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