Jean Bénoni Dévost[1, 2]

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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 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 Family ID F431 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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].