Maurice Rivé - His Baptism in France

This is a copy of the baptism record of Maurice Rivé.  He was baptized on 14 February 1642 in the chapel of Sainte-Marguerite in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. His parents were Jacques Rivé and Marie Guerie.

Images of old St Jacques de L'Achigan

These images are collected together for Rivets (descendants of Albert and Raymond)  and Yettos or Guertin (descendants of Claire Rivet who married Walker Yetto) and extended family!  You are all descendants of the Acadians, Amireault, Lord, Melancon, Jeanson, who help to found this special town.  These images of St Jacques de L'Achigan were taken around the time Joseph Emile Paul Rivet was baptized there in 1880. The actual church burned down in 1914 (first photo) but was rebuilt.  Today the town is known as St Jacques de Montcalm.

(Many of these postcards are copied from another site to which I would love to give recognition and provide a lick but I can no longer find it!  If you are the person from Québec who posted these images originally, I will happily provide a link! Thank you)

Below is a recap of the stories written about Acadians in this blog so far.  This list includes some early posts that may not have been well researched but I am reviewing them for accuracy and hope they will "make the cut"!

Acadian Update 2016

Acadians, not Cajuns, in our Families

Acadians in the Mylott-Glode Family

Acadians in the Rivet Family

Acadians in the Wills & Beauvais Family

The Pembroke

Remembering Acadian Ancestors

New Acadia, St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, Quebec

Images of St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan

Petite l'Acadie in St Jean

Teaching Children about Acadian Ancestors

On the Way to Acadian World Congress 2014

We are the same...

"almost an idiot"

Lord Family of St Jacques de l'Achigan

New Acadia: St Jacques de L'Achigan

Paul Emile Rivet father of Claire, Albert, and Raymond was born in St Jacques de L'Achigan and his mother's family, the Lord or Laurie, was one of the first Acadian families to settle in the town when it was founded as a haven for exiled Acadians. The mother of Claire, Albert and Raymond was born in Saint Côme but her mother and maternal grandparents, Amireault, and maternal great grandparents, Bourgeois, Melancon were all born in Saint Jacques de L'Achigan and their families early settlers. So this village it of great significance to the Rivets of Cohoes as well as many family of Acadian and Québec descent.

The entire story of St Saint Jacques, in French, and in great detail is online here.  it is the story of a village founded specifically for exiles from Acadia in the 1760s.

For a little more information on present day St Jacques,  check out St Jacques on Wikipedia.

Below is the Google translation of the municipal page explaining the seal of Saint Jacques.....

The three shells
Quartered in the first three gold shells Messer St. Jacques.
In the Middle Ages, the shell became an emblem of pilgrimage. And those who went to pray at the tomb of Monseigneur Saint Jacques de Compostela in Spain wide hats adorned their shells. It was the distinctive badge of the pilgrims.
Subsequently came into common usage in the heraldry of the emblazon
"Saint-Jacques" with shells. So we have the right to wear them.
They stand on a gold background, symbolizing the honest people of our affluence and their proverbial generosity.
The chalice and the Host
Second gules a golden chalice in chief of a host of money.
Which says "Saint-Jacques" scroll immediately sees in his mind a legion of priestly and religious vocations.
Red --- --- Gules symbolizes God's special love for Saint-Jacques.
The star and the boat
Azure in the third vessel of silver, floating on a sea of the sinister a golden star.
While the children of Acadia have suffered, we kept a instinctive devotion to Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Hope exiles. 
Ave Maris Stella is the national anthem of the Acadians.  The ship recalls the 1755 deportation, the star and blue are the symbols of that spirit of Mary.
The foot of tobacco
In the fourth gold at the foot of natural tobacco, stem and flowers on a terrace of sand.
Our Parish is in the great history, not only because of the dispersion, but also because of our industriousness that made sense from us, circa 1875, one of the first centers of large tobacco growing in Canada.
Again, the gold evokes the source of income provided by this industry.
These arms are the emblem of what Acadia has given us the best: his devotion to the Eucharist and the Virgin and his work ethic.
They come as a great poem of thanksgiving. They want to proclaim the Magnificat of the recognition of benefits for two centuries and in every home and remember every moment, now and forever, the four corners of heaven and earth, that the Virgin Mary is our guide: IPSA DUCE.

In 1955, the village of St Jacques remembered the 200th anniversary of the Grand Dérangément - the expulsion of the Acadian people from the area around present day Nova Scotia. After wandering several years in the British colonies, the Acadians were reestablished in St Jacques and other small villages in Québec.

The story of St Jacques and how it came to be a refuge for dispersed Acadians (in French)

Below is a recap of the stories written about Acadians in this blog so far.  This list includes some early posts that may not have been well researched but I am reviewing them for accuracy and hope they will "make the cut"!

Acadian Update 2016

Acadians, not Cajuns, in our Families

Acadians in the Mylott-Glode Family

Acadians in the Rivet Family

Acadians in the Wills & Beauvais Family

The Pembroke

Remembering Acadian Ancestors

New Acadia, St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, Quebec

Images of St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan

Petite l'Acadie in St Jean

Teaching Children about Acadian Ancestors

On the Way to Acadian World Congress 2014

We are the same...

"almost an idiot"

Lord Family of St Jacques de l'Achigan

Tracing the Rivet ancestor who came to Québec

Marie Claire Rivet   1918-2003, Joseph Albert Rivet 1919-2002 and Joseph Raymond Rivet 1922-2007   were the children of  Paul Emile Rivet and Marie Louise LaCasse.

Paul Emile Rivet 1880-1961 was the child of Maxim Rivet and Marie Lord

Baptism Record of Joseph Paul Emile Rivet at St Jacques de L'Achigan, Montclam Comté, Québec

Maxim Rivet 1849 - after 1920  was the child of Alexis Rivet and  Thérèse Désilets:

Baptism Record of Maxim Rivet in Ste-Melanie, Comté of Joliette, Québec

Alexis Rivet 1815-1890  was the son of Alexis Rivet and Marie Catherine Langlois dite Lachapelle

Baptism Record of Alexis Rivet in St Paul de Joliette, Québec

Alexis Rivet 1788-1832 was the son of Alexis Rivet and Agathe Desmarais St Jean

Baptism of Alexis Rivet in Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Repentigny, Québec

Alexis Rivet 1757-1824 was the son of Alexis Rivet and Marguerite Bousquet:

Baptism of Alexis Rivet in Saint Sulpice, Comté L'Assomption,  Québec

Alexis Rivet 1722-1797 was the son of Alexis Rivet and Marie Ann Migneron dite Lajeunesse:

Baptism of Alexis Rivet in Saint Sulpice, Comté L'Assomption,  Québec

Alexis Rivet around 1694-1757 was the son of Maurice Rivet and Marie Madeleine Cusson and the first in this line to be born in Québec.  I cannot locate a handwritten imagee but the Université Montréal's PRDH has this:

PRDH record of Alexis Rivet

Maurice Rivet 1642-1711 was the son of Jacques Rivet and Marie Dieury/Guerie. Born in LaRochelle, France, he made the journey to Québec sometime around 1664.

Maurice Rivest was baptized in this church in LaRochelle, France:

Jacques Rivet about 1613-? , the father of Maurice, lived and died in LaRochelle, France.

The Rivet-Rivest-Rivé Families of Repentigny, Québec - PART 4

During the Fête au Petit Village, the Rivest-Rivet family genealogy Kiosk was a big hit.  Many Rivets stopped by to find out more about the ancestors including some from USA!

Inside the tent we finally met third cousin, Mr. Constant Rivest, the guru of Rivet-Rivest genealogy

Two great-great grandsons of Alexis Rivet and Marie Thérèse Désilets:
Ray Rivet from New York State and Constant Rivest from Québec

Some of the displays

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The village mayor of Repentigny stopped by to greet the Rivets-Rivests in the kiosk and graciously let us take a picture with her.

The mayor, Ms. Chantal Deschamps,  is the lovely lady with the red scarf!

 Sunday morning, a Catholic mass was celebrated by Bishop André Rivest in the Church of St Paul the Hermit.

After the mass, all the Rivets and Rivests swarmed out of the church and into the bright morning light...

Finally, a tree was planted in honor of the Rivest-Rivet Ancestors and the growing clan

Everyone had an opportunity to get a picture with the Rivet Family Tree

Thank you to all the volunteers, Connie, Lisotte, Guylaine (and many more)  in Repentigny who were so kind, who translated many of the historical plaques and commentaries for us, who helped us to get tickets and generally smiled though we couldn't understand the French! Merci beaucoup!
A special thank you to Mr. Constant Rivet, third cousin, who wrote to tell us about the celebration in time for us to make our plans and attend La Fête au Petit Village and the Rivet-Rivest celebration!

The Rivet-Rivest-Rivé Families of Repentigny, Québec - PART 2

The church of St Paul the Hermit is at the center of the community in Repentigny on Rue Notre Dame

The church at night

The graveyard behind the church

A Rivet gravestone

A few other sites on Rue Notre Dame (Street of Our Lady) during the day of the Fête au Petit Village:

Rivets in front of a traditional Québec homestead