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| Birth: | About 1601 in St-Pierre de Montreuil-Bellay, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France |
| Death: | About 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Nicolas TRAHAN b. About 1570 in St-Pierre de Montreuil-Bellay, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France |
| Mother: | Renée DESLOGES b. in Montreuil-Bellay, Maine-et-Loire, France |
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| Immigration: 1 Apr 1636 From New Rochelle to Acadia on the ship "St. Jehan" 4 |
| Census: 1671 Port Royal, Acadia 5 |
| Residence: About 1625 Bourgueil Region, France |
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| Françoise CHARBONNEAU (Wife) b. in Montreuil-Bellay, France
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| Marriage: | 13 JUL 1627 in St Étienne de Chinon, France |
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 Jeanne TRAHAN b. About 1631 in Bourgueil, Anjou, Frence
 Daughter Trahan
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| Magdelaine BRUN (Wife) b. 25 Jan 1644/45 in La Chaussee, Poitou, France
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| Marriage: | ABT 1666 in Port Royal, Acadia |
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- Guillaume (William) Trahan b. About 1667 in Port Royal, Acadia
- Jean-Charles (Jehan) TRAHAN b. About 1668 in Port Royal, Acadia
- Alexandre Trahan b. About 1670 in Port Royal, Acadia
- Marie Trahan b. 1672 in Port Royal, Acadia
- Daughter Trahan b. About 1673 in Port Royal, Acadia
- Jeanne TRAHAN b. About 1674 in Port Royal, Acadia
- Marie-Magdelaine Trahan b. 1678 in Port Royal, Acadia
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1671 Census for Port Royal, Acadia
Guillaume TRAHAN, 60, wife Madelaine BRUN 25; Children: Guillaume 4, Jehan-Charles 3, Alexandre 1; cattle 8, sheep 10.
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Originis of the Pioneers of Acadia. Stephen White
TRAHAN, Guillaume, came from France and married at Port-Royal Madeleine Brun, according to twelve depositions: one from his grandson Pierre Trahan (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, pp. 7-8), six from or on behalf of great-grandsons (ibid., Vol. III, pp. 13, 30, 41, 108, 110, 123), four from husbands of great-granddaughters (ibid., Vol. II, p. 182; Vol. III, pp. 41, 45-46, 93), and one from the second husband of the widow of a great-grandson (ibid., Vol. III, p. 29). The similarity of expression among all these depositions suggests that there was a good deal of collaboration in their preparation, which one would expect because of the near relationships among the various deponents, who nonetheless descended from all three of Guillaume Trahan’s sons. The Trahan family’s origins are very well documented. Guillaume Trahan’s first marriage has been traced at Chinon (J.-M. Germe, “Mariage de Guillaume Trahan et de Françoise Corbineau,” Le Messager de l’Atlantique, No. 12 [January 1991], p. 27), and he and his first family appear on the passenger list of the Saint-Jehan in 1636, which states that they had been living at Bourgueil, in Touraine (A. Godbout, “Le rôle du Saint-Jehan et les origines acadiennes,” SGCF, Vol. I [1944], pp. 19-30). As for Guillaume’s second wife, Madeleine Brun, her baptismal record (January 25, 1645) has been found in the register of La Chaussée, in Poitou.
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Chapter 1
European Roots and the Voyage to America Donald E. Trahan
During recent years, extensive efforts have been made to trace the roots of the Trahan family in Europe in the years preceding the voyage of Guillaume Trahan to America in 1636 (Massignon, 1969, Trahan, 1979). Additionally, the genealogy of the descendants of Guillaume Trahan has been researched and recorded in a large database maintained by Michael E. Conover (Conover, 2000). The number of documented descendants now exceeds 86,000, and the number is growing. Even so, records of our family in Europe remain sparse, with no clear documentation of our family prior to 1600.
The earliest records of the Trahan family in Europe are those of Nicolas (Nicholas) Trahan who was born circa 1570 in Montreuil-Bellay, Maine et Loire, France. Nicolas married Renee Desloges circa 1590 in Montreuil-Bellay. Nicholas and Renee eventually had six children of whom we have record: Guillaume, Anne, Francois, Renee, Lucretia, and Nicolas. Perhaps our oldest legal document pertaining to the family is the baptismal record of their daughter Anne Trahan. Her baptism is recorded on February 4, 1605 in the parish records of Montreuil-Bellay. Over the next 30 years, numerous references to the family can be found in various church and civil records. In 1632, the signatures of Guillaume Trahan, may be found in the recordings of several marriages, including that of his brother, Francois Trahan to Renee Pinsonneau on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost in the parish of St. Germain de Bourgueil. Their father, Nicolas was present, and their origin was listed as being the parish of St. Pierre. Early church records also contain the baptismal acts of Renee Trahan, baptized February 28, 1612, and Lucrece (Lucretia), baptized November 14, 1614. Another son, Nicolas Trahan, who had married Lorande Belliard, had a daughter baptized here is 1633. Between 1624 and 1633, Anne Trahan, who married Pierre Mollay, had four children who were baptized in the area. Given the multiple references in local parish records to Nicolas Trahan and his wife Renee, as well as their children, over a period of 30-40 years, it is logical to conclude that the family had most likely been in the area for a generation or more. Unfortunately, searches for additional Trahan family have been unfruitful, except for records pertaining to Anthoyne Trahan who married Barbe Barault. Anthoyne and Barbe had three children baptized in the Montreuil-Bellay region between 1610 and 1616 (Massignon, 1969). While it is believed that Anthoyne probably was a brother to the older Nicolas Trahan, documentation proving this has not yet been found.
Although references to Guillaume Trahan may be found in early 17th century records in the Montreuil-Bellay region, the date of his birth can only be estimated from available census records. The Acadian Census of 1671 listed Guillaume's age as being 60, which would place his year of birth in the 1610-11 time frame. However, no actual birth record has yet been found. Very little is known about Guillaume's childhood. We do know that as a young man he became interested in the metal trade. In Europe at that time, the traditional way of learning skills of this type was to serve as an apprentice to a master already skilled in the trade. Gaining mastery in a skilled occupation often took a number of years to accomplish. By the time that Guillaume was in his mid 20's he was already designated as a Master Craftsman. His trade was listed as "mareschal de trenchant" or toolsmith. His specialty was making cutlery.
Around 1630 Guillaume and his brother moved from Montreuil-Bellay to the Bourgueil region of France. It was there that he met his first wife, Francoise Charbonneau (also spelled Corbineau). He and Francoise were married July 13, 1627 at St. Etienne de Chinon. Their daughter, Jeanne Trahan was born several years later (i.e., circa 1631) at St. Germain de Bourgueil. Jeanne was later to marry Jacob (Jacques) Bourgeois in 1643 at Port Royal, Acadia. Jacques is believed to be the patriarch of the Bourgeois family in America, thus making Jeanne Trahan the family matriarch. Guillaume and Francoise also had another daughter, although her name and other specific information are not presently known. Historians, however, have speculated that the unknown daughter may have been the mother of Jean Francois Broussard dit Beausoleil, the patriarch of the Broussard family in America.
As a young man in Bourgueil, Guillaume managed to get himself into minor legal difficulties by cutting wood without permission from the forest of the Abbot of the Royal Abbey of St. Pierre of Bourgueil, Leonore d' Estampes. The sentence was handed down by the precentorship of Chinon in 1634. Guillaume was among several residents charged and fined. Guillaume himself was fined 20 livres and ordered to pay an additional 70 livres for the value of the timber he cut while clearing two arpents of land for his house. Some historians have speculated that Guillaume's legal problems may have played some role in his decision to leave France and sail for Acadia two years later. The answer to this question may never be known with certainly. However, Guillaume and his young family were still in the Bourgueil area the year following the judgment against him (Massignon, 1969). Furthermore, of all the defendants charged, Guillaume alone elected to leave France and sail for the new world.
Another issue to consider is that Guillaume's move to Bourgueil in 1630 brought about other changes in his life. Perhaps the most notable is that he moved to an area that was the home of the Razilly family. Izaac Razilly was one of France's leading naval commanders. When the decision was made by French leaders to colonize Acadia, Razilly was chosen as the leader. When Commander Razilly was making preparations for the journey to Acadia in 1636, it was only natural that he recruited skilled laborers and colonists from his home area. Thus, Guillaume's skills as a Master Craftsman in the area of metals may have filled a vital role in Razilly's plans for building a colony in Acadia. Whatever the reasons may have been, Guillaume, his wife, and two daughters sailed from France on the St. Jehan on April 1, 1636 to seek freedom and opportunity in the new world. The passengers they sailed with included the first full families to settle in Acadia. Their fellow passengers, Pierre Martin and his wife, gave birth to the first French child born on Acadian soil, Mathieu Martin.
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A Great And Noble Scheme by John Mack Faragher (page 44)
"The passenger list for the transport St-Jehan, which sailed from La Rochelle in April 1636, offers evidence of the colony's shifting direction. It included not only a group of engages from Dijon bound for the fishery at Canso, and a party of ship's carpenters from the Basque Country, but also a group of nineteen paysans from the winemaking villages of Bourgueil and Chinon near The Razilly estate in d'Anjou, several of them accompanied by their wives and children. Farming meant families. Poutrincourt had intended to recruit families once his colony was well established, but it failed before he could do so. These were the first French families to journey to l;'Acadie, and a number of them would lay down roots, including Guillaume Trahan, marechal de tranchant (steelsmith), with his wife Francoise Charbonneau, their two daughters, and a servant; Louis Blanchard, (vineyardist), who came alone but soon sent for his family; and Pierre Martin, laboureur (plowman), with his young son and wife Catherine Vigneau, who soon after landing delivered their second son, Mathieu Martin, the first child of French parents born in l'Acadie."
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38. (1) GUILLAUME TRAHAN[9,16,23,24] was born about 1601 in Germaine, DeBourgell, France. He died before 1684 in Port-Royal, Acadia. GUILLAUME married[16,23,24] FRANCOISE CORBINEAU on 13 Jul 1627 in St-Etienne-de-Chinon, France.
Location: TRAHAN, Guillaume, came from France and married at Port-Royal Madeleine Brun, according to twelve depositions: one from his grandson Pierre Trahan (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, pp. 7-8), six from or on behalf of great-grandsons (ibid., Vol. III, pp. 13, 30, 41, 108, 110, 123), four from husbands of great-granddaughters (ibid., Vol. II, p. 182; Vol. III, pp. 41, 45-46, 93), and one from the second husband of the widow of a great-grandson (ibid., Vol. III, p. 29). The similarity of expression among all these depositions suggests that there was a good deal of collaboration in their preparation, which one would expect because of the near relationships among the various deponents, who nonetheless descended from all three of Guillaume Trahan's sons. The Trahan family's origins are very well documented. Guillaume Trahan's first marriage has been traced at Chinon (J.-M. Germe, "Mariage de Guillaume Trahan et de Françoise Corbineau," Le Messager de l'Atlantique, No. 12 [January 1991], p. 27), and he and his first family appear on the passenger list of the Saint-Jehan in 1636, which states that they had been living at Bourgueil, in Touraine (A. Godbout, "Le rôle du Saint-Jehan et les origines acadiennes," SGCF, Vol. I [1944], pp. 19-30). As for Guillaume's second wife, Madeleine Brun, her baptismal record (January 25, 1645) has been found in the register of La Chaussée, in Poitou.
© Stephen A. White, Genealogist,Centre d'études acadiennes January 17, 2005
9. Stephen A White, DGFA v1, p 289-290 Brun Vincent (1).
16. Stephen A White, DGFA v2, p 1535-1537 Trahan Guillaume (1).
23. Stephen A White, DGFA v1, p 397 Corbineau Francoise.
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24. Stephen A White, DGFA v2, p 1535 Trahan Nicholas.The 13 day of July 1627 was married Guillaume Trahan son of Nicolas Trahan and Renee Desloges and Francoise Corbineau of this parish Saint Etienne. Present Nicolas Trahan father of dit Trahan, Pierre Leger? Pierre Baudry and Anne Leger? Gilloire woman... "
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- Title: SAW 37 SHA La Société historique acadienne Les Cahiers - 37 Families
Author: Stephen A White
Publication: Vol 25, nos 2 et 3 avril-septembre 1994
Media: Internet
Page: Bourgeois
- Title: A Great And Noble Scheme
Author: John Mack Faragher
Publication: Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
Page: P 71-72
- Title: DGFA - Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes 1636 - 1714 Vol 1 A-G: II H-Z
Author: Stephen A White
Publication: Centre D'études Acadiennes - Universitâe de M oncton, Moncton (N.-B.), EiA 3E9, 1999
Page: Vol.2.Pg.1536.
- Title: a MISC INFORMATION
Page: Chapter I: European Roots and the Voyage to America: Donald E. Trahan
Text: The passengers they sailed with included the first full families to settle in Acadia. Their fellow passengers, Pierre Martin and his wife, gave birth to the first French child born on Acadian soil, Ma
thieu Martin
- Title: CENSUS
Page: http://www.acadian-cajun.com/1671cens.htm - 1671 Census for Port Royal, Acadia
Text: Guillaume TRAHAN, 60, wife Madelaine BRUN 25; Children: Guillaume 4, Jehan-Charles 3, Alexandre 1; cattle 8, sheep 10.
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