Rev. Antoine Gosselin1

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Baptism23 March 1856He baptized Sara Elizabeth McNeil on 23 March 1856 at La Visitation Church, Grande-Digue, Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG.2 
Marriage5 April 1858 Florence McDonald and John Fogarty were married by Rev. Antoine Gosselin on 5 April 1858 at Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG.3 
Marriage17 July 1860 John Walsh and Ellen Mahoney were married by Rev. Antoine Gosselin on 17 July 1860 at Ste-Thérèse d'Avila Church, Cap-Pelé, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (poss. in Grande-Digue, see citation.)4,5 
Marriage10 February 1861He witnessed the marriage of Elizabeth Lutz and James Dowling on 10 February 1861 at Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG.6 
Burial Rites28 July 1861He was the priest officiating at Catherine Carroll's burial rites on 28 July 1861 at St-Pierre Church, Cocagne, Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG.7,8 
Marriage18 November 1861 Martin Grady and Matilda Warren were married by Rev. Antoine Gosselin on 18 November 1861 at Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG.9 
Marriage5 February 1863 Patrick Dalton and Mary Haron were married by Rev. Antoine Gosselin on 5 February 1863 at Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG.10,11 
Marriage23 February 1865 Alice Harris and Denis Cronin were married by Rev. Antoine Gosselin on 23 February 1865 at Dundas Par., Kent Co., New BrunswickG.12 

Citations

  1. [S520] VWH.
  2. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, Cte Kent, 1800-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 128, B-14, img. 241/694. Sara Elizabeth, age 5 mos., dau. of Peter McNeil and Mary Donavan [sic], bapt. 23 Mar 1856 by A Gosselin; sponsors Dan Wood and Mary Hannigan.
  3. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, 1800-1899, p. 184, M-7. John Fogarty of Shediac and Florence McDonald of Cocagne, marr. 5 Apr 1858 by A Gosselin; witn. John Connors and Marcelline Connors.
  4. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, 1800-1899, 1800-1889, p. 13, M-13, img. 320/694. John Welsh, son of John Welsh and Johanna Halahan of Botsford, and Elen [sic] Mahony, dau. of John Mahony and the deceased Margaret Leary of Botsford, marr. 17 Jul 1860 by A Gosselin, in the absence of Curé F X Babinot [sic]; witn. James Mahony and Mary Welsh. Note: Gosselin was assigned to Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation in Grande-Digue at this time. This entry in the Vistation church register is the only one between 11 Jul and 29 Jul, 1860. The register for Cap-Pelé, the church of F X Babinault, has no entries between 4 Jul and 29 Jul, 1860.
  5. [S1600] New Brunswick Marriage Registers 1789-1889, online FamilySearch.com, Westmorland 1857-1875, img. 95/322, p.113, no. 4310. John Welsh, husbandman, and Ellen Mahoney, both of Botsford, marr. 17 Jul 1860 by A Gossilin; witn. James Mahoney and Mary Welsh.
  6. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, 1800-1899, p. 40, M-10, img. 335/694. James Dowling, son of John Dowling and Mary Davis, and Elizabeth Lutz, dau. of John Lutz and the deceased Mary Galagher; both res. Shediac, marr. 10 Feb 1861 by A Gosselin, witn. Joseph Scott and Ann Dowling.
  7. [S99] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Pierre, Cocagne, Cte Kent, 1800-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 237, S 6, img. 122/128. Catherine Carroll, wife of Laughlin Beton, d. 19 Jun 1861, age 28; rites on 28 Jul 1861 by A. Gosselin, witnesses William Carroll and Joseph Légère. [The rites were conducted on the same day as those for the three deceased sons of William Carroll (James, Michael and William)]. Hereinafter cited as Drouin: St-Pierre Cocagne, 1800-1899.
  8. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, 1800-1899, p. 57, S-26, img. 344/694. Noted as "Catherine Carroll, Cocagne." Catherine Carroll, wife of Laughlin Beton, d. 19 Jun 1861, age 28; rites on 28 Jul 1861 by A. Gosselin, witnesses William Carroll and Joseph Légèr. [The rites were conducted on the same day as those for the three deceased sons of William Carroll (James, Michael and William)]
  9. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, 1800-1899, p. 72, M-36. Martin Grady of Shediac, son of John Grady and the deceased Anne Hogan of Co. Waterford, Ireland; and Matilda Warren, also of Shediac, dau. of James Warren and the deceased Sarah McDonald of Shediac; marr. 18 Nov 1861 by A Gosselin; witn. Cajitan Casey and Anne McDonald.
  10. [S149] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: La Visitation, Grande-Digue, 1800-1899, img. 370/694, p. 107, M-5. Patrick Dalton of Shemogue, wid. of Margaret Murphy, and Mary Hearn of Cape Tormentine, dau. of Thomas Hearn and Catherine Joyce, marr. 5 Feb 1863 by A Gosselin; banns published in Cap Pelé and Barachois; witn. John Hearn and Margaret Mahoney.
  11. [S1600] New Brunswick Marriage Registers 1789-1889, online FamilySearch.com, Kent > 1844-1887, img. 278/638, p. 291, No. 3414.
  12. [S99] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: St-Pierre Cocagne, 1800-1899, Vol. 1862-1899, p. 47, no. M-5, img. 27/460. Denys Cronan, son of Jeremiah Cronan and Margaret Sullivan of Irishtown, and Alice Harris, dau. of Michael Harris and Charlotte Newlin of this parish; marr. 23 Feb 1865 by A Gosselin, witn. Patrick Harris and Margaret Fogerty.