A Canadian Family

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

Caraquet history

The first Gionets to settle in Caraquet were Francois Gionet and his first wife Marie LeVicaire (daughter of Pierre LeVicaire and Francoise Rousseau).

Their children were:

Pierre (m. Anne Robert dit LeBreton, daughter of Pierre Francois dit LeBreton and Therese Boise and then Marguerite Frigault, daughter of Pierre Frigault and Josette Bouthillier),
Genevieve (m. Nicolas Chiasson, son of Joseph Chiasson and Anne Hache),
Francois (m. Marie Roussi, daughter of Leon Roussi and Anne Chapadeau),
Marguerite (m. Francois Robert dit Lebreton, son of Francois Robert dit Lebreton and Therese Boise),
Madeleine (m. Julien Robert dit LeBreton, son of Francois Robert dit Lebreton and Therese Boise),
Jean (m. Veronique Duguay, daughter of Francois Duguay and Madeleine Chapadeau),
Anne-Marie (m. Jean-Baptiste Mallet, son of Jean Mallet and Marie Duguay),
Marie (m. Alexandre Morais, son of Jacques Morais and Agnes Lebouthillier),
Felicite (m. Joseph Mallet, son of Jean Marie Mallet and Marie Duguay),
Charles (m. Felicite Duguay, son of Francois Duguay and Madeleine Chapadeau) and then (m. Genevieve Robert dit Lebreton, daughter of Rene Robert dit LeBreton, daughter of Rene Robert dit LeBreton and Anne Hebert)
Victoria (m. Julien Mallet, son of Jean Mallet and Marie Duguay).

Francois Gionet married a second time to Marie Albert but the couple had no children.

Note: Les Familles de Caraquet has the following Gionet family pictures: [Raphael Gionet, son of Joseph Gionet, and his wife Marie, daughter of Edouard Gionet, pg. 203, [Jean Gionet (1823-1915), son of Jean Gionet, pg. 203], [Gustave Gionet (b.1840, son of Jean Gionet, pg. 203], [Family of Joseph Gionet and Rose-Anne Parise – Elisabeth, Marie, Rose-Anne Parise, Josephine Gionet, Henri, Joseph Gionet, pg. 206], [Honore Saul Goner (1831-1916), pg. 210], [Augustin Gionet, son of Daniel Gionet, pg. 263]

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January 29, 2018 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Boise, Bouthillier LeBouthillier, Caraquet pioneers, Chapadeau, Chiasson, Duguay, Frigault, Gionet, Hache Ache, LeVicaire, Mallet, Morais, Robert dit LeBreton, Rousseau, Roussi | 1 Comment

The Cormiers | Pioneers 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.

Caraquet Cormier pioneers

The original Cormiers in Canada (Robert Cormier and Marie Theriault) came from La Rochelle, France.

The earliest Cormier couples I have found in Caraquet are the three sons of Jean-Baptiste Cormier and Marie Theriault.

1. Alexis Cormier and Elisabeth Gauthier (daughter of Joseph Gauthier and Marguerite Bujold) had the following children:

Joseph Alexis (died in infancy)
Nicolas (m. 1807, Rosalie Hebert, daughter of Jean Hebert and Rose Cyr),
Florent (did not marry)
Jean-Baptiste (born 1779)
Thadee (did not marry)
Elisabeth Rebecca (died in infancy)
Julien (did not marry)
Reine-Elisabeth (died young)
Frederic (born 1793)
Victoire (m. about 1785, Jean-Baptiste Legere, daughter of Olivier Legere and Marie-Joseph Hebert).

2. Jean Cormier and Anastasie Aucoin (prob. the daughter of Pierre Cormier and Marguerite Dupuis) had the following children:

Madeleine (m. Desiree Blanchard, son of Olivier Blanchard and Catherine Admirault and then m. Beloni Theriault, son of Joseph Theriault and Marie-Joseph Girouard, and finally m. Michel Hache)
Marie (m. Leon Brideau, son of Louis Brideau and Marie-Therese Vienneau)
Thomas (m. Francoise Pinet, daughter of Pierre Pinet and Marie Vienneau)
Marguerite
Paul (m. Reine Gauvin, daughter of Charles Gauvin and Madeleine Paulin)
Julie (m. Jean de la Croix Charles Leblanc, son of Joseph Leblanc and Francoise Dugas)
Etienne (m. Rosalie Godin, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Godin
and Rosalie Theriault)
Ambroise (m. Olive Theriault, daughter of Pierre Theriault and Marguerite Pinet)

3. Joseph Cormier and his first wife Madeleine Savoie (daughter of Jean Savoie and Anne Landry) had the following children:

Marguerite (m. 1787, Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc, son of Joseph Leblanc and Josette Daigle
Benjamin (m.1791, Angelique Doiron, daughter of Joseph Doiron and Marie D’Entremont dit Dazie),
Joseph (m. 1801, Elisabeth Arsenault, daughter of Eustache Arsenault and Marie Savoie, and then (m.1814, Genevieve Levesque, daughter of Francois Levesque and Marie Granger).

Joseph Cormier and his second wife Marie-Joseph LeBlanc (daughter of Joseph Leblanc and Marie-Joseph Daigle). had the following children:

Helene (m 1792, . Joseph Fournier, son of Jacques Fournier and Catherine Turgeon)
Marie-Julie (m.1863, Pierre Babin, son of Ambroise Babin and Anne Cyr)
Theotiste (m.1803, Joseph Poirier, son of Pierre Poirier and Anne Gaudet)
Marie-Jeanne Elisabeth (m. 1802, Joseph Lepage, son of Jean-Baptiste Lepage and Rose Arsenault)
Louis, (m.1802, Mathurin Leblanc, daughter of Amand Leblanc and Marie Duon)
Aime-Constant (m.1810, Brigitte Leblanc, daughter of Amand Leblanc and Marie Duon)
Rosalie (m.1808, Gregoire Comeau, son of Francois Comeau and Marie Leblanc)
Ephrem (m. 1811, Genevieve Leblanc, son of Amand Leblanc and Marie Duon)
Hubert (m. 1811, Marguerite Lejeune, daughter of Louis Lejeune and Marguerite Marquis),
Raphael (m. 1819, Nathalie Leblanc, daughter of Amand Leblanc and Marie Duon)

Note: Les Familles de Caraquet has the following Cormier family pictures: [Charles Cormier, son of Thomas Cormier (1817-1904), pg. 101], [Michel Cormier (b.1844), son of Charles Cormier, pg. 101], Xavier Cormer (son of Melchiade Cormier) and wife Valerie Legere, daughter of Stanislas Leger, pg. 107], [Maxime Cormier, son of Dominique Cormier, and his wife Rose Poirier, pg.107] [Seraphin Cormier, son of Melchiade Cormier (1835-1905), pg. 113] Mrs. Seraphin Cormier (1848-1883), maiden name Charlotte Legere, pg.113], [Suzanne A. Cormier (1846-1931), Sylvain A. Cormier, Anicet Cormier, Marie Cormier (daughter of Augustin Cormier), pg. 116], [Anatole Cormier, pg.247], [Antoine S. Cormier, pg.247], [Augustazade P. Cormier, pg.247],, [Raphael S. Cormier, pg.247], [Irenee J. Cormier, pg.377], [Gelase A. Cormier, pg.377], [Gillette Cormier (1820-1909), wife of Jean-Louis Poirier, pg.414], [Michel C. Cormier, pg.377]

Notes: Mgr Donat Robichaud Genealogical and Historical Research Collection (FR): [Cormier, Xavier, 1899. Xavier Cormier’s barn was destroyed by fire] [Cormier, Sylvestre, 1918, Our main merchants – D.D. Landry, Jos.-L. Blanchard and Sylvestre Cormier have been doing great business] [Cormier, Seraphin, 1902, August 25th, the marriage of Richard Hache (son of deceased Juste Hache and deceased Suzanne Cormier) and Marie Dina Theriault (daughter of Timothy Theriault and Marie Godin). Wedding dinner for more than 200 people at Mrs. Theriault’s house. Seraphin Cormier placed his new house at the disposal of the newly married couple. Honore Godin was the “home de police”(?) for the day.

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January 29, 2018 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Admirault, Arsenault Arseneault, Aucoin, Babin, Blanchard, Brideau, Bujold, Caraquet pioneers, Comeau, Cormier, Cyr, D'Entremont, Daigle, Doiron, Fournier, Gauthier, Gauvin, Girouard, Godin, Granger, Hache Ache, Hebert, Landry, Leblanc, Legere, Lejeune, Lepage, Levesque, Paulin Poulin, Pinet, Poirier, Savoie, Theriault, Turgeon, Vienneau | Leave a comment

The Laroques | Pioneer Families of Shippegan

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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 🙂

Pioneers of Shippegan Lameque Miscou - The Laroque family

The first Laroques in Shippegan were Honore Laroque (son of Michel Larocque and Brigitte Mallet) and Marthe Stibre. Their children included:

Rachel,
Hortense,
Gaspard (m. Marie Hache, daughter of Octave Hache and Anastasie Chiasson),
Philorome,
Honore (m. Louise Hache, daughter of Octave Hache and Natalie Chiasson),
Adolphe,
Marie (m. William Ward, son of William Ward and Marie Bezeau),
Felix,
Alexandrine,
Joseph (m. Justine Chiasson, daughter of Fidele Chiasson and Adeline Duke).

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January 28, 2018 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Bezeau, Chiasson, Duke, Hache Ache, Laroque, Stibre, Ward | Leave a comment

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.

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January 27, 2018 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Albert, Arsenault Arseneault, Berube, Chiasson, Dignard Guignard, Duguay, Frigault, Gionet, Godin, Hache Ache, Hudon dit Beaulieu, Jean, LeBreton, Leclerc, Lepage, Morais, Plourde, Robichaud, Thebault | Leave a comment

The Pinets | 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.

Caraquet history

The Acadians Pierre Pinet (a navigator) and Marie Vienneau (daughter of Michel Vienneau and Therese Baude) were married in St. Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec. Pierre’s parents were Charles dit Lejeune and Marie Testard of Grand-Pre (Acadia). Pierre’s first wife had been Monique Trahan (daughter of Jean-Baptiste Trahan and Marie-Joseph Boudreau).

Pierre Pinet and Marie Vienneau had the following children:

Pierre
Marie (m. Francois Cormier, son of Pierre Cormier and Anne-Marie Gaudet),
Pierre Dominique (m. Rose Boudreau, daughter of Joseph Boudreau and Anne Hache)
- Marie Venerande (m. 1811, Zozime Blanchard, son of Thadee Blanchard and Judith Legere)
- Marie Rosalie (born 1793)
- Tharsile (m. 1812, Anselme Landry, son of Anselme Landry and Marie Brideau)
- Dominique (m. 1810, Victorine Landry, daughter of Anselme Landry and Marie Brideau)
Pierre
Genevieve (m. Jean-Baptiste Theriault, son of Joseph Theriault and Marie-Joseph Girouard),
Pierre (m. Barbe Dugas, daughter of Joseph Dugas and Agathe Landry),
- Clotilde (m. 1813, Jean Hache, son of Rene Hache and Marguerite Blanchard)
- Pierre (m.1821, Suzanne Godin, daughter of Francois Godin and Theotiste Hache) and then (m.1827, Marguerite Legere, daughter of Cyrille Legere and Venerande Savoie)
- Appoline (m. 1819, Marin Godin, son of Michel Godin and Helene Hache)
- Marie-Rose (m.1821, Jude Godin, son of Francois Godin and Theotiste Hache)
- Monique (m. 1823, Jean-Baptiste Godin, son of Michel Godin and Helene Hache)
- Genevieve (m. 1824, Jean-Baptiste Theriault, son of Francois Theriault and Scholastique Hache)
- Marcel (m. 1828, Claire Legere, daughter of Cyrille Legere and Venerande Savoie)
- Luc (m. 1837, Adelaide Legere, daughter of Cyrille Legere and Venerande Savoie)
- Francoise Flore (m. 1836, Pierre Landry, son of Timothee Landry and Venerande Savoie)
- Fabien (m.1839, Angelique Lepage, daughter of Ephrem Lepage and Theotiste Landry)
- Sidefroy-Damase (d.1818)
- Augustin (d. 1819)
- Augustin (m. 1841, Marguerite Godin, daughter of Augustin Godin and Marguerite Robertson)
- Seraphie (m. 1819, Jean-Urbain Legere, son of Jean-Baptiste Legere and his second wife, Felicite Robichaud)
- Marie-Anne (m. about 1835, Joseph Boudreau, son of Sylvain Boudreau and Judith Blanchard)
Marguerite (m. Pierre Theriault and then Joseph Landry)
Francoise (m. Thomas Cormier, son of Jean Cormier and Anastasie Aucoin)
Euphrosine (m. Jean-Baptiste Paulin, son of Jean-Baptiste Paulin and Isabelle Gasse).

Note: Les Familles de Caraquet has the following Pinet family pictures [Francois Pinet (1853-1925), son of Luc Pinet, pg. 395]

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January 26, 2018 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Aucoin, Baude, Boudreau, Cormier, Dugas, Gasse, Gaudet, Girouard, Hache Ache, Landry, Lejeune, Paulin Poulin, Pinet, Testart, Theriault, Trahan, Vienneau | Leave a comment

The Jeans | Pioneers of Caraquet

The earliest Caraquet Jeans were from a group who came from Quebec at the end of the 1830s in the midst of a severe economic crisis. They settled in various communities in the area. The Caraquet founding couple were Pierre Jean (son of Regis Jean and Marie-Joseph Gauvin) who had married Rosalie Rose Lepage (daughter of Antoine Lepage and Catherine Nolet) while still in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec.

They had the following children:

Marguerite (m. Beloni Plourde, prob. the son of Stanislas Plourde and Perpetue Hudon fit Beaulieu),
Adelaide (m. Stanislas Plourde, son of Pierre Plourde and Perpetue Hudon dit Beaulieu),
David (m. Seraphie Barry, daughter of John Barry and Marie Gionet),
Edouard (m. Symphorienne Savoie, daughter of Edouard Savoie and Charlotte Robichaud and then Marie Guignard, widow of Francois David),
Narcisse (m. Osithe Noel, daughter of Jean Noel and Marie Garant and then Marie Salomee Guignard, daughter of Pierre Guignard and Marguerite Savoie and finally Madeleine Leclerc, daughter of Marcel Leclerc and Marie Hache).
Pierre (m. Marie-Madeleine Gionet, daughter of Charles Gionet and Genevieve LeBreton), then Archange Gionet, daughter of Pierre Gionet and Helene Thebault).
Joachim Toussaint (m. Antoinette Gionet, daughter of Pierre Gionet and Helene Thebault),
Therese (m. Regis Hache, son of Antoine Hache and Celeste Landry),
Souveraine,
Marie-Desanges aka Marie-Jeanne (m. Joseph Gallant, son of Antoine Gallant and Celeste Landry).

Note: Les Familles de Caraquet has the following Jean family pictures: [Avila Jean, son of Michel Jean, pg. 263].

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December 18, 2017 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Barry, David, Dignard Guignard, Gallant, Gauvin, Gionet, Hache Ache, Hudon dit Beaulieu, Jean, Landry, LeBreton, Leclerc, Lepage, Nolet, Plourde, Robichaud, Savoie, Thebault | 2 Comments

The Gagnons | Pioneers of Caraquet

Michel Gagnon was a Quebecker who arrived in Caraquet in the mid 19th century and married Marie-Anne Theriault (daughter of Jean-Baptiste Theriault and Marie Hache).

Their children were:

Sophie, (born 1855)
Marie, (born 1857)
Sophie, (born 1859)
Joseph (m. 1883, Anne Pinet, widow of Jules Morais),
Jean-Baptiste Gagnon, (born 1864)
Frederic (m. 1896, Mathilde Pinet, daughter of Anthime Pinet and Venerante Landry),
Ubald, (born 1871)
Michel (m.1912, Philomene Michaud of Van Buren, Maine).

Notes: Mgr Donat Robichaud Genealogical and Historical Research Collection (FR) [Gagnon, Mrs Adrien, 1950, 40th Wedding Anniversary of Joseph Friolet and Marie Anne Gallien. Children: Four sons: Gérard (Bas-Caraquet), Antonin (Fredericton), Louis Philippe (Hoover, Ont.), Fortunat (Bas-Caraquet). Five daughters: Hedwidge (Mrs. Léon Lanteigne d’Adamsville); Adrienne (Sister Marie Paule de Jésus. F.m.a., Campbellton); Gemma (Mrs. Ovila Brousseau, of Beauport, PQC); Edmonde (Mrs Adrien Gagnon d’Edmundston); Jeannine of Edmundston.] [Gagnon, Bertha Mrs,1939, Haut-Carraquet, Mrs. Jean-Louis Dugas of Lowell, Mass., with her family: Thérèse Georges, Roger, Yvette, Rita and Armand as well as her sister Mrs. Adélard Dugas from the same place with her family Mrs. Berthe Gagnon, Claire, Marguerite, Jeannette and Robert came to visit their elderly mother the widow of Agapit Cormier, as well as their brothers and sisters (Georges and Edmond Cormier, Mrs. Sylvester Cormier, Charles Poirier, Jean-Louis Godin and Edmond Foulem]

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December 17, 2017 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Gagnon, Hache Ache, Landry, Michaud, Morais, Pinet, Theriault | Leave a comment

The Duvals | Pioneers of Caraquet