Person:Bonaventure Theriot (1)

!BIRTH-PARENTS-OCCUPATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1487; own copy. #3: Bonaventure dit Venture THE'RIOT, born around 1641, son of Jean & Perrine RAU. He was a "laboureur," married around 1666 to Jeanne BOUDROT, daughter of Michel & Michelle AUCOIN; four children. A note states that in Aug 1695 (old style date) Bonaventure & his brother Claude took the oath of allegiance to the King of England at Port-Royal; They made their marks on the document. He died/was buried (Grand Pré Register) on 3/4 May 1731 at age around 95 years (sic).

!CENSUS: 1678, Port Royal, Acadia; 1678; Clarence D'Entremont, "Rencensement de Port Royal, 1678 avec commentaires," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANAISE, vol. XXII, No. 4 (Oct-Nov-Dec 1971), pp. 226-247, translated and corrected in "Genealogy and Archives: Census of Port Royal, 1678" in FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW, vol. VII, No. 1 (Spring 1979), pp. 47-66. On p. 52, household of Bonaventure TERRIOT, Jeanne BOUDROT, on 1 arpent, with 7 cattle, 1 gun. There are 3 girls, ages 10, 5 and 3 [could this be months?]. The editor names them as Marie, born 1666/1668; Anne, born 1673/1674, and unnamed, born 1675. A footnote says: "It was their daughter Marie TERRIOT who was to marry Claude GAUTROT. The Marie TERRIOT who will marry Pierre LeBlanc was the daughter of Claude TERRIOT & Marie GAUTROT."

!CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, age 43 years, name spelled TE'RIO, with wife 42 and 2 daughters. They had 1 gun, 4 arpents of land, 5 horned animals, 6 sheep, and 2 pigs.

!CENSUS: 1693, Port Royal, Acadia. Age 49 years (sic), with 14 arpents of land, 18 horned animals, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, and 1 gun.

!CENSUS: 1700, Port Royal, Acadia, age 56 years (sic).

!CENSUS: 1701, Port Royal, Acadia, age 60 years.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-BURIAL: Arsenault, H&G, p. 804. Name spelled TERRIAU.

!MARRIAGE: Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais, v. 2, p. I270. Married in 1660 at Port Royal.

1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   pp. 1484 & 1487.

   No place given for birth.

2. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
   pp. 1484 & 1487.

   Age around 95 years (sic); present: René BABIN; Claude GAUTROT; Jacques THE'RIOT (who have signed); René LANDRY; René GRANGER.

3. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748. (Diocese, 1999,)
   pp. 181-182.

   Bonavanture [sic, Bonaventure in 1st edition] TERIOT, age 95 [sic, not born 1636?], buried 4 May 1731, in the cemetery of the parish of the church St. Charles, Grand Pre', Acadia, died on 3 May 1731. Witnesses: René BABIN [signed]; Claude GAUTROT [signed]; Reni GRANGE; Rene LANDRY; Jacques TERRIOT [signed, this would be his grand-nephew]. Recorded at St. Gabriel Church (SGA-2, 108).

   Bonaventure would have only been 90, probably.

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Nova Scotia, Canada. Recensements d'Acadie (1671 - 1752)
   pg. 6.

   Recensement 1671, Port Royal, Acadie
   "Laboureur - BONAVENTURE TERRIAU aagé de 27 ans, sa femme Jeanne Boudrot aagée de 26 ans, Leur enfans une fille Marie quattre ans, Leurs bestes a cornes six pièces et six brebis, Leur terres en Labour deux arpans."

   !CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 27 years [sic] (in own household on p. [7] of census). Listed on p. [5] in parents' entry as age 30 years, married. Name spelled TERRIAU, occupation "Laboureur," living with wife Jeanne BOUDROT 26, and daughter Marie, age 4. Karen Theriot Reader

5. ↑ P.O.D.: See message file. (2).
6. ↑ D.O.B.: "Acadian Genealogy Exchange", Vol. XX, No. 3, p. 84 (ref.: (5).