Beaubassin Memorial photos at Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia

photo credit: Vincent Caissie 

After a visit to Fort Lawrence, cousin Vincent Caissie has sent us photos of a new memorial placed at the Fort which lists some of the names of the last inhabitants of Beaubassin prior to its destruction in 1750. The memorial is four-sided, with the names on three of the sides and the fourth documenting the history of the village.

The English translation of the memorial's historical inscription 

This photo shows:

A. Marie Kessy, possibly the daughter (c. 1732-1807) of  Joseph "Grand Jos" Caissie and  Marie-Josephe Lapierre. Marie was a  young widow of Pierre Lambourt at the time.

 B. Claude Kessy and his wife Anna Chiasson. He was the brother of "Grand Jos" and son of Michel Caissie and Madelaine Gaudet

C.   Jacques Kessy and Marie Olivier; he was the son of Jean Kessy and Cecile Hebert and he and his family are believed to have perished at sea on one of the two ships that sank off the coast of  Falmouth, England in 1758.  The children were: Marie-Josephine (1742-1758) and Joseph (1744-1758).

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