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 like...
January 30, 1900: Theophile Boudrot, son of Desire
Boudrot and the late Virginia Josse, married Marie Barbe LeBlanc, daughter of
Paul LeBlanc and the late Sophie LeBlanc, witnesses Bertie Boudrot and Harriet
Anne Meunier
February 5, 1900:...
In Grand Anse, at the intersection of Route 4 and the
road to Dundee, once stood a majestic old home known as McPherson House. In the
days of stage coach and rail transportation, McPherson House stood as a welcome
stopover...
Part 10:
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. After his classical studies, he spent three years at agricultural school. Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and one in agricultural science. In addition, he acquired a diploma...
Year two at the Arichat seminary/school saw an increase in registration.
The seminarians, some 15 or so, boarded at the old “Hubert Big House.” Forty students enrolled in the common school and academy. Though...
Thanks to a Facebook
post by Dr. Steven DeRoche, the identities of local Spanish Flu victims have
been made known. In the following columns, I hope to bring the identities of
these victims to a wider audience.
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 1970’s. The following is an excerpt from the Richmond County...
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)...
November 20, 1907: Arthur Poirier, widower married
Sarah Jeanne Goyetche, daughter of Jean Goyetche and Angélique Bourque,
witnesses Jacques Goyetche and Emilie Goyetche
January 22, 1908: Pierre A. Richard, son of Pierre
Richard and Célina Boucher married...
In 1842 Father Jean-Baptiste Maranda continued as pastor for the parish of Isle Madame. In 1844 Arichat was officially designated as the seat of the diocese. This meant that the new Notre Dame church became a cathedral...