Abraham (~1763-18xx) — m. Marguerite Arsenault about 1794
Théotiste (~1774-????) — m. Cyprien Arsenault
Pelagie (~1775-18xx) — m. Cyprien Canard dit Arsenault about 1794
Martine (~1778-18xx) — m. Joseph Richard about 1800
Modeste Marie-Rose (~1781-16 Sep 1844) — m. Isidore Poirier about 1801
Hilaire (~1783-23 May 1876) — m. Angelique Arsenault in 1807
Eustache (~1785-14 Oct 1856) — m. Marguerite Poirier in 1808
Tharsile (1786-18xx) — m. Nicolas dit Colas Arsenault about 1805
Jean (~1791-15 Oct 1880) — m. Modeste Poirier
Fidele (~1798-1846) — m. Juliette Gallant on 14 Nov 1817
Jean’s parentage is disputed. The candidates to be his parents are 1) Pierre Arsenault (1698-????) and Marie Marguerite Cormier (~1706-????), who married on 18 Aug 1722 in Beaubassin, Nova Scotia; and 2) Jean Jacques Arsenault (1707-1768) and Marie Jeanne Hébert (1708-????), who married about 1725, also in Beaubassin.
Madeleine was the eldest of 12 children born to Jacques Haché dit Gallant (1712-1793) and Marie Josephe Boudrot (1717-1798), who married on 20 Jun 1735 at Saint-Jean-l’Evangélist in Port-Lajoie (Fort Amherst), Prince Edward Island.
Jean and Madeleine presumably married about 1762. Based on where their children were said to have been born, they lived first in Malpèque, Prince Edward Island, and later in Egmont Bay.
Madeleine supposedly died in 1810. No information about Jean.
Abraham has his own entry in the family tree.
Théotiste married Cyprien Arsenault (~1746-26 Apr 1815) from Malpeque, date unknown. (The claim that they married in 1835 flies in the face of other evidence, not the least of which is that Cyprien was long dead by then.) Known children, all of whom were born well before 1835:
Henriette (~1801-2 Jun 1873) — m. Francois Arsenault
Juliette (~1805-????) — m. Prospere Arsenault in 1843
Rufine (~1809-~1862) — m. Jean Gallant on 18 Jan 1830
Modeste (6 Oct 1812-1892) — m. Cyrille Gallant on 16 Feb 1835
Cyprien, as noted, died in 1815. Nothing further.
Pelagie married Cyprien Canard dit Arsenault (????-15 Feb 1836) about 1794 in Malpèque. Their children:
Romain (~1802-9 Feb 1867) — m. Marie Blanche Haché-Gallant on 15 Feb 1836
Cyprien (~1806-19 Nov 1878) — m. Judith Cormier on 22 Nov 1831
Marie (~1807-~20 Jan 1873) — m. either Claude Arsenault on 9 Feb 1820 OR Francois Arsenault in 1821
Rose (~1809-~1874) — m. Zozime Pitre about 1828
Hippolyte (~1814-????) — m. Sophique Richard in 1834
Marguerite (11 Mar 1814-????) — m. Hubert Arsenault on 28 Oct 1834
Madeleine (~1815-????) — m. Melene Aucoin on 22 Jan 1833
Pelagie died by 1821. Cyprien died in 1836 in Egmont Bay.
Martine married Joseph Richard (~1778-????) about 1800. No records thereafter.
Modeste married Isidore Poirier (~1781-????) about 1801. Their children:
Meleme (~1803-7 Nov 1864) — m. Sophique Gallant on 1 Feb 1830
Judith Judique (~1806-????) — m. Amand Laurent Gallant on 31 Oct 1825
Marie (~1809-????) — m. Isaac Arsenault about 1829
Mary Anne (~1812-~1879) — m. Jean Gaudet on 12 Feb 1833
Charlotte (~1814-18xx) — m. Hippolite Gaudet on 3 Aug 1830
Osithe (~1814-????)
Joseph J. (19 Nov 1815-????) — m. Sophique Doucet on 26 Nov 1838; prob. m. Elizabeth Desroches
Ursule (19 Nov 1815-????) — m.
Monique (29 Apr 1819-????)
Jean (1822-????)
Firmin (5 Dec 1824-1919) — m. Marie Anne Gallant on 28 Jan 1845; m. Marguerite Martin in 186x; m. Marguerite Aucoin on 12 Jul 1872
Modeste died on Prince Edward Island in 1844. Don’t know about Isidore.
Son Firmin Poirier had a namesake of almost the same age who lived in the same area of Prince Edward Island. Their records frequently get crossed.
Hilaire married Angelique Arsenault (Oct 1785-14 Jan 1861) in 1807 in Malpèque. Their children:
Jean (~1809-9 Sep 1878) — m. Edesse Arsenault on 22 Nov 1831
Etienne (23 May 1813-????) — m. Marie Blanche Arsenault on 14 Nov 1836; m. Marcelline Sara Gallant on 10 Apr 1850; m. Marie Cirenne Gallant
Marguerite (1814-????) — m.
Celeste (1816-1890) — m.
Augustin (1817-????) — m.
Anne (1818-1912) — m.
Marcellin (1819-1902) — m.
Madeleine (1822-????) — m.
Marie (1825-????) — m.
Ursule (1828-1879) — m.
Perpetue (1834-????) — m.
Narcisse (1842-1881) — m.
Angelique died in 1861, and Hilaire in 1876 in Egmont Bay.
Eustache married Marguerite Poirier (~1785-????), daughter of Jean Poirier and Francoise Arsenault, in 1808 at Egmont Bay. Children:
Jean (~1812-????) — m. Marguerite Gallant on 27 Feb 1832
Joseph (~Dec 1813-6 May 1880) — m. Berbe Arseneau in 1836
Fidele (15 May 1816-????) — m. Ursule Maillet on 16 Nov 1840
Joseph Alexi (17 Aug 1819-????) — m. Marie Blanche Arseneau in 1840
Vital (28 Sep 1821-29 Mar 1895) — m. Nathalie Barrieau on 23 Jan 1842
Prospere (2 Feb 1824-21 Oct 1884) — m. Séraphine Robichaud on 22 Jan 1855
Magdeleine (18 Oct 1828-19xx) — m. Amand Gallant on 30 Oct 1849
Louise (~1834-????)
Based on places of birth, the family lived in either Tignish or Abram’s Village, Prince Edward Island. Eustache died in 1856.
The claim that Tharsile was born in Quebec doesn’t seem likely. She married Nicolas dit Colas Arsenault (1786-1855) about 1805. Familysearch.org credits her as the mother of ten children starting in 1794, which is also pretty unlikely. The children for whom there’s at least some evidence connecting them to this family:
Fidele (~1812-????) — m. Agnes Arseneaux about 1838
Louis (15 Jun 1813-1897) — m. Madeleine Pitre
Joseph (1 May 1816-????) — m.
Prosper (~1822-1900) — m.
Aimable (~1822-13 May 1899) — m. Marguerite Bernard on 28 Jun 1853; m. Philomène Gallant on 17 Aug 1868
Jean (~1825-1881) — m. Anne Gallant on 6 Oct 1846
They probably lived in South Rustico. Nicolas died in 1855 in Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island. Don’t know about Tharsile.
The careless mistakes continue in the familysearch.org data for some of their children, such as Louis getting married around the time he was born.
Jean married Modeste Poirier (~1800-18xx) in Egmont Bay, date undetermined (it was not 1821). Baptism records from St. Jacques in Egmont Bay identify eight children:
Marie (7 May 1813-????) — m. Joseph Gallant in 1834
Fidele (5 Feb 1815-????)
Joseph (1819-25 Jul 1879) — m. Judith Aucoin on 27 Oct 1845
Fabien (19 Jan 1822-????) — m. Mathilde Gallant on 24 Feb 1851
Jean A. (7 Feb 1824-????)
Moyse (5 Jul 1826-????)
Judith (21 Jul 1830-????)
Marie Rose (26 Dec 1836-????)
Jean died in 1880.
Fidele, whose branch of the family seems to have gone for the “Arseneau” spelling, married Juliette Gallant (~1790-????) on 14 Nov 1817 in Miscouche, Prince Edward Island. Their children:
Magdeleine (6 Dec 1818-23 Mar 1846) — m. Placide Maillet on 7 Apr 1839
Luce (4 Mar 1820-????) — m. Joseph P. Arsenault on 13 Oct 1840
Maurice (13 Apr 1821-????) — m. Julie Arsenault on 15 Jan 1845
Saturnin (29 Nov 1824-????) — m. Victoire Gallant in 1849
Julienne (~1828-????) — m. Francis Gallant on 11 Feb 1846
Marie (26 Oct 1829-????) — m.
Sophique (1 Mar 1832-????) — m. Pacifique Arseneau on 22 Oct 1855
Vitale (28 Apr 1837-????)
Marie (~1840-????) — m. Laurent Poirier
The family lived in Malpèque and later in Egmont Bay. Fidele died in 1846 at Bas-Cap-Pelé, Westmorland, New Brunswick.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRT-FJG -- 1814 christening of Tharsile’s son Louis
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRT-FH1 -- 1817 christening of Tharsile’s son Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXZ-4DF -- 1822 baptism of Eustache’s son Vital
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-KT45 -- 1842 wedding of Eustache’s son Vital
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVN7-NZZ -- 1881 census, Eustache’s son Vital
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVNQ-YT7 -- 1881 census, Tharsile’s son Louis
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=img&id=e008112509 -- 1881 census, Modeste’s son Firmin Poirier