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From: "Rita" <>
Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:38:03 -0500


Looking for possible confirmation on the parents of Marie Trahan...[Germain
Semer & Marie Trahan are my 6th great grandparents, thru their daughter,
Marie Francoise and her 1st husband Joseph Boudrot].


1) Listed as passengers on Convoy No. 1 from Chatellerault to Nantes on Oct.
24, 1775 are:
Germain Semer - age 55, charpentier[b. abt 1720];
Marie Trahan - wife - age 50, tricoteuse [b. abt. 1725];
Madeleine Marie - dau., age 27 [b. abt 1748];
Françoise - dau., age 13 [b. abt. 1762];
Grégoire Dominique - son - age 7 [b. abt 1768];
[source: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/divers/convoi1.htm]


2) In the "Acadians in France 1762-1776" by Milton Rieder, Jr. and his wife
Norma Gaudet, ...page 88: [Is this census taken abt 1772 ???]
Germain Semer 51, farmer, carpenter and a sawer, of Havre [b. abt
1721]
Marie Trahan, 51, his wife, knits and dews, invalid [b. abt 1721]
Madeleine 25, their daughter, dressmaker [b. abt 1747]
Simon, 22, their son, seaman [b. abt 1750]
Claire 20, their daughter, lacemaker [b. abt. 1752]
Marie Francoise 10, apprentice seamstress
Gregoire Dominique Giraud, 4, their son
[source: ; 2/0/03; RE: Joseph & Germain
Semer by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino]

Question No. 1:
Is Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Semer the daughter of Rene Trahan &
Isabelle Darois [Rene & Isabelle had a daughter named Marie born at les
Mines:

Marie Trahan (René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois) bn. 17 Sept. 1721,
bt. 12 Oct. 1721 spo. Jean Landry and Marie Gotrau (SGA--2,27)
[source: BRDA, vol. 1a, p. 195]

Question(s) No. 2:
In the 1752 census of PETITCODIAC, we find the following, [partial listing]

Simon DARROIS, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls
Jean DARROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls
Silvain BREAU, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [Isabelle Darois remarried
to BREAU in 1734]
Germain BOYE, his wife, 1 boy, 2 girls [is this Germain SEMER and
his wife Marie,
daughter of Rene Trahan & Isabelle Darois???]
Paul TRAHAN, his wife, 1 girl [son of Rene Trahan &
Isabelle Darois?? ]
Jean TRAHAN, his wife, 1 boy, 3 girls [son of Rene Trahan &
Isabelle Darois?? ]
Rene TRAHAN and his wife [son of Rene Trahan &
Isabelle Darois?? ]

Several names down the list we find:

Jean BOYE, his wife, 1 girl [is this Jean SEMER, father
of Germain???]
[source for census info: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html]

Question No. 3:
If, indeed Germain & Jean BOYE turn out to be Germain & Jean Semer...any
suggestions on how/why the surname "SEMER" would be listed here as
"BOYE"????

Whewwww, I apologize for the lengthiness of my message, but would very much
appreciate ANY feedback, THANKS.

Rita




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