Some Tips for Researching Gaspé Ancestors
The Loyalist Families of the Bay of Chaleur http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume1/10 Claims of The Loyalists Bay Chaleur.pdf http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume5/179 Applications for Gaspe Lands from 1764.pdf http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume2/33 New Carlisle in Infancy.pdf http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume2/36 The Great Famines of Gaspe.pdf http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume2/48 Land Patents in Gaspesia.pdf http://qahn.org/awardrecipient/kenneth-hugh-annett http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume2/37 Edward Issac Mann.pdf
The Loyalist Churches of the Gaspé Peninsula https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/gaspe-loyalist- churches.pdf
Online database at Library Archives Canada (LAC/BAC) under the general heading of Gaspe Land Commission Documents: http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genite m.displayItem&rec_nbr=204972&lang=fre&rec_nbr_list=3837858,3837842,4 125828,204972,4195175,3813470,1370088,749242,3747372,1684305
Database you can research by name: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/fra/decouvrez/terres/gaspe-land-commission- demandeurs/Pages/liste-noms-demandeurs.aspx
Database with research option by family name: In regard to the Loyalist families of Chaleur Bay, among the collections at the BAnQ Gaspé are original documents addressing food distribution to needy Loyalist families during the famine period of 1816. These documents were previously held by the Provincial Court of the District of Gaspé - Dossiers #2002- 02-016/1, cote TL26,S2,SSS777 (Cote stands for shelf item #)
Description of these documents: 1816-1918 – December 14th 1816 – January 3rd 1817, written correspondence between François Demers, priest, and William Crawford, judge of the Provincial Court for the District of Gaspé, addressing the citizens of Chaleur Bay in regard to a famine that affected the Bay of Chaleur from December 14th 1816 to March 22nd 1817. They include the solutions proposed by Demers and Crawford in regard to the acquisition and distribution of food (#1 to 80) December 14th 1816 to July 3rd 1818, and documents describing the distribution of food allocated to the needy Loyalist families and others.
An online file of the Court of Common Pleas Cote : TL358 1789-1794, Court of common pleas for the district of Gaspé – One document 0.05 metres of linear document – Civil jurisdiction for the hamlets of Carleton, Paspebiac, Cox, New Carlisle, Percé. https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/fonds-cour-des-plaidoyers- communs-du-district-inferieur-de-gaspe https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/dossiers-82 https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/matieres-civiles-en-general-30 https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/matieres-civiles-en-general-30 https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/registres-des-jugements-25 https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/cox-quebec-canton https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/perce-quebec-canton https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/carleton-quebec-canton https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/new-carlisle-east-quebec- hameau https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/new-carlisle-west-quebec- hameau http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-commission- gaspe/Pages/list-names-claimants.aspx http://www.cubiq.ribg.gouv.qc.ca/in/faces/details.xhtml?id=p%3A%3Ausma rcdef_0000008510&
The Notaries of the Gaspé
Judicial district of Bonaventure Judicial district of Gaspé https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/fonds-cour-superieure-district- judiciaire-de-gaspe-greffes-de-notaires
>> Hugh Munro – Loyalist – New Carlisle 1784 – Judge - Court of Common Pleas for the District of Gaspé - Postmaster Baie des Chaleurs – Hugh Munro also owned 1,000 acres of land on the eastern portion of Chaleurs Bay in the hamlet of Somerset Vale (Village of Bathurst) – The father of Hugh Munro, Donald Munro, Loyalist also resided in New Carlisle – Hugh Munro, Deputy Postmaster, Captain of the Militia, Judge of the Common Pleas for the District of Gaspé and residing part of the year in New Carlisle, see the following links including a detailed listing and places of residence of the Loyalist families of the Bay of Chaleurs, said detailed research compiled by Ken Annett, historian, author, teacher, lecturer, now deceased. http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume2/33 New Carlisle in Infancy.pdf http://www.shpq.org/bulletins/62.pdf http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume5/179 Applications for Gaspe Lands from 1764.pdf http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/munro_hugh_7E.html http://www.uelac.org/education/QuebecResource/Chapters/LOYALISTS OF CHALEUR BAY - GASPESIA.html http://www.shpq.org/bulletins/102.pdf
>> William Crawford – 1806 – St. Peter’s – Bay of Chaleur - Provincial Judge of the district of Gaspé, Commissioner for Gaspé Land Claims – The tenure of Judge Crawford coincided with the Report of the Commissioners of Gaspé Land Claims which was submitted to the Governor of Quebec – He served until 1821 at his death in St. Peter’s, Bay of Chaleurs http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume1/25 Early Judges in Gaspe.pdf http://gogaspe.com/host/annett/volume2/46 Meet Some Gaspesians of 150 Years Ago.pdf http://gaspesie.quebecheritageweb.com/article/loyalists-gaspesia-1784- 1984 http://www.shpq.org/bulletins/102.pdf
>> Martin Sheppard – BAnQ Gaspé #CN103-S1 – 1825-1879 – Served in New Carlisle http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/affichage.html?serie=01R_CN103S1 &a=r http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/Prc_acces_unite_chercheur?p_ codedepo=01R&P_codeclas=CN&P_numfonds=103&P_numserie=1&P_nu msseri=0&P_numssser=0&P_numdossi=0&P_numpiece=0 https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Alpha-Tablo.pdf https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Chrono-Tablo.pdf https://archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Lieu- Tablo.pdf http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/fichiers/portail/html/liste.html
>> Joseph-Guillaume Lebel – BAnQ Gaspé #CN103-S2 – 1833-1886 – Served in New Carlisle http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/affichage.html?serie=01R_CN103S2 &a=r http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/Prc_acces_unite_chercheur?p_ codedepo=01R&P_codeclas=CN&P_numfonds=103&P_numserie=2&P_nu msseri=0&P_numssser=0&P_numdossi=0&P_numpiece=0 https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Alpha-Tablo.pdf https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Chrono-Tablo.pdf https://archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Lieu- Tablo.pdf http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/fichiers/portail/html/liste.html
>> Jean-Baptiste Painchaud – BAnQ Gaspé #CN102-S2 – 1849-1889 – Served in Percé http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/affichage.html?serie=01R_CN102S1 &a=p_r http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/Prc_acces_unite_chercheur?p_ codedepo=01R&P_codeclas=CN&P_numfonds=102&P_numserie=1&P_nu msseri=0&P_numssser=0&P_numdossi=0&P_numpiece=0 https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Alpha- Tablo.pdf https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Chrono- Tablo.pdf https://archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Lieu-Tablo.pdf http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/fichiers/portail/html/liste.html
>> Hector Trépanier – BAnQ Gaspé #CN103-S3 – 1864-1903 – Served in New Carlisle http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/affichage.html?serie=01R_CN103S3 &a=r http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/Prc_acces_unite_chercheur?p_ codedepo=01R&P_codeclas=CN&P_numfonds=103&P_numserie=3&P_nu msseri=0&P_numssser=0&P_numdossi=0&P_numpiece=0https://www.arch iv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Alpha-Tablo.pdf https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Chrono-Tablo.pdf https://archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Lieu- Tablo.pdf http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/fichiers/portail/html/liste.html
>> Louis-Joseph Riopel – BAnQ Gaspé #CN103-S6 – 1865-1880 - Served in New Carlisle http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/affichage.html?serie=01R_CN103S6 &a=r http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/Prc_acces_unite_chercheur?p_ codedepo=01R&P_codeclas=CN&P_numfonds=103&P_numserie=6&P_nu msseri=0&P_numssser=0&P_numdossi=0&P_numpiece=0 https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Alpha-Tablo.pdf https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Chrono-Tablo.pdf https://archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Lieu- Tablo.pdf http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/fichiers/portail/html/liste.html
>> Alphonse-Paul-Omer Dumais – BAnQ Gaspé #CN102-S2 – 1867-1913 – Served in Percé from 1867 to 1913 and previously served also in Kamouraska from 1866 to 1871 http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/description_fonds?p_anqsid=20 170518073827320&P_classe=CN&P_fonds=102&P_centre=01R&P_numunid e=803737&P_numunide2=803739https://www.archiv- histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Alpha-Tablo.pdf https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Chrono-Tablo.pdf https://archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Lieu- Tablo.pdf http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/fichiers/portail/html/liste.html
>> Delphis-Victor Pelletier – BAnQ Gaspé #CN102-S4 -1872-1880 – Served in Percé http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/affichage.html?serie=03Q_CN301S 217&a=p_r http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/Prc_acces_unite_chercheur?p_ codedepo=03Q&P_codeclas=CN&P_numfonds=301&P_numserie=217&P_n umsseri=0&P_numssser=0&P_numdossi=0&P_numpiece=0https://archives canada.accesstomemory.ca/delphis-victor-pelletier https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Alpha-Tablo.pdf https://www.archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste- Chrono-Tablo.pdf https://archiv-histo.com/assets/publications/2015-Notaires-liste-Lieu- Tablo.pdf http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/fichiers/portail/html/liste.html
>> District judiciaire de Gaspé – Judicial District of Gaspé https://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/nous-joindre/trouver-un-palais-de- justice/point-de-service-de-justice-de-gaspe/ http://www4.nrcan.gc.ca/recherche-de-noms-de-lieux/unique/EKXSG
>> District Judiciaire de Bonaventure – Judicial District of Bonaventure https://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/nous-joindre/recherche-dun-district/liste- des-municipalites-et-des-communautes-autochtones-par-district- judiciaire/district-judiciaire/district/bonaventure
Michel Émard, Le registre des adjudications des terres de la Gaspésie 1819-1825, 1980. Available at Grande Bibliotheque, Montreal, level 2, Documentaires; Collection Nationale, book, reference only BAnQ Gatineau, reference BAnQ Quebec, Documentaires, reference only BAnQ Rimouski and Gaspe, reference only
Other books by Michel Émard addressing families of the Bay of Chaleurs which can be accessed at: BAnQ – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
>> Le registre de Ristigouche - 1759-1795 : Baie des Chaleurs et Acadie : historique, transcription et index - >> Le registre de la Sainte Famille de Pabos, Gaspésie - 1751-1757 >> Le registre des adjudications des terres de la Gaspésie - 1819-1825 : historique et index >> Inventaire analytique des documents de la seigneurie de Pabos - 1699- 1978 >> Charles Robin Collection - 1764-1964 : l'empire de Charles Robin : inventaire documentaire >> Recensements et listes de la Gaspésie - 1686-1881 : inventaire et guide http://www.cubiq.ribg.gouv.qc.ca/in/faces/browse.xhtml?query=Auteur%3A +%22%C3%89mard%2C+Michel%2C+1942-%22
Collection Michel Emard Musee de la Gaspésie (two ledgers related to the cod fishery in the Gaspé, 1899-1934) https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/collection-michel-emard Repositories
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Musée de la Gaspésie 80, boulevard de Gaspé Gaspé (Québec) G4X 1A9 Téléphone: 418 727-3500 plus 6573 Toll free: 1 800 363-9028 plus 6573 Email: [email protected] Monday through Friday, 8 h 30 à 12 h and 1PM to 4:30 PM http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/
BAnQ Rimouski http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/ca_gaspesie_il es.html?language_id=1 (English website) BAnQ Rimouski Édifice Louis-Joseph-Moreault 337, rue Moreault Rimouski (Québec) G5L 1P4 Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 12 and 1 pm to 4:30 pm Telephone: 418 727-3500 or 1 800 363-9028, option 4 then option 3 Fax: 418 727-3739 E-mail: [email protected]
BAnQ Vieux-Montréal - http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/ [email protected] 514-873-1100 1-800-363-9028 plus 4 plus 1
BAnQ Québec http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/ [email protected] 418-643-8904 1-800-363-9028 plus 4 plus 2
Researched and compiled by Jacques Gagné [email protected] 2017-07-30