“ The first of February 1800 I the undersigned priest have supplied the ceremonies of baptism to Joseph, born the 6th of March 1797 of the legitimate marriage between Olivier ROBICHEAU and Ludivine CLERMONT, of this parish, he having been previously baptised by Olivier ROBICHEAU, his grandfather, for lack of a priest; thus have the father and the mother, present at the ceremony, assured me. The godfather was Anselme MELANCON and the godmother Josette GIDDERY, daughter of Augustin GIDDERY, both of this parish. /s/ Sigogne, priest. “5438,5439

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“ The twenty-sixty of April 1801 I the undersigned priest have suppled the ceremonies of baptism to Anne, born the twenty-fourth of October of the preceding year of the legitimate marriage between Jean SAULNIER and Marie SAULNIER of this parish, she having been previously baptised by Francois COMEAU; thus has the father of the child declared to me, and the said Francois COMEAU, undersigned. The godfather was Dominique SAULNIER, brother of the child and the godmother Marie GIDDERY, aunt of the child, also of this parish, who declared they do not know how to sign. /s/ Francois COMEAU; Sigogne, priest. “14520,14521

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" THE DIARY OF FRANCOIS LAMBERT BOURNEUF

. . .

In the spring at 1813 . . .

. . .

The first day I reached Beaver River where I slept. That morning I had breakfast at Archange Deveau's. After having eaten, I started to cross the Salmon River but Mr. Jacques Deveau ran after me to tell me that it was impossible to cross the Salmon River before the tide was out and brought me to his house to await the low tide. I had dinner at his place and left about half-past one in the afternoon.

I was told in Pubnico to watch out for a man known as Antoine Grivois (Guidry) because he had caused two French prisoners to be arrested. The very first person I met was this Grivois. I passed near his house and he saw me. So he saddled his black horse and came at full gallop to catch up with me. When he came near I recognized him by the description that I had received of him. He asked me all kinds of questions on many things. His tongue never stopped and he was as ugly as sin. He walked with me as far as Meteghan. There was in this village a man who sold all kinds of merchandise and also sold liquor, although he did not have a license. Old Grivois told me that if I wanted a drink of liquor that I could get some in this store. I entered and asked the proprietor, Mr. Sullivan, for a glass of rum and he answered he didn't have any to sell. I went right out and told old Grivois what had taken place. He answered that if I had let him ask for it he would have obtained some.

It was then one hour before sunset; I left Grivois and his little black horse and continued my way up the bay. After Grivois had had his drink, he rejoined me.

When we arrived at the house of old Justinien Comeau, he (Grivois) said to me: 'There is in this house a smart woman but the man is an ox.' We covered two miles together, then Grivois took a side road to go to one of his sons-in-law, Jean Baptiste Theriault.

I asked him about the nearest inn and he told me that there was one three miles away at Major Comeau’s, father of the Honorable Anselme F. Comeau. "5449

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" THE DIARY OF FRANCOIS LAMBERT BOURNEUF

. . .

To St. Mary’s Bay

In 1813 . . .

. . .

On the first day I reached Beaver River. I slept there, and the next morning, I had breakfast at Archange Deveau's (1). After breakfast, I started to cross the Salmon River, but Jacques Deveau (2) ran after me and told me that it was impossible to cross the river before the tide was out. He took me to his home to await the low tide. I had dinner there, and I left about one-thirty in the afternoon.

In Pubnico, I have been told to watch out for a man named Antoine Grivois (3), as he has instigated the arrest of two French prisoners. But the very first person I met was Grivois.

As I passed his house, he saw me, then saddled his black horse and galloped to catch up to me. He asked me all kinds of questions - his tongue never stopped - and he was as ugly as sin. He accompainied me as far as Meteghan, where there was a man who owned a store that sold all sorts of merchandise, including liquor, though he did not have a license. I entered the store and asked the proprietor, Mr. Sullivan (4), for a glass of rum. He said that he did not have any to sell. When I told Grivois what had happened, he said that if I had let him ask for it, he would have obtained some.

It was one hour before sunset. Grivois went into the store to have a drink, and I continued up the bay. The Grivois rejoined me. When we arrived at the house of old Justinien Comeau (5), Grivois said, 'There is in this house a smart woman, but the man is an ox.' We covered two miles together, then Grivois took a side road, to go to one of his sons-in-law, Jean Baptiste Thériault (6). Before he departed, I asked him where the nearest inn was. He told me that there was one three miles away, at Major Comeau’s (7).

(1) Archange Deveau was born in 1787, son of Jean Deveau and Marie Maillet. He and his wife, Rosalie Doucet, lived about one hundred yards from the Salmon River.

(2) Jacques Deveau was the first Acadian settler at Salmon River, arriving in 1786. He was born on Ile-Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) in 1726 and, historians say, lived to a very old age.

(3) Antoine Grivois was really Augustin Guidry, one of the founders of St. Alphonse de Clare, between Meteghan and Mavillette. Grivois, meaning ‘ribald’ was a long-standing nickname for the Guidry family. Augustin Guidry married Marie Johnson, daughter of William Johnson, of Annapolis Royal.

(4) Mr. Sullivan was an Irish immigrant in Meteghan. He first kept a store, then his family operated the Meteghan-Petit Passage ferry.

(5) Justinien Comeau, son of François Comeau and Madeleine Lord, was born in 1729 at Chipoudy, New Brunswick. In 1756, he married Natalie Bastarache. He purchased Deputy Provincial Surveyor John Morrison’s land grant at Meteghan River.

(6) Jean-Baptiste Thériault, son of Alexis Thériault, was married to Augustin Guidry’s daughter Marie Joseph.

(7) Major François Comeau was the son of François Comeau and Félicité LeBlanc. He married Marguerite Melanson, and they had seven children. They lived in the village now known as
Comeauville. “5372

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

. . . .

. 147
Jean Bapt. Theriau ) c
Marie Jos. Guiddery ) c (519)
Jean Aug. 29 Août 1809
Brice Freder. 13 9bre 1811
Remi 25 8bre 1813
Hilaire 13 Février 1815
Nicaise 10 8bre 1818
Henriette Clotilde 1 Juin 1822
Barthelemi Anselme 24 Août 1823 “14522,14519

Note: Both Jean Bapt. Theriau and Marie Jos. Guiddery were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their name indicates ‘confirmed’).

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

. . . .

. 164
. * fils d’Alexis { }
Jean Bapt. Theriau ) c
Marie Jos. Guiddery ) c obiit
Jean Augustin 29 Août 1809 c
Brice Frederic 13 9bre 1811 c
Remi 23 8bre 1813 1094
Hilaire 13 Février 1815
Nicaise 10 8bre 1818
Henriette Clotilde 1 Juin 1822
Barthel. Anselme 24 Août 1823
Germain 26 Mai 1825
Monique Rosalie 27 7bre 1826 obiit
Pierre Ignace 31 Janvier 1829 “14514,14515

Note: Both Jean Bapt. Theriau, Marie Jos. Guiddery, Jean Augustin Theriau and Brice Frederic Theriau were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their name indicates ‘confirmed’) and that Marie Jos. Guiddery and Monique Rosalie Theriau are deceased at the time that this catalogue was compiled (the ‘obiit’ indicates ‘deceased’).

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“ 1827 Clare Township

. . . .

THERIAULT, Jean A - 8 Males in household, 3 Females in household, 0 Male servants, 0 Female servants, 11 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

 

None

Marie Josephe Guiddery
Marie Jos. Guiddery
Marie Joseph Guidry
Marie Giddery
Josette Giddery

" THE DIARY OF FRANCOIS LAMBERT BOURNEUF

. . .

In the spring at 1813 . . .

. . .

The first day I reached Beaver River where I slept. That morning I had breakfast at Archange Deveau's. After having eaten, I started to cross the Salmon River but Mr. Jacques Deveau ran after me to tell me that it was impossible to cross the Salmon River before the tide was out and brought me to his house to await the low tide. I had dinner at his place and left about half-past one in the afternoon.

I was told in Pubnico to watch out for a man known as Antoine Grivois (Guidry) because he had caused two French prisoners to be arrested. The very first person I met was this Grivois. I passed near his house and he saw me. So he saddled his black horse and came at full gallop to catch up with me. When he came near I recognized him by the description that I had received of him. He asked me all kinds of questions on many things. His tongue never stopped and he was as ugly as sin. He walked with me as far as Meteghan. There was in this village a man who sold all kinds of merchandise and also sold liquor, although he did not have a license. Old Grivois told me that if I wanted a drink of liquor that I could get some in this store. I entered and asked the proprietor, Mr. Sullivan, for a glass of rum and he answered he didn't have any to sell. I went right out and told old Grivois what had taken place. He answered that if I had let him ask for it he would have obtained some.

It was then one hour before sunset; I left Grivois and his little black horse and continued my way up the bay. After Grivois had had his drink, he rejoined me.

When we arrived at the house of old Justinien Comeau, he (Grivois) said to me: 'There is in this house a smart woman but the man is an ox.' We covered two miles together, then Grivois took a side road to go to one of his sons-in-law, Jean Baptiste Theriault.

I asked him about the nearest inn and he told me that there was one three miles away at Major Comeau’s, father of the Honorable Anselme F. Comeau. "5449

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" THE DIARY OF FRANCOIS LAMBERT BOURNEUF

. . .

To St. Mary’s Bay

In 1813 . . .

. . .

On the first day I reached Beaver River. I slept there, and the next morning, I had breakfast at Archange Deveau's (1). After breakfast, I started to cross the Salmon River, but Jacques Deveau (2) ran after me and told me that it was impossible to cross the river before the tide was out. He took me to his home to await the low tide. I had dinner there, and I left about one-thirty in the afternoon.

In Pubnico, I have been told to watch out for a man named Antoine Grivois (3), as he has instigated the arrest of two French prisoners. But the very first person I met was Grivois.

As I passed his house, he saw me, then saddled his black horse and galloped to catch up to me. He asked me all kinds of questions - his tongue never stopped - and he was as ugly as sin. He accompainied me as far as Meteghan, where there was a man who owned a store that sold all sorts of merchandise, including liquor, though he did not have a license. I entered the store and asked the proprietor, Mr. Sullivan (4), for a glass of rum. He said that he did not have any to sell. When I told Grivois what had happened, he said that if I had let him ask for it, he would have obtained some.

It was one hour before sunset. Grivois went into the store to have a drink, and I contiued up the bay. The Grivois rejoined me. When we arrived at the house of old Justinien Comeau (5), Grivois said, 'There is in this house a smart woman, but the man is an ox.' We covered two miles together, then Grivois took a side road, to go to one of his sons-in-law, Jean Baptiste Thériault (6). Before he departed, I asked him where the nearest inn was. He told me that there was one three miles away, at Major Comeau’s (7).

(1) Archange Deveau was born in 1787, son of Jean Deveau and Marie Maillet. He and his wife, Rosalie Doucet, lived about one hundred yards from the Salmon River.

(2) Jacques Deveau was the first Acadian settler at Salmon River, arriving in 1786. He was born on Ile-Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) in 1726 and, historians say, lived to a very old age.

(3) Antoine Grivois was really Augustin Guidry, one of the founders of St. Alphonse de Clare, between Meteghan and Mavillette. Grivois, meaning ‘ribald’ was a long-standing nickname for the Guidry family. Augustin Guidry married Marie Johnson, daughter of William Johnson, of Annapolis Royal.

(4) Mr. Sullivan was an Irish immigrant in Meteghan. He first kept a store, then his family operated the Meteghan-Petit Passage ferry.

(5) Justinien Comeau, son of François Comeau and Madeleine Lord, was born in 1729 at Chipoudy, New Brunswick. In 1756, he married Natalie Bastarache. He purchased Deputy Provincial Surveyor John Morrison’s land grant at Meteghan River.

(6) Jean-Baptiste Thériault, son of Alexis Thériault, was married to Augustin Guidry’s daughter Marie Joseph.

(7) Major François Comeau was the son of François Comeau and Félicité LeBlanc. He married Marguerite Melanson, and they had seven children. They lived in the village now known as
Comeauville. “5372

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

. . . .

. 147
Jean Bapt. Theriau ) c
Marie Jos. Guiddery ) c (519)
Jean Aug. 29 Août 1809
Brice Freder. 13 9bre 1811
Remi 25 8bre 1813
Hilaire 13 Février 1815
Nicaise 10 8bre 1818
Henriette Clotilde 1 Juin 1822
Barthelemi Anselme 24 Août 1823 “14522,14519

Note: Both Jean Bapt. Theriau and Marie Jos. Guiddery were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their name indicates ‘confirmed’).

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

. . . .

. 164
. * fils d’Alexis { }
Jean Bapt. Theriau ) c
Marie Jos. Guiddery ) c obiit
Jean Augustin 29 Août 1809 c
Brice Frederic 13 9bre 1811 c
Remi 23 8bre 1813 1094
Hilaire 13 Février 1815
Nicaise 10 8bre 1818
Henriette Clotilde 1 Juin 1822
Barthel. Anselme 24 Août 1823
Germain 26 Mai 1825
Monique Rosalie 27 7bre 1826 obiit
Pierre Ignace 31 Janvier 1829 “14514,14515

Note: Both Jean Bapt. Theriau, Marie Jos. Guiddery, Jean Augustin Theriau and Brice Frederic Theriau were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their name indicates ‘confirmed’) and that Marie Jos. Guiddery and Monique Rosalie Theriau are deceased at the time that this catalogue was compiled (the ‘obiit’ indicates ‘deceased’).

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“ 1827 Clare Township

. . . .

THERIAULT, Jean A - 8 Males in household, 3 Females in household, 0 Male servants, 0 Female servants, 11 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

. . . .

. 519
Theriau (Jean Bapt. ) c
Angeliq. Robichau ) c
Jean Aug. 29 Août 1809 marié
Remi 23 8bre 1813 1746
Hilaire Theriau 13 Févr. 1815 c
Nicaise 10 8bre 1818 c 1748
Henriette Clotilde 1 Juin 1822 c
Barthel. Anselme 24 Août 1823 c
Germain 26 Mai 1825 c 3139
Pierre Ignace 31 Janv. 1829
Ambroise Adrien 8 7bre 1830
Marie Marg. 9 Janv. 1832
Sympherose Melanie 18 Juill. 1833
Moniq. Perpetue 4 Mars 1835
Jean Théodule 3 Mai 1837
Martial Bruno 6 8bre 1838
Marc Jovite 19 Février 1840
Pierre Soter 1 Janvier 1842 “14516,14517

Note: Jean Baptiste Theriau, Angelique Robichau, Remi Theriau, Hilaire Theriau, Nicaise Theriau, Henriette Clotilde Theriau, Barthelemy Anselme Theriau and Germain Theriau were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church (the ‘c’ beside their names indicates ‘confirmed’). Jean Augustin Theriau was married at the time that this catalogue was compiled (the ‘marié’ besides his name indicates ‘married’).

None

Jean-Baptiste Thériault
Jean Baptiste Thériault
Jean Baptiste Theriault
Jean Baptiste Theriau
Jean Bapt. Theriau
Jean A. Theriault