Other Events:

• Baptised: 25 Feb 1821, the parish of Memramcook

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Jean Gautreau and Magdeleine Foret.

Other Events:

• Residence: Menoudie; , settling
• Residence: Abt 1816, Petcoudiac; (Village-des-Gautreau: nord (Deles Derniers, Petit-Dover))
• Residence: Abt 1824, Chequodouc (Scoudouc)
• Occupation: Jun 1826, the parish of Memramcook; labourer
• Residence: Abt 1838, Gautreau Village, Westmorland County, New Brunswick
• Census: 1851, Dorchester Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick
• Occupation: 1851, Dorchester Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick; farmer
• Census: 1861, Dorchester Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick
• Occupation: 1861, Dorchester Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick; farmer

Notes:

Census:
He is found with his wife and two teenage sons on this census. His name is incorrectly written as 'Lorong' instead of 'Francois'. There is another error in his son's family which preceeded this family on the same page in this census.-note by A.Owen,March2014

Census:
On this census, he is found with his second wife, his son, Lorong, and Lorong's two daughters.

Buried:
Witnesses at his burial: Frederic Comeau and Theophile Comeau, grandsons of the deceased.

Died:
His burial record sates that he died on Sunday, 'avant hier' (the day before yesterday).

Francois married Appoline (Paulonie\Polony) Gautreau 11 Jan 1814, the parish of Memramcook. Appoline (daughter of Jean Gautreau and Madeleine Forest) was born Abt 1796; died 1 Jan 1869; was buried 3 Jan 1869, Memramcook, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1851, Dorchester Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick
• Census: 1861, Dorchester Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick

Notes:

Census:
She is found with her husband and two teenage sons on this census. She is called 'Polony'. Her husband's name has erroneously 'Lorong' instead of 'Francois'. Polony's age is given as 54.

Census:
In this census, she is found with her husband, her son Laurent and his two daughters (her grand-daughters). Poloney's age is given as 64.

Buried:
Present were Patrick McGilney and Raphael Comeau. She was said to be 73 years of age when she died.

Notes:

Married:
The groom was a widower of Ursule Bourg of the parish of Menaudi. The bride was of minor age and was of the parish of Memramcook. Witnesses at their marriage were Paul Gautreau and Pierre Neil plus many of their relatives and friends.

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.

Jean married Madeleine Forest Abt 1793. Madeleine (daughter of Paul Forest and Anne(Nanette) Bourg) died Yes, date unknown. [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.

Notes:

Birth:
Discrepancy on birth date: The article, Un brin d'histoire de Menoudie, Nappan et Maccan, page 118, gives a birth date of 26 Jun 1740 for Paul. The 37 families, page 131, give a birth date of 11 April 1728.-note by A.Owen

Paul married Anne Belliveau Abt 1761, Iles Saint Pierre et Miquelon. Anne (daughter of Louis Belliveau and Louise Hache) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 26 Jun 1740

Other Events:

• Occupation: Oct 1820, the parish of Shemogue; a ploughman/farmhand
• Residence: Oct 1820, the parish of Shemogue; and worked as a labourer

Notes:

T15-marr.info.;son of Charles Forest a Baptiste Forest & Marie Poirier J03-p.132,133-marr info for two marriages,children of first marr.
Stephen White's 37 families lists him as the son of Charles Forest and Marie Chiasson.

Buried:
On the 16 Jun 1837, a funeral ceremony (grave blessing) was held for Paul Foret, aged 89 years. He had been a spouse of Louise Christina Bonnevie. Present were Moyse Downing and Jean Downing.

Paul married Anne(Nanette) Bourg 5 Jan 1771, Franklin Manor. Anne(Nanette) (daughter of Jean Bourg and Marie Theriault) was born Abt 1736, Beaubassin; died 1 Oct 1784, Minudie. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

J03-p.117-gives b.yr of abt.1736;two marr, & d.dt. -p.132-death dt.,children T15-daug of Jean Bourg and Marie Terriot;b&d dts,2 marriages.;she married secondly to Paul Forest. B25-p.43-b.dt. of 1736;d.dt,two marr.