BOUDREAU
JEAN-CYPRIEN BOUDREAU & HIS WIFE ELIZABETH BROUSSARD (WIDOW
OF JOSEPH MELANSON) & THEIR FIRST TWO CHILDREN ARRIVED IN POMQUET BETWEEN 1789 &
1792. ELIZABETH WAS DAUGHTER OF PIERRE BROUSSARD WHO ALSO CAME IN THIS SECOND GROUP OF
SETTLERS.
 JEAN- CYPRIEN WAS BORN IN
MORDREAUX, FRANCE ON AUGUST 19, 1761. HIS PARENTS BASILE BOUDREAU & MARGUERITE
GIROUARD WERE MARRIED IN PISIQUIT (WINDSOR) 1729 & DEPORTED FROM ST. PIERRE DU NORD
(P.E.l.) WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN NOVEMBER 1758. JEAN-CYPRIEN WAS A MASTER CHOIR SINGER
& BROUGHT TWO BOOKS OF GREGORIAN CHANTS WITH HIM. ALL THE BOUDREAUS THAT WERE IN
POMQUET ARE DESCENDANTS OF THIS COUPLE. ALTHOUGH THIS NAME NO LONGER APPEARS IN POMQUET
MANY ACADIAN FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY CAN TRACE THEIR ANCESTRY TO THIS COUPLE. THE NAME
IS STILL CARRIED IN PLACES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MASSACHUSETTS.
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