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A BILINGUAL (ENGLISH AND FRENCH) BIOGRAPHY OF AN ACADIAN MAN NAMED CHARLES TERRIAULT who was born in 1796 while his family was in exile in QuÃ©bec. Charles chose to migrate to the Madawaska territory which was a no-manâ€™s land that the Acadians earlier chose as their new home in 1785. The Madawaska territory included the northern part of the present-day state of Maine and a significant part of northwestern New Brunswick. Charlesâ€™ grandfather, Joseph Terriot (1719-1765) was an Acadian, who was born, raised and married in Grand-PrÃ©, Acadia before the eviction of the Acadians by the English in 1755. After the French ceded Acadia to the English in 1713, Joseph decided to leave the home of his ancestors since the 1604 to pursue a better life; a life unfettered by the politics of the meddlesome French and the belligerent English. For more than a century, his branch of the Terriot family would be migrating and looking for their home. But it would be his grandson, Charles that would bring this migration to the wilderness of the Madawaska River. â€˜Destination Madawaskaâ€™ begins with a summary of the history leading to the period of Charles' life which began in 1796. To set the scene, the life of Charles' grandfather and his migration from Acadia to Canada is summarized. THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF THE GREATER TERRIAULT FAMILY IS ALSO PRESENTED FOR THOSE FEW BRANCHES OF THE FAMILY THAT MIGRATED TO THE MADAWASKA TERRITORY, SPECIFICALLY THE UPPER ST JOHN VALLEY. Then we go into the details of the life of Charles, the first francophone settler of present-day Saint-Jacques on the Madawaska River. After his arrival in 1823, Charles was joined three years later in 1826 by Pierre Plourde, his brother-in-law who later built and operated the first mill on the Iroquois River. Another brother-in-law, Jean Saint-Onge also arrived in the same year and became Charles' neighbor. So, this history of the Terriault family also includes some of the history of the Plourde, Saint-Onge and Morneault families. A KEY GOAL OF THIS BOOK IS TO PRESENT THE EVIDENCE THAT CHARLES WAS THE FIRST FRANCOPHONE TO SETTLE IN PRESENT-DAY SAINT-JACQUES ALONG THE MADAWASKA RIVER IN 1823. Although we outline the lives of the members of Charles' small family, we will focus on his second son, Dolphis, a founding father of Saint-Jacques-de-Madawaska. Before the parish was formed in St Jacques, Holy Mass was celebrated in Dolphis' home. This family history is heavily illustrated with photos, satellite photos and maps of the Madawaska area. Also, we are proud to feature and publish for the first time, several important photos from the personal family album of PÃ©lagie Theriault Morneault (1860-1931). PÃ©lagie was a daughter of Dolphis and wife of Charles Morneault of Moulin Morneault, in Saint-Jacques, NB. After her mother died at a very young age, PÃ©lagie was raised by her cousin (once-removed) Adeline Plourde and her husband Pascal Morneault. THIS SECOND EDITION INCLUDES SEVERAL UP-DATES, CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS With the generous assistance of genealogist Jean-Guy Poitras, we resolved new evidence found earlier of an additional member of Charles Terriaultâ€™s [62] family; their first son, Thomas Charles. In my research for my new book â€œMoulins du Madawaskaâ€, I learned that Joseph [1408] apprenticed milling under the Thibodeau family. That is how the Terriaultâ€™s of St Basile came to be a key milling family on the Iroquois River. We corrected our conclusion regarding a â€˜mysteryâ€™ photo which we found in PÃ©lagie ThÃ©rriault Morneaultâ€™s family album. We initially thought that the subject as Pierre Plourde but after reviewing some of first scans of the photo, we saw some traces of PÃ©lagie Theriaultâ€™s most recognizable handwriting which identified the subject as Charles Terriault. Also, following additional analyses of the migration of the Acadians to the Madawaska territory, we identified each of the 20 Theriault family branches that migrated to the St John Valley.