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Individual:
[Cormier.FTW]
Thomas Cormier is found in Port-Royal where he married MadeleineGirouard, daughter of Franois dit Lavaranne Girouard and JeanneAucoinwho married Abt. 1647. Thomas and Marie-Madeleine married Abt. 1668andhad ten children. Thomas and his family become one of the firstsettlersof Beaubassin. He was born abt 1636 and died before the census of1693. Milita Captain of the Beaubassin coast.
1671 Census Thomas CORMIER, carpenter, 35, wife Madeline GIROUARD 17; Child: 1daughter 2; cattle 7, sheep 7.
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1686 Census Thomas CORMIER 55, Magdelaine GIROUARD 37; children: Magdeleine 18.Francois 16, Alexis 14, Marie 12, Germain 10, Pierre 8,Angelique 4, twins Marie and Jeanne 1; 4guns, 40 arpents, 30 cattle, 10sheep, 15 hogs.
1698 Census Marie-Madeleine GIROUARD (widow of Thomas CORMIER?) 45; Germain 18;Pierre 16; Claire 14; Marie and Agnes, twins, 12; Jeanne 10;12 cattle, 4sheep, 8 hogs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Died before Censusof 1693 Source: Dictionnaire Genealoique des Familles AcadiennesbyStephen A.White, pages 401
Biographical Notes:
20 March 1682: One of the first settlers of Beaubassin. Thomas Cormier'sname appears on the record of La Valliere's allotment to histenants. Prosecution of Jean Campagna, 1685: Deposition of Thomascormier, aged 50years, and his wife Madeline Girouard, aged31 years.Source: English supplement to the DGFA by Stephan A. White, page 89.
Other Notes: Thomas and Marie-Madeline, once established at Port-Royal, were the firstsettlers of Beaubassin. He was about 31 years of age whenthey married.Their son was born there.
!BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-CENSUS-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton,New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; pp. 400 & 401;own copy. #2: He is in the 1685 Proces Campagna, age 50 years.
!PARENTS-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-RESIDENCES: Web page of Univ. of Moncton, Centre d'etudes acadiennes, by Stephen White, on the 37 Acadian familieshosting the 1994 World Congress; orig. published by La Societe historiqueacadienne, CAHIERS; vol. 25, no. 2&3 (Apr-Sep 1994), at. ThomasCORMIER, son of Robert & Marie PE'RAUD, traveled with them aboard "LePetit Saint-Pierre to isle Cap-Breton, his father contracting service on8 Jan 1644. Around 1668, when he was about 32 years old, Thomas marriedMarie-Madeleine GIROUARD, daughter of Francois & Jeanne AUCOIN. Firstsettled at Port-Royal, they were among the first colonists of Beaubassin.
!BIRTH-RESIDENCES-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6vols.; p. 494 (Port Royal); own copy. Born 1636, settled at Beaubassin[Acadia], of which he was one of the pioneers. Also p. 909 (Beaubassin),a footnote adds that he was a carpenter and farmer, one of the mostprosperous colonists at Beaubassin. Thomas married around 1668 toMadeleine GIROUARD, daughter of Francois & Jeanne AUCOIN of Port Royal;ten children are listed, including twin daughters. Thomas died around1690.
!BIRTH: Nicole T. Bujold, LES ORIGINES FRANCAISES DES PREMIERES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1600-1650; Poitiers, Imprimerie l'Union, 1979; p. 18; SaltLake City Family History Library; subtitle LE SUD LOUDUNAIS. ThomasCORMIER is one of the firstseven children born to French colonialsettlers of Acadia [sic] in the first year of settlement, 1636. [He andparents did not come to New France until 1644.]
!OCCUPATION-RESIDENCES: On 8 Jan 1644, at age 8 [born 1636?], Thomas CORMIER, along with his father Robert, master ships' carpenter, and MariePE'RAUDE his mother, all three originally from La Rochelle in Aunis,pledged before the notary TEULERON to come to work in the service ofSieur Louis TUFFET, Commandant of Fort St.-Pierre, on the Isle CapBreton. (See historical volume 3 of Dictionnarie National des CanadiensFrancais.) This was apparently not unusually young, according to thearticle, as many at this time were engaged as domestics or apprentices atan early age. [Find original document.] After staying several years atFort St.-Pierre, the CORMIER's moved to Port Royal in Acadia. Thomas, whohad learnedfrom his father the carpenter's trade, became engaged to agirl of 14, Madeleine GIROUARD, in 1669. [See censuses of 1671 at PortRoyal, and 1686 at Beaubassin.] He died before the 1693 census. Hisdescendants lived at Beaubassin until thedeportation of 1755.
!CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 35 [born 1636], name spelled CORMIE', occupation Charpantie' (Carpenter). Living with wife age 17 anda daughter 2. They have 7 head of cattle, 7 sheep, and 6 arpans of land.
!CHILDREN-CHRISTENING: His influential position in Beaubassin, Acadia is revealed by the sponsors at the baptism of his son Pierre on 25 Mar 1682:Pierre l'Allemand, pilot from La Rochelle, and Demoiselle Marie Joseph leNeuf de la Valliere.
!CENSUS: 1686, Beaubassin, Acadia, age 55 [sic]. With wife and 8 children. They have 4 guns, 40 arpens worked land, 30 cattle, 10 sheepand 15 pigs [this would make him a relatively wealthy man].
!CENSUS: 1693, Grand Pre', Acadia, wife is a widow, with youngest child 5. [Did Robert die around 1688 or 1689?]
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