A genealogy presentation from the associaiton of Mazerolles.

1. The Mazerolle of America A uthor: Rodrigue Mazerolle

3. The Mazerolle Castle The Mazerolles Castle was built during the 12th century in the Mazerolle Domain in the Auvergne Department. This domain then comprised two (2) villages. Today, the Mazerolle Castle belongs to an Englishman and his sister by the name of Greenwood. The sister lives in Belgium.

4. The Mazerolles arrived in Acadia in 1685 at Port Royal. The first Mazerolle to arrive was Louis Mazerolle (nicknamed Saint-Louis). He was born in France about 1661. He became a soldier at Fort Port-Royal.

5. Louis Mazerolle (nicknamed Saint-Louis) married the widow of François Savary at Port Royal. They had three (3) daughters and one son: - Cécile (1698) - Élizabeth-Françoise (1705) - Marie (1708) - Joseph (1711) Louis Mazerolle (nicknamed Saint-Louis) permanently leaves Port Royal in August 1714 and settles in Port-Toulouse (now St-Peters in Cape-Breton, Nova Scotia). Marie (1708), his youngest daughter, joins him there and marries. Marie (1708) then settles along the Moulin-à-Scie River, which flows into the Northeast River (now the Hillsborough River) on St-John Island (now Prince-Edward Island). Acording to a Prince Edward Island historian by the name of Harvey, Louis Mazerolle (nicknamed Saint-Louis) (1661), becomes co-founder of the Racicot locality (now, Rustico, PEI).

6. The rest of Louis Mazerolle’s (nicknamed Saint-Louis) (1661) family settles in Grand-Pré, N.S. His son, Joseph (1711) born in Port Royal first marries Marie-Josephte Douaron ( Doiron) in 1743. They had the following four children: - Marie-Josephe (1736) - Joseph (1739) - Jean (1741) - Simon (1743) Joseph (1711) then remarries (approx. 1748) to Anne Daigle. They had the following four children: - Mathurin (1749) - Françoise (1751?) - Pierre-Augustin (1753?) - Paul (1754?) Joseph (1711) and his second family settle in 1750 in Baie-Verte N.B. near the current village of Port-Elgin

7. The Mazerolle Deportation Children of Louis Mazerolle (nicknamed Saint-Louis) (1661) and Geneviève Laforest (1663). Louis (1690) Son, settles in the region of Kamouraska, Qu ébec. Possibly Louis Mazerolle’s step-son from Geneviève Laforest’s first mariange Cécile (1698) Daughter, deported to Maryland, USA - 1755 Elizabeth (1705) Daughter, very little is known as she is believed to have died before the deportation. » » » » more

17. Pointe Sapin Mathurin’s (1749) son, Joseph-Mathurin (1787) settles in the current region of Pointe Sapin in 1813 and is recognized as one of the founding fathers of Pointe Sapin. Paul’s (1754) son, Lazare (1798) obtains a lot in the Kouchibouquac N.B. region.

18. Rivi ère du Portage Paul’s (1754) son, Lazare (1798) settles with his wife and first four children in the current parish of Rivière-du-Portage in 1829. Lazare’s (1798) youngest son, François-Xavier (1842) is recognized as the founding father of Rivière-du-Portage having given a lot for the church, rectory, cemetery and school to the parish. About 1920, Jérémie Mazerolle (1872), François-Xavier’s (1842) son, grandson of Lazare (1798), settles with his family in Inkerman N.B.

19. Dalhousie In 1929, Alfred Mazerolle (1886), son of Lazare (1835), grandson of Lazare (1798), settles with his family in Dalhousie N.B. In 1930, Léon Mazerolle (1905), son of François-Xavier (1873), grandson of François-Xavier (1842), great-grandson of Lazare (1798), also settles in Dalhousie N.B. His family will join him there in 1931.

20. For more information and to purchase the books, please contact Rodrigue Mazerolle at [email_address]