Joseph Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, (1702 - 1765) was a leader of the Acadian people in Acadia; later Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He was born in Port Royal in 1702 but he lived much of his life along the Petitcodiac River. With his wife Agnes, he had eleven children. After the construction of Fort Beausejour in 1751, he lent aid to the garrison there. He became a leader of an armed resistance following the expulsion of the Acadians, … Wikipedia
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BROSSARD (Broussard), dit Beausoleil , JOSEPH , settler, member of the militia; b. 1702 at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.), son of Jean-Franois Brossard and Catherine Richard; d.1765 in Louisiana. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35349
