The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Richard · ◉ direct ancestor

♀Catherine Richard

Born about 1663, Port-Royal, Acadie.

Catherine Richard (born about 1663) was an Acadian of Port-Royal. She was the seventh great-grand-aunt of Floyd Amatus Delahorne (1922–2014), the sister of Anne Richard (born 1671), Floyd’s seventh great-grandmother.

She was born at Port-Royal, Acadie, the daughter of Michel Richard (born 1630) and Madeleine Blanchard (born 1643). The Census of Acadia for Port-Royal counted her at eight in 1671.

Family time line

◉ Catherine Richard abt 1663–
◉ Jean-François Broussard 1654–
No marriage recorded
○ Marie Broussard 1682–
○ Madeleine Broussard 1683–
○ Pierre Broussard 1684–
○ Catherine Broussard 1686–
○ François Broussard 1692–
○ Elizabeth Broussard 1693–
○ Claude Broussard 1697–
○ Joseph Broussard 1702–
○ Jean-Baptiste Broussard 1705–
◉ Alexandre Broussard –1765

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
about 1663 - aged 8 on the 1671 Port-Royal roll
 abt 1663 Port-Royal, Acadie on record

Sources

  • Census of Acadia, Port-Royal, 1671, 1686 and 1693 (manuscript nominal censuses of Acadia) — Birth, about this person
  • Nova Scotia Archives, An Acadian Parish Remembered: Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal - baptism of Magdelaine Vincent, 6 Jan 1709 — about this person
  • Arsenault, Bona, Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens, 2e éd. (Ottawa: Léméac, 1978), 6 vols., pagination continuous across volumes — about this person, family with Jean-François Broussard

Borders as they stood about 1650, 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. Michel Richard abt 1630–
  2. Madeleine Blanchard abt 1643–1679/1686
    1. Jean Blanchard abt 1611–
    2. Radegonde Lambert abt 1621–

Descendants

  1. Marie Broussard 1682–
    1. Anne Doucet 1713–1791
      1. Francois Garceau 1752–1823
        1. Francois Xavier Garceau 1781–1839
        2. Marie Garceau 1805–1877
  2. Madeleine Broussard 1683–
  3. Pierre Broussard 1684–
  4. Catherine Broussard 1686–
  5. François Broussard 1692–
  6. Elizabeth Broussard 1693–
  7. Claude Broussard 1697–
  8. Joseph Broussard 1702–
  9. Jean-Baptiste Broussard 1705–
  10. Alexandre Broussard –1765
    1. Joseph Grégoire Broussard 1725–
    2. Marguerite Broussard 1726–bef 1763
      1. Madeleine Trahan abt 1750–1803
      2. Germain Trahan abt 1752–1784
      3. Marguerite Trahan abt 1755–1832
      4. Anne Trahan –abt 1774
        1. Ludivine Guillebaut abt 1770–1815
        2. Jean Charles Guilbeau 1771–
        3. Emilie Guilbeau 1773–
    3. Jean Baptiste Broussard 1727–1825
      1. Jean Broussard 1762–
        1. Julie Azelie Broussard 1800–1848
    4. Madeleine Broussard –1765
      1. Théodore Thibodeau
    5. Sylvain Broussard