On Jan 1, 2006, at 10:40 PM, Paul L Le Blanc wrote: > In (A touristy history book) Dianne Marshall's George's Island, > The Keep of Halifax Harbor > > The incomplete 1763-1764 George's Island Acadian prisioners looks > like less that 300 people. I will count them later. > > pg 102-104 > Joseph, his son & nephew seperated from rest of group & sent to Ft. > Edwards July 1762 until spring of 1763. > They were not allowed to work on the dikes like the other > Acadians. Could the be the reason why I believe they didn't have > any "card money" to exchange in New Orleans? If they worked for > the new English settlers, would they have been forced to change > English money for outdated French money? > The following are the number of prisoners listed at the noted locations: Fort Edward 5 Oct 1761: 273 Fort Edward 11 Jul 1762: 298 (men were in Halifax awaiting deportation) Fort Edward 9 Aug 1762: 320 (men were in Halifax awaiting deportation) Fort Edward 11 Oct 1762: 219 Port Royal 1763: 91 Halifax 12 August 1763: 706 The following is what I have found on the imprisonment of Joseph dit Beausoliel Broussard. Joseph Broussard and 190 of his followers surrendered to Major Joseph Frye at Fort Cumberland (old Beausejour) on 16 November 1759. In the 9 August 1761 list of prisoners on the Acadian Coast are listed: Joseph Broussard: 1 man, 1 woman, 3 boys, 1 girl Joseph Broussard fils: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy Anselme Broussard: 1 man, 1 woman These are Joseph dit Beausoliel Broussard, his son Joseph dit Petit Joe Broussard, and his nephew Anselme Broussard. In the 12 July 1762 list of prisoners at Fort Edward are listed: Joseph Broussard, Sr. 5 members Joseph Broussard Jr. 2 members Anselme Broussard 1 member The men were at Halifax awaiting deportation In the 9 August 1762 list of prisoners at Fort Edward are listed: Joseph Broussard Sr. 5 members Joseph Broussard Jr. 2 members Anselme Broussard 1 member The men were still at Halifax In the 11 October list of prisoners at Fort Edward are listed: Wife Joseph Broussard Sr. 5 members Joseph Broussard Jr. 3 members Joseph Jr. was back from Halifax, but Joseph Sr. was not at Fort Edward. I think the Acadians were paid in English money, because they were able to charter a British ship to take them to Santo Domingo and another one to take them on to Louisiana. I don't think the British would have accepted French money. Until 1759, Joseph Broussard and his band were in present day New Brunswick which was somewhat under French control and probably French money was used for exchange. Roger A. Rozendal [email protected]