Joseph [Petit Jos] Broussard dit Beausoleil

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Joseph [Petit Jos] Broussard dit Beausoleil (Broussard)

Also Known As: "Petit Joseph", "Petit Jo", "Joseph-Grégoire", "Petit Joe"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Port-Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, [British Colonial North America]
Death: circa December 20, 1788 (51-68)
Attakapas, La la Luisiana (Spanish Louisiana), [Spanish Colonial North America] (flu or pneumonia)
Place of Burial: Attakapas, La la Luisiana (Spanish Louisiana), [Spanish Colonial North America]
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph [Beausoleil] Broussard and Anne-Agnès Thibodeau
Husband of Marguerite Savoie and Anastasie LeBlanc
Father of Marguerite Broussard; Louise-Ludivine Broussard; Anastasie Broussard; Joseph Broussard; Madeleine Broussard and 7 others
Brother of Jean Gregoire Broussard; Raphael Broussard; Marie-Isabelle Elizabeth Trahan; Marguerite Broussard; Timothée-Athanase [Athanase] Broussard and 6 others

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About Joseph [Petit Jos] Broussard dit Beausoleil

  • Sources:
    • "The First Nominal Census (1769) of Colonial Settlers in Southwest Louisiana"; compiled by Donald Joseph Arceneaux; Provincial Press, Claitor's Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; www.ProvincialPress.us & www.Claitors.com.
    • "The BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil Party to the Attakapas District, 1765" - http://www.acadiansingray.com
      • On list of Acadians prisoners, Fort Edward [formerly Pigiguit], 11 Oct 1762, listed as Jos. Broussard
      • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1766, Bayou Queue[sic] de Tortue
      • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1769, listed as Joseph, age 41
      • Took oath of allegiance to Spanish monarch 9 Dec 1769 & made his mark, called Joseph Broussard
      • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1771, age 47[sic]
      • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1774
      • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1777, age 47[sic]
      • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1781
      • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1785, listed as Jh Beausoleil
      • Succession dated 8 Nov 1800, "St. Martin Parish courthouse"
  • Notes:
    • Arrived in current day Louisiana in Feb 1765, age 38
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Joseph [Petit Jos] Broussard dit Beausoleil's Timeline

1728
1728
Port-Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, [British Colonial North America]
1753
1753
Acadie, Petitcoudiac, Colony of British Colony, [British Colony]
1756
March 24, 1756
New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada
1757
1757
Louisiana, USA
1765
April 23, 1765
probably Atchafalaya Basin on the family's voyage from New Orleans "to establish a new settlement at Attakapas,", La Luisiana (Spanish Louisiana), [Spanish Colonial North America]
1767
1767
St. Martinville, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States
1768
1768
1769
1769