“ AUGUSTIN GUEDRY, 1740, fils de Pierre et de Marguerite Brasseau, marié civilement, vers 1767, à Marie-Françoise Jeanson, fille de Guillaume et de Marie Aucoin. Enfants: Hermel-Pierre, 1767; Joseph-Félix, 1770; Augustin, 1771; Anne, 1773. Son mariage a été réhabilité à Windsor (Pisiguit), le 8 mai 1769. Il demeura à Windsor de 1767 à 1772 et il s’est établi à Chéticamp (Matéghan), à la baie Sainte-Marie, où il est décédé en 1826. “

Translation:
“ AUGUSTIN GUEDRY, 1740, son of Pierre and of Marguerite Brasseau, married civilly about 1767 to Marie-Françoise Jeanson, daughter of Guillaume and of Marie Aucoin. Children: Hermel-Pierre, 1767; Joseph-Félix, 1770; Augustin, 1771; Anne, 1773. His marriage was rehabilitated at Windsor (Pisiguit) 8 May 1769. He lived at Windsor from 1767 to 1772 and he settled at Chéticamp (Matéghan) on Bay Sainte-Marie where he died in 1826. “5350

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“ AUGUSTIN GUEDRY, né en 1740, fils de Pierre et de Marguerite Brasseau, marié vers 1767 à Marie-Françoise Jeanson, fille de Billie Jeanson. Enfants: Hermat-Pierre, 1767; Joseph-Félix, 1770; Augustin, 1771; Anne, 1773. Cette famille était à Pisiguit, en 1768 et en 1770, et s’est établie à Chéticamp, Cap-Breton, vers 1774. “

Translation:
“ AUGUSTIN GUEDRY, born in 1740, son of Pierre and of Marguerite Brasseau, married about 1767 to Marie-Françoise Jeanson, daughter of Billie Jeanson. Children: Hermat-Pierre, 1767; Joseph-Félix, 1770; Augustin, 1771; Anne, 1773. This family was a Pisiguit en 1768 and in 1770 and settled at Chéticamp, Cape Breton about 1774. “5182

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“ CHAPTER IV
AUGUSTIN ESCAPES, SETTLES IN ST. MARY’S BAY

Augustin Gedree was born in 1740, in either Pisiquit or Île Royale. He married Marie Francoise Jeanson around 1767, the year his father died. Augustin was the son of Pierre Guedry dit LaBine and Marguerite Brasseau and the grandson of Claude Guedry dit Grivois and Marguerite Petitpas. He is the ancestor of all the Guedry, Geddry, Guidrey, Guiddry, Jeddry and Jedrey families in Clare, Nova Scotia and New England.

Augustin is my great, great, great, grandfather. Somehow that seems a very close relationship for two people born almost two full centuries apart. The reason can be found by reviewing the Genealogy. Augustin and I are so close because I am the result of a string of births that happened when the age of the male members of the family averaged thirty-nine years.

Augustin Escapes

Augustin was captured by the English but was never deported. He was not deported because he escaped. He never left Acadia. This is his story.

In 1754, Augustin’s father Pierre dit LaBine was in Merligueche, probably with his family. Pierre is recorded as having surrendered to the English “at the time of the exile”, probably in 1755, on Île St-Jean (Prince Edward Island). Perhaps Augustin, then 14 or 15 years old was “taken” while Pierre was in Merligueche. Perhaps he was captured or detained at the time of his father’s surrender on Île St-Jean. In any case he was put on board a ship ready to sail for the English colonies. Somehow Augustin escaped from the ship before it sailed. Legend has it that he swam ashore and made a run for it, eventually making his way to La Heve in the region of Cape Sable, near his Grandfather’s old stomping grounds.

It is quite possible, but not verified, that the name of the ship he escaped from was the Pembroke. The Pembroke is recorded as the only ship that had experienced a mass escape of Acadian prisoners in 1755. It was docked at Goat Island off the shore of Port Royal when the escape took place.

Why Augustin would have been transported to Port Royal from Merligueche or Ile St Jean is unknown. A possible reason is “lack of transport”, not enough ships, to do the deed. English records are replete with complaints about “lack of transport”. If Augustin had been captured while Pierre was in Merligueche, and then was brought to Port Royal because transport was available there, that would explain why, when he escaped, he made his way back to Le Heve in the Merligueche area. He would have thought his father was still there.

We know that Augustin lived among the Micmac Indians for at least eight years. He remained a free man, one of the few Acadians who managed to do so. Of course he lived in constant fear of capture, but being the product of at least two generations of Coureurs de Bois, would have been quite comfortable living that way.

Augustin Settles in St. Mary’s Bay

In 1763, when the Acadians were again free to come back to their homeland (many did not), Augustin emerged from the woods and settled quietly on the west coast of Nova Scotia on land at Gilbert’s Cove near Hobb’s Hill and west of St. Croix Chapel. We believe it was there that he met and married Marie Jeanson and where at least three of their children, Hermat-Pierre, Joseph Felix and Augustin Jr. were born. In 1900, that land was owned by M. Charles Mande Melancon.

The couple initially entered into a civil marriage before witnesses in 1767. Their marriage was “rehabilitated” in a Church ceremony by a missionary from Windsor (now Truro) on May 8, 1769. One source reports that when English Colonists moved in beside him in 1787, he moved down the coast of St. Mary’s Bay, obtained a Grant of Land and became the pioneer settler of Cheticamp. This was certainly understandable given what he and his family had experienced under the English.

Bona Arsenault believed and had written in his books that Augustin settled in Cheticamp, Cape Breton. I wrote him and explained that there were two Cheticamps, the second in the St. Mary’s Bay area of Nova Scotia. At first he rejected the idea. Then one morning at seven A. M., while I was still asleep, the phone rang. The operator said, “Please hold for a call from the Office of the Vice-Premier of Canada”. That woke me up. Bona Arsenault, who was then a Member of Parliament, and for some reason was calling from that office, came on the line and apologized for not taking my Cheticamp, St. Mary’s Bay claim seriously at first, but, being the good Genealogist he was, he had looked into it and had now concluded I was correct. He told me I “would get full credit” in his future writings on the subject. I never checked. Bona and I had several other conversations over the next few months. I believe it was he who directed me to Father Partrice Gallant at the University of Moncton, New Brunswick.

The remainder of Augustine’s children were born in Cheticamp, St. Mary’s Bay, now known as St. Alphonse. During my visit to Meteghan in 1965, I was brought to a house, in St. Alphonse, that, I was told had been built by Augustin’s son Philippe. The story was that old Augustin might have lived out his final days there and this his son Evariste, my great grandfather was born there. In 1965, the house was owned by the Deveau family. There is a photograph of the house, substantially modified since the original of course, in the Picture Gallery.

A list of Augustin’s children is shown in Table 4. There is a gap of 10 years between Anne and Philippe. It is possible there were other children, but if there were, I have found no record of them.

Table 4
Children of Augustin Gedree and Marie Jeanson

Name Year of Birth

Hermat-Pierre 1767
Joseph Felix 1770
Augustin 1771
Anne 1773
Philippe 1783
Romain 1784
Frederic 1790
Jean 1790

Augustin, his son Augustin, Hermat-Pierre and Philippe appear on the Annapolis County Poll Tax record of 1792. At that time their name was spelled Gedree. The Pierre listed in the record is Hermat-Pierre.

The next we hear of Augustin’s children is in a census taken over the years 1818 to 1822 by Father Ligogne. In that census and subsequent censuses taken by the same Priest, we find the Gedrees, Philippe, some of his brothers, some of his children and Philippe’s mother, Marie Jeanson, still living in the St. Mary’s Bay area. Some lived in Meteghan, another in Plympton.

The 1818-1822 census indicates that Augustin was “deceased”. We interpret this confusing statement to mean Augustin died sometime between 1818 and 1822 while married to Marie-Jeanson.

Other entries indicate that Marie was living with her son Jean and his wife Rosalie Clothilde Robichau from 1822 to 1827 at least. Marie Jeanson was no longer living with her son according to the Ligogne census of 1840-1843, meaning she had probably passed away by then.

At least one Genealogist has suggested that Augustin had a second wife. I have found no evidence of it and there appears to be no knowledge of it within the family. The census of Father Ligogne seems to contradict it as well.

Four of Augustin’s Children Establish Families

Records indicate that two of Augustin’s children established families that remain today in the St. Mary’s Bay area and parts of New England, primarily Massachusetts. They are Hermat-Pierre and Philippe. I was told that Frederic and Jean also established families in the Nova Scotia/Cape Breton area but their trails has been harder to follow. I have included as much information as I was able to find about them in the narrative.

Of these four, the most extensive families, or at least the ones we know the most about, are those begun by Philippe and Hermat-Pierre. Hermat-Pierre’s name has been carried down through family records simply as Pierre. “5412

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“ The Family of Hermat-Pierre

Pierre was the oldest son of Augustin’s children, having been born in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1767. He married Anne Belliveaux around 1795 and made his home in the St. Mary’s Bay area, most likely in Cheticamp. Pierre had ten children. Many of his grandchildren later settled in Salmon River and Yarmouth. A list of his children is shown in Table 5.

Table 5
The Children of (Hermat) Pierre Gedree and Anne Belliveaux

Name Date of Birth

Joseph 10/03/1796
Marie Henriette 07/10/1798
Jean Benjamin 09/02/1800
Rosalie Julitte 12/20/1801
Genevieve 11/08/1803
Marc Hilaire 04/28/1806
Remi 01/01/1808
Hygin 01/11/1809
Celestin Simple 06/14/1810
Julitte Charlotte 06/14/1810

Pierre Vitale, the son of Hermat-Pierre’s first child, Joseph, immigrated to the United States in the late nineteenth century. Some of his descendants settled in Watertown and some in Gloucester, Massachusetts. By 1990 they had spread even further, as far west as Texas.

Pierre, the son of Jean Benjamin, Hermat-Pierre’s third child, moved his family to the Rowley, Massachusetts area also in the late 19th century and established a family line there.

Both of these families spell their name Jedrey.

The family of Hermat-Pierre is documented in the Genealogy in Chapter V. “7167

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“ Children of Joseph-Jacques (Belliveau) and their spouses:

. . .

Ann Pierre Guidry, son of Augustin Guidry, pioneer of Cheticamp, now St. Alphonse

. . . “5451

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“ Le vingt huit aout 1768 jai baptise sous conditions les cydessous nommés qui avoient tous etés ondoyés ny ayant pas de missionaire dupuis une dixaine d’années a pisiguid.

. . . .

hermet pierre 8 mois fils d’augustin et de marie jamson. par[ein] joseph grangé mareine marie aucoin.

. . . .

charles francois Bailly ptre. “

Translation:
“ The twenty-eighth of August 1768 I have baptized on condition those named below who have all been privately baptized not having any missionary for ten years at pisiquid.

. . . .

hermet pierre 8 months son of augustin and of marie jamson. godfather joseph grangé godmother marie aucoin.

. . . .

charles francois Bailly missionary priest. “5419,5420

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“ The twenty-fifth of August 1799 I the undersigned priest have administered the ceremonies of baptism to Jean age about seven years, born of the legitimate marriage between Augustin GIDDERY and Marie JANSON (JOHNSON) of this parish, he having been previously baptised by a lay person for lack of a priest. The godfather was Pierre GIDDERY, brother of the child and the godmother was Anne BELLIVEAU, wife of the said Pierre GIDDERY also of this parish, who have declared they do not know how to sign. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “7152,5429

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“ The twenty-fifth of August 1799 I the undersigned priest have supplied the ceremonies of baptism to Joseph, born the 3rd of October 1796 of the legitimate marriage between Pierre GIDDERY and Anne BELLIVEAU of this parish, he having been baptised by Marie JANSON (JOHNSON), his grandmother, for lack of priest; thus have the father and mother, present at the ceremony, declared to me. The godfather was Romain GIDDERY, uncle of the child, and the godmother Marguerite BELLIVEAU, his aunt, also of this parish. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “7168,5430

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“ The twenty-fifth of August 1799 I the undersigned priest have supplied the ceremonies of baptism to Marie Anne, born the 10th of July 1798 of the legitimate marriage between Pierre GIDDERY and Anne BELLIVEAU of this parish, she having been baptised by Marie JANSON (JOHNSON), her grandmother, for lack of a priest; thus have the father and mother of the child assured me, present at the ceremony. The godfather was Frederic GIDDERY, her uncle, and the godmother Marguerite GIDDERY, her aunt, also of this parish. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “7169,5430

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“ 28 Pierre Guedry & Anne Belliveau

Le 19 janvier 1800, rehab. du mariage de Pierre Giddery, fils d’Augustin et de Marie Jeanson, a Anne Belliveau, fille de Joseph Jacques Belliveau et de Marguerite Robichaud, maries auparavant en presence de temoins. “


“ 28 Pierre Guedry & Anne Belliveau

The 19th of January 1800, revalidation of the marriage of Pierre Giddery, son of Augustin (Giddery) and Marie Jeanson, to Anne Belliveau, daughter of Joseph Jacques Belliveau and Marguerite Robichaud, previously married in the presence of witnesses. “5431,5433

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“ The nineteenth of January 1800 after the publication of three banns of marriage at the parish Mass for three different days, namely 29 December 1799, the first and the Sunday following, fifth of January between Pierre GIDDERY, son of Augustin GIDDERY and Marie JEANSON (JOHNSON) on one part and Anne BELLIVEAU daughter of Joseph Jacques BELLIVEAU and Marguerite ROBICHEAU on the other part, both of this parish, under which there was no canonical impediment found, I the undersigned priest have given the nuptial blessing with the ceremonies of the church, in presence of Frederic BELLIVEAU, uncle of the bride and Anselme BELLIVEAU, her cousin-germain, of Charles BELLIVEAU, her brother, of Jean BELLIVEAU, also her brother, all habitants of this parish. The said parties were previously united together in marriage with the approval and consent of their respective parents with the promise to present themselves at the church at the first occasion when there would be a legitimate pastor in the parish; thus have I been assured by the mother of the bride, by Frederic BELLIVEAU, principal witness and by the other persons heretofore named, of which one signed: Charles BELLIVEAU; /s/ Sigogne, priest. “5433,5434

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“ The twenty-ninth of June 1800 I the undersigned priest have given First Communion to the following persons: Joseph LEBLANC, Beloni MELANCON, Pierre GIDDERY, Frederic ROBICHEAU, Jean Baptiste SAULNIER, and Antoine COMEAU, married men; to Joseph AMIRAULT, Belloni DEVAULT, Joseph BELLIVEAU, Pierre GAUDET, Joseph SAULNIER, Anselme LEBLANC the younger, Pierre SAULNIER, Joseph DOUCET, Joseph SAULNIER, the elder, Jean BELLIVEAU, Anselme DOUCET, Timothee AMIRAULT, Jacques AMIRAULT, Charles MELANCON, Yves THIBAULT, Guillaume PRITCHARD and Jean THIBODEAU, boys; to Rosalie DOUCET, Rosalie COMEAU, Rosalie MELANCON, Natalie DOUCET, Madelaine AMIRAULT, Isabelle THIBODEAU, Anne BELLIVEAU and Marguerite BELLIVEAU, married women; to Rosalie DUGAS, Theotiste DUGAS, Natalie THERRIAU, Natalie BELLIVEAU, Marie Ositte AMIRAULT, Anne DOUCET, Magdelaine DOUCET, Marie PRITCHARD, Angelique THERRIAU, Marie DOUCET the elder, Scholastique LANOUE, Rosalie DOUCET the younger, Natalie SAULNIER, Marguerite DOUCET, Magdelaine BOUDREAU, Natalie LEBLANC, Celeste DEVAULT, Genevieve COMEAU, Marguerite AMIRAULT, Marie LEBLANC, Genevieve DEVAULT, Marguerite BOUDREAU, Magdelaine ----, Helene BELLIVEAU, Marie THIBODEAU, Helene COMEAU, Marie COMEAU, girls. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “7153,7170

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“ The nineteenth of April 1801 I the undersigned priest have supplied the ceremonies of baptism to Jean Benjamin, born the second of September of the preceding year of the legitimate marriage between Pierre GIDDERY and Anne BELLIVEAU of this parish, he having been previously baptised by Joseph COMEAU in necessity and because of the distance from the church; thus has it been told me by Joseph COMEAU and the mother of the child. The godfather was Joseph BELLIVEAU, grandfather of the child, and the godmother Marie JANSON (JOHNSON), wife of Augustin GIDDERY, also grandmother of the child, of this parish. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “5442,5443

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“ Catalogue of the Families of the Parishes of St. Mary’s Bay and St. Mandé etc. 1818-1823

. . . .

. 207
Pierre Guiddery ) c
Anne Belivaux ) c (725)
Joseph 3 8bre 1796 c
Marie Henriette 10 Juillet 1798 c
Jean Benj. 2 7bre 1800 c
Rosalie Julitte 20 Xbre 1801 c
Genevieve 8 9bre 1803 c
Marc Hilaire 28 Avril 1806 c
Remi 1 Janv. 1808
Celestin Simple 14 Juin 1810
Julitte Charlotte 22 Mars 1813
Hygin 11 Janvier 1819 “7171,7163

Note: Pierre Guiddery, Anne Belivaux, Joseph Guiddery, Marie Henriette Guiddery, Jean Benjamin Guiddery, Rosalie Julitte Guiddery, Genevieve Guiddery and Marc Hilaire Guiddery were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their names indicates ‘confirmed’).

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“ Catalogue of the Families of the Parishes of St. Mary’s Bay and St. Mandé etc. 1823-1829

. . . .

. 229
Pierre Guiddery ) c
Anne Belivaux ) c
Jos. 3 8bre 1796 c marié 818
Marie Henriette 10 Juillet 1798 c mariée
Jean Benj. 2 7bre 1800 c
Rosalie Julitte 20 Xbre 1801 c
Génévieve 8 9bre 1803 c
Marc Hil. Guiddery 28 Avril 1806 c
Remi 1 Janv. 1808 c 1529
Celestin Simple 14 Juin 1810
Julitte Charlotte 22 Mars 1813
Hygin 11 Janvier 1819 “7172,7164

Note: Pierre Guiddery, Anne Belivaux, Joseph Guiddery, Marie Henriette Guiddery, Jean Benjamin Guiddery, Rosalie Julitte Guiddery, Genevieve Guiddery, Marc Hilaire Guiddery and Remi Guiddery were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their names indicates ‘confirmed’).

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“ 1827 Clare Township

. . . .

JEDERIE, Pierre - 6 Males in household, 2 Females in household, 0 Male servants, 0 Female servants, 8 Total people in household, Occupation Agriculture, Religion Roman Catholic, 0 Births in the family in year ending 1 October 1827, 0 Female marriages in the family in year ending 1 October 1827, 0 Deaths in the family in the year ending 1 October 1827, County Digby, Location Clare Township “7155

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“ Catalogue of the Families of the Parishes of Baie Ste. Marie and St. Mandé etc. par order alphabétique 1840-1844

. . . .

. 272
Guiddery (Pierre ) c
Anne Belivaux ) c
Rosalie Julitte 20 Xbre 1801 c mariée 666
Génév. 8 9bre 1803 c mariée
Remi 1 Janv. 1808 c
Hygin 11 Jan. 1819 c obiit 980 “7165,7166

Note: Pierre Guiddery, Anne Belivaux, Génévieve Guiddery, Rosalie Julitte Guiddery, Remi Guiddery and Hygin Guiddery were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their names indicates ‘confirmed’). Rosalie Julitte Guiddery and Génévieve Guiddery were married at the time that this catalogue was compiled (the ‘mariée’ besides their names indicates ‘married’). Hygin Guiddery was deceased at the time that this catalogue was compiled (the ‘obiit’ indicates ‘deceased’).

Daryl LaBine7173 indicates that Hermat-Pierre Giddery was born on 8 August 1768. Hermat-Pierre Giddery was baptised on 28 August 1768 at Pisiguit, Hants County, Nova Scotia at the age of eight months.7174,7175 He was, therefore, born about December 1767.

Hermat-Pierre Gedree
Hermat-Pierre Giddery
Hermat-Pierre Guédry
Hermel-Pierre Guédry
Hermel-Pierre Guedry
Hermel Pierre Guidry
Hermal Pierre Guidry
(Hermat) Pierre Gedree
Hermal Pierre Guiddery
Hermat-Pierre Guiddery
Hermet Pierre Guidry
Hermel Giddery
Pierre Gedree
Pierre Guedry
Pierre Guidry
Pierre Giddery
Pierre Guiddery
Pierre Jederie

“ The Family of Hermat-Pierre

Pierre was the oldest son of Augustin’s children, having been born in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1767. He married Anne Belliveaux around 1795 and made his home in the St. Mary’s Bay area, most likely in Cheticamp. Pierre had ten children. Many of his grandchildren later settled in Salmon River and Yarmouth. A list of his children is shown in Table 5.

Table 5
The Children of (Hermat) Pierre Gedree and Anne Belliveaux

Name Date of Birth

Joseph 10/03/1796
Marie Henriette 07/10/1798
Jean Benjamin 09/02/1800
Rosalie Julitte 12/20/1801
Genevieve 11/08/1803
Marc Hilaire 04/28/1806
Remi 01/01/1808
Hygin 01/11/1809
Celestin Simple 06/14/1810
Julitte Charlotte 06/14/1810

Pierre Vitale, the son of Hermat-Pierre’s first child, Joseph, immigrated to the United States in the late nineteenth century. Some of his descendants settled in Watertown and some in Gloucester, Massachusetts. By 1990 they had spread even further, as far west as Texas.

Pierre, the son of Jean Benjamin, Hermat-Pierre’s third child, moved his family to the Rowley, Massachusetts area also in the late 19th century and established a family line there.

Both of these families spell their name Jedrey.

The family of Hermat-Pierre is documented in the Genealogy in Chapter V. “7167

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“ Children of Joseph-Jacques (Belliveau) and their spouses:

. . .

Ann Pierre Guidry, son of Augustin Guidry, pioneer of Cheticamp, now St. Alphonse

. . . “5451

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“ The twenty-fifth of August 1799 I the undersigned priest have administered the ceremonies of baptism to Jean age about seven years, born of the legitimate marriage between Augustin GIDDERY and Marie JANSON (JOHNSON) of this parish, he having been previously baptised by a lay person for lack of a priest. The godfather was Pierre GIDDERY, brother of the child and the godmother was Anne BELLIVEAU, wife of the said Pierre GIDDERY also of this parish, who have declared they do not know how to sign. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “7152,5429

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“ The twenty-fifth of August 1799 I the undersigned priest have supplied the ceremonies of baptism to Joseph, born the 3rd of October 1796 of the legitimate marriage between Pierre GIDDERY and Anne BELLIVEAU of this parish, he having been baptised by Marie JANSON (JOHNSON), his grandmother, for lack of priest; thus have the father and mother, present at the ceremony, declared to me. The godfather was Romain GIDDERY, uncle of the child, and the godmother Marguerite BELLIVEAU, his aunt, also of this parish. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “7168,5430

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“ The twenty-fifth of August 1799 I the undersigned priest have supplied the ceremonies of baptism to Marie Anne, born the 10th of July 1798 of the legitimate marriage between Pierre GIDDERY and Anne BELLIVEAU of this parish, she having been baptised by Marie JANSON (JOHNSON), her grandmother, for lack of a priest; thus have the father and mother of the child assured me, present at the ceremony. The godfather was Frederic GIDDERY, her uncle, and the godmother Marguerite GIDDERY, her aunt, also of this parish. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “7169,5430
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“ 28 Pierre Guedry & Anne Belliveau

Le 19 janvier 1800, rehab. du mariage de Pierre Giddery, fils d’Augustin et de Marie Jeanson, a Anne Belliveau, fille de Joseph Jacques Belliveau et de Marguerite Robichaud, maries auparavant en presence de temoins. “


“ 28 Pierre Guedry & Anne Belliveau

The 19th of January 1800, revalidation of the marriage of Pierre Giddery, son of Augustin (Giddery) and Marie Jeanson, to Anne Belliveau, daughter of Joseph Jacques Belliveau and Marguerite Robichaud, previously married in the presence of witnesses. “5431,5433

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“ The nineteenth of January 1800 after the publication of three banns of marriage at the parish Mass for three different days, namely 29 December 1799, the first and the Sunday following, fifth of January between Pierre GIDDERY, son of Augustin GIDDERY and Marie JEANSON (JOHNSON) on one part and Anne BELLIVEAU daughter of Joseph Jacques BELLIVEAU and Marguerite ROBICHEAU on the other part, both of this parish, under which there was no canonical impediment found, I the undersigned priest have given the nuptial blessing with the ceremonies of the church, in presence of Frederic BELLIVEAU, uncle of the bride and Anselme BELLIVEAU, her cousin-germain, of Charles BELLIVEAU, her brother, of Jean BELLIVEAU, also her brother, all habitants of this parish. The said parties were previously united together in marriage with the approval and consent of their respective parents with the promise to present themselves at the church at the first occasion when there would be a legitimate pastor in the parish; thus have I been assured by the mother of the bride, by Frederic BELLIVEAU, principal witness and by the other persons heretofore named, of which one signed: Charles BELLIVEAU; /s/ Sigogne, priest. “5433,5434

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“ The twenty-ninth of June 1800 I the undersigned priest have given First Communion to the following persons: Joseph LEBLANC, Beloni MELANCON, Pierre GIDDERY, Frederic ROBICHEAU, Jean Baptiste SAULNIER, and Antoine COMEAU, married men; to Joseph AMIRAULT, Belloni DEVAULT, Joseph BELLIVEAU, Pierre GAUDET, Joseph SAULNIER, Anselme LEBLANC the younger, Pierre SAULNIER, Joseph DOUCET, Joseph SAULNIER, the elder, Jean BELLIVEAU, Anselme DOUCET, Timothee AMIRAULT, Jacques AMIRAULT, Charles MELANCON, Yves THIBAULT, Guillaume PRITCHARD and Jean THIBODEAU, boys; to Rosalie DOUCET, Rosalie COMEAU, Rosalie MELANCON, Natalie DOUCET, Madelaine AMIRAULT, Isabelle THIBODEAU, Anne BELLIVEAU and Marguerite BELLIVEAU, married women; to Rosalie DUGAS, Theotiste DUGAS, Natalie THERRIAU, Natalie BELLIVEAU, Marie Ositte AMIRAULT, Anne DOUCET, Magdelaine DOUCET, Marie PRITCHARD, Angelique THERRIAU, Marie DOUCET the elder, Scholastique LANOUE, Rosalie DOUCET the younger, Natalie SAULNIER, Marguerite DOUCET, Magdelaine BOUDREAU, Natalie LEBLANC, Celeste DEVAULT, Genevieve COMEAU, Marguerite AMIRAULT, Marie LEBLANC, Genevieve DEVAULT, Marguerite BOUDREAU, Magdelaine ----, Helene BELLIVEAU, Marie THIBODEAU, Helene COMEAU, Marie COMEAU, girls. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “7153,7170

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“ The nineteenth of April 1801 I the undersigned priest have supplied the ceremonies of baptism to Jean Benjamin, born the second of September of the preceding year of the legitimate marriage between Pierre GIDDERY and Anne BELLIVEAU of this parish, he having been previously baptised by Joseph COMEAU in necessity and because of the distance from the church; thus has it been told me by Joseph COMEAU and the mother of the child. The godfather was Joseph BELLIVEAU, grandfather of the child, and the godmother Marie JANSON (JOHNSON), wife of Augustin GIDDERY, also grandmother of the child, of this parish. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “5442,5443

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“ Catalogue of the Families of the Parishes of St. Mary’s Bay and St. Mandé etc. 1818-1823

. . . .

. 207
Pierre Guiddery ) c
Anne Belivaux ) c (725)
Joseph 3 8bre 1796 c
Marie Henriette 10 Juillet 1798 c
Jean Benj. 2 7bre 1800 c
Rosalie Julitte 20 Xbre 1801 c
Genevieve 8 9bre 1803 c
Marc Hilaire 28 Avril 1806 c
Remi 1 Janv. 1808
Celestin Simple 14 Juin 1810
Julitte Charlotte 22 Mars 1813
Hygin 11 Janvier 1819 “7171,7163

Note: Pierre Guiddery, Anne Belivaux, Joseph Guiddery, Marie Henriette Guiddery, Jean Benjamin Guiddery, Rosalie Julitte Guiddery, Genevieve Guiddery and Marc Hilaire Guiddery were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their names indicates ‘confirmed’).

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“ Catalogue of the Families of the Parishes of St. Mary’s Bay and St. Mandé etc. 1823-1829

. . . .

. 229
Pierre Guiddery ) c
Anne Belivaux ) c
Jos. 3 8bre 1796 c marié 818
Marie Henriette 10 Juillet 1798 c mariée
Jean Benj. 2 7bre 1800 c
Rosalie Julitte 20 Xbre 1801 c
Génévieve 8 9bre 1803 c
Marc Hil. Guiddery 28 Avril 1806 c
Remi 1 Janv. 1808 c 1529
Celestin Simple 14 Juin 1810
Julitte Charlotte 22 Mars 1813
Hygin 11 Janvier 1819 “7172,7164

Note: Pierre Guiddery, Anne Belivaux, Joseph Guiddery, Marie Henriette Guiddery, Jean Benjamin Guiddery, Rosalie Julitte Guiddery, Genevieve Guiddery, Marc Hilaire Guiddery and Remi Guiddery were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their names indicates ‘confirmed’).

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“ 1827 Clare Township

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JEDERIE, Pierre - 6 Males in household, 2 Females in household, 0 Male servants, 0 Female servants, 8 Total people in household, Occupation Agriculture, Religion Roman Catholic, 0 Births in the family in year ending 1 October 1827, 0 Female marriages in the family in year ending 1 October 1827, 0 Deaths in the family in the year ending 1 October 1827, County Digby, Location Clare Township “7155

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“ Catalogue of the Families of the Parishes of Baie Ste. Marie and St. Mandé etc. par order alphabétique 1840-1844

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Guiddery (Pierre ) c
Anne Belivaux ) c
Rosalie Julitte 20 Xbre 1801 c mariée 666
Génév. 8 9bre 1803 c mariée
Remi 1 Janv. 1808 c
Hygin 11 Jan. 1819 c obiit 980 “7165,7166

Note: Pierre Guiddery, Anne Belivaux, Génévieve Guiddery, Rosalie Julitte Guiddery, Remi Guiddery and Hygin Guiddery were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their names indicates ‘confirmed’). Rosalie Julitte Guiddery and Génévieve Guiddery were married at the time that this catalogue was compiled (the ‘mariée’ besides their names indicates ‘married’). Hygin Guiddery was deceased at the time that this catalogue was compiled (the ‘obiit’ indicates ‘deceased’).

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Marie Anne Belliveau
Marie Anne Belliveaux
Marie “Anne” Belleveau
Anne Belliveaux
Anne Belliveau
Anne Belivaux