Simon Mazerolle dit St Louis

• Sources:
  • Passenger List for La Bergère - May 14, 1785 - August 15, 1785 - Paimboeuf, France to New Orleans, Orleans, La Luisiana, New Spain (age: 40)
  • "Acadian Immigrants to Lafourche des Chitimachas/Valenzuéla, 1785-86" - http://www.acadiansingray.com
    • Exiled to Province of Virginia 1755, age 12
    • Deported to England 1756, age 13
    • Repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée, arrived St.-Malo 23 May 1763, age 19
    • At Plouër-sur-Rance, France, 1763-64
    • At Pleslin, France, 1764-66
    • At St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, 1767-72
    • On list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, listed as Simon Mazerolle
    • Sailed to la Luisiana on La Bergère, age 40
    • Valenzuela, la Luisiana census, 1788, listed as Simon Menserolle, age 43
    • Valenzuela, la Luisiana census, 1791, listed as Simon Mazerolle, age 48[sic]
    • Valenzuela, la Luisiana census, 1795, listed as Simon Macerole, age 52[sic]
    • Valenzuela, la Luisiana census, 1797, listed as Simon Menserolle, age 53
    • Valenzuela, la Luisiana census, 1798, listed as Simon Menserolle, age 55[sic]

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• Notes:
  • Arrived in current day Louisiana Aug 1785

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GEDCOM Note

Category:Grand-Pr%C3%A9, Acadie
Category:Louisiana Acadian Coast Settlers
Category: Acadian Immigrants to Louisiana
Category: Louisiana First Families
Category: Great Upheaval
Category: The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial

Biography

:"Simon Mierolle" is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 7 Left La Bergere. Listed with Simon is his wife Margueritte Trahan, four children: Etienne, Marie, Isabelle and Anne; and his sister Elisabeth.≤ref> "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 28≤/ref>
:Simon Mazerolle was born 20 Oct 1743 in Grand Pre, Acadia, the 4th child of Joseph Mazerolle and Marie-Josephe Doiron. He was baptized the day of his birth at Saint Charlesdes Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia. ≤ref>Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 471): http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/471?r=0&s=4≤/ref>≤ref>Institut Généalogique Drouin: Registres du Fonds Drouin: Acadie: St-Charles-les-Mines 1743 Baptismal Registration≤/ref>
:As a child, he was exiled with his family to France as part of the Grand Derangement. While in exile in France, in 1763, he married fellow Acadian exile Marguerite Trahan, daughter of Claude Trahan and Helene Aucoin. ≤ref>"Les Acadiens en France--Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785"; Gérard-Marc Braud; Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; p. 200≤/ref>
:In 1784 Simon Mazerolle, his wife Marguerite Trahan and 4 children were on a list of "Acadians in France, September 1784," found in document in A.D.S. Legajo 2575, which shows the Acadian families who wanted to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty.≤ref>"Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians";Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796"; Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; :Simon MAZEROLLE, with wife Marguerite TRAHAN, 1 son, 3 daughters, fora family total of 6.≤/ref>
:On 15 August 1785, they arrived from France at the port of New Orleans aboard the French ship La Bergere commissioned by Spain to carryAcadians to Louisiana. ≤ref>"Acadian Families in Exile", 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index; Rev. Donald Joseph Hebert; Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995. Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, updated: ; Accessed on 6 January 2020; pp. 12-13:Text: Marguerite TRAHAN, age 38, wife of Simon MAZEROLLE, age 40 , traveling with him and four children as the 6th family (of 6 persons) aboard "La Bergère."≤/ref>
:The couple had 6 known children, two of whom, Simon Pierre and Isaac,died in infancy:

1. Simon Pierre Mazerolle 1765-1767
2. Marie Perpetue Mazerolle
3. Elisabeth Mazzerole
4. Anne Francoise Masserole
5. Isaac Mazerolle ca 1774-1776
6. Etienne MAZEROLLE b: ABT 1774 in St Malo, Ile-et-Vilaine, France

: A little over a year after arriving in Louisiana, Marguerite died atthe age of 41 in Ascension, Louisiana, and was buried in present-day Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana on November 19, 1786. ≤ref>Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803; Diocese of Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge, LA, 1980;:Margarita [TRAHAN], an Acadian, buried on 19 Nov 1786 at Ascension Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-1, 200e).≤/ref>
: About 2 years after Marguerite's death, Simon remarried to Luce Bourg on January 28, 1788, but did not have any more children. ≤ref>Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803 - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge, LA, 1980; pp. 124 & 528:Simon MASEROL (parents not given) married on 28 Jan 1788 to La Luz BOURG (parents not given). Witnesses: Felicite AUCOIN; Pierre AUCOIN. Recorded at Ascension Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-2, 12).≤/ref>
:Simon died in 1802 at the age of 59 and was buried at the church cemetery in present-day Plattenville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. ≤ref>Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803, Diocese of Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge, LA, 1980; p. 510:Simon [MACEROLE], age 59 years, married to Lucia BOURGUE, buried 1 Sep 1802 at Assumption Catholic Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-3, 33).≤/ref>

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