As early as 1824 a functioning school existed in
Arichat. By 1834, the school faced insurmountable financial difficulties, and
as a result, the creditors - primarily John Tyrrell, a prominent Arichat
merchant - foreclosed on the property, but instead of...
Lawyer and politician Thomas Horace Fuller was born in 1816 or 1819, probably in Arichat. He was the son of John Fuller, sheriff of Richmond County and Mary Oakley. Thomas Horace’s brother was Hyacinth Huden Fuller who married on...
Family 1
Generation 5: Mary H. Tyrrell was born on Aug. 8, 1919 and married Wilfred Dugas on Oct. 16, 1944. She died in 1964 age 45 and he died in 1983 at the...
January 31, 1916: Joseph Marchand, son of Abram Marchand, married Marie Bertina Thibeau, daughter of Edouard Thibeau, witnesses Henri Boudreau and Clara Marchand
February15, 1916: Amedée Goyètche, son of Norbert Goyètche, married Marie Emma Boudreau, daughter of William D. Boudreau,...
The second cemetery of the Notre Dame de l’Assomption Church refers to the one that is nearest the church on the south side. The first, or old, cemetery is across the highway to the north, while the third and...
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 taken from...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928 at the seminary at Trois Riviere, he spent three years at agricultural school at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere. Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts...
Amedee Theriault, died January 1, buried January 3, 1950, priest C. P. Girroir
William Monbourquette, died January 6, buried January 9, 1950 at age 81 years, Priest A. Doucet
Ben E. Boudreau, died January 15, buried January 17, 1950 at age...
Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
Acadians were, for the most part, men of the sea because many of their ancestors came from French maritime ports, or...
Who is to blame for what befell
Acadians in “Le Grand Derangement” of 1755: the heartlessness and stubbornness
of Charles Lawrence; the pressure applied by the New England colonies to secure
the region; the failure of British authorities to adequately...