Julienne “Julia” (24 Jan 1841-?1930?) — m. Aristobule Athanase “Amos” Gallant on 7 Nov 1864
Barulas (25 Jan 1843-????)
Raphael (7 Jan 1845-31 Mar 1901) — m. Geneviève Girouard on 7 Jan 1870
Onésime (20 Dec 1848-????)
Moïse M. (28 Feb 1851-????) – m. Marie Madeleine Maillet on 6 Feb 1876
Victoire (10 Nov 1852-3 Nov 1933) — m. Thaddée Robichaud on 17 Jan 1881
Marie-Susanne (11 Apr 1855-????) — m. Dominique Arsenault about 1874/1875
Cécile (24 Oct 1857-27 Jan 1952) — m. Thaddée Bourque on 17 Jan 1881; m. Thomas Robichaud on 1 Feb 1886; m. Euloge McGrath on 11 Aug 1890
Joseph (29 May 1860-????)
Abraham (15 Dec 1861-????)
Marie Magdeline (11 Sep 1864-????)
Marie Adéline (2 Nov 1865-11 Jul 1946) — m. Marc Arsenault on 21 May 1883
Moïse was born in Abram’s Village, Prince County, Prince Edward Island to Abraham Arsenault and Marguerite Arsenault, and baptized on 10 Mar 1819 at Saint-Abraham, which is another name for the village but presumably refers to a church. The village was founded by Moïse’s grandfather Jean-Baptiste Arsenault, and named for his great-grandfather, Abraham “le Petit” Arsenault (born 1702), one of the earliest settlers.
Cécile was the daughter of Raphael Caissie and Victoire Arsenault of Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick. She was named for an older sister who died in 1819. Her family name was also spelled Caisey, Caisse, Caissy, and even Casey. It reportedly traces to an Irishman named Roger Casey born about 1648.
The couple married around 1840, and settled in Abram’s Village, Moïse’s home town. Most of their children were born there, and baptized by Father S. E. Perrey in the church of St. Jacques at Egmont Bay, a mile or so north of Abram’s Village. Magdeline, the next to last, was instead baptized at the church of Notre Dame in Mont-Carmel, on the south shore of the cape a few miles south-southeast of the village. (The present-day Notre Dame du Mont-Carmel was built in 1901. I don’t know whether it’s on the same site as the 19th century church.)
In 1864 or 1865, the family moved to the parish of Ste-Marie-de-Kent, Kent County, New Brunswick, where Adéline, the youngest, was born. The 1871 census found them there: Moyse Arsenault (53), wife Cécile (50), and children Onésime (22), Moyse (20), Marie (17), Cécile (14), Joseph (11), Abraham (9), and Adeline (5). Only mother Cécile and little Adéline are listed as born in New Brunswick; the rest are from Prince Edward Island.
Cécile died in 1880. In 1881, Joseph (20), Abram (19), and Adéline (15) were still living with their father (63). He died sometime in the 1880s.
Julienne married Aristobule Athanase “Amos” Gallant (4 Feb 1841-2 Oct 1893) on 7 Nov 1864 on Prince Edward Island. They settled in New Brunswick. The 1881 census showed them in Nelson, Northumberland County. They had thirteen children. I have names for ten, most of them gleaned from the 1881 census, and doubts about some of the names and dates:
Onésime (1868-????) — m. Marie LeBlanc on 8 Jan 1894
John Amos (1871-1923) — m. Marie Ida Gaudet on 30 Nov 1901
Maggie (1871-????)
Odeal (boy, 1874-????)
Adolph (boy, 1874-????)
Isabelle “Bella” (1874-?Aug 1936?) — m. Joseph Arsenault dit Anderson on 28 May 1898
Alnor (1878-????)
Moïse A. “Moses” (5 Jun 1880-?1971?) — m. Mary Alma Arsenault on 10 Nov 1901
Henry J. (1882-19xx)
Adeline M. (1884-19xx) — m. Alfred J. Arsenault on 20 Oct 1901
In 1890, they moved to Chelsea, just north of Boston, Massachusetts. At the time of Amos’s death in 1893 of liver cancer, they were living at 92 Crescent Avenue, Chelsea. He was buried in what looks like Magdalene Cemetery, which I can’t find. The 1900 census listed Julienne, mother of 13 children, 9 still living, living alone in Chelsea and working as a nurse. I find no record of her thereafter. She reportedly died in 1930, but, again, there’s no record.
Barulas was reportedly adopted/taken by a wealthy English couple who were on Prince Edward Island as part of the island’s royal government. Their names are unknown. This is the basis for the Arsenault family legend of “Uncle Barrelass”.
Raphael married Geneviève Girouard (~1848-19??) from New Brunswick on 7 Jan 1870. Known children:
Maxime (22 Sep 1872-19??) — m. Marie Philomene Babineau on 11 Feb 1901
Marie Virginie (17 Feb 1876-????) — m. Eugene Doucet on 15 Nov 1897
Joseph Lévi (28 Dec 1878-Sep 1969) — m. Marie Joséphine Richard on 26 Aug 1907
Fabien (9 Mar 1881-21 Jan 1960) — m. Eugénie Richard on 3 Oct 1904
Louis J. (21 Feb 1884-1948) — m. Katherine M. Desroches in Aug 1911
Joseph Emile (3 Aug 1887-19??)
Ida (~1894-19??) — m. Antoine Doiron on 23 Nov 1927
Marie Zelia (8 Mar 1894-????)
The 1891 census showed Raphel (47) and Geneviève (43) in Rogersville with children Maxime (19), Marie (15), Levi (12), Fabian (10), Louis (7), and Joseph (4). The 1901 census showed them still there, ages 56 and 53, with newly married son Maxime as head of household, and children Levi, Fabien, Louis, Emile, and Ida still at home. Raphael died soon after. The 1911 census found Geneviève, widowed, and daughter Ida living with son Fabien and his family in Rogersville.
Son Levi settled in Mexico, Oxford County, Maine.
No record found for Onésime after the 1871 census.
Moïse married Marie Madeleine Maillet of South Weldford, New Brunswick on 6 Feb 1876. They had at least one child:
Marie Vitalline (1878-????) — m. Dominick Boudreau on 18 Sep 1899
Victoire married Thaddée Robichaud (18 Jul 1850-20 Mar 1931) on 17 Jan 1881. They had ten children:
Julienne (1874-????) — m.
Edouard (1877-????) — m.
Odille (1877-????) — m.
Thomas (1878-????) — m.
Philippe T. (18 Dec 1881-19xx) — m. Elodie Anne DesVarennes
Adolphe (1885-????) — m.
Dousieye (1886-19xx) — m.
James (1887-19xx) — m.
Thaddée (14 Jul 1890-1958) — m. Elmire Beatrice Bastarache on 23 Apr 1923; m. Marie Elise Bastarache
Joseph Augustus (13 Oct 1892-????) — m.
Victoire died of pneumonia on 3 Nov 1933 in Saint-Paul, New Brunswick. The certificate gave her age as 82, off by a year.
Susanne married Dominique Arsenault (20 Oct 1840-????) about 1874/1875. Another account has her marrying Narcisse Gautreau. Of course, she could have done both.
Cécile married Thaddée Bourque (1853-????), son of Urbain Bourque and Marie Lavoie, on 17 Jan 1881. They had two children:
Adélard (1882-????)
Marie Blanche (14 Mar 1883-8 Dec 1883)
Cécile married Thomas Robichaud (28 May 1861-5 May 1889), son of Thomas Robichaud and Nathalie Lirette, on 1 Feb 1886 at Ste-Paul-de-Kent. They also had two children:
Nathalie (18 Nov 1886-6 Apr 1887)
Joseph Edmond (27 Mar 1888-2 Dec 1971) — m. Emilienne Marie Ann DesRoches on 12 Aug 1930
She married Euloge McGrath (11 Mar 1869-????), son of André McGrath and Domithilde Caissy, on 11 Aug 1890 at St-Paul-de-Kent. They had four more children, the first two born in Chelsea, Massachusetts and the other two in New Brunswick:
Flora (13 Mar 1892-19xx) — m. Emmanuel Arsenault on 20 May 1918
Marie Bella (13 Mar 1892-12 Jul 1980)
Joseph Hector (11 Jan 1895-????)
Isaie (25 Oct 1897-28 Oct 1986) — m. Olive Drisdelle on 8 Feb 1921
Cécile died in 1952 in St. Wilfred, Alnwick, Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
Son Adélard seems to have taken McGrath as his surname. Isaie and Bella seem to have turned it into “McGraw”.
Cannot find Joseph after the 1881 census. Too common a name.
No luck tracking Abraham past 1881. There was another Abraham Arsenault, just a few months older, from Egmont Bay, PEI whose family also moved to Ste-Marie-de-Kent, Kent County, New Brunswick, and who married Ruffine Bristol in 1884. Different guy. Our Abraham might have been the one who married Salome LeBlanc in 1886 in Rogersville, or he might not.
TBD
Adéline has her own entry in the family tree.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-W5H -- 1819 baptism of Moise
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/arsenault/2321/ -- Possible parents of Cecile
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/arsenault/2011-02/1296779219 -- Summary of census data, misses Barulas
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/arsenault/2157/ -- Ditto
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/arsenault/2297/ -- Ditto; has Marie-Susanne’s year of birth way wrong
http://www.keefetrainor.com/gallant_tree.htm -- Unknown
http://www.sentex.net/~arsenaul/genealogy/arsenaultbranch/ppmmmpm.htm -- Origin of Abram’s Village
http://www.myacadianhistory.ca/more_arsenault_history.htm -- Early settlers, including Petit-Abraham Arsenault
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-S84 -- 1843 baptism of Barulas
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXC-RX5 -- 1848 baptism of Onesime
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-48P -- 1852 baptism of Victoire
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-7S5 -- 1855 baptism of Marie (Marie Susanne)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXC-R45 -- 1857 baptism of Cecile
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXC-YZN -- 1860 baptism of Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXC-5S8 -- 1861 baptism of Abraham
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-3VK -- 1864 baptism of Marie Magdeline
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-22Y7 -- 1864 wedding of Julienne
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-J3PH -- 1870 wedding of Raphael
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/jpg/4396662_00226.jpg -- 1871 census in Ste-Marie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-J8H2 -- 1876 wedding of Moïse, Jr.
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e326/e008134691.jpg -- 1881 census in Ste-Marie
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e326/e008134692.jpg -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6X-12D -- 1881 census, Julienne and family
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBX-11P6 -- 1890 wedding #3 for Cecile Arsenault
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148104-00416 -- 1891 census, Raphael
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7BF-1FL -- 1893 death of Julienne’s husband
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-M68G -- 1894 wedding of Julienne’s son Onesimè
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-91GP -- 1897 wedding of Raphael’s daughter Virginie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDV-323 -- 1898 wedding of Julienne’s daughter Bella
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-33BZ -- 1899 wedding of Moïse, Jr.’s daughter Marie Vitalline Arsenault
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9YY-RB1 -- 1900 census, Julienne
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKC-8HR -- 1901 census, Raphael
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N43N-LGV -- 1901 wedding of Julienne’s daughter Adeline
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4C8-55N -- Ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-QG78 -- 1901 wedding of Raphael’s son Maxime
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4C8-DGC -- 1901 wedding of Julienne’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-WCWQ -- 1904 wedding of Raphael’s son Fabien
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6V-JLQ9 -- 1904 burial of a Moyse Arsenault on PEI; no age given
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-HRD2 -- 1907 wedding of Raphael’s son Levi
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22D-76D -- 1910 census, Julienne’s son Moses with in-laws
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-RPKH -- 1911 census, Raphael’s widow and two of his children
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22D-XWZ -- 1910 census, Julienne’s daughter Bella
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF96-84Y -- 1920 census, Julienne’s son John
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZB-PK8 -- 1920 census, Julienne’s son Moses; brothers?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF96-MJP -- 1920 census, Julienne’s daughter Bella
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZD-8XD -- 1920 census, poss. Raphael’s son Louis
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQRP-DFM -- 1930 census, Julienne’s son Moses
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQRR-TC1 -- 1930 census, Julienne’s daughter Bella
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210234823 -- 1936 grave of prob. Julienne’s daughter Bella
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4NT-FCQ -- 1940 census, Julienne’s son Moses
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMV-K6V -- 1940 census, Julienne’s children Adéline and Henry in Maine
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGZR-Z3T -- 1933 death of Victoire
