10 The Jesomme Lineage
Nellie Jesomme is the niece of my 4th cousin * 4.
While that is a bit longwinded, by the time all the intermarriages between the different family members from Elizabeth Robertson, it is a reflection on how my DNA links with her family.
On the night of 24/25 October, 1944 the leading infantry advancing into South Beveland werestopped by a road block of mines and wire obstacles covered by heavy fire from a dyke commanding the area MR 537203. An infantry company attack, followed by an artillery concentration, followed by a second Company attack, failed to secure the road block.
There was no possible diversion due to flooding. At 0530 hours 25 October 44 a small party of Sappers (Engineers) were chosen to attempt to clear the road block which was threatening the advance of the Division. L/Sgt. Jessome specially requested to be included in this task. He personally removed most of the wire obstacles which were being swept by vicious machine gun fire. He then proceeded 100 yards beyond the road block to ensure that there were no more mines in the road.
This man’s leadership and complete contempt of danger provided a steadying example for the entire Sapper party and the obstructions were completely removed in quick time. The rapid advance of the Division was thus maintained.
Patrick was the son of William Henry Jesomme and Annie Sullivan.
William was born 5 August, 1880 and baptised at St Joseph, Little Bras Cape Breton on 6th August 1880 and died 30 August 1913
Annie was born 13 Sept 1887, in Mill Creek, Cape Breton and died 15th May 1960 at Florence Cape Breton Nova Scotia.
She was the daughter of Patrick Sullivan and Alice Richard.
She and William had married by 1904 and had
Patrick 1905 - 1965
Willena 1907
James Kermit Jessome 1909 - 1962
Robert Roldan Jessome 1912 - 1912
Mary Louise Jessome 1913 - 1913
Josephy Henry Jessome. 1914 - 1961
Edna Francis Jessome was born 1917
Between 1866 and 1871, the Fenian raids of the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish Republican organization based in the United States, on British army forts, customs posts and other targets in Canada, were fought to bring pressure on Britain to withdraw from Ireland. They divided Catholic Irish-Canadians, many of whom were torn between loyalty to their new home and sympathy for the aims of the Fenians. The Protestant Irish were generally loyal to Britain and fought with the Orange Order against the Fenians. While the U.S. authorities arrested the men and confiscated their arms, there is speculation that some in the U.S. government had turned a blind eye to the preparations for the invasion, angered at actions that could have been construed as Canadian assistance to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. There were five Fenian raids of note and all of them ended in failure.
But why would Henry be fighting in an Irish unit? Born and bred in Canada.
Henry was the son of Andrew Jessome and Marguerite le Jeune.
ANDREW JESSOME (1796-1881)
Married 1822
Children
• Charles (-1931)
• Elizabeth Louisa (1822-1897)
• Isaac (1823-1881)
• Edward (1826-1926)
• Susan (1827-1923)
• John (1831-)
• thomas (1834-1922)
• Joseph (1839-)
• Louisa (1841-1920)
• Henry (1842-1927)
• Margaret (1846-1936)
• Sarah Jane (1849-1931)
• Andrew (1852-1929)
Trying to establish Marguerite LeJeune's family, is rather difficult. Very often the French surname become English, Marguerite LeJeune become in some records Margaret Young and the children and husband become Joss or Jung.
It seems her father was Gabrielle LeJeune, who had a brother Pierre LeJeune.
Within these families, there is a very high number of marriages with the different Indian tribes.
Andrew Jessaume was the son of Jean Jessaume 1744 - 1800 and Marie Ann Fournier 1754 - 1843.Three of the children married into the LeJeune family.
From the "Early Families of Little Bras d'or", it claims Mary Anne's (Marianne) parents died the summer of 1759 in France shortly after their deportation. It is possible that Marianne was brought up by her mother's sister "Martine Le Roy and her husband "Joseph Lejeune".
According to the early families, Marianne was born in Baye d'Espanaol, Cape Breton but I have seen on the net that she was born in Quebec, Canada.
Mary Anne and her husband Jean Jossaume had 10 children:
1. Francoise b 1776 married Louis L'Allamand
2. Catherine b. 1778 marrie Jacques Lejeune "The Fiddler"
Those born in St. Pierre
3. Jean Baptiste b. Feb 4, 1783 married Mary Rigby.
4. Joseph Marie b. 1785, died Main Gut Bay in 1861 - married Marie Anne Marche (Marie's brother "Vincent Francis" married Sophie Jessome).
5. Sophie Adelaide b. 1787 in St. Pierre m. Vincent Francois Marche b. 1788
Those born in Petite Bras d'or (Little Bras D'or):
6. Louis b. 1792 married Marie Boutillier
7. Andrew b. 1793 married Margaret Lejeune
8. Alexis (Alexander) b. 1794 married twice - (1) Philomena Young (2) Felicia Tutty
9. Marie b. 1798 married George Medore (Madore)
10. Euphrosine b. 1799 married Pierre Lorieaux who died in May of 1852
Those that moved to Newfoundland were Catherine, Joseph, Sophie, Louie and Marie.
Pierre Fournier, dit “Vendôme”, the fifth ancestor with descendents through to today was a native of Fontaine-Raoul (Saint-Marc’s parish), in Loir et Cher, in France. Pierre was the son of Guillaume Fournier and Madeleine Poirier of Fontaine-Raoul. He was a recruit on le Rubis, Marine Troop’s soldier, Company of Fonville and he arrived in New-France in 1739. Pierre Fournier wed Françoise Couture, daughter of Guillaume and Marie-Anne Adam on February 5, 1743 in Saint-Étienne de Beaumont.
Pierre Fournier and Françoise Couture had a first daughter born in Beaumont in 1744. Nicolas Philibert, a Quebec merchant, hired Pierre Fournier in 1744 to practice the trade of master miller in Sainte-Foy. Three other children were born in Quebec but two of them died young. In 1749, the lord Louis Couillard 111 of the seigniory of Rivière-du-Sud hired Pierre Fournier to look after the communal mill at Saint-Thomas de Montmagny where Pierre and Françoise settled for life.
Eight other children were born of this union; two of these sons assured the lineage. Pierre Fournier was also a farmer and a land clearer and in 1757 he bought 2 parcels of land and then in 1767 a third which his sons would inherit. Pierre Fournier died on April 17, 1783 in Saint-Thomas de Montmagny and his wife Françoise Couture died on July 17, 1791, also in Saint Thomas.
Jean Josseaume of Little Bras d’Or Cape Breton Family History From Bernard Manley Ancestry
Jean Josseaume b. 1744 in France, d. date unknown at Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. 1775/76, Marie Anne Fournier, possibly on the French islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon. Jean was the progenitor of the family and settled in Little Bras d’Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, circa 1790, after moving back and forth between St. Pierre et Miquelon and Little Bras d’Or several times. Most likely due to the uncertainty of the political situation between the French and English over ownership of St. Pierre et Miquelon during the period of 1775 to 1780.
Marie Anne Fournier b. 8 Nov 1754 in Quebec, Canada, bap. 9 June 1755 at Louisburg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, daughter of Jean Fournier b. 30 Nov 1717 at St-Thomas de Montmagny, Quebec and Genevieve LeRoy b. circa 1726 at L'Acadie (Nova Scotia), Canada. Marie’s father, Jean, died 12 Aug 1759 at St.-Louis de Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France; Marie’s mother Genevieve died 4 Sep 1759 also at St.-Louis de Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France.
Both parents died shortly after arriving in France after being deported from Acadia (Nova Scotia) by the English, they are buried at Rochefort Parish. At the age of 5 Marie was an orphan and was taken in by her uncle Joseph LeJeune and her aunt Martine Le Roy. Marie returned to Acadia with her uncle and aunt in 1767, at the age of 13, and is recorded as living at Petite Bras d’Or, Nova Scotia, Canada.
History
In 1745, the fortress of Louisbourg was attacked by the English, who were joined by forces from the American colonies. In the short term, the French retained control by negotiating a treaty in 1748. The English again attacked Louisbourg in 1758. This time, they not only defeated the French, but they completely destroyed the fortress. The English now have control of Isle Royale and Isle St. Jean.
In 1759 the British, fearing an uprising of the Acadian residents, rounded up all Acadians living along the coast of Isle Royale (Cape Breton), and placed them on ships for deportation to France. Their land, cattle and belongings were seized and their homes were burned. All French residents, including Marie Anne Fournier and her family were deported to La Rochelle, France. Marie’s parents died shortly after arriving in France. One can only imagine the trauma and turmoil of such an upheaval and the conditions they must have endured during the voyage and the conditions they were forced to live with upon their arrival in France, having no possessions, money, place to live or a means to earn a living.
This probably greatly contributed to the deaths of Marie’s parents shortly after their arrival in France, leaving Marie an orphan at the age of 5. Marie was taken in and raised by her uncle Joseph LeJeune and her aunt Martine Le Roy. By this time, the LeJeune family, including Marie’s family, had been living in Acadia for more than four generations. These Acadian families became refugees in their mother country, which in many respects was quite foreign.
In 1763, the Seven Years War ended with the Treaty of Paris. England takes over all French possessions in Acadia and France is left with the Islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon, off the south coast of Newfoundland. Exiled Acadians, longing to return to Acadia, are attracted to St. Pierre et Miquelon, longing for the better life they were forced to leave behind 4 years prior.
About 1764 the LeJeune family decide to return to the new world. They arrive on the Island of Miquelon and take up residence. By 1766, the French are becoming concerned about the numbers of French immigrants arriving on the islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon.
Apparently, it was a question of how many families these small islands could sustain. While many were sent back to France, permission was granted to a limited number of families to return to Acadia (Nova Scotia).
In the summer of 1767, three sailing vessels and five small open boats (chaloupes) departed St. Pierre for various destinations in Acadia. Some were destined for places like Chezzetcook (near Halifax), Îles de la Madeleine, Bonaventure and Baie des Chaleurs in Gaspé and Prince Edward Island. The LeJeune family, now comprised of their three children and Marie Anne Fournier now 13, returned to "the French Village" of Petit Bras d'Or near Sydney on 2 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
They were accompanied by Martine's father, Charles LeRoy, and her brother Alexis LeRoy.
Children of Jean and Marie:
1. Francoise b.1776, m. 28 Nov 1796, Louis Lallemand at St. Georges Church, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Catherine b.1778 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, d. at Bay St. George, Nfld., m. 1803 at Little Brass d’or, Cape Breton. Nova Scotia, Canada, Jacques Lejeune, b. 1774 at Little Brass d’or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. 25 Feb 1872 at Main Gut, Nfld., Canada, son of Chrysostome Lejeune and Louise Marguerite Hache-Gallant.
3. Jean Baptiste b.1783 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. at George's River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. Marie Mary Rigby, d. at George's River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. Joseph Marie b. 7 May 1785 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, d. 13 Sep 1861 at Sandy Point, Nfld., Canada, m. 1809 at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Marie Joseph Marche, b. 1795 at Petite Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. at Sandy Point, Nfld., Canada daughter of Francois-Xavier Jean Joseph Marche and Marie-Theotise Babin.
5. Louis b. 1792 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. 1812 at St Georges Church, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, Elizabeth LeJeune.
6. Alexander b. 1794, m. (1) Flica Tutty, (2) Euphemie.
7. Andre b.1796 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. 1822, Marguerite LeJeune, b. 1808 at Petite Bras d'or, Nova Scotia, Canada.
8. Marie b.1798 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. at Sandy Point, Nfld., Canada, m. Georges Madore, d. at Sandy Point, Nfld., Canada.
9. Sophie Adelaide b. 19 Feb 1787 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, c. 20 Feb 1787 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, d. at Nfld., Canada, m. 1809 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Vincent Francois Marche b. 18 June 1788, c. 19 June 1788 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, son of Francois-Xavier Jean Joseph Marche and Marie-Theotise Babin.
Allan T. Stride notes that there was a Josseaume family in Prince Edward Island before 1755, and that Joseph, Alexander Sr., and Didier Jesseau and their families were established in Newfoundland by the mid-1850s. In 1839, a Joseph Jessou, a native of Sidney, Cape Breton, with a family of twenty, was listed as a resident of Sandy Point, as was a Louis Jessou, with a family of one. The 1858 Forrest document notes an Alexander Josseau with a family of nine, and a Daisley Josseau with "about nine" in his family.
Further research prompted Stride to assert that the Jessams (Jessos) of Little Bras d'Or, noted in the Cape Breton Census of 1818, might well be the descendants of Jean Josseaume and Marie Fournier (of Mi’kmaw ancestry) who were at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, in 1787.
It is a well-established fact, according to Mr. Stride, that the French village of Petit Bras d'Or, Cape Breton Island, was founded by two groups of people, including some families from St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, and others directly from France (the census does not indicate that many of their grand-parents had been deported from Acadia to France after 1755).
Allan Stride notes that the names Lejeune, Roy, Marche, Josseaume and Alexandra were all listed at St. Pierre between 1764 and 1789; the names Young, King, Marsh, Marche, March, Jessam and Alexander, all of French and Mi'kmaw descent, were prominent at Little Bras d'Or in 1818, as they were at Bay St. George in the 19th century. Both Jessome and Jesso are found in present day Nova Scotia.
Jasen Benwah adds that the Jesso and Jesseau are still common in Newfoundland, primarily on the Port au Port Peninsula. His great grandfather Edmond Jesso was listed in the Sandy Point baptism records as Edmond Jesson - yet another variation of the name. Most of the Jesso families today are of strong Mi'kmaw ancestry due largely to generations of intermarrying with other aboriginal families of the St. George's Bay area.
Another family tree adds a little more
Jasen's Family Tree
Generation No. 1
Descendants of Edeme Joseph (a Mi'kmaw)
Generation No. 1
1. EDEME (MI'KMAQ)1 JOSEPH was born in Acadia, a Mi'kmaw. She married CHARLES CHAUVET, also a Mi'kmaw.
Child of EDEME JOSEPH and CHARLES CHAUVET is:
MARIE CHARLETTE2 CHAUVET.
Generation No. 2
2. MARIE CHARLETTE2 CHAUVET (EDEME (MI'KMAQ)1 JOSEPH) She married CHARLES ROY.
Child of MARIE CHAUVET and CHARLES ROY is:
GENIEVIEVE ROY, b. Abt. 1735, Acadie.
Generation No. 3
3. GENIEVIEVE3 ROY (MARIE CHARLETTE2 CHAUVET, EDEME (MI'KMAQ)1 JOSEPH) was born Abt. 1735 in Acadie. She married JEAN FOURNIER. He was born Abt. 1730 in Quebec.
Child of GENIEVIEVE ROY and JEAN FOURNIER is:
MARIE ANNE4 FOURNIER, b. 1754, Quebec.
Generation No. 4
4. MARIE ANNE4 FOURNIER (GENIEVIEVE3 ROY, MARIE CHARLETTE2 CHAUVET, EDEME (MI'KMAQ)1 JOSEPH) was born 1754 in Quebec. She married JEAN JESSAUME Abt. 1774. He was born 1744 in France.
Children of MARIE FOURNIER and JEAN JESSAUME are:
JOSEPH MARIE5 JESSEAU, b. May 7, 1785, St. Pierre.
SOPHIE ADELAIDE JESSEAU, b. February 19, 1787, St Pierre and, Miquelon.
LOUIS JOSSEAUME, m. ELIZABETH LEJEUNE, 1812, Sidney, N.S..
MARIE JOSSEAUME
CATHERINE JESSEAU, b. 1778, St. Pierre, New France; d. Bay St. George, NL..m. JACQUES LEJEUNE.
ANDRE JESSEAU. , m. MARGUERITE LEJEUNE, 1822, Bras d'Or, N.S..
EUPHROSINE JESSEAU.
JEAN JESSEAU.
FRANCOIS JESSEAU.
ALEXANDRE JESSEAU.
JEAN-BAPTISTE JESSEAU.
While that is a bit longwinded, by the time all the intermarriages between the different family members from Elizabeth Robertson, it is a reflection on how my DNA links with her family.
Her family
Patrick Jerome Jesomme 20
Nov 1905 born Cape Breton Nova Scotia, and died 11 September 1965. He served gallantly in World War 2, and
awarded an DSM.
On the night of 24/25 October, 1944 the leading infantry advancing into South Beveland werestopped by a road block of mines and wire obstacles covered by heavy fire from a dyke commanding the area MR 537203. An infantry company attack, followed by an artillery concentration, followed by a second Company attack, failed to secure the road block.
There was no possible diversion due to flooding. At 0530 hours 25 October 44 a small party of Sappers (Engineers) were chosen to attempt to clear the road block which was threatening the advance of the Division. L/Sgt. Jessome specially requested to be included in this task. He personally removed most of the wire obstacles which were being swept by vicious machine gun fire. He then proceeded 100 yards beyond the road block to ensure that there were no more mines in the road.
This man’s leadership and complete contempt of danger provided a steadying example for the entire Sapper party and the obstructions were completely removed in quick time. The rapid advance of the Division was thus maintained.
Patrick was the son of William Henry Jesomme and Annie Sullivan.
William was born 5 August, 1880 and baptised at St Joseph, Little Bras Cape Breton on 6th August 1880 and died 30 August 1913
Annie was born 13 Sept 1887, in Mill Creek, Cape Breton and died 15th May 1960 at Florence Cape Breton Nova Scotia.
She was the daughter of Patrick Sullivan and Alice Richard.
She and William had married by 1904 and had
Patrick 1905 - 1965
Willena 1907
James Kermit Jessome 1909 - 1962
Robert Roldan Jessome 1912 - 1912
Mary Louise Jessome 1913 - 1913
Josephy Henry Jessome. 1914 - 1961
Edna Francis Jessome was born 1917
William Henry Jesomme was the son of Henry Jesomme 1840 - 1927 and Mary Anne Edwards 1844 - 1930. They were married in 1867 at Sydney.
He was born August 1880, yet this is a copy of the baptism record. Different set of parents altogether.
Name: William Henry Jessome
Gender: Male
Baptism Age: 0
Event Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 5 Aug 1880
Birth Place: Bras D'Or
Baptism Date: 6 Aug 1880
Baptism Place: St. Joseph's, Bras D'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Father: Robert Jessome
Mother: Mary Ann Somers
There may be a genuine reason for
the changes of name, and the translation, as Henry was part of a Military unit.
Between 1866 and 1871, the Fenian raids of the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish Republican organization based in the United States, on British army forts, customs posts and other targets in Canada, were fought to bring pressure on Britain to withdraw from Ireland. They divided Catholic Irish-Canadians, many of whom were torn between loyalty to their new home and sympathy for the aims of the Fenians. The Protestant Irish were generally loyal to Britain and fought with the Orange Order against the Fenians. While the U.S. authorities arrested the men and confiscated their arms, there is speculation that some in the U.S. government had turned a blind eye to the preparations for the invasion, angered at actions that could have been construed as Canadian assistance to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. There were five Fenian raids of note and all of them ended in failure.
But why would Henry be fighting in an Irish unit? Born and bred in Canada.
Henry was the son of Andrew Jessome and Marguerite le Jeune.ANDREW JESSOME (1796-1881)
Married 1822
Children
• Charles (-1931)
• Elizabeth Louisa (1822-1897)
• Isaac (1823-1881)
• Edward (1826-1926)
• Susan (1827-1923)
• John (1831-)
• thomas (1834-1922)
• Joseph (1839-)
• Louisa (1841-1920)
• Henry (1842-1927)
• Margaret (1846-1936)
• Sarah Jane (1849-1931)
• Andrew (1852-1929)
Trying to establish Marguerite LeJeune's family, is rather difficult. Very often the French surname become English, Marguerite LeJeune become in some records Margaret Young and the children and husband become Joss or Jung.
It seems her father was Gabrielle LeJeune, who had a brother Pierre LeJeune.
Within these families, there is a very high number of marriages with the different Indian tribes.
Andrew Jessaume was the son of Jean Jessaume 1744 - 1800 and Marie Ann Fournier 1754 - 1843.Three of the children married into the LeJeune family.
From the "Early Families of Little Bras d'or", it claims Mary Anne's (Marianne) parents died the summer of 1759 in France shortly after their deportation. It is possible that Marianne was brought up by her mother's sister "Martine Le Roy and her husband "Joseph Lejeune".
According to the early families, Marianne was born in Baye d'Espanaol, Cape Breton but I have seen on the net that she was born in Quebec, Canada.
Mary Anne and her husband Jean Jossaume had 10 children:
1. Francoise b 1776 married Louis L'Allamand
2. Catherine b. 1778 marrie Jacques Lejeune "The Fiddler"
Those born in St. Pierre
3. Jean Baptiste b. Feb 4, 1783 married Mary Rigby.
4. Joseph Marie b. 1785, died Main Gut Bay in 1861 - married Marie Anne Marche (Marie's brother "Vincent Francis" married Sophie Jessome).
5. Sophie Adelaide b. 1787 in St. Pierre m. Vincent Francois Marche b. 1788
Those born in Petite Bras d'or (Little Bras D'or):
6. Louis b. 1792 married Marie Boutillier
7. Andrew b. 1793 married Margaret Lejeune
8. Alexis (Alexander) b. 1794 married twice - (1) Philomena Young (2) Felicia Tutty
9. Marie b. 1798 married George Medore (Madore)
10. Euphrosine b. 1799 married Pierre Lorieaux who died in May of 1852
Those that moved to Newfoundland were Catherine, Joseph, Sophie, Louie and Marie.
Pierre Fournier, dit “Vendôme”, the fifth ancestor with descendents through to today was a native of Fontaine-Raoul (Saint-Marc’s parish), in Loir et Cher, in France. Pierre was the son of Guillaume Fournier and Madeleine Poirier of Fontaine-Raoul. He was a recruit on le Rubis, Marine Troop’s soldier, Company of Fonville and he arrived in New-France in 1739. Pierre Fournier wed Françoise Couture, daughter of Guillaume and Marie-Anne Adam on February 5, 1743 in Saint-Étienne de Beaumont.
Pierre Fournier and Françoise Couture had a first daughter born in Beaumont in 1744. Nicolas Philibert, a Quebec merchant, hired Pierre Fournier in 1744 to practice the trade of master miller in Sainte-Foy. Three other children were born in Quebec but two of them died young. In 1749, the lord Louis Couillard 111 of the seigniory of Rivière-du-Sud hired Pierre Fournier to look after the communal mill at Saint-Thomas de Montmagny where Pierre and Françoise settled for life.
Eight other children were born of this union; two of these sons assured the lineage. Pierre Fournier was also a farmer and a land clearer and in 1757 he bought 2 parcels of land and then in 1767 a third which his sons would inherit. Pierre Fournier died on April 17, 1783 in Saint-Thomas de Montmagny and his wife Françoise Couture died on July 17, 1791, also in Saint Thomas.
The Indian Ancestors
Jean Josseaume of Little Bras d’Or Cape Breton Family History From Bernard Manley Ancestry
Jean Josseaume b. 1744 in France, d. date unknown at Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. 1775/76, Marie Anne Fournier, possibly on the French islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon. Jean was the progenitor of the family and settled in Little Bras d’Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, circa 1790, after moving back and forth between St. Pierre et Miquelon and Little Bras d’Or several times. Most likely due to the uncertainty of the political situation between the French and English over ownership of St. Pierre et Miquelon during the period of 1775 to 1780.
Marie Anne Fournier b. 8 Nov 1754 in Quebec, Canada, bap. 9 June 1755 at Louisburg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, daughter of Jean Fournier b. 30 Nov 1717 at St-Thomas de Montmagny, Quebec and Genevieve LeRoy b. circa 1726 at L'Acadie (Nova Scotia), Canada. Marie’s father, Jean, died 12 Aug 1759 at St.-Louis de Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France; Marie’s mother Genevieve died 4 Sep 1759 also at St.-Louis de Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France.
Both parents died shortly after arriving in France after being deported from Acadia (Nova Scotia) by the English, they are buried at Rochefort Parish. At the age of 5 Marie was an orphan and was taken in by her uncle Joseph LeJeune and her aunt Martine Le Roy. Marie returned to Acadia with her uncle and aunt in 1767, at the age of 13, and is recorded as living at Petite Bras d’Or, Nova Scotia, Canada.
History
In 1745, the fortress of Louisbourg was attacked by the English, who were joined by forces from the American colonies. In the short term, the French retained control by negotiating a treaty in 1748. The English again attacked Louisbourg in 1758. This time, they not only defeated the French, but they completely destroyed the fortress. The English now have control of Isle Royale and Isle St. Jean.
In 1759 the British, fearing an uprising of the Acadian residents, rounded up all Acadians living along the coast of Isle Royale (Cape Breton), and placed them on ships for deportation to France. Their land, cattle and belongings were seized and their homes were burned. All French residents, including Marie Anne Fournier and her family were deported to La Rochelle, France. Marie’s parents died shortly after arriving in France. One can only imagine the trauma and turmoil of such an upheaval and the conditions they must have endured during the voyage and the conditions they were forced to live with upon their arrival in France, having no possessions, money, place to live or a means to earn a living.
This probably greatly contributed to the deaths of Marie’s parents shortly after their arrival in France, leaving Marie an orphan at the age of 5. Marie was taken in and raised by her uncle Joseph LeJeune and her aunt Martine Le Roy. By this time, the LeJeune family, including Marie’s family, had been living in Acadia for more than four generations. These Acadian families became refugees in their mother country, which in many respects was quite foreign.
In 1763, the Seven Years War ended with the Treaty of Paris. England takes over all French possessions in Acadia and France is left with the Islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon, off the south coast of Newfoundland. Exiled Acadians, longing to return to Acadia, are attracted to St. Pierre et Miquelon, longing for the better life they were forced to leave behind 4 years prior.
About 1764 the LeJeune family decide to return to the new world. They arrive on the Island of Miquelon and take up residence. By 1766, the French are becoming concerned about the numbers of French immigrants arriving on the islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon.
Apparently, it was a question of how many families these small islands could sustain. While many were sent back to France, permission was granted to a limited number of families to return to Acadia (Nova Scotia).
In the summer of 1767, three sailing vessels and five small open boats (chaloupes) departed St. Pierre for various destinations in Acadia. Some were destined for places like Chezzetcook (near Halifax), Îles de la Madeleine, Bonaventure and Baie des Chaleurs in Gaspé and Prince Edward Island. The LeJeune family, now comprised of their three children and Marie Anne Fournier now 13, returned to "the French Village" of Petit Bras d'Or near Sydney on 2 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
They were accompanied by Martine's father, Charles LeRoy, and her brother Alexis LeRoy.
Children of Jean and Marie:
1. Francoise b.1776, m. 28 Nov 1796, Louis Lallemand at St. Georges Church, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Catherine b.1778 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, d. at Bay St. George, Nfld., m. 1803 at Little Brass d’or, Cape Breton. Nova Scotia, Canada, Jacques Lejeune, b. 1774 at Little Brass d’or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. 25 Feb 1872 at Main Gut, Nfld., Canada, son of Chrysostome Lejeune and Louise Marguerite Hache-Gallant.
3. Jean Baptiste b.1783 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. at George's River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. Marie Mary Rigby, d. at George's River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. Joseph Marie b. 7 May 1785 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, d. 13 Sep 1861 at Sandy Point, Nfld., Canada, m. 1809 at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Marie Joseph Marche, b. 1795 at Petite Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. at Sandy Point, Nfld., Canada daughter of Francois-Xavier Jean Joseph Marche and Marie-Theotise Babin.
5. Louis b. 1792 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. 1812 at St Georges Church, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, Elizabeth LeJeune.
6. Alexander b. 1794, m. (1) Flica Tutty, (2) Euphemie.
7. Andre b.1796 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. 1822, Marguerite LeJeune, b. 1808 at Petite Bras d'or, Nova Scotia, Canada.
8. Marie b.1798 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. at Sandy Point, Nfld., Canada, m. Georges Madore, d. at Sandy Point, Nfld., Canada.
9. Sophie Adelaide b. 19 Feb 1787 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, c. 20 Feb 1787 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, d. at Nfld., Canada, m. 1809 at Little Bras d'or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Vincent Francois Marche b. 18 June 1788, c. 19 June 1788 at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, son of Francois-Xavier Jean Joseph Marche and Marie-Theotise Babin.
Allan T. Stride notes that there was a Josseaume family in Prince Edward Island before 1755, and that Joseph, Alexander Sr., and Didier Jesseau and their families were established in Newfoundland by the mid-1850s. In 1839, a Joseph Jessou, a native of Sidney, Cape Breton, with a family of twenty, was listed as a resident of Sandy Point, as was a Louis Jessou, with a family of one. The 1858 Forrest document notes an Alexander Josseau with a family of nine, and a Daisley Josseau with "about nine" in his family.
Further research prompted Stride to assert that the Jessams (Jessos) of Little Bras d'Or, noted in the Cape Breton Census of 1818, might well be the descendants of Jean Josseaume and Marie Fournier (of Mi’kmaw ancestry) who were at St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, in 1787.
It is a well-established fact, according to Mr. Stride, that the French village of Petit Bras d'Or, Cape Breton Island, was founded by two groups of people, including some families from St Pierre and Miquelon, French Territory, and others directly from France (the census does not indicate that many of their grand-parents had been deported from Acadia to France after 1755).
Allan Stride notes that the names Lejeune, Roy, Marche, Josseaume and Alexandra were all listed at St. Pierre between 1764 and 1789; the names Young, King, Marsh, Marche, March, Jessam and Alexander, all of French and Mi'kmaw descent, were prominent at Little Bras d'Or in 1818, as they were at Bay St. George in the 19th century. Both Jessome and Jesso are found in present day Nova Scotia.
Jasen Benwah adds that the Jesso and Jesseau are still common in Newfoundland, primarily on the Port au Port Peninsula. His great grandfather Edmond Jesso was listed in the Sandy Point baptism records as Edmond Jesson - yet another variation of the name. Most of the Jesso families today are of strong Mi'kmaw ancestry due largely to generations of intermarrying with other aboriginal families of the St. George's Bay area.
Another family tree adds a little more
Jasen's Family Tree
Generation No. 1
Descendants of Edeme Joseph (a Mi'kmaw)
Generation No. 1
1. EDEME (MI'KMAQ)1 JOSEPH was born in Acadia, a Mi'kmaw. She married CHARLES CHAUVET, also a Mi'kmaw.
Child of EDEME JOSEPH and CHARLES CHAUVET is:
MARIE CHARLETTE2 CHAUVET.
Generation No. 2
2. MARIE CHARLETTE2 CHAUVET (EDEME (MI'KMAQ)1 JOSEPH) She married CHARLES ROY.
Child of MARIE CHAUVET and CHARLES ROY is:
GENIEVIEVE ROY, b. Abt. 1735, Acadie.
Generation No. 3
3. GENIEVIEVE3 ROY (MARIE CHARLETTE2 CHAUVET, EDEME (MI'KMAQ)1 JOSEPH) was born Abt. 1735 in Acadie. She married JEAN FOURNIER. He was born Abt. 1730 in Quebec.
Child of GENIEVIEVE ROY and JEAN FOURNIER is:
MARIE ANNE4 FOURNIER, b. 1754, Quebec.
Generation No. 4
4. MARIE ANNE4 FOURNIER (GENIEVIEVE3 ROY, MARIE CHARLETTE2 CHAUVET, EDEME (MI'KMAQ)1 JOSEPH) was born 1754 in Quebec. She married JEAN JESSAUME Abt. 1774. He was born 1744 in France.
Children of MARIE FOURNIER and JEAN JESSAUME are:
JOSEPH MARIE5 JESSEAU, b. May 7, 1785, St. Pierre.
SOPHIE ADELAIDE JESSEAU, b. February 19, 1787, St Pierre and, Miquelon.
LOUIS JOSSEAUME, m. ELIZABETH LEJEUNE, 1812, Sidney, N.S..
MARIE JOSSEAUME
CATHERINE JESSEAU, b. 1778, St. Pierre, New France; d. Bay St. George, NL..m. JACQUES LEJEUNE.
ANDRE JESSEAU. , m. MARGUERITE LEJEUNE, 1822, Bras d'Or, N.S..
EUPHROSINE JESSEAU.
JEAN JESSEAU.
FRANCOIS JESSEAU.
ALEXANDRE JESSEAU.
JEAN-BAPTISTE JESSEAU.
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