The Gourets | 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.
Joseph Barthelemi Gouret was born in France about 1797 and died in 1882. In 1844 he had married Phoebee Gionet, daughter of Pierre Gionet and Helene Thebault of Bas-Caraquet. Continue reading
The Boudreaus | Pioneers 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 Boudreaus were one of the founding families of Acadia and one of them – Michel Boudreau – was Port Royal’s lieutenant-general in 1686. Continue reading
Germain Doucet | A Portrait Gallery of Traditional Quebec Life, Trades & Professions
Index: A Portrait Gallery of Traditional Quebec Life, Trades & Professions
The Forbes | Pioneers of Caraquet
Index: Pioneer Families 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 earliest Forbes in Caraquet were the Irish navigator Henri Forbes and Louise-Hortense Bichon. It’s believed they were previously married in France but their marriage was then blessed in Caraquet on January 113th, 1822.
Their children were:
- Joseph Forbes (m. Delphine Lanteigne, 1836 – see below)
- Henri
- Caroline
- Georges
- Marie-Anne
Later generation(s)
Joseph Forbes (son of Henri Forbes and Hortense Bichon) and Delphine Lanteigne (daughter of Florent Forbes and Francoise David) had the following children:
- Joseph (m. Angelique Guignard, daughter of Joseph Guignard and Marguerite Breau),
- Caroline (m. Georges Guignard, son of Jean-Baptiste Guignard and Anne Judith Savoie),
- Henriette (m. Honore Chiasson),
- Marie (m. Gedeon Sivret, son of Georges Sivret and Appoline Chiasson),
- Marie-Anne aka Anne (m. Luc Friolet, son of Victor Friolet and Venerande Paulin),
- Honore,
- Elisabeth (m. Charles Martin, son of Joseph Martin and Anastasie Doucet),
- Georges (m. Marguerite Chiasson, daughter of Honore Chiasson and Ursule Legere),
- Celina (m. Jean LeCouteur, son of Sinai LeCouteur and Sara Chiasson),
- Francoise (m. Jean Savoie, son of Joseph Savoie and Adelaide Noel),
- Hortense,
- Thomas (m. Marie Legere, daughter of Eugene Legere and Antoinette Gionet).
Notes: Mgr Donat Robichaud Genealogical and Historical Research Collection (FR): [Forbes, Emma, 1940, Emma Forbes left for Fredericton to follow a sewing course]
Related Posts
Index: Pioneer Families of Caraquet
Main Index: New Brunswick Genealogy and History
Core Index: Acadian & French-Canadian Genealogy and History
External Links
Forbes in the 1901 Census – Gloucester
Forbes in the 1901 Census – Gloucester
NB Vital Records – Forbes in Gloucester
The Dukes | Pioneer Families of Shippegan
Index: Pioneer Families of Shippegan
This is a series of micro posts about the pioneers of Shippagan in Gloucester County, New Brunswick. Each post is organized around initial information from Msg. Donat Robichaud’s Le Grand Chipagan: Histoire de Shippagan, supplemented with genealogical data from F. Theriault’s Les Families de Caraquet and is now being gradually enriched with information from other sources. These are mostly French-language sources and some aren’t easily available, so if you need more information please leave your questions in a comment box below 🙂
Richard Duke and Sara Leger are the founding Duke couple in Shippegan.
Their children included:
- Johnny (m. Elisabeth Noel, widow of Oxibe Hache),
- Elisabeth Betsie (m. David Cowhic, a widower from New Bandon),
- Catherine (m. George James Chiverton, son of George Chiverton and Eliza Catherine Alexander),
- Année (m. George Guignard, widower of Caroline Forbes),
- Richard (m. Salome Chiasson, daughter of Jean Chiasson and Pelagie Doiron),
- Mary Jane ( m. Pierre Roy, son of Joseph Roy and Marie Doucet),
- Joseph (m. Marie Guignard, daughter of Michel Guignard and Archange Hache).
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Index: Pioneer Families of Shippegan
Index: Lameque, Miscou and Shippegan
Main Index: New Brunswick Genealogy and History
Core Index: Acadian & French-Canadian Genealogy and History
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