Pierre Cyr (abt. 1644 - abt. 1679)

Born about 1644 in France

Husband of Marie Bourgeois — married 1670 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 1679 at about age 35 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Pierre Cyr migrated from France to Acadia.

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Pierre Sire was born in France, possibly in Tourraine-en-Loire, ^{[citation needed]} around 1644^[1] Some people have suggested that Jean-Baptiste Sire was Pierre's father, and some have suggested Jean Christophe Cyr and Suzanne Thibaud were his parents, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence for either claim.

Pierre is said to have arrived in Port Royal on the ship "Espérance en Dieu" in 1668^[2]

Pierre had immigrated to Acadia by 1670 for on June 18 1670, he ("Pierre Sirre") signed an accord of the parishioners of Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Canada) on the construction of a church and the regulation of measurements.^[1] Around that same year, some say 1669^[3] or 1670 ^[4] he married Marie Bourgeois, daughter of Jacques and Jeanne Trahan. In 1671, the family was living on a farm in Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Canada). The family owned 11 cattle and 6 sheep. Pierre was working as a gunsmith.^[5]

Between 1671 and 1679, Pierre and Marie had three sons: Jean, Pierre, and Guillaume, this youngest born about 1679. Sadly, Pierre died before June 1680, leaving his young children without a father and his wife Marie a widow. Marie married Germain Girouard in Beaubassin (Amherst Nova Scotia) on June 9, 1680.^[1] They settled in Beaubassin since they were counted there in the 1686 census.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, Hector-J. Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p. p. 433.

   Pierre Sirre signe l'accord des paroissens de Port-Royal sur la construction d'une église et le reglement des mesures (ANF, Col, E 277, Le Neuf

2. ↑ https://www.acadian.org/genealogy/families/cyr/pierre-sire/, accessed 7/29/2020
3. ↑ Cyr, Leo G. Madawaskan Herityage, Bethesday, Maryland, 1985, p. 117 found in the Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900's on Ancestry.com
4. ↑ Leger, Yvon, L'Acadie de mes Ancetres, Editions du Fleuve, Montreal, 1989, p. 353 found in the Canadian Genealogy Indiex, 1600s-1900s on Ancestry.com Accessed 7/29/2020
5. ↑ 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: Jehan 3 months; cattle 11, sheep 6.

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 GIROUARD 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.

See Also:

• Karen Theriot Reader Reader-22,Pierre Cyr at Geneanet, citing Bona Arsenault, "HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS"; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 500 (Port Royal) & 929 (Beaubassin); source published byeach volume has genealogies within a specific area.

  Pierre SIRE (also CYR) born in 1644, arrived in Acadia around 1668 and settled at Beaubassin, of which he was one of the first colonizers. A footnote says that a branch of the SIRE family settled in Québec, from which the ancestor who stayed on the Isles of St. Pierre and Miquelon, at the time of the dispersal of the Acadians, uses today the name of MIQUELON.
  On p. 929: Pierre SIRE, born in 1644, an [armurier], married around 1670 to Marie BOURGEOIS; three children Three sons listed, born 1671, 1678 and 1680. His widow married Germain GIROUARD in 1680.