Other Events:

• Residence: Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; earlier years
• Residence: Abt 1855, Painsec, Westmorland County, New Brunswick
• Residence: Between 1868 and 1871, Painsec, Westmorland County, New Brunswick
• Census: 1871, Shediac Ennumeration District No. 4, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Shediac Ennumeration District No. 4, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: May 1896, Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; mason
• Census: 1901, Moncton Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Moncton Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; farmer and mason

Notes:

Residence:
Frank Catalli believes that Frederic Comeau and his brother, Gregoire, settled in Scoudouc or Painsec area between 1868 and 1871. Genevieve, wife of Frederick, died in Lower Cove in April 1868 and their last child was born in Lower Cove in September 1867. In the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics for the birth of Lablanche Como, her father, Frederick R Como, is shown to be a resident of Lower Cove, Nova Scotia. Frederick appears in the New Brunswick 1871 census in Shediac Parish of which Scoudouc and Painsec were a part of at that time. His younger brother, Gregoire is living with him along with seven of his children.-note by A.Owen,April2014

Census:
He is found living with his widowed brother and his family. He is farming along with his nephew.

Census:
He is found on this census with his 2nd wife and eight of their children.

Gregoire married Emilie Bourgeois 25 Nov 1873, Memramcook, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Emilie (daughter of Pierre Bourgeois and Rosalie LeBlanc) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Antoine Comeau and Sylvie Bourque or Bourgeois (difficult to read). There is a 3rd to 4th degree of consanguinity. Bride and groom were both of major age.

1. Maurice Philemom (Philomon) Comeau was born 22 May 1875, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Gregoire — Sara Bourque. Sara was born 25 Sep 1860, New Brunswick, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Joseph Napoleon (Napoleon) Comeau was born 30 Aug 1882, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Didace Comeau was born 7 Sep 1884; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Josephine Comeau was born 30 Mar 1886, New Brunswick, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Philippe Comeau was born 5 Oct 1888, New Brunswick, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Raphael Comeau was born 4 May 1890, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Edédé Comeau was born 18 Sep 1892, New Brunswick, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Francois Joseph Comeau was born 29 May 1896, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Exilda Comeau was born 14 Sep 1899, New Brunswick, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Residence: May 1818, the parish of Minudie
• Occupation: Jul 1819, the parish of Ste Anne de Menaudie; farmer
• Occupation: Feb 1823, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; labourer

Raphael married Modeste Melanson 20 May 1818, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Modeste (daughter of Romain (Roma) Melanson and Perpetue Melanson) was born Abt 1800; died 10 Jun 1870; was buried , the parish cemetery, Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: May 1818, the parish of Minudie
• Residence: Feb 1823, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Married:
Both bride and groom were from the parish of Minudie. The marriage was performed by the missionary priest from Memramcook. Witnesses at the marriage were Victor le Brun and Pierre Caumeau 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.

Romain married Perpetue Melanson Abt 1799. Perpetue (daughter of Pierre Melanson and Anne dite Nanette Richard) was born Abt 1783; died 25 Apr 1862; was buried 25 Apr 1862, Memramcook. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1851, New Brunswick

Notes:

Census:
She appears as a widow in this census and is living with her son, Laurent.

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: 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.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1816, Memramcook

Pierre married Anne dite Nanette Richard Abt 1778, Port Royal. Anne (daughter of Rene Richard and Perpetue Bourgeois) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Discrepancy: Bona gave his marriage year as 1788; White gives it as 1778 and provides two children born in 1778 and 1782.