Pierre Thibaudeau was born about 1630, in France.
Plaque at the site of Prée-Ronde
Here’s a story about him that appeared in the newspaper:
“The ancestor of this family in Acadia, Pierre Thibodeau, is believed to have been born in 1630 in Marans, a village near La Rochelle, France. He followed Emmanuel LeBorgne de Belle-Isle to Acadia as a young man during the middle of the 1650s. Shortly after his arrival he married a young Acadian girl, Jeanne Theriault, who gave birth to 17 children.
“Pierre Thibodeau settled approximately 17 kilometres from the mouth of the Port-Royal river in a lovely spot called Pree-Ronde. There he built his house, his farm and his flour and grist mill. Pierre was undoubtedly prosperous but he had larger ambitions. On June 20, 1695, Governor de Frontenac granted him on the Kennebec river (Maine), a seigniory two leagues deep and a league on each bank of the Kennebec river along with the islands.
“At the age of 67, the enterprising Pierre Thibodeau decided to found a new community on the northern part of Baie Francaise (Fundy) called Chipoudie, now Hopewell Cape. He associated his sons and a few neighbors for this new foundation and had the necessary machinery for a flour and grist mill brought over from Boston.
“In addition to his occupations as a farmer and a miller, Pierre Thibodeau was also a merchant. He traded furs with the Indians. Pierre Thibodeau died at Pree-Ronde and was buried at Port-Royal on December 27, 1704. His children settled at Port-Royal, Grand-Pre and Chipoudie.”
From: Telegraph-Journal, Wednesday, August 10, 1994; p. A8
Pierre Thibaudeau is the children’s 9th-great-grandfather.
The loyalists stole his land from his children soon after. His children were deported and forced to become de-facto slaves in the southern plantations. Eventually they found refuge in the swamps of Lousiana, as part of a deal between France and Spain.
June 11th, 2005, at 11:45 am #My branch of the family was deported as well, but eventually made their way to Quebec, settling in the Beauce region. Later, their descendants settled in Maine, USA.
June 28th, 2005, at 1:42 pm #being a descendent of Pierre Thibaudeau living in Edmonton Alberta Canada find it interesting that the families Canadian origins are posted by curious kiwi
November 11th, 2005, at 5:16 pm #Curiuos Canuck
Hello, my name si Luce Thibodeau an like yourself my ancester is Pierre Thibodeau. I’m French-Canadian, born St-Georges de Beauce, and live there since 2001… Got married 4 years ago with a French man and live in France right now… in Paris. My ancester is Pierre Thibodeau who born in France, who got married with Jeanne Terriot at Port-Royal in 1660… after Pierre Thibodeau there is Michel, an other Michel, Thimothée, Pierre, Charles, Ludger, Adelard (my grand-father) and Léopold my father… I’m so proud to be a Thibodeau.. my eyes are full of tears and I want so much to found my “cousins” all over America… all over the world… I would love to have a responce from my “cousins”…
November 20th, 2005, at 7:10 am #Bonjour Luce! I am descended from Thimothée as well… his son Louis, then son Edouard Alexandre, then son Joseph, then daughter Mary Caroline, son George Burpee (my grandfather).
Thanks for your comment!
November 20th, 2005, at 7:49 am #I have been to St-Georges de Beauce (here is a photo of the church that I took. We went there to look for our Thibaudeau ancestors!
Bonjour Brenda!
November 20th, 2005, at 9:05 am #You can’t imagine my joy to have a response from you! Thank God for the internet! All you pictures are GREAT… I was in St-Georges last september to see my son. Right now I’m in Paris… For the 4 last years, my husband lived in the Magreb and Arabie Saoudite for his job… I love to travel and see different countries… I suppose it’s in our blood… our ancesters where courageous people…
I hope to go back to St-Georges next summer. Most of my family is still living in the Beauce area… St-Georges et St-Joseph… Hope to heard from you again… is it possible to give you my e-mail? Bye Bye for now… Luce
Luce, I have sent you an email to your hotmail account.
November 20th, 2005, at 9:08 am #High Brenda! Thank you so very much… Just send you an e-mail too! Bye Bye; Luce
November 20th, 2005, at 9:36 am #Just discovering my connection to Pierre Thibodeau. My Great Great, Great, Great… grandfather??? I think. My great grandfather is Hormidas Thibodeau.
March 4th, 2006, at 1:45 pm #I am Living in VERMONT.
Also a descendent of Pierre. We are so blessed to know our ancestry and nationality! I talk to so many people who couldn’t tell you where there family is from or even go further than from their grandfather. Happy to find my cousins!
July 28th, 2006, at 10:01 am #Where in LA were the Thibodeau family slaves? What parishes and what african americans families came from them?
Were the Picou any relation to them?
December 23rd, 2006, at 12:19 pm #Bonjour everyone my name is Pascal Thibodeau i’m am a french canadian from montreal and a descendant of Pierre Thibodeau. I am so happy to have dicovered this site . I have been looking out on my family history for the past two years and so relief to have found my roots and to have finaly discoverd why the Thibodeau’s are so special in a noble way.It answered me on why i feel this urge to do great things in this world. I am very pround to be a Thibodeau. My father name was Jacques ,grand father was Aime and my great grand father was Remy Thibodeau who lived and got married in Bauce region (Quebec,Canada) he past away in 1941. I’m still trying to trace back at this point. I salute you all great grand cousins from all over the world.May love and happiness be in your home!!!
January 11th, 2007, at 7:54 am #Hi Tanya,
February 16th, 2007, at 2:23 am #My great, great grandfather was Arsene Thibodeau (1797- bef 1888), who lived in West Baton Rouge Parish. I recently discovered (to my surprise!) he did own slaves. I’m sorry, but I don’t know anything about the families. Hope this is helpful for you.
I have not found any Picou connections.
Bonjour!
My name is Marama from New Zealand and i am looking to study at the Gaulier Theatre in
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April 4th, 2007, at 9:01 pm #Marama
Tanya:
The Thibaudeau family was not enslaved. They were deported from the land they owned in what is today Nova-Scotia to the mid-atlantic states –Marland, Virginia. Once there, the only way they could survive was to work in the plantations, alongside African-American slaves. So, by their lifestlyle, they were de-facto slaves.
Years later, the Thibaudeau’s and other Acadian families were granted new lands of their own, in the swomps in LA. Once there, they behaved just as unscrupulously as the rest of the white population, just like Rosilyn describes.
May 28th, 2007, at 3:04 pm #Howdy from Texas!
(Salut du texas!)
It looks like the “Thibaudeau” have ended up all over the world!
Pierre was my 8th-great-grand father. I’m descended from him via his 8th child, Jean (c. 1674-1746).
Do anyone know when/why/how the surname’s spelling has changed?
The plaque shown above reads “Thibaudeau.” My great-grand father, Tilton, used “Thibodaux” [like the city in Louisiana, whereabouts his family resided]. However, my grand-father, Raymond, used the common spelling but added an -x at the end: “Thibodeaux.” That’s probably because he & his siblings were taught that by grade school teachers (it reads “-aux” on his birth certificate, but he used this “-eaux” spelling on his social security card application, so it became official. Thus, it’s the same spelling used by my mother before her marriage).
I’m still new to the genealogy, so it’s nice to locate a place on the web where distant “cousins.”
Please feel free to e-mail me: johnnydiva(at)gmail.com
August 14th, 2007, at 5:43 pm #My name is Jolie Thibodaux. I am also a decendent of Pierre Thibault, or Thibadeau. My Grandfather had papers with our family crest on it and the whole story about coming from France. We can’t find it in her house but we are still looking. Does anyone have that informatoin?? I live near Thibodaux, LA and was curious about my family!
September 2nd, 2007, at 12:15 pm #Hello Cousins,
I am also descended from Pierre. My great-great Grandfather was Franklin Thibodeau, born in Lexington, Michigan 1851. My great-great-great gandfather was Peter. My great grandmother was Nellie Thibodeau Shepherd, my grandmother Mildred A Shepherd Hansen and my father is Robert Hansen. We live in Wichita, Kansas. I would love to hear from any of you !! This is so much fun !!
October 10th, 2007, at 1:36 pm #Jolie: I was unaware a crest had survived as recently as that. In anycase, the family goes way back. It is believed our name goes back to a frankish barbarian king, “Theobald,” around 500 A.D. Good luck!
November 30th, 2007, at 6:18 pm #I am not sure how I came to be on this site but perhaps someone can help me.
I am descended from Joseph Oliver Thibaudeau who, I think, was born about 1730 in Nova Scotia. His parents were Jean Thibaudeau and Ann de Bebrien. He was my g g g grandfather. At some time before 1782 he arrived in Ireland and married Sussanah Mason and at some time after that the name was changed to Tibeaudo. My grandfather whose mother was a Tibeaudo came to Australia in 1890.
Would anyone out there have heard of this Joseph Oliver Thibaudeau or his father Jean Thibaudeau ?
December 22nd, 2007, at 1:47 pm #Franklin Thibodeau was my grandmother Margaret Thibodeau’s brother. Peter and Lois Jeanette Stevens Thibodeau were my great grandparents.
January 16th, 2008, at 10:07 am #Hello everyone! Pierre Thibodeau is my 9th great grandfather. Does anyone know what his parents’ names are?
February 8th, 2008, at 3:22 pm #Hello cousins
Do not forget about the branch of Thibodeaus that migrated to Northern Maine from Nova Scotia. We are quite proud of our Acadian heritage in the St. John Valley.
My particular lineage is as follows on the male side.
Pierre
February 16th, 2008, at 5:07 pm #Jean Baptist 1
Jean Baptist 2
Jean Baptist 3
Jean Baptist 4
David
Fulgence
Charles
Willie
Reginald
Steven
I am a decended of pierre thibodeau by my grand mother she as the deaughter of elie thibodeau my grand mother was sophie and she married levite jandreau and I am andrew jandreau from caribou maine and I can still speak english or french and they call me andy hope to hear from you
March 22nd, 2008, at 12:35 pm #Hi!
April 16th, 2008, at 1:35 pm #Just trying to do a lttle research about Pierre. I was interested if anyone knew anything about the Thibaudeau who fought in Louisianna during the American Revolution. There names are Amant, Anselme and Olivier Thibaudeau. Thanks!
Hello to all of you Thibodeau(x) descendants! Pierre Thibodeau(1631-1704) is my 9th great-grandfather.My lineage is as follows: Pierre (married to Marie-Anne Aucoin), Paul (married to Marguerite Trahan), Pierre Cyrille (married to Francoise Sonnier), Pierre Cyrille II (married to Marguerite Victoria Richard), Jean Baptiste (married to Azelie Phillippe Richard), Jean Baptiste II (married to Elizabeth Smith), Felician (married to Elina Lavergne), Cyphrien (married to Adele Rivette), Ferdie - my father (married to Nelda Barousse), Germaine Thibodeaux Wearden. I have 3 sons and 2grandsons who are very proud of their Thibodeaux lineage. My grandparents were born in Grand Coteau, Louisiana and raised their 13 children in Church Point, LA. My grandfather died when my dad was 13, so I never knew him, but my dad was (he died in 1992) a honest, hard working man very respected and liked by all he came into contact with. My hope is to travel to Canada to the area what these wonderful people lived and walk on the land where they did! Would love to hear from any and all of you!
May 15th, 2008, at 6:36 am #To Wendy Lileith,
June 6th, 2008, at 7:52 pm #Joseph Olivier Thibaudeau was also my G.G.G.Grandfather. As far as I can work out, he was born in 1740, he was a solicitor, and he married Susannah Mason in Portnabruck, Ireland, in 1775. One of his sons, Oliver Anselm Thibaudeau, married Harriet Edgehill in 1825 in Clonasee, Ireland - as well as two previous marriages in Sri Lanka. With Harriet he had 9 or 10 kids, including Oliver Drought Thibaudeau (b. 1826 in Tipperary) who came to Australia and married Bridget Anne Boland (also from Ireland) near Wagga in 1855. One of their children, Olivia Josephine Thibaudeau, was my Grandmother who died in Bondi in 1958. I’m trying to trace this part of the family but just getting more confused in the process. I had no idea that Joseph Olivier Anselme was born in Nova Scotia and went to Irelend. I’d be really interested to learn more. I live in Sydney.
To Murray Williams,
June 13th, 2008, at 10:15 am #I would love to talk to you about the Tibeaudos and will give you my email address and if you would like to contact me and give me your phone number, I will ring you back. I live in Stanthorpe, Qld.
lileith@people.net.au
to all Thibodeau’s Well Come;
July 12th, 2008, at 1:06 am #I am descended from Pierre but my section of the family went into the hills to stay in Nova Scotia. I have an acquaintance that is running the tree to as far as he can, unfortunately I have his e-mail address at home I’ll post it later. My grandfather Joseph Wilfred Thibodeau went to St Stephens College around 1910 - He was Frozen in Boston Harbor in 1917 where he stayed at my future gandmothers fathers celler. I understand a lot of the old French Canadians used the same first name for their male and female children - it happenon my Grandmothers family they were from Petit-de-Gras up near Arachat.
Hope to hear more - I’ll post the other e-mail address after I get his permission
its nice to meet new relatives all the time
Brian
It is amazing all this information out there on our family. Just one word about the family name. Pierre Thibaudeau was well-off by all accounts. Our familly also had its share of nobility –I believe one count Thibaudeau was Napoleon’s lawyer. But many of their relatives probably could barely read and write. It is amazing in fact the name survived more or less unaltered –Thibodeau, Thibodeaux, Thibaudeau…– after all these years!
July 18th, 2008, at 1:47 pm #