Family of Simon Mire & Madeleine Cormier

Personal Details
- Simon Mire
  Simon was born on March 18th, 1744 in Pisiguit, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
  - Birth Notes
    - Joseph's twin brother Simon married Madeleine, daughter of Cabanocé pioneer Jean-Baptiste Cormier, at Cabanocé in March 1766. But he did not remain on the river like his brothers.
      
      In the early 1780s, Simon Mire and his family crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and settled at Côte Gelée, in the Atakapas District, creating a western branch of the family. ...
      
      The family's name also is spelled Lemire.
      
      Sources: Arsenault, Généalogie, 1419-20, 2558-60.
  He died at the age of 63 on December 26th, 1807 in Broussard, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
  - Death Notes
    - Simon mire died on his farm at Cote Gelee on 12/26/1807, his wife Madgeleine Comier died about 1821 the succession #429 of Madeleine Cormier dated 12/20/1821 in St.Martinville court house born Abt. 1744 in Pisiguit, Acadia; died December 26, 1807.
      
      Marriage date        30 Mar 1766
      Marriage place        St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana, USA
      
      Have also seen
      Marriage:
          31 Mar 1776
          St James Parish, , Louisiana, USA
      
      Born c1744, probably Pigiguit; son of Pierre LEMIRE dit MIRE & his second wife Isabelle THIBODEAUX; twin brother of Joseph, half-brother of Joachim dit Benoni; on list of Acadian prisoners at Halifax, Aug 1763, with family of Beleaunie MIR?; arrived LA 1765, age 21, probably with brothers; married, age 22, Madeleine CORMIER, daughter of Jean-Baptiste CORMIER & Marie-Madeleine RICHARD of Chignecto, 31 Mar 1766, Cabanoce; in Cabanoce census, 1766, left [east] bank, JUDICE's Company, Cabanoce Militia, age 22, with wife Magdelaine age 22 & no children, 0 slaves, 6 arpents next to half-brother Bellony, 0 cattle, 0 sheep, 0 hogs, 1 gun; in Cabanoce census, 1769, occupying lot number 100, left [east] bank, next to brother Joachim dit Benoni, called Simon MIRRE, age 25, with wife Magdelaine age 25, son Joseph age 8 mos., & daughter Marie age 2; in St.-Jacques census, 1777, left [east] bank, age 33, with wife Magdelaine age 36, sons Joseph age 8, Pierre age 6, Simon age 4, daughters Marianne age 10, & Pelagie age 2; in St.-Jacques census, 1779, called Simon MIRRE, with 8 whites, 0 slaves, 3 qts. rice, 30 qts. corn; moved to Atakapas District, settled Côte Gelée, in Atakapas census, 1785, called Simon MUR, with 8 free individuals, 0 slaves; on Atakapas militia list, Aug 1789; died sur sa ferme Côte Gelée, present-day Lafayette Parish, 26 Dec 1807, age 63; succession record dated 17 Feb 1808, St. Martin Parish Courthouse
      
      Wall of Names, 23, calls him Simon MIRE, & lists him with Madeleine CORMIER as though they were already married when they reached LA. Their marriage record in Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 171, & Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 424, says otherwise. It is unlikely that the marriage at Cabanoce in Mar 1766 was merely the blessing of a marriage that already existed: first, the ceremony was conducted at Cabanoce not by a priest but by the community's commandant; and second, Madeleine probably reached LA in Feb 1764 with her parents via GA, SC, NY, & Mobile, over a year before Simon arrived via Halifax & St.-Domingue, now Haiti. The likely scenario is that Simon met Madeleine soon after he reached Cabanoce. They were married by the commandant on the same day that Madeleine's sister Marie married Michel POIRIER, another young Acadian who had recently arrived in the settlement.
  Madeleine Cormier
  Madeleine was born about 1745 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Canada.
  - Birth Notes
    - Magdeleine Cormier
      F, #183, b. circa 1745, d. before 20 December 1821
      
      
      
      Father    Jean Baptiste Cormier b. c 1709, d. a 1777
      Mother    Madeleine Richard b. c 1708, d. 12 Aug 1763
      
      Magdeleine Cormier|b. c 1745\nd. b 20 Dec 1821|p7.htm#i183|Jean Baptiste Cormier|b. c 1709\nd. a 1777|p13.htm#i366|Madeleine Richard|b. c 1708\nd. 12 Aug 1763|p13.htm#i367|Pierre Cormier|b. 25 Mar 1682|p25.htm#i732|Catherine Le Blanc|b. c 1683|p25.htm#i733|Martin Richard|b. c 1665\nd. b 6 Feb 1748|p25.htm#i734|Marguerite Bourg|b. c 1673|p25.htm#i735|
      
      Birth*    circa 1745     Magdeleine Cormier was born circa 1745 at Beaubassin.
               She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Cormier and Madeleine Richard.
      Marriage*    31 March 1766     Magdeleine Cormier married Simon Mire, son of Pierre Mire and Elizabeth Thibodeau, on 31 March 1766 at German Coast; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:17:13 -0600
      
      From:
      "Elton J. Oubre"
      
      To:
      ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com
      
      Subject:
      Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Joseph MIRE, detail
      
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      Just a reminder that Simon Mire and Madeleine Cormier had a marriage
      contract recorded on the German Coast, now filed in the courthouse
      records
      at Hahnville.
      
      She was in the first group of Acadians.
      
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <cajun@thecajuns.com>
      To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com>
      Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:42 PM
      Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Joseph MIRE, detail
      
      > Simon and Madeleine [who married 3/31/1766] had a son named Joseph bn
      abt
      > 1769 [he was 8 mos old on the 9/14/1769 census]. This Joseph married
      > Emilie
      > Guilbeaux on Aug. 16, 1796 - see Marriage Investigation below.
      >
      > MIRE, Joseph - 28 yrs. old from St. James Parish, Louisiana (Simon &
      > Magdeleine CORMIER) "Informacion de Solteria Producida" - [Marriage > Investigation regarding the freedom to marry] dated: 27 July 1796
      Emilie
      > GUILLEBAUD - of this parish (Charles & Anne TRAHAN) Wits: Louis
      CHEMIN -
      > bedo [sacristan] of this parish, assistant witness, Jean
      FRANC-MERCADE-
      > assistant witness, Bazile LANDRY, Jean Baptiste BRUSARD - the last
      two
      > between 40-50 yrs. [Usually 2 assisting witnesses and ordinary witnesses].
      > Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio D,
      #5)
      >
      > Joseph and Madeleine Granger apparently had an out-of-wedlock child
      born
      > in
      > Sept. 1796, a month after he married Emilie. Perhaps this is why
      there was
      > a
      > Marriage Investigation!
      >
      > Stanley LeBlanc
      > http://www.thecajuns.com
      
      Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:21:29 -0600
      
      From:
      "Elton J. Oubre"
      
      To:
      ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com
      
      Subject:
      Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] spouse of Joachim MIRRE
      
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      To all:
      consider that these marriages, reported by Judice, all fall into the
      period
      of the missing frontal pages of the St. James Church records, as well
      as
      into the period of the lost (burned) records of the German Coast
      church,
      whose missionary pastor apparently performed these ceremonies. A couple
      of
      earlier civil marriage contracts (1766) were recorded in the
      Darensbourg
      records, (St. Charles courthouse), those of Michel Porrier and of Simon
      Mire, to the Cormier sisters of the First Acadians, probably indicating
      that
      these two earliest religious ceremonies were at the German Coast
      church; and
      also probably indicating that others were performed on the German
      Coast,
      before the reports by Judice, and the establishment of the Acadian
      Coast
      church (St. Jacque et St. Phillippe). I would not be surprised to learn
      later of discovery of other reports (other Legajos) of Judice, since he
      was
      reporting to civil authorities on all activities within his command.. I
      don't believe that Mrs. Bourgeois or anybody else has exhausted the
      subject.1
      Death*    before 20 December 1821     Magdeleine Cormier died before 20 December 1821 at Cote Gelee; MIRE, Simon m. Magdeleine CORMIER In Succ. of Magdeleine CORMIER dated 20 Dec. 1821 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#429).2
      Probate*    20 December 1821     Her estate was probated on 20 December 1821 at St. Martinville; CORMIER, Magdeleine m. Simon MIRE Succ. dated 20 Dec. 1821 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#429)
      
      MIRE, Simon m. Magdeleine CORMIER In Succ. of Magdeleine CORMIER dated 20 Dec. 1821 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#429).3,2
      
      Family
          Simon Mire b. 1744, d. 26 Dec 1807
      Children
      
          * Marianne Mire+ b. 1767, d. 8 Feb 1811
          * Joseph Mire+ b. Jan 1769, d. 9 Dec 1820
          * Pierre Mire b. 1770
          * Simon Mire+ b. 1772, d. 12 Jun 1800
          * Pelagie Mire+ b. 1774, d. a 1828
          * Elizabeth Marie Mire+ b. 1780
          * Constance Mire+ b. 1781, d. 4 Jun 1818
          * Benjamin Mire+ b. 4 Nov 1783, d. 27 Feb 1842
  She died before December 20th, 1821 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  - Death Notes
    - Simon mire died on his farm at Cote Gelee on 12/26/1807, his wife Madgeleine Comier died about 1821 the succession #429 of Madeleine Cormier dated 12/20/1821 in St.Martinville court house
      
      20 December 1821

Children
- Marie (Marianne) Anne Mire
  Marie, known as Marianne, was born on March 19th, 1767 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA. She died at the age of 43 on February 9th, 1811 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  - Death Notes
    
    Records in the office of clerk of court ,St.Martin Parish , St.Martinville,La. in the original acts books.
    (gist of pre-marital contract between Basile Landry and Marie anna Mire, dated (9/27/1786)
    today the twenty -seventh day of September of the year one thousand, seven hundred Eighty-six, before us Alexandre, Chevelier De Clouet, the colonel and Civilian and militart Commandment of the Attakapas and Opelousas Posts, (and in the present of the undersigned) Came and appeared Basile Landry, Widower of Marie Richards , Legitimate son of Vincent Landry and Marguerite Boudreaux, Native of the Province of Acadia being master of his rights, on one part: and on the other part Miss Marianne
    Mire, Legitimate daughter of Simon Mire and Magdelaine Cormier , Native of the Parish of St.James,La. on the Mississippi River a minor girl.
    The named parties ask and have received consent of there Parents and friends hereafter named.
    on the part of Basile Landry, Mister Simon Broussard and Charles Prejean: on the part of said MERIANNE MIRE, her father and mother who consent to said marriage and also Mr. Firman Girouard and Jean Baptiste Cormier , The future spouse Promise in the name of the law and sacrement of marriage to have the marriage celebrated and solemorized before the roman catholic church at the first request of one or the other. The community between the said future spouse will exist and will be regulated and governed according to the laws and customs of Spain even though they should change domicile or (dominion) to make there residence.
    In case of separation Authorized by law, each party shall retake that which he bought into the community as well as his share of the community.
    **********
    (Here follows the particular provision and terms of the pre-marital contract)
    this done in the presence of Mister Neuville and Jacques Jeune, The under sighed witness and friends , and Lt.Col.Civil and Military Commandant this same day and year in the domicile of the Commandant.
    mark of mark of
    Basile Laundry Marrianne Mire
    Simon Broussard Madgeleine Cormier
    Firmain Girouard Charles Prejean
    Jacques Jeune Jean Bte. Cormier
    
    Le Ch. De Clouet
    Misc.information in census of Sept 14, 1769
    Misc.information in census of Jan.01,1777
  Joesph Mire
  Joesph was born in 1769 in St Jacques, St James Parish, Louisiana, USA. He died at the age of 51 on December 10th, 1820 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  - Death Notes
    
    Joseph Mire died on 12/10/1820 in st. Martin Parricidal
    succession #2 at LAFAYETTE,LA. COURT HOUSE DATED APRIL 30,1820
  Pierre Mire
  Pierre was born on October 14th, 1770 in St James Parish, Louisiana, USA. He died at the age of 36 on February 12th, 1807 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  - Death Notes
    
    Baptized 10/14/1770 in St.James Parricidal.
    Misc.information in census of Jan.01,1777
  Simon Simonette Mire
  Simon was born on January 2nd, 1773 in St James Parish, Louisiana, USA. He died at the age of 27 on June 14th, 1800 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  - Death Notes
    
    Notes for Simon Simonette mire:
    Simon mire died on 6/14/1800 succession #154 at St.Martinville,La.
    Simon was baptized on Jan,2,1773,
    General information census of Jan.01,1777
  Pelagie Mire
  Pelagie was born on July 25th, 1774 in St Jacques, St James Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  
  Mary Isabelle Mire
  Mary was born on January 4th, 1778 in St James, Miss River, Louisiana, USA. She died at the age of 57 on October 20th, 1835 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
  Marie Elizabeth Mire
  Marie was born on January 4th, 1778 in St Jacques, St James Parish, Louisiana, USA. She died at the age of 57 on October 20th, 1835 in Vermilionville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  - Death Notes
    
    Marie Elizabeth Mire died on 10/20/1835
  Constance Mire
  Constance was born on March 2nd, 1781 in St James Parish, Louisiana, USA. She died at the age of 37 on November 19th, 1818 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  Benjamin Mire
  Benjamin was born on November 4th, 1783 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~louviere/p39.htm#i1149
    
    Benjamin Mire
    M, #1149, b. 4 November 1783, d. 27 February 1842
    
    Father    Simon Mire b. 1744, d. 26 Dec 1807
    Mother    Magdeleine Cormier b. c 1745, d. b 20 Dec 1821
    Benjamin Mire|b. 4 Nov 1783\nd. 27 Feb 1842|p39.htm#i1149|Simon Mire|b. 1744\nd. 26 Dec 1807|p7.htm#i182|Magdeleine Cormier|b. c 1745\nd. b 20 Dec 1821|p7.htm#i183|Pierre Mire|b. c 1705\nd. b 26 Feb 1748|p13.htm#i364|Elizabeth Thibodeau|b. 16 Nov 1710\nd. a 1744|p13.htm#i365|Jean B. Cormier|b. c 1709\nd. a 1777|p13.htm#i366|Madeleine Richard|b. c 1708\nd. 12 Aug 1763|p13.htm#i367|
    
    Birth*    4 November 1783     Benjamin Mire was born on 4 November 1783 at St. Martinville; MIRE, Benjamin (Simon & Magdeleine CORMIER) b. 4 Nov. 1783, bt. 8 May 1784 Spons: Jean BROUSSARD & Anastasie ROBICHAUD. Fr. GEFFROTIN (SM Ch.: v.2, #157).1
             He was the son of Simon Mire and Magdeleine Cormier.
    Marriage*    2 October 1810     Benjamin Mire married Marie Louise Bernard, daughter of Michel Bernard and Marguerite Broussard, on 2 October 1810 at St. Martin Church, St. Martinville; MIRE, Benjamin (major son of dec. Simon - a la Cote Gelee & Magdeleine CORMIER) m. 2 Oct. 1810 Marie BERNARD (minor daughter of dec. Michel - a la Cote Gelee & Marguerite BROUSSARD) Wits: Alexander PORTER, Jr., Jean BROUSSARD, Francois MARC, Charles BALLEN. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.5, #185)
    
    BERNARD, Marie (minor daughter of dec. Michel - a la Cote Gelee & Marguerite BROUSSARD) m. 2 Oct. 1810 Benjamin MIRE (major son of dec. Simon - a la Cote Gelee & Magdeleine CORMIER) Wits: Alexander PORTER, Jr., Jean BROUSSARD, Francois MARC, Charles BALLEN. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.5, #185).1
    Death*    27 February 1842     Benjamin Mire died on 27 February 1842 at Lafayette at age 58; MIRE, Benjamin m. Marie Louise BERNARD d. 27 Feb. 1842 at age 55 years (Laf. Ch.: v.3, p. 159).1
    Probate*    26 February 1843     His estate was probated on 26 February 1843 at Lafayette; MIRE, Benjamin m. Marie Louise BERNARD Heirs: Carmesile m. Achille BREAUX; Belzire m. Drauzin BROUSSARD; Elmire m. Athanase BOULET; Edouard; Evariste. In Succ. dated 26 Feb. 1843 (Laf. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #474).1
    
    Family
        Marie Louise Bernard b. 5 Jan 1791
    Children
    
        * boy Mire1 b. 21 Apr 1812, d. 23 Apr 1812
        * Carmelite Marie Mire1 b. 18 Feb 1814
        * Marguerite Elmire Mire+1 b. c 1816
        * Adelaide Mire1 b. 5 May 1816
        * Edouard Mire1 b. 10 Aug 1818
        * Marguerite Mire1 b. 18 Jul 1820
        * Evariste Mire1 b. 5 Apr 1822
        * Norbert Mire1 b. 16 Apr 1824
        * Clement Mire1 b. 23 Dec 1826
        * Leo Mire b. 1829
    
    Citations
    
       1. [S1] Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records, cd 101
  He died at the age of 58 on February 27th, 1842 in St Johns, Lafayette, LA.

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