The Caissie Family of Acadia

Representing the descendants of Roger Casey and Marie Françoise Poirier

CAISSIE CAISSY CAISSEY CASEY QUESSY ROGER ROGERS

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Butte à Roger - Ancestral home of the Caissie (Photo: Vincent Caissie)

 

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

 

 

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.

 

Dedicated to the memory of Richard, Noel, Carol and Jimmy, who started this journey with us, we miss you all..
 


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

 

Beginnings

    The Caissie family traces its beginning to Roger Casey and Marie Françoise 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

 

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

 

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

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Histories

Introduction to the Caissie Family 

The Caissie Family in Acadian Times

The Deportation and the Caissie

The Caissie on the Beaubassin Memorial

The Canadian Caissie/Quessy

Roger and Rogers: The Caissie in Louisiana

Descendant Databases

Descendants of Roger Caissie

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)

 

Descendants of Pierre Caissie

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)

 

Cousin John's Corner

   

Memoirs of a Cajun Boy

 

Military Service Listings

Chapter 1 - Life on Bayou Teche

 

   Commonwealth  

Chapter 2 - Life in Morgan City (Part I)

 World War I   World War II   Modern Day

Chapter 3 - Life in Morgan City (Part II)

Chapter 4 - Off to the Service

 

United States

Chapter 5 - Hospital and Rehabilitation

World War I   World War II   Modern Day

Chapter 6 - Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Chapter 7 - Epilogue    

Rogers' Recipes

   

 

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