Our Maritime Ties

1736 - 1820 (84 years)

Generation: 1

Francois Sylvestre Gallant was born 6 May 1736, ile Saint Jean; died 27 Nov 1820, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick.

Other Events:

Residence: 1758, Miramichi; , escaping the dispersion,
Residence: Aft 1758, Grande-Digue

Notes:

Birth:
Discrepancy: White's 37 families gives Francois Sylvestre Gallant's birth location as Port Lajoie while Blanchard's Rustico book gives his birth location as 'à la riviere du Nord-Est (aujourd'hui Scotchfort)'-note by A.Owen,Feb2014

Residence:
After leaving the Miramichi where he went to escape the dispersion in 1758, he settled in Grande Digue (the old Shediac).

Francois married Marie Poirier Abt 1764. Marie (daughter of Ambroise Poirier and Marie Gaudet) was born 26 May 1742, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Marin Gallant was born Abt 1765; died 31 Jan 1843, Grande Digue.
3. Marguerite Blanche Gallant was born Abt 1773; died 26 Nov 1849, Barachois, Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

Generation: 2

Marin Gallant

(1.Francois¹) was born Abt 1765; died 31 Jan 1843, Grande Digue.

Marin married Rose Marguerite Hache Abt 1788. Rose (daughter of Michel Hache-Gallant and Anne Melanson) was born Abt Apr 1767, Pisiguit; died 23 May 1825, Grande Digue. [Group Sheet]

Children:

4. Moise Gallant was born 1790, Grand Digue; died 1860.

Marguerite Blanche Gallant

(1.Francois¹) was born Abt 1773; died 26 Nov 1849, Barachois, Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

Marguerite married Gabriel Leger Abt 1792. Gabriel (son of Pierre Jacques (Jacques) Leger and Marie Madeleine Hache) was born Abt 1768, Memramcook; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Children:

5. Modeste Leger was born Abt 1796; died 22 Aug 1815, Barachois, , New Brunswick; was buried 23 Aug 1815, the parish cemetery at Barachois.

Generation: 3

Moise Gallant

(2.Marin², 1.Francois¹) was born 1790, Grand Digue; died 1860.

Other Events:

Occupation: an inn keeper
Residence: the parish of Gidaic (Shediac)

Moise married Seraphine\Seraphique Bourgeois 2 Oct 1810, Memramcook. Seraphine\Seraphique (daughter of Pierre Benjamin Bourgeois and Anne Thebeau) was born Abt 1789; died 25 Jan 1883, Grand Digue. [Group Sheet]

Modeste Leger

(3.Marguerite², 1.Francois¹) was born Abt 1796; died 22 Aug 1815, Barachois, , New Brunswick; was buried 23 Aug 1815, the parish cemetery at Barachois.

Notes:

Birth:
She was said to be about 19 years of age when she died in August 1815.

Buried:
She was buried on the 23rd of August 1815 which was the next day after the day she had died. Her funeral service (grave side service) was held the following spring on the 1st of March 1816. Present were Gabriel Leger and Louis Arseneau.

Modeste married Joseph Arsenault 25 Jul 1814, Grande Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. Joseph (son of Louis Arsenault and Marguerite Gautreau) was born Abt 1794; died 22 Jun 1870, parish of St Henri de Barachois, NB. [Group Sheet]

Children:

6. Eustache Arsenault was born 15 Aug 1815, the parish of Barachois, , New Brunswick; died 29 Aug 1815, Barachois, , New Brunswick; was buried 30 Aug 1815, the parish cemetery at Barachois.