Other Events:

• Obituary: an unknown newspaper
• Occupation: Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a steam train engineer with Cumberland Coal and Power Company
• Residence: Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; most of his life

Hance married Louise Irene Bourgeois 11 Sep 1934, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Louise (daughter of Simon Bourgeois and Cecilia\Celia (Celie) Burke) was born 8 Jun 1910; died 29 Jun 1968, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Ragged Reef Cemetery, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet]

1. Wayne Laurence LeBlanc was born 24 Jul 1935, Joggins, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 22 Dec 2021, Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Myrna Cecilia LeBlanc
3. Mary Lita (Lita) LeBlanc

Other Events:

• Occupation: a merchant for the mining company and had retired in August 1947 after working for 55 years
• Baptised: 28 Apr 1872, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a stone cutter
• Occupation: Sep 1902, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; fireman working on the steam train
• Residence: Sep 1902, Little River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: May 1906, Little River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: May 1938, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
His marriage certificate gives his birth location as Lower Cove, NS.

Baptised:
His godparents were Juliano Cormier & Maria Bourque. The baptism entry was written in Latin.

Census:
On page 37, in family #165, he is found with his parents and four of his siblings.

Rufus married Mary Alice (Alice) Terrio 24 Sep 1902, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary (daughter of Jude Theriault and Elizabeth Arsenault) was born 13 Mar 1880, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 4 May 1954, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 8 May 1954, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary: an unknown newspaper
• Residence: Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; , prior to her marriage,
• Baptised: 15 Mar 1880
• Residence: May 1906, Little River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Ferdinand Thibedeau and Harrietta Thariault.

Buried:
Her death was reported by her daughter, Kathryn Melanson.

Died:
She developed diabetes in her older years and had a leg amputated. She died from toxaemia from gangrene.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Bertha Terrio and James LeBlanc.

Other Events:

• Occupation: In his later years, Moncton; a coal merchant
• Occupation: Dec 1869, Minudie; a farmer
• Occupation: Mar 1870; a yeoman
• Census: 1871, Polling District 5, Sub District of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Polling District 5, Sub District of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; a labourer listed on the census taken
• Occupation: Jul 1874, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a stonecutter
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; a farmer
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Sep 1902; common labourer
• Residence: From 1906 to 1928, 87 Union Street, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Census: 1911, City of Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Union Street, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Occupation: Apr 1928, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; a retired coal merchant

Notes:

Occupation:
He was listed as a coal dealer on the 1911 census for City of Moncton, NB.

Census:
On page 37, in family #165, he appears with his wife and five of their children.

Occupation:
His daughter, Ida's death announcement, describes her father as an operator of a wholesale and retail coal business in Moncton for many years.

Died:
His death was reported by his son, Charles LeBlanc.

John married Louisa\Luise Heitzler 28 Dec 1869, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Louisa\Luise (daughter of Ignaz\Angus Heitzler and Elizabeth Oliva\Oliver) was born 24 Sep 1846, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 25 Jan 1928, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 27 Jan 1928, St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 25 Sep 1846, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Residence: Dec 1869, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1871, Polling District 5, Sub District of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1911, City of Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Union Street, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
• Obituary: 1928; an unknown newspaper

Notes:

Sherman Leblanc said that Louisa was 5 years old (sic 7 years) when she came to Canada in 1854 with her family. Her older (sic younger) sister, aged 7 (sic 5 years), died and was buried at sea on the voyage. Her parents settled in Minudie where her parents worked for "King" Seaman. The "king" was fond of Louisa's mother and had Louisa educated along with his own daughter, Lila, by a private tutor. Louisa had golden coloured hair and a clear fair complexion with rosy cheeks. She was a kind spoken woman; she did not meddle or gossip about other people. In her later years she had a stroke and was paralyzed somewhat in her legs. She spent her last years living with her daughter, Ida who married Damien White. She was a very tall woman. When Louisa's family came to Canada, other families by the name of Sherman, Glen and possibly Wolfe, came over to Canada with them and settled in Minudie.
My father, Sherman LeBlanc, had told me that Louisa was 87 when she died in 1936 (sic). This is not correct. Her death is recorded in the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics under Louise H LeBlanc. Louisa's death occured in Minudie on 27 Jan 1928 and her age is listed as about 82 years old. In actual fact, she was 81 years old and in her 82nd year of life.-note by A.Owen

Birth:
Her marriage registration gives her age as 22 years when she married John LeBlanc in Dec 1869 and states that she was born in Germany.

Her baptism entry states that she was born at 2am in the morning on September 24th, 1846.

Baptised:
Her baptism entry in the parish register gives her godparents as Andreas Weis, blacksmith, and Lorenz Burger, farmer. She was an illegitimate child when born and her father's name is not given. She was baptized at 3pm in the afternoon on September 25th, 1846.

Note: It is assumed that Ignaz Heitzler is her father. After her parents have married, Louisa/Luise shows up with her parents in the family book as a child of Ignaz along with her sister, Magdalena. -note by A.Owen

Census:
She is found with her husband and widowed mother on the census and her age is given as 23.

Census:
On page 37, in family #165, she is found with her husband and five of their children.

Census:
She appears with her husband and three youngest adult children.

Buried:
Note: the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics record of her death gives a burial date of 27 Jan 1928 at the RC Cemetery in Minudie, Nova Scotia. However, Bertha (Como) Stevens played the organ at a Requium Mass for Louisa on Feburary 6, 1928 at the Catholic Church in Joggins, Nova Scotia.

Died:
Although Louisa is listed as a widow, her husband was still alive and living in Moncton with his son, Charles. He died several months after Louisa. Louisa's death was reported by her son Rufus LeBlanc.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses were Ferdinand Babin and Mary Burk.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1869, Lower Cove, NS; working as a chore boy for the Hebert family
• Residence: 1869, Minudie, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia; , settling
• Census: 1881, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Occupation: May 1883; a labourer
• Residence: May 1883, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Aug 1901; a stone-cutter
• Occupation: Sep 1902; common labourer
• Occupation: Feb 1909; a miner
• Occupation: Nov 1913; working in mining
• Occupation: Aug 1916; working in mining
• Occupation: Sep 1918; working in mining
• Occupation: 1938; a teamster when he stopped working at the age of 83

Notes:

S12-1881C-Dist.J,Div#2,pg.29,#122#134-family is:
Thareolt Jude M 25 N.B. Catholic French occ.not given
" Elizabeth F 23 N.S. " "
" Lewy M 3 " " "
" Mary A F 1 " " "
T15-note that Theriault was changed to Terrio at the Lower Cove school by English school teachers who spelled the name as it sounded

Birth:
Irene (Terrio) Melanson said that he was born in Aboujagane. His death certificate gives his place of birth as St Andrew, New Brunswick.

Residence:
Jude walked in his barefeet with his father, Damien, from Aboujagan, New Brunswick to Lower Cove, Nova Scotia, where his father took a job with the Heberts and Jude got a job as a chore boy. (from Irene Terrio July 1979)

Jude married Elizabeth Arsenault 29 May 1883, Ragged Reef, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia. Elizabeth (daughter of Hyppolite (Polid) Arsenault and Nathalie (Nettie) LeBlanc) was born 13 May 1858; died 17 Jan 1948, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 20 Jan 1948, Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 23 May 1858

Notes:

T15-obt. 1989-aged 13 with family #41 in 1871 N.S. Census;born in N.S. -d.dt.;buried in Ragged Reef Cemetery,near Joggins
S12-1881C-Dist.J, Div#2,pg.29,#122#134-Elizabeth age 23 wife of Jude Thareolt,has two children.

Baptised:
She was 10 days old when baptized on May 23, 1858. Her godparents were Juda (Jude) Arseneau & Elizabeth Gold. The baptism entry was written in Latin.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were C. White and Elizabeth Burke.

Notes:

Buried:
Written in the parish register for Joggins and Missions was the following: On October4, 1849, interred the remains of Dominick LeBlanc years of age. He was the first person buried in the new cemetery of Minudie.

Dominique married Marguerite Bourque Abt 1832, Menoudie. Marguerite (daughter of Jean Bourg and Marie Belliveau) was born 30 Jun 1812, Minudie; died 15 May 1882, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; was buried 16 May 1882. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptised: 8 Dec 1812

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Raphael Comeau and Marie Bourg.

Other Events:

• Baptised: 30 Mar 1813, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Occupation: Bef Mar 1854, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; mason
• Residence: Bef Mar 1854, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Occupation: Dec 1869, Minudie; a mason

Notes:

In September 1982, Stephen Comeau, son of Pearl LeBlanc and Al Comeau, photographed an old trunk that was sitting in a garage in Joggins. On it was carved the words: Ignatz Heitzler Ottersweier 1854.
In speaking with Jacqueline (Stuckemann) LeBlanc who was born in Germany and speaks German, I was told that the name Ignatz pronounced in German would sound like "Agnes" to an English speaking person. Hence it is believed that when Ignatz arrived in Canada his name was changed to 'Angus' which is similar in pronunciation to the German pronunciation of Ignatz. On Louisa Heitzler's marriage registration, her father's name is Angus Heitzler. - Comment by A.Owen

Baptised:
His godparents were Aloys Eckerle, farmer, and Elisabeth Steier, daughter of Wendelin.

Died:
His wife is a widow on the 1871 census.

Ignaz\Angus married Elizabeth Oliva\Oliver 8 Feb 1849, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Oliva and Ottilia Burkard\Burgert) was born 12 Sep 1811, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 12 Mar 1886, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 14 Mar 1886, Catholic Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Minudie; employed by the Seaman family as a cook following her husband's death
• Baptised: 13 Sep 1811, Ottersweier, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Census: 1871, Polling District 5, Sub District of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Baptised:
Sponser at her baptism was Joseph Peter, ropemaker.

Census:
She is widowed and is living with her daughter and son-in-law.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Aloys Jerger, farmer, and David Heitzler, day labourer.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1869, Lower Cove, NS; working for the Heberts
• Residence: 1869, Minudie, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia; , arriving with his son, Jude,
• Residence: 1871, Lower Cove, NS; , after bring the remainder of his family from Aboujagan,NB,
• Occupation: Mar 1874; a farmer
• Residence: Apr 1874, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: May 1883; farming
• Residence: Nov 1890, Maccan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Apr 1898; doing farming
• Residence: Oct 1904, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Christened:
His godparents are Felix Robichaud & Adelaide Boudreau.

Damien married Mathilde Cormier 20 Jul 1852, Barachois. Mathilde (daughter of Dominique Cormier and Marguerite Hebert) was born 18 Jan 1834, Barachois; died 1918, Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 1918, the St.Denis Cemetery, Minudie, NS. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: in her early years, Shediac, N.B.
• Baptised: 18 Jan 1834, parish of Barachois, NB
• Residence: Apr 1874, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Residence: Oct 1904, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Placide Cormier & Marguerite Cormier.

Notes:

Married:
They were married in the presence of Donnant Theriot and Suzanne Cormier.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1871 census, NS; a miner
• Baptised: 8 Nov 1822, the parish of Barachois, NB
• Occupation: Apr 1853, the parish of Dorchester, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick; a farmer
• Occupation: Jul 1874; carpenter
• Census: 1881, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Occupation: May 1883; a labourer

Notes:

T15-Family #41 on 1871 Census from Irene lists:
Arsenault Polid 48 b.in N.B. Miner
" Nettie 50 b. in "
" Policne 21 b " "
" Louis 12 b. " "
" Mary 15 b. " Nova Scotia
" Elizabeth 13 b. " " "
" Hattie 11 b. " " "

Baptised:
His godparents are Pierre Doiron and Marguerite Boudrot.

Hyppolite married Nathalie (Nettie) LeBlanc 18 Apr 1853. Nathalie was born Abt 1821, , New Brunswick; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Apr 1853, the parish of Dorchester, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick

Notes:

from Irene Terrio, 1871 Cencus, Joggins Parish Register

Notes:

Married:
From Marriage Register for Westmorland County - vol.B on reel F15494;part 1 of book;B-459-3392(#3392): "Hypolite Arseneau of the parish of Dorchester county of Westmorland prov. of N.B. farmer and Natalie LeBlanc of the parish County...a spinster were married...this 18th day of april 1853...reg'd June 16th 1853...in presence of Germain Cormier and Matilda Leblanc."