...from the Great-Branch of
'Adeline & John Pelletier' [MRIN
818]
[VERSION FRANÇAISE]
Lineage
1. Jehan
2. Claude
3. Germain
4. Claude
5. Joseph
6. Anselme
7. Joachim
8. Charles
9. Adeline |
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Migration:
Acadia... St Lawrence... Madawaska
With
the exception of Jehan who was born in France, the first four
generations in this branch were born, raised and buried in
Acadia.
Journey of the Fifth Generation. Joseph
I, of the 5th generation, was born around 1719 in Rivière aux
Canards, Acadia where he was raised. He later moved to the more
prosperous settlement of Beaubassin where he married Agnès
Cormier in 1745. With the burning of Beaubassin in 1750 and the
worsening conflicts with the English, he decided to leave his
homeland and migrate with his wife and his six children to the
Montmagny area on the Saint Lawrence River in 1759. After their
daughter Catherine was born in January, they departed on their
trek westward to the St-John River then continuing north to
Québec. They arrived in the Montmagny area around November of
1759 where they baptized infant Catherine at the parish of Saint
François de Sales de la Rivière du Sud in Montmagny. After
several years, Joseph and Agnès eventually received a grant of
land where he settled on the Côtes des Chênes in
St-Jean-Port-Joli. Today,
a
monument is erected in their honor by the Association des
familles Thériault d'Amérique.
Generations 6 and 7 remained in that area and
Generation 8 (Charles) moved to the St-John River Valley where
in 1864, he married Sophie Emery in St-François, NB but later
moved to Wallagrass, ME where they both finished the rest of the
lives. About 20 years before Adeline and John married, the
Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed (in 1842) to define the
American-Canadian border.
Carolyn Ann Lajeunesse
is a great-grand-daughter of Jehan Terriault through the Beers
and Terry lineage and is our
Delegate for the Adeline & John Pelletier Great-Branch.
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Photo 1. (MRIN 810) |
Photo 2. (MRIN 819) |
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Photo 3. (MRIN 819) |
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Photo 4. (MRIN 819) |
Photo 5. (MRIN 819) |
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Photo 6. (RIN 1956) |
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