This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Joncas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0NC.2ACE/413 Message Board Post: Hi everyone, I am researching the Joncas family that established in Newcastle ca 1865. The gentlemans was Phillip (Joseph-Phylias) Joncas born Grande-Rivière, Gaspé county, on sep 18 1835 (Joseph and Marguerite-Monique Bourdages). From the 1871 census, the transcrition named him Joneas Phillip married to a Harriet wit 7 kids. See page 108 of NBGS Miramichi Branch. I would be interested in knowing if the marriage took place in the Miramichi area and when. The 1881 census (transcription) named him Junco Philip, he is a widow with 10 kids. See district 35, sub-district B, div 3, page 28, Household 116. I do not know if he remarried. The 1901 census (trancription) named him Jonies Phillip, a widow living with his sister Charlotte and 2 kids. Charlotte was born also in Grande-Rivière on dec 15 1849. See District 19, sub-district J-3, p. 4 household 30. I do not know if Charlotte married. From the NB archives, I know at least one of his sons James married and lived in Newcastle after 1901. Phillip died in 1909, Charlotte died in 1929, in theNewcasle area. Is it possible to get a copy of Phillip marriage to Harriet? Is it possible to get a copy of their death certificate? Is there any Joncas still living in the Miamichi area? Thanks a lot Jean-Pierre Joncas, ing.