Marguerite (LeBlanc) Caissie (abt. 1808 - 1882)

Born about 1808 in Tediche, Westmorland, New Brunswick

Ancestors

Wife of Pierre Caissie — married 8 May 1826 in Grand-Digue, Kent, Colony of New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1882 at about age 74 in Grande-Digue, Kent, New Brunswick

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Biography

Marguerite was born around 1808. (She is 54 years of age in the 1861 census, and died at the age of 74 in 1882). She is the daughter of Mathurin Leblanc and Susanne Arseneault.

Marguerite married Pierre Caissie, son of Joseph Caissie and Anastasie Léger, on 8 May 1826 in Grande-Digue.^[1][2] Pierre and Marguerite had 11 children together, but only their daughters Marie Louise and Birgitte survived past infancy:

1. Marie Louise Caissie (born 10 Jun 1827)
2. Susanne Caissie (born 25 May 1830)
3. Unnamed Infant Caissie (born Jun 1831)
4. Unnamed Infant Caissie (born Apr 1832)
5. Unnamed Infant Caissie (born 1833)
6. Susanne Caissie (born Apr 1834)
7. Julienne Caissie (born 21 Jul 1835)
8. Brigitte Caissie (born 18 Aug 1836)
9. Unnamed Infant Caissie (born Jun 1840)
10. Jude Caissie (born 30 Jul 1842)
11. Unnamed Infant Caissie (born 26 Dec 1843)

In the 1861 census, Margaret (age 54) was listed with her husband Peter in Dundas, Kent, New Brunswick.^[3]

She passed away in 1882 at the age of 74. Burial was on February 2 in Grande-Digue. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Record. Ancestry.com. Actes d’état civil et registres d’église de l’Acadie (Collection Drouin), 1670 à 1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Ancestry Record 1110 #215470
2. ↑ Marriage (Transcription): Grande-Digue, Nouveau-Brunswick, Registre de la paroisse Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, catholique, Baptêmes et Mariages 1800-1875, Sépultures 1802-1875 (F.M. 9, A 11, vol 6), Image #227, marriage for Pierre Caisey and Marguerite Leblanc, 8 May 1826, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-3016/C-3017, Parish Registers: New Brunswick : C-3016/C-3017, accessed 6 Aug 2023.
3. ↑ ”New Brunswick Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMP-D45 : 9 March 2018), Margret Casey, Dundas, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada; citing line number 1484, p. 38; Library and Archives Canada number C-1002-1003, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 477,552. http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/jpg/4108515_00085.jpg
4. ↑ Death and Burial Record. Ancestry.com. Actes d’état civil et registres d’église de l’Acadie (Collection Drouin), 1670 à 1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. (Name: Marguerite Leblanc Event Year: 1800-1889 Event: Enterrement (Burial) Religion: Catholique City: Grande-Digue Place or Church Name: Grande-Digue Province: Acadie (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) (New Brunswick)) Ancestry Record 1110 #215829

See also:

• White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Caissie) Text : “x. Pierre, n Grande-Digue 18 sept 1803; m Grande-Digue 8 mai 1826 Marguerite LE BLANC (Mathurin & Susanne Arsenault); d Grande-Digue 17 mars 1868.”
• Gilles Pinet, My Acadian Family | Ma famille acadienne, Marguerite LeBlanc
• http://ourmaritimeties.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I866&tree=Annette