Our Maritime Ties

1814 - 1896 (81 years)

Generation: 1

Rose Poirier was born 17 Jul 1814, Grande Digue (daughter of Raphael Poirier and Esther Bellefontaine); died 27 Apr 1896, Grande Digue.

Rose married Francois Caissie 18 Oct 1832, Grande Digue. Francois (son of Joseph Caissie and Anastasie Leger) was born 2 Mar 1806, Grande Digue; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

2.	Raphael Poirier was born Abt 1767 (son of Joseph dit Maitre Poirier and Marguerite Arsenault); died 6 Feb 1836, Grande Digue. Raphael married Esther Bellefontaine 11 Jun 1810, Grande Digue. Esther died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

3.
Esther Bellefontaine died Yes, date unknown.
Children:

1. Rose Poirier was born 17 Jul 1814, Grande Digue; died 27 Apr 1896, Grande Digue.

Generation: 3

Joseph dit Maitre Poirier was born Abt 1737 (son of Ambroise Poirier and Marie Gaudet); died 27 Aug 1809, Grande-Digue.

Other Events:

Misc: is an ancestor of the Poiriers of Shediac
Residence: Grande-Digue; , after settling,

Joseph married Marguerite Arsenault Abt 1765. Marguerite (daughter of Abraham (dit Le Petit Abraham) Arsenault and Marie Josephe Savoie) was born 19 Mar 1742, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Marguerite Arsenault was born 19 Mar 1742, Beaubassin (daughter of Abraham (dit Le Petit Abraham) Arsenault and Marie Josephe Savoie); died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Misc: is an ancestor of the Poiriers of Shediac
Residence: Grande-Digue; , after settling,
Residence: Jun 1742, the parish of Beaubassin
Baptised: 15 Jun 1742, Beaubassin
Census: 1752, Macpec (Malpeque), ile St.Jean

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Claude Arssenaud and Marie Anne Arssenaud.

Census:
Aged 10 years, she appears with her parents and nine siblings.

Notes:

Married:
Bona Arsenault gives their marriage date as abt 1760.

Children:

2. Raphael Poirier was born Abt 1767; died 6 Feb 1836, Grande Digue.
Marguerite Poirier was born Abt 1778; died 17 Jan 1864, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick.
Pascal Poirier was born Abt 1783; died 10 Sep 1869, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Generation: 4

8.	Ambroise Poirier was born Abt 1708 (son of Michel Poirier and Madeleine Bourgeois); died Yes, date unknown. Ambroise married Marie Gaudet Abt 1732. Marie (daughter of Augustin Gaudet and Agnes Chiasson) was born Abt 1714; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Marie Gaudet was born Abt 1714 (daughter of Augustin Gaudet and Agnes Chiasson); died Yes, date unknown.

Children:

4. Joseph dit Maitre Poirier was born Abt 1737; died 27 Aug 1809, Grande-Digue.
Marie Poirier was born 26 May 1742, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown.
Marguerite Poirier was born Abt 1748; died 7 Apr 1825, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick; was buried 23 Apr 1825, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick.
Anastasie Poirier died Yes, date unknown.

10.

Abraham (dit Le Petit Abraham) Arsenault was born 1702, Beaubassin (son of Pierre Arsenault and Marie Guerin); died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Residence: 1741, Malpeque, ile Saint Jean; , settling with his family,
Residence: Jun 1742, the parish of Beaubassin
Census: 1752, Macpec (Malpeque), ile St.Jean
Residence: 1752, Macpec (Malpeque), ile St.Jean; to the west of the harbour

Notes:

Residence:
The Baptism entry for his daughter Marguerite says that 'all were inhabitants of this parish'.

Residence:
The land was given to them by Messieurs Duchambon and Dubuisson. They had cleared enough land to sow 32 bushels of wheat but had sowed only 6 and 1/2 bushels of wheat because that was all the seed that they had.

Abraham married Marie Josephe Savoie Abt 1731. Marie (daughter of Francois Savoie and Marie Richard) was born 25 Apr 1709, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

11.

Marie Josephe Savoie was born 25 Apr 1709, Port Royal (daughter of Francois Savoie and Marie Richard); died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Baptised: 28 Apr 1709, Port Royal
Census: 1752, Macpec (Malpeque), ile St.Jean

Notes:

Baptised:
Her godparents were Pierre Savoye and Marguerite Richard. Sh e had been baptized earlier by necessity by Claude Teriot.

Census:
She appears with her husband and ten children.

Notes:

Married:
Discrepency: Bona Arsenault gives a marriage date of abt 1728. Stephen White gives a marriage date of abt 1731. The Arsenault Dictionary give a marriage date of abt 1728 on page 630 and a date of abt 1731 0n p.5.

Children:

Louise Anne (Anne) Arsenault was born 6 May 1732; died Yes, date unknown.
Marie Josephe Arsenault was born Abt 1734, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown.
Jean Baptiste Arsenault was born Abt 1736, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown.
Anne Anastasie (dite Nathalie) Arsenault was born Abt 1738, Beaubassin; died 20 Jun 1821; was buried 21 Jun 1821, Egmont Bay, Prince County, Prince Edward Island.
Pierre dit Brrjo Arsenault was born Abt 1739, Malpeque, , Prince Edward Island; died 23 Aug 1829, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick; was buried 24 Aug 1829, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick.
Jacques (dit Ligue) Arsenault was born 1740, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Marguerite Arsenault was born 19 Mar 1742, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown.
Joseph (Joe dit Liguenoff) Arsenault was born 15 Apr 1744, St Pierre du Nord, ile St Jean; died 21 Nov 1833, St Joseph, Prince Edward Island.
Martine Arsenault was born Abt 1746; died Yes, date unknown.
Hilarion Arsenault was born Abt 1748, Malpeque, ile Saint Jean; died Yes, date unknown.
Jean Baptiste (Jean dit Chaculo) Arsenault was born Abt 1750, Malpec, Ile St.Jean; died Between 1818 and 1822.
Anne Arsenault was born 1752; died Yes, date unknown.