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Catherine Poirier (1851 - 1900)

Catherine Poirier
Born in Tignish, Prince, Prince Edward Islandmap
Wife of — married 26 May 1885 in Tignish, Prince, Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Canadamap
Died at age 48 in Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canadamap
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Biography

Catherine was born on 7 November 1851 and baptized on the 12th of that month.[1] She was the daughter of Prospere Poirier and Mary Gallant.

1881 census [2]

She married Patrick Petitpas on 26 May 1885.[3] The witnesses were Fidèle Poirier and (?) DesRoches.

She passed away in 1900 at age 45.[4] She was buried on 9 September in Shediac. [5]

Sources

  1. Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island. Record Book Number 1, p. 220, Baptismal record
  2. "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVNQ-JD6 : 15 December 2020), Catherine Poirier in household of Prospert Poirier, Lot 2, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Prospert Poirier, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

    Prospert Poirier 60 Prince Edward Island
    Mary Poirier 61 Prince Edward Island
    Arcadius Poirier 22 Prince Edward Island
    Catherine Poirier 28 Prince Edward Island
    Prospert Poirier 19 Prince Edward Island
    Fidl Poirier 17 Prince Edward Island
    Francoise Gallant 55 Prince Edward Island
  3. "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-KGFR : 20 February 2021), Patrick Petipas and Catherine Poirier, 26 May 1885; citing , Prince Edward Island, Canada, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,630,095.
  4. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. RS141C4 Provincial Returns of Deaths, Name POIRIER, CATHERINE Sex F Age 45 Date 1900-09-07 County WESTMORLAND Code 2745 Volume Reference C4/1900 Microfilm F18705. https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C4.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=a29e5d50-3a03-4cc3-8782-9f6f4c118f4f
  5. Index des Registres, Paroisse de Shediac, 1868 - 1908, Université de Moncton, p. 43/51, https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf5/shediac.pdf




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