Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Rivière Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated. This section of the book talks about the Portuguese who, along with the...
The name D’Escousse has evolved from several variations such as de Coux, Decoux (Thomas Pichon), and Descout, a seaman who frequented the area. The 1752 census used this name. The word “escousse” means stopping off point.
The journey to discover Arichat as it was in 1935 continues. Just to the west of the Matthew/Ralph Britten home was vacant; today it contains the residence of Jerry and Linda (Britten).
In 1913 the population of the Richmond County was 13,273, then down to 11,000 in 1960, and up slightly to 12,734 in 1973. As of 2006 the population was 9,740. In 1803 the population...
Family 3: 1804 Generation 1: Francis Grimes married Margaret March, she died June 24, 1863 age 88. Generation 2: Michael Grimes married Henriette Landry, daughter of Peter Landry and Marie Marchand
Looking back over the decades, and indeed centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in this area. One of those names that no longer holds a place here is Grimes.
Diseases, which have all but been forgotten, were common, and at times, fatal 100 years ago: diphtheria, appendicitis, pneumonia, yellow jaundice, and tuberculosis were the main ones. At one point, a county nurse traveled...
We are now, in 1935, on the upper road in Arichat just below the Arichat Academy. To the west is the home of John Donahue. Continuing west is the home of John Henry (1868-1952)...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970s. The following excerpts are...
Isle Madame District High School (IMDH) first opened its doors in September 1963. That first year IMDH consisted of approximately twenty classrooms plus two labs, a commercial class, a home economics room, library, music room, and gym....




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