Amand was born in Shediac on 11 May 1833 and later baptized in Grande-Digue.[1][2] He was the son of Simon Poirier and Henriette Arsenault. At age 27 he married Judith Bourgeois in Grande-Digue on 12 Nov 1860. [3][4] At age 56 he married 35 year old Marie-Blanche Léger in Cocagne on 15 July 1889.[5] He passed away at age 64 in Grande-Digue on 2 Jan 1898. [6]
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Search: G >Grande-Digue> 1800-1889>Image 131 of 694. Accessed on ancestry.ca, January 2020.
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↑ 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 #294, marriage for Amand Poirier and Judith Bourgeois, 12 Nov 1860, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-3016/C-3017, Parish Registers: New Brunswick : C-3016/C-3017, accessed 16 Aug 2023.
↑ Source Citation
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick; New Brunswick, Canada
Description
Film Number: 005420581
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Provincial Archives Of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada.
Source Description
This collection contains marriage records from New Brunswick, Canada, that took place between the years of 1789 and 1950. Search: 005420581> image 731 of 1201. Accessed on ancestry.ca, December 2019.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amand 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.
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