Louise Arsenau (1834 - bef. 1875)

Born 31 Aug 1834 in Miscouche, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Ancestors

Daughter of Joseph Maxime Arsenault and Isabelle (Poirier) Arseneau

Descendants

Died before 20 Jul 1875 before age 40 in Rustico, PEI

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Biography

Lisette Arsenau is a descendant of an Acadian

Louise Arsenau, called Lisette was born in the parish of St Philip and St Jacques (Edgmont Bay, Prince Edward Island, Cananda) to parents Joseph Arsenau and Isabelle Poirier called Elizabeth. She was baptised in Miscouche on 31 August 1834. Joachim Poirier and Marg. Poirier where her godparents. ^[1]

She married Bruno Pineau on November 6 1852 in the Parish of St Philip and St Jacques (La Roche), Egmont Bay, PEI. Bruno was the son of Abraham Pineau and Adelaide Martin. Bruno married a second time (Julienne called Judique Gallant on 20 July 1875. Therefore, Louise died sometime before this.

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Annette Cormier, FTDNA kit # 348700, and her maternal line cousin UNK (a direct matrilineal descendant of Therese Ethier), Kit # 241277, have a Genetic Distance = 1 in a position in HVR2 at 309.2C, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Marie Christine Aubois the 8x great grandmother of Annette Cormier and the 9x grandmother of UNK. See this diagram from the Mothers of Acadia DNA Project for more information.

Sources

Birth and Baptism Louise Arsenau: http://www.gov.pe.ca/archives/parosearch/vital/individual-vital-information/recordId/113391/eventType/1

• "Canada, Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-7LB : Tue Nov 28 03:43:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Louise Arseneau and Joseph Arseneau, 07 Sep 1834.

Marriage record Bruno Pineau and Louise Arsenau: Familysearch.org https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-12736-1989-61?cc=1827167&wc=MXMW-QNG:161346401 NOTE: this record does not mention parents; Stephen White found a parish record with listed parents Joseph Arsenau and Isabelle Poirier

Evidence of death Louise Arsenau: Drouin Collection Acadian Church Records, Ancestry.com Second marriage widower Bruno Pineau Ile-du-Prince-Edouard 1812-1887 p32, Image page 24 of 32

Birth, parents of husband Bruno Pineau: http://www.gov.pe.ca/archives/parosearch/vital/individual-vital-information/recordId/106058/eventType/1 Death husband Bruno Pineau: http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C1.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=5ce21adf-a516-4a1f-8516-84669e170eb9

1. ↑ Savard, Denis. "Dictionnaire généalogique des familles Arsenault", Sainte-Foy, Québec: Editions MultiMondes, 2000, p460.