The Paulins | Pioneer Families of Caraquet
Index: Pioneer Families of Caraquet
These micro posts present the first generation 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 Paulins are originally from Belavance, Rimouski, Quebec where the surname was spelled Poulin. Jean-Baptiste’s parents were Jean-Baptiste Poulin and Marie Gagne of Belavance, Rimouski. He settled in Caraquet in 1784 when he received a land grant of 500 acres.
Jean-Baptiste Paulin first married Isabelle / Isabelle Gasse (daughter of Joseph Gasse and Isabelle St. Laurent).
Their children were:
- Isabelle,
- Marie-Rose (m.
- Madeleine (m. Charles Gauvin, son of Charles Gauvin and Francoise Dube, about 1777)
- Louis (m. Helene / Pelagie Chiasson, daughter of Joseph Chiasson and Anne Chiasson of Miscou, about 1784)
- Charlemagne (1812, Marie-Reine Gionet, daughter of Francois Gionet and Marie Roussi)
- Marie (m. 1815, Raymond Duguay, son of Francois Duguay, formerly married to Ursula Morais of Shippagan)
- Barbe (m. 1810, Joseph Goupil, formerly married to Josephte Bois, son of Andre Goupil and Marguerite Theriault of Quebec)
- Joseph Hubert (1820, Marie Robichaud, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Robichaud and Theotiste Savoie of Shippagan)
- Fidele Germain (m. 1818, Lisette Morais)
- Euphrosine-Venerande (born 1793)
- Marie Constance (m. 1820, Jean-Louis Duguay, son of Jean-Baptiste Duguay andMarie-Louise Boulet, Lameque)
- Luc (died of the cold in the woods in 1813)
- Angele (m. 1824, Fabien Hache, son of Louis Hache and Judith Hache)
- Blanche (m. 1822, David Godin, son of Michel Godin and Helene Hache)
- Victorine (m. 1828, John MacLeech, son of Peter MacLeech and Anne Mullen of Prince Edward Island)
- Julienne (m. 1831, Pierre Parise, son of Louis Parise, formerly married to Marie Morais)
- Fabien (m. 1829, Genevieve Robichaud, daughter of David Robichaud and Rebecca Savoie of Shippagan)
- Joseph (m. Louise-Divine Chiasson, daughter of Joseph Chiasson and Anne Hache, 1793)
- Joseph Thibus (born 1793)
- Joseph (m. 1823, Francoise Noel, daughter of Jean Noel and Genevieve Cote ( and (m. 1827, Monique Boucher, daughter of Firmin Boucher and Judith Legere) and (m. 1858, Ursule Boudreau)
- Michel (remained single)
- Marie-Rose (m. m. 1822, Telesphore Legere, son of Cyrille Legere and Venerande Savoie)
- Andre (m. 1831, Marie Blanchard, daughter of Ephrem Blanchard and Julie Robichaud)
- Elisabeth (m. 1823, Aime Poirier, son of charles Poirier and Anne Bourg)
- Francois-D’Assise (m. 1828, Theotiste Poirier, daughter of Joseph Poirier and Charlotte Legere) and (m. about 1851, Veronique Hache, daughter of Isaac Hache and Madeleine Thibodeau)
- Marie Brigitte (m. 1845, Joseph Hache, son of Isaac Hache and Madeleine Thibodeau)
- Pierre Agapit (died in infancy)
- Jean-Baptiste (m. Euphrosine Pinet, daughter of Pierre Pinet and Marie Vienneau, 1792)
- Marie (m. Jacques Morais, son of Jacques Morais and Agnes Bouthillier, 1793)
- Pierre (m. Rosalie Parise, daughter of Michel Parise and Marie Albert, about 1801) and then married a second time to (m. Euphrosyne Chiasson, widow of Rene Frigault).
Jean-Baptiste Paulin and his second wife Therese Canivet were married in 1789. Therese’s first husband was Henri Chenard. Jean-Baptiste and Therese had the following children:
- Alexis (m. Marie-Claire Bouthillier, daughter of Rene Bouthillier and Genevieve Chiasson, 1815)
- Basile (m. Veronique Gionet, daughter of Jean Gionet and Veronique Duguay, 1815)
- Germain / Sebastien (m. Monique Blanchard, daughter of Raphael Blanchard and Pelagie Doucet, 1817).
Note: Les Familles de Caraquet has the following Paulin family pictures: [Octave M. Paulin, pg.247], [Joseph Paulin, son of Dominique Paulin, pg.247], [Captain Gervais Paulin, pg.383] [Marie Paulin, daughter of Andre paulin, wife of Germain Dugas, pg.383] [Paul Paulin (b.1835, son of Joseph Paulin, pg.383] [Prospere-Elisee Paulin (1843-1918), pg.383], [Basile Paulin, pg. 433].
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These micro posts present the first generation 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.
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