"Acadians are shorter people". Yeah I can totally agree with that. At my Mèmère's funeral I was the 4th tallest person in the room. I'm a woman of 5'8'' so a bit taller than average, but nothing to write home about. They literally made me sit down instead of greet mourners and receive condolences. The only other ones who were taller were my cousins who have mothers from other, taller families.
Alsina Kiria I grew up in New England, where a lot of Acadians moved to, and I know how “memere” sounds, as I went to school with kids who spoke the language in the 80s.
Haha my grandmother on my father's side is descended from Acadians and she was 4'11. All of her kids are on the shorter side. I'm 5'3 and my siblings are only tall because my mothers family are all giants.
I would visit with my Grand Mere to Kent Co New Brunswick in Mclean Settlement when I was a boy and teenager in 1980s. We would go to Mass at Ste Maire d Kent. I was 15 and I was the tallest person at Mass. It was commented on by some of the older farmers in the back who was the big kid with the red hair.
So cool! I'm a descended from Pierre Arsenault who was one of the first settlers. I live in the midwest US but i definitely want to visit this village to see my familys roots!
My dad’s side of the family’s ancestors are some of the first French people to set foot on Canada and I’m extremely proud of that. I have a ton of Acadian flags plastered around my room lol
Awesome! My family on my father's side are part of the original settlers in Acadia. They are one of the families that fled to the woods and fought the English. They finally settled in Maine. Great video, only wish it was longer! lol
I, too, am a descendant of the Acadians who continued to fight the British from the woods. I am a descendant of Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard. He finally had to surrender because his family was sick and starving. The entire family was thrown in prison until the end of the war when they were deported to Saint Domingue (Haiti) and finally settled in Louisiana. Beausoleil is legendary in Louisiana and it gives me a Cajun pedigree so to speak
My mother's side has founding Acadian colonist ancestors! At least some of them helped establish new settlements in New Brunswick after the English took over Port Royal, Acadia in the 1700's. One of them learned English and did trade with the English Settlers in Massachusetts! The Sirre/Sire/Cyr family (Pierre Sirre's family and descendants) - the surname "Sirre" is technically Flemish with that spelling but Pierre Sirre was born in France (I think Paris), and the name's spelling changed to "Cyr" by his grandchildren's generation - I find far too many spelling variations in records and some documents that incorrectly contect his family to "Pierre Andre-Cyr" for some reason; he relation was disproven after DNA testing done on Pierre Sirre's body within the past few years or so (that's also how they confirmed his Flemish heritage suspected from his original spelling of his surname). I mention that because of how many variations of his last name are found within his own line of descendants; its absolutely frustrating when researching for my family tree. Lol! Though, I have a lot of French ancestors that came to the New France colonies; another was Simon Arcand (1663 - 1733) IDK for sure who lived where and when except for my Cyr line. Simon Arcand is listed as born in Sainte - Croix - du - Mont, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France and listed buried(and died) in Deschambault, Capitale - Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada... I have trouble keeping everything straight... both of my material grandparents' families have been in the Americas from France since the colonies. Lol!
Thank you great video. Gave me insight of my family's history prior to Le Grand Dérangement. I'm a direct decedent of Joseph dit Barnabe Martin b. 1736 in Beaubassin Acadia and d. 9 January 1795 in what is now Terrebonne Parish LA
I used to work at a historical site in Clair New Brunswick but they never taught us the history before making us be tour guides. The only 2 things I remember from my time there was the family reunion we hosted and the absolutely gigantic spiders in the outhouse...
Hey, thank you for this! Hello from the USA. Last month I visited the Upper Canada Village near Morrisburg, ON, which was pretty cool, but this looks even more interesting. And it has a restaurant with some period food, which I'd definitely want to try. I'm putting it on my list for whenever I make it to NB.
Les interprètes sont tous bilingues, anglais et français, afin de communiquer avec la plupart des visiteurs. Leur langue maternelle est quand même le français. The interpreters are all bilingual, english and french, in order to communicate with most visitors. Their mother tongue is still french.
Lived in Bathurst on Sanatorium Drive and visited the acadian village with my son.
My mother's side is part Acadian (Le Goff). Some ancestors fled to Richibucto, NB, during the Great Expulsion. Would love to visit this village.
This made me want to go home. toronto sucks, best part is i am acadian also mi'kmaq
we speak Chiac there well the real Acadian who are left.
"Acadians are shorter people". Yeah I can totally agree with that. At my Mèmère's funeral I was the 4th tallest person in the room. I'm a woman of 5'8'' so a bit taller than average, but nothing to write home about. They literally made me sit down instead of greet mourners and receive condolences. The only other ones who were taller were my cousins who have mothers from other, taller families.
Alsina Kiria I grew up in New England, where a lot of Acadians moved to, and I know how “memere” sounds, as I went to school with kids who spoke the language in the 80s.
Oh wow, I guess I'd fit right in at 5'3" :D
I’m an Acadian 11 year old and i’m 5’3 lmao
Haha my grandmother on my father's side is descended from Acadians and she was 4'11. All of her kids are on the shorter side. I'm 5'3 and my siblings are only tall because my mothers family are all giants.
I would visit with my Grand Mere to Kent Co New Brunswick in Mclean Settlement when I was a boy and teenager in 1980s. We would go to Mass at Ste Maire d Kent. I was 15 and I was the tallest person at Mass. It was commented on by some of the older farmers in the back who was the big kid with the red hair.
So cool! I'm a descended from Pierre Arsenault who was one of the first settlers. I live in the midwest US but i definitely want to visit this village to see my familys roots!
Oh wow!! Then a visit is definitely a must 😊
My dad’s side of the family’s ancestors are some of the first French people to set foot on Canada and I’m extremely proud of that. I have a ton of Acadian flags plastered around my room lol
Wow that's incredible. Did your dad share any stories about his ancestor's arrival?
Im a girl my names is kim
Awesome! My family on my father's side are part of the original settlers in Acadia. They are one of the families that fled to the woods and fought the English. They finally settled in Maine. Great video, only wish it was longer! lol
Oh wow, that's quite the family history! And thank you for the amazing comment :)
Hi cousin!
That's is so cool
My Ancestors were some of the first as well. Most ender up in Louisiana.
I, too, am a descendant of the Acadians who continued to fight the British from the woods. I am a descendant of Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard. He finally had to surrender because his family was sick and starving. The entire family was thrown in prison until the end of the war when they were deported to Saint Domingue (Haiti) and finally settled in Louisiana. Beausoleil is legendary in Louisiana and it gives me a Cajun pedigree so to speak
My mother's side has founding Acadian colonist ancestors! At least some of them helped establish new settlements in New Brunswick after the English took over Port Royal, Acadia in the 1700's. One of them learned English and did trade with the English Settlers in Massachusetts!
The Sirre/Sire/Cyr family (Pierre Sirre's family and descendants) - the surname "Sirre" is technically Flemish with that spelling but Pierre Sirre was born in France (I think Paris), and the name's spelling changed to "Cyr" by his grandchildren's generation - I find far too many spelling variations in records and some documents that incorrectly contect his family to "Pierre Andre-Cyr" for some reason; he relation was disproven after DNA testing done on Pierre Sirre's body within the past few years or so (that's also how they confirmed his Flemish heritage suspected from his original spelling of his surname). I mention that because of how many variations of his last name are found within his own line of descendants; its absolutely frustrating when researching for my family tree. Lol!
Though, I have a lot of French ancestors that came to the New France colonies; another was Simon Arcand (1663 - 1733) IDK for sure who lived where and when except for my Cyr line. Simon Arcand is listed as born in Sainte - Croix - du - Mont, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France and listed buried(and died) in Deschambault, Capitale - Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada... I have trouble keeping everything straight... both of my material grandparents' families have been in the Americas from France since the colonies. Lol!
wow so cool thanks for sharing this with us
My pleasure!
Thank you great video. Gave me insight of my family's history prior to Le Grand Dérangement. I'm a direct decedent of Joseph dit Barnabe Martin b. 1736 in Beaubassin Acadia and d. 9 January 1795 in what is now Terrebonne Parish LA
Oh that's awesome! So happy to hear the video was personally informative for you.
Bathurst is is my family's hometown ♡ thanks for this video on acadian culture!
I used to work at a historical site in Clair New Brunswick but they never taught us the history before making us be tour guides. The only 2 things I remember from my time there was the family reunion we hosted and the absolutely gigantic spiders in the outhouse...
Oh boy 😳 I would have just held it to avoid those spiders! 😅
So cool
Ok im a girl and im not married
C'est beau! Fantastique
Merci Wayne!
Our moi aussi mes je laddore
Hey, thank you for this! Hello from the USA. Last month I visited the Upper Canada Village near Morrisburg, ON, which was pretty cool, but this looks even more interesting. And it has a restaurant with some period food, which I'd definitely want to try. I'm putting it on my list for whenever I make it to NB.
Awesome! I hope you make it out to New Brunswick soon 😊
Nice video
Tres beau
ma famille est from Bouctouche!
i WENT to MARLEAND
SO ?
This Kings Landing or another historical village? ,Looks familiar.
No. King's Landing is near Fredrickton
Kings Landing is in Fredericton near the river,this is near Bathurst
My LeBlanc Cajun/Acadian side have always been tall though..
Et ge le suit ok française
Je croyais que dans village Cadien, le Français était la lange parlée par les habitants. C'est plutôt un village commercial qui n'a aucune âme
Les interprètes sont tous bilingues, anglais et français, afin de communiquer avec la plupart des visiteurs. Leur langue maternelle est quand même le français.
The interpreters are all bilingual, english and french, in order to communicate with most visitors. Their mother tongue is still french.
j,ai étais und fois.Dan's un chateau rouge
Onle 130 families survived
Such advanced people also started the fur trade, salted fish and t8mber.......