Rita, Surette in his book "Petitcoudiac" has the following, [....] are my insertions: SEMER, dit Boye (Bois) [also LEMER] Jean Semer b. ca 1680 [son of Jean Semer & Marguerite Héron] married [22 Nov.] 1717 Marguerite Vincent [born ca 1695], daughter of Michel Vincent [& Marie-Josephe Richard] A) Germain Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1720 married ca 1745 Marie Trahan, daughter of Rene Trahan [& Isabelle Darois] 1) Boy born ca 1748 2) Simon born ca 1750 3) Grégoire-Dominique-Gérard born ca 1768 died 1837 B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] 1) Germain born ca 1752 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard] Reference: Stephen White "Dictionnaire" pp. 1448 & 1578. Hope this helps. Roger A. Rozendal rogroz@swbell.net > From: "Rita" <grannyharg@bellsouth.net> > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:38:03 -0500 > To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer > Resent-From: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:38:09 -0600 > > Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain > Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their daughter, > Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot]. > > > 1) Listed as passengers on Convoy No. 1 from Chatellerault to Nantes on Oct. > 24, 1775 are: > Germain Semer - age 55, charpentier[b. abt 1720]; > Marie Trahan - wife - age 50, tricoteuse [b. abt. 1725]; > Madeleine Marie - dau., age 27 [b. abt 1748]; > Françoise - dau., age 13 [b. abt. 1762]; > Grégoire Dominique - son - age 7 [b. abt 1768]; > [source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/divers/convoi1.htm] > > > 2) In the "Acadians in France 1762-1776" by Milton Rieder, Jr. and his wife > Norma Gaudet, ...page 88: [Is this census taken abt 1772 ???] > Germain Semer 51, farmer, carpenter and a sawer, of Havre [b. abt > 1721] > Marie Trahan, 51, his wife, knits and dews, invalid [b. abt 1721] > Madeleine 25, their daughter, dressmaker [b. abt 1747] > Simon, 22, their son, seaman [b. abt 1750] > Claire 20, their daughter, lacemaker [b. abt. 1752] > Marie Francoise 10, apprentice seamstress > Gregoire Dominique Giraud, 4, their son > [source: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com; 2/0/03; RE: Joseph & Germain > Semer by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino] > > Question No. 1: > Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les > Mines: > > Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721, > bt. 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27) > [source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195] > > Question(s) No. 2: > In the 1752 census of PETITCODIAC, we find the following, [partial listing] > > Simon DARROIS, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls > Jean DARROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls > Silvain BREAU, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [Isabelle Darois remarried > to BREAU in 1734] > Germain BOYE, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls [is this Germain SEMER and > his wife Marie, > daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois???] > Paul TRAHAN, his wife, 1 girl [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Jean TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 3 girls [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Rene TRAHAN and his wife [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > > Several names down the list we find: > > Jean BOYE, his wife, 1 girl [is this Jean SEMER, father > of Germain???] > [source for census info: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html] > > Question No. 3: > If, indeed Germain & Jean BOYE turn out to be Germain & Jean Semer...any > suggestions on how/why the surname "SEMER" would be listed here as > "BOYE"???? > > Whewwww, I apologize for the lengthiness of my message, but would very much > appreciate ANY feedback, THANKS. > > Rita
Thanks, Roger, for the lead on the "dit BOYE" name for Germain Semer. As posted by Lucie, Stephen White agrees with the entry in Surette's book, but to have a second source is nice, Thanks. In regards the this entry of Surette's book: << B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] 1) Germain born ca 1752 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard]>> I strongly suspect that the Jean Baptiste Semer who came to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard is not the son of this J.B. & Elizabeth Saulnier, but that he may turn out to be the son of Germain & Marie Trahan, if the record below is to be considered: "BOUDREAUX, Louis (Joseph & Marie Francoise SEMAIRE) b. 15 May 1789, bt. 7 Oct. 1789 Spons: Louis ST. JULIEN & Victoire SEMAIRE - "prima" [cousin]. Fr. de DEVA (SM Ch.: v.4, #382)[source SWLR CD 101] Victoire, the godmother of this child is named as "prima" [cousin]...{1st cousin???}, then that would make Victoire's father, Jean Baptiste [came to LA with Broussard group] a brother to Louis Boudreaux's mother, Marie Francoise Semer...making J. B. of Broussard's group, the son of Germain Semer & Marie Trahan, would it not? Feedback on this is Welcome! Thanks Rita -----Original Message----- From: Roger A. Rozendal [mailto:rogroz@swbell.net] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:18 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer Rita, Surette in his book "Petitcoudiac" has the following, [....] are my insertions: SEMER, dit Boye (Bois) [also LEMER] Jean Semer b. ca 1680 [son of Jean Semer & Marguerite Héron] married [22 Nov.] 1717 Marguerite Vincent [born ca 1695], daughter of Michel Vincent [& Marie-Josephe Richard] A) Germain Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1720 married ca 1745 Marie Trahan, daughter of Rene Trahan [& Isabelle Darois] 1) Boy born ca 1748 2) Simon born ca 1750 3) Grégoire-Dominique-Gérard born ca 1768 died 1837 B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750 Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau] 1) Germain born ca 1752 2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard] Reference: Stephen White "Dictionnaire" pp. 1448 & 1578. Hope this helps. Roger A. Rozendal rogroz@swbell.net > From: "Rita" <grannyharg@bellsouth.net> > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:38:03 -0500 > To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer > Resent-From: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:38:09 -0600 > > Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain > Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their daughter, > Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot]. > > > 1) Listed as passengers on Convoy No. 1 from Chatellerault to Nantes on Oct. > 24, 1775 are: > Germain Semer - age 55, charpentier[b. abt 1720]; > Marie Trahan - wife - age 50, tricoteuse [b. abt. 1725]; > Madeleine Marie - dau., age 27 [b. abt 1748]; > Françoise - dau., age 13 [b. abt. 1762]; > Grégoire Dominique - son - age 7 [b. abt 1768]; > [source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/divers/convoi1.htm] > > > 2) In the "Acadians in France 1762-1776" by Milton Rieder, Jr. and his wife > Norma Gaudet, ...page 88: [Is this census taken abt 1772 ???] > Germain Semer 51, farmer, carpenter and a sawer, of Havre [b. abt > 1721] > Marie Trahan, 51, his wife, knits and dews, invalid [b. abt 1721] > Madeleine 25, their daughter, dressmaker [b. abt 1747] > Simon, 22, their son, seaman [b. abt 1750] > Claire 20, their daughter, lacemaker [b. abt. 1752] > Marie Francoise 10, apprentice seamstress > Gregoire Dominique Giraud, 4, their son > [source: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com; 2/0/03; RE: Joseph & Germain > Semer by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino] > > Question No. 1: > Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les > Mines: > > Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721, > bt. 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27) > [source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195] > > Question(s) No. 2: > In the 1752 census of PETITCODIAC, we find the following, [partial listing] > > Simon DARROIS, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls > Jean DARROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls > Silvain BREAU, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [Isabelle Darois remarried > to BREAU in 1734] > Germain BOYE, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls [is this Germain SEMER and > his wife Marie, > daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois???] > Paul TRAHAN, his wife, 1 girl [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Jean TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 3 girls [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > Rene TRAHAN and his wife [son of Rene Trahan & > Isabelle Darois?? ] > > Several names down the list we find: > > Jean BOYE, his wife, 1 girl [is this Jean SEMER, father > of Germain???] > [source for census info: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html] > > Question No. 3: > If, indeed Germain & Jean BOYE turn out to be Germain & Jean Semer...any > suggestions on how/why the surname "SEMER" would be listed here as > "BOYE"???? > > Whewwww, I apologize for the lengthiness of my message, but would very much > appreciate ANY feedback, THANKS. > > Rita ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== The number one rule of this list is no flaming. 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