Maxime “Maurice” GALLANT (18 May 1778-1830) +
Anne BLANCHARD (~1787-29 Sep 1871)

Joseph (~1808-????) — m. Marie Arsenault on 22 Oct 1832

Marie (~1809-16 Mar 1892) — m. Joseph A. Magitte Arsenault on 10 Oct 1830

Judith (~1810-Jan 1845)

Fidèle (1812-????) — m. Marguerite Arsenault

Louise (1814-Feb 1884) — m. Hilarion Arsenault on 23 Sep 1833

Dominique (2 May 1815-????) – m. Isabelle Cormier on 28 Oct 1834

Marguerite (10 May 1818-8 Feb 1907) — m. Eucharistes Arsenault on 28 Nov 1838

Sophie (22 Apr 1821-5 Jul 1910) — m. Herbert Gaudet on 3 Oct 1842

Etienne (26 Jul 1825-2 Mar 1905) — m. Judith Pitre on 21 Jan 1845

Jean (11 Jul 1826-1828)

Jean (1 Jan 1829-????) — m. Adelaide Arsenault on 24 Apr 1849

Isabella (6 Jul 1831-????) — m. Sylvain Arsenault on 24 Apr 1849

Maxime, born in Cascumpec, Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island), was the son of Cyprien Haché-Gallant (~1748-23 Mar 1814) and Marie Bernard (~1759-1792). Some sources prefer to render it Haché dit Gallant.

Anne, born in Rustico, Prince Edward Island, was the daughter of Jean Blanchard (~1743-1821) and Marie-Rose Haché-Gallant (17 May 1750-8 Apr 1817).

One source claims they married in Rustico about 1799, the year in which the notorious Edmund Fanning ended his tenure as royal governor and the island changed its name to Prince Edward Island. However, somewhere around 1808 seems more likely.

Maxime is said to have died in 1830 at Bloomfield, Prince, Prince Edward Island. Anne died in Rustico in 1871, reportedly age 84, and is buried in St. Jacques Cemetery, Egmont Bay.

Note the 1849 double wedding of the two youngest with the Arsenault family.

Children

Joseph Gallant (~1808-18xx)

Joseph married Marie Arsenault (19 Feb 1815-????) in 1832 at Mont-Carmel, Prince, Prince Edward Island. Their children:

Marguerite (28 Apr 1834-????) — m. Germain Cormier on 22 Oct 1855

Genevieve (7 Aug 1835-????)

Isabelle (30 Jan 1837-????) — m. Jean Hubert Mathias Arsenault on 4 Oct 1859

Joseph (12 Oct 1838-????)

Sylvain (4 Jun 1841-????)

Philomène (29 Sep 1841-Nov 1917) — m. Joachim Arsenault about 1860

Joseph (6 Sep 1842-????)

Jean (~1843-1939) — m. Louisa Lisette Gallant on 25 Nov 1867

Stephen E. (10 Feb 1844-23 May 1928) — m. Elisa Gallant on 1 Jun 1875

Marie (4 Feb 1846-????)

Anne (9 Dec 1851-????) — m. either Arcade Arsenault on 17 Nov 1874 or Arsene Arsenault in 187x

Sophique (8 Feb 1854-????)

There’s a familysearch.org claim that Joseph also fathered a child with an already-married woman named Marie Poirier (1805-????) around the time he married Marie Arsenault. A mistaken attribution, or something more serious?

Marie Gallant (~1809-1892)

Marie married Joseph A. Magitte Arsenault (11 Aug 1810-1870) on 10 Oct 1830 at Saint-Philippe-et-Saint-Jacques, Egmont Bay. Children:

Joseph Magitte (6 Dec 1831-????) — m. Cecile Bernard on 27 Sep 1853

Judith (25 Feb 1833-7 May 1873) — m. Pacifique Gallant on 7 Nov 1854

Therese (9 Apr 1836-????) — m. Jean Arsenault on 14 Oct 1856

Jean Octave (24 Sep 1836-????) — m. Juliette Arsenault on 24 Oct 1864

Laurent (10 Jun 1838-1 Jun 1899) — m. Justine Arsenault on 12 Oct 1863

Sophie (1 Apr 1839-????) — m. Hubert Arsenault on 4 Oct 1859

Anne (24 Aug 1840-????) — m. Fidele Arsenault on 2 Feb 1864

Bonaventure (23 Jan 1842-????) — m. Véronique Arsenault on 12 Sep 1864

Etienne M. (2 May 1843-16 Sep 1921) — m. Lucille Gallant on 20 Sep 1869

Cajetan (7 Jun 1845-14 Jun 1904) — m. Veronique Arsenault on 13 Nov 1865

Adelaide (5 Jun 1849-????)

Marguerite (10 Aug 1850-????) — parentage uncertain

Sylvain (8 Jul 1851-????)

Joseph died in 1870 in Egmont Bay. Marie died there in 1892.

Daughter Marguerite might not have been their daughter. There are two other sets of rival claimants to be her parents.

Judith Gallant (~1810-1845)

Judith married Amand Laurent Gallant (1805-1878) on 26 Feb 1829 at Miscouche, Prince Edward Island. Children:

Helene (9 Aug 1831-30 Jul 1902) — m. Albert Poirier on 14 Oct 1851

Jean (18 Jan 1833-????) — m. Madeleine Arsenault on 20 Oct 1855

Marie Judith (6 Jul 1835-20 May 1900) — m. Prospere M. Arsenault on 28 Nov 1861

Anne (2 Aug 1837-24 Feb 1905) — m. Germain Sylvain Poirier on 11 Oct 1859

Joseph (16 Jul 1840-????) — m. Lisette Arseneau on 10 Feb 1868

Judith died in 1845 at Egmont Bay.

Fidele Gallant (1812-????)

Fidele married Marguerite Arseneaux (1821-????), who I hope was not really that young, on 24 Nov 1835 in Miscouche. Children:

Maxime (12 Dec 1836-????) — m. Judith Poirier on 19 Jan 1859

Narcisse (1838-19xx) — m. Marie Gallant

Marguerite (11 Jun 1842-9 Jan 1929) — m. Aime Arseneau on 30 Oct 1865

Louise (3 Sep 1843-????) — m. Anatole Gallant

Emerance dite Emerande (23 Jun 1845-19xx) — m. Francois Gallant on 25 Oct 1870

Anselme (4 Feb 1848-19xx) — m. Mary Gaudet on 25 Feb 1873

Marie Rose (16 Sep 1850-16 Feb 1892) — m. Jerome Arsenault on 5 Nov 1872

Anne (20 Apr 1852-????)

Adeline (28 Sep 1854-1929) — m. Jerome P. “Gerald” Deroches

Joseph (Apr 1856-????)

Louise Gallant (1814-1884)

Louise married Hilarion Arceneau (1808-1904) on 23 Sep 1833. Children:

Judith (2 Apr 1836-????)

Marc (18 Feb 1839-????) — m. Emilienne Bernard on 4 Feb 1862

Marie (8 Nov 1840-????) — m. Onesime Gaudet on 3 Mar 1862

Philomene (27 Sep 1845-????) — m. Moyse Arseneau on 6 Nov 1866

Jean (27 Jul 1848-????) — m. Bibiane or Bebe Anne Arsenault on 4 Nov 1873

Marguerite (12 Jul 1851-????) — m. Sylvestre Arseneaux on 9 Nov 1875

Louise died in 1884, and is buried in St. Jacques Cemetery, Egmont Bay. Hilarion died 20 years later.

Dominique Gallant (1815-????)

Dominique married Isabelle Cormier (1812-????) on 28 Oct 1834 at Egmont Bay. Children:

Judith (11 May 1836-????) — m. Elie Aucoin on 6 Nov 1855

Bathilde (29 Aug 1838-????)

Sylvain (11 Aug 1840-????) — m. Olive Gallant about 1864

Elizabeth (28 Jan 1843-19xx) — m. Joseph Arsenault on 27 Nov 1860; m. Aime Bristol-Williams on 15 Jul 1907

Balsamie (13 Jul 1845-20 Sep 1918) — m. Joseph Arsenault in 1867

Emelie (17 Jul 1845-????)

Dominique (12 Sep 1847-????)

Marguerite Gallant (1818-1907)

Marguerite has her own entry in the family tree.

Sophie Gallant (1821-????)

No information

Etienne Gallant (1825-1905)

Etienne married Judith Pitre (19 Jul 1824-4 Oct 1904) on 21 Jan 1845 in Rustico. Children:

Philomène (2 Jun 1846-19xx) — m. ???

Adoline (1 Jun 1848-19xx) — m. Francois Gallant on 29 Aug 1871

Marie (13 Dec 1851-19xx)

Sophique (24 Feb 1854-????)

Alice (21 Sep 1856-????)

Anne (6 Dec 1858-????)

Victor (28 Feb 1861-????)

Judith (1862-????)

Maxime (30 Mar 1862-????)

Magdeleine P. (1 May 1864-19xx) — m. Joseph S. Arsenault on 20 Jan 1885

Helene (1 Mar 1867-19xx)

Eulalie (19 Feb 1871-19xx)

The 1901 census for Prince, Prince Edward Island listed Stephen (76) and Judith (74) Gallant with daughters Philomène (54), Marie (44), Helene (27), and Eulalie (26), and “sons” Maxime (18), Thomas (15), and James (11). Apart from Philomène, the girls were all shaving a few years off their ages, and the “sons” were presumably grandsons. Judith died in 1904, and Etienne the following year. They’re buried in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Cemetery.

Jean Gallant (1826-1828)

Jean is thought to have died in 1828.

Jean Gallant (1829-????)

Jean, second of his name, married Adelaide Arsenault (~1830-1881) on 24 Apr 1849 in Egmont Bay. Children:

Jacques (22 Feb 1850-21 Sep 1934) — m. Emilienne Arsenault about 1878

Philippe (22 Feb 1850-????) — m. Louise Arseneau

Helene (3 Apr 1854-????) — m. Joseph Armand Gallant on 17 Nov 1874

Sophie (4 Sep 1855-????) — m. Joseph Arsenault on 27 Nov 1877

Aloudie (1856-????)

Maxime (6 Jun 1858-1903)

Hubert (26 Aug 1860-????)

Sylvain John (13 Aug 1862-15 Jun 1943) — m. Marie-Anne Arsenault on 9 Nov 1886

Marie Rose (30 Sep 1864-????)

Emilienne (12 Nov 1867-????)

Marie Cerienne (2 Feb 1870-????)

Marie Laudie (31 Mar 1873-????)

Adelaide died in 1881. Don’t know about Jean.

Isabella Gallant (1831-????)

Isabella married Sylvain Arsenault (~1825-????) on 24 Apr 1849 at Egmont Bay, the same day her brother Jean married Adelaide Arsenault. No further information.

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