Joseph Mire
Joseph was born in 1742 in
Pisiguit, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
- Birth Notes
- In the 1770s or early 1780s, younger brother Joseph moved upriver to the Baton Rouge District, where he married Marie-Marguerite, daughter of Simon-Pierre Daigle, in May 1786. ...
He died at the age of 50 on January 20th, 1792 in
Fort Bute, Manchac, Baton Rouge district.
- Death Notes
- born Abt. 1742 in Pisiguit,Acadia,Canada; died January 20, 1792 in St Gabriel St.James, Parish,La..
born c1744, probably Pigiguit; son of Pierre LEMIRE dit MIRE & his second wife Isabelle THIBODEAUX; twin brother of Simon, half-brother of Joachim dit Bénoni; on list of Acadian prisoners at Halifax, Aug 1763, with family of Beleaunie MIR?; arrived LA 1765, age 21, probably with brothers; in Cabanocé census, 1769, occupying lot number 132, left [east] bank, age 27[sic], listed singly so still a bachelor; in St.-Jacques census, 1777, left [east] bank, age 34, with family of half-brother Joachim dit Bénoni; probably moved to Baton Rouge district; married, age 42, Marie-Marguerite DAIGLE, daughter of Simon-Pierre DAIGLE & his first wife Marie-Madeleine THÉRIOT, 22 May 1786, probably Baton Rouge; died [buried] probably Fort Bute, Manchac, Baton Rouge district 20 Jan 1792, age 48
Wall of Names, 23, calls him Joseph MIRE frere [of Joachim dit Bénoni]; BRDR, 2:548 (SGA-3, 16, #79), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph MIRE, does not give his parents' names or the name of his wife.
Though his death/burial was recorded at the St.-Gabriel church, he probably died at the southern edge of the Baton Rouge district, north of Bayou Manchac; there was no church at Baton Rouge until 1793, so priests from St.-Gabriel served the area around Fort Bute, just north of Bayou Manchac, which was part of the Baton Rouge district.