Joseph dit Liguenoff ARSENEAU (15 Apr 1744-21 Nov 1833) +
Marie Richard (15 Apr 1750-????)

Jean-Baptiste (~1772-20 May 1869) — m. Anne “Nanette” Arsenault about 1800

Gertrude (~1776-22 Dec 1813) — m. Raphael Gaudet about 1791

Agnes (~1780-????) — m. Francois Gaudet about 1801

Jacques (~1780-????)

Viviane (~1782-????)

Dominique (~1783-23 Apr 1863) — m. Barbe Arsenault about 1805

Bibiane (~1784-14 Nov 1863) — m. Joseph Arsenault in 1804

Domithilde (~1786-12 Aug 1834) — m. Sosime Moise Poirier about 1810

Juliette (~1787-15 Jan 1845) — m. Placide Arsenault about 1810

Marie (~1787-18xx) — m. Fidele Chiasson on 30 Jan 1817

Joseph was a younger son of Abraham Arsenault (12 Mar 1702-19 Nov 1759) and Marie Josephe Savoie (25 Apr 1709-29 Dec 1757), who married on 29 Jan 1727 in Beaubassin, Nova Scotia.

Marie was from Louisbourg, Acadie (Nova Scotia), daughter of Louis Paul Girouard (1725-1755) and Marie Renée Boudrot (1 Feb 1728-1755), who married in 1746 in Acadieville, Kent County, New Brunswick. Her mother died in New Brunswick when she was about 5. Her father died the same year, but in Opelousas in what’s now the US state of Louisiana. Presumably Marie was taken in by relatives.

Joseph and Marie married about 1770 in New Brunswick. They settled on Prince Edward Island, probably in Malpeque. Joseph died in 1833. Marie’s date and place of death are unknown.

Children

Jean-Baptiste Arsenault (1772-1869)

Jean married Anne “Nanette” Arsenault (~1786-1851), daughter of Arsenault ancestors Joseph dit Jos Magitte Arsenault and Marie-Jeanne Bourgeois, about 1800. Their children:

Sosime (27 Nov 1802-????) — m. Clothilde Poirier on 2 Jul 1824

Marguerite (~1804-????)

Hilarion (~1808-1904) — m. Louise Gallant on 23 Sep 1833

Barbe (~1809-????)

Edesse (~1810-????) — m. Jean Arsenault on 22 Nov 1831

Genevieve (30 Nov 1816-????) — m. Marcellin Arsenault on 8 Nov 1870

Jean reportedly also fathered a child with a different Anne Arsenault (1775-19 May 1869), daughter of Joseph Arsenault and Henriette Arseneau:

Berbe (22 Jul 1818-1882) — m. Joseph Arceneau in 1836

Nanette died in 1851, and Jean in 1869 in Egmont Bay.

Gertrude Arsenault (1776-1813)

Gertrude, born in Malpeque, married Raphael Gaudet (1774-1825) from Tignish about 1791. Their children:

Joseph (~1790-18xx) — m. Marguerite Desroches on 23 Jan 1838

Raphael (~1792-18xx) — m. Francoise Chiasson about 1820; ?m. Judith Chiasson?

Mary (~1800-18xx) — m. Fidele Chiasson on 30 Jan 1817

Edesse (~1804-3 Feb 1880) — m. Moise Poirier

Meleme (~1804-1889) — m. Anne Blanche Chiasson

Henriette (1807-7 Sep 1887) — m. Jean Bernard

Domitilde (1809-19 Nov 1896) — m. Fidele Richard about 1827

Jean (1809-13 Dec 1859) — m. Mary Anne Poirier on 12 Feb 1833

The children were born in Malpeque or Miscouche. Gertrude died in 1813, Raphael in 1825.

Agnes Arsenault (~1780-????)

Agnes, born in Malpeque, married Francois Gaudet (1776-Aug 1845) in 1801 in Miscouche. Their 14 (14!) children:

Etienne (~1801-20 Dec 1874) — m. Marguerite Chiasson in 1823

Hippolite (~1805-1884) — m. Charlotte Poirier on 3 Aug 1830

Helene (~1807-1857)

Marie (~1808-7 Sep 1887) — m. Sylvain Gallant about 1826

Jeremiah Germain (Jun 1809-1892) — m. Marguerite Poirier on 12 Feb 1833; m. Edesse Arsenault on 26 Nov 1844

Blanche (~1812-????) — m. Joseph Gallant on 21 Jan 1831

Pierre (~1812-????) — m. Marguerite Pitre on 7 Feb 1833

Martine (30 Jan 1814-????) — m. Clément Poirier on 14 Jan 1834

Tharsile (~1816-????)

Felix (5 Feb 1817-????)

Domithilde (~1818-18xx) — m. Mélheme Gallant on 28 Jan 1835

Fidele Joseph (12 Apr 1818-29 Nov 1872) — m. Marguerite Arsenault on 29 Jan 1844

Hubert (28 Jan 1821-18xx) — m. Marie Desroches on 21 Oct 1846; m. Ausite Desroches

Margaret (~1824-????) — m. Auguste Desroches on 27 Nov 1849

The family lived in Miscouche. Francois died there in 1845. Don’t know about Agnes.

There’s supposedly a 15th child, a daughter Hippolyte who was born around the same time as son Hyppolite but died in 1846. I’m skeptical.

Jacques Arsenault (~1780-????)

Beyond that he was born in Malpeque, no information.

Viviane Arsenault (~1782-????)

No information

Dominique Arsenault (~1783-1863)

Dominique has his own entry in the family tree.

Bibiane Arseneau

Bibiane married Joseph Arsenault, eldest child of Arsenault ancestors Jos Magitte Arsenault and Marie-Jeanne Bourgeois. See that page for details.

Domithilde Arseneau (~1786-1834)

Domithilde married Sosime Moise Poirier (29 Nov 1789-13 Nov 1882) about 1810. Known children:

Julie (19 Jun 1813-????)

Donald (6 Apr 1815-????)

Judith (7 Feb 1817-????) — m. Felix Bourqe on 7 Jan 1839

Appolina (~1823-????) — m. Lazare Gaudet on 10 Jan 1843

Mary (~1825-????) — m. Sylvain Gaudet on 7 Jan 1847

Usebe (10 Dec 1825-????) — m. Marie Bernard on 11 Jan 1847

John/Jean Sosime (~1827-????) — m. Barbara Pitre on 22 Jan 1849

Hubert (????-1887)

Based on places of birth and marriage, the family lived at first in Rustico, Prince Edward Island, and in Tignish by the late 1820s. Domithilde died in 1834 in Tignish. Sosime died in 1882 in the same place.

The younger children of the family went with “Perry” rather than “Poirier”.

Juliette Arseneau (~1787-1845)

Juliette married Placide Areseneau (1787-1862) about 1810. Known children:

Hubert (30 Jan 1813-????) — m. Marguerite Arsenault on 28 Oct 1834; supposedly m. Marcelline Arsenault on 14 Oct 1845

Marie Blanche (1816-????) — m. Etienne Arsenault on 14 Nov 1836

Mathilde (1818-????) — m. Pierre Richard on 20 Oct 1834

Joseph P. (Aug 1820-????) — m. Luce Arseneau on 13 Oct 1840

Julie/Juliette (25 Jun 1824-19xx) — m. Maurice Arsenault on 15 Jan 1845

Etienne (~1828-????)

André (~1833-????) — m. Magdeleine Bernard in 1856

They apparently lived in Miscouche and later Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island, since that’s where their children married. Juliette died in 1845, and Placide in 1862.

Records make son Hubert out to be a bigamist with two overlapping families and a total of 21 children. Hard to believe. Further investigation needed.

Marie Arsenault (~1787-18xx)

Marie married Fidele Chiasson (1783-????) in 1817 in Rustico, Queens, Prince Edward Island. Known children:

Judith (1809-1889) — m. Charles Arsenault in 1828; m. Clement Gallant on 13 Jan 1846; m. Sylvain Richard on 19 Nov 1861

Domitile (7 Oct 1812-????)

Thomas (15 Apr 1815-????) — m. Blanche Richard on 28 Nov 1837

The couple remained on Prince Edward Island. It’s not known where or when they died.

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