This is the translation of part of a text written by Jonathan Lemire.
The original is here. (it takes some time to view it… be patient)
Like many others, Jean-Baptiste Marineau was not implicated directly in the rebellion in St-Eustache. He was more a victim of the British army marching thru St-Eustache in December 1837.
Jean-Baptiste Marineau was born in the early 1800s. No trace of his exact birthplace nor his birthdate can be found in the parish registers. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Marineau and Josette (Josephte) Quenneville. Martin Marineau was his brother, who was also implicated indirectly in the 1837 rebellion in Saint-Eustache.
On January 12, 1829, Jean-Baptiste Marineau married in Saint-Eustache Marie-Jeanne Lauzé, daughter of Paul Lauzé and Marie Poirier. The couple had at least five children : Marie-Charles-Julie (1816)*, Louis (1818)*, Philomène (1840), Marie-Charlotte (1843) et Jean-Baptiste (1844).
The 1825 census shows that Marineau was a farmer on le chemin de la Rivière-Nord in Saint-Eustache. In the 1840s, he was the owner of a ferry in Saint-Eustache. In 1851, a few years before his death, the census lists him as a carpenter.
Jean-Baptiste Marineau was the victim of reprisals from soldiers and volunteers when they marched thru Saint-Eustache on December 14th and 15th, 1837.
On February 10th, 1846, he made a claim for £5, 15 sols and 6 deniers to la Commission des Pertes de 1837-1838. Here is the official letter :
À messieurs les Commissaires,
Jean-Baptiste Marineau, traversier, demeurant paroisse de Saint-Eustache.
A l’honneur de soumettre à votre examen un compte détaillé des pertes par lui éprouvées principal et accessoire, pendant l’insurrection de la paroisse de Saint-Eustache par suite du pillage à main armée.
Pour (mot illisible) votre religion, messieurs, l’exposant vous soumettre en temps et lieu, les témoins ou autres pièces justificatives que vous jugerez convenables.
Il a l’honneur d’être avec un profond respect, messieurs, votre très humble serviteur.
Montréal, 12 février 1846
His claim was for all these items: a rifle, a sideboard, a bed, a carpenter’s workbench, a coat, a large kettle, a salting tub, twelve terrines, two one-gallon jugs, two barge oars. Two witnesses were present: Paul Rochon and Pierre Vanier.
After the unrest, he signed a petition to rebuild the church destroyed in 1837; this document was dated November 27, 1844.
Jean-Baptiste Marineau died in Saint-Eustache on March 9, 1852. He was 48. He was buried in St-Eustache on March 11, J. Meilleur and Charles Biroleau were acting as witnesses.
References :
BAC, Feddocs, Lower Canada Rebellion looses claims 1837-1855, Project no 19-2, RG 19, series E-5-B (R200-113-0-F), volume 5482, no 190 ; volume 3786, no 1866.
BAC, recensement de 1825, County of the Lake of Two-Mountains, St.Eustache Parish, bobine C-718.
BAC, recensement de 1851, County of the Lake of Two-Mountains, St.Eustache Parish.
Répertoire des Actes de baptêmes, mariages et sépultures (R.A.B.), P.R.D.H.
* these children were most probably a sister and a brother since Jean-Baptiste Marineau married Marie-Jeanne Lauzé in 1829.
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I am not missing out on a single syllable of your account! This is too wonderful for words… thank you!!!
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I will be following as well, this has nothing to do with Pierre’s account of the story he is now telling but a few of my family ancestors perished while fighting the British in the church fire at St-Eustache, so any little tibbit surounding 1837 rebellion and I am all ears …… lol .
Who were they Ron? Don’t keep me waiting.
Sorry Pierre, Jacques Forget, married to Marie Belisle.
Several of their sons perished in the church fire.
How very very sad… this whole event! Do they have a re-enactment every year to remember those who lost their lives in this?
I don’t think so.
I will go down and visit le Manoir Globlensky and ask a guide.