Placide (Brun) Brun dit O'Brien (1788 - aft. 1861)

Born 16 Dec 1788 in Menoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Huntley) Brun dit O’Brien — married 1813 in Menoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died after 15 Aug 1861 after age 72 in Rexton, Kent, New Brunswick

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Biography

Placide (Brun) Brun dit O'Brien is a descendant of an Acadian

Placide Brun (dit O’Brien^[1]) was born in 1788 at Menoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia,^[2] a son of Jean Brun and Angelique Doiron.^[3][4]

Placide married about 1813, Susannah Huntley. Susannah was born about 1792^[5][6] at Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of Daniel Huntley and Betty Wickwire of Horton.^[7] Susan and husband Placide O Brian died sometime after the 1861 New Brunswick census.^[6]

Placide Brun House is designated a Local Historic Place for being one of the oldest houses from Cap-Pelé’s pioneer era and for its architecture. This house was built around 1820 by Placide Brun, the husband of Suzanne Huntley, the owner of the land grant at the time. Her name is associated with this plot on an 1821 survey map. Around 1818, three families from Menoudie, Nova Scotia, Jean Brun and his son Placide, and his brother-in-law, Pierre Comeau, founded a hamlet east of the village of Bas-Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, subsequently known as “Les Borgittes.” During the 1850s, Placide Brun’s family settled in Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick.^[8]

In the summer of 1853, Placide sold his goods and moved with his family to Rexton, more precisely between Peters Mills and Bedeque (Richibouctou Village, Kent, New Brunswick). His son Thomas lived there for a couple of years. They were the first Brun's to live in Kent County. Placide, a farmer, and his wife Suzanne are mentioned in both the 1851 census for Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick,^[5] and 1861 census for Richibuctou, Kent, New Brunswick, ^[6] but are absent from the 1871 census. His children carry the surnames Brien, O'Brien and O'Brian.

Children of Placide Brun and Susannah Huntley

1. Angélique, b. abt 1813; m. 20 Aug 1834, at Cap Pelé, Botsford, Joseph Fournier^[9]
2. Anne, b. abt 1818; d. 19 Jul 1901 at Richibucto-Village, Kent, New Brunswick;^[10] m. Raphael Doiron dit Gould in 1842
3. Charlotte, b. 29 Jun 1819 at Cap Pelé, Botsford, New Brunswick; d. 13 Jan 1912 at Richibucto-Village, Kent, New Brunswick;^[11] m. 7 Jan 1840, Maximin “Marc” Arsenault
4. Thomas abt 1822-1901; m. 7 Jan 1840, Françoise “Fanny” Gautreau; Françoise, n Cap-Pelé 29 juin 1820; m Barachois 20 mai 1844 Thomas BRUN dit O'BRIEN (Placide & Susanna Huntley)^[12]
5. Susanne, bapt. 2 Apr 1826 at Shemogue, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick (Placide Brun & Susanne Himtly);^[13] m. 28 Feb 1843, Marcel Doiron dit Gould
6. Frederic, b. abt 1828;^[5][6] m. Madeleine, m. Johanna, poss. m. Judith
7. Placide, b. abt 1830^[5][6] at Saint-Louis, Kent Co., New Brunswick; d. 17 Dec 1899 at Boutouche, Kent Co., New Brunswick^[14]
8. Antoine, b. 1835 at Kent Co., New Brunswick;^[5][6][15] d. 16 Apr 1910 at Richibuctou, Kent, New Brunswick^[16] m. Rosa

Sources

1. ↑ Université de Moncton : CENTRE D'ÉTUDES ACADIENNES ANSELME-CHIASSON Placide Brun and Susanna Huntley, Cap-Péle
2. ↑ The History of Minoudie Placide Brun born 16 December 1788
3. ↑ Our Maritime Ties Placide Brun 1788 : accessed 8 Jan 2023
4. ↑ New Brunswick Genealogical Society First Families: Brun, Jean : citing MC80/1855 Régis Brun’s Un histoire de la famille Brun 1648-1994, pages 27,…
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} "Canada Census, 1851", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWRS-WC6 : 1 October 2021), Susanna Brian, 1851.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} "Canada, New Brunswick Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMP-VC7 : 23 February 2021), Susan O Brian, Richibuctou, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada; citing line number 37, p. 66; Library and Archives Canada number C-1002-1003, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 477,552.
7. ↑ Virgil W. Huntley. John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut 1647-1977 and some of his Descendants. Books I, II, III. 1978, 1993, 1996. Vol. 1. pp 117-8. Material from the books used with written permission of the author. Collection of Phil Smith.
8. ↑ Canada’s Historic Places Placide Brun House, 11133 Bas-Cap-Pelé Road, Cap-Pele, New Brunswick
9. ↑ Kent County GenWeb Project : Roman Catholic Births/Marriages/Burials, PANB Microfilm # 1729, transcribed by  Diana Henderson Purdue Brun, Angelique, father Placide, Cap Pelé, Botsford, 1834 marriage, pg 113
10. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Provincial Returns of Deaths Brun, Anne
11. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Index to County Death Registers Brun, Charlotte
12. ↑ University of Moncton; 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); LeBlanc (PDF download): https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/55 Une troisième lignée des Gautreau au Nouveau-
13. ↑ "Canada, New Brunswick Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5YH-BWT2 : 7 February 2020), Susanne Himtly in entry for Susanne Brun, 1826.
14. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Provincial Returns of Deaths Brun, Placide
15. ↑ Kent County GenWeb Project : Roman Catholic Births/Marriages/Burials, PANB Microfilm # 1729, transcribed by  Diana Henderson Purdue Brun, Antoine, father Placide, 1835 birth, pg 122
16. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Provincial Returns of Deaths Brun, Antoine

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Acknowledgements

• Researched by Sara V Mosher, January 2023