The Arcadian Flag The Dupuis Family is deeply rooted in L’Acadie and the history of New France in eastern North America. Dupuis members participated in all walks of life from the hardy well-travelled “voyageurs” to Dupuis farmers and Acadian businessmen throughout eastern Quebec, the Maritimes and Maine. “The first capital of Acadia, established in 1605, READ MORE
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DUNN, James and Catherine Cassidy Dunn
DUNN, James and Catherine Cassidy Dunn James Dunn (1806- 1872) and Catherine Cassidy (1816-1901), “immigrant Ancestors” He was born around 1806 in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, close to the present border with Northern Ireland. She was also Irish (unknown hometown), and Catherine would die of old age in her adopted home. 1901 Death Registry. 1872 James READ MORE
DAVIDSON, John James & Sarah Grendle Davidson
John James Davidson’s portrait displays an impressive set of medals pinned to his top-coat. About 1845 James and his wife Sarah Grendle settled on a crown grant on Lot 6, Con. 4 East Muskrat Lake (EML) of two hundred Acres in the Township of Westmeath. The grant was given to him in recognition of his services to England READ MORE
DAVIS, Joseph and Hattie Stinson
Born in Ireland Joe Davis lived to a ripe old age and was always enthusiastic about his long life in his adopted homeland. Settling first in Huntley, Quebec and Bells Cornors, Ontario; he then moved to Westmeath Township. He had three siblings still living at the time of his death: Tillie Davis Lowrey Davis, Sarah Davis Craig READ MORE
DESJARDINS, Douglas and Florence Addison
Our attitudes towards childhood have changed a great deal over the decades. In the pre-welfare state, children played a critical role in child labour. In Britain, children left as orphans and paupers were sent to workhouses and helped by charities to be educated, trained and placed in a home. The push for settling and expansion of the READ MORE
DRAPEAU, Pierre “Peter” Levi and Philomene Marion Gervais Drapeau
So many of these family entries start with where the paternal side originated that it is a real treat to follow the maternal side of things. This is the case here; we are writing about the life of Philomene Marion and her marriages. The Marion family lived at the LaPasse end of the Bromley Line in Westmeath Township. Cyriac READ MORE
DU MANOIR, Richard and Marie Deschamps, Count & Countess du Manoir de Juaye
French Aristocracy in Westmeath Village “Dick” du Manoir of Westmeath, as he was called by his many friends, became Count Richard du Manoir de Juaye on March 15th, 1929, on the death of his father Raymond Thibaut le Chanoine Count du Manoir of Paris, France. His father had become Count Raymond de Juaye at the READ MORE
DUNN, James and Catherine Cassidy Dunn
James Dunn (1806- 1872) and Catherine Cassidy (1816-1901), “immigrant Ancestors” He was born around 1806 in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, close to the present border with Northern Ireland. She was also Irish (unknown hometown), and Catherine would die of old age in her adopted home. 1901 Death Registry. 1872 James Death. Together they would set up a homestead and raise READ MORE
DOUGHERTY – John J. “Irish John” and Sarah Armstrong Dougherty
“A story told is that Sarah as a young girl worked in the hotel in Westmeath. She walked home to Shawville, Quebec to visit her parents along the trail now the Sixth Line or Lookout Road and along the present Queens Line. When people saw that elegant lady they called her a Queen and that READ MORE
DICKSON (DIXON) James & Catherine Warden; & Jemima Ann Van Dusen
(Thomas) James Dixon (Dickson) (1815-1889) born in Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, would become an “immigrant ancestor” to a large extended family in Westmeath Township. His first wife (1) Catherine Warden (1818- ) was also born in Berwickshire, Scotland. Their immigration to Canada happened around 1841. The first three of the couple’s children were born in Scotland and accompanied their parents. The surname READ MORE