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From: "Roger A. Rozendal" <>
Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 13:17:51 -0500
In-Reply-To: <000201c35e30$083e5610$7b00a8c0@ritaw6vl0emei2>


Rita,

Surette in his book "Petitcoudiac" has the following, [....] are my
insertions:

SEMER, dit Boye (Bois) [also LEMER]

Jean Semer b. ca 1680 [son of Jean Semer & Marguerite Héron] married [22
Nov.] 1717 Marguerite Vincent [born ca 1695], daughter of Michel Vincent [&
Marie-Josephe Richard]

A) Germain Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1720 married ca 1745 Marie
Trahan, daughter of Rene Trahan [& Isabelle Darois]
1) Boy born ca 1748
2) Simon born ca 1750
3) Grégoire-Dominique-Gérard born ca 1768 died 1837

B) Jean [Baptiste] Semer, [son of Jean] born ca 1725 married ca 1750
Elizabeth Saulnier, daughter of Marcel Saulnier [& Elizabeth Breau]
1) Germain born ca 1752
2) Jean-Baptiste born ca 1755 [to Louisiana with Joseph Broussard]

Reference: Stephen White "Dictionnaire" pp. 1448 & 1578.

Hope this helps.

Roger A. Rozendal


> From: "Rita" <>
> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:38:03 -0500
> To:
> Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Marie Trahan, spouse of Germain Lemer/Semer
> Resent-From:
> Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:38:09 -0600
>
> 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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