Genealogical Details
Philippe Arsenault,
born November 3, 1798 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada
[2]
son of [2]
Grégoire Arsenault
and Théotiste Bourg. Buried October 5, 1888, at 90 years of age
[2],
at Bonaventure, Québec.
Married January 10, 1825 [2] ,
at St. Bonaventure, Bonaventure, Québec [2]
to:
Marguerite-Suzanne Caillouette,
born February 21, 1806 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada [5] ,
daughter of Joseph-Henri Caillouette
and Élisabeth Robichaud .
Died after 1881 [12].
Children of Philippe and Suzanne were [2] :
- Jean-Baptiste Arsenault, born November 25, 1825, at Bonaventure, Québec. Married Élisabeth Bujold,
1851.
- Alexandre (or Alexis) Arsenault, born February 23, 1827, at Bonaventure. Married Mathilde Bourdages
1855.
- Marine-Susanne (Marie) Arsenault, born August 31, 1828, at Bonaventure, Married Charles Cavanagh 1854.
- Joseph-Ozias Arsenault, born November 25, 1829, at Bonaventure, married
Olive Bujold 1855.
- Félix Arsenault, born December 4, 1831, Bonaventure, married Arthémise St-Louis 1864.
- Geneviève Arsenault, born February 17, 1833, Bonaventure, married Janvier Bujold 1856.
- Olivier Arsenault, born October 26, 1834, Bonaventure.
- Pierre-Salomon Arsenault, born January 28, 1884, Bonaventure, married first Julienne Voland, 1861,
married second Angélique Perreault 1869.
- Janvier Arsenault, born February 3, 1838, Bonaventure, died February 1, 1842, Bonaventure.
- Lazare Arsenault, born 1840, Bonaventure, married
Élisabeth Glazer.
- Joseph-Theodore Arsenault, born February 3, 1838, Bonaventure.
- Philippe Arsenault II, born November 29, 1846, Bonaventure, died December 1, 1846 Bonaventure.
Family History Details
These Arsenaults were farmers, although a Quebec directory (reference?) also listed Philippe as
a fisherman. At the time of the 1881 census, Philippe and Suzanne were
living with the family of their son Ozias Arsenault (also farmers).
Denis Savard [2] lists Marie and Marine-Susanne as separate children
but based on Marine's death notice as recorded by Savard (buried December 28, 1898 at Bonaventure,
70 years of age) and the close spacing of the children around 1828, I suspect that Marie and Marine-Susanne
were the same woman.
Philippe Arsenault was the last of this line of the family who could be considered "pure" Acadian: all
four of his grandparents, all eight of his great-grandparents, all sixteen of his great-great grandparents
and many of his great-great-great grandparents were residents of old Acadia. Suzanne Caillouette's
father was not of Acadian descent, although her mother was.
