This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dgfim22 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.doucette/474.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Your William Doucet is listed as Guillaume X Doucet in the 1891 census of Beresford (Petit-Rocher), NB, aged 39y, with his wife Marguerite, aged 38y. Guillaume is the French version of William. X (since he had no middle name) refers to his father Xavier Doucet. Listed with them are children: Joseph M. 11y, Marie-Anne 9y & Henri 8y. There were undoubtedly a couple of others on the next page which I could not access at the time. Going back to the 1881 census of Beresford (Petit-Rocher), I found the family of Xavier Doucet 58y, and his wife, Elisabeth, 46y. and their children: Elizabeth 22y, Ernest 20y, Marie, 16y, Joseph 14y, Rose 12y, Annie 10y, & François 8y; withe them are Elie Doucet 28y, his wife Marguerite 25y and son Joseph M. 1 month old. So in this record, Guillaume/William was named Elie (or Elias in English). In the 1871 census of Beresford (Petit-Rocher) we find Xavier Doucet 49y with his wife Elizabeth 28y, and children: Marguerite 21y, Elie 19y, Elizabeth 13y, Ernest 9y, Marie 7y, Joseph 5y and Annie 1y. In the 1866 parish census of Petit-Rocher we find Xavier Doucet and his wife, Elisabeth Boudreau, with their children: Willie 15y, Margueirte 6y, Elizabeth 8y, Ernest 5y, Marie (no age given) and Joseph 1 & 1/2 y. Despite the ages discrepancies, these four censuses are dealing with the same family group... yours. I found the following marriages for the children of Guillaume & Marguerite Lavigne: Marie-Anne, m Petit-Rocher, NB 1 Oct 1901 with André COMEAU Joseph-Henri, m Petit-Rocher, NB 20 Jun 1911 with Marie-Louise ROY Elizabeth, m Petit-Rocher, NB 15 Jan 1919 with André FOURNIER Guillaume married as Elias DOUCET (no parents listed) of Petit-Rocher, NB with Marguerite LAVIGNE (no parents listed) of Bathurst, NB at Bathurst, NB [Ste-Famille Ch.] on 11 Nov 1879 Since we know he was a son of Xavier and Elizabeth from the censuses, we see that Xavier DOUCET (no parents listed) of Petit-Rocher, NB married Elisabeth BOUDREAU (no parents listed) of Petit-Rocjher, NB also at Bathurst, NB [Ste-Famille Ch.] on 10 Nov 1856 Xavier must have been previously married as theere are dispensations from consanguinity (2-3°c) accorded to his & Elisabeth's marriage (they were first cousins, once removed: really they were second cousins) and also from 3-4°aff. (affinity was accorded between his first spouse and Elisabeth Boudreau, and indicates a prior marriage, which unfortunately, I have not been able to loacte). This Xavier Doucet was son of Hubert Doucet & Marie Haché, who married at Bathurst on 18 Jun 1816. Hubert was the son of Joseph & Victoire (Bujold) Doucet; Marie the daughter of Antoine & Françoise (Bernard) Haché. Joseph Doucet was son of Charles & Anne (Arseneau) Doucet; Victoire was the daughter of Charles & Marguerite (Cormier) Bujold. Due to the age discrepany for Guillaume/Elie, I am uncertain if Elisabeth Boudreau was indeed his mother or his stepmother, and since I have not found a record of Xavier's first marriage, nor an exact birth for Guillaume/Elie, cannot say for certain. If ELisabeth was indeed his mother, she was daughter of Eusèbe Boudreau and Rose Roy of Petit-Rocher, NB. Now you can trace back the line of Charles Doucet and Anne Arseneau to finish off your Doucet line, by clicking on the Family Trees in the above Rootsweb/Ancestry menu, and continue your research. Hopefully what I have provided is some help to you. Best regards, Dennis Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.