CORDEAU FAMILY

  Last Update: February 6, 2010

Guillaume (1750x-1813) and Anne Josse (1752-1834) m. 1771
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Jean-Nicolas	1769	183x	1800x	Scholastique Landry
Claire	1771	a1837	1793x	Benoni Landry
Henriette	1775	1854L	1796x	Omer Mombourquette
Urban	1775x	1862L	1805x	Charlotte Benoit
Elias (Lilly)	1777x	1856	1850R	Isabelle Boudreau Adelaide Gerroir (D'Escousse)
Anne	1779x	b.1831	1802x	Anselm Landry
Dorethea Noel	1797	1837L	1837L	Celestin Mombourquette

Parents of Anne Josse were Francois and Marie Tardiff

Note: Cordeau, Anne 1815. Petitioner, a widow with a large family has resided at Disgoose for the past 36 years. She asks a grant of land on which she lives (59 acres lot 9 at Little Disgoose in the rear of the village).

 

Urban (1775x-1862) and Charlotte Benoit (17xx-18xx) m. 1805x
	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Adelaide	1807x	1878R	1831L	Abraham Fougere
Angele	181x	186x	1831L	Placide Dugas
Seraphine	1820x	189x	1843R	John Landry
Domitille	1821x	1903x	1848R	Damien Bourque
Appoline	1826x	1897x	1852R	Bernardin Boucher

Parents of Charlotte Benoit were

1813RB: Urban (no wife mentioned) M6-14 (1), F6-14 (1), F>14 (2)

1838RB: Urban, F>16, F>16 (probably Seraphine and Appoline), M 6-14, F 6-14.

Urban d. 1862 age 86.

Note: 1814 Cordeau, Eurbain. Petitioner is age 34, resident of Isle Madame, with five children. He lives on a small island called L'Ile du Barachos-a-Couteau. He is a brother of Lily (80 acres one half a peninsula on north side of Lennox Passage).

 

Elias (1777?-1856) and (1) Isabelle Boudreau (1771x-1849) (2) Adelaide Girroir (xxxx-xxxx) m. (1) xxxx (2) 1850
	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Anne (Nancy)		b1842	1822x	Abraham Sampson
Joseph	1806x	1856R	18xx 1852	Adelaide Boucher Marine Forest
Emily	1809x	1845R	1832x	Simon Fougere
Andre	1809x	1867R	18xx	Ursal Boucher
Celestin	1812x	1859R	18xx	Margerite Dugas

Parents of Isabelle Boudreau were ?

Parents of Adelaide Girroir (D'Escousse) were not listed in their 1850 marriage.

1813RB: Lilly, Mrs, and 7 children 3B and 4G

1838RB: Lilly, Isabelle, F>16 (1)

Isabelle d. 1849 age 78.

Note: 1812. Cordeau, Lilly. Petitioner is a native of D'Escousse, age 37, with 7 children. He lost all his belongings in the storm the preceding September. He was invited by his brother-in-law Mathew Balang to share a farm on the Island of Barrachois-de-Couteau near Bourgeois River. He built a house and lives there with his family. Balang sold to Thomas Thomas and removed to Tracadie (80 acres on half a peninsula on northside of Lennox Passage called I'le des Coteaux, Plan 1817).  

 

Joseph (1806?-1856) and Adelaide Boucher (1806?-1852) m. 18xx
	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Remi	1826x	1852R
Lucian	1828x	1911R	1850R	Elizabeth Sampson
Joseph (1806?-1856) and Marine Forest (1806?-18xx) m. 1852
no children

Parents of Adelaide Boucher were

Parents of Marine Forest were Jean and Angelique Paon

1838RB: Joseph and Delide, M<6 (1), M 6-14 (2), M6-14 (2) (probably Remi and Lucian),

Remi d. 1852 age 26. Adelaide d. 1852 age 46. Joseph d. 1856 age 50.

Note: Joseph remarried after Adelaide died. At his death his wife was listed as Marine Forest.  Marine subsequently married Jean Clement in 1858 at Arichat and is listed as the widow of Joseph Cordeau.

 

Lucian (1828x-1911) and Elizabeth Sampson (1825x-1903) m. 1850
	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Adelaide	1852R	1925	1874R	Simon Landry
Elizabeth	1853R		1876R	Abraham Fougere
Margaret	1857R	1900R	1883R	Patrick Fougere
Placide Honore	1866R	1918R	1892R 1905R	Anastasia Thibeau Julia Burke
Guillaume Etienne (William)	1867R	1961g	1907R	Celeste Sampson
Jean Theodore (John)	1868R	1875R
Charles Elias	1872R	187x

Parents of Elizabeth Sampson were John and Margerite Landry

1861RB: Lucian 1M 4F.

1871RB: Lucian 33, Mrs 45, Liad 18, Margaret 14, Placid 6, William 4, John 3.

1881RB: Lucian 60, Julest 55, Margaret 26, Placid 16, William 14.

1891RB: Lucian 63, Elizabeth 66, Placid 25, William 24.

1901RB: Lucian 74, Elizabeth 75, William 33.

1911RB: Lucien was living with daughter Adelaide and her husband Simon Landry

Elizabeth d. 1903 (no age given). Lucien d. 1911 age 84. John Theodore d. 1975 age 6. 

Graves at RB: William d.1961 age 95

 

Placide (1866-1918) and (1) Anastasia Thibeau (1866-1898) m. 1892
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Moise Martin (Moses)	1894R	1977SS	1920NS	Mary V. Briand (Halifax, NS and Detroit, MI)
Jean Pierre (John)	1895R	1944NS	1917NS	Emma Fortune (Convent St., Sydney Mines, NS)
Placide (1866-1918) and (2) Julia Burke (1883-1978) m. 1905
Joseph Etienne (Steven)	1906R	b1978
Anastasia Anne	1907R	1993O	1929NS   19xx	Amable Landry (26 Blowers St. Halifax, NS) Peter Boudreau (RB)
Michel Charles Andre (Nickey)	1909R	1992SS		(FL)
Peter Whitney	1911R	1995O		(RB)

Parents of Anastasia Thibeau were Peter Thibeau and Margaret Toole

Parents of Julia Burke were Joseph and Anne Burke

1911RB: Placid 44, Julia 28, Stephen 4, Anne 3, Mackie 10/12?

Anastasia d. 1898 no age given. Placide d. 1918 age 53.

Graves at RB: Whitney 1911-1995

Note:  The obituary for Julia (1978) does not mention either Moses or John (children from Placid's first marriage) as surviving or deceased.

SSDI: Mickie Curdo (Oct 2, 1909 – Jun 29, 1992) Last Res Fort Myers Beach, FL #015-12-1452 Iss-MA; Whitney Curdo (Nov 28, 1911 – Mar 19, 1995) Last Res Canada #029-03-5124 Iss-MA

Border Crossing: Stephen Cardo Nov 1923 Halifax age 19 born RB Occ-Fisherman Mother-Julia RB To join aunt Maggie Burke 81 Columbia St. Quincy MA

Border Crossing: Michael C.A. Cordeau Apr 11, 1928 Niagara Falls NY age 18 born Oct 2, 1909 RB Occ-Teamster Mother-Julia RB To join Alexander Burke 59 Page St. Buffalo NY (reside permanently)

Border Crossing: Peter Whitney Cordo Apr 17, 1928 Niagara Falls NY age 17 born Nov 28, 1911 RB Occ-Labourer Mother-Julia RB To join friend John Clark 827 Tifft St. Buffalo NY

 

Moses (1894-1977) and Mary V. Briand (1893-1985) m. 1920
	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Virginia	1925-
Thomas	1928-	1990SS
Agnes J.	1931SS	2000SS

Parents of Mary V. Briand were Thomas Briand and Virginia (nee) Briand

1930US (Detroit, Wayne, MI – Ward 12, #2434, 24^th St.): Moses 36, Mary 36, Virginia 4 ½, Thomas 1 5/12 (Moses came to US in 1917, Mary in 1923, Occ for Moses was Smelter, Enterprise Co.)

Notes:

1. Moses and Mary had one stillborn child (female) Nov 14, 1921.  They were living at 20 Grafton St. Halifax at the time.

2. Border Crossings for Moses Curdo, Sault Ste. Marie MI, Dec 1923 (next of kin: brother John living in North Sydney), Mary Curdo passenger from Halifax Sept 1923 (next of kin: father Thomas Briand living in L'Ardoise)

SSDI: Moses Curdo (Jan 4, 1894 – Mar 1977) Last Res Redford, MI #365-03-4004 Iss-MI; Mary Curdo (Oct 23, 1893 – Dec 1985) Last Res Redford, MI #383-20-5411 Iss-MI; T. H. Curdo (Nov 11, 1928 – Jan 15, 1990) Last Res not listed #383-24-3077 Iss-MI; Agnes J. Curdo (Feb 25, 1931 – Apr 19, 2000) Last Res Redford, MI #371-26-1454 Iss-MI

US Naturalization: Curdo, Moses Martin 9-16-47 Detroit, Michigan, #155034 DoB 1-4-1894: Curdo, Mary Virgnie 1-19-48 Detroit, Michigan #155772 DoB 10-23-1893

WWI Attestation Paper: Curdo, Moses Martin, Richmond Co, CB, NofK- Placide Curdo (father), DoB-Jan 4, 1893, Occ-Labourer, Dated Jan 19, 1916

 

John (1895-1944) and Emma Fortune (1897x-xxxx) m. 1917
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
John	1920NS	1924NS
Mary				Arthur Crane d. b2005 (Chateauguay, QC)
Theresa				Elmer Doiron (SP/Dartmouth, NS)
Geraldine				Nun (Sydney, NS)
Agnes				Nun (Sydney, NS)
Anna				Nun (Edmonton, AB)
Delta (Henrietta)		2006		Ted Haley d. b1999 (Sydney Mines, NS)
Betty				(Sydney Mines, NS)
Stanley P		1982O		(Sydney Mines, NS)
Daniel	1922-	2005O		Frances Anzelc (Montreal /Etobicoke, ON)
Francis	1925x	1999O		Maria Byrne (Dartmouth, NS)
Joseph				Vivian ? (Sydney Mines, NS)
Leo				Priest (Edmonton in 2005)
Charles				Kay ? (Vermillion, Alta/ Belleville, ON)
John		b1982		(Belleville, ON)

Parents of Emma Fortune were Henry and Mary McPherson

Note: In 1917 Attestation Paper John is listed as living in Sydney Mines with occupation as miner and married to Emma ?.

 

Daniel (1922x-2005) and Frances Anzelc (19xx-xxxx) m. 1948x
	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Marilyn				Cosmo Chinappi (Mississauga, ON)
John				Carolyn Phillips (Calgary, AB)
Marguerite				(Ottawa, ON)
Daniel Jr.				(Toronto, ON)
Paul				Lynn Jamieson (Ottawa, ON)
Geraldine				Vincent Valentin (Montreal, QC)
Paula				Michael Serderak (Montreal, QC)
Elizabeth				(fin) Jean-Paul Chatelain (Calgary, AB)

 Parents of Frances Anzelc were ??

 

Francis (1925x-1999) and Maria Byrne (19xx-xxxx) m. 19xx
	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Mary				(Dartmouth, NS)
Annette				Keith McIntosh (Dartmouth, NS)
Theresa				(Dartmouth, NS)

Parents of Maria Byrne were

 

William (1867-1961) and Celeste Sampson (1865-19xx) m. 1907
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
No children

Parents of Celeste Sampson were Urban and Susan Burke

1911RB: William 44, Celeste 46

 

Andre (1809?-1867) and Ursul Boucher (1804x-1876) m. 18xx
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Anne	b1840	1929R	1863R	Urban Dugas
Elias	1841R	1906R	1865R	Marie Fougere
William	1842R
Henry	1842R
Marie	1842R

Parents of Ursul Boucher were

1838RB: Andrew and Urcil, F>14 (possibly elderly person).

1861RB: Andrew 2M 3F.

Ursil d. 1876 at age 72. Andre d. 1867 age 58.  

 

Elias (1841-1906) and Marie Fougere (1845-1935) m. 1865
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
David	1879-

Parents of Marie Fougere were Abraham and Adelaide Cordeau 

1871RB: Elias 29, Mrs 27.

1881RB: Elias 40, Mary 36, D ? 2

1891RB: Elias 49, Mary 46, David 12.

1901RB: Elias 60, Mary 56.

1911RB: Mary 66

Elie d. 1906 age 66. Marie d. 1935 age 90.  

 

Celestin (1812-1859) and Margaret Dugas (1811?-xxxx) m. 18xx
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Celeste	1835?	1861R	1860R	Walter Bissett
Margaret	1837x	1920R	1863R	Abraham Fougere
Isaie (not in CR)	1839x	1864R
Nanon (Nancy)	1840R	1876R	1860R	Docite Fougere
Sabine	1843R	b1846
Marie Madeline	1844R	1861
Sabine	1846R	1936NS	1872R	Amable Burke (RB)
Andre Noel	1847R	1865
Celestin	1850R	1925R	1874R  1901R	Adess Richard Mary Boudreau
Appoline	1852R
Adelaide	1855R	185x
Elizabeth Adelaide	1858R

Parents of Margaret Dugas were

1838RB: Celestin and Mag (Margaret), F<6 (3) (could be Celeste, Anne and Margaret).

1861RB: Margaret 3M 5F.

1871RB: Felicita 20, Mrs 56, Sabine 24, Eliza 12.

 Celestin d. 1859 age 47. Isaie d. 1864 age 25. Marie d. 1861 age 17.  Noel d. 1865 age 19.

 

Celestin (1850-1925) and (1) Adess Richard (1844-189x) m. 1874
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
Marie Celeste	1874R
Elias Celestin	1877R
Angeline	1884R	yng
Celestin (1850-1925) and (2) Mary Boudreau (1876-19xx) m. 1901
Margerite Florence (Madeline)	1903R	1927R
George Willie	1911R	1930R

Parents of Adess Richard were Galleton and Angele Fougere

Parents of Mary Boudreau were Isiah and Margaret Burke

1881RB: Fellista 30, Adess 35, Celeste 6, Elias 4.

1891RB: Fellista 42, Adess 46, Celeste 16, Joseph 11, Margaret 77 (probably Margaret Dugas).

1901RB: Fellista 49, Mary 23, Celeste 24.

1911RB: Celestine 61, Mary 35, Florence 8

Celestin d. 1925 age 76. Madeline d. 1927 age 24. George d. 1930 age 18. 

 

Jeffrey (1830x-1915) and Sophia ? (1840x-1912) m. b1871
Children	Born	Died	Married	Spouse
No children

Parents of Sophia ? were

1871RB: Jeffrey 39, Mrs 30.

1881RB: Jeffrey 47, Sophia 35.

1891RB: Jeffrey 62, Sophia 50.

1901RB: Jeffree 68, Sophia 56.

1911RB: Jeffrey 78, Sophie 70

Jeffrey d. 1915 at age 82 and Sophie d. 1912 at age 62

Note: Not yet known who Jeffrey’s parents were