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Jean Cyr
Born about Aug 1671 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Pierre Cyr and Marie Bourgeois
Brother of Pierre Cyr, Guillaume Cyr, Germain Girouard [half], Agnes Girouard [half] and Agnès Girouard [half]
Husband of Françoise Melanson — married about 1698 [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Marie Anne Cyr, Paul Cyr, Michel Cyr, Marguerite Cyr, Jean Baptiste Cyr, Anne Cyr, Françoise Cyr and Louis Joseph Cyr
Died after 3 Mar 1741 after about age 69 [location unknown]
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1 Biography
2 Timeline
3 Research Note
4 Sources
Biography
Jean was born around August 1671 in Port-Royal, Acadia (Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia Canada).[1] He was the eldest of 3 sons born to Pierre Cyr and Marie Bourgeois. He was listed in the first Acadian census in 1671 at age 3 months. [2] Jean's father died when he was around nine years old. His mother remarried, and he was raised by his mother's second husband Germain Girouard in Beaubassin (Amherst, Nova Scotia). He was counted again at age 15 in the 1686 census, [3] and at age 22 in 1693.[4]
Around 1698, at about 27 years of age, he married Françoise Melanson, who was about 13 or 14, daughter of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas.[1]
Children:[5]
Marie Anne Cyr ca 1699-/1754
Paul Cyr ca 1701-1749/
Michel Cyr ca 1703-
Marguerite Cyr ca 1707-1757
Jean Baptiste (dit Croc) Cyr ca 1709-1785
Anne Cyr ca 1711-1774
Françoise Cyr ca 1713-1783/
Jean Baptiste Cyr ca 1714-1759 (Relationship status is uncertain - see research note)
Louis Joseph Cyr ca 1718-/1750
The young couple settled in Beaubassin in the home of Jean's widowed mother. They were enumerated there in 1698. No children were listed yet.[6]
By 1700, Jean and Françoise were in their own home, living close to his mother. He was listed as being 28 years of age, and Françoise 17. They owned 8 head of cattle, 6 sheep, 2 hogs, 4 arpents of land, and 1 gun. [7] The following year, one girl was counted in the Cyr family home.[8] In 1703, their first son Paul was listed.[9] By 1707, 3 of their 8 children had been born. The number of farm animals that they owned had increased, but their cultivable land was the same at 4 arpents.[10] Françoise appeared on a census for the last time in 1714.[11] She passed away in 1720.
Jean outlived her by many years but never remarried. His date of death is unknown, according to Stephen White. Note: the unsourced death date of June 12, 1720 in Port Royal was removed from this profile.
Death date of after 3 March 1741 found in Karen Theriot Reader's family tree. [5] Jean's mother Marie Bourgeois was buried on 3 March 1741 and the record shows that he was present at the burial.
All of their children (except for Michel) were married to Cormiers. They would unfortunately suffer the consequences of the Great Upheaval. Jean Cyr and his wife Marguerite Cormier escaped deportation by seeking refuge in the Madawaska region. Marguerite escaped to Quebec city with her husband Pierre Cormier dit de la Côte where she died during the smallpox epidemic in 1757. Anne, married to François Cormier, died in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
Timeline
1671 birth in Port-Royal
1687 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) starts between England and France [12]
1686 Residence, in Beaubassin
1693 Residence, in Beaubassin
c1698 married Françoise Melanson
1698 Residence, in Beaubassin
1696 Benjamin Church raids Beaubassin. Once the English ships were seen, the inhabitants fled, carrying their more valuable possessions. Church “…stayed nine days and in his own account …admitted that the settlers’ ”cattle sheep, hogs, and dogs” were left ”lying dead about their houses, chopped and hacked with hatches". The church and some of the houses were also burnt. [12]
1700 Residence, in Beaubassin
1702 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War) starts between England and France [13]
1703 Residence, in Beaubassin
1704: Church raids Beaubassin again: “The Acadians were in arms and an indecisive skirmish ensued. After the Acadians retreated into the woods, Church and his men found that the inhabitants had removed as much of their household and farm goods as possible. Church set the buildings on fire and killed about 100 cattle before leaving to return to Boston [12]
1707 Residence, in Beaubassin
1714-15: A new English king requires oaths of allegiance. [12] Delegates from Beaubassin sign a conditional oath of allegiance promising to stay true to the King of Great Britain for as long as they stayed in Nova Scotia, and to remain neutral in the event of a conflict between France and Great Britain
1714 Residence, in Beaubassin
1720 and onward: Acadians refuse to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance. This is tolerated by the British as they lack military means to enforce the oath. [14]
1713-1744: Golden Age [15] of Acadian Growth and Prosperity. Beaubassin is productive in raising cattle, growing grain, and trading fur with the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet. Surpluses are traded with both the English (Bay of Fundy) and the French (Baie Vert).[16]
unknown death
Research Note
Karen Theriot Reader lists a 9th child for this family : Jean Baptiste Cyr (1714-1759) married to Marie Luce Caissie, based on Bona Arsenault's research. However she questions in her notes if there could have been confusion with the other son Jean, and that he wasn't mentioned in the censuses. PRDH does not give his parents.[17] Not listed by researcher Marcel Walter Landry.[18] According to Landry, this Jean-Baptiste married to Marie Luce Caissie was rather the grandson of Jean Cyr and Françoise Melanson, and son of Paul Cyr and Agnès Cormier.[19] And Marie Luce (Marie Madeleine) Caissie was the daughter of Jean Caissie and Marguerite Bourgeois. More research is needed. Cormier-1939 02:08, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Sources
? 1.0 1.1 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. 433-434
Jean Cyr, son of Pierre Cyr and Marie Bourgeois n v aout 1671 (Rc PR 1671 3 mois, Rc Bbn 1686 15a, 1694 22a, 1698 26a 1700 28a, 1714); m v 1698 Francoise Melanson (Charles & Marie Dugas).
? Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.
at Port Royal: Pierre SIRE, gunsmith, 27, wife Marie BOURGEOIS 18; Child: Jean 3 months; cattle 11, sheep 6.
? Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 15-60.
at Beaubassin: Germain GIROUER 30, Marie BOURGEOIS 34; children of Marie BOURGEOIS and Pierre CIRE (her first husband): Jean 15, Pierre 8, Guillaume 6; (and by her second husband:) Germain Girouer 4, Agnes 7 months; 1 gun, 4 arpents, 8 cattle, 3 sheep, 4 hogs.
? Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108
Marie GIROUARD (sic Bourgeois) widow (of Pierre SIRE and Germain GIROUARD) 41, Jean SIRE 22, Piere SIRE 16, Guillaume SIRE 14, Germain GIROUARD 12, Agnes GIROUARD 8; 20 cattle, 23 sheep, 11 hogs, 8 arpents, 2 guns.
? 5.0 5.1 Karen Theriot Reader Jean Cyr at Geneanet citing:
? Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-150
at Beaubassin: Marie BOURGEOIS widow (of Pierre SIRE and Germain GIROUARD) 47; Jean SIRE her son 26; Francoise MELLANSON his wife 14; children of widow BOURGEOIS; Pierre SIRE 22; Guillaume (SIRE) 19; Germain (GIROUARD) 15; Agnes (GIROUARD) 13; 9 cattle, 2 sheep, 6 hogs, 21 arpents, 3 guns 1 servant
? Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 151-173.
at Beaubassin : Jean SIRE 28; Francoise MELANSON (wife) 17; 8 cattle, 6 sheep, 2 hogs, 4 arpents, 1 gun.
? 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.
(NOTE: There is an error in the transcription. In the original record, and in DGFA p. 434, a girl, not a boy was listed.) At Beaubassin : Jean SIRE, his wife. 1 boy, 9 cattle, 10 sheep, 5 hogs, 1 gun.
? 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 : Pierre SIRE, his wife, 1 boy, 1 girl, 1 arms bearer.
? Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 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 221-237.
at Beaubassin : Jean SIRE and Francois MELANSON, 2 boys less than 14, 1 girl less than 12; 4 arpents, 15 cattle, 15 sheep, 8 hogs.
? 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 : Jean SIRE and Francoise MELANSON: Marie, Pierre, Paul, Michel, Marguerite, Anne, Jean, Francoise.
? 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Griffiths, Naomi E.S., From migrant to Acadian : a North-American border people, 1604-1755, Montreal (Québec), McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005, p147-151 (King William’s War); p 164 (1696 Church raid of Beaubassin); p 208 (1704 Church’s Raid on Beaubassin)); p 267-268 (oaths of allegiance)
? Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p44-45 (1697 Treaty of Ryswick); p52-53(1702 Queen Anne’s War); p82-85(1710 Siege of PR).
? The Neutrality: Political Context, 1755 Histoire et Les Histoires, University of Moncton
? Griffiths, Naomie E.S. The Contexts of Acadian History 1686-1784.Published for the Center for Canadian Studies Mount Allison University, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1992, p61 (golden age);
? 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 February 2020 at http://parkscanadahistory.com/brochures/beausejour/booklet-history-c1991.pdf
? Birth, Death, Marriage, Parents, Siblings Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique, Université de Montréal (paid subscription) PRDH
? Marcel Walter Landry Françoise Melanson at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed June 2020
? Marcel Walter Landry Jean Baptiste Cyr dit Monfils at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed June 2020
See also:
Surette, Paul. Atlas of the Acadian Settlement of the Beaubassin 1660 to 1755. Tintamarre and Le Lac. Tantramar Heritage Trust. 2005, p 44-45 (parents' Ouesqoque homestead at Amherst Point); p9(dispute with the Poiriers); p ? (Cormier marital homestead location); p 16 (adoption of sister Marie-Madeleine Cormier Boudrot’s orphans)
Bio on Ancestry (user-submitted)
Source: S9 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=89229671&pid=486 Certainty: 0
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