Captain Paulin died during a voyage with his wife to Quebec City. His wife did not want him to be buried at a strange cemetary, so she kept his body on board the ship until they could return to Caraquet, where he was interred on December 3rd, 1879, thirteen days after he died.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gervais by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: