The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Comeau · ◉ direct ancestor

♀Catherine Comeau

Born 1671.

Catherine Comeau (born 1671) was an Acadian of Port-Royal, the daughter of the farmer Étienne Comeau and his wife Marie Lefebvre. She was the seventh great-grandmother of Floyd Amatus Delahorne (1922–2014), through her daughter Madeleine Michel (born 1712).

The 1671 census of Port-Royal lists Étienne, a farmer aged 21, with his wife, written there Marie Anne Le Febvre, also 21, and one child, a daughter of three weeks named Catherine. Bona Arsenault’s compiled abstract of the 1686 census gives her as 14, with a sister Marie aged 10 and two brothers, Alexandre and Pierre, the latter aged 3. His abstract of 1693 lists Étienne as a widower and gives Catherine, aged 21, as the wife of Jacques Michel and “fille d’Etienne Commeaux”. The census of Port-Royal for 1693 counts Catherine, aged 21, as the wife of Jacques Michel, and the baptism of their daughter Madeleine at Port-Royal in 1712 names Catherine Comeau as her mother and describes her parents as lawfully married.

Family time line

◉ Catherine Comeau 1671–
◉ Jacques Michel abt 1665–1748
No marriage recorded
○ François Michel abt 1689–
○ Jean Michel abt 1692–
○ Charles Michel abt 1694–
○ Joseph Michel abt 1697–
○ Judith Michel abt 1700–
○ Jacques Michel 1704–
○ Marie Anne Michel 1706–
○ Michel Michel 1708–
○ Pierre Michel 1710–
◉ Madeleine Michel 1712–
○ Paul Michel 1714–1735

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth
1671 Port-Royal census: a daughter of three weeks
1671 on record
Living at
1693 census, Port-Royal: Jacques MICHEL 35, Catherine COMEAU his wife 21, Francois 3, Jean Michel 1; 6 cattle, 8 sh
1693 Port-Royal, Acadie on record
Living at
1698 census, Port-Royal: Jacques MICHEL 33; Catherine COMMEAU (wife) 27; Francois 9; Jean 6; Charles 4; Joseph 1; 8
1698 Port-Royal, Acadie on record
Living at
1701 census, Port-Royal: Jacques MICHEL 34, Catherine COMMEAU (wife) 29; Francois 12, Jean 9, Charles 7, Joseph 5,
1701 Port-Royal, Acadie on record
16711701 16801690

Sources

  • Census of Acadia, Port-Royal, 1671, 1686 and 1693 (manuscript nominal censuses of Acadia) — Birth, Living at, about this person, family with Jacques Michel
  • Census of Acadia, Port-Royal, 1698 and 1700 (manuscript nominal censuses of Acadia) — Living at, about this person, family with Jacques Michel
  • Census of Acadia, Port-Royal, 1701 (manuscript nominal censuses of Acadia) — Living at, about this person, family with Jacques Michel
  • Arsenault, Bona, L'Acadie des ancetres, avec la genealogie des premieres familles acadiennes (Quebec, 1955) - census abstracts 1671-1714 — about this person
  • LAFRANCE act 6144930 (Drouin Institute) - baptism of Magdeleine Michel, Port-Royal, 5 Aug 1712 — about this person, family with Jacques Michel

Borders as they stood about 1650 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.


Line of descent

  1. Étienne Comeau abt 1650–
    1. Pierre Comeau abt 1596–
    2. Rose Bayon abt 1631–
  2. Marie Lefebvre 1649–
    1. Martin Lefebvre abt 1604–bef 1651
      1. Jean Lefebvre –bef 1647
      2. Jeanne Doubleau –bef 1647
    2. Barbe Bajolet abt 1608–
      1. Antoine Bajolet
      2. Jeanne (surname unknown)

Descendants

  1. François Michel abt 1689–
  2. Jean Michel abt 1692–
  3. Charles Michel abt 1694–
  4. Joseph Michel abt 1697–
  5. Judith Michel abt 1700–
  6. Jacques Michel 1704–
  7. Marie Anne Michel 1706–
  8. Michel Michel 1708–
  9. Pierre Michel 1710–
  10. Madeleine Michel 1712–
    1. Marie Guilbeau 1733–
    2. Joseph Guilbeau 1735–
    3. Charles Guilbeau 1736–1809 ⚔⚓⚭
      1. Ludivine Guillebaut abt 1770–1815
        1. Susanne Cormier 1795–
        2. Marie Victoire Cormier bef 1795–
        3. Marguerite Dionisia Cormier 1796–
        4. Michel Cormier 1799–1853
        5. Louis Cormier 1800–
        6. Joseph Cormier 1801–
        7. Amand Cormier 1801–
        8. Nicolas Cormier 1804–
        9. Ludivine Cormier 1806–
        10. Marcellite Cormier 1808–
        11. Eloy Cormier 1810–
        12. Cormier 1814–1814 ✧
      2. Jean Charles Guilbeau 1771–
        1. Marie Guilbeau 1792–
        2. Jean-Charles Guilbeau 1796–
        3. Alexandre Guilbeau 1798–
        4. Jean-Charles Guilbeau 1800–
      3. Emilie Guilbeau 1773–
      4. Marguerite Guilbeau 1777–
      5. Amand Guilbeau 1778–1806
      6. Magdeleine Guilbeau
    4. Anne Guilbeau 1739–
    5. Rosalie Guilbeau 1741–
    6. Marguerite Guilbeau 1743–1814
    7. Félicité Guilbeau 1745–
    8. François Guilbeau 1749–
    9. Basile Guilbeau 1752–
    10. Jean Guilbeau abt 1756–
  11. Paul Michel 1714–1735