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miguel28 · Nouveau Inscrit le: 31 Aoû 2007 Messages: 4

Salut!
First of all, i'm sorry for writing this text in english, but I don't know how to do it in french, pardon.

My name in Miguel, I'm portuguese and I live in Lisboa. My parents are both from a small village in the north of the country called S. Joaninho, Castro Daire - Viseu.
The reason i'm writing here is because i've discovered recently that my family (both my parents) descend from a soldier of the Napoleon Army that invaded Portugal in the year 1807-1808.

The story as it is known goes like this: the french soldiers were passing the north of Portugal in direction to the Porto city in June 1808, when they found resistance by milician portuguese in the region of Castro Daire (Viseu). After a day of fights, the portuguese started to go after the running french. One of the french soldiers, by the name Bernard Madallon, that was running encountered a young lady named Joanna da Fonseca. She hide him in the animal store from the portuguese men that were after him to kill him. 2 years later, in March 5th 1810, they married on the church of S. Joaninho and my family descend from them. I have some registers that indicate that Bernard Madallon (he had adopted in the beggining the portuguese name Bernardo Mendes for securiy I think) was from a region in France called Biscate, belonging to the region of Bayonne. Now i think the village is Bescat, region Aquitaine.

So, I'm here to ask if anyone can help me find something that can relate to this name or his brother, that had a similiar story and stayed in Portugal too, his name Pierre Madallon. Their parents i think are by the names Diogo Madallon and Marie Poirier. Other possible names include:

Diogo Sylvain Madallon
Pierre Antoine Sylvain
Pierre Antoine Madallon
... and all this above combinations with the name Bernard.

Merci beaucoup for all the help you can get me or if you of know someone that could help me.

Miguel Pereira

Alain Lalanne

Miguel, you history is very interesting. Many soldiers from the South-West of France, like your ancestors, did the same. They preffered to escape instead of participating at this kind napoleonien war ... There is a book which explain the attitude of the people from Aquitaine in front of "conscription" during the period 1798-1814. ("Résister à la conscription 1798-1814, le cas des départements aquitains" Louis Bergès. CTHS-Histoire)

I will try to find information about soldiers in Potugal and also about Madallon family in Bescat. But Madallon doesn't exist in last century french official statistics.
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davidoc · Grand ossalois Inscrit le: 01 Sep 2006 Messages: 167 Localisation: Béarn

Adiu Miguel,

You can contact the Bescat mayor.
They have certainly archives.

Mairie de Bescat
3 rue du Bourg
64 260 BESCAT
Tél : 05 59 21 00 15.

You can also contact the "archives départementales", they have a lot of things :
Archives Départementales
Cité administrative
Boulevard Tourasse
64000 Pau
Tél. : 05.59.84.97.60

Good luck !

Alain Lalanne

davidoc, good addresses.
The mayor of Bescat is very co-operative, but busy, as farmer. Bescat is a village with around 200 people. The archives older than 100 years are stored in Pau, archives départementales. I will go there, as I told you already.
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miguel28 · Nouveau Inscrit le: 31 Aoû 2007 Messages: 4

I don't know how to thank you enough for all your help and cooperation!
I have a portuguese cousin that is right now visiting Pau and Bescat looking for clues about our ancestors. Your indications already helped a lot. If you can find anything else i would be eternally greatful.
I'm reuniting some more informations that can be valuable to search for it.
Do you know where i can find the referenced book by Louis Bergès?

I look forward someday to visit Pau and Bescat.

Merci mes amis!

davidoc · Posté le: Lun 03 Sep 2007 19:34 Sujet du message:

Adiu Miguel,

You can try (or your cousin) here for the book :

Librairie Marrimpouey
2 place Libération
64000 PAU

Tél : 05 59 27 52 11

Good luck

Alain Lalanne · Posté le: Lun 03 Sep 2007 19:39 Sujet du message:

Miguel, an other way : Internet. On this page, you can order the book (36 €):

http://www.galaxidion.com/home/catalogues.php?LIB=delon&CAT=8577&sortOrder=alpha
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miguel28 · Nouveau Inscrit le: 31 Aoû 2007 Messages: 4

Thanks for the tips!

I have some great news, my cousin discovered some infos:

-the name is Bernard Medalon, he was born in 03 January 1780, he was son of Jaques Medalon and Marie Porte.
-Jaques Medalon was son of Lourens de Turon and Marie Medalon
-Marie Porte was daughter of Jean Vignecuret and Jeanne Porte

I think he found all this information in PAU, but i'm not sure. He's coming home today,so he wont be able to find more.

I would like to have more ancestors and to know everything possible about them. If someone can help I would be very greatful!

Thank you for all your kindness and help. Now I know for sure I have french blood in my veins Smile

louis · Posté le: Mar 04 Sep 2007 14:02 Sujet du message:

Addresses for any contacts :

* Centre Généalogique des Pyrénées-Atlantiques : http://www.cgpa.net/
* Généalogie et Histoire des Familles : Pays Basque - Adour Maritime : http://www.ghfpbam.org/%20
* Cousins GenWeb 64 : http://cgw64.free.fr/
* Les communes du Béarn : http://www.net-bearn.com/communes.html
* Groupe de dialogue et d'échanges : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/CGW64/

You can write in English or Spanish
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Alain Lalanne · Posté le: Mar 04 Sep 2007 18:43 Sujet du message: MedaloU in Bescat

Miguel,

Today I was visiting the Archives Départementales in Pau for different investigations.
I the Bescat's database I found MedaloU instead of MedaloN Very Happy

!

- Medalou Jacques dead on 05/12/1839
- Porte dit Medalou Marie, dead on 16/12/1833
- Medalou Jean dead on 26/12/1816.
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Alain Lalanne · Posté le: Mar 04 Sep 2007 20:22 Sujet du message:

Pour resituer l'aventure de l'ancêtre de Miguel dans le contexte de l'époque, voici quelques lignes extraites du livre de Louis Bergès sur l'insoumission aux réquisitions napoléoniennes, que je citais plus haut :

page 408

miguel28 · Nouveau Inscrit le: 31 Aoû 2007 Messages: 4

Merci beaucoup Alain!
You have been of great help and thank you very much for taking your own time to help me!

I heard that there might be some variations in the name... can you be sure it is Medalou with the U in the end and not Medalon?

Thank you for the excerpts of the Louis Bèrges's book, i had some dificult time to read, but i managed to do it Smile

Of what i understood, the Aquitaines were not very happy with the Napoleon règime? Some of the "rebels" were persecuted and ran away to Spain right?

Merci Smile

Alain Lalanne · Posté le: Jeu 06 Sep 2007 08:08 Sujet du message:

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