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Joseph Gueguen

Male 1741 - 1825  (83 years)


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  • Name Joseph Gueguen 
    Born 2 May 1741  Morlaix, Bretagne (today the dept. of Finistere), France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Education Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    in higher matematics and navigation 
    Residence at the end of April 1753  Port Royal Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    , after arriving at the age of 11 as a protege to Father Manach who was in charge of his education, 
    Residence at the end of April 1753  Port Royal Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    , after arriving with a maternal relative, Father Jean Louis LeLoutre, 
    Residence 24 Aug 1763  Fort Beausejour Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    with his family as prisoners 
    Residence 1767  Cocagne Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8
    , being one of the first colonists, 
    Died 28 Feb 1825  Cocagne, (N.B.) Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID I6066  Annette - Research
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2007 

    Father Jacques Gueguen 
    Mother Anne Hamonoz 
    Family ID F2598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anne (dite Nanon) Arsenault,   b. 26 Mar 1743, Beaubassin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1770, Belair (one mile up from the bridge in Cocagne,NB) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married summer 1760  Baie des Ouines (Baie Ste Anne) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10
    Children 
     1. Joseph Gueguen,   b. 25 May 1761, Port Royal Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1847, Cocagne, (N.B.) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. Jean Baptiste Gueguen,   b. 18 Jan 1763, Port Royal Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1839, Cocagne Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Marie Gueguen,   b. Abt 1763,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Anne Marie Goguen,   b. 25 Feb 1765, Acadie Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Marguerite Gueguen,   b. 12 Sep 1767, Miquelon Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2597  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Marie Caissie,   b. 1732,   d. Nov 1807, Cocagne, (N.B.) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Abt 1772  [11, 12
    Children 
     1. Anne Gueguen,   b. Abt 1773,   d. 14 Mar 1803, Grande Digue, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
     2. Madeleine Gueguen,   b. 23 Aug 1775, Cocagne Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Marie Henriette Gueguen,   b. 4 Jun 1777, Cocagne, (N.B.) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Anne Surette,   b. 20 Aug 1772, Memramcook Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1848, Cocagne Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1808  Cocagne, (N.B.) Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    Children 
     1. Rosalie Gueguen,   b. 12 Dec 1808, Cocagne, (N.B.) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1881, Grande Digue Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Damien Gueguen,   b. 20 Jun 1811, Cocagne Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1862  (Age 51 years)
     3. Maximilien (dit Petit) Gueguen,   b. 7 Mar 1813, Cocagne, (N.B.) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1902, Cocagne Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     4. Domithilde Gueguen,   b. 6 Apr 1817, Cocagne, (N.B.) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1870, Grande Digue, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F2616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Periodical:les cahiers vol 25 nos 2 et 3 (J02), ISSN: 0049-1098., p.135.

    2. [S132] Book:La Famille Goguen, p.3.
      Act of Baptism from La Famille Goguen book (translated by A.Owen):
      Joseph legitimate son of Jacques Gueguen and Anne Hamones, his spouse, was born the 2nd of May 1741 and was baptized today by the undersigned priest in the St Melaine parish church. Godfather adn godmother are: Joseph Foubert adn Marie Magdelaine Hamones who signed their names.
      Joseph Foubert Magdelaine Hamonnes Jean Hamones
      Lonnes, priest of St.Melaine.
      Saint Melaine church is in the town of Morlaix, France.


    3. [S10] Book:Bona Vol 2 Port Royal, ISBN: 0-7761-5027-8/0-7761-5029-4 (vol.2)., p.592.
      Joseph Gueguen was supposed to enter the priesthood. One day when the young Gueguen sailed aboard a schooner from Baie Verte to Prince Edward Island, a person named Pierre LeBlanc, took young Gueguen's gun and the gun accidently discharged shattering young Gueguen's left hand. This accident changed his career path. Later on, Gueguen went to Quebec where he studied higher mathematics and navigation.

    4. [S10] Book:Bona Vol 2 Port Royal, ISBN: 0-7761-5027-8/0-7761-5029-4 (vol.2)., p.592.

    5. [S132] Book:La Famille Goguen, p.3.

    6. [S9] Periodical:les cahiers vol 25 nos 2 et 3 (J02), ISSN: 0049-1098., p.135.
      He was destined for the priesthood, a vocation abandoned when Joseph suffered an injury.

    7. [S132] Book:La Famille Goguen, p.7.

    8. [S10] Book:Bona Vol 2 Port Royal, ISBN: 0-7761-5027-8/0-7761-5029-4 (vol.2)., p.592.
      The first redistributed land titles granted to Acadians, after the DIspersion, in the Cocagne region, date from 21 Oct 1772. The lot granted to Joseph Gueguen, at Havre de Cocagne, was number 1 and was situated north of the property owned by Thomas Allen, lieutenant in the British Marines. The lot contained 450 acres of high land and 22 acres of marsh in Bouctouche Bay. In a composition published by Father Leger, interesting details were found on the important role that Joseph Gueguen played at the beginning of Cocagne's history. (this excerpt taken from the footnote on p.592 of Bona Arsenault's book and translated by A. Owen.)

    9. [S9] Periodical:les cahiers vol 25 nos 2 et 3 (J02), ISSN: 0049-1098., p.136.

    10. [S125] Book:Dictionnaire genealogique des familles Arsenault, ISBN 2-921146-92-4., p.270.

    11. [S9] Periodical:les cahiers vol 25 nos 2 et 3 (J02), ISSN: 0049-1098., p.102.

    12. [S123] Book:La Famille Caissie (Caissey-Quessy-Roger), ISBN 2-9808358-0-3., p.212.

    13. [S9] Periodical:les cahiers vol 25 nos 2 et 3 (J02), ISSN: 0049-1098., p.136 & 228.

    14. [S90] IT Data: Acadian Data,base, University of Moncton, Retrieved Aug 1994(M01), p.243 my copy.


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