Other Events:

• Residence: Jan 1865, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
She is 20 years old when she marries in January 1865.

Margaret married Anthony Bourgeois 24 Jan 1865, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Anthony (son of Placide Bourgeois and Susanne Melanson) was born Abt 1835, New Brunswick; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
There is a dispensation in the 3rd degree of consanguinity. Witnesses at the marriage were Alfred Comeau, Mary Melannson, etc.

1. Amos Bourgeois was born Abt 1873, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Marie Elizabeth Bourgeois was born 16 Jul 1873, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Maximin married Elizabeth Holmes Abt 1842. Elizabeth (daughter of John VanHorn dit Holmes and Scholastique (Collestie) Melanson) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Misc: appeared in the list of requests for land concessions at Scoudouc
• Residence: Dec 1817, the parish of Minudie

Pierre married Henriette Melanson Abt 1795. Henriette (daughter of Jean Melanson and Modeste Forest) was born 15 Jan 1777; died Feb 1868, the parish of St Anselme, , New Brunswick; was buried 19 Feb 1868, the parish cemetery in the parish of St Anselme, Westmorland County, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Dec 1817, the parish of Minudie

Notes:

Buried:
Her age is given as 96 years at her date of death. Present for the burial were Jean LeBlanc, Eustache Babin and many others. She was the widow of the late Michael LeBlanc. She died 'avant hier'.

John married Scholastique (Collestie) Melanson Abt 1810. Scholastique (daughter of Charles dit Litan Melanson and Anne (Nanette) Leger) was born 1 May 1786, Menoudie; died Nov 1864, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; was buried 9 Nov 1864, Menoudie. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Discrepancy: White's 37 Families say that she married (according to P. Gaudet) abt 1810 to John VanHorn dit Holmes. The article Un Brin d'Histoire de Menoudie, Nappan et Maccan on p.136-says she married Joseph a Pierre Brun and they settled at Menoudie.

Other Events:

• Misc: 1768, Champs Elyses; was one of the "original tenants" of DesBarres
• Misc: 1787, Menoudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; was a lease-holder of DesBarres land and a main agent of Mary Cannon while DesBarres was in England

Notes:

J03-p.117-marr.info.;son of Rene Babin;died before 1790. -p.120-marr.info;he was one of the "original tenants" of the Champs Elyses in 1768; he died before 1790. B25-p.43-marr.info;son of Rene & Isabelle Gautrot. Bona-vol.3,p.1092-b.yr. M01-p.83-b.dt&loc;marr.info.

Pierre married Madeleine Bourg 22 Feb 1759, Franklin Manor. Madeleine (daughter of Jean Bourg and Marie Theriault) was born Abt 1738, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

J03-p.117-b.yr,marr.info;she was a widow in 1790. -p.120-marr.info. B25-p.43-b.yr,marr.info. M01-p.83-marr.info.

Other Events:

• Residence: Nov 1813, the parish of Memramcook

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.689-b.yr. J02-p.193-b.dt&loc,marr.info. J03-p.116-b.dt&loc.,marr.info. In 1794 he was the most prosperous Acadian in the region. Around 1805, he settled at Scoudouc; but he returned to Minudie where he died.

Jean married Modeste Forest 20 Nov 1773, Franklin Manor. Modeste died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

J03-p.116-gives her as the daug of Charles and Marie Poirier;marr.info. J02-p.193-gives her as the daug of Charles and Marie Chiasson;marr.info.

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.693-b.yr,marr.info;he was at July 1768 when his daug, Anne, was baptised;at Windsor the 29 Aug 1768 when his marriage was revalidated and at Baie Ste Marie in 1771. J03-p.136-married in a civil ceremony in 1765 to Nanette Leger who was the daug of Joseph and Claire LeBlanc of Champs Elyses. Their marr. was rehabilitated at Pisiguit on 29 Aug 1768. Charles was the only son of Charles who settled in Acadia. Other members of the family were deported to New England and, about 1768, they emigrated to Quebec. Charles was one of the "original tenants" of Desbarres at the Champs Elyses in 1768. He died between the years 1787 and 1789 because in the 1790 census, it reads: Widow Melanson, males 4, females 2. Documents for his death have not been found. J02-p.191-marr.info. T20-b&d yrs.

Charles married Anne (Nanette) Leger 29 Aug 1765, Champs Elyses. Anne (daughter of Joseph Leger and Claire LeBlanc) was born 1747; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.693-marr.info;daug of Joseph and Claire LeBlanc. J03-p.136-marr.info.;daug of Joseph & Claire LeBlanc of Champs Elyses. -p.123-b.yr,marr.info. J02-p.177-Anne dite Nannette,marr.info. T20-b.yr,marr.info. B26-p.94,95-b.yr,marr.info. M01-p.101-marr.info.