Other Events:

• Residence: Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Baptised: 19 May 1816
• Occupation: Jun 1867; a stonecutter

Notes:

On his daughter's baptism in November 1849, he is referred to as Raphael Comeau jr. It is most probable that he is the son of Raphael Comeau and Modeste Melanson. - note by A.Owen Apr2012 This presumption is wrong.-A.Owen,Mar2014
Information received from Frank Catalli (Dec 2013- Mar2014) shows that Raphael is the son of Stanislas (Tanis) Comeau and Marie Burk. This is also shown in the Comeau Family tree at the back of Paul Surette's book Histoire des Trois-Rivières, Vol II.-note by A.Owen,Mar2014

Residence:
Although the Comeau genealogy at the back of Paul Surette's book, Histoire des Trois-Rivières, Vol.II indicates that Raphael left Minudie to settle in Painsec around 1855 it is uncertain whether he made the move. In April 1856 his son, Philip, is baptized in Minudie. A Raphael T Comeau is buried in Minudie in March 1864 and it is believed that this is Raphael, son of Stanislas\Tanis Comeau. His wife, Isabelle Bourque, is a widow when she is buried in Minudie on the 10th of March 1874.-note by A.Owen,April,2014

Baptised:
His godparents were Raphael Caumeau and Marie LeBlanc.

Buried:
Believed to be his burial because the name is Raphael T Comeau and Raphael's father is Stanislas\Tanis Comeau. Also, Raphael pre-deceased his wife.-note by A.Owen,April2014

Raphael — Elizabeth (Isabelle) Burk. Elizabeth was born Abt 1818; died 8 Mar 1874; was buried 10 Mar 1874, the cemetery at Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Julienne Comeau was born Abt 1845, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Severe Comeau was born Abt 1847; died 1 Feb 1873, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 4 Feb 1873, the cemetery at Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. Mary Comeau was born Oct 1849; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Bibienne Comeau was born Jun 1853; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Philip Comeau was born 12 Apr 1856; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Apr 1820, the parish of Ste Anne de Menaudie; farmer

Stanislas married Marie Bourg 6 Jul 1812. Marie (daughter of Pierre Felix Bourg and Anne Marie Bourgeois) was born Abt 1794; died 13 Apr 1820, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; was buried 19 Apr 1820. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Her grave was blessed on the 20th April 1820. She was buried the 14th of April. She was about 26 years old. Present were Laurent Bourgeois and Pierre Babin.

Notes:

Married:
The groom is a widower. Both of the bride's parents are deceased by the date of this marriage. Witnesses at their marriage were Raphael Comeau and Raphael Bourg and many others.

Other Events:

• Residence: Petcoudiac; , settling
• Residence: Abt 1758, Miramichi
• Residence: Abt 1762, Fort Edward (Windsor, Nova Scotia)
• Residence: 1769, Menoudie
• Misc: 1804, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick; had his name on a request for a concession of land
• Residence: Abt 1810, Plairie-du-Lac
• Residence: Abt 1814, Menoudie

Notes:

Misc:
Yvon Leger's book, Beloved Acadia of My Ancestors, mentions how by this time DesBarres' properties in Menoudie, Nova Scotia had been sold to the tyrant, ambitious and vexing 'King' Seaman, and it was for this reason that Mathurin Comeau, his brother-in-law Francois Leger and other Acadians, asked and obtained permission for new land titles at Scoudouc, New Brunswick.

Mathurin married Anastasie Leger 15 Oct 1772, Menoudie. Anastasie (daughter of Joseph Leger and Claire LeBlanc) was born 15 Oct 1753, Petitcoudiac; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Abt 1804, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick; , settling with her husband and children

Notes:

Married:
Their marriage is in the civil register of Franklin Manor. It is the Leger book that refers to them being married in Menoudie.

Pierre married Anne Marie Bourgeois 4 Aug 1785, Franklin Manor. Anne (daughter of Jean Bourgeois and Madeleine Hebert) was born Jun 1763, Pisiguit; died Bef Jul 1812. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 19 Nov 1724, the parish of Grand Pré
• Residence: 1753, Petotcoudiac
• Residence: 1761, Fort Edward, Windsor, Nova Scotia
• Residence: 1768, Windsor, , Nova Scotia
• Residence: 1768, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Residence: 1774, Baie Sainte Marie, Digby, Nova Scotia
• Residence: 1807, Menoudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Notes from Irene (Terrio) Melanson: Joseph Comeau came to Minudie in 1768. He worked for J.F.W. DesBarres and lived in the Elysian Fields. On May 8,1769, demised by lease to a group of men including Joseph Comeau, 600 acres of Minudie upland and 100 acres of marsh to be dykes at DesBarres' cost. One-third of their produce was given to desBarres which later was increased to half. Joseph's name also appears on the list of names of those who worked on the great aboiteau.

Passage from page 95 of Beloved Acadia of My Ancestors by Yvon Leger:
"In 1755, the Comeau family was most probably part of the painful caravan of refugees from the Petitcodiac region who sought the protection of Commandeur de Boishébert at Gédaique (Grand-Digue) and Cocagne, before reaching the banks of the Miramichi River. Joseph Comeau thus avoided deportation towards the British colonies of the South. In 1761, however, he was among a contingent of Acadians taken by Captain McKenzie to Forts Beauséjour and Edward, where they were kept as captives till 1763 or 1764.
Among the documents preserved at the Federal Archives (the Deschamps Papers), we find several mentions of Joseph Comeau, his wife Anastasie and their son Mathurin. After their liberation, Joseph Comeau and many ex-prisoners from Fort Beauséjour settled in Menoudie, that ancient and once prosperous Acadian colony on the banks of Riviere-Hébert, in Nova Scotia. The Deschamps Papers also mention that Joseph Comeau, his son Mathurin, Joseph Leger, Mathurin's father-in-law, along with other Acadians were the very first lease-holders of Joseph Frederick DesBarres. Their main assignment was the maintenance and repair of the dikes or aboiteaux built by their forefathers in the previous century."

Residence:
He worked for JFW DesBarres and lived in the Elysian Fields.

Residence:
He is widowed by this time.

Joseph married Anne Aucoin 29 Dec 1752, Grand Pre. Anne (daughter of Rene Aucoin and Madeleine Bourg) was born 27 Apr 1727; died Bef 29 Dec 1767. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 4 Sep 1729, the parish of Grand Pré

Other Events:

• Misc: May 1768, Menoudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; became a lease-holder of DesBarres

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.1243-spouse;from Petitcoudiac;son of Jacques and Anne Amirault of Port Royal -vol.4,p.1564-b.yr,marr.info;He lived at Petitcoudiac. He was at Windsor, N.S. in 1767 and at Riviere St.Jean in N.B. in 1768. M01-p.144-marr.info. -p.103-name was Joseph Leger dit Fluzan;b.dt&loc,marr.info. J03-p.123-b.dt,marr.info. In 1768, he was one of the original tenants of Desbarres at Champs Elyses. He lived in the same place in 1795. He probably died around 1800. His widow died in 1817 aged around 98 years. J02-p.176-b.dt&loc,marr.info. T20-b&d yrs,marr.info.

Joseph married Claire LeBlanc 5 Jun 1744, Beaubassin. Claire (daughter of Rene LeBlanc and Anne Theriault) was born Abt 1724; died 5 Jun 1817, Memramcook. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

J03-p.123-marr.dt.;info. on spouse including d.dt.;aged 98 at death. Bona-vol.3,p.1243-b.yr,spouse was from Petitcoudiac -vol.4, p.1564-marr.info. M01-p.144-b.yr,d.dt&loc;marr.info.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1754, Aulac; as a child with his family
• Residence: 1768, Champs Elyses; with his father, both being original tennants,
• Residence: 1768, Menoudie; with his parents and brothers
• Residence: 1805, Chipoudie

Notes:

J03-p.117-b.yr,marr.info for two marr. He was with his father at the Champs Elyses in 1768 where both of them were classed as original tenants. His wives both predeceassed him. His father was a witness at his 2nd marriage abt 1781. B25-p.43-b.yr,marr.info.

Jean married Marie Hebert 15 Feb 1762, Beaubassin. Marie (daughter of Francois Hebert and Anne ?) died 10 Sep 1780, Beaubassin. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

J03-p.117-marr.info;she is the daug of Francois Hebert & Anne ---;d.dt. B25-p.43-marr.info.

Other Events:

• Residence: Abt 1763, Pisiguit (today Windsor, Nova Scotia)

Jean married Madeleine Hebert Abt 1762. Madeleine (daughter of Joseph Hebert and Madeleine Poirier) was born 25 Jan 1741, the parish of Beaubassin; died Bef Sep 1807. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 9 Apr 1741, the parish of Beaubassin

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Pierre Poirier & Cecile Poirier. Parents and godparents were all inhabitants of this parish (Beaubassin).

Died:
She was deceased by the time her daughter, Modeste, married in September 1807.