Other Events:

• Military: in the army
• Occupation: employed working on the lake boats
• Obituary: 22 Apr 2009, the FurlongJones Funeral Home website

Notes:

Obituary:

Obituary

Curtis LeBlanc
1937-2009
LeBlanc - Curtis Frederick, 71, of Maccan, NS, passed away peacefully on April 21, 2009 at home with family Curtis was born in Minudie, NS to the Late Grace and Murray LeBlanc.

Curtis travelled while in the army and while working on the lake boats. As well, he did a wide variety of jobs all his life to provide for his family. He will be missed in his vehicle escort service as he was often requested by clients because of his expertise. Curtis loved visiting with friends and family, he enjoyed the outdoors, reading and watching movies. He was very generous, deeply spiritual, loved to share a joke, story or laughter and was a proud AA member for 28 years.

Curtis will be sadly missed by daughters, Terry (Robert Crowe) LeBlanc, Darlene (Len) Reid and Charlene LeBlanc; sons, Murray, and Jordan (Shannon Mills); grandchildren, Justin, Lacey, Kyle and Ben. Raised in Minudie in a family of 11, he is also survived by siblings, Catherine Morris, Carol-Ann (Stewart) Droesbeck, Donna Butler, Susan Smith, Lawrence, Darrell, Garnet, Wayne (Glenda), Randy (Kim).

He was predeceased by his former wife Noma (White), step-father, Walter LeBlanc, brother Jack and brother-in-law, Donnie Morris.Visitation will be held at the River Hebert Community Funeral Home on Thursday, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Funeral service will be held Friday, April 24, 2009 at 11 am at St. Paul's the Apostle Church, River Hebert, officiated by Father David MacDonald. Committal service at the Minudie Cemetery will follow at a later date.
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Buried:
His obituary of April 22 said he is to be buried here at a later date.

Curtis — Noma Theresa White. Noma (daughter of Clarence Joseph White and Vivian M Landry) was born Abt 1943, River Hebert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 28 May 2003, Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried May 2003, St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Theresa LeBlanc
2. Darlene LeBlanc
3. Charlene LeBlanc
4. Murray LeBlanc

Other Events:

• Education: and could read and write when he married
• Occupation: Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a fisherman
• Baptised: 13 Feb 1908, Lower Cove, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Residence: Oct 1931, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Obituary: 6 Mar 1971, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; The News and Sentinel

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were Charles LeBlanc & Mrs Simon Bourgeois.

Murray married Grace Burke 5 Oct 1931, St Denis RC Church, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Grace (daughter of Alphie Burke and M Ella Burke) was born 1914, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; died 3 Feb 1985, River Hebert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Education: and could read and write when she married
• Residence: Bef Oct 1831, River Hebert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Cyril Melanson of Minudie and Priscilla O Burke of Amherst, NS. The groom was 24 years old and the bride was 17 years old when they married.

Other Events:

• Baptised: 24 Aug 1879
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, the Polling District of Minudie, Cumberland County, 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

Notes:

Baptised:
His godparents were Charles Burke and Augusta LeBlanc.

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

Clarence married Annie Cora Burke 24 Sep 1907, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Annie (daughter of Anthony P Burke and Mary Jane Melanson) was born 14 Jul 1880, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 17 Apr 1974; was buried , St Denis Cemetery, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1891, subdistrict of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Misc: From 1900 to 1920, St Denis RC Church, Minudie, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia; was a choir member
• Census: 1901, the polling division of Minudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a school teacher
• Residence: Jun 1918, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Census:
In Family 183, she appears with her parents and four of her siblings and is 7 months old.

Census:
In family #59, she appears with her parents and six of her siblings.

Census:
In family #26, she is found, at age 20, living with her parents, 4 of her siblings, and her oldest brother with his young family.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their marriage were Arthur Burke and Mary Belliveau.

Alphie — M Ella Burke. M died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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:

• Residence: Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Feb 1870, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; farming
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Oct 1882, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a farmer
• Residence: Oct 1882, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1891, subdistrict of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, subdistrict of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; a farmer
• Occupation: Nov 1896, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; a farmer
• Census: 1901, the polling division of Minudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Oct 1902; a farmer
• Census: 1911, Minudie, sub-district of Lower Cove, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Occupation: Jun 1918; farming

Notes:

Census:
In family 183, he appears with his wife and five of their children.

Census:
In family 59, he appears with his wife and seven of their children.

Census:
In family #26, he is found with his wife, five of their daughters, his eldest son, his daughter-in-law and his grandson.

Census:
In family #6, he is found with his wife and youngest child.

Died:
His death is reported by his daughter, Mrs J DesBarres, of Minudie, NS.

Anthony married Mary Jane Melanson 8 Feb 1870, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary (daughter of Laurent\Lorong Melanson and Susannah (Susan) O'Regan) was born 22 Sep 1846, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 20 Nov 1930, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 23 Nov 1930, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: housekeeper
• Residence: Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1881, Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1891, subdistrict of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1901, the polling division of Minudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1911, Minudie, sub-district of Lower Cove, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
Her marriage certificate gives her location of birth as Minudie, Nova Scotia. Her death certificate gives her birth location as Ragged Reef, Nova Scotia.

Census:
In family 183, she appears with her husband and five of their children.

Census:
In family #59, she appears with her husband and seven of their children.

Census:
In family #26, she is found with her husband, five of their daughters, their eldest son, their daughter-in-law and their grandson.

Census:
In family #6, she is found with her husband and youngest child.

Died:
Her death was reported by Mrs Gould of Joggins, NS who is her daughter.

Notes:

Married:
Nova Scotia Vital Statistics Maggiage Registration gives witnesses at their marriage as Sylvain Comeau and Susan O'Regan.
Parish register gives witnesses at the marriage as Sylvine Comeau & Margaret Melanson.