Joseph MERCURE (20 Jun 1788-18xx) +
Louisette LÉTOURNEAU (~1809-18xx)

Émilie (3 Oct 1826-~1856) — m. Jean Gallant on 10 Sep 1849

Joseph (5 Mar 1828-????)

Adelaide (~1829-????)

Marie (~1829-????) — PROB. SAME AS ADELAIDE

Marie Louise Mercure (2 Apr 1831-27 Oct 1869) — m. Fidele Arseneau on 1 Oct 1849

Louis (~1831-????)

Élisabeth (31 May 1832-????)

Nazaire (25 Oct 1834-????)

Marie Henriette (25 Oct 1836-????)

Scholastique Caroline (3 Apr 1850-27 Dec 1904) — m. Joseph Michael Finn on 7 Jan 1874

According to baptism records, Joseph was the son of Michel Mercure and Marie Angélique Potvin of Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, which is now at the northern tip of Maine, across the river from Edmundston, New Brunswick. There’s a rival claim that his parents were Louis Mercure (1753-1817) and Marie Madeleine Thibodeaux (1748-1795), who married on 1 Dec 1772 in Acadia.

Louisette was probably also from New Brunswick. Her parents were Charles Létourneau and Marie-Martha Bernard.

Joseph and Louisette married on 30 Aug 1825 in Saint-Basile. Their first child, Émilie, was born there. They were reportedly living in Richibucto, New Brunswick out on the coast by 1829.

I’m having a hard time believing that almost 14 years passed between the births of the penultimate and final children.

Children

Émilie Mercure (1826-~1856)

Émilie has her own entry in the family tree.

Marie Louise Mercure (1831-1869)

Louise married Fidele Arseneau (1 Jun 1826-Oct 1907) from Prince Edward Island in 1849. The family also spelled it Arseneaux, Arsineau, and Arsenault, as is customary. Their children:

Ephraim (10 Mar 1851-30 Sep 1928) — m. Margaret Ella Wilson on 3 Nov 1878

Philomene (17 Sep 1851-????)

Louis (9 Nov 1852-????) — m. Mary Monique Aucoin about 1885

Marie (23 Jun 1854-????)

William (10 Jun 1855-????) — m. Henriette Hébert on 18 Jun 1877

Margaret Eva (Apr 1858-24 Dec 1933) — m. Austin Miles Hopey, Sr. on 16 Dec 1875

Marguerite (10 Mar 1859-????) — PROB. SAME AS MARGARET

Christiane (1860-????)

Michael (1861-????)

Justine (3 Apr 1861-9 Apr 1861)

Mary Lauretta (1863-????) — m. James Francis Downey

Elizabeth (11 May 1864-????)

Marie Louise (29 May 1866-????)

Scholastique Caroline Mercure (1850-1904)

Scholastique married Joseph Michael Finn or Fynn (1848-1939) in 1874 in Inkerman, New Brunswick. Their children:

Marie Lizette (8 Nov 1874-28 May 1948) — m. Augustin Comeau on 19 Oct 1903

Joseph B. (1876-????)

Marie T. (1878-15 Jan 1945) — m. Peter Nowlan on 23 Aug 1908

Joseph Alexandre (5 Mar 1880-10 Feb 1953) — m. Yvonne Gionet on 19 Oct 1939

Michel (26 Apr 1882-2 Nov 1967) — m. Élizabeth Godin on 19 Aug 1907; m. Celina Chiasson in 1927

Joseph Edouard (19 Nov 1884-25 Nov 1940) — m. Mary Rose Emma Theriault on 20 Aug 1917

Marie Anne (1887-????) — m. Leo Landry on 6 Feb 1906

Joseph James (1889-????) — m. Sara Lecouteur on 22 Jul 1918

Joseph Ephrem (15 Sep 1891-27 Feb 1980) — m. Félicité Finn on 2 Aug 1919

Marie Edwidge (8 Jan 1895-????)

Marie Helène (17 Sep 1897-17 Aug 1967) — m. Joseph Brideau on 20 Aug 1917

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