Extant Acadian Records - Part IV: Acadian Church Records Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island & Newfoundland) and St-Pierre-et-Miquelon (Post-Deportation: 1755-1900)

by Martin Guidry

NEW BRUNSWICK

In the 1740s and early 1750s many Acadians from present-day Nova Scotia fled to New Brunswick, then French territory, to escape the harshness of English rule. Many of these Acadians settled along the lower St. John River feeling the safety of nearby Fort Menagoueche under French Officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert. Others took refuge along the Petitcodiac River at the eastern end of the Bay of Fundy. With the advent of the Acadian deportations the English began to hunt down these Acadians and either kill them or imprison them at Fort Cumberland, Fort Edward and Georges Island. Many Acadians evaded capture by hiding in the woods for up to eight years. Some Acadians - especially those along the Petitcodiac River - fought back under the leadership of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil. Most of these Acadians eventually surrendered to the English soldiers and were imprisoned at Georges Island and Fort Edward.

With the Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years War in 1763 the Acadians in hiding as well as many Acadian deportees began to return to their former homes along the lower St. John River only to discover that their lands were inhabited by English colonists. They moved up the St. John River and resettled new lands hoping to gain title to their lands shortly. In 1785 English loyalists fleeing the American colonies after the American Revolution came to New Brunswick and forcibly evicted the Acadians from their 'new' homes. Again they moved further up the St. John River - above the Grand Falls where ships could not follow them. Here they reestablished their community in the area called Madawaska.

Other Acadians along the St. John River moved eastward after 1763 resettling at Memramcook on the Memramcook River, a tributary of Petitcodiac River, or further to the northeast at Caraquet and other communities on the Acadian Peninsula. Earlier in 1757-1758 many Acadian survivors of the Siege of Fort Beauséjour on the southern border of New Brunswick found refuge near Caraquet. In 1760 some survivors of the Battle of the Restigouche also fled to Caraquet.

In 1758-1759 with the second fall of Fortress Louisbourg about 1250 Acadians residing on Île St-Jean (Prince Edward Island) fled by schooner to the shores of New Brunswick to escape the English and certain deportation. They settled near Miramichi and other areas on the Acadian Peninsula and at Restigouche further north. Although many of these Peninsular Acadians had to evade the English during the intervening years until 1763 most eventually returned to resettle their Acadian Peninsula lands after 1763.

[NOTE: Over time several of Hilaire Augustin Guédry's descendants crossed the
Restigouche River from the Carleton, Québec area and settled at Campbellton, Dalhousie,
Bathurst, Keswick and Fredericton.]

The major regions in New Brunswick settled after 1763 by Acadians are:
* Acadian Peninsular (Gloucester County)
* Memramcook (Westmorland County)
* Campbellton area (Restigouche County)
* Edmundston (Madawaska County)

Acadian Penninsula (Gloucester County)

St-Pierre-aux-Liens Catholic Church (Founded 1817)
213, Boulevard St-Pierre Ouest
Caraquet, New Brunswick E1W 1A5
(Telephone: 506-727-3212)
[Earlier mission church built in 1768]
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1768-Present]

St-Paul Catholic Church (Founded 1898)
C. P. 206
8251 Rue St-Paul
Bas Caraquet, New Brunswick E1W 6C4
(Telephone: 506-727-3362)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1898-Present]

Immaculée-Conception Catholic Church (Founded 1869)
Rural Route 2, Site 3, Box 1
11310, Route 11
Pokemouche, New Brunswick E8S 1J4
(Telephone: 506-727-4819)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1812-Present]

St-Jérome Catholic Church (Founded 1856)
C. P. 290
110, Rue de l'Université
Shippagan, New Brunswick E8P 1J8
(Telephone: 506-336-2221)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1795-Present]

St-Jean-Baptiste et St-Joseph Catholic Church (Founded 1842)
C. P. 3238, Succ. Bureau-Chef
3558, Rue Principale
Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick E1X 1G5
(Telephone: 506-395-2230)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1798-Present]

Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette Catholic Church (Founded 1946)
C. P. 4010, Succ B
Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick E1X 1G4
(Telephone: 506-395-2930)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1946-Present)

St-Simon et St-Jude Catholic Church (Founded 1868)
C. P. 117
348, Rue Acadie
Grande-Anse, New Brunwick E8N 1C7
(Telephone: 506-732-2185)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1890-Present]

St-Michel Catholic Church (Founded 1887)
C. P. 42
105, Rue de l'Église
Inkerman, New Brunswick E8P 1A5
(Telephone: 506-336-2592)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1818-Present]

Saint-Augustin Catholic Church (Founded 1879)
C. P. 30
1195, Rue des Fondateurs
Paquetville, New Brunswick E8R 1A9
(Telephone: 506-764-2861)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1874-Present]

Saint-Isidore Catholic Church (Founded 1876)
C. P. 88
3915 Boulevard des Fondateurs
Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick E8M 1C1
(Telephone: 506-358-2371)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1876-Present]

Saint-Irenée Catholic Church (Founded 1935)
Rural Route 2, Site 11, Box 2
2032, Chemin Saulnier Ouest
Saint-Irenée, New Brunswick E1X 2C8
(Telephone: 506-395-2615)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1935-Present]

Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice Catholic Church (Founded 1952)
Rural Route 2, Site 67, Box 7
3675, Route 340
Notre-Dame-des-Érables, New Brunswick E8R 1W1
(Telephone: 506-764-2957)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1938-Present]

Ste-Bernadette-Soubirou Catholic Church (Founded 1946)
Rural Route 2, Site 5, Box 1
1915, Route 16
Saint-Sauveur, New Brunswick E8L 1N5
(Telephone: 506-725-2055)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1938-Present]

Ste-Famille Catholic Church (Founded 1798)
(Holy Family Catholic Church)
430, Avenue St-Pierre
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 2Y2
(Telephone: 506-546-4352)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1798-Present]

Sacré-Coeur Catholic Cathedral (Founded 1881)
(Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral)
C. P. 390
123, Rue Saint Andrew
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 3Z3
(Telephone: 506-546-2194)
[Now called St-Michel Catholic Basilica]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1881-Present]

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Catholic Church (Founded 1922)
(Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church)
1170 Promenade Rough Waters
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 1Z1
(Telephone: 506-546-4676)
[Formerly called Sainte-Marie-du-Mont-Carmel Catholic Church; Closed at this time]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1922-Present]

Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church (Founded 1948)
P. O. Box 454
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 3Z3
(Telephone: 506-546-2194)
[Closed about 2007 due to the Bathurst Pastoral Restructuring]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1948-2007]

Notre-Dame-du-Roasire Catholic Church (Founded 1958)
(Holy Rosary Catholic Church)
1575, Avenue St-Pierre
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 3B2
(Telephone: 506-546-4717)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1958-Present]

Saint-Nazaire d'Alcida Catholic Church (Founded 1936)
1379, Chemin Alcida E8J 2B8
Alcida, New Brunswick
(Telephone: 506-783-2247)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1936-Present]

St-Nom-de-Jesus Catholic Church (Founded 1941)
(Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church)
C. P. 90
825, Rue Principale
Beresford, New Brunswick E8K 1V7
(Telephone: 506-542-9128)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1902-Present]

Saint-Polyxarpe Catholic Church (Founded 1866)
C. P. 120
598, Rue Principale
Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick E8J 1T7
(Telephone: 506-783-2247)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1824-Present]

Ste-Thérèsa-d'Avila Catholic Church (Founded 1884)
C. P. 129
1746, Route 322
Robertville, New Brunswick E8K 2V8
(Telephone: 506-783-3621)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1882-Present]

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Catholic Church (Founded 1951)
Rural Route 1, Site 3, C. P. 1
Rboertville, New Brunswick
3530, Chemin Nicolas-Denys
Nicolas-Denys, New Brunswick E8K 3G1
(Telephone: 506-783-4717)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1951-Present]

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Catholic Church (Founded 1944)
422, Rue Principale
Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick E8J 2Y6
(Telephone: 506-783-2855)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1886-Present]

Saint Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church (Founded 1886)
P. O. Box 1008
4114, Rue Main
Belledine, New Brunswick E8G 2X9
(Telephone: 506-237-2027)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1886-Present]

Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Founded 1886)
P. 0. Box 1008
2601, Rue Main
Belledune, New Brunswick E8G 2X9
(Telephone: 506-237-2027)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1886-Present]

Marie Mediatrice Catholic Church (Founded 1961)
C. P. 143
1281, Rue Principale
Le Goulet, New Brunswick E8S 2E9
(Telephone: 506-336-2221)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1960-Present]

Christ-Roi Catholic Church (Founded 1935)
C. P. 110
4580, Route 134
Allardville, New Brunswick E8L 1E4
(Telephone: 506-725-2115)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1932-Present]

Saint-Théophile Catholic Church (Founded 1940)
C. P. 30
1493, Rue Châtillon
Maisonnette, New Brunswick E8N 1R5
(Telephone: 506-727-2707)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1940-Present]

Saint-Joachim Catholic Church (Founded 1938)
Rural Route 1, Site 12, C. P. 12
646, Boulevard des Acadiens
Bertrand, New Brunswick E1W 1G8
(Telephone: 506-727-2739)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1916-Present]

Sainte-Rose-de-Lima Catholic Church (Founded 1941)
1981, Route 55
Sainte-Rose, New Brunswick E1X 2W6
(Telephone: 506-395-2696)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1919-Present]

Notre-Dame-des-Flots Catholic Church (Founded 1887)
C. P. 20399
Lamèque, New Brunswick E8T 3N4
(Telephone: 506-344-5626)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1835-Present]

Sainte-Antoine-de-Padoue Catholic Church (Founded 1903)
C. P. 2039
Lamèque, New Brunswick E8T 3N4
(Telephone: 506-344-5626)
[Church located in Miscou Centre, New Brunswick]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1615-Present]

Saint-Pie X Catholic Church (Founded 1973)
C. P. 99
26, Rue de Église
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, New Brunswick E8T 1N8
(Telephone: 506-344-8281)
[Church located in Pigeon Hill, New Brunswick]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1955-Present]

Saint-Raphaël Catholic Church (Founded 1939)
26, Rue l'Église
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, New Brunswick E8T 1N8
(Telephone: 506-344-8212)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1910-Present]

SS. Martyrs-Canadiens Catholic Church (Founded 1945)
5239, Route 160
Pont-Landry, New Brunswick E1X 2V7
(Telephone: 506-395-3451)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1945-Present]

Sainte-Margerite-Bourgeoy Catholic Church (Founded 1987)
114, Rue de l'Église
Saint-Léolin, New Brunswick E8N 2S9
(Telephone: 506-732-2179)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1984-Present]

Saint-Simon Catholic Church (Founded 1944)
1731, Route 335
Saint-Simon, New Brunswick E8P 2A7
(Telephone: 506-727-2862)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1910-Present]

Campbellton Area (Restigouche County)

[NOTE: The youngest son of Pierre Guédry dit Labine and Marguerite Brasseau was named Augustin Guédry. He escaped being deported and stayed in Nova Scotia during the period of deportation - probably hiding in the woods for this long decade of terror. In the mid-1760's he came out of hiding and settled on Hobb's Hill near Gilbert's Cove along St. Mary's Bay in Digby County. In 1767 he married Marie-Françoise Jeanson. In 1787 Augustin, Marie-Françoise and their children loaded their possessions in a small boat and sailed southwest to Bear Cove - just below Meteghan. Here they received a grant of land and soon after founded the town of Chéticamp - later renamed St-Alphonse. They raised their family of eight boys and five girls along St. Mary's Bay. One of their sons Romain Guédry married Marie Comeau. Among their six children was a son Hilaire Augustin Guédry. Hilaire left the family home and traveled north through New Brunswick to the Gaspé area - settling near Carleton, Québec. Here he married Cécile Bourg and they raised a family. By the early 1900s most of the descendants of Hilaire and Cécile migrated south across the Restigouche River and into New Brunswick. Today they are found in
Campbellton, Dalhousie, Bathurst, Keswick and Fredericton.]

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Catholic Church (Founded 1883)
C. P. 578
4, Rue Centrale
Campbellton, New Brunswick E3N 3G9
(Telephone: 506-753-4232)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1857-Present]

Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church (Founded 1945)
P. O. Box 633
43, Rue Andrew
Campbellton, New Brunswick E3N 3H1
(Telephone: 506-789-1881)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1945-Present]

Marie-Reine Catholic Church (Founded 1948)
500, Rue Vanier
Campbellton, New Brunswick E3N 1V7
(Telephone: 506-753-3673)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1916-Present]

Martyre de Saint-Jean-Baptiste Catholic Church (Founded 1866)
C. P. 5187
340, Church Lane
Dalhousie, New Brunswick E8C 1L5
(Telephone: 506-684-3292)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1843-Present]

Saint John Bosco Catholic Church (Founded 1948)
P. O. Box 5157
460, Rue Montgomery
Dalhousie, New Brunswick E8C 2A6
(Telephone: 506-684-3230)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1948-Present]

Saint-François-Xavier Catholic Church (Founded 1881)
C. P. 2057
314, Rue Chaleur
Charlo, New Brunswick E8E 2W8
(Telephone: 506-684-7775)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1853-Present]

Saint-Benoît Catholic Church (Founded 1896)
C. P. 2565
Balmoral, New Brunswick E8E 2W7
(Telephone: 506-826-2778)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1860-Present]

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Catholic Church (Founded 1913)
260, Rue Notre-Dame
Altholville, New Brunswick E3N 3Z9
(Telephone: 506-789-0018)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1860-Present]

Saint-Jean-Marie-Vianney Catholic Church (Founded 1909)
2, Rue de l'Église
Eeel River Crossing, New Brunswick E8E 1P6
(Telephone: 506-826-2816)
[Church located in Dundee, New Brunswick.]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1905-Present]

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur Catholic Church (Founded 1907)
1260, Chemin Val d'Amours
Val d'Amours, New Brunswick E3N 5N2
(Telephone: 506-753-4282)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1890-Present]

Saint Sacrement Catholic Church (Founded 1910)
188 Rue Canada
Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick E8A 1G9
(Telephone: 506-235-2283)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1910-Present]

Edmundston (Madawaska County)

St-Basile-le-Grand Catholic Church (Founded: 1792)
321, rue Principale
Saint-Basile, New Brunswick E7C 1H7
(Telephone: 506-263-5971)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1792-Present]

St-François-Xavier Catholic Church (Founded: Mission - 1846; Parish - 1859)
2016, rue Commerciale
St-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick E7A 1B2
(Telephone: 506-992-2200)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - for period 1846-1858 at
Ste-Luce Catholic Parish in Frenchville, Maine; for period
1859-Present at St-François-Xavier Catholic Parish]

Assomption Catholic Church (Mission: 1854; Founded: 1868)
355, rue Chapel
Grand-Sault, New Brunswick E3Z 2M5
(Telephone: 506-473-3783)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1868-Present]
[Mission of St-Bruno Catholic Church of Van Buren, Maine]

St-Antoine-de-Padoue Catholic Church (Mission: 1854; Founded: 1868)
C. P. 2181 (Saint-Léonard-Parent)
Saint-Léondard, New Brunswick E7E 2M7
(Telephone: 506-423-6403)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1868-Present]
[Mission of St-Bruno Catholic Church of Van Buren, Maine]

St-Hilaire Catholic Church (Founded: 1869)
Rue Centrale at rue Albert
Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick
(Telephone: 506-739-8875)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1869-Present]

Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: 1872)
99, rue Principale
Sainte-Anne-de Madawaska, New Brunswick E7E 1A8
(Telephone: 506-445-2337)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1872-Present]

Immaculée Conception Catholic Cathedral (Founded: 1880)
145, rue Rice
Edmndston, New Brunswick E3V 1T5
(Telephone: 506-737-8950)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1880-Present]

St-François-d'Assise (Founded: 1889)
678. rue Principale
Clair, New Brunswick E7A 2H4
(Telephone: 506-992-2496)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1889-Present]

St-Michel Catholic Church (Founded: 1890)
1361, rue Tobique
Drummond, New Brunswick E3Y 2P4
(Telephone: 506-473-1452)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1890-Present)

St-Jacques-le-Majeur Catholic Church (Founded: 1892)
6, rue de l'École
Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick E7B 1E7
(Telephone: 506-735-8131)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1892-Present]

Memramcook / Moncton Area (Westmorland & Kent Counties)

St-Thomas-de-Memramcook Catholic Church (Founded: 1780)
576 Centrale Street
Memramcook, New Brunswick E4K 3S7
(Telephone: 506-758-2589)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1806-Present]

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Founded: 1853)
8 School Street
Rexton, New Brunswick E4W 2E5
(Telephone: 506-523-6817)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1853-Present]

Immaculée-Conception Catholic Church (Founded: 1871)
4049, route 480
Acadieville, New Brunswick E4Y 1Z3
(Telephone: 506-775-2421)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1871-Present]

La Visitation Catholic Church (Founded: 1788)
416, route 530
Grande-Digue, New Brunswick E4R 5K3
(Telephone: 506-532-2381)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1800-Present]

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Catholic Church (Founded: 1898)
7, ch. Aboujagane
Memramcook, New Brunswick E4K 3P5
(Telephone: 506-758-2589)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1898-Present]

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Catholic Church (Founded: 1866)
576, rue Central
Memramcook, New Brunswick E4K 3S7
(Telephone: 506-758-2589)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1866-Present]
[NOTE: The church is located in Ste-Marie-de-Kent, Kent Co., NB.]

Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur Catholic Church (Founded: 1861)
3863, route 115
Notre-Dame-de-Kent, New Brunswick E4V 2E8
(Telephone: 506-576-7905)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1861-Present]
[First church called St-Pierre (1866-1888), then new church named
Ste-Agathe (1888-1909) and finally third church called
Notre-Dame-du Sacré-Coeur in 1909.]

Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus Catholic Church (Founded: 1874)
944, route 933
Haute-Aboujagane, New Brunswick E4P 5S6
(Telephone: 506-577-4464)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1878-Present]

St-Anselme Catholic Church (Founded: 1802)
160, rue Ste-Thérèse
Dieppe, New Brunswick E1A 1T1
(Telephone: 506-857-1094)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1832-Present]

St-Antoine Catholic Church (Founded: 1836)
20 av. De l'Église
St-Antoine, New Brunswick E4V 1M3
(Telephone: 506-576-7905)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1836-Present]

St-Antoine-de-Padoue Catholic Church (Founded: 1791)
3794, route 505
Richibouctou-Village, New Brunswick E4W 1R2
(Telephone: 506-523-6667)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1796-Present]

St-Bernard Catholic Church (Founded: 1766)
43 Botsford Street
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 4W9
(Telephone: 506-857-0425)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1806-Present]
[NOTE: Acadian records end about 1914 when L'Assomption
Parish formed from St-Bernard's.]

St-Charles-Borromée Catholic Church (Founded: 1861)
1225, ch. St-Charles-Sud
St-Charles, New Brunswick E4W 4W1
(Telephone: 506-876-4512)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1861-Present]

St-Clement Catholic Church (Founded: 1826)
14 Church Street
Port Elgin, New Brunswick E4M 2C9
(Telephone: 506-538-2262)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1839-Present]

St-François-de-Sales Catholic Church (Founded: 1878)
11111, rue Principale
Rogersville, New Brunswick E4Y 2N3
(Telephone: 506-775-2201)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1878-Present]

St-Henri Catholic Church (Founded: 1789)
1357, route 133
Grand-Barachois, New Brunswick E4P 8C8
(Telephone: 506-532-5138)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1812-Present]

St-Ignace-de-Loyola Catholic Church (Founded: 1873)
1909, ch. St-Ignace
St-Ignace, New Brunswick E4X 2H5
(Telephone: 506-876-2109)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1873-Present]

St-Jacques-Le-Majeur Catholic Church (Founded: 1847)
3091, route 132
Scoudouc, New Brunswick E4P 3R7
(Telephone: 506-532-2381)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1850-Present]

St-Jean-Baptiste Catholic Church (Founded: 1800)
19, boul. Irving
Bouctouche, New Brunswick E4S 3J4
(Telephone: 506-743-2494)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1800-Present]

St-Joseph Catholic Church (Founded: 1821)
3177, route 177
Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick E9A 1T1
(Telephone: 506-876-3379)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1821-Present]

St-Joseph Catholic Church (Founded: 1859)
415, rue Main
Shédiac, New Brunswick E4P 2B6
(Telephone: 506-532-2381)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1863-Present]

St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church (Founded: 1847)
2340 Route 115
Irishtown, New Brunswick E1H 2L6
(Telephone: 506-857-4223)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1847-Present]

St-Louis-des-Français Catholic Church (Founded: 1810)
10565, rue Principale
St-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick E4X 1E9
(Telephone: 506-876-2109)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1810-Present]

St-Louis-de-France Catholic Church (Founded: 1877)
5, rue Pleasant
Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 2T7
(Telephone: 506-858-0009)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1877-Present]

St-Louis-de-Gonzague Catholic Church (Founded: 1864)
9440, rue Main
Richibouctou, New Brunswick E4W 4E3
(Telephone: 506-523-4230)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1864-Present]

St-Norbert Catholic Church (Founded: 1868)
500, ch. del Église
St-Norbert, New Brunswick E4S 2S4
(Telephone: 506-955-3000)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1868-Present]

St-Paul Catholic Church (Founded: 1868)
6476, route 155
St-Paul, New Brunswick E4T 3S5
(Telephone: 506-955-3000)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1868-Present]

St-Pierre Catholic Church (Founded: 1798)
2000, route 535
Cocagne, New Brunswick E4R 3H5
(Telephone: 506-576-7905)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1798-Present]

St-Timothée Catholic Church (Founded: 1883)
7041, route 126
Adamsville, New Brunswick E4T 2C7
(Telephone: 506-955-3000)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1883-Present]

St-Timothée Catholic Church (Founded: 1806)
3119, route 940
Shemogue, New Brunswick E4N 2R2
(Telephone: 506-577-4464)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1806-Present]

St-Vincent Catholic Church (Founded: 1885)
63 Charlotte Street
Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1G6
(Telephone: 506-536-1460)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1885-Present]

Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: 1870)
7615, route 134
Ste-Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick E4S 1E5
(Telephone: 506-743-2494)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1870-Present]

Ste-Thérèse-d'Avila Catholic Church (Founded: 1800)
2648, rue Acadie
Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick E4N 1E4
(Telephone: 506-577-4464)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1812-Present]

NOVA SCOTIA

Acadians began resettling Nova Scotia shortly after the Treaty of Paris in 1763. These Acadians had escaped deportation by hiding in the woods and avoiding English soldiers trying to capture and deport them. They came out of hiding to begin life anew in their homeland. Additionally, a few Acadians had escaped from the English colonies to which they were deported and after an arduous journey returned to Nova Scotia.

Beginning in 1764 and continuing for almost thirty years, Acadians deported to the English colonies of North America returned to their homeland. They soon discovered their former farmlands were no longer theirs. During the years of deportation the English had resettled their productive farms with English and other European settlers. The Acadians being resettled were given the least productive lands - coastal rocky and forested lands unfit for farming. Unwilling to give up, the Acadians became fishermen, farmers and lumbermen - Acadian professions still found today in Nova Scotia.

The English resettled the Acadians in eight areas of Nova Scotia widely separated from each other:

* Chéticamp region (Inverness County) in northern Cape Breton Island
• Isle Madame region (Richmond County) on southern Cape Breton Island
• Argyle region (Yarmouth County) in southwestern Nova Scotia
• Clare region (Digby County) along the shores of St. Mary's Bay
• Pomquet region (Antigonish County) on the Northumberland Shore
• Chezzetcook region (Halifax County) southeast of Halifax
• Tor Bay region (Guysborough County) south of Cape Breton Island
• Minudie Region (Cumberland County) west of Amherst

The Pubnico area (within the Argyle region) is the only area in Nova Scotia where Acadians were able to return to their original lands. It is the oldest Acadian settlement in the world. The original eight Acadian regions of resettlement are still vibrant today with Acadians living their unique culture. Over the years some Acadians have resettled in other areas as Halifax for better jobs and other reasons. They, however, represent a very small Acadian minority in their new communities.

Chéticamp Region (Inverness County, Cape Breton)

St. Pierre Catholic Church (Built 1893)
(St-Pierre Catholic Church)
15119 Cabot Trail Drive
C. P. 99
Chéticamp, Nova Scotia B0E 1H0
(Telephone: 902-224-2064)
(Earlier churches built 1800, 1810 (St-Apollinaire) & 1861 near Belle-Marche)

St. Michael Catholic Church (Built 1801; Rebuilt in 1810, 1859 & 1958)
(St-Michel Catholic Church)
1181 East Margaree Road
East Margaree, Nova Scotia B0E 1Y0
(Telephone: 902-248-2305)

St. Patrick Catholic Church (Built 1842; Rebuilt in 1871)
(St-Patrice Catholic Church)
1181 East Margaree Road
East Margaree, Nova Scotia B0E 1Y0
(Telephone: 902-248-2305)
[A satellite church of St. Michael's in North East Margaree, NS]

St. Joseph Catholic Church (Built 1871; Rebuilt in 1970 & 1980)
(St-Joseph Catholic Church)
1181 East Margaree Road
East Margaree, Nova Scotia B0E 1Y0
(Telephone: 902-248-2305)
[A satellite church of St. Michael's in South West Margaree, NS]
(Earlier church called St. Andrew built in 1832)

St-Joseph-du-Moine Catholic Church (Built 1879; Rebuilt in 1990)
P. O. Box 29
St-Joseph-du-Moine, Nova Scotia B0E 3A0
(Telephone: 902-224-3255)

Isle Madame Region (Richmond County, Cape Breton)

[NOTE: The names of many Petitpas descendants are recorded in the sacramental records of Richmond County churches. Nicholas Petitpas settled at D'Escousse, Isle Madame by 1785 and had a large family of nine children including six sons. Petitpas descendants are found in the sacramental records of most Richmond County Catholic churches including those at D-Escousse, Arichat, Petit-de-Gras, West Arichat, Louisdale, L'Ardoise and St. Peter's (Port Toulouse.]

NOTE: All of the Catholic Churches on Isle Madame (first 5 below) are serviced by the
Stella Maris Pastoral Unit
2316 Highway 206
Arichat, Nova Scotia B0E 1A0
(Telephone: 902-226-2109)

Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church (Built 1786; Rebuilt 1835; Remodeled 1894)
(Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Catholic Church)
Arichat, Isle Madame, Nova Scotia
2292 Highway 206
Arichat, Nova Scotia B0E 1A0
(Telephone: 902-226-2109)
(Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1837-Present)

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Built 1871; Rebuilt in 1977)
(Immaculée-Conception Catholic Church)
1460 Highway 206
West Arichat, Nova Scotia B0E 3J0
(Telephone: 902-226-2109)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1881-Present; Fire destroyed 1862-1880 records]

St. Joseph Catholic Church (Built 1905; Rebuilt in 1953)
(St-Joseph Catholic Church)
101 West Side Street
Petit-de-Grat, Nova Scotia B0E 2L0
(Telephone: 902-226-2109)

St. Hyacinth Catholic Church (Built ca. 1845; Rebuilt in 1870 & 1955)
(St-Hyacinthe Catholic Church)
3242 Highway 320
D'Escousse, Nova Scotia B0E 1K0
(Telephone: 902-226-2109)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1831-Present except Feb 1844-Jun 1856 missing]

St. Louis Catholic Church (Built 1925)
(St-Louis Catholic Church)
156 Grandigue Ferry Road
Louisdale, Nova Scotia B0E 1V0
(Telephone: 902-226-2109)

Holy Guardian Angels Catholic Church (Built 1823; Rebuilt in 1888 & 1976)
(Sts-Angès-Gardiens Catholic Church)
P. O. Box 145
L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia B0E 1S0
(Telephone: 902-587-2416)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1821-Present]
[NOTE: L'Ardoise, NS is just east of Isle Madame and is in Richmond County]

St-Peter Catholic Church
(St-Pierre Catholic Church)
P. O. Box 130
St. Peter's, Nova Scotia B0E 3B0
(Telephone: 902-235-2053)
[NOTE: St. Peter's, NS was formerly Port Toulouse, is just north of Isle Madame
and is in Richmond County]

Father Bailly's Caraquet Register
(L'Abbé Charles-François Bailly maintained a register at Caraquet, New Brunswick of his missions throughout Acadia (today's Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) from 1768 to 1773.
During July-November 1771 he visited Isle Madame and recorded sacraments he administered there in his register. The register currently is kept at:

Diocesan Archives
Diocese of Bathurst
645, Avenue Murray
C. P. 460
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 3Z4
(Telephone: 506-546-1420 Poste 107)

Clare Region (Digby County)

[NOTE: Augustin Guédry (youngest son of Pierre Guédry dit Labine and Marguerite Brasseau) and Marie-Françoise Jeanson founded the community of St-Alphonse (originally named Chéticamp) in Digby County, Nova Scotia about 1786. From 1764 until 1786 Augustin Guédry and his family lived at Gilbert's Cove just southwest of Plympton, Digby County, Nova Scotia. The two communities of St. Alphonse and Metegan historically have had a large number of Guédry descendents with the surnames Jeddry, Jedry, Geddry, Gedry, Gidry, Guidry and other variations. The names of Guédry descendents are found in the sacramental registers of St-Croix, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Sacré-Coeur, StellaMaris, St-Alphonse and St-Vincent-de-Paul Catholic Churches. Sacremental records for a few Petitpas descendents can be found in the registers of St-Vincent-de-Paul Catholic Church.]

St-Croix Catholic Church (Built 1838)
(Holy Cross Catholic Church)
P. O. Box 25
Plympton, Nova Scotia B0W 2R0
(Telephone: 902-245-2115)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1838-Present]

St-Bernard Catholic Church (Built 1853; Rebuilt in 1942 over period of 32 years)
(St. Bernard Catholic Church)
C. P. 68
#3623 Route 1
Metegan, Nova Scotia B0W 2J0
(Telephone: 902-837-5687)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1868-Present]

Ste-Marie Catholic Church (Built 1768; Rebuilt in 1808, 1821, 1905)
(St. Mary Catholic Church)
C. P. 28
#1713, Route 1
Pointe-de-l'Église (Church Point), Nova Scotia B0W 1M0
(Telephone: 902-769-2832)
[Earlier church built in 1774 at Grosses Coques, NS]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1743-Present with some gaps]

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Catholic Church (Built 1902)
(Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church)
C. P. 132C Rural Route #1
Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia B0W 1M0
#3614, Chemin Second Divison
Concessions, Nova Scotia
(Telephone: 902-769-4320)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1902-Present]

St-Jean-Baptiste-de-Corberrie Catholic Church (Built 1837)
(St. John the Baptist of Corberrie Catholic Church)
(Mission Church of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Catholic Church in Concessions, NS;
As of 2007 it no longer has any services)
4151 Patrice Road
Corberrie, Nova Scotia B0W 3T0
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1891-2007]

Sacré-Coeur Catholic Church (Built 1880)
(Sacred Heart Catholic Church)
C. P. 71
#9650, Route 1
Saulnierville, Nova Scotia B0W 2Z0
(Telephone: 902-769-2113)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1883-Present]

Stella-Maris Catholic Church (Built 1885; Rebuilt in 1972; Parish Hall used 1943-1967)
(Star of Mary Catholic Church)
C. P. 159
#8270, Route 1
Meteghan, Nova Scotia B0W 2J0
(Telephone: 902-645-2412)
[Earlier church (St. Mande) built in 1817]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1837-Present]

St-Alphonse Catholic Church (Built 1922)
(St. Alphonse Catholic Church)
C. P. 159
#6553, Route 1
Meteghan, Nova Scotia B0W 2J0
[Telephone: 902-645-2412]

St-Vincent-de-Paul Catholic Church (Built ca. 1847; Rebuilt in 1893)
(St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church)
C. P. 2
#5201, Route 1
Rivière-aux-Saumons (Salmon River), Nova Scotia B0W 2Y0
(Telephone: 902-649-2083)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1849-Present]

Father Bailly's Caraquet Register
(L'Abbé Charles-François Bailly maintained a register at Caraquet, New Brunswick of his missions throughout Acadia (today's Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) from 1768 to 1773. During 1768 and 1769 he visited the St. Mary's Bay area and recorded sacraments he administered there in his register. The register currently is kept at:
Diocesan Archives
Diocese of Bathurst
645, Avenue Murray
C. P. 460
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 3Z4
(Telephone: 506-546-1420 poste 107)

Register of Reverend Mathurin Bourg
In 1774 Rev. Joseph-Mathurin Bourg visited the St. Mary's Bay area and performed some sacramental ceremonies. Included in this register is the baptism of Augustin Guédry, son of Augustin Guédry and Marie Jeanson, on 14 October 1774. Rev. Bourg's Register is kept at:
St-Joseph-de-Carleton Catholic Church
767 Boul Perro
Carleton, Québec G0C 1J0

Transcription of Registers of Father Jean-Mandé Sigogne for St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia
In 1779 Father Jean-Mandé Sigogne began the parish registers for the Parish of St. Mary's Bay. In 1893 a large fire consumed Ste-Marie Catholic Church at Pointe-de-l'Église (Church Point), Nova Scotia where the sacramental registers were kept. The registers were destroyed in the fire. Fortunately, prior to the fire, Placide Gaudet transcribed a portion of the registers from 1799-1801. The transcriptions do contain some records of the Guédry family, but none of the Petitpas family. The original transcription of the registers is kept at:
Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson
Université de Moncton
Campus de Moncton
Pavillon Léopold-Taillon
18, avenue Antonine-Maillet
Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9

Registers of Father Jean-Mandé Sigogne for St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia
These registers are in two booklets with the first covering the years 1818-1823 and 1823-mid 1829 and the second booklet spanning the years 1840-1844. It appears that two other booklets for the years 1799-1818 and 1829-1840 may have been lost or destroyed. The two surviving registers contain birth, marriage and death information as well as family composition on the Catholic families throughout the St. Mary's Bay region. There are many entries for Guédry families, but no Petitpas families are mentioned. These two registers currently are kept at:
Centre Acadien de l'Université Sainte-Anne
1695 Main Road
Church Point, Nova Scotia B0W 1M0
(Telephone: 902-769-2114 ext. 7204)

Argyle Region (Yarmouth County)

[NOTE: In early sacramental records of the Argyle Region there are no records of the Guédry family or Petitpas family.]

St-Ambrose Catholic Cathedral (Built 1845; Rebuilt in 1889 and enlarged in 1910)
65 Green Street
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia B5A 1Z6
(Telephone: 902-742-7151)
(Earlier church (All Saints Catholic Church) built in 1845 on Barnard Street and rebuilt in
1862)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1845-Present]

St-Michel Catholic Church (Built 1822; Rebuilt in 1867 and remodeled in 1903, 1913)
C. P. 327
#2552, Route 334
Wedgeport, Nova Scotia B0W 3P0
(Telephone: 902-663-2815)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1836-Present]

St-Gabriel Catholic Mission (Built 1885)
2222 Comeau's Hill Road
Comeau's Hill, Nova Scotia B0W 1B0
(Telephone: 902-663-2815)

St-Raphaël Catholic Mission (Built 1887)
2640 Pinkney's Road
Pinkney's Point, Nova Scotia
(Telephone: 902-663-2815)

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Built 1958)
P. O. Box 327
725 Melbourne Road
Wedgeport, Nova Scotia B0W 3P0
(Telephone: 902-663-2815)

Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Built 1808; Rebuilt 1900)
C. P. 700
#7309, Route 3
Ste-Anne-de-Ruisseau, Nova Scotia B0W 2X0
(Telephone: 902-648-2315)
(Earlier church built in 1784 at Rocco Point)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1799-Present]

Ste-Agnès Catholic Mission (Built 1859)
Boîte 7
Rural Route 2, Tusket Site 9
#7258 Route 308 Nord
Tusket, Nova Scotia B0W 3M0
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1859-Present]

St-Joseph Catholic Mission (Built 1859)
1383 Route 308
Île Surette, Nova Scotia B0W 3M0
(St-Joseph Mission was originally called Nôtre-Dame-des-Îles Mission)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1907-Present]

Ste-Famille Catholic Mission (Built 1901)
Boîte 115
#2795, Route 308
Rural Route 2
Tusket, Nova Scotia B0W 3M0
(Telephone: 902-648-2441)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1907-Present]

St-Pierre Catholic Church (Built 1836; Rebuilt in 1840, 1891)
C. P. 59
#1152, Route 335
Pubnico-Ouest-le-Centre, Nova Scotia B0W 2M0
(Telephone: 902-762-2610)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1836-Present]

Immaculée-Conception Catholic Church (Built in 1879; Remodeled in 1919)
C. P. 45
#7513, Route 3
Pubnico-Est, Nova Scotia B0W 2A0
(Telephone: 902-762-2610)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1910-Present]

Father Bailly's Caraquet Register
(L'Abbé Charles-François Bailly maintained a register at Caraquet, New Brunswick of his missions throughout Acadia (today's Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) from 1768 to 1773. During 1769 he visited the Argyle area and recorded sacraments he administered there in his register. The register currently is kept at:
Diocesan Archives
Diocese of Bathurst
645, Avenue Murray
C. P. 460
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 3Z4
(Telephone: 506-546-1420 poste 107)

Transcription of Registers of Father Jean-Mandé Sigogne for St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia
In 1779 Father Jean-Mandé Sigogne began the parish registers for the Parish of Ste- Anne - a parish that covered all of Yarmouth County. Father Sigogne was the priest for all of Digby and Yarmouth Counties during the period 1799 - 1828. Father Sigogne resided in the St. Mary's Bay area at Church Point, but made long, annual missions to the Argyle area to minister to his parishioners there. The transcriptions do contain some records of the Guédry family, but none of the Petitpas family. Father Sigogne's sacramental registers for Yarmouth County are kept in a fireproof safe at the rectory of:

Ste-Anne Catholic Church
C. P. 700
#7309, Route 3
Ste-Anne-de-Ruisseau, Nova Scotia B0W 2X0
(Telephone: 902-648-2315)

Chezzetcook Region (Halifax County)

[NOTE: Sacramental records of the Petitpas family abound at both St-Anselm and SteGeneviève Catholic Churches. Jean-Baptiste Petitpas and Joseph Petitpas, sons of Claude Petitpas (third child of Claude Petitpas père and Catherine Bugaret) and Françoise Lavergne were the first Petitpas to settle in the Chezzetcook area. They arrived at Chezzetcook about 1765. There are no Guédry family records at the Chezzetcook churches.]

St-Anselm Catholic Church (Built 1894)
7037, Highway 207
Rural Route 2 Site 8 Box 4
West Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia B0J 1N0
(Telephone: 902-827-2234)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1793-Present]

Ste-Geneviève Catholic Church
723 East Chezzetcook Road
Rural Route 1 Site 13 Box 11
East Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia B0J 1N0
[Telephone: 902-827-2374)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1868-Present]

Tor Bay Region (Guysborough County)

[NOTE: Acadians that settled the Tor Bay Region came from Chezzetcook in the 1790s because they feared the English would refuse to give them land grants at Chezzetcook. The sacramental registers of the Catholic Churches at Larry's River and Port Felix mention the Petitpas name frequently. The Petitpas name is found in the communities of Larry's River, Port Felix and Lundy. The Guédry family is not found in the registers.]

St. Ann Catholic Church (Built 1819; Rebuilt in 1878)
P. O. Box 89
86 Church Street
Guysborough, Nova Scotia B0H 1N0
(Telephone: 902-533-2928)
[Records: Baptismal, Marriage, Burial - 1819-Present]

[NOTE: The first Acadians to settle near Tor Bay used St. Ann Catholic Church in Guysborough until 1845 when St. Joseph Catholic Church at Port Felix was built.]

St. Joseph Catholic Church (Built 1845)
Rural Route 2
Larry's River, Nova Scotia B0H 1T0
(Telephone: 902-366-2336)
[St. Joseph Catholic Church is located in Port Felix.]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1853-Present]

St. Peter Catholic Church (Built 1872; Rebuilt in 1874)
6280 Highway 316
Larry's River, Nova Scotia B0H 1T0
(Telephone: 902-525-2526)

St. Joseph Catholic Church (Built 1876)
53 Charlos Cove Loop
Larry's River, Nova Scotia B0H 1T0
(Telephone: 902-525-2806)
[St. Joseph Catholic Church is located in Charlos Cove.]

Pomquet Region (Antigonish County)

[NOTE: The first Acadians to arrive in the Pomquet region came from St. Malo, France in 1773. A second group from St. Malo arrived between 1785 and 1794. The Petitpas family appears in the sacramental registers of St. Peter Catholic Church in Tracadie. No Guedry names are found in any of the parish registers.]

Holy Cross Catholic Church (Built 1863)
(Ste-Croix Catholic Church)
P. O. Box 138
Rural Route 7
Pomquet, Nova Scotia B2G 2L4
(Telephone: 902-386-2382)
[Earlier church (La Chapelle de l'Exultation de la Sainte-Croix) built in 1834]

St. Peter Catholic Church (Built 1879)
9701 Highway 4
Monastery, Nova Scotia B0H 1W0
(Telephone: 902-232-2272)
[St. Peter Catholic Church is located in Tracadie.]
[Two earlier churches were at Cemetery Point and at the old Chapel Shore.]

St. Paul Catholic Church (Built 1860; Rebuilt in 1916 & 2000)
P. O. Box 142
1470 8 Jack Road
Havre-Boucher, Nova Scotia B0H 1P0
(Telephone: 902-234-2387)

Minudie Region (Cumberland County)

[NOTE: About 1764 Michael Francklin received a large land grant at Minudie and River Hébert and persuaded Acadians to settle his land as his tenants. Some of these Acadians had escaped deportation by hiding in the woods; others came from Fort Edward at Pisiguit (Windsor). Eventually the Acadians settled at Joggins, Minudie, Maccan, Nappan and the Amherst area. No Guédry family settled in the area; however, one 1828 Petitpas burial record was found at St. Charles - Nativity Catholic Cemetery in Amherst, Nova Scotia.]

St. Denis Catholic Church (Built 1848; Restored in 1977)
Sacramental records for St. Denis are at:
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
107 Main Street
Joggins, Nova Scotia B0L 1A0
(Telephone: 902-251-2193)
[Earlier churches built in 1678 and 1768 (Ste-Anne Catholic Chapel) a short distance from present location. St. Denis Catholic Church no longer used for mass after 1968.]
[St. Denis Catholic Church is located in Minudie, Nova Scotia]
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1849-1968]

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church (Built 1894)
107 Main Street
Joggins, Nova Scotia B0L 1A0
(Telephone: 902-251-2193)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1894-Present]

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Built 1890)
(Called Holy Family Catholic Church as of 2006)
P. O. Box 1075
63 Church Street
Amherst, Nova Scotia B4H 4E2
(Telephone: 902-667-2523)
[Earlier church built in 1848 and moved in 1854)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1889-Present]
[Acadians from the Nappan area attended St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church and its predeccesor in Amherst from the late 1840s through the early 1900s.]

St. Brigid Catholic Church (Built ca. 1857)
Box 337
340 Main Street
Parrsboro, Nova Scotia B0M 1S0
(Telephone: 902-254-2228)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1853-Present]
[NOTE: Sacramental records for Acadians from the Minudie area were often kept in the registers of St. Brigid Catholic Church after 1850.]

St-Thomas-de-Memramcook Catholic Church (Built 1806)
576 Centrale Street
Memramcook, New Brunswick E4K 3S7
(Telephone: 506-758-2589)
[Originally called St-Joseph Catholic Church; Named changed to St-Thomas in 1853]
[NOTE: Minudie Acadians went to St-Thomas-de-Memramcook Catholic Church in the early 1800's to receive the sacraments. ]
[Records for Minudie Acadians at Memramcook: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1820-1848]

NOTE: Nova Scotia has three Catholic dioceses. These dioceses may have some of the older sacramental records. They are:

Archdiocese of Halifax
Box 1527
1531 Grafton Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2Y3
(Telephone: 902-429-9800)

Diocese of Yarmouth
43 Albert Street
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia B5A 3N1
(Telephone: 902-742-7163)

Diocese of Antigonish
Box 1330
168 Hawthorne Street
Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2L7
(Telephone: 902-863-3335)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

In 1758 the Acadian population of Île St-Jean (Prince Edward Island) was approximately 5000. After the expulsions from Île St-Jean in 1758-1759 only about 30 Acadians remained on the island - hiding to avoid deportation. A few Acadians began to return to Île St-Jean after the Treaty of Paris in 1763. A census taken in 1768 found 203 Acadians on Île St-Jean - primarily working in the fishing industry in the towns of Malpeque, Tracadie, Rustico and St. Pierre. In 1769 Prince Edward Island became a British province and land titles were taken from the Acadians forcing them to become tenants. In the early 1800s essentially all Acadians moved to the western quarter of Prince Edward Island (today's Prince County) where they became squatters hoping to secure title to their land in the future. Years later they were successful in this endeavor. The new Acadian region became known as the Evangeline Region and is where almost all Acadians on Prince Edward Island live today. There are small settlements of Acadians scattered in several other areas of Prince Edward Island.

[NOTE: There are no known Guédry or Petitpas baptismal, marriage or burial records in the post-deportation Prince Edward Island Catholic registers.]

Evangeline Region (Prince County)

Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Founded: 1879)
P. O. Box 250
341 Main Street
Alberton, Prince Edward Island C0B 1B0
(Telephone: 902-853-2344)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1879-Present]

St. Bernadette's Catholic Church (Founded: 1929)
P. O. Box 250
Alberton, Prince Edward Island C0B 1B0
(Telephone: 902-853-2344)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1929-Present]
[Located in Brockton, PEI.]

St. Mark's Catholic Church (Founded: 1879)
P. O. Box 29
Bloomfied, Prince Edward Island C0B 1E0
(Telephone: 902-859-2013)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1879-Present]
[Located in Burton, PEI]

St. Philippe & St. Jacques Catholic Church (Founded: 1817)
P. O. Box 80
Egmont Bay RR 4
Wellington, Prince Edward Island C0B 2E0
(Telephone: 902-854-3504)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1821-Present]
[Located in Egmont Bay, PEI.]

St. Bridgid's Catholic Church (Founded: 1868)
37947 Veteran's Memorial Highway, RR#3
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island C0B 1V0
(Telephone: 902-859-2536)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1868-Present]
[Located on Canadian Road in Foxley River, PEI]

St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Founded: 1810)
4284 Route 12
Grand River, Prince Edward Island
P. O. Box 10
Miscouche, Prince Edward Island C0B 1T0
(Telephone: 902-436-3271)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1810-Present]

St. Mary's Holy Family Catholic Church (Founded: 1852)
68 Broadway Street North
P. O. Box 458
Kensington, Prince Edward Island C0B 1M0
(Telephone: 902-836-3609)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1852-Present]

St. Malachy's Catholic Church (Founded: 1847)
42 Anderson Road
P. O. Box 128
Kinkora, Prince Edward Island C0B 1N0
(Telephone: 902-887-2020)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1847-Present]

St. Anne's Catholic Church (Founded: 1810)
15 Eagle Feather Trail
Lennox Island, Prince Edward Island
P. O. Box 80
Wellington, Prince Edward Island C0B 2E0
(Telephone: 902-854-3504)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1833-Present]

Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church (Founded: 1946)
Harbour Road
Miminegash, Prince Edward Island
986 Palmer Road, RR#1
St. Louis, Prince Edward Island C0B 1Z0
(Telephone: 902-882-2622)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1946-Present]

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Founded: 1817)
P. O. Box 10
Miscouche, Prince Edward Island C0B 1T0
(Telephone: 902-436-3271)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1817-Present]

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Catholic Church (Founded: 1812)
Route 11
Mont-Carmel, Prince Edward Isalnd C0B 2E0
(Telephone: 902-854-2789)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1812-Present]

St. Peter's Catholic Church (Founded: ?)
P. O. Box 128
Kinkora, Prince Edward Island C0B 1N0
(Telephone: 902-887-2020)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - ?]
[Located in North Carleton, PEI]

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Founded: 1867)
986 Palmer Road, RR #1
St. Louis, Prince Edward Island C0B 1Z0
(Telephone: 902-882-2622)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1867-Present]
[Located in Palmer Road, PEI]

St. Paul's Catholic Church (Founded: 1853)
289 Winter Street
Summerside, Prince Edward Island C1N 1N4
(Telephone: 902-436-5112)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1853-Present]

St. Simon & St. Jude Catholic Church (Founded: 1801)
315 School Street
P. O. Box 58
Tignish, Prince Edward Island C0B 2B0
(Telephone: 902-882-2049)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1801-Present]

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Founded: 1875)
Route 2
Wellington, Prince Edward Island
P. O. Box 10
Miscouche, Prince Edward Island C0B 1T0
(Telephone: 902-854-2667)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1875-Present]
[Located in Wellington, PEI]

St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Founded: 1803)
37947 Veteran's Memorial Highway
Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island
RR #3
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island C0B 1V0
(Telephone: 902-859-2536)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1803-Present]

St. Mary's Catholic Church (Founded: 1814)
Indian River, Prince Edward Island
P. O. Box 458
Kensington, Prince Edward Island C0B 1M0
(Telephone: 902-836-3609)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1814-2009]
[Located in Indian River, PEI; Decommissioned in 2009]

Other Acadian Areas on Prince Edward Island

St. Augustine's Catholic Church (Founded: 1795)
2211 Church Road
South Rustico, Prince Edward Island
2190 Church Road
RR #3
Hunter River, Prince Edward Island C0A 1N0
(Telephone: 902-963-2245)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1812-Present]
[Located in South Rustico, PEI]

St. Bonaventure Catholic Church (Founded: 1772)
1289 Donaldston Road
Tracadie Cross, Prince Edward Island
1295 Donaldston Road, RR #1
Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island C0A 1T0
(Telephone: 902-676-2253)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1845-Present]
[Located in Tracadie Cross, PEI]

St. Peter's Catholic Church (Founded: 1834)
RR #1
St. Peter's Bay, Prince Edward Island C0A 2A0
(Telephone: 902-961-2767)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1834-Present]

Diocese of Charlottetown
350 North River Road
P. O. Box 907
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 7L9
(Telephone: 902-368-8005

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

After the Treaty of Paris in 1763 Acadians began to immigrate to the west coast of Newfoundland. The first Acadians arrived between 1760 and 1780 with at least two families being present in the Stephensville - St. George's area as early as 1770. By 1830 approximately 1200 Acadians resided in the region. In the 1840s Cape Breton Islanders provided a major influx of Acadians to the area from Cape St. George to Stephensville. Other Acadians from the Magdalen Islands immigrated to the same area of Newfoundland. Although some of these Acadians fished, most eked out a living by farming small plots.

No evidence of Acadians settling in Labrador shortly after the deportations was found.

NOTE: There were no known Guédry's or Petitpas that immigrated to Newfoundland; however, some members of the Lejeune family did go to Newfoundland. These Lejeune's were related to the Guedry family - being direct descendants of Germain Lejeune and Marie Guedry. At least one Petitpas family (Albert Petitpas and his wife Mercedes) lived on Newfoundland in the early 1900s and direct descendants of Judith Petitpas, daughter of Claude Petitpas and Marie-Thérèze, a Mi'kmaq, reside there today in the Stephenville region. Today Petitpas Cove and Petitpas Point are named for the family.]

St. Stephen's Catholic Church (Founded: 1874)
78 West Street
Stephenville, Newfoundland A2N 1E4
(Telephone: 709-643-2523)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1874-Present]

Our Lady of the Cape Catholic Church (Founded: 1918)
878 Ocean Drive
Cape St. George, Newfoundland A0N 1T0
(Telephone: 709-644-2714)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1918-Present]

St. Ann's Catholic Church (Founded: 1863)
P. O. Box 759, RR #1
Doyles, Newfoundland A0N 1J0
(Telephone: 709-955-2250)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1863-Present]
[Located in Upper Ferry, Codroy Valley, NL]

Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Founded: 1884)
465 Curling Street
Cornerbrook, Newfoundland A2H 3K8
(Telephone: 709-785-5025)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1884-Present]
[Located in Curlin, NL]

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Founded: 1912)
P. O. Box 220
Lourdes, Newfoundland A0N 1R0
(Telephone: 709-642-5367)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1912-Present]

St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Founded: 1850)
6 School Road
P. O. Box 100
St. George's, Newfoundland A0N 1Z0
(Telephone: 709-647-3255)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1850-Present]

Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador
468 Curling Street
Corner Brook, Newfoundland A2H 3K8
(Telephone: 709-639-7073)

SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Since St-Pierre-et-Miquelon remained a French possession after the end of the French and Indian War and since it was so close to the former French areas of Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) and Île St-Jean (Prince Edward Island), Acadians flocked there after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. With limited land and natural resources St-Pierre-et-Miquelon could only support a very small number of people - especially farmers. Between 1763 and 1767 Acadians came from all directions to the small colony - from France, from Nova Scotia, from Cape Breton Island, from Prince Edward Island, from New Brunswick and even from Boston, Massachusetts. By 1767 over 1000 Acadians were crowded onto St-Pierre-et-Miquelon. In late 1767 the population of the islands was drastically reduced when 763 Acadians left to resettle in France and other former Acadian areas. This opened the door for more Acadians to come and in the next two years over 600 Acadians landed on the shores of St-Pierre-etMiquelon. Rather than farm, most of these Acadians cod fished for a living. By 1776 the population had reached almost 1900 Acadians.

In 1778 France declared war on England. Acadian settlements on St-Pierre-et-Miquelon were destroyed and the Acadians were sent to France to live on welfare. With the treaty ending the war in 1783 Acadians returned to the islands and by the end of 1784 over 1200 Acadians had resettled St-Pierre-et-Miquelon. They began again their cod fishing industry. In May 1793 a British force raided the islands and expelled the French garrison and non-resident fishermen to Halifax. The English attempted to force the resident Acadian fishermen to work for them; however, the Acadians refused and were all deported. Some Acadians escaped to Îles de-laMadeleine and Île Madame with the remainder sent to Halifax in September 1795 where they were forced to work on English fishing boats. By mid-1797 many were able to go to France. With the end of the conflict and the treaty signed in 1814 hundreds of Acadians returned to St-Pierre-et-Miquelon and by 1820 there were 800 Acadians there.

[NOTE: In the late 1700s several Petitpas including descendents of Guillaume Petitpas and Angelic Sceau were on St-Pierre-et-Miquelon and at least one Petitpas still lived there in 1880. When Jean Anselme Guédry, his wife Marie LeBlanc and their children were released from prison at Fort Cumberland in 1766, they went to St-Pierre-et-Miquelon; however, their stay there was brief and they left in late 1767 for Île-de-Ré near Rochefort, France.]

Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Catholic) (Founded: 1687)
Rue Borda
Saint-Pierre 97500
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
(Telephone: 011-508-41-02-40)
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1763-Present]

Notre-Dame-des-Ardillires (Founded: 1818)
Miquelon-Langlade
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
[Records: Baptism, Marriage, Burial - 1818-Present]