Marthe Fougère (abt. 1775 - 1838)

Born about 1775 in Arichat, Nouvelle-Écosse

Ancestors

Wife of Pierre Paul Lavandier — married about 1790 in Arichat, Nouvelle-Écosse

Died 1838 at about age 63 in Havre Bouché, Antigonish, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada

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Biography

"Joseph Fougere and Marguerite Coate had 7 sons (4 of whom settled in Havre Boucher) and 5 daughters: [...] Marthe Fougere, born after 1771, marries c. 1790 Pierre Paul Lavandier (son of Abraham and Genevieve Benard) [...]" ^[1]

"Pierre-Paul Lavandier was born 1757 in Port Toulouse, Nova Scotia and died September 11, 1834 in Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia. He married Marthe Fougere 1790 in Arichat, Nova Scotia, daughter of Joseph Fougere and Marguerite Coste. Their children are:

Anne Jeanne [b. abt 1791], m. Isaac Roy in 1814, Tracadie, Nova Scotia

Marguerite, b. 1792; d. March 27, 1867, Tracadie, Nova Scotia; m. Joseph Beloni Maillet, 9 Jan 1815

Luc, b. 1793; d. 23 April 1876, Havre Bouche, Nova Scotia; m. Madeline DeCoste." ^[2]

The family lives in Antigonish County (Pomquet-Tracadie-Havre Boucher) ïn 1794. ^[3]

In the 1827 Census of Tracadie, there is a Peter Paul. What makes me think that this is the family of Pierre Paul Lavandier and Marthe Fougère is that many neighbors could be members of the family. The Lavenders: Charles (brother?), Charles (nephew?), Simeon, Micheal, Luke (son?) and Hubert (nephew?). In the same list, just above "Peter Paul", we see Isaac King (KIng is the english word for Roy). Jeanne Lavandier, daughter of Pierre Paul Lavandier and Marthe Fougère married Isaac Roy in 1814 at Tracadie. ^[4] And, in the same neighborhood, there are other Lavenders and Fusheirs (english pronunciation of Fougère).

In the 1838 Census of Cape Jack and Havre Boucher, there are a lot of Lavendiers and Fougeres (names spelled in french), but no record for Marthe. There is a widow Lavendier, but she has young children under 6 years. It cannot be her. ^[5]

She passed away in 1838. On the night of November 23 to 24 1838, the Arichat presbytery burned down and all records prior to 1839 have been lost ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ The Fougère Genealogy Third Generation
2. ↑ freepages.rootsweb Lavandier, Generation 3
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives: Census Returns, Assessment and Poll Tax Returns 1767-1838: Poll Tax Records 1791-1795 Pierre Polle Lavandie, 1794
4. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives: Census Returns, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1838: Census Returns 1827 Peter Paul, Fisherman, 1827
5. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives: Census Returns, Assessment and Poll Tax Records: Cape Jack and Havre Boucher 1838 Census Returns, 1838
6. ↑ IGR: Registres du Fonds Drouin: Acadie: Arichat 1839 Fire of the Arichat presbytery 1838

• Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde Marthe Fougère Jeanne Lavandier/Isaac Roy
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