... Hydronyms 61 Place Names 61 Kent’s Communities 65 A Brief Overview of Regional Historiography in Acadia 65 Wijulmacadie – Cocagne River 67 Cocagne 67 Grande-Digue 72 Notre-Dame 76 Saint-Antoine 78 Puktusk – Bouctouche River 82 Bouctouche 83 Sainte-Marie ...
From Sikniktuk to Kent
... This body of writings on the history of Saint-Louis, Sainte-Marie, Saint-Paul, Bouctouche, Cocagne, Grande-Digue, Notre-Dame, Saint-Antoine, Rogersville and Rexton all bear witness to the vitality of local identities in this rural county and served as ...
... Saint-Louis, Sainte-Marie, Saint-Paul, ...
... , Provincial Archives of New Brunswick) TABLE 1 Civil Parishes in Kent County Parish Date of foundation Carleton 1814 Wellington 1814 Huskisson 1826 Harcourt 1826 Richibouctou 1826 Dundas 1826 Weldford 1835 Saint-Louis 1855 Sainte-Marie ...
... In 1820, Father Antoine Gagnon, born in Quebec City, became Grande-Digue’s first resident priest, and French-Canadian Joseph-Marie Pâquet became the first resident priest of Saint-Louis in 1840. ...
... The Member of Parliament for Kent, Gilbert-Anselme Girouard, a native of Sainte-Marie and the second Acadian member of Parliament, was one of the main supporters of this line. ...
... The same year, cheese factories also opened their doors in Sainte-Marie and in Rogersville. A few months after the opening of the butter factory, the quality of the butter produced there won a medal at 103. Acheson, 14. 104. ...
... Villages such as Saint-Louis-de-Kent, Sainte-Annede-Kent, Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, Saint-Paul-de-Kent, Saint-Édouard-de-Kent and Saint-Thomas-de-Kent became communities that were part of the Acadian diaspora that would unite under a shared flag, anthem, ...
... Richibouctou-Village 1791 1800 La Visitation Grande-Digue 1788 1820 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Bouctouche 1800 1839 Saint-Louis-des-Français Saint-Louis-de-Kent 1810 1840 Saint-Pierre Cocagne 1798 1863 Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Sainte-Marie ...
... So much so that in the late 19th century, over 40% of the marriages celebrated in Saint-Louis, Saint-Ignace and Sainte-Marie had to obtain a dispensation for “reasons for consanguinity,” since the spouses were 2nd- to 4th-degree relatives.129 As of the ...