... Introduction 141 Profile of Kent’s Acadian Soldiers in the 165th Battalion 142 War Experiences 143 Demobilization and the Return to Canada 146 Conclusion 146 Demographic Transition and Geographic Mobility in the Kent Region: The Case of Cocagne, 1871 ...
From Sikniktuk to Kent
... At the same time, Acadian families were settling in Bouctouche, although they would not receive their grants until about 20 years later, in 1805. ...
... During his trip, Millidge met with the chiefs of Bouctouche and Richibucto and discovered that Acadian families had already settled near the Mi’kmaw villages. The occupation of their territory had already begun. ...
... As a result, despite increasingly substantial support for the Nicholas camp, Pouliot recognized Bernard as the rightful chief and it was Bernard who signed the 1870 and 1871 land transfers in the presence of John Weldon, who was now a New Brunswick Superior ...
... INTRODUCTION 25 CHART 1 Population of Kent County 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 1832 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2011 2011 2016 Map of Kent region in 1820 (Thomas Bonnor, A new map of the province of New ...
... Most of the men identified themselves as farmers for census purposes, but the economic life of families was also linked to fishing, hunting and forestry.53 In 1849, Joseph Wheten, a Kent County pioneer, wrote in a letter to J.F.W. ...
... 30 FROM SIKNIKTUK TO KENT CHART 3 Number of Ships Built in Richibouctou 15 12 9 6 3 0 1819 1823 1827 1831 1835 1839 1843 1847 1851 1855 1859 1863 1867 1871 1875 1879 1883 1887 (Source: Milton and Kincaid, 1992) The decline of the forestry and shipbuilding ...
... Jacques Paul Couturier and Wendy Johnston, “L’État, les familles et l’obligation scolaire au Nouveau-Brunswick dans les années 1940,” Histoire sociale / Social History 35, no. 69 (2002): 1-34. ...
... Crown Land Policies To ensure the establishment of sustainable communities and to encourage settlement, the province had long favoured applications for grants submitted by groups of families. ...
... The Mi’kmaq always set up temporary beach campsites of three to four families during the summer months. The men fished, the women cooked and made baskets, while the children played on the beach.82 But wage employment relentlessly dictated the pace. ...