Celeste Young is my Great-Great-Great Grandmother on my Dad's side. She was born to Etienne Young and Marie Lavigne sometime in late 1814 or early 1815, the writing on the baptism records is to faded to made out the date she was born. Celeste was baptised at Ste. Famille parish in Bathurst, New Brunswick on March 30, 1815 when she was a few months old.
Celeste had at least 2 brothers also baptised at Ste. Famille parish. It was on one of these brothers baptism records that Celeste's father was recorded as being a Micmac. A little further research determined that Etienne's mother was recorded as a sauvagesse. She was most likely was a full Micmac.
It is unknown how or where Celeste grew up. Did she grow up on a farm or did she travel around while her father hunted? Sometime between when she was born and when she was married she moved from the Bathurst area to Caraquet, approximately 75km away.
When Celeste was about 20 years old she married widower Benjamin Theriault on May 27, 1834 in Caraquet, New Brunswick at St. Pierre-aux-Liens parish. How did she meet Benjamin? Probably through the church or maybe as a domestic.
Celeste and Benjamin had at least 4 children (3 girls and 1 boy) born several years apart. It was unusually to have such a large gap between children, I wonder if she lost some children in between these births. Her last child that I was able to find was my Great-Great Grandmother Marie Theriault.
The birth of Marie Theriault on Nov 6, 1856 is the last time I was able to find any records for Celeste. I was unable to find any record of Celeste and Benjamin on the 1861 New Brunswick census, they both may have died between Marie's birth and 1861. This leaves more questions unanswered about where Marie was raised.
Linda,
ReplyDeleteBoth Benjamin Thériault and Celeste Young are listed as deceased (feu +défunte) at the time of son Benjamin's marriage to Marie Justine Cormier, 20 Oct 1879, Caraquet, NB.
I did not find them in the 1861 Census, nor did I find a death/burial for them. I looked for Celeste under Young, Lejeune, and Jeune.
Rob
Celeste is the daughter of my ancestor Etienne Young I am from the descendance of her brother Athanase Young. Any John Young and Magdeleine Dedam are invited to come join us in the Facebook group (John Young Magdeleine Dedam genealogy) There is other descendants of Celeste in the group.
ReplyDeleteHi there - I'm a relative through Joseph-Athanase. His son Joseph John is my great great grandfather. Its very cool how far back this line goes!
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