Other Events:

• Occupation: an employee of the Dept of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia where he maintained the dykes in Minudie and on the point in Amherst. Some of his work involved cutting the marsh grass from spring until fall.
• Occupation: driver of a team of clydesdale horses in the lumber woods in his younger years
• Occupation: Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; employee at Green Crow Coalmine for a short time
• Baptised: 17 Nov 1910, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Obituary: 10 Sep 2008, Halifax, , Nova Scotia, Canada; The Halifax Chronicle Herald

Notes:

Occupation:
Art was primary caregiver for the horses as well as a team driver. The horses were used to haul the logs out of the woods.

Baptised:
His godparents were Edmund O'Regan and Mrs Joe Brine.

Obituary:

Obituary

MELANSON, Arthur

MELANSON, Arthur - 97, Amherst, formerly of Joggins, died September 7, 2008, in Victoria Manor. He was a son of the late Isreal and Alice (LeBlanc) Melanson. Surviving are sons, Morris (Patti), Richard (Judy); daughter, Margaret (Terry) Terrio; daughter-in-law, Carolyn; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Kathryn (LeBlanc); son, Robert; five brothers and sisters. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Thursday, October 16, in River Hebert and Joggins Community Funeral Home River Hebert. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday, October 17, in St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church. Burial in Ragged Reef Cemetery. www.furlongjones.ca

Arthur married Kathryn Georgina (Kay) LeBlanc 30 Oct 1939, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Kathryn (daughter of Rufus Henry LeBlanc and Mary Alice (Alice) Terrio) was born 13 Apr 1910; died 1 Dec 1976, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Robert John Melanson was born 1 May 1940, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 7 Jul 2004, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Jul 2004, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Mary Margaret Melanson
3. Morris Arthur Melanson
4. Richard John Melanson was born 27 Mar 1949, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 6 Jan 2020, Moncton City Hospital, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Other Events:

• Occupation: farmer

Iseral married Alice LeBlanc 3 Nov 1890, Minudie, NS. Alice (daughter of Stephen LeBlanc and Francoise (Fanny) Arseneau) was born 9 Sep 1868, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened 29 Oct 1868, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 11 Jan 1940, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 13 Jan 1940, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
She was registered at birth as Alexander in the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics; she was baptized as Adelaide in the church; she was called 'Alice'.

Christened:
Her godparents were CHarles DesBarres & Marie Comeau. The baptism entry was written in Latin.

Died:
Her death was reported by her son, Arthur Melanson.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their wedding were Joseph Brine and Elisabeth Melancon.

Other Events:

• Residence: Jan 1850, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 1885, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

T15-name;b.dt of 1822 & loc.;marr.info. B29-p.51-b. dt. of abt 1825 - conflicts with info. from Irene Terrio;marr.info.

Peter married Marie\Mary Bourque Abt 1849. Marie\Mary was born Abt 1829; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Jan 1850, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 1885, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

T15-name,b.year;marr.info. B29-p.51-marr.info;b.yr.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Sep 1868, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a farmer
• Census: 1871, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Residence: Aft 5 May 1879, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Occupation: Nov 1887; a farmer
• Occupation: Apr 1902; a farmer

Stephen married Francoise (Fanny) Arseneau 9 Feb 1858. Francoise (daughter of Hilaire (Elair) Arsenault and Anne Doiron) was born 8 Mar 1838; died 1908; was buried , St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 8 Mar 1838, the parish of Barachois, , New Brunswick
• Census: 1871, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Hippolyte Arsenault and Francoise Caissie.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at the marriage were Dana Arseneau & Henrietta Brine.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Aug 1819, the parish of Ste Anne de Menaudie; farmer
• Occupation: Mar 1822, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

J03-p.136-name;lost trace of him. J02-p.192-b.dt,marr.info.

Pierre married Rosalie dite Tounie Seignon Abt 1812, St. Anne Church, Minudie, N.S.. Rosalie (daughter of Mathurin Seignon and Marie LeBlanc) was born Abt 1769, Antilles, West Indies; died 27 May 1873, Minudie, N.S.; was buried 27 May 1873, Minudie, NS. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Mar 1822, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

J02-p.192-marr.info;daug of --- and Marie LeBlanc. T15-born 1796 and location of Mobile Alabama;d.dt.;children;marriage location B29-p.28-birth loc.;parents are a man named Seignon and Marie LeBlanc;age104 when she died

Notes:

Buried:
Written in the parish register for Joggins and Missions was the following: On October4, 1849, interred the remains of Dominick LeBlanc years of age. He was the first person buried in the new cemetery of Minudie.

Dominique married Marguerite Bourque Abt 1832, Menoudie. Marguerite (daughter of Jean Bourg and Marie Belliveau) was born 30 Jun 1812, Minudie; died 15 May 1882, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; was buried 16 May 1882. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 8 Dec 1812

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Raphael Comeau and Marie Bourg.

Other Events:

• Occupation: a carpenter
• Occupation: a carpenter and woodworker who built houses and the churches of Barachois, Cap Pele, and Menoudie
• Occupation: Nov 1821, the parish of Barachois; a labourer
• Residence: Nov 1821, the parish of Barachois
• Occupation: Nov 1822, the parish of Barachois, NB; a labourer
• Occupation: Feb 1832, the parish of Barachois, , New Brunswick; a farmer

Notes:

from Irene Terrio - birth date, parents' names;says marr. info is in the Cap Pele register;he died of consumption aged 70 yrs.
B22-p.73-Hilaire Arseneau was a very good carpenter and woodworker. He constructed a number of houses and churches, namely those of Barachois, Cap Pele and Menoudie. Marr.info.
V05-p.75#91and p.41#98-children's marr.info. gives father's occupation as carpenter
P02-p.215,M.1-marr.info;witnesses were Placide Doiron,brother, and both fathers.

Birth:
Irene Terrio gave his birth year as about 1796. His death certificate gives his age as 70 years in February 1870 which would mean that he was born about 1799.

Hilaire married Anne Doiron 28 Nov 1821, the parish of Barachois, , New Brunswick. Anne (daughter of Pierre Doiron and Anne Marguerite Surette) was born Abt 1796, New Brunswick; died 18 Mar 1903, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Feb 1832, the parish of Barachois, , New Brunswick
• Census: 1891, subdistrict of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, polling sub-division of Joggins Mines Village, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: 1 Jan 1903, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; , at the age of 106, with her son and his family

Notes:

From 'La famille Doiron' by Allen Doiron and Fidele Theriault, on page 73 - Anne was born in spring of 1796, she lived through three centuries, dying in Joggins in March 1903. She was 106 years and some months. In the early 1800's, her father moved with his family to Barachois where she married the 28 Nov 1821 to Hilaire Arsenault, son of Louis and Marguerite Gautreau. The young couple went to settle at Portage de Chimogoui and later moved to Menoudie. They had eight children, six boys and two girls. In 1903, Anne was living at her son's home (Louis' home) at Joggins Mines.

My father, Sherman LeBlanc,said that he was told that she (Anna Doiron) lived to be 105 years old and that she smoked a clay pipe which she would keep in her apron pocket when she wasn't smoking.

J02-p.123-Anne dite Nanon,b.yr, marr.info,d.dt&loc of Minudie. P02-p.215,M.1-marr.info;witnesses Placide Doiron,brother

Birth:
Discrepancy re: her birth date. The Doiron book gives her as being born in Saint Anselme, New Brunswick in the spring of about 1796. The 1901 census gives her birth date as December 15th, 1798. The newspaper article in Le Moniteur Acadien of January 1st, 1903 gives her age as 106 and 6 or 7 months which would imply that she was born in late spring of 1796.-note by A.Owen,April2016.

Census:
On page 22 in family #100 she appears with the family of her son, Lewis. Her age is given as 89 years on the census.

Census:
On page 13, in family #83, she is aged 103 and living with her son, Louis, and his wife and family.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Louis Arseneau, father of the groom; Thomas Galant, friend of the groom; Pierre Doiron, father of the bride; and Placide Doiron, brother of the bride. The bride was of minor age and the groom of major age when they married.

Discrepency: Irene Terrio said the marriage was in the Cap Pele Register. The marriage entry for Hilaire and Anne cannot be located in the Cap Pele/Shemogue Parish Register. It is in the Barachois Register, p.215,M.1.,microfilm reel C-3016 at Library Archives Canada.

On Ancestry.com in the Drouin collection, the marriage can be found under the parish of Barachois. And in looking at the beginning of the register for 1800 to 1838, the priest mentions that the register is for the parishes of Barachois, Naboujagan and Didiche. But the image from ancestry is showing the spine of the register with the wording Bouctouche, 1800 a 1838. In looking at the other Barachois registers for later years in the Drouin collection, they all show the spine of the register as Barachois.