51] GRANGER was born in 1637 in Plymouth, England; married around 1659 [1666 on p. 51] at Port Royal to Marie LANDRY, daughter of Rene' & Perrine BOURG. Eight children are listed.

!BIRTH: Rene Perron, "Sur la trace du pionnier Acadien Laurent Granger," in LES CAHIER DE LA SOCIETE HISTORIQUE ACADIENNE; ; vol. 15, nos. 2 & 3 (1984); pp. 40-56; copy sent by Gisele Gregoire-Rustenburg in Jun 1995. Makes a provisional conclusion that Laurent came not from France, but from Plymouth in MA, near Boston and Cape Cod.

!CENSUS: 1678, Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Recensement de Port-Royal," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE; vol. 22, no. 4; pp. 228; sent by PERSI in Jun 1999. On verso of Folio 17: Laurans GRANGER, listed with Marie LANDRY, and four boys and 1 girl. They have 4 arpents land, with 6 head of cattle and 1 gun. [Who is the son age 4?]

!CENSUS: 1686, Acadian Census, contains 23 pp. for Port Royal, others for Cap de Sable, Baye des Mines, and Beaubassin; 1686; microfilm roll from Canada, National Archives (MG1, vol. 466, pt. 1); p. [17]; Santa Cruz Genealogical Society has roll of Acadian census from 1671-1752. Laurens GRANGER, age 46 years [sic], living with wife Marie LANDRY, age 36, and 7 seven children, ages 18 to 2. They have 1 gun, 3 arpents worked land, 8 cattle, 6 sheep and 6 hogs.

!CENSUS: 1693, Port Royal, Acadia, age 50 [so born 1643], name spelled Laurens GRANGE'. Living with wife, 43, and 5 of their children, ages 21 to 5. They have 15 cattle, 20 sheep, 12 pigs, on 12 arpents of land, with 2 guns.

CENSUS: 1698, Port Royal, Acadia. Marie LANDRY, widow [sic]. [Was Laurent away at sea?]

!CENSUS: 1700, age 57 years.

CENSUS: 1703, widow GRANGER listed with two sons, both capable of bearing arms.

1. ↑ Nova Scotia, Canada. Recensements d'Acadie (1671 - 1752)
   pg. 7.

   Recensement 1671, Port Royal, Acadie
   "Matelot - LAURENT GRANGE aagé de 34 ans, sa femme Marie Landry aagée de 24 ans, Leurs enfans deux, Margueritte aagée de 3 ans, Pierre aagée de neuf mois, Leurs bestes a Cornes cinq et six brebis, Leurs terres Labourables quattre arpans."

   !CENSUS: 1671 Acadian Census, Port Royal; 1671; Microfilm from Canada, National Archives (MG1, vol. 466, pt.1); consists of 13 number-stamped pages; p. 8; roll in the Santa Cruz Genealogical Society Library. "Matelot" (Sailor) Laurent GRANGE', age 34 years [sic], his wife Marie LANDRY age 24, with two children: Margueritte, age 3 and Pierre age nine months. They have 4 head of cattle, 6 sheep, on 4 arpents of workable land. Karen Theriot Reader

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   Source number: 679.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JTW.

   Birth date: 1637Birth place: Marriage date: 1666Marriage place: Ns