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The Caissie Family of Acadia |
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Representing the descendants of Roger Casey and Marie Françoise Poirier |
CAISSIE
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HOME  REUNION
2009
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Butte à Roger - Ancestral home of the Caissie (Photo: Vincent Caissie)
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BIENVENUE Bienvenu à la page Web de la famille Caissie. Nous espérons que cette visite vous fera connaître et apprécier l’histoire de notre famille. Issus d’un jeune couple établi à Beaubassin en Acadie, nous nous retrouvons aujourd’hui dans plusieurs pays et sur plusieurs continents. Que votre visite sur notre site, peu importe votre provenance, soit accompagnée de nos salutations sincères. Attardez-vous sur nos différentes pages et signez notre Guest Book. Nous apprécions tous les commentaires. La famille Caissie a la distinction d’être issue du premier Irlandais à s’installer en sol acadien. La famille remonte à un couple, Roger Kuessy et Marie Françoise Poirier, que l’on retrouve pour la première fois en 1671 à Port Royal, aujourd’hui Annapolis Royal, Nouvelle-Ecosse. De là, on suit ses traces jusqu’à Beaubassin et celles de ses descendants dans les villages environnants. Nous possédons quelques documents qui attestent du sort que la famille a connu au cours des déportations qui débutèrent en 1755, et qui contribuèrent à la présence des descendants Caissy à travers le monde, notamment en Amérique-du-Nord, en Australie et en Europe. Nous affichons des patronymes différents – Casey, Caissy, Caissey, Caissie, Quessy, Roger et Rogers – mais nous partageons tous l’histoire de la famille que nous voulons vous raconter sur ce site Web. Si vous désirez communiquer avec nous en Français, Vincent Caissie, se fera un devoir et un plaisir de répondre |
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WELCOME Welcome to the Caissie Family Website! We hope you enjoy your visit as we gather to learn and remember our family's history. From one young couple in the village of Beaubassin, Acadia, we have now grown to having descendants in numerous countries and continents across the globe. As you visit our site from wherever you are, please take a warm family greeting from us all! Please take the time to visit and post to our guest book, we appreciate your comments! The Caissie family has the distinction of being the only known Irish-Acadian family to be found in the records of Acadia prior to 1755. We can trace the genesis of the family to one couple, Roger Kuessy and Marie Francoise Poirier, who are first found residing in Port Royal, today’s Annapolis Royal, in Nova Scotia. From there, we can trace their move from Port Royal to the village of Beaubassin and their descendants to other villages in the region. We have some record that bears witness to our family’s experiences through the deportations that began in 1755 and have led to the global presence of known Caissie descendants in North America, Australia and Europe. We bear differing surnames: Casey, Caissy, Caissey, Caissie, Quessy, Roger and Rogers but we all share the history of the family that this web site endeavors to tell.
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Dedicated to the memory
of Richard, Noel, Carol and Jimmy, who started this journey with us, we miss
you all... |
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LATEST NEWS
For the latest on the Caissie Family reunion, please see the official web page at the Congres Mondial Acadien 2009 website. We have an on-line version of the programme here
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Beginnings The Caissie family traces its beginning to Roger Casey and Marie Fran çoise Poirier, first found as a young couple on the 1671 census of Port Royal Acadia. Here they are listed with the first child, Marie, who was listed at age 2. Roger is listed as a "labourer", a form of tenant farmer. Roger is shown as age 35, but like most early records, this is possibly incorrect. Later data recorded on other census show a wide swing in ages, so without firm corroborative data, we will probably never know for sure. Roger's surname appears to be recorded as "Kuessy" and from there a wide range of surname variations began. Roger claimed to be of Irish origin, but the trail currently leads no further back for him. Marie Françoise Poirier was the daughter of Jehan Poirier and Jeanne Chabrat. Records showing Roger and Marie Françoise span from 1671 to 1714 and no later records are known to exist.Roger and Marie Françoise had a total of seven children, 4 sons and 3 daughters. These were Marie (b. 1669), Jean (b. 1676), Pierre (b.1678), Guillaume (b. 1680), Michel (b.1684), Madeline (b. 1688) and Marie Anne (b. 1697). More on the first Caissie family
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SITE UPDATES
15 Mar 09- Vincent Caissie has changed his descendant database to one comprehensive file. It is now titled the Descendants of Roger Caissie. 14 Mar 09 -Gencircles appears to be back up so I will add the descendant database links back in. For those visitors who are Facebook users, we have established a Caissie History group at: Caissie Genealogy and History
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Welcome Thank you for visiting our site! If this is your first visit, you have discovered an on-going work by a collective of Caissie family cousins and researchers who strive to make this website the authoritative place to discover the origins and history of the differing branches of the Caissie family, descendants of Roger Casey and Marie Françoise Poirier. The effort started in 1998 when a group of Caissie cousins discovered each other by means of the Internet and the results of this collaboration will be presented over time. Along the way, we have lost some of our members but have discovered many cousins and new friends along the way. If you share our heritage, you belong to the greatest family in the world. One that, along with our Acadian and Cajun cousins, have faced adversity with courage and determination. We welcome contact and contributions. The Caissie Site Team Vincent Caissie Allen John Rogers Edmond M Rogers Si vous désirez communiquer avec nous en Français, Vincent Caissie, se fera un devoir et un plaisir de répondre Please sign our guest book!
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Histories |
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Descendant Databases |
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These are the descendants of Roger Caissie and his wife Marie Francoise Poirier who lived at Beaubassin in Acadia. They are the ancestors of all the Caissie, Caissey, Quessy and Roger who can trace their roots back to Acadia. (Database Owner: Vincent Caissie)
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These are the descendants of Pierre Caissie and Marie Therese Mirande. Focus is heavily on the Caissie of Louisiana who are found with the surname Roger or Rogers. (Database Owner: Allen John Rogers)
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Cousin John's Corner |
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Memoirs of a Cajun Boy |
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Military Service Listings |
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World War I
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United States |
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| Chapter 6 - Southwestern Louisiana Institute | ||
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