Jean Bénoni Dévost^{[1, 2]}

1809 -

• Name	Jean Bénoni Dévost
  Relationship	with Marie Therese Nadeau
  Born	7 Dec 1809  [3, 4]
  Baptized	10 Dec 1809	St Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Other Name	William Deveau
  Census	1858  [6]
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Jean Bénoni Dévost ,   b. 7 Dec 1809 ▻ Susanne Ringuet ,  m. 1 Jul 1845   2. Joseph D. Dévost ,   b. Abt 1808
  Ancestors
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Desvaux,   b. 1680, St. Planchers, Normandy, France   (2 x Great Grandfather) Marie Luce Thibodeau,   d. Bef 11 Aug 1807  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I19631	Antoine_Roy
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Antoine Dévot,   b. 1 Aug 1782, Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada
  Mother	Françoise Soucy,   b. 14 Jun 1782, L'Isle-Verte, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada
  Married	11 Aug 1807	St-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F7427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Susanne Ringuet,   b. 22 Nov 1827
  Married	1 Jul 1845	St-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada   [9, 10]
  Children	8 children
  1. Bénoni Dévost,   b. 12 Oct 1846   2. Vital Dévost,   b. 4 Feb 1848   3. Eustache Dévost,   b. 25 Jun 1849 + 4. Christie Dévost,   b. 10 May 1851, Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 10 Aug 1899, Winterville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA  (Age 48 years) ▻ Sifroid Nadeau  m. 14 Jan 1867   5. Julie Dévost,   b. 2 Oct 1852,   d. 25 Dec 1852, Ste Luce, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA  (Age 0 years)   6. Frédéric Dévost,   b. Apr 1855   7. Justine Dévost,   b. 25 Oct 1856   8. Susanne Dévost,   b. 2 Dec 1858
  Family ID	F431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Baptized - 10 Dec 1809 - St Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada Married - 1 Jul 1845 - St-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada Child - Christie Dévost - 10 May 1851 - Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S38] Ste Luce, Frenchville, Maine Parish Register. Upper St John web site, Page 298, Baptism No B106, [Baptism entry for daughter, Christie Devost.]. [S25] Chip Gagnon. Upper St John Valley. web site, http://www.upperstjohn.com/1860/T18R7-1.htm#466, [Benoni and his family are living in Township Number 18, Range 7 (now the western part of Fort Kent) according to the 1860 U.S. Census line 15 through 25, dwelling 212, family 207 on page 466. Chip's popup indicates the 1850 U.S. Census shows them living in Portage Lake Pltn., p.123b.]. [S25] Chip Gagnon. Upper St John Valley. web site, http://www.upperstjohn.com/1860/T18R7-1.htm#46, [1860 U.S. Census page 466, line 15 shows William as age 53.]. [S184] Gabriel Drouin, compiler. Drouin Collection, Acadian French Catholic Church Records. Drouin Collection, Montreal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin, S > St-Basile > 1792-1837 > image 119, [baptism record]. [S184] Gabriel Drouin, compiler. Drouin Collection, Acadian French Catholic Church Records. Drouin Collection, Montreal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin, S > St-Basile > 1792-1837 > image 119, [baptism record shows name as Jean Benoni. Godparents were David Cir (Cyr) and ?? Cormier]. [S38] Ste Luce, Frenchville, Maine Parish Register. Upper St John web site, page 15 col 2 line 45, [1858 Census of parish shows Benoni Devost on the American Side of the River in the future parish of les Saints Anges Gardiens (which became St Louis in Fort Kent) with 10 Souls (number of persons in household) and 2 Communiants / Persons having made their first communion)]. [S155] LaVerdiere, Diane P. and Voskuhl, Robert K.. Genealogies of the Catholic Families of Maine, New Brunswick, and the Province of Quebec (CD). Grooms page 657. [S184] Gabriel Drouin, compiler. Drouin Collection, Acadian French Catholic Church Records. Drouin Collection, Montreal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin, S > St-Basile > 1792-1837 > image 98, [marriage entry]. [S155] LaVerdiere, Diane P. and Voskuhl, Robert K.. Genealogies of the Catholic Families of Maine, New Brunswick, and the Province of Quebec (CD). Grooms page 660, [Name shown as Jean Benoni.]. [S184] Gabriel Drouin, compiler. Drouin Collection, Acadian French Catholic Church Records. Drouin Collection, Montreal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin, S > St-Basile > 1792-1910 > image 261, [marriage record].