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The Mallets | 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. For additional information including precise dates and following generations, please leave your questions in a comment box below.

 

Caraquet history

 

Hubert Mallet (son of Jean Mallet and Anne-Marie Gionet) was born in Shippegan in 1819. He was married twice.

His first wife was Suzanne Leclerc (daughter of Jean-Baptiste Leclerc and Madeleine Thebault). They were married about 1842 and had the following children:

  • Clovis (born 1843)
  • Philomene (m. 1872, Maurice Comeau, son of Auguste Comeau and Adelaide Comeau)
  • Delphine (born 1847)
  • Oxibe (born 1849)
  • Eleonore (born about 1854)
  • Madeleine (born about 1856)
  • Melvina (born 1860)

Hubert and his second wife Marthe Witzell (formerly married to  Etienne Doucet) had no children.

 

Related Posts

Index: Pioneer Families of Caraquet

The Mallets | Pioneer Families of Shippegan

Index: New Brunswick Pioneers

Core Index: Acadian & French-Canadian Genealogy and History

 

 

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