Hi Rita, You said << 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]>> Marie Trahan, wife of Germain Semer is listed in the 1762 census in the "Acadians in France" by the Rieders as being 51 years of age. Therefore, this eliminates the possibility of the Marie Trahan you list here as being the daughter of Rene and Elisabeth Darois since she would have had to be born abt 1711 rather than 1721. I will do a search and post if nobody else finds this information before I do ;o) Best regards, Lucie Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home www.acadian-home.org Am-Can Gen Soc www.acgs.org CMA 2004 - www.cma2004.com Grand-Pré - http://www.grand-pre.com/ www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html -----Original Message----- From: Rita [mailto:grannyharg@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:38 AM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer 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 ==== http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian -cajun This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237