Other Events:

• Residence: Aft 1849, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Occupation: 1861; operator of a quarry in the civil parish of Shediac
• Residence: 1861, Botsford, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada

Laurent married Antoinette Bourque 7 Nov 1849, Cap Pele, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Antoinette (daughter of Francois Hubert Bourk and Dorothee Downing) was born 5 Oct 1822, the parish of Cap Pele, Westmorland County, New Brunswick; died Yes, date unknown; was buried 15 Oct 1915, Cap Pelé, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Aug 1819, Ste Anne Parish, Minoudie
• Occupation: Sep 1820, the parish of Minudie; farmer
• Occupation: Mar 1822, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; farmer

Pierre married Marie LeBlanc 23 Aug 1819, Menoudie. Marie (daughter of Pierre dit Pierrot LeBlanc and Anne (Nanette) Comeau) was born Abt 1800; died 15 Mar 1877; was buried 17 Mar 1877, St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Aug 1819, Ste Anne Parish, Minoudie
• Residence: Mar 1822, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Birth:
She was said to be 77 years old when she died in March 1877.

Notes:

Married:
Both bride and groom were of minor age when they married. There is a 3rd degree of consanguinity. Witnesses at their marriage were Pierre Brun, father of the groom; Barbe Milce, cousin; Celestin Bourg, uncle of the bride; Moise Leblanc, brother of the bride.

Other Events:

• Residence: Jul 1814, the parish of Minudie
• Occupation: Aug 1819, Ste Anne Parish, Minoudie; a farmer
• Occupation: May 1829, the parish of Minudie; labourer
• Residence: May 1829, the parish of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

J03-p.134,135-b.dt&loc,marr.info. He settled at Carleton and only came to the Champs Elyses in 1790 where he married. He lived at Minudie after that. -p.136-marr.info. B27-p.27,28-b.dt,marr.info; Despite obtaining a concession of land at Shemogue in 1809, he lived all his live at Minudie. J02-p.191-marr.info. B29-p.19-gives his parents as Pierre Brun & Theodora Boudreau;gives his bap.dtas 29 Aug 1768 at Caraquet Register age 6 minths--DISCREPENCY-what's right??

Pierre married Anne (Nanon) Melanson Abt 1787, Menoudie. Anne (daughter of Charles dit Litan Melanson and Anne (Nanette) Leger) was born 25 Jul 1766, Pisiguit; died Nov 1852, Menoudie; was buried 7 Nov 1852, the cemetery at Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Windsor, , Nova Scotia; when young
• Residence: Jul 1814, the parish of Minudie
• Residence: Aug 1819, Ste Anne Parish, Minoudie
• Residence: May 1829, the parish of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

B27-p.27-marr.info;daug of Charles & Nanette Leger. J03-p.135-marr.info;daug of Charles & Nanette Leger. -p.136-marr.info;settled at Menoudie. J02-p.191-b&d dts&locs;marr.info. B29-p.19-birth info;marr.info;death info.;father & mother in laws names differ in this entry

Residence:
Her burial entry describes her as being a native of Windsor, Nova Scotia.

Died:
Her burial entry gave her age as about 92 years old when she died.

Notes:

Buried:
His age was given as about 40 years old at death. Present at his burial were Thomas Beleveau and Celestin Bourg.

Pierre married Anne (Nanette) Comeau Abt 1797. Anne (daughter of Mathurin Comeau and Anastasie Leger) was born 13 Jan 1774; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Aug 1819, Ste Anne Parish, Minoudie
• Residence: Nov 1823, Ste Anne Parish, Minoudie

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.884-b.yr,marr.info. He was at Carleton on the census of 1777 and at Memramcook several years later. B27-p.26-marr.info; With his brother, Pierre, he fled the English when Fort Beausejour was captured in the summer of 1755. He married at Port Lajoie on Ile Saint Jean in 1757;his brother was one of the witnesses at his marriage. The young couple sought refuge at Restigouche where in 1760, they baptized a child. "Par la suite" the family settled at Carleton, in the Gaspe. Towards 1780, the family came to settle at Minudie. One of their sons, Alexis, married and settled at Cap Pele about 1806. He is the ancestor of one of the roots of this family in that region. J03-p.134-Born at Chipoudie in 1734,he was found to be at Point Beausejour in 1754...With his brother, Pierre, he escaped the English at the fall of Fort Beausejour. Along with other Acadians, his two brothers(pierre & Jean), they fled to the Gaspereau River -today Port Elgin-and in following the road of this area came to Shemogue and eventually to l'ile Saint Jean. They crossed the Red Sea(the Strait of Northunberland) in some small boats and eventually arrived at Port Lajoye. He married at Port Lajoye...With the surrender of l'ile Saint Jean in 1758,Michel Brun and his spouse and family, along with Pierre Brun, sought refuge at Restigouche. There his son Pierre was baptised...In 1780, or 81, Michel Brun, his spouse and four of their children ...left Carleton to go to Champs-Elyses, and in 1791, it was said that Michel Brien was a poor discreped man. He died a widower in the middle of this last year.

Michel married Marguerite Comeau 31 Jan 1757, Port Lajoie. Marguerite (daughter of Ambroise Comeau and Marguerite Cormier) was born 1738, Chipoudy. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bona-vol.3,p.884-marr.info;daug of Ambroise & Marguerite Cormier. -vol.4,p.1549-b.yr,marr.info.;husband was from Beaubassin. B27-p.26-marr.info. J03-p.134,135-marr.info;general info on settlement.

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.

Notes:

In 1780, Andre LeBlanc left Chezzetcook (near Halifax) with his children, Joseph and Rosalie, and his grand-daughter, Rosalie (Tounie), and settled at Fox Creek. But, He did not stay long at Fox Creek...he left to spend the rest of his days at Menoudie, where he claimed his father and mother had died. Andre's son, Joseph, who was born around 1753 (1748?) was called Jos a Joe-Andre. As a child, Joseph was exiled with his family, from Memramcook to Shediac, Cocagne, Buctouche, Richibouctou, and Miramichi. His mother died while he was but a child. In 1774 he married Marguerite Forest (born 1750) daughter of Charles Forest and Marguerite Saulnier. Joseph died of typhoid fever on April 28th, 1813, while his wife died of the same thing five days before her husband. He was 60 years old, his wife 63.

On 23 March 1811 there was a transfer of a share of a land lease of land situated in Minudie from Joseph LeBlanc in the county of Westmorland, New Brunswick to his sons, John LeBlanc and Peter LeBlanc and son-in-law, Peter Burk Jr.
On 28 April 1813, there was a transfer of part of a land lease of land situated at Minudie between Peter and John LeBlanc, on one part, and Manuel LeBlanc, on the other part. (note: son Peter died in Fox Creek on 12 May 1813.)

Buried:
He was about 50 years old when he died. Present at his burial were Bonaventure LeBlanc and Amand LeBlanc.

Joseph married Marguerite Forest 14 Aug 1775, Franklin Manor. Marguerite was born 1750; died 23 Apr 1813, Fox Creek, (N.B.); was buried 25 Apr 1813, the cemetery of the parish of Memramcook. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Irene-parents given as Charles Forest & Marguerite Saulnier;she died 5 days before her husband of typhoid fever in Fox Creek. She was 63. J02-p.159-parents given as Charles Forest & Marie Chiasson M01-p.558-shows her father having had two wives with names:Marguerite Poirier and Marguerite Saulnier Bona-vol.3,p.961,962-gives her father with spouse named Marguerite Poirier J03-p.102-shows her father married Marie Poirier on 4 Jun 1742 at Beaubassin Father's RIN is 2581.

Buried:
Present at her burial were Michel Bourg and Raphael Bourg. Marguerite was around 63 years old when she died.

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.