Rosalie Comeau (abt. 1752)

Born about 1752 in Malpec, Isle Saint Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Paul Godin — married 1 Oct 1770 in Halifax, Nova Scotia Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Rosalie Comeau was born about 1752, probably at Malpec on Prince Edward Island. She was the daughter of Jean Comeau and Marie Henry.^[1] She was born in or after 1752 since she was not included in the 1752 census at Malpec with her parents.^[2]

She married Paul Godin dit Bellefontaine on October 1, 1770 in Halifax.^[1][3]

Marriage Document

They had at least 4 children. Their first child Andre was baptized at Halifax:

1. Andre (1771-____)
2. Esther (abt.1774-1832) m. Raphael Poirier
3. Régis (abt.1780-1851) m. Scholastique Bourgeois
4. Luc (abt.1783-1861) m. Marie Anne Petitpas

Rosalie's burial is not recorded. She may have died in Memramcook before 1806, when the surviving Memramcook parish records begin.

Research Notes

Her marriage record says that her parents are "Jean Coumaux and Marie Hebert", a couple that doesn't seem to exist. Most likely there was an error in the record and her mother's maiden name was actually Henri. Jean Baptiste Comeau and Marie Henri lived in Halifax ~1762 where their son Pierre Paul was born, and Rosalie married in 1770 in Halifax.

In the marriage record for Rosalie's grandson Pierre Bellefontaine and his wife Suzanne Vautour, they were granted a dispensation for 3 to 4 degrees of consanguinity.^[4] In other words, they should be 2nd cousins once removed. This provides evidence that Rosalie Comeau is the daughter of Jean Comeau, since Pierre and his wife Suzanne appear to be second cousins once removed through Jean Comeau and Marie Henry.

Also, in the 1771 baptism of their son Andre, the godparents were Victor Theriau and Marie Robert. Robert was a dit name for the Henry family. The godmother Marie Robert was probably Rosalie's mother.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Marriage - "Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946, " database with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Ancestry Record 1110 #300799172. Ancestry Sharing Link. Accessed 30 May 2021. Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.

   (Parish: Caraquet) On the first of October 1770 I received the mutual consent of marriage after having published two banns... between Paul Bellefontaine son of Charles Bellefontaine and of Marie Melanson with Rosalie Coumaux daughter of Jean Coumaux and Marie Hebert... at the point of the east passage ? Halifax. (signed by the missionary Charles François Bailly)

2. ↑ "Sieur de la Roque 1752 Census for Prince Edward Island/Ile Saint Jean" Transcription at: (http://www.islandregister.com/1752_page12.html)

   Census of Malpec : Jean Commeaux, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 32 years, he has been in the country 2 years. Married to Marie Henry, native of l'Acadie, aged 29 years. They have one son and one daughter:- Jean Baptiste, aged 7 years. Magdelaine, aged 2 years.

3. ↑ "Nova Scotia, Church and Civil Records, 1727-1884", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F22M-BW6 : 7 November 2020), Rosalie Coumaux in entry for Paul Bellefontaine, 1770.
4. ↑ Marriage of Rosalie's grandson Pierre - "Parish registers: New Brunswick : C-3020, " database with images, Canadian Heritage, (https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3020/216?r=0&s=2 : Accessed 30 May 2021). Pierre Fontaine and Susanne Vautour, registre de la paroisse de St-Louis de Kent, catholique, 1800-1870. Library and Archives Canada.

See also:

• http://www.genealogie-acadienne.net/?action=indiDetails&I=4158