Person:Marguerite Theriot (6)

Marguerite Theriot
Facts and Events
Name Marguerite Theriot
Alt Name TERRIOT, TERIOT. THERIAUX, THÉRIAU Margueritte
Gender Female
Birth? Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Christening[1][2] Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Marriage Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-Franceto Rene Blanchard
Alt Marriage to Rene Blanchard
Census[3][4] Baltimore, , MD
Census[5] St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA
Death? , , LA

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CENSUS: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 1491; own copy. Marguerite was on the 1767 list of arrivals in LA, age 60 years.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Diocese of Baton Rouge [LA], CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1769; vol. 1, Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1978; p. 128; Sutro, [CA] State Library, F377 B3 C3 V.1; contains the 3 registers of the church of St. Charles-aux [des]-Mines, Grand Pré, that were carried into exile by Acadians to St. Gabriel d'Iberville, LA. Marguerite THERIOT, born 8 Jun 1709, daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD. Recorded in St. Gabriel Church (SGA-1, 7) Sponsors Jean TERRIOT and Marguerite DUGAS.

!BIRTH: REGISTRES DE LA PAROISSE ST-CHARLES DES MINES, A LA GRAND-PREE, DANS L'ACADIE; 1707-1748; microfilm from Public Archives of Canada; p. 19; Salt Lake City, LDS Family History Library, film #0484099; note on first page says that the original is at St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA. Marguerite TERRIOT, born 8 Jun 1709, legitimate daughter of Germain & Anne RICHARD, baptized the same day in the parish church of St. Charles des Mines by Fr. Bonaventure MASSON. Sponsors: Jean TERRIOT, who signed, & Marguerite DUGAS, who declared she did not know how to sign. [Recheck the dates on surrounding baptisms; 7 pages later in register there are recorded baptisms for Apr & May 1709. Is one of them a year off? Should Marguerite's date be 1708?]

!BIRTH-NAME: Arsenault, H&G, p. 1295 gives date as 1708.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-CENSUS: Gregory A. Wood, A GUIDE TO THE ACADIANS IN MARYLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURES; 1755-1899; Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1995; p. 90; own copy. Marguerite is wife of René BLANCHARD on 1763 census at Baltimore, MD, with two other persons in household. She is 60 years old on the 1767 census of St. Gabriel, LA, with husband and three others.

References
  1. Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
    p. 1491.

    Sponsors: Jean THÉRIOT (who signed) & Marguerite DUGAS.

  2. Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748. (Diocese, 1999,)
    p. 185.

    Sponsors: Jean TERRIOT & Marguerite DUGAS (SGA-1, 7).

  3. Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
    p. 1491.
  4. Gregory A. Wood. French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800, The. (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978)
    p. 189.

    BLANCHARD, Rene, Marguerite THERIAUX his wife, Francoise BLANCHARD, Magdelaine BLANCHARD.

  5. R. E. Chandler. "End of an Odyssey: Acadians Arrive in St. Gabriel, Louisiana:. (Louisiana Historical Association, vol. XIV, no. 1 (winter 1973), pp. 69-87)
    pp. 80 & 85.

    Renne BLANCHAR (René BLANCHARD), with two children [sic, is this a wife and 1 child?], on 4 arpents of land.

    On "List of the Acadian Families That Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Province of Louisiana and an Account of Their Belongings:" Rene BLANCHARD, age 66 years; Margarita, age 60;
    Margarita [sic], age 18 years.