Jan. 7, 1901: Jeffrey LeBlanc, widower of Liza Babin, married Marie Louise Rogers, daughter of Theophile Roger and Clara Fougere, witnesses were Simon LeBlanc and Marie Luvina Roger
Jan. 16, 1901: Edouard McDonald, son...
The following is a list of Protestants in Isle Madame from January, 1852 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...
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...
Pierre Hudon LeNoir was the son of Thomas Mélaine Lenoir and Victoire Ursule Thériault. Pierre was a lawyer in Halifax. He married Fannie Sophie Smith and they were prominent citizens in the social circles in Halifax. Fannie lived to...
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 the Richmond County Record
of...
Schools sprang up in Framboise (it was the last one-room school to close its doors in 2003), Rockdale, Grand Greve, North Framboise, Framboise Interval, Stirling, Lower Framboise, St. Esprit, West L’Ardoise, Cross Roads Brymer, Point Michaud, and...
The book Acadian Lives consists of interviews with Cape
Breton Acadians and was collected and edited by Ronald Kaplan with Rosie Aucoin
Grace. The book was published in 2004.
2. Wilfred
Poirier’s favorite job was in a...
The fourth resident pastor was another priest from the Province of Quebec, Father Joseph Etienne Ethier. He was ordained in Montreal on Aug. 4, 1867 and was a fellow professor with Father Fournier on the staff of...
The history of municipal government in Richmond County does not necessarily begin in 1879 when the county was incorporated. Pre-1820, committees were convened each spring and fall to provide local government.
In 1820 the...
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...