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Francois Xavier Vienneau
1848 --
Name Francois Xavier Vienneau Born 11 Mar 1848 Pokemouche [1] Gender Male Residence Bef 1882 Weldford [2] settling with his brother Pierre - It is believed that this is Welford civic parish in New Brunswick (located in Kent County to the southeast of Rogersville) and not Weldford, Maine, USA as indicated by some other genealogists. Weldford/Welford, Maine does not seem to exist. - comment by A.Owen
Residence Abt 1882 Rogersville, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada [2] - From Placide Gaudet's original notes (copied by A.Owen at the CEA in Moncton May 19,1976): "Moïse (Vienneau) s'établit dans le Portage de Caraquet. Pierre & François, ses deux fils, ayant été se fixer à Weldford. Moïse aller demeure avec eux vers 1883 a quand ceux ci allerent s'établier à Rogersville et il les accompagne. C'est ler qu'il décéda au commencement du mois d'avril 1893."
Translation by A.Owen: "Moses (Vienneau) settled at the Portage at Caraquet. Pierre and Francois, his sons, went to settle at Weldford. Moses went to live with them around 1883 just around the time that they went to settle at Rogersville and he accompanied them there. It is there that he died at the beginning of April in 1893."
In March of 1883, the St Francois de Sales parish register for Rogersville, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, records on three different days the burials of Francois' four sons, ages 3 1/2 to 9 years.
Residence Feb 1890 Weldford Parish [3] Died Welford [1] - Question -re death location of Weldford, Maine that is mentioned by Fidele Theriault. Believe it is Welford Parish, a Civic parish, located in Kent County southeast of Rogersville, New Brunswick. - comment by A.Owen
Person ID I273 Annette - Research Last Modified 28 Nov 2010
Father Moise Vienneau, b. 11 Apr 1797, Nigaonec on Miramichi Bay (Neguac) , d. Mar 1893, Rogersville, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 95 years) Mother Elizabeth Theriault, b. 25 Nov 1808, d. 2 Sep 1877, Pokemouche, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 68 years) Family ID F2473 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Domine St Pierre, d. Bef 1890 Married 31 Jul 1872 Pokemouche [1, 4] - Witnesses at their marriage were ... Landry and ... St Pierre.
Children 1. George Vienneau, b. Abt 1874, d. 17 Mar 1883 (Age ~ 9 years) 2. Jean Adelard Vienneau, b. 9 Jan 1876, d. 17 Mar 1883 (Age 7 years) 3. Jacques Romain Vienneau, b. Abt 1878, d. 8 Mar 1883 (Age ~ 5 years) 4. Guillaume Vienneau, b. Oct 1879, d. 27 Mar 1883 (Age ~ 3 years) 5. Marie Francoise Florence Vienneau, b. Aug 1883, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2480 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Claire Hachy, b. Abt 1871, Irishtown, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown Married 10 Feb 1890 St Francois de Sales Parish, Rogersville, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada [3, 5] - Witnesses at this marriage were Francois Hachy and Marie Poirier.
Children 1. Joseph William Vienneau, b. 17 Dec 1890, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F5147 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S118] Book:Les Familles de Caraquet, Dictionnaire Genealogique, ISBN O-9692151-0-X., page 465.
- [S117] Notes:Vienneau Family Original Notes,P.Gaudet,CEA,Moncton(copied by A.Owen 1976).
- [S264] Ancestry.com. Drouin Collection(Acadia French RC Church Records),1670-1946, Rogersville, NB; St Francois de Sales Parish;p.45,M.5-marriage10Feb1890.
- [S264] Ancestry.com. Drouin Collection(Acadia French RC Church Records),1670-1946, Pokemouche-en-Haut, NB; L'Immaculee Conception Parish;p.199,M.7-marriage.
- [S107] VitalStats: NB,Westmorland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, microfilm:F13657;ref:B4/1890;#2915-marriage.
- [S118] Book:Les Familles de Caraquet, Dictionnaire Genealogique, ISBN O-9692151-0-X., page 465.