February 18, 1901: Fidele Langlois, widower of Marie Anne Fougere, married Marie Jeanne Pertus, daughter of Jean Pertus and Adele Benoit, witnesses were Jacques Fougere and Louise Pertus February 18, 1901: Marin Langlois, son...
The 1852 Church Census was transcribed by Stirling Edwards in September 2004 from the records of St. John’s Anglican Church in Arichat. This list is among the papers of the Rev. James Allen Shaw, the first Rector...
In studying the history of a village, town or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition – and rightfully so. Successful entrepreneurs...
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...
Perhaps the earliest attempt at organized schooling came from Petit de Grat in 1810 when the first school was built at Alderney Point on what later became the property of Bernard David. Mr. Latimer, a Jerseyman from...
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...
January 8-9, 1951: Duyon, Isidore, Arichat, 76 years old, husband of Lina Duyon March 9-10, 1951: LeBlanc, Adèle, 65 years, formerly of Mulgrave, wife of Jeffrey LeBlanc April 11-13, 1951: Briand, Eliza Jeanne, Pondville, 72 years and six months, wife of...
The following is a transcription of all legible gravestones which remain in the old burying ground at St. Hyacinth’s Church. This cemetery is located directly behind the former Glebe House, overlooking Lennox Passage. The majority of the...
Charles Martel taught at D’Escousse in 1848 and 1849. A native of Arichat, the young Martel had studied commerce at the Arichat Academy. With Arichat being a commercial centre, it was common for young...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928, he spent three years at agricultural school. There he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and one in agricultural science. In addition, he...




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