Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE

(b. 7 February 1730 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 15 January 1820 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE was born 7 February 1730 in Port Royal, Acadia

Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE was the child of Pierre BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE and Marguerite FOREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Joannis BASTARACHE dit LEBASQUE and Huguette Agathe VINCENT (maternal) René FOREST and Françoise DUGAS

Michel was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel married Marguerite GAUDET 12 June 1753 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marguerite GAUDET was born 17 May 1731 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marguerite died abt. 1797 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marguerite was the child of Jean Bernard GAUDET dit VAROUËL and Marie Madeleine BRUN.

Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE died 15 January 1820 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE

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Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE married

Marguerite GAUDET-- Date: 12 June 1753 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Marguerite GAUDET was the child of Jean Bernard GAUDET dit VAROUËL and Marie Madeleine BRUN

NOTE: Date and place of marriage indicated in Michel's death record

Children of Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Marguerite GAUDET:

Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE (b.abt. 1756, , Acadia, Canada d. 27 October 1819, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Joseph SAULNIER 1776
m. Pierre MAZEROLLE 19 February 1805 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Rose BASTARACHE dite BASQUE (b.abt. 1761, , Acadia d. abt. 1819, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Firmin SAVOIE 1779 in Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada
m. Jean Baptiste Joseph VIENNEAU 1806

Marguerite BASTARACHE dite BASQUE (b.abt. 1762, , Acadia d. 22 April 1808, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Pierre GAUDREAU (GAUTREAU) 5 August 1798 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Anne BASTARACHE dite BASQUE (b.July 1764, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1786, )
m. Joseph GOGUEN 1782

Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE (b.December 1766, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 11 November 1823, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Marguerite BENOIT 16 June 1791 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

Marie Madeleine (Magdelaine) BASTARACHE dite BASQUE (b.abt. 1768, , New Brunswick, Canada d. 22 February 1825, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Jean Magloire BRAULT 1785

Joseph BASTARACHE dit BASQUE (b.February 1769, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 20 November 1801, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Pierre BASTARACHE dit BASQUE (b.abt. 1772, , New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1866, )
m. Judith Julie BRAULT 8 November 1796 in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada (Newcastle)

Charlemagne Dit Charles BASQUE (BASTARACHE) (b.abt. 1783, , New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Theotiste DOIRON 22 February 1808 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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1730 Birth
7 February 1730
Port Royal, Acadia

Baptism

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

Biography
BASTARACHE, dit Basque, MICHEL, settler, b. 7 February 1730 in Annapolis Royal, N.S., son of Pierre Bastarche, dit Le Basque, and Marguerite Forest; m. there 12 June 1753 Marguerite Gaudet, and they had at least seven children; d. 15 Jan. 1830 in Tracadie, N.B.

When the deportation of the Acadians began, Michel Bastarache, dit Basque, and his brothers Pierre and Jean-Baptiste settled in the area around Fort Beausejour (near Sackville, N.B.) where they became renowned for their bravery. In August 1755, Michel and Pierre were taken captive; Pierre was imprisoned in Fort Cumberland (the former Fort Beausejour), and Michel at Fort Lawrence (near Amherst, N.S.). Michel escaped, with 85 other Acadians, during the night of 1-2 October through a tunnel they had dug under the walls of the fort, but he was soon recaptured and taken to Fort Cumberland. On 18 October he and Pierre were among the 960 Acadians who, on Robert Monkton's orders, were embarked on ships bound for South...Read MORE...

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume 5 edited by Francess G. Halpenny, 1983

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Marguerite GAUDET 12 June 1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 23 years old.

Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE - 1753 marriage

1753 marriage

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie Anne BASTARACHE dite BASQUE was born July 1764, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Michel was 34 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE was born December 1766, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Michel was 36 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Joseph BASTARACHE dit BASQUE was born February 1769, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Michel was 39 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 - First settlers arrive
Michel Bastarache and his son-in-law Joseph Saulnier came from Memramcook in 1785 to settle in the Tracadie region. This permanent settlement which was established in the area where the Saulnier Est and the Saulnier Ouest Streets area are today marks the beginning of the French colonization of our town.
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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE married 16 June 1791, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer) to Marguerite BENOIT

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage of Child
Pierre BASTARACHE dit BASQUE married 8 November 1796, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada (Newcastle) to Judith Julie BRAULT

1798 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BASTARACHE dite BASQUE married 5 August 1798, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Pierre GAUDREAU (GAUTREAU)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Death of Child
Joseph BASTARACHE dit BASQUE died 20 November 1801, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Michel was 71 years old.

1805 Marriage of Child
Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE married 19 February 1805, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Pierre MAZEROLLE

1808 Marriage of Child
Charlemagne Dit Charles BASQUE (BASTARACHE) married 22 February 1808, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Theotiste DOIRON

1808 Death of Child
Marguerite BASTARACHE dite BASQUE died 22 April 1808, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Michel was 78 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Death of Child
Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE died 27 October 1819, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Michel was 89 years old.