Other Events:

• Baptised: 21 Apr 1820, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Occupation: Nov 1866; labourer
• Residence: Nov 1866, Shemogue, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Misc: From 1870 to 1880; took action and travelled looking for the famous LeBlanc Fortune (this according to Placide Gaudet)
• Residence: Jun 1880, the parish of Cap Pelé, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Census: 1881, Sub District of Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Sub District of Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; farmer
• Census: 1891, Sub District of Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Sub District of Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were Laurent Bourg and Blanche Brun.

Misc:
Old Andre LeBlanc (1729-1819), the father of Pierre Comeau's 1st wife, pretended that he had encountered, during the deportation to New Orleans, a brother who was very rich. According to Placide Gaudet, Francois Comeau (son of Pierre Comeau and Angelique Brun) took some steps and travelled during 1870-80 to attempt to locate the famous 'LeBlanc Fortune'.

Census:
He is found as a widower on this census and is living with his youngest son, sister Rose, aged mother who is now 100 years old and his daughter Pelagie and her husband.

Census:
He is a widower when this census was taken and is found living with his son and his young family and his elderly sister.

Occupation:
He is farming with his son and living in his son's household.

Francis\Francois married Cormier Margaret 21 Jan 1846, the parish of Memramcook, Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Cormier (daughter of Etienne Cormier and Euphrosine Doiron) was born 14 May 1824; died Bef Jun 1880. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Both bride and groom were of major age when they married in January 1846. A dispensation was granted in the 3rd degree of consanguinity. Present at their marriage were Frederic Comeau and Blanche Cormier.

1. Mary Blanch Comeau was born 12 Nov 1846, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; died Abt 1885; was buried 18 Jun 1885, Cap Pele Cemetery, Cap Pele, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
2. Natalie Comeau was born 9 Nov 1847, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Lorong (Laurent) F Comeau was born 26 Oct 1849, Cape Bald, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; died 14 Mar 1925, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 16 Mar 1925, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. Olivier Como was born 6 Jul 1851; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Etienne\Stephen Comeau was born 1 Sep 1853; died 27 Jan 1867; was buried 30 Jan 1867, the cemetery at Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. Jean Comeau was born 1855; died 5 Apr 1919, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 5 Apr 1919, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
7. Pelagie Como died Yes, date unknown.
8. Francois\Frank Como was born 16 Jun 1861; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Baptised: 30 Apr 1769
• Residence: Jul 1814, the parish of Minudie
• Residence: Abt 1815, Bas Cap Pele; , having just settled there,
• Occupation: Aug 1819, the parish of Ste Anne de Menaudie; farmer
• Occupation: Apr 1820, the parish of Minudie; farmer
• Residence: Nov 1823, Cap Pelé, Westmorland County, New Brunswick
• Occupation: Jan 1824; labourer
• Residence: Jan 1824, Cap Pelé, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada

Notes:

Buried:
Present at his burial were Joseph Burk and Lazare Gotrot.

Pierre married Angelique (Jane) Brun Abt 1812, Minudie. Angelique (daughter of Jean Brun and Angelique Doiron) was born 1 Jan 1781, Minudie; died 6 Feb 1884, Lower Cape Bald. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Abt 1815, Bas Cap Pele, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1818, Bas Cap Pele, New Brunswick
• Residence: Jan 1824, the parish of Cap Pelé, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Residence: Jan 1846, Cap Pelé, Westmorland County, New Brunswick
• Census: 1881, Sub District of Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
On the 20th of February 1884, La Patrie de Montréal reported that Madame Angélique Comeau died the 6th of February at Cape Bald, New Brunswick at the ripe old age of 105 years, 1 month and 6 days.

Residence:
She and her husband and their family settled at Bas Cap Pelé around 1818.

Census:
She is found at age 100 living with her widower son, Francois, and her unmarried daughter, Rose. Other members in the household are a grandson and a married granddaughter with her husband.

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 Madeleine Hebert 29 Dec 1767, Franklin Manor, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. 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.

Notes:

Married:
Their marriage in 1767 was in the civil registers of Franklin Manor. Their marriage was rehabilitated in the church 29th August 1768 in Pisiguit (today Windsor, Nova Scotia).

Other Events:

• Residence: 1754, Fort Beausejour; with his family
• Residence: Abt 1805, Lower Cape Bald (Bas Cap Pele), New Brunswick; , settling with his family,

Notes:

M01-p.42-name is Jean Brun dit Petit Charlot -p.91-b.yr of abt 1739;d.dt&loc of Barachois;marr.info. J03- -p.133-b.yr of June 1734;marr.info;list of children;he lived with his family at Point Beausejour in 1754;he is the brother of Pierre and Michel...around 1805,he,with his family settled at Lower Cape Bald where he died at 95 and a half. B27-p.27-b.dt of Jun 1735. It was possible that he was exiled to North Carolina with his parents. He reappeared in Acadia in October 1762, because he is listed with a list of prisoners with his brother Pierre at Fort Edward, Windsor. He settled at Miudie with his brother Pierre in 1768. He married in Minudie. About 1820, the family settled at Cap Pele where Jean died in 1831. Bona-vol.3,p.884-b.yr.

Jean married Angelique Doiron 15 Feb 1772, Minudie. Angelique (daughter of Pierre dit Pitre Doiron and Anne Forest) was born 1746, Nappan; died 30 Apr 1827. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

J03-p.109-marr.info.,b.yr M01-p.42-d.dt,marr.info. & p.91-marr.info. B22-p.362-b.dt,marr.info. B27-p.27-marr.info.

Other Events:

• Residence: Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pré

Claude married Claire Landry 11 Nov 1721, St.Charles des Mines. Claire (daughter of Claude Landry and Catherine Thibodeau) was born Abt 1701; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1772, Saint Servan, France; as a widow, as a result of the deportations,

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.991-b.yr,marr.info. -vol.3,p.1036-spouse M01-p.14-b&d dts,marr.info.

Joseph married Madeleine Poirier 26 Jan 1734, Beaubassin. Madeleine (daughter of Jean Baptiste Poirier and Marie Cormier) was born 1715, Beaubassin. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.991-marr.info;daug of Jean & Marie Cormier. -vol.3, p.1036-b.yr,two spouses;second husband was from Pisiguit.

Notes:

Bona-vol.2,p.476-b.yr,settled at Beaubassin. -vol.3,p.884-b.yr, marr.info. B27-p.25-b.yr,marr.info. It was about 1753 that he settled at Pointe Beausejour. The family, except for Michel & Pierre, who evaded it, were deport ed to South Carolina in the fall of 1755, with the fall of Fort Beausejour to the English. This family's name appears in the passenger list of the 'Endeavour', which carried them into exile. The couple had with them 1 son and 1 daughter. Michel, Pierre and Jean are the ancestors of the Maritime Brun's.

Charles married Anne Caissy Abt 1732, Beaubassin. Anne (daughter of Michel Caissy and Madeleine Gaudet) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.884-marr.info. B27-p.25-marr.info.;daug of Michel & Madeleine Gaudet.

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.953-b.yr is abt 1712;marr.info. M01-p.44-b.yr is 1714;marr.info.;d.loc is Nappan B22-p.361-b.yr abt 1710;d loc is Minudie in 1794 aged 84 yrs. The newly married couple settled at Nappan near Minudie. In 1754 Pierre and his father were found at Chimougui with their families. With the fall of Fort Beausejour in 1755, they took refuge at Port Lajoie on ile Saint Jean. After the Fortress of Louisbourg was taken in 1758, they moved to Shippagan or its vicinity. In 1761, they were captured by Roderick MacKenzie's men who were taking prisoners to fort Beausejour. After the treaty was signed in 1763, they were freed and returned to settle at Nappan. In the Nappan census of 1770, the family appeared to be prospering well... Twenty years later, Pierre's situation was not so good. In the 1791 census, he was in his eighties and a widower: "A list of persons who have been relieved from the capitation tax: Peter Doiron, a poor decreped old man very poor, one shilling". He died in 1794. J03-p.108, 109-born abt 1710;marr.info;similar to above story;says he died abt 84 years old in 1794.

Pierre married Anne Forest 22 Nov 1733, Beaubassin. Anne (daughter of Jean Baptiste Forest and Marie Elizabeth Labarre) was born Abt 1715, Beaubassin; died 1790, Nappan. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.953-marr info. AND vol.3,p.960,961-b.yr,spouse J03-p.108, 109-mar.info;d.dt& loc. B22-p.361-marr.info.,d.dt.