Survival of a Family: The Family of Pierre Guidry dit Labine and Marguerite Brasseau - Update

by Marty Guidry

In the Winter 2006 (Volume 4, Issue 1) edition of "GENERATIONS" we discussed the family of Pierre Guedry dit Labine and Marguerite Brasseau. The eldest child, Marie-Josephe Guedry, married Charles-Benjamin Mius about 1749. In the article his full name is given as Charles-Benjamin Mius d’Entremont dit d’Azit de Pobomcoup. Although other genealogists and historians have referred to him using the d’Entremont and dit d’Azit de Pobomcoup names, this is not his correct name. Les Guidry d'Asteur member Paul LeBlanc ¹ of Gonzales, LA correctly reported that his name actually was Charles-Benjamin Mius d’Azy. He was the son of Joseph Mius d’Azy and Marie Amireau dit Tourangeau and grandson of Philippe Mius d’Azy and an unknown Amerindienne. ² Other branches of the Mius family did use the d’Entremont and de Pombomcoup names; however, the branch of Philippe Mius consistently used the d’Azy name. ³

Furthermore, Paul LeBlanc ¹ noted that Marie-Josephe Guedry had a brief marriage prior to marrying Charles-Benjamin Mius d’Azy about 1749 and that she had a daughter Marguerite Pelagie Breau from this marriage. About 1745 she married Amand Breau, the son of Antoine Breau and Marguerite Dugas. In the Census of Ile Royale and Ile St-Jean of 1752 living with Claude-Benjamin Mius and Marie-Josephe Guedry was a young 6-year old girl named Marguerite Pelagie Brau. ^{4 5} We indicated that Marguerite Pelagie was probably an orphan adopted by Claude and Marie-Josephe. In fact, Marguerite Pelagie Breau was the daughter of Marie-Josephe Guedry and her first husband Amand Breau. ⁶ By using marriage dispensations and the Le Duc Guillaume disembarkation manifest, Stephen White ⁶ confirmed the parentage of Amand Breau as Antoine Breau and Marguerite Dugas.

On 1 November 1758 young Marguerite Braud disembarked from the ship Le Duc Guillaume at St. Malo, Ille-et- ilaine, France with her uncle and aunt Charles Braud and Marguerite LeBlanc. ⁷ Interestingly, she was not deported with her mother Marie-Josephe Guedry and her family. On 4 November 1758, shortly after arriving in France, Marguerite Braud entered the hospital at St. Malo and on 19 November 1758 died at the tender age of twelve years. ^{7 8} Her uncle Charles Breau died at St. Servan, Ille-et-Villaine, France on 11 December 1758. ^{7 8} His widow Marguerite LeBlanc remarried on 10 September 1759 to Andre Temple at St. Servan. ⁸