Joseph Eloi “Joe Carise” (23 Jan 1840-7 Jan 1934) — m. Marie Gaudet on 7 Jan 1862; m. widow Perry on 30 Sep 1918
Marie Anne (19 Aug 1841-????) — prob. m. Pierre Bernard on 24 Nov 1863
Marie (27 May 1843-189x) — m. Joseph Bernard on 12 Oct 1863
Léon (17/18 Feb 1845-1 Apr 1926) — m. Justine-Madeleine Desroches on 26 Apr 1869
Apolline (9 Feb 1847-9 Apr 1936) — m. Hilarion Arseneau on 26 Apr 1870
Sophique (10 Aug 1849-????) — m. Felix Gaudet on 28 Nov 1873
Hebert (10 Dec 1851-????)
Marc (24 Apr 1856-22 May 1936) — m. Adéline Arsenault on 21 May 1883
Jean Euchariste (8 Dec 1858-19xx) — m. Suzanne Bernard on 21 Feb 1887
Cajetan (14 Mar 1861-????) — prob. died young
Eucharistes was born in Rustico or Malpeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, the fifth child of Dominique Arsenau and Barbe Arsenault, and baptized on 6 Jan 1814.
Marguerite, daughter of Maxime Gallant and Anne Blanchard, was born in Rustico.
Eucharistes and Marguerite married on 28 Nov 1838 at Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Miscouche, Prince Edward Island. After their first child, they moved a few miles west to Egmont Bay, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, where most of their children were born.
Sometime in the 1860s, they moved to the mainland. The 1871 census of Ste-Marie-de-Kent, Kent County, New Brunswick listed Euchariste (57) and Marguerite (52) Arsenault of Prince Edward Island, with sons “Eubert” (19), Marc (15), and Jean (12). Cajetan, the youngest child, must have died. Euchariste was a cooper (tonnelier). Living next door was son Léon (26) with his wife Magdeleine (26) and son Fabien (11 months).
The 1881 census of Ste-Marie lists Eucharist (67) and Marguerite (62) Arsenault, with sons Mark (24) and Jean (22). The boys were farmers. Euchariste was still listed as a cooper.
In 1891, Euchariste (77) and Marguerite (73) Gallant were living further inland in St. Paul, Kent County, New Brunswick with son Jean (32), daughter-in-law Susanne (22), and grandson Conrade (3).
Eucharistes died of consumption in St. Paul in 1895. Marguerite died there of flu in 1907.
As of 2023, familysearch.org trees list five more children for this family who were supposedly born in the 1860s. I’m not listing them because A) the 1871 census doesn’t show any of them, B) Marguerite’s age when they were supposedly born ranged from 44 (possible) to 47 (really pushing it), and C) no documentation is given.
Joe, the eldest, remained on Prince Edward Island rather than moving to New Brunswick when his parents did. He married Marie Gaudet (Nov 1839-1913) on 7 Jan 1862. They lived in the area of Wellington, and had at least ten children:
Mary (~1863-????)
Marguerite (18 Mar 1866-19xx) — m. Fidèle Gaudet on 23 Nov 1885
Jean Albert (7 Mar 1867-19xx) — m. Mary Catherine Poirier on 12 Jan 1892
Joseph (~1870-????)
Bella (~1872-187x)
Leo (~1873-????)
Emile (8 Apr 1875-19xx) — m. Elizabeth Poirier on 5 Nov 1898
Elizabeth (6 Aug 1876-19xx) — m. Joseph Blanchard about 1891
Wilbert (~1879-27 Jun 1954) — m. Bridget Marie Anne Arsenault
Marie Bella (19 Nov 1881-19xx) — m. John Emile Arsenault on 23 Feb 1914
The 1881 census for Prince, Prince Edward Island listed Joe (41) as a stationmaster. The family consisted of wife Mary (41) and children Mary (18), Margaret (16), John (13), Joseph (11), Leo (8), Emill (6), Elizabeth (4), and Wilbert (2).
The 1901 census had Joe and Mary, both 61, with Emile, Bella, Emile’s wife Elizabeth, and a 10-year-old lodger. The 1911 census showed Joe heading a large household consisting of himself and Marie, widowed daughter Elizabeth and her two sons, son Emile and his family, daughter Bella, and a 17-year-old girl servant.
Joe was a schoolteacher until 1873, the railway stationmaster at Wellington until 1915, a justice of the peace, and owner of a 183-acre farm where he raised and trained farm horses and race horses.
Marie died in 1913. On 30 Sep 1918, Joe married the widow of Captain Perry of Alberton.
In 1930 or 1931, Joe issued an open challenge to anyone 85 or older to take him on in a three-mile skating race. No one tried, but in 1932 the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association honored him as the World Champion Aged Skater, a title that got him into Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Joe died in 1934.
A Marie Arseneaux married Pierre Bernard (1841-????) on 24 Nov 1863 on Prince Edward Island, a few weeks after Pierre’s brother Joseph married another Marie Arsenault as described below. I can’t trace her any further, but she was probably the daughter of this family. She was not the Marie Arsenault who married Pierre/Peter Bernard on Prince Edward Island in 1856, had at least eight children with him, and moved to New Brunswick in the late 1860s, because that woman was born about 1834 (and showed up, widowed and living with three of her adult children, in the 1920 census for Bristol, Massachusetts).
Marie married Joseph Bernard (16 Jan 1839-1 Nov 1910) on Prince Edward Island on 12 Oct 1863, with her younger brother Léon as a witness. Known children:
André (21 Oct 1864-186x)
Azélie (26 Sep 1866-30 Jun 1921) — m. Julien D. Richard on 10 Feb 1890
Sophie (20 Jun 1868-19xx) — m. Luc Leblanc on 5 Mar 1889
Marie-Blanche (18 Jun 1871-19xx) — m. Frederic Leblanc on 19 Aug 1889
Marguerite (19 Jul 1873-1 May 1930) — m. Maxime Roy on 16 May 1898
André (~1877-31 Aug 1932) — m. ???
Joseph Gilbert (30 Jan 1880-19xx) — m. Marie Alma Bastarache on 8 Nov 1909
Eugénie (19 Nov 1881-????) — prob. died young
Emile (~1885-19xx)
Places of birth listed for the children indicate that about 1867 they moved from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, where they no longer had Father Perrey to baptize their children and see to it that the baptisms were recorded.
The 1871 and 1881 censuses showed them in St. Mary, Kent, New Brunswick. Joseph’s parents Ruffin Bernard and Suzanne Caissie Bernard were living with them. In the 1891 census, Joseph (52) and Marie (48) had Marguerite (16), Andre (13), Gilbert (11), and Emile (6) still at home.
By 1901, Marie had died, and Joseph, widowed, was living with sons André (23), Gilbert (21), and Emile (15). On 3 Jul 1904, Joseph married Philomène LeBlanc (~1846-19xx). Joseph died in 1910 at Saint-Paul-de-Kent, New Brunswick.
Léon married Justine-Madeleine Desroches (26 Sep 1843-31 Mar 1923) in 1869 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick. Children:
Fabien Leon (12 Apr 1870-26 Jun 1937) — m. Demerise Robichaud on 25 May 1896
Cajètan Leon “John” (27 Aug 1871-6 Jun 1944) — m. Marie Sophie Landry in 1904
Melase (20 Jun 1873-????)
Joseph L. (15 Nov 1874-19xx) — m. Elizabeth Cormier on 26 Feb 1900
Eustrazade Joseph (14 Jan 1878-19xx)
Jean Albert (~1877-?1959?) — prob. m. Philomene Belliveau on 4 May 1908
Marie Margarite (19 Nov 1886-19xx) — never married (nun)
In 1871, they were living at St. Mary’s, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, next door to Léon’s parents. There they remained. In 1911, they had Eustrazade and Margarite still at home, and were living a few houses away from Léon’s sister Apolline.
Records for son Jean Albert are tangled up with those of a namesake from another family.
Apolline married Hilarion Arseneau (2 Jun 1841-28 Oct 1916) in 1870. They had at least five children:
Camille (14 Mar 1871-19xx) — m. Osithe Bastarache on 8 May 1899
Jane (~1873-????)
Sarah (~1875-????)
Mary Ann (1880-19xx) — m. Eloi Richard on 7 Feb 1898
Joseph (Sep 1889-19xx)
They moved to New Brunswick like others of the family. The muddled 1881 census for Westmorland, New Brunswick listed them as Larry (39), Carmeal (34), Poline (10), Jane (8), Sarah (6), and Mary (10 months), switching the names of Apolline and son Camille as well as mangling them. Haven’t found them in 1891.
In 1901 the household in Kent, New Brunswick included sons Joseph (14) and Camile (30), plus Camille’s wife and daughter. In 1911 they were in St. Mary, Kent, and the household included Joseph, Camille, daughter-in-law Osite, and four grand-daughters. Hilarion died in 1916 at St. Paul, Westmorland, New Brunswick. Apolline died there in 1936.
Sophique married Felix Gaudet (17 Aug 1840-????) in 1873. Their children:
George (17 Sep 1874-????)
Marie Anne (15 Jan 1875-????)
Marguerite Anne “Maggie” (8 Nov 1877-19xx)
Elizabeth “Lizzie” (15 Mar 1879-19xx)
Mary (10 Feb 1881-????) — prob. died young
Adeline (31 May 1883-19xx)
Charlotte (15 Jul 1885-????) — prob. died young
Catherine (1886-19xx) — m. Walter Joseph Gerrier on 27 Apr 1908
Jerome (1888-19xx)
Mary A. (1893-19xx)
Sophia (1896-19xx)
They lived in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island. The 1901 census showed them with children Maggie, Lizzie, Adaline, Catherine, Jerome, Mary A., and Sophia.
No information after 1871
Marc has his own entry in the family tree.
Jean married Suzanne Bernard (29 Jun 1869-19xx) from Egmont Bay in 1887 at Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick. They had 14 children:
Conrad (8 Mar 1888-????)
Joseph Israel (28 Oct 1891-189x) — died young
Joseph Henri (8 Feb 1892-18 Sep 1947) — m. Marie Eva Melançon on 18 Nov 1918
Joseph Hector (30 Jul 1894-19xx) — m. Mary Obéline Caissie about 1925
Jean Pierre (31 Jan 1897-????)
Joseph Israel (28 Oct 1898-May 1978) — m. Anna Caissie on 11 Apr 1928
Joseph Edmond (24 Oct 1900-23 Jun 1976)
Joseph Barnaby (20 Jun 1903-4 Jun 1971) — m. Olivine M. Zinanni on 11 Jan 1933
Marie Alice (14 Jun 1905-after 1950) — m. Nicholas V. “Nick” Arsenion on 19 Nov 1930
Marie Beatrice (14 Jun 1905-????)
Marie Elionore (19 Nov 1908-????)
Gilbert (26 Jan 1910-21 May 1982) — m. Cécile M. Bourque on 12 Sep 1940
Edward (13 Jan 1912-????)
Joseph Robert (12 Jan 1914-????)
In the 1891 census, they and son Conrad were living with Jean’s parents in St. Paul, Kent County, New Brunswick. In 1911, Jean (53) and Suzanne (43) were still in Kent County, with ten children ages 19 down to 2, Honore (Henri) to Gilbert. Amazingly, they had two more children after that.
Cajetan probably died young.
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/arsenault/1820/ -- Claims one child named Marguerite in place of Marie Anne and Marie
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ARSENAULT/2005-09/1127604986 -- Parents of Euchariste
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arsenault-624 -- Only mention of the nickname “Calixte”
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/fid%C3%A8le-gallant_38146214 -- Marguerite’s brother Fidele
http://webspace.webring.com/people/ad/donblanchard/francois.html -- Details of Anne Blanchard/Maxime Gallant family
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-M3Y -- 1841 baptism of Marie Anne
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXC-GT1 -- 1843 baptism of Marie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-2F81 -- 1863 wedding of Marie to Joseph Bernard; who’s this Mary Arseneaux?
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/jpg/4396662_00228.jpg -- 1871 census in Ste-Marie
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4M2-K48 -- 1871 census, Joseph Bernard & Marie Arsenault
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4M2-L57 -- 1871 census, Apolline
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e326/e008134690.jpg -- 1881 census in Ste-Marie
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e325/e008112718.jpg -- 1881 census, eldest son Joe
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVN7-XBV -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6X-7V7 -- 1881 census, Joseph Bernard & Marie Arsenault
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6D-TSN -- 1881 census, Apolline (name wrong)
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/jpg/30953_148102-00490.jpg -- 1891 census in St. Paul
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148185-00226 -- 1891, eldest son Joe
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148102-00491 -- 1891 census, Joseph Bernard & Marie Arsenault
http://www.islandregister.com/nbdeaths.html -- 1895 death of Euchariste
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHP4-WJR -- 1901 census, Joe
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHPW-H7D-- 1901 census, Sophique
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHK4-W3P -- 1901 census, Marie’s husband and children
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHK4-WQM -- 1901 census, Apolline and family
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKW-B3R -- 1901 census, Marie’s daughter Marie-Blanche
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGHR-STL -- 1907 death of Marguerite Sr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-CYL9 -- 1909 wedding of Marie’s son Gilbert
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-Z9DS -- 1911 census, Joe
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-PWBX -- 1911 census, Léon (Apolline on same page)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-PWFH -- 1911 census, Jean Euchariste Arsenault
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-PW14 -- 1911 census, Apolline
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGZS-NX4 -- 1926 death of Leon
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XG89-1QD -- 1932 death of Marie’s son André
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XG84-GL6 -- 1936 death of Apolline
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221096527/wilbert-arsenault -- 1954 grave of Joe’s son Wilbert
http://acadianroots.blogspot.com/2008/09/j.html -- Interesting blog article about son Joseph E.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-NDF -- 1858 baptism of Marie Rose Bernard
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-XPG -- 1861 baptism of Eloi Bernard
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-VH6 -- 1862 baptism of Philomene Bernard
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXC-P4M -- 1866 baptism of Marie Eulalie Bernard
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-FBG -- 1868 baptism of Joseph Bernard
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4396662_00180 -- 1871 census
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148108-00138 -- 1891 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTY-1PZ -- 1920 census, Marie born 1834, mother of Marie Rose, Philomene, and Joseph
