About The Cyr family-Huard-Vallee-Belair-Dagenais-Indian Ancestors
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| --- The origins of the CYR name---
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(By 1752 Louis Sire and his family were settled in Port-Lajoie, Ile-
Saint-Jean(Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) which suggests that he and his family
fled to Ile-Saint-Jean from Fort Beausejour after the burning of Beaubassin by Abbe
Le Loutre (missionary to the Micmacs) and the Micmacs in 1750--this was an attempt by
Le Loutre to protect the Acadians from being 'contaminated' by the English whom he
could not prevent from reaching Beaubassin. Louis died 23 Jun 1757 in Quebec City, QC
at the age of 72, which suggests he and his family fled to Quebec before the British
captured Ile-Saint-Jean and expelled the Acadians in 1758).The following is
reproduced(with thanks)from Claude L.Cyr's 'The Origins of the Cyr Name' published
in 'The Cyr Legacy' Book, on the occasion of the CYR FAMILY REUNION held in
Madawaska, Maine in July 1981.A Cyr, is a Sire, is a Cire, is a Cyre and, by any
other spelling, is still a CYR!The family name 'CYR', is one of the oldest Norman
French names and comes from the borders of Normandy and Brittany. It is recorded in
history, back to the years 1000 and seems to be associated with the ancient family of
William of Moncaux, the ancient Lords of Maers and Counts of Nevers.The Cyrs of St.
Cyrs, were chief tenants of the Moncaux Counts and held land around the church of St.
Cyrs De Nevers. It is there in Brittany, that the Cyr or Cyre 'Coat of Arms' is
registered.The 'CYR' family name arrived on the North American Continent of Acadia,
via PIERRE SIRE/CYR (1668).The 'CYR' name has been established in history by numbers
of illustrious persons which include Cyr of Alexandria (Cyril) (376 - 444 A.D.); Cyr
Lucaris (Cyril) (1572 - 1638), Patriarch of Constantinopole in 1621. He presented
the 'Alexandrian Codex' to Charles the First, and Valademirovich Cyr (Cyril - Kirill)
(1866 - 1938), a Russian Grand Duke, during the Russian Revolution.A study of Acadian
and North American history, also reveals a number of 'Cyrs' who have established
worthwhile places as politicians, educators, religious leaders and authors. There are
great numbers who would deserve a place as distinguished bearers of the 'CYR' name,
but since this presentation is not meant to be a 'Who's Who' amongst Cyrs, nor is it
meant to be a complete study of family history, we let the readers complete their own
lists from the Cyrs still living
| --- THE HISTORY OF THE JANVRY DIT..
(BELAIR)--- |
Francois Janvry dit Belair arrived in New France about the years 1755-
1760 (I did not found the exact date of arrival yet) he came from a small
village named Dives in the town of Oise in Picardie. The small village was
occupied by 325 population, Dives was rename from the town of Noyon. Married
on January 17, 1761 in Sainte-Genevieve de Pierrefonds, to Marie Elisabeth
Martel (Widow of Pierre-Jean Boileau) daughter of Augustin Martel and Marie
Legare.Few times after their union Francois and Elisabeth were established in
the Bizard Island small island in the western north of the island of Montreal,
from their union were born 6 children, the table below introduces the children
of the Janvry -Martel couple as well as the date of their unions, the place as
well as the name of the spouse.The family now widened by the arrival the these
six children in addition the two daughter of Elisabeth from her first wedding
with (Pierre-Jean Boileau), Francois and his wife lived from the culture of
lands in the Bizard Island. The children of Francois and Marie settled all on
the island or in Ste-Genevieve except of Pierre who left the island about 1793
to continue to raise his family with Marie Josephe Brunet in St-Eustache, as
his wife died in 1798 after having given rise to five children he went in a
second wedding with Euphrosine Charbonneau, the wedding take place in St-
Eustache on October 28 1799 of this union 6 other children are
born.
| THE HISTORY OF Pierre Dagenais (Lepine)
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KILL BY THE IROQUOIS FOLLOWING THE MASSACRE OF LACHINE
The massacre of Lachine took place in the night from the 4 to August 5, 1689.
Following this terrible night, Iroquois ravagerent all the Island of
Montreal, they passerent on opposite bank and went until Lachine which they
entirely incendierent and where they massacrerent twenty inhabitants. To go
has Lachine, they had to pass by the River-of-Meadows. In this place, they had
their and, August 9, they had concealed Pierre Dagenais.Until a few years ago
one was unaware of the date of the death of Pierre Dagenais and his kind of
death. Indeed, Tanguay does not give it in his ?genealogical Dictionary?; and
the registers of River-of-Meadows at the time of the last years of Pierre
Dagenais do not contain any mention of burial. Here a reconstitution of the
last day of Pierre Dagenais and his burial in the cemetery of the River-of-
Meadows, forty years after its death.The day or it was concealed, all the area
was bouleversee by the presence of the Savages; the priest of the place, Mr.
Barthelemy was itself with some parishioners besieges by Iroquois in a mill
with the rapids of the River-of-Meadows. It is Mr Brissac, Priest of Lachine,
which proceeded has its burial on the same place of the demise by fear of
Iroquois. Of return to him, cleans it of Lachenaie registered the act on a
sheet which it inserted in its register and it is this sheet that one found
conservee with the legal files of Joliette.Forty years later, following act
of burial at the date of August 8, 1729, to the River-of-Meadows, it Priest
added two lines where it mentioned at the same time as it had also had ?buries
the bones of Pierre Dagenais died for forty years and which had been buries
with the Point has Desroches?. It is thanks to this part that we knew this
interesting detail on Pierre Dagenais. The woman of Pierre Dagenais, Anne
Brandon, was probably burned or brought prisonniere to the same
date..
There is evidence to believe that the Micmac had contact with
Europeans (Vikings) in the 11th century, centuries before Columbus arrived in
the Americas, making them the first Native Americans to have contact with
Europeans. There is also evidence to believe that their population was far
more than the 40,000 people that have been estimated for their population in
the year 1600. Their numbers, however, were greatly reduced due to diseases
such as smallpox that was brought into their villages by the Europeans, and
some estimates suggest that their numbers were only 4,000 by 1620.
The Micmac, who originally occupied most of southeastern Canada and northern
Maine, were primarily fishermen and hunters, who were granted free border
crossing rights between the U.S. and Canada by the Jay Treaty of 1794. In
neighboring colonial communities they were well known for their splint-ash
basket making. Today's Canadian and U.S. combined Micmac population is over
25,000, with about 28 groups recognized in Canada and just 1 group recognized
in the U.S. - the Aroostook Band of Northern Maine with more than 700
members. Today's Micmac occupy more than 60 villages or reserves in Canada,
and there are probably more than 2,000 Micmac living in the Boston and New
York City areas. State recognition in Maine was received in 1973 and federal
recognition came in 1991 with the Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act.
With this act, the Micmacs received funds to purchase more than 5,000 acres of
their previously owned land. Many members of the Micmac Nation still speak the
Micmac language today.
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