Pierre Cormier dit de La Côte

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Category: Beaubassin, Acadie

ATTENTION!

All these men were cousins, lived in the Beaubassin area and were bornaround the same time. They all have nicknames. Two of them married women with surname Cyr. There continues to be confusion with their children, parents and spouses. Please put notes right here. Thanks! Girouard-4019 07:27, 26 April 2017 (EDT)

• Pierre Cormier-2 dit Rossignol Cormier; married Marie Anne Cyr
• Pierre Cormier-735 dit de la Cote; married Marguerite Cyr
• Pierre Cormier-77 dit Palette Cormier; married Cecile Thibodeau*Pierre Cormier-1666 dit le Grand; married Anne Marie Pitre & Jeanne Thibodeau

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:Pierre (dit de La Côte) Cormier was born about 1702, between the census of Beaubassin in 1701<ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 174-211.

at Beaubassin : :Alexis CORMIER, :his wife, :2 girls, :4 arpents, 12 cattle, 12 sheep, 1 hog, 1 gun.

</ref> and the one in 1703.<ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220.

at Beaubassin: :Alexis CORMIER, :his wife, :1 boy, :2 girls, :1 arms bearer.

</ref> He was the son of Alexis Cormier and Marie LeBlanc.<ref name=DGFA/> :In 1704 the family witnessed the effects of Benjamin Church's second raid on Beaubassin. There was a skirmish and inhabitants retreated to the woods, bringing as many valuable possessions as possible. The church was burned and animals were slaughtered. <ref name=Griffiths2005>Naomi E.S. Griffiths, From migrant to Acadian : a North-American border people, 1604-1755 (Montreal, Québec: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005) p. 208</ref> :After the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, when British rule became permanent, the Cormiers, like most of theirneighbors, decided to stay in Beaubassin as French neutrals (promising loyalty to the King of Great Britain and to remain neutral in the event of a conflict between France and Great Britain). Beaubassin then experienced decades of relative peace and prosperity. The village was productive in raising cattle, growing grain, and trading fur with the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet. Surpluses were traded with both the English (Bay of Fundy) and the French (Baie Vert).<ref> Régis Brun with contributions by AJB Johnston and E Clarke, "Fort Beauséjour/Fort Cumberland: Une Histoire/A History", Société du Monument Lefebvre in Collaboration with Parks Canada, PDF, accessed online in March 2020 at http://parkscanadahistory.com/brochures/beausejour/booklet-history-...</ref> :Pierre was enumerated again with his parents in Beaubassin in 1714.<ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal,Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 239-261.

at Beaubassin : : Alexis CORMIER and :Marie LeBLANC his spouse; children : Magdelaine, :Pierre, :Marguerite, :Agnes, :Jean-Baptiste, :Anne.

</ref> :He married Marguerite Cyr in Beaubassin about 1721. <ref name=Theriot> Source published by Karen Theriot Reader Pierre dit de la Côte citing Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 162 5-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 912 (Beaubassin). Born 1703, Pierre married around 1723 to Marguerite CYR; eight children listed. He died before1748. This family was at Aulac, near Beauséjour in 1754; at Quebec in 1757, where Marguerite Cyr was buried on 24 Dec 1757; and at Bécancour in 1760. </ref><ref name=DGFA/>

:Children: <ref name=Theriot/>

1. Marguerite
2. Fran%C3%A7oise
3. Anne
4. Marie Josephe
5. Jean
6. Rosalie
7. Pierre
8. Marie Madeleine :He died before 22 Jul 1748.<ref name=DGFA> White, Stephen A. Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 404; #(8):Text: Pierre (dit de LA CÔTE) n entre Rc 1701 & Rc 1703 (Rc Bbn 1714); m v 1721 Marguerite Cyr (Jean & Francoise Melanson); d av 22 Juil 1748.</ref> His daughter Anne was married that day and Pierre was listed as deceased in the register. :Marguerite and her children experienced great suffering during the Great Upheaval. Trying to escape deportation by the British, the family sought refuge at Aulac, near Beauséjour in 1754, and at Québec in 1757.<ref name=Theriot/> Marguerite died that year in Quebec during thesmallpox epidemic. Approximately 300 Acadian exiles died there between 1757 and 1758.<ref> Jobb, Dean W. The Cajuns: A People's Story of Exile andTriumph. (John Wiley & Sons, 14 janv. 2010) 272 pages accessed at Google Books</ref> Some of her children later settled in Bécancour, Québec.

Sources

<references /> See Also:*Cormier Family Chart p. 73at ACADIAN-CAJUN Genealogy & History.* Source: S80 "Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967,", Record Type: digitial imges, Second Publisher: Quebec Records, Url: http://www.genealogiequebec.com Publication: Institut Généalogique Drouin, 2855 Belcourt, Longueill (Quebec), Canada, J4M 2B2, 1621-1967*Source: #S80 Jean Cormier & Marie Angelique Ducharme Note: Marriage Bécancour1767-01-11 Drouin Collection record : d1p_1146c0819.jpg CORMIER , JEAN Subject Mar. st. single DUCHARME , MARIE ANGELIQUE Subject Mar. st. single CORMIER , PIERRE Father of the groom death deceased SIRE , MARGUERITE Mother of the groom death deceased DUCHARME, CHARLES Father of the bride death deceased DEROSIER , MADELEINE Mother of the bride

Acknowledgements==*Cormier-735 was created by Nancy Redheffer through the import of Donald Patrick Redheffer Family Tree.ged on Mar 19, 2014.