acadian-cajun-l Digest V1 #25 acadian-cajun-l Digest Sat, 06 May 2000 Volume: 01 Issue: 025 In This Issue:                 [acadian-cajun-l] Girouard~LeBlanc                                 [acadian-cajun-l] Antigonish County Nova Scotia like an Acadia Girouard~LeBlanc Father Hubert (Girroir) Girouard Born....... : July 18, 1825 at Tracadie N.S. Death...... : January 25 1884 at Havre-a-Boucher, N.S. Parents.... : Joseph Girouard and Angelique Leblanc. By the 1850s Acadian leaders throughout the Maritimes were emerging to spearhead the movement for educational and linguistic rights for French-speaking citizens. One of these leaders was Father Hubert Girroir.He began his ministry in Arichat in 1854. Father Hubert Girroir was the first Acadian born in Nova Scotia to become a priest. A native of Tracadie, he served in Arichat, Cheticamp and Havre-Boucher. For almost 30 years he fought for French-language instruction in schools frequented by Acadian children-not an easy task in a diocese dominated by Scottish priests who, like the Irish, believed in the future of an English-language Church. An academy or high school continued to function in Arichat under Father Girroir's direction. He succeeded in obtaining members of the French-speaking order of the Christian Brothers from Montreal to run the school from 1860 to 1866, but they were obliged to leave as a result of Charles Tupper's Free School Act of 1864 which placed certain stipulations on the qualifications of headmasters of schools receiving public funds. In an attempt to enable the Christian Brothers to stay and thus ensure the existence of a French secondary school on Isle Madame, Father Girroir addressed the following letter to the Premier of Nova Scotia, Sir Charles Tupper: It seems that there is a fatality attached to the Acadian race: for since thirteen years that l have been in public life, I have worked like a man at my post, beggared myself for the education of the country, and, the moment that matters were assuming a fair state of existence, here comes a death blow that blasts all my anticipation's. It seems that, whenever an Acadian community is on the point of taking position among others, here must be something to thwart the efforts of many years. God help us! Nevertheless, my confidence in you makes me hope that you, Hon. Sir, will come to our rescue by granting us what we justly expect. Neither Father Girroir nor any of his successors were able to obtain members of a French-language religious order to take over the Arichat Academy. As a result, it continued to function with lay teachers, several of whom were Acadian graduates of St. Francis Xavier, including Remi Benoit, a native of D'Escousse. Young girls were more fortunate to the extent that a convent school was opened in Arichat in 1856 under the direction of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal. A second convent school was opened later in West Arichat. According to a prospectus at the end of the 1870s the convent in Arichat offered a full "course of instruction in the French and English languages". Pour toute informations, suggestions, corrections ou commentaires, n'hésitez pas à communiquer avec moi: Pierre Girouard a:pierre@girouard.com || Home || Liens/Links || Biographies || Décès/Obits || Index || © Copyright Pierre Girouard 1997-2000, all rights reserved. This page last updated on Saturday, May 6, 2000 Father Hubert (Girroir) Girouard http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2005/hubert_g.htm ------------------------------ From: A-mae-znCajun@webtv.net (Alice Chauvin Bradshaw) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:25:13 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [acadian-cajun-l] Antigonish County Nova Scotia like an Acadian / Caju    Message Sender: ILMADAME  Date:   Wed, 10 May 2000 13:02:59 -0300 From:   George Rose <grose@HFX.EASTLINK.CA> Subject: DESLAURIERS   I ended somehow on a mailing list for the DESLAURIERS line. For those interested in this line, takes the line to Antigonish County and then into US. Descendants of Martial Jacquet Generation One           1. MARTIAL1 JACQUET was born in St-Marie La Petit, Rouen, Normandie, France. He married Marie Rouchault in St-Marie La Petit. He was also known as Marsil Jacquet.           MARIE ROUCHAULT was born in St-Marie La Petit.     The only child of Martial1 Jacquet and Marie Rouchault was: + 2.   i. JEAN2 DIT DESLORIERS, born 1684 in St-Marie La Petit; married Marie Gaufre. Generation Two           2. JEAN2 JACQUET DIT DESLORIERS (Martial1) was born in 1684 in St-Marie La Petit. He married Marie Gaufre, daughter of Alexandre Gaufre and Marie Rouge, on 29 Apr 1721 in St-Marie La Petit. He is buried at St-Marie La Petit. He was also known as Jean Jacquet dit DesLauriers or Des Loriers.           MARIE GAUFRE was also known as Marie Gonfrai. She was born in 1697 in Rouen. She died after 10 Mar 1727 in Rouen, and was buried on 3 Apr 1727 at St-Marie La Petit.           The five children of Jean2 Jacquet dit Desloriers and Marie Gaufre:       3.   i. ANNE FRANÇOISE3 was born on 9 Mar 1722 in St-Marie La Petit.       4.   ii. MARIE JEANNE was born on 15 Jul 1723 in St-Marie La Petit. She was buried on 7 Aug 1723 at St-Marie La Petit.       5. iii. JEAN FRANÇOIS was baptized on 5 Oct 1724 in St-Marie La Petit. He was buried on 19 Dec 1724 in St-Marie La Petit. + 6.   iv. THOMAS DIT DESLORIERS, born before 18 Nov 1725 in Rouen; married Marguerite Séguin.       7.   v. JOSEPH LOUIS MELON was baptized on 10 Mar 1727 in St-Marie La Petit. He was buried on 17 Aug 1731 in St-Marie La Petit. Generation Three           6. THOMAS3 JACQUET DIT DESLORIERS (Jean2, Martial1) was born before 18 Nov 1725 in Rouen, Normandie, France. He married Marguerite Séguin, daughter of Jean-Germain Séguin and Marie-Louise Quay, on 19 Jun 1752 in St-Antoine-de-(rest missing), Lavaltrie, Québec. He died after 1792. He was also known as Thomas Jacquet dit Deslauriers.           MARGUERITE SÉGUIN was also known as Marguerite Sigouin. She was born on 12 Feb 1727 in St-Sulpice, L'Assomption, Québec.           The eight children of Thomas3 Jacquet dit Desloriers and Marguerite Séguin: + 8.   i. JACQUES-THOMAS4, born 16 Apr 1753 in Trois Rivieres, Québec; married Madeleine LeBlanc.       9.   ii. CHARLES-GEORGE was born on 9 Mar 1755 in Trois Rivieres, Québec. He married Françoise Forgeron circa 1780 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia. He was buried on 3 Apr 1830. He was also known as CHARLES JACQUET AND CHARLES-GEORGE JACQUET.       10. iii. MARIE-MARGUERITE was born on 24 Dec 1756 in Lanoraie, Berthier, Québec. She married Jean-Baptiste Fougère circa 1785 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia. She died on 19 May 1818 in Tracadie, at age 61. She was also known as MARIE-MARGUERITE JACQUET. + 11.   iv. JACQUES-ANTOINE, born 17 May 1759 in Chambly, Chambly, Québec; married Agnès Pitre and Anne Mathe.       12.   v. JEAN-BAPTISTE was christened on 12 Jul 1761 in Lavaltrie, Berthier, Québec. He was also known as JEAN-BAPTISTE DESLAURIERS. + 13.   vi. JEAN-BAPTISTE, born 18 Aug 1763 in ile-Dupas, Berthier, Québec; married Agnès Coste and Madeleine Landry. + 14. vii. ALEXIS DIT DES LAURIERS, born 18 Jan 1765 in Berther-en-Haut, Québec; married Agnès Pitre dit Marc. + 15. viii. THOMAS, born 19 Jun 1771 in Arichat, Nova Scotia; married Felicite Gautreau. Generation Four           8. JACQUES-THOMAS4 DESLAURIERS (Thomas3Jacquet, Jean2, Martial1) was born on 16 Apr 1753 in Trois Rivieres, Québec. He married Madeleine LeBlanc, daughter of Claude LeBlanc and Judith Benoit, circa 1780 in Fortune Bay, Isle St-John. He died between 1791 and 1794 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia. He was also known as Nicolas Jacquet and Nicolas Deslauriers.           MADELEINE LEBLANC was born on 10 Mar 1742/43 in St. Charles aux Mines, Nova Scotia. She married Claude Babin circa 1765 in Arichat, Nova Scotia. Her married name was Jacquet. She died on 14 May 1847 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia, at age 104.           The two children of Jacques-Thomas4 Deslauriers and Madeleine LeBlanc:       16.   i. JEAN-BAPTISTE5 who was also known as JEAN-BAPTISTE DESLAURIERS. + 17.   ii. PAUL, born 1787 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia; married Marguerite Girroir.           11. JACQUES-ANTOINE4 DESLAURIERS (Thomas3Jacquet, Jean2, Martial1) was born on 17 May 1759 in Chambly, Chambly, Québec. He married Agnès Pitre and Anne Mathe in Tracadie, Nova Scotia. He was also known as Alexandre Deslauriers.           AGNÈS PITRE was also known as Anne Pitre.     The only child of Jacques-Antoine4 Deslauriers and Agnès Pitre was:       18.   i. ALEXANDER5.           There were no children of Jacques-Antoine4 Deslauriers and Anne Mathe.           13. JEAN-BAPTISTE4 DESLAURIERS (Thomas3Jacquet, Jean2, Martial1) was born on 18 Aug 1763 in ile-Dupas, Berthier, Québec. He married Agnès Coste circa 1783, location unknown, then Madeleine Landry, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Landry and Anne Pitre, circa 1802 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia. He died between 1836 and 1840 in Tracadie. He was also known as Jean-Baptiste Jacquet and Jean-Baptiste Jacquet dit Desloriers.           There were no children of Jean-Baptiste4 Deslauriers and Agnès Coste.           MADELEINE LANDRY was born after 1771 in Pisiquit, Nova Scotia.     The only child of Jean-Baptiste4 Deslauriers and Madeleine Landry was: + 19.   i. BENONI5, christened 6 Jun 1816 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia; married Anne Parou.           14. ALEXIS4 JACQUET DIT DES LAURIERS (Thomas3, Jean2, Martial1) was born on 18 Jan 1765 in Berther-en-Haut, Québec. He married Agnès Pitre dit Marc, daughter of Joseph Pitre dit Marc and Anne Bourg, before 1792. He died between 5 Jun 1834 and 1837 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia and was buried there.           AGNÈS PITRE DIT MARC was also known as Agnes Peters. She was born circa 1766. She died on 3 Jun 1834 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia. She was buried there on 5 Jun 1834.           The four children of Alexis4 Jacquet dit Des Lauriers and Agnès Pitre dit Marc: + 20.   i. MÖISE5, born between 1792 and 1793 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia; married Marie-Sophie Girroir.       21.   ii. ALEXIS was born circa 1794? He married Marie Barrieau, daughter of André Barrieau and Sophie Gautreau, on 7 Jan 1819 in Tracadie. He died there on 30 Sep 1862.       22. iii. HENRIETTE was born circa 1802 in Tracadie. She married Jean-Baptiste Petitpas, son of Alexandre Petitpas and Judith Girroir. She died on 4 Feb 1871 in Tracadie. She was also known as MARIETTE; this given name appeared in parentheses after Henriette.       23.   iv. SUSANNE was born circa 1804. She married Joseph Hennequin, son of François Hennequin and Antoinette-Jeanne Colignon, on 1 Feb 1825 in Tracadie. She also married Joseph-Aimé Dadu, son of Jean Dadu, on 4 Nov 1833 in Tracadie. She died circa 17 Jan 1857 in Tracadie, and was buried there circa 19 Jan 1857.           15. THOMAS4 DESLAURIERS (Thomas3Jacquet, Jean2, Martial1) was born on 19 Jun 1771 in Arichat, Nova Scotia. He married Felicite Gautreau, daughter of Basile Gautreau and Marie-Madeleine Girroir, circa 1793. He died on 21 May 1852 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia, at age 80 and was buried there on 23 May 1852. He was also known as Thomas Jacquet dit DesLauriers.           The nine children of Thomas4 Deslauriers and Felicite Gautreau were as follows:       24.   i. CELESTIN5 was born circa 1794. He married Louise Begin, daughter of Charles Begin and Marie-Josephe Benoit.       25.   ii. JOSEPH was born between 1796 and 1797. He married Marguerite Benoit, daughter of Casimir Benoit and Euphrosine Petitpas, on 16 Jan 1821 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia. He died in 1873 in Tracadie. He was also known as JOSEPH DESLAURIERS.       26. iii. SOPHIE was born in 1802. She married Jean-Baptiste Begin, son of Charles Begin and Marie-Josephe Benoit, on 22 Jan 1827 in Tracadie. She was also known as SOPHIE DELOREY.       27.   iv. EUPHROSINE was born between 1804 and 1805. She married Simon Petitpas, son of Jean Petitpas and Marie Bonnevie, on 23 Jan 1826 in Pomquet, Nova Scotia. + 28.   v. THOMAS, born circa 1806; married Marie Petitpas then Celeste Hébert.       29.   vi. JULIE was born on 12 May 1811 in Tracadie. She married Sebastien Costé, son of Jean-Baptiste Costé and Osite Lavandier, on 11 Jan 1841 in Tracadie. She was also known as JULIE DELOREY.       30. vii. MICHEL was born on 30 Sep 1813 in Tracadie. He married Henriette Breau, daughter of Moïse Breau and Anne Fougère. He died in 1910 in Tracadie. He was also known as MICHEL DESLAURIERS.       31. viii. CASIMIR was born on 31 Oct 1817 in Tracadie. He married Elizabeth Maillet, daughter of Joseph Benoni Maillet and Marguerite Lavandier, on 22 Jan 1849 in Tracadie. He died after 1881. He was also known as CASIMIR DELOREY.       32.   ix. MARGUERITE was born on 22 Oct 1820 in Tracadie. She died after 1829. She was also known as MARGUERITE DELOREY. Generation Five           17. PAUL5 DESLAURIERS (Jacques-Thomas4, Thomas3Jacquet, Jean2, Martial1) was born in 1787 in Tracadie. He married Marguerite Girroir, daughter of François Girouard and Marguerite Petitpas, circa 1808. He died on 14 Jan 1872 in Tracadie.           MARGUERITE GIRROIR was born in 1791. She died on 11 May 1848.     The 13 children of Paul5 Deslauriers and Marguerite Girroir:       33.   i. FRANÇOIS6 was born in 1810 in Tracadie. He died on 20 Sep 1821 in Tracadie.       34.   ii. MARIE-MADELEINE was born on 25 Oct 1813. She married Julien Landry on 23 Nov 1831 in Pomquet, Nova Scotia. She died on 27 Jun 1898 at age 84.       35. iii. THARSILE was born on 29 Oct 1815. She married Urbain Landry.       36.   iv. LAURENT was born on 29 Apr 1818 in Tracadie. He died on 31 Mar 1819 in Tracadie.       37.   v. ISADORE was born on 7 Feb 1820. He married Angèlique Edge on 24 Jul 1843 in Tracadie.       38.   vi. FRANÇOIS was born on 11 Feb 1822. He married Colette Alicon on 29 Jan 1849 in Tracadie.       39. vii. MARGUERITE was born on 15 Jun 1824. She married Charles Davidson on 7 Jan 1845.       40. viii. NICOLAS was born on 22 Apr 1827.       41.   ix. LAURENT was born on 22 Apr 1827.       42.   x. MARIE-SOPHIE was born on 11 Oct 1829 in Tracadie. She died on 28 Mar 1830 in Tracadie.       43.   xi. PIERRE was born on 14 Jul 1831. He married Lucie Doiron.       44. xii. MARIE-EUPHROSINE was born on 10 Feb 1834. She married Benjamin Maillet on 2 Jan 1855 in Tracadie.       45. xiii. ANASTASIE was born in 1837. She married Benjamin Avery on 14 Jan 1867 in Tracadie.           19. BENONI5 DESLAURIERS (Jean-Baptiste4, Thomas3Jacquet, Jean2, Martial1) was christened on 6 Jun 1816 in Tracadie. He married Anne Parou, daughter of Louis Parou and Isabelle Mathe, in 1839 in Tracadie. He died on 29 Oct 1875 in Tracadie, at age 59 and was buried there. He was also known as William.           ANNE PAROU was christened on 31 Oct 1816 in St-Peter's R.C. Church, Tracadie. She died on 11 Mar 1890 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, at age 73 and was buried there.           The seven children of Benoni5 Deslauriers and Anne Parou, all born in Tracadie:       46.   i. HONORE6 was born on 15 Apr 1837. He married Rose Dadeau circa 1862 in Tracadie. He married Anne Broderick on 7 Jan 1868 in St-Ann, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He died on 13 Nov 1923 in Merland, Nova Scotia, at age 86. He was buried on 15 Nov 1923 in St-Patrick, Merland. He was also known as HENRY DESLAURIERS.       47.   ii. LOUIS was born circa 1838. He died on 10 Sep 1867 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.       48. iii. WILLIAM was born circa 1840. He married Elizabeth (--?--) circa 1865 in Tracadie, then Mary Benoit on 24 Jan 1874 in Tracadie.       49.   iv. PHILISTEN was born circa 1843. He married Mary Margaret Delorey on 4 Jul 1870 in Tracadie, then Mary Delorey on 8 Feb 1875 in Tracadie. + 50.   v. JOSEPH, christened after 5 Jan 1845; married Margaret Grant.       51.   vi. CHARLES was born circa 1847.       52. vii. MADELEINE was born circa 1847.           20. MÖISE5 DES LAURIERS (Alexis4Jacquet, Thomas3, Jean2, Martial1) was born between 1792 and 1793 in Tracadie. He married Marie-Sophie Girroir, daughter of François Girouard and Marguerite Petitpas, on 15 Jan 1816 in Tracadie. He died on 24 Dec 1849 in Tracadie. He was buried on 26 Dec 1849 in Tracadie. He was also known as Moyse.           MARIE-SOPHIE GIRROIR was born circa 1795?     The five children of Möise5 Des Lauriers and Marie-Sophie Girroir: + 53.   i. MOÏSE6, born 20 Nov 1819 in Tracadie; married Anne Landry. + 54.   ii. FIDÈLE DIT CHRISTOPHER, born 26 May 1822 in Tracadie; married Catherine Lawlor. + 55. iii. LAURENT, born between 1825 and 1826; married Osite-Angélique Lawlor.       56.   iv. MARIE-SOPHIE was born on 25 Jun 1828 in Tracadie. She married Félix Pâté, son of Bernard Pâté and Marguerite Forest, on 11 Jan 1847 in Tracadie.       57.   v. SIMON was born on 13 Mar 1834 in Tracadie.           28. THOMAS5 DELOREY (Thomas4Deslauriers, Thomas3Jacquet, Jean2, Martial1) was born circa 1806. He married Marie Petitpas, daughter of Alexandre Petitpas and Judith Girroir, circa 1825 in Tracadie, then Celeste Hébert, daughter of Joseph Hébert and Marie-Monique Fougère, circa 1831 in Arichat, Nova Scotia. He died before 1871. He was also known as Thomas Deslauriers.           MARIE PETITPAS was born between 1803 and 1804. She died on 2 Sep 1827 in Tracadie.           There were no children of Thomas5 Delorey and Marie Petitpas.           CELESTE HÉBERT was born circa 1811 in Arichat, Nova Scotia. She was also known as Sarah Delory. She died on 15 Mar 1890 in Nova Scotia.           The seven children of Thomas5 Delorey and Celeste Hébert were as follows: + 58.   i. MARIE6, born 14 Oct 1831 in Tracadie; married Pierre Forgeron.       59.   ii. ALEXANDRE was born on 31 Jan 1833 in Tracadie. He died young after Feb 1833.       60. iii. EMILIE was born on 1 Oct 1835 in Tracadie.       61.   iv. MARGUERITE was born circa 1841 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia.       62.   v. ALEXANDER was born on 2 Jan 1843. He was also known as ALEXANDRE DES LAURIERS. + 63.   vi. JOSEPH, born 15 Apr 1845 in Tracadie; married Marie Fougère.       64. vii. ÉLISABETH was born circa 1847. She was also known as ÉLISABETH DELOREY AND LIZZY DELOREY. This page is too big to be shown completely. grrrrrrrrrr me ------------------------------ End of acadian-cajun-l Digest V1 #25 ************************************