The Plourdes | Pioneers of Caraquet

These micro posts present the first generations of each of the families that established different surnames found in Caraquet, New Brunswick. Most of the information is drawn from Fidele Theriault’s genealogical dictionary “Les Familles de Caraquet”. His book is in French and offers a lot more information including family trees of the first generations (with precise dates) and in many cases explanations of how the first pioneers arrived in Caraquet and other fascinating anecdotes. If you don’t have access to the book you can contact me for extra information by leaving a comment underneath this post.

The Caraquet Plourdes descend from the French-Canadian pioneering couple Rene Plourde and Jeanne Marguerite Berube. Two Plourde brothers (Beloni and Stanislas Plourde) who had married two sisters (Marguerite and Adelaide Jean) in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec eventually settled in Caraquet.

The children of Beloni Plourde (son of Pierre Plourde and Perpetue Hudon dit Beaulieu) and Marguerite Jean dite Gritzeau (daughter of Pierre Jean and Rosalie Lepage) were:

Hypolite (m. Marie-Zoe Guignard, daughter of Pierre Guignard and Madeleine Robichaud),
Hubert (m. Hortense Gionet, daughter of Pierre Gionet and Helene Thebault),
Beloni (m. Tharsile Frigault, daughter of Edouard Frigault and Marie Gionet),
Wenceslas dit Stanislas (m. Rose Hache),
Anastasie, m. Moise Gionet, son of Charles Gionet and Genevieve LeBreton),
David Daniel (m. Anne Leclerc, daughter of Sylvain Leclerc and Rose Hache),
Olivier (m. Vitaline Guignard, daughter of Pierre Guignard and Madeleine Robichaud),
Pierre (m. Celina Leclerc, daughter of Sylvain Leclerc and Rose Hache),
Marie (m. Ozaire Gionet, son of Jules Gionet and Nathalie Duguay) and
Marguerite (m. Christin Arsenault, son of David Arsenault and Vitaline Chiasson).

The children of Stanislas Plourde (son of Pierre Plourde and Perpetue Hudon dit Beaulieu) and Adelaide Jean (daughter of Pierre Plourde and Rosalie Lepage) were:

Stanislas (m. Nathalie Morais, daughter of Francois Morais and Madeleine Albert)
Pierre
Narcisse (m. Angele Guignard, daughter of Pierre Guignard and Madeleine Robichaud)
Jean-Baptiste (m. Antoinette Gionet)
Romaine Philomene (m. Pierre Aylward)
Emilie
Henri (m. Marie-Rose Frigault, daughter of Edouard Frigault and Marie Gionet)
Pierre (m. Philomene Godin, daughter of Macaire Godin)